The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

iosisra-17,000 half sham pardreei at Ts. 31,4 0 roams& Ird isagrata— gooeur.ekailr,m Ta 30 le Sank C*%"o tie sa.—Osaponnier—atkift Mit &Ma i it 11 to 17. Yosei Illeari-I.dua sum. M s.lll to 13 1. sacsamtia.o the 17th tle Oriental Doak erasei tair rates at 4g. 914. ea . Maglead amid 230 ea lad* sal the Marge Nrw 1 ear treaseetleas versions, taw ' taw bet the rates bare Wes awe, sal Ma we ;11e sold on India at 213. and Eeptaa4 at 4s. 64.1.4.. N. F o to' -To Loudon. The Matrices ship T for Labe, sad takn 21. height.—= k an d the .hip Darks smiled es the 9th fell with oh& 4 Rt. 2; far The bark Eureka was dis. ..,,,tmlay at ta• name tab. Mt 1. IL Issiat ; o n as the hen mad takes aimed all lb* O.s Tama half custractai for. To Bombay 10 to ld male Ite dlaai SHANGILLE. i g rostre —Eaglidt Shirtio6s.--Bales araMo" as ow," roe, of which were about 66 6, ,000 en% : gtio 4 0 1 . e. to 2 dolo. 25 e. ; to 7" Ms. 3.i: to 2 alle. 70. e. bite-56 to 60 reed 2 di. 10 0. to yq.o2 to 61 teed 2 dolt. 40 e. to 2 dobt. le 6. • • 86 Ado e. to 3 dots. 5 c.—!kooks of bo th blob soots 00000 Peon. erase.— Vasa on the Volt woe quoted 630 Islay ood oi nor to 40 duly on the 16th, but those woo sob Ns. so A pr ic,,,, and to realise 360 dole. to 563 dolt wasiftwe w p .sheittcd to. Maws for best Door 600 dola. was Ow Raw Silk ; Thatlee, 36i deb. to 425; Tay ' J 4, to 100 Export to Omit Britain from let is:s to dm 11,1,5/ bake. g o . -About 40 chops of Centime have been taken Ow month at Tod. lo for oonamon, Teals 11 to 11J il o hos.. and I.ols 12 to 12 for Mooing,. Stock Wag „„;; 1:0 Owl, and further supplies expected to arrive, •• a.naot 4 dr. tine mu st shortly take place. tneen 7.000 pa= have been shipped the mo nth. le,vand • of 14,000 p ac k age ., /„....1--rsels WI to ttels 17. Hymn Skin—Mels II to ll,om --tart. 1$ to tuts 28. Young Hymn-- or:s it to to+. Gunpowder and imperial—tub 20 to sagasl.E.—Orent Bank not drawing clean credit of 1.. RI. Sid.; Bank Vogt 11111 s, 41. 7d. ; Eli as tku l e.l. Rot India Compaufs, accepted 226 to 227 ismer: Pratt. en Canton at par. farlsnr...—To Ennland, 10a. to tonnage &bun. hat. To the nited Stater, 9 dollars. CHINA. ENGARENI ENT WITH THE REBELS. The 'hue d Fri,rid of February 27 has the fol io geneed summary Th. chin...lire Y, ar Holidays ham pared over qinetly, and the affairs of the Empire are not known to be in • Cch'inere drape-tate condition than they were at the detest u s t despatch. Fears were entertained, before the MM. ey fur the safety and quiet of Camas ; gee se:sued of the ). or , as mentioned on a previous occasion, we need see Mr 6/ Canton whilst Keel-lure-Coo, the capital of Hwang-el ,djoionto province) i. in the bands of the Imperialists. o ur ch in es,: correspondent's letter, to be found in another g e, n nin onsi n below), is sufficient to create a fear for that G m however. h, , n k tho writing was not dry when we received tin, iv:losing important item of intelligence. Teen-tak by 1... ordered his troops to proceed from aye different polede murk th e city Kwei.lin-foo; m copequenee of which the Tarter general is in a greet fright, and has teat &Tante. to Stu demanding an immediate supply of ma aolmoy. The despatches were received here ymtsoday. A:. :her letter refers to troubles is Hainan, bat, together •.th eerie late Gazettes, translations mast stand over. our whole knowledge of the progress of the rebellion ;.: u ndid ;in correspondence with different parts of the wry. corroborate.) occasionally by notices in the Peking zii.ernment , Goze:fe, without venturing to express un opinions of our own on this tiresome, though inipor t.,...iileect, we shall, until we are in a better position to rue what is actually going as, simply give abstracts of cornspoutlence (in our regular monthly summarise) what is being done in the previews. (From our Chinese Coenspeadeats.) It it reported that on acconat of rebels having taken pot of l'inr-nan•hcan and Chasm-ping-bun, the Tartar rearm' had collected troops from the four provinces of ksug-tune, Kwang-se Yuman, sad Kwei.chow, to the rasher of 1:0100, to stack the rebel camp, which was die taut about 120 le (40 miles). On the way they 11111:g a ll oi t Inuit nt. a small body of rebels, who hastily kfore them the troops kept up a dose pens% but in passing the night through na extemive pow of bamboos, they found themselves serkkely sur rounded by lire on all sides, which, with the ghee ef the rebels, threw them in confusion. Above GAS of the eel tars were thus slain, so that the rand was Ailed tte give op his design and proceed elaewbere.-12th seem. fa Esp. A. Me-elm dealer, of liaises, writing te Cant.., says that, on account of the disearbeeess at Trabowt. Weep led tees sent from Kiog-Chow-he. Several allidlenicwil had taika place, with a good mem" killed mei Wereeiled lobo* etc., till at last the mink eekesled, mid meeel heed by the troops beyond the Weenheelem anemia). This happened 12 or 13 der s ze. w.. a — arUre Mops have not yet returned, so that it ie some dia ller his befallen them, and a has been despatched from Kine-choes-foo7t e he asi e= r flainan), to newt into the business.-12th seem Mk day. A leather merchant, who has Just estarned to Canton Ina Komi chow too, soya that U. I. See, ea the 20th day at the month before last, collected OW sadism, sack With tire carriage under hie charge. te pealeed bowie the ski camp, and endeavoured te set it es Ilm iis erramewing that the rebels were already magedelei Mit fedeelien. It was arranged that above 1/2/11 of tidee (fie telpab) ,toald proceed to a gibbet of .beat le NAN) from tt, Lay of Karr ebetatee. sad k twebie Abe until E. S n't troops had reta i t d thes soli* en thcr rear. Sea being t usimbatik beim eel be hind. brouzlit leeward the gesuertlegee k they did set miner, and the fire only served le ender hie was bete reropicusos ; in this way the esiliess hese= abebeil and throws into the utmost confealeks ele dal ad a•S= 1.:.014....prd, who, with H. Z. See, peesipliably to the city, whither they were closely pee sal b, doodads. svi it still mumble to leave the city, sad the meals bale plundered ell the shops in the sebarbe.-12th moon, !eh day. 14 abbe from Peking we ism that a letc ,. s til t B o: &els ia Uoo-pih have seaweed with the and muster altogether above 20,110 They have risen in Hoo-ph, sad sow serried the (spi el city of Kwei-chow, haying already tketiertil the envy H Suaionia-ting. elstUe mekistrate they have plea bud of averythiag treed. They are aim premed ts Week the city Tewg-76-64. In seemesease of tt disturbance's, orders have hese received ben CM board of war for 10,000 men to rbsed from Teases to elute mil others from KW44. 11111.2814 lad at•PkiP ,- I:th moos, 11th kn. Irma Haman miliaria that the eases is dodge of the detachment lent in pursuit of the saheb amiss the Woo the CA Awn) hill., not having esteemed eika ea abelles of trader, a party was seat in seseeh, awl bawd Obit he Ld been takes by the enemy.dephed of his MN led `Met end otherwiseill-treated.lie has lowa seabed b bb family. bet is very 'wooly deed, and amble to me any OM. A report was sent to H. E. firs, who hr seared blew en it: out sad eztermisate (the rehben).-116 bees, 10th day. As express has arrived in Casten, infamies, is that la mossy uf the want ed sweep for psellmes ef loin tor the troop in Kweeree, a great somber ef this had conspired to desert. It amen that at be lea day or the present moon, as General Wee-bsotal wee Iselin a body of 11,000 men to attack the ity of lasing proceeded about half ley, a( mini W l :re don from Tung.kwanshooll, wilt arse lima from Chou chow foe, leek to thelleeteehr s t i ra seny the rend camp, and im Weir standard. The Mawr' seek( that they Meld sett elep them, and, bei n g shake./ punishment if they retuned es the s. nerai's rang, lid 1111 eswisisa, and sought testy b est. raiment-I'lth mu, 20th. .1 minima: of fil-twbebwey, is amen te • Mier, b iome us that the mink at Leung are bembieg INSIs ed wire powerful. Large heedsdtheseneeteem.desesthe rata, district of end tom Von of all the forts and primer emit la the e 'Member. Taal haw eat of all InVer analeatisa between Or em end city of Wee-show, he koangne, so that wither ash-heats, grata-beats, see pea uee-boats, are able to pan. At present there is me ems aunication whatever with Ms districts of Weems& sedi K veser-ning. It is feather sepeeted that the K vainc-se are a:tamely Yid pawed fie bad e ihe eimmander-iteehief bee bane le ant= wind urgently demanding igempfleee amdeNtee. hadILE that all the Failure sel_slogibillne._ of eel are Completely wapisis meow be a pmeweeew in them, and the medowle Mee newel thaw sepgibe, as there is so money se pay bra witb.