The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1854.

of some few conspicuous members of h
with lasting disgrace and universal detestation.teCabinet
•
Reviewing all the Ministerial acts and all the
words which have fallen from the lips of the Earl
to the Nur-
of ABERDEEN, in reference to the war, in regard
to Russia, and in particular allusion
we can only wonder that
thern AUTOCRAT,
some resolute and honest member of the House
of Commons has not long since risen in his
the impeachment of
the Crown in the
pthlaece
Firstand bomildlnyisdteermanedfed
presence of Parliament. The observations made
by the
Prime Minister as recently as last
night, towards the close of the important debate
provoked by the observations of Lord LYNDHURST,
were only of a piece with everything else the Noble
Earl has already uttered upon the subject of that
disastrous conflict of which we still, and very
many besides ourselves, continue to regard him as
not less the originator than the Emperor Motto-
LAS. It was veritably the old song realised—
" Cauld kail frae ABERDEEN 1" Happily, however,
the timidity and peevishness by which the re-
marks of the Premier were as usual characterised,
yesterday, had been preceded by the chivalrous
and statesmanlike explanation of the policy of the
Cabinet made by the Earl of CLARENDON 0.5
Foreign Secretary. Explanations so entirely
satisfactory as to have at once commanded the
approval, or rather we might even say the pane-
gyric, of Lord DERBY, as Leader of her MAJESTY'S
Opposition.
Repudiating at once and completely the notion
of England and France consenting to conclude
with Austria and Prussia a peace between them-
selves and the AUTOCRAT such as the one to which
Lord LYNDHURST had referred, a peace based upon
the status quo ante bellum proviso, a peace leaving
untouchedthe present frontiers of Russia andTur-
keyrespectively, Lord CLARENDON boldlyavowed—
" Such a peace would be nothing but a short and
hollow truce, to which England and France could
be no parties—a peace which would afford no
guarantees for the future, which would be indeed
a triumph to Russia, and would leave Austria
hereafter more than ever exposed to the pernicious
influence and aggressive policy of Russia. (Cheers)."
And almost immediately afterwards the Noble Earl
continued—" I cannot say, nor do I think any
of your Lordships would undertake to say, on
what terms peace can be made, because those terms
must depend on the chances and contingencies of
the war; and, indeed, if I did know on what
terms we should be prepared to make peace, I am
sure your Lordships would agree with me that it
would be imprudent at this moment to divulge
them. (Hear, hear.) We may have our own
opinions as to what may be desirable in that re-
spect, but none of us can tell what may be pos-
sible. This we know, however, that the policy
and the power of Russia are dangerous to the
peace and well-being of Europe----(hear, hear)—
and that they are dangerous to the cause of pro-
gress and of civilisation. (Cheers.) We must all
of us know that the object and the interests of
Europe must be to curtail that power and to check
that policy; and that if this opportunity be ne-
glected of doing that, it would be vain to hope
that such a one would ever occur again.
(Cheers.) My Lords, all Eu.rope is not
to be disturbed—great interests are not to be
dislocated—great commercial and social risks are
not to be run, and the greatest powers of Europe
are not to be united in arms for an insignificant
result. (Renewed cheers.) We must all be agreed
that repression will only postpone the danger, and
that safety can alone be sought in curtailing a
power which menaces the peace of Europe and the
cause of progress and civilisation. (Cheers.)"
Language worthy of an English Statesman.
Language which it was no wonder was greet-
ed from all sides of the House last evening
with acclamations. Let the Cabinet be true to
the policy sketched out by the manly declarations
made in the Guildhall, on Wednesday afternoon,
by the President cf the Council, and in the
HOUS3 of Lords last evening
.by the Foreign
Secretary, and. a Peace arranged upon the con-
cession of a " material guarantee" by Russia,
will effectually avenge the past disturbance of the
peace of Christendom, while securing the future
progress of Civilisation.

There can be no question of the Duke of NEW-
CASTLE'S competency to manage Canada and the
Colonies, and doubtless the regret is pretty gene-
ral everywhere, except perhaps among the leading
Peelites, courtiers, Whigs, and Russianisers at
home and abroad, that he did not insist on Eng-
land's favourite Foreign Minister taking the con-
duct of the war, while he himself kept to the post
which he has hitherto filled satisfactorily to all
parties. His bill respecting the Legislative
Council of Canada, read a second time on Thurs-
day night, does him the greatest credit. Utterly
unlike most of the Coalition measures in its sim-
plicity and boldness, it seems likely to be rewarded
with a totally different fate, and to be neither
" withdrawn because we are absorbed in war" nor
defeated. Noble Lords rose to comment, but
disavowed obstructive intentions, and this most
important bill was read a second time without a
division, and that in the House of Lords !

