The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. GENTLEMEN,—Ou the announcement of Mr. Wigram's resignation: of the represen t a tion of the 'u n iversity of Cambridge betng made public, I was invited by a numerous requisition of influential Members of the Senate to offer myself for the vacant Seat. Regarding this invitation as a recognition that my public life hitherto has been such as to earn the confidence of the requisitionists, I did not hesitate to place myself in their hands as candidate for a distinction which may reasonably be considered as a due acknowledgment of past services. After a careful canvass of the Electors, and acting by the advice of my Committees, I proposed to my opponent, Mr. Belwyn, that we should submit our promise-books to the arbitration of Mr. Walpole, in order to spare the University the inconvenience of a prolonged contest. Mr. Selwyn con senting, the reference took place, and Mr. Walpole has advised me not to proceed to the Poll, although the numbers and he character of the promises which I have received are such as to make me glad that I entered upon this contest, rather than secured any other less distinguished seat. I therefore bow to this recommendation, and I retire into privacy. If, however, the day shall, come when Cambridge needs a representative who will honestly, sedulously, and in dependently watch over the interests of religion and learning as connected with the University, as the chief occupaton of his public life, and the highest object of his personal ambition, I am ready at the call. With the expression of the warmest gratitude to those Members of the Senate who have reposed their confidence in me, and with a full expectation that I may hereafter conciliate still greater support, I am Gentlemen, With great. respect, Your faithful and obedient servant, A. J. B. BERESFORD HOPE. Arklow House, Connaught Place, April 26, 1859, THE OPERA-COLONNADE HOT EL (late -a- Feuillade's), Charlo7street, Haymarket, IS NOW OPEN. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V: King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. rHEA TRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. I Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS will be performed the new and original Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The by Messrs. Compton, BuCkstone, Howe, W. Far charactersren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, SLc. After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs. Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright, Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leelercq. . And A. DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, Billington, Toole ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims. After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. 3. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Alr. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and Arden Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles foiled. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ? supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and Miss M. Tetuan. Commence at 7o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. SPLENDID EASTER NOVELTIES. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular work, entitled IVANHOE; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic Tempie,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts, Victories, and Achievements in extraordinary magnificence. Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway; Richard of England, Mr. Herbert; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introdnoing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the greatest equestrian in the world : together with Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the Farce of BATHING. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £l4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips OANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY, IVestminster-road.—Open at Seven. EVERY EVENING during the week will appear THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.95. WIND, E. ; very high wind, and cloudy weather. The plot is thickening rapidly. The conspiracy against the peace of Europe will speedily be deve loped. We can now understand the causes which led to the proposal for THE BUBBLE CONGRESS, and the appearance of Russia at the critical moment when the mediation of England would have pre served the general tranquillity, and averted the impending hostilities. Russia has never for a moment ceased to remember the conduct pursued by Austria during the late war, and, true to her ancient traditions—mindful of. the policy inculcated in the will of PETER—She would gladly see any one of the great Powers .reduced in •posi tion, and, if possible, erased from the map of Europe. It is now positively asserted that an alliance, offensive and defensive, has be.n concluded between France and Russia, and that in consequence thereof Ru.3Sia. is to make her first mobilization of four corps d'armee, two of which are to be advanced- towards the Austrian, and two towards the Prussian frontier. It now appears that the conspiracy has been a considerable time maturing, and that the proposal for the Bubble Congress was but a portion of the deep laid scheme! It was clearly understood that no beneficial result could be achieved, but time would be given to France and Russia to complete their preparations, and to come into the field with what they fondly imagined to be irresistible force. We have not, at all 'events, been in any degree hoodwinked. On the 18th of April The Sun con tained the following P-aragraph in its leading column :—" The fact may turn out to be that each of the great Powers; as they please to term themselves, is trying to outwit its fellow by: throwing dust into its rival's eyes for the ostensible benefit of m an ki n d, but in reality for its own ends. Russia has the merit of proposing • ,a Congress for the sake of Peace! and backs its quiet suggestion by asking for a loan of some twelVe millions, in order the better to preserve the peace ! The believers is despotism see no harm in this modest proposal, resting fully satisfied with- -the -extreme moderation of the EMPEROR of all, the slaves, from Finland to Siberia, and the far regions to the East ; while others, more seemingly awake, suspect there's a screw loose somewhere between the paddle-wheels of St. Petersburg and the• Tuileries. In other words, they fancy that the idea of the Congress is only t• gain time for the ice to melt in the cold regions of the Baltic, so as to. let out the fleet cooped up in Cronstadt into, the• milder waters of the Mediter ranean, or, it•inay be, into the more congenial im pregnability 'of Cherbourg. That feat o nce achieved, Jolt's Butt, may begin to open his eyes and look around• in wonder, but not in dismay, for J o jis's British pluck will then assume the true blue of defiant independence, and the Minister of the day, whoever he be, may look out for squalls of no ordinary retribution." How fully . and completely has this prediction been verified! . .. How clearly were the views and intentions of" the Emperor of all the Slaves from Finland to Siberia, and the far regions of the East" exposed. He has been compelled to cast aside the mask a little sooner than he had antici- . ,-. ;.