The Express. — London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

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Romp IAA, Balia ga ni- in/l I TT7C VAUGHT/AI D" - M u rbOAIIN.L . ITIII/L-Cemmen IR T. PRI !masa TO warm. BCNC BATH CZA BNB- AM BIRO sienna Sam BBCC?U. M. W as C. Bra-Ilse IM aa WI• LYCEUM. LIC. NMrs C r. . . Wk. =re; Wu C. Me.— Ma 1111711/NY. Wm Comm, YONIIT. Nam Cm.,Mt. Iliagbat. hew. VOL lets Wldeloaab. awl T•twel; Yea Ntoota. asi IL Moon. —ONLY • HA Tilladl . Mc eonlA—Dowe oPw •l Nweloww•—••• • TOO WAITE& AT HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ton I).v-Iderzio& 76. Mumma la la Te.somarmr—bagnan. ABS.araa lA. WA. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2. TO OUR A DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will be published ON SATURDAYS as meal, daring the Parliamentary ream ML Dtimixtt, in his speech to the Electors of Burka, was in turn historical, critical, and didactic. The historical portion of his discourse was devoted to en eulogistic sketch of the great deeds of the DERBY Administration; the critical, to a rather dis paraging review of the proceedings of subsequent Administrations; and the didactic, to an exposition of Mr. DISRAELI'S views of the question of Perlis- mentary Reform. The history of the DEIST Administration was un questionably the most magnificent portion of the oration. It showed how much a fervid imagination can make out of the poorest materials. To the readers of mere prose histories, the records of the Dam Administration appear as uneventful as they are brief. The Earl of DMIT seined the mime of go vernment, 'emaciated to himself a nomber of obscure members of parliament, set to work to carry out the principal measures initiated by his predecessors, and after a vein attempt to guide by deputy the heti- rogencoua and unruly Home of 0011111111001 elected wider his own auspices, mabmiseively withdrew. This is tame and commonplace emaugh, bet seen through the base of Yr. Thammite gorgeous phra seology the ease events memo an *pie grandeur. The audience thrilled with horror to learn that on the acceleion of Lord DERBY to power, 'event gun-carriages could not be Mad in the country to follow the funeral car of the Doke ofWELLI WYNN, and glowed with gratitude on being told that the noble earl when he quitted edict left the nation in pone,- non of two hundred "capital field-pisses." nu' launched on the ocean of the imagination Mr. no; e; r .trove oo with prosperous piss, attributing to his colleagues the exclusive honour of the forma tion of the !loyal Artillery corps and our steam navy ; and to Lord ST. LEONARDS in particular a " 00111- plete reform " of the Court of Clansawy—m the greatest legal reform that was ever eikered." Mr. DIARAILI appears to have forgotten cue trilling dr- etimstanoe-:that the bills carried by Lord Br.-LlO - had been prepared by Sir Wrimars nos Woo°, and bad been opposed a Persinwsce by lard Sr. LRONARDS, whoa In opposition. It grieves as to think that all this splen did oratory was thrown away upon the obtuse and callous electors of Bucks. Mr. DISRAELI reserved his own share of the exploits of the DERRY Administration, as a fitting climax to " the swelling theme;" but his first mention of the DERBY Minis try's financial measures was responded to by cries of —" They turned you out." Nothing daunted, the hardy orator proceeded to eulogise his own financial administration ; but all in rain. The electors of Bucks lent leer approving ears to his self-laudation than the electors of North Northamptonshire did to his colleague Mr. Srw►roan's penitential confession, that when in the Admiralty, " in the hest of party spirit, he had Moue some things for which he was very sorry, and for which he had since tried to stone." The critical portion of Mr. 1/macula's discourse was smart, and contained some telling hits. But it lacked the vigour of his rollicking attacks on Sir Ron= PEEL. Perhaps it is not fair to be too critical on this score. Ever since be attained to the dignity of a Chancellor of the Exchequer he has -•• • - - ialionrml hard to be sententious and decorous. Like Me!retie, during his short-lived dream of grandeur, he has resolved to "read politic authors, wash off rem acquaintance, and be point-de-rice, the very man." Like Palatal', in similar circumstances, he has vowed to " purge, and leave sack and live cleanly as a nobleman should do." But, as all the world feels that these two illustrious prototypes of Mr. Dix- RAELI in his buffoon attacks upon Bir itonritr Peet would only have grown stupid had they succeeded in laying aside their quaint follies and irregular humours, so has it fared with the illustrious ex- Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ever since he be came " a right solempne man " he has become intolerably dull. As usual, the didactic pert of Mr. DISRAELI'S speech was the least successful. In it he confined himself exclusirely to the question of Parliamentary Reform. Ile commenced by attempting to demon strate that what is called bit-by-bit reform is use less, dangerous, and impracticable; and he ended by declaring that he could not in conscience support the only comprehensive scheme of reform to which be condescended to allude. This peroration had obviously been prepared with a sharp eye to stage sabot Skilful traps were laid for bursts of ap plause from the audience ; and passages of impassioned declamation were prepared beforehand, to follow up the expected plaudits. But the applause was not forthcoming. " Are you prepared," asked Mr. DISRAELI, " to be the electors of the department of the Upper Thames, and not the electors of Stick ily/Ws r Yes," was the unexpected reply. " I THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY ,EVENING, APRIL 2, 1857. say farther," exclaimed Mr. Insaasu, N that you cannot introduce the system of vote by ballot without changing the whole character of England, social and politicaL" The unsympathising auditors responded, "We want the change." With his own inimitable seltressesion, Mr. DIS RAELI followed up these discouraging responses by the bursts of eloquence which he had intendq should appear to have been elicited by ex clanians of a diametrically opposite character. But though it might have been said of him, as Hosteu Quickly said of Fatal, "Oh, the Father! how he holds hie countenance," in his heart he moat have felt almost as much discomfitted as the Cockney tourist who, when he attempted to awaken an Irish echo by the question, " How do you do, Paddy BLAKE ?" was petrified by the answer, " What's that to you, you durty blackguard?" ON et upon a time a conclave of gentlemen eat down to try which could utter the sentiment whisk should be unanimously received as mot flisinstri cally opposed to universal conviction. Able sundry ingenious attempts, one of them betlw/►t him of the astounding assertion that " Wows. see not capricious," and to him the victory was nt epee adjudged. Looking to the results of the present elections, it is hard to say whether our consti tuencies might not be deemed worthy rival, of the ladies in their caprices ; but probably, if the truth were known, the influence of the fair sex upon the elections has been much greater than is at first apparent. There has lately been a good deal of discussion about the rights of women; but perhaps if the sturdiest opponent of their claims were aware of the secret influence they exert, he might be disposed to compromise the matter, by acquiescing in arrangements which would oblige them to exercise it openly. There are indication; that woolen even now assert their rights with con siderable elect in political matters, and that the men are the unconscious or perhaps the willing victims of their domination. In this there is nothing sue- priming. The days of chivalry may be put, but the same influences which animated the mailed knights of old in the lists still animate the bare headed, paletot-elad stump-orators of the modern hustings. Go down to any borough election, take your plass epos the hustings, and look around. The apes lade lik is crammed with working men— ded= red semslectors--not unmixed with wives MI &MIL Link up, and every window which can ••••••1 a view of the hubbub below is filled with Yr bus, eager eyes, and delicate hands waving ma* handkerchiefs in token of their exultation. The use, the daughters, and the infant children of am sanahletes are there, and their presence bra • purpose. It wm something more than maw emissity which inspired the arrival of Lady PALK/MON in a carriage and four in the very midst of her popular Viscount's electoral oration, and the presence of Lady Jonas Rtrasett. in the Guildhall of London. M. ALLTANDHE Dunes contemplating the ladies at the Southwark hustings, seems to have been elated into sublimity. Speaking of Mr. Loess, one of the candidates for the borough, and whom M. DUMAS describes as " the advocate of the City "—retranslated French for " a City pleader"— " a man of 48, vigorous, broad chested, made for the struggles of the bar, and ready for the much more exciting struggles of the tribune"—the lively French man find records the stentorian success of the learned gentleman, and then records the action of the ladies. "Likeitnemonscar," he says, "when she encouraged Hexes from the walls of Troy, Mrs. Locus en couraged her husband down from the hustings." Bat them apes sir demonstrations of the ladies are lame imbratious of the pert they have taken in the week paeceding the election. This pale cheeks and maxima inquiries denote a femme conclusion. They ars art Weld all versed in la bads politique. They are wit di dew calibre of they. Prince= Deem, eeddmlnedealedy Paumenet,whose soirees and conveasellaa lave converted toy a cynical Radical. It is sat M desk the plod* whisk many ladies deeds as de mew. Ores gmlb politicians are seerdned ant NO medi 1p lbs resembese of a man astir Ow man lobe ne.llllllM They bout so Justine- Ilera laver of a seek end are prepund to go any Wolk to avoid the disgrace of Wag themselves by a man who wars no gloves, Z illllli e d naanot adjust his crave. or arrange kis late. It is impossible for one who has hmdaayexperience of elections to avoid being struck by the influence which personal appearance has upon electors—whether male or female, for women are in truth as active electioneering agents as men. It is not many years since the beautiful Lady FIELDING was placed within view of Cambridge University, that " the heavenly rhetoric of her eye" might charm the electors into voting for her hus band. Let no man, therefore, think that women are without influence. Even in these days of the seem ing despotism of " the lords of the creation " female influence is all-powerful. But this is not all. It would be mime to know in how many elections the result is due to the social tactics of the candidates. Ifs successful lawyer who has made his fortune conceives the desire to get into Parliament, let us suggest to him a plan which has been approved by that best of all tests--suocess. , Take a place, or, if you can, buy one in the country— the nearer you can get to some town the better. Marry a 'pretty, agreeable woman ; inaugurate a series of dinners, balls, archery meetings, and picnics ; become the soul of society in the neighbourhood ; subscribe to all the charities of the neighbourhood. Should Providence favour the country with high prices and a severe winter, send down at once 