The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1860.

WASHINGTON FRIEND'S GRAND MUSi-
CAL and PICTORIAL ENTERTAINMENT, entitled
TWO HOURS IN CANADA and the UNITED STATES,
with his Songs, Anecdotes, and Melodies, Daily, at 3 and 8
o'clo,k.— Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 28. ; Gallery, ls. - Box-office open
from 10 till s.—St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.
Secretary—Mr. 11. EDWARDS.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon •
lon, previous to the retirement of Mr. J. W. Raynor on the
2d of August.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday
Morning at 3 o'clock. Tickets and places may be secured at
the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-
office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and
Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea-
dilly.—Open every Evening„with the celebrated Band
conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em-
perot Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON
added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad-
mission, is.
Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
HIGH HOLBORN.
Phis Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the
-legance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined
with the perfeetion of its management, is OPEN EVERY
EVENING for DANCING. The celebrated band, under the
direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selec-
tion of the mwt approved classical and modern music.
Doors open :at half-past 8. Overture at 9. Closing atl 12
punctually. Admission, is.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-CHARITY SCHOOLS.
—The GREAT MEETING of the CHILDREN of the
Charity Schools not taking place this year at St. Paul's, will
be he:d in the Crystal Palace, TO-MORROW, Wednesday,
the 6th instant. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin ; Organist,
Mr. James Coward : Drums, Mr. Chipp ; Solo Trumpet, Mr.
T. Harper. _ _

At Three o'clock a great Performance by the assembled
Children will take place in the Handel Orchestra. The fol-
lowing will be c imprised in the selection of music.
The Old Hundredth Psalm.
Martin Luther's Hymn.
God and King of Jacob's-Nation (from Costa's " Eli").
Hanover Psalm 'rune.
Sleepers Wake (from Mendelssohn's " St. Paul").
Lord of Heaven and Earth.—Haydn.
Come Sound his Praise Abroad (Chorale, Martin).
Hosanna (for three trebles).—Martin.
Chant "0 Sing unto the Lord."
God save the Queen.
Books of the Words and Music/which are copyright) will
be sold i a the Palace, price Threepence each.
Admission, One Shilling; reserved seats, Half a Crown
extra, should be at once applied for at the Crystal Palace ; at
2, Exeter Hall ; or by order at the agents.
NOTICE.—On this occasion the 'doors of the Palace will be
opened to the Children at Nine o'clock ; to the public at Ten.

i'4IJILDHALL, 4th June, 1860.-- The Com-
mittee for Letting the City's Lands will Meet at
GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th inst at One
o'Clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for LEASES of
FOUR HOUSES, Nos. 25, 26, 27, and 28, in Playhouse-yard,
Whitecross-street ; and a House, No. 13, Chapel-street, Cur-
tain-road.

Plans of the property may be seen, and forms of tender
obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild-
hall.

FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR GIBRALTAR.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 2d June, 1860. ,
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the
12th instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying and delivering into Store at her Majesty's Naval
Yard, at Gibraltar, monthly 500 tons of
SOUTH WALES COALS,

for Six Months, from Ist July next.
The Coals to be fit for the service of her Majesty's Steam
Vessels.

The said Commissioners having the power to increase the
monthly supply to any quantity not exceeding 3,000 tons in
each month, if-required, on three weeks' notice.
The conditions f the Contract and a form of the Tender
may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received
after two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed
unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised
in writing-.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for Gibraltar," and must be delivered at Somerset-place,
accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the
sum of £2,000, for the due performance of the Contract.

CONTRACTS FOR SHIRTS AND STOCKINGS FOR
THE ROYAL MARINES.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling
and Transport Services,
Somerset-place, 4th June, 1860.
IpTIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 21st
inst, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying
and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept-
f• rd, all such SHIRTS for the Royal Marines, and GRAY
WO ItSTED STOCKINGS for Sergeants of the Royal Ma-
rines, as shall from time to time be demanded for 12 months
certain, and afterwards until the expiration of three months'
warning.