-1116 mama, 20th day. The following mmast is from a letter by a tech of Cie. maroon to his master; " King 'I ren-teh, tie the esemmeassmest of the middle term of last month ordered a tenet to he deg Is the earth to attack the city of Clasopeew eserelly. The Masi NOM teemed four or five le se the Ma 411 the • hall ; ;after the Into heel dogs space =see tbes Ch OSTU they suddenly found a wall of Wide and awes brim them piled up WI well that they appeased b low hew den by men. When these matenals wens easeeped it the tunnel to the foot of Chee-king-hili s the smetwasa bawd that they looked like stone and yet Mg seine "mom 14 "; in shape some resembled an ea elledee. some were like a tom'.. 110, and others resembled Was, and they were all mitred with yellow mud; sums of the srestase them leek then and had them washed amid brelms, lair WM* 1617 veto the white substance very dieter from bitim sot oohs.. They thought at first that they mere pimm afeq err lead, het, after careful examination, they dkenereil that they were silver. When KingeTecenteh get tide sliver teed it in purchasiag paddy and rice, whisk he WNW up in Wingioa city, far • future supply. At the met Pi were sen t out to induce others to coed MI 91 ' it standard, sad likewise to purchase Loewe, and cows.-12th moos, llth day. - • We haw gathered the following *PM YT That en the commencement of the 11th mos* 21133•._ Tai-ping ordered 1.404 of his me n to go an d noise it MOM that he would join the troops of Te -n-teh to attack the city of Sae-yttnsfoo, hut that the ahoy, nnu .,,l t roops would only move slowly. When this came tothee noftheTartergeneral :•4e-shaog-idi,le immediately ordered th e troops o f y oung .oh THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1852.' gbe Court. MBTEIt MONM' WINDSOR, MONDAY. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park m ihe llsr Pg h er Irot., Oat PAYS'. Royal, sad the wwaabass of dr royal Ibmily wok their 11110•1411611011 111111141116 Primo Abed rob oat ow bombe& title fonsocat at by O P. H. The Duo sad lhaalaroall iser am;da, with the Prisons of hawee, vetted bast lieleaty to-der hen Chrensat. The Dedham of ihnhaklip. iha Priem Mao et cam eral Ike Debt of I , Ellatbriesa me mooted at the 1 Yo = h lo4ay ea a visit. ihwawa sad Prima, secomplabal W Primo Leopold of Ileas Clam, rods oat as bob etia sitantoon, at titude/ by VW Hos. R. Stanley, Log WWI* and Wend F. H. litrywaut. Y. THE BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday evening the proverbial hderitsliti d the city of Leaden was magaillantly umaised ey a senthirathe banquet la the Egyptian-hall at the Mtheirthhenee. el whleh Week or are, hundred sad thirty MAU mobility and gentry, roversl insethem et hat lir jaty's varmint landing the Pelee or a the arms , the First s rd albs the were the gnats ' et the Led . angler geld Ned it= mete am MeMy_enaly balsa; and the bempat 11- goirraLPlMLßlelea Nigh% et dee Ahem amoeba the and the r e s=r deilmaisa of the mem an. et Se loving asp was ven% a l la t ilgundi eebay by Mr. Harker, the ray tea master, and wee huh by dee anspany with • hen appre elation ahe t hheerial imperamer, and with emesial armee by 'meets , who seemed to weeder et, while they in, the mysteries aerameda. i g e:st. le Ihe W the Lady Memel% wthe Wm YAM pined, hil t Bearer me ea lho left et the Lied Kam, swil ea his right the Dishes et NerthambarlemL At the lend table were else the Rad et Darby, the Amebas Kiminer and lady, the Dudek Timid* wed neighs Kinteen, the Bishop of Meadreater_ , the that obit General, tin Duke of Nordeenberleed. Reel and Oenatese et Kardwieln, lid of Albemarle, Ithemde of talk/Imp Ames the emapeay were the *Rewind: Madam Weennts, r iw ilt i abler for the Netberhada, the Right Kea. the Judge Advocate Chanel led Dueller Berat i ke Bachelors Lord and Lady Ordebader, Km II Right sea. Cool Forrester and Ma. Paisi 6 L i a i r min d Leaam,Kr William Clay, Dort., M.P., flit Dart., orm Si, Archibald and Indy Maeleine, the Kea. Cal. fibrillose, the Hon. Mr. Talbek Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Bath Mur ray, Lieut.-General thime .ft. end Mrs. Deleseette, the lion. C. Grantham Scott, the Vitae of Brighten and Ma Wagner, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bathurst, the Hon. Kr. and Mrs Fremont, Mr. Monkten Milne', M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. kleakton Milan, Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir James Duke, Bert.. M.P., Mr. Frashfield, M.P., Mr. Hardeastle, M.P., sad Mrs. Uardcastle, Mr. Admix., M.P., Mr. Waddington, M.P., and Mrs . Waddington, Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Capt. Sir Edward Beleher,X.N., Capt. Hague, R.N., President of the Royal Academy, Governor of the Bank of England and Mrs. Hanley, Chairman of the East India Company and Mn. Sheppard, Mr. George Pea body, ttc. de. 11. Laurent's band was In attendance, and several vocal ists, by whom the intervals between the toasts were filled up with some well-selected operatic and social music. On the removal of the cloth the first toast was of course " The Queen," which was proposed in suitable terms by the Right Hon. the Loan Marna, and acknowledged with all loyalnalmidasni by the emipasiy. "(sod see the Queen - was then sung by the vocalists, the company joining heartily in the chorus. (It was noticed by some of the more curious a the company that the verse beginning "Confound their politics," had been carefully omitted from the printed copy which was handed round.) "Albert, Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, and the rest of the royal family," was thee loyalalter which, EICLORDSHIP gave "The did wa s h, Illihep a te The LORD tom gam "The Ren and Army," awgrahandeg ad be was beamed with the pre mise etilletinguidel members el both services. They had the Mlle hike who medded over the Admiralty, than wheal an man wee mew maims for the welfare of those War wheat be wee ale therefore there was no man whom Men* stole be Mee appropriately placed in con version alb Or tees of the navy of England. The army wee alarame s b g y a distinguished ether, Sir Archibald 4 11. services in the Peninsular war had been by the illustrious head of the army. time, to give "The Navy and Army," coupling with a toast the names of the Duke of Northumberland and Sir Archibald Winkle. (Loud cheers.) The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND sail he thanked the Isard Mayer and the company, In the arm ef the navy, for drinking - Ids health. During the long pease the duty of the navy woo to peones the camera arthis greet empire in all pans ot tie globe, and how that deity was Indented no men kohl juke baler than the boat of the great elm maid Mussed thernstrepolia. (Be., hear.) The means ix whisk the Weft beg been realad proved that the ear vies. of the navy was primly agyeariated. Me Maid aware Ws leribip sad the commay - that the any de eat ea bettor reward than the appabatioa st their sovereign, sad the good make at their fellow countrymen. (Cheers.) lir A. Y'LAII4/1 named thanes for the army. The LORD MAYOR, in introducing the next toast, said he could not bat feel under great obligations to the distin guished cieumeny by whom he saw himself surrounded, sad whe bad cane to Join with him in keeping up this time isseeneall anaiversary. He had the honour to see at hi. table name wall booing and distinguished in public life, I among when there wee nem novo distinguished than the eminent nobleman win tat ea his right hand, and who had lately been ailed upon by her Majesty to fill the leading pea away her advisers. (Cheers.) It was quite imposai ble for him hay le adman the honour that had been con ferred on him by the noble lied, but he tendered him his best thankelealth4 amsplionen with an invitation to the Mansion-house. (Chasm) He