The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

IFIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST NIGHT BUT ONE. riccolornini, Spezia, Sannier, Belletti, Vialetti, Luchesi, and Giuglini. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, February 25 (the Last Night but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of Balfe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piccolomini and Sannier ; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Ginglini. SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. To be followed by the National Anthem,. To conclude with L'HYMENBE. Prices :—Fit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s ; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, U. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 103 ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; plt. 3s 6d; gallery, Doors open at half-past 7—commence at 8. Appliations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. TREA TRE-ROYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed CLOUD AND SUNSHINE. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK 'KORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Beatrice, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Benedick, Mr. Howe. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Ordinates Stalls (whioh may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. e. d. Second price. e. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Drees Boxee .. 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ........ 3 0 Upper 80xe5............... 2 0 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 Gallery 1 0 Gallery .......... ....... 0 6 ... R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING; will be performed Skakspere's Play of MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S nd DREA.M. After which, a new gra comic Ch r i s tmas Pantomime en titl e d HARLEQUIN WHIT E CAT ;or The , Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Mr. Prin c Cor. ess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, znaek ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Pa ule ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. TELE A.TRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be performed THE FAIRY lIIRCLE. Mr. and Ifrs, Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—soIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, Feb. 25, Shakespere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Lady Macbeth, Miss Helen Faucit ; Macbeth, Mr. Charles Dillon. With Locke's celebrated Music. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH BOOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs, Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter ' and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand 'Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. lox-dice open from 11 to 5 daily. OPAL SIIRREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. JUL , THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. Te conclude with PERILS BY LAND AND WAVE Messrs, Shepherd, Potter, Widdicomb, dtc. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dm, viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, ifiss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 0 min. aft. o—Even., 9 rain. aft. 12 To-Moußow —Morn., 41 min. aft. 12—Even., 8 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN Ornov, FEBRUARY 25. TRWRMOMETIR, IN THE BRAME. 44—highest 'Mae noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning and during the night. 39 —this day at noon. BABONICTIM. 30.33—rising rapidly. WIND, N.B. to E.N.E. ; fresh, frosty, fine, and cold. . . 4 I, A I . , 1 :7 . -='--N'' ' ( 17, ;) p. v .„-:- •-• 4, -. ,r,,,,-,i4,` 4 , ..: „:;•,-,:', LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1858. The composition of the new Cabinet, and the filling up of the comparatively subordinate offices, form now the great question of the day. Many sup • posed that because Lord DERBY failed in obtaining the co-operation of Mr. GLADSTONE and the Aber deenites, or of Lord GREY, to whom he also offered a place in the new Government, that he would withdraw in disgust from the duty imposed on him by his Sovereign. But he bad no intention of so doing. His list has been already all but completed, and will doubtless be presented to both Houses to morrow afternoon, and he is entitled to demand, and will probably receive, a fair trial both from Parliament and the country. As we have already stated, we look "to mea sures rather than to men." We care not whether one party or another hold the reins of power, provided the people can obtain tuholesome and salutary enactments, calculated to promote their welfare, happiness, and prosperity. They care nothing whether one noble lord or another holds office, but they greatly care about being enabled to exercise the elective franchise, and to have ample protection against intimidation, dictation, and other undue influences ; and they desire that there shall be a circulating medium, the very life-blood of industry, adequate to their exigencies, and by means whereof they may obtain that great desideratum—a fair day's wages for a fair day's work. The refusal by Mr. GLADSTONE of his co-operation may prove the safety. of the new Government. His antece dents warrant us in believing that he would not relinquish a single crotchet to avert the overthrow of his friends, and he has already given sufficient proof of his quality in respect to the Income-tax and the Bank Charter Act, to show that the popular views on these all-important subjects will receive from hint the most strenuous and uncom promising Opposition. He it was who declared that there could be no modification of the assessment—that the hard earnings of industry should contribute as largely as the dividends of the fundholder or the ground rents of the landed proprietor. He also advocated increased restric tions on the issue of bank -notes at the time that the industrial community were groaning u n d er a mini mum rate of 10 per cent. We heartily congratulate Lord DERBY on his alliance being so Peremptorily rejected by that impracticable politician, The proposal to Lord GREY affords an auspici • • ous augury of the intention of Lord DERBY to inau gurate %comprehensive measure of Reform. Unless such a proposition were contemplated, or at least under consideration, he never would have sought the son of the Prime Minister by y whom the modern Magna Carta was carried —who had h Reform Leader from the e arly part of the cenntutrhye. Unless Lord DERBY could show some substantial reason for obtaining his aid, the application would have been worse than useless, and would never have been made. And whyshould not Lord DERBY do so ? He was together with Lord PALMERSXON, a member of the Government by whom it was introduced and that his predilecti ons oarried. We canno t su pp ose are less liberal than those of the ex-Premier, who would not give a single particle of Reform that was not foroed by the pressure from without Lord PALMERSTON had promised a Reform Bill, but he took especial care to prevent theslightest intimation THE' StIN LONDON - . with wry faces, but thousands of their subjects with exultation ; and the small constitutional states will all look with thankfulness to their great model, and have at least an argument from the highest precedent for declining to yield to foreign interference. It is, however, after all, melancholy to think ;hat Lord PALMERSTON should be the man, and that at 73 years of age, to be dismissed for attempt- ing to lower the dignity of England. It belies all hi; reputed antecedents, and is unworthy of his reputation at least. We are sorry for it. Time was when the country looked to him more than to any man to assert its rank among the nations ; certain it is that he was regarded as the despot's foe. How all is changed. Since the Treaty o Paris be has come to be regarded as the despot's