The Express. — London, England, 1861-05-27 00:00:00

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Herman Venn, Meadows, met Peeeer: IHea Ilaworthy sad Dies Heath. dIUTANNIA. MSTierneo. LILY (Yew; OR. Maidiase W. Cranford, L Ywnold. and d. law —ninains by Mr. W. M. Parkinson sad Mr. H. ny.iney —VII MYo4}Llool 81 , 1 nili. MICE Jacobs Widths Little Woadsr.—An d ZINGAMELLA. Mr.. 1 Hauser. MON WATZA AT LONDON' BRIDOX TO DAT --MATSU& Aftaniste. 4A. IF. Taissasow —Mamba 411. Atlonioce. SA. OIL LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 27. ON the last night of the last desultory debate onthe Budget the leader of the Opposition made what he himself would probably call an obscure and menacing allusion to the course he and his friends might think it right to take on the future stages of the Bill. And, if report speaks truly, this ambiguous utterance is to be interpolated ' by the action of the party in Committee to night. It is rumoured that Mr. D 1811.111.1 will this evening resist the resolutions relating to the Paper Duty, and that to meet the an ticipated division, • secret but most urgent whip has already been made amongst his followers. We by no means vouch for the truth of this report. No formal notice of any such opposition has been given. There is, indeed, nothing adverse to the Budget on the books, except the unfortu nate proposition which poor Mr. NZWDROATZ picked up after it had been contemptuously rejected by the leaders of the party. But even had a formal notice been given, this would have furnished no reliable index to the proceedings of the Opposition. The policy of the Tories on the Budget has varied so widely not only from day to day, but from hour to hour during the rune even- in& that until • division is actually taken it would be rash and precipitate in the extreme to predict I the precise point on which it would eventually be • made to turn. It cannot be denied, however, that the terms of Mr. DISRAILLI'S allusion to the ' resistance that might yet be offered to the Bill seem to favour the current report. Finding the I attack on the form of the Budget a failure, the I right hon. gentleman excused himself from oppos- I ing the second reading of the Bill on the ground of having assented to some of its resolutions. As • matter of fact, the Opposition assented not to some of the resolutions only, but to all that are contained in the Bill. But with an eye to future contingencies Mr. DI/MAUI deemed it expedient to except those relating to the Paper Duty, as having been framed under • reservation of right to discuss them at a future stage. "We at first " agreed," said the right hon. gentleman, Lin the last sentence of his speech, " to the passing of " the resolutions, in order that the Bill founded , upon them might be brought in, reserving to " ourselves the right —upon the occasion which " might seem to us proper and fitting, and is the " manner which we might deem the most judi- " dons, the moat conducive to the public interest, " and the best calculated to attain the end which "we desired—to challenge • policy which, speak " log generally, we entirely disapprove." We cannot honestly say that the right bom gentleman has hitherto been very happy either in the matter, the manner, or the time of his opposi tion to the Budget. But it is never too late to mend. The Opposition have lately had some fresh lessons in the school of political adversity, and it is possible they may have learnt wisdom from the painful experience. The resumption of the discussion will in • few hours show whether this is the case or not. Meanwhile a word of seasonable advice may be given. We protest on public grounds against any repetition of that purely factious opposition to the Budget of which Parliament and the country have had more than enough. If the financial propositions of the Go vernment are to be still further resisted, let the opposition be conducted with at lead some show of consistency and self-respect, some regard for parliamentary usage and public convenience. Hitherto these considerations have been treated with • reckless indifference which is fortunately rare in our parliamentary history. Mr. 0 Larerroare yea, indeed, perfectly right in stating that the course pursued by the Opposition is unexampled. We venture to say that no great party in this country ever attempted to resist an important Government I measure in a manner so frivolous, fluctuating, and contradictory. The grounds of objection have been, even in the same debate, not only altogether different, but so opposed as virtually to exclude each other. Almost as many contradictory objec tions were urged wither, were speakersto state them. Nor were these contradictions confined to the rank and file of the party. The leading speakers of the Opposition have contradicted each other quite as much as their subordinates. This probably explains the unusual heat and bitter resentment which Mr. LOrK6'll playful allusion to kite-flying excited in the breast of their leader. Mr. Disasmi was stung to the quick by this innocent allusion, and the unwonted display of personal feel ing betrayed his keen consciousness of its truth. The whole opposition to the Budget hitherto has, in fact, been little better than I a series of rather clumsy experiments in kite flying. In the first debate Mr. BARINO wee put up, with the watchword of "No surplus ;" but there being no favourable response in the House, he was summarily discredited by his chief. Then good Mr. Hoar/ALL was put up, to appropriate a larger surplus than the Government proposed to deal with. And now, it seems, an effort will be made to deny the smaller estimated surplus of the Government. The reasoning of the Opposition on the subject of the surplus is, indeed, like nothing so much as the celebrated American argument about the borrowed kettle. The lender complained that the kettle had been sent back to him with a hole in the bottom ; to which the borrower replied-1. That the kettle was sent back sound, without a hole in it at all ; 2. That the hole was there when it was burrowed ; and 3. That he had never borrowed the kettle. So taking the several steps in reverse order, the Opposition protest-1. That the surplus is less than the if oven ttttt , nt estimate, and therefore the paper duty ought not to be taken THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1861. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. I EXPRESS FROM PARIS. I off ; 2. That the surplus is greater than the Go-' vernment estimate, and therefore the tee duty ought to be taken off ; and 3. That there is no surplus at all. After a whole month in the very heart of the session has been wasted by the Oppo sition in the attempt to establish these contradio ' tory propositions, it is perhaps useless to make any appeal to their sense of consistency and self respect. But all impartial judges will agree with our contemporary the Economist in thinking that there should be at least "a decent consistency in " the tactics of a financial opposition, and that " essentially opposite lines of argument should " not be urged upon exactly the same question " without the least change in any of the critical " and essential circumstances of the case." But if in the eager pursuit of opposition in any form and at any price, the extreme section of hu for the time lost all sense of consistency and self-respect, the more sober and reflective members of the party may be re minded of what is due to parliamentary usage and public convenience. The Casircsuza of the Ex cuequait openly stated a fortnight ago that the revenue was suffering from the unexampled delays the Opposition had interposed to the passing of the Budget through Parliament. This surely ought to decide all right-thinking men against giving any further support to a purely dilatory policy. If any part of the scheme not yet practi cally decided by Parliament is objected to, let it be opposed, discussed, and settled without delay, and once for all. But at this period of the session, to strain the forms of Parliament simply for the purpose of rediscuasing a question already de cided, is a proceeding which the common senile of the country will regard as purely factions. Yet this is the kind of attempt which Mr. Disaaam's language hints at, and which rumour asserts will be made by himself and his party to night. The Opposition, it is said, will reopen the question of the Paper Duty. But that has already been decided by Parliament, se Lord P•zainurron reminded the House in his effective summary at the close of the last debate. " After a certain " amount of discussion," said the noble lord, " it " was generally admitted that there was a surplus. " That admission was made not merely in words " but by • motion, because those who began by " disputing the existence of a surplus ended by " proposing a greater reduction of taxation, which " would have absorbed a portion of that surplus. " That was a step in the progress. Then arose " the question as between tea and paper, and " great objection was raised, which was largely " and generally expreseed, to the repeal of the " paper duty; but discuision had its effect, and now " there is no dispute as to whether the paper duty "should or should not be repealed. There was " step the second very satisfactorily established." Mr. Disaami, according to the report, moans to reopen the question, and divide the House on the Paper Duty again. But if so he will not only ludicrously stultify his own party and contradict his own words, but what is far more important, he will violate • clearly established constitutional usage, and excite public odium by pertinacious eflort to retain a tax which the Government and the House have agreed to abolish. Ctu Court. OSBORNE, MAT a The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Vas of the Belgians, the Prime of Wale, the Coast of Fleadais, Prisms Alice, Princess 111111111111, Princess Legatee, sad Prime Arthur, weal out driving in open car riages yesterday. The Dueler of Athol., Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord Merles Fits• Boy were in atasodanoe. The university of Priaoraa Helena's birthday took place toity. MAT 26. The Prime 011111104, esoompanied by the King of the Belgians, the Prism al Wsles, and the Count of Flanders, sleamsd over to Portsmouth in the royal yacht Fairy yes terday thermos, sad returned to Osborne at eight o'clock. Dives service was portrayed at °Morse this morning More be, Majesty, the Prises Consort, the Prince of Wake, 1 1 14001111 Aline, Princess Rama, Primus Louise, and Prices Arthur. The King of the Belgians dee abseiled the esevise. The Wise and Gentlemen in Weltiog, sod the doom* house hold mere present. His Omod Ducal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse has twee attacked by measles, the symptoms of which first ar paired on the !thrd inst. The dieesse, which is of a mild character, la passing through its natural course, and the eruption is now disap pearing. The Duke of Newcutle arrived I. London on Friday eveaiag from his esat, Clamber Park, Notts. Despatches were'reosived cm Saturday at the Colonial eines trom the Goveraces of Gibraltar sod Newfoundland. Mal Dospatobto won mot to the GoveroGoat..of Canada and ta. We (Court Joionsal)believe that her Majesty and the Court will notate to Buckingham Palace as the 314 instant, to remain in town until the claws of the semen. Them will be two drawing rooms in June. It is sot likely tiers will be any state bell , yet we have very good reason to believe there will be a series of concert, at Buckingham Maui during the ensuing month, extending into July. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, stlmittiad by Gemeral Airey, Colonel Bingham, Colonel Jet. vain, sad Colonel Charter* visited the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, after the review at Shorocliffe, on Friday. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Vietoraf Hobenlohe, who an at present in Germany, are sot 'Needed to return to London before August. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Collates; de Flaluult entertained at dinner, on Satur day evening, at Coventry House, the Earl and Countess of Elgin, the Earl and Countess of &Woo, the Earl of Shel burne, Mr. and Mrs. John Leslie, Mr. Charles Growl's, Mr. Martholdi, Mr. Dutreill, Count Fahlen, &c. The Countess de Flahnult received a mall party later in the evening. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador and the Baronses Brazosow entertained at dinner, last evening, at Chaeham Hones, Sir John and Lady Crampton, his Excel lency the Chevalier d'lsturia, and the Chevalier Conte, Mr. Merry del Val, Mr. Chacon (of Herreira), Count and Cuuut. me Blaaluf, Count Fables), Mr. Sabouroff, Lc. The Duke of Kwlucar, with M. H. O'Shea, attache, and Madame O'Shea, hare arrived at the Bruns wick Hotel, Jermyo-street, from Madrid. The Earl Grauville arrived at him residence in Dratim-etreet, last night, from Paris, in which capital the noble Lord President bar been passing the Whitens holi days. The Earl and Countem de Grey and Ripon arrived in Carlton Gardens on Saturday, from visiting Lady Mary O►ner, at Newby Park, Yorkshire. Viscount Csiitlerosse has returned to Enb.n-place frown hie seat, Killarney, Ireland, where his lordship has pared the Whitsuntide rarer. Lord awl Lady Blantyre, who have been pasa lag the holidays at St. Leoasrda•ou.&a, returned to Orsreaor•pMes oe Saturday Lat. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Emily Peel return to tows to-day from Drayton Maaor, Stafford shim. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M. P. , will arrive at his °Metal residence in Downing *trent this after noon from Flintshirs. Mr. and Mew. Auguatua Frederick Thistlethwayte have arrived Ia Oroevesor•quare from visiting Lord and Lady Henry Chobsomleley in Hampshire. The Bishop of London will resume his usual Tasidar's levee after the Whitsuntide holidays on Tuesday. June 4. The Queen has presented the Rev. J. C. Car witben (rector of Chaßaeornbe, Devoe*hire) to the living of fitokentoim ; and the Rev. W. H. Omer, Conte of w oo dh ousts p m Leeds, to the living of Iletningbrough, near Hall. ITALY. It is stated in the correspondence of the Indi pewdance Beige that M. Cavour has received an invitation from the Emperor Napoleon to visit Paris after the closing of the session of the Italian parliament, and that the renowned statesman, after staying a short time in the French capital, will come on to London. The order given by the capitulary vicar to the clergy of Milan to abstain from participating in the national fete of the 2nd of June, which was the primary cause of the late disturbances, hes had a singular issue. In quitting Milan, where his pre sence disturbed public order, the capitulary vicar delegated his powers to a member of the chapter, M. Poltiggia, with ea injundion to maintain his instructions. M. Poltiggia having refused this office, but without inducing his superior to accept his resignation, the chapter has reassembled, and unanimously decided to accede to the municipal invitation to celebrate masa, and sing the "Te Ilium" in the dome on the occasion of next Sun day's fete. TURIN, MAT 25. The official Gazette of the Kingdom of Italy of to-day gives a denial to the report that the Italian government claims the right of depriving the bishops of office, and declares that nothing has been changed in the relations between Italy and the Pope, in reference to the bishoprics. THE DUKE OF MODENA AND Mit ARMY. A letter from Mantua in the Sentinel& Brea riot& says : The Modems, stationed In Friuli, to the number d 800, lately applied for their discharge from the duke, alleging that the term of their service had expired. The duke re plied that they mast wait three mouths longer, and that at the end of that time he would either return with them to Modena himself, or give them the discharge which they asked for. him OR owir PIRA SUNDAY EVININD. The departure of the court for Fontainebleau, which has been so long talked of and so repeatedly postponed, seems to be now really at hand. A racing journal, La Francs Hippique, says that Tuesday in this week is the day fixed, and that the court will stay a month it Fontainebleau. The Con stitutionnel mentions Thursday as the day of the de parture. Rumours of grand stag hunts continue to circulate, but these, I should think, can scarcely take plate if the hot weather of which we have now a promise should set in definitively. We are at length, and after an almost unprecedented inter val, enjoying real summer weather in Paris. Yes terday and to-day have been as fine as could be desired—clear blue sky, and soft western or southern breezes —warm, but without oppressive heat. There was no such weather during the whole of last summer. Apropos of Fontainebleau, some archeologists have been complaining that some of the groups of preadamite rocks in the forest, which are universally admired, have lately been injured by quarry diggers in search of building materials. The Emperor, petitioned on the subject, has ordered an inquiry. Happening to be at Palsy to-day I observed considerable commotion among the natives, and on inquiry about the cause, I was told that the " water had arrived." R appears that the artesian well of Pansy, at which works have been going on without any palpable result for I am afraid to say how many years, was at length visited by water this morning. M. MSWIIIIIIIIIIII hastened to the spot to observe the phenomena and publicly congratu lated the engineer, M. Hind, on his success. The Emperor visited the well at 2 o'clock this afternoon. I cannot yet learn anything definite about the great Masonic contest. Partisans of Murat write letters to the Conatitutionnel and Pays arguing the illegality of Prince Napoleon's election. There is a rumour that Prince Napoleon has resigned—if so, the cause must be that he resents the inter ference of the police. Murat claims to be still Grand Master and declares the election adjourned till October. Yesterday the Senate referred to the Minister of the Interior for consideration (that is to say, received favourably)a petition prompted by the unfair doings of the prefects at elections, and praying that the constitutional interval of twenty days may be strictly secured to the electors (in order to give them time to choose candidates) in all cases-departmental and