The Express. — London, England, 1858-05-13 00:00:00

THI DAILY IfIV/8 : LONDON MORNING aft44.2==ses. Rol it ▪ e• oboe sed blood 11:besse.ft Se Om= be imp" owl Is be lobed lel embasid No flic =Mem MN I =t PIP I lOUS I▪ MO UM LII MID IMP AA laded.* NSW. bei aILLUIWA of ultb=ll. Laos Ses be ki me 7 ewerrad mdl Is Till ONLY DAILY II IMMO WM% *llk 1111 IT Mg 1011/ Am riser I E4 118 •110 1 JPiblie Vile bra gib FtabCoblbs• ben =ll■l el = l se a Z _ it et ammo tars room : 4 11 ag ib irb be ar *ILION II gibs* 1"61.1il e I" b. snarl irr==a9 ob De ~b. sad la Bog ex.rgOic agerammab ./bolid — ess...AWba awing pda, d M Ma, loaddearal. by Tv* Mak es a ay Is ablinda HATIILSIENT. Tat. 1•171,16. TRIB SCHOOL POl SCANDAL. M Hoarlds. mid Mrs alliktor —PLUTO SSD PSOSLIPIIII. Hr.Otrapira ; Him L. L• 01111.011. Mrs Saw WatalM—Ard JAMB 111T9111 MOH 0611T011.—Osmamise la I. Tar Ihmara. TITI IFT071140111703: W. TM Wen Dell. spa —FA OFT MID MAtaottltl Ye. Clown—Led SAMUIL 111 I/ARM or 1111111ILV.—Opla Wilma 41. Tam Bwrog i rpl i ll . etri s Tell3D. limmOrarrlrit. M, W Dad ; U. OOT. r. Iddlumb ; Mum - And (nod .-Oarosais WIWI HIGH WATIR AT LONDON BEIDOI. Tins DAT-214 IL Os. AlWases. liffes. so--.Seralas. Si. 1114. ..... ....Allitaieft S. 401 E. LONDON, THURSDAY, NAY 13. Foos their own sakes, it is to be hoped that Mr. CanowiLL and thane who act with him will em beam the opportunity offered by the resignation of Lord ELLENnoitocoil to reconsider the Resolution that is to be moved on Friday night. Lord ELLEN zottouort and his Despatch are out of the field. In so far as Lord CANNING's personal feelings are con cerned, the discussion might be allowed to drop. The parr mount consideration at issue is what ex pression of opinion as regards the policy to be pursued in India is most consonant to the welfare of the Empire and the honour of England. We have much at stake. It is difficult to imagine that a proposal to confiscate the whole lands of Oude should not have a perilously irritating effect on the public mind throughout India. According to the Procla mation of Lord CANNING, the threatened con fiscation is to apply to the lands of all " Talookdars, chiefs, and landowners." Every person who claims a proprietary right in land in Oude will feel alarm. The 00-parceneru of the M estates" and villages mast be in as feverish a state of excitement as the great Zemindare. That there is peril in such a state of affairs is denied by no one. Even Mr. CAIDwFLL, in his Resolution, de clines to express approbation of the policy of the Proclamation. Lord CAXNINO himself (or Sir JAMES OtTRAM for his) hr softened con- siderably _in his some of the about by a few leaders wrests/ to make-believe that they have been reconciled. That 01611 Liberal party will be re-constructed we have no doubt, and nothing shall be wanting on our part that can contrilsate to so desira ble a consummation. But nothing is to be harsher features of the I)r►ft. If a ma jority of the House of Commons is bent upon censuring Lord ELLENFIOROCGIVS Despatch, and its publication, even alter the noble lord has with drawn from office, let, at least, the expression of censure be accompanied by some declaration regarding the future policy of the Anglo-Indian Government that may re-assure the minds of the innocent or the penitent throughout our Indian dominions. L the prospect of our being disgrace fully driven out of India too remote to tell upon the imagination of the people of England? Then let this consideration bring it home to our apprehen sions :—On account of the civil war in India we have already been obliged to increase our army beyond the average peace establishment. The campaign in Hohilcund during the hot season will increase to an enormous amount the mortality in the ranks of our European soldiers in India. With what a drain upon our healthy adult population does the recruiting that must replace these losses threaten us ! How much will it coat us to keep our European army in India on an effective footing? How long may this expenditure in lives and money last? Can we afford to brave a prolonged and internecine war in India by carrying into effect a policy which everybody shrinks from defending? The Directors of the India Company have set the example of denuding the question of all irritating personalities, and doing what in them lies to concentrate attention on the necessity of adopting a just and conciliatory policy towards the natives of India. They have de clared to Lord Carolina that their confidence in him is not abated; but they have at the same time indi cated to his Lordship the course which they think he ought to pursue. With reference to the Despatch of the Secret Committee, the Court of Direc tors has expressed its continued confidence in the OOVLanOR- G r.NP.RAI., adding its convic tion that his measures for the pacification of ()ads end the other disturbed districts in India will be characterised by a generous policy and by . the utmost clemency that is found to be cone steot with the satisfactory accomplishment of that im portant object. If a majority of the House of Com mons is bent upon pouring balm into the wounded feelings of Lord CANNING, let it at least show so much consideration for the honour and prosperity of the empire, u to follow the example of the Court of Directors, and give Lord CANNING to understand that it is by a just and humane policy that he must seek to earn a continuance of its favour. pined by factitious patching up of alliances where there is neither cordiality nor agreement in principle. We can afford to " bide our time," and see no use in affecting to believe that the political millennium has begun. simply because the succeeeon in office of the late Mr. Corroca wish us to do so. Rumours are rife as to the re-construction of the Cabinet; possibly, however, no definite steps will be taken till Monday, when the debates of Friday (as suming that Lord Shaftesbury and Mr. Cardwell are actually to move their resolutions) and the gossip of Saturday and Sunday in political circles; have indicated how opinion ate. Lard Stanley is mentioned for the Board of Control; this is not un likely, in the