The Sun. — London, England, 1862-05-16 00:00:00

1 2). — JAPANESE CO'MISSION, its 'Baton Rouge,' itrvzst-'n'-2X2'LA.G'D GEN TLZMEN, E-Letay' D. By Articles 9 ,—.18, and 21, under texts Hollandaise' for 14 years' rev;ision, signed on 22d August, 18,58, and attested by the Itrassian intermediate, Count Ignatief in 1859, under Xun-Tien-'sin Treaty —in Alcor's Vi and Kr qapit-alation. - You are hereby Instantly called on to register the old tivic of China, as of the Jetto-horizon of London, 40v north, at England's Receipt of Exchequer, and take therefrom the Yeddo copy of Standard weight for regional exemplification, under your red moon disc mark. You will explain to his highness the Tycoon that this measure results from my sole oath charge on the Holy All ance of Christian-clubs Abolition, 29th August, 1825 (11 Geo. n c 6 5)—grounded on 14 Geo. 111., c 83—for universal meter-rod of the world's empyreal spirit -level gu i dance --restored in 1824, suspended one year to kill off the life and death intermediates of the Rornish Pope— whence cause of an illegal white Mitre' being set to all the criminal law exchequer deeds, over which, if not re moved the writer will sign for the people. eir The suspended 1824 Act became re-incorporated in 183, 5—and writer its State..2.,wall Trustee sworn 1837. Your MlssioN was for this purpoize to unite the treaty of Feb. 1664, with the Anglo-Dutch Executive to Holl an d as of Leicester's creato 1560-85 so Cromwell and Louis 'iv., 1655. affirmed by Parliament, of 16 Car. IL, re-embody'd with Phillipine 6 & 6 native jury -1764-Scholastic teaching the Red indians by Act of 1832 for making N. W. America behring'a land-guarantee of Dutch-loan extends to New foundland-1820, as Crown colony Antipodean to New Zea land, Siam, and its Ceylon tropic jiword dependencies. In order to see into the Bar'ing-visit (May 14, leading Ly Macdonald), to the son (AslmitioN Treaty) of my state-associate--and afterwards to Northumberland-hou.e to pass before the supreme Indian portraiture of Joseph Brant, (the Stamp Act Chief of 1774 Sag6moth of Anglo- America, west to east), the uncle and predecessor of the Siderial Crown Officer now Income-Tax freeman here unto Basquet'd as one of your race under 'ligne tir6e' for the Washington Texas —Extradition act, 1843—its alien's having no French white colour for Cochin's Annam assump tion (Vera Panne() 1821), on my sponsorship there. By letter, save acts disproved, Yo are of the out'd 1585 hairy-sum, or high Sinto Papal party, separated from the m-kubc'Ship coroner t so, n o t of the people elect-Ty-cone 'd Mats -may' pole Zenith courts—under the provincial Dal mi-d and district Sio-mi-6. If so—You'll have to Rip' or Ratify for China--u the eaatmost Light—So be it In conclusion for your satisfaction and others, the Anglo- Dutch Japanese treaty with China Oct. 1663 to Feb. 1664, signed by Tycoon, with BORT, Vander Does &c., whereby the White flag with a re d moon was declared your national emblem as displayed over your Embassy in London. • Tine base' (qui fit Charmer la gave-rouge si graZol3 to Sous la lei civique iS ), piss avec FiertiS u OA Von voit que jamais l'ExonAND' ne teuchande • Quand it faut par is mer leur dormer V.Lerti , - 0 - * CIIAB.LB S ACIERLEY, 1-2 W. /v., No. 54, Ctamberlayne' Die-sworn. • Plinnt BASQ,UzT, Incoroe-tax chief (1842, unpaid.§ ▪ . • China Ruf wall circtit horizon of-'London, May 16, hy, 1862), its Montezuma-Texas-peace Red Flag. 11: 4 So Paris-gab 'Wight ship' Belgias-voc an t K a lf ateren skiff - 4 ' Om-ega [chip fruit wel, het is ras in saylen, --aim, het is e,en klock- ship in /ailen." Yed 9 -G-awa I t By 25 'Lien. in. the Purser discargo-ree or steward is deputy-juror for Neighbours to the fact,' under Shipping Act °e ms, to avoid Tycoon Coroner's sequestration. (See The Sun of 19 and 28th.) TREATEE-R0 Y'Al„ HAYMARKET. Lesepae Mt . J B, Snoketone. THIS EVENING, TUE 'WOLF AND THE LAMB. After which, at half-past 7, will be performed (124th time ) OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Aea Trenchard, Mr. Buck stone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Spanish Ballet entitled LA CONTRA BA.NDISTA. Senora Perea Nene, Senor Ricardo, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with MT HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence s 7 II OVAL LYCEUM THEATRE . Sc.)le Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 157th Night of the •ontinuous run of " Peep o'Day." T HIS EVENING, PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. "alessrs. Wafter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, end Edmund Falcone, ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara Weston, and Miss M. Hudson. After whi-la, a new musical, pictorial, poetical, and ballet interludp, en I t led KILLARNE Y. Miss Anna Whitty and Mhos Ly dia Thomson. To conclude with the new farce entitled I COULDN'T HELP IT. Characters by Mr. Addison, Mr. Warlow, and Miss Lydia Thompson. Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton. P lk c a m- o es ffice open daily s usual. Doors from open 11 at till 5. half-past 8, to commence at OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee, %Tr h. Harris. THIS EVENING, CASH V. CUPID. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss Mari a H arr i s. Alter which, at a quarter to 8, HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Pechter. Commence at 7. No half-price. NEW T RATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Pvonrietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, a new domestic drama, entitled DOT :Messrs. J. L. Toole, Emery Billington, Stephenson ; Mi ss L. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. H. Marston. After which, THE PHANTOM. Ruthven, Mr. Dion Boucicault ; Messrs. Emery, Toole, Ellington, P. Bedford, Miss SimmB, Misa K. Kelly, &a Commence at 7. NTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The miraculous STECKEL at a quarter to 11. kt Nine o'c reno wn locked RUM LN SEY and NEWCOMB MINSTRELS eellGrand Selecti ons f rom " La Sonnambul. " vrtth Banff and tall vutn-u., cvnaucted by Mr. Jongh man-.. 'JNSWOR fli, in his celebrated Stump Speech " Or any •.)ther man," and EUGENE, the great Burlesque Singer and Dancer, at Ten o'clock. A tempting cluster of cotton balls has just now been dangled before the watering mouths of the cotton growers of Jamaica by his Excellences an_ vernor DARLING. The prospect held out to view thereby is certainly as appetising and exhilarating in its way as a game of cherry bob could be to a group of fruit-loving children. The good fortune extended at no more (as it were) than arm's length by Governor DARLING before the Jamaica Cotton Company —is tolerably certain, we take it, to be jumped at. And if the Company do but en deavour " with a will" to seize the gifts already seemingly at this moment all but within their reach—a perfectly new and far brighter Future than any yet imagined will open up at once before our home manufacturers. Abundant supplies of the raw material—in that contingency —will have a fair and reasonable chance enough of being always accessible through the industry of our own colonists. Cotton, the produce of free labour The late Under-Secretary of State for War, Sir upon the soil of our dominions, will —supposing BENJAMIN HAWES, K.C.8., was one of those able, we are really not now grasping at a