municipal elections as well as in elections for the Corps Legislatif. This decision was come to against the reporter of the commission, Baron Lacrosse, who was warmly supported in his opposi tion by M. de Royer, late Procureur-General. The Preset has a leading article recapitulating the principal points of a remarkable letter from Frank fort lately addressed to the Daily News, which denounced, as to be apprehended, a new confedera tion of the Rhine, of which the members would be the French Emperor and the minor states of Ger many. While disclaiming any knowledge of the political secrets of either the French or German governments, the Prase says : We do know this—that France has no need to court the German sovereigns for the sake of her own aggrandisement. Sooner or later an event may happen which would very legitimately authorise her to claim an extension of territory. If, as a consequence of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, other states of Europe should become augmented in such a way as to prejudice the influence and interests of France— an eventuality which may be very near at hand—the object might be gained in a more worthy and honourable meaner than by the reconstruction of the confederation of the Rhine at the expense of German liberty. The above paragraph, although certainly not official or semi-official, is worthy of notice as an index of the current of ideas in France. The Em peror, whose policy I am afraid will never be con sistent with a state of quietude in Europe, has im pressed upon everybody about him the idea that, by hook or by crook, he means to have the Rhine frontier. The argumentation of the Prase now suggests a motive for the breaking up of the Turkish empire which the French official press has been lately advocating. PARTS, SATURDAY EVZNING. The most exciting news still comes, as it has been facetiously said, not from the Orient, but from the Grand Orient (grand masonic lodge). I am still unable to make out clearly whether the moat lamentable interference of the police yester day was a coup made in the interest of Prince Murat or Prince Napoleon. The journals are very chary of information. The Pays, however—. which, of course, supports Prince Murat. because he is in this instance the representative of bigotry, intolerance, and lawless tyranny—says that the election of a grand master has been postponed till October by a decree of Prince Murat issued "in consequence of a decree of the Prefect of Police." This statement would infer that Murat's thoroughly infamous conduct has been patronised by the government. But I find in the Opinion Nationale a document tending to show that, notwithstanding all the illegal and shameless acts of Murat, the election of Prince Napoleon still stands good. The deputies of the Legislative As sembly of the Grand Orient declare, by a mani festo, dated May 24, that all the recent acts of Prince Murat are tainted by the manifest inten tion to maintain himself in office at any cost (ptand mime), and to provoke per manent agitation in the craft. They pro test against his interested and illegal inter ruption of their masonic labours as regards financial and other matters, but declare that they have effectually elected Prince Napoleon grand master of their order. The bill relating to the press has been adopted by the Council of State, and is expected to come on for discussion iu the Corps Legislatif on the 3rd of June. The statement of the Temps that Mire's case wax referred for trial to the Tribunal of Correctional Police is contradicted. The Opinion Nationale says that the " instruction is not yet terminated." It adds that the complaints of Mires and his friends of his long preventive imprisonment have been listened to in a lii.;11 quarter, and that a wish (I sup pose a command ix meant) has been expressed that the report of the accountant judicially employed shall be made not later than June 5, and that the trial (before whatever jurisdiction may ho ultimately decided upon) may tome on not later than the 10th or 15th. All this is " passing strange," and difficult to reconcile with any notions of a re gular and impartial administration of justice. The plain question which must occur to every mind is this—What possible occasion can there have been, supposing the prosecution of Mires to have been conducted iu a straightforward manner, for any special iqterference of the Emperor ? Thu elevation of M. Stourni, the Postmaster- General, to the dignity of a senator will probably be followed by the resignation of his office. The Bourse was dull and without any marked feature. The Rentals closed at yesterday's prices, 69.40 for account; and at the same figure, being a rise of 15c., for cash. Mobilier fell 1.25. Rail ways remain without change of any consequence. On Saturday the Emperor and Emprees of the French paid a visit to the " Trireme " which is lying at the port of 8t Cloud, and which took a trial trip down the river as far as Neuilly and hack. The Jaws IN Pauses.—A letter from Berlin says :—" It appears from a declaration made by the Minister et Public lustruction in the Committee on Petitions, that Jewish professon will be admitted into the colleges. Tbey cannot, however, be appointed except in such establishments as have not a special confessional character. It Is mid that Jews are NW about to be allowed to exercise the functions d *ISM" SAXONY. No little surprise has been caused in Saxony by the seizure of the government organ, the Leipaic Gazette. This measure appears to have been pro voked by a very strong article directed against the Prince Napoleon, relative to his dispute with the Due d'Auniale. When the news of the confiscation became known, there was a rumour that it was owing to the demand of the French minister. " But,"says the Augsburg Gazette, " our information authorises us to contradict this rumour in the most formal manner. It was the Saxon minister who, on his own account, and by the immediate assent of the Brunt ministry, caused the journal to be seized. The incident has caused great sensation, because it is certainly the first time that a government has seised its own organ." SYRIA. A Berlin telegram, dated Saturday evening, states that a fresh note of M. Thouvenel relative to Syria has been received, and that it is couched in very conciliatory terms. It is stated to recom mend to the powers represented at the conference at Constantinople, the choice of a native prince for the government of the Lebanon. The cabinet of Berlin is said to take the same view, but with the condition that the Porte consents. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Roumain Monikur of the 13th inst. contains the list of a new ministry for 'Wallachia. The fol lowing are the names : President of the Coun cil and Minister of the Interior Justice Finances Worship and Educa tion Foreign Affairs Public Works War The detailed explanation of these appointments will be looked for with interest by all who are con oerned for the peace and prosperity of the new Christian state of the Lower Danube. The in coming ministry, as the names given above show, is Boyard, ultra-conservative, and anti-unionist. It is supposed that the Porte must have refused to fulfil' its promise by sending an Edict of Union. It will not be surprising if public tranquillity is dis turbed in consequence. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH AT PEKIN. Mr. Brace arrived at Pekin on the 26th of March. (azoTzz'ot TnzaRAAL) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, NAT 26. An inquiry has been instituted by the Criminal Tribunal of the Vorarlberg, with reference to the fanatical persecution of the protestant' by the people in that province. SPAIN. MADRID, MAT 23. The Court of Spain will maintain a representative near Francis 11. so long an be remains in Italy. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAT. The Royal Mail steamship Australasian arrived here at 9 a.m., embarked mails, gers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 4.15 p.m. All well. QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY. ThelLiverpool,New York, and Philadelphia Coin pany's steamer City of Manchester, from New York on the 11th inst. has arrived. She brings 44 cabin and 124 steerage passengers. She passed the American ship Belvidere, the Black Prince, Thamitta, and steamship America. The news by the City of Manchester has bean anticip►ted. MADEIRA. 80UT/I.llf ETON, SATURDAY. The Royal Mail Ateamship Derwent, from liliatkiirs, pawed Hurst Castle at 1.15 p.m. to-day. The hadipetadasee states that Prince Napoleon ban minced the Grand Mastership of the Freemasons, and that th►t poet will be provisionally filled by M. Doumet, member of the Corps Lsgialatif for the department of the Herault. The exports of grain from San Francisco con tinue on an extraordinary scale. At the last date eight ships were preparing to rail with cargoes of wheat for Eng land, and at the earns time two were loading for Australia, . 64 , f ar the °ape, one for British Columbia, and one with barley for New York. The next steamers to arrive from America ere the Hennepin the City of Baltimore, and the North Ame rican, all of which were to leave on the 18th. It is amerted that in mioisterial quarters there was a strong expectation that a battle would be fought at some spot between Rich mond in Virginia and Washington before May 22. Mr. G. L. Lennon Hunt, her Majesty's Consul at Puerto Rico, has been appointed consul at Pernambuco, Brasil. Yr. H. A. Cowper will named Hr. Hunt at Puerto Rico. INDIAN RAVINE RELIEF FUND. —The total sum received in aid of the Indian Famine Fond up to Saturday dt ermoo was £1,7971.111., of which 2,6001. has been re ceived during the put week. By the mail which leaves to day for Bombay 6,0001. Ina been sent to Sir G. Clerk Governor of Bombay, to be distributed by him as he may think beat. INDIA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we receive de spatches from Calcutta to April 22 ; Madras, April 27. The news from Calcutta is five days later than that received via Bombay. This mail brings to England the report of the commission which has been sitting in Calcutta to arrange the details of the amalgamation of the armies. It was finally amended and approved of by the Supreme Council on the 19th ult. The General Order which was published on the 22nd inst. occupies fourteen of the large columns of the Englishman in small print. Mr. Laing was to produce the budget of 1861-2 and make his financial statement in the Legislative Council on the 27th ult. In a debate in the Legislative Council on the 20th ult., the Chief Justice questioned the power of the Governor-General in Council to make grants of crown land in India without the orders of the Secretary of State in Council. Sufficient funds have been raised in India to meet the wants of the famine-stricken districts up to the end of July. Should the rains then fail it ia said the calamity will be terrible. The Scinde Railway has been thrown open as far as Kotree, 110 miles from Kurrachee. A special train started on the Bth, and general traffic com menced on the 18th tilt. The Governor of Madras had gone to Calcutta to sue the Governor-General. A new planet has been discovered by the Madras government astronomer. It is to be called Asia. This is the first discovery of the kind ever made in India. Honorary magistrates are to be appointed in the North West Provinces. CHINA. The following is from the summary of the China Mail of April 15 : The general tenor of the news for the past fortnight is of • pleasing kind. The subject that continues to public attention is the Yang-Use River. The expedition under Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope has done it, work, and, as mentioned in our last overland, the river is open to British trade ' and an expedition under Commodore &rib blip( is about to start with a view of making the neeessary arrangements for that of America. It will be recollected that • deputation from the Shanghai Chamber of Com merce accompanied our expedition by invitation of the ad miral, in order to report upon the commercial prospect, of the Yang-Use. Agh meagre in details, it is perhaps as full as the circumstances allowed, and in other respects it is very