event of Ministers retaining office. Mr. Rey Seymer, in the event of Lord Stanley's going to the Board of Control, is spoken of for the Colo nial-office. The position would be high for one who has never been in office before ; but Mr. Seymer is generally liked and respected. Others assign the Colonial-office to Sir Bulwer Lytton, with a peer age; but the confession of defeat involved in shirk ing a contest for Herb would be is damaging as a defeat would be. In the part we have taken in this discussion we have resolutely baniehsd from our minds every con sideration but what in oendttrive to the prosperity and happiness of India, and, through that prosperity and happiness, to the honour and permanence of the British Empire. We are, of course, by principle, opposed to the present Administration ; but we will not, with a view to precipitate its fall, which under no circumstances can be very remote, risk a renewed conflagration in Hindostan. That would be to fol low the example of the Chinese in CHARLES LAMB'S grotesque but genial legend, and burn down our house to roast our pig. Nay, more ; before we take part in any MOTS most to unseat the present Ministry, we are disposed to ask for some guarantee that we are to get a mai libmal Ministry in its place. To put out the present men is one thing, and to establish a real, strong, united, stable, Liberal Ministry, is another. To bring back Lord PALMERSTON as Die tator, with Lord CLANRICARDE, Mr. VERNON SMITH, and Mr. ROBERT Lows in his train, would be no great victory. Lord PALNEarrox was only a few months back deposed by a majority of the House of Commons—has he now regained the confidence of that majority ? Has he not, on the contrary, been further weakened since that time by losing the confidence of some who then remained faithful to him ? Are Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, or Lord Jong RVSSELL any MOOD disposed to take °Mos along with Lord Palmeri /MON now than they were a few months ago? The truth is that the time has not yet arrived for re constructing the Liberal party on a broad and satis factory basis. That re-construction most be the result of a closer approximation among the various (sections of the Liberal party in sentiment and prin ciple than has yet taken place. It cannot be brought THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1858. IMPRESS FROM PARIS. (►soar ova owir PARIS, WZDVIIIIDAT_BVERIIIO. The article in the /ioniser on the Montenegro question is considered to attenuate rather than to aggravate the hostile tone towards Austria, assumed by the Pays and the Constitutionnel, and as it announces that England and France are agreed upon the question, the Bourse was not in any way dis turbed by its appearance. The ministerial crisis in England, however, produced a feeling of uncer tainty, it not being known whether the fall of Lord Ellenborough will lead to the withdrawal of Lord Shaftesbury's and Mr. Cardwell's motions. The Rents was heavy throughout the day, and fell 20c. for cash and 15c. for account, dosing at 69fr. 60c. and 69fr. 65e. Mobilier fell 17fr. 500. The Western railway fell 16fr. Orleans and Eastern, 7fr. 50c. each, and the other lines (except Southern, which roes 2fr. 50c.) about 6fr. _ _ _ When the recent troubles occurred at Alexandria El. Sabatier, the French Consul-General, applied to the governor fora military force to protect French subjects. It is said that he received a dilatory answer to the effect that the governor would wait for the arrival of the Viceroy, who was shortly ex pected. In consequence the French frigate Pomona has been detached from the Smyrna station and sent to Alexandria. An order has been received at Brest to pat six ships of the lino in commission immediately. Fad Pacha arrived in Paris last night u was expected. Baron Hubner will not come till this evening. It is now said that the opening of the Conferences is postponed till the 20th instant. The Prince Royal of Wurtemburg, who is ex pected at the Hotel du Louvre to-night, will, it is said, stay a month in Paris. Madame Ristori made a most successful appear ance last night in Rachel's great part of Phidre, which she has played in most of the capitals of Europe, but never before in Paris. The annual horticultural exhibition was opened to-day for a private view. It is held es last year, in the Palais de I'lndnetrie in the Champs Ripen, an excellent locality for the purpose. There is a marked improvement both in the quantity and quality of the products exhibited. The collection of early fruits and vegetables is very interesting, and the show of roses is the finest ever seen in Paris. One section of the building is devoted to the exhibi tion of products from Algeria. The public will be admitted to-morrow on payment of lfr., and the show will continue open till May 27. A report was current to-day that a serious acci dent had occurred on the Lyons Railway, but, ac cording to the latest statements, the mishap was only trifling ; a train ran off the rails, but nobody was hurt. The young men of Rouen are now engaged in the organisation of a fête which is to be celebrated on the 27th of Jane, on the mouton of the anniversary of the birthday of Pierre Corneille. There is to be a grand cavalcade, representing the entry of Louis XIV. into Rouen, and a collection will be made for the poor. PORTUGAL. CONON 01:111. OWN LISBON, MAY 8. The Jornal do Commercio says that reports have been prevalent that it is contemplated to settle upon Dom Miguel de Braga= a pension subject to cer tain restrictions. This journal goes on to say that the report appears to gain ground and become worthy of credence ; adding, that the matter was brought about by the intervention of the Prince of Proasia, and negotiated by Count Lavradio on the part of the government, and Signor Salvador Correa de Si on that of Dom MigueL It was even asserted yesterday that the matter was brought before the Council of State and would be soon resolved. TheNapo, the Miguelite organ, states In reply, or rather in rectification of the published notice respecting the arrangements pending between the Portuguese government and Dom