The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-03 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY. JUNE 3, 1854.

Protocols, gradually leading us on to a peace,
contrived on that exceedingly simple condition,
the status quo ante bellum, are again spoken of as
documents that may be forthcoming. If this
could possibly prove to be the case, we should
know at last well enough where to fix the charge
of credulity and where the more serious accusa-
tion of connivance. The connivance in that case
would be the connivance- of the—whole Cabinet.
The credulity would be nothing less comprehensive
than the credulity of the entire population. A
pacific settlement of affairs now, with the status
quo as its foundation, would be literally the most
signal success that could by possibility be achieved
by the Emperor NICHOLAS. After all his atro-
cities—after all his falsifications of truth—after the
blasphemous re Deunts sung in his cathedrals—
after his own mendacious proclamations, and
the lying despatches of Baron OSTEN- SA CKEN, and
the massacre at Sincpe, and the devastation of the
Principalities—the CZAR would' come forth from
his struggle with the banded Powers. of Europe
not punished but rewarded, not defeated but
triumphant. It is preposterous to talk for
an instant of any such monstrous and cri-
minal compromise. A peace restored upon
that understanding would be branding an
internal infamy upon the maritime Govern-
ments. Simply—we cannot but throw the notion
of such an event aside as completely and utterly
incredible. It is incredible, even with Lord ABER- •
DERN still installed at the head of the Cabinet as
First Lord of the Treasury. It is impossible,
after all that has occurred during the last twelve
months, but during the last quarter of a
year particularly. After the- warlike language
used by Mini;ters, both within and without
the walls of Parliament. After. all our gigantic
and expensive warlike preparations. After the
declaration of war in the Moniteur and the
Gazette, by NAPOLEON and VICTORIA, simultane-
ously. After the transmission of extraordinary
powers to our Generals and Admirals ; after the
appearance in the Baltio of the combined fleets
under NAPIER and DESCRENES, and the previous
advance into' the Euxine of • the allied naval
armaments under DIINDAS and HAMELIN ;
after the landing of so many English troops
at Scutari, and of so many French troops
lai ittks eG
conditionaltahl ieiPooniie—a agai craven and dastardly compromise
spoken of, a peace, having las
basis the status quo ante berlum,
may well be scouted as an impossibility, and
that, moreover, in terms expressive of unmeasured
indignation.
England
and France are pledged to a course
diametricallly opposite to the one which would,
according to the before mentioned
rumour,fa
have to be followed. There is no possibility of
,precipitate withdrawal from the path along which
the Western Allies of Turkey have now for some
time back deliberately adventured. Otherwise
that that with infamy to themselves
and the chanceo
a
of extraordinary peril to the sta.
is tsy,
bility of their own Governments.
partialities, and German
Earl of ABERDEEN, and
prednile'4Pctironso: andf Russian
the r
other personages higher'
inightier than the
travelled Thaw, wo laugh to 500110110 Liotiou of

any such despicable and disastrous pacification—
however noisily Rumour may bruit it about on
her brazen trumpet with the flourish of a daring
and slanderous fanfarronade.

According to the gratifying announcement made
last evening in the House of CoMmons by the
Right Hon. the Secretary at War, the helmets and
shakos of our brave fellows in the East are to be
sheltered from the broiling sun of Turkey by a
supply of linen, coverings. According to the yet
more gratifying announcement made by the same
Right Hon. Gentleman, the leathern stock is to be
henceforth altogether dispensed with—the black
stock (more detestable even than the gent's all-
rounder) by which our gallant soldiers have, of
late, been nearly strangled. So far, the state-
ment made by the Secretary-at-War is in every
respect satisfactory. It is consolatory to
learn that a cruel and ridiculous experiment
such as this experiment of the black leathern
stock should be at length admitted to be
a failure, and as such, abandoned. But --let us
ask--who„ in the name of common sense, is the
cruel and ridiculous experimentalist ? Who is this
remarkable personage -ai the Horse Guards, or
above the Horse Guards—at the elbow of the
General Commanding-in-Chief, or looking over
his shoulder, and whispering preposterous hints
into his ear, and guiding his pen to the perpe-
tration, through official orders, of absurdity after
absurdity ? It is not a long way from the throat
up to the head, from the " cap" down to the
" collar." Can, there be any connection between
the two experiments—that old experiment in re-
gard to the cap, and this new experiment in re-
gard to the collar ? Can there be an identity in
the Experimentalists ?

