The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-27 00:00:00

THE OCEAN MAIL DIORAMA.

beAnotber important and interesting addition has just
bitr Made to this charming and most instru?tiveexhi-
ea'n, illustrating the route of the ocean mail rid the
lee to India and Australia, at the Royal Gallery of
ustrati
that on, Regent-street. The addition referred to is
°I beautiful picture of Constantinople.. Thus,
"8t A_ustialia has already been for a long time, and
1 still
Turkish of a lively interest to every Englishman, the
thp x.r." question, the all engrossing quarrel between
of -"orthern Bear and the Eastern Lamb, has become
Lot:late one of the most startling topics, in which every-
Th feels more or less directly a deep concern.
the Proprietors of this exhibition had promised to
Public that whenever a subject of exciting and
re,,,vrrsal interest should present itself, they would
reZdY use their utmost endeavours to give such a
B,reaentation of its leading features as would prove
sli isfactory to their ever-numerous audiences, thus
th:.,!cg their 'intention to return their best thanks in
the best manner, for the encouragement with which
ha have been hitherto so signally favoured. They
the'Lin this instance, remarkably succeeded, both in
nilder e'cioi, and execution of the popular subject now
cur notice.
as c,4t, magnificent picture gives us an idea, as perfect
thin -4"1 be, of Constantinople and its suburbs. No-
important is omitted. We see the great canal
liier';',Passes through the town. Near it is the Seras-
ol„,4 'lower, the Mosque of Soliman, otherwise named
A/ rll7ania. 'Farther on are the hotels and residences of
vieZasnadors, the Arsenal, &c., the whole enlivened by
Pubj7 of Turkish soldiers, horses, &c., parading in the
iu tllc thoroughfares, views by no means inopportune
Present circumstances. It will be sufficient to
Bnrel,,,ll,conclusion, after having stated the great plea-
that ;"ich we took ourselves in that beautiful sight,
and ;"ae travellers, lately returned from those regions,
Part'e„l°ng them who have visited Constantinople in
Pietl f,--ar, have all attested the perfect accuracy of the
urs' 20 well deserving praise in every other respect.

THE NEW
' AT
liOnt4E AMONG THE BRICKLAYERSPaIace o
Yeste:P 01' PARLIAMENT.
t the New
W "LaY the b • kl vers working a
laid down, the
e,,tillibricklayers a.,
13 were
walked
Jackets niter struck. The trowel _....A h.,out half.past one o'clock
IA 8 Ant
in
13
-- Thy °n, baskets taken up,
obliged to f
has
the waa e labourers were of course New Palace .
eet, d e °I. the bricklayers, and the
The cause of the
strike ifert,eci by both bodies of men.
and the menowlloawl
ofdu,-;e'llsal on the part of the master,
for
in New
a ;,4.89.41 to be a demand on the partf roafntihnecrmeaesne,
Palm "geS• The men assembled in clusters
to
illte •
Srler proceedings.
-Yard and the neighbourhood, consulting as
8`" of the '''
:_, IttilKt OF Qon- THWARK LAEOURERS.—The wateor-
excite,n_borough of Southwarfk
2,000—`", in consequence o
414 Suffrance wharfs. The pay of.
earlyt
for
labourers, who have been working at the diffe-
tibs the satrigrkeenot
,„e last fifty years has been, their employerskfsaaey.
of .the labourers
say,
!u• per hour, including the time occupied in brea
ant;
ItZge and dining, and two pints of porter
thusworking hours have been from six till g
• ed
produein
this price g provisionswere ' * h bread was
I le1:11 ht,
w en
is 3, when i dea-
r-6_,. u. per quarters, meat Is. per pound, and porter
r
houru• per pot—and they now strike and require 4d.
_,
with all the above advantages. The reason they
assign for increasing the demand is, that the suffranee
Wharves have the privilege of landing foreign goods, the
coasting trade having recently been superseded by the
railways. The wharfingers state that if they are com-
pelled to pay 4d. per hour the expense will ultimately
fall Upon the merchants and consumers. 300 men pa-
raded round the wharves in the course of yesterday, and
threatened to do desperate mischief to any labourer
Who dared to go to work for less than 4d. per hour.
It_ is said that from 400 to 500 men struck at Scovell's,
from 200 to 250 struck at Humphreys', from 150 to
200 struck at Penning's, from 200 to 250 struck at
Allen and Stevenson's, from 200 to 250 struck at Cur-
ling's, and that several other strikes of similar extent
Were made in the course of the day. Most of the
above large concerns have been obliged to submit on
account
alon of the number of foreign vessels and craft lying
glide the wharves, laden with most valuable cargoes.