The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-07 00:00:00

B IER MAJESTY'S TH EATRE, DON GIOT.A.NNI. On TUESDAY next; May 11, will be presented Mozart's elief d'osnyre, DON - GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, 'Ortolan' ; Lerlina, Madlle. Ficcolomini Giovanni, Sig. *or B eneve ntano (his first appearance this season); Leporello, Signor Belletti - Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; Il Commenda tore, Signor Villetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Ginglini. To increase the effect of the majestic finals of the let act, Including the chorus, " Viva la liberta," all the principal artistes of the establishment have consented to land their assistance. In addition to the music restored last year, Madlle. Titiens will sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ah no mio bone," hitherto omitted. • On Thursday, May 13, (Extra Night), will be repeated IL TROVATO RE. Leonora, Madlle. Titiens ; Azucena, Madame Alboni (her 2<l appearance this season) ; Manrico, Signor Giuglini ; Fer rand°, Signor Vialetti ; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Aldi ghieri. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled _ _ FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand. Friday, May 14 (Extra Night), DON GIOVANNI will be irspeated. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— LES HUGUENOTS. BY DESIRE. TO-MORROW (Saturday), will be repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS, Valentina, Maddle. Titiens ; Raoul di N angle, Signor Giuglini, After which, will ba produced the new Ballet, by M Matelot, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand, The Opera will commence at half-past 7 o'clock. A limited number of boxes have been reserved to the pub - lc, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, which may be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. T"ATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with Shakespere's comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT. Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Mr. Bnekstone ; Viola, Mrs. Charles Young. Alter whieh a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Foilowed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON . 'Concluding with JOHN JONES. Orebeetra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the , . evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. a s p B ox es 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes ......... ...... 2 0 Pit ~.••• • • Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATR E Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conelnde with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. • T HEA.TRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the third time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY MANNERING. Meg Merrilees, Madame Celeste ; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. B. Webster. After which, • the second act of THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD, The characters by Mr. Rolfe Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Roden , Keele y , and Arden. _ . STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meag,reson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; et, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D.avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SRILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. lug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Braaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jone', J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Himo, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &v., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Chinks Kean, Esq. ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening. his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. . THE WEATHER—Sur OFFICE, MAY 7. IMERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. U.—lowest this morning and during the night, 53—this day at noon. - BAROMETER, 30.44. WIND, Easterly; fresh and cold, with cloudy weather and sunshine occasionally. RIGS WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tug DAY—Morn., 6 min. aft. 8 —Even., 50 min. aft. 8 To-MORROW—Morn., 26 min. aft. 9—Even., 1 min. aft. 10 c'` ~~~~ ~~'; }" '-?:~ ~r ~ c LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1858. It appears that the independent Liberal Mem bers of Parliament are by no means disposed to be marched through Coventry with either Lord PALMERSTON or Lord Jowl' RUSSELL. They feel, bitterly feel the contumelious neglect exhibited towards them personally. And they see that the measures to which they attached great importance have a much better chance-of success under Lord DERBY than under either of the Whig leaders. They have no extraordinary desire to restore the old cliques, consisting of members of the lucky families. They are by no means anxious to have Sir CHARLES WOOD at the head of the Exchequer, the Admiralty, or the India Board, to give Lord CLARENDON the opportunity to serve petty conti nental despots, or to enable Sir G. C. LEWIS to grind the over-burdened tax-payer in order to maintain a sinking fund to pay off old liabilities. The influential meeting on Wednesday, at which 120 gentlemen attended, proved that the Liberal party are no longer to be misled by specious fal lacies or pompous platitudes. They will hence forward