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°AMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. NJ The CAMBRIDGE COMMITTEE for Promoting Mr. BICRESFORD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at 18, Trinity-street, Cambridge. Rev. W. G. CLARK, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Public Orator, Chairman. Rev. Churchill Babington, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's Col lege, Vicar of llomingsea. Rev. T. Brocklebank, lA., Fellow of King's College. her. W. M. Campion, M.A., . Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College ilcv J. C ll 4Pman, M.A., late Fellow of King's College, Rector of Milton. Rev-E. M. Cope; M.A., Fellow and Assistant Tutor of Trinity College Rev. J. Cummirg, •, F.R.S., Trinity Professor of Che mistry — • Rev. F. J. Durbin, 31. A., Trinity College, Vicar of Harston, Canahridgeshire J, Dunn, Esq., M.A., St. John's College 11ev. W. J. Ellin, M.A., Chaplain of Trinity Cellege Rev. A.A. Ellis, M.A., Fellow and Junior Dean of Trinity Coll. R ege ev. W. Emery, 8.D., Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College N. M. Ferrers, M.A.., Fellow and Lecturer of Caius College Rev. H. T. Gibbins, M.A., Trinity College, Rector of Pap worth Everard Rev. G. Glover, MA., Librarian of Trinity C011e.•,.,e Rev. John Grote, 13. D., Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Professor of Moral Philosophy W. Parker Hamond, Esq., M.A., Trinity College, Pampisford Hall, Cambridgeshire. h. J. Hancock, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College flee. J. F. Hardy, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Sidney Sussex College Rev. IT. M. Ingram_ M.A., Chaplain of Trinity College Rev. J. B. Lightfoot, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College Nev. 11. R., Luard, M.A., Fellow and Assistant Tutor of Trinity College • Rev. 4 Martin, M.A.,.Vicar of St. Andrew the Great, Cam brid Rev. W. C, Mathison, Trinitx College M.A , Senior Fellow and Tutor o f Rev ' J. B. Mayor, MA , Fellow and Assistant Tutor of • St. John's College J. H. Mayor, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of St. John's College Rev. H. A. J. Munro, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College. Rev. E. H. Perowne, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College Rev. R. G. Peter, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College Self. R. Phelps, D.D Master of Sydney Sussex College Rev. J. Power, 31.A..;Fe110w of Clare College and University Librarian Rev. W. G. Searle. M.A., late Fellow of Queen's College, Vicar of Oakinon, Cambridgeshire Rev. H. C. A. Taylor, M.A., Fellow and Senior Dean of ' Trinity College R ev . W. H. Thompson, M.A., late Tutor of Trinity College, Regius Professor of Greek • Rev. C. Warren, M.A., Trinity College, Rector of Over R ev . M. M. U. Wilkinson, M.A. Fellow and Assistant Tutor of Trinity College. 11ev. W.`Williams, B. D. Fellow of King's College Rev. Robert Wills, - SLA., late Fellow of Caius College, Jack sonian Professor Rev. W. F. Wilts, M.A. Fellow of King's College Rev. A. Wolfe, M.A. Fellow and Tutor of Clare College Rev. J. S.'Wood, B.D. Fellow and Assistant Tutor of St John's Colltge ' Rev. W. M. CAMPION, M.A., Yellow Ind' Tutor of Queens' College, Rev. N. F. FERRERS, M.A., Fellow and Lec turer of Calais College, Rev. W. C. MATHISON, M.A., Senior Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Rev. J. E. a MAYOR, MA., Fellow and As sistant Tutor of St. John's College, Rev. E. H. PEROWNE, M.A., Fellow and ;tutor of Corpus Ch r i s ti Co ll ege, Rev. IV. F. WITT'S, MA., Fellow of King's College, Rev. A. WOLFE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Clare College, Honorary 'Secretaries. VAIVIBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.— X/ The LONDON COMMITTEE for Promoting Mr. .1341LESFORD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at the Trafalgar Hotel, Cockapur-street. W. STIRLING, Esq., M.P., M.A., • • Trinity College, Chairman. Abercrombie, Sir George S., Bart., A.M., Trinity College, 3:3, Grosvenor-street. Ainslie, Rev. George, 31. A., Emmanuel College, Secretary of Church Building Society Alderson, James, Esq., M.A., Pembroke College, 17, Berkeley square Alas, C. J. 8., M.D., Trinity College, 1, Chester-terrace. Atkinson, Rev.3l. A., M.A., Trinity College, Rectory, 'eaten ham, Norfolk BaileY, Rev. H., 8.D., late Fellow of St. John's College. Warden of St, Augustine's College, Canterbury. Bevan, J. J., Esq., M.A., Trinity College, Bury St. Edmunds Blakesley, Rev. J.W. 8.D., late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Vicar of %are, Herts. Brookes, W. Cunllffe, Esq., M.A., St. John's College, Man chester. Bruce, Lord L'rnest, M.P., M.A., Trinity, College. Burghley, Lord, M.P., M.A., St. John's College. ' Butler, Rev. 31. A., Trinity College, Banbury. Buxton, Charles; Esq., M.P., M.A., Trinity College. Cabetl, W. L., Esq., M.A., St. John's College, Lincoln's-Inn Cavendish, Lord Richard, M.A., Trinity College. Coleridge. A. D., Esq., M.A., F e ll ow of King's College. Cook, E. 11., M.A., Trinity Hall. Crick, Rev. Thomas, 8.D., late Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, late Public Orator, Staplehurat, Kent. Dickinson, F. H., Esq., Trinity College. Drury; Rev. B. H., M. A., Fellow of Calm College, one of the Masters of Harrow School. Edwards, Rev., 8., MA., St. John's, Ashill Rectory, Norfolk, and Rural Dean Edge, Rev. W. T., M.A. Emmanuel College, Vicar of Benen den, Kent, Fenwiek, Rev. J., 8.D., Rector of Thurning, late Fellow of Corpus Christi College. Fortescue, Hon. Dudley F., M.P., Trinity College. Forsyth, W., Esq., Q.C., lat e F e ll ow of Trinity Lollege, 3, Paper-buildings, Temple Franks, A. 'W., Esq., Trinity Colle_ge. Freere, R. Temple,. Esq., M.A., F.R.C.P., Trinity College. Freeman, Rev. Philip, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of St. Peter's College, Vicar of Thorrerton. Devon. Garden, Rev. Francis, St Stephens's, Westminster Gordon, Hon. Arthur, KA., - Trinity College . Guteh, Rev. T. Cha r l es , 8 . D ., F ellow of Sidney College Hamond, W. Parker, Esq„ M.A., Trinity College, Pamplsford Hail, Cambridgeshire. Harness, Rev. William, M.A., Christ's College, Incumbent of All Saints, Knightsbridge. ITartlSOn, Rev. Henry, 3LA., Trinity College, Incumbent of Kilndown, Kent. Heath. Rev. J. M., 31. A., late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Vicar of Enfield, Middlesex. Hemming, G. W., Esq., late Fellow of St. John's College. Hensley, Rev. L. 31. A., Trinity College, Vicar of Hit c hi n .2 Hoare, Henry, Esq., 31. A., St. John's College. Hodson, Rev. GAL, M.A., Senior Fellow of Trinity College. Hunwhry, Rev. W. G., M.A., l a t e F e ll ow of Trinity College! Niekir of St. 'Martin's-in-the-Fields. Isaacson, Rev. J. F., 8.D., late Fellow and Tutor of St. John's Collegre ; Rector of Freshwater, Isle of Wi g ht. Hemp, W. F., Esq., M.A., St John's College. Rilmdre'and'Elphin, Lord Bishop of, D.D., Trinity College. Lawrie, A. J. C., Esq., Trinity College, Athenaeum. Lindsay, the. Right Hon. Lord, M.A., Trinity College, 21. rterkeley-sqfiare. Lockyer, Rev. E. L., 31. A., Emmanuel College, Rector of Westcott, Barton, Oxon. Lytteltoa, Hon. and Rev. W. H., M.A., Trinity College ; Hon. Canon of Worcester ; Rector of Hagley, Worcester shire. Maine, H. S.