shadow— hardworking public servants who ought always to rapidly spring up elsewhere than under the culture be held in honourable remembrance at least by their of the poor African slaves, herded together for that own contemporaries. This, felling the possibility of purpose in the tropical fields of the Confederates, their being able to lay any claim whatever to the It appears simply that there has recently been grateful regard of posterity. Sir BENJAMIN forwarded to the Jamaica Cotton Company a copy HAWES, though but five years short of the allotted of a certain Lecture recently delivered in what ie age of man—the deceased being at the time still, for courtesy's sake, called the United States, of his demise, on the 15th inst., in his 65th by Mr. KENDAL, a cotton planter, in the northern i year, having been born in 1797 here in part of Maryland. The individual who has had London— cannot but be regarded, neverthe the consideration to transmit this remarkable docu- less, by a ll w h o k new him personally, as having ment—for remarkable it will soon enough be re- died prematurely. Almost to the morrow of his de cognised to be—being no other than his Excellency mise he bore all the appearance of a vigour of con- Governor DARLING, the Governor of Jamaica. stitution as yet unsapped by age or toil. Glancing Upon an examination of the argument put forth down the perspective of those sixty-five years of a by the lecturer in the paper thus brought via useful and honourable career, it is interesting The county Jamaica, under the notice o f o b servant English- to remember of the late Under-Secretary y will not lose s i g ht o f M r. GLAD- men here at home, it appears that th e w h ole pur- of State that in 1820 he was married STONE'S assertion, that if we could do with sixty- port of it is to describe the Tree Cotton popularly to the daughter of Sir ISAMBARD BRUNEL, the five millions for our annual expenditure, we might known as "Peruvian" but, botanical) as yossypium great inventor of the Block Machinery at Ports give up the Income-tax altogether. The sugges- arboriurn. The trunk of the plant or tree itself mouth, and fabricator of the Thames Tunnel. So ion of the requisite retrenchment will surely set averaging a diameter of eight inches and an alti- that the future administrator was thus associated many minds to work. Is it impracticable ? We have tude to the topmost twigs of some twenty feet by intimate family ties with two of the chiefs of might be * strong suspicion that, under a vigorously eeono- i altogether. The pamphleteer, or rather the i that great school of engineering which has benefi tnical Administration, the thing don We We see in our Indian Empire what a h a 1 lecturer w e s h ou ld say, f urther tells us in regard to 1 dally affected the pro gress o f c i v ili sat i on during cial result h as f o ll owe d ' from dealing" Peruvian," vigorously fruit or balls when arrived at a state of maturity I policies of Governments! with th e army, where i t mus t b e much more need © d than at h ome . T ax a ft er t ax i s dropping away, Plant, looked to generally speaking for the bulk of readily enough enumerated. In 1828 he was ap and the Income - tax itself down t o two per cent., the cotton crops twice the size, that is, of th ose point e d a magistrate of S urre y, as we l l as and levied on l y on the higher class of incomes, borne by the latter, wherever those shrubs approach deputy lieutenant of the county. I n 1832 h e was Can nothing s i milar be done here ? No one asks the that the E mp cold er latitud es . Y e t t h ough so much l arger e l ected M.P. for the borough of Lambeth, a consti ire should be weakened, b u t every these balls of the Peruvian contain a fibre that is tuency which for fifteen years, namely until 1847, one now asks tw o tbi ngs _ ote, that we shou ld no t still firm, while the length of the staple is increased. he continued to represent in Parliament. At the waste Ora resources in such sheer mismanagement, We are inf ormed as Lo:rd CLARENCE P AGET ex , moreover in reference t o the end of those fifteen years, during which he posed so vigorously Peruv i an cotton tree, that "It is propagated either had then very ably represented the borough of when out of office ; and as Mr. COBDEN from seed or cuttings illustrates so unanswerably in , and may be planted out as Lambeth, acquiring for himself, while so hi s e Three an app l e or p eac h orchard, and the field cropped I doing, a certain distinction more than marked by Panics ;" the other, that w e should not be with cerea l s until the tree occupies and." the l And the attributes of mere respectability in th e popular superfluously strong. If two thi r d s of our present further it is related that " A sample of this cotton branch of the Legislature—Sir BENJAMIN HAWES army and navy are an ample defen ce, third is the countr will, after all, thi n k th a t anothery has been shown to an extensive E ng li sh cotton- was, almost it seemed by a whim, rejected by his ,as Mr. spinner, who pronounces it to be of excellent old constituency. He obtained another seat, how- DISRAELI said, supp or t e d not for moral influence, quality." After further describing the peculiari- ever , th e year afterwards, namely, as M.P. for the but for mora l t error , I t cannot b e d enied that if ties of the yossypienz arboriUm itself, and descanting borough of Kinsale, for which place he sat from the we merely m a d e our island-home unassailable, our upon th e mo r e important particulars that ought to March of 1848 to the February of 1852, when he influence would b e very gre a t, as great as we need be bo rne i n m i n d in respect to the ma nner of its withdre w altogeth er from the ranks of the national wish , in ihe coun c il s of th e na tions. Let our cultivatio n , the American lecturer goes on to main- re presentatives. As long previously as the year colonies do a little more for themselves ; let our taint that the culture of the tree by free labour, 1846 he had been nominated to thu post or Uoceee peace establishment be equal to meeting that now that is yin the colder climates for which this Secretary for the Colonies. In 1851 he was ap almost impossible thing_a surprise; and then, let cotton tree is fou n d t o b e suitable, is likely , Pointed Deputysse cre t ary f or War. At length, war come when it would, a very short time, indeed, if but properly conducted, to prove exceed- however —upon the formal abolition of that office would turn out such a naval and military force as ingly profitable. Wherever maize can be as a superfluity —he was gazetted in 1857 none would attack with impunity. grown, be insists, the Peruvian Cotton Tree as permanent Under. Secretary of State for War. But Mr. GLADSTONE'S fencing with Mr. HUB- can be grown also—remuneratively ! Nay, this His labours during the year previously, while BARD suggests a second way of dispensing with experienced cotton planter, in the northern part holding his earlier post (a position of very great the Income-tar. Ingenious enough were the illus- of Ma r yl an d, t a ki ng occasion to contrast the cost responsibility) at the War Oefi justly ce, were re_ trations by which he sought to take off the edg e o f f ree l a b our i n the Federal States, with the warded, by the way, after the close of the Crimean o f Mr. HUBBARD'S main P r oposal. Mr. GLA D . co s t o f s l ave l a b our in the Confederat e st a t es, War by his nomination as a Civil Knight Common STONE knew that the distinction between p res s -' estimates that " the latter, including interest of der of the Most Horiourabl9 Order of theßath. That The best Comic talent in London. Messrs, Morton and Stanley beg to inform visitors to Lon don during the Exhibition that the GALLERY of PAINT INGS well be Open, free. between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock on and after Monday. THE OXFORD, 6, OXFORD-STREET.