could only hope that, in whatever position the noble earl might he called on to fill, he might enjoy every blessing and prosperity. He begged to give them their distinguished guest, " The Earl of Derby and her Majesty's ministers." The Earl of DERBY said—My Lord Mayor, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, the pleasing task devolves upon me of returning in my own name, and in that of my colleagues, our grateful thanks to your lordship and to this distin guished company—first, for allowing us to be partakers el the splendid hospitality of this city so long famous, and of which it is no d sparagement to say that the present ease is a splendid s • and next, toe the kindness wish which you have mishit& the ,emit of the collet ' titre health. of her Majesty'. adid. (Cheers.) I eem assure yes, my lord, that in the eapality of head of AN edminielmtion it gives me emesial pleasure that the fiat dee I have to return Raabe in any public =lt be in the city of Lades in the midst of so an assemblege as I new see around me, and riel la ineel am permitted to enjoy as delightful a re the tells of public this. (Cheers.) My lord, Mil — inean. above ell other em einenbeal good will, in Ode isappe red on this aeries, it wadi be unjustifiable la se ea ateurpe to give to the mat yew have so kindly n eared neyKingia the debar* dograe of a political ohs tenter. I Medd met be hailed in introducing a single =hied be raise aa aagry haling, or even a con dillammee of opinion. I should not bo justified be easily le the kindness with which you have received 'OM Tama say further than that you receive with ' kiiineelreml wet eeBaliq those whom you believe have eadmieltew hem a sena of public duty the arduous and responsible task of conducting the government of the country. (Load cheers.) I am not insensible to the diffi culty under which we have assumed our present position, at the commencement of a parliamentary session, with so little leisure to mature measures to be submitted to that parliament. But I believe that our friends, and even our opponents, give us credit for basin performed our duty, by not shrinking from responsibility, and thus encountering a ministerial interregnum at the commencement of a session of parliament. (Rear, hear.) I do not presume to speak here of a political course of action, but of this I hope I see indications—and I hope I am not mistaken-1u this metro polis, that we are not looked upon as a set of reckless and careless men, likely to neglect great national interests or great mor al or social obligations. (Cheers.) A change of government so complete as that which has recently taken place, would have been considered in some parts of the world almost a revolution ; but in this country it may take place not only without disturbance of public ardra,bat with► out roiling the serene aspect of society and without die. for a single moment the persona l friendship even of political opponents. (Loud cheers.) And to what is this to be attributed ? Is it to any merit in man? No; but to the institutions of the country itself: it is to the confidence which every man feels that, be the ministry who they may, in the light of the constitution they must walk, by the light of the constitution they must be guided, and within the limits of the constitution must their every course be taken. (Loud cheers.) When it is known that no minister can direct the affairs of this country for any lengthened period, unless he enjoys the confidence and support of his fellow-countrymen, they* can be little anxiety as to results. Whether we enjoy that confidence will be proved at no distant day; and if we do not possess that confidence, I, for one, can say with perfect sincerity, that I shall resign office end the labours and anxieties of public life, with far more readiness and comfort to myself than that with which I have undertaken its arduous and painful responsibilities. (Hear, hear.) But if we should be honoured, as I confidently trust we shall be, with the support of the intelligent, industrious, and intellectual people of this country, then I know I may say confidently for every one of my colleagues, as I say without hesitation for myself, that no sacrifice of time, of comfort, or even of life itself, will be deemed too much to prove ourselves in the slightest degree worthy of the favour of our sovereign, and the support of the people of that great empire whom interests have been committed to our charge. (Loud cheers.) The Lord Mayor then gave "the Foreign Ministers." , Mr. LAWRENCE mid he had been deputed by his brethren of the corps dip 'motions to return thanks, his only recommendation for the ethos being the fact of his ' speaking English. He believed that all foreign nations were now deeply impressed with the value of rem— and, above all. Orme with Great Britain, of which the City of London was the heart. (Cheers.) Ile and his colleagues had many times enjoyed the hospitality of the City of London, and ho rejoiced now to see that it was not likely to fall off in the hands of its present dispenser. (Cheers.) Os the part of his colleagues and of himself, he tendered them his best thanks. The next toast wss—. The House of Lords." The Marquis of EisusiteltY returned thanks. The Earl of DERRY gave, with an appropriate mile glum, " The present Lord Mayor." The LOW) MAYOiI returned thanks. The see lead was "The Rouse of Cosnathas." Me. Betherithy WALPOLE, in returning thanks, said that the nolatbees of the House of Commons were so divided in opinion, that he felt great difficulty in returning ANA' for them collectively, but the place in which he ahead was neutral ground i and without meaning soy dis respect to the House of Commons, the neutrality 01 the Mansion-house was much pleasanter than the bickering and differ. Imes of opinion that occurred elsewhere. (Cheers and a laugh.) This he believed he might say for the House of Commons, that whatever might he their differences of opinion they had one common object in view, and that was the well•betug and advancement of the peuple at large. (Hear, hear.) 1 he nest toast was "The City Members." Mr. MAATEMAN returned thanks. Midst. Measles deyartoo sal olV es =lllnint yeseowl 17)1.2Lowspea tyaneglesk e wutessrd goes{ speed. sad as at Lialran Warm ad se emu want wig setiee to the awswelad again bib she.. driving swag the semis maid*, .pei at it s abet whisk, beep woes swill wed Is dlssWisss to Snow up bdeassimints to I mmo* the Mews at the Tutor The al* pasHissio et Wray l i ar taught the Mew ing sows : "tt veCI that dubs*, hot few goys all I l i a:: the beats bop Illesrabingilip wee earsin2reos diarist, sad ihed lisp wino setnaubg es pints bus the flew of UMW, beim* lbws was so of ia et yerwisions Those who haws set seder tbe elasiard et the deg thig = with those lad dhow* them the way Week deo troops et the Tartan. Sows of those i woes sendlo who g still amain with the Tarter seam s aw n : si r by the rebels to et information We 'aut u nite the We thee es Sib day el ti the _easeet nue* the rebels desesoded hem Ihe Ch i-kieg bill by the smith aide. • mop. commies it me. then 10000, was .aimed le lay wait at the mails of the robreba-ka (or Whit. need limens), while • beep ef_ebil ad weak, imenbeing of between six NA erns bambefi s was sedat ed to take the Medal eity ef insislist• of 80 w - Yon !wisp ottesnod this, west sad. iked Der immediate mist anal fr ashiak = earthag troops, And WINO peeled la the sad et his map* as wrsay el shove ass PA wader way under OusertbsW• Per4sle• ll S oho se his snivel at the said dislike. and when be sees the awake of rebels else we Mesekiag the sky at the time. esdeeed the battle he eseesnemee at ease by beam The rebels fall Whim them and ma. Th bs t b essisr Snip gave chase, but after posing the Palt4beha. Noe rebels rum from their amber cads, se tint Asp were afraid to proceed, but after findieg OW the esoseeled troops were but few they eanlinemi the are wain. The rebels fired several guns at Ytembat ne belle were observed. When the rebels saw that the Timber beeps were bard after them they fled, being afraid to jam. tattle. The Generalsainio Par-Tsin• Tick, seeing this (thinking there were no more troops in ambush), commanded his men to give chase, but after a punuit oldster