The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-01 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDOX, MAY 30.—. Wind at noon, S.W., light breeze,
and fine clear weather.

RAMSGATE, MAY 29.—Wind S.E., Valhalla,
Griffith, New York.
DEAL, MAY 29.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E. and S.E.,mode-
rate.—Arrd. Colon, Rasadillo, Havannah ; her ajesty's
ship, Nautilus, on a cruize. Arrd. from the river and sailed,
Pandora, Cothey, Sydney, New South Wales; Teazer,
Medhurst. Trinidad; Elizabeth, Midwinter, Grenada; Per-
severance, Bennett, St. John's, New Brunswick.
COWES, MAT 29.—Wind light and variable.—Warwick,
Weeks, Havannah and Matanzas.

OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 28.—Maidstone, Nash, Madras
Dart, Newton, Madeira.

OFF THE LIZARD, MAY 25.—Creole, Colford, Dominica.
NEWPORT, MAY 29.—Sid. Abagun Finney, Boston.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 29.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Louisa Jane,
Christian, Monte Video • Ellen Jenkinson, Henderson,
Africa; Albert, Bryan, Belize ; Ocean, Willard, New York;
John and Thomas, Moore, Newfoundland.
DUNBAR, MAY 28.—S1d. Sterling, Gordon, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
CLYDE, MAY 28.—Sid. Clansman, peck, New York;
Akbar, Giles, Mauritius ; James Dunlop, Howie, Honduras;
lanthe, Hunter, Montreal.
DUBLIN, MAY 28.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Sarah, Fletcher, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
MAY 28 _Wind N.W.—Sld. Sarah, Quebec.
LIMERICK,
RY MAY 18.—Merchant, Clark, Philadelphia
LONDONDER ;
Fanny, Quinn, Philadelphia ; 19th, Levant, Faulk, Phila-
delphia ; 26th, Mary Campbell, Berger, St John's, N. B.

English travellers visiting Paris at this season will be
glad to know that strangers are admitted to see Marsh-al
Soult's famous collection of Spanish pictures, during the
Marshal's absence from the capital. An order of admission
is obtained by addressing a letter to M. de Tinan or M. Col-
son, at the Hotel de Dalmatie, or to the office of the Mirligte ofWar.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester called
yesterday at Buckingham Palace, to inquire after the
health of the Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting,
the Hon. Captain Gordon.
The inquiries after her Majesty's health, by the No-
bility and Gentry, were very numerous both yesterday
and Saturday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and
the Princess Royal, took an airing in the pleasure-
grounds of Buckingham Palace on Saturday.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the
Princess Alice rode out in an open carriage on Satur-
day, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The
Royal Family took their usual airings yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town
on Saturday morning, for her residence, Frogmore
House, Windsor, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce.
Her Royal Highness proceeded in the afternoon to
Bushy House, Bushy-park, and visited her Majesty, the
Queen Dowager. The Royal Duchess returned to
Clarence House, St. James's, in the evening.
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service
yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Mr. Edmond
Mildmay was in Waiting on his Royal Highness.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, Baron
Knesebeck, and Mr. B. Mildmay, honoured the Italian
Opera with their presence on Saturday evening.
Mr. Kilgour and Mr. Cunynghame had an interview
with Mr. Secretary Gladstone, on Saturday, at the Co-
lonial-office.

The Portuguese Minister transacted business at the
Foreign-office on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Railway Termini Commissioners
had a meeting on Saturday, at the office in Whitehall-
place. There were present—Viscount Canning, the
Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the
Lord Mayor, and Sir Frederick Smith.
The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.
Sir H. M•Leod had an interview on Saturday with
Mr. Secretary Gladstone.
Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales
and Gibraltar were received on Saturday at the Colo-
nial-office.

The Duke of Wellington has left town for Strath-
fieldsaye. _ _ _

Sir R. Peel left town on Saturday for Drayton
Manor, Staffordshire.

Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison had a dinner party on
Saturday at their residence in Great Stanhope-street.
The Duke of Rutland and Lords Ingestre and G.
Paulet attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's.

The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and
the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Goddard.
At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev.
Dr. Sleath, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helnaore, and
the communion service by the Bishop of London. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Jeff.

Among the nobility present were the Duke and
Duchess of Beaucort; Ladies Wilton, St. Germans. So-

merset, and Ernest Bruce; Lords Bessborough, Gosford,
St. Germans, Ebrington, Cantalupe, Canterbury, and
Ernest Bruce.