The position of Lord JOHN RUSSELL as Leader
of the House of Commons for her MAJESTY'S Coa-
lition, is one, after all, painful for his sincere
friends to contemplate, and it is evidently harass-
ing to his own feelings. To no other cause can be
attributed his groundless and provoking attack
upon Mr. DISRAELI'S consistency, in regard to the
emancipation of the Jews, on Monday night ; as
attack resulting in sowing broadcast the seeds of
lasting personal ill-will between those who •ought
to differ with the most cordial respect for each
other's general intentions. Approving thoroughly,
as we do, of the comprehensive oath, if oath be
needed at all, which Lord JOHN proposed-to sub-
stitute for the antiquated, prof ine, and useless rub-
bish to which members of Parliament are now
sworn, we could wish that Mr. DISRAELI had
agreed with us, or had felt it right to prefer
the Jews' interests to the supposed interests of
his party. But that the sacrifice of his favourite
race to his Protestantism, or to his party, was
painful to him, no one, probably, but Lord JOHN
doubted for a moment. Whatever may be thought
of the morality of acting in important cases with
our party, when our individual views are contra-
vened by doing so, yet Lord JOHN should be the
very last man in the house to censure it in another.
It is indeed a case in which no doctor dubitantium
can guide the conscience of others. The necessity
of combined action in a Government, or in an
Opposition, is so obvious, and the great ulterior
objects so much more important than the
retention of some subordinate point for which a
politician may have previously battled stoutly, that
the claims of consistency and expediency can be
adjusted only by the individual himself. The
benefit, then, of this obvious view, even we, and
much more Lord JOHN RUSSELL, should be most
ready to give to a politician who has so regularly
voted against his own party in favour of the Jews.
Lord JOHN must have known that his (as we deem
it) admirable adjustment of the oath to the wants
of the age, did yet bring it in immediate conflict
with the opposition cry of Protestantism, raised,
unwisely we think, by Lord DERBY, on his last
quitting office. And we must believe that Mr.
DISRAELI acted on a conscientious view of his
whole position, and that Lord JOHN will regret
what we take to have been a momentary loss of
self-command.

Lord JoaN's position is, indeed, as we have ob-
served, one which must be trying to his temper, but
that position in part is certainly to be attributed to
his own conduct. Granting that his motives were
of the highest order in taking a subordinate and un-
remunerated post in the Cabinet, yet it is not in
human nature, certainly not in Lord JOHN'S, to
brook holding the reins of the House of Commons
while the hands of his compeers, his Tory com-
peers generally, grasp his arms, and make him do
their bidding ; and while, ever and anon, the
reins themselves are jerked out of his hands
by the restiveness of his own team, and
while, too, most provoking of all, ho is uncere-
moniously stopped in every start he would make
for himself. It must be past all endurance to
find that no reform, educational or political, which
is distinctively his has the least chance of success,
and that he becomes merely the coachman of a
rather unmanageable stud for Lord ABERDEEN and
Mr. GLADSTONE. All this is of course due to
to what we have often pointed out, that Lord
JOHN, though in some points one of the most
English-hearted men in the Cabinet, is no match
for its Tory section ; and that the latter are using
him and his followers as instruments to keep them
in office, in place of the other section of Tories
whom they ousted.