seem le, they enure to a deep valley, where there wen cialy ass pamege, and when they could sea no appearame e'er enemy, as they were halting iu doubt at this point, • fall of cannon balb fell epos them from be hind, and more than 1,000 men were 'killed, and the hid den rebels made their appearance in all directions. The Tartar troops ran for their Week sad more than 3,000 of them were captured. The Tarter general is afraid that will take the °Biota city IC weilino, therefore he has ordered all the troops to come and guard it. A dealer in medicines has seat home the following news: be states that, in consequence of the farmers of Sea-chuen province having . received nothing of the last crop, the price of paddy and nee is now four times higher than usual. Those who have died from hunger are innumerable, which has calmed essay of the people of Tai-prey, Sing-than, l'oe korsg, Ning-sban and other districts, to turn rebels. He farther reports that there was an earthquake in the district of Niaryski-fee, which continued for half day, and a re =was laid before the mandarins that more than 10,000 were thrown down, and seven or eight thousand human beings destroyed. HOMO-MONO. There has been no other garrison mortality beside four deaths in the Cayloa Rifle Corps. The European part of the forte is parbeitlarly healthy, and there are only sixty nine on the sick list (against 113 at same period last year), of whom 13 are of the Ordnance department, and thirty seven of the 69th regiment. With the civil community the small pox has but a trifling effect; in the seamen's hospital, however, there have s heen seven deaths it during the month, out of twenty-three admissions. Four of those who died were Americans, one Kanakah, one native of Oos, and ' one Englishman. The weather throughout has beta mild; the drought still continuing. CEYLON. The Colombo Orerland Obsemer, of March 15, oars The trawastisas for the post swath offer very little for • planting rapid It has boon wry ane and seasonable weather alma throughout the month, and the same ap pearance watiaasa no blossom has as yet been very par tial, enisetr u se7 low sedates , the Ant few showers will Imam eat a way heavy one both in the high and few awiNy. wry Ins weather has of course been (a vowable he Issoglag slew estates, and the transport of abash my rash Ms crop to be forwarded to Colombo. Tbs sans alms boo alms wads the last to be one of the hawiest slagging manths of the s r a p a e il d the quantity got readir s itiassiat he. bean wry . Very little of the crop will reasia b e • swath hence. 0:bog is still onsidond Is be an the dooresee, as is nasally the case at this season of the yam The gradual program, of the pest catmints hes been froganatl), and is still, reenseked. Notwitlutashig the great heat the con dition at the island roma, It very healthy. A great sway Coolies have Ise en their return to their villages with the proceeds of their harvest. The numbers remaining are ample for all purposes. We have had • slight improvement in exchanges. For the benefit of the planter it comes somewhat late in crop awe, and is the more tantalising from the certainty that it w ill be much better in • month or two when they have asthiag to ship. By the last account exchange was par or pm) epee at Cal:tate, the same rats is expected In Bentley and Madras, or rather it is expected to be below 9s. or at • premium whilst there it has only been reduced has 7to 6 per cent. discount. The roads are generally in excellent order, and we hear that there is no doubt of the Ifiateantutte roast being open throughout for bandies and easily workable by July neat ; four divisions of pioneers are making the most of this season. EXECUTION OF THE CONVICT KEENE. I his Paulin, at sloe o'clock, John Keene suffered the extreme . _ . psesskief die law, on the top of Horsemonger-lane Gaol. The eenvist, who was only in hie 20th year, was found guilty at the last Surrey Assizes, held at Kingston, of mut , dee, perpetrated, it will be recollected, by throwing his alibi Sews a well upwards of one hundred feet deep. Dais elhe whole of the period he has been under eintente dam* Needy a month), he has maintained that he was • muderell nos, always alleging that his wife was the mar dam d the ehYd e end that she had sold him. Sites the peushidg of ths esmiemened MTMOII, on Stodgy, as whisk swedes the semeisi appeared to beams netted to his Me, end llehmel with guest attendee, the rev. ordinary has speed We hM pet of his time with the convict. At pre cisely Wm dank ibis mornieg the procession ascended the top et the Imps therway of the jail, on which the gallows bad boss emoted. There the convict, for some moments, appeared to bobs earnest convened= with there,, chaplain, at thsendof which time he esessied the drop alone, with a arm/Rep. He was not acconsputied iodise:said by the chap lain, or indeed. any other person save the executioner and his emietants. After the convict hod placed himself under the bees Welsh adjusted the rope; but, from some cause or the other, doe esevict, alter the bolt had been withdrawn, straggled la • frightful manner, which led to the belief that the lope had shifted. As soots as Calcraft could get below the struggling ceased, and all was over. OF A WIFE AND TEI Mvansame.—Lrxx, NORTOLK, APRIL 12.—A tan matins of Manor has just bees mated is this tows art asigirsiabsed by the resneres Sf reser se these repiles which have sailarerelelly bra of lab se foe sworly biers ti , e public, bat buss whisk this part d the eleethy Ms hitherto beer bee. Thu rob marred at the at Castle Drag. Isar mess boat Ibis tows. sad the actor in the rativiraty deem Teo a sea oared is we, who bet cos "seed wee sad sea. aMe bey troy=sire r esup.... brea mardseed blesself. It emi elide! inquire bath's to:Lehr_ *see is the emir—lhet Da who lived at PEW es bead Warr b era lob . W. Ayes, bra he sere tire rear with bls wide, ilas Irides versa. abyss di mem ef sus, bares bra herd to rivers to the bet lib era arse them sae ccomien, bet It is set bass. bee he ere seed eel. arl .ides IOWSPth her. 0a Set aday alight he ins salaatsg with NUM of hie emperor at the Dirk Ilene, a peloilebeire is the sired a rile heal the mew la whisk he sesidak whisk be grldla aMr of raid inteaboliem. dire s et la eite sowarrly arm" drub. Xs mos was mesa of him witll firsisk z erealist, ma il * osse raft assr the mills sew a bedy la th a wire bey stand, in • smell= bre. lb pee time slush sad the body ber bees tbe weer gored to le OM of Dews. the there being eat. sad logs bets of blood were also diserwai sue the ere. These rob it was seas 'per ceived lei be the door of hie eel Mess, he. orderly that Dews lied mg his throat winds imps, sail a. seigieir woe thee eatureird that rag ether lib bed bra seedlised. astries the soilage, bowers. re perdu who bed takes the body from the river woes at orbs the bed seam" by Mrs. Dews sad her child sussed with bird, erd they found that the throat of Seth beg bra est is eerie eraser as mast bar rased boresereses be& It is bareibis to deseribe the euitaart whisk perveded the villa's alter this dismay ; but abbierilimeny .0114 , •• tures as to the WWI Or the set bar beim aitarese, with regard to the imam are of the bog* arblejg stiebottey has yet beim elicited. The lapses will be held this day. The saunien were ememilhall with a carving hails, which was bead assured with Masa ltlta Husasi 00111111VANCY.—The Aisairolty espertiai are the paper" ease.., slats that the ab ject of his pessesews is Is pine the river lisseher Gabe the massewessi bah seaabliseen, whisk, b end it Mist el say orristas Wet es ear tC liP osse- 1. eider a desirable seeeseee, if - bard weli-seridend sea thirty, to pregame sad maislais the bayerniMl sistamy.. They meemmend, however, that Ormsby. Oak, and Oansaborow‘h, should have a miss in Ow assisseterey, and that the shipowners should be vaisisafay repareated is the composition of the eoesersenay imemminian. THE 'Mail SEVERN.—A very Wresting report, by Mr. James Walker, the mighteer to the Admiralty, has just been printed la it Tatbratery payer, on the improve ments that could be effected to the aerhistion of the river Severn. Mr. Walker has given his animation to the subject, which, from the magnitude of the see, and the great public benefits to be derived free ffirsyseed alterations, he desires to be regarded us a mere 4W-beaded opinion rather than a deliberate judgment. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. We here been requested by tbo Committee for the Preservation of the Crystal Palace to give publicity to the following letters open the subject of the funds collected from the admissions to the building : “Devasishire House, April 6, 1852. " Deer fihzs,—lt is the opinion of the committee air pointed for the preserratiew of the Crystal Palm* that there will be little probability of the It= being retained, unless an arrangement can be for Swim the surplus of the money received for admission. M the disposal of the government. The com mittee are met en all sides with the objection that the de memeientiems aro promoted by them for the benefit of do orstrolon, and therefore both the committee end yourselves are placed in an entirely wrong position be im,* the public, who are under a misapprehension, which it itecessary that we should immediately remove. Of earns all expenses attending the care of the building rime thiseimmittee was appointed, and all the expenses incurred by the committee beyond the amount of the subscriptions received by them, must be defrayed in the first instance.— I am, az., " Josses' r AXTON. " ?drum Fox and Henderson." " 8, New-street, Spring-gardens, April 7, 1862. " Dear Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 6th,we beg to inform the committee that we had already, before the re ceipt of that letter, taken steps to obviate all difficulties end embarrassments which' might arise with reference to the money collected at the Crystal Palace on Saturday lest. We have paid the amount into a separate account, at the Bank of Glyn, ICUs, and Co., where it will remain sub ject to the committee's claims for expenses. The appro. prtattuo a the Wanes is not to be Goal, decided upon until the fate of the building is determined. " We are, dear sir, yours faithfully, " (Signed) Fox IiZSDRISON and Co. " Si, Joseph Paxton, Devonshire Hostas, Pioeadilly." AN OFFER FOR THB CRYSTAL PALACE - - - The following copy of • letter will be read with iaterest : . _ --..... " 29, Abingdon-street, April 8, 1862. "Dear Birs,—Referring to the conversation which took place between Sir Charles Fog and myself this afternoon relative to the removal of the Crystal Palace, I have to in form you that, in the event of her Majesty's government declining to purchase on the terms specified—namely, 70,0001., I shall be prepared to sign a contract for the pnr ' chase of the building at that sum. The intention of my employers is to convert it into a whiter garden and a place of general recreation and instruction for the public. In the event of your accepting my offer your solicitors may for ward the draft contract to the solicitors of my employen Mears. Johnston., Farquhar, and Leech, of Moorgate! street. " I am, dear ur, yours faithfully, _ _" Faunas FuLLia. " Messrs. For, Henderson, and Co., Spring-gardens. The Hon. Henry T. Liddell bad an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at hie official residence in Down ing•dreat. THE ELECTIONS. EDINAIIBOII.—Sir William Gibson Craig has its• nonneed his intention of retiring from the representation of this eiry. Essr Syryout.—The Solicitor-General (Sir Fits. roy Kelly) bas returned telraenslon, but is expo s& blows town again to-day, harks bus Invited to booms a ems. date for the represeskstkm of the 1111110111111 Odin of Suffolk, in the room of Lord Rtboilor% iOONNIL No opposition is expected to the learned igemin fir turn. _ _ •-•••• GLASGOW. Mr. Macgregor has addressed the electors. He concludes as follows: " Considering the strife and the expenses of a doubtful election, and however painful to my hangs it will be to be no longer your repre sentative—l deem it just to you, and as a COMM NOM decision on my . part, not to ask you again to sled INS, Wen so full a manifestation shall be made by you/nivel, that that there may be no cause to apprehend a defeat.' He strongly recommends his colleague, Mr. naafi°. GAry.suasti.—Thin borough has been actively can vassed by Messrs. Hutt, Walters, and Liddell. HEREFORDSIIIRE.—Tho canvassing progrese of Mr. 0. C. Lewis has been highly satisfactory to his friends ; indeed his course through the towns has been mosth . one of triumph, the hones having been taken from his carnage, and himself end friends drawn into the town amidst the en thusiastic applause of the people. His canvassing career presents a marked contrast to that of his opprents, and shows his to bo the " popular candidate.' —Hereford Timm. . . . LEEDS. —The canvass for signatures to the requi anion to Mr. Baines and Sir George Goodman has been continued during the put week. The returns already re oeived are satisfactory so far as they go. But the signa tures to the requisition aro not as yet so numerous as to prove the success of a third candidate to be absolutely im possible. Mommosr--Dr. Burnes has declined to oppose Mr. Hume. NOILTUUMBEILLAND.—It is generally understood that Sir G. Ory's return for North Northumberland mil be mint sad that lord Oswald= will retire te Rohe reset Immiss. This esessismeat is said tele*, remit et as implied essagast, by yid& Mr. Matthew Belk the tau neamber for Beath Nemboaberland, will be un opposed by Mr. Beaumont, at *well. Mr. Beaumont is now tared of as a twatiblate for North N 01201011431,11111 (Sours).-1141 14 =seh's ad dress messed ea Beturdey. Ile &dame his iktemslaation Ot suggest the Derby ministry. NORTH Esau.—A regsisithot is in mom of sig- UMW le H. J. Conyers, Nag., et Chet Hall e dialer, to slew himself be is emlosilito Air *Ws BMW= of the smaty, in to le M s emisereford. The "spire" it poplar not sem* mass the yams sod geseseses et the emmty, but is roweled sod seiessasd by them where Ms* Bereetard seolsomilosody Owned the " ashige." Moeda he Mood, ble• MOM h mallsiov eel the major wane get est at the way." Snoop.—Mr. Jelinger Symons, et the Oxford Circuit, hosed an address to the electors es Saturday, in which he aspreeme his regret that the state et his health prevents him toss lesamins andidate. STAYTOZDIMMII Adderley and Mr. Smith ChM 'base Both candidates appear to smolder tbst , th in izestien of direct protection to agriculture is abaft y &died, and that it would be injurious to that Usenet to attempt its revival. They are nevertheless sappermrs of the present ministry._ STOKE-I: PON-TEENT. —The Meads of Alderman Copeland and Mr. Ricardo have been busily engaged in ' canvassing the electors in the various districts. Both per ' ties speak with confidence of emcees. TavisrocK.—Mr. George Byng addressed the ' electors on Thursday evening, and declared bimaeU in fa ' your of free trade and preemies reform. lie was opposed by Mr. Samuel Carter. ALARHINO ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER, SIIEFFISLD, AND LINCOLNAIIIIIII RAILWAY.-011 Saturday night a serious accident occurred to the 6 o'clock train on the short branch of this company's railway from New Hol land to the market town of Barton, on the south bank of the Humber. A new engine, the Apollo, was drawing this train, and had, with one stoppage, brought it in safety the three and a half miles to Barton ; but on arriving there, from some cause at present unknown, the driver and guard were unable to make their brakes act efficiently, and the engine went at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour through • thick wall at the end of the line into the stat•cm-house, the internal aninp being completely smashed. Mr, Taylor, the station master, was writing at his desk at the time, and bad a very narrow escape. Nearing the loud shouts of the people outside, he ran out, and had not been gone a second when the bufen of the engine satisfied the counter he was sitting at Into splinters. The engine -driver, David Vince, and the stoker, saved antennae by leaping on to the platform, when they found that the train could not be stopped. The former went beck to New Holland, gave information of tho accident, and has not been heard of since. Several of the passengers were injured. Mrs. Morley, of Hull, was most severely' cut and bruised about the legs, and several others are now under medical treatment fur the injuries received. The train consisted of live carriages and a luggage veil ; and it is somewhat singular that the persons who were riding in the carriage immediately behind the engine, which was, so to speak, doubled up' by the concussion, escaped without the slightest injury, while those were hurt who were tra velling in the last carriage of the train. The wreck was cleared away In a very short time, under the superintend ence of Mr. Hibbard, the manager of the district, and the Wale was resumed as usual neat morning. CURIOUS PIIENOMF:ISON.