- I le l , , 0. •-- a_ . •`.... A ..!....,-,.,--- ) - 1 ; 441 g, -- .1- ,7, . i'. ...,, 1 "1; rillis-2kli .-:- ', _, ' i',"X . 11,4 -', '' 4;: • ' - •' 4- ••••'" - .D7. i., • a - ..• ••••.:4&. :`-- ",:- ,• „ '! . NI FFT, '' • NAMllatire::(o,o 6 ' ^-: ~ m r 11 11 6,1 1. „,, . 15; r , ~ ,'a! . - •.!! ~,w v ,,, . ., ' t- - -----., THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1859. pated, but it is now manifest that a thorough un- derstanding has long been arrived at between the despots of St. Petersburgh and the Tuileries. these are the men who have assumed arms in the cause of Italian freedom (!) Many abuses. have ' been perpetrated in the name of liberty, but never perhaps was it so greatly desecrated as on the present occasion. The Trojan Prince and Priest exclaimed when the horse containing the armed soldiers was received with unwise acclamations. " Tiineo, Danaos, et dona ferentes," And every prudent Italian may well dread the constitutional freedom tendered by the Imperial Autocrat. Once more we Quote from our prophetic article of Monday week. We there said :—" If coming events cast their shadows before, Louis NAPOLEON has shadowed forth the course of time; according to his reading of the book of fate. His new year's gift to Austria may prove a bitter pill to Europe under the patriotic badge of liberty to Italy. Yes ! liberty to the. Italians—poor slaves as they were—made poorer slaves by the very man who, professing freedom at the head of some 'forty millions of Frenchmen, sent an army to put down freedom in Rome in order to propitiate the rancour of priestcraft ! And this is our august ally !—the snake . who keeps coiling around us the more stealthily to betray ! But, not feel ing too secure in his own power, he wants to make assurance doubly sure by enlisting the willing aid of a kindred despot. And England is all the while cajoled by the semblance of mode ration by the bubble of a Congress! Well, it may turn out all right,' but we much fear that we shall awake some fine morning and find all in the wrong' to be the order of the day. Once more we warn our watchmen to be more wide awake, and keep their powder dry." We now find to our cost that " all in the wrong" is the order of the day, and that notwithstanding the energetic and firm proceedings of the British Government, the plan 'was too deeply laid to be averted by any merely human foresight or exertion. We believe that Austria had, even at the eleventh hour,once more agreed to accept English mediation on the terms indicated by Lord. DERBY in his brilliant oration at the Mansion House. She was well air are that the proposed Congress was nothing better than " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare," intended merely to exhaust her resources, while France and Russia were arming for the strife. But she had faith in British honour and British justice; and, although aware that on some points the decision must be adverse to her untenable pretensions, she was willing to yield with a good grace, provided the judgment was pronounced by England. Louis NAPOLEON aspires to military distinction. Italy is a more convenient field than the Crimea, and he will have plenty of experienced " dry nurses" to give him the benefit of their advice and assistance. He is making extraordinary efforts to fill the role which he has assumed. A loan of 500,000,000 francs (X 20,000,000) has been already announced. As usual, the great moderation (!) of the EMPEROR has been insisted on. He only makes war because he has " been forced and constrained so to do by the aggressive conduct of Austria." This is a repetition of the lupine- argument when a casus belli was desired against the lamb. It will not, however, deceive any disinterested and unpre judiced person, either in France or throughout Europe. The recent treaty with Russia is the deep blot that stains the entire transaction, and clearly indicates the animus by which the Emperor NAPO LEON has been influenced during his warlike pre parations. _ _ It is possitively asserted that France has already taken the first step, and that the French troops have already arrived in the Sardinian waters, and violated neutral territory in Savoy. The EMPEROR, too, is starting for the frontier in order to take the command in person, and to prove that the mantle of the First NAPOLEON has descended to himself. There is, however, no Imperial or Royal road to military science, and however the matter may have been studied theo retically, practice and experience is indispensable, He may have " played at soldiers," have speculated on the qualities of different descriptions of ordnance—invented new guns ; but none of these matters will assimilate him to the victor of Austerlitz, and Marengo, or enable him to defeat the Austrian cohorts that may be brought into the field against him. It is true that the Duke of MALAKIIOFF may be at his elbow—that BARAGIJAY FITILLIERS, MACMAHON, CAN ROBERT and NIELL may whisper their suggestions, but a general commanding must have the stuff within him to do so, and no advice or assistance will compensate for incapacity on his part. The Stock exchange has exhibited the violent fluctuations that might have been anticipated. The mere rumours of war have occasioned unusual mischief. We earnestly hope that no English capitalist will meddle with any foreign loan, the object whereof must be to carry on hostilities, and which must greatly depreciate the value of the other securities of which they may be possessed. The experience of twenty years has now served to illustrate in a remarkable manner the extraor dinary advantages accruing from the beneficial system of the penny postage. A blue•book gives the latest evidence of this in the shape of an official report, duly sigited and countersigned. Lord COL CHESTER'S is the signature—Mr. RoWLAND HILL'S the countersignature. There is the radiant puppet—there the potent hand pulling the string beneath. Yonder is the marvellous automaton chess player, crowned with an Earl's coronet, in stead of an Oriental turban, contemplatively smok ing the calumet—now andtlaen impatiently tapping the board, leisurly and (in the end) unerringly moving the men that year after year win the game through all its extending complications. Secreted within, among all the complex machinery —hidden from vulgar eyes—lurks the real player to whom we are all of us indebted for the chief glory of the whole contrivance — to whose guiding skill we are still beholden for the annual triumph of the performance. Accustomed though we have become long since to the marvels of the penny postage system—just as we have come to regard it at last quite as a matter of course that we should be whirled to and fro upon our travels by the fiery dragon of the steam engine, or as we have our portraits painted in a twinkling by the pencil of the sunbeam, or as we send our messages hither and thither on the wings of the lightning—we cannot but recognise the astonishing benefit secured to us in this the last score of years, as the fruits of that penny postage system, by one momentary glance of retrospect. Let as recall to mind, for example, how exactly twenty years ago, namely in the year 1839—the year before the adoption of Mr. ROWLAND HILL's suggested improvement—the number of letters