But, besides this primary difficulty in his posi-
tion, Lord JOHN has greatly aggravated it by ar-
bitrary dealing with the party to which he natu-
rally must look for support. When the Oaths
Bill was the subject, he was ready to gratify
Roman Catholic members and Puseyite members,
and, well knowing that other Dissenters would
support him in so liberal a course, he hoped to
carry his. bill without difficulty. He found, how-
ever, that the spirit which his Durham letter and
his Ecclesiastical, Titles Bill bad evoked
could not so easily be laid. The Anti-Papal furor
swept away Jewish rights, which had so often
triumphed in the House, with the rights which
had, for the first time, been associated with them.
But, again, when, the point on which Dissenters
were most solicitous was before the House—when
Sir W. CLAY proposed to abolish the Church
Rates, so specially obnoxious to them, Lord
JOHN was the only speaker of note in opposition
to him and them !—While, indeed, a young Con-
servative Lord, a son of the Premier, whom he
had aided to eject from office, was uttering the
most manly and equitable sentiments towards Dis,
senters, and backing them with his vote, Lord
JOHN was using both his vote and the most anti,
quated Tory argumen tato bolster up a petty Church
monopoly most odious to more than half the na-
tion, and most injurious to the character of Are
Church itself ! We observe that the Dis-
senting organs are exclaiming that Jews,
Catholics, Puseyites—all but Dissenters—obtain
some consideration from the Noble Lord, that
they alone are to give him their votes for nothing.
Can we wonder at their holding such language ?
His vindication of religious liberty must seem to
them a perfectly capricious thing. The result is
that we have a Leader of the House of Commons,
the first who ever filled it as a Cabinet office, all
whose own measures have been defeated or with-
drawn, and whose only use seems to be to
arrange the business for that portion of
the Government from whom he differs
most widely. Not a very promising augury for
continuing the new office as a part of our Parlia-
mentary arrangements. Few men of mark wiil
aspire to an honour so barren and equivocal.
The result, at least in the present case, is, to
give an appearance of great instability to the Go-
vernment--at a time, too, when foreign relations
demand the firmest aspect in the home Adminis-
tration.

MORE TREASON IN THE CAMP.

(Prom the Press of this day.)

The accounts from the Continent are unfavour-
able. AuStria, as we have always warned the
readers of the Press, declined to join in any active
co-operation with England and France. Prince
Metternich observed, a few days back, that " the
solution of the question is at Vienna ; and that
the present is not to be looked upon as a state of
war, but rather of a disorganised diplomacy."
All this means another campaign of protocols
ending with the status quo. We hear from Vienna
that the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen is on this
subject in as thick a fog as Napier in the
Baltic.

The recal of M. Bunsen elicits the revelation
of fresh scandals. It appears that a secret agent
of the King of Prussia visited this country at the
commencement of the year, and placed himself
immediately in communication with Lord Aber-
deen, who was well acquainted with him. Ac-
cording to his custom, Lord Aberdeen kept these
communications secret from his colleagues, till it
became advisable that Lord Clarendon, who re-
presents the credulity of the Cabinet, r.hould un-
consciously assist in the connivance. Lord
Clarendon, perplexed and alarmed, whispered
the circumstances to a colleague who was anti-
Russian. The colleague betrayed the affair to M.
Bunsen, who in a panic telegraphed to M. Man-
teuffel, the first Minister of the King of Prussia.
There was a great esc2andre. The affair was
hushed up, as such affairs always are. The secret
agent was disavowed, and privately rec died. Had
he remained and succeeded there would probably
have been no war. The anti-Russian party in the
Cabinet was triumphant. M. Bunsen walked on
tiptoe and drew up plans of a new territorial ar-
rangement, and Lord Aberdeen remained irritable
and moody. The Prussian Plenipotentiary, how-
ever, received in due time his reward, and M.
Bunsen's very fine collection of bronzes is now
for sale.

PROBABLE PECULIAR POSITION OF
- TEE EUROPEAN POWERS.

We learn, from a quarter which we have
invariably found to be ,well informed, that the
summons to evacuate the Principalities forwarded
to Russia jointly by Austria and Prussia, is not
only with the Czar's consent, but actually at his
instigation. If so, the summons will of course
be complied with, and we may, in that case,
expect to hear in a fortnight that the Russians
are about to retire behind the Pruth. The reason
of the Autocrat's readiness to adopt this course is
understood to be, that he will thereby afterwards
compel Austria and Prussia to become his active
friends, they having pledged themselves, in the
event of his withdrawing his troops from Wal-
lachia and Moldavia, to- protect him against any
abridgment of his power, or curtailment of his
territory, on the part of France and England.
In this way, the Czar makes sure of escaping the
consequences of his criminal conduct. But then,
it is to be remembered, on the other hand, that
the Western Powers have pledged themselves to
exact from Nicholas " material guarantees" for
the future peace of Europe. It is therefore pro-
bable, in the highest degree, that France and
England may come into direct collision with
Austria and Prussia before this Eastern question
is settled. If the German Powers and the Western
Powers each prove true to their pledges, it is not
easy to see how a war of France and England
united on tho one hand, against Austria and
Prussia on the other, can be avoided.—Morning
Advertiser.

