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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.- The LONDON COMMITTEE for Promoting Mr. BERESFORD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at the Tratalgarlfotel, Spring-gardens, S.W. W. STIRLING, Esq,., M.P., M.A., • Trinity College, Chairman. R. T. FRERE, M.A., F.RC.P.) Honorary W. F. KEMP, M.A., Secretaries. C. KNIGHT WATSON. M.A., CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. The CAMBRIDGE CO3IMITTEE for Promoting Mr. BERESFORD 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. W. M. CAMPION, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queens' College, Rev. N. M. FERRERS, M.A., Fellow and Lec turer of Caius College, Rev. W. 0. MATHISON, M.A., Senior Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Rev. J. E. B. MAYOR, M.A., Fellow and As sistant Tutor of St. John's College, Rev. E. H. PEROWNE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Comm; Christi College, Rev. W. F. WITTS, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Rev. A. WOLFE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Clare College, Honorary 'Secretaries. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING. will be produced Shakspeare's histories' play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET , Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be produced LONDON ASSUR ANCE. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THE CRITIC. Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, Mr. Compton. And THE GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING, will be presented FRANCESCA : A Dream of Venice. The Celebrated Infant Violinists. With HUSBANDS, BEWARE ! To conclude with a Ballet. Reduced Pric,es—Dries Boxes, 45..; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This Evening, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy, Mr. Wright. After which THE BENGAL TIGER. Mrs. A. Wigan, J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Wigan and Miss Keeley. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and K. Kelly._ 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 found. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with DICK TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK ; or, The Death of Black Bess. Dick Turpin, Mr. James Holloway. After which, in consequence of the great applause bestowed on their arrangement by Mr. W. Cooke, jun., on his Benefit, the novel SCENES IN THE CIRCLE will be repeated, and in which also Mr. W. Cooke, jun., will himself reappear. Per formed in the following order :—Miss Kate Cooke on her beautiful horse Snowdrop—Miss Emily Cooke's graceful act, entitled Les Santa des Tonneaux—Mr. G. Thompson in his far-famed and wonderful feat, L'Homme Renversa—Mr. W. Cooke, jun., on his celebrated and highly-trained steed, Em peror—Grand Characteristic and Amazonian Entree by Six teen Pupils of Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun.—Madame Blanche, the greatest Equestrian of the day, in her admired act, The Scarf —Master Alfred Cooke in his surprising Leaping Act—Mdlle. Mazzoni and Miss Holloway in a Gras Pas—Mdlle. Fleu rette, the graceful and daring young Equestrienne, as the Sylph of the Arena—Terminating with the 'eccentricities of Mr. William Cooke's matchless Dwarf Horse, and his Monkey Rider, the Ape of the Brazils. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 is. Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips • p OYAL STRAND THEATRE Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough U THIS EVENING, VANIStKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark and Miss M. Taman. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —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 line 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 MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. addition to the usual entertainment. the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental peribrtnances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will >erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—STIN OFFICE, APRIL 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at.noon. BAnomrrEn-30.28—sti11 rising. WIND, S.W. ; light,-with fine weather. There seems to be a fatuity besetting the Derby Ministry. On their first advent to office, in 1852, we warned them against their suicidal policy about the House-tax—exasperating the industrious hive of bees into a nest of vengeful wasps—which so Stung them that they were fain to seek refuge from their own unaccountable folly in the dark regions of despair. Nor was their conduct in the recent struggle the second golden opportunity af forded them, if at all, an improvement on the past they perversely persisted, like spoiled children, in running riot in their wild and self-sufficient course, until human endurance could expostulate no longer, and left them to the fate which they seemed so ambitions to precipitate. And this morning they have rather significantly realized the adage appertaining to the Ist of April— much to the sorrow of those who really wish well to their country, wholly regardless of the manoeuvres of party, and the selfishness of faction. That the cabal-resolution of Lord loin RUSSELL was con cocted for the purposes of party and the defeat of the DERBY Reform Bill, before it could and would be amended in committee, was openly avowed. In deed it was tauntingly avowed by the very pro fessors of make-believe reform bills for the last ten years! And yet these " conspirators" now fondly hope that their machinations will be tolerated by an indignant country. Never ;—no, never !—the knell of Whiggism has been tolled, and that too by very fitting and appropriate hands—the self deceiving, itching, fidgetty fingers of Whiggism ! But they shall yet have their reward, in very spite of their own capricious juggling. They have been " too clever by half" for their own ends, for their complicated combination hath lost its charm by exposure to the light, and the patriotism of the people will rise so superior to the utter meanness of party that the base effrontery of Whiggism will be compelled to skulk behind the scenes of their own discomfiture. The second reading of the Ministerial Reform Bill was lost by a majority of 39 in a House of 626 29? being for the second reading, and 330 for Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolution against it. What next ? Aye that's the puzzle that may even pose a jug gling Whig, for no set of men are so much at fault in deceiving others as those who so cunningly deceive themselves No doubt Lord JOHN and his worthy brother in iniquity are now very busy in sketching out the programme of a Ministry which they fancy must satisfy the country, but which, if we mistake not, will end in a bottle of smoke, and so, too truly foreshadow " the baseless fabric of their vision." We have had, then, one division of the House on the Ballot ; and one taken at what we must still think to be the proper time, although we cannot say that the subject received proper treatment. We have not heard of one reason for deferring the %CO.°, l• -17174 1. - : aXN 4 nl is 1 - :74 6 iFin " V ^ • THE SUN. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1859. motion of which Mr. WYLD had given notice, which could be laid before the public. Had there been one, we presume we must have known of it long ago. It is natural to infer, therefore, that mysterious party tactics were the real reason, tactics which would not bear to be spoken of, which the " conspirators," in the polite sense in which Mr. DISRAELI used the word, might know, but which they were pledged not to divulge. We have neither seen nor heard any argument to shake our main position, that when a motion was made by Opposition Reformers, whose object was to throiv out a Government Reform Bill—to throw it out by a vote of censure on its errors and defects—that the motion ought on the face of it to notice the chief defect of the bill. We maintain that one chief defect—we might say the chief defect—was the omission of the Ballot. A defect of far more im portance than either of those which the resolution did notice; a defect which, had it not existed, the Ministry would have carried their bill by popular enthusiasm, had they even been pertinacious on the other points. If this view be correct, and the Ballot Society will certainly not deny its correctness, how can we justify the course taken by Mr. BERKELEY, Mr. GIBsoN, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. Fox, and other leading supporters of the Ballot ? Mr. BRIGHT has himself borne witness that on no other subject has there been such unanimity in the vast and numerous meetings which he has addressed. Other points in his bill he has had to argue for and defend as best as he could, but for the Ballot the argument which sufficed was the uniform acclamations of his audience whenever it was mentioned. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, too, an unconverted, and therefore im partial witness, told the House plainly that it was the point in the programme of Reformers, which had made more progress than any other ; the point which he seemed to intimate he must concede, if he sought re-election at the hands of his present constituents. When a Reform question is in this position in the country, we submit that it is not one which should be made the subject of private arrangements between cliques in the House, but that it should be dealt with as one which on no occasion could be allowed to fall into the back ground. It might be very convenient to the Whig clique not to be compelled to vote, that, to be satis factory to the people, a Reform Bill must include the Ballot ; it is unpleasant to have to vote that black is white, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir CHARLES WOOD, Mr. JAMES WILSON, and Mr. BAINES did last night; but if the old Whigs are thus prepared to vote falsehood publicly, let them by all means have the opportunity of showing themselves in their true colours. That the Ballot is essential to a satisfactory Bill, it seems childish to deny. Public meetings say so. The votes of 238 members of the present House have said so, and they would not have said it could they have helped it. How, then, can it be denied that, on this occasion, the vote of every supporter of independent voting ought to have been recorded in favour of the Ballot. We must think, too, that the unusually large number of members present shows that it was the proper time to demand their vote for or against a great national question. When will Mr. BERKELEY be able to gather together 626 members of the House of Commons again? Yet, had he and his usual supporters but filled their posts, very few of the 626 dare have deserted theirs. The country would have had such an opportunity as it has never yet had of seeing what its representatives would do, as well as say, on the point which it has so unmistakeably insisted on. It may be said, and it is all that can be said, that the hour was a late one, but that was not the reason why nearly 200 members left the liouse.j A word from the leaders on this qu e stion wo rld have retained nearly all of them, and the subject is too well understood to have needed any protracted dis cussion. We think Mr. WYLD, and the 99 members who voted with him, are entitled to the thanks of the country for their firmness in its service. Let them mot be daunted. They are the strength and kernel of their cause. The men who will pay no regard to the convenience of cliques, who will stand to their colours when others go down into the cockpit, these are the men who eventually defeat all opponents. Mr. MILNER GIBSON himself, on the Newspaper Stamp, and Mr. BRIGHT and his colleagues on the Corn Law question, pursued the very tactics which they have abandoned on the Ballot, and which Mr. WYLD and his supporters have very properly adopted. Let them adhere to their tactics, and they will soon render any combination of Reformers impracticable which does not consent to the Ballot. The Revenue Returns for the financial year and quarter, which have just been published, are, on the whole, of a satisfactory character. It is true that in each period there is a considerable decrease, on the former of £2,404,229, on the latter of £809,712; but in both instances it is more than accounted for by the falling off in the proceeds of the income-tax. That falling off was not occa sioned by any want of means on the part of the people, but simply because Mr. DISRAELI kept faith with the community, and permitted the charge to be reduced in accordance with pledges given by a different Minister to a former Parlia- The deficiency under that head alone amounted for the year to nearly five millions sterling, or, according to exact figures, £4,902,528, or, in round terms, two millions and a half more than the total deficiency. The distinction for the quarter is not so striking. The sum lost by the change in the income-tax is £907,601, while that under all the heads united only amounted to £809,712. ment. For • the year there is an improvement under every head save that above referred to. That on Customs alone amounts to more than a million sterling, viz., £1,008,839. That on the quarter, however, bears but little proportion thereto, being only £25,943. There is thus unquestionable evi dence that our foreign trade is improving, and that there is a gradual, albeit, a slow return of com mercial confidence. The Excise, the index to the comfort of the working classes, does not show so favourably. It is true that there is an increase of X 77,000 on the year. The paper duties have largely increased, in no less, indeed, than £195,000 ; but at the same time hops have returned £70,000 and Irish whisky £40,000 less than before. On the quarter there is a positive loss of £64,000 from the reduced receipts from spirits. Let not the teetotallers lay the flattering unction to their souls by supposing that it is a reduced consumpt ion that produced the change. On the contrary, it is probably larger than ever it was ; and the additional duties have not only totally failed to produce an increase of revenue, but have led to a deterioration thereof. This result, which is but another illustration of apparent anomaly in fiscal legislation, clearly indicates that there is a limit of taxation which cannot safely be exceeded. The reason is obvious. The moment the duty is made so high as to afford a large profit to the illicit distiller, there are but too many ready to enter on the demoralising traffic, and to embark in gambling speculations which may lead to enormous profits. It is true that sometimes captures are made, but they are allowed for the purpose of draw ing attention from other directions. The whole peasantry of the district keep watch and ward over the still, and give immediate notice of any sus picious movement. It might be said that they acted as all unpaid police, but such is not the case. They are requited by draughts of the intoxicating fluid, while it is flowing hot and fiery from the still Drunkenness is therefore largely increased instead of being diminished, while un• fortunately the revenue exhibits a very different result. In Stamps there is a considerable improvement, £590,050 ; and on the quarter of £9,246. This clearly proves the folly of the outcry so absurdly raised against the penny stamp on bankers' cheques —an impost which has proved far more productive than could have been anticipated. In Taxes, the additional receipts within the year are £9,967 ; during the quarter, £3,967—a slight improvement occasioned by new houses brought into occupation, and therefore representing an addition to the fixed property of the nation. Having already referred to the changes in the Property-tax, and the causes thereof, it is unneces sary to add anything on the subject. The Post office shows the felicitous results of sound and good management on the part of the authorities. The improvement on the year is £280,000, while that on the quarter is £125,000. Crown lands have been more profitable in the year by £3,386, and £2,600 during the quarter. The only remaining item, " Miscellaneous," yields,an increase of £529,057 in the year, but there is a decrease of £5,047 within the quarter. On the whole the returns are of an encouraging character, and with the single exception of the Spirit Duties, quite as good as could have been expected. THE MINISTRY. The result of the division last night in the House of Commons has created much excitement. Early this morning the Chancellor of the Exchequer quitted his private residence at Grosvenor-gate, and had an interview with the Premier, at his mansion, St. James's-square. At ten minutes to twelve o'clock the Earl of Derby and Mr. Disraeli proceeded on foot to the official residence of the latter in Downing-street. A Cabinet Council was summoned for 12 o'clock. It was attended by the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Hardwicke, Sir Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord John Manners, Sir J. Pakington, and the Earl of Donoughmore. As early as half-past nine o'clock this morning the Secretary of the Treasury had an interview with the Earl of Derby, and immediately after, the hon. gentleman visited the principal supporters of the Government. In Pall-Mall the excitement is intense. The clubs are crowded, and rumours of all descrip tions are very prevalent. Some affirm on, as they say, undoubted authority that the Govern ment intend appealing to the country previous to delivering up the seals of office ; while, on the other hand, it is as positively stated that Ministers intend to resign immediately. Of this fact we are certain that up to the hour of going to press the Cabinet Council had not broken up, so it is clear that nothing which can be relied upon as authentic with respect to the ulti mate intentions of the Government is at present known. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. The Peninsular and North African Steam Navi gation Company's steamer Warrior, H. Cooper, Commander, left the Saint Katharine's Docks with the mails for Lisbon, Cadiz, Mogador, and the Canary Islands, this morning at 11 o'clock. The Warrior carries a full cargo and a large amount of specie. The Earl of Sefton and Sir George Wombwell will shortly leave town for Rome and the Italian States. Lord and Lady Raglan are staying, at Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. Lord and Lady Burghersh have left Curzon House for Apthorpe House, Northamptonshire. Lady Nigel Kennedy was safely delivered of a son at the Lion Mansion, Brighton, on Wednesday last. Her ladyship and the infant are doing well. Sir John and Lady Shelley have removed from Park-lane, to their new residence in South-street. Lord Denman has left Clarridge's Hotel, for Stony Middleton, near Sheffield. The Count. and Countess Jarnac will leave town to-morrow, for their seat in Ireland. Lady Molesworth's party, to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Cimbiidge on Wednesday evening, including the Austrian Minister and the Countess Apponyi, the Marchioness of Londonderry, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, the Marquis of Donegan, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, the Earl Gran- ville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Dr. Quin, and Mr. Delane. Colonel Tyrwhitt was in attendance on his royal highness. The marriage of Sir Henry Fletcher to Miss Agnes Wilson, third daughter of Sir John M. Wilson, will take place early in May. Lord Edward Cavendish, Lord Richard Grosvenor, and the Hon. E. Ashley, sons of the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Westminster, and the Earl of Shaftesbury, were at Washington, when the last letters were received. They purposed leaving for New Orleans, and afterwards would visit Cuba and California, and proceed by the Rocky Mountains to Utah and Fraser River. HANDEL CENTENARY CELEBRATION AT EDIN BURGH.—A musical festival is to be held at Edinburgh, in commemoration of the Handel Centenary, on the 7th, Bth, and 9th of April. The performances will consist of " Judas Maccabmus," the " Messiah," a selection from " Samson," and a selection from " Acis and Galatea." The principal vocalists will include Mrs. Sunderland, Mrs. W. Howard, Mr. Perrin, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Weiss, &c. The or chestra will consist of 60 performers, and the chorus of 150 voices. _ M. Sainton will officiate as conductor. Lord Stanley has granted a pension of £l5O a year each to the sisters of the late General Jacob. The pension commences from the date of General Jacob's death. NEW PEERS.—It is a very natural and a very legitimate act on the part of Lord Derby, before resigning office, to recommend to the Queen certain gentlemen of his own party for elevation to the peerage. His choice has fallen on three persons who must in justice be pronounced fairly entitled to the honour, if large territorial possessions are to be accepted as a sufficient title to the peerage. The three new peers are, first, Sir Charles Morgan, of Tredegar, in Monmouthshire, a kind of chieftain of the Welsh Marches, as much so, at least, as any man can be a chieftain in these modern and prosaic times. The second new peer is Mr. Egerton, of Tatton, in Cheshire, who, after the de cision in the House of Lords upon the celebrated will cause, divided the Bridgewater property with Lord Alford. He, too, it is almost needless to say, is a man of large property, and a stanch Conservative. The third on the list of new nobles is Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth, in Sussex. It would be superfluous to enlarge upon the territorial dig nities and wealth of the Egremont family, or the manaer in which they have devolved upon their present possessor. As long as the considerations we have mentioned are to be held paramount in the promotions to the peerage, not a word can be said against any of the gentlemen upon whom Lord Derby's choice has fallen. There will also, we are informed, be a promotion of Lord Derby's followers to the rank of the baronetcy ; but the names of these less favoured adherents are not yet announced for publication.—Times. TIIE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.—The Ceylon, which will leave on the 4th proximo with the East India and China mails, is already shipping the specie with which she will be freighted. It is reported that she will carry out 3,000 boxes, of the value of nearly one million sterling. The Teviot, which arrived to-day, brought £76,200 in specie ; and the Bremen brought 120,000 dollars for France, and 150,000 dollars for England. The Parana, with the West India and Pacific mails, is expected to-mor row ; it is probable that she will bring Soulouque, the ex- Emperor of Hayti. The Wye is daily expected for the conveyance of the mails between Marseilles and Alexandria, the Australian mail contract having closed with the Royel Mail Company, the Mauritius, now lying in the river. is said to be chartered for the conveyance of troops. The Vanderbilt steam-ships will commence running from New York next month. The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's steamship Prince Albert, commended by Capt. Nicholson, will sail on the 9th of April from Galway to Newfoundland and New York. TELEGRAPH BETWEEN HOLYHEAD AND TILE LIVERPOOL Docxs.—At the meeting of the Liverpool Mersey Dock and Harbour Board. yesterday, a contract was concluded with Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Co., for the con struction of a submarine cable in connexion with the in tended telegragh communication between Liverpool and Holyhead station: The same company are about to con struct a line of telegraph wires along the entire length of the Liverpool Docks. The wires will pass through the principal warehouses of the dock trust, and be of great service in the event of fire, 84c., occurring to the shipping in the docks. THE MILITIA.—The total number of volunteers from all the regiments of embodied militia into the regular army from the Ist of January, 1858, to the sth of February, 18,59, amounted to 4,143 in England, 472 in Scotland, and 2,036 in Ireland—making a general total of 6,651 men. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TRIESTE, THURSDAY, MARCH 31 : The Austrian Lloyd steamer brings advices from Constantinople to the 26th inst. Omer Pacha is expected here from Belgrade. Troops were dispatched to Sophia the day before yesterday. According to advises from the Caucasus the Russian General had made proposals of arrange ment to the chiefs of the Circassians. There are here continual fresh arrivals of troops from Anatolia. The payments due to the troops of this place have been made. DRESDEN, MARCII 31. The Dresden Journalstates that the Five Powers may be regarded as having agreed to the prelimi naries of the approaching Congress. The day of assembling will probably be the 30th of April next, but the place of meeting is not yet settled. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels writes :—" The Congress will without a doubt meet at Baden Baden. Count Walewski has announced the fact to several members of the diplomatic corps, adding that he is to represent France on the occasion." PARIS BOURSE, March 30.—The amount of busi ness transacted has been moderate, butprices steady. Threes have varied from 67f. 95c. to 68f. 10c.; Mobilier 772 f. 50c. to 777 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,347 f. 50c. to 1,352 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 842 f. 50c. to 847 f. 50c. ; Western 570 f. to. 565 f. The market continued steady to the close, when the following were the quotations :- 4t per Cents. 