—A letter from Breslau, in the l'rurstariGir:ette, states that on the Ist April the moult tain of Zobt wee observed to be enveloped in a thick smoke, while a rumbling noise like that of distant thunder was heard. When the smoke had cleared away, it was ay. covered that the chapel which was being built on the sum mit of the mountain had disappeared, having been swal lowed up in an abyss. No further details, nor any account of the number of victims, are given, [The German papers contain narratives of a number of events equally curious with the above, and of the same date. At Breslau on the 3d inst., nothing was known of the occurrence above I described. The Prtissi,in Gazette bas hew "sent into April," as the Germans phrase it.) AXIMIC•2I MlapTaa w . The Lady Ma areas." Aft' fallowad " The BM," to which air FITZROY KULT reteraed thanks ; stair , whisk the Magistrates of the City sad the Sheri& wan severally Muted, sad the com pany "ousted. We aianot uselade is, report of the proceedings with out teaderisi oar thuiks to Mr. Catty, Secretary to the Lord Mayor, fer the ensellent sonranodatien provided by lars for the representatives of the public peen. EASTER AMUSEMENTS. DRURY•LANB. The ismse et this establishment has prefaced the eunmeammwent ef his seem by a detail et hit plans which. if fully sonlell eats, threw well of the ptabW. Experi ments es tie pateistbm of the movie by mall enterprising =lt nits {a spine the term " Natiumal Opera' a sof furi.2:Lninsicalshort.comings, have done iamb the term itself into contempt. Orton badly “11-11;a17btpl pram have bees proved un- I intrudes ; sad 'perm wail meessid SS low prices may now be tried with every chasms Or OSSONSI. Taking little heed, =, of the words "Grand National Opera House," h s oed Kr. Bonn's proopestu (and which can mean bat IhNle, graft that many of his artists and most of his opens sen Isreign), we have every reason to look hopefully on his pressat undertaking. He has en- Wan u excellent opera* eseapany, sad by limiting exclusively to opera sad ballet, has been asabied mist rid of mach maim expeaditare, and that to the whole of the =Weal department. He hie tratiseed the prim et edialcion, and appears nusturit test the sineisel mete of the public by relying solely upset on harassed snp , for an increased outlay.' . Last *min the opera of Mar Mu Devil was given, with the mss east as before, end was received with the smolt favour throughout, the principal singers being snmensmil before the curtain to receive the usual honours ' at the onnalusion. The little ballet divertissement the fele Neapolitaine gave ample opportunity to Males. D'Antonie, Adele, and A. Payne, for the display of some extremely graceful and pleasing dancing, and Mr. H. Manhall in a pas de Polichinel" was vociferously encored and compelled to repeat a somewhat fatiguing burlesque duos. 'fhe house was scarcely so well attended as we should hive desired ; but we have no doubt that when the lessee's Intentions become more generally known, his exer tions will be rewarded an they deserve to be. HAYMARKET. After the opera of ff/hde itfayic, an Easter novelty was produced, entitled 0 Gemini! or, The Mothers of CoMrse—being • burlecque on the melodrama of The Consents Brothers. The original story is adhered to sufil- ciendy close to give point to the parody, and the wonder fully acute reaumbilitlos of the twins received a new develop ment in the hands of Mr. Buckstone •' while, in order to add breadth to the burlesque, another pair of brothers (Parisian, not Corsican), endowed with an equal amount of lirlPathy,. are introduced, and who low nothing Ibeing entrusted for personation to Mr. James nd, whose powers in this line are as vigorous as ever. The usual amount of topical jokes, puns, and parodies on popular Lire were not wanting, the most no ticeable bits of humour being the singular exhibition of sympathy between the twin brothers in tho matter of taking cold, and an elaborately absurd dissertation on and description of a sense/fa. The piece was handsomely and effectively produced; and having amongst its other merit, that of being of a reasonable length, was quite successful. One of the stock farces of the theatre concluded the per formances, in which Mr. Keeley made his re-appearance at this house, and was very warmly received. PBUQCREIS'II. The entertainments at this house consisted of the very successful drama of ne Corsican Brothers, and anew burlesque, by Mr. Tom Taylor, called WittiLind and his &others, or the Seven Swan l'rinca and the Fair Massing. In the first piece Mr. Charles Kean re-appeared aftet his severe illness, and the cordiality with which he was received was a fitting tribute to a deservedly popular actor. The burlesque belongs to that clam of dramatic entertain ment which has obtained great favour of late, and which affords the managers an opportunity of displaying their Mores of wealth in the decorative department. Madame Vestris having set the example of extreme gorgeousness in the preparation of her Hager and Christmas pieces, her rival managers mien bent on striving to surpass her in this respect ; and the production at this theatre last night was one of the mamy successful attempts to gain the applause of the public Xeappsaling to the eye rather than the understanding. characters in the piece consist of a henpecked king, a termagant queen, an addle-pated mayor of the palace, seven pelmess—the sons of the king—and seven princesses, shim to another and more juvenile monarch. There is also an interesting specimen of the feathered tribe, in the shape of an owl, who is certainly the most humorous member of the dramatic personae. The piece has some pretensions to plot, but it is not very intelligible, and if it were, the audience would scarcely have time or inclination to dwell upon it, seeing that the great object of the author seems to have been to call forth the powers of the scene painter and costumier rather than to display his own. The action of the piece is mainly pro moted by the exploits of the young princes, in their en• deavours to secure possession of the princesses, and by the adventures of the fair Melneine (daughter of the King of Manchanland. reared as • shepherdess). and a young shepherd, her foster-brother. The burlesque is interspersed with parodies, and the music throughout is far superior to that which we are in the habit of bearing on such occasions. The fairy scenes were most abundant and moat beautiful, and the mechanical effects, though not very novel, were indicative of the greatest pos sible care and discrimination in the "getting up." The seven priaoesses and the seven princes ware moat energetic in their exertions to promote the success of the piece, and the termagant queen raved and stamped to the dismay of her husband in a manner which was calculated to make all the princes and princesses tremble in their sandalled shoes. The " Fountain of tho Fay,' • " Banquetting hall in the palace," " illuminated gardens," the " great ' square of Avalon," and the " fairy bridal bower," were amongst the most effective scenes, and in each of these the taste of the artist was displayed with sufficient advantage to command considerable applause. Mr. Meadows and Mr. Harley took part in the performance, but their powers of exciting laughter were not called into frequent requisition. Mrs. Winstanley, u the Queen, afforded some proof that she is not unworthy of taking a place by the side of the king of burlesque (as ho is called), James Bland. Miss Marshall, as the leader of the princes, Miss Culotta Leelerce, as " the fair Melusine," and Miss Robertson, as the young shepherd boy, contributed greatly to the sources of enjoyment, and their