- MAY DAY. a cantata written by John Oxenford, music by G. A. Mactarren ; Burns' "Jolly Beggars, " also a cantata, with C e ifge Linley's music, and Grand Operatic Selections by ttie entire company. Full Band and Chorus. —Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ramsey and Newcomb's Minstreln, ! J ul u nswo rth and Eugene, in addition to a host of comic tai ent ; and HENRI and PFAU on the Flying Trapese every P;rening. all, Bd.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 17m.—Aftemoon, 3h. 40m. To- MORROW.-Morning, 4h. 4 m. —Afternoon, 4h. 28m. :NOTICE. All remittances are, hencaforth, to be made to Mr. JOHN CHAPLIN, at The Sun office, 112, Strand, who has been appointed, by the Lord Chancellor, Receiver and Manager of The Sun newspaper, and the outstanding debts due in respect thereof. ' i .. 4 . 1 711 O _ _ -,:- -"~-, ~ti • u: .: - ors-/ ~.:t3l.r~'~.—"= Joc'l~~ ''~"o ,2/: 0 THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1862. rious and permanent incomes is undeniable. He knew that the former could not bear the taxation which the latter could ; and notwithstandin 4 all his ingenuity, and the necessities of his official position, he could but confess that he retained his opinion uttered nine years ago. That is, that even at sevenpence in the pound, the Income-tax could not be justified as a permanent part of the national reve nue, and that it was, of course, much less justifiable at ninepence. With Mr. GLADSTONE'S scrupulous conscientiousness he finds it now, as he found it then, impossible to resist the evidence of its being one of the most unequal, unjust taxes in existence, and adapted only to great emergencies. But we beg to suggest to Mr. GLADSTONE that besides retrenchment, economy we should rather say, of our expenditure, he has the resource of honestly equalising our taxation. He wants five millions in taxation ; if we get that, he Lays, we might then dispense with the ten millions income tax. He relies on the expenditure on taxed arti cles of consumption for recouping the rest, and we have no doubt he is right. But if our aristocracy will not give him economy, he should offer them equality of taxation, which would either bring them to their senses, or throw the burdens with which they saddled the nation, equally ou the shoulders of the high and the humble. Five mil lions would soon be made by placing aristocratic and plebeian taxation on a level. Thus, there is— Firstly. The Legacy and Succession Duties. These are calculated at so low a rate for real pro perty, for vast estates that go from father to son, to maintain family, not national greatness, that if real and other property were dealt with equally we should have two millions there. Sseondly. Probate Duties. Real property does not pay these at all, It is one of the most unjust and cruel differences between class and class which our taxation now makes. At least two millions would be provided by equalisation here. Thirdly. There is the Land-tax. The assessment has not been revised since the time of WILLIAM 111. Landlords are actually paying on a value of their property which has multiplied in many cases several times over. It is not easy to say what the gain of a fair assessment would be to the revenue, one or two millions certainly. Fourthly. It is not often noticed, but the fire insurance duty is a duty in favour of the landed aristocracy entirely. The possessors of all other property are obliged to insure it against damage by fire. Land cannot be damaged by fire; but that is no reason why, like combustible property, it should not pay the same tax of three shillings per cent. on its value; that is, if the other kind of property pays it. The amount would indeed be large, but not more than fair. An estate worth £lOO,OOO would pay £l5O a-year, and could afford it, as well as the manufac turers who insured one hundred thousand pounds' worth of combustible property. Indeed, the land lords would still have the advantage, because they would be spared an office premium in addition. Probably not less than two or three millions would come in from this source. As the matter stands, the landed aristocracy gain every way ; for, besides the self-exemption of land, they have exempted the produce of their land. Farming stock pays no fire insurance duty. We will not, however, enlarge further on the subject at present. We only repeat that, if Mr. GLADSTONE'S colleagues cannot economise down to the sixty-five millions, which would save us the ten millions income tax, he ought to ask them to raise the other five millions by abolishing class ;axation. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1862 money, food, clothing, medical attendance, and loss of time by sickness, at 185 dollars per head, or about £3B per annum." While, on the other hand, he calculates " the cost of a good field labourer at 12 dollars per month, for six months together, with board at 10 dollars per month— altogether, 132 dollars, or say £37." Now, the bearing of all this upon ourselves has its quite manifest importance. For the estimate above given exceeds, by a great deal, the price of labour in our East Indian Colonies. The Jamaica Cotton Company sets it down, in point of fact, as actu ally " more than double the cost of labour" among those they themselves employ. The deduction is obvious upon the instant: the result of the cul tivation of the Peruvian Cotton Tree, or gossy plum arborium, would necessarily be remunera tive under the circumstances. That will be all the more manifest when it is borne in mind that the tree, when flourishing, is calculated by Mr. KENDAL, of Maryland, to be readily capable of yielding two thousand pounds of marketable cotton to the acre." It follows, therefore—as the summary of these facts just brought under our notice—immediately by the Jamaica Cotton Company, but mediately, of course, by the Governor of Jamaica—as the circular epi tome of these very interesting particulars, concludes by intimating :—" It follows that for fourpence half penny per lb. an abundant supply of excellent cotton may be produced by free labour in our own colonies, and that the investment of oapital in such undertakings on an extensive scale promises a higher remuneration than six, eight, or even ten per cent, in Turkish, Egyptian, or Russian loans." Better than bob cherry to children, surely, these dangling cotton balls before the watering mouths of our hungry manufacturers in the North. More tempting, in their way, to them than any golden apples of the Hesperides, that green and fibrous fruit of the Peruvian ! We shall eagerly look for further particulars in regard to the cultivation of a tree giving such fair promise, at once to our West India colonists and to ourselves. A very amusing little mess our cousins have got into by doing right. The right thing is done, how