look to "measures, not men," and give all parties the fair play to which they may bo entitled. It was the Whig Cabinet that " baffled" the attempts at reform. Lord DERBY has at once given up the property qualification, one of the most vexatious and indefensible abuses of the old law, and there is every reason to believe that large and comprehensive measure of reform will be introduced next session, far better than that which was promised by Lord PALMERSTON, but - no inkling whereof was suffered to ooze out ; and which, indeed, it was admitted, had not even been prepared by the Government twice pledged to its •ifitmluction ! The Liberal members have now elected a Whipper-in, Mr. FORSTER, M. P. for Walsall, and another gentleman will doubtless be found to assist him in his labours. This is a movement in the right direction,—one indispensable to the effi ciency of the united band. The old fable of the bundle of stinks might have taught these gentle men the propriety of such a step, long since, and, now that it has been adopted, we may zsasonably anticipate that the Independent mem- berg will carry with them far greater weight an influence. They will now teach a salutary lesson to the old " family" parties, and show them the necessity of infusing new blood into airy ( * II/l amina that may henceforward be consii - tuted. It will never again do to merely 4 14 .0 1 e the old p an d produce th e same names in differentaock ffice. The Whig Leaders may be wellassuvered assured llythabtaste.f they d o so ' shuffle, they will a Downing-street and its pleasant offices . t cut from The Liberal party acted wisely in not ins isting on any specific measures. Their first duty is to estab liah a proper organisation, and when that has been effected all other points will follow in its train, as soon as they have discovered the true value of judicious combination. One thing, at least, is certain, that the thunder ings of the Times, and the shrill squeakings of its puny followers, will not induce those deserving of the name of Liberals, to enter on a factious course, or to sacrifice the interests of the country in order to reinstate Lord PALMERSTON in Down ing -street. Never was a Peerage more fairly earned than that which is about to be conferred on Sir COLIN CAMPBELL for his pre-eminent servioes in India. The addition of such a member will confer even more honour on the House of Lords than on the victorious General. It is owing to his indefati• gable energy and unflinching bravery, combined with the utmost prudence, that the Indian Empire has been saved, and the British supre macy completely re-established. He followed in the track of able men. HAVELOCK and OUTRAM, WILSON and GREATHED, NICHOLSON and NEILL, and many others, were efficient pioneers who paved the way for his brilliant triumphs. But had there been any mistake or failure on his part, the fruits of their indefatigable labours and in domitable courage might have slipped from our hands. But he was fully equal to the emergency. He did not leave the smallest opening for censure to the most captious critic. One of his highest claims to distinction was the wise economy of his soldiers' lives, while he omitted nothing which ought to be done, and did nothing that ought not .o be dote. He regarded his soldiers eTen more than himself, and was leas chary of his own existence than of that of the humblest soldier under his command. Such a man was natu- turally idolised by his followers. They would go anywhere with the man in whom they had implicit confidence. There was nothing too desperate to be undertaken, for they could not fail under his auspices—the word " im possible" being erased from their vocabulary. His very name was worth "ten thousand men, armed all in proof,"—for while it inspired our men, it struck terror into the rebels. It is right that such a man should receive a suitable reward ; and a peerage, with a handsome pension, which will doubtless be added, is a step in the right direction—an instalment of the debt, which will eventually be fully liquidated. But there is another honour that ought to be conceded. Why should not our best general be elevated to the highest military rank ? Why should not Sir CoraN CAMPBELL be made a Field-Marshal, with all the pay and allowances belonging to the posi tion ? Since the time of the Iron Duke there is no man who has better merited the distinction. Lord DERBY is entitled to just credit for his prompt recognition of these inestimable services. He has not procrastinated until death has intervened, and deprived the tribute of respect and admiration of its value. We earnestly hope that the Hero of Lucknow will be spared to enjoy the honours and rewards that will be showered on his head ; and we are convinced that every man throughout the length and breadth of the land, while admitting Ithat "he won them well," will join in the fervent aspiration that "he may wear them long." The " property qualification" is doomed. The Government has gracefully assented to the intro duction of Mr. LOCKE KING'S bill, and cordially concurred in its object. " The mockery and de lusion" will thus be abolished, even during the present session. The specious pretext of waiting for a general measure was not insisted or. It was notorious that any person could get a ready " cut and dry" qualification at a certain price, 1001. for a knight of the shire, and 501. for a citizen or