The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-15 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, will be produced a new Comedy, en titled EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. And USED UP. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be produced Shakspeare's historical Vay of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Quin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Sir Charles, Mr. C Selby ; Ernest, Mr. Bil lington ; Peg Wofftington, Miss Woolgar ; Mabel, Miss H. Simms. After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster , Billin , gton , Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Ke e l ey, and Arden. To be followed by THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr, J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Keeley •nd 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. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falcone; 'l' HIS EVENING will be presented THE KING'S GAR DENER. Followed by BEAU 8R17.3131ELL. Mr. Emery. After which, an original Petite Piece de Circonatance, HOUSEHOLD WORDS ALL THE YEAR ROUND. And FORTUNE'S FROLIC. Reduced Prices—Drss Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3c ; Pit, 25.; Stalls, ss. ; Gall ery , I s. ox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past II to commence at 7 every evening. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh THIS EVENING, VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and Miss M. Ternan. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne To be followed by I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES. Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, W estminster -road. Lessee and Manager ........ Mr. William Cooke. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with a new grand Drama, entitled THE THREE MUSKE TEERS, in which Mr. R. Phillips and the company will ap pear. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Plenrette, and M a d ame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female eq ues t r i an talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with A THUMPING LEGACY, Miss M. Jackson. The splendid romance of PirANFIOE ; or, The Knights Templars, is in ac ti ve preparation, and will be revived with extraordinary magnificence_ Dress Circle, 4s. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and .£1 ls. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. 31011 TON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS G,ALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 ~c lock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec ..ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters .and is also devoted to Art productions g ene rally. The Prop r i e t or f ee l s h e may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Pine 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 Seven o'cIock MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAITYLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam Eight in number, whose varied ionlnstrumental performances have created so marked a sensa -111 the principal cities and t owns of the Confluent, wiL ,rform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. ............—.=_„—,.....„.....,_ THE WEATHER.—SuN Orpicz, APRIL 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this 48—this day at noo morning and d ur i ng the night. BAROMETER—down to 29.03, now up to 29.33. WIND, Northerly; It fresh and occasional shower s cold, with sunshine and . rained sunset till midni g ht, in torrent s la st n i ght from "'Two o'clock—Wind shifted to NAT., bl ow i ng f resh and squally, with show ers of rain, sle e t, snow, and hail. Ther mometer 45--bi tterly ccld. THE SUN FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1859. Last night swell-merited approbation was bestows ta n t e of praise and and distinguish e d heroesd on the s kil ful civilians th whose zea l an d rough energy the Indian em p i re was preserved as one of the brightest gems in QuEEN vICTORI A ' S di adem. more cordiall b Never were vote s of thanks more nobly earne d or estowed than thos e y which were unanimously accorded to the preservers of India— the avengers of the women and Children so cruelly massacred by the san gu i na 1 7 miscreants who had so long been the pampered fav • eurites of the Anglo- Indian Government. It was a remarkable sire nnu ee that th e pleas tan ing task of bringing forward pleas the • e motions devolved upon father and son —the one Premier, and the other ih the foremost rank of the We do not rememb er an c b• a met Mini s t ers. y instan eeo a similar cha racter in the Parliamentary a nnals of the count It is true that father and son—Bi r , and cu l t 17. Sir WILLIAM Smerrt—have go ne eir tog e th er as • judges of assize, and that e former and son of th e l att er no g ra ndson of th e sides over the Rolls C ourt i • W. wort hily pre- n Ire land, but never before hati it occurred that a father and son should lead both Houses of Parliament • h • ri • nging for ward such a question, and doi ng an • • in a m anner that received unanimous approval. It was - deeply to be regretted that s cime of th e mighty dead, whose name s w ill long be enshrined the hearts of their countrymen, mould not be in _ eluded in the vote. HAVELOPR and LA,vv,,„ uENCI NICHOLSON and NEILL, and the modern BOARD: —the Chevalier sans peter et sans reprode_Sir WILLIAM PEEL, have nobly surrendered their lives in the service of their country. Any honour that could be consecrated to their memories would be gratefully recognised by the comniunity at largo, although their own exploits hay created for them " monuments more durable than brass," or e ven Parian marble. It was, however, contrary to pre cedent, and precedent is " a great fact," that cannot easily be controverted. We should, however, have been well pleased if some notice could have been placed on the records of both Houses, testifying the feeling of the people towards those who had sacrificed their lives in the public service. Viscount CANNING is to be mad e an Earl, Lora ELPHINSTONE a Baron of the United li. ., : _ i ngdern. But why should not Sir JOHN L AW . - it , i CE receive the coronet which he has so 11 t0 01 ? e ly ve e il a . r the earned? His presence would be an hono ur hereditary branch. Seldom, if ev er , has any one been his o enabled to render such services t o Country. the enervating climate thirty years he has sustained ate o f I n di a, an d succee d e d , b y extraordinary ta c t' : in r endering the province, which wa s regarded danger, a s ource of as d our great difficulty and 'Widely as men differ eoluenep e elitieal a ff a i rs an d and protection. the conduct of individuals, ther e a . difference of opinion r „ pcet . ne ver has been valuable etertions. of the distinguish e d ~I_l'.. the ''' 1, than. I t i 6t too . or, late to redeem th e err is not , and ha JOHN LAWRENCE is now in E ng l and to Plnly Sir honours which may be tendered f or his aaceeeeepPttantolle .. TO Lord CLYDE, - and the gallant soldiers i. e. erS 1)., whom he was the unerring leader, the sincere gratitude 'f the nation was justly due, and notwithstanding the vote of thanks last night we cannot think that the debt hais been by any means satisfactorily discharged. It was the 'invincible Highlanders who, under a general worthy of such followers—Sir HENRY HAVELOCK, made the most extrao r d inar y march on record, and eventually, after gaining almost daily victories, rescued the women and children, pent up from their impendi n g in the Residency of Lucknow, fs i)r; : . • s .1 ., . • 41 kil :7 I ' l Z' • A r Di;" 0 11 fate. In every trial they have proved themselves to be " the bravest of the brave." And, under