K.RONSTADT.
Drawn by E. T. DOLBY.
Published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co,

A brilliant and wonderfully accurate sketch of
" The Fortifications and the Town of Kronstadt "
has within the last few days been issued to the
public from the Messrs. Paul and Dominic Col-
naghi's establishment. The authenticity of the
representation here given of these renowned insular
batteries may be regarded, we believe, as altogether
indisputable. It is vouched for, in teed, by the
circumstance that the view is printed under the
avowed patronage of the Right Honourable the
Lords of the Admiralty. Added to which the cor
rectness of the delineation is shown by the fact of
its having received the approbation of Captain
`Washington, R.N., besides that of other person,
well qualified to pronounce an opinion upon the
subject, from their acquaintance with the locality
depicted. The picture, we learn, was originally
drawn in the Baltic by Mr. E. T. Dolby,
on the 30th of April, 1854, and has been
since, with equal skill and rapidity, copied in this
country by M. and N. Hanhart, in double-tiuted
lithography. To this combination of talent, enter-
prise, and promptitude, the public at large are in-
debted for the masterly view of Kronstadt, now
presented to their notice, at 13 and 14, Pall-Mall,
East, by her Majesty's Publishers, the Messrs.
Paul and Dominic Colnaghi. It is interesting to
know that copies of the print, one of which is lying
before us as we write, have been already trans-
mitted by order of the Admiralty to his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of the French, as well as to
the Ministers of Great Britain at Foreign Courts,
and to other personages of importance. " Kron-
stadt," in the remarkable isketch under notice, is
shown by the artist as viewed froin the narrow
part of the channel, nearest to St. Petersburg.
Glancing from left to right, our eye notes in succes-
sion the formidable array of Forts Constantine, Alex-
ander, Riesbank, Peter, and Menschikoff. In the
centre is Kronshlet. From this representation it
appears that the course of the Danish steamer
(supposed at the moment of view to be entering
the channel, having Kronshlet on its left and Fort
Peter on its right) is the only available passage
for vessels of large size. Men-of-war approaching
the mainland in that manner for hostile purposes
would consequently
be exposed to a discharge of
32 and from seven hundred guns
simultaneously
A rather warm welcome.
Englishmen cannot surely look without peculiar
ngu id
shc
ion6neBst -pound
u uae
nn I
ndtn
emotions of interest at -a picture as vivid and
minute as the oue here taken from Mr. Dol-
by's drawing this striking sketch of
a
tional for twenty-six years, and which is regarded
as the finest piece of military architecture in the
world—remembering that against the batteries
of Kronstadt,England has sent forth the mightiest
fleetth
at.has
as
ever appeared in those northern
waters, under the command of one of her most
heroic sea-captains,
to grapple with the gigantic
power
of the Russian Autocrat, and by so doing,
and effectually
vanquishing his despotism, to re-
store peace to the nations of Christendom.

ARRIVAL OF ME KING OF PORTUGAL.

The Portuguese squadron, consisting of three ships,
arrived in the Southampton Waters at eleven o'clock
last night, bringing the King of Portugal, his brother,
and suite. Immediately upon the arrival being known,
his Excellency the Count Lavradio, Portuguese Minister
at London, and others connected with the embassy, ac-
companied by Lord de Tablet', lord-in-waiting to her
Majesty, Colonel Wylie, equerry to his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, and r. Priaulx, Portuguese consul
at this port, embarked on board a small steam-ship, and
visited his Majesty, whose intention it is to remain on
board during the night.. Theroyal carriages were ordered
to be, in readiness at the docks at eight o'cloCk this
morning, by which the King and suite will leave directly
for London. His Majesty is in good health, having
suffered very slightly from sea-sickness. As soon as the
ships were sufficiently in sight to be recognized, a tele-
graphic message was forwarded to her Majesty the
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Bucking.
ham Palace.
By electric telegraph from Southampton, Saturday
morning, we learn that the King of Portugal arrived in
the docks at seven o'clock this morning, on board the
Portuguese war steamer Mmndello, and landed about
half-past eight. The royal carriages were brought along.
side the docks, in which his Majesty, brother, and suite
have just taken their departure for London. His Majesty
appeared in excellent spirits, although somewhat deli-
cate in appearance. During the process of disembarking
and departing, royal salutes were fired from the platform
guns.