friend. His Foreign Minister signed away the liberties of the press in Belgium, and rebuked the independence of Sardinia, and even Austria seems to have participated in his blandishments. Naples itself—Naples that was to be taught how to treat its own subjects, has been permitted to seize, piratically, as Lord CLARRNDON now admits, two of our own subjects, and to subject them to all the injustice and barbarities which are inflicted upon Neapolitans themselves before trial. And, to crown the whole, we must do what Englishmen —Tory Englishmen, too—have always steadfastly refused to do—we must mend our laws because they do not please a neighbouring autocrat ! It was the last straw. The Parliament elected to the my of " PALMERSTON' and English Honour at Canton," thought they were at least bound to maintain English Honour at Paris. rZWe certainly cannot imagine a severer stroke for the ex-Premier. That he of all men should be censured for undignified foreign policy. It was not, we know, all that the House and the country had against him. The CLANRICARDE ap pointment no doubt did him incalculable damage ; his aristocratic nominations to the colonies and comparatively subordinate appointments, outraged the growing feeling that the public service does not exist for lords and the connections of lords only, and his folly even in beating the Liberal party by the help of the Tories, on the Church rate Bill—a policy which Liberals feared might be repeated—all had combined to make the PALMER STON yoke an uneasy one ; still, had he but acted in a manly waytowards France; had he but respect fully rebuked the insolence of Count WALEWSRI, had he suggested, if but through the amiable vo:c of Lord COWLEY, that the Pfloniteur ought to publish the regrets as well as the offence regretted ; and had he left legislation till our criminal Reform Bills were before us, he might still have been, and with pretty strong support too, the Minister of England--PAL➢SERSTON has fallen, alas 1 as—the Minister of France In Lord BRouuIL&M'S " District Court 4 of Bankruptcy Abolition Bill," to which we referred in our impression of Tuesday evening, we find a . - most important clause relating to the County Courts—namely, a clause giving them jurisdiction in debt to any amount, the defendant having power, if he shall be so advised, to remove the cause to the superior courts of Westminster Hal), on finding security for costs to the satisfaction of the judge of the County Court in which the ac- ion t has been brought. This will indeed. brio ustice home to every man's door, and the do "endant having the power of removal, there can be no hardship whatever in the proposition which we consider to be by far the most useful that ha , ; ever been made in relation to these courts. I( will no doubt vastly increase the business in them, and of course their importance ; and Nie perceive an addition to the number of judges, and also an increase in the amount of their salaries is provided for. We annex a copy of the clauses which bear on this. The towns mentioned in Appendix A are— Bradford Brighton Cambridge Carlisle C'nester Darby Dorchester Exeter Gloucestor Halifax Hereford Huddersfield Hull Lancaster Leicester Lincoln Norwich Nottingham Oxford Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Sheffield Shrewsbury Southampton Stafford Worcester York - Clause 9 would therefore ensure a County Cour . sitting daily, throughout the year, for the trans action of County Court and Bankruptcy business, at Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle ; and at least *price a week at each of the places mentioned in the appendix. Our notion, however, is, that that appendix ought to be so enlarged as to include every market town in England and Wales, and for this simple reason, viz., that the market towns are those to which people notoriously resort once a week ; and we hope Lord BROUGHAM will consequently sea the propriety of so extending this schedule. VI. All actions which may now be brought in any of her Majesty's courts of common law at Weetmin ster, save and except actions for libel and slander, may, from and after the commencement of this act, be brought in the county courts : provided always, that it shall be lawful for the defendant in any action on contract where the amount sought to be recovered shall exceed the sum of 201., or for the defendant in any action of tort where the damages sought to be recovered shall exceed the sum of 101., to remove the same into any ono of her Majesty's superior courts of common law aforesaid by writ of certiorari, on application to the judge of the county court in which the action is brought, and on giving security for costs to the satisfaction of such judge. VII. And whereas the business of the County Courts aforesaid has largely increased,and various and important duties have devolved upon the judges thereof by reason of recent act : and whereas such duties will be still further increased by this act : be it enacted, that besides the additional judges mentioned in sect:on four of this act, the Lord Chancellor shall have power to appoint such further number of additional judges as he may think fit, and as the state of the business in such co sits may appear to him to require : provided always that,s including the commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy so appointed ex-officio judges as aforesaid, there shad not in the whole be more than twenty-five additional judges appointed. VIII. The commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy now acting in the country, and se appointed ex-officio judges of the County Courts, as aforesaid, at d the additional judges to be appointed unlir this ant, shall be appointed to and act in ench of the C unty Court districts as the Lerd Chancellor shall think fit to direct, or as may be ordered by any general rule or order to be made in pursuance of this act. IX. One of the judges or ex officio or additional judges, and one of the registrars or ex officio or addi tional registrars of the County Courts shall sit for the despatch of business daily, throughout the year, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the after noon (Sunday, Christmas-day, Good Friday, Monday and Tuesday in Easter week, and days appointed for public fast or thanksgiving, exeepted), at each of the following places, namely, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Typo ; and one of such judges and registrars shall likewise so bit at east one day in every week at each of the places in serted in appendix (A) to this act ; and all sittings of the judges of the County Courts in matters before them under this act shall be held at the town-hall, court house, or other public building used for the purposes of holding the courts under the first herein-mentioned act. X. The salary of every ju fge of the County C nuts and of every additional judge appointed under this act shall be one thousand eight hundred pounds per annum, and the salary of every registrar of the County Courts and of every additional registrar who me) , be appointed under this act shall be eight hundred pounds per annum; and such salaries shall be paid by the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury out of the Consoli dated Fund ; and such additional Judges and additional registrars shall be entitled to the came retiring pensions as the other judges and registrars of the County Courts. stated,t is t . n h a a rinr thegentleman eatnn2Treasury,urheca receive va recently Ni p r e Jamession taken of t \ h V le i , 21 late el .will,Duke ee i Marlborough's mansion in Belgrave- . square. Trim I.I GALEEIt'S LEVEES - We understand that the Right 11 ... the S k, "1 hid two levees (full dress) e. pea er Nay " They vita be held on the evenings of \ Saturday, the lath March, and Saturday, the 27th of I March' at th e riglat gentletuau'iresidence in Carlton-lionise Terrme of its provisions from oozing forth. If it was left to