The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-23 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tars DAY —Morning 36 min. after 5 1 Evening 59 -min after 5
To-Monaow—Morning 27 mm. after 6 1 Evening•ss min after 6

THE WEATHER...I=BIm OPTICE, Jui 23,
T'ESERMOMET=, rs TEE SuLDE.
67--bighest since noon yesterday.
42-lowest this morning and during the night.
68 —this day, at neon...

BAEONETE2II,
Wnft ‘,§. S. W. —mild bteeze and cloudy, with occasional

sunshine.

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DAILY WENCELEit TABLE.

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State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
Pl4ces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
sr ~ereaged in order of latitude.
KloafPosaalsoirrn—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
p' iil d S.W. strong breeze—overcast.
Irlir c"—Wind S.W., breeze—overcast.
FBTrit:Eaulr°,4,l.l—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
TurisP
Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
cloudy C$
S.W., gentle breeze—partially
CowilEaTim--NYlnd S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
WUld B.W. gentle breeze—cloudless.
The returns from the folloxving places indicate the state of
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the wind and
-ea.uer on Monday morning at nine I

o'cfc

S.W.
GARLow.Wind.S.Mr., j,;r-anl-7-partial ly cloudy.
Wmd S wald—rrain.
cairn
p00".....Wind W., genus brepartially cloudy.
HoLYmarr—Virpd g„t7:%partially cloudy.
tiallY cloudy.
LaircasTsu--Wind caimm,Zreze—partially cloudy.
W army— Wind S., ge,utle breez,
DAM LINGTON.... `,iind S.W., gentle I:wereast,
S UP...Wind S.W.,
,calm—partiallyreere
Bzerrocx--Wind S., calm--partially Leloudy.

At the Royal Observatory, Gree-----,,wieb:•
was 25.37 the mean height
The mean
of the barometer in the week
temperature of the week was 55•,,, Which lin.
average of corresponding weeks in tee veL4'6° below the
daily temperature was below the average on
• The mean
week, to an extent varying from 3° 60, TrY„ day of the
from the south-west and S.S.E. The amount -e.fwind blew
rain that
fell in the week was 1-09 in.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1852.

A gentleman, signing himself " Cox," endeavoured
to complete yesterday the enterprise commenced on
Saturday by another gentleman signing hitusell
" Canterbury." That enterprise is nothing less than
the closing of the Crystal Palace to the public on
Sundays, so soon as it shall have baen removed to its
permanent site at Sydenhace. Against any such
barbaro'ne proceeding we have already protested—
and again and again we shall continue to protest
as often as it shall be revived by the blunder-
ing pi!.y of the Sabbatariens. We look upon the
Sunday as consecrated to adoration. We recognise
the authority of that venerable commandment. We
do more, we appreciate its Leneficence. We regard
it as a dispensation so peculiarly entitled to reverence,
apart from the awful manner of its inculcation
through the thunder of Sinai, and considered, if
that be possible, solely in reference to its humane in-
fluence upon the Population—that we believe it
would have been wise, humanly speaking, if not ab-
solutely necessary to
secure p...riodical days of rest
by a statute, supposing the mandate bad not been in-
scribed by lightning on the tables of the Hebrew
lawgiver. We conceive that that day of repose
should be viewed by every member of the community
throughout Christendom with emotions of affeciion,
gratitude. as well as with sentiments of It is true
that the first has been substituted for the Seventh day
in every week, in obedience to a venerable tradition of
the Church—but, altered though the time is, the
princi is, to this moment, identical.with the one which