ever, in the midst of wrong; amongst wrong laws if not in the wrong place, and there is accordingly the usual result of attempting to mix oil and water. Our readers have seen that Congress at last raised itself to the height of abolishing slavery in the little district of Columbia, the suburbs, as it were, of Washington, and over which it has complete autho rity. The Columbiana, it is said, availed themselves of the measure to make a good price of all their inferior slaves, and to sell the more valuable to Maryland, the slave State occupied by the Federals, in which Columbia, with Washington, are situated. The slaves, however, seem to have paid the Mary landers off in their own coin. They run off now into Columbia, declare that they are the slaves of rebel masters, and claim to be confiscated—that is, freed, in consequence. The military committee, which has charge of the " contraband" business, receives them and stands by them. But down come their old masters, proclaim themselves loyal, say they are ready to take the oath of allegiance, and demand back their slaves under the Fugitive Slave Law. Under this infamous law—which Mr. LINCOLN, when he hoped to woo back secession, declared a good one, at least a substantial one, and one which must be preserved—the Maryland slave holders have a clear right, if they are not rebels, to demand back their slaves. And where, if not at Washington, should the Federal laws be enforced ! Now the United States Marshal of the district is liable to a fine of 1,000 dullaia iu eault case, it ne aoes not return tne fugitive, and the Marylanders threaten to com mence suits against him. The military committee, on their part, refuse to part with the contrabands, and so the business issues in a regular conflict be tween the civil and military authorites. We shall see, now, whether Congress will interfere for the committee, or for the slaveholders and the Marshal. When Mr. CAMERON was prosecuted for illegal arrests of " suspects," Mr. LINCOLN took his acts on himself, as done by his order, under the lex suprema of all States in times of war—the law of self-preservation. This curious little fact only serves to show how impossible it is to touch such a root and branch villany as slavery without going to the root of the evil. Sir BENJAMIN EAWES was, in his time, a good sound debater, atd a very effective pamphleteer, should also be remembered in his regard. But, beyond that, he was a consistent Liberal poli tician, and a reaLy clever and laborious adminis trator. The capture of New Orleans is looked upon far more seriously than we had expected, even in the South itself. Their own papers describe it as the most disastrous event since the commence ment of the war. They point out that it de prives BEAUREGARD of his army supplies, and threatens with privation all classes of society. We cannot wonder that the North should look with exultation on the fall, first, of the great capital of the South itself, then on the fort, Ba ton Rouge, next in importance, and that Govern ment Securities of all kinds should rise nearly to par. But that the South itself should see in the yellow fever of the half-tropical city their only hope, does look Is if it was aware that their loss might be the beginning of the end. New York monied men and Southern journalists appear to be of one mind. Of course, some Southern papers rant about it defiantly, but it nay be reasonably assumed that those are most to be relied on who discard such a style. The weightiest circumstance is that, with New Orleans, the real capital of Secession is gone. If Richmond or Charleston were taken, it would damage Southern prestige; but the taking of the great commercial city of the South is the destruc tion of the heart of Secession. The Slave and Planting States proper are nothing without New Orleans. While the Federals hold it they leave Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas perfectly helpless. All they can buy and sell must pass through the hands of the conquerors. The other towns on the Gulf are comparatively unim portant, and easily controlled, or captured. But now BEAUREGARD is without a capital to fall back on, while the Federal fleets are advancing —one, upwards, from New Orleans, without difficulty; the other, down stream, successively taking the forts from Island No. 10—will soon be at Memphis, and leave BEAUREGARD no chance but the vigour of almost hopeless desperation, or of surrender. If BEAUREGARD be thoroughly beaten, Secession will be hardly worth another battle. The latest betting in the Gallery we believe to be, " Two to one on the Lords ! " A fitting close, in truth, to the session. In the absence of any opportunity for serious contest poli tically, the Peers and Commoners are, it will be observed, about to buckle-to good-humouredly for a little sham fight in the way of rifle-shooting. Just to keep their hands in, of course! The expla nation extorted yesterday so very gravely from the noble and !earned lord on the woolsack, by the Earl GRANYILLE—an explanation immediately vouch safed by the Lord Chancellor with such an amiable frankness of manner that it really seemed to render it delightful to know that there had been reason given again for a fresh apology by Lord WESTBURY for yet another irregularity : this seeming little incident yesterday brought out at length distinctly to view the remarkable fact, that in the handling of the Enfield Rifle the Lords and Commons are actually just now pitted against each other. How the truth came out yesterday, at the close of the Lords' sitting about six o'clock in the even ing, it is really worth observing. That cheerful, blithe beau garcon of the Government, himself the Ministerial leader in the House of Peers, the Earl GRANVTLLE to wit, fur once with an aspect of grave importance, rises in his place for the purpose of 0.1.w.1y demanding an explanation. And of whom ? of the Lord High Chancellor. "Before the House adjourns" Earl GRANVILLE said "It may be convenient for your lordships to know whether there is any truth in a certain rumour that this House is likely to be soon at War with the other House of Parliament. (Expression of surprise on the part of several members.) It appears that a challenge has been offered in due form, and accepted on behalf of your lordships, though how far the noble and learned lord on the woolsack has been authorised by the orders of the House to go without some prelimi nthaerylemngeathsuorfe a w c h ce ie p h ti m ng igh it t , have led to an amicable understanding, lam not prepared to say." (This announcement was received with marked silence.) Such is the record jotted down by the pencil of the parliamentary reporter. The silence with which Earl GRANVILLE'S observa tions are received, is becoming awful, when —from the woolsack—rises the Lord Chancellor in explanation. "My 10rd.," he says, lea larmes dans la voix, but a dry twinkle in his eyes, "it is undoubtedly true that the Lord Chancellor stands before you as one who has to confess that he has given way to another irregularity. (Laughter.) My lords, I will state the manner in which it oc curred. As I was leaving the house I had the honour to receive from the Speaker of the House of Commons a challenge ; it came on behalf of the House of Commons to the House of Lords, and was delivered to me. It is true I did not stop to inquire whether I had