Miguel de Braganca, we have sought every information, and can give the greatest credit to the following state ment. The Prince Royal of Prussia has remem bered the necessity and _propriety of insuring the means of subsistence to Dom Miguel. The Count de Lavradio, who was in Berlin, and to whom the Prince Royal made this communication, wrote a despatch to the Portuguese government proposing a pension should be conceded to Dom Miguel, who should be considered the first subject of Dom Pedro V. The government replied to Count Lavradio, that the King was resolved to offer an annual pen sion to Dom Miguel without exacting any political condition." Thu (says the Nocoo) is the whole that has pared, and oertsinly this would be a noble act on the part of the King, and he may safely do it, for the political passions formerly put in motion by the very name of Dom Miguel, are now spent and burnt out, while an action of this sort will go further to pacify the remains of the Miguelite party than any amount of intolerance and oppression. The elections are now completed as well in the capital as throughout the provinces. The result, as was anticipated, has been entirely favourable to the government, who, in round numbers, have returned about 100 deputies, whereas the coalition can only count some eighteen. Moreover, the latter party are now deprived of the services in the Cortes of two of the most able debaters--Senhors Canal Ribeiro and Bampaio—the editor likewise of the Revolucao—u well as of those of Senhor Fontes, so well known as a skilful financier. AUSTRALIA. (TROY 0171 OWN SYDNEY, MARCH 11. During the last month business here has remained in the same depressed state as for some months pre viously, and the market' are still overstocked with goods. This is certainly no very satisfactory state of things; but on the other hand we have as yet had few failures of any considerable amount. Rumours of some first-rate houses being in difficulty have been current, but they appear to rest on no valid founda tion, and cannot be too highly condemned for their mischievous tendency. The list of estates surrendered to the Insolvent Court within the last two months represents liabilities to the amount of about 160,0001., and assets 90,0001. The principal of these is that of Mr. H. Fisher, liabilities 140,0001., assets 80,0001. ; Purkis and Lambert, and Muriel and Miller, auc tioneers. The banks have restricted their accommo- dation and now allow a discount on deposits. This colony, which lut year was deluged with rains and floods inch as had not occurred for many years, is now suffering much from drought, which, it is feared, will be severely felt in the interior, the I lagoons being already dry, and cattle and vegetation suffering to a serious extent. Reports of discoveries of new gold deposits are frequent, and some nuggets of large size have been brought to Sydney. Though the old workings have fallen off in the yield, they are yet remunera tive, and there is no reason to doubt that deposits of the precious metal as rich as any that have yet been discovered await the development of persevering diggers. The number of the;e has recently bee; swelled by many thousand Chinese from Hong Bong, and such is the indefatigable energy of this race that if any persons can pounce upon new sources of bidden riches, they wilt be the men. An adroit swindler has recently succeeded in vie timisinif one of the Sydney banks out of 20,0001. The main facts connected with this ingenious and daring fraud are briefly as follow :—ln the month of September last a letter was received at the Sydney Joint Stock Bank, containing enclosures addressed to Mr. Francisco Miranda, purporting to come from Messrs. Baring Brothers, and stating that that firm had been recommended by a house _ . . mentioned to negotiate with the Joint StCock Bank in behalf of Mr. Miranda, the head of a large and well-known Portuguese firm, who was about to visit the colonies on commercial business. It contained, also, a letter of credit for Miranda for 15,0001., together with bills drawn on a firm at Hong Kong. In the following month a foreign gentleman left his card at the Spanish consul's office—" Mr. Miranda, Petty's Hotel." The consul, having previously learnt from the Joint Stock Bank the ex pected arrival et Mr. Miranda, called upon him, and after an exchange of courtesies, offered to accompany him to the Joint Stock Bank, where he stated that he was employed by the Portuguese authorities to purchase gold for the Mint, and showed letters from the minister of the crown to that effect, and also to purchase land on which to establish a colony of vine.dressera. Many subsequent incidents tended to support his pretensions to the position of a merchant. During this time Mr. Miranda had drawn upon his letter of credit. He expressed great regret that the intermediate house between his own and that of Messrs. Baring should have blun dered respecting the drafts upon China; he had no intention, he said, to go to that country, and, even if he had the bills, it would involve considerable incon venience to commute them into dollars, they having been made payable in pounds sterling. Accordingly it was suggested that it would be better to forward the bills at once to the firm of Baring Brothers, through the Joint Stock Bank, which was accord ingly done, and thus, instead of 13,0001., he obtained in all 20,0001., adding the exchange, which was 2001. in his favour. From Sydney he proceeded to Melbourne, where Le obtained 2,6001. from one of the banks on a pretended letter of credit from Messrs. Cantu and Co. Circumstances soon tran spired calculated to raise doubts in the minds of the Sydney bankers and the Spanish consul as to the real character of Miranda, and the chief officer of detective police was sent to Melbourne to mate in quiries. It was there ascertained that Miranda had paid a visit to the gold fields at Ballarat, but of his then whereabouts nothing was known. It was also stated that in all probability he was a Polish Jew who bad passed under the name of M. Le Prairie, and that he had taken his passage for Callao. Both at sydoey and