himself, we should not anticipate anything ac ceptable to the nation ; and if we obtain it, it will only be through the fierce competition between the rival candidates for the golden apple. A Reform Bill is inevitable. No procrastina tion or evasion will be tolerated for a moment. It is the touchstone by which the competition will be decided. Lord DEBBY has a chance, but it will be long before he obtains another, should the golden opportunity be neglected or misapplied. It is nearly six years since he announced his reasons for accepting office. Let him profit by the painful yet salutary 1-sson which he then received. He can only sustain himself by obtain ing the co-operation of the People. Let him tender good measures for their acceptance, and that co-operation will not be refused. Any mistake or error will be promptly seized hold of. Should he reject the Ballot, it will be accepted by one, if not both, of his rivals, and ensure his downfall. His position is difficult, but by no means hopeless, provided he can only make up his mind to sacrifice antiquated notions, and to legislate in accordance with the spirit of the age. As we recently pointed out, there are already many indications of unfair and factious opposi tion. Those who declared that the nation did not want Reform, and urged its postponement sine die, now see in it the one thing needful in political matters. It is not that they loved Reform more, or that they have changed the opinions so pomp oiDly enunciated, ore rotunda on the 18th Novem ber and successive days. But they see a means of injuring Lord DERM thereby. They have detected the flaw in his mail, and unless he contrives to repair the defeat a formidable blow will be in flicted, against which he cannot maintain his position. As we have already stated, we, as an inde pendent organ of the many, will give the new Premier that which is dear to every Eng• lish heart—fair play. By his acts he shall be judged, and if they are calculated to prove beneficial to the People, we shall sustain him against all who are not prepared to show still higher claims to popular favour and national support. It is not easy to over-estimate the importance of Friday night's vote. Its tendency will be altogether pacific. Peace is best preserved by mutual respect, and how could France have re spected us if we had passed no vote of censure on the Counts and the Colonels whose addresses and despatches degraded us before all Europe in the pages of the Moniteur Would it have been favourable to amity between Frenchmen and Eng lishmen, that the former should think us easy to be alarmed with a little Thrasonic bluster ? When our countrymen had managed to get a passport, and to get it vised two or three deep, and to journey as far as Boulogne or even Paris, notwithstanding all recent attempts practically to increase the distance —would Englishmen have returned at all better disposed to their neighbours, after hearing them discuss the glories of France, as illustrated by British laws, passed at the instance of her Colonels and her Counts Especially when, with a French man's shrug of his shoulders, it was intimated that Counts had roundly lectured our Ministers, and Colonels offered to burn London to the ground, if their EMPEROR. would but lead them thither. It is said that a Frenchman never forgets Water- 100, and that its memory is still dangerous to peace. Most certain it is that Englishmen would never have forgotten a bill passed in accordance with French threats. It would have rankled in our minds for ever, or rather it would have given rise to annual motions, till the White Feather Act had been expunged from our Statute Book. It is almost amusing to see how completely a the blusterers are taken aback. A blusterer is a great man if he succeeds. MENSCHIKOFF would have been the first diplomatist in Europe had he but succeeded in bullying the Porte ; but, since the destruction of Sebastopol, and the loss of the Black Sea navy, and of command of the Danube, all the world seems to have forgotten poor NiENSCHIXOFF. Had the Counts and Colonels but succeeded, how would they not have strutted before Europe as the fellows to manage English men Alas, they have utterly failed 1 They have now only to remember a certain saying of the first NAPOLEON respecting the single step between the sublime and the ridiculous. But the other day they were the grandest of Frenchmen ; now they ,vould give something not to have drawn the eyes of the world upon them. They hear from all sides allusions to certain old fables of an animal which clothed himself in the skin of a lien, or of a bird which adorned itself with feathers not its own, and heartily do they wish they had not attempted to act a part above them. On all sides, as the Paris correspondent confesses, it is acknowledged that they were rude blunderers, and did not know how to deal with Englishmen. The truth is they were, we verily believe, every man of them, actors. Their wrath, and fury, and fears of the insuffi ciency of the English law, were all assumed. They well knew that England would not tolerate con spiracies against the life of the poorest French man, not to say an Emperor. It was not for its own sake that an act of Parliament, especially such a one as they could hope to get, was wanted from us. They had another object in view : they were actors, therefore, and Friday night's vote has exhibited them to all France as clumsy actors. Mortifying, that The real object of all this artificial fire and smoke, no doubt, was twofold. One was to get a locus standi for asking yet greater alterations in our law ; the other to point all the small free States of Europe to the Great Asylum of Free dom, and to be able to say, even England has made alterations in her alien laws, why should you hesitate ! The French Government had be gun with Sardinia, Switzerland, and Belgium, at the same time, as with England ; and the argu ment was to be, if Old England yield but an inch, surely Sardinia seventy and seven inches. And then, when fresh conspiracies were hatched, as hatched they will be, while European oppressors drive every active-minded patriot abroad, of course fresh demands would be made, and Colonels would threaten to burn Manchester and Birming ham next time as well as London ; and Counts would accuse us, in unequivocal terms, of preach ing assassination ; in short, the furnace of military and diplomatic wrath would be heated seven times hotter to frighten us out of fresh concessions. We believe, therefore, that the cool resolution o e f u cut the e off To o c u a s s e i o o n f s Coi, o f om f u m t r u e s d w i Ipl t a e t a t u h d e i s l ame i ti l e d ' will cheer the heart s of patriots all over Europe. Already we are informed, and we hope it is true, that M. L AT „, GiCE, the 'French Minister Turin, has written home, announcingtii through difficulty, if not hopelessn ess , of dragging pro posed Alien Bill, which the Sardinian the nian. Govern ment, under pressure, had offered to the reprea en t I tins. The vote of the English Rouse of Commons will resound from Antwerp to Turin, and enable Liberals eve rywhere to breathe again. It was a European importance. The Co yote, indeed, of and Naples will r eceive it vernme nt of A.UStrla THURSDAY EVEN I NG, FE,BRUARY 25, 1.855 THE NEW MINISTRY. Up to last evening the following Were the appoint. ments definitively made : FIRST LORD OF TUE TREASURY,. ...... Lord Derby. LORD CHANCELLOPe M Sir F. Marquis eiss of i ger. PREiIDENT OF THE COUNCIL ThSalisbury. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER ......}IT , Disraeli. FOREIGN DEPARTME T IN' :OME DEPARTMENT FOR WAR .Mr. Walpole. .General Peel. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE..Mr. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COSTROL.LOYd Ellenborough. LORD PRIVY SEAL Lord Hardwieke. .IARD OF WORRS ~.Lord John If:inners. 