the authority to accept it ; but, hav ing that spirit which I trust every one of your lordships would desire me to exhibit, I accepted at once the challenge." (Laughter.) And—" Like a Brick"—we doubt not will be the instant comment of many a blunt outspoken Volunteer, himself more or less skilled by practice in the knack of rifle-shoot ing. " I ventured to intimate," adds the Chancellor, with delightful formality and deliberation, as if he were explaining the precise manner in which he had arranged the preliminaries of a duel, "I ven tured to intimate that we should meet the House of Commons in honourable rivalry at any place, at any time, with any weapon. (Renewed laughter.) I may have been irregular, but I felt it would not do to hesitate; although" [he adds, with a sly look askance], ‘• if I had had the fear of the noble duke (BuccLEuen)—(a laugh)—before my eyes, I might have referred the question to your lordships." In conclusion, the Lord Chancellor observes, "I trust we shall meet the House of Commons in the same spirit in which they offer to meet us. lam sorry to say, therefore, that your lordships stand pledged to the combat, and I venture to prophesy that you will not recede from it, but will enter the lists in a manner worthy of this House of Parliament.' And so the matter rests—nearly, as in the old fire-eating days when the laws of the _Duello were paramount—with a Mem. something to the effect of " Coffee end Rifles for two at cockcrow" sonic fine morning. All this may appear (to those who don't understand a joke) mere trifling, Say to one of those hard-headed Scotchmen, to get a jest into whose head, SYDNEY SMITH once declared, it would require a surgical operation to begin with ! Yet, in simple truth, and as a mere matter of fact, it is about the aptest tail-piece that could well some, by way of illustration, to the history of the present session of Parliament. And in spite of the odds talked of in the Gallery (strangely we cannot but think) in favour of the Lords—between our readers and ourselves, we should be disposed to back the Commons in preference ! The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and Lady Charlotte and Lord Charlee Lines Ker have arrived at the Wax endot3 for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness de Pelichy have ' arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Gormanston have arrived at Brown's Hotel from Ireland, Lord and Lady Hatherton have arrived Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley -square, from Teddesley Hall, Staffordshire. Lady Dinorben and family are staying at the King of Italy's Palace of Stupinigi, near Turin. His Ma jesty graciously invited her ladyship to accompany her sis ter, the Princess of Capua, to this place on a visit, after the severe bereavement the family have recently sustained. Lady Emily Foley has arrived at the Clarendon for the season. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Adeane have arrived at the Clarendon from Babraham. General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., Inspector- General of Fortifications, and some bf the officers of the Royal Engineers quartered in London, entertained last night at dinner at Willis's Rooms Field-Marshal Niel, of the French Engineers, the senior officer of that corps during the siege of Sebastopol. Among the officers present we noticed Sir Harry Jones, G.C.8., General Sandham, Col. Chapman, C. 8., Colonel Simmons, C. 8., Colonel Owen, C. 8., Colonel Ford, and Lieut.-Colonel Jervois. BEAUREGARD'S COUSIN.—At the weekly meeting of the Manchester Board of Guardians, held yesterday, it was mentioned that a warrant had been obtained against Andre Beauregard, an artist, who claims to be a cousin of the Confederate general, for deserting his wife and family, and leaving them chargeable to the union. SUDDEN DEATII.—We regret to say that the Rev. It. M. Feilden, rector of Bebington, was suddenly taken ill yesterday, on the racecourse at Chester, and died almost instantly. His body was removed to the grand jury room at the Castle, to await the coroner's inquest. The rev. gentleman qualified as a justice in 1826, and was chairman of the Birkenhead bench of magistrates for many years, in which capacity he was much respected. The de ceased, who was rector of Bebington for about 40 years,was upwards of 70 years of age.—Liverpool Mercury. The Dublin conclave has broken up, and most of the prelates are on their way to Rome to assist in the cano nisation of the Japanese Martyrs, and probably to give their advice about a successor to Pio Nono and the course that should be adopted in the present crisis of the Papacy. The Pope has written a letter to Cardinal Ronald, Archbishop of Lyons, thanking him for the sum of £12,000, which the importunity of the priests has succeeded in wringing from that distressed city " for the succour of our indigence" - that is his Holiness's expression. A considerable robbery was perpetrated a few days ago at the Palace of Prince Schwarzenberg at Vienna. The thief introduced himself into a bed-room, and carried off a pocket-book containing 800 florins in bank notes ; a pearl bracelet with a diam•nd clasp, valued at 5,000 fl.; four pearl peas, worth 6,000f1. ; five gold braclets, worth 500 f; two necklaces, worth 10,000 f.; twelve brilliants of the 'sine of peas, worth 6,000f1. ; two pair of earrings in brilliants, worth 1,200f1. ; a ruby cross, ornamented with brilliants, valued at 500 fl. ; and a small gold cross ena melled in blue, with fine pearls, worth 500 fl. MR. WINDHAM IN GREENOCK.—It is said that Mr. Windham, of lunatico inquirendo notoriety, has been in Greenock for about a fortnight back, and is about to sail by steamer for China, where he will reside for a year or two. Mrs. Windham will accompany him. GOLD IN COUNTY DERRY.—It is stated that while some workmen were sinking a well within the bounds of the Cullycupple Bleach-green, Aghadoey, at the depth of about 12 feet from the surface, they came upon a mineral substance of a yellowish colour, mixed with the sand, and which, when tested, has been found to contain gold in cer tain quantities.—.Freeman'. Journal. Advices from Madras to the 14th ult. confirm the anticipations of the completion of the Madras Railway, and report its opening to Coimbatoor. A special train was to convey Sir Bartle Frere two days later the whole way across from Madras to Beypoor, on his way from Calcutta to assume the Government of Bombay, and the through opening of the line for traffic was to take place, subject to the completion of some station arrangements, on the Ist of this month. In conjunction with the steamers running on both sides of the peninsula, this railway is expected to become the general route between Calcutta and Bombay. THE PEW SYSTEM.—The attention of the Bishop of Bath and Wells having been drawn to the fact that two pews in the parish church at Weston-super-Mare were ad vertised, the one for sale, and the other to be let, his lord ship has written to the churchwardens to forbid both the sale and the letting of the pews." He adds All persons whilst parishioners, are at common law entitled to accom modation in the parish church without payment. No pri vate person can sell or let his pew, unless it is attached to his house either by prescription or faculty. The allotment of pews in the parish church belongs to the office of the churchwardens, subject to the control of the ordinary, i.e. the Ecclesiastical Court."