a congenial leader, one of their own blood—Lord CLYDE—they have fully maintained the excellent position they obtained under the lamented HAVELOCK. It is a work of supererogation to say a word in favour of OUTRAM, ROSE, ROBERTS, WHITLOCK, WILSON (the conqueror of Delhi), GRANT, MANS FIELD, FRANKS, LUGARD, MICHEL, WALPOLE, or NAPIER. Their brilliant achievements speak trumpet-tongued in their favour, and to explain the grounds on which they are entitled to the national gratitude would be to recapitulate the. events of the Indian war. There is one name, the omission whereof we deeply regretted. We had looked for Colonel GREATHED, the distinguished chief of " the avenging column." The man who struck terror into the heart of the mutineers, and proved himself to be actuated by truly British feeling and British pluck, ought to have received some notice. He had not, however, obtained a general's rank, and was therefore included amongst the number whose names could not be specified. It is a glorious spectacle to behold the Parliament and People of Great Britain returning thanks to efficient servants and rendering honour to those to whom it is justly and fairly owing. There were some omissions which we should have been pleased to see rectified. But no one was included who had not fairly merited the distinction. May we venture to offer a piece of advice to all electors whose votes are their own? We offer it because it involves, in truth, the principle upon which we have acted ourselves. It may seem almost trite ; yet, like so many well known principles, it is but too easily forgotten under the pressure of circumstances. If, however, we are not mistaken, it is of pre-emirient importance at the present elec tion. Our advice is, that party should go for nothing, and that measures should be the test, not As our readers have seen, neither of the great parties have acted to our mind in the matter of Reform. We censured, as soon as we saw them, those points of the Government Bill which have been objected to ever since, several of them by Con servatives as well as by Liberals. It was but too plainly intended to purge the counties of Liberalism, to propitiate the small boroughs, and to make them more manageable. But the ten pound county fran chise was a great and clear gain, and it became obvious, in the course of the debate, that that gain might have been secured with little or no alloy in committee; while no power on earth could have prevented the step thus gained from enabling us to gain several others. The worst defect was the want of protection for the voter. But if the bill was in great part objectionable, we felt obliged equally to condemn the resolutions. They were appropriate to a committee, not to a motion for a second reading. The mode of procedure was a mere dodge of place seeking, or Premiership-seeking. 4-nd worst of all, while professing to censure the chief defects of the bill, they left its greatest defect unnoticed. Had they added, as Mr. WYLD proposed to do, that to be satisfactory to the people, a Reform Bill must provide that the votes be taken by ballot, though even then the mode of procedure would have remained of doubtful ' propriety, we could not have branded the resolutions as a Russell-Whig dodge for the Premiership. Strongly, therefore, as we objected to the unamended Government bill, we objected quite as strongly . to the hollowness, the party character, and the unsa tisfactoriness of the resolutions. In this view, notoriously, some of the oldest and best tried friends of the people heartily concurred. And what now is the result ? That we have Lord DERBY appealing to the country to keep in, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord PALMERSTON, and some say Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and perhaps another one or two, appealing to the country to put then in. Our leading politicians do not like to leave the political stage without having tried their hands on the prin cipal part. The wishes of the three who have filled or do fill that part are, however, well known enough, and their supporters make free use of their names. But what to the people are names ? The nation has now its own business fin its own hands. In sadly few hands, we are bound to confess. Not above one-sixth or one-seventh of its adult males have to vote for the other five-sixths or six-sevenths. What ought this small fraction of the men of the nation to do ? The business of Reform Bill making is, by the struggles of party, placed in their hands. It is for them to say what is due to themselves and to the non-electors. Let electors, then, make up their minds, from what their own observation and the protracted discussions we have had, must teach them ; and let no wrigglings or evasions be for a moment tolerated. Delegation on details of an un discussed subject is unworthy of both the electors and the elected; but demanding explicit promises to vote for what all parties fully understand, is only asking—Are you the man to do the work which we want to have done, and which you, if you care for the people, will wish to do for us ? While, therefore, we would on principle allow a certain latitude, on principle, also, we would require cordial assent to our minimum. FIRST—We should place the Ballot. We would have our electors real electors ; we would vote for no candidate who left the electors unprotected from the frequent unpleasantnesses and perils attendant on an honest vote. We could not believe him to be a, politically, honest candidate. He must want to rely for himself, or for his order, on influences which he and they ought not to be able to use. We would have no one able to boast, as Mr. LABOVCRERE did, that he left his tenants as free Ito vote as himself. Good heavens ! Who is, then, Mr. LABOUCHERE or any other worthy Whig landlord, that he should be able to leave his tenants free? Ought the laws of England not to put down such liberality as that ? Mr. LABOUCHERE h as l and he wants to let, another man wants to hire it. And, from this commercial transaction, a Liberal landlord confesses' that such a tenant dependence arises, which, should the next landlord turn T ory, he may not leave his tenants free. A professed Liberal objecting to the Ballot ought now to be hooted from the hustings. He does not thank Heaven that he is not as these Tories are, and then do their deeds. He says plainly, I mean to keep my Power over you ; and we would rather have the more honest man. SEcoNDLY—We would demand something sub stantial for the operative. A useless demand this, however, without the former. Better leave them as they are than expose them to the seduction, or the torturings of election agents. The £6 rental is a very good proposal. We certainly should not insist on more. --- TUlRDLy____ln regard to a sc h e d u l e A an d B, it i s Plain e nough what ought to be done ; not so plain what can b e done ; of 1832. ii thanks to the Whig workmen -- " t `t. Arundels the memb ers f or th e pa t rons o f our and Thetford s , & c., ought to be as h ame d to persist i n defending nominee se a t s . the ign om i n i ous h onou r of FOURTHLY—There are certain ecclesiastical ques - Vous which have bQen so well discussed, that no men. ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL " 15, 1859. candidate can be considered to understand religious, as well as civil liberty, who is not prepared to vote right. Church Rate Abolition is one of these. A man cannot now be a hearty friend to ReligiouS Liberty who would not vote immediately for the abolition of this galling impost ; and, we might add, for Lord BURY'S Marriage Bill. Our advice then is, to ask no candidate whether he supports this Minister or that, this party or the other; but whether he will vote heartily for a few main or testing points like these. The country should now make its own Reform Bill. It may rest assured that, whatever Minister be in power, the next Reform Bill will be one which will bear the image and superscription of this election. It is in the power of the country to stamp the people's image on it. THE PROSPECTS OF WAR. A correspondent has forwarded the following extract of a letter from Vienna, dated April 12, 1859 :—* * * * „But I cannot refrain from telling you that the chances of a war in Italy seem to increase daily; preparations here are still carried on on a monster scale, and soldiers arrive and leave daily for the south. For a long time no express trains have run on the Trieste railway, as the com pany has enough to do in forwarding the men and materiel de l'armee. I have heard from a most re liable source that the Empress is in the greatest distress at the near prospect of the Emperor going to Italy." LONDON BRIDGE 4 CRARING-CROSS RAILIVA - I' BILL. Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on Group 1 of Railway and Canal Bills, that, in the case of the London and Charing-cross Railway Bill, the Committee had ex amined into the several matters required by the standing orders to be specially reported upon by committees on rail way bills, and had agreed to the following report : " That a report from the Board of Trade and the Board of Admiralty m regard to the bill and the objects thereof had been referred by the house to the committee, and the recommendations thereof, so far as the same appeared ap plicable to the bill as amended, had been considered and adopted by the committee. That it is not intended that the railway should pass on a level any turnpike road. That there are no other special circumstances of which, in the opinion of the committee, it is desirable the house should be informed." Mr. Ingham further reported from the committee, that they had examined the allegations contained in the pream ble of the bill, and had amended the same by striking out of the recitals the intention to confer powers upon certain companies of subscribing to the undertaking, and making working arrangements, such powers not being now sought in respect of those companies, and found the same as amended to be true, and had gone through the bill and made amendments thereunto." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Renter's office : PARIS, THURSDAY. In yesterday's sitting of the Conferences on the Danubian affairs, the representatives of Austria and the Porte, on the reading of the protocol of the first sitting, demanded certain modifications, by reason of which a third meeting will take place. Lady Cowley has departed for Baden-Baden, but Lord Cowley remains at Paris. It is confidently asserted that the negotiations for the Congress continue, but that their progress is slow on account of great difficulties which are still to be overcome. It is asserted that the Emperor will shortly leave for Lyons. A memorandum from Count Buol, hostile to Piedmont, is spoken of. TURIN, THURSDAY. The Cavaliere d'Azeglio left this morning for Paris, charged - with an extraordinary mission to the Governments of France and England. ROME, WEDNESDAY. The death of the King of Naples is hourly ex pected. Public prayers are offered up in . the churches for his Majesty. DRESDEN, THURSDAY. The Dresden 'Town alalleges its acquaintance with the fact that according to a more recent counter proposal of France, which is said to be also seconded in other quarters, the Congress will assemble on the 23d inst. at Carlsruhe, and will commence opera tions by resolving on a general disarming. STUTTGART, APRIL 14. The official IVartembergischer Staatsanzeiger publishes a royal decree calling in the Landwehr. The first bands are to be composed of those soldiers who have left military service within the last two years, and the two junior classes which have not yet begun military service, are summoned for the Ist of May next. MADRID, WEDNESDAY. The Congress has approved a bill of indictment against Senor Collantes by 1743 voices against 66. Senor Collantes was forthwith lodged as a prisoner in the hotel of the Civil Governor. TRIESTE, APRIL 14. Advices have been received from Athens to the 9th inst. A convention has been concluded with the Aus trian Government relating to the connection of Trieste and Greece by telegraph. The telegraph line between Trieste and Alexandria is to pass through Greece. The Austrian Lloyd steamer arrivedhere (Trieste) with advices from Constantinople to the 9th inst. Ismael Pacha had left to take the command of the corps d'armee on the Danube. The arrival of Omer Pacha at Constantinople is not confirmed. SMYRNA, APRIL 9. The agitation against the Jews continues. CORFU, APRIL 10. A new decree concerning the promotion of the public functionaries has been published. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to yesterday (Thursday). The corresponding figures of the last month are added : DEBTOR. April. March. F. C. F. C. Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capi tal (Art. 8, Law of June 9, 1857) 1,510,527 65 1,510,527 65 Reserve of the Bank New Reserve Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Notes in circulation 7,303,718 2(?)706,261,625 0 Bank-notes to order .. 6,507,F55 72 7,153,200 0 Receipts payable at sight 8,948,766 0 7,655,304 0 Treasury account current creditor Sundry accounts current 209,804,576 91 225,001,263 29 Ditto with branch banks 28,224,369 0 32,461,242 0 Dividends payable. 652,674 2,5 951,520 25 Discts. sundry interests 2,232,389 62 1,432,072 25 Commission on deposits 5,617,304 50 3,877,432 60 Re-discounted the last six months Surplus of paid-up bill::: 1,00 20 5 :6 3 2 7 9 7 2 31,005,377 2 7 2 315 37 8 36 Sundries Total 1,283,181,273 80 1,286,663,787 18 CREDITOR. April. March. F. C. F. C. Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks 315,094,036 0 303,598,152 0 Commercial bills overdue 364,913 47 291,388 8 Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 218,204,357 73 216,052,062 90 Do. in the branch banks 226,778,150 0 230,787,508 0 Advanced on deposit of bullion. Do. by the branch banks 405,900 0 694,600 0 Do. on Frenchpublic secu- rifles Do. by the branch banks 13,202,500 0 12,417,100 0 Do. on railway securities 95,236,300 0 85,325,100 0 Do. by the branch banks 30,519,300 0 29,966,120 0 Do.on Credit Foncier Scrip 633,900 0 724,400 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip 424,700 0 423,600 0 Do. to the State on agree- of June 30, 1848 48,000,000 0 45,000,000 0 Govern. stock reserved Do. disposable New shares, not settled Hotel and film. of Bank Landed property of branch banks - 6,787,597 0 6,911,032 0 Expenses of management 1,121,952 34 784,709 63 Sundries .Total 1,283,181,273 80 1,286,663,787 18 SARDINIA. With reference to Count Cavour's memorandum of the Ist ult., to-day's papers publish a circular from the Lieutenant-Governorship of Lombardy, as confirmatory of the Sardinian Minister's statement that among the causes of Lombardo-Venetian hatred to Austria was to be reckoned the severity and cor poral punishment to which women were subjected. The Turin papers give the circular as taken from the official Provincial Bulletin of the Acts of the Government for Lombardy, issue of the 7th March, It runs as follows : " Circular of the I. R. Lombard Lieutenant-Governorship, Jan. 22, 1859, concerning the execution of the corporal punishments to be inflicted on persons of the female sex ' condemned or prosecuted (inquisitees). " Copy of the decree No. 23,586 of the Ministry of Justice. " On the occasion of a demand that has been presented, the Ministry of Justice, in accordance with the Ministries of the Interior and of Finance, determines that, for