Following up the course adventured upon by the
deputation introduced on Saturday last to the PRIME
MINISTER by his Grace the Archbishop of CANTER-.
BURY—a certain Mr. Cox took occasion yesterday
to propose that the Crystal Palace should not be
opened to the public on the Lord's Day, and, in addi-
tion to this, that no trains should run on those days
to Sydenham. The suggestion of Mr. Cox was made
in the course of a special general meeting
of the shareholders of the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Company. That meeting
was convened for the purpose of formally announcing
the approval of the arrangements entered into by the
directors with the Crystal Palace Company. It is
gratifying to observe from the statement made by the
Chairman (Mr. S. LAING) that already—out of
2,342 proprietors, representing 3,242,7511. of stock-
-1,763► representing 2,427,9701. had, by letter, ap-
proved of the arrangements, while merely 579, repre-
senting no more than 814,7811., had been numbered up
as dissentients. Everything promises admirably there-
fore as to the future prosperity of the undertaking.
According to the plans about to be carried into effect
the Crystal Palace will, in another year, have been
not only removed from Hyde-park to Sydenham,
but have been very considerably increased in its di-
mensions and in its general magnificence. Erected
upon an eminence nearly 300 feet above the level of
the sea, it will, when completed, be visible from
almost every height either in or near the metropolis.
The entire length of the nave is to be arched like the
transept, while the transept itself is to be almost
double its present altitude. The building will com-
prise courts representing the manners and customs
of different countries. It will contain an Indian
bazaar with a durbar adjoining. It will have a
quadrangle to illustrate China, a representation
of a Pompeian house fully restored, a fac-
simile of a palace at Nineveh, and—
thanks to the artistic abilities of OWEN JoNEs—a
reproduction of one of the courts of the Alhambra.
Fountains will be interspersed among the statues in
the building, and among the flower-beds and shrub-

beries outside, one of the exterior fountains playing
to the enormous height of 150 feet, namely,
twenty feet higher than the NELSON Testimonial.
From the pleasure of enjoying the innocent recrea-
tion of a visit on Sundays to this scene, where Art
and Nature would combine to create a spectacle
like that of enchantment, Mr. Cox yes-
terday endeavoured to shut out, by antici-
pation, the labouring classes of the metropolis--
those honest and hard-worked artizans who are unable
to enjoy the fresh air of the country upon week-days
because of the unavoidable pressure of their
avocations. For the credit of the humanity
of the shareholders, be it said, that the
bigotted amendment thus proposed by Mr. Cox could
fled no seconder, and thereupon, consequently, dropped
to the ground. We are gratified to learn, moreover,
in reference to a similar feeling elsewhere, that the
LORD Mayon cf London declined to be one
of the Sabbatarian deputation of Saturday, headed
by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. The circum-
stance is worth recording as indicative of the liberality
of feeling worthy of the chief magistrate of the City,
and interesting as affording testimony of his sympathy
for the industrious part of the population. Let all
sensible and liberal men act with similar resolution,
and we shall then hear somewhat less frequently of
these unfortunate Sabbatarians.

It is with exceeding pleasure that we draw the at-
tention of our readers to the steps adopted by the
City authorities last evening towards the suppression
of those dens of iniquity, the betting-houses. At
the commencement of the legislative business in each
Chamber petitions were presented, in the House of
Peers by Lord REDESDALE, from the city of London,
praying for the suppression of betting-offices, and in
the Commons, the City Sheriffs appeared in person at
the Bar, and presented a petition from the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, praying
for the interference of the House to suppress them.
We confidently trust that the blow thus
struck will be vigorously followed up, fur
the evil has become one of sueh monstrous
magnitude as to demand the peremptory interference
of the authorities on the score of public morality.
True it is that after the last Derby several of the
worthy public bookmakers made a summary smash,
to the consternation of their dupes, whom it is im-
polsible to regard with the slightest degree of
frqatley or commiseration. The knaves very
eltously took in the fools, but as has been said of
old, though
his
o„ you bray a fool in a mortar, yet will not
scotched depart from biro, and as the snake is only
anot killed, those public temptations to
and vicious folly must be thoroughly
supprested.
terroialvehr:lbbilyanckgueetirSomearaiitrnilnygent enactments are incon-
ments, whieh ar"rY against those betting establish-
nbgapd9,raggetoarliancrthettukhr:ei.pt by fraudulent bank-
rupts,
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and "legs" who
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scores et. . -
big. The oak instances on
the WWI", and 0 • .
the 27th ult. throughout ne facetious
balk upon the shutters e
gentleman wrote in c ,-, Gone
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fine, bold charae,
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all h
Plague-spot
cled with triumphant flour!sheasr.3d
is gathering ton head again, °flour
is due to the City authorities fur bestirring there
selves in so decided and open a manner. As to the
ulterior steps to he adopted in furtherance (Jr the
effectual suppression of a nuisance the most noisome
that has ever infected London, some satisfactory an-
nouncement ought to be forthwith elicited
• •
in power. A writer, positive
from those
who lately asserted from p
knowledge that he was within the mark in stating