THEATRE-ROYAL HAYMARERT.—Evidences of the dig-
eriminating management of Mr. Buckstone are to be
found in every department of this theatre, and in one
more than that of the boxes, the presiding genius over
which is Mr. George Turpin, a gentleman whose assi-
duity in the discharge of his duties, and unvaryingctten-
tun and courtesy to the frequenters of this portion of
the house, have earned for him very high encomiums,
and_ placed him among the very best of box-keepers.
we see that his benefit is ifixed for Wednesda,y next, the
7th, when the bill of fire Will contain Planche's Knights
of the Round Table, .Budestone's Voyage Round the Globe,
ancl other entertainmenttcof a very amusing description;
and we confidently hope lig will then have the pleasure
of looking upon
a crowded, &tithe= of Wends, acquai4l,
tom, and oupportore.

THE CARPENTERS' STRIKE.—NOTTINGHAM, June 2.
This unfortunate movement being promoted by a few of
the most reckless and violent of the journeymen carpen-
ters of this town, and aided by the sympathy of a
similar class in other towns, has proceeded to such a
length as to render a decisive stand on the part of the
masters imperatively necessary to check it ; not so
much because men cannot be found to take the places
of those who absent themselves from work, as for the
purpose of bringing to as speedy a close as possible an
agitation which has already been too protracted and
created much mischief. Several warrants against men
accused of assr.ults and intimidation have been granted
during the current week, all of which arc to be heard
next Tuesday, unless. the dispute be brought to a close
by a frionakY Waiaosto this day issued by the united
eutployore.

THE gtN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1854.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

There was a good demand for cotton at Liverpool
yesterday, but the quantity offering was limited.
Sales, 10,000 bales, including 300 taken for export,
and on speculaton. The market closed firmly.
Railway shares were steady.
In a communication from Liverpool, Mr. Joseph
Whitaker informs us that the departures from that
port during the past month have been—
Vessels. Tons. Passengers.
7 5,101 846
10 11,416 3,449
1 402 4
1 1,341 416
1 351 12
1 1,081 336

To Sydney
To Melbourne
To Adelaide
To Geelong
To Hobart Town
To Moreton Bay

Total
Against, last month l2 10,353 2,380
The position of the Bank of England during the
week to the 27th ultimo had become easier, and
there was at length some impression produced by
the recent large imports of bullion. The demand
for discounts exhibited a further slight increase,

but there was au addition to private balances which
may be deemed satisfactory. The amount of Go-
vernment Securities was considerably lessened
again, from which we may assume that deficiency
bills were redeemed. Compared with the previous
week, the changes were as follows
Active circulation..
Decrease
Bullion .

Increase

£20,459,540
219 525
12,740,849
226,880
3,227,045
1,314
2,489,944
181,607
10,283,180
136,752
1,026,415
43,369
9,856,309
550,u00
15,441,966

Increase '
Public Deposits
Decrease
Other Deposits '
Increase
Seven-Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Decrease
Other Securities

Increase
Notes unemployed
Increase

16,685
5,552,710
452,680

There was an improvement yesterday afternoon
in the rates of,exchange upon the principal Conti-
nental cities—Amsterdam, however, having de-
clined to 11 171 to 17,i, and Trieste to 13 40 to 45.
Paris, 93 days, was 25 25 to 274 ; Hainburgh,
13 to ; and Frankfort, 1184 to f.
The amount of silver exported from London
during the week to last Thursday was 251,000
ounces, and of gold 1,192 ounces.
The official returns of the exports of produce
and manufactures from the United Kingdom during
the month ending the sth ult. gives the total at
7,765,2851., an increase of 186,3751. over the cor-
responding period of 1853. Iu the British ship-
ping engaged in our foreign trade there was a
satisfactory increase.
The advices by the Washington from New York
mention that 60,000 dollars had been subscribed in
Georgia towards the establishment of a line of
steamers between Savannah and Havannah. The
Stock market was rather firmer. Foreign manu-
factures were rather quiet, except desirable kinds,
which realised fair prices. Flour was in moderate
demand, but at weak prices. Freights were steady.
The English Stock Market has been very buoy-
ant, and there is a further rise of k to A per cent.,
although the purchases for money are not exten-
sive. There is some uncertainty respecting the
renewal of the Exchequer Bills that are due, and
it is apprehended that money may be asked for to
some amount. Consols have been 91i, and since
92g. The New 3k per Cants. have been 911
to 4f and the 3 per Cents. 93/ to 91.
Exchequer Bills have been at 1 prem. The Scrip
of the Bonds is prem., notwithstanding the large-
ness of the amounts in which they are issued. It
is hoped the next series of Bonds will be in smaller
amounts. Bank Stock is worth 206.