'RESIDENT OF TITE POOR-LAW BOARD..SIT, ESLCOUIt SOLID:U*OTh UNDEP. SECRETARY AT TILE FOREIGN- Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald. UNDER, SECRETARY FOR THE HOIIR t Mr. Hardy. DEPARTMENT jColonel Taylor. LORDS OF THE TREASL - RY Mr. Whitmore. Mr. G. A. 'Hamilton. SECRETARIES OF TII B TR&ASORV.,.•.I Sir W. Jolliffe. ATTORNEY-GENERAL ... .Sir F. Kelly. Ur. Cairns, SOLICITOR-GENERAL ............ LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND ......... Tho Earl of Eglinton. SECRETARY FOR IRELAND ............Lord Naar. It is said that the Earl of DALKEITH is to be the other Lord of the Treasury, and Mr. EDWARD EGERTON Judge Advocate. The Earl of CARNARVON is to be in the Govern ment. The Duchess of MANCHESTER, Mistress of the robes. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON and Sir E. L. BULWER LYTTON will be members of the Government. It is not yet known whether the health of the Duke NORTHUMBERLAND will admit of his acceptance of the post of First Lord of the Admiralty. The Ch anc ellorship of Ireland has been offered to Judge BLACKBURNE, but his answer has not yet been re3eived. The title by which the new LORD CHANCELLOR will take Ilia seat in the II use of Peers is that of Lord WOODSTOcK. Sir F. TuEstanyt has chosen that title because he was first returned to Parlia ment for that place. MINISTERIAL ARRANG tiMENTS. The three vacant Garters in the gift of Lord PALMERSTON have been conferred upon the Dukes •'f WELLINGTON and NORFOLK, and the Earl of HARROW - BY. Mr. HAYTER is to be made a Baronet. Mr. GRIFFITIIS, the distinguished Irish civil en ,,,i ne er, is also to be made a Btronef. On Friday a Privy Council will ly.) held, at which the resignations of the late AdministrAion will be completed, and the new Ministers will receive the seals of office. On that day also Parliament will adjourn for about ten days to aft'' , )rd tim , 3 for the elections. ANOTHER CANARD OF TEIS "TIMES." The great morning organ, professing to be so well-informed as to the Minsterial appointments, has announced for the last two days that Major J. STUART WORTLEY was to be the Under SEcretary or War. This was a mere invention of our great contemporary. By no oue else was the honourable member for Honiton ever thought of. The only offer ever made to fill the office was to Viscount HARDINGE, by whom it was immediately accepted. We are also enabled to state that the Duke of BEAUFORT has accepted the office of Master of the Horse. L 4 11 EST NEWS. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The Bombay has arrived with letters and papers o the 28th Dec. The rebels in Lucknow are fighting among themselves. An immense body of the revolters is concentrated in Lucknow and its suburbs. Sir James Outram holds his ground at the Alumbagh, awaiting the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief, who is himself waiting the arrival of a heavy siege train, upon receiving which he will advance on the capital of Oude. Commissioner Yeh and the Tartar Commander in-Chief remain on board the frigate until such time as the decision of Lord Elgiu and Baron Gros shall be made known as to what is to be done with these important prisoners. Another despatch says, in consequence of the capture of Commissioner Yeh and the Tartar General-in-Chief, the Allies have proclaimed the . First Mandarin Viceroy of Canton, assisted by two commissioners, English and French. Trea sure, consisting of eleven millions of francs, has been lent the Provisional Government at heavy interest. Plunder has been forbidden, and the inhabitants, reassured, have re-3ntered the city. An audience has been demanded of the Emperor to settle a treaty of commerce. The loss of the allied forces is about 20 killed. The steamship Valetta, with the Calcutta and China mails has arrived. The mails left London at ten a.m. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The news of the formation of the Derby C3binet has not increased the disposition on the Bourse to enter upon business transactions. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated Feb. 22, says :- " The French Government has expressed s read ness to make certain concessions to this Cabinet if the latter will prohibit unfavourable mention by the „Austrian press of the state of thin.ts in France. It is probable that M. de Bourquency has given the Minister for Foreign Affai s to nu dersta-rel that, if he will comply wile the wishes expressed by the Emperor Napoleon oeticerniog the press, the French Government will not op pose Austria when the question of the reorgani sation of the Danubian Principalities and of the navigation of the Danube are discussed by the Par s Conference. It is difficult to obtain perfectly au thentic information on a matter of such extreme delicacy, but still you will hardly be m'sta,ken if you assume as a positive fact that Count &el declined to accept the tempting offer of the French Ambassador. The paper of which M. de Bourquency principally complained was the Oes terreichische Zeitung, and he strongly urged Count Buol to give it an official warning. The Austrian Minister declined to do so, bet he is said to have directed the authorities, whose duty it is to watch over the public press, to desiro the editors of the different papers to refrain from attacking the policy of the French Government. The Vienna public always suspected the principal writer for the Oesterreichische Zeitung of being on very intimate terms with the French Government, and it is thereforeastouished to hear that M. tie Bourquency is of opinion that the paper is systematically hostile to France. If the French diplomatist were pro perly informed of what is going on in Vienna he would know that on Saturday, the 20th inst., the Oesterreichische Zeitung contained a leading article which was at once a juetificetion of the measures of the French Government and an apotheosis of the Emperor Napoleon. The news that Lord Palmer ston and his colleagues are about to cede the reins of government to other hands has pt o:uced a re markably disagreeable impression here, and in formation has reached me that the highest persons in the realm have expressed their sorrow that such an event should happen at such a critical moment. "It is related in society that his Majesty the Emperor begilis to feel that the concessions two years ago made to Rome were too great. In fact, Austria has gained little or nothing by her move, for in matters of int.trua,l policy the bislio,is are not so 'much Austrians as Hungarians, Italians, &c. During the night of the 7th inst., three prisoners fica:ped from the fortress at Verona, but it is not known whether they wore common criminals or persons who were in confinement for political offences. Tile fugitives eseapel by the aid of a sharp file and strong sheets. "The rumour that Austria is about to send a corps against Montenegro is devoid of all founda tion, but there is good reason for believing that the Porte has resolved to do so. WhenOular Pachachas tised the Montenegrins in 1853, the Austrians posi tively refused to permit reinforcements to be sent by way of the Adriatic ; but she has now informed the Porte that it can land as many troops as it pleases at Ragusa, and march them to Trebigne in the Herzegovine. " The last news from the Herzegovine is that Prince Daniel has sent 4,000 men to the assistance of the Christian at Zubzi, in the Herzegovine" PRINCESS'S THEATRE. • The revival of " Louis the Eleventh" last night, after an interval of two years, afforded Mr. Charles Kean an opportunity of displaying one of his elaborate and polished impersonations. Perfect alike in perception and execution, his performance was without spot or blemish. He succeeded in completely identifying himself for the time being with the hypocritical, suspicious, and inwardly tyrant, at all times rea fy to commit any atrocity, but striving t') keep his accounts square with heaven, by an affectation of piety, largely combined with superstition. We saw before us not the actor, but