The facts of the case are simple, as well as the
bill. The Legislative Council of Canada a nomi-
native one, notoriously fails to obtain the respect
and confidence of any important class in the
colony. Individuals in it are persons of respecta-
bility, but it has no influence, unless, indeed, an
irritating one, on public opinion. A change is con-
fessedly needed. Well, a draft bill is forwarded
to the Duke from Canada itself. He could either
have adopted this, or obtained a complete bill
from Canada, and obtained its confirmation from
the British Parliament. Either of these courses
would have been deemed liberal both here and on
the other side the Atlantic. The Duke himself,
however, prefers a third and much more states-
manlike, as well as bolder course ; he proposes
simply to repeal the disenabling clauses of-the Act
of -Union, and thus to leave the Cauadians free to
construct their second chamber on such a plan as
they themselves think best. Of course the con-
sent of the Crown will be required, a consent as
little likely, as in this country, to be withheld.
A useless, and occasionally mischievous impedi-
ment to the prompt co-operation of the Home
with the Canadian Government—the requirement
of forty days' notice to Parliament previously to
confirmation—is also to be removed, no one in-
terposing a word on its behalf.
We congratulate this great colony, this real
New England, on the spirit now prevalent in
regard to it here, even in the most aristocratic
quarters ; and we must say that we sympathise
entirely with the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S aversion
to the thought of separation, and regret Lord
ELLENBOROUGH'S injudicious taunts or irony, for
we really hardly know how to take his remarks,
on cutting the connection entirely, as the proper
sequel to the measure of independence already
cheerfully conceded. As yet both Canada and Eng-
land are of quite another mind. England is proud
of and loves her noble daughter, and her daughter
is proud of and loves her ; there is not the
slightest symptom of variance between them,
hardly so much as between Lancashire and
Middlesex, and not so much as between Louisiana
and Pennsylvania. All the misunderstandings
of childhood have passed away, with confessions,
t:',24), of harshness on the.part of the parent, and
the awakening of intelligent attachment on the
part of the child, and long may present sentiments
last. We, at least, will not anticipate the wish
to separate ; are will,
believe that if ever on the other hand, fully
it they circumstances should compel
will be of such a kind that both sides will
bow to events only, and not part through muWal
alienation.
been pursued with the
now.taken.with Canada,
Had the same course
American Colonies as is
bad they been left to manage their own internal
concerns, and to settle their forms of constitutional
Government for themselves, and had they been
presided over by governors of no party, anxious
only to give the freest play to constitutional prin-
ciples, we can well imagine that the British Em-
pire might at this day have comprised the whole
its inhabitants all
might have been proud of the
of the North American Continent, and yet that
"ndignity. PROVIDENCE, no
British name, and have resented the idea of re-
nouncing it as an
doubt in wisdom,
permitted the quarrel and the

sepavation, for the power of such an empire would
have been uncontrollable either by the Old World
or the New. On the other hand, it may need
the cordial union of England and Canada, even
when the latter numbers her population by tens of
millions, to moderate the ambition which the
mighty republic of the South shares with all re-
publics which have ever existed.

Circumstances are, indeed, favourable rather
than otherwise to the continuance of the union.
The political relations of the province with the
kingdom are now eminently so. There the settlers
are eminently British ; comparatively very few of
the emigrants from Continental Europe resort to
Canada, the most ill-affected of the Irish also go
to the States, and if any of that stamp settle in
Canada, their employment by British capital and
under British masters, and the respect enjoyed by
their religion there, soon converts them into cheer-
ful and loyal subjects of the British Crown. Then
the natural wealth of the country, its railways, and
commerce are so fast progressing, and that, too, by
the aid of British capitalists and engineers, that
what might have become an element of selfish
strife is only binding us more closely to each
other, added to all which steam and the electric
telegraph will soon render London and Montreal
nearer than London and Dublin used to be.

Believing that natural and voluntary unions of
parties, able, indeed, to act independently, but
grown up together in the bonds of common origin,
cordial good-will, and mutual interest, are the
strongest of all, we would please ourselves with the
idea that England and her present North American
Colonies may long exist in free and happy federal
union, beneath a Monarch as beloved by both as
our present QUEEN. Should a separate future,
however, be reserved for us, though Austria, Rus-
sia, or Prussia might fall to pieces any day, and
the fragments hate most cordially the old central
despotism, yet if events do compel England and
Canada to divide their Governments, it will, we
doubt not, be effected without any diminution of
mutual attachment and respect.

THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION.—This day, being the an-
niversary of the accession of ter Majesty to the throne,
was celebrated with the usual demonstrations of loyalty.
The bells of the -various churches in the metropolis rang
merry peals, and at one o'clock double royal salutes
were fired from the Tower and Park guns.
His Majesty the King of Portugal, attended by his
brother the Duke of Oporto, and suite, visited the estab-
lishment of Madame Tussaud to-day, and remained some
hours among the numerous interesting works of art in the
museum. This popular exhibition has been visited in
one twelvemonth by his Royal Highness Prince Albert
and the Royal children, her Majesty Queen Christiana,
the ex-Queen of the French, their Royal Hignesses the
Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and his Highness Prince
Mahomeq, and other distinguished personages.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Miss Ellen Grey takes her
benefit a the Haymarket this evening, on which occa-
sion Thd Knights of the Round Table, with other enter-
tainments, will be performed. Miss Ellen Grey is a
rising artiste, and, as such, we hope that her benefit may
be a proOlittlp one.
0 QIJZ, ST, JAMES'S THEATRE.—The per-
fon?), : artistes from the Theatre Lyrique,
Pa - c Marie Cabel, were honoured last
even presence of her moat gracious Majesty
the Qut,6l4443lkbyal Highness Prince Albert, accom•
panied by his 'Majesty the King of Portugal, and the
Due d'Oporto, attended by the Baron Sarmento, the
Viscount Carreira Chevalier de Mello, Countess Mount
Edgcumbe, Hon. 'Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Byng, Lord
Camoys, the Hon. Colonel Wylde, Major-General
Buckley, and the Hon. Captain de Ros.
THE VACANT RFAIIMENTS.—We believe that the
colonelcies of the 19th and 84th Regiments, vacant by
the deaths of General Turner and Sir Loftus Otway, will
be conferred on Major-General Rowan, C. 8,, command-
ing the troops in Canada, and Major-General James
Shaw gsKennedy, C. 8., both distinguished Waterloo
officers.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The following return for yester-
day, which was the first of the shilling days, has been
issued by the directors :—Number of season tickets sold
at to this date, 20,220 • admission at the doors, 10,424 ;
admission by season tickets 1,235; total, 11,659.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN.—The Australian
steamer has arrived -with 127,000 ounces of gold, valued
at 508,000/.
THE RUSSIAN LOAN.—The proposals for the Russian
loan mentioned last week as about to be contracted in
Holland have just been put forth. The amount is
50,000,000 of silver roubles, or nearly 8,000,000/. ster-
ling, in a 5 per cent. stock, with dividend from the Ist of
April, at a price equal to about 94. The houses by
whom it is introduced are Messrs. Stieglitz, at St. Pe-
tersburg, and Messrs. Hope, at A.m.sterdam ; and it is
said that in the latter city a good amount has been sub-
scribed.

FOREIGN RATES OF EXCHANGE.—The last accounts
from the Paris Bourse Oxhibit an advance of about one
and a-half per cent. At Amsterdam, in consequence of
the new loan, the Russiam Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
have experienced a severe fall. At Vienna the money
market continues to show a general improvement. The
quotation of the French rate of exchange shows renewed
firmness. At Hamburg there has been another consi-
derable decline, and the rate of discount• has advanced
to 2i.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The letters from St. Petersburg
are to the 10th inst. They contain nothing new,
except that the Prussian Consul here is appointed to
legalise all official documents for Russia in the absence
of the Russian Consul.

DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures from
the port of London for the Anstralian colonies during
the week show a considerable in crease. They have com-
prised altogether 16 vessels,—seven to Sydney, with an
aggre gate burden of 4,597 tons ; five to Port Philip,
with an aggregate of 3,739 tons ; one to New Zealand,
of 672 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of 517 tons ; one to
Adelaide, of 456 tons ; and one to Perth, Western Aus-
tralia, of 439 tons. Their total capacity was conse-
quently 10,474 tons. The ratios of freight continue to
exhibit great heaviness.
BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—The general
business of this port has been active during the past
week. The number of vessels reported inward was 200,
being the same as the previous week. The number
cleared outward was 131, being and increase of seven
over the previous week. Of those, 24 were in ballast
and 16 for the Australian colonies.