Foreign securities have been rather active.
Peruvian 3 per Cents. have advanced to 50 and 54.
The 44 per Cents. are at 65. Sardinian Stock is
at 824 to 84 ex div. Spanish 3 per Cents, have
touched 401, and the New Deferred 19/ to 20.
Russian 5 per Cents are at 98.
Railway shares have been in more request, and
at higher values. Caledonian are up 10s. to 155.,
North Western are about ss. better, York and
Berwick are 10s. to 1/. dearer, and others in pro-
portion. French shares are very firm, though
quiet.

In the Mining Share Market the only transac-
tions have been in Pontigiband, and at about the
previous rates. The Land Companies' shares are
quiet, and the Banks also.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES
(Prom. the Ofteial Gist. ;

liusintss ion,
tank Stock ..... 203
per Cent. Reduced Annuities 904 i 1
3 par Cent Consols Annuities 92 14 2i 4
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
New 24 per Cent. Annuities
:onsots for Account ,t.. 11 June 92 i 14 2i i
P.:chequer Bills, 24d.
1:'21000
Exchequer Bonds Scrip
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
'hilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 1024
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
exican 3 per Cent. ... 244
P.‘rnvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 65 7
Ditto 3 per Cent
:ussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 9B 9
Dial 44 per Cent B4 5
4ardiniau Bonds, 5 per Cent.......•••••
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4O 4
ipanisl. New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9i 20
Ditto Passive (Converted) - 44
• Dividends on thii aboTe payable in London.

Consols
Ditto June Account

TWO O'CLOCK.
92
928

CRYSTAL PALACE SYDENHAM.

The last few days have produced a magical transfor-
mation in the appearance of the Palace ; and, as the time
for opening draws near, the utmost excitement prevails
among all engaged upon this great undertaking, and
every effort is being put forth to render the opening,
on the 10th of June next, a spectacle worthy of the
world's support.
The difficulties the various contractors have had to
contend against no one but themselves and their men
will ever know ; and it can be safely asserted that never
before have any works been carried out with such
energy and perseverance as this People's Palace. The
principal contractors outside the building are Messrs.
Kirk :and Parry, and Mr. Myers. The number of
drawings nece Aary for the execution of the various con-
tracts would form several large volumes, and in their pre-
paration Sir Joseph Paxton has been assisted by 'an able
staff of drau4htsmen, Mr. Philip Lee superintending
the architectural and Mr. Edward Campbell the en-
gineering department.
Sir Joseph Paxton spends the entire day personally
Superintending the various works, commencing at an
early hour every morning. The judicious arrangement
of the various plants, intermingling with the sculpture
and the groups of birds and animals of every clime. pro-.
duces a splendid effect. The long perspective of the
nave, and the harmonious colouring of column, girder,
and arched roof, presents to the eye a scene unrivalled
even by the reputed tales of fairy-land.
The Industrial Courts, by Messrs. Barry, Tite, Stokes,
Thomas, and Crace, form by themselves no small item
of the attractions of the interior. It has recently been
decided to have a French court, towards which, we un- •
derstand, the Emperor of the French will be a liberal
contributor. It was orrly.:?ommenced a few weeks since,
and is now being finally decorated.
We understand that some speculative individual has
rented space, for which he will pay 2001. per aanum, to
be allowed to cut the hair and shave those of the visitors
that may require such services.
Cooking kitchens upon a very extensive scale have
been erected at the south end of the Palace, next the
Anerley-road, and will be in working operation by the
day of opening.
The foundations for the water towers are completed,
and the towers themselves, which will be 48 feet in dia-
meter and 240 feet high, will no doubt be rapidly pro-
ceeded with.