de livered during that twelvemonth in the United Kingdom a.mlunted altogether in round numbers to 76,000,000. Andthen th l e et aus sastoundingisein rate af few suggestive numerals increase since then in our magnificent Post office establishment. Since 1839, then—to begin with—we find actually that we have already at tained in these comparatively few years an increase THE MTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1859. in the number of letters delivered annually amount- ing to 446,000,000 ! The gross amount of the letters delivered in the United Kingdom in 1858 amount- ing to 523,000,000. So that the letters of 1858, as compared with the letters of 1839, are really, to put it simply in other words, more than seven times 76,000,000! Taking the sister island alone into account in this matter, we may positively assert that whereas the number of letters delivered in 1839 showed a total equal to just one letter to each in dividual member of the population—the number of letters delivered in that island in 1858 yielded a total equal to just seven letters for each member of the population! The aggregate increase amounting, as we have seen, to 523,000,000, showing beyond this an equivalent of no less than 16 for each person in Scotland, and of as many as 22 for each person in England. What is hardly less remarkable in regard to this vast total of 523,000,000 letters in 1858—is the surprising circumstance that very nearly half the whole amount passed through London : and that actually one entire quarter Was delivered within the metropolitan districts. Little more than one fiftieth of the whole, comprising the sum of the English postage in relation to the foreign and colonial. Out of these 523,000,000 letters as many as 1,300,000 were registered—showing one regis tered letter as compared with some 400 ordinary communications. The miscarriages in the Post office still yield in all a rather formidable aggregate, last yearlfaving witnessed the "return" of no less than 1,700,000 letters and 570,000 newspapers. Almost everyone of the letters being returned, we do honestly believe from some informality on the part of those sending them—the majority of the newspapers probably from the accidental bursting of the covers. Together with the increase of the " letter post"— there is a notable increase observable in two other departments that have more recently sprung into existence. In regard to Book Packets-1858 shows a total of 7,250,000 ! In regard to Money Orders —there were issued for that same year 1858 as many as 6,689,396! The amount thus passing current in 1858 through the Post-office reaching a surprising total of £12,662,105 ! That ex traordinary total of £12,662,105 giving a net profit, after the payment of all expenses in the labour of transmission, of fully a quarter of a million sterling, in part of just £25,936. Remembering that ten years ago (1849) the amount of net profit realised by means of money orders did not exceed £322 in all, and that the year afterwards (1850) that total of profit had increased to £3,236, the total already mentioned for 1858 of over £25,000 must be allowed to give proof of an astonishingly rapid development. Altogether, it is curious to note, in addition to the ,before-mentioned items, that the report con tained in this latest blue-book from St. Martin's le Grand gives evidence that we have already in these islands not far short of a thousand head post• offices, and considerably more than 10,000 sub - post - offices —in all 11,235 ! The distance traversed diurnally in the transmission of the national correspondence, according _to the same reliable authority, considerably exceeds 100,000 miles a day—in fact, 3,000 miles a day more in 1858 than in 1857, the aggregate of the space thus traversed during the year last passed being in effect just 133,000 miles a day ! There have been two or three blunders during the year just completed, but these blunders have fortunately been repaired in time—thanks to the repugnance with which they were received by the public, and the indignant remonstrances with which the intending innovations were greeted by the press. So unmistakeable, indeed, has been the triumph thus jointly won by the press and the public, that we may content ourselves with this merely inci dental allusion to it. We have every confidence that we shall hear no more of these perilous experiments. At any rate—should they unhap pily at any time be ever repeated—we are perfectly certain they will be put an end to quite as summarily. THIIID EDITION. POSTPONEMENT OF DECLARATION OF WAR BY AUSTRIA. We have received the following telegram from our correspondent at Vienna : " VIFN.NA, Wednesday Morning, 11 o'clock. " The British Government has offered its direct mediation between Austria and France upon the basis of Lord Cowley's proposals. Austria having accepted this offer, has postponed the declaration of war for a day or two. " The French troops are now crowding into Sar. dinia." We are sorry, however, to add that France has declined the offer made by the British Government. -Third Edition of the Times. •ACCEPTANCE BY AUSTRIA OF THE MEDIATION OF ENGLAND. We are enabled to state that her Majesty's Go vernment received yesterday the official intimation of the acceptance by Austria of the mediation pro posed by England. The promptitude with which Austria has acceded to this last proposal on the part of our Government will, we believe, have a beneficial effect. Our rulers have acted through out this complicated affair with rigid impartiality, which cannot fail to make a favourable impression on the various parties in the quarrel. Lord Derby's speech must have convinced our own pub lie, as well as the people of other countries, that by her Majesty's present advisers the influence and the power of England will, either in war or peace, be directed with energy and discretion. Their great object has been to preserve that harmony, which has now, with the exception of a short interval, prevailed for nearly half a century. The disturber of European tranquillity, whoever he may be, will not find in them an ac,om plice. We hail this amicable act on the part of Austria as a pledge that she has not irre vocably committed herself to a rash policy, and that she is still willing to make some sacrifices in the interests of peace. Lord Cowley's mission produced the best effect, and would, had not the Russian proposal for a Congress intervened, have been crowned with success. Our ambassador at Paris is intimately acquainted with the feelings and wishes of the French Emperor, and in his intercourse with Count Buol speedily established a basis on which France and Austria might work together to pro duce a satisfactoey settlement of the Italian diffi culty. It is therefore with infinite satisfaction we learn that Austria has "consented to resume the negotiations at the point at which they were sud denly suspended when the idea of a Congress was first broached. It affords a proof not only of her reliance on the impartial conduct of the English Government, but also of her desire to avoid an appeal to arms ; and we sincerely trust that it may lead to important results.—Morning Herald. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.' NEWPORT BOROUGH ELECTION.