Melbourne be pretended that he could speak English very imperfectly, but it is now well known that this was a mere subterfuge to facilitate the success of his designs. He could speak English fluently enough when it suited his purpose. Both the colonies of New South Wales and Vic toria have made bungling work with their new con stitution, which was obtained by dint of much talking and indomitable perseverance. The fact is, that neither colony is sufficiently populous for a healthy state of representative government; and the respective governors have been sorely puzzled how to patch up a ministry . who could hold their ground against the opposition in the lower house. We have Just passed through another general election, and the parliament (save the mark !) is to meet on the 23rd inst., in all probability to repeat the process of out voting the ministry, and " appealing to the prople." The new constitution, so much boasted of in the outset, has been treated as children do their toys, or as some Cockney wiseacres used Big Ben. It want, to be re-cast, and have its "constitution" renovated. Certes, there are more Big Bens than one. THE OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAIL.—The deem ship Cambria (chartered by the Boys! Mall Comps ay) WI Southampton yesterday ex Almandtia, with the monthly Australia' mail, tbhireee puseaters (moan whom Aesistant Commiwery-G•ceral Hector), en evenly alio, specie of the value of 4601., and jewaUsry 3,9404. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following is an secotint of the made &leper kr 'laying the Atlantic telegraph :-.. arra M ill at Heyhatn hes now been stowed away on board the two eels with which last year's attempt was made. WWitel Lit few days the Adonis quitted the wharf, off Nem 0 and Elliot's fectory, at Greenwich, with one of the out machines and 300 miles of cable in eddltion t o lengths already made. Sines her dispertn ee , h owsw, been determined to make 100 miles more, and the at the works are revolvingday and night to complete th e e length in time. The total length of oehl e which the attempt was made loaf year wee es ,. under than over 2,400 tulles, which wee so • - ". the quesstity actually revoked to span th e that the first loss of 300 miles proved tV, the whole attempt, for that time at least. Now, he * ,,;, the length of cable on beard both vessels is ps ee * 3,012 miles, exclusive of the shore ends, of mo t h weight and thickness, and which amount to about 35 e i more. There is therefore in round numbers 3,050 mg., cable to submerge between two points otily 1,950 tal e miles apart, so that 1,100 miles, or about 40 pe r e , t allowed for accidents and slack in payi eg .. 4 immense cable, which weighs about one te e „, mile, will be equally divided between the Ag ue . fte ; and Niagara. The latter has her share distribu tes all her decks, and, of course, mostly amidships. Th ew l one coil on the upper or spar deck, between the foe, main moats, of 100 miles. 30 feet diameter and 2 feet and there is one of 130 miles, and occupying aboot same space between the main and mien mats G e main deck there are two, one aft and one smidehhe of and 294 miles respectively. On the berth deel e - t h e „ one of 180 miles, and in the hold a coil of 360. he pkn the shore end, which wee last year carried on the epee fe forward near the capetan, there will now be a coil of * 100 mile', and the heavy shore ends for both conatee go in the accompanying frigate'. Last year the 'sh e e coiled in the hold of the Agamemnon in one vet ram' 1260 miles long, and this immense weight stowed eni ships balanced her like • Chinese toy. The *eh of °Dune, , that she rolled to an extent that it we bet say which side of the vessel was u 1 74 landing the cable after the failure of the attempt h found that the pressure of the heavy mw on tively so small a surface bad strained her timbers to extent. To obviate partly these serious disadvan Lore-disadvantages which, in came of the countering heavy weather, might and wintrenpag: safety of the vessel—the cable, though still coiled in the is distributed in such a manner that the greatest pr the weight rests on a much larger surface. 1,160 will be stowed in the hold, and about 360 on the berth deck forward, and to counter these heavy same the coals will be stowed as fir aft. sible. All the ships of the squadron will leave Plymost we have previously announced, about the 24th or this month on their experimental trip, which will from six to ten days. During this about 100 miles of demned cable will be used in ascertaining the elk* various buoys, laying down and under-running the itc., and when all doubts and theories have been . ; solved the squadron returns to Queenstown, makes its final preparations, and starts for the great attempt abort 10th of June. About that period of the yen Mr s month of almost uninterrupted calm in the Atlanti c anything like seriously heavy weather has not been at least for the last fifty years. Bad weather, however, a ordinary acceptation of the term, in those boistervos tudes, even if it does occur, is not likely to affect the of submerging after It his once fairly commensi, paying-out machine is so sufficiently self-acting as to compensate in its action for any sudden rise in the pen the vessel to the pitch of the sea. Both ships, with tie oonipanying higates, make all speed to the centre of the lantac, or rather to the centre of the space to be travenei the cable, which is about 32 deg. west of Greenwich. : the splice between the two halves will be made *then of time. To overcome the difficulty caused by the two • nons of the cable having their lay' or twist of the spiral wires turning in different directions, and forte* and left hand screws, the splice will be secured to oh iron loaded with a weight in the centre; in fact, an of the same kind as that by which railway coupled together. By this means the tendency of the eat spirals to untwist each other will be overcome. nee 1,600 fathoms water where this join must be made, asi vessels will remain stationary until the splice has well on the bottom, when the Niagara will at once steer for