The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-09 00:00:00

THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

The Panama Star gives the following statistics of the
traffic across the Isthmus of Panama :—" During the
past month three American steamers entered the port
of Panama from California, with 454 passengers and
$2,618,000 in gold dust and' specie. Two British
steamers from the south arrived, with 67 passengers and
$465,221, principally silver, in bars and dollars. Of sail-
ing vessels arrived, there were—American, 3 • Peru, 1 ;
Ecuador, 1 ; New GrF.nada, 2 ; total, 7. The departures
during the same period were—Four American steamers
to San Francisco, with 1,772 passengers ; and three
British steamers to the south, with 57 passengers. Of
sailing vessels cleared there were--British, 2 ; New
Granadian, 5 ; Costa Rica, 1 ; total, 8. Besides these,
her Britannic Majesty's corvette Dmdalis arrived from
the coast of Mexico with 900,000 dollars in silver. The
following is the account of the specie imported for transit
across the Isthmus of Panama, during the months of
January, February, March, and April, 1853 :

January.
Prom Peru and Chili ... $ 535,525
Acapulco ... „. 80,009
California ... 3,489,050
$4,824,575

Prom Peru and Chili .. February.
..• ... $ 530,000
California ... ... ... ... 2,710,000
3,240,000
March.
Fpm Pe and Chili ... ... ... $ 527,000
California ... ... ... •.. 7,836,009

_ .
8,363,030
rimn Peru and Chili ... April.
••• ••• $ 465'221
Mexico .. . ... .. • • 900,000
California .. —.—. 2,618,000

3,983,221

$ 20,410,796
The California passenger transit for same period was :

Arrd. from. Sailed for.
ilainrtary
... 842 1,159
February ••• •.:
... 487 2,419
March -' ••• ••
... 1,325 1 986
...
April ''• ••• 521 1,829
•••

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3,1757 ,393

VEL4SQUEZ'S "BOAR HUNT" IN THE NATIO/TA L
CI-ALT
Na-E"•—Some curious disclosures have been made
cre the. committee on the state of the pictures in the
''''ational Gallery On Monday Mr. Lance was ex-
4ailltain.ed: He said he was at present a painter of flowers
and /Nits but had formerly been employed as a his-
Lori 1 '
ea pinter. He was instructed by the keeper to
restore the "Boar Hunt," by Velasquez. Several
ttien,is of the picture. were entirely destroyed when it
hand ' placed in his hands. One portion (on the right
—as 1
Was .large as a sheet of foolscap—of the picture
. entirely bare. In fact, more than one-half of the
picture had to be restored by witness. He was sorry
had
42,1 that the cleaning which it had lately undergone.h
_d
4ritii.ost entirely destroyed his reputation and partially
11:1:ed Velasquez (Laughter.) Mr. Baring Wall-
your 1.
1.A,0-11,1. yroeautA)arnatyio-pla2ie of the- "Boar Hunt" to aid you in
----..... e you a n . Mr. Lance—No.plaMter.ofßit Winalle—x.
-be e ware whether there is any
(La • Mr. Lance—No ; I hope there is not.
damaged.) I had not seen the picture before it was
-ta
the n x VACANT .A.LDERMANSHIP.—In consequence of
laezlnlPointmeut of Sir John Key, Bart., to the Cham-
liaa-7,lt3hip of the city of London an aldermanic vacancy
r
John''''s-en place in the ward of Bridge Without. S
bnt was chosen for the ward of Lan bourne indeleBea2a3e,
of j.rnoved to Bridge Without 1851, upon the 1
_er_
rtiewir c. 0
I, S. Hunter, Bart. The four. senior ld
I.t. ;Poo the present occasion—viz.,
str 'Aldersgate), Charles Farebrother, Esq. ( i
and
Peter Laurie,.L'.nle
Thee% 'William T. Copeland, Esq. (Bishopsgate), an
el°4/a8 ICelly, Esq (Farringdon Within), severally de-
tletied to remove to 'Bridge Without ward, but the gen-
tle next on the rota (Alderman Wilson) has acceptei.
nal ee, which, in several respects, is merely of a nom
c wag aracter. Alderman Wilson wasichosen Alderman for
of shelaYoard ward in 1831, in 1833 he served the officehe
el.raea,ettln, and in 1838 he was Lord Mayor. For t
_et 11--pg_own there are two candidates, namely, A. A.
t1e°4,,,74.(1. (one of the sheriffs for the present year), an
asorri;;"ggeridge, Esq., of the Company of' Innholders,are
ne.°,ll councilman of 9 years' standing. There
this
occasions
~_
, u. 3 possible about 210 voters who, uponard.
Those --sl.?n, possess the franchise within t. e yw_ 0
hoe
„eiltitied to vote are "freemen occupiers,
ouhn_
ciireeiatne right of voting for "aldermen, common c -
gerid,,,' and ward officers." The friends of Mr. Mugt
gentg- aPPear to be sat mine of the success of. that
m
in consequence' of his long residence in the
lioeseY• WiMam Barber, Esq., of the firm of " Barber,
l'ited, 'band Mead," in St. Paul's-churchyar.d, was. Ina:
tiou fo heecial requisition to put himself in nomin
ao•
flee
vacant aldermans'hip, but he declined to do
fore
e election, it is probable, will not take place be-
-I,IIE early part of the ensuing week.
Cotnnde 11-v. AIR. FORSTER, OF KENTISH TOWN.--
circles irable excitement has been caused in Evangelical
prinei,r the open renunciation of their distinguishing
Mr' F,,L! 3by one of their popular ministers, the Rev.
aaxsasel„:ara,",solairi6rirtior:ivnizae phaasntodraoonifea numerous congregation,
.a. large
pertr.nmondeorfn-hbiusilhteaerderifia,ceit iiis,
Vlll 11.111Pathise With their minister's new views, and
n ,u,• blcompany himtoanother place of worship in t‘lie_
otell-e;eurnood.
to f-,4s 'tell of note in the _ Rumour makes free with the
.names of
13,c, , vangelicalwo rid as being likely
" ii4Ul gentleman ii exunple.