—The Mayor has given notice that he shall proceed to the election of two members to represent this borough in Parliament, at the Guildhall, Newport, at eleven o'clock, on Friday next. As Messrs. Cooke and Flowers have retired from the contest, Messrs. Kennard and Powys will be returned without opposition. Thus two votes will be lost to the cause of the Ballot. Neglecting the register is said to have been the principal cause of the defeat of the Liberals • but the division am ong the leaders of the Liberals has also had something to do with this untoward event. - - - CHEAP TRAINS AND STEAM-BOATS. — Hundreds of ex cursionists are daily arriving and departing. We have now sixteen passages to and from Portsmouth daily, and as many to and from Southampton. The number of stage coaches to and from Newport, Ecc., are more than doubled, there being now eighteen daily, and all loaded outside and inside ; and the number of steamers and coaches is to be increased on the Ist of May. LATEST NEWS. ENTRY OF THE FRENCH TROOPS INTO SAVOY. %Ve (Morning _Herald, second edition) have received by telegraph the important intelligence that a division of the French army crossed the frontier into Savoy, near Culoz, at noon on Tuesday. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ALLIANCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FRANCE. VIENNA, APRIL 26, NooN. The Russians hem state that an alliance offensive and defensive has been concluded between Russia and France. It is also credibly stated that French troops have already violated neutral territory in Savoy. The Sardinian reply to the Austrian ultimatum will be given at 6 o'clock this afternoon. VIENNA, APRIL 27. The Municipality of Vienna has resolved upon presenting an address to the Emperor, expressing to his Majesty its fidelity and readiness to make any sacrifices which the state of affairs may require. BERLIN, APRIL 26, 8.39 P.M. This evening's edition of the National Zeitung states that a treaty offensive and defensive between Russia and France was concluded on Friday last, according to which Russia is to make her first mo bilisation of four corps d'arrnee, two of which are to be advanced towards the Austrian, and two towards the Prussian frontier. SARDINIA. TURIN, TUESDAY, April 26 A religious ceremony is to be solemnised in the Cathedral to-morrow, which will be attended by the King and the Deputies of the Chambers. After the ceremony the King and his Staff will leave for Alessandria. The Austrians are making preparations for the passage of the Ticino. At 5.30 this evening Count Cavour delivered to Baron Kellersberg the answer of Piedmont to the ultimatum of Austria. _ _ _ Baron Kellersberg took his departure at 6.15 p.m., accompanied to the frontier by a Sardinian officer. NAPLES. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, April 26. Advices have been received from Naple3 to the 23d inst. Disturbances have taken place at Palermo, followed by numerous arrests. Letters received state that 300 individuals were seized. 'SWITZERLAND. BERNE, TUESDAY, April 26, Five Sardinian steamers on the Lago Maggiore, which had taken refuge in Switzerland, have been disarmed. Many members of noble families from Milan have arrived at Lugano, and numerous arrests have been made among the aristocracy. BERNE, APRIL 27. The Federal Diet has been convoked for the 2d of May next. Three battalions have been ordered to the banks of the Ticino. The English Ambassador, Captain Harris, having received counter orders from his Government, has not left for Milan. FRANCE. PARIS, APRIL 27. The Montiteur of this morning publishes the official account of yesterday's sitting of the Corps Legislatif. The speech of Count Walewski passes in review all the phases of the negotiations, and calls to mind the last aggressive act of Austria. The Count then proceeded to say : " The whole negotiation shows that France has manifested excessive moderation ; but if, in the present state of affairs, Sardinia is threatened—if, as everything raises the presumption, her territory is invaded, France will not hesitate to respond to the appeal of a nation with which she is allied. The Government of the Emperor awaits with calmness the course of events, feeling confident that its conduct during the different phases of the negotiations, as they have followed one another, will meet with the unanimous approval of France and Europe." The Constitutionnel announces that the native Algerine Sharpshooters arrived at Genoa yesterday (Tuesday) morning. They were received with enthusiasm. The Constitutionnel also gives the report that the advance guard of the French corps d' armee arrived at Turin yesterday evening. Count Chassaloup Laubat, Minister for the Colo nies, has taken his departure for Algeria. PARIS, TUESDAY. The sitting of the Legislative Body to-day was looked to with unusual interest, and a considerable number of persons collected on the Pont de la Concorde and at the entrance of the Chamber to learn as soon as possible what would occur. In side, every place appropriated to the public was occupied long before the proceedings commenced. Count de Morny took the chair at a little before two o'clock, and immediately after Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, entered the house. M. Baroche, who occupied the seat set apart for the Government commissioner, presented a bill for the increasing from 100,000 to 140,000 men levy authorised by the law of March, 1858, the expose des motifs merely stating that the bill was intended as a simple measure of pre. caution. Cuunt de Morny then addressed the members, and after dwelling on the necessity of showing unanimity and devotedness on such an occasion as the present, proposed that the bill should be considered in the bureaux immediately after the sitting, a report to be presented forthwith, and the vote on the bill to take place the next day. This was acceded to with acclamations. Count Walewski then read a statement of the whole pro gress of the late negotiations, and declared that France, having done all that was possible to pre serve peace, considered herself freed from all responsibility, and looked with confidence to the progress of events. Great applause greeted the hon. Minister's address, and accompanied him when he withdrew. M. Baroche then presented a second bill, to authorise the Government to contract a loan of 500 millions of francs, after which the deputies withdrew to their bureaux, as had been agreed to. The Algiers journals announce that a battalion of the Ist Regiment of Native Riflemen, about 1,200 strong, had arrived in that city to embark for France, and had been passed in review by General Yusuoff, commanding the division. Many of the men wore the English Crimean medal. The same journals state that the day after a part of the city was the scene of considerable disturbance, caused by the conduct of some of the riflemen, They attacked with great violence the general body of the Jews, several of whom, both male and female, were much ill-treated. In certain quarters of the city, particularly in the Rue Medee and the Rue du Centaure, the Jews barricaded themselves in their houses, and from the balconies hurled down stones and other missiles on their assailants. The Prefect, on learning what was going on, called for the assistance of a strong party of other troops, and, patrols having been sent round, the