graceful act ing was a most valuable element in the performance. The piece was altogether completely successful, but it requires curtailment, and the infusion of • little more sparkle into the dialogue, to secure for it a permanent position amongst the burlesques of the day. LYCEUM._ The French were the first of civilised peoples to discover that sins against the dramatic " unities" could be committed outside as well as inside the mysteriously inexo rable five acts ; and of late years the rage for panoramic dramas, following the rage for novels in fifty volumes, has reached such a height at Paris that Dumu actually put together • piece which it took two nights to play—there being even at one time danger that the theatre, living on one author and one work per year, would become cloud to all who could not afford to pay down for a season ticket, and devote a life to an exciting race after the elucidation of a single plot. We have not seen much of these dramatic mazes on the London stage ; and the production of a Chain of Events at the Lyceum last night—the bills announcing " a dramatic story in eight acts, occupying the whole evening" —may therefore be regarded as an experiment updh British patience. In another sense, such a piece was an experi ment u a test whether Mr. Mathews is not sagaciously bold iu facing an Easter without the routine and somewhat wern-out " Easter piece." The Chain of Events is an adaptation from a play re cently popular in Paris--" Les Dames de It Halle"—im mense in length, teasingly intricate in plot, abounding in " situations" undoubtedly striking, but grossly unnatural— crowded with pe►aonm, but destitute of charac ters —in • word a thoroughly French piece, skilfully constructed and certain of success, if only as a rapid spectacle. It was just the piece fur the Lyceum; first, because it gave illimitable opportunity for the creation of the stage-pictures, of scenery and costume, for the exhibi tion of which every theatre under the management otH Madame Vestris has at once become famous; and, secondly, because it possessed a part which might have been written I at Mr. Charles Mathews. It is, therefore, hardly necessary to say that the Chain of Erentil was a euecess—a success despite some decided deficiencies which by no means escaped the observation of an audience throughout suspicious —and that a " run " is secured. In one respect, indeed, the Lyceum is not without its Easter piece; for as with its other pieces dated from Easter, the populcrity of the present one will be referred to the splendour of the scenery and of the setting. A plot that takes eight acts to unfold itself will necessarily read tedious in a description ; but wo will be as brief as we can in stating the circuitous story. The first act (and each act it should be understood is • single scene) occurs in a street in Paris—elaborately Parisian in the painting. On one side of the stage is the house of a Marquis of Melly, and on the other side the bumbler dwelling of Pcro Bonnexu (Mr. Frank Matthews). a water carrier ; and the whole play, it turns out, rests upon the fortunes of these two houses, the Melcys and the Bo:meatus. There is a plunge at once in medial res. The Marquis at the outset is in the Bastille ter a political of fence, and his papers in his house are uuder the seals of the police. The Marquis has a father, the Duke de Melcy, re sident on his estates at St. Domingo, and the son has written to the father confessing a secret marriage with • lady of in ferior birth, and the existence of a son by that marriage, the heir of the Melcys—'he wife having fur years been direarded, and the eon, separated from the mother, being ignorant of his family and his rights. These pre:irainarica being communicated ip the stage way to the audience, the business begins. First comes Oitspard L'A v ise (Mr. Charles Mathews). Ile is a scamp of the school of French scamps— a wit, au adventurer, and a liend—is composition of the elements of a Talleyrand, ejtobert Maeaire, and a klephis tophiles. Re has reached France firm St. Domingo. Ile is aware that the Marquis has written to the Duke about the humble wife, and the secreted win; and the family pride of the Duke having been amused, Gaspard has ob tallied a sort of commission from him that if he (Gaspard) zan act hold of the Marquis's will (the Marquis haring made it, in the belief that his insprisounwnt would be fol lowed by his death), by which the son is acknowledged and the Melcy property bequeathed to him, a reward of 10,900 francs would be second. Gaspard is full of resource's end is resolved to effect his object. He tries various ruses :he , eiter, the Marquis's house at last as police commisuire, iss all the paraphernalia of the awful °ice. Meanwhile, ano ther drama is playing at Bonneau's house. The wife (Mrs., Morn) of the Marquis (Mr. H. Horneastle) has effected 1 (by means not stated) the escape of her husband from the Bastille; and she seeks a confidant in Bonneau, Bonnemia house being fixed upon as the rendeseous, after the escape. Boatman is the Bonlsomene of French romance—mirtieu lously honest and inhumanly good. The wife, Madame Bt. Prie, easily induces Dim to risk all for his neighbour and patron, the Marquis. In the dead of eight the Marquis reaches Bunsen's Douse. There he first becomes ac quainted with the fact that he owes his freedom to his in sulted wife ; and on the spot an intensely French recon ciliation is accomplished. The Marquis further enters into an alliance with Bonneau, in respect to the son, and sends Bonneau by a back way Into his (the marquis') house, for the purpose of taking iron a secret drawer, for the son's use, some money :—the Marquis, after Bonneati's depar ture, entering his poor neighbour's house, with the intentioa of clothing himself in • disguise, preliminary to • journey to the coast and to • long ri.yage. Then comes ACMa the stage the bona f ide cooscuirsaire, and 1,0 enters the Marquis's house. Thus Gaspard, the true cernmissaire, and lionueau are in one house; while the Marquis is in Bonneau's house, suddenly, in the starters of the night, there Is raised the cry of " fire." A fire engine is hurried acres the stage; 'lames are seen in u well-managed side street; and there are crowds, and shouting, and confusion. Soldiers break open Bonneau's house ; the Marquis, only half disguised, is in terror ; but he is pushed into the crowd, volunteers assistance, and rushes on to the burning building. At that moment a window in the Marquis's house is opened, and Gaspard, with the will in his hand, drops into the erect, and, as he is hastening away, • bier, with the dead body of a man killed at the lire, meets him. A cry from the crowd tells him that this is the body of the Marquis de Melcy. Gaspard knows then that he has a great game in his bands. The curtain falls on the tableau. Act the second is a scene, End only a 6C ?ne. A great ship, with her bow nearly on to the footlights, is labouring in a storm her masts riven, and the lightning playing round her. She goes down; two of the human beings who were in her suc ceed in struggling to the shore; and these two arc Gaspard, with the will safe, and Georges Michel (Mr. Belton), who is the husband of Thert‘se (Miss Laura Keene), the daughter of Bonneau, and who has loin emiarating with out his wife, in this ship, from Fiance to St. Domingo. Such a " shipwreck " was never accomplished in a theatre before; and the scene elicited the loudest atinlauxe. Act third is a shop, kept by Therese, in one of the markets at Paris ; and here there is • great sumptuary display in connexion with the " dames de la hallo" class, of whom Therese has become" 'dueen." Here there are indications of plot rather than plot itself. Gaspard re-appears on the scene. On reaching St. Domingo, he found his patron, the Duke, dead ; and, with the Marquis's will in his possession, he resolved to make a Marquis of his own, and he selected his fellow-passenger, Georges Michel. Ho persuaded Mi chel thathe was really the missing son : He sent to Michel'a wife a certificate of her husband having been drowned at sea ; and then, with his dupe and accomplice, he returned to Paris, asserting claims to the De Medley patrimony, and plunging at once into all the luxuries of