The catalogues will be profusely illustrated with en-
gravings of the various parts of the Palace and grounds,
copied from photographs taken by Mr. Ds la Motte,
and from Sir Joseph Paxton's drawings.
The time for opening, however, draws on ; but when
we know our Queen intends opening this Temple of the
Arts, we can safely fur its commercial issue predicate
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JOHN PARRY REDIVIVUS !-Yes, redivivus ; but not
in his old form, or after his old fashion, as the musical
humorist, the greatest buffo singer of England. No ;
returned to us our favourite has, but in a manner that
would seem to give colouring to the fable of the metem-
psychosis. Instead of one in his way, unrivalled both
as a musical composer and a musical performer, we find
in John Parry an artist of no inconsiderable promise—.a
grotesque of the pencil not unworthy of admiring no-
tice, even in the midst of all the pictorial fun of John
Leech, and Richard Doyle, and George Cruikshank.
As affording ample testimony that these words are not
mere complimentary sweetmeats, comfits of partiality,
or sugar plums of infatuation, the forthcoming sketches
from the Land of John Parry, sketches grouped to-
gether in a volume entitled "Ridiculous Things, Scraps,
and Oddities," may be expressly particularised. These
pencillings will be found to constitute a production
sufficiently demonstrative of the popular buffo-
singer's
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR.
RELIEF OF SILISTRIA.

The Vienna Post states, that after conferring
with the French and English commanders, Omer
Pasha on the 26th advanced towards Silistria with
90,000 men in two columns. His right wing leans
on the heights near the Taban Dene, and his left
on the river Driste.

This statement is considered probable by the
Presse.

News of the 30th from Bucharest have arrived at
Vienna, stating that the Russians had been re-
pulsed in an attack on one of the detached forts of
Silistria, and that the Russians admit the place is
not likely to be taken under a fortnight.
The Press of Vienna of the 29th ult., says :
" A letter which we have received from Bucharest
proves that Silistria is not in such imminent danger
as has been supposed, and besides this several cor-
respondents agree in stating that the auxiliary
troops will shortly arrive at Schumla, so that if
Silistria can hold out for 10 or 12 days longer the
Russians may be compelled to raise the siege.
Letters from Varna also inform us that prepara-
tions are making in the Black Sea to land troops in
the Crimea. If this should take place, and Silistria
be relieved in time, it is probable that strategic
motives may compel Russia to evacuate Wallachia
as far as Sereth. A letter from Orsova states that
a part of the troops from the camp of Kalafat have
marched on Aluta and another part on Sophia.
Nothing new has occurred either at Giurgevo,
Rustschuk, or at Oltenitza;Turtukai."
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25.—Marshal St. Arnaud
and Lord Raglan arrived from Shumla on the 23d.
There were 70,000 Russians employed in the siege
of Silistria, and the Generals had given orders for
the immediate embarkation of 25,000 French and
15,000 English troops for the Danube. The loss
of the Tiger is confirmed.

ARRIVAL OF ALLIED TROOPS AT VARNA.

Intelligence was received at Vienna yesterday
from Admiral Dundas that Redout-Kaleh arid
Poti, on the coast of Circassia, had surrendered to
the allied squadron.

A detachment of the allied armies had arrived
at Varna.

Advices from Baltschik, of the 28th ult., state
that Redout-Kaleh and Poli have been occupied
by a squadron of the allied fleets.

Arms and ammunition were landed. Communi-
cation is established with Sehainyl and the as-
sembled Circassians.

THE DANUBE.

On the 26th the& Russians attempted to force the
passage of the Danube at Turnu, Simnitza, and
Giurgevo, but were repulsed.
Similar attempts made at Rutschuk and Tur-
tukar also failed.

A telegraphic dispatch from Widdin, of the 27th
ult., says :—" A considerable mass of Turkish
troops coming from Lesser Wallachia ,by Kalafat,
are collecting at Widdin. Couriers from Schumla
are following each other without interruption.
Silistria still holds firm."

BELGRADE, May 24.—A great rise has taken place
of the waters of the Danube.- The bridge at Kala-
rasch has been carried away, and the communica-
tion between the two banks of,the river is entirely
cut off. The 18,000 Russians on the right bank
are consequently very much exposed. The fire of
the Russian batteries is almost entirely suspended.