1001. worth of coals to be distributed among the poor; and then, if your rival does the same thing, you will have the merit of having driven him to an act of charity of which you will reap all the credit You need not abandon your London tailor or your London bootmaker, but you must em ploy a second tailor and a second bootmaker for the encouragement of local industry. If you can weer at a local concert with your family in a provincial suit, and get conveyed to the concert hall in one of the town flies, your MIXON will be more certain. But in all theme elaborate manoeuvres, the candidate, especially if he is a professional man, can scarcely expect to act in person. A bachelor is at a serious disadvantage. The man who hopes for success must be married. There must be some one always on the spot. A young lively wife is an admirable agent ; and, in deed, if we may judge from some of these elections, the ruse has proved not unsuccessful. To some recluse politicians these things may seem trivial ; and, indeed, many may be apt to think that we exaggerate these frivolous influences. But, dis guise the matter as we may, the facts are sub stantially as we have stated them. It is idle to conceal them. Without question many will be sent to the House of Commons by those who are determined to have abuses swept away and the cause of progress advanced. But it is no less true that many will enter the House of Commons for no other reemon than that they are personally popular in their neighbourhood, that they have done some thing to encourage local trade and the private into , rests of their constituents, and, above all, that they have pretty, pleasant, clever wives. Cpt Court. The Queen eel Prime Albert, tiel by the Prisms Alice, Molts Moe fa magma lad fbur yes =bola Lord Alfred Paget mei Du Net D baesheeL gm rest Heid e thereinto, sir laimbilhe Lagoa blb smiths Petite= Peadese Nressey. 1 Wane tade cm heessiedt Os ikesimme - ornemilsolly VaDa Plat. lthiss of Webs, idemiled by Mr. Gib* Treat to Wham yesterday, sad Maid the haat. She Primer fluyal sad the Primes Alm, sad Prate Aiimi with the l'essee Mina sad Leeks, leek mime dthea The Pelatess Pada, dashmlelet Isegmherg, the Lail Cllmmelea, sad Mejsrammell Wyk with the Clem la Os Diej m Oly silleadel et lle~ra Palate on Mev y ealajcifi ro tt i r s leaser d oe = sn mlyr timbre , Nebo— 'Ma airy 4 brie (14 yeete)., glsaidkehle Asti (17 yeesseal Tit Mae. Duets . ilela dl beaTr Y . = (le s earkliasehe, View:Mega 11 11 alimas--ne hearer. Q.lllllolF4lhillikdd.Aio/1; 2241,115ti11e Ones ; This r Omaha. Z. Adolph ; sad ldisessti k L a ta. Imes Beata ilahmles Mime. 1 44 ,2A1ted Puget lapis Da Plat hammieved lord Melee Phew and the am D. de w thew *Mies se the ItgesMes Writlag to the Qum sad Pesos T i ne Privates Mg of Cusaleidge vithed the Dadra of Lent yesterday, et Orme, Heel% Bt. James's. • Viscount sad Viscountess Palmerston arrived in town yes today trom Torquay. were received at the Colonial-Ake priori'', troua nn r h4. ooveraors el tho West India Islands. THE Mistorm.—The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday from his net in Northem berland. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood arrived et his official residence, at the Admiralty, on Tesaday smog, from his east, Hickleton Hall, Yorlialdre. Viscount Pal merston, secompanied by her ladyship, hes also 'Trivia. in town. The Right Hen. M. T. Raines, and the Right BM. R. Vernon Smith, have Aso returned to London from the provinces after attending their respective election'. MI the other members of the Cabinet are asserabird in town. A Cabinet Council la summoned to be held at two o'clock to-day, at the net Lord of the Treasury's edictal residence in Downing-stmt. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cain bridge visited her Royal Higbee's the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence Howe, St. Junes's. His Excellency the Russian Minister and the Counter Chreptowitch entertained at dinner last evening, at the reactance of the RllMian Legation, in Chosham-place, his Excellency the Prussian Minister, lie Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Minister toe the Netherlands, hie Excellency the Sex= Minister, Baron end BMW/ Nioolay, Count Pahlen, the Marque, of Lansd the Earl of Aberdeen, the Countess of Clarendon, tile tart of lisrrowby, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord - John Russell, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, Sir Roderick and lady Murchison, and Mr. Norman Mac donald. The snorter received • mall circle in the evening. Tho Archbishop of York and the lion. Mrs. Mummy have arrived in 13eigravosguare, Sinus the archia _ . pboopsl Palm* at BkhoPthorP;• The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have gone to Sion liaise, Isleworth, until after the Enter holidays. The Countess Frances Wahlegrave and Mr. Har court, MY., have issued invitations for a large party at her ladyship's villa, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, on the 17th Instant. . . ----- The Earl sad Countess of Wilton are entertaining a saccoadon adenines at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, for the race mailbag et Crorton Park. The noble earl and - -- -.