well written. Out of much obscurity, k silt be coafessed that a gleam of hope shines pretty clearV far the future trading prospect* of this stream, but the presence of the rebels on both of its banks throughout so large a district of country is simply unfortunate. Aa the state of the in "urgent cause is pretty dearly exhibited by our COM. spondee& letters, its not necessary to refer to it here. Nothing whatever has recently transpired to alter the opinion we expressed two weeks ago, that the re bellion was a grievous curse upon the land, pos sessing as it does no redeeming feature to attract the approval of an outside spectator. It will be seen from the accounts that the navigation of the Yang taze-kiang presents comparatively few difficulties. The Poyang lake, however, has not come rap to the expectations that were formed of it. It is shallow throughout , with the exception of the river's bed that traverses it, so that without an experienced pilot the waters of that lake are not very well available for trading vessels. The expedition, it is understood, found the assistance of Mr. Parkes most valuable ; and this not merely owing to his knowledge of Chinese, but to his indefatigable, perseverance in seeking for information. As regards Japan, there is nothing to indicate any change in the state of affairs mentioned in Let Overland Nail. There seems to be on all sides a desire to avoid the nns takes which, twenty years ago, we made in dealing with their neighbours the Chinese. The system of always ap pealing to anus is beginning to be felt as not only unjust, but also as profitless, and this bat consideration is at length beginning to have its own weight. The English public will, for some time to come, preserve their acquaintance with Japan through the medium of the illustrated press, an artist having set out on a professional tour through that pleasant land. H.M.& Actaeon will leave this place shortly upon a cruise of survey round about the Japan Wands, and will do for those waters what the Saracen has done for the Malay Archipelago. The appointment of Mr. Laurence Oliphant as Japanese Secretary of Legation is likely to result in good, that gentleman's abilities and principles equally fitting him for such a situation. Thepastf;ririgiatadde little to our intelligence from Pekin. The Emperor, by the hat edda. , wee soon es. panted to revisit the capital. THE GREAT EASTERN. By the Adriatic, vid Galway, we have received New York journals of the 14th instant. The particulars of the outward voyage of the Great Eastern are fully chronicled. The trip occupied nine days and thirteen hours, and would have been quicker but for a severe gale on the 6th that., which necessitated an abandonment of her regular course for a while. This gale amounted to almost a hurri cane, and caused the great ship to roll in a manner which had not been anticipated. Tables, chairs, &c., which were not screwed down wore overturned, an thrown together in a broken heap. The ship behaved admirably, and, although she was often covered with spray, it was quite impos sible for any sea to overleap her lofty aides. The beat day's run was 348 miles. A speed of 14 knots an hour was several time exceeded, but on the whole voyage an equal average was not reached. Sails were found to be of little or no service, and their use was discarded. The almost ab solute safety of the ship, and the unparalleled comforts she affords were fully demonstrated during the voyage. The New York Times says : It 4 now definitely andentood that the ship will be offered for male to the government as a transport ship, but should a sale not be negotiated she will accept of a charter for that service. The government will, no doubt, imme diately avad itaelf of the opportunity to obtain so desirable an addition to their mesas of offensive operations. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAT 16. The cotton market is srm. Middling Upland. 141. Flour dull. An active business doing in wheat for export. Good qualities are firm, but iuferior declining. Corn un changed. NEW ORLEANS, MAT 15. Wes of cotton to-day, 1,500 toko; ntoldliog, to 11k. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMO- TION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. A distinguished and fashionable company aaaem bled on Saturday evening, on the invitation of the Pneident and Council of the association at a roarer/a:Mac, held in the rooms of the South Kensington Museum. By permis sion of the Committee of Council on Education and the trustees of the National Gallery, the art galleries, the edu cation museum, the food collection, and the animal producta museum were all thrown open. and afforded ample scope for promenade, while their valuable contents supplied sub *t matter for amusement an I instruction at every step. Tur ner's magnificent pictures, and the masterpieces of Leslie, Cooper, Mediae, Roberts ,: Landseer, Jones, and others of our most eminent modern artists which remnant, the fine art collections of the Museum, show to great advantage in the bright but not overpowering artificial light by which the gal leries were illuminated, and the brilliant effect of the vista was on Saturday night not a little enhanced by the hundreds of elegantly Attired ladies who, moving through the rooms in • continued stream, gave life and animation to the scene. Lord Shaftesibu y i, as president of the association, as sisted by the Right Hon. J. Napier, vice-president, and Mr. Hastings, the secretary, received and welcomed th e visitors as they were anuoueemL Lord Brougham was amongst the early arrivals, and we also observed the Bishop of Durham and the two Misses Vflliers, the Bishop of Manchester, Sir T. Troubridge, Sir J. Wiuningtoo, Vice-Chancellor Bir W. Page Wood. Mr. C. Foster, M.P., Mr. Serjouit Shea, Mr. E. Chadwick, Mr. Barnard Holt, Mr. George Cruiksbank, Rev. C. M'Kensie, &c. The band of the Middlesex En. gieeer Volunteers attended, and performed various sirs and marches at intervals during the miming. It is proposed to place three stained glass win dows in the chapel of Bens/mope College, Oxford University, to the memory of the late Rev. F. W. Robertson, of Brigh ton. To honour a name so well-known and so well-loved by thousands of English Christians belonging to all parties in the church, many will rejoice to contribute. The sub scription list already shows a goodly number. Subscriptions will be received by Mr. C. Coldwell, of Braaenose College. " Argun," of the Morning Post, predicts DUNDEE as the winner of the Derby. "Should the slightest acci dent or mistake, however, occur to him, then I should have no fear of Kimikoff occupying the vacancy. Next to this pair I shall expect to find Dictator and Royallieu." CITY or LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OT Yli Cesar , VICTORIA-PARIC.