The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-17 00:00:00

HAYM.ARKET THEATRE.

Last night a half-hour's exemplification of the new
and absorbing subject of Spirit Rapping's and Table
Mavings was produced, with much success and laughter.
The plot is simple enough, but quite sufficient to give
ample opportunity for some comical situations, a few
smart allusions to the weakness of the times, and pass-
ing hits at passing absurdities. Orpheus -Augustus
Toots (Mr. Buekstone), a professor of the cornet-u-
-piston, is in arrear of his rent, and has had notice
to quit. This being inconvenient, for many reasons,
he bribes the servant maid and errand boy, and sundry
other persons to assist him in getting up a series of
rappings, which so alarm his landlady and her two
daughters that they entreat him to stay, and promise
to forego the rent. Just, however, as matters are com-
fortably arranged for him, he is disturbed by a veritable
mistress of the science, a Miss Misery Anne Hawkins
(Mrs. Fitzwilliam), taking the first-floor for a public
manifestation.. Now ensues a very well-arranged scene,
in which a varied company assembles, and the spirits are
invoked. The questions relate to the subjects of the
day, and the answers are ingeniously incongruous. The
party, however, is broken up by the appearance of a
bailiff, who has writs against three of the gentlemen,
who disappear each under a table, which go round, to
the wonder of the company. There remains but one
inquiry to make, and that is, if the audience are pleased
with the half-hour's trifle ; and the answer being an-
nounced by many unmistakeable rappings in the front of
the house, the curtain goes down to tumultuous applause,
and the smart little piece is announced for repetition
every night, and there is no doubt it will remain a fa-
vourite to the end of the season.

SUICIDE OF THE QUEEN'S CHAPLAIN.—We regret to
announce the death, by suicide, of the Hon. and Rev. A.
P. Perceval, rector of Little Bookham, and one of the
chaplains to her Majesty. This distressing event took
place on Saturday last, and on Monday an inquest was
held by Mr. Woods, the coroner for Surrey, when it was
proved by evidence that the deceased clergyman had
taken a large quantity of laudanum. The evidence was
conclusive that the deceased had for some time past been
labouring under strange delusions ; and the jury, after
a patient investigation, returned a verdict of temporary
insanity.
SUICIDE OF A FEMALE DEBTOR IN HORSEMONGER-LANE
GAoL.—Yesterday morning a female debtor, confined in
Horsemonger-lane Gaol, was discovered with her throat
cut, and quite dead. The name of the deceased is Eliza-
beth Edwards, aged 70, and a widow. She had been
confined for debt about three months, and had a room to
herself. Nothing particular had been seen in her con-
duct by the warders, one of whom locked her room, and
loft her as usual on Wednesday night ' • but when she
went yesterday morning, and unlocked her apartment,
she was horrified at seeing deceased lying on the floor
dead. A razor was lying by her side.
ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. —On Monday
next the new diorama representing the Ocean Mail to
India and Australia, which Messrs. Grieve and Telbin
have for some time past been engaged in painting, will
be opened to the public. From all we can hear this
work will exceed in beauty and variety the previous
works by the same artists. Not a remarkable spot along
the whole of the route has been omitted. All the places
of interest, from Plymouth to the Modern Ophir, and
numerous accessory scenes replete with dioramic effects,
will constitute the exhibition, of the popularity of which
no doubt can be entertained. •

" When the claim is liquidated with Peru, if that Go-
vernment should pay in money or its equivalent, then four
times the amount so received shall be cancelled in bonds
of the deferred debt. If the payment by Peru be in its
home debt, then double the sum received thereof shall be
cancelled in bonds of the deferred debt.

"13. The balance which may remain of the deferred
debt after the amount of the Peruvian debt is liquidated
shall be payable in waste lands or Government property,
in accordance with the existing laws, and bonds shall be
issued in London, called Ecuadorian Bonds for Waste
Lands.' "

This is signed by M. Francisco J. Aguirre.
Yesterday, 3751. of new 21 per Cents. were " ac-
cepted."
In English stocks there has been a decided im-
provement this morning, Consols having risen
about a per Cent. The cause of this is a tele
graphic dispatch from Vienna, intimating that the
mediation of Austria has been accepted by Russia.
Supposing this to be correct, there would be every
prospect of an amicable settlement, and large spe-
culative purchases have been made in consequence,
though these may probably be connected in part
with the closing of the accounts of those who had
heard previously. Consols have been 98, and
since, 98; to 99, being for a moment almost buyers
at the highest of these rates. The New 3 per
Cents. have realised 1011 to g, and the 3 per Cent.
Reduced, 991 to /. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to ss.
and India Bonds, 295. premium.