• countess sad Emily come to town for the season imme diately. The Earl of Zetland, whose severe indisposition we =tonna& come days ego, is, we are glad to learn, now con veleennt. The Earl of Beetive haa arrived at his matt, Vir ginia, county Cavan, Ireland. The Earl and Countems of iiarriogton are staying at Evasion Castle, Derbyshire, and will not return to town until the 20th inst. Viscolus' tess Ingestre and the Misses Cockerell have arrived at the Earl of Eglinton's residence in St. James's squawk from Pan, having, eta roads, made a brief sojourn in P. Viatonat Ingestre pared through town early in the past wish, in order to attend the election at Stafford. Viscountess Somerton and her infant daughter are both programing favourably. laird Haddo left town Rosen Aberdeenshire. $ Lord de Taring in rapidly recovering from the elects of his neat secklmt. Lard and Lady Holland are expected in town shortly front Paris. We (Birmingham Journal) have pleoure in stat ing that the Earl of Shaftesbury has consented to pnalde at the annual meeting of the &We,. Reformatory School, to be held in the Town Hall on the evening of Wednesday, April S. on Monday loot for liado We (Bath Chronicle) remember that, when Mr. Roebuck was first elected for Bath, some live and twenty years ago, he invited his constituents to write to him, when they bed any grievances to complain of, after the fashion set by Andrew Marvell. Mr. Roebuck soon got the correspond ence which he invoked, and used to return saucy answers to preposterous letters, which were mach complained of at the time. Among other goriest of the sort, it was re lated (we do not vouch for the fact, if fact it be, but si raw; s me e ben troves), that some " bee and fader:cadent elector" wrote to Mr. Roebuck, informing him that a vile tory landlord had digrained upon his good. for tent, and would Mr. Roebuck tall him what to do P On which Mr. Roebuck tells the elector, per return of pow, that the bag thing he ma do is to—pay. Whereupon, the said elector declares that it is time to get rid of that " fella," for that he is getting "quite independent." The preparations for the Atlantic telegraph are expected to lb completed by the time originally named. 660 About f the cable out of the 2,200 are now finished and the rata of construction g the works of Messrs. Kuper Co., at Oreenwich , and Mews. Newell and Co., at , is more than 200 miles per week. The whole lino is to shipped by the end of June, end the communication is hoped to be eetabliehod by the middle of July. Owing to the late hightful accidents, considerable excitement prevails among the colliers, and tin,' slightest accident mate, an alarm. A cam of this sort occurred at the Edmund's Main Colliery (a short distance from Lund hill) on Friday last. From servo unexplained cause, about three pounds of gunpowder, which one of the men heel 'Mb / him, exploded. Upon hearing it the men rushed With* shaft bottom, signalling to be drawls up, and the whole of the min in a state of alarm came out of the pit. . _ . .. The subscriptiosui for the relief of the sufferers by the Londhlll Colliery explosion up to the present time amount to nearly 8,0001. and the committee have in contemplation the carrying out of the suggestion of Mr. Joseph Locke, M.P.—the forming wf . a permanent fund for the relief of the widows forming c of the chit LIVERPOOL meeting e' stated 11 Mass= Hall) sent, an, are Lord .. Sir Edward trowel - readers George's the stone at tbe r dress 6 tlon on of thin the b 1857 at whose 'anted r will be t, chairman clerk ; end THE B _ March neat , 001101111. labibiessenl-43,3141. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. her astern the ether Jibe hew. The sternmcet cme for tunately solid wog the' spoke boom, which oxidant took her deer of the altiperlesat giving further annoyanor; end the other, which by this time was in a furious blue, wu kept some little distance off the ship by her Are boom, yet heavily pressed by the strong flood tide. fio soon se the Mern raft woe borne clear, the chain cable forward wee slipped, enabling the ship to swing round to the flood, and avoid the fire-reft, which they succeeded in anchoring. I hear the Commis fore rigging has been damaged, and her forward and bows slightly burnt. Notwithstanding the junks were perfceated with shot holes even under water, this did not sink them, or pre vent the several explosions taking place. The Coromandel wee very prompt in her existence, having run down from Macao Fort to tow the Comm out of danger if necessary. The of and men of the Comm behaved manfully. The following day the Chinese fleet shifted its moorings well up the Fatahan Creek, having been annoyed by the Niger's shot, which took a mast clean out of one of the junks ; and wince them the Coromandel and Forbes were sett down end destroyed the village in Elliot Passage off which the fleet of war Junks had been anchored. The Encounter arrived cm the 2eth, and took the place of the Niger off Macao Fort, and the Niger has since occupied the cruising ground in company with the Barreseds, between the barrier and second ter; but they hey. net been fortunate enough as yet to have a crack at the Imporkil ffeet. Had either of them • chance, they would, I doe* see, give • better account of wee lanla then the Samson mem to have done. A few small deep-kete have been seized by them for the purposed ehrklng in Hamilton Creek, IMF the Barrier. Mimeo Fort has been rendered impregneble to any mama by the Chinese, hiving *be gem of heavy calibre mounted, beside Sold pieces, tad • strong ens• U-arm party with Mil muskets. A few days ago a shot was thrown from came the guns In the Macao Fort et extreme range tare Shaman Forte, a dlatanee of 3,400 yards. Besides the shove portleolars supplied by oar °weapon dents wises that the Nigw and Besiesonin have visited Whops. Bamboo town renwito undsimind, bat New Town, together with all the fa e' boosok workshop, dc., en shore, hays been lseelled. Mr. Cersper's fine new house had been set on fin, awl only a poem of tho walla left standing. The piles of the varlets dodo have bees host, and every vesdp at lie Immo stook et Pada and wan rersoved. The sionewood tithe tipper peeks of the gestate dock had ben deg up by the Chinese; and as they could not remove the cession, they had spitefully perforated it with shot-holes. Ten thournd dollars will scarcely make good the damage already dose to this dock alone. Sundry pony snacks have been made on the Testotum or Macao Passage Fort. Captain Beto commands in this, and by common testimony maintains the character for conduct and vigilance always accorded him in China as elsewhere. Part of his garrison, vie., 60 men, under Captain Bush., of the 59th Regiment, have returned to Hong Kong; 30 of the 50th still remain. The defences of the fort, we understand,. are in process of improvement, and its battery will shortly receive an important reinfurceinent.