the man, the cold-blooded miscreant, only to be influenced by selfish fear, such as Scott delineated, and Casimer De Le Vigne elaborated. The part was to a certain extent an ungracious one, for villany is ever repulsive, bet Mr. Kean disregarded all such considerations, and conscientiously interpreted the varied feelings by which the king was actuated, and concentrated the entire in tere.t on one that would otherwise be deteited. It was . the force of character, the terrible impress of the work ing of the mind. NVe felt that he was indeed, "holding the mirror up to nature"—that Louis the - Eleventh was re uscitattel and appeared corporeally before us, " ars est celare arte,a," and never was the rule more clearly or ' more powerfslly illustrated ! Mr. Kean had in one respect a great advantage. The part was purely Ills owe. He was not trammelled by existing conventionalities. It was his original part, and W 3 fancy no living artist will strive to compete with him therein. There were no different readings, no tradi tional points, to embarrass the judgment or to enable the laudqtor temporis acti to depreciate him by a comparison with some halt-forgo , ten hero of his more vigorous youth and fresher feeling. The charge of plagiarism, could not be fabricated, the would-be critic .29 deprived of the most potent instrument of his craft, He could only judge of the performance per se, and would not, however willing to malign, help confessing that it was throughout a gem of the purest water without flaw of any kind. It is almost needless to say that the hone was, crowded in every part. The wonderful exhibition was thoroughly appreciated , and enthusiastic applause greeted the most telling pointe . the A contemporary (the Tim es) trul y declares that " The ~hkeill portraitit which patein Lo r who uis isexbibite4 is ati e d t o th a t o f produces a likeness accurate down to every wrinkle on the face and every button on the coat, with this remarkable distinction, that the thea trical portrait is accomplished without a 'Sitting' of the person for whom it is intended. The abilit y to con j ure up such a compound of human weakness, human wicked less, and human clevernesa, without so muc h as an accent or a movement that mars its reality, is alone sufficient to stamp Mr. Charles Kean as a master in the all the subordinate histrionic art." Tevreeroynaebolyf t s h u e s p ta o i i n n e t d s b y that prove his capacity Although the entire interest of the piece hung on Mr. is sm n o o o f t a h i l l y ure an i d n na l e n ag m e a r e , h t i h n a e t there is Kean , characters, h ll any pert. Miss Kate effectively together. Terry took the part of is action as well as w the Dauphin, ' formerly filled by Miss Carlotta Leclercq, and it is needless to say that the task was very grace fully performed. ADELPIII THEATRE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams continue to attract crowded houses. The racy humour and natural acting f these clever artistes must gratify ev en th e mos t fastidious of their audience, for while th e exaggerate d developments of the low classes of Americ an an d I r i s h character are fully and pointedly illustrated, those offen sive traces of coarse vulgar it y which mark so many actors o f the same scheoi are entirely subdued. "The Fairy Circle" it a telling" bit of Trish dr ama ti c story, afford, ing fair scope for the united abilities of Mr. and Mre. Williams ; and " Yankee C , urtship" i s r i c hl y com i c erough, to tune the veriest minor - chromatic temper into the spontaneous burst of laughter or melodious chuckle o h f av a e n s!c x u 4 r ' e l' cl u' better atia ali gnast9rlsitlite,Yit' Mr, Web s te r could not es to content us during the absence of him self and his f.atelii.es. THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW.—The first of the surviving defenders of Lucknow who has reached England, is Mr. L. E Rees. He was fort unately able to preserve his journal cf the • events of which he was an actor, and w hi c h passed before biro during the siege. This narra tv w ith a plan of T_Jucknow an d a p , rtr , it of Sir H. Laew'renco from a plio;.egraph taken on the cp , t, is pre paring for immedate publication, in one volume, by gessrs. Longman and Co, TELE REV. ME. GENT.—Tho aff.eirs of the Rev. Mr. Got are stilt in auto quo, no communic ition having as yet been received fr ni the Bishop r,t Chester, so that the rev. gentleman is still the legal curate of Dr. :11.`Noi!e, though he has pronni.wd to resign on hearing from his lordship. Mr. Gent and his family are at ' present out of town for the benefi cf their health. The subicription amounts to about 8201. Ali EAGLE SHOT. —S tarot eagle, which has been flying about in the vici n it y ~f A run del to the tenor of many, was il f, t on Friday l a ,t by Mr. W. Ottl ,, y, the h ea d g amekeeper of his G race th e Duke of Norfolk. Since the sin:;ular visit n. has been in the neighb o urhood he has been aimed at by m any sportsmen who have been uns uccessful in bringing him down. We believe hi. 7, Grace has on more than one occasion had an unsuccess fel shot. Being a strong bird and usually flying very higiv. it requred some c msid,rable force to kill him. On Friday la t, however, Mr. Ot ley, who was in a plantation in Arundel -park, between Bevis's Grave and the walnut trees, had a g oo d shot, and succeeded in Noun ;tog him. The bird ,truggled c,insiderably, and at length perched en a tree, from which he was soon levellA, and taken to the C,i4le, where, by direction of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, he was laid out to be shown to any one who chose to go and see him, Alter this tho eagle was sent to Mr. LidbE-ater, the ornithologist, of London, to be stuffed. He turns out to be a young nrde of the white-tailed sea eagle, and not a golden eagle, as was supposed. Mr. Lidbeater is also of opinion that it is a bird of the first yLar. Although the bird is of such a large size, measuring with its wing expanded 7ft. sin., it weighs barely 10tb. The length from the beak to the tail is 31t., and the brea dt h across the shoulders lft. Tho beak i 3 3in. long, and the centre talon 2in. The quill feather from the pinion joint measures 234 in. its principal haunt was near the South `Wood and Elought.m chalk pit, and many mutilated rabbits have been picked up which have been killed by the distinguished vi.sitor:since he has been in the neigh bourhood,— Wca Snsso.; Ow.Vlc'.. TIIE HYDE-PARK DEIVONSITATION. -.V.-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Snt,—lVlr. ieadon, the magistrate at Marlborough street, having indulged in some very severe, and, as it appears to me, extra-judicial remarks, on the promoters of an agitation against the Conspiracy Bill, of whom X am one, I should feel extremely obliged by the insertion of the enclosed letter. I am, air, your obedient servant, Feb, 24, 1858. ALFRED B. RICHARDS Mr. Richards presents his compliments to Police magistrate Beadon, and bgs to offer two or three' observations upon his extra-magisterial remarks a' Marlbo7ough-street on Monday, reflecting upon the conduct and character of those concerned in organising the intended Hyde-park demonstration on Sunday last. Mr. Beadon is reported to have said, after disposing, of four cases of pelting, pocket-picking. and disorder y conduct, which occurred in the crowd in Hyde-park on Sunday, that those who drew the mob together—mean ing thereby the committee of the Freemason's Tavern meeting against the Conspiracy Bill—were, in his, Police-magistrate Beadon's opinion, " morally equaLy guilty" with those brought before him, and "a disgrace to society. ' Now, if "society," according to Mr. Beadon, comprehend only political enslavement, wretcbt d servility, and an abnegation of all that w:tich our fore fathers held sacred, Mr. Richards is quite content, in Mr. Beadon's eyes to disgrace it. He would merely suggest to Mr. Beadon the - there is