The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-18 00:00:00

Overture, "Le Pre anx Clercs"
Selection Ballet, "La Estrella."
Romance and Chceur

Strad°lla.

Prince Victor of Hellenlobe has arrived on a visit to
her Majesty. His Serene Highness has just landed from
her Majesty's ship Cumberland, iu which he has been
serving in the Baltic.
Admiral Virgin was presented by the Earl of Claren-
don, and had an audience of the Queen to deliver his
letters of recall as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden.
Lord Waterpark and Mr. J. Ormsby Gore were the
lord and groom in waiting.
The Earl of Clarendon and Admiral Virgin left Wind-
sor by an early train this morning.

Count Walewski, the French ambassador, had an in-
terview with the earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the
Foreign-office.
Lord Join Russell arrived in town yesterday morning
from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, to attend the Cabi-
net Council. _

The Swedish Minister, the Turkish Minister, and the
Greek Minister transacted business yesterday at the
office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chanc3llor of the
Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down-
ing-street.
The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday from
Windsor Castle.

Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yesterday
to attend the Cabinet Council, from his seat, Broadlands,
Hants.

4. Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers
,present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell,
the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of
Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir James- Graham, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Moles-
worth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat three hours
and a half.

The Marquis and M;.rchioness of Abercorn are enter-
taining select circle at Brocket Hall, Herts.
Mr. J. Page Reade and Lady Mary Page Reade have
arrived at Edwards's Private Hotel, in George-street,
Hanover-square.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the

Exchequer yesterday, at his official residenCe in Down

ing-street. - -
LORD DIIDLIIIT STITART.—We are authorised to con-
tradict a statement which lately appeared in an evening
paper relative to the health of Lord Dudley Stuart. He
is not "lying dangerov,sly ill at Stockholm," as has been
represented. Letters recently received communicate
the intelligence that his lordship has been indisposed,
but that he is recovering.
We regret to announce the demise of the Hon. and

Rev. T. Hotham, rector of Dennington, who died on
Tuesday. This gentleman was canon of Rochester, and
had been connected with the chapter of that cathedral

many years. The deceased was the -third son of Beau-
mont, second Lord Hotham, and uncle of the present
Lord Hotham, M.P. •He was born 16th of Jan., 1774,

and married 23d Nov., 1802, Miss Anna Elizabeth,
eldest daughter oflMr. T. H. Hodges, by whom he
leaves a numerous issue. His eldest son, Sir Charles

Hallam, is the Governor of Victoria.
ARRIVAL OF GOLD.—The Guiding Star has arrived
from Port Philip with 50,000 ounces of gold and 12,000
sovereigns, making a total value of 212,0001.
PRICE OF GoLD.--The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 3 per mile discount (according to the last twill),
which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 101 d per
ounce for standard gold, gives •an exchange of 25.091 ;
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.081, it follows that gold is about 0.04 per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg,
the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English
Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.5 i ; and, the exchange at Ham-
burg on London at short being 13,42, it follows that
gold is 0.41 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in Lor -
don. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 rer anat., and, the par
of Exchange between England and America being
109 23-40 per cent., it folloWs that the exchange is nom;.-
flatly 0.42 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after
making allowance for charges of transport and difference
of interest, the present rate leaves a profit on the impor-
tation of gold from the United States.
LIVERPOOL SPECULATIONS.—The accounts from Ire-
land published yesterday morningexhibitsin a remarkable
Manner the complicated extent of the Liverpool spe-
culations which have lately excited public attention.
At Dublin more than five houses are stated to have
been compromised by them and to have suspended, with
liabilities in each case ranging apparently from 15,0001.
to 60,0001., while at Limerick and Cork the embarrass-
ments are understood to be on a still more serious scale.
It is evident that among the parties now in difficulty,
both at Liverpool and in •Ireland, a system of accom-
modation paper has been carried on in a manner
scarcely paralleled since the failures among the East
India firms at the commencement of 1847, and that
under any circumstances a final explosion must sooner
or later have taken place. However great may be the
disquiet occasioned at the present moment, the public
will therefore have reason to congratulate themselves
that it has happened at a time when, although a consi-
derable pressure exists, commercial affairs are every-
where inherently sound, and that when the influence of
such proceedings is removed the business of the legiti-
mate traders of the country will be carried on under
freer and healthier conditions than could otherwise have
been attained.
SUICIDE IN BATTERSEA-FIELDS.—On Friday last, the
body of Mr. George Edginton, the extensive fly proprie-
tor of Clapham, was discovered in Battersea-fields, near
the Duchess of York Tavern, with a frightfal wound in
his throat, and quite dead.
BURGLARY.—LUGGAGE OF THE RED-JACKET'S PAS-
SENGERS.—On Monday, or early yesterday morning,
the Waterloo Dock passengers' depot, Liverpool, was
broken into through the roof, and the luggage of the
passengers per Red-Jacket ransacked. What amount
of property has been stolen has not been ascertained.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—Yesterday the session of the
Faculty of Arts was inaugurated by an introductory
lecture on college education and self-edueation, by Pro-
fessor Masson, A.M. In addition to the students pre-
sent, the theatre was graced by the attendance of a large
number of ladies and gentlemen.
KING'S COLLEGE.—Last night Mr. Leone Levy de-
liverel the first of a course of twelve lectures to the
students of King's College, on the subject of the Law
of Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance. A large number
of students attended.