.1 LI., artMlen luny IIeCLI ILL, UM Itliy al Trial MIS
Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of one
and four o'clock.

No tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form
provided for the purpose; and which may be obtained on ap-
plication at the said office.
Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of
the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at the
said Office.

No Tender will be received after half-past. One o'clock on
the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party
tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-handcorner the words •" Ten-
der for ," and must also be delivered at
Somerset-house.

TUB RECENT GALE.

GREAT YARMOUTH, June 3.

Every day furnishes fresh evidence of the disas-
trous effects of the late gale in the number of ves-
sels brought in here disabled, several of which have
been picked up derelict, nothing being known about
their crews. The number of castaway seamen re-
ceived into the Sailors' Home during the week was
between 50 and 60, some of whom were landed des-
titute of everything. Among them is a cabiwboy,
aged 16, taken off the Norwegian schooner Abra-
ham by a fishing lugger, the rest of the crew having
been washed overboard. He escaped the general
fate by happening to ,be below at the time, where
he had been sent by the captains for some refresh-
ment for the crew, then almost exhausted, as the
vessel laboured very heavily. While down a tre-
mendous sea struck the vessel, and when he went
on deck he saw nothing of the crew except the mate
who was at the moment struggling in the waves a
hundred yards off. The boy, having secured_ the
captain's watch, lashed himself to the rigging,
whence he was rescued after 40 hours. The loss
entailed on the fishing interest of this port by the
gale is almost unprecedented. A large fleet of
mackerel boats—upwards of 200, was caught in the
North Sea by the storm, and scarcely a beat has
-come in which has nct sustained some damage in
loss of pets, gear, or men. Ten luggers and two
smacks are still missing, having on board upwards
of 100 hands, men arid boys, and worth, with nets
and gear, from £5OO to £6OO each vessel. Some
hopes were entertained of their safety up to Satur-
day night, but as the wind from the south-east on
that day did not bring them in, and as Sunday
passed without any tidings, the worst is now feared.
All the crews belong to this neighbourhood, the
men in many instances having wives and large
families; and for some days past the beach has been
the scene of the most heartrending spectacles, the
poor women coming down to inquire after some
boat containing a husband or a son, and filling the
air with their cries, as they heard that no tidings had
been received. Another fishing lugger, the Prima
Donna, which had been missing, was brought in on
Friday, abandoned; and the master, a man, and a boy
arrived here on Sunday from a French port, having
been taken off the wreck by a French vessel, and
landed there. They report that the remainder of
the crew, to the number of seven, were washed over-
board. This fearful destruction of life and property
has thrown a sad gloom over the town ; it is feared
that the clubs will be absolutely ruined. Vessels
arriving here report that the North Sea is literally
strewed with pieces of wreck, spars entangled in
fishing nets, deals, casks, &c.

SHIELDS, Sunday Night.
The weather came on extremely rough again last
night, a heavy sea roaring over the bar of the Tyne,
and threatening a second storm. It rained and
blew all last night, and has rained during the whole
of to-day, the wind blowing from the south-east.
A number of laden ships sailed yesterday, and sea-
faring people were very anxious last night with
regard to them. There have been many arrivals of
light vessels to-day. All have got in safe. The
Mary Muncaster bark has arrived here to-day from
London, in charge of one of our most experienced
captains, Mr. James Turpie, an ingenious inventor
of a patent trysail. The Mary Muncaster has
brought in with her the survivors of the schooner
John, of Goole; the master and his wife have lost
their lives under most affecting circumstances. The
Mary Muncaster left the Thames on Saturday
night week, and encountered the fearful gale of
Monday morning between the Dudgeon and Cro-
mer. Mr. Turpie states that the gale came on with
immense suddenness and fury, and though he has
been at sea 30 years and encountered all kinds of
hurricanes in the China and Indian seas and on
the Atlantic, and was out in the Royal Charter gale
last year, he never encountered such a fearful storm
as that of Monday. His vessel was speedily
stripped of her sails by the wind, and so violent
was the hurricane that the crew were unable to
work their way up the rigging, and the vessel was
taken out of their hands by the hurricane. While
drifting before the storm the John hove in sight,
under balanced reefed mainsail, and, as the crew
of the Mary Muncaster were powerless, the vessels
came together. The master and mate of the Mary
Muncaster liaulnrl thn twn
of the schooner into their ship ; but the master of
the schooner, Mr. Rhodes, lost his life in trying to
save his wife, who was on board. He had fastened
a line about his wife, but while the officers of the
bark were trying to haul her on board, the hitch
he had made slipped, and she was carried away by
the:waves and drowned. Mr. Rhodes had fastened
a line about himself, and the mate of the bark was
pulling him into his vessel, when the two ships
were suddenly thrown together by a fearful sea,
and the poor fellow was crushed between them,
the line slipped from the mate's hands and he sank.
The vessels fortunately shortly after drifted asun-
der, else it was thought they must both perish.
During the storm the Mary Muncaster drove pn to
a bank, and thumped on the ground several times,
but the wind and sea raged so fiercely that she was
carried over the sand and was saved. There are
vessels belonging to the Tyne and adjacent ports,
which were known to be out in the gale, still un-
accounted for; and, from the melancholy accounts
that are reaching north-cast ports, it is greatly to
be feared that several of them are gone with all
their crews. Intelligence has reached here of the
loss of the brig Walker on the Dutch coast, and
it is feared other north-country vessels have per-
ished in that neighbourhood. There have been
many wet cheeks by the humble hearths of our
harbour towns to-day, as seamen have recounted
their merciful deliverance from death in this fearful
storm ; and some affecting scenes have been wit-
nessed as rough and hardy men have appeared at
our places of worship to thank the Almighty for
their merciful deliverance from peril and death.

PORTSMOUTH, Monday.
The accounts of the casualties along the coast
from the effects of Saturday's gale have not proved
of so severe a nature as had been anticipated, neither
has it passed by without the loss of vessels or of
life. At 5 p.m. on Saturday a brig was observed on
shore to the eastward of Chichester harbour, but the
sea ran so high that the Coastguard could render
no assistance. By sunset the vessel went to pieces,
and every soul on board was lost. Scarcely a
south-west gale of any strength occurs in the Chan-
nel but it is accompanied by a loss of lives on this
part of the coast, extending from the east end of
the Isle of Wight to the 0 wars light-vessel. No
lifeboat of any kind is stationed here, and the only
boats available are those of the Coastguard, and
they are utterly useless in contending with the
heavy surf on such occasions. The brig Triumph,
Southampton, from Guernsey for London, with
240 tons of stone as cargo, was struck by a sudden
squall at the time the wind shifted so suddenly
during the gale, and had all her canvas blown from
the bolt ropes. At nine p.m. she struck heavily on
the Woolmors, a dangerous shoal off the mouth of
Langston harbour, and continued beating along
the sands till 10 p.m., when she became firmly
fixed in her present position at nearly high water-
mark. Great difficulty was experienced in getting
the men on shore, owing to the tremendous surf
running up the beach. A spar with a small line
attached was thrown into the surf, which the
Coastguardsman, making lines fast round their
waists, rushed into the water and secured. A haw-
ser was then hauled ashore, one end being made
fast on board, and by these means the crew were
rescued, two of them being in a very exhausted state.
The whole of them were conveyed to the hotel in
the village, where they received every attention
and kindness. The captain of the brig reports
that there was an awful sea running at five p.m.
on Saturday between the Nab Light and the
0 wers ' • and that after his canvas had been blown
away by the squall on the wind shifting, his vessel
drifted past a schooner with only one mast stand-
ing, and driving towards the shore, green seas
making a clear breach over her. He thinks she
must have gone down soon afterwards with all on
board. A collier brig is reported to have been
driven ashore off Ventnor ; and another, the Light
and Sign, from Sunderland for Southampton, has
gone ashore to the westward of Stokes-bay. Great
damage has been done to the gardens, &c., along the
coast, and in several exposed situations large trees
have been levelled with the ground. It still blows
fresh from the westward, with Passing squalls.