Foreign Securities have not generally been much
dealt in, but there is a rise in Equador to 6 and 6k,
on account of favourable intelligence received by
the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders.
Mexican Bonds also have been in great favour at
28i to 28/. Brazilian New Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been at 99, and Chilian Six per Cents.
at 1021. Spanish Three per Cents. realised 481,
and Venezuela 40 for the Active Bonds. Sardinian
are quiet at 95k. Dutch Four per Cents. have
been at 96k.
The market for Railway Shares has been up
about per cent. since the start in Consols ' • but
the rise is not quite supported at this moment, and
the business doing is rather limited. The French
Shares have improved 108. to 1/.
Gold Mine Shares aro rising. Agua Fria and
Australian Cordillera have improved.
The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been steady
but quiet.
The Shares of the Land Companies are dull, at
about the previous rates.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)

. _
Business done.
Bank Stock •. 2291
3 per Cent. Reaced Annuities ....... 99a 1 i 1
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ... shut
Now 31 per Cent. Annuities lols i i
New 5 per Cent. Annu'..ks shut
India Bonds, £1000
Consols for Account 9813 9 8i
Exchequer Bills, Id.
£l000
£5OO 4 5 3'p
Small 4 5 3 6 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 99 x d
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Equador Bonds
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9sk
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24831
0 Ditto Passive (Converted)
Venezuela Bonds, 31 per Coat.... •• 40
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96.1 i
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Opening 19th July 9S &3c d

ARRIVALS or GOLD.—The Woolridge has arrived from
Geelong, Victoria, whence she sailed on the 15th of
February, with 10,113 ounces of gold, valued at 40,0001.
The Fancy, from Auckland, New Zealand, is also re-
ported, having sailed on the 2d of February, but she
only brings, with other freightage, 22 ounces of gold.
THE LONDON YACHT CLUB.—The second match for
the present year by the boats of this club was sailed
yesterday, and was productive of excellent sport, the
variations in the positions of the yachts during the con-
test affording more than usual interest and excitement
as to the events. Two classes of yachts contended. In
the first were the Phantom, the Hand, and the Thought,
each 25 tons burden. In the second the Vampire, 15
tons ; the Kitten, 11 tons, and the Pearl, 15 tons. The
start took place at 54 minutes past 11 o'clock a.m. from
Eritb, the match being from that point to Hales Haven
and back. The prize for the first class winner was 40
sovereigns ; for the second, 30 sovereigns. The contest
was a hard one, and it was not easy to predict which
would be the winners. The Vampire ultimately became
the successful candidate of the second class, arriving at
the winning point at 42 minutes past 6 o'clock ; and the
Phantom of the first class, arriving at 42 minutes 5
seconds past E, o'clock. In the course of the trip the
steamer and yachts passed the King and Queen of Han-
over, who were on board the Black Eagle. The com-
pany cheered their Majesties, who acknowledged the
compliment in the usual manner.

A telegraphic dispatch received from Vienna this
morning states that the good offices of Austria on the
Turkish question have been accepted by Russia.
The British fleet left Malta on Wednesday, the Bth of
the present month.
Dispatches from Athens, of the 10th inst., announce
the arrival of the Chaptal on the previous day, which
vessel left immediately for Constantinople. The French
squadron was expected to sail on the 11th.
The Turkish artillery has been created by the Prussian
Lieutenant-Coloeel Von Kuczkowski, known in Turkey
under the name of Muchlis Bey, in the space of 12 years.
The most conclusive testimony to the excellence of this
arm of the Turkish force is to be found in a remark made
by the Emperor Nicholas lately to the Prussian General
of Cavalry, von Wrangel, upon the latter's taking leave
of the Emperor at St. Petersburgh, and setting off for
Turkey. •‘ When you get to Constantinople," said the
Emperor, " mind you examine the artillery well, it's
one of the best in Europe. We have to thank you
Prussians for that. It will take hard teeth to crack that
nut." The report which General Wrangel gives of the
artillery corroborates the Emperor's opinion entirely.
The field artillery consists of six regiments, five of
whichh are attached to five Ordous, and the sixth is
a reserved regiment. Three regiments are stationed in
the immediate vicinity of Constantinople—the Guard
Regiment in Scutari, the regiment that belongs to the
Ordou in Roumelia in Daud Pascha, close outside the
old wall of Constantinople, and the reserve regiment in
Pera. The Ordous in Albania (Monastir), hi Lower
Asia (Sivas), and in Syria (Damascus), have each of
them a regiment of artillery attached to them.
A regiment of artillery (park) consists of 12 batteries
4 8-pounder batteries on foot ; 2 12-pounder ditto ; 2 7-
pounder short howitzer ditto ; 3 flying batteries, 2 of 4-
pounder guns, and 1 of long 12-pounder howitzers, and
1 howitzer battery for mountain service.
A battery consists on the peace footing of 4 guns, on
the war footing of 6. The 6 batteries of the entire
regiment are served by 1,638 men, including a nume-
rous staff of officers, a Liwa Pasha (major-general),
2 ohersten (colonels), 2 lieutenant-colonels, 6 majors, 6
kolasis (between a major and a captain), and to every
battery a captain and 3 lieutenants, who have under
them 6 subalterns and 30 privates.
The howitzers of the mountain battery have a 127
pound calibre, and are loaded with fine powder ;
they fire shells and canister shot : the canister contains
35 wrought-iron balls. Omer Pasha, a man who
has experience in such matters (a Mungarian by
birth), took a mountain battery with him on his late
expedition into Kurdistan, and spoke very well of
its efficiency on his return. Four men serve each
howitzer • for loading and unloading it on to the back
of the mule two more. It takes three mules to each
gun : one carries the gun itself and the sheds ; a second
the carriage and wheels ; a third the ammunition in two
chests. The gun lies lengthwise on the back of the
animal, with the mouth towards the tail, and seven
minutes suffice to get it down, mounted, and ready for
use. In warfare with the wild tribes of Asia, shells
have been found to produce much greater effect than
shot : the latter, the Kurds in the late expedition cared
very little about, but a few of the former, "that came
flying along like pigeons, but spit fire like the devil
(Scheitan)," produced a speedy surrender.