attacking party were obliged to proceed to their camp out side the Porte d'lsly. The officers belonging to the 34th and 37th regiments of the line, who, as already stated, are to form part of the army of the Alps, in garrison at Toulon, have been paid the usual allowance on entering a campaign, and have received all their camp equipments. Several vessels belonging to the squadron in the port have been fitted up so as to be able to take on board a considerable number of horses, if required. .A Marseilles letter says :—" The camp of the 2d Regiment of Foreign Legion, near the railway sta tion, presents the most picturesque appearance, and is a great object of attraction to the inhabitants of the city. The soldiers are generally fine men. There are among them - Belgians, Italians, and Germans, a number of these last being old Austrian soldiers who had been refugees in France." A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says :—" Three French corps d'armee will advance simultaneously to the assistance of Piedmont the day when the entrance of the Austrians shall be certainly known. The first will enter by Culoz and .Mont-Cenis ; the second, by Grenoble, Brianson, and Pignerol ; and the third, going by sea, will land at - Genoa. This last-named point will be kept as the base of operations, and. the French forces will thence be able to march immediately on Alessandria. The first two corps will march toward the interior, one on the left of Turin in the direction of Novara, and the other directly on the Piedmontese capital." "It appears positive," says the Nord, " that Austria has succeeded in contracting treaties of alliance offensive and defensive with Bavaria and Saxony. Wurtemburg has as yet resisted the entreaties of the Cabinet of Vienna." The following nominations have been made in the Sardinian army :—General commanding in chief, the King; second in command, General de La Marmora ; commander of the • division of the Guards of Savoy, General Durando ; of the division of Piedmont and Aosta, General Cialdini ; of Cuneo, General Cucchiari ; of Pignerol and Casale, General Fanti ; of Savoy and Aqui, General Castelborgo ; of the cavalry, General Sambuy ; and of the En gineers, General Menabrea. The letter of the Germanic Confederation to the King of Sardinia is stated by the Opinione of Turin to be nothing more than the reply to his Majesty's notification of the Princess Clotilda's Marriage. BOURSE, April 26.—The mark€t has been un settled, in expectation of the communication to the Legislative Body, but prices have been rather more steady. Threes have been done at 63f. 30c., declined to 62f. 50c,, and are now 62f. 75c. and 62f. 85c. Mobilier varied frem 565 f. to 5501. ; Orleans, 1,150 f. to 1,145 f. ; Lyons, 7551. to 745 f. ; Northern, 840 f. to 835 f. ; Southern, 5571. 50e. to 550 f. ; and Austrian, 437 f. 50c. to 430 f. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 89 70 I Credit Foncier 615 Do. end month .. 90 Belgian 41 3 per Cents 62 90 Piedmonte so (5) .. 72 Do. end month 62 95 Roman Bl Bank Shares. • 2500 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 5.52 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 555 Home Debt 36 50 And RAILWAYS. ....—_____ Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 725 .. 720 Lyons and Mediterranean 765 .. 765 New ditto — • • Geneva 445 .. 445 Southern Western 485 .. 485 Eastern 560 .. 567 50 Sardinian — .. 330 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money, 25f. sc. ; three months, paper , 24f. 971 e.; money, 24f. 921 c. INDIA AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we (Times) have received our private correspondence and jour nals from Calcutta to the 22d of March, and from Hong Kong to the 15th of March. " CALCUTTA, MAncH 22. " The Indian world is still talking of finance The rebellion has died out, and the few rumours which reach us create but the faintest degree of interest. It is reported, for example, that the Nana, with a considerable force, was recently en camped at Someysur, just beyond the Tirhoot fron tier. Then it was said that the rebels were break ing into Goruckpore ; then that two companies of her Majesty's 34th had been cut up in a night attack. The only fact certain, I believe, is that Colonel Horsford's brigade at Byram Ghaut has been warned to remain on the alert, as the Ghoorkas are driving the Sepoys our way. Fur ther west, Tantia Topee has ducked under,' as our Yankee friends would say, and has not yet re-ap peared. His friend and confederate, the Rao Sahib, however, has suddenly shown himself in Chundeyree with 2,000 cavalry, with whom he is plundering the country. It is supposed Tantia also is somewhere in the neighbourhood, but three sepa rate detachments have started to attack the Rao, who must recommence his never ending flight. There are some gangs of marauders in Bundelcund, whom he may persuade to join him, but his raid is only tiresome and expensive. It will cost many lives, as the hot weather is coming on, but the Rao can accomplish nothing of any political importance. The Princes will not aid him, the Sepoys are killed or pardoned, and the fighting classes_ are sick of disturbances which endanger their necks without bringing adequate plunder. Even an emeute among our own irregulars would do him little good ) for the only possible leader of a second mutiny is a Sikh, a fact of which the Sikhs are very clearly aware. By the last accounts they have postponed their great throw for empire till 1863, when the European troops will, they think, have returned home. An old Sikh colonel, named Cheyte Singh, was accused, with a saint or religious de votee named Boodh Singh, of treasonable practices at Lahore. His house was searched, and a paper found, copies of which he seems to have circulated pretty widely. It is a prophecy couched, i in a some what mystical tone, and professing to be written by a Sikh of Jubbulpore. It predicts that in 1863 the Sikhs will arise, exterminate the children of Christ, keep English women in their houses, and restore the supreme power of the Khalsa. That is a pleasant little prediction, and one which the Sikh very often thinks himself quite competent to realise. It may be fulfilled, but meanwhile, as a lesson against being in advance of the age, the conspira tors were seized, tried, and condemned to five years at the Andamans, all within 48 hours. They were conveyed instantly across the frontier and are now on their way to their destination. This terrible promptitude alarms the English idea of justice, but in India rebels are anarchists, and the first business of all Governments is to prevent anarchy. They expect a plotting season at Lahore now that Sir John Lawrence has left Thdia, and Sikhs are be , ginning to feel slightly dull. That feeling has more to do with rebellion than we are apt to allow. However rich, or powerful, or ambitious a native in l our dominions may be, there is no sphere of action for him except plotting against the British Govern ment. If he is on our side there is nothing for him to do. All we ask of him is to sit quiet, to grow rich, to be, in fact, the fatted hog an ambitious man usually objects to be. " As I have said, we are still talking of finance. I sent you the new tariff published on the 12th inst., via Bombay. On the 17th the merchants