{ Esq., LL.D., Pembroke College, late Regius Professor of Civil Law. Malvern., Lord John, 31. P., M.A., Trinity College. Melville, Rev. IL, 8.D., formerly Tutor of St. Peter's College, Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's Merivale, Rev. Charles, RD., late Fellow and Tutor or St. John'g College, Rector of Lawford, Essex. Merriman„ Samuel W. J:, Esq., M.D., Cetus College, 3, Charles- street, Westbourne-terrace 31icklethwait, Rev. J. M., Taverham, Norfolk. Middlemist, Rev: R., 31. A., one of the Masters of Harrow Milnes, R. Monckton, Esq., 31. P., .ILA., Trinity College. Money, George Henry, Esq., Trinity College, 15, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. Moor, Rev. A. P., M.A., Trinity College, Sub-Warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury. Montague, Lord Robert, M.A. Trinity College Neville, Grenville R., Esq, 111!A., Magdalene College. Neville, Rev. W. F., M.A., Magdalene College. Nelson, Rev. E. F., M.A., Trinity College, Wantage. Noel, Rev. Aug. W., M.A., Trinity College, Cropredy Vicar age, Banbury. Pope, Rev. George, M.A., Fellow of Sidney College, Mathe matical Master of Norwich Grammar School. Prowett, C. G., Esq., M..A., Fellow of Caius College, 5 King's Bench-walk, Temple. Rennie, John Keith, Esq., Fellow of Sidney, 56, Gloucester terrace. Robertson, Rev. J. C., M.A., Trinity College, Canon of Can terbury. Sawyer, Rev. W. G., M.A. Trinity Hall, Wantage. Sedgwick, Rev. L., M.A., Trinity College, Spring Rice, Hon. W. C., M:Ar Trinity College: Spurgin, Rev. L., M.A. Holk ham, Norfolk, late Fellow of Clare College. Stapleton, Hon. and Rev. Sir F.'J., Bart., M.A., Trinity Col lege, Rector of Mereworth, Kent. Stephen, J. Fitz James, Esq.. M.A. Trinity Hall. Tennant, Rev. W., M.A., Trinity College, Incumbent of St. Stephen's, Westminster. Thorpe, Venerable T., late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Col lege, Archdeacon of Bristol. Trench, Very Rev. R. C., D.D., Trinity College, Dean of West minster. Thring, Rev. Edw„ M.A. Ring's College, Head Master of Uppingham Grammar School. Tuck, Rev. R. T., M.A., Fellow of King's College. Turing, Rev. J. R„ .M.A., Trinity College, Incumbent of Holy " Trinity, Rotherh i the. Turner, Thomas, Esq., M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College. Venables, G. S., Esq., M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College. Vincent, Rev. Thomas, M.A., St. John's College. Watson, C. Knight, Esq., M.A., Trinity College. Waters, Rev. J. T., M.A., St. John's College, Rector of Frey strop. Webb, Rev Benjamin, M.A., Trinity College, Incumbent of Sheen, Staffordshire. Willis, Rev. Robert, M.A., late Fellow of Caine College, Jack sonian Professor. Willson, Anthony, Esq., M.P., ILA., Trinity College. Wordsworth, Rev. C., D.D., Trinity College, late Public Ora tor, Canon of Westminster. Wrench, Rev. J. G., LL.D., Trinity College, Rector of Sale burst, Sussex. • R. T. FRERE, M.A., F.R.C.P.I Honorary W. F; KEMP, M . A ., C. KNIGHT WATSON. M.A., Secretaries, YAL PRINCESS'S THEA TRE 4 17n der the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. * Tfirg EVENING, will be produced Shakspeare's historical play of KING HWNRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. , 11HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET . -A- • Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS. RV - ENING, will be produced a new Comedy, en:: titled EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. Mr.and Mrs. C. Mathews, Mr. Compton. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON, Commeno at 7. OPAL LYCEUM THEATRE. lb) • • 3lanager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, T EVENING, will be performed MARTTANA. The e>lebrated Infant Violinists. With HUSBANDS, BEWARE ! • To conclude with a Ballet 'Reduced Prices—Dr . :8s Boxes, 49. ; Upper B oxes , 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Stalls, ; Gallery, ls. Boxce open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past 6 to CONUtellee at'7 every evening. THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. SOle Proptietor and Manazer, Mr. Benj . Webster. THIS EVENING, A CABINET QUESTION. Air. J. L. Toole, Mr, Billington, Miss Arden. MASKS ‘AND FACTS; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Qui n , Mr. F. Bedford ; Sir Charles, Mr. C Selby ; Ernest, %Tr. BR lington 1 Peg Walligt non, Miss Woolgar ; Mabel, Miss 11. To be iollowed by THE MILLLNER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and K. Kelly. • To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. X. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Kelly. .Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors . open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open irom 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO PECT LTSE,S., • To be:followed by VANDYKE, BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and itlrs , sy. Ternan. Affei Wijch, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye queVtie, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. ' THIS EVENING the performances will commence with DICK TIJRPIN'S RIDE TO YORK ; or, The Death of Black Bess. Dick Turpin, Mr. James. Holloway. • After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Etnily 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 a Screaming. Farce, in which Miss M. Jackson will make her first appearance at this theatre. The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or, The Khights Templars, is in active preparation, and will be revived with extraordinary magnificence. Dread Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, G 3a al . le ; ry, 6d. Pit, 20, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 Is. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr B» Phillips - CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— P ro prietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, In connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec- Jon of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The METRICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAIJVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will 9erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BA.RoKuTER-30.15 ; rising again. WIND, South-Westerly ; fresh, with very mild and fine weather. It rained heavily in the night. APRIL 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BARomETBR-30.12'. WIND, Westerly; fresh, with fine weather. £2O REWARD ! Whenever there is a Grand Ministerial Crisis, or other Political or Sporting excitement, the gentle men or other emiloyes of the Post Office, either in town or country., or it may be in both, take an especial fancy to The Sun, without our leave, or that of our valued Subscribers, and thereby help themselves to property not their own. Now, as these curiosity robberies are not to our taste, nor to that of our Subscribers, we hereby give notice of a Reward of Twenty Pounds to be paid down upon the conviction of any offender who has robbed or pilfered, or taken to himself a copy of The Sun newspaper addressed to a Subscriber or Subscribers, either through the agency of the Post Office or by private pilfering. SUN OFFICE, 112, Strand, 4th April, 1859. The town is filled with vague rumours. The clubs are in a state of extraordinary agitation. Every person considers it Lord DERBY'S duty to act in accordance with his own individual wishes and feelings, and has no hesitation in saying that such a course will be adopted. The Premier kas, however, strictly preserved his secret. Not the slightest hint has been suffered to ooze forth re specting the Ministerial intentions. It would be highly disrespectful to both Houses of Parliament to give any intimation to others, before they re ceived full and complete information respecting the line of policy to be pursued, and the causes therefor. The very natural anxiety raustt"there fore he subdued until the proper time arrives, which will not be much longer deferred. This evening the mystery will be dispelled; the cur tain duly lifted; and the comparative accuracy of the various speculations fully ascertained. Westill adhere to the opinion that we expressed on Saturday, that Lord DERBY will not resign. It is due to his SOVEREIGN, to the people, to his followers, and himself, that he should not do so without first giving an ample opportunity of re spending to a suitable appeal, and showing how far it sympathises with the unnatural coalition formed for the sole purpose of substituting a different set of men for those who now occupy the Treasury benches, without reference to the best interests of the country or to their own political reputations. Nay, more, with the certain effect of shelving the question of reform for the present, and perhaps for many