the punishment by blows with a rod of prosecuted or condemned women, the wives of the gaolers (prison guards), or the maid-servants of the same who may be found most adapted to the office, are principally to be employed, with a retribu tion of 20 sous of the new coinage (about 5d.) for every execution. " Of this charge communication shall be given to the de pendent judges for their observations, it being declared, however, to the same that the execution of corporal punish ment on prosecuted and condemned men constitutes part of the ordinary service of the prison officials, from which no pretence of special recompense can be derived. " Vienna, Jan. 4, 1859." The Turin prints declare this document to be genuine, defy the Milan Gazette to contradict it, and remark on the strangeness of the spectacle presented to the civilized world by the concurrence of three principal Ministers of a great European Power in deciding such matters as the flagellation of women for 20 sous, and of men gratis. They also call atten tion to the passages of the circular which establish that corporal punishment may be inflicted, not only on women who have been condemned, but also on those who are only under prosecution. COLOGNE, APRIL 11.—Mr. Ellerton's Symphony No. 3 was performed by the Musicalischo Gesellschaft of this city, under the direction of Herr Hiller, on Saturday evening, the 9th inst., with complete success. The com poser, an Englishman, was loudly cheered at the conclusion of the piece both by the orchestra and the audience. THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN CHESTER CASTLE. — The two poachers, Richard Boulton. and John Danks, who were found guity of the murder of the two gamekeepers at the last assizes and were condemned to death, have been respited. Both prisoners were much affected en receiving the intelligence. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.--(This Day.) The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat-club race, which has been a subject of great excitement for some time past, came off this morning. The morning was very cloudy, the sun struggling at intervals to shed an enlivening ray over the scene, whilst a strong piercing east wind blew, causing a heavy swell upon the river ; but, not withstanding these obstacles to the satisfactory enjoyment of out-door amusements, numbers of persons had congregated on the banks of the river, and on Hammersmith-bridge and other points where a view of the race could be obtained. There was also a large gathering of horsemen on the banks, who kept pace with the rowers the distance they had to pull. A number of Citizen and Iron Steamboat Companies' boats had been chartered by Messrs. Searle and Sons, Mr. Wylde, and others for conveying gentlemen to the place of starting, and to follow the competitors, which were liberally patronised by the respective friends of the Univer sities, and by others who take an interest in aquatic sports. For some time past the crews have been in train ing, and the skillful manner in which they per formed their work excited the admiration of all who saw them. The following were the crews : OXFORD. 1. H. F. Baxter, Brasenose College, 10st. 21b. 2. R. F. Clarke, St. John's College, list. 131 b. 3. .0. G. Lane, Christ Church, list. 91b. 4. Hon. V. Lawless, Balliol College, 12st. 31b. 6. G. Morrison, Balliol College, 13st. 11b. 6. R. AV. Risley, Exeter College, list. 121 b. 7. G. Thomas, Balliol College, list. 41b. Stroke, J. Arkell, Pembroke College, 10st. 121 b. CAMBRIDGE. 1. N. Royds, Trinity College, 10st. 61b. 2. H. J. Chaytor, Jesus, lOst. 131 b. 3.- A. L. Smith, Trinity, list. 111 b. 4. D. Darroch, Trinity, 12st. 41b. 5. H. Williams, St. John's, 12st. 61b. 6. R. L. Lloyd, Magdalene, list. 91b. . 7. G. A. Paley, St. John's, list. 71b. Stroke, J. Hall, Magdalene, 10st. 41b. From the above it will be seen that the prepon derance of weight was in favour of Cambridge, from the rough state of the weather, and was an advan tage which no doubt tended materially to decide the event of the day. About ten minutes to • 1 o'clock Oxford, dis tinguished by a dark blue colour, brou i ght their boat near the Ship, Mortlake, and pulled to the starting boat in beautiful style, being heartily cheered by their admirers. In a few minutes afterwards Cambridge followed, distinguished by a light blue colour; aiid the manner in which they passed up the river to join their competitors elicited admira tion from all, and they were as loudly cheered as their rivals. The Cambridge was the favourite, 5 to 2 being taken freely. • The boats having taken up their position off Barker's Reach, Cambridge on the Middlesex side of the river (having gained the first choice), and Oxford on the Surrey side, the Citizen steamer, containing the umpire and a large number of other gentlemen, repaired to the starting point, where the interest among the spectators became intense, every one being anxious to catch a glimpse of the start. The river was tolerably clear ; but few wherries being on the water ; the steamboats, with their numerous occupants, lined the shore on each side, to make a clear passage for the boats. A few barges lay heavily on the water here and there, and with but occasional exceptions, no chance of an impediment or obstruction occurred. At five minutes to 1 the signal was given, and the boats started in fine order, and were loudly cheered. Oxford almost immediately obtaine d the lead, and in a few minutes after, as the boats passed the White Hart, at Barnes, Oxford was about a length a-head. The crews of both of the boats displayed great tact and ability, and exerted themselves to the utmost to achieve the much-coveted honour for which they were contending. In passing under the railway•bridge Oxford had a great advantage over Cambridge, and mado the most of it, and seemed determined to maintain it. 1n passing through Hammersmith-bridge the Oxford boat was full four lengths in advance, and this distance was maintained until a quarter of a mile from the winning-point, when the No. 4 man in the Cambridge boat was observed to hold up his hand, it was supposed to prevent the umpires' steam-boat approaching, for in an instant a cry. arose " the boat's going down," and the Cambridge were observed to leap into the water, which of course put all doubt and uncertainty as to the victory at an end. The Oxford boat arrived at the winning point at about 24 minutes past 1, haying maintained the lead throughout. RACING FIXT Ar . Epsom Spring 15 ' Durham 25 M, Chester Spring 3 Newmarket F. S. 9 Doncaster Spring l7 Shrewsbury 17 Salisbury l9 Ju Chelmsford Beverley, Hull, and E.R 8 Hungerford Ascot 14 Manchester 15 Hampton 22 Ju Winchester Carlisle Newmarket July 5 Worcester Summer 7 Abingdon 12 Aug Brighton. Brighton Club 5 Lewes Wolverhampton 8 North Stafford Shire Reading lO SEPT: RES FOR 1859. 'RIL. Newmarket Craven .. 25 Catterick AY. Ludlow 19 Bath 24 Harpenden 27 Epsom Summer 3l Newton , .22 Newcastle Odiham .28 Bibury Club 29 Stockbridge 3O LT. Liverpool July 13 Nottingham 19 Stamford 2l Marlborough 22 Goodwood . 26 UST. York August l7 Egl• a • 23 Rae cli e 23 Stockton 25 Lichfield Derby 3l Warwick Doncaster 13 Leicester 2l Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn 23 Newmarket F.O 27 )BER. Newmarket S.O lO I Newmarket H 24 IMBER. • OCT, Richmond .. :4 Bedford NovE: Worcester Autumn 2 Liverpool Autumn 9 RAILWAY CALLS. Subjoined is a statement of railway calls falling due at various periods : Call. Making Great Western of Canada New Shares, Lancaster and Carlisle, £l6 (Aug. 1, 1860) Lancaster and Preston, £lll (Oct. 31, ""1859) London and North-Western Eighths (July 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1860) Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1860) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1861) MODE OF SEALING LETTERS FOR THE EAST INDIES.