95 60 Do. end month 95 501 3 per Cents 6B 15 Do. en] month 6B 15 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier 685 Belgian 4/ -- Piedmontese (5) 79 75 Roman B6 50 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt .. — RAILWAYS. Cash. j'Account. Orleans Northern . 930 -932 50 New ditto. BOO .. 795 Lyons and Mediterranean 842 50 .. 847 50 New ditto — .• Geneva 527 50 .. Midi — .. Southern Western 566 25 .. 570 Eastern Grand Central . Sardinian .. Austrian :. - - .. 396 25 548 75 .. 550 - Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7ic. ' • money 25f. 21c. ; three month s , p a per, 24f. 971 c.; mon e y, 24f. 92tc. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL. The Teviot arrived at Southampton yesterday with the heavy portion of the Australian mail. Her dates were Alexandria, March 17, and Malta, 21. She had 46 passengers, amongst whom were Sir Charles CliffOrd, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of ' Auckland, New Zealand; Captain Eldred, and Drs. Bland and Kearney. Her cargo consists of gold worth £76,270 ; plate and jewel lery worth £215, besides Chinchilla skins, coffee, wool, and flax. We have late news from New Zealand and South Australia by this arrival. The gold diggings near Massacre Bay, in New Zealand, continue to yield about £lOO,OOO worth of gold yearly. Nearly 1,000 gold diggers find employ ment there. The great drawback at present to the diggings is the difficult access to them owing to the mountainous district in - which they are situated, but ioads are making by which the difficulty will be lessened. It is now almost certain that the mountain range from Nelson to Otago is richly auriferous. A mail steampacket communication is about to be established between New Zealand and Melbourne, without touching at Sydney. This communication will be supported by colonial funds. In South Australia business is very active, owing to the unexpected yield of the harvest. A paying price is expected for the surplus produce of South Australian farms in the markets of the adjacent colonies. The export of breadstuffs from South Australia during the first three weeks of the pre sent year exceeded in value by £lO,OOO the exports during the corresponding period in 1858. The sales of Crown lands are likely to be very extensive this year. The pastoral and mining interests have also greatly improved. During last year 8,500 square miles of territory were demanded by squatters to sustain their multiplying flocks and herds ; 12,487 tons of ore were raised in South Australia last year, the produce being 23 per cent. The net profit is estimated at £38,000. Nearly 1,000 persons are now employed at the Great Burra-Burra Copper Mine, and a lode of malachite is being worked there. During the stay of the Teviot at Alexandria she was visited by Prince Alfred, who took great inte rest in the postal arrangements on board. His Royal Highness invited Mr. Nash, the Postmaster of the Teviot, to dine with him on board the Euryalus. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Acceptances for the Malton Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared on or before the 15th of March, with 50 sovs added. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses. A winner of any handicap, value 50 sovs, after the weights are de clared, to carry 5.1 b ; of two,- or of a handicap value 200 sovs, 81b extra. One mile and a half. (22 subs.) The highest weight accepting being 7st 131 b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Hegira .. 5 8 12 Gorsehill The Pedlar Prince of Denmaik 4 7 6 Willie Wright Harefoot 3 6 13 Uralian Ambush 3 6 11 Age st lb Little Agnes 3 6 11 Mouravieff 3 6 6 Vivace Meeanee colt 3 5 13 Charlotte Northumberland Duchess 3 5 11 Miss Stewart 3 5 11 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April I.—Wind this day at noon, S. ; light breeze with fine, clear, dry weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 31.—Wind N.N.E.—Afrived— Indiaman, from Callao ; Tasman, from London for Kur rachee, leaky, and crew refusing to proceed. Off port— Isabella, from London for Charleston. DARTMOUTH, March 31.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Sarah Fleming, for Dalhousie. FALMOUTH, March 31.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Tigris, fer Barbadoes. HOLYHEAD, March 31.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Susan G. Owen, for Baltimore. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Arrived, March 31.—Damascus, screw steamer, from Alexandria ; British Queen, screw steamer, from Havre. Arrived; April I.—Mercurius, from Drontheim • Suaijr, Hero,. and City of Perth, f rom N an t es ; Rajahmahal, Calcutta; Broughton Hall, Miles Barton, and Sirocco, from Bombay ; Lily, from St. Michael's. The schooner, Sarah, of Liverpool, that sunk near has floated off. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind S.W.; tide, two hours' flood ; fine. Arrived.—Wynard, from Macao ; Vonglof, from Dro back ; Acme, from Gottenberg; Isding Hagen, from Cron stadt ; Maria, and Margretha, from Krugeros. Sailed, March 31—City of Quebec, for Montreal. Sailed, April I—Ascendant, for Montreal ; Lord J. Russell, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed in tow—Nile, from Calcutta ; Elizabeth, from Colombo; Lyme Regis, from Cape of Good Hope —all for London ; Gagneria, from London for Rouen; Abigail, from Londcn for Quebec ; Asia, from London for St. Vin cent ; Wilhehnina Egerdina, from London for Constan tinople. PASSENGERS FROM INDIA AND CIIINA.—The fol lowing is a list of the passengers by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Ripon, which left Malta, with the heavy portion of the mails, on the 25th of March, at 1 p.m., and is expected at Southampton on Monday next :—Froni Calcutta—Mr. Rolyson, Mrs. Lean, five chil dren, and servant ; Captain Smith, Mrs. Colonel Stanuers, three children, and two servants ; General and Mrs. Leaves, Mrs. M'Kenzie, Major and Mrs. Larkins, infant, and native servant; Mrs. M'Donald, three children, and servant; Mis. Beatson, child, and native servant ;' Mrs. Hodson, Mrs. Fagan. child, and native servant; General Tomkyns, Mrs. Gardner, infant, and native servant ; Mr. Dodd's servant, Mr. Murray, Mrs. M‘Donnell, three children, and native servant ; Captain and Mrs. Forsyth, two children, and servan e t ; Lieutenant-Colonel Carden, Mr. Trotter, Mr. Lindgmn, Captain Ivimey, Mrs. Blakeley, •Lieutenant M‘Murdon, Mrs. Shaw, four children, and servant, Captain Lyons, Lieutenant Heugh, - Mr. Newholt, Mr. de.Salls,, Mr. Ward, Mr. Birmissia, Mr. J. Allen, Mr. C. Thompson, Mr. C. Mitchell, Mr. J. Reid, Mr. J. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Goodroope, Mrs. Johnson, five children and servant. From Madras—Mrs. Cotton, three children and servant; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Young, Miss Knight, three children, and three servants; Mrs. Lowdon, two children, and servant; Rev. Mr. Maule, Lieutenant Knight. From Hong-Kong—Mr. Sherman, Mr. Plaise, Mr. Maud, Mr. Nicolls, M r . an d M rs. H o b son an d th ree children, Mr. and Mrs. Skinners, two children, and ser vant; Mrs. Randall, Mts. Miller, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Christie From Galle—Mr. Ford, Mr. J. M'Carthy, Mrs. M'Carthy, son, and servant. From Alexandria—Mr. and Mrs. Bowne and infant, Mrs. Welch's two children and servant. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MARCH 31. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on amendment proposed to question, " That the bill be now read a second time;" and which amendment was, to leave out the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words "this house is of opinion that it is neither just nor politic to interfere in the manner proposed in this bill, with the freehold franchise as hitherto exercised in the counties in England and Wales; and that no re-adjust ment of the franchise will satisfy this house or the country which does not provide for a greater extension of the suffrage in cities and boroughs than is contemplated in the present measure"—instead thereof, question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." Debate resumed ; question put. The house divided—Ayes, 291; Noes, 330. AYES —291. Adams, W. H. Fellowes, Edward Manners, Ld J. J.R. Adderley, C. B. Ferguson, Sir R. A. March, Earl of Alexander, J. Finlay, A. S. Maxwell, Lt.-CoLJ. Annesley, Capt. H. Fitzgerald, W. R. Miles, W. Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Fitzwilliam, Hon G. Miller, T. J. Archdall, Capt.M.E. Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Miller, S. B. Bailey, Crawshay Forester, Col. G. C. Mills, A. Baillie, Charles Foster, Sir G. Montgomery, Sir G. Baillie, H. J. Franklyn, G. W. Moody, C. A. Ball, E. Fraser, Sir W. A. Morgan, C. 0. S. Baring, A. H. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Morgan, Major Baring, Thomas Galway, Viscount Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Bernard, Thos. T. Gard, It. S. • Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord Bernard, Lieut.-Col Garnett, W. J. Neeld, .J. . Barrow, W. H. Gaskell, J. M. Newark, Viscount Bathurst, A. A. Gilpin, Col. R. T. Newdegate, C. N. Beach, W. W. B. Gladstone, W. E. Newport, Visct. Beaumont, W. B. Goddard, A. L. Nisbet, R. P. Bective, Earl of Gore, W. R. 0. Noel, Hon. G. J. I Beecroft, G. S. Graham, Lord Wm. Norreys, Sir C. Bennet, Capt. P. Greaves, Edward North, J. S. Bentinck, G. W. P. Greenall, G. Northcote, Sir S. H. Beresford, W. Gregory, W. 11. Ossulston, Lord Blackburn, P. Griffith, C. D. Packe, C. W. Blake, J. A. Grogan, Edward Pakenham, T. H. Boldero, Lt.-Col. Gurney, John H. Pakino - ton, g Sir J. S Booth, Sir R. G. Haddo, Lord Palk, L. Bottield, Beriah . Hall, Maj.-Gen., J. Palmer, R. Bovill, Wm., Hamilton, Lord C. Palmer, R. W. H. Bowyer, George. Hamilton, Jas. 11. Patten, J. W. Boyd, John Hanbury, Captain Paull, H. Brady, John Hankey, Thomson Peel, Rt. Hon. J. Bramley-Moore, J. Hardy, Gathorne Pennant, Hon. E. G. Bramston, T. W. Hardy, John Percy, Hon. J. W. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hassard, M. D. Pevensey, Viscount Brocklehurst, John Hayes, Sir E. S. Philips, John Henry Bruce, C. L. C. Heard, John Isaac. Powell, F. S. Bruen, Henry Heathcoate, Hon. G. Pritchard, John Bunbury, Capt. W. Henley, J. • Pugh, D. (Carmar.) Burghley, Lord Henniker, Lord ' Pugh, D. (Mont.) Burrell, Sir C., Bt. Hervey, Lord A Repton, G. W. J. Cairns, Sir H., Hill, Lord E. Ramsay, Sir Alex. Carden, Ald. Sir R. 11111, Hon. R. Richardson, J. Carnac, SirJ. It., Bt. Hodgson, W. Robertson, P. F. Cartwright, Col. H. Holford, R. S. Rolt, J. Cayley, E. S. Hope, A. Rust, J. Cecil, Lord R. Hopwood, J. T. Sclater, G. Charlcsworth, J. C. Hornby, W. IL Scott, Hon. F. Child, Smith Horsfall, T. B. Scott, Major E. , Christy, S. - Horsnaan, E. Seymer, H. K. Churchill, Lord A. Hudson, G. Shirley, E. P. • Clark, J. J. Hughes, W. B. Sibthorpe, G. T. W Clive, Hon. R. W. Hume, W. . Smith, M. T. Close, M. C. . Hunt, G. W. Smith. Sir J. M. F. Cobbett, J. M. - . Ingestre; Viscount Smyth, John G. Cobbold, John C. Jervis, Captain Smollett, A. Codrinp,ton, Sir W. Johnstone, Hon. 11. Somerset, Col. E. Cole, Hon. H. A. Johnstone, J. J. H. Spaight, J. Cole, J. L. Jolliffe, Capt. H. Spooner, R. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Jones, D. Stanhope, J. B. Collins, T., jun. Kekewich, S. Stanley, Lord Conolly, Thomas Kelly, Sir F. Stephenson, Robert Coote, Sir C. S. Kendall, N. Stirling, Wm. Copeland, W. T. Kerrison, Sir E. Steuart, A. Corbally, M. E. King, J. K. . Stewart, Sir M. R. Corry, H. T. L. Knatchball, W. Sturt, H. G. Crook, Joseph Knight, F. Sturt, Capt. C. N. I Cross, R. A. Knightley, R. Tempest, Lord A.V. Cubitt, Ald. W. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Tollemache, John Curzon, Viscount Knox, Major W. S Tottenham, C. Dalkeith, Earl of Langton, W. H.P.G. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Darner, L. S. W. D. Laurie, .J. Trollope, Sir John .Davison, Richard L:froy, A. Vance, John Deedes, Win. Legh, G. C. Vansittart, G. H. Denison, E. B. Lennox, Lord A. F. Vansittart, Wm. Disraeli. Benjamin Lennox, Lord H. G. Verner, Sir Wm. Dobbs, W. C. Leslie, C. I'. Waddington, H. P. Dod,..John W. Lever, John 0. Walcott, Adm. J. E. _Drummond, Henry Liddell, Hon. H. G. Walpsle, S. H. Du Cane, Chas. Lincoln, Earl of Walsh, Sir J. B. Duncombe, 0. Lisburne, Earl of Welby, W. E. Duncombe, Rear Ad. Locke, Jos. Whiteside, Rt Hn J. Du Pre, C. G. Lockhart, A. E. Whitmore, H. Dutton, Hon. R.H. Long, W. Williams, T. P. East, Sir J. B. Lopes, Sir M.. Bt. Willoughby, Sir H. Edwards, Major H. Lovaine, Lord Willson, A. Egerton, Sir I'. Lowther, Col. H. C. Woodd, B. T. Egerton, E. C. Lowther, Capt. H. Wortley,`ltt Hn J. S. Egerton,Wilbraharn Lyall, G. • Wyndham, Gen. H. Elcho Lord Lygon, Hon. F. Wyndham, Capt. H. Elmley, Viscount Lytton, Sir E. B. Wynn, Lt-Col HW. Elphinstone, Sir J. Macartney, E. Wynn, Sir W. W. Elton, Sir A. H. Macaulay, K. Wynne, W. W. E. Emlyn, Viscount McEvoy, E. Wyvill, M. jun. Estcourt, T. S. McClintock, J. Yorke,Hon. E. T. Euston, Earl of Maguire, J. F. TELLERS. Farnham, E. B. Mainwaring, T. Jolliffe, Sir W. Farquhar, Sir W. Minns, R., Taylor, Lt.-Col. T. NOES-330. - Adair, 11. E. Fergus, John O'Brien, P. Adeane, H. J. Ferguson, Lt.-Col. O'Connell, D. Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Fitzgerald, J. D. O'Donoghue, D. Agnew, Sir A. Fitzroy. Rt. Hon H. Ogilvy, Sir J. Akroyd, Edward Fitzwilliam, Hon C. Onslow, Guildford Alcock, T. Foley, J. H. H. Osborne, R. B. Anderson, Sir J. Foley, Hon. H. W. Owen, Sir J. Antrobus, E. Foljambe, F. J. S. Paget, C. Ashley, Lord Forster, Charles Paget, Lord A. H. Ayrton, A: C. Foster, W. 0. Paget, Lord C. E Itagshaw, R. J Fortescue, Hon. D. I'almerston, Visct. Itagwell, J. Fortescue, C. S. Paxton, Sir J. Bathes, M. T. Fox, W. J. Pease, H. • Baker, R. W. Freestun, Col. W. Pechell, Sir G. Baring, H. B. French, Fitzstephen Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Gibson, T. M. Perr3r, Sir Thos. E. Baring, Thos. Geo. Gilpin, C. Philips, Robert N. Barnard, T. Glyn, G. C. Pigott, Francis Bass, M. T. Glyn, G. G. Pilkington, James Baxter, W. E. Grace, 0. D. J. Pinney, Wm. liazley, Thomas Graham, Sir J. R. G. Portman W. H. B. Beale, Samuel Greene, Capt. J. Price, W. P. Beamish, F. B. Greenwood, J. l'ryse, Capt. E. L. Berkeley ; F. 11. F. Greer, S. McCurdy Proby, Hon. G. L. Berkeley, Capt. FAY Gregson, S. Puller, C. W. Bethell, Sir R. Grenfell, C. P. Ramsden, Sir J. W Biddulph, Co! R. 31. Grenfell, C. W. Raynham, Viscount Biggs, John Greville, Col. F. Rebow, J. G. Black, Adam Gray, William Ricardo, 0. Bland, L. H. Grey, Ralph W. Rich, H. Bonham-Carter, J. Olrey, lit. lin. Sir G. Ridley, G. Bouverie,ltt.Hon. E. Grosvenor, Earl Itobartes, T. J. A. Bouverie, Hon. P. P. Gurdon, B. Roebuck, J. A. Bright, J. Gurney, Samuel Rothschild,Baron L Briscoe, J. I. Hadfield, Geo. Rothschild,Baron M Brown, James Hall, Rt. Hn. Sir B. Roupell, W. Browne, Lord J. T. Hamilton, Captain Russell, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. A. Hanbury, R., jun. Russell, Hastings Bruce, H. A. Handley, John Russell, A. J. E Buchanan, IV. Hamner, Sir J. Russell, F. W. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Harcourt, G. G. V. St. Aubyn, J. Bnlkeley, Sir R., Bt. liardcastle, Jos. A. Salisbury, E. G. Buller, J. W. Ilarris, John D. Salomons,Alderman Burke, Sir T. J., Bt. Hartington,Marquis Samuelson, B. Bury, Viscount Hatchell, John Schneider, H. W. Butler, C. S. Hay, Capt. Inrd J. Scholefield, W. Butt, Isaac Hayter, Sir Wm. G. Scrope, G. P. Buxton, C. Headlam, Thos. E. Shafto, R. D. Byng, Hon. G. H. C. Henchy, D. Shelley, Sir J. V. Caird, James II en eage, G. Sheridan, R. B. Calcraft, J. H. Herbert, 11. A. Sheridan, H. B. Calcutt, F. M. Herbert, S. . Slaney, R. A. Calthorpe, F. 11. Hodgson, K. Smith, J. A. Campbell, R. J. R.. Holland, E. Smith, J. B. Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Hotham, Gen. Lord Smith, R. Vernon Castlerosse, Vist. Howard, Hon. C. Smith, A. Caveneish, Hon. W. Hutt, W. Somerville, Sir M. Caveneish, lion. G. Ingham, R. . Stafford, Marquis of Cheetham, J. Ingram, H. Stanley, Hon. W. Cholmeley, Sir M. Jackson, W. Stapleton, J. Clay, James James, Edwin Steel, John Clifford, J. C. Jervoise, Sir .T. Stuart, Lord P. J. Clifford, 11. M. Johnstone, Sir J. Stuart, Lt.-Col. J. Clinton, Lord R. Keating, Sir H. Sullivan, 31. Clive, George Ker, R. Sykes, Col. W. M. Codrington, C. W. Kershaw, J. Talbot, C. R. Di. Cogan, W. H. F. King, Hon. L. Taylor, S. W. Coke, Lt.CI.W.C.W. King, E.. 8. Thompson,Maj-Gen Collier, R. P. Kinglake, A. W. Thornely, T. Colvile, C.. R. Kinglake, Serj. J. Thornhill, W. P. Coningham, Wm. Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Tite, Wm. Cowper, W. F. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Tollemache, Hon.F, Cotterell, Sir H. G. Labouchere, li. Tomline, G. Cowan, Charles Langston, J. H. Traill, G. Cox. Wm. Langton, H. G. Trelawny, Sir J. S. 1 Craufnrd, E. H. J. Laslett, W. Trueman, C. Crawibrd, It. W. Levinge, Sir R.G.A.. Turner, J. A. Crossley, Frank Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Tynte, Col. C. J. K, Dalglisit, Robert Lindsay, W. S. Vane, Lord H. G. Dashwood, Sir G. H. Locke, J. Verner, Sir Harry Davey, Richard Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C Davie, Sir H. R. F. Luce, T. Vivian, H. H. Deasy, Richard McCarthy, A. Vivian, Hon. J. C. Denison, W. H. F. M'Cann, J. Waldron, L. Dent, John Dent Mackie, J. Walter, John De Vere, S. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Warre, J. A. Devereux, J. T. Mackinnon, W.A.jn. Watkins, J. L. V. • Dillwyn, Lewis L. Masan, Capt. W.H. Weguelin, T. M. Divett, Edward Mangles, Capt. C. E Western, T. S. Dodson, John G. Marioribanks, D. C. Westhezd, J. Duff, M. E. Marsh, M. H. Whatman, J. Duff, M. L. G. Marshall, W. Whitbread, S. Duke, Sir James Martin, C. W. White, J. Dunbar, Sir Win. Martin, P. W. Wickham, H. W. Duncan, Viscount Martin, J. Willcox, B. Di. Dundas, Frederick Massey, W. N. Williams, W. • Dunkclin Lord Matheson, A. Williams, Sir W. F, Dunlop, A. M. Matheson, Sir J..Bt. Willyams, E. W. B, Dunne, M. Melgund, Visct. Wilson, J. Ellice, Rt. lion. E. Mellor, John Winnington, Sir T. Ellice, E., jun. Mills, T. Wise, J. A. Elliot, Hon. J. E. Mines, R. M. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C, Ennis, John Moffatt, G. Wood, IV. Esmonde, John - Monoreiff,ltt. Hn. J. Woods, Henry Evans, Sir Dc L. Monsell, Rt. Hn. W. Worsley, Lord Evans, T. IV. Monson, IV. J. Wrightson, W. B. Ewart, William Morris, D. Wyld, James Ewart, J. C. Napier, Sir C. Young, A. IV. Ewing, 11. E. C. Nicoll, D. TELLERS. Fagan, W. T. Norris, J. T. Brand, H. B. W. Fenwick, Henry North, F. linatchbull-Huges, THE BALLOT. Question proposed, " That the proposed words be there added." Amendment proposed to the said proposed amendment, by adding at the end thereof the words " and that at any election of a member or members to serve in Parliament, the votes shall be taken by ballot." Question proposed, "That those words be there added." Debate arising; motion made, and question, "That the debate be now adjourned"—put, and, negatived. Ques tion put, " That those words be there added." The house divided—Ayes, 98; Noes, 328. • . AYES-98. ' Adair, NT Greer, S 31 Pigott, F Alcock, T Hadfield, G Pilkington, J Bazley, T Hall, Sir B Price, W 1' Beale, S flunkey, T Pryse, E L Biggs, J , Hamner, Sir J Ilanisden, Sir J Blake, .1 - Henchy, D . Bidley, G Bonverie, E P Horsman, E Robartes, T Ilowyer, G Hume, W • Roebuck, .J Brady, .1 Ingham, It Rothschild, Baron L Brocklehurst, J James, E j Rothschild,Baron 31 Butler, CS . , Keating., Sir 11 Roupell, W Buxton, C Kershaw, J Schneider II IV Caird, J King-lake, A. W Sheridan, II B Campbell, It J R Kiuglake, John A Smith J A Clifford, C C Klnnaird. A Smith, A Collier, H P Laslett, W Stuart, Lord J Copeland, W T 3PCann, J Stuart, Colonel Corbal!y, 31 E M'Evoy, E Sullivan, 31 Cox, W . Magan, W 11 Talbot, C It 31 Crock, .1 Maguire, J F , Thompson, General Crossley, F Mangles, C E 'rite, W Dalglish, R Martin, 1' IV Tollemache, FJ Devereux, .1 T ' Martin, John Trelawny, Sir J S 'Dillwyn, L L Massey, W N Trueman, C Divett, E , Monson, W H Tynte, Colonel IC Duke, Sir J Morris, D . Villiers, C P Dunne, 31 Ncrreys, Sir D Vivian, H H Ellice, E O'Brien, P Westhead, J P ll Ewing, CI E C O'lionogline, The White, j Fergus, J Ogilvy, Sir J Willyams, E W B Ferguson, Colonel Onslow, G. T Foley, II W Pease, H I'reestun, Colonel redid!, Sir G B mryki, EJLLEE. S Greene, J Philips, R N Nicoll. D NOES-328. Adderley, C B Foljambe, FJ S Marshall, W Adeane, H J Fordes, Colonel Martin, C W Agar-Ellis, LG F Forester, Colonel Matheson, A Alexander, J . Forster, Sir G Matheson, Sir J Annesley, H Foster, 4 7. 0 Maxwell, Colonel Archdall, Captain Fortescue, F D Melgund, Viscount Bailey, C Franklyn, G W Miller, T J Baillie, C French, Colonel Miller, S B Baillie, H J Gallwey, Sir W P Mills, A Baines, M T Galway, Viscount Milnes, It M Ball, E Gard, R S Moncrieff, J Baring, A H Garnett, W J Montgomery, Sir G Baring, II B Gaskell, J M I Morgan, Major Baring, T Gladstone, W Mowbray, J It Baring, T G Glyn, G G Neeld, J Bernard, T T Goddard, A L Newark, Viscount Bernard, Col Gore, W It 0 Newdegate, C N Barrow, W H Graham, Sir J Newport, Viscount Bathurst, A A Graham, Lord W Nisbet, R P Baxter, W E • Greaves, E - Noel G J Beach, Wm W B Greenall, G . North, Colonel Bective, Earl of Greenwood, J • Ossulaton, Lord Beecroft, G S Gregory, W H Owen, Sir J Bennet, P Gray, Captain Packe, C W Bentinck, GW P Grey, Sir G Pakenham, Colonel Beresford, IV Grey, It W Palmer, R Blackburn, P Griffith, C D Palmer It W Boldert, Colonel Grogan, E Palmerston, Vist Booth, Sir R G Grosvenor, Earl Patten, Colonel Botfield, B Gurdon, B Paull, H Bouverie, P P Gurney, J. H Peel, General Bovill, W Haddo, Lord Pennant, Colonel Boyd, J Hamilton, Lord C Percy, J W Bramley-Moore, J Hamilton, J H Pevensey, Viscount Bramston, T W Hanbury, Captain Philipps, J H Brand, H Handley, J Pinney, Colonel Bridges, Sir B W Harcourt, G G Portman, WH B Brown, J Hardy, G Powell, F S Browne, Lord J T Hardy, J Pritchard, J Bruce, Lord E Hartington, Mqs. of I'roby, Lord Bruen, H ' Hassard, M Pugh, D Buller, J W Hay, Lord J Puller, C W D Bunbury, W Hayes, Sir E Ramsay, Sir A Burghley, Lord Heathcote, G H Raynham, Viscount Burke, Sir T J Heneage, G F ltepton, G W J Burrell, Sir C M .Henley, J W Rich, H Cardwell, E Henniker, Lord Richardson, J Carnac, Sir J R Herbert, H A Robertson, P F Cartwright, Colonel Herbert, S Russell, Lord J Castlerosse, Vis. Hervey, Lord A Russell, H Cavendish, W Hill, It Russell, F W Cavendish, Lord G Hodgson, W N Rust, J Cecil, Lord R ' Holford, R S St. Aubyn, J Charlesworth, J Holland, E Sclater-Booth, G Child, S Hope, A J B Scott, F Christy, S • Hopwood, J T Scott, Major Churchill, Lord A Horsfall, T B Seymer, H K Clark, J J Hotham, Lord Shirley, E P Clinton, Lord R Howard, CW G Sibthorpe, Major Clive, R W Howard, Lord E Slaney, It A Close, M C Hudson, G Smith, R V Cobbold, J C Hughes, W B Smith, Sir F Codrington, Sir W Hunt, G W Smyth, Colonel Coke, WC W Ingestre, Viscount Smollett, A Cole, H A Jervis, Captain Somerset, Colonel Cole, J L Jervoise, Sir J C Spooner, R Collins, I` Johnstone, H B Stanhope, J B Colvile, C R Johnstone, JJ H Steel, J Conolly, T Johnstone, Sir J Stephenson, R Cowper, W F Jolliffe, Sir W Stirling, W Cotterell, Sir H Jolliffe, H II Stewa r t Sir M R S Cross, R A • Jones, D Sturt, H G Cubitt, Alderman Kekewich, S T Sturt, N Cur2on, Viscount Kendall, N Taylor, Colonel Dalkeith, Earl of Kerrison, Sir E C Tempest, Lord A V Darner, L 1) King, J K Thornhill, W P Davey, R King, E B Tollemache, J Davie, Sir H Kingscote, It Tomline, G Davison, It Knatchbull, W F Tottenham, C Deedes, W Knatchbull-Huges. Trefusis, C H R Dobbs, W C * Kni g htl ey, R Trollop ° Sir J Dod, J W K n o x , C o l one l Vance, J ' Drummond, H Knox, W S - Vane, Lord H Du Cane, C Labouchere, H Vansittart, G H Duff, Major Langton, W G Vansittart, W Duncan, Viscount Laurie, J Verner, Sir W Duncombe, A Lefroy, A Verney, Sir H Duncombe, Colonel Legh, G C Walcott, Admiral Dundas, F ' Lennox, Lord A Walpole, S P Dunkellin, Lord Lennox, Lord H Walsh, Sir J Dunlop, A M Leslie, C P Welby, W E Du Pre, C G Lever, J 0 Williams, Colonel East, Sir J B . Lewis, Sir G C Williams, Str,W F Edwards, H Liddell, H G Wilson, A • Egerton, Sir G Lincoln, Earl of Wilson, J Egerton, E C Lisburne, Earl of Wise, J A Egerton, W Lockhart, A E Wood, Sir C Elcho, Lord Long, W Woodd, B T Elliot, J E Lopes, Sir 3/ Wortley, J S Elmley, Viscount Lowe, R Wrightson, W B Elphinstone, Sir J Lowther, Colonel Windham, General Emlyn, Viscount Lowther, Captain Wyndham, H Estcourt, TH S Luce, T. Wynn, Colonel Boston, Earl of Lyall, G Wynn, Sir W W Evans, T W Macartney, G Wynne, W IV E Farquhar, Sir M Macaulay, K Yorke, E T Fellowes, E Mackie, J Ferguson, Sir It M'Clintock, J TELLERS. Finlay, A S Mainwaring, T Agnew, Sir A Fitzwilliam, G W Matins, It Dutton, It H Foley, J H Marsh, M II LA TV INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and other peers. APPEAL..--.SMITH V. KAY. The further hearing of this part-heard appeal was resumed this morning._ Mr. Rolt, Q.C., was being heard for the appellant. The learned counsel went very fully into the parol and written evidence produced in the cause, and asked for a reversal of the decision of the court below. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls, cancelling a bond for £12,564 10s., granted by the respondent, Mr. Kay, to the appellant, Mr. Smith, his solicitor, for bills and cash advances made to him in his minority It appeared that the appellant was engaged in bill and cash transactions for and on account of the respon dent to the amount of between forty and fifty tthousand pounds, and the bond in question was taken as a security for these combined advances, on the supposition and assurance that the respondent would confirm them when he came of age. The respondent pleaded confederacy, misrepresentation, and want of valuable consideration in granting the bond in question, and asked for relief by cancelling this bond. At twelve o'clock the further hearing was adjourned till Monday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH. STREET. DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A SHERIFF'S OFFICER.— Edward Murray, of 16, St. Martin's-court, proprietor of the Hotel Union, and Antonio Borbardini, were charged with the following assault on James Bentley, a sheriff's officer, and also on James Milward, a quartermaster on half-pay. Bentley said he went to the Hotel Union to arrest a per-. son named Samorini. Sat at a table, called for some beer, asked for Samorini, who came to him, and witness then spike about the debt. He said it should be settled. Feeling satisfied he had the right man, he told him to come to the door to speak to a friend, a cry wan set up, and a rush of foreigners to the door took place, and an attempt was made to rescue Samorini. Amongst the persons present were the pri soners. After Samorini was rescued he was kicked in the stomach by the prisoner Murray from which he had been spit ting blood . Called to his assistance a person n ame d Mil war d, whom he had taken with him, knowing the character of the people he was going among. The struggle was of a most desperate nature. Was knocked about with much violence, his coat torn from his back, and his papers lost. Milward, who began by saying that he was a retired officer, and had risen from the ranks, confirmed the last witness in every particular, and said that he was called on by the last witness to assist him. The attack was a most desperate one—twenty to two. The prisoner Murray was prominent in the affray, the others also struck them several times. This witness was' subjected to a long cross-examination which created great amusement in the court, stating that he had many times fought under great disadvantages, but never so much as twenty to two—did not mind twelve to two. _ _ _ Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, addressed the magistrate (Mr. Bingham) at some length, contending that Murray, who was the son of an old Waterloo officer, was not the man, and that it was a case of mistakenidseanutiotyye.r. Several witnesses were called in support of th e d efence, all of whom said that Murray was not th ere a t t h e time, being ill in bed, nd did not come till the affair wa Remanded for further inquiry. THAMES. A LITTLE BIT OF CAN NIBALISM. —Charl es R yan, a seaman, belonging to an Amer i can ship, w as brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting George Keighley, a seaman, belonging to the English ship Chieftain. The complainant said that a young woman, who had been keeping company with the prisoner, charged him with stealing three blankets, and he told the prisoner if he had done so he ought to be ashamed of himself. The prisoner immediately knocked him down by a blow with his fist Ho got up and returned the compliment, and then they had a regular fight. He was getting the best of the Yankee, and had got his head in "chancery," when the prisoner managed to throw him i n t h e strugglel fell upon him, and bit his lip severely. The under lip of the prisoner was swollen, and much inflamed. The prisoner, in defence, said that the complainant in duced a girl h e was staying with to strike him with a street i door key, and he was determined to " sarve " out thewman who had done so. Mr. Yardley --I will not allow you sailors to be fighting and quar re lli ng i n t h e public streets about your girls. I fine you 10s. for the assault, and, in default of payment, eight days imprisonment. A PROTECTION ORDER FOR A DESERTED WIFE.—Mrs. Elizabeth Watton, a respectable woman, residing at No. 5, Upper Fenton-street, Commercial-road, applied to Mr. Yardley for an order to protect her property, acquired since the desertion of her husband, seven years ago. Mrs. Watton said her husband abandoned her and her infant child, now 10 years of age, in the year 1852 ; and she had since obtained a scanty subsistence for herself and child by needlework, and had conducted herself in a man ner to obtain the respect of her friends. A shoit time since she received information of a bequest by a relative, and sho wished to prevent her husband taking the money. Mr. Yardley—Do you know where your husband is ? Mrs. Watton—l do not, Sir. All I know about him i s that he has been living with another woman in a state of adultery, and I have been informed that his concubin e i s prep,mant, End is likely o t give birth to a child, o f w h ich my husband is father, very soon. Mr. Yardley—You are entitled to the order. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, then made out the order of protection, and handed : it to Mrs. W a tt on, who left the court much relieved. LETTERS, 4-c., 31US7' BB FULLY ADDRESS ED. Much difficulty is experienced in the delivery to their right owners of letters imperfectl a dd res sed; and post masters have fre q u ently incurred unjust censure either for unintentionally delivering such letters to wrong persons, or for declining the responsibility of delivering, them at all and sending th em up to the Returned Letter Branch. It often happ ens that there are sev eral persons living in the same t own whose surname and christian name or initials, are exact l y alike, and somet i mes no t on ly i s th e name the same, but th e t ra d e or pro fession, and even the street. The address of every letter ought to be full and distinct ; but in the cases referred to it is obvious that the correct delivery cannot be secured unless the name, calling, street, intended, numbei of the person for whom the letter is tended, be all given. An instructionhas been issued to all postmasters directing them to deliver letters imperfectly addressed whenever they have no reasonable doubt as to the persons for whom they are intended, but in other cases to continue to send the letter to London to be returned to the writer. By Command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL. Secretary. General Post-office, 30th March, 1859 ' The amount subscribed towards the gift to the Misses Being, the nieces of the poet Burns, as advertised in the Ayr papers, is upwards of £560. THE BALLOT SOCIETY. The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held at the offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on Tuesday ; Sir John Scott Lillie, G.C.8., in the chai r . M r . Whit e h urs t, M r . Elt, r. Le Maitre, Mr. Hyde Clark, Mr. Syden ham Nodes, Mr. Passmore Edwards, Mr. W. Austin, Mr. M. E. Marsden, Mr. W. E. Dawes, &c., were present. Reports from correspondents in various constituencies were received, and directions given to recommence a series of public meetings in the provinces to promote the adoption of the ballot in any Reform Bill, whether of the present or a sue ceeding government. A sub- committee, consisting of Major-General Thompson, M.P., Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. James Campbell, and Mr. Elt, was appointed to examine and report on the essays sent in by competitors in reply to the advertisement issued by the committee offering prizes for the three best essays, to be writ ten by working men and tenant farmers. ' It was resolved to communicate with the various metropolitan vestries, suggesting that at the elec tions to be held next May under the Metropolis Local Management Act, the ballot directed to be taken by that act should be taken in the manner now in use in the Australian colonies. The following letters from. Mr. Nicholson, "the father of the ballot in Victoria," an d f rom the Mayor of Launceston, Tasmania, were read and ordered to be communicated to the press Mr. Nicholson says :—" You were exactly right in what you had told Mr. Cobden respectino. Mr. John Thomas Smith. He was always opposed to the ballot, and during the discussion on the subject previous to its adoption, he declared he would leave the country if it was adopted. There are some per sons who never will be for the ballot, for there aro a certain class who can manage an election to their own advantage better with open voting than by the ballot. You say Mr. Smith has stated to Mr. Cobden that he could have refuted all I had said about the ballot had he been in England at the same time. He is a rash man to make Such a statement. Everything I stated was fully proved by the best testimony. The press is unanimous in its favour, and most of its opponents are converted to its favour by their experience of its working. In addition to all I have said, I may call your attention to the fact of Mr. Haines being in England