ort that

TRADE IN. RUSSIAN PRODUCE..—The rep(
vernment intend to prevent the importation of Russian
produce into this country, from any quarter, during the
continuance of the war, may be true ; or it may be
merely a story spread to affect the market. All that
we can say is, that it ought to be true. The trade in
Russian produce, through Memel, is au exceptional
trade, at which the Russian Government only connives
during the war ; which it prevented before the breaking,
out of hostilities ; and which it would prevent again;
were the war to end to-ntorrow. Memel is the nataral port
for all the produce which finds its way from the interior
by the Niemen, and the rivers or canals connected with
that stream. But till the war commenced, all Russian
produce was, by the Russian system of Douanes, com-
pelled to find its way to foreign countries from Prussian
ports, except what was smuggled across the RUssian
frontier. The interdiction of the importation of all
Russian produce iuto England from any quarter while
the war lasts would be a blow- not at Prussian, but at
Russian commerce. It would be no encroachment on
the bona fide. neutral rights of Prussian traders. The
measure would, moreover, have this advantage, that it
cannot resuscitate the quwstio errata of the rights of
mercantile neutral flags.
CHOLERA 4T THE EAST END.—At the east end of
London the poor are still suffering from the epidemic.
During the last few days it has again made its appear-
ance among the mariners employed on board the colliers
moored off St. Paul's, Shadwell, where the medical
officers of the Stepney Union have been engaged in at-
tending to the afflicted.
WnAT's IN A Name ?—The Austrians are building
forts round Cracow ; one of them is called Fort Kos-
ciusko ! Can the Austrians pronounce that name with-
out a blush ?
ACCUMULATED DISTRESSES OF MENSCHIROFF.—First it
was reported that Menschikoff had lost his carriage at
the Alma ; now we are told that his cook was taken
prisoner there. The poor man can neither take an airing
to get an appetite, nor have a dinner properly dressed if
he had one.
COBLENTZ, OCT. 14.—Yesterday evening, the North
American Ambassadors—Mr. Buchanan from London,
and Mr. Maison from Paris—arrived here with a part
of their suites. They put up at the " Giant," and are
expecting Mr. Soul 6 from Madrid to join theta this day.
'THE MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, Oct. 17.—The
Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain Abbott,
sailed this afternoon with the mails for the West Indies,
the Spanish Main, and Pacific, taking out 142 passen-
gers, among whom are the lion. Mr. 'Matthews and fa-
mily, the Rev. R. Dennett, Capt. Hawtayne, Lieute-
nant Morris, R.N. &0., a full general cargo, specie value
5,050/., and jewellery value 4,1821. sterling. The Royal
mail steamer La Plata, Captain Weller, with the home-
ward mails from the West Indies and Pacific, is hourly
expected at Southampton. The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steam-ship Madrid took her departure at 2
p.m.- to-day for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gib-
raltar. The Madrid has 35 passengers, amongst whom
are the Chevalier Silva, Major Munro, and Ensign Thack-
well ; and on freight, specie for Oporto, value 5,7501. ;
for Cadiz, 29,7121. ; and for Lisbon, 26,4021.—t0ta1,
01,8041., and jewellery value 1,1001.
NEW PAINTING PRESS.—Mr. Stephen Brown, of
Syracuse, has invented an ingenious pr ess for printing
four different colours simultaneously, a the rate 0f.500
impressions an hour; and not only can different lines
and letters be printed in various hues, but so perfect is
the invention that one letter may be printed in two,
there, or four colours, or be printed in one colour and
haled by another, all with the saw iraprosion.—Ame:
A?I courier.
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