—Sherborso Journal. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.—The weekly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at 5, Guildhall Cham bers, Basinghall-street. The Hon. H. Berkeley, M.P. (in the chair), Lieut.-General Thompson, Mr. W. Hargreaves, Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Clowes, Mr. Bontems, Mr. Syden ham Nodes, Mr. Jenkins, M.A., Mr. Elt, Mr Mn:i, Mr_ mi. Le Maitre, Mr. Everett (Luton), Mr. R. A. Marsden, Mr. Washington Wilks, and Mr. W. E. Dawes were present. Subscriptions were announced from Mr. A. W. Paulton, ; Mr. Cobden, M.P., £l Is. From Man chester—Mr. Joseph Stanley, £1 is.; Mr. Wright Turner, £1 ; Mr. T. Roberts, £1; Mr. Joseph Spencer, £1; and other smaller sums. Bury—Mr. James Wrigley, £2. Oldham—Mr. John Platt, £1 Is. ; Mr. Thomas Emmett, £1 ls. Ashton-undo• Lyne—Mr. Hugh Mason, £1; Mr. James Knott, 10s. The committee were engaged in deli berating with the chairman of the society on the proceed ings to carry out the policy indicated by the recent circular of the honorary secretary to the Parliamentary supporters of the Ballot, and it was resolved,—to seek an interview between Lord Palmerston and a deputation of members of Parliament, and their consti uents, on the critical position of the Liberal party, as evinced by recent elections. Arrangements were also matured for the approaching mo tion of the Ballot which is expected to be made in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the 27th inst. and a sub committee was appointed to prepare resolutions for accept ance or otherwise, at the United Conference to be held on the 20th inst., between the society and the delegates to the Reform Conference. KELSO —SUCCESSFUL SALMON ANGLING.—On Monday his Grace the Duke of Roxburghe had a fine day's sport in Floors Water. He killed five clean salmon, the three largest of which weighed respectively 131 b., 151 b., and 161 b. He also ran other three fish, one of which escaped as it was about to be landed, and a considerable number of fish also rose to the hook. Three clean fish were also killed in Sprouston Water on the same day, and three on Tuesday. The river for Many weeks has been flooded, or slightly swollen, every few days, and to this, doubtless, sportsmen are indebted for their recent success among clean fish. Kelts are no longer to be had, and smolts have nearly all left the rivers, so that trout fishers are now little troubled with them. On Monday a gentleman killed a grayling in the Teviot about four miles above Kelso, the first, we believe, ever known to be taken in that river, into which they are said to have been placed some years ago by the Marquis of Lothian.--Scotsman. DANGEROUS MISTAKE.—On Sunday, two women residing in Market-street, Greenock, shortly after taking a seidlitz powder, w ere seized with symptoms of having taken poison. A medical man was immediately called, who found, upon inquiry, that the sufferers having purchased, along with the seidlitz powders, some sugar of lead, which, on mixing the powders, they had taken in mistake for soda. He at once prescribed antidotes with success, though they suffered a good deal from the dangerous mistake.—Greenock Advertiser. FIRE IN THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CORK.---This morning the western wing of the Queen's College was com pletely destroyed by fire. The flames and smoke were first discovered by some turnkeys of the county gaol, who gave notice to those residing in the college, all of whom were in bed. On examination the entire tipper story of the build ing 'iras discovered to be hi flames, and at each door in the lower corridor were found half-conatnied thatches, and the low er edges of the doors were slightly charred, which has given rise to a suspicion that the fire was the work of aft incendiary. The council are now investigating the nifiii6l". The fire was spreading rapidly when it was discovered, and very soon the entire wing whiel contained the lecture rooms and a large amount of rare and valuable property belonging to the college and professors, was destroyed. There being I no hopes of saving that wing, efforts were directed to pre venting the fire from communicating with the remainder of the building, which were happily successful. No estimate can yet be made of the value of the property destroyed, which, however, must have been very great. Neither the building itself nor any of the property in it had been in sured.—Cork Examiner. " LARGEST CIRCULATION Or ANt PAPER IN THE WORLD."— The currency of Austria.—Punch. A COOL REQUEST.—Wind N.E. Thermometer 29 deg. Clara, " Well, Charley, dear, as yoti say you are such a good swimmer, do jump in and get me that pretty flower," --Punch. Th E LAST FASHIONABLE VlCE.—Enamelling is already on the spread. We suppose the Rachels of this superficial accomplishment will soon, copy th 9 example of the photographers in the cheap neighbourhoods, and place touters at their doors, whose business it will be to waylay ladies as they go by, and to tempt them with the Insinuat ing inquiry of "Please, Mum, will you have your face enamelled r A NEW CRY POR CONSERtATTVES.---Th e Derbyites have at last got a good cry. It has been dis- covered by Mr. Disraeli, who proclaimed it the other night in the House of Commons. The new Derbyite cry is " The Independence of the Pope 1" Conservative electors should understand the meaning of that c r y, They_ must not suppose it to mean the mutual independence of the Pope and the Roman people, It means the maintenance of the Papacy by the force of French arms. How very in dependent his Holiness now is of Louis Napoleon I The Derhyite and Disraelite policy is to keep him so. Now, then, Conservative Members, turn out Lord Palmerston. 'The independence of the Pope I" Oh, what a beautiful cry to go to the Country with,—.Pffnen. P.R.EIVCII GALL EB Y, PALL-MALL. FRENCH AND FLEMISH EXHIBITION. Mr. Gambart is entitled to the praise of present ing the London public with the most perfect exhi bition which they enjoy throughout the year. Whe ther in respect to extent or quality, his collection is unique. It Las the distinction in the first place that it never contains a bad picture, whilst it often exhibits many great ones, and it has the distinction in the second that it always lies within a compass which can be enjoyed without a headache. Our gratification in his rooms is never abated by a penalty which stands in the way of a second visit. The good policy, therefore, as well as taste which decides the charac ter of his collection sufficiently accounts for a popularity which every year serves to augment. The present Exhibition, which opened a few weeks since, and within a few days has been enlarged by many valuable additions, is, on the whole, one of the best that Mr. Gambart has yet given us. Whilst retaining the great features which distinguished its commencement—the " Roman: Mother," by Gallait (76), in which the mingled regal and sad expression suggests so happily Rome's decline, and the paint ing of the hands exhibits such a mastery of treat ment—the " Aspasias House," by Gerome, which, however cold in colour, is a most marvellous expression of the voluptuous repose of old Greek life the " Bernard Palissy," by Vetter, (86), a perfect drama upon canvass, in