successive years. If his sole object were to avenge himself on his political opponents, to teach them the painful but salutary lesson, that there are circumstances under which a temporary triumph may be more disastrous even than a defeat, he would give the conspirators rope enough and let them play out their game. They would speedily discover the folly of which they had been guilty, and see that they had dis placed the best Government that could be formed in the present state of the House of Commons ; and cui Bono with what object or purpose ? simply that Lord JOHN RUSSELL might hold office for a few short weeks, or possibly months, and that it might be rendered apparent to the world how wide- apart are the opinions of the red tapist Whigs, and of the really independent Liberals, whom they have the vanity to class amongst their followers (!) and supporters (!) and to suppose that they can control and direct their votes as they think proper. This pleasing delu sion would however speedily be dispelled, and they would soon discover how totally impossible it was to stand against a compact body. of 273 members rendering a general, cordial support to the policy of Lord DERBY ; nor, after what has no recently occurred, could much forbearance be anticipated, and Lord JOHN, or his rival the noble member for Tiverton, whichever might " win the toss" for first place, would soon be compelled to relinquish office after a term dwindled to the shorgest span. But Lord DERBY is too patriotic to adopt such a course, however tempting it might be. He well knows that the peace and tranquillity of Europe depend on having a firm but conciliating hand directing the helm. of Foreign Affairs. All that has been achieved would be lost, what was done would be undone, and all the various complications that had been so skilfully disposed of—the tangled webs so completely un ravelled—would be restored to their original posi ' tions. Fresh difficulties would spring up, "New Alps on ,gps arise ;" and war would be as imminent as it was when the rejection of the odious Conspiracy Bill drove Lords PALMER- I STON, CLARENDON, and their noble and right hon. colleagues from office. We feel to the full extent the great incon venience attending on a dissolution at this period of the year. We know that two years since Lord PALMERSTON made it the excuse for doing nothing for the remainder of the Session, and that although it took place a month earlier than the present time. But we would encounter all this inconvenience, the general interruption of business, and the turmoil attendant on a general election, rather than there should be an immediate resignation of Ministers. We fancy that we gave the correcticard on Satur day. There will neither be an immediate resigna tion nor a dissolution. A few short weeks will suffice to pass not only the measures absolutely in dispensable, but many of those Which are accepted by members of all parties, and the advantages whereof are fully recognised by the country. Keen, indeed, must be the appetency for office, parching the thirst for patronage, which could so completely disregard the best interests of the nation as to cast any fac- I tious opposition in the way of such a course, should Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN, notwithstanding the conflicting views to which they have given ex pression, it will set the crowning seal to the de struction of the slender remains of their political reputations. We look now with no little interest to the course which will be taken by the leaders of the advanced Liberals. Amongst them we have always reckoned the honourable members for Birmingham and Ash ton, the former of whom has had the cause of Radieal Reform in his hands during the whole autumn and till the meeting of Parliament. Mr. Fox also, of Oldham, is prominently a people's man, and his speech in the great debate was in comparably the best which was made for the so frequently praised working classes ; and the honourable member for Bristol has a claim to a foremost place amongst the advocates of popular reforms. What will all these gentlemen, and per haps some others who might be mentioned, do, at the present juncture, to justify their course on the last division of Thursday night We are bound to assume that they had reasons of overwhelming importance for their absence from the division on Mr. WYLDrS motion. We do not presume to doubt this. SeVeral of them are men whose sincerity •on the particular reform of the Ballot ought to admit of no' question ; but their judgment has yet to be . vindicated by the development of their policy. Losing to win is fair play, whether. in games of amuse ment or the graver games of politics or war. The winning, however, ie the only justification of the temporary sacrifice, and we now wait to see the great gain to accrue from the Crimean policy of withholding support when a brave officer was striving to carry a political Redan. That the enemy of the hour should be strengthened by such deser tions from the Liberal ranks as Lord JOHN Rus- SELLL, Lord PALMERSTON, Sir G. C. LEWIS, Sir CHARLES WOOD, Sir GEORGE GREY, Mr. R. LOWE, Mr. M. T. BAINEs, Mr. J. WILSON, and Mr. SMITH, can excite no surprise. These noblemen and gentle men have of late always ratted on every question of earnest and real reform i according as they were in or out of office, they and the Tories have always been ready to help each other against the people. This whole knot, of old stagers as most of them are, ought now to be laid aside by the country—as gover nors of it we mean. They might be very useful, from their experience, to criticise, and so improve the measures of other men up to the wants and demands of the present day; but as originators of measures for the people, they are but fossils of the Old Reform Bill Era ; their minds can never get out of the ruts of their famous Anne Domini eighteen hun dred and thirty-two. Fine fellows some of them no doubt, in their time ; so were the huge ante_ deluvians, whose shapes and forms mingle with the realities of the Crystal Palace. We accomplish far greater things now, however, by the less por tentous creatures of the age to which we belong, and we fear that it is only by leaving our fossil friends to their fate, and throwing ourselves upon those whom the present:day has adapted to itself, that we shall achieve anything worth doing. That the acknowledged leaders of Radical Re form should, however, desert while the antiquated Reformers did worse than desert—this is the course which has yet to be justified by results. If we find that they have made a compact, or 9nly an honourable engagement with the worn-out, Whigs, which will issue in laying on the table of the House and pushing through all its stages a Reform Bill worthy of Reformers, then we shall acquit them — acquit them heartily and gladly. We shall only wish that they had contrived to let old and un flinching Reformers, like ourselves; know before hand, in the confidence of those who wish for the general support of the independent press, the ex cellent reasons they had for preferring co-operation with Old Whigs, and burking for a time their own views. But if we find that, although professedly thorough-going Liberals, they could sell themselves to those who have tricked us so often ; that they could make speeches of the most reticent, moderate, guarded character ; that they could be silent about the Ballot while Tories were pushing them upon it; that they could speak and act as if Mr. HAYTER were pulling their coat tails all the time they were talking or making motions—if, in a word, we find that they have served Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the old family clique, to be jilted with fair words and left in the lurch at last, what shall we think of their wisdom ? We shall not affect to regret the " untimely division," as those not in the secret have termed it, till we see what BRIGHT and Company have gained for us by entering into a joint-stock concern with RUSSELL and Company. If the Anti-Church rate-Abolition and