that above 300,0001. a year is lost by individuals
otherwise respectable, and goes into the pockets
of the black-leg fraternity of the proprietors
of the metropolitan betting-offices, says of them,
that by one of those wonderful inconsistencies of
our legal code, they appear to be not only not illegal,
but to a certain extent to be supported by law, and
this from the circumstance of a bet not exceeding
101. being a perfectly legal contract, and recoverable
at law. " Anything more monstrously absurd than
making a ten pound bet legal, and a hundred pound
one illegal, we cannot well conceive. We would
rather even see it reversed, for the heavy bets are
ordinarily made by persons of large means, who, if
they cannot well afford to lose the money, are at all
events not reduced to beggary by the loss. The
small bets, on the other hand, are risked by servants,
mechanics, artisans, clerks, and petty tradesmen, and
are the source of more want, dishonesty, and crime
among such people than can be imagined." But it
is worth while considering whether, in default of any
active authoritative steps, there may not be a method
of accomplishing the desired end by means of an
already existing power. For some time since Mr.
HEWIT OLIPHANT, the learned author of a book on
" The Law of Horses, Racing, Wages, and Gaming,"
gave publicity to his view of the law on the subject in
the columns of a morning contemporary. "It is
quite clear," says he, " that any practice which has a
tendency to injure the public morals is a common-
law offence. It is equally clear that the keeping of
a common betting-house has such a tendency. Those
places being great temptations to idleness, and being
likely to draw together great numbers of disorderly
persons are, therefore, nuisances at common law. And
where it is found that persons have not only hazarded
more than they can properly afford to lose, but have
also embezzled the property of their employers,
such persons would be idle and disorderly ; and a
betting-house frequented by such persons, a,nd so pro-
moting such conduct, would appear to be a disor-
derly house—a nuisance at common law, and indictable
by any two inhabitants of the parish, under the' provi-
sions of 25 Geo. 11., cap. 36." Surely our parishes
are not destitute of a couple of worthy citizens each
to test the correctness of the views here enunciated,
even if they have to undertake the case on their
individual responsibility. We should rejoice to see
the attempt made against some of the ragamuffins
who, only that, happily for themselves, Lynch law is
a thing unknown among us, richly deserve to be
laid hold of, and figure in tar and feathers in
front of their own " offices." Whoever lends
a helping hand to the annihilation of the
vermin has our unfeigned good wishes, and if there
be not a very speedy extirpation of those mushroom
gamblingebousee, their swindling proprietors will find
themselves some fine day held up to public infamy in
such unmistakable and special terms as will tho-
roughly spoil their game for the future, and compel
them to have recourse to some other project for steer-
ing clear of their proper destination—the hulks.

LATEST FROM PARIS.

(From the Times)

The proceedings of the Corps Legislatif were inter-
rupted yesterday (Tuesday) by a communication
from the Minister of State, informing M. Billault
that the President of the Republic considered the
course pursued by the Committee on the Budget, in
rejecting certain articles of the Budget, unconsti-
tutional.

The Committee, however, persisted in its con.
elusion, and the Assembly adjourned in the greatest
confusion.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.
Bills of Exchange were negotiated yesterday at rather
lower rates, 90 days'
paper being taken at 25 50 to 55 on
Paris, 12 14 to li on Amsterdam, 13 10 to 10i on
Hamburgh, 1211 to * on Frankfort, and 11 54 to 58 on
Ti ieste,

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 1,000
American were taken for export and 2,000 on specula-
tion. The market closed steadily. The sales included
100 Egyptian at 51d. to 6id., and 300 Surat at 3id. to
41d. per lb.—Railway Shares were firm at higher prices.
An account of the quantity of Grain imported into
Ireland from Great Britain makes the total last year
421,894 quarters, of which 369,650 quarters were of
foreign growth. Of Meal and Flour 466,451 cwt. were
imported, 351,244 quarters being foreign.
The advicea from the continental Stock markets no-
tice continncd buoyancy in the quotations.
The Arctic steamer brings 450,000 dollars in gold.
The abundant supply of gold is strikingly in contrast
with silver, of which there is an absolute scarcity, owing
to the demand for India and the amount required to
make up the instalments on the Austrian loan. The
next mail from Mexico will bring a very large sum in
silver, as the Indemnity instalment consigned to Messrs.
Baring is likely to reach.
There i3a quieter market for Public Securities as far as
speculation is concerned, but good money purchases are
still forcing up the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
which have reached 1041 to s. The Three per Cents.
are 101 a. Bank Stock is worth 2231 to 224. Ex-
chequer-bills of June are 695. to 725. premium, and East
India Bonds 88s. to 91s. premium. Consols for the
opening have been at 1001 to 101.
Consols have just fallen to 100 k i upon the French
news.