tint./ World, and the Agammenon return to the old. Eachwill as fast to her homeward destination as is consistent silk safety of the great undertaking, so the cable will be laid or lost within twelve or tourteen days from The depths to which the Niagara will have to sink her lion vary quickly and irregularly from 1,600 to fathoms, or from lf to about 34 miles ; and this is the also with the Agamemnon's portion of the &sans on the American side the water shoals easily and towards Newfoundland, whereas on the British posits the ocean the Agamemnon will have to surmount s meadow ridge, which may be celled the Andes of vast submarine plains of the Atlantic. It commsas t about 15 deg. west longitude, and in the course of als miles the water suddenly shoals from 1,760 Was 660. Up this vast rocky precipice—almost as steniz a l aide of Mont Blanc—the cable must be laid with more. This difficulty once overcome, the way these Valenti' becomes comparatively of no account. In sat dangerous weather arising the first consideration In all as will be, of course, the safety of the cable; and, no se how advantageous such and such courses of arnica • appear, nothing will be done by which the encase oi l undertaking is jeopardised or even left to chance. le vessel is provided with reels of strong wire rope which col attached to buoys made in the manner of ordinary Wm floats, though, of course, capable of sustaining a several tons. Provided with this apparatus, the eahGa be cut without reluctance, if ever the weather threats., s the end of it (firmly secured to the rope and buoy) allsedi rest almost upon the bed of the ocean, to be NSW I directly the storm has pissed. Proper precautions his eat been taken to make the floating ends of the buoys as spicnons, and easily found in case of the ships being Iris from them."—Tises. aominion i fully dril imagine. this cow i aims :—( have a army be] campaigi / increase , ranks of a drain u recruitin 131 ! Hot , I army in may this we arm in India everybod I the India I 1 the qua doing w ,1 the (secs I policy to eland to is not ab jl' cated to he ought of the tors has I I the Go Lion th of (lade i I I will be the tame with tin' 1 portant mons is I , feelings much co the empi Director . that it is seek to it .' In the have rem II aideratio 1i I and hap/ and hapi I. the Briti opposed I not, with I no circun . coallagrs low the LAxtell down t more ; ment t are diqx to get a 1 out the I real, sti another. i tator, wi and Mr. ' great vi 1 months 1 Common that Mk `I been fur the miff to him 1 GRAHAM I disposed 1 STON no , ,' truth is 1 , . construe 1 factory 1 result of (sections eiple tha till Cu court. The Queen and Prince Comet, accompanied by the Proems Alice, wont to the Royal 'ohmic derileau Regicaditrin niel moe wen the Ewa. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flees Macdonald. Lord Bitimassi misab liejareral the Has. Cheeks Grey, and Lieut.- Cekwd The Plias Comet. ellesekell by his simony, inspected in the sikeessa the essiel leitgleig-houes mar the Strand, op posite iiiimenet-bsues. Tbe Ninon dlleikennelben returned yeeterday efternoca le Buckingham Uses bmt Plymouth. The Qame's inner_plety is the even* included the Dubin el lAA dm Prism of Hebmissitbe Ilbands mid lbetaimem d Athereorn, Lek Pew ll•vmd, the Has M IldhaV Sir Omega Bernier. Tbe bond et ihe Born thumb woe in attendance at Amy, and paved hike*/ pine: -10:yr ti5i1474°"1"... iff Clialate .................... ......... . Quineo pleats bra allnrwanis gultanii fa tho drawing-woos the following oompoidefono : Balgelor Iles - ?. Ws. el% 11 =aii ................. ...... *darks sad Maw ne Nelms of KW. ellueihd IT Lady Fealty Howard mad 84 George °ogler, wog le ties White Lodge in Rion mond-park yeslegatg, sod *NW the Prime of Wales. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were :—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwick', the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. TEI 87427 BALL. The state ball at Buckingham Palace, on Monday, wee far more numerously attended than the ball given la Immour of the nuptials of the Prince's Royal, and much more brilliant. The noble apartments are fully equal to accommo date 2,000 guests with ease; but at a state ball all the visitors crowd round where her Majesty sits or dances, and ore's gamily the spacious and magnificent new boll-room was net large enough, of itself, to accommodate the numbers that into it. Hee Majesty sat on the hent-fres, with the pretty, and charming young Queen of Portugal by Semi were also placed for all the members of the Royal Family, the Prince of Hohenzollern, end the Primers MISS of Salt Weimar. The meats of the Queue were marked on the host-par by a footstool, a distinction which was omitted with the other members of the royal family. The royal bride danced frequently during the evening in qua. dnllce with the Prince Consort, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Edward of fiaze-Weimar. In noticing the arrival of the Dee de Makskhet, we remesked upon his " agile step and it is gimlet cesihmedien of the fact that not only did the Queen of Pareard bat our own gracious sovereign select the duke as • partner fix a quadrille. The gallant marshal wee • base taken eke& when the honour intended by our Queen wee first Intimeted is Paha, hat he nevertheless sop:titled him self TN/ grew, end Am meek dance conducted his royal ram be la met with is.. French gallantry. The duke were the tall medium of a Marshal of France, but paid SI the meeplimmt of illeplaylag the Ribbon of • Dread Cross of the Order et the Batik Militant any other decoration. The phew of ear Qum sad the Queen of Portugal, at the sapper, were opposite to that famous work of art in the pecker metals, " Hones at the Fountain," and imme diately on their Majesties' approach, the fountain cos. mewed playing and throwing off the grateful odours of eau de-Cologne. The shield presented by the King of Prussia to the Prince of Wales, the Prince of Wales's epergne. and the South American salver were also displayed on • buffet i taced opposite to the seats of the two Queens. Althea the Queen of Portugal had • long days travel before er on Tuesday, she remained with the Queen in the ball room till two o'clock, dancing with the Due de Malakhoff immediately after supper. The dancing continued with unabated vigour until the Queen left the ball, and by ten minutes past three o'clock the last of the guests bad departed from the palace. —Court Journal. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Colonel Pomonby, inapected on Wtdzeeday the " Strand Buildings" (improved Dwelling■ for the Poor), in Angel court, Strand. His Royal Highness wee received by Vis count Ingeetre, M.P.. chairman; Visoount Radlegh, Rev, Dr. Worthington, Rev. A. G. Edward, Major-Generel Tremenhams, H. B. Adams, Req., Henry Primal, Ed., N. W. Winonaley, Esq., members of octernitios; George Mew gea, Baq., Hon. Secretary and Architect ; Mears. Piper and eon, balltion. His Royal Highness minutely examined the buildings, end ',premed his gratification at the result of his visit. The bwillinp will be opened to-morrow, the 14th of May, whoa the Duke of Marlborough will pnwide. - _ Tb. Berl and Countess of Derby entertained hia Eva Var, the Duke of *dekko( at dinner set evening, at their amnsion In St. Jame:a-squats. Then ware prement to most the gallant ambassador dr:le Berens Highnesses Prince sod Princess Edward of Sane Weimar, the llarmds of Harrington, the Earl of Malmeebury, the Karl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Valliant, the Counties at Wilton and Lady Katherine Grey Egerton, Lord Otho Fitz gerald, Colossi the Hoc. Frei A. flogger, Ike. A RADICAL CANDIDATE FOR NEWCASTLE.—The Neves"), radicals seem determined to be prepared in time ke the aaticipated dissolution of parliament. The oonncil id the" Northern Reform talon " decided some time ago ai start • asdidate for this borough whenever a general &DOOM took plass who, amongst other "'then' PriliciPlek wadi be prepared to Sweats that cardinal petit in a isseerat's oreei—ths right of every man to the freachies. M • 'ratios of the above body, held last week, it tree stated WO Pear Alfred Taylor, Req., of London, had base comma • Bleated with, and was prepared to support this point, and, ether conditions hung estry, was willing to risk a con- Mat soak the Midas seembers. or Key other candidate that night sppear. Oa the motion of Mr. Joe. Cowan, jun., se emaded by Kr. J. T. Oihnoar, it was unanimously resolved Ms the tesseary mislaid eater flan immediate comusunica- Ilea with Mr. Tigrisc, and arrange f. a. him to visit Newcastle aas early j day nil deliver as Sires explaaatory of his Assn rMaos. Mr. Taylor, we believe, is the eon M Pals tylat7, log., who took each a leading put in the Louisa agitation for the repeal of the corn laws. He is the sabre partner of the stows crape manufactory of Maws. Caisraisli and Co., of Carey-lane, Istikes. mad is well known to elillbseal phallism is Ms nestrepiisfkr his radical opi ate's. and the rink with whisk he as support them 'ldler whithSplasrunlheriseferst. Behaslissasspossilyselhisi to elleiwWmolt Is bassos • andliss Iler but bit larbsems asentleas Ct a bses ausmesse sad pisisabg to Skew him to ge prolissat. H. Is mew, we silsalani, mare at I= It INS 'Bibbed by Mr. Cows, la wing the re- Oat the smash "staid not enter esy oppomition to the pang ausabise a siesly personal grausde, end that they wadi Mu is as attempt to disturb Kam. Medians mad Ridley, melees the asadidate put up against them would vete der menbeed slangs With soy tactician attempt to the Ades meniben by a candidate who wonM go as %rater es the mediage "maim than they would, the Mien would has as eyinpuliy.—Neerossas aconite. Tim Lam Launnor 13. D. WILLOOORBT. It ghee as mach indleadea to elate that the Cart el Dl emote al Ole Let Las Cawies7, he asehiseellea it the tinwesieatie dor white the agile Lieseweat O. D. Wil loughby, of the Bawd Artlllary, met his drib st Delhi, essoisd, as a murk of emalsmesbe In whisk they hold the gallant awl melkosillsieg maim* of thee *Sew, to mat to his seas, les Basis WassOft, asisaisfy d ale city, an mashy of ewaveseelsi - the ewe of his we 's decesee.—Dalai Olaraitia PIEDMONT. The anniversary of the constitution was celebrated at Turin on the 10th with the accustomed pomp. The Via del Po and the Piazza Vittorio Emmannele were splendidly decked out, and the National Guard wu under arms at 8 a.m., the first legion being re viewed by their colonel, Prince Humbert, heir ap parent to the throne, who was received with loud cheers. At half-past nine, a solemn service was celebrated in the cathedral in the presence of the King and royal family, the high dignitaries of the state, deputations from the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the members of the diplomatic body, the municipality, and a vast con course of people; after which the King reviewed the National Guard in the Piazza Castello, and then returned to the pekoe with the hereditary prince, amidst enthusiastic cheering from the multitude. During the day all the museums were thrown open to visitors ; a great horse-race took place at 6 p,m. ; and the city was illuminated at night. MONTENEGRO. A letter from Trieste of May 8, in the ittutrian Correspotedersee, nays : " Bagnam has been occupied by about 2,000 Turkish troops. The inhabitants have fled, some to Budine di Niksich, others to Grahovo. It is stated that the Montenegrins have taken measures to put their frontiers in that direction in a state of defence." EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, MAT 6. M. Lampe is expected here to form his company for cutting through the Isthmus of Suez. It is said that the Divan will authorise the undertaking, con sidering it as a private enterprise. THE MEDITERRANEAN. Orsou ova owN YALTA, TRIIIIBDAT. The Peru pealed a wreck in 47 deg. 43 min. north latitude, and 6 deg. 48 min. west longitude. The British fleet is at Malts. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINAIMAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have re. osived the following dispatch from Marseilles this (Thursday) morning: " The steam-ship Encine, with thelealcutta and China mails, arrived at Marseilles at nine thin morning. " The mails left for London at ten." AMERICA. (iv =some 111.102A.PZ.) trios otra OWN 0011.111111PO1rrIDIT.) SOUTHAMPTON, TRI.YRIDAI. The United States mail steamer Arago has arrived. She left New York on the lit inst. SOUTHAMPTON, TROSIIDAT, Noox. The Saxonia has also arrived from New York with 450 passengers and advioes to the Ist inst. The Borussia and Kangaroo had arrived oat. The Kansas question has been settled. The Californian mails have arrived with li million dollars. Cotton was lees active, and closed dull. Flour and corn inactive. Provisions firm, and freights active. AMERICAN MAILS.— The steam ship city of Weahhigtms, Captain Wylie. sailed yesterday from Liverpool for Ni. York with about 60 eaten passengers sad a shies .all. The next dispatch will be by the Cueard Moaner Auk., which sails ca Saturday next. Lodes will be re ceived at the Liverpool rat-cam until 7.90 amt. es Satur day. with late feel mail S.lO, sad en the lending-stage IBM 9.30. LATFOT INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE, TURKEY, AND MI By a telegraphic despatch dated Vienna, Tuesday, May 11, we learn that the Turkish abeam-vessel, the Bilistria, and a ship of the line, with 3,600 men and 12 field-pieces on board, had entered the port of Meek. The Moniteur of yesterday contains the following article: "At a moment when the Powers, animated by a sentiment of peace and order, are occupied in com pleting and consolidating the work of the Treaty of Paris, it is with great surprise that we perceive Turkey taking up an attitude towards Montenegro calculated to cause new embarrassments. " The Ottoman Porte can neither appeal to incon testable rights nor urgent necessities in entering upon this course. " Two questions arise, the one whether the Porte has rights of suzerainty over Montenegro, and the other, whether osrtain districts occupied and ruled, sometimes by Ottoman authority and sometimes by the authority of the Prince of Montenegro, should be held to form part of the territory of this small country, or be united to the Turkish provinces. " On the first poinr, the Porte invokes the right of conquest ; it is, indeed, the only one which it can allege with the least semblance of truth, for between it and Montenegro no convention exists to support a right of suzerainty. But the fact of conquest is not converted into a real right except under certain conditions, the most essential of which is the per manent and continuous occupation of the conquered country, or at least its subjection u attested by acts of sovereign administration, such for example as the levying a tribute, the presence of a garrison, &o. Bat it is an historical fact that the Turks, although they may have sometimes attacked Montenegro with success, have never been able to maiatain themselves in that country : and it is also indisputable that for nearly • century Montenegro has been almost entirely closed against them. " We see, then, that the Porte cannot place its suzerainty with respect to Montenegro under the principle of the integrity of the Ottoman empire. And in this view of the subject one cannot help deeply regretting that after the sacrifices which certain powers made for her independence and in tegrity, Turkey should have allowed herself to attack the national existence of a small and feeble country. " It will be remembered that the chief Ottoman plenipotentiary at the Congress of Paris, while declaring that the Porte had no intention of altering anything in the actual status quo of Montenegro, made a reservation in favour of the suzerainty of the Sultan over that country, and that on that occasion Prince Daniel himself addressed the Powers which had subscribed the Treaty of Paris, in vindication of his rights to independence. Shortly afterwards the Prince came to Paris, though the government of the Emperor, so far from having encouraged that step, had, on the contrary, endea voured to dissuade him from it, wishing, in the interest of the Prince himself, to avoid everything that could give offence to other governments. The Prince, nevertheless, accom plished his journey, and the Emperor received with kindness the chief of a little state, which invoked his right in order to place himself under the protection of the Great Powers. Undoubtedly the existence of Montenegro is of little consequence to the balance of power in Europe; but when the weak invoke justice, it would be unworthy and un generous not to listen to them, and his Majesty received with interest the account submitted to him of the miseries of a Christian people and the suffer ings which they had so long endured for the main tenance of their faith and nationality, and was induced to promise his support in such measure as should be otherwise compatible with the just claims of the re spective parties. His Majesty's ambassador at Con stantinople was ordered to make a friendly represen tation on the subject to the ministers of the Sultan, and at the same time to call their attention to the necessity of bringing'about, if only provisionally, • territorial settlement between Turkey and Monte negro which should put an end to the sanguinary collisions which periodically arise between the two populations out of questions of the right of pastors and agriculture, and which are produced by the uncertainty of the boundaries. " Reduced to these terms, the overtures of France affected no question of principle; they constituted scarcely anything more than an act of humanity, and the Emperor'■ government found other cabinets disposed to concur with it at Constantinople. " However, troubles having broken oat in the pro vinces nearest to Montenegro, the Ottoman govern ment resolved to send troops thither to re-establish order. It moreover formally declared that the despatch of these forces was not a move ment against Montenegro, with which it in tended to employ only negotiation. Notwith standing these assurances, Ottoman troop wens phi/zed round about Montenegro, and, what is more serious, they prepared to march into the district of Grahevo, which is occupied by the Montenegrins. Admitting that in the intention of the Porte this in vasion