of Calcutta assembled to consider the provisions of the new bill. There was some discontent expressed at special items in the schedule, but generally the in crease was allowed to be necessary. The meeting, however, blamed the precipitancy with which the measure had been passed into law, and resolved to petition Parliament for the addition of independent members to the Legislative Council. They also re solved that This meeting, viewing.with alarm the ,enormous in crease in the expenditure of the State, and the great excess of the permanent charges for the current and past years, compared Nvith, the revenue which to the extent of eight millions sterling is derived from the two fluctuating sources and doubts may be given up and so no room be left for the of salt and opium, is of opinion that every practicable re - in wh a tigations of false mischie mak f ers. t renc hment should be made in every department of the "' As Shanghai, ere the arrangements connected with Government at home and abroad with as little delay as the general trade are at present being made, lies at a cowl • app possible.' derable distance from Kwang-tang, we herebyappoint the " e of Govern One speaker, Mr. Cowie , t he head of on Governor-Generalal of the two Keang, Ho -kwei-tsin g , to be Imperial the larger agency houses, e x p ressed the readiness of mi an ssioner of Foreign Affairs, and w e hereb y command en H o m w g-t s ung-han to send a special officer to de all Europeans to submit to an income•tax of sd. in liver to him the seal of Imperial Commissioner now in use. the pound, provided it was imposed equally on all. Respect this.. " There was an attempt made to prove that the new "It will be seen that the office of Imperial Com tariff fell too heavily on Europeans—a fact partly missioner for Foreign Affairs is transferaed from admitted by the Governor-General; but there was Canton to Shanghai. no active opposition. " Lord Elgin left this on the Ist inst. for Canton, " Since the meeting. Lord Stanley's financial where on the following day he met a body of mer statement of the 14th of February has arrived. It chants, with reference to the sites proposed for the is considered here far too favourable. His lordship new foreign settlement. No steps could be taken was apparently unaware of the condition of the previously, the community being ignorant of his Indian treasuries, of the pr essin g demand for three lordship's views ; and, as his Excellency left for millions in bullion, and of the Six per Cent. Loan Singapore the same afternoon en route for England, for five millions to be raised here. The promise, the matters remains almost in state quo until the too, to 'reduce the European regiments is considered arrival of Mr. Bruce, who, it is to be hoped, will . over-sangume, and this is the only expedient by give his early attention to this important matter. which his lordship proposes to meet the real danger, Lord Elgin expects to meet Mr. Bruce at Singa pore, after which he goes on to Bom ba which is not the debt, but the permanent increase y in her of the military and police expenditure. Majesty's steamer Furious, and thence to England. "On the other hand, the orders compelling Go- " His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael vernment to grant a freehold title to waste land, Seymour intends leaving on the 19th instant for and land under the perpetual settlement, are con- Singapore, in her Majesty's ship Calcutta, which sidered to involve a great concession to opinion goes home via Cape of Good Hope, while his They will certainly increase the growing tendency Excellent) , proceeds by the overland route. The to settle, to plant, to grow tea and coffee, to build departure of Admiral Seymour is the subject of factories, and open mines. It is unfortunate that general regret. they do not affect the cotton districts, which arc ~ The gunboat expedition returned t o Canton on neither wild nor under the perpetual settlement. the 3d inst., after a successful journey of 195 miles Almost all the tea and coffee - bear in g land, however u p the western branch of the Pearl river, as far as —almost all the forest land, and a very large section the large town of Wee-than, in the province of of the mineral territory is in the hands of Govern- Kwangsi. No opposition was offered by the Chinese, ment. The copper mines in Beerbhoom, the coal but, on the contrary, great politeness was shown in mines in Raneegunge, the iron mehals in Beer- some instances. The river is described as easily bhoom, and the tea country of Cachar and Assam, are navigable, and flowing through a fertile country ; already in European hands. These speculations are but the devastations of the rebels have almost unusually profitable. Some coffee plantations return, annihilated the native trade. Bands of these to my knowledge, to the planters 400 per cent. on banditti appear to be infesting various parts of the money expended. The tea companies are giving Southern China. Amoy was threatened a short time large dividends, and the coal companies steady re- ago, and they are now committing depredations in turns of 12 and 14 per cent. Single speculators, the country around Swatow. however, are daunted by the tenure, under which if 4, Her Majesty's steamer Inflexible returned from you do not pay your tax by sunset on quarter-day Japan on the 4th inst. having delivered at Yeddo your title is ipso facto null and void, and the col- the letter from Lord Malmesbury to the Japanese lector sells your lands and ' betterments' to the Government, and also distributed copies of the highest bidder, who has probably bribed the Amlah notification to the British ships in harbour, and left to keep off competitors. The local Government other copies with the Governor, to be disposed of will not, of course, resist the order, but it is not in like manner. wholly approved. It tends to increase th e number ~ From Cochin China all we hear is, that an en of European settlers, whom it has been the set- c ounter had taken place at Turon, while the main tied policy of the Company ' s servants for a cen- body of the French and Spanish troops w ere absent tury to keep down, and who a re at this moment by at Segon. The result was the defeat of the C ochin law declared incapable of hi g h office, so that, for Chinese with considerable loss, and only 15 or 16 example, the manager of the Oriental Bank, who wounded on the other side. was consulted by Gover nment to g et them out of IG Her Majesty's ship Belleisle left this on the the Treasury-bill scrape , is b y law inca p able of 10th inst. for England, via Singapore. becoming Financial Se cretar y . An effort will there- "From Manilla we have received advises to the fore, it is said, be mad e to nullif y the order by fixing 9th inst. Sugar and hemp were a sh ade hi g her, excessive rates, or rat es above the limit of 20 years' and dealers cautious in making contracts. Ex purchase, suggested by . the Secretary of State. change on London 4 s. 2 d. , six mo n t hs' si g ht, first class bills. Sovereigns 4 doll. 75 c. each. F rei g hts, Difficulties of th is kind, however, can be readily removed from home, and the admission of the prin- Ll for sugar, and £2 7s. 6d. for hemp. c iple is an important s te p in advance. Perhaps "Our dates from the coast are Amoy , the 11 t h