SHIPMENTS or SPECIE.--The shipment of specie by
the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon amount to
455,8001., of which 32,1031. is gold, for Malta, Alex-
andria, Singapore, and Hongkong • and 423,6971.
silver, for Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Canton, and
Shanghai.
THE TRADE OF THE MOZAMBlQTJE.—lntelligence was
received yesterday at Lloyd's that custom-houses have
been established on the seaports of Ibo, Quelimane, In-
hambane, Lourenco, Marquez (Goa Bay), on the east
coast of Mozambique, Africa, and that the ports of
Tofalla, Angoxe, Mecambo, Cenducia, Firmao Vellozo,
Pemba Tungue, and Rio de Orero, are to be fiscal ports.
These ports are open to foreign flags, but in no other
ports -will foreign vessels be permitted to enter, except
in case of distress, or of urgent necessity to procure
water, stores, or firewood. And also that at the Cus-
tom-house of Mozambique foreign merchandise can be
admitted to bond in warehouses belonging to the state,
under the control of the Custom-house, for.a period not
exceeding two years from the date of entry. At the end
of that period the goods must be either entered for home
consumption or for re-exportation, and if the latter,
they are not subject to duty. Goods can be re-exported
within two months of their arrival, free of duty. The
Government holds itself responsible for the goods in bond.
EAST INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.—The precise terms
have been announced of the Four-a-Half per Cent.
Bonds for 1,000,000/. about to be issued by the East
India Railway Company. They will be for 1001. and
upwards, with principal and interest guaranteed by the
East India Company, whose signature they will also
bear, and they will be for periods of three or five years,
at the option cf the applicants, during which periods
holders will have the privilege of converting them at
any time into shares. Applications are to be received
up to the 29th inst.
GALATZ.—Aclvices have been received from Galatz,
in Moldavia, of the sth inst., in reply to an inquiry as
to the influence of the Russian occupation of the Princi-
palities on the future supplies of grain. The stocks of
barley and rye, it is said, have been nearly exhausted
by the invading army, and a quantity of wheat has been
ground into flour, but chiefly hard wheat. It is added,
however, that should commerce be re-opened, there
would be no deficiency of soft wheat, as the stock in
the interior is considerable. In addition to this, it is
said, the appearance of this year's crop is, up to the
present.time splendid, rains having fallen every week.
It would therefore only require ships and fair prices to
induce growers to bring down large quantities. The
stock of Indian corn is very large, both at Galatz and
in the interior, and, as the Russians do not u.Fe it for
bread, it is a drug in the market, and can be bought
for about 7s. 6cl. per quarter.
THE NEW INCOME TAX ACT.—Yesterday the In-
come Tax Act (No. 2), which received the Royal assent
on Friday, was printed. It declares that the duties are
freely and voluntarily granted towards defraying the
expenses of the just and necessary war in which her
Majesty is engaged. From the sth of April last the
increased rate of ls. 2d. in the pound is to be chargeable.
The duty is to be assessed and raised under the provisions
of the former income tax acts. There is a provision in
the new act as to the payment of interest on Exchequer
Bills becoming due. The act is to oontinue in force
during the war, with a proviso as to arrears,
THE EXPORT OF SULPHUR.—It appears that the pro-
hibition by the King of Naples of the export of sulphur
to the ports of the belligerent Powers is confirmed. The
importance of this article as regards the manufacture of
gunpowder is trivial, the quantity used for that purpose
not exceeding a fiftieth part of the total annually taken
by this country. It is in a multitude of manufacturing
and chemical operations that its deficiency will be felt,
and in this respect the interests involved are so large,
both in England and France, that it may be assumed
the measure will command the immediate attention of
the respective governments. The yearly value of the
trade to the people of Sicily is estimated at nearly half a
million sterling, and it employs about 100,000 tons of
shipping.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The Bales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at from 6,000 t 07,000 bales, all to the trade.
The market closed heavily with but little change
in prices. The sales comprised 500 Surat at 21d..
to 3id., 50 Sea Island, and the remainder nearly
all American. Railway Shares were active, and
generally 1 to 2 per cent. higher.
The New York advices mention that the crops of
wheat generally were promising an abundant har-
vest. Breadstuffs were firm. The shipments of
specie continued large, amounting in the last week
to 1,926,644 dollars, which had occasioned a falling
off in the official statement of the City Banks
under that head. The cotton market was fluc-
tuating.
The amount of specie sent away yesterday by
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ripon was 457,8001., of which 399,7651. was to
China, and all but 16,965/. in silver. To Singapore
53,5131. was sent, and the rest to Malta, Alexan-
dria, and Penang.
otwithstanding the boasted treasures in the
fortresses of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Russian
Government, thus early in the war, has come for-
ward to contract a loan in foreign countries.
Through the medium of Messrs. Stieglitz, of St. Pe-
tersburg, and Messrs. Hope, of Amsterdam, a loan
to the amount of eight millions sterling, is sought
to be obtained. One might have thought that the
vaunted popularity of the war would have in-
duced the subjects of the Autocrat to come forward
freely with their subscriptions, especially as this is
is not a forced contribution, or one that will be un-
productive of a return in the shape of interest.
The fact is, however, as every impartial person
must have felt, that the resources of Russia are
most seriously tested by the efforts she has
already made, that her small accumulation of coin,
if any existed, has melted away, and that she
stands revealed both financially and politically
as the mere shadow of that greatness which igno.
ranee usually ascribes to the unknown. The ques-
tion naturally asked will be whether this loan will
find takers in Holland. The price is 921 or 93
for a 5 per Cent. security, and judging by
the feeling at Amsterdam manifested from
the very commencement of the present
war, and which is decidedly Russian, we believe
that almost as a matter of inclination, apart from
the idea of gain, the Dutch will subscribe. They
certainly are not much indebted to England and
France for the part taken by the latter countries
when Belgium recovered her independence ; but
if they expect to gain much by a closer re-
lationship to such a power as Russia, they
may find the exchange not the most politic. Even
in the London market, however, there are men,
and probably those who are already interested in
Russian debt, who will make further advances, but
it may be useful to remind such that, in time of
war, it is expressly forbidden to lend money to a
State which is an enemy to their own country.
The other " pull" upon the money market to
which we briefly alluded a day or two since, namely,
a loan upon Debenture Bonds for the East India
Railway Company, guaranteed by the Hon. East
India Company, is now before the public' in a tan-
gible shape. The total amount is a million ster-
ling ; the bonds are to run from 3 to 5 years.
Whether the amount can be placed remains to be
seen, but certainly the market is favourable
for the operation if people have confidence in
the management of the company. Although the
guarantee, probably, may remove the matter out
of the province of doubt, the loans for Trinidad
were taken yesterday, mostly at par for the 41 per
Cent. Stock. This is guaranteed, of course, by the
mother country, and is a pretty fair index of the
value of money, inasmuch as the Bank of England
were the chief bidders.

A new Belgian loan for 27,000,000 francs is in
course of negotiation, but the arrangements are not
yet concluded. The interest is to be 4i per cent.,
and the probable contract price 90. There will be
some cancelment of floating debt.
It has been rumoured during the last day or two
that Messrs. Rothschild have arranged with Go-
vernment to take a large amount of the Exchequer
Bonds.

Money is stated to be scarcely so easy this morn-
ing, but the London Joint Stock Bank, as we men-
tioned yesterday, has reduced its allowance on de-
posits on " call' to 41 per cent.
The Stock Market has undergone some reaction
after yesterday's important advance, and several
influential brokers have been selling. The fact of
so many loans being on the Lapis is rather against
prices, but the realisation of profits is a stronger
reason. The value of Bank Stook is 204. Exche-
quer Bills are at par to ss. prem., and India Bonds
at is. prem. The New 31 per Cents. have been
92i to 93k, and the 3 per Cents. 921 to 93k. Con-
sols opened at 92/ to 93, have been since 931 g,
and are now 931 g.
The Foreign market is lively. Russian 5 per
Cents. are 97 to 98, and the 4 per Cents. 86, being
firm, considering the new loan. Dutch 2i per
Cents. have been quoted 61-i. Brazilian Old Bonds
are at 991, Chilian 3 per Cents. have been done at
741, and Equador, at 31. Mexican are supported
at 241. Peruvian 5 per Cents. have varied from
67 to 68, and the 3 per Cents. from 50 to 51.
Spanish 3 per cents, are worth 41, and the De-
ferred 19k. Sardinian ex dividend have been at
85 to 86. _ _

Railway Shares continue excedingly good, and
in many instances there is a further advance.
Caledonian are up about 10s., North-Western are
to 4; better, and South-Western, North British,
East Anglian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
Great Western are buoyant. French shares are
not quite so high as yesterday.
The Mining Share Market is dull for both
home and colonial undertakings.

--The Joint Stock Bank Shares are very firm.
Union of London are higher, and English, Scot-
tish, and Australian have advanced.
The Land Companies' Shares have been nominal,
and Crystal Palace lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Oficial List. )

Rumness done.
Bank Stock ..... . ... 204
I per Cent. Reduced Annuities ' 923 34 3 i
3 per Cent Consols Annuities. shut
31 per Cent. Annuities
Ling Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 1146
DittG 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 43
India Bonds, £lOOO ....,,,,., .......
Ditto, under £lOOO 3 p
Consols for Opening 9th July
Exchequer Bills, 24 d.
£1000
2500 par
Small I 5 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 99,
Chilian Bonds, 3 per Cent . .. 74/
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Equador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent. _
•74'

Peruvian Bonds, 4A per Cent. 67i 7 8 7
Peruvian 3 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 97 8
Ditto 4A per Cent B6
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............ ..
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4l
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent lO4
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Guil
HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 19th July 934 x d

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.--Information has been
received of the mysterious disappearance from Steyning,
Sussex, of a young man about 18 years of age, named
Edwin Poiney. He was dressed in a fustian suit, and
had a silver watch, makers name " Lassetter," Steyning.
He was last seen on the road from Steyning to Hors-
ham, and it is feared ho has met with some foul treat-
ment. Information is requested to b© given to Mr.
Breach, Superintendent of Police, Hove, Brighton.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COUNTY COURT BAlLlFF.—ln-
formation has been received that William Wilson, As-
sistant-bailiff of the County Court of Newport, has
absconded with several sums of money received by him,
and it is supposed he intends to emigrate. His wife left
Newport previously, taking with her a small fancy
terrier bitch. It is supposed they went to Bristol or
Liverpool, to take passage in an American vessel.
ExciwraE OF PRISONERS.—A letter from Malta says :
—One report states that the Russians refuse to exchange
prisoners, even stating that they would not take twenty
Russians in exchange for one English. Another report
states that they have offered the whole crew of the Tiger
for a Russian prince, who, it is said, is a prisoner in the
English fleet.
THE EMPRESS or AUSTRIA.—The Emperor of Austria,
in order to give an agreeable surprise to the young Em-
press during her late visit to Ploschkovritz, had a room
in that chateau fitted up precisely similar to that which
she occupied at Possenhofen, and her Majesty even
found on a trble some fancy work which she had left
unfinished when she quitted her paternal residence.
BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.--At a meeting of this Bank
held yesterday, the report and accounts were unani- ,
mously adopted. The chairman, Mr. 0. Farrer, in ex-
plaining the progress of business, referred to the increased
dividend paid, at the rate of 173/4 per cent. in April, and
stated that the profits had greatly augmented. In 1851
they had been 70.0711. ; in 1852, 193,2821. ; and in
1853, 250,783/. The circulation in these respective
periods was 149,0001., 659,0001., and 1,128,0001. The
accounts with the Bank of Australia have been nearly
wound up, and with more advantage than was originally
anticipated. With regard to a reserve fund of 200,000 g.
agreed to be provided to meet future contingencies, the
directors stipulate that it shall be separated as early as
possible from the other funds of the bank and perma-
nently invested. The accounts from the colony are
generally satisfactory, and the new branches will, it is
expected, prove advantageous to business.

FINE ARTS.

Ridiculous Things : Scraps and Oddities. By Joh6
Parry. M‘Leau, Haymarket. -

As we took occasion to intimate the other even-
ing, the celebrated buffo-singer, John Parry—John
Parry the incomparable (we appeal to every young
lady who may happen to glance at these remarks
to pronounce whether our adjectives of praise, as
applied to him, are in any way extravagant)—John
Parry the droll, the demure, and the delightful—
has thrown aside the pitch-pipe and taken up the
pencil, has turned from the music desk to the easel,
has forsaken the piano for the brush and palette,
and come forth at once, "at the first blush," in
the full glory of the most grotesque of cari-
caturists. The volume of pictorial fun which
we then announced as forthcoming is now before
us in the form of a substantial publication.
" Ridiculous Things"—they are called—" Scraps
and Oddities"—the title-page candidly avowing in
regard to them yet further, that they are—" some
with and many without any meaning." Welcome
at all times and under any guise, John Parry will
be especially so to the multitude of his friends and
admirers upon the occasion of his present
singular appearance. For, strange though it
may seem, it is none the less true for all
that, this amusing and laughter-moving volume,
a volume replete with ludicrous and eccen-
tric sketches, the product of the most facile
touch and of the most fertile and bizarre imagina-
tion—is the result of a serious and prolonged ill.
ness, the effects of which, it is feared, will pre-
clude the artist-musician from ever again appear-
ing before the public in his old capacity as a buffo-
singer. Thrice welcome to us, therefore, is he—
now under these peculiar, half-comic, half-melan-
choly circumstances. But for this influence we I
should never have known the skill posses-
sed by our favourite of the concert-room in the
delineation of the ridiculous
.and exaggerated. He
has the true genius for the caricature. As some-
body said of Garrick, "Hang the fellow, I believe
he could play a gridiron !" so might we say of
Parry, we believe he could idealise one into a
monstrosity of fun that might raise the ghost of
Gillray, or tickle the diaphragm of Cruikshank.
Look at the very first page of "Ridiculous Things," I
literally, for proof in illustration. Look at the
pencillings, for example, of those impossible and
altogether preposterous experiments—" Experi-
ments with a Candle for a Cold," the flame
of the dip licking round the nostrils of the
patient—" Experiment with a Child's Chair,"
the double of Daniel Lambert trying to get into
it—" Experiment with Hammer and Anvil for
Pains in the Head," a hint taken from the myth of
Vulcan and Jupiter—" Experiment with Pestle
and Mortar, for Pains in the Back," a cure for
lumbago something kindred to the rush of the
mad bull after the gouty old gentleman !
Again, behold the charmingly nonsensical wonders
of " The Black Page"—recalling to our memory
near old Elia's commemoration of little sweep-boys at
peep of day, crying out like sparrows peep ! peep !
swallowing savoury cups full of sassafras, and eulo-
gised tenderly as " dim spots, innocent blalck-
nesses." In the very centre of this murky page
of fun and frolic will be found, " all of a row,"
like the fiddlers in the nursery rhyme (in a " wood-
cut ") five such delectable and preternaturally
laughable " Ethiopian Serenaders !" Bones wrig-
;ling the stool on which he is seated into a break-
ige in the intensity of his melodic enthusi-
asm—Banjo languishing his eye-balls up into
the roots of his hair in the ecstacy of his
lackadaisical sentimentalism—Fiddle and Guitar
writhing, for the same reason, into entangled con-
tortions—Tambourine fairly lifting himself into
" mid air" in the rapture of his bounceable accom-
paniment. The limning immediately afterwards
of the " Imps in a Studio" will be found worthy
of a glance and a grin—but worthier of both the
page beyond that, the ghastly and elridch group of
"ghosts and goblins"—including among them "Mr.
.Banquo," and " The ghost that frig-htened Mr.
Punch very much" (a sheeted ghost with a broad
grin—a very visible guffaw), and "Il Commanda-
tore dismounting to sup with Don Giovanni" (in
the public square, of course, and by moonlight)—
and with these the effigy of a man (the reverse of
squinting) so absorbed in the new ghost story that
he is obliged to read the two volumes together !
Under these, on the same page, we have a wonderful
wood-cut of Hamlet—and an outrageous glimpse of
" The Corsican Sisters," as well as another of "The
Corsican Brothers." Commend us for suggestive
scribbles in the way of child-drawing, to the hinted
portraits in pen and ink of Henry VIII. and Queen
Elizabeth. " The' Flirt at the Piano " is hardly
what the young ladies had a right to expect from
John Parry's gallantry. However, he compensates
them for this wicked sarcasm, in some mea-
sure at least—by dedicating to them, before
the close of his volume, his latest musical mor-
ceau, " The Invisible Prince's Invisible Waltz"
—not the least acceptable of all John Parry's
contributions towards the amusement of his fair
countrywomen. " Hairology" is the subject of
one of the most droll of our artist's pictorial extra-
vaganzas—displaying the female coiffure a la Pan-
cake, d la Apollo's lyre, a let Cupid's bow, a is
wheatsheaf, ct la grande Q, d la Welsh harp, a la
Piggywiggy ! and a variety of other fashions
equally ingenious, absurd, and laughable. It
is altogether hopeless to afford any notion
by words of the intensely ridiculous fun of the
" Stray Leaves from a Book of Nonsense.' "
Each compartment or leaf containing some such
explanatory stanza as the following : _

" A grisette once walked over from Paris,
To marry a Mr. Snooks Harris
But she altered her plan,
Not much liking the man,
Took her boxes and walked back to Paris."

" Harris" yelling in the back-ground to the left,
and a child's sketch of a gateway answering to the
name of "Paris," in the back-ground to the right
—and the grisette tripping back from her
fruitless excursion with such an elastic bustle and
on such jaunty tiptoes—it is the very ex-
aggeration even of caricature. Further than
this it were scarcely fair to proceed in the descrip-
tion of the store of ridiculousness—provocative
now of a grin and now of a roar of laughter—laid
before the world, laid on reading desks, and draw-
ing-room tables, in boudoir and library, by the
hand of merry-eyed, gay-hearted, John Parry—
Alone and Unrivalled as an English Buffo-Singer,
as a Droll of the Pencil a not unworthy contem-
porary of Richard Doyle, of John Leech, of
Hablot Browne, and of George Cruikshank.