such a thing as bei, g a disgrace to country, ci , izenship, and manhood. Mr, Richards is as much a liver of order as Police magistrate Beadon himself can be ; but most assuredly were he on the maeieterial bench, he would consult his own dignity by not appearing either as the advocate- r.f submielon to foreign dictation, or the champion of governmental truckling to it, however despotical might be his views and narrow his prejudices. Not only does Mr. Richards consider that there is a national insuli conveyed in Mr. Beadon's remarks, but he sees in them a self-recommendation official authority, which in his opinion is a " disgrace" to the magisterial bench. Mr. Richards would suggest to P lice-magistrate Beadon for the future to content himelf, in the genial atmosphere of the court where he presides, with dispen sing petty justice according to the light vouchsafed to him, and not to deliver any turtber censures upon gen tlemen whose motives and actions are far ah,ve his appreciation, as well as to refrain from laying down the law upon the political rights and privileges of English- men. In conclusion, Mr Richards b!tgs to express his gratification a the paucity of•the off,,,lces isommitted in the Park on Sunday, and to tell Mr. Beadon his opinion, which be ventures to say is also the opinion of tote majority of ,Englishmen, that the authors of the dis graceful Conspiracy Bill are the persons morally guilty of being the cause of the disturbances—such as they were in the Park. Mr. Richards would also ask Police magistrate Beadon whether he thinks the Dean of Westminster morally answerable for a pocket being picked on the occasion of his preaching ? Feb. 24, 1858. TO THE EDITOR OW THE BUN, Silt.—Mr. Shaen, solicitor on behalf of the committee of th- Freemasons' Tavern n3eetinz, applied this day at Marlborough-street, to be allowed to make a statement, in reply to the remarks made from the bench at toe conclusion of the case arising out of the conduct of certain ill-disposed persons in the Park on Sunday. Mr. Sheen stated that the gentleman who had un ie/taktu the responsibility of calling that meeting, and afterwsn's of abandoning it, felt that those remarks were foundtd on an erroneous impre-sion, which they solicited tie same opportunity of correcting. Mr. Beadon, at the suggestion of his clerk, refuse d to bear Mr. shaen's statement ; brit gave the committre credit for good intentions. If they had any explanations to make, and if they were sent to the papers which had published his observations, he had no doubt they would be made public. He could not, however, receive the explanations proposed. - Tae committee wished it to be known that they took the step of calling the said meeting only in consequence of the gravity of the danger to which the country wao , exposed by diplomatic proceedings, in reference to the late Conspiracy Bill, which left no time for the operation of ordinary public meetings ; that they personally co operated with the p 'lice in the preservation of the public peace, and bad taken every possible prcaution to &vett those acts of disorder which may attend all large assem• blies, however patriotic their object and unexceptionable their character. The remarks of Mr. Beadon were calcu lated to . encourage future outrage, by throwing the blame on the gentlemen who sought to avert it in this instance. We are. Sir, your obedient servants, WEBSTER and - Co., Agents of the Committee. 3, Falcon-court, Fleet-street. PRIVATB AND JOINT-STUCK BANKS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of circu latioa of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 16th of J-sr. These returns, combined with the clrculatton of the Iri-h and Scotch banks for the same period; and the average circulation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 13th of January (the nearest da'e luriiishg,d by their returns) will give the following re sults of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous mouta Dec. 19, 1857 Jan. 16, 1857. Increase Decrease. Bank of England .. • • Private Banks Joint-stock Banks • • 20,557,226 3,174, 645 3,6 4,299 19,435,856 3,099,434 2,473,175 1,121,419 75,211 129,124 Total In England . • Soottand Ireland .. .. • • 26,331,210 4,305,251 6,075,723 25,008,465 4,(i20,548 5,938,034 1,325,715 284,703 137,689 Waited Kingdom .. • • 136,715,184 i34,b67,047 1,741,131 And as compared with the month ending the 17th of January ' 1857, the above returns show a iitcrease of 963,0551. in the circulation of notes in England, and a &crease of 2,298,25881. in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed I.sues of the several banks, the following is the state of the circula- tton The private banks are below their fixed issues 81,333,356 The joint-stock banks are below their fixed 8'9,1 issues Total below the fixed issue.., £2,162,538 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... £933,3'39 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £416,460 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 13th of Jan. was 12,052,1351., being an i❑crease of 4,017,0141. as compared with the previous month; ana a' increase of 1,87.6,1071. When compared with the same period last year. The amounts of, gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.. £2,370,840 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks Total of gold and silver held £4,545,740 Being a dcrease of 85,029/. as compared with the pre• vious return, and a decrease of 51 , 8 33/ , when corn. pared with the corresponding period last year. MARK Pi Ir. W tuts Da:?. CORN EXC RANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 25, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 41s 6d. 35s 9d 22810 d 34s 3d 38s 2d 40s 2,1 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY I OA T S I RYE I BEANS PEAS 473 Od 36s 8d 22s 8d 32s 9d i 39s id 403 4d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 88,810 ; barley, 80,328 ; oats, 12,727 ; rye, 138 ; beans, 6,843 ; peas, 1,831 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWHAM AND LHADENHALL.—The supplies of meat were tolerably extensive, and the trade ralets inactive, as follows Beef, from 2s 103 to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 00 to 4s 6,1; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 63; Pork, 3s 03 to 4a 61 per Albs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 24.—The supplies of stock in to-day's market was, only moderate, yet the demand ruled heavy, and prices had a downward tendency :—Beef, from 3s 43 tr) 4s 43 ; Mutton 3s 2d to 5 s 01 ; Veal, 4s 03 to 4s 8d Pork, 3s 6d to 48 2'3 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 24.—We had a dull trade here to-day, as follows :--Beef, from 2 s 8d to 4s 6d'; Mutton, 3s ed to 4s 10d • Veal, 4s 4 3 to 58 Od ; Perk, 41 00 to 4s 6d per Albs ; Store Pigs, s to s ; Milch Cows, 141 Os to 201 Os ; Lean Cows, --1 to —1; Suckling Calves, —s to —s each. HAY MARKETS. S M ITHFIELD.—Meadow , 1213 108 to 3/ 1s; clover. 31110 s to 4' 15s; and stra h w ay ,s to 1/ 7s per load: A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CIIMBERLAND. --hivadow hay, 21 10i to 3 18s ; clover, 31 108 to 4/ 158 : and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. W HITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to i l' 153; 'Amer. 3/. 