of the territory was not intended as en attack upon Montenegro, it is evident that it might lead to an armed collision, and that it constitutes at least a violation of the atatu quo which the Porte had under taken by the month of its ambassador to respect. " The Emperor's government could not remain indifferent to this proceeding ; it made suitable re presentations at Constantinople, and it has invited the Powers to come to an understanding as to the means of preventing a conflict otherwise inevitable between the Turks and Montenegrins. Its advances have been received favourably, and England has made a proposition which has been gladly accepted at Paris, to the effect that the Great Powers shall appoint commissioners, who, in concert with an envoy of the Porte, shall proceed to a territorial arrangement based upon the .tutu quo existing at the date of the Treaty of Paris. " It is reasonable to hope that all the governments will rally to so moderate a proposition. Russia hes uniformly displ►yed too much interest in the wel fare of the Montenegrins to allow us to doubt of her assent ; and as for Austria, we are not permitted to doubt of her adhesion when we remember that in 1853 she made strong representations at Constanti nople, by the mouth of Prince Leiningen, in order to obtain respect for the territorial at till quo, at that time menaced by the march of troops under Omer Poch*. TURKEY. A letter from Brous& of the 21st tilt says:— "Daring the lut week we have had frightful weather here; rain has fallen incessantly night and day, rivers have overflowed, and communications with the interior are interrupted. Two days back, at three o'clock in the morning, we had a shock of earthquake, but it was not anything serious. Six hours later, we had a much sharper one, and it threw down three old houses and some walls. This morning, at about half-put three, we had two new shocks, and twenty-five minutes later a third, much Jogger and sharper. This last was followed by a who similar to distant artillery. The last three Auks were vertical." CHARGE OP WRITING 4 LBITIR TO XI QUERN. Mr. Austin Magri, an architect and builder, wed I has for some time past resided in Hereford, stiperinurdig the erection of a monastic edifice at Belmont, about a co* of miles from the city, has just been apprehended is am quince of having written a letter to her Majesty, planly tokening mental aberration of a dangerous dander. Mr. Maggs was apprehended on Tuesday night last, sae a warrant signed by a city magistrate, and issued by dire Hon of Sir Richard Mayne. Upon the eupenntendent of police reading the runt Mr. Maggs exclaimed, "Oh, a lunatic indeed: Was aen of your puppy Hereford magistrates that issued the yams against me" Upon being told that the instructions for his appestat had been Mit from London in consequence of hie hi* written a letter to the Queen, Mr. Megge said—" Wrote it , Of coarse I wrote it, and she ought to have answered it. would have been better if the Queen had answered Gst respectful manner." He subsequently stated that the iota was written a fortnight ago, and admitted that be en London on Saturday last. The following is a copy of the letter upon which the irs osediage are taken: " Hereford, 27th April. lilt. "To her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of few Britain, Ireland, and their colonies. " Your Majesty's humble and loyal subject showed, his through the mercy and grace of Almighty God he he during a period of 36 veers, been an obethent aed web subject of this realm, and moreover, for more than Ififwe now put he has been an humble servant rf a Most High God, and a p artaker of His grace, maniiniell him only beg men Son. Your Majesty's security also sheen that the all-wise and gracious God bee la ea repaid ieses manifested himself to him [the writer], and in such enstill, and ocatinuotte way as leaves him no alternative ha In MP to your Majesty to render rep to him your Majesty's dos! heed of the church. And in doing so it is from a sate Dominion of duty. Your Majesty will please toamint that this application is registered hi heaves, sad lOW.' be accounted for at the judgement east of our Lad. llt he happy to produce to your Majesty my credentials Christ's vice-gerent on oath, and challenge the onset to produce any other claim except my own to do office. In preferring my claim, your Majesty will pima l observe that it is from no sordid motive, but, on the other, merely for the glory of God, the welfare of your Wing people, and the stability of your throne. Wish* pi Majesty every happiness, both domestic and public, • lam, by the grace of God, " In your Majesty's service " AUSTIN ' Muse. " The prisoner was very violent on Timidity aiihe broke the furniture of the infirmary of the City Gel, wed he had been placed. He declared himself ready le same for writing th e letter to her Majesty " briars the OM i any one else " Oa Wedeeisday he was brought up before the Mayer Mr. T.T. Davies, end was remanded until Monday am, I inquiries to be made concerning his relatives, who rre laved to rankle at Bristol. A Youxo LADY Snot.—ln consequence el ih number of burglaries that have occurred in the uslghli•• hood of Shields recently the inhabitants of outlying' are armhig themselves for the defence of their lima Of party. On Tuesday a very serious accident arose iis the inessitiose see of firearms. Mies Noma Wass, rel the daughters of J. T. Wawn, Req., a Doylies ceml magistrate, residing at West Bolden, wan in one of the rooms at her father's residents when she found a pibd tried to dm it oat or the window, but it would set She supposed that it was empty and ran down ebbs ei She pat • fresh cep on It, and presenting it at the hid • compaalos, Miss Mum, ohs exclaimed, a Year stra•Jl goer life 1" Mks Niece bent her lead to saw ids ash! " Dan point it at um," sad he so &leg sand ber • Willy lad site attend the words whoa tits pieta Ade sad was disimeged Into bar shealler. eiztems whets 1 bola tidies oat of her shoulders, sad the rang Of recoverlig. Carew. PALA= Own Emus* ISI" WIDNISOLT, MILT 12 —Athablior• parealk r Milo by arm Wu* 266; totel, 1,664. Pr i