—Chem Mail, Feb. 15. INDIA. an O d ur cai la cu tes tta t , a F i e v l i : " .2l. sre dated BmnbaY' Huth 6, The Calcutta Englishman states, as an undaahw fact, that his Excellency Viscount Canning, G an ,. nor-General of India, has tendered his resignation. The Hurkaru supports its contemporary in thi s statement, and says : . Lord Canning, we are enured, feels that he boa net be es treats.: with courtesy by the home authorities, who avt ow l have taken the conduct of the Persian war out of bin ship's hande--s war at present carried on with the trio.a sad revenue of India—but have also, we are told, deepateled etructiona direct to a subordinate government with yens.. tory orders that they shall be tarried out, and N thus, it is said, controlling and directing sowers of India, without any reference to to heed of the government of India, the Governor-Cruel The we mail , we are informed, conveyed an indignant et mowanace addressed by Lord Canning to the ministry, sad in the same despatch his lordship, we understand, desired is be relieved from an dike the ditties of which he is not per netted to exorcise. A new Governor-General may therefore be expected in a few weeks, if the ministry esn find a noble man of ability who has leas respect for himself than Lord The Governors of the Presidencies were at the respective scats of their administration. 'keine, had been transacted to a fair extent in the name market during the fortnight ; the money market had experienced no change, and the bank rates of is. terest remained unaltered ; government becuritie l had improved slightly, and freights had varied Ter i little in value. A prospectus had been published for the organis. Lion of a new company, to be called the " Bon* Aden, China, and Australia Steam Navigation CMA • party," the linen it propagate to occupy being of gnu importance to Bombay and, indeed, to Westert The Indian papers publish the Commander 4 Chiefs report to government upon the prooccdinee of the court of inquiry established to investigate the eirmunatances which originated the sufferings of the women and children of the 2nd Europeans at Hy derabad, and the minute of the Governor, concurred in by the whole council, thereon. An honest and unftinclinsg inquiry has been made, and the result is that criminality of the gravest cind is found to attach to several parties. Lieut.-Colonel Ramsay in consequence, to be removed from the command at his regiment by order of the governor. ])r. James loses the civil surgeoncy of the station for a rum which will be understood from tho following ex. tract from the commander-in-chiefs report : It is now necessary to advert to a very serious oomplife respecting • breath of professional confidence, if the offseet can bo so saimmod, that " unmarried officers aceompssil him, Dr. James, through the women's ward so late so to o'clock at night." The imprudence which chsrarterires td step of Dr. lames in allowing Lieutenant Tyre - hitt a aecompany bun through the female ward at a late bond the night, is of a very serious complexion, when the rime. stances are contemplated in which the women were ;luta? theabsenee of their husbands on service in the fold. Dr James's may truly be said to be a sacred trust, and thebresek oft cannot be redeemed by the object of securing Lieutmus Tyrwhitt's evidence against Mr. Apothecary Sullissa, sr pected of drunkenness and neglect of duty, which it adrsoog by Dr. James as the motive that intuenoed him is per mitting that officer to enter the female ward, and shirt merits the severest reprehension. The indiseretien of Dr. James on that occasion invited evidence on the Court sf quiry held at Kurracisee regarding the demeanour of Lieu Tyrwhitt which it is painful to see recorded, and which it it to be hoped is not true ; and in the same proceedings Lint Ledwith thus describes' the effect produced on some of tte women of the ward by the two visits of Lieut. Tyrehin mi the visit of Lieut. Lord—vte., that he knew of two iratirm where the women would not enter the hoepital, in order a avoid subjecting themselves to the intrusions of strangers Dr. Remington, Dr. Rooke, the brigadier of the station, all alike receive the severest reprobation. The Calcutta Englishman notices the unpleasant state of the native regiments at Barrackpore. I The sepoys sent special messengers to tie friends at distant stations, advising them of theft I resistance to the new cartridges and calling npaa them to follow their example. The government sent messages by electric telegraph, ordering that it rifle practice only the Europeans should fire; as no explanation was given, this order rather routed alarm than quieted it. There has also been some disturbance among the troops at the large station d Meerut, but the Englishman cannot state the parh culars at present. A letter from the Khyber Pass, dated the 28th ultimo, reports that Dont 3fahommed had let the camp that day. Up to the date of the letter, no encounter had taken place between the Persians and the Afghans. Business has been transacted to a fair extent is our import market during the fortnight ; the money market has experienced no change, and the boat rates of interest remain unaltered; government se curities have improved slightly; and freights ham varied very little in value. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. The Swedish government has just demanded hter the Storthing of Norway an extraordinary credit d one million of francs, to be employed between Ist July, 18.57, and the Ist July, 1860, in tug and indispensable warlike armaments. The • meat, moreover, solicits, in the event of war • inevitable, a further sum of two millions, which not, however, be employed, or even received, e on the condition of convoking an ex Storthing within a delay of three months at • farthest. SPAIN. MADRID, Mming The electoral returns, so far as known, give sr' progresaist deputies, six pure monarchists, and fa journalists. (It would follow that journalists • a separate political party in Spain.) The rem are "moderates," among whom are fifty memben the nobility of Castile. AUSTRIAN ITALY. Letters from Venice of March 22 state that • slight political demonstrations were made in city on the anniversary of the revolution of I. • j Some diminutive tricoloured balloons were let and at the theatre in the evening an allusion to well known incident of the insurrection was • „ with loud applause. THE PAPAL STATES. A Roman correspondent of the bullpen• Beige notices the letter which appeared in the press of Feb. 23, from Dr. Pietro Ripui, late Cremona, describing the cruel treatment of the Pop political prisoners in the Castle of Pagano , ' 6ll he was for some time confined. It may be •• bared that his statements received an immediate • firmation in the minute and detailed account of prison of Pagliano, and its actual management it present time, which was published by the R . mettle) of Turin on the 21st of February, and .. • duped in our columns on the 26th, The 1 dent of the Independence remarks that these • 1, meats, which, in spite of the rigorous • of " subversive " foreign journals, have (mid way back to Rome, and have been perused by I persons who arc able to appreciate their truth,. is far to explain the causes of the bloody conlbet' rather massacre, which has since occurred within 6 prison walls. The greatest anxiety is felt at , by all the people who have any friends or b . • a amongst the unfortunate captives at Paliaao, e. is suspected that the police authorities, in s ir that only five were killed and seven IC m ulcted by: rs fire of the soldiers, under-estimated the among 41 the carnage. PERSIA. FIGHTLNG IN PERSIA. General Ostrom has signalised his assumption of the command at Bushire by obtaining a decisive . . victory over the Persian army under the Prince of Shiraz. It had been known for some time in the camp that a considerable force of the enemy was established at the foot of the hills, as a nucleus, it . _ VMS believed, for the formation of a large army to recapture Bailin. The Bombay Times gives, from its own correspondent, the following account of the action, in which the designs of the Persian general were defeated : The general arrived on the 27th of Jeremy, and on the evening of the 3rd of February, the 78th Highlanders and the 26th Regiment having landed the day previously, a force consisting of 420 sabres, 2,200 European and 2,000 native infantry, and eighteen guns, marched quietly out of ramp in tho direction of the hills. The men carried only their blankets and great-mats, and two days cooked pro visions in their havresacks, the commissariat being provided with three days' more in addition. With the utmost seer's) , and celerity the force marched across the marshy ground which separates Ilushire from the hills, through • perfect deluge of rain, and arrived on the sfternoon of the 6th, at the enemy's entrenchment at the village of Boramjcon. They had failed to obtain any intimation of our approach watt we were close upon them, when they hastily abandoned their camp and fled to the bills, probably hoping that we might be induced to follow them into their Semmes. It was impos sible to intercept their retreat, although they were in eight, for so hasty had been their departure, that the whole of their camp equipage, tents, ammunition, and provisions weep abandoned to our force. It will not be may for them to recover this blow to their commiMariat and ordnance departments, and all appre hension of a serious attack on Busbies is dlmipsted for the present. After remainin g two days in the enemy's camp, and destroying whatever it was found impossible to carry away, the return to Dushite was commenced on the evening of the 7th, end at midnight en attack was made upon the force from all directions by the enemy. The confusion, owing to the darkness, and the fact that tour guns of the enemy had got the enact range of one troops, was frightful. At the commencement of the attack, General Outram, while riding rapidly in the dark, sugared a severe fall, his horse coming down with him, and though he rallied a little from the insensibility which it occasioned, the command was obliged to be devolved on General Stalker. Had the Pandang continued their fire, it is impossible to say how meow might have been our position—for meet authorities concur in the statement, that we did not dare to return • shot lest we should certify the enemy that they had our range. Happily their uncertainty led to • ces sation of the firing, and at daybreek they were found drawn up in order of battle upon our left rear,6,ooo or 7,000 strong, with five guns in position. Our artillery and cavalry dashed at them at once, and the rapidity, precision, and heavy supe riority of our fire, made such