The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

Advices from Constantinople state that a con-
cession for a railway from Constantinople to Adrianople,
and thence to Belgrade, has been granted to Messrs.
Thomas Page, Liddell, and Gordon.
MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.—
The mails for the Australian colonies and New Zealand,
intended to be forwarded via Southampton, will, in future,
be made up in London on the morning of the 20th of each
month, instead of on the 12th, and the mails to be forwarded
via Marseillef will be made up on the evening of the 26 h
instead of on the 18th of the month. On-those occasions
when the 20th of-the month falls on Sunday, the mails for
Australia, &c., will be made up on the previous evening,
and when the 26th of the month falls on Sunday, the
mails will be made up on the following evening, In
consequence of this alteration, mails for Ceylon will no
longer be despatched on the 12th and 18th of the month.
The Australian mail packets will, in future, proceed no fur-
ther than Melbourne, and after leaving Point de Gal le will
touch, to land and embark mails, at King George's Sound
only. The mails for South Australia, New South Wales,
and New Zealand will be landed at Melbourne, and will be
forwarded thence to their destination by such means as may
he provided by the colonial governments. Commencing
with the month of July, the homeward mails will thence-
forward be despatched from Melbourne on the 26th of each
month, and ought to arrive in London with the mails from
Calcutta and China, due (via Marseilles) on the 12th and
(via Southampton) on the 18th of every month.—By com-
mand of the Postmaster-General, RowLAND HILL, Secre-
tary.—General Post-office, June 5.
THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLlN.—Madame Celeste,
who, with several members of her Lyceum company, is
engaged for a series of performances here, with a view of
producing some of the principal pieces which were played
by her in London during the last season, has met with a
most extraordinary measure of success. The doors of the
Royal are literally besieged every evening, and the
house is filled to overflow immediately on their being
opened. The Freeman's Journal, in its notice of the
extravaganza of "King Thrushbeard," writes thus :
" One of the most splendid scenic displays that have been
ever presented in this country was brought out on the
boards of " the Royal" last evening in the presence of a
crowded and fashionable house. We allude to the extrava-
ganza of " King Thrushbeard." The performances com-
menced with the drama of " A Tale of Two Cities," and not-
withstanding the charming acting of Madame Celeste, Miss
K. Saville, Mr. Jas. Vining, and Mr. Granby, the audience
were evidently impatient for the commencement of " King
Thrushbeard," and exhibited that peculiar restlessness to
be observed in " younger children," when waiting for the
curtain to rise on a Christmas pantomime. On the "ver-
dant" being cleared up the applause was general, and in
each succeeding scene the plaudits became longer and
louder, and burst into one general furore of approbation at
the celebrated "transformation scene," which must be re-
garded as the perfection of scenic representation. It is not
a thing of gaud and glitter —it is a beautiful creation, con-
ceived and carried out with refined taste and judgment.
Madame Celeste was led before the curtain on the unani-
mous c of the house, and was cordially complimented."
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at
Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is
25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the
English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg
the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short
exchange on London is 13 8) per V. sterling. Standard
gold at the English Mint price is therefore about
1-10th dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course
of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60
days' sight is about 104 per cent., which, when
compared with the Mint par between the two countries,
shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ;
and, after making allowance for charges of transport and
difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling
profit on the importation of gold from the United States.
A CHAMPION WRESTLER.—In the palish of
Coleford. an obscure place in the north of Devon, there
resides the champion wrestler of England, an old man of
nearly 70 years of age, named Abraham Cann. When
wrestling was at its height Cann was as popular in the
sporting world as Sayers and Heenan are at the present
time. Many thousands of pounds were won by bets upon
him; and although it is a well-known fact that he was
offered large sums of money to sell his back he never would
consent to do so, and was never thrown in his life. Latterly
it has been discovered that the veteran champion was re-
duced to great poverty and was on the verge of the Union
Workhouse. Mr. Langdon, of the Bull Inn, Exeter, com-
menced a subscription on his behalf, an I in answer to his
appeal a large number of noblemen and gentlemen have
liberally subscribed ; among them being Lord Poltimore,
Sir T. D. Acland, Sir M. Lopes, M.P., Mr. Kekewich,
M.P., Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. Gard, M.P., and Mr. Silli-
fant. When sufficient money has been raised it is proposed
to purchase an annuity for the old man, so as to place him
in comfortable circumstances for the remainder of his days.
JAPAN AND ITS INHABITANTS.—Dr. Macgowan
gave a lecture on this subject at a meeting of the Royal
Asiatic Society, held on Saturday evening. After giving
his audience much valuable information concerning the
island itself, he referred to its people. As an instance of
the superstition of the people, it was mentioned that their
spiritual Emperor was formerly kept continually in an up-
right position, from the dread that if his head inclined that
part of the empire towards which it was directed would
suffer disaster. At length an ingenious courtier suggested
that the same object would be gained if the crown were
fixed upright ; and that suggestion having been acted on,
the Emperor was liberated, and allowed to walk about his
palace. Another inconvenience attached to the spiritual
sovereignty is that everything touched by the Emperor is
tabooed, so that no one, not even himself, must touch it
afterwards. Every vessel he drinks from is broken imme •
diately afterwards, and his clothes are burnt after having
been once worn. This practice, it may be supposed, must
add greatly to the expenditure of the imperial household ;
but in order to diminish the cost the spiritual Emperor is
clothed with vestments of the coarsest material.

THE NORTH-EAST PORTS.—SHIELDS, Monday
Night.—The weather has greatly improved ,the wind is
west, the sea has fallen, and a considerable fleet of laden
collier vessels, including a number of foreign ships, have
sailed with a fair wind and a very good prospect. This
evening the Connaught, a magnificent new mail express
iron paddlewheel steam ship, built by Messrs. Palmer, of
Jarrow, for the Galway and New York Company, after
being completely fitted and ready for sea, has left the Tyne.
As soon as she got out of port, she proceeded on a trial
cruise, and when properly tested will go round to Galway
to take her place in the Galway and New York station.
She has several Government and other engineers on board.
and she is guaranteed torun above 20 miles an hour. Her
sister ship, building at Messrs. Palmer's, is being rapidly
completed.

A SALT LAKE INCIDENT.—A correspondent of
the New Fork Herald, at Salt Lake city, writes :—" On
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rode up to the court-house, during the sitting of the cour ,
and finding there the Sheriff, the principal object of their
hatred, unblushingly extended to him the hand of saluta-
tion—a very general custom in the west, more particularly
among a people surrounded by Indians, to whom the hand
must be extended at first greeting as a sign of good f cling
and fellowship. Sheriff Burton took the hand of Manhard,
and after the usual Indian salutation—' How ? how ?'—in-
formed him that he was his prisoner. In a moment the I
mule danced under the biting of the spurs ; but the Sheriff
was not to be either trampled or thrown. He firmly con-
tinued his hold of the one hand, and with a dexterous leap
throw the other around the neck of Manhard, and there
mule, criminal, and;Sheriff clung together with more than
loving affection. It was an interesting sight. The asso•
ciates of the apprehended man immediately drew their re-
volvers and called upon the Sheriff to release their comrade.
The dancing of the mule and the struggle of the men made
it impossible for them to fire with safety. The noise and
bawling reaching the inside of the court, the officers instantly
rushed out to the rescue of the Sheriff; rifles were out and
levelled, and the associates of Manhard owel their escape
and lives to cheap percussions.' The Sheriff kept his man,
the others escaped. For the latter the officers have writs
for threatening; the life of the Sheriff in the discharge of his
duty; and, find them when they may, they will assuredly
be severely dealt with."