--The number of patients re- Dived at this institution during last week was 1,187, of which 900 were new cases. WRECKS AND CASUALTIES IN 1860. This morning an abstract was presented to Par. liament of the returns made to the Lords of the Co& mittee of Privy Council for Trade of the wrecks and casualties on or near the coast of the United Kingdom from the Ist of January to the 31d of December, 1860. We regret to state that the year 1860, having been al. most unprecedented for • continued succession of bad weather, the number of wrecks and easualtiee from mute other than collision is greater than it was during either of the preceding eight years. The number is 186 above the an nual average for six Tears, or 1,081 against 1,067, in 1839. Whilst, however, wrecks and stranding, have increased, collisions have decreased, being 298 against 349 in 1839, The whole number of assualties of all hied', including col lisions, is 37 less than the number recorded in 1859, bat it is 146 above the anneal average for six years. Although the number of wrecks and stranding; has been greater than usual, the lose of life has been less ; the number of lives lost in 1860 being under me-third of the number lost in 1869, and 264 under the annual average for nine years. The numbers for 1859 and 1860 are 1,645 and 536. The great low of life during 1859 was mainly attributable to the law of two or three fine passenger ships, and the daurease in the number of lives lad in 1860 is owing to the absence of the loss of any large ships under similar circumstances. In 1859, 870 lives were lost in two casualties alone, viz., the wrecks of the Pomona and the Royal Charter, whilst in 1860 the greatest number of lives lost in any me casualty was 37, and the next greatest number 31. On reference to the table, distinguishing the cargo of the ships, it is seen that the number of casualties to ships of the collier class, (i.e. ships carrying coals, coke, ores, and stone in bulk) is below the number for the last year, although, as is usual, it exceeds the number of casualties to all other descriptions of ships put together. For the pur pose of comparison, the number of casualties to each de scription of ship during the last two years nay be bristly stated as follows :--Colliers, lade; 1859, 506 ; 1860, 479 ; ditto, light, 1859, 71 ; 1860, 60; iron and copper ore, 1859, 130; 1880, 93 ; stone, he., 1850, 82; 1860, 83• total, 1,504. Timber, 1860, 61; 1860, 76; other laden vessels, 1869, 376; 1860, 338 ; other veoWs in ballast, not colliers, 1859, 148; 1860, 724 ; passengers, 1859, 42 ; 1880, 26 ; total, 1,29 L Grand total, 1859, 1,416 ;1860, 1,379. This shows thattlie total number of casualties in the two years is 2,795, and that of this number 1,504, or considerably more than half hap. meted to ship* of the collier class. The classes of ships to which cawaalties most frequently happen on our coasts are the., between 50 and 300 tons burthen, employed in carrying anal, coke, ores, and stow. The experience of the plat eleven yeses shows that the most serious wrecks, re- Salting in the greatest loss of life, do not happen, as was supposed, on the north-east coast, but in three seas and channels mostly frequented by large foreign-going ships. The toted number of lives lost from shipwreck during 11 years has been 6,683. The greater portion of casualties happen with the force of the wind at and under 8 (fresh gale) or under circumstances is which • ship, if seaworthy an d properly manned and found, ought to be well able to keep the sea. The numbers are as follow :—With the force of the wind at and under 8, i.e. from " mini to fresh pie," 73L With the fora of the wind from 9to 12, i.e. from " • to • hurricane," 648. The peat increase ftuniiBs galei collisions is attributed by the Beard of Trade to the increased number of rather Shea to any actual increase in the collisions= selves. At the aid of 1860 the number of lifeboats sta. timed on the coast was 173, against 158 in 1859; 91 are under the management of the National Lifeboat Institu tion, but are subsidised by the Board of Trade, and 5 are subsidised by the board direct. Of the remainder, 19 are maintained by the institution and 58 by local bodies. The mortar and rocket apparatus is maintained in • very effective state ; there has been an increase of 17 in the number of stations during the past year ; many of the ex isting stations have been removed, and the appoint& has in many cases been renewed and remodelled. Through the energy and seal of the officers and men of the Coast Guard service, great proficiency has been attained in working the apparatus from the shore. It does, however, sometimes trthat after a communication is effected, the crew are IT to use it from ignorance of the working of the apps. rains, notwithstanding the means taken to make it known by circulation of handbills, by inserting the directions in ship's logs, by exercising the apparatus in the presence of merchant seamen where possible, and by examining masters and mates in its use and application when when they are peeing for certificates of competency. The payments by the Beard of Trade direct, for rewards and gratuities and for services at wrecks, amount to 9181. Bs. 6d.; and the expenses of maintaining the mortar and rocket:sippe r/40s to 2,4161. 