fearful havoc in their ranks, that in leer then an hour 700 dead bodies strewed the plain, and their army was flying In all directions. The cavalry, con- slating of the Potash Hone and 3rd Lancers, rode right through, and nearly destroyed a whole regiment drawn up In square, to attempt a check to the storm which swept over them. Our infantry had not • chance of nearing the enemy at all. Two guns fell into our hands, a hundred prisoners, end the whole ammunition of the force. Had we possessed another thousand Horse (Jacob's Sindians bad not yet reached Beane% hardly a man would have escaped to the hills. The rapidity of the Persian fire has been much noticed their guns are said to possess longer range than ours, and the bearing of this arm of their force amply justifies the encomiums which modern travellers have concurred in bestowing upon it. After the engagement we buried our native deed on the field ; the bodies of the throe Europeans who fell being carried back to Meagre. Our loss was happily very amall—three Euro peans and seven natives being the number of our killed, end the wounded but 62 in all. We ore sorry to snnounoo the name of Lieut. Frankland, of the Divisional Staff, among the former ; and of Captain Forbes, &d Light Cavalry, Captain Mockler and Lieutenant J. Oreentroe, of her Majesty's 64th, among the latter—the first and the Let severely. The troops bivouacked for the day cloae to the hattle-field, and at night resumed their march cm the way back to Sullins where the greater portion of the farce arrived about midnight of the 9th, the rem►ining troops coming in on the 10th. It is seldom that a form to called upon to perform so rapid end harassing a march es that thus successfully terminated. Our men twice covered • distance of between 40 and 60 miles in tho lame number of hours, end this through a country all but impassable from the torrents of rain that accompanied them the whole way in going and returning. The result certainly is very satisfec torn end the expellee of the movement has been well recom pensed thereby. Bushine, in the absence of the force, was garrisoned by a naval brigade landed from the ships, and the intrenchod camp by compenies told off from each regiment to the number, Including the sick left behind, of 1,100 men, under the commend of Colonel Shepherd. The brig Euphrates was moored high and dry No as to amiraand with her gnus the passage which connects the peninsula with the main land. An attack was talked of es impending, but none tranirdred. Meantime our position there is being strongly internal's& and fortified, in view to leaving it with a simple garrison, that the forte may be available for service elsewhere. Since the date of our last, a part of the 14th Light Dra goons have embarked for the Oulf, end the 4th Troop Hone Artillery and • company of Mauna Sappers and Minces. The Setae Hone, from Kurrachee, must now be on their way. It is supposed that five :other regiments of Native Infantry me to be despatched also. THE OVERLAND MAIL _e__ CHINA. By the Overland Mail, Ma Marseilles, we have received the letter of our own correspondent, dated Bong Yong, Feb. 17, with newspapers. These advice* lend no countenance to the rumor propagated through the Admiralty on Saturday last, respecting peace with China. Trade was at a stand. The attention of the European inhabitants of Hong Kong we. chiefly directed to means for their protection against the Chinese. Accounts received from the northern ports were ore satisfactory. - .• Ahlum, the partner, if not sole proprietor, of the Chinese shop called the Elting shop, had been cap tured and brought to Hong Kong, examined, and committed for trial, with nine others in his employ ment, one of them being his father. Forty-two other persons were also captured, but were not put on their trial. On Monday, the 2nd February, Ahlum and his nine fellow-prisoners were arraigned before Chief Justice Holme to answer the charge of administering poison with intent to kill and murder James Carroll Dempster, colonial surgeon. The Hon. T. Chisholm Anstey, attorney-general, prose cuted for the crown ; Crown Solicitor Mr. Hickson and Mr. G. Cooper Turner, solicitor, assisting ; Dr. Bridges and Mr. Day, counsel, with Mears. Haskell and Brown and Mr. H. J. Tarrant, solicitors, de fended the prisoners. The trial extended over five days, and resulted in a verdict of not guilty, by a majority of five jurors to one. Ahlum and the others were arrested on their leaving the court under a recent ordinance. Since then an application has been made, by interested parties, that Able= shall be allowed to settle his affairs, and then be voluntarily deported. Another petition was presented that he should be deported to For mosa, and a third that he shall be detained in custody as a person too dangerous to be allowed to communi cate with the Mandarins. We understand that the prayer of the last petition will be listened to. (FROM OUR OWN HONG HONG, Fze. 17. The steamer Fiery Cross leaves for Calcutta at 3 p.m. to-day, and in full expectation of this catch ing the mail steamer Cadiz at Singapore, I give you the latest particulars from this place and Canton. It is very generally credited that Commissioner Yeh has received the Imperial commands as to ,his conduct and policy for the future. It is said that the Emperor has expressed the highest contideuce in Yeh's ability to deal with foreigners, and although recommending clemency, yet that failing, the bar barians are to be driven into the sea. Yesterday ac multi; were received from Canton to the effect that under Yeh'a direction the ploughshare had tra veried the site of the late factories, which the cum misaoner had sown with salt. His Excellency the Admiral returned