just now. He led the Government of the day against the ballot ; he has fully testified to its utility here. The ballot is rarely mentioned here now ; it has given such satisfaction that it has settled down into one of the institutions of the colony. Men, no doubt, vote for their employers or others in a higher position in society than themselves ; but they do it of free choice, there is not such a thing as coercion. In the two elections which have come off since my arrival, there has been no personal canvassing, and what is most important, all is remarkably orderly in the polling-places. You will have heard before this that it has been adopted in Sydney. Very little has been said about it. Mr. Donaldson tried to get up a debate upon the subject, but he failed, the division left him almost alone. Their electoral act had caused great excitement, and thrown one Government out, but they appear to be nearly as satisfied as we in Victoria about the ballot." The Mayor of Launceston says :—" I read in the London papers the debate in the House of Commons on the question of the ballot during last session, when Mr. Marsh, a successful squatter' of Aus tralia, delivered an address against the measure, in which he made statements respecting the working of the ballot in this colony wholly untruthful, in every way. I determined on the instant of reading the debate to take some steps to contradict his mis statements and erroneous conclusions; but I scarcely knew to whom I might address myself, until lately, in a periodical, I met with the advertisement of the ' Society for Promoting the Adoption of the Ballot,' of which society you are the chairman. I have not Mr. Marsh's speech before me. I remember, how ever, that he declares that, under the vote by ballot the people of this colony have returned men to Par ment of so low a character that the result has been the enactment of disgraceful scenes in the house, on the part of members who, but for the ballot, would never have occupied such official distinction. Inui desirous that you should know that, however violent and intemperate the conduct of Mr. Gregson in our local Parliament has been, he is a very old colonist, of a good family in England. The in firmity of temper which he has manifested militates nothing, therefore, against the vote by ballot. Generally under this system, throughout the colony, the best men have been invariably elected ; and this, notwithstanding that, looking to the former social condition of our population, the British Par liament have committed the serious error of giving us a £lO (occupancy) franchise, in a colony where very few dwellings indeed are assessed at so low a rental. With respect to the quiet and decorum which attend all our elections, I assure you persons recently from England speak with intense gratifi cation ; and those of us who have witnessed the excitement, drunkenness, and debauchery of the old system of voting, desire heartily the extension of the ballot system to our beloved countrymen at home.' The system of the ballot is adopted both at parliamentary and municipal elections, and with the like success. I have been returning officer at the elections in this borough and for the district (or county) elections, and can speak with confidence of the vast superiority of the ballot over former sys tems of voting ; and I am sure it would very soon become to be regarded as a great social blessing to England, if once the vote by ballot became the law of the land. I therefore wish your society success. trust my personal experience may be useful to you. Certainly I have the advantage of Mr. Marsh, that I have been in contact with the system, and have seen its admirable working in He e bas but looked at it; and Tasmania fi.om aa falseand Australia,position and through a prejudiced medium." NEW REEF IN THE STRAITS OF MALA CCA. A letter received at Lloyd's,dated Singapore, the Bth February, gives some information respecting a new danger in the shape of a silken reef, to which it is important the attention oflrariners should be directed. It was discovered by the Loch Lomond, from Batavia, striking upon it on her passage to Singapo re , an d th e f o ll ow i ng account is given of the circumstance : " On the sth February, when near the little Pan Shoal, wind N.E., ship on port tack, tide setting to the eastward, Ningsa Island just open with Ningsa Point, observed that the beacon on the Little Pan Shoal had disappeared, put the helm down, when about to haul the mainyard, the vessel took the ground ; got the boats out with stream anchor. On sounding round the ship found her to be on a patch of very small extent having five or seven fathoms, within a few feet of the vessel shallow water. Saw the bank six feet under the water ; it appeared to be about six or seven feet in diameter, and in form a mushroom coral. Ningsa Island, south end, was then just clear of the Point, and bearing W. N. A small rock without a name S. This would place the rock to the northward of the Pan Shoal, and, probably, is the same on which the brig Slocano struck some five years ago." It would therefore appear that the bearings lald down in the Admiralty charts of the Pan Shoal, do serves writer v er y j us tl y ob not cl : ear the rock. Th e It is much to be regretted that beacons are not placed on the small shoals here." Some further particulars respectinc, the shoal are contained in the following extract from the log of the barque Constance, which struck upon it on the Bth January, at 3.30 p.m. " The Island of Jarang bore N. distant about 11 mile; Wind N. by E., steering E.S.E. ; ship going five knots, when she suddenly struck on a bank or reef, not l a id down i n t h e c h ar t . " , LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The screw steamer City of Baltimore sailed yesterday for New York with the United States' mail, a moderate cargo, and 350 passengers. The Cunard steamer Europa will sail on Saturday with the mails for New York. The box at the Post -office will'elose on that day at 7.30, with additional fees at 8.30 a.m., and ono th o e L l D an F di n n o g A s i ta A ge us a T t R ab A oLul t A._As much9.3oa.ln as £967,000 . in gold is known to be still a t sea from Melbourne. The Copenhagen has been out 96 days, with X 87,800 (this vessel was spoken with on the 23d inst.) ; the RoYal Bride, 89 days, with X 117,100 ; t h e Roxburgh Castle, 79 days, with £166 , 000 ; the White Star, 76 days, with £130 , 000 ; th e Austral, 74 days, with £61,400 ; the lleatherbell, 69 days, with X 84,400 ; the Champion of the Seas, 66 days, with X 92,200; the Maidstone, 62 days, with X 75,000; the Royal Charter, 60 days, with £109,300; and the Conflict, 56 days, with £43,500. The proportion now due is about £370,000. LYCEUM TIIEATRE.—Last night, a new and original five-act pl ay, b y Mr. Edward Falconer, who made so great a success last year in his comedy of "Extremes," was produced at this theatre. The present drama is founded on a novel, and the story is that of two Venetian lovers. It takes its name from the heroine Francesca Gradenigo (beautifully sustained by Mrs. Charles Young), and it elu cidates the two passions of love and hatred. The story has many good points in it, and it increases in interest as it ap proaches the denoneinent. But, like most of Mr. Falconer's plays, it is greatly overwritten. The audience pronounced a decided verdict in favour of the play. The new scenery is exceedingly nicely painted by Mr. Callcott, and the play is altogetherzot up in excellent style. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.--SIIOCKING SCENE.— Yesterday Mr. Wakley received information of the death of Mrs. Bridget Summers, aged 40 years, who resided at J. Ragan's, lodging-house keeper, No. 37, George-street, St. Giles. It appeared that smoke was seen issuing from the front windows by some of the neighbours. Deceased, who had been intoxicated, was found nearly burnt to a cinder. Another woman was lying on the ground nearly suffocated, and also intoxicated. Three others were in an adjoining room in a similar condition ; they were extricated as soon as possible. Had the flames spread the whole five must have been burnt. n. to • in o the Col( Hor Colc of tt irlsw of R rents ( full fo any it promo thing tinuecl LO The dain a Bath ; ning, able L bay, to Class, able 0: The Sayer .1 The don, G L undo: The Major- Vernor The Eyre, absene, Her ham C. Vineet No 4, has api for the Royal Wra P • Add( John purd 3d Dral 'Lieul Dyso Majo: Scots I and I Step' 4th Rek Hams 6th Poo to be super, 7th FoO by p ti Bth Foot THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1859,