10s to 4 / 15s ; and straw, 1 / 3 s to 1 7s per ioa . Trade heavy. PUBLIO PETITIONS --rhe last reprort gives 14 petitions for the adoption of univtrsal stiff, age, sigio-d by 446 pers' i 1 ; 9 tor an alteration f the Divorce Act, signed by 197 persons ; 24 av,ainst the removal of the Jewish di , abilitits, signed by 2,509 persons ; 1 petiton only again it the legalising of marriage with the sister of deceased wife, signed by 16 persons ; 37 for extending the Religious Worship Act, sid.ned by 4,015 persons ; 11 for the removal of "caste" and against the public support of idolatry in India, signed by 618 persons; 6 for the removal of caste and for "freedom of religion" in India, signed by 211 persons ; 36 for the extension of Christiani,y in India, signed by 1,973 persons ; 6 for "freedom in religion" in' India, signed by 271 persons (praying that the natives may enjoy the fullest religious liberty) ; 6 for equalising the poor rate. in London. signed by 2,823 persons; 6 against the C •u-pt, he y L Murder Bill, signed ny 225 persons ; 10 • 'r improvieg the educational system, signed by 3 605 per ons ; a petition of members of the Stock EXClldtlge ettd br lots in favour of the City Corporation Reform all, signed by 167 persons; and 4 for a repeal of the Soo oh Public houses Act, signed by 2,072 persons, PRUSSIA. The Princess Frederick William is understood to have entirely recovered from her indisposi tion, which app. ars, in fact, to have been little more than a not very severe cold. She was prudent enough at, once to abstain from attend ing any further amusements, and, by reuiaie ing at home, to take all means at her disposal for obviating any further ill consequences. While the young Princess was thus compelled to remain within doors the' Princess of Prussia, her mother-in-law, has been most kind in her frequent and lengthy visits to her, often giving up other engagements to stay and dine or sup en fanatic with the young couple. The Prince of Prussia is recovering rapidly from the effects of his fall and his sprained ankle ; 12 leeches were promptly applied the same evening (Saturday) that the accident happened, and in the. course of Sunday the pain began to diminish, so that his Royal Highness slept at intervals during the night from Sunday to Monday, and since then has been enabled to attend to the routine of busi ness. In about a week it is expected that the Prince will be enabled to walk out agsin. THE LATE Hua MILLEII'H MIISEIIII.—At the meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council on Tuesday the Lord Provost reported the steps that bad been taken to secure for the country the valuable geological museum of the late Hugh Miller. He stated that very recently alter Mr. Miller's death he entered into communication with Government with a view to induce them to purchase that museum. The Government remitted it to certain gentlemen in Edinburgh to examine it, and report on if s value, and these gentlemen recommended that an offer of 5001, Should be made for the Collection, that sum being.. to their opinion, its value. Since then, however, a nobleman had offered 1,0001., for it, and an off-.:r of 1,000 guineas had come from America. He had urged on Government to amend their offer, but had not suc ceeded in inducing them to do so. It bad, however, been resolved by gentlemen taking an interest in. the matter to organise a subscription to raiee 6001. to supplement the offer of the Governtnent assuming that any Ministry who might sacc , ed the present would be at least willing to give 500/. Sir R. Morcbieon hat written to his I , niship, offering 10 guineas towards the object, and an ,, ther gentle• man had that morning off!red 251 These large con tributions, how( r, would not tie accepted, it itvilg been resolved to limit the subscriptions to 1/., so as t allow t , a larger nun:o,er the opportunity of thus sie w ing their regard fir the memory of they decea,ed. The museum, when acquired, would belong to the nation, and form part of the present Natural History Museum in the ITniversLy of Edinburgh. theueuer, &Anoint OF Ice IN AiiERIOA.—The pro , spects of the ice business fir the pr ...lit year are very gloomy. Tnoueb no less than 300,000 tons will . needed to supply the demand that will be made in tin city for this invaluable luxury euring the c .ming summer and fall, not a block hes been cut by either the Ns w York or Knickerbocker Ice Companies, the only emu panies which supply the city. Last year all the ice houses of these companies were full befera the eed o January, and contained 350,C00 tons. Of this unmet) , e quantity only about 65 000 tone remain, cqualiy between the two companies. • Rockland Lake st,l I open, tnere being only a li.tle skim of ice near its shores, and at Catskill the river is.frozen for a short distarice, but the ice being only four inches thick is not efficientiy Istrong to bear the weight of a horse and a loaded cart. The ice dealers are sad in expectation of the a dvent of a " cdld term" before the winter is °vote—Neve York Courier and Inquirer. RICHARD CoDDEN.—If Richard Cobden will return to his disconsolate friend. at Manchester all past errors I will be forgiven, and no questions asked. More than this, I in handsome commemoration of the happy reconciliation, the electors, to the number of some 8,000, pledge them selves to secure his return at the fcirthc)ining election free of expense. This will be cheerfully accomplished under the strong conviction that Mr. Cobden, as niece ' ber for Manchester (the 'scene of his former triumphs), will be in every sense the right man in the right place. i A Free-trade Parliament without the great champion of free trade is a vulgar unconstitutional anomaly. N.B. No time should he lost, as the Tories are already in a state of the most blundering despair at the prospect of Il e C.'a return.—Puna. taa,..,...1 The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society f f England. Volume the eighteenth. Part.H., No. XL. John Murray. This work, which is of a very superior character and entirely devoted to the theory and practice of scientific agriculture, maintains its reputation and is calculated to disseminate much useful and inter esting knowledge among its readers. 1 tappees with three brief tables of statistics of meteorology, public health, and prices of provisions during the half year. It then proceeds with a series of articles, combining, according to its motio, " practice and science. Thus we meet in sequence a paper on "Horse -shoeing," and an a .alysis of the "Manurial Properties of Cliy," a brief account of the best method of "Road Mending," followed by an essay on " Agricultural Ohemistry. One of the most interest ing papers in the work, and the one be . st suited to tiie general reader, is that entitled, "An Elementary Introduction to the sutjeet of Vegetable Physio logy," written by one well acquainted with his subject ; as he is not only a member of several scientific societies, but also fills the honourable post of Professor of Botany to King's College, London. It is the second part of this valuable essay, and affords most interesting and curious information respecting a division of the great sphere of nature, whose wonders are a t always properly appreciated. The stem of a cabbage leaf, and a single g' ain of the linseed, are shown to contain marvels not less sur prising than admirable. Those who regard only au insignificant exterior have much to learn of stifle ute and adaptation to necessities. One thing we would suggest to Mr. Arthur Henfrey, the accomplished author. The selection of simple phraseology, and perspicuity in style render a scientific essay far more accessible to the gene rality of readers, while In no way derogating from its int, insic value. The principles of science are in , themselves so beautifully simple, that the bar tiers and impediments which the learned place in the way of the learner are the more to be lamented, as quite unnecessary, as well as hinder ng his pro gress. Many readers would be delighted with the mation afforded them in Mr. Renfrey's essay, who might be extremely , puzzled by tie words "parenchymatous" and "monocotyledonous," though they cr.uld 'readily comprehend the mean ing of " spongy" and " having one seed-lobe." To say nothing of such scientific terms, which if they are introduced in a general essay should at least have their explanation given, we meet repeatedly such words as "morphological," "specialization s " proto-plasmic," " end. stnotic," &c., which would present serious diffieul lei to must readers, who might yet desire to