—The Indian Post-office authorities having again called attention to the inconvenience and frequent injury to correspondence from this country, in consequeuce of the melting of the wax used in sealing the letters, and the ad hesion of letters one to the other, the public are recom mended in all cases to use either prepared wax or wafers in sealing their letters sent to India.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.—General Post-offioe, April 15, 1859. ADDITIONAL MAILS FOR CANADA.—lnformation has been received that a new contract has been entered into between the Government of Canada and the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company for the establishment of a weekly mail service between Liverpool and Quebec during the period that the navigation of the river St. Lawrence is open. The first despatch from Liverpool under the new arrange ment will be on 'Wednesday, the 20th inst., and there will be a Canadian mail packet despatched from Liverpool to Quebec on each succeeding Wednesday, until the close of the navigation.—By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.—General Post -office, April 15. The market for bar silver continues in a very depressed state, as the orders from . India have been on a limited scale, and a large quantity has been pressed for sale. The amount brought by the Parana steamer has been disposed of at 62d. per ounce, showing a decline of lid., both from the price realised for the previous arrival, and from the quotation of last week. prospectus has been issued of the mercantile Discount Company, with a capital of £200,000, in £5O shares. The company, it is stated, have arranged to take over the business of two private firms. IRISH RIBBONI3M.—BELFAST, Thursday Night. —This evening, between four and five o'clock, Henri Dalton, alias Tighe, the individual who gave the informa tion which led to the arrests on the 12th December, and for whose apprehension a reward was offered, was taken into custody. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR BASSISIIAW.— The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has, by his Precept, ap pointed Saturda y next for the election of an alderman for the ward of Bassishaw, in the room of ThthoemreaswFilal be ° any rab Esq., resigned. 'lt is,not expected that 'tion to Mr. Sheriff Conder. opposition The Bank of Bengal have advertised for a secre tary and treasurer, and have fixed the Ist of August next as the period for the receipt of applications in order to give persons in : England an opp or t un it y of_ offer ing _ themselves. Bank The salary ises, is nua per annum, and residence ;,upor the prem LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans). IN RE FILDEN CHRISTMAS. This bankrupt was described as of Sheerness and Dean Friar's-terrace, New Brompton, coal merchant, and to day came up for his certificate. The estate is very small, and the accounts (by Messrs. Hart, Brothers) shows—Dr. to creditors, £233; Cr. good debts, £l3; property, £3; excepted articles, £2O. There was no opposition, and his Honour granted an im mediate certificate of the second class. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) IN RE NEVILLE. This plaintiff was described as of Northampton, currier, &e., and now applied for his certificate. The balance-sheet, by Messrs. Hart, Brothers, shows—Debtor to creditors, £1,956; assets—good debts, £69; doubtful, £49; property, £329; losses, £873; liabilities, £1,264. Mr. Lawrence was for the bankrupt, and Mr. Bousfield for the assignees. There was no opposition, and his Honour granted a certificate of the second class. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Jones.) NEWTON V. HATTON.-IMPORTANT CASE. This was an action to recover the sum of £4 Is. 9d., and Mr. Buchanan, for the defendant, took an objection ;to the case being heard. Plaintiff had brought an action in the Court of Exchequer, and the present arose out of the same cause of action. The writ was taken out on the sth June last, and fhe declaration had been delivered. Now, although plaintiff had not thought proper to proceed with the action in the superior court, yet it was not discontinued, and he (Mr. Buchanan) contended that plaintiff should not be allowed to proceed with this action until that in the superior court was discontinued. His Honour was of opinion that the objection was a fatal one, and adjourned the case till the 28th inst., to give plaintiff an opportunity of discontinuing the action in. the Exchequer Court. Plaintiff to pay costs. POLICE IN2'_ELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY. GUILDHALL. THE OLD CLOTHES DODGE.—Jacob Myers, a decent looking man, aged 35, was charged with being in the house of the prosecutrix, at Angel-court, with intent to commit a felony. It appeared that on Friday last the prisoner, who is an " old clo'-man," went into the house of the pro secutrix, kept as chambers, and walked upstairs. The prosecutrix, Mrs. Baintain, who keeps the chambers, deposed that when she first saw the prisoner ho had a box of clothes belonging to her, which had been in her room, in his possession. She called in an officer, and gave him into custody. Mr. Mackay, from Mr. Buchanan's, cross-examined the prosecutrix at some length, and elicited that the prisoner remained in the house while she went for a constable. She was, however, firm in her evidence that he had the box in his possession when she first saw him. Mr. Mackay then addressed the Alderman at some length, and contended that the whole course of the prisoner's con duct was that of an innocent man. He was in the house kept by the prosecutrix, certainly, but he was there in pur suit of his ordinary calling—that of an eld clo'-man. It was not at all unusual for an old do'-man to walk up to the floor occupied by the housekeeper, when the rest of the house was let out in chambers. The door of the house was open, and prisoner, who had some goods he had already purchased in his bag, merely went up to endeavour to do some more business. Again, when the prosecutrix went for an officer, prisoner awaited the coming of that person, although he had ample opportunities of escaping. Mr. Mackay hoped the Alderman would dispose of the case at once: Alderman Rose adjourned the case till to-morrow's Petty Sessions. MEETING OF SIR S. M. PETO'S FRIENDS, Last evening a ♦ery large meeting of the inhabitants of the•borough of Finsbury was held at the Freemasons'-hall, for the purpose of hearing the political opinions of the hon. baronet ROGER CUNLIFIT Esq., presided ; and in the course of a brief address said he would introduce Sir S. M. Peto as a good commercial man, an honest man, and one who was always accessible. (Hear, hear.) Sir S. M. PETO then rose, and was received (as on his entrance to the hall) with most enthusiastic plaudits. After a few preliminary remarks, he said that since the dissolu tion had been announced he had been honoured with three requisitions, two from the country, but the latter he had declined, because he felt he was previously pledged to this borough. (Hear, hear.) He would declare himself to be an ardent and sincere reformer; and had he been in the House of Commons on the Reform debate he would have voted for Lord John Russell. (Loud cheers.) While he did not wish to see the franchise in the counties below £lO, he did not desire to disfranchise the existing freehold voters. (Hear.) He had been asked whether he would vote for manhood suffiage, but he felt there must be a gauge, because we must have something indicating intelli gence. He condemned the Reform Association who had thus questioned him and told him he