15e. Bd. ; being • total payment of 5,8811 17s. 5d., for saving sod endeavouring to save life during the year 1860. The mortar and rocket apparatus and life boats cannot be over-rated as means for saving life. During the last six years no less than 8,205 lives bays been reed on the coast by assistance from the shore. The num ber last year thus saved was 1,383, there being 110 We ' boats and 233 seta of mortar and rocket apparatus. The number of lives saved during 1860 on on near the coasts of the United Kingdom of which reporta have been received was 2,152 against 2,332 in 1869. The number saved, with more or less risk, by assistance from the shore during 1860, was 1,383, or nearly two-thirds of the whole number saved. The life boats saved 326 lives, being greatly in excess of the number saved by lifeboats during the two previous years. And the mortar and rocket appa ratus saved 408 Itves. The remainder (viz., 635) were saved b 7 fishing.boate, mach; ,kc., at sea, and fourteen by intli. &dual exertions of a meritorious character. The return bears date the 12th of last month. THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. This morning the report of the progress of the ordnance survey and topographical depot for last year, was presented to parliament. In the report of the progress of the ordnance survey to the 31st December, 1859, it was stated that the six northern counties of England which have been ordered to be surveyed on the larger scales of six inches and '45 inches to a mile, would be finished during the year led°, but in consequence of the very numerous and extensive surveys which have been ordered for purposes connected with the defences of the country, and upon which 390 surveyors and dreftsmee have been employed, the prigress in the north of England has been greatly retarded, and the surveys of Northumbee., laud and Cumberland ere still unfinished. The progress of the survey was also greatly retarded by the almost tumor cedentad wet summer and *old severe winter. The ma grass of the survey of Sootland, and of the feVlll4lO of the northern counties of Ireland, bee been also greatly retarded by the same causes, a portion of the surveyors and drafts men for the military surveys having been taken from the parties employed in those parts of the kingdom. The sus veys of the counties of Dumbarton, Stirling, and Clack• manners were finished last year, and the survey is now proceeding in Perthshire and Forlarthire, and these coun ties will be finished during the fireweed year leel-2. The revision of the county of Armagh has been finished during the last year, and the revision le now in progress in the county of Louth. Numerous plans on the 1.2500 scale. replotted from the original survey, have been made during the last year for the Landed Estates Court, thr judges of the court having found from experience that for the reel' testier) and transfer of property, plans on this wale, and made under the authority of government, arc absolutely necessary ; but the entire cost of replottiug these plans is paid by the court out of the proceeds of the sides of the estate. Twenty-one plans of sites for forts and batteries have bees prepared on the 1-500 scale, with contours at ii feet vertical intervals, to be used in planning the works, in edilition to military surveys on the9-ZOO sealeorhich have been in pro. gross at Chatham, Dover, Harwich, the Isle of Wight, Loudon, Newhaven, Pembroke, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Shoreham, and Torbay, and which are Co.. structed on the lame system and th e same scales as those adopted for the ordnance survey of the kingdom. "It is of great importance," save Colonel denies, " now that we are about to complete the survey of Northuniherlatel and Cumberland, that the question of extending the caducei' survey to the remaining three-fourths of England and Wales should be taken into consideration during the ree• seat maims of parliament, because if the molested survey is to be extended over the remainder of the country it should be undertaken at once, and whilst we have susd mirably trained body of surveyors nod druft.nicu for the perfurmauco of the work. All parties appear to be : s igned as to the importance and necessity of having a court ni this country analagous to the Landed Estates Court in Irelands to give facilities for the transfer and registration of Po' perty, and every lawyer knows how important to the w.a• tog of such a court is an accurate survey mode under the authority of government; it has, been experimentally proved in Ireland, and will undoubtedly be also proved so here." DR. TEMPIM—The Rev. Dr. Temple, hemlmaster of Rugby School, preached yesterday afternoon at the Temple Church. Tax UN I vaunt" or Lori Dox.—When the Univer sity of London was named as a new constituency in the Reform Rill of last session a requisition was presented to Bir John Roniilly, Master of the Rolla, signed by upwards of RIO graduates, requesting him to allow himself to be put In nominatioo for the university. The answer of Sir J ohn Hominy was in the af fi rmative, and the metropolitan wut.' l * dry justly prided itself on the near probability of psoco.ug a representative of so illustrious *descent, and so illndrious in his own person. The fate of that project in known to &IL The university, however, has now strong hopes that oiled the four vacant seats will be allotted to it, suit the friend' d Sir J. Romilly. who may be said to include the entire lowa. Mg and liberality of that body, are once more in the field to procure his election in case the event in question should take place. A meeting was accordingly held at the Fnew a soni Tavern, on Friday night, and a residution was passed thereat reviving the former election committee of DM, as an .. , Mu' five committee, to take such steps as may seem advinible to bring Sir J. Hominy forward us a candidate in case the "mat" is conceded to the university.—Obscrrcr. .The ofb Iwo 5 .1711. • tabo o . Mr. n Hieb *tea he he had Tbe eer ; months. ;I ch ap, DA[ tie the coax sctic for t It by but tl i &Chi now. k 4 plain Febr July of tb Hi titled the d cue. Th Ix iu TIN antic InMew race, oeßter Nu of op fraud resort not a own secure &dna, gators his pr dose. wives curnst, credit assets neousl in in to ad M r: