The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-10 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1853.

House at the eleventh hour ? Would they not,
on the contrary, resist the attempt to convert
them into mere instruments for registering the
decrees of the other House ? and whatever might
be their opinions as to the bill itself, be disposed
to show their power, more particularly on a point
where they would have the voice of public opinion
in their favour, and the prevailing feeling would
be one of congratulation that we had still " a
House of Lords." It is not very often that such
an occasion could arise of demonstrating their
utility, and we can scarcely think that they would
let the golden opportunity slip by without full
advantage being taken thereof.
We must, however, remember, that hitherto
a most suspicious silence has been observed by
the leaders of her MAJESTY'S Opposition—and
that the Board, which Ministers are attempting to
perpetuate, has been remarkable for its Tory pre-
dilections, and also the large proportion of patron-
age which has been distributed among the aristo-
cratic party. Every exertion must, therefore, be
made by Indian Reformers to strengthen their
position, and to insure the rejection of the bill, if
only for the present Session.

In another part of our impression we give a
Report of the Fourth Annual Meeting of " The
Times Life Assurance and Guarantee Company ;"
and we experience considerable pleasure in draw-
ing the attention of our readers to the results of
the working of this Company, for we told our
readers at the time when this Company started
that the success of this and similar insti-
tutions would not only be highly beneficial
to the public, but involved the question of the
correctness of the principle of public guarantee.
Indeed, the importance to a community like ours
of the security of a Company, in preference to
that of private individuals, for the honesty
of clerks, &c., is so apparent that we cannot
wonder at the large amount of business transacted
by this office ; but we can wonder and be agree-
ably surprised to find that such institutions are
successful—profitably successful—in their ope-
rations, for it is thus shown that the morality
of the masses of young men employed in the
commercial world is at a high rate—we may
say at a premium—and in striking contrast
to the records and statistics of crime furnished
by the last generation, when every Monday morn-
ing brought brisk work for the Calcrafts of the
day, and men's lives were disposed of by the
dozen for the smallest offences against the com-
mercial laws of that day—laws which, like the Dra-
conian code, may be well said to have been written
in blood. Public guarantee, it has been urged,
must, in its action, decrease crime, by restricting
the temptation to crime, hitherto sO largely
afforded by the carelessnessor cupidity ofemployers,
and by teaching the employed habits of prudence and
forethought, such as are suggested by the rules of
this institution we refer to, where they join a life
assurance with the guarantee bond, and make the
persons guaranteed give their life policy as a
hostage for their honesty. We strongly recom-
mend all employers to adopt this principle, and
we hope that the 3,200 policies already effected
by this Company may be doubled in number by
the time the proprietors hold their next annual
meeting.

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ASCOT RACES.

(THIS DAY.'

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
FIRST CLASS IVOKINGHAM.

Battery
Jack the Giant Killer
Twelve ran.
GREAT WESTERN STAKES.

Nutpecker
Elder
Eight ran.
SECOND CLASS WOKINGHAM
Nutpecker
Mr. Sykes
Hothorpe
Six ran.
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE.

Grapeshot
Lucy Banks Colt
Don Quixote

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2
3

Four ran. Ilex bolted.

HANDICAP PLATE.

Waverley..
Pancake....

Lina..

Five ran.

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

The fine weather, during the last few days, has
brought to these long-famed and favourite gardens vast
congregations of London pleasure-seekers. The grounds
are now to be seen in all the freshness of their spring
foliage, the illuminations and transparencies possess all
the charm of novelty, and the traditional fountains pour
forth their diversified streams of aqua pura with all their
wonted activity, and give to the surrounding air a
delicious and invigorating coolness. The more exciting
attractions are both numerous and excellent. The
equestrian groupe will bear comparison with any hereto-
fore seen at Vauxhall, and the military band is as effi-
cient and industrious as any worshipper of Terpsichore
could desire. A new feature has been, introduced into
the Italian walk—it is illuminated by means
of the kaleidoscopia refractor, and the brilliant
light which it throws out on the green has a very
singular effect. The display of fireworks from
an erection representing a Burmese Pagoda, is truly
grand, and exhibits the great perfection to which this pe-
culiar art has now arrived. That particular part of the
arrangements on which so much depends the good-will
of the public has not been overlooked. The refresh-
ments are superior, the prices moderate, and the at-
tendance better than we have seen it for many a year.
It is to be hoped the worthy proprietor, who has made
such great efforts to secure the patronage of the pub-
lic, may redeem the gardens from their late declining
fortune.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JUNE 9,

The Queen and Prince Albert went to Ascot races
this day, accompanied by the whole of her Majesty's il-
lustrious guests staying at the Castle. The, royal proces-
sion quitted the Castle at a quarter before one o'clock, in
the following order :

An open carriage and four, conveying her Majesty the
Queen, the Hereditary. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, the Duke of Genoa, and the Prince of Wale!.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess
Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Princess Adelaide
of Hohenlohe, Prince Albert, K.G., the Princess
Royal, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burg Strelitz.

.k.n open carriage and four, conveying the Princess
Alice, Prince Alfred, the Duke of Cambridge, K.G.,
the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; and
the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse.
An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess of
Bedford, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess Caroline;
Baroness Wenchstein, the Duke of Atholl, and the
Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister.

An open carriage and four, conveying the Duchess
of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Atholl, the Duke of Bed-
ford, E.G.,. and the Earl of Clarendon,
An open carriage and four, conveying the Countess of
Desart, Lady in Waiting ; Lady Caroline Cust, Lady in
Waiting to the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg ; Lcird Rivers, Lord in Waiting ; and the Count
Della Valle, in waiting on the Duke of Genoa.
An Open' pony carriage and four, conveying the Hon.
Caroline Cavendish an the Hon. Flora Macdonald,
Maids of Honour in Waiting, Viscount Hardinge,
G.C.8., and Count Avogadro, in waiting to the Duke of
Genoa.

An open pony carriage and four, conveying Baron
Liihe, in waiting to the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg, Lord George Lennox, Lord William
Paulet, in waiting to the Duke of Cambride, and Colo-
nel Wylde (Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert),
in waiting to the Duke of Genoa.

An open pony carriage and four, cenveying Mr. R
Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting, Lieut.-Colonel F.
Seymour, and Mr. Gibbs.

The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., and the Equerries in
Waiting to the Queen and the Prince, Lord Charles Fitz-
roy and. Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, rode on
horseback with the royal cortege, which was escorted by
numerous outriders in scarlet liveries.
The Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward, the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, K.G., Lord Chamberlain, and the
Master of the Household, preceded the Queen to the
race-course in an open carriage and four, to be in readi-
ness to receive her Majesty and Prince Albert at the
royal stand.

Her Majesty returned to the Castle at half-past five
o'clock.

The Queen' gave this evening a grand dinner, which
was served on the magnificent service of gold plate in
the Waterloo Gallery. The plateau of the table com-
prised a number of the most beautiful candelabra, vases,
epergnes, and ice-pails in the royal collection, the St.
George's Candelabrium being placed in the centre of the
table, opposite to her Majesty's seat. The colossal wine-
cooler, made by order of King George the Fourth, was
placed on a detached table at the west end of the gallery.
The apartment was brilliantly lit by several large chan-
deliers and also by numerous wax lights.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations :
The Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Genoa, the Heredi-
tary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, and the Duchess
Caroline of Mecklenburg-Sterlitz, the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess
of Sutherland, the Prince Felix of Salm-Salm, the Duke
of Norfolk, the Duke. and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke
and Duchess .of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of
Atholl, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the
Duke of Wellington, the Sardinian Minister, the Mar:
quis of Breadalbane, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Exeter and Lady Mary Cicil, Lady Anna Maria Daw-
son, Lady Caroline Oust, Baroness Wenchsteln, Lady
Caroline and Miss Barrington, the Earl of Jersey, the
Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl and
Countess of Bessborough, the Earl of Durham, the Earl
and Countess Bruce, Lord George Lennox, Lord Henry
Lennox, Lord James Murray, the Count Danneskjold
Samsoe and Mdlle. La Comtesse Roulette Dannesk-
jold Samsoe, Viscount Hardginge, t Viscount and
Viscountess Enfield, Admiral the HOU. Henry Rous,
Colonel and Miss Peel, Colonel Wylde, Lieut.-Colonel
F. Seymour, Count Della Valle, and CoUnt Avogadro,
in waiting to the Duke of Genoa, Baron Lube, in wait-
ing to the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and
Lord William Paulet, in waiting to the Duke of Cam-
bridge.