was found wanting, and thought no self-constituted body ought to have the power to dictate to the candidate or voter. Any man who was able to pay 2s. a week, or £5 a year, was, he thought, en titled to a vote. (Vehement cheering.) He believed if the Chancellors of the Exchequer were chosen from some such men as Mr. Baring or G. C. Glyn, more confidence would be felt in them in matters of finance than in any fashion able novel writers. (Hear, hear.) With regard to our foreign policy, all must feel that the affairs of Europe were in a very critical state, and he thought one of the powerful causes was the enormous standing army. He believed that the policy of this country would be that of non-intervention. (Hear.) He much deplored the present state of Italy, but did not think there was so much liberty in France that that country could attempt to export it to Italy. (Cheers.) Having drawn an affecting picture of the sufferings in the Crimea from the late war, and deprecating war generally, although he was not a peace-at-any-price man, he said that all knew that war tended to exhaust the exchequer, and how ever necessary what had been going on in Indid might have been still it would produce a great pressure upon our funds. Having expressed himself as willing to answer all questions which might be intelligibly put to him, he sat down amidst loud cheering. _ _ Mr. J. HOWARD WILLIAMS, of Bedford-row, moved, and Mr. W. C. HUGHNAN, churchwarden of St. George the Martyr, seconded, the following resolution :—" That having heard the statement and explanation now made by Sir S. M. Peto, this meeting is of opinion that the hon. baronet is a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Fins bury in the ensuing Parliament." Mr. SANDERS, of Bagnigge-wells - road, asked whether the hon. baronet would vote for opening the British Museum and Crystal Palace on Sundays ? Sir S. M. PETO replied that he should feel it his duty at all times to do everything in his power which would prevent the desecration of the Sabbath—(tremendous cheers)—and in answer to another elector, said the moment he found his business affairs interfere with his Parliamentary duties,that moment he would return the trust into their hands. (Hear, hear.) He was prepared to remove the toll from every bridge in the metropolis, as also to remove every turnpike gate within 10 miles of the metropolis, but not by imposing a ruinous rate upon the residents of those localities ; in stead of which he would prefer a rate upon the entire me tropolitan districts, or a tax on those who kept horses and carriages. The resolution was then put and carried, with only three dissentients. The Hon. Baronet having returned thanks, The proceedings closed with thanks to the chairman. THE FALKIRK BURGHS. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. The Glasgow Daily Bulletin of this morning announces the retirement of Captain Hamilton from the field. Mr. Merry, the other candidate, will, in all likelihood, be re turned without opposition. THE LOSS OF TEE JASEUR. ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW. The West India steamer La Plata, which arrived at Southampton yesterday, had on board, we are glad to state, the officers and crew of the unfortunate gunboat Jaseur. The Jaseur was wrecked on the night of Feb. 26. She had left Kingston, Jamaica, only the day before, and was on her way to Central America (Greytown). Right in her track lay the shoal of Baxo Nuevo, to avoid which a course was shaped far to windward. But a powerful current in tefered, and in it the vessel was wrecked. Aware of their vicinity a sharp look-out was kept, and breakers were re ported to leeward. It was a dark night, the wind blowing fresh from the eastward, and the vessel was under sail alone—no steam up. An attempt was instantly made to tack off; the vessel came up head to wind, a heavy sea struck her, which sent her back, and she filled very shortly afterwards• Two out of three boats were swamped. One alone got clear of the wreck, but the crew of this managed to right the others. In the meantime the masts were cut away, and a raft formed from the stumps. Daylight re vealed to those on board a precarious position. No land was visible—nothing but rollers near and the sea beyond. But the sight of the boats approaching cheered their. Some preserved meats were saved, and the wreck was abandoned full of water and breaking up. Some fifty souls now found themselves packed between two boats, a dingy, and a raft, while the sea was high and the breeze freshening. They were surrounded by sharks ; their fresh water was turned salt, and only four oars between them all, together with the dingy's sails. A hard struggle was maintained to keep afloat. Discipline remained perfect from the first moment of danger, and the sailors behaved as British sailors have always done in the hour of trial. Two men unfortunately were drowned by the swamping of the dingy; another turned delirious and jumped over board. Seeing that the whole party were only drifting down to be wrecked on other shoals, it was determined on the third day, for the general safety, to separate, abandoning the raft. The crowded boats were thus still further filled, but the weather fortunately improved. The commander, with twenty men in one boat, and the second master. with the remainder, towing the dingy, soon, however, lost sight of each other. On the ith of March—after nine days' privation in a tropical sun, existing on preserved meat juice (a spoonful daily, unable to swallow the meat)—both parties struggling with two oars only—each reached a place of safety. The Island of Jamaica was passed the second master's boat was picked up 300 miles from the wreck, sff Cuba, by a trading schooner, and taken safely back to Jamaica on the 16th of March. The commander fetched some 90 miles to the westward, and landed at Port Santa Cruz, and was conveyed also back to Jamaica on March 25, by a Spanish steamer sent round from Havannah. The crew left Southampton yesterday by the 9 a.m., steamer for Portsmouth, to attend the court martial which will be held on the officers for the loss of their ship. The commander of the Jaseur, two days after the wreck, was mad through horror and anxiety, and was with difficulty prevented from jumping overboard. He was lashed down to the bottom of the boat for three days, and a midshipman took charge of the boat. At the end of that time he reco vered, and again took the command of the boat. We have since been informed by the Admiralty that a letter has been received at that office announcing that a Spanish war steamer, the Don Juan de Austria, had arrived at Jamaica with the missing portion of the crew of the Jaseur. Of the whole crew only three have been lost— , namely, one ordinary sailor, George Thomas, a white man, and one Krooman, Pt. Thomson, by the capsizing of a boat, and Wm. Gillespie, a native of Port Royal, who jumped overboard, and was drowned. DEATH OF LADY MORGAN.—This remarkable lady died peacefully, after a few days' illness, on Wednes day evening, A trine o'clock, at her residence in Lowndes ,. street. :MEER. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON THE POLICE EY A GENTLEMAN. , —WiIIiam Johnson, a tall gentlemanly looking man, residing at 44, Stanley-street, Pimlico, was charged with assaults on three police constables, creating a disturbance, and breaking a pane of glass at the police station. Allen, 20 C, said at six that morning he heard a disturb ance outside the. Californian, a cafe in Panton-street, and on going to the spot saw the accused strike 158 C several times. He got between them, and was struck several times himself as was also 108 C. There was a very great dis turbance and the prisoner was very violent. Hearn, 108 C, said on going to the assistance of the last witness he saw the accused strike him several times, and he was also struck with his umbrella. , The accused said, " No peeler should take him, and he would kill the With some difficulty he was got to the station, where he broke a pane of glass. Brown, 158 C, said, while assisting the other constable he was struck several times in the face with an umbrella, and his hat was broken to pieces. The defendant said he was not fighting at all, and was struck several times by the officers. Mr. Bingham said the constables must be protected, and committed the accused for 10 &ys. Subsequently an application was made that a fine might be substituted, but Mr. Bingham said he could not, consis tently with his duty, alter his decision; and he wished it to go forth that the constables, while performing their duty, must be protected from gentlemen who indulged in drunken follies. He therefore resolutely refused the appplicatiou. THAMES. ROBBERY BY A SHOPMAN.—A young man of respectable appearance and address, named Wm. Talbot, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing ls. 6d. from his master's till. Mr. Benjamin Napper, leather-seller, of No. 240, White chapel-road, stated that the prisoner had been in his em ploy about eight years. About six months ago he received information that the youth was plundering him, but he placed so much confidence in the prisoner that ho would not believe it. He continued to receive intimations from time to time of the dishonesty of the prisoner, and also ascer tained that he was in the practice of borrowing money of others. • He had lately missed considerable sums from his till, and at last consulted the police on Wednesday morning. He marked £5 worth of silver, consisting of ' dollars, half crowns, shillings, and sixpences, and put the whole of it in the till. Ile then left the shop. In the afternoon he was informed the prisoner had opened the till and taken some money out. Joseph Duble, a detective police constable, No. 195 H, said he was stationed on the staircase of the prosecutor's house yesterday, and there was a hole in the wall, which enabled him to have a full view of all that was going on in the shop. About half an hour after the prosecutor left the shop he saw the prisoner pull out one of the tills with his left hand, take a shilling and a sixpence out with his right hand, and put the • money in his right hand trousers pocket. When Mr. Napper came home he charged the prisoner with the theft, and he took from his pocket a shilling and two sixpences, and de livered it to him. The shilling was marked, but the six pences were not. The prisoner had no other money upon him. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the prosecutor said that when he put the money in the tills there was no other money in them, but money was taken of customers in the course of the day. Mr. Yardley said he should order the depositions to be taken and the charge read over. Mr. Napper said he wanted a remand. Mr. Yardley—What for ? Mr. Napper—Other servants of mine can give very im portant information. Mr. Yardley—Very well; I will remand the prisoner until Monday. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 15.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; fresh, and cold, ;with sunshine and occasional showers. PLYMOUTH, April 14.—Wind S.W. blowing hard.— Arrived—Orwell, from London for Melbourne ; Windsor Castle, from Shields for Aden. PORTSMOUTH, April 14.—Wind W. to S.W., blowing hard.—Arrived—Star of the South, from London for Bom bay. CLYDE, April 13.—WindN.W.—Arrived —Ja mes Paton, from New York. QUEENSTOWN, April 13.—Arrived—Richard Brown, from Cardenas. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Bride, from London; Clara and Eli ng, from Sunderland. linton, steam er Lady Eg, for Sailed. —Lady Dublin; Marquis of Bute, for Sunde rland. Wind N.N.W. LI VERPOOL, Friday M orn i n g. Sailed, April 14.—Ella Constance, screw steamer, for Naples. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Friday cloudy. Wind W.Y.W.; tide half fl oo d ; wea ther strong and Arrived, April 15 —William Thornborough, from Guern sey. DEA.L, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. strong. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LITTLE EALlNG.—Yes terday morning at an early hour the neighbourhood of Little Ealing was thrown into a state of great alarm, in consequence of the discovery that a fire had broken out upon the estate belonging to Col. Clither ow. The buildin g s in which the disaster Cwiginated were about 160 or 180 feet long. One belonged to Mr. William Turner, market gardener, and the other was occupied by the colonel as a private residence. The first named comprised the dwelling-house, the stabling, and the stores, whilst the other comprised the dwelling house, the dairy, and poultry-houses. Unfortunately these premises communicated with each other by means of the roofs. Engines from Old and New Brentford and Ealing town were quickly on the spot, but unfortunately the only water that could be obtained was from pumps which yielded a poor supply, and the flames were not extinguished for some hours, and a serious amount of damage was done. The buildings and some parts of the contents were- insured. AMERICA. SOUTIIAAIPTON, THURSDAY EVENING. ------- The United States' mail steamer Arago, Captain Lines, has arrived with the French and English mails of the 2d from New York. Her advices are anticipated by tbe Weser. The Arago b ring; , 73,741 d o l s , f or E ng l an d , an d 770,000 dols. for France. On the 9th, at 10.30 a.m., in lat. 46.6, long. 34.50, exchanged signals with the ship Christian, of New York, bound west. The Arago has 33 passengers fore this port, and 169 for Havre, whither she has proceeded. THE PROPOSED _RUSSIAN LOAN. The ukase for the proposed Russian loan of £12,000,000 3 per cent. stock reached London yes terday morning, and the subscription lists are ex pected to be opened in about 10 days. The price is not yet fixed, but 68-1- or 69 is reported as likely to be asked. The prudence of the English, publie will therefore soon be tested. Even if Europe were in a perfectly settled condition the terms contem plated would seem to offer no particular tempta tion ; but, with the strong conviction oa every n and that before the lapse of another year a war may be witnessed that will more or less involve all the leading Powers, it is difficult to admit the idea. of Audi a loan being floated. As to the course that would be taken by Russia in the event of any rupture each p erson may f orm hi s own opinion. According to a French journal quoted yesterday she would take advant;age of it to wrest from Turkey her Asiatic provinces, and " Queen Victoria, the ally of Austria, would be unable to prevent the conquest." This may be merely a malicious inspiration, but, looking at the question in the most temperate MEM ner, we have had sufficient recent experience --to say nothing of the articles in Le Nord—tote aware that the probabilities of her course are not to be regarded with satisfaction. The loan is alleged to be for the sole purpose of bringing her currency into an improved condition, but this plea has kat failed to serve the turn o f Austria, and it appears strange that it should be put forward with so much urgency . just at a moment when prospects are most threatening. If Russia is really striving to pro mote peace she must be well aware that she can make war an impossibility, and that it will merely be necessary for her at the approaching Congress to declare a determination to join against any Power that dares to violate treaties or to threaten the world by unexplained armaments. With the con-. sciousness that in the course