burgess. Any man could easily pro cure this colourable independence, not one shilling whereof was available for his own purposes, or for his creditors in the event of his bankruptcy or insolvency. It was only conscientious men who would have been really useful members, and who were tco high-minded to perjure them selves, that were excluded. The regulation had palpably failed in effecting the object for which it was created, and, according to the time-honoured apothegm, "cessante ratione, cessat lex," the rule itself should be abolished. Besides, there should not be different laws for different parts of the United Kingdom. In Scot land no property qualification is required, yet the members for Scottish constituencies are fully as respectable as any others ; and we believe that there is, not a single one of the number who could not produce a bona fide qualifi cation. The members for the Universities are similarly situated, and surely no one would say that the representatives of Oxford, Cambridge, or Trinity College, Dublin, are not fit and proper persons to occupy seats in the House of Commons. The eldest sons of Peers, and even of persons having 20,0001. Government Stock, were eligible, while a barrister or physician, merchant or banker, although fairly earning and paying In come-tax on ten or twelve thousand per annum, would be excluded. This palpable absurdity will now be abolished, and it is worthy of notice that it is by the Government of Lord DERBY that the first point of Parliamentary Reform since the modern Mag►tia Char•ta has been granted. After all, the privilege really belongs to the constituency, and not to the individual whom they may select as a suitable exponent of their wishes and opinions in the popular branch of the Legislature. If any man can, without resorting to corrupt or undue practices, obtain a majority of votes, he should be entitled to take his seat ; and even if two or three Ultra-Radicals (as they are called) or Chartists should find places, it would be far better that they should do so than that they should be enabled to propagate revolu tionary doctrines out of doors. In the House they would speedily find their level. Their sting would be extracted, while outside they might be really dangerous. There is but little danger that the aristocratic members would find many fustian coats, or flannel jackets; " coming between the wind and their nobility." Men must have more valuable quali- Ifications than the nominal possession of 300/. a year to obtain a majority of the suffrages of an independent constituency, and if they can fairly obtain the " most sweet voices" of the voters, they should not be excluded for any other cause. MAY 7, 1858, ROYAL ACADEMY. (SECOND NOTICE.) English Irish.. their pastime--bewildered as they glance round at the interruption—startled probably by a scream and a fall when the young mother casts herself at her wronged husband's feet, on seeing in his tremulous grasp the evidence of the sudden reve lation. There is a note to the number of this triple picture in the catalogue. ft is this, appa rently an entry in a diary :—" August the 4th— Have just heard that B-- has been dead more than a fortnight, so his poor children hare now lost both parents. I hear she was seen on Friday last near the Strand, evidently without a place to lay her head. What a fall hers has been." The companion picture on either hand of the " Past," represents the " Present." There the wretched mother, an outcast, squalid, degraded, abandoned, is dying under oue of the gas lit arches of the Adelphi ! There the orphan chil dren in their sleeping-chamber, one seated, one kneeling in her night dress by the window, mus ing, weeping, prayerful ! An alternate glance through the window, through the archway, shows that the moment chosen is identical ! You see this by the night sky—the aim° strip of cloud hangs silvered under the moon—the same moon light showers down on either scene, the chil dren's grief and the mother's degradation. It is a poet's thought, and a true painter's realisation of it. Mr. Egg holds us before his canvass spellbound. As the wedding guest listens to the Ancient Mariners, so we needs must look— mastered by the pathos of the artist's refined and sorrowful imagination. There is a genuine pathos, also, in an earlier picture in the same apart ment, No. 310, by P. F. Poole, another emi nent Associate. It represents the last scene in " King Laar," a scene in which the old Kini hangs in an agony of woe over the all but lifeless form of Cordelia. Again, in this latest work from his easel, Mr. Poole shows him self to be a perfect master in his way as a colour's'. Another notable Associate, Francis Denby, con-ri butes three characteristic pic urea to the Exhibi tion—No. 239, "A Smug_ler's Cave" (not one in the smuggler's own acceptation of the phrase) ; No. 290, "The Death of Abel," the whole land scape glimmering under a ghastly obscuration ; and No. 521, "Ulysses at the Court of Alcinous," with the sun shining through the foliage like a gigantic phosphoric star. Conspicuous though he is alway s nowadays among the Academicians, E. M. Watd, R.A., does not by any means satisfy us this season —attractive though two of his large paintings art in their subject, and bold, even daring, though th , treatment of each undeniably is. In both Nos 35 and 254, the face of the French Emperor ap pears to be of the colour of mahogