The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-26 00:00:00

C BINET COUA

A Cabinet Council was held at 2 p.m. this day.
The Earl of Derby being still confined to the
the hour,‘, by indisposition, the council was
held at his lordship's private r,siclence, St.
James's-square. The Ministers present were :
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of. Hard wicke,
Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General
Peel, the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, Lord
Stanley, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord
John Manners.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prin-
cesses Alice and Helena, the King of the Belgians, the
Tlnnhaan of Rinarint, the. of Flan-
derP, vi-iced the Crystal at Sydenham yesterday morning.
The repl suite consisted of Coo Duchess of Atholl,
Countess d'Yve ea Bay, vay, Major-General Bouscrie,
Colonel F. H. Seymour, Baron D'Oviirschie de Nerische,
Captain Burnell, and the Master of the Household.
POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHANNEL
ISLANDS. —Upwards of 30,000 Is tters a month pass to and
from Weymouth and the Channel Islands by means I'd
the steamers which have recently commenced running
bet seen Plymouth and Jersey.
• The commercial advicee from Calcutta, appear not to
be unfavourable as far as the demand for English mewl-
factures is c)ncerned. The rate of exchange shows no
variation. At Hong Kong the quotation of 44.
indicates a slight further turn in favour of this country ;
while at Shanghai there hat been an advance frem
6 e I.d. to 63. 2d., an adverse alteration equal to about
11 per cent.
ThE MANCHESTER POST .OFFICE. —At a meeting of the
General Purposes Committee of the Manchester Tows-
council, held yesterday, it was unanimously resolved to
ask the Posteofflue authorities to suppend any negotia-
tions as to the site in John Dalton-street, in order that
arrangements may be, made for placing the new Post.-
office on the Town's-yard site. This resolution was .on
the motion of Mr. Alderman Heywood, the originator
and strong supporter of the proposal that the site should
h^ in Marsdon-equare, and which has led to so much
discwsien. 1. I, uol-Nte,rl the.i. the arrangements
which it is desired to make involve tun obt.iuinB the
necessary land and premises for an arcade entrance from
Cooper-street, which would be a most convenient access
to the budding,lin addition to the front entrance in Ban-
croft-street:

S3IOKE NUISANCE ABATEMENT BILL.—A bill of Mr.
Ayrton, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, attempts to abate
the nuisance arising from the smoke of furnaces in the
metropolis, and from steam-vessels plying to and from
any places on the Thames westward of the Nore
light-
vessel. No furnaces in the metropolis, or furnaces used
in steamers between Londan Bridge and any place west-
ward of the Nore must emit any spoke after the passing
of the act, under a penalty of 51., 10/., and 20!., for the
first, second, and third offence. The penalties will not
bond to furnaces which have been so constructed or
altered as to prevent, as far as possible, all emission of
smoke. The bill will not affect the City Sewers Act
of 1851.

DUTY PAID ON FOREIGN Gu.tlN IN HULL—The fol-.
lowing duty was paid on foreign grain imported into
Hull last week :-4001. 184. on 8 018 qra. of wheat,
3741. 84. on 7,483 qrs. of barley, 246 t. on 4,920 qrs. of
oats, 28/. lls. on 571 qrs. of beans, 451. on 908 qrs.
of pea', and 17s. 71d. on 47 cwt of flour. Total duty
paid, 1,09d1. 2s. 7,12/1.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Yesterday
ppecial general meeting of this company took place at
the Euston station, for the purpose of considering a bill
to authorise arrangements between the Chester and
Holyhead Railway and the Loudon and North-West:ln
Railway Company, and
.to empower the Chester and
Ho'yhead Company to raise a sum, of money by pre-
fer,nce shares—Sir S. M. Peto in the chair, The secre-
tary read the heads of the bill, which Rated that as the
Chester and Holy he al and the London and North-Western
Railways formed a complete line of communication be-
tween Holyhead and London, and the pbstal service
bet ,Teen Dublin and London via Holyhead was carried
over the edd rail Nays, jt was expedient t afford facili-
ties to the present company which they did not possess
under the authority conferred by the existing acts It aas
therefore, propcsid that the company shod I be em-
powered to raise 200,0001. by prcfeience shares, bearing
interest at a rate not exeeeding 6 per cent, rer annum ;
the London and North-Western Company on the one
hand, a• d the Chester en 1 Holyhtal Company on the
other, with the consent of three-fifths of the shareholder s,
having the po ger to agree for the minversion of such
shares into ordinary stock of the London and North-
Western Railway C4mpany, provided that the total
nominal amount of that stack should not exceed the
total nominal amount of the stock or shares of the Goes-
tei. and Holyhead Railway Company so native' tsd. The
bill also provided that the expenses of obtaining the act
should be paid by the Chester and 11°1y-head Railway
Company. A resolution was passed approving of the
bi'l.

MR. ALBERT SonLos3' GRAND CONCERT.—This
gentleman, well known iu the literary and musical
world, announces a most brilliant programme fir his
concert on Monday, the 23th, at tho Marylebone Lite-
rary and Scientific Institution, E I ward-street, Portman-
square. It is seldom that we have to record inch a
galaxy of talent ae is announced fit that ever.-
ing : —The Misses Pyne, Madame and Mr. Wei:;F:
Madame Pa3sane, Miss S-. Clair ; Mr. Harrisor, Mr.
;Jules Lef.nt, Herr Reichardt, and the ever popular
Pizchek, are among the principal vocalists, while the
Swedieh Singers, in their national costume, will sing their
native airs. The instrumentalists number Piatti, Herr
Kuhe, Herr Engel, the Distins on their flugel horn per-
formances, and two great novelties, a lady violinist,
Madlle. Sophie limier, and Mr. Rhea, a flutist of i x-
traordinary sweetness and taste. Ws grand combina-
tion, conducted by Mr. Benedict, George Loder, Frank
Mori, and F. Berger, will, no doubt, attract au over-
flo is g audience.
TELEGr.APIIIO DIFFICULTIES.—A short telegram takes
giLehhielflanyguage for Lisbon,
about two hours and a half to be convoecyceudpiLroinni
trLaonn;.
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has to be trantlated into PortuguJse to be enlveyda to
Lisbon.