to Hong Kong on the 13th inst , in the Niger, bringing intel ligence of an engagement between the Hornet and two divisions of imperial junks, which was sIICCCEd fW, without the steamer sustaining any loss. The affair took place below Powder Island. On nearing, the junks deacended_the creek to meet or intercept the steamer. When the latter was within 1,800 yards of the junks she opened fire with her bow guns, and steadily advanced to within 800 yards. When in 2j fathoms water, broadsides of shot and shell were poured into the junks. The junks soon tried to escape, and, with ono exception (which blew up), they got away with damage. A second divi sion came down to Fuzeekee Creek, when the Hornet was joined by the small steamer Hong Kong, in command of Lieutenant Dent, of the Sy bine. These junks speedily retreated, with much Ws; the wpm division of junks were less fortunate, be the Harace. 4ena peppered them till night-fall. The Barmeouta was sent by the admiral to support the Hornet, but reached too late to be of service. One junk was captured with 13 guns, two of them being English 24-pounders. Three dead Chinamen were found below. Next day scarcely the fragment of a junk was to be seen. Against these large fleets of war junks gunboats alone can offer a really effec tive opposition. The Hon. Company's steamer Auckland had a smart brush with Mandarin junks on Sunday last, on which occasion she was accompanied by the small steamer Eaglet. The engagement took place off Toong-Ch a ng, with four war junks heavily armed. After a =art fire the junks were captured and burnt. The steamer's beats pushed for the shore, where, on (landing, they captured a battery mounting 16 guns, which they spiked, and set fire to a village near by. To the westward were observed extensive fortifications, which it was found were too strong to be attacked without a larger force. One man belonging to the Auckland was shot dead through the eye, and four others were wounded. The Eaglet having expended all her ammunition returned to Hong Kong ; the admiral sent the Niger yesterday to join the Auck land, and the Eaglet will follow to-morrow. Below are extracts from the summaries of the Nail and Register : Tus Enrizon's view or ATFAIHA AT CANTON.—We wisterstand that a paper has been forwarded hither from Canton se wells. from the North, purporting to be a decree of thaAmperer. It dirests the high authorities of the west to b. on the siert bat not to alarm the people ; la Yeh's knowledge of the barbarian, sad kb sop sity to settle this affair with the British, on N thin lon in the engagements reported, vb., of 400 Wading the admiral, him discouraged thempalkiently to cease a oration of hostilities on their part, Yoh be not to be over were, bat they are not to be met WI way, lest a coneunkot in the present tame load to a de bited k. other concessions. That Is to say, it must not be supiend that the goverment of China is not ready to resist barbs:ion wersoachmsat, bat, with rebellion in the land, war. like sespinSifillhe in the provinces might be turned against it. It has sowagh otherwise on head now to talk of ezterminat bg the barbells, end doubtless Yeh will be able to elide✓ ars at miners killed by accidents in cod-pits, and the settle this quartet, which is as yet local, end the Emperor MI aan imiiiallot fat th e elation and briidft •P desires may continue so. There will, of mune be no aim is children. . j... _ ad , ,so long a Canton maintains its character se a ItERPOOL FREE LERRARY ANEi MUSE1711:411111 • to be taken.-Chnse Mail, Feb. 16. ing of the Liverpool Town-council yesterday, ft . mutt to Boar run C0N04.-012 Monday night, d that the foundation-stone of the New Lt• . t . January (the first hied of the China New Year, rum will be laid on Shaw's Brow (near St. , 7 : - • , period for their desperate but futile efforts), I) on the 16th bud. ; that among than invited to , t I C made by the Ching* to burn her Majesty's and who had consented to come down on the ' 4 1 A r - • of flre-ralti. A sharp look out had Lord Stanley, the members for the borough and , , .- . -••-• ' . ship in the river in anticipation a Edward Cost, Dr. Livingston, lka ; that , A . donne; of the night pre- el will be presented to Mr. Brown, the dcm.l . 'i • ' ' ham ems until within 40 •.. . • ~ • k r• at the library ; that there will be a • - - ~eWr fight, two large junks, rge's Hall at two o'clock, after the cam= ' e . 7 4 .... well . ' crenoned with fern, stone; and that in the evening Mr. Brown ~• and all kinds a febunznabla materials, be Concert Hall, Lord Mehra-street, to .. . ° ' "" .. .. . with oil and haeptinkled with gun- - L „„. a from the readers attending the library. soiled up Elliot Burge towards the on the brae plate will be so follows .-. 4 . • . iv - --a strong biome and Good-ads in Ina building fore Pros Public Library and . The Camas ma byre Moored head end borough of Liverpool mu set MI the 1 7, by William Brown, Esq., M.P. for South e" ' the me, lmash of the ring, ens bread/do com rhos' sole met the building was erected, and . ' tillage, the Mier Peahen Creek. The , Ad as a free gift to his fellow-townsmen." ' • fast the ship, observed them, and be the names of Francis Shand, mayor • J. A. ~...." -•- ...,- hit • *oft no saws', she opened Ike, irman of the committee; Wi ll iam Illtatlew . . .''''. 40 4 ' gee. • Likeeed by the g ip, Le a tide • waning k; and W. Weightmen, surveLor end architect.* NE Hanlon MMEUM.—For the year lading • .••• to fire their junks inelantly, end to- rch next, 60 " x OOOl . is required for the Battik Mamas ea- • • few moments they were in a hism and retain- isluaset--43,3141. foe buildings. rad 7,0001. kw pasimm. lag • owe up heavily on the Coma, an. taking •