The band of the First Life Guards attended during
dinner, and played the followingpieces

Grand March of the Ist Life Guards

chess of Ken
Overture, " Merry Wives of Windsor" Otto Nicolai
Waizer, " Stowanka Klaenge"
Grand Selection, "Luccia di Lammermoor" Donizetti,
Quadrille, " Sophien," from the Opera
" Sophia Catharina" .. Flotow.
Selection, "Mountain Sylph"
Russian Gipsy Song
Polka, "Fruhling's Lust"
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The
following had the honour of receiving invitations :—The
Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Earl of Euston, the Earl and Countess of
Chesterfield and Lady E. Stanhope, the Earl of Strad-
broke, the Earl and Countess of Wilton and the Ladies
E. and C. Egerton, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl and
Countess of Kintore, Lady Augusta Hare, Lady Alice
Lambton, Lord Aberdour, Lord Burghersh, Viscount
and ViscountesS Villiers, Viscount Somerton, Viscount
and Viscountess Holmesdale, Viscount Anson, Lord
and Lady Claud Hamilton. Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, Colonel and
Lady Catherine Harcourt, Mr. and Lady Emily Caven-
dish, Colonel the Right Hon. G. Dawson Darner and
two Misses Darner, General the Hon. G. and Mrs. An-
son ;and Miss Anson, the Hon. Frederick Calthorpe,
Colonel Dixon, Miss Knollys, Miss Clive, Mr., Mrs.,
and Miss Seymour, Mr. Norman -Macdonald, Mr.
Horace Rochfort, and Mr. H. Erskine.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during
dinner in the Castle yesterday.
The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the
Castle, and performed during the, evening the following
compositions :

Silberman,

Overture, "Die LustigenWeiber vonWindsor" 0. Nicolai.
Terzetto, "Freischutz".. Weber.
Coro, " 11 Craciato " ' Meyerbeer,
March, " Judas Maccabeus ". Handel.
Scene de Danse, " La Bayadere " Auber.

The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon,
on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
A deputation from the local. Board of Health for Co-
ventry had an interview yesterday with the General
Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall. The depu-
tation consisted of the Mayor of Coventry, the Town
Clerk, and Mr. Councillor Browett. They were intro-
duced by the Right son. Edward Ellice, M.P., and
Mr. C. Geach, M.P.

AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC STEAMERS. —The six screw-ships
building for the Pacific Steam Company, to ply from
Panama, Tahiti, New Zealand, and New South Wales,
are progressing towards completion ; and the first ship
of the line is expected to start from England the latter
end of July or early part of August. The whole aqua-
. dron will be out at Sydney and established on the Pacific
route before the completion of the Panama Railway
across the isthmus. From the equability of the climate
and steady trade-winds, hopes are entertained that the
service between Panama and Sydney, and vice versa,
will be performed in from 32 to 35 days ; thus bringing
the Australian colonies within a postal communication
with England of from 50 to 53 days, in conjunction with
the steamers of the Royal West India Mail Company.
THE NEW CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION IN THE CITY.
—The works of the new station now in progress on the
site of the old Blackwall, in Fenchurch-street, are so far
advanced as to render the opening of the building for
traffic early in August certain. The station will be quite
a central one. The trains of the. London and North-
Western and Eastern Counties, will be able to come di-
rect to the City ; the passengers on the Great Western
and Great Northern; by Some arrangement in shifting
carriages, can be accommodated in like way, while the
pleasure and other traffic of the new line now being
formed to Tilbury Fort and Southend and that of the
present Blackwall and Dock Junction, which is to take
in a large number of residental passengers by its exten-
sion to Hampstead, Kilburn, &c., will be very great.
The line of the old terminus has been enlarged to three
times its former width. It. has. a considerable frontage
in Railway-place, the arrival and departure platforms
extending some 500 feet in length. The whole is covered
with an elegant iron truss roof or transept, 40 feet in
height. The rails on the south side of the station will
be devoted to the Blackwall trains, while those in the
centre and north side will be appropriated to the new
traffic. On the completion of the works a passenger
may travel from Aberdeen right into the heart of the
city of London without leaving his carriage, there be-
ing an uniform and connected line of gauge. In order
to meet 'the increase of trains, the line between the
Minories and Stepney is to be widened double its presen
size.

' THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday notices were
posted round the city of London, announcing that the
last portion of the houses now remaining at the south-
east end of St. Paul's Churchyard, adjoining Watling-
street, were to be sold by public auction on Monday,
the 20th instant, after•which time the whole of the pro-
perty will be pulled down, to complete the new tho-
roughfare from King William-street, London-bridge, to
St. Paul's Cathedral. That portion of the carriage way
running parallel with Little Friday-street, Great Distaff-
lane and the Old Change, is nearly finished, there being
only the granite paving to complete. In a few weeks,
this great improvement will be thrown opento the pub-
lic for general traffic, and will save considerable time, to
persons travelling to the eastern parts of London, as well
as relieving Cheapside from its present overcrowded con-
dition.
FASHION.—A new material for mantles has just been
perfected for the Messrs. Jay and Co., of Regent-street,'
who exhibited a few models yesterday for the first time.
It is certainly a decided novelty--no mean compliment
amidst a dearth of newness. Some of these mantles
have a mild lustrous appearance, imparting an airy
lightness of effect ' • others afford a sparkling brilliance,
yet are chaste and elegant withal ; while two or more,
probably intended for evening parties, have a sombre
richness, like cloth of gold artfully veiled. The former
appear peculiarly adapted for the open carriage and the
higher class fetes, for which several of the aristocracy
and leaderS of ton present yesterday'doubtless design to
devote them.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRAN CE.

All the Paris papers of yesterday which have
come to hand to-day, devote their leading columns
to discussions of the Eastern Question ; but there
is nothing new or sufficiently striking in the
articles to warrant an extract.

A Council of Ministers was held yesterday a
Saint Cloud.

But little activity existed at the Bourse yester-
day in transactions in the public securities, and at
the termination of business a general decline had
taken place, with everyindication of its continuance.
The Three per Cents for the account fell 80c., and
for cash 60c., while the Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
for the end of the month declined 90c., and for
money, 25c. In Bank of France Shares no change
occurred. The final quotations were :—For Cash
—Three per Cents., 76f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half
per Cents., 101 f. 60c. For the Account—Three
per Cents., 76f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
100 f. 90c. Bank Stock, 2,675 f.
Mortgage Bank Shares remained without varia-
tion, being still quoted at 797 f. 50c.; those of the
Societe Mobiliere fell 16f., the final quotation being
800 f. 25c.

A further decline in prices again occurred in the
railway share market, with general activity in busi-
ness in that description of public security. In
Paris and Lyons shares the fall was to the extent
of 20f.; in Northerns and Paris and Strasbourgs,
17f. each ; in Paris and Rouens, 15f.; and in Paris
and Orleans, 12f. Closing prices :—Northern,
868 f.; Paris and Orleans, 1,040 f. 50c.; Paris and
Strasbourg, 880 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 890 f.;
Paris and Rouen, I,olof.