Sevastopol. Drawn by W. Telbin. Published by

Colnaghi and Co.

A lithographic plate of peculiar interest has re-
cently been issued from the establishment of Messrs.
Paul and Dominic Colnaghi—drawn on stone by
J. Brandard, from a faithful sketch by W. Telbin,
taken from the original panoramic outline made by
Lieutenant Montague O'Reilly, R.N., on the occa-
sion of the memorable visit paid to the fortress of
Sebastopol on the 6th of January, 1854, by H.M.S.
Retribution. The impression forms an admirable
companion to the view of " Kronstadt"already given
to the public by the same firm, and already men-
tioned in terms of deserved eulogium by ourselves.
Among the numerous engravings of a somewhat
similar character intended to afford the current his-
tory of the war with Russia the advantage of popu-
lar illustration, these plates of " Kronstadt' and
" Sevastopol" published by the Messfs. Colnaghi
possess the eminent merit of authenticity. It has
before now been remarked in these columns in re-
gard to the former engraving—the delineation of
-Cronstadt—that it was accurately copied by the
lithographer from the original drawing produced
by Mr. Dolby, the artist sent into the Baltic with
the • fleet under Admiral Napier to sketch from
nature whatever localities and incidents may appear
to him deserving of pictorial commemoration.
Engravings taken from these original drawings
produced by the hand of Mr. Dolby, and sent home
for the purpose of publication by the Messrs. Paul
and Dominic Colnaghi, appear before the world
when they are issued from the press under the espe-
cial patronage of the Admiralty. As among these
sketches the artist had supplied the publishing firm
with reliable materials for the production of a litho-
graphic plate portraying the fortifications of Cron-
stadt, it was deemed advisable that a companion plate
should follow it representing the no less redoubtable
fortifications of Sebastopol. Fortunately, more-
over, an original drawing taken on the spot, that
is to say, within full view of that wonderful fortress
on the coast of the Crimea, by a gallant artist
gifted with a keen eye and a skilful pencil, supplied
the publisher and the lithographer with no less, or
rather with still more authentic materials for the
portraiture of the general aspect of Sebastopol.
That original drawing we ourselves had a few days
since the gratification of examining—it were need-
less to say with very considerable interest—at the
Messrs. Colnaghi and Company's establishment. It
represents the appearance of the great fortified city
at the very moment when its harbour was daringly
entered by H.M.S. Retribution. The circum-
stances of that memorable visit cannot easily be
forgotten. They require no detail here in the way
if explanatory comment to recall them to popular
7amembrance. As a memento of that deed of '
ring, as a souvenir of the outbreak of the general
~ar Of 1854, the plate here depicting the general
a.:Tect of Sebastopol, will be found by many, we
eciieriture, not undeserving of particular remark,
4/14 by not a few worthy even of lengthened pre-
3orvativii.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE WAR.

THE SIEGE OF SILISTRIA..
THE LATEST DESPATCH.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated
yesterday evening, says :
On the 13th three mines were sprung before
Silistria, without doing any damage to the walls.
The Russian storming columns were prepared to
mount the expected breach, but were attacked on
three sides by the Turks.
A fearful slaughter took place, and the Russians
fled in terrible disorder.
The Russians were employed on the 14th and
15th in removing their dead.
Three Russian Generals were severely wounded,
and all the Russian siege works totally destroyed.
On the 13th the garrison of Rustchuk went
over to the island of Mokan, and destroyed all the
Russian works there.
Advices from Bucharest of the 16th instant state
that since the affair of the 13th, the siege opera-
tions against Silistria have been suspended.
Prince Gortschakoff is wounded.
General Schilders has had his leg amputated at
Kalarasch.
General Liprandi has evacuated Slatina.

MARCH OF BRITISH TROOPS TO ASSIST

THE BESIEGED.

A despatch from Varna, of June 4 says :—" The
advanced guard of the British has marched on in
the direction of Silistria, and is to be followed by
another body in thirty-six hours. It is fearfully
hot here, and we are sadly in want of fresh pro-
visions."

DEATH OF MUSSA PACHA CONFIRMED.

The following despatch has reached Paris : -
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 10.—The death of Mnssa
Pacha, Governor of Silistria, has been confirmed.
He was killed on the 31st May by a granade, after
an assault valiantly repulsed. Mussa Pacha has
died poor ; he had refused two millions which Pas-
kiewitsch had offered him to give up the place.
Omer Pacha, on the news of his death, sent Seiram
Pacha with 30,000 men, who, having feigned to
give battle to the Russian army, brought about a
movement in that army which permitted him to
introduce 2,000 men into Silistria.