which the figure of the unhappy potter, as he sits in his cottage, watching his oven, wherein seethes the last experiment that decides his fame and fortunes—is a piece of tragic pathos that it would be difficult to rival—the admirable groupes of Edward Frere, more especially his "Notre Dame" (66) and his "Young Boy Dressing" (70) ; the cattle pieces of Troyon the serial landscapes of Lambinet, and last, not least, the characteristic and manipulative marvels of Meis sonier—his Polichinel especially—the additions that have been made may be said to enlarge the gallery's attraction, by being, in one respect at least, of a highly ideal character. We allude to the noble picture by Robert Fleury, of the " Sack of Rome," referring, we presume, by its costumes, to the sack under the Constable De Bourbon. Here, in a group of four figures only, almost the entire essence of the event. is concen trated. An august patrician stands on a terrace over looking the work of slaughter, whose ample chest and massive head, sternly defiant in its composure, carries us back to the days when Brennus encoun tered the Senate in their curule chairs. His wife and child aghast shrink in their agony, beside him, whilst another female, crushed by terror, stretches prostrate at his feet. A more imaginative work than this has not been seen in London for some time, and the merit of its detail is quite on a level with its conception. In contrast to this ideal effort hangs the " Itinerant Conjuror," by Louis Kraus—one of the most striking transcripts of reality which we have seen for many years. A Bohemian in Belgium gives an entertainment in the stable in which he has placed his cart, and is seen performing his great triok—the flight of canaries from a hat, before an audience of the villagers, com posed of old and young. The composition of this paint ing, its excellent treatment, and above all, its great variety and strength of character, give it claims which would repay an entire hour's quiet inspec tion. The singular ease and naturalness of the drawing and the wonderful diversity of look—from the rotund farmer who, couched on the hay, roars at the conjurer's cleverness, to the old woman in the foreground, who is departing under the full con viction that he is none other than Satan himself—combine to convey the sense of a very rare power in the painter. After this the visitor may turn with not diminished satisfac tion to some exquisite cabinet pictures by Duver ger, as, for instance, the " Little Brother's Toilet," in which the mending of his brace is evidently re garded by the boy and his sister as the most serious work the world contains ; as also to an exquisitely finished painting by Lasalle. " Alms-giving," a striking picture, by Leys, the student, which, with all the hardness of the old Flemish school, has all the air and life of the present ; and some animal pictures by a new candidate in that field of art— Madlle. Micas—whose ducks especially are worthy of the school of the immortal Rosa. This summary, however brief, must be sufficient, we should hope, to commend this charming collection to all lovers of superior paintin g. 21IE LEADS SIATUR TO THE PRINCE CONSORT. At a meeting of the Leeds town council on Wednesday the propriety of placing the proposed marble statue of the Prince Consort in the vestibule of the Town-hall was one of the subjects for discussion, the question being brought before the council on the motion of Alderman Botterill. The M ATOR said he had had the honour of submitting to General Grey, for the consideration of her Majesty,. the arrangement proposed for the placing of the statue in the vestibule, which is at present solely occupied by a magni ficent marble statue of the Queen, presented by Sir Peter Fairbairn. He had also enclosed plans, showing what alteration in the position of the present statue was contem plated, so as to pro vide room for the Albert memorial, and he had since been favoured with a reply from General Grey to this effect :—" I am desired to state that her Majesty approves most entirely of the arrangement you name; no arrangement could be more gratifying to the Queen." Alderman BOTTERILL then moved, " That the council approve of a marble statue of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort being placed in the vestibule of the Town- I and that the council alter and construct the founda tions in such manner as may be necessary for the removal and replacing of the statue of her Majesty, and the placing of the statue of the Prince Consort therein." By the re • =Val of the statue of the Queen to the right-hand side of the vestibule, it was the opinion of the architect and of the artist that the beauties of the work would be more favour ably shown, as it would be in a better light for glimpsing a proper sight of the head and upper portion of the statue. Mr. George Gilbert Scott had also been consulted ma the subject, and he was of opinion that the removal from the centre to the side of the vestibule would be a decided ad vantage. The consent of Sir Peter Fairbairn's family had also been obtained to the change ; and as her Majesty had fully approved of it, with the object of obtaining a site in the same porch for the statue of her late husband, he had much pleasure in proposing the resolution. Councillor FERNS seconded the proposition, which was adopted. The statue of the Prince Consort has been entrusted to Mr. Noble, who was the sculptor of the Fairbairn statue of her Majesty, and it is proposed that the drapery of the new work of art shall be of the same character as that be stowed upon the subject already finished. CADET REVIEW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—At the forthcoming review of the cadet corps of the metropoli tan and suburban volunteer regiments by Lord Elcho, lieutenant-colonel, commanding the London Scottish Vo lunteers, which will take place on IN ednesday, the 11th of June, at the Crystal Palace, the following cadet corps have agreed to be present :—London Rifle Brigade, 3d City of London, 4th City, Queen's (Westminster), South Middle sex 20th Midc;Zel (E us t on -square), 29th Middlese x (St. , 2omsburi , ), (Tte i nham), 36th Middle sex Pancras), 33d Middlesb: 40th Middle (Paddington), 37th Middlesex ti. I Psex, sex (t4ray4s lnu), Ist Surrey, 4 th Burre), d To:rier Ham 3d - lets, 4th Tower Hamlets, and 6 th do., West mul.2. Kent, and 13th Kent. The review, which is eipedted prove very interesting on account of the large number of cadets who will take part in the movements, will commence at three p.m. LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE, Wednesday Evening.— The American news, though containing no fresh intelli gence of impbrtanee, or to which full credit can be given, has ccntributed to still further depress the cotton market. t There has been a rel ort current here this afternoon that New Orleans has been retaken by the Confederates. Mexican news has given rise to some uneasiness a e s n r a g p a p r r d : the intentions of France, and some persons are hensive of a rupture taking Eng land, if the former betrays a purpose to turn place between Mexico to her own exclusive advantagiN 'ranee t ev t troubles le s i , 1, reference to the ex- DISRAEitS STORlEg.—Witu a i 0,0n‘ .,,,,,,, , i . rprnr , ,,,i Chat:looll°r of tho ohooitt.o., o mheanforheaigsnsapiodliacsy to to have thus spoken in reply Lthat kontst, upright, and straightforward statesman the two nations. ~ I utterly and entirely deny her Majesty's Government ts.h- attack o t ta . g b e e n t ile e t en he get sbu t h lis a d in v f i o s r e m h a i m t • every word that the right hostility, bickering, and quarrels ion cannot, of (Hear.) Whence a to I receive with course, presume to . a y, . great distrust any . Information he may receive from the quarter again. (Cheers and laughter.) No doubt same ellisraeli spoke from the same inspiration as that which dictated his works, which are works of imagination. His literary fame bids fair to be matched by his reputation as an orator. He evidently derives his intelligence from his genius; and as the man of genius always has faith in him self, he will probably continue, in spite of the Premier's, of the information he may receive from that advice, to believe as implicitly as he now does, 0,7 word tcuat,worthy gtlarter,--etf/18h, LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MAY 16. The Moniteur of this morning says : " Some French journals have published the pro spectus issued by M. Mires relative to a new loan. " The tenour of this prospectus has decided the Government upon inviting the organs of the press not to reproduce it." TURIN, MAY 16. The Pope went on the 12th inst. to the church of St. John of Lateran, where fifty bishops had as sembled. NAPLES, MAY 15. The official Gironale di Napoli publishes an article on the arrival of Prince Napoleon, which it con siders as a fresh proof of the friendship of France. The article continues thus:— " This feeling might, however, give rise to pre mcdure hopes in reference to the Roman question, which, instead of hastening the solution of this question, would only obstruct the steps al ready taken, and which must certainly lead to a result. We believe we may state that the arrival of the Prince still more assures the cordial under standing between the Emperor and the King, and will facilitate a common action, for which the two. Governments are closely united, without, however, his Imperial Highnees having any mission to make special propositions to the King." FRANKFORT, Aar 16, 10.15 A.Y. Up to the present time no intelligence has been received here of any intention or act denoting that the Elector will recede from his position. MADRID, MAT 16. Marshal O'Donnell and M. Barrot have had a long conference on Mexican affairs. CASSEL, MAY 16. Up to yesterday evening the Elector had not yielded to the demands of Prussia and Austria. The chief mayor has notified to the director of the police, that as an individual elector he would not give in a declaration to adhere to the Constitution of 1860, as ordered by the ordinance of the 26th April last, but in his capacity of commissioner super intending the pending elections, he would fulfil the duties of his office. The official Kasseler Zeituta of to-day announces that the Electoral Government has made a declara tion to the Federal Diet, justifying the late ordin ance respecting the elections. The Governmc.ut further stated that the wish of the Federal Diet, that the elections should be stopped, could not be complied with on account of the constitutional. duties of the Elector. DRESDEN, MAY 15. .The official Dresden journal of to-day publishes a telegram from Frankfort-on-the-Maine, stating that the Government of Electoral Hesse had resolved to act in accordance with the resolution passed by the Federal Diet the day before yesterday, and to place itself in communication with the Federal Diet in reference to the further course of action to be pursued by the Electoral Government. CASSEL, MAT 15. The papers of this morning state that General von Willisen withdrew yesterday to Minden, in Hann- ver. In 23 districts of Hesse no members were elected. Besides the electors in 25 of the principal towns the majority of the landowners have signed the protest. In the circle of Hofgeismar, out of 43 rural mayors three only have made the official declaration required by the law of April 26. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, MAY 15. The Masailia, with the above mail, left on the 14th, at seven p.m., for Marseilles. The Euxine, with the heavy portion of the mail, left this day, at six a.m., for Southampton, where she may be expected about the 24th. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Mooltan, from Southampton, on the 4th inst., left here on the 13th, at 5 p.m., for Alexandria. The Valetta, from Marseilles, on the 12th, left here on the 14th, at 10 p.m., for Alexandria. The Ripon, with the heavy portion of the home ward Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, left Gibraltar on the 13th, at 8 a.m. ; all well. She may be expected at Southampton on Satur day evening, the 17th. PLYMOUTH, MAY 16. The transport ship King Lear arrived here this morning with the 83d Regiment, Col. Steele, C. 8., commanding. She left Bombay February sth, and passed the Cape of Good Hope March 18th. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 15.—The market has been rather more animated, but without leading to any im, provement in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at 70f 60c. Little doing in Railway Shares. The market closed as follows per per Cents ... 98 05 Bank Shares .. 3135 Do. end month.... 98 25 I Credit F onmer ....1650 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 60 New 3 per Cants Do, end month 69 60 Credit Mobilier 835 Do. end month 837 50 Belgian 4 Piedmontesc Fives 7l 90 Italian Loan 7l 40 Austrian Spanish Threes 52 25 Rome Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1325 .. 1325 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1106 26 .. 1112 50 Geneva — .. 375 Southern B5O .. 848 75 Western Eastern ... , Sardinian Austrian Lombard AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON. FRIDAY Mortar/NG_ The Hamburg-Ame r ican Company's screw steam ship Teutonia, Captain H. Taube, from New York the 3d instant, arrived off Cowes an hour before a nd went on to Hamburg, after transship - for this p ort. She brings 261 ping g 5, 660 dole, s c eir England, 161,300 d o l e . passeng ers, for France, for a m burg. Her ad anticipated. During the voya ge th e T euton i a spo k e th e fol.- lowing ao vessels:—Alay 10, English brig Stockton Packet,vei are and 5,606 k lat. 46.48 N., long. 35.30 W. ; May 11, barque Favourite, bound for Quebec, lat. 48.10 N., long. 27.22 W.; May 14, American ship Caroline. Read, for the east, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W., and Hamburg barque Condor, for the east, lat. 49.16 N., long. 9.40 W. ; May 15, Hamburg barque Victoria, c-- 41—s ,se Vddrsitnne Hamburg briff_ snap Her mann Adolf, off Start Point ; and Ham DIU s Louis Napoleon, west off Start Point. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumalo honoured Lady Molesworth with their presence at dinner last evening, at her residence in Eaton-place. The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, the Duk• of Newcastle, the Earl and ,Countess of Clarendon, the Earl Grey, the Countess of Fife, the Earl of Dudley, V iscountess Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Bed cliffs, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir Coutts Lyndsay, and Mr. Hayward were invited to meet their Royal Highnesses. His Highness Prince Abamelek has arrived at Loug's Hotel, , /11