s ome day a Secretary of State ma y arrive at the inst. ; Foochow, the 9 th inst. ; and Shan g hai, the conclusion that the insecurity of tenure consequent sth inst. . on the land tax is the real cause of Indian p overt y , " The export of tea from China to Great Britain and that as a financial device it is altogether in- is 47,837,5001 b., against 47,193,7001 b. last season ferior to an income and house tax. When he does or an increase (1858-59) of 643,b001b. India will begin to advanc e in material civilisation ~ In Hong Kong, and Canton business in import s at a rate of which we scarcely dream. has been very dull, but within the last day or two " I enclose a copy of a lette r addressed to the there are signs of more animation. Chamber of Commerce by a number of native capi• "At Amoy trade was recovering from the panic talists, announcing their intentio n to have nothing caused by the proximity of the rebels, who have to do with the loan of May next. The names in- movedoff in another direction. elude those of all prominent money dealers : _ "At Foo-chow nothing has been done in imports " ' Calcutta, Feb. 22, 1859. worthy of notice. " ' Sir, We, the undersigned native ban kers, merchants, "Our latest dates are, from England, Jan uar y 17, via Calcutta ; Bombay, February 1 • Calcutta, and others, holders of Government securities, and deeply interested in all the financial operations of this Govern- F ... ebruary 23 ; Singapore, March 4 ; Melbourne ment, beg through you to thank those gentlemen who have been instrumental m getting up the meeting held at the J an ,, nary 6 ; Sydney, January 15 ; Manilla, March 9. Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, the 19th inst., at which The London mail of the 10th of January arrived you presided, and at which the let te r since addressed by on the 27th ult., the day on which the last s t eamer you to Mr. C. H. Lushington, the Financial Secretary to left. The 16th of January mail is now overdue, as Government, was adopted, and in the terms of which letter the Calcutta steamers which left Singapore after we for ourselves, and as representing the moneyed native the Malabar have been here since the 13 t h inst. co mmunity, cordially concur. "We have perused the Government Gazette .Extraordi- She may probably have put into Manilla for coal. nary issued late yesterday evening, in consequence of the The Norna leaves at 2 p.m. to-day with the outward propositions mentioned in your letter, containing a notifica- mail." tion by the Governor-General, in which his lordship is pleased to notify for general information the financial mea sures resolved upon in order to provide means for carrying on the public servicee in the coming year 1859-60, mid stat inF that a sum of five crores of rupees will be required, which it is proposed to raise by loan to be opened on the Ist of May next at 51 per cent. 6 'Of this further financial measure, as set forth in the notification ,we do not approve. It will depreciate the secu rities of all the previous loans to an amount much greater than all the money Government is likely to receive. We do not think that the money required will be subscribed in this country, and, in order to avert the loss likely to follow from a persistence in the course indicated by. Government, we trust that the Chamber of Commerce will follow up this matter until they influence a strong party at home to induce Parliament to interfere, and to authorise loans to be opened at home for all the money that may be required for the use of the Indian Government. " 'We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants, " SHAM CHURN MULLICK t \ AND OTHERS). "D. Mackinlay, Esq., President of the Chamber of Commerce." "The seat in Council vacant by the appointment of Mr. Montgomery to the Punjaub has been offered by Lord Stanley . to Sir Robert Hamilton. The selection is a good one, Sir Robert being specially acquainted with what in India are termed ' foreign affairs,' i.e, the internal affairs of the dependant native States. The Chief Justiceship has also been offered to Mr. Barnes Peacock, the Legislative Member of Council, and one of the most fortunate of English barristers. He was appointed under the old regime, and has drawn £lO,OOO a-year for eight years. He now obtains £B,OOO • a-year for seven years more, - With a pension of £1,500 a-year at the expiration of that time. " News has just arrived that the body of rebels who murdered Mr. Evans have entered Ht!zaree bagh, intending, it is said, to release some prisoners in custody there. They have burnt Singrowlee, but there is a European regiment at Hazareebagb ' CHINA SHIPPING. SHIPS OF WA.R. At Honaong.—The British ship Calcutta ; the steamers Cruisei-,. Nimrod, and Retribution ; the gunboats Algerine, Dove, and Plover ; the French steamers Audacieuse, La Place, Pregent, Rose, and Saone ; and the Dutch steamer Balli. At Macao.—The Portuguese lorcha Amazons. In Canton River.—The British frigate Cambrian ; the sloop Bittern; the steamers Adventure, Assistance, Coro mandel, Fury, Reaper, and Niger; the gunboats Bustard, Clown, Drake, Firm, Forester, Haughty, Janus, Kestrel, Leven, Slaney, Starling, Staunch, Watchful, and Wood cock ; the French frigate Capricieuse, and the steamers Lily and Marceau. At Amoy.—The British brig Acorn. At Foo-chow.—The British sloop Camilla ; the steamer Sampson ; and the gunboat Banterer. At Ningpo.—The British gunboat Cormorant. At Shanghai.—The British frigate Actaeon ; the steamer Higtflyer ; and the gunboats Opossum and Lee. At Japan.—The British steamer Inflexible; the Ameri can steamers Mississippi and Germantown ; and the Rus sian steamers Askolde and Strelvet. At Corea.—The Russian steamers American, Bijarin, Mangiov, Plastrow, and Voyerada ; the gunboats Djuguite and Nevich. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong, March 4.—The Jacobs ;Cornelia, from Shields. At Shanghai, Feb. 27.—The Invincible, from Liverpool ; the Berwick Walls, from Sunderland; the New Era, from London. March 2.—The Mathilde, from Newcastle. DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN. From Hong Kong, March 10.—Her Majesty's ship Belle isle, for England. From Macao, Feb. 25.—The Jacoba, for London. From Whampoa Feb. 28.—The Menam, for London. March 3.—The Bio'Bio, for London. From Foocho w, March 3.—The Rin g leader and the Kamehamehal for London. March 7.—The Star of the North, for London. From Shanghai, Feb. 28.—The Taymouth Castle and the Westburn, for London. March s.—The Carausius, for London. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CALCUTTA MARKET, MARCH 22. On the 13th inst. intelligence from London reached Cal cutta by telegram via Bombay to the 18th of February. Letters by the mail of the 10th of February were delivered in town on the afternoon of the 15th, and letters from Bom bay of the mail of the 18th of February reached Calcutta on the 20th. The general effect of the intelligence received by these mails is to impart rather more firmness to holders of produce and to still more restrict the export business. The Produce Market. —Indigo market nearly bare. Sugar firm; Bonares, Company's rupees 10-8. Saltpetre lower. Rice firm, and looking up.. Raw silk filature low 1f by Se. to Ir. ; native qualities show a greater fall. Corahs Shellac higher. Lac dye, no demand. Hides, firm for good, other sorts lower. Jute, more inquiry, and firm. Linseed at 3-4 to 3-14. Rape in good demand. Cutch higher. Safflower market bare. The alteration in the tariff has had no influence on the produce of the country as yet. The Import Market.—The dulness noted in our last re port continued up to the middle of the past fortnight, when the addition to the import duties caused considerable excite - ment in our market, some speculation ensued, and p rices advanced considerably. Cotton piece goods have been very eagerly inquired for, and the market is very nearly out of stock. Towards the end of last week the continued dulness of white mule twist was succeeded by a very active demand, and decidedly' higher prices were paid. The alteration of the tariff and a brisk demand for actual consumption, particularly piece g oods , together have re sulted in establishing an advance in prices equal to, if not more than, the rise of the duty. CHINA. The following is the letter of our correspondent, dated Hong Kong, March 15 : " Political news is of a more peaceful character. The Pekin Gazette of the 31st of January contains an Imperial edict repudiating the despatch which was intercepted at Shecksing, and proclaiming, in somewhat unusual and significant terms, the deter mination of the Emperor to keep faith with foreigners, and to observe in its full integrity the Treaty of Tiensin. The following is a copy of the edict, which is very unlike former proclamations from the same source, and even goes so far as to enunciate the possibility of the British and French retaining temporary possession of Canton, without m that memorial they from hov9 Krw received, from endangering peaceable relations : vethis dtaoy the receiv edeffect a e and his Wehave colleagues a with the letters the British, a f a l se Imperial the kind despatched directly from the Imperial_ edict of which, they were informed, had be en Court, and obtained by an Eng lishman in Kwan-tuna. " On perusing this our surprise was extreme. From all time China has held fast by principlesof the highest jus tice in her benevolent measures for vari ous nations ; she has laid tranquillising the e never plans for secretly injuring them. 44 4 n u bsequently to the failure of Yeh-ining-shin we ap pointed Hwang-tsung-had to be Governor-General of the two Kwang, and gave him the seal of Imperial Commis sioner. Oar object in this was the protection of our terri tories. As to Vice-President Lo-tun-yen and his colleagues, they, stimulated by "patriOtic ardour, enro l l ed braves for the defence of their country, --a perfectly delightful occu pation for local gentry. " ` Recently, however, the amicable negotiations of Kwei leang and his colleagues at Tien-tsin having been finished, Hwang-tsung-han had to busy himself with internal mili tary affairs only, while Le , tun-yen and his colleague had, in o b e di en ce to our commands, to deal solely with native bandits. It was not in c ontemplation that they should engage inhostilities with the British and French. Although these nations have not yet re-delivered the capital of Kwang Lung, yet if they maintain proper order among their troops, causing no annoyance to the inhabitants, they may live together in peace, free from all troubles. " A Court despatch has, however, been fabricated, giv ing cause to difficulties between Lo-tun-yen with his col leagues on the one side and these two nations on the other and producing doubt, and therefore wo command Hwang tsunocr-han to take strict measures for the seizure of the law less fabricators, and to punish them with the utmost rigour of the law. Thus may all the nations know that China transacts her affairs in an open, rightful, and liberal spirit, and that, when once a settlement is arrived at, suspicions AUSTRALIA. The Austral has been announced off the Lizard, from Geelong, with 15,361 ounces of gold, valued at £61,444. THE NEW LAW _RELATING TO MUNI CIRAL ELECTIONS. The last Act of th e late Parliamen t ( 22 d of Vic -35) was passed to "Amend the law municipal elections." The object of the divide boroughs into wards, the boun daries which are to be fixed and councillors e Ar c e t c o l ; r , a n , isttoo chap: If t ,-;•o-thirds of the council of a borough s h a ll agree to petit': elected.. on, and the council shall there upon petition her Majesty for the division of such borough into wards, or tiz an alteration of the number and boundaries of the wards, her Majesty, by an Order in Council, may deciare the number of wards into which such borough is to be divided. Notification of a petition is to be adver tised in the London Gazette one month at least before the same is to be taken into consideration. The senior judge of the assize for the•summer circuit next after the order in Council has been made, is • to appoint a barrister for the purpose of determin ing the boundaries of such wards and apportioning the number of councillors of the borOugh among such wards. The barrister so to be appointed is empowered to set out the boundaries of wards, and the costs and expenses thereby occasioned are to be paid and discharged, and the barrister is to be rcmumerated at the rate of five guineas a day he is employed over and above his travelling and other expenses, out of the borough fund. After the declaration of the first November election of councillors, after the division or alterations, all the councillors for the borough so divided, or for the wards so altered are to go out of office, and are eligible to be re-elected, and in the first year after such election of councillors for the borough so divided those who go out of office are to be the councillors who were elected by the smallest number of-votes at such election, and in the next year those who go out of office are to be the councillors who were elected by the next smallest -number of votes at such election, the majority of the whole council always determining, when the votes for any such persons have been equal, or when there was no poll, who are to go out of office. Notice of the election is to be given by the town clerk of a borough, and any person entitled to vote may nomi nate himself or any other person. Nomination papers are to be provided, and directions are set forth to be observed at the elections. For personating a voter the offender may be committed to the House of Correction for a period of three months, with or without hard labour, and a like penalty may be imposed for forging nomination or voting papers. For bribery, which is defined in the manner described with respect to elections for members of Parliament, a party is to forfeit 405., to be recovered in a County Court, and if convicted to be expunged from the list for six years. An appeal is given t? the quarter sessions. All proceedings for pain s and penalties are to be commenced within six mon.ths• The Act to extend to all the municipal boroughs, and to be cited as " The Municipal Corporation Act, 1859." THE IMPUNITY OF CROWNED CRIMINALS.—W° hear a great deal about the law of nations. There is no such thing. What is law without a judge, o r even with a judge, without a Jack Ket ch ? Which of the eed Monarchs who threaten to disturb t he p eace of . Europe n hesitate to execute his murderous design for fear of being hanged in the event of being defeated f---Punch. - . . 1