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MEETING OP THE COUNCIL OF THE
AUSTRIAN EMPIRE.
The Vienna Gazette of May 31 says :
The Ministers and members of the Augmented
Council of the Empire assembled this forenoon, at
nine, in the chapel of the Imperial Palace, attending
a grand mass celebrated by his Eminence Cardinal
Prince Archbishop Ritter von Ranscher. After-
wards the whole of the assembled betook them-
selves to the Hcrrngasse, Statthalterei-Grkaude
`palace of the Government), containing the apart-
ments prepared to receive them, and on arriving
his Imperial Highness the Archduke Rainer forth-
with addressed them, in a most spirited speech,
which is subjoined.

After the administration of the oath, his Imperial
Highness Archduke Rainer brought to the know-
ledge of the assembly that the permanent Imperial
Councillor Von Szogyenyi and the Imperial Coun-
cillor Count Albert Nostitz had been appointed
first and second vice presidents by his Apostolic
Majesty; that the two permanent Imperial Coun-
eillors Baron von Lichtenfels and Count Mercandin
had been appointed members of the commission
entrusted with the verification of the protocols of

the future deliberations. A considerable majority
soon after entrusted the same duty to the two
Imperial Councillors, Count Anton Auersperg and
Count Anton Szecsen. Count Apponyi and Count
Andrassy afterwards developed, in their speeches,
those points which they thought adapted to their
respective positions as Hungarian subjects of his
Apostolic Majesty.

The session for 18G0 was then declared duly
opened by Archduke Rainer, and the Assembly in-
formed that on the next morning they were to be
received by the Emperor in person.
On the following day (the Ist inst.) the members
of the Council of the Empire assembled in the
Throne-room of the palace, when the Emperor ad- 1
dressed them as follows

" My Lords, Councillors of the Empire,—Be
heartily welcome. I have called you., around me,
since I count upon with certitude to have found in
you men who will assist me in my endeavours to pro-
mote alike the welfare of all nations of Austria faith-

fully and with true devotion. All important ques-
tions relating bath to general legislation and to
the exigencies of the budget will be laid before
you, my lords. Please to bear in mind, in your deli-
berations, those supreme principles that the weal
and the woe of all parts of this vast empire are
most intimately interwoven—that the solidarity
and mutuality of interests through all my Crown
lands are facts which encircle and bind together the
monarchy through a thousand of sacred and time-
honoured links ; that each attempt to shake or
*son those links must lead immediately to the
detriment of the whole of its parts, preventing all
progress, both intellectual and material, and that,
therefore, I could by no means allow such attempts
to take place without trespassing on my sacred
duties towards my empire and my people. Let us,
therefore; my lords, secure and enforce equal rights
and protection to all nations of Austria, and may
they thus be united into one strong link of concord
and brotherhood.

"My Lords,—When called upon to examine the
single item of the budget, pay due consideration to
the political position of Austria, but do so with the
utmost cue not to increase the charges of the
people. Soon you will satisfy yourselves that up
to this very hour, although reforms in finance are
slow to ripen into full effect, considerable economy
in all branches of the administration have already
been obtained without lessening altogether the
general income, If, then, we progress in this direc-
tion with perseverance and strength—if thus we
succeed in bringing to wholesome results those re-
forms of inner administration which I have ordered

—then, my lords, I have no doubt, and I hope as-
suredly that if no extraordinary event thwart our
efforts, the hoped-for financial balance may be finally.
attained,