extend their knowledge of this interesting science. Indeed, we question' if th ey invoked their dictionaries to their assistance whether they woul.l be much wiser. Mr. Lienfrey is not aloes in this ; it is the almost universal lament of scientific students. But, surely, writers of such ability and experience can find some means of expressing themselves in simple language. The, half-yearly reports, balance sheets, &c., will be found in the Appendix, as usual, and we can com mend this useful and able publication to all prac tical and scientific agriculturists. Address to Discharged Primers. By the Rev. F. S . Batchelor. An earnest little pamphlet, entitled " A New Year's Address tc Prisoners Discharged," has re cently come into our hands : written by the zealous and excellent Assistant-Chaplain of her Majesty's Convict Prison at Chatham—and. published (for distribution among the particular class for whose perusal it is intended) with the ready sanction, or we are much mistaken, of the Inspectors who pre side over this deeply-interesting and important de partment of her Majesty's Government. We have read tke address throughout with the attention it eminently well_ deserves, and we hesitate not to pronounce it to be in every way calculated to . do practical good to the released eimviets who listen to its admonitions, and read it again, and yet again, as its warm-hearted writer recommends. Mr. Batchelor speaks with authority—the authority arising from experience. And his is not an experi ence restricted simply to the convict prisons of the United Kingdom—his labours of love and of Chris- tian charity among the poor prisoners extending across the ocean, to our very antipodes, to our remote penal settlements, .as they were very re cently, in the magnificent colony of Australia. The wholesome words of advice here addressed to "Prisoners Discharged" 'can hardly prove other wii-e than persuasive to gold, and dissuasive from evil, among all these who read them with their spirits chastened to humility, by their recent and perhaps 'heir protracted incarceration. To have written a little book like this, brief though, it be—extending over no more than a score of pag s—and penned wisely, from first to last, in the simpl st language, is something of which We are almost disposed to envy Mr. Batchelor the re collection of the accomplishment. It is like one of the " corp .rat works of mercy," capable of being indefinitely multiplied in its application. May it have many of those lowly readers whom its re verend author would himself most desiderate. The Handbook of the Court, the Peerage, and the House of Commons. P. King, Bridge-street. This is the eighth year of the issue of this useful little volume, which contain, a summary of all necessary information resp, cting the Royal Family, the official apppointmenrs, and the antecedents of the members of both branches of the Legislature. The families of the Peerage, the constituencies of , he Commons, and all requisite details are given in a concise and pract.cal manner. It is extremely useful as a work of reference, and no doubt meets the public encouragement it deserves. THJ KING OF DELHI. The following is a►. extract from a letter written by the wife of Major (then Captain) Hodson, from Delhi : " There is a report, which has been mischievously set about, and may have mi , ehievous consequences, viz., that the King has the whole of his retinue, and has re• turned to his . own apartments . in the Palace. " This is perfectly untrue. I went with Mr. Saunders, the Civil Commissioner, aid his wife to see the unfor tunate and guilty wretch. We mounted a flight of stone steps, at the bottom and tep of which was a European sentry. A ,mall . low door opened into a rOom, half of which was partitioned off with a grass matting called ehitac, behind which was a woman cioking some atro cons compound, if I might judge from the smell. In the other half was a native bedstead—i. e , a frame of bamboo on four legs, with grass rope strung across it ; on this was lying and stocking a hookah an old man with a long white beard ; no other article of furniture what ever was in the room, and I am almost ashamed to say that a feeling of pity mingled with my disgust at seeing li man recently lord of an Ireperial city almost unparallele d for riches and magnificence confined in a low, c lod' e dirty room, which the low e st s l ave o f th e hong"' would scarcely have oc c upi e d, i n th e ver y pl a ce whe re he had reigned supreme, with power of life and death, untrammeled by any law, within the precincts of a roes' residence as l a r ge as a considerable galleries, towers, mosques, forts, and gardens , i .ized town/ s p t r r i e v e a ts te , and a public hall of justice, and innumerable courts, passages, and staircases. It.. magnificence can only be equalled by the a- rocities which have been committed there. But to go back to the degraded King. The boy, Jumna Bukt, repeated my name after Mr. Saunders. The old man raised his head and looked at me, then muttered something I zould not hear, and at the r t e : ment th- boy, who had been called from the 0 PP" I - door, came and told me that his mother, the We in ' wished to.see me. Mrs. Saunders then took possession i f use, and we went on it to a smaller, darker, dirtier room than the first, in which were some eight or ten , women crowding round a common 4 obarpoy,ur eoktiFle, on which was a dark, Ist, shrewd, but sensual -100 ing woman, to whom my attenti on was particularly drawn. She took hold of my hand (I shuddered a little), and told me that my husband was a great warrior; but that if the King's lite and her son's had not been promised round them by the G'e , verninent, the King was pr e p a ring a w i o n u , l d i ebnacvee till annihilated her speech us . v., as Th e other L : v i o e m at e a n r ,, te t, y )od w hich finished and then crowded rou n d, a a ki eg h ow many c hild r en 1 bad and if they we r e a ll b o y s , exam i ne d m y dress, a n seemed particulally am u se d by m y b ow et and para sol. They e ere, with o n e e x ce pti o n, c o ar se , low-caste woroeva as devoid of ornament as of beauty. senat Mahal ask ed me (a great honour, I found, which I did not apprecia te) to sir (sown on her bed, but I declined, as it looked 00 dirty. Mr. Saunders was much amused at my refus al, and told me it would have beau more than my life was Iworth ,tx months before to have done so, and I have 10 doubt el it." THE SECRET POLICE AT FAULT. —ATew days Ago i t was .. stated in several Ur, ram and French papers t hat had been arre,ted It now appears that the individual in question had only one point in common with ihe . cel-brated reeelutioritst —that his name Edo! ended in The occurrence t-ok place at Mayenco, 1 0 W ?s!plialia. His name iv Franzooi, and ha is a S wn° citizen, of the canton of He never has been a refugee, and has never t )kee any part in politics. An cording to a letter he has sent to a fiiendnt Berne —a n '' which is quoted by a kcal paper—in which he describe his arrest, he had resided for some time in London, wben he determined to go t.) Mayence to perfect himself la the German language. On his arrival, he fn filled all the vquisite passport formalities. The police immediate' , granted him a perm it to stay in the town for a forfn i g htt and subsequently for the whole of February. Se vi . aa quietly prosecuting his studies , . when one day a coMOU. S ' sary of police entered his room, accompanied by 141 ., gendarmes. He was arrested. His papers were el ransacked, and he was taken to the police-office, sobers he underwent an ixathiLation, and discovered that 11 was c harged with Mazzmian cons pirator, en n that there were strmg grnonds to b,liewe that he wan Mazzini himself. Ultimately , he was taken to p rison+ and only relea , e d four days afterwards, exam i n ation of his papers had convinced the p tbag they had made a gross mistake. whoa aal oliceinut!