of a few weeks she can thus bring everything to a conclusion, why does she not wait to take advantage of that happy period ? The currency of Russia has besn nearly in its present condition for five years past, and a delay of another month could make no difference. Again, it is urged that only a moderate portion of the amount will be required from this country, and that .gradually the whole will be absorbed by con tinental purchasers. Indeed, it has been stated that in several foreign countries they are already eager to pay a premium for it. If this be true, London should feel grateful at having the preference; yet, it must be borne in mind that in times of excitement or war continental capitalists are always the first to take fright, while, as regards any demand for the stock on the part of the Russians themselves the prospect is not encou raging, since a competing issue of Four per Cent. Debentures, which has already been announced at at St. Petersburg, may be expected to prove more attactive. If these considerations, however, should not excite caution, the public had better look to the experience of all recent loans. Turkish is at 8 discount, Chilian at 21 discount, and Austrian at 3to 1 discount. It was lately pointed out that these results were due to the competition of the two leading London houses, who, relying upon the force of their names, and naturally desirous of securing the commission on such transactions, were too ready to offer preposterous terms. It appears, however, that in the present instance although negotiations were opened with both of the establish ments in question, neither of them have proved to be the highest bidders.---Times' City Article. THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT .R4i2S7. GATE, RAMSGATE, THURSDAY. Through the exertions of the police further de tails have been brought to light in connection with this affair, but instead of elucidating the circum stances under which the deceased met with his death, they tend still more to involve the matter in mystery. It appears that the deceased left the London bridge station of the South• Eastern Railway, by the 11.30 train, on Thursday last, in the same car riage in which Mr. Samuel Kidd, of London, was travelling. In the course of the journey they entered into conversation, and the deceased stated that he was a native of Germany, and was 37 year° of age. Mr. Kidd observed that he had lost the two middle fingers of his left hand, which was bandaged up. He wore a pair of long boots, with very broad toes, and the trousers were inside the legs. Whether the deceased went on to Dover or alighted at an intermediate station is not known, but a person answering to his description was at Dover on Friday, and purchased a hatchet at the shop of Mr. John Green, cutler, of Snargate-street, and requested the shopman to cut the handle shorter. This was accordingly done, and the per son left. Upon comparing the handle of the hatchet found at Ramsgate with the piece ta ken off at the cutler's at Dover, they corresponded exactly. The following day (Saturday-) the deceased arrived at Ramsgate. His first inquiry at the station was for a hairdresser, and he was directed to Mr. Samuel's, King-street, and had his moustache and beard shaved off. He then put up at the Roal Oak Hotel, as stated at the inquest, having i n his pos session at that time a carpet-bag and an umbrella, He left the hotel on Sunday morning about ten o'clock, and proceeded by tram to Margate, where he stopped at the Elephant and Castle, and took dinner between 11 an d 12 . H ere he left his carpet bag in charge of the waiter, while he went out for a short tim e . Th e wa i ter states that the b ag was very heavy, dec w eztl est ed . , it is believed, proceeded weighing n e a s the 491 direction T he of u West brook ; and it was near Bishop's L s odg s e locality, wh ere th e car p e t bag was subsequently in entthlisy found, with two linen shirts tied up with worsted. They correspond in every particular with the one found near the body of the deceased. There were also close to the shirts two collars, a white hand kerchief, and a small clothes brush. The initials had been picked out recently, some trace of the marking cotton still remaining. The deceased was seen by Gibbs (as mentioned before the coroner), and who now states that the foreigner put his hand into his undercoat pocket, and took out between £4O and £5O in gold and silver. The girl Nines has been examined, but nothing elicited was calcu. lated to criminate either her or the man Gibbs in connection with the death of the deceased. Nothing further has transpired respecting' he deceased him- self; but, on a wall near where the hatchet was found, four distict cuts have been discovered, as if something bad been chopped there. SuperintendentiPritchard, of the Harbour Police, together with Superintendents Stokes and Livick, have been indefatigable in their endeavours to un ravel the mystery in which this case is involved. A number of persons have been down from present London and els ew h ere to see the b o dy, b u t u p t o the momentirty following i s th e d escription of t h e d ecease d : " From thirty to t i h t i h rt a y s_n fi o v t e been identified. The years of age, about five feet eight inches high, sandy hair and whis kers, inclined to red, and slightly bald on the fore part of the head. The dress supposed to have been worn by the deceased consists of a black cloth coat, a black satin vest, a pair of grey tweed trousers, r u el t l a in k g en ton of b t o h o e boots:' b.o"d , w hich 7 it will a black silk hat, a black silk neckerchief, a white cotton guernsey and drawers of the same material , and a pair ,ap o r fgrained be l e l A photo be necessary ehcoepsseadrYmtaOy lead to its identification, as have it interred as soon as possible. We are most haply to correct an error into which we had unintentionally fallen in our remarks yesterdaY upon the present course of our foreign policy. We stated that the British Government had required the disarmonen, of Sardinia as a condition preparatory to the assembling, 0: the Congress. We are informed upon authority from win e " there is no appeal that this is not so. This was the Austrian —not the English proposition. Lord Malmesbury asked for equality of time and circumstances for all the Powers Corr cerned in the present question of disarmament, and i t g probably upon hi s suggest i on t h at Austria now d em and that all the Powers should disarm before the business of the Congress commences.—Time.s. DISAPPEARANCE OF A FARMER.—Great eXcite ment has been caused in the neighbourhood of Brotton by the disappearance of Mr. Newton a gentleman farmer, who has no doubt come to an untimely end. He attended the show of stallion horses at Redcar on Friday week, which place he left about 11 p.m., much the worse f o r drink. JD' horse arrived at home the olloWing morning about 5 o'clock (without his master), and had evidently been nearly over head in salt water. It is therefore presumed that lqr• Newton had ridden along the sands and had either gone into the sea or Saltburn Beck (up which the tide r unshigk): and lost his seat and been drowned. If so, the body woula probably be carried out to sea by the current, as up to Satur day night last no trace of it had been found. Mr. Newton has left a widow and family to lament his untimely end.--- Newcastle Chronicle. The next public sales of colonial wool are fixed to commence on Thursday, the 28th inst. Since the last saleg 8103 ,1 n 18 ey ir 2 oni 5, circularabou t 5 0 ,8 f 6Lb e al ss e r s s. hwaviriaanrsriavnedd, consisting, overbary according of 2 5 4 fr t a o n s: the Cape, 25,638 from P 5 ofrtro-mPtwip,zela,Slan9Odf,ranondi. T4,a9s9m6anifroma, . II