The Foreign Securities have all borne high prices,
and a moderate business has been transacted in them.
Mexican Bonds have been 271 If, and are now 271 to
Brazilian Old Bonds have been marked 1014, CniHan
105 to 106, and Equador 4/, being all faller quotations.
Venezuela has risen upon the information received by
the Committee to 45 and 46, an advance of 2 to 3 per
cent. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have been at 66i, and
since 651. Grenada Deferred Stock is at
104 Sardinian Bonds are worth 944
Russian Four-and.a-Half per Cents. are at 105, and
Dutch Two-and. a.Half per Cents. 64i to 65. Austrian
Scrip is weak at 41 premium. Portuguese Four per
Cents. are 38k, and Spanish Deferred 221 to /. They
are now 221 to.
Railway Shares have been very animated and at
enhanced prices for the favourite lines. Foreign Shares
are generally steady, but not brisk, and Sambre and
Meuse) have declined a little.

Gold Minea are looking well, and other mines are
in favour. National Patent Steam Fuel are called 4

premium.

QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols for Opening ... ... looi i x.d

ONE vRICES OF BRITISTI FITNDS O'CLOCK. PRICEScLot4r}:G
Bank Stock
3 -.ir Cont. Redusbd Ann,..
New VA per Cant. Anne.— .... 1043A i/2 7/g rA 78 104%
India Is ondg, 1,000/
. • ..... •• ..... •t, • • ..., ••••
Ditto under 1,0001.
Conzois for Opening
Exchequor Bills. I%d. March. June.
1,4)004 ..
500 i.
Small,
ONE CLOSING
PP.ICES OF FOREIGN FITNDB. O'CLOCK. PRICES.

Austrian 5 per Cent. Scrip
3razilian lionne, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Small

43% p
101
1011/2

Ditto; New, 1829 and 1839 lOl
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent lO6 105
Equador Bonds O.• 4%
tinned& Bonds, 1% per Cent —
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons Coupons
Ditto, Deferred 10y81,4
Maxinttn.. 5
~or 4 err., 1846 ...,
Ditto, 3 per Cent.--
Porn7iar, Bonds, 1849, 6 per Cent —
Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent..., 66% 65
Portuguese 6 per Conte..
Ditto, 4 per Cer'
Ditto Account 381,4
Russian Bonds ... ..... " a -
Ditto, 44e per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Account —.... 94%'/z
3panieh .T, pet Cent. 184.) ...., —

. _
eitto,Passivo 5%3374
Ditto, 3 per Cent 5O yi,
Ditto. New Deferred 223/43/8%
Venezuela Bonds, 3% par Cent 45 46
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,4 per Cent. 12 Guild 64740/2 65
Ditto 4 per Cont.:C9rtifleatos

101
105
43/,

10'4
34%
26%
6534

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38,/,z

5 aik
493%
22
44 112

64 ,A
965/8

GREAT BRITAIN AND HUMBOLDT.

In our account yesterday, of the passage made by these
splendid steamers from New York, we made an error as to
their relative horse-power, making that of both ships alike.
It should have been—

Humboldt ... Tonnage 2,200
Horse-power 850
... Tonnage ... 3,500
Horse-power 500
Being at the rate of 7 tons to 1 horse for Great Britain.
And only-2.58 to 1 horse-power for Humboldt.

Great Britain

GERMAN PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
the Countess of Desart, Lord Byron, General Bulkeley, and
Colonel Bouverie, honoured the German Plays with their
presence last evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de
Speth, Colonel and Lady Catherine Harcourt, and Lord James
Murray, also honoured the theatre with her presence. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by the
Baroness de Knesebeck, likewise honoured the theatre with
their presence.

0:to Goldsehmidt, Esq,, and Madame Gold-
sFholidt (Jenny Lind) have left Fenton'a Hotel for the Con-
tinent.

Tug LEGION OF HONOUR. —lt appears by a recent
return that the Legion of Honour consists of 42,801 members,
namely, 70
grand crosses, 207 grand officers 986 commanders
4,601 oZcers, and 36,937 chevaliers. , ,