affluence. In this, the third, act, also, there comes on the scene tho real De Moiler heir, in the person of a poor student, Vic tor (Mr. Dosiere , „ lodging in TherZae's house. Therese is informed of her liusband's death ; but the news is scarcely communicated when a carriage is stopped by some street impedimenta opposite her shop, and the inmate of that carriage, despite the elegance of his air and dress, she at once recognises to be her husband. It is. in Let, Michel converted into a grand Marquis; and in his new greatness, though not false to her, conveniently indifferent to the fate of his wife. Here, in this discovery, is another tableau, perfected by the presence of horses and a sheriitian sort of carriage—exceeding the traditional excellence of the " real gig." and, of course, the audience were vocifer ous in approval. The fourth set is occupied with some under plots—the loves of persoes not identified with the main story—and the confession by Madame Boatman that she had spent all the money in trust with her husband from the late marquis for his son in buying lottery tickets—the conclusion be log another tableau of domestic grandeur, and such as may be conceived as likely to follow from such a confession to so rigid a moralist as the Pere Bonneau. The fifth act is in an apartment at the pseudo- Marquis's house. Here Therese has intruded, resolute on ascertaining the truth. Michel finds himself in the power of Gaspard, who noes his power tyrannically, threatening his, restive victim with sending him to the galleys for fraud, in having been an accomplice in forging the certifi cate of Michel's death, if he does not consent to disown TherZse and to marry moth( r, the daughter of a great family, whose aid is necessary to putting Gaspard, for Michel, in complete possession of the Do Mele) estates. But Michel braves all, and acknowledges Therise. The next act is occupied by the tortuous windier of Gaspard's intrigue. Ile traps Victor into a kromise to leave France. lio gets • latre de cachet, and sends flierZse to the Bastille. The neat act is an interpellated scene—the market of the Inno cents by moonlight —for the sake of a ballet—and only marked by one incident in connexion with the pint—tho rescue of Therese on her way to the Bastille by one of her friends, who single-handed beats tour of her guards, and carries her off safely. The last act exhibits the denolsetne.stt Gaspard is beaten at all points, throws up the cards, and, still cool, seeks to escape front the vengeance of his many victims. But he is shot ere he can steal away—poetical justice being thus satiatied. Such a plot as this is full of absurdities and incongruities. But it is pushed on with a rapidity and with a bustle which takes an audience by etorns, and for bids weariness. Apart from the glaring improbabilities of structure the separate portions of the play, in themselves complete, are excellent—full of situation, and every charac ter talking with point and (Wert. Mr. Charles Mathews, the evil genius of the drams, played in that consummate ly easy manner, which was all the more striking from the whirl and rush of plot around him. Mr. Frank Mathews also did wonders with an absurd part ; and Madame Vesitris (as Marie Bonneau) and Hies Keene, as Therese, acted on the one hand with a pathos, and, on the other, with an eucrgy which were per fect. But Mr. Beverly, as the painter, earned the play through. The market-place scene—the moon lighting up a vast area, and a fountain playing (not the worst per former present) is extremely beautiful. The period of the play is that of the ancMn regime, end there has, therefore, been full play for the picturesque in costume. No doubt there was great " lagging ' in the last three of the eight acts; but some excisions will, we think, be profitably resorted to—everything, in such a piece, depending on speed. The gentlemen who have adapted the play are Mr. G. H. Lewes and Mr. C. Mathews. !AWNS. ROBIN'S SOIREES. M. Robin his resumed his attractive performances, last evening being the first of his (math programme. The illusions arc of the most complete and surprising character; and the entertainment has been varied by the introduction of a number of views produced by means of the Agioscope, embracing the Harbour of Havre, the Cathedral or Dense of Milan, William Tell's Chapel in Switzerland, the Bay of Naples, and a beautiful panoramic view of Venice. In some of these the effect of alternate light and shade was very beautifully illustrated, and several other novel effects were introduced, as the motion of a railway train, the fall ing of - .. . ' of water in a cataract, and the eruption of a volcano. TILE Vattiore EICRIBITIONS throughout the metropolis were well attended during the day. THE EXCURSION TR. - ii Ns on the different linen of railway were eagerly occupied In thousands at an early hour ; the steam boats plying below and above London bridge were crowded ; and many of the old stage coaches which have been rusting in coac hbuilders' sheds were called into requisition, and were soon tilted with passenger. to Hampton Court, Windsor, Richmond, and other favourite localities. Pleasure vans were also sought after, and were to be men in all directions proceeding with cumbrous loads of human beings to the suburban points of attraction. Notwithstanding the coldness of the prevailing easterly winds, the morning was very inviting, the sun shining out brilliantly, and the most distrustful in the continuance of • fur day left his home fearless of showers and confident in sunshine. l'ho greatest point of attraction was, as usual, Greenwich and its famous fair. From the bottom of the lient-road down to Greenwich Old Church was one continued scene of lite, bustle, and business. Stalls, stationary and perambulating showmen lined the streets; and omnibuses, cabs, donkey carts, and every species of vehicle crowded the main roads. The park was a scene of extraordinary commotion, and a greater num ber of persons resorted to It than has omit seen there for some years. The amusements were of the usual kind. The rolling down the bill, a custom "more honoured in the bre ich than the observance, - was very generally resorted to from the dryness of the ground in .consequence of the long continued drought. At Stepney fair there was also a numerous attendance, and at both places an abundance of ware calculated to tempt the appetite of the juveniles, and amuse the gaping youngsters. In town, vast numbers of persons visited the National Gallery, the British Institution, the Museum, and the Bridgewater and other Galleries of Art thrown open for public inspection. The Polytechnic Institution was crowded to overflowing. Several of the charity children were treated to a holiday. refreshments, and a trip to the country ; and Blue-enat School boas paid their customary visit to the Lord Mayor, and recei v ed each two buns, • Riese of wine, and a sixpence. It was gratifying to observe that the crowds which moved along the sirscts were most orderly and exemplary in their conduct, and that there was a total absence of anything like drunkenness. °RAT'S INW.—A new emirs.° of lectures (probably the last which Mr. W. I). Lewis will deliver), will be cone. ',Refused in the hall of this society. on the first day of the ee -1 suing Easter Term, on the leading de, isions of Lord Chan cellor Eldon; to be continued on ee,ry Monday and Thurs day, at halt-past 7 o'clock. DEATH or LORD DI'NEVOR. This Teuerabla nobleman, who had been for sonic time an invalid, expired at 1114 .sat, Barrington Park, Oxfordshire, on Friday lust, at 1 p.m., in bit 87th year. The lato peer was George Tailed Rice, limn Weever of never, county C ir medium, in the peerage of England, and late Lord Lieu tenant of the county • succeeded on the death of his mother. the late baroness, 11th March, 1793 ; married, 20th tuber, 1720 , the llon. Frances Townshend, third daughter of T homas, First Viscount Sedney, and by her has had i‘aue the Hon. George Bice . Rice Trevor, Lient.-Colonel of the Carmirthenshire Militia, M.P. for the county, married, 27th November, ISt I, Frances, eldest daugh ter of Lord Charles Fitzroy, by whom his lordship haa bane two daughters. Thu venera),:e pi cc has also felt site daughters. 4 1 4,1 40 ! co