"The welfare of all the nations entrusted to my
care constitutes the highest aim of my unceasing
endeavours, and also the development of our inter-
...Lt welfare as as of our importance abroad,
are those noble tasks to which the whole of my-
zeal is devoted. In the efforts to realise those su-
preme national boons, you, my lords, arc with me,
as well as all my faithful subjects, and thus let us
pray unto the Almighty, and implore Him to give
to our combined endavours His Holy will and His
mighty assistance."
The following is the speech of the President of
the Council of the Empire (Archduke Rainer) at
the opening of its session :
" My Lords and Gentlemen,----At the time when
his Majesty, our most gracious lord and emperor,
announced, by the manifesto of July 15, 1859, to
his faithful subjects the return of peace, he was
also pleased to declare that the blessings of peace
were doubly precious, since they afforded the ne-
cessary means for the task of promoting both the
inner welfare and the external security of Aus-
tria by developing her rich intellectual and mate-
rial resources, and by introducing proper improve.
ments and changes in her legislation and admi-
nistration.' Indeatigable in the pursuit of this
first and supreme aim, his Majesty has felt the
necessity of informing himself of the interests
and wishes of the whole population of the empire.
by means of the advice and the reports of such of
his subjects as were themselves immediately con-
cerned in those changes. The most important
task of the provincial diets will be, therefore,
to bring to his august knowledge those
same wishes and interests. But also in the centre
of the empire his Majesty has resolved to gather
around him faithful, experienced, and independent
councillors whose great knowledge and thorough
loyalty to the Throne and the country will prove
the more beneficial the more difficult the problem
laid before them appears to be. his Majesty has
been pleased to entrust this grand and noble task
to the Council of the Empire, which, notwithstand-
ing its present augmentation, is to discharge busi-
ness in the form and way used hitherto. You will
readily understand, my lords and gentlemen, that
this Imperial Council, in its present enlarged form,
is ' to act as a supreme one both of the Emperor
and the Crown.' In accordance with the Imperial
patent of March 15, 1860, you are, my lords and
gentlemen, summoned around the Emperor, and
you will, no doubt, devote all your efforts to the
realisation of his august and all-important prospects
and views. You will constantly bear in mind that
his Majesty, in appealing to your advice, intended
above all to reinforce his supreme council by such
men as would independently express their indivi-
dual opinions, and bring to his knowledge the needs
and wants of all classes of our populations, but who
at the same would never forget that the weal and
the woe of all repose on the rights of the Crown
as well as on the maintenance of the unity of
the empire. My lords and gentlemen, I have
been called upon by his Majesty to superintend
your deliberations, and therefore a copy of
the rules adopted for the transaction of business
(gesch,ufts ordnung) having been communicated to
each and all of you, I beg leave to invite you, in
compliance with section 3 of the above named rules,
to take the oath there prescribed. [Presentation of
the oath.] Before we begin our task, my lords and
gentlemen, allow me to address you a few words.
Receive, then, above all, the assurance that, to the
best of my knowledge, and with the utmost impar-
tiality, I have resolved to discharge my duty of
superintendence, watching, however, over the
strictest compliance with the above-named Imperial
regulation and form of business. I feel sure that
in serious appreciation of the noble task entrusted
to you, my lords and gentlemen, you will assist me
fervently and faithfully, and that you will do all
your best to ensure those prosperous results which
both Emperor and country expect confidently from
your patriotism and loyalty. Great and important
indeed are the subjects of discussion submitted to
you, but by far the most important amongst them
is the deliberation on the question how our financial
administration is to be improved and how the in-
dispensable necessities of the budget shall be pro-
vided. Ample preparatory arrangements have
already been made ; they will no doubt facilitate
the task, that very question on the happy solution
of which the welfare of our country undoubtedly
depends. But not less I feel persuaded, my lords
and gentlemen, you will devote all your zeal and
wisdom to those other questions which his Majesty
has been pleased to lay before you. Very serious
indeed, wo cannot deny it, is the position of our
country at the present hour, which witnesses the
first assembly of this augmented Council of the
Empire. However, a better future is in expectance,
and therefore, let me congratulate ou, gentle-
men, on your present noble mission relating
to the realisation of such better days and pro-
spects. So let us, then, always remember our Em-
peror's device, iViribus unitis,' and may God help