The Rev. Dr. Hook will preach the sermon on Sunday
next in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.

PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO
LIVERPOOL.
_ _ _

Since the Mayor's announcement in the Council, on
Tuesday, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert had
signified his intention to visit Liverpool, some progress
has been made with the preliminary arrangements. The
committee appointed for this purpose corsist of the
aldermen, with power to add to their number such
other members of the Council as may be most likely to
aid in the deliberations with their experience and advice.
The days named as having been fixed for the Prince's
visit have been the 30th and the 31st of July; but the
probability is that it will be postponed for a week longer,
and for this very essential reason, that about mid-day on
the 30th we shall not have high water at this port. His
Royal Highness will, of course, be anxious to sail about
the harbour and to enjoy the magnificent sights ob-
servable on both sides of the Mersey, and for him to do
so at low water would not merely render embarkation
inconvenient, but it would also materially detract from
the beauty of the surrounding scene. It has, therefore,
been deemed advisable to suggest to the Prince, that a
postponement of the visit until the following week, the
first in August, would confer an additional favour,
and, at the same time, to explain to him the causes
which have induced the committee to make the
suggestion. We have very little doubt that
his Royal Highness will immediately recognise
the propriety of it, and that, if the one week will
suit his convenience as well as the other, the
first week in August will be fixed upon for the royal
visit. The committee have hitherto been principally
endeavouring to make a selection as to the apartments
which the Prince and his suite will occupy. Four esta-
blishments seem to be the only ones in and around Liver-
pool which would be likely to answer. The first is the
Town-hall, the second the Judges' lodgings, the third
the Adelphi Hotel, and the fourth Knowsley-hall, the
seat of the Earl of Derby. Mr. Radley offered, in the
handsomest manner, to place a wing of his splen-
did hotel, the Adelphi, entirely at the disposal of
the committee for the occasion, and, in order that the
Prince and his suite might enjoy perfect tranquillity, he
suggested the placing of barricades round the adjacent
streets, six of which lead to the hotel, in order to pre-
vent the passing and repassing of carriages in those
directions during the nigbt. We believe, however, that
the committee will not accept the offer, and that they
have abandoned all idea of the Judges' lodgings, as those
lodgings are not merely inconvenient, but the locality
at that end of St. Anne-street is by no means very
attractive. State apartments in the Town-hall could,
and we understand would, be fitted up by
London upholsterers in the very best style, but
for some intimation which has been given that the Prince
will honour Knowsley-hall with his presence during his
brief stay. Until the return of the Mayor from London,
where he is making arrangements with Lord Sandon,
Sir H. Douglas, and Colonel Anson relative to the visit,
it will be impossible to learn whether the Earl of Derby
will have this honour conferred upon him ; but, from
what we learned on Saturday, we think it highly pro-
bable that he will. We may observe, in passing, that
Croxteth Hall, the neighbouring seat to Knowsley, is
being newly fitted up at present, and that, should the
Prince decide upon going to Knowsley, he will most
likely visit the Earl and Countess of Sefton, at Crox-
teth. Several suggestions, we perceive, are being made
by our contemporaries as to what ought to be done
during the Prince's stay ; such, for instance, as the holi-
days that should be given, and the banquets and balls
which should take place ; but we have so much confi-
dence in the taste and judgment of the committee that
we prefer leaving all the details in their hands, under-
standing, as we do, that no expense will be spared to
render the occasion worthy of the town, and of the dis-
tinguished guest who is coming amongst us.—Liverpool
Albion..

THE REV. DR. WOLFF AND GENE-

RAL JOCHMUS.

Constantinople, March 16, 1846.
Sir,—Amongst other absurdities and fabrications in
the book on your fool's errand to Bukhara (for such
must be called your expedition, after you had full means
of ascertaining both in Constantinople or in Teheren that
Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly were, unfortu-
nately both dead), I am told that you have stated, that I
am a Jew by descent or religion.
If I were in Christian Europe I should certainly good-
humouredly smile at your opinion, or accept, without
personal inconvenience, your pretended extension of Mr.
D'lsraeli's theory in "Coningsby," on the Hebrew origin
of such great and distinguished men as Count d'Arnim,
Count Cancrin, Marshals Soult and Messena, M. Mendi-
zabel, and others; but in the East the question is dif-
ferent, for there the condition of the Hebrew implies still
an inferiority of race and caste. _

I am no religious fanatic; on the contrary, I duly pay
an equal outward respect to all creeds; but I merely will
not be represented as belonging to a nation which in
some countries is still kept in an unjust state of civil and
social inferiority. I have therefore been obliged to stop
the circulation of foolish and false reports, by taking
here publicly a measure of a very serious nature; and I
now most positively demand that you shall publicly
retract your above assertion.
It is superflous to reason with you on another fabrica-
tion, that I (a Ferick Pasha of the Ottoman armies)
should have seriously offered you to march, with the as-
sistance of the British Government, against the holy city
of Bokhara, in order, probably, that you might play a
Peter the Hermit.,
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Dr.(S JOCIIMUS, Lieut.-General.
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insultn to a clergyman who isincapacitated by his pro-
fession from resenting it.
You must be aware that such an act would be con-
sidered derogatory not only in a British officer, but even
(in the present advance towards civilisation) in a
Turkish officer ; more especially as I have spoken in my
work with the greatest respect of your person on ac-
count of your bravery in Syria, Spain, and Greece.
Should, however, the letter be yours, I am quite wil-
ling to publish it, with my answer, in the newspapers,
as well as in my fourth edition, and I will also acknow-
ledge that I was perfectly misled by yonr outward
appearance and accent in considering you one of the
chosen people of God, one of the blessed sons of Abra-
ham, one of the sons of Gideon and Samson, whose
politeness and gentleness are proverbial.
Until I have the honour of receiving an answer to this
letter, I sign myself, your Excellency's humble servant,
JOS. WOLFF.
To Lieutenant-General Jochmus,
Pasha of the Ottoman empire, &c., &c,

COURT CIRCULAR. BURFOAD'S PANORAMA OF THE
No bulletin of the Queen's health was issued either BATTLE OF SOBRAON.
yesterday or on Saturday, owing to the very favourable Time was—
state of her Majesty. 1 "In our young days, when George the Third was King,"
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her that Panoramas of Battles were all the rage, and the
Majesty yesterday. Battles of Vittoria and Waterloo and Algiers were all
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal High- exhibiting at one and the same time. In 1817, however,
ness the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of (Panorama loquitur)
the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine , "A change came o'er the spirit of my dream,"
service yesterday morning in the private chapel, Buck. , and fields (not tented) and cities (not beseiged) have
ingham Palace. The Hen. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay ; formed the staple commodity of public pictorial exhibi-
officiated. 1 tions. Diorama, from the beginning a F.A S., intruded

with its peaceful modern antiques in that year on the
domain of Panorama, and even Panorama from that
period eschewed all blood-colours, such as scarlet,
and consuming its own smoke, like a civilised de-
nizen of a civilised community, became to all out •
ward appearance a member of the Peace Socie
The spirit of glory in Panorama was scotchea:
not killed, and the dispatches of Sir Hugh Gough
and Sir Henry Hardinge, detailing the glorious vie-
tory of Sohraon, awakened Panorama, from its peaceful
dreams, and behold we have a glorious Panorama of
the old school—the Panorama of the Battle of Sobrson.
When we say a Panorama of the old school—the phrase
must be taken cum granis, for this is in reality a Test
improvement upon tho Battle Panoramas of the ohi
school. They were mere representations of ti
melee of men in splendid uniforms, arranged
in all sorts of impossible positions, and falling
about in all manner of inconceivable attitudes. As
to scenery and background, the artist troubled hin:-
self little about such matters, for he kept up such s
furious cannonade, and enveloped the whole affair in
such clouds of smoke that there was actually " no need
for such vanities." Mr. Burford, however, has
not acted on this plan. He has taken his
view of the battle just at one point of
time, namely, when the British, having silenced the
Seikh batteries, had forced their way into the entrench-
ments, were driving the flying enemy into the river, con-
sequently there is very little smoke to cloud the prospect,
and as the view is supposed to be taken from an eminence
within the Seikh entrenchment, we have the background
beautifully painted by Mr. Burford, on the one side

the distant Country from which the British art: advary
cing, and on the other the river Sutlej, with the towns
and villages of the Punjaub in the distance. The
British army is represented as advancing into the entret ..
ments, and driving the Seikhs in a hand-to-hand com-
bat across the river. In one part we have vividly repre.-
sented the fall of the lamented Sir Robert Dick, wbo is
in the act of cheering on his men as he is struck by a•
grape-shot, and in the opposite portion the flight of the
Seikhs across the bridge and the ford, exposed to the de-
structive fire of the British artillery. The picturesque
costumes of the Siekh troops have afforded Mr. Selons
an admirable opportunity for showing his powers of
colouring, of which he has most judiciously availed
. .

himself.-The whole picture is instinct with life, and
altogether it is the most stirring and interesting pano-
_

ram that has been exhibited of late years.

DUTCH MAIL.

AMSTERDAM, MAY 7. His Majesty arrived here from
the Hague, by a special train, and soon afterwards pro- .
ceeded by the henish Raiwa on his journe to Wei"
mar. His Majeß sty will gol fromy,
Arnheim to Dusseldorf.
by the Lion steamer.
APPELDOOM, MAY 27.—His Royal Highness the
Prince of Orange returned to the Loo yestert3sl
afternoon.
SNEEK, MAY 26.—With respect to the extremely earir
maturity of the produtions of the earth this year, W 6
may mention that in this district the farmers have begat'
to cut down the hay ; but in the neighbouring Wollde-
end all the hay is already got in.
TIIE HAGUE, MAY 29.—1 n a number of the 27th e'
this month, we published a decree of the Governor-.
General of the Dutch Indian possessions of the 26th o
February last, relative to the organisation of the Govern;
ment of Borneo, as well as the preamble stating th
grounds for that decree. The same decree gives at Brea
length the territorial division of the island.
The west coast of Borneo comprises the two rest-
dencies of Sambas and Pontianak. Sambas comprises
the territory on the coast from Tanjong Datoc to Or .
mouth of the Soengie Doerie, and the following islands
depending on it. (The names of thirteen island are hers
given.) Under the denomination of Sambas only the
empire of that name is comprehended,
The Residenal Pontianak comprises the coast from the
mouth of the.-Soengie Doerie to Mount Periampoengal
(on the east coast), which forms the frontier between
Mattam and Kottawaringin, and thence direct tO the sell'
About 100 islands belong to it.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
NEW YORK, MAY 15.—During the last five er
sib
days the whole country has been in a state of high e"., ;
citement in relation to the Mexican war, which has
tually commenced. The Mexican army crossed the oio
.s.
del Norte, near General Taylor's post, opposite Nls
moros. Their force is variously represented, but tl2:_;.,
ciently strong, if nothing more, to render General T.
lor's position not only precarious, but, in his opiel?'.;
and the opinion of his officers, such that it became 11,i_
duty to remain inactive within the temporary
had thrown up until he should receive reinforcetzlents.
Previous to the Mexicans crossing the Rio del .N°I.TA
Colonel Cross, an American officer, had been murder`T„
within three or four miles of his camp. After two
three days' search his body was found. A scouting;
party, under the command of a cavalry officer, was seas
out to reconnoitre. The party consisted of about seventy
men. They fell in with a Mexican corps, whose force
works De
they did not know until an action was commenced, when
it appeared that the Mexican force numbered 200 or 300.
Fifteen or sixteen of the Americans were killed or
wounded, and the residue of the command captured,'
with the exception of the commanding officer, Captain
Thornton, and two or three privates. As soon as Cap"
tail Thornton discovered his hopeless situation, he
dashed upon the enemy, and cut his way through then:/;
returning the next day in safety to the camp, with 01
privates.
These details reached Washington on Saturday etvell.:
ing, the 9th inst. On Sunday a Cabinet Council 1,, 17
held, and the House Military Committee also convetli
They prepared, and on Monday morning reported, a
to accept and call into service for 12 months 150,000
lunteers, and a Bill appropriating 10,000,000 dollars;
meet the expenses. These Bills passed the House
Monday, the 11th, and the Senate on Tuesday, the lt„,
inst. Everything was immediately put in a state of 7;:i
tire preparation. General Taylor had previously ealce,
upon Louisiana and other adjacent states for reinfot
ments, which were pressing forward with great alacri.q:
As you will find in the journals of the day the de"
bates m both Houses of Congress on the war merit
sage, it is deemed unnecessary to refer to them P:
detail. You will perceive, however, that the VirbTn,
party, to a man, denied the existence of war betwoe'
Mexico and the United States, and made a strenu
exertion to strike out the preamble, which avail,
the fact ; but all such efforts were unavailing.
the Whigs were opposed to an assumption that th:
two countries were actually in a state of war, the;if
were perfectly willing to vote any number of men, a,
el
amount of money, that the President might deem
sary and ask of Congress.
A word as to the present position of affairs. The
t 1
party, by the movements of the Mexicans, have obtalm,,,,ie
a triumph. Whether that triumph is, or is not, teo.
temporary, is very questionable. Certain it is, hery
ever, that the friends of peace were defeated on °lt
trial. Not to admit the fact would be to evince a wtbe
of candour. For the two days (the 11th and 12th),itir
Locofoco party, even in the Senate, rallied nearly
whole force; and so formidable did they consider the-
selves, that they became almost frantic with exultatie:is
On reviewing this state of things, the question pre 10
itself—will the democratic party, after their fiery zeeceo
cooled down, continue, as they now are on the Me—ari of
war question, united, or nearly so, or will a portielithie
th,na resume the position they occupied the Ist of •0,
month, as the friends of peace ? I hope they will ;,,0
tinue as the friends of peace, but I have great misgicl
on this point. And here let me remark, that althe„„ls
7,it
the Oregon question is in no way avowedly coon e, ,cor.
with the Mexican war, yet indirectly it will have e or
ing upon it, especially if the Mexicans should be co", a
pletely and promptly overwhelmed, of which there 1 to
great probability. I consider this war inauspiciellaveo
an amicable adjustment of pending difficulties betty
Great Britain and the United StateF. • ais'
From the remarks which were made during this bt,
cussion, in both Houses of Congress, I have no dot t_.,
andt gievienur
as soon as General Taylor receieveedstihnett;ohebenecinescsaaraY:etibi:e.
forcements, he will cross the Rio del Norte
m- The
xico,
Mexican army battle, if they remain in estera
If they do not, be will pursue
volunteers will insist upon proc
they are defeated and so
nteunpnoocwoenrdtoi unconditional
rscuebimt.i submission,
suspension of hostinti
rallying, They will li.sestewile
et
urt, uesspesassthatto.
short of absolute and almost:
tGheinngerianldTicaaytelosrtphOSsb
California will .
I sure be forgotten in A
Nor am a:botth lien and money,
teaace between Mexico and the id if
negotiationhaP for
The rageemigration to California is rep_„,'
States.
• g in the Western States.
spreading It is, therefore, c;
Bible that for the purpose of settling all claims of be
United States and her citizens, this Government may' r
.cs 0
disposed to purchase from Mexico
Thereehaver
n abundance
is onefo r other topic I will briefly notice An „ theire r
that district
country,
may have observed in some 0' the .4%
gt
can journals hints that the British Government :1,-
s 1
he bottom of the movement of the Mexican .d.po
assure you that great efforts are making to /MI re o' *pot
the public mind of this country that the British areota'
nishing the Mexicans with money to carry on the tocl
paign which has just openel. I do not believe itvo3oo!
I have so stated on different occasions. But the ril„t tbla
has a deleterious influence, being well calculated,
power,Me Inew_le's.e:
crisis, to create prejudices and unkind feelings. or,t
We have no further intelligence from the preeem_A hot
of war, or of the situation of General Taylor eur„,ief
army, than was received at Washington
reeenec;Vis6t,..lloog
evening, the 9th, and referred to in the p ,he
of this letter, which I will not seal until near 1,
of the departure of the mail for Boston. ,_ing that
The President has issued a proclamation deems
_lioel
war exists between the United States and the rep
Mexico. ere°
:Nothing
O thin
,?r hoe'
greignonthequleeassttiodne, degree
tohfeinpteenredsitngin,itaieeebtil
between Great Britain and the Unitedles
to _,
occurred since the date of my last letter.thi:tton
eil,
a
and expected by the friends of peace'
lt be teild
ceiving the notice a pacific proposition wi
by the British Government.
A GENEVESE TRAVELLED

—Times.
THE lIAY- h
i"/ARvEsi, NEAR LoNDON.___TUe hay bare
vest near the metropolis has been commenced during,eo
past week, and several fields in the vicinity of
d
and Highgate have been cut, the grasz being g"-- CQ
Idm aid Dowt arbuuda►ats