Anti-ballot !Whigs have given Mr. BRIGHT a bill on liberalism which they will hon our in office, all will be well ; if not, we shall only be able to regret that some who ought to know better have been again caught with Whig chaff. A little time, come what will, must show whether our old friends have sold themselves for nothing or not. If the former, they will most seriously have damaged their position, and destroyed confidence in their leadership. We shall have Lord JOHN RUSSELL boasting on the hustings at Guildhall that he only voted against the ballot when the Birming ham and Bristol members ran away from it ; and not improbably his not shirking the question, al though he voted wrong, will be well set off by the foil of "old stagers" turning tail when it came to a pinch. We condemn no one, however, at present; we await the proof of run-a-way wisdom. An admirable suggestion has recently been made by the eminent surgeon, CHARLES HAWKINS, F.R.C.S., with a view to the better expression of the honour and homage with which the memory of JOHN HUNTER is regarded by that great man's profession. This suggestion, it will be understood at once, has sprung out of the project now advanc ing towards its happy realisation—that of erecting a suitable monument to the renowned anatomist. And that project, as will be remembered, arose in its turn out of the discovery of JOIIN HUNTER'S remains in an obscure vault under one of our London churches, and the transference therefrom of the mouldering coffin, with all funereal pomp and cere mony, to Westminster Abbey, for the purpose of a final and fitting interment. Now that one of the greatest of England's sons rests at length in that honoured sepulchre down in the old Abbey at Westminster, it is but reasonable, as a sequel to the re-burial of his dust, that the members of the medical profession should desire to give expression to the homage with which they cherish the remembrance of his glorious life. As the most distinct evidence of this unanimous feeling on their part, the Sur geons and Physicians Of the United Kingdom are at once bent upon raising a public statue in honour of JOHN HUNIER. Whereupon, while the subscrip tions are pours g in to swell the funds raised for the erection ofthe proposed monument, Mr. HAW KINS interposel with his suggestion between the memory of IJUNTER :and the unanimous and enthuSiastic replied entertained towards that "memory by to members of the medical pro fession. Thal profession, Mr. HAWKINS re mii6 is; f mi ers at the present moment some 20,000 members in all—surgeons and physicians. A guinea fromeaeh of these members would fur nish, of courge, according to COCKER, a fund of just £21,000. An mount sufficient, as Mr. HAWKINS observes, to yield in perpetuity two or three fellow ships of £3OO e, year, to be held each for two or 1 three years by successful competitors according to a periodical avard of the College of Surgeons. This suggestion we have already spoken as, to our thinkirg, a really admirable one. It is, to our m.nd, especially so, because at once and quite obviously very feasible. Where is there a member of the medical profession who would not delight to give his guinea in honour of the greatest man who ever adorned its annals —more especially when the sum thus collected would be applied to the material advantage of the profession itself—to its living advantage year after year, generation after generation. Instead of ossi fying this homage to the great man's memory into a colossal statue carved in granite, the profession would be securing to itself the boon of these bene ficent fellowships. It is only where Mr. HAWKINS rejects the notion altogether of raising the proposed statute of MIN TER that we cannot go with him in his proposition. To our thinking, the original design of the com mittee, and his own navel and most iDgeninus sug gestion, apPear in no way whatever incompatible. Supposing, for example, that the " guinea a-piece," as proposed, brought togethei this noble fund of £2o,ooo—the first year's interest upon this would, of itself, be quite sufficient to liquidate the ex penses incurred in the raising of the monument originally designed to be erected in HUNTER'S honour somewhere in the metropolis. So that the sub scriptions would be collected together upon an honourable understanding that the ultimate employ ment of the funds in the furnishing of these fellow ships would commence with the second year after the £20,000 had been collected. The first year's in come resulting from that capital being applied to the purpose at • first intended, that of raising in a suitable position in the capital of the empire a statue of JOHN HUNTER--carved or cast in that illustrious man's honour at the instance of the members of his eminent profession. To the medical men of the 'United Kingdom we would most earnestly commend this notion of blending the original design of the Committee with Mr. CHARLES HAWKINS' really admirable and perfectly feasible proposition. The realisation of a project in every respect so noble and benificent would be an honour at once to the memory of HUNTER, and to the members of his Profession ; and it would be an honour, we may add, worthy' of HUNTER and of the Profession. lA' .. fi , ....,,IT.CLU I. m 4P ' , Q _Se .el''''.... q. , skt..f.. _ THE SUN. MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1859. LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. Falconer's new play, "Francesca," will not fail to promote his literary reputation. The scene is laid in Venice during the seventeenth century, and the story is that of a lady, young, high-born, and beautiful, who, being basely calumniated by another woman, and cruelly deserted in consequence by her lover, preserves the sweetness of her nature untainted amid all her trials and temptations, repay ing her enemies with kindness, and magnanimously preserving the life of the man who had so heartlessly abandoned her. The fervour, purity, and tenderness of her love are brought into strong dramatic con trast with the fierce and scathing hatred which burns in the heart of her father, who views .his daughter's slanderers with the deadliest animosity, and is ravenous for revenge. The plays wants rapidity of action; the plot moves too slowly, especially in the last act ; but this defect may be easily remedied. In all other respects the drama possesses remarkable merit. The characters are vigorously conceived, the incidents ingeniously contrived, and the dialogue exceedingly poetical, both in sentiment and diction. Indeed, the play is well written throughout, and abounds in fine thoughts, imaged forth with singular grace and felicity of expression. Mrs. Charles Young plays the leading character with a truthfulness and pathos which carry her audience completely with her, and procure for her in all her great scenes the unani mous applause of the spectators. She is effectively supported by Mr. Falconer, who personates the wronged father, with whom " revenge is virtue." WILLIS'S Rooms.—Mr. T. Mason Jones, whose oration on Curran we noticed a short time since as a pro mising indication of a new talent, seems fast settling into a ' permanent "institution." As yet he has confided himself to four heroes—Curran. Grattan, Milton, 'and Swift—all of whom he strongly eulogizes, but though his subjects have been few, his orations have been 'frequently repeated, and he is clearly acquiring that fame that is only within the reach of exceptional endowments. Hundreds of persons with a decent amount of cramming can write essays on either or all of the four great men just enumerated, and hirea room ' to read them in ; but Mr. T. M. Jones is a real orator, not a reader, and therefore he has an attraction of his own. His ' matter is good, and his form most striking. COAST DEFENCES.—BRIGHTON, Saturday.—Yes terday much curiosity was excited at Brighton by the sight of a number of Royal Artillerymen with their horses about the streets ; and, on inquiry, it was ascertained that they belonged to a detachment which had arrived that morning from Woolwich, by road, halting at Cuckfield on the pre vious night, in charge of two 48-pounders, with ammuni tion, for the cavalry barracks. Each gun, weighing 56 cwt., was drawn by 12 horses ; and the entire detachment consisted of 80 men and horses. It is said that these guns are intended as the first instalment of 40, which are to be sent to the barracks, so that Brighton may, in common with other towns on the Sussex coast, be in a position to put itself on the defensive in case of need. The Select Committee of the House of Commons on Military Organisation met on Friday. After taking the evidence of Lord Palmerston, the committee adjourned till Tuesday next at 12 o'clock, when it is expected that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of New castle, and Earl Grey, will be examined. The committee, on Friday, in passing the B r i g ht on Bill for a junction with the West-end and Crystal Palace line at Norwood, inserted a clause in the bill compelling the Brighton Company to make such arrangements for the conveyance of the East Kent traffic to the London- bridge and Bricklayers' Arms stations as the Board of Trade may approve, if the East Kent Company desire it. PUBLIC WORKS IN TNDIA.—From a return to the House of Lords, published on Saturday, it would ap pear that the gross total amount of money for the construc tion of railroads and other public works in India, for rais ing which under a guarantee of interest measures have been duly taken, is £32,314,300, the rate of interest being generally 5 per cent., and in a very few cases 41 to 4i per cent. The portion of this enormous sum of money paid up on the 28th of February last was £20,869,016. The in terest on the'capital paid to that date amounted to £1,012,685, and that on debentures to £23,188. Upon the Great Indian Peninsular line the net receipts from the opening, in 1853, to the end of June, 180 (the latest date of returns) amounted to £99,421, and those on the. East India line from August, 1854, to the 30th of June, 18.58, to £216,261. WRECK OF THE NORTH SEA, HULL, AND GOTTEN BURGH STEAMEn.:—A telegram was received at Lloyd' sin the course of Saturday, announcing the wreck of the North Sea screw steam-ship, which had gone ashore at Holman, on the coast at Scotland. She left Hull on the 27th of last month for Gottenburgh with the mails, her usual complement of pas sengers, and a general cargo of merchandise. She stranded on the night of the 28th, but the passengers, mail, and crew were all saved. It was hoped that she would be got off, but later accounts mention that she fills with water, and appears a complete wreck. Her cargo isall damaged. Her loss will involve a considerable amount. • EXPLOSION AT THE FAVERSHAM GUNPOWDER MIL - Ls.—On Saturday morning last a terrific explosion, which was heard for miles around, took place at the gun powder mill 9, situated at Ore, near Faversham. The acci dent occurred at 11 o'clock in a portion of the establishment where a considerable amount of gunpowder was stored, but fortunately where no person was at the time employed. Fragments of the building were found at a distance of seve ral miles from the accident, and in the town of Faversham the houses wore violently shaken, and the utmost excite ment prevailed. The whole of the surgeons and medical men residing at Faversham, Ospringe, &c., drove off to the scene of the accident, and it was feared that a great sacrifice of life had taken place. It is, however, singularly fortunate that a !lumber of hands generally employed near the spot were at the time away, an we understand that no person was killed, although .a few were alightly injured by the falling of portions of the building. The shock of the ex plosion was distinctly felt at the city of Canterbury, about 10 miles distant. ACCIDENT TO WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—FOUR LIVES LOST.—An accident of a singular and distressing character occurred oa Friday evening last to Wombwell's Menagerie, which was at the time crowded with people, in a field at Maes-y-drs, Holywell, Flintshire. About half past eight a furious gale of wind was blowing, and four of the caravans (forming one entire side), containing lions, tigers, and bears, wa'o thrown in upon the people, carrying with them the canvass roof, tent poles, and lights, and yin were pinned to the ground by the fallen carriages,-.sorne by r their g arms, thepeople legs, the majority, however, burying som 'beneath, by n t ea h : r . 4014 two score of persons having been buriedbeneath the carriages themselves. Four persons were killed—Mr. B. M'Bane, 36, a keeper, and who leaves a widow, and three youths, belonging to the town; Edward Jones, 11 : David Oxford, 13; and John. Hughes, e 0) b:eo 9P. 14. Au ,:it Saturday, resulted in a verdict of i4l " Accic}V!ital d94114' ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. On Saturday night last, according to promise, commenced Mr. Gye's second season of Italian Opera since the erection of the magnificent arena, the beauty and rapid completion of which sur prised London a little later than thiS time last year. The period which precedes the Easter vaca tion is, in operatic affairs, proverbially interesting. All excitement is usually in "abeyance till Paris has yielded its contingent of stars, and the opera would muster on the opening night rather as a ceremonial observance—poure faire acte de pre sence—than attracted by any lively anticipations of pleasure. In the present instance, however, the first night of the season has proved an excep tion to the ordinary rule, the first appearance in London of the new and much-praised prima donna from St. Petersburg, Mdlle. Lotti di Santa, invest ing the occasion with an interest of no common description. The performance of, 'Verdi's now haekmed opera of "Il Trovatore I' would not, under less remarkable circumstancesiliave attracted so large and brilliant an audience Is were assem bled to pronounce on the merits of the new singer. Mdlle. Lotti's appearance is decidedly prepossess ing. She is young, her slim figure is graceful and ladylike in its bearing, and her features handsome and. capable of varied expression. To come to the point of importance, she possesses a soprano voice of high range—fresh, pure, and brilliant in quality; and although she has not attained great agility of execution, her intonation is faultlessly correct, and her command of varied expression and tempered force are very considerable. Not withstanding the drawback of manifest nervous ness, the new singer acquitted herself in the aria d'intrata in a manner which seemed at once to satisfy the audience that a valuable acquisition to Mr. Gye's corps d'artistes had been made, and a round of hearty and general applause ratified, as it were, the engagement, and sealed it with the seal of public approval. In further token of favour, and in accordance with a practice which is too warmly demonstrative for this climate, the prima donna was recalled in the intervals between each act. In the last act Mdlle. Lotti showed herself equal to the call which it makes on energy and power of impas sioned expression both of the singer and the a c t ress of Leonora; and at the close of the performance she had decidedly improved on the first impression of her merits, favourable as that was, and on her final summons, at the fall of the curtain, thq complete ness of her success was rendered obvious in the emphatic warmth of the applause. Signor Debassini, also newly engaged by Mr. Gye, though already known to the London public as having appeared at Her Majesty's Theatre, will not efface the memory of that tuneful bone of contention, Graziani, in he part of the Conte di Luna. He is, never theless, an artist of distinguished ability, although his vocal powers are on the wane, and is perhaps, from the greater breadth and energy of expression which he throws into the part, a more appropriate representative on the whole of the truculent and ruthless rival of the TroVatore. Mr. Gye may esteem himself fortunate in having so efficient a tenor to recur to, when stars are unpropitious, as Signor Neri-Beraldi, wht) greatly advanced his estimation by his performance of Manrieo. He has made marked progress since he was last heard, in London, his voice Lying acquired more power, while he exhibits greater skill and freedom in its management. In the air sung by the Trovatore from his place of captivity, "Ah the la morte," Signor Beraldi obtained and fully deserved the honour of an encore. The Azuceva of Madame Nantier Didier was the same admirable combina tion ofvocal:ability and dramatic skill, instinct with the same thrilling truth to nature and captivating with the same grace and skill of execution which has contributed more especially to render this artist one of the most prized members of Mr. Gye's com pany. For an opening night, to conclude as we commenced, the performance on Saturday was an unusually brilliant affair. The house was crowded, the audience most fashionably composed, and every auspicious token was afforded that the energetic director of the Royal Italian Opera has a prosper ous season before him, and that he takes the field where he is soon to meet a formidable rival (if we may trust preparatory blasts and flourishes), assured of a strong array of patrons and supporters. The Queen's box was occupied by Col. the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps and Lady Phipp s , C a pt. S a y er and Mrs. Sayer and Miss Sayer. Among the fa shion'able company present were his Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Duchess de Malakoff, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Mar chioness of Stafford, the Marquis of Bath, the Ear] of Carlisle, Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Earl of Dalkeith, Earl Cawdor, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl of Sefton, Viscountess Melgund and the Hon. Misses Elliot, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Ranelagh, Lady Brougham and Mrs. Spalding, Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Panmure and Mr. Power, Lady Heslop, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P., Lord. Ward, Count Louis Corti, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, Major the Hon. R. Needham, Hon. Otway Toler, Hon. C. A.. Murray, Hon. C. Spring Rice, Hon. Mrs. Ives, Lady Currie, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Sir Charles Russell, Sir George - Wombwell, Sir George Army tage, Sir Charles Taylor, Sir William De Bathe, Sir Alexander Bannerman, Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir George Bowles and Miss Bowles, the Right Hon. J. Whiteside, Admiral Ryder Burton, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Colonel Bigge, Colonel Meyrick, Colonel Airey, Colonel Mitchell, Colonel Byng, and Major Gage, Captain Vivian, Captain Leyland, Captain Knox, Captain Clayton, Captain Napier Sturt, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Gerard Sturt, M.P., Mr. Wickham, M.P., the Hon. Misses Blake, Mr. Forbes Campbell, Mr. Theodore Uzielli, Mr. Bonamy Dobree, Mr. Norhury, Mr. Henry Webster, Mr. 'Kennedy Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. Schuster, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Duff Gordon, Mr. Law, Mr. Woodford, Captain Stanhope, &e. HAYMARKET THEATRE. On Saturday evening a new three-act comedy, by Mr. :Stirling Coyne, entitled " Everybody's Friend," was produced at this theatre, and met with decided success. The plot is exceedingly simple, and • turns mainly on the inconveniences that may arise when family men with family re sponsibilities mind other folk's business rather 'than their own. Mr. Featherley (Mr. Charle's Mathews) has a charming wife (M rs . Ch ar l es Mathews), who has a strong sense of her domestic duties, and likes to be taken occasionally to Chis wick, ' but so completely is he absorbed in the affairs of his friends that he cannot spare a moment to lighten her cares or to increase her pleasures. His male friend, Icebrook (Mr. Compton), is deeply in love with a fair - widow, Mrs. Swandown (Miss Rey nolds), and, being too bashful to speak his own mind, is greatly in need of some good soul who will speak it for him. Then his female friend, Mrs. De Boots (Mrs. Wilkins), wife to Major Wellington De Boots (Mr. Buckstone), owns a beautiful infant, the result of his former clandestine marriage, and wants some kind adviser who will instruct her how to provide for the cherub without the knowledge of her husband. With these delicate matters on hand, Mr. Featherley has enough to do, but he goes through his labours manfully. Finding that Major De Boots, in spite of a blustering exterior, is really a poltroon, he bullies him into taking charge of the infant, which he pretends is his own, the offspring . of. ,a ,secret amour, and thus provides - it with a home beneath its mother's roof. • Learning that Mrs.. Swandown is fond of zoological curiosities, he furnishes himself with a fine Angola cat, and, assuming the name of Bangles, calls upon the . widow, asserting that he has just arrived from the African coast laden with the precious gift. A position is thus obtained which may be worked for Icebrook's benefit. A little explana tion, of course, frees Featherley, from the suspicions brought upon him by his officious conduct, and renders him immaculate in the eyes of his wife and friends. - However, he stands in need not only of exculpation, but of reform, and this is brought about by Mrs. Swandown, who counsels Mrs., Featherley to exert her fascinating as well as her useful powers, and, instead of being contented with the character of a domestic driidge, to essay the effect of a little gaiety. The young wife astounds her negligent husband by suddenly giving a ball, and dazzles him by the beauty of her appear ance in full dress, while Icebrook makes violent love to her, in accordance with the widow's instructions, and thus to other sti mu l an t s a dd s th e sting of jealousy. At last Featherly finds himself. coaxed and driven into domestic felicity, and re- solves to abandon his universal friendship. Feather ley, played with admirable " nonchalance" by Mr. Charles 'Mathews Mrs. Charles Mathews, as the sighing, neglected wife ; Mrs. Wilkins, as the hand some and portly Mrs. Major De Boots, a " superior woman;" Mr. Buckstone, as the Major himself, completely under the " superior woman's" thumb, ready to bully, and still more prompt to be inti midated ; Mr. Compton, as the awkwardly bashful man; Miss Reynolds, who gave point and sparkle to every word she spoke, made up a most agreeable society ; The dialogue was smart, fluent, and p,:e g ._ Pant with shrewd remarks ; the characters we re well defined ; a foundation was apparentle boun daries for a story that could be carried on withA t i of strict comedy, ' and 1,-In a musing Withal. Mr. Buckstone announced Ow pkece for repetition every night C - 1 1 . .qW ellgligenlePt of Mr, and Mrs C. Ms,ttlicws, L A T S ILI 'OO The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office PARIS, MONDAY, April 4. The Powers have not yet came to a complete agreement as to the conditions of the Congress. It is said that the French Government has taken fresh steps to procure the admission of. Piedmont, of which, however, there appears to be no hopes. The Piedmontese Government is now preparing another expostulatory manifesto against its defini tive exclusion from the Congress. News from Hanover state that the French Ambassador was . recently obliged to quit the Theatre Royal in consequence of an anti-French demonstration of the audience. The Royal Family was present at the time. TURIN, APRIL 2. Count Cavour has arrived here, and as a testi mony of the public confidence, an imposing demon stration was [prepared for his reception. A great concourse of peopla thronged the road, shouting " Viva it Re !" " Vive Cavour !" " Vive I'ltalia !" " Vive Franeia !" Letters from Rome, Florence, and other towns of Italy amio'unce that numerous subscriptions have been opened for the purpose of affording pecuniary assistance to the Sardinian Government, and also that volunteers have been despatched to Piedmont. FRANCE. A private letter received yesterday from Lyons stated that an army of 60,000 men would soon be encamped in the vicinity ot . that city. A second letter, received this morning from another city, and dated yesterday, corroborates that intelligence. It says that an army of 60,000 men has been ordered to 'the frontiQrs of Piedmont, and that this measure was only decided on late last even ing (Friday). The information comes from a general officer, who stated that the order was sent last night to Lyons by telegraph. Should this prove correct, it is no doubt the result of M. Cavour's mission to Paris, and it is remarked that the apparent change of late has been merely to " tranquillise" the English and Prussian Govern: ments. PARIS BOURSE, April 2.—The market has been rather heavy ; the settling day for railway shares has passed off quietly. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 50e., declined to 68f. 30c. Mobilier varied from 780 f. to 775 f. ; Austrian, 552 f. 50c. to 547 50c. ; Orleans, 1,355 f. to 1,352 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 846 f. 25c. to 843 f. 75c. ; Eastern, 657 f. 50c. to 655 ; Western, 557 f. 50c. to 555 f. The follow ing were the closing quotations : 4i- per Cents. .... 95 75 Credit Fonder be. end month. .. Belgian 4f — 3 per Cents. 6B 25 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 68 15 Roman B7 Bank Shares 2875 Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 772 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 771 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto BOO .. 800 Lyons and Mediterranean 847 50 .. 843 75 New ditto . Geneva ... Midi Southern ... 530 - . . Western 545 542 50 Eastern , 635 630 Grand' Central - • • Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7ic. ; money 25f.21e. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 921 c. AUSTRIA. - - A letter dated Vienna, March 30, says :—" Yes. terday evening it was related that Sardinia had consented to disarm, but no official confirmation of the report has been received. Austria, who a few days ago was extremely warlike and intractable, is now pacific and conciliatory, and the sudden change which has come over her is perhaps to be attributed to the attitude recently assumed by Russia. A sus pension of the armaments is even spoken of, and it is probable that this Government would disarm if France and Sardinia would also do so. Austria would hardly object to a change in those parts of the spe cial conventions which give her a right to send troops into the Italian duchies for - flu) maintenance of peace and order, if any other means of keeping the revolutionary party within clue bounds could be found. The Austrian and German papers are still arguing whether Sardinia ought or ought not to be admitted to the. Congress, but there is reason to be lieve that the Powers have already agreed to invite all the Italian Powers to send representatives, but merely as consultative members of the august as sembly. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Cunard Royal Mail steamship Arabia has arrived, with advices from New York to the 22d, and Halifax to the 25th ult. She brings 73 pas sengers. On the morning of the 23d there was no sign of the Nova Scotian at Portland. The President has given way to the exigencies of the Democratic party, and determined to call no extra session of Congress. Six hundred thousand dollars have been ab. stracted from the Treasury of Ohio. The Liberals in Mexico seem to be progressing favourably. At Porteau-Prince the populace had turned against Geffrard, and his downfal is imminent. it was expected at Washington that the grand jury who made a presentment against Mr. Sickles for murder would return a true bill, but so far nothing has been done on the subject. California overland advices state that there has been copious rains in the interior. Business was quiet at New York. The new Canadian tariff was carried through committee with a few alterations, consented to by the Inspector-General. At New York, cotton was unchanged ; middling uplands 121 c. State and Western flour was dull for common, and firm for medium and goOd grades. Wheat was firm, but quiet. Corn easier, but more active. Beef, heavy for common, but firm for good; lard, heavy; butter, steady. Freights to Liverpool) quiet ; stocks, dull, but firm. At New Orleans, on the 21st, cotton was unchanged. 'THE GALE OFTRIDAY.-FOUND BEING OF THREE VESSELS. By the telegraphic returns received at Lloyd's on Sattitday, it appears that a strong gale from the south-west swept various points of the coast on Friday until late in the evening, and caused a serious amount of mischief. Several losses are re. ported, and it is, feared that the full extent of damage is not yet ascertained. In the course of the night three vessels struck upon Penarth Sands, near Cardiff, and two of them went down. They were the Harriet, bound to Southampton from Newport, with coals;; the Tyro, of Plymouth; and the Alma, of Shoreham. The latter was got off after some difficulty, but the two former sunk. Providentially, the crews are reported to have been saved. A Norwegian schooner, called the Soskummeren, from Krageroe to Liverpool, timber laden, was fallen in with, -waterlogged and abandoned, in th Channel, some 12 miles from the South Foreland by thedron Era, collier. screw steamer. Nothing has been seen or heard of the crew, and their fat e is uncertain. The steamer took the derelict in tow, and got her into Dover Bay. The brig Betsy, belonging to Whitby , is reported to have found ered on Pridal night , after sustain . ing damag e i n going over ices Bar. The crew were saved. The ac counts from the nor th- wes t ern coast state that the wi n d bl ew a complete storm from the south-west, with sleet and rain, the weather being very cold. OF £6OO IN IN EWCASTLE,--RE- C o Stainsby, superi n t en d ent o f the ' r y E l l a E Y ROBBERY c police force of Sunderland , received on Friday, by th e m id 520.—Mr. day post, a l e tter containing five £lOO notes of the Bank of E ng l an d and one £2O note. Four of the large notes corre spond with the numbers given by the B ra df or d catt l e- d ea l er, and the £2O one also corresponds with one of his numbers. The fifth note does not correspond ; it is a good £lOO note, but either the cattle-dealer advertised a wrong number or the sender of the notes has made a mistake.—Newcastle Chronicle. THTS DAY'S MARKETS, CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in the leading country markets held on Saturday were rather limited, yet all kinds met a dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices. Fine barley was steady. In other qualities very little was passing. All other produce moved off heavily, at about previous cur rencies. The various continental markets were steady for wheat and fine barley, on former terms. Otherwise the trade has been tolerably steady. Our New York advices bring less activity in the demand for both wheat and flour. The arrivals of home-grown produce up to our marker last week were only moderate. From abroad the imposs were rather extensive—viz., 9,850 qrs of wheat, 19073 barley, 28,668 oats, 2,150 rye, 90 beans, 3 peas, 306 twee, 5,491 linseed, 6,230 rapeseed, 125 sundry seeds, 1,828 sacks and 20 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day from Kent the arrivals of wheat, coast wise and by land carriage, were limited but the general quality of the suppl y was goo d. From Essex, the receipts were very moderate. Although the show of samples was small, there was no life in the demand ; nevertheless, a fair quantity of wheat was disposed of at prices about equal to Monday last. At the close of business a few samples sold at is per quarter less money. We continue to be liberally supplied with most kinds of foreign wheat. A few sales took placo in fine red and white qualities at full quotations, but low and middling parcels were very dull, and almost nominal. There was very little inquiry fot floating cargoes off Falmouth. Owing to the change in the weather, and the large influx from abroad, barley ruled heavy, and in some instanices prices had a drooping tendency, viz., is to 2s per qr. There was a heavy inquiry for malt on rather loader terms. Good sound oats were in fair request at full quotations, but other qualities were a heavy inquiry at barely late rates. We had a steady demand for beans at fully last week's currency. Peas changed hands slowly on former terms. The flour trade was rather flat at previous quotations. CURRENCY 'PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 36s to 46s Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 4OB 508 Ditto, old —B —s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —8 Ditto, new 378 448 Rye—Old —8 —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 23s 268 Mal tin g • 34a Ma Chevalier Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 7 . 528 668 Brown „,, , 40 $ 528 Kingston and Ware 528 6 48 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9B 24r Potato 26s 308 Youghal and Cork, black 2OB 238 Cork, white 2OB 298 Scotch, Feeding 2OB 29s Beans —Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 39s 40s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3os 328 Stockton and Norfolk . 278 288 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To •day's market was scantily supplied with foreign beasts and calves ; but the show of sheep was tolerably good. Compared with Monday last, the arrivals of beasts, fresh up from our own grazing districts were only mode— rate, both as regards number and quality. Prime Scots, crosses, &c., sold somewhat freely at full quotations—.the top figure being 5s per Blbs, but all other breeds moved oft slowly at barely stationary prices. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,860 shorthorns and crosses ; from other parts of England, 350 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 340 Scot* and crosses ; and from Ireland, 130 oxen and heifers. There was about an average supply of sheep on offer in fair condition. Prime Downs and half-breeds changed: hands somewhat freely at full currenciee. All other breeds: moved off slowly at barely late rates to a slight decline,' when compared with Monday last. About two-thirds of the sheep were out of the wool, and they changed hands at 8d per 81bs beneath those with full fleeces. There was a slight improvement in the lamb trade com— pared with Thursday last, and prices were supported. About 300 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. The few calves in the market sold without difficulty at very full prices. We had a dull sale for pigs at barely last week's quota tions. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 2,801 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we received 1,620 ; in 1857, 1,194 ; in 1856, 722 ; in 1855, 534; in 1854, 1,629 ; i n 1853, 3,905; and in 1852, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST VDr.X. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam l2 .. 634... —• • 32 • • Hamburgh 4 .. 1,607 .. Ostend Boulogne... , 450 .. Calais Dunkirk 1 --- • • 5 .. *-"" • • Total 232 2,709 50 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs,. 1858 4OO ... 1,064 .. 152 .. 1857 3OO 707 . 2... 176 .. 449 .. 264 1 856 276 .. _283 •• 163 1855 : 1854 456 .. 964 209 .. Per 81bs. to sink th e o ff a l, s. d. s. d. 221 .. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Lambs, 5s Suckling calves, 18s to 22s 19s to 225. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3,290 Beasts 176 Sheep 20,200 Sheep Calves Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ..11 fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitt ui Cattle Market, on Monday, April 5, 1858, and this de. Monday, April 4, 1859. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. April 5, 1858. April 4, 18.5 D. d- Coarse and inferior be as t s . . d. s. d. s. d. $. Second quality ditt o 3 6 3 813 10 4 4 Prime large oxe n 3lO 4 214 6 4 43 Prime Scots, & e . Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 2 3 43 10 4 1 t Second quality ditto . . . . 3 6 310 4 6 410 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 0 4 6 5 0 5 ; Prime Southdown ditto . 4 8 5 0 5 8. SIC I Lambs 6 0 7 0 5 .8 511 • • Large coarse calves . . . Prime small ditto ..6 Large hogs Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 6, 1857.--Beasts, 3,828 ; sheep and lambs, 17,740 ; calves, 131; pigs, 210. April 7, 1856.—Beasts, 4,355; sheep and lambs, 22,478 ; calves, 81; pigs, 410. d. 11. d, Primecrs-wool do. 6 0 5 & Pme. S'thdowndo. 6 8 5 HP Large crse. calves 3 10 4 & Prime small do 4 10 5 6. Large hogs 3 0 3 6. Small porkers 4d to 6s Bd. ; and quarter-old store pigs,. NEWGATE AND LEADENFIAL.p: The supplies of beef and Muttononoiferto-day are me. derately extensive ; of lamb, veal, and pork very moderate. The trade generally is in a sluggish state, as follows ;--. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. s. d. s . do. Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6 Infr. Mutton. 3 6to 4• Mid. d 0..... 3 Bto 3 10 Mid. do ...• 4 2to 4 4 Pm.largedo. 4 oto 4 2 Prime do. • . 4 6to 4 8 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 4 Veal .... ~. 3 10 to 4 8 Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 Small pork .. 3 10 to 4 2 Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s Od. BOROUGH HOP. All new hops continue in steady request, and prices rule very firm. Yearlings rule rath er d earer, and the value of other hops is well supported. Mid and East Kent pockets ..84s to 147 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do .......... 64s to Ns If Sussex do ......... . ........ 608 to 72s I BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average time-of-year supplies of potatoes have come to hand since our last report, coastwise and by land car riage, in good condition. The imports have amounted to 20 tons from Calais 22 do. from Antwerp, and 700 do. from Ireland. Nearly all kinds area dull incr 7iroys,taos9ofosll;owEs:e; h, L 4 in Ort i : s 7os ; andY o K rk en ß t, e 7 g o e s nt t s o , 1 9 0 0 o s s t ; o I s o c s o s te ; Do. cups, 40s to 70s; Foreign, 408 to 60s ; Irish, 408 to 60s per ton. WOOL MARKET. There is an improvsd feeling in the demand for most kinds of English wool, and fine qualities are the turn dearer. Foreign and colonial finalities move off slowly, but we have no change to notice in their value. The imports last week were 2,086 bales from Geelong, 997 from Sydney, and 6 7 from Shanghai. SEEDS. Ctoverseed continued in good request, at fully last week's quotations. Linseed has been in improved demand, and prices are on the advance. Rapeseed is firmer, and held at extreme rates. In other seeds no material change has taken place. Cakes aro dull, but not cheaper. furnip,White,p.bus.l2s to 14s Swede ...... lBs 20s Mustard, Brown 8s lls White, new 12s 15s TaresOl, Spring, new.. ila6d 12 s d s —s Canary, pei quarter 60s 70s Rye grass, new 22s 268 Clover, Red Eng., et. 66s 85s White Foreign Red 66s 76$ • White ' ?6s 1058 Trefoil; new.. lBs 20s Carraway Coriander 8 1259 40s to 438 Hempseed, per qr 30s 38s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 740 Crushing -s -SI Baltic —s —0 Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton English £lO os£lo 15s Foreign, p tonC9 5s Od 1015 s Rape Cakes,p. ton 5 Os 6 5s Rapeseed, p. qr 64s 688 TALLOW. There has been a moderate demand for tallow since our last report, and prices from St. Petersburg continue high. To-day, there aro buyers of P.Y.C., on the spot, at 63a 3d per cwt. ; rough fat, 2s 101 d per Sibs. 1855. I 1856. 1 1857. I 1858. 1859. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 34,699 24,019 16,094 13,763 15,156 47s 9d to 47s 6d to 56s Od to 54s Gd to 53s 3d to 488 Od —s Od Od —s Od —s Od 1,830 1,797 1,330 844 1,157 72,017 92,022 94,218 93,595 88,351 2,586 757 712 216 127 70,716 69,499 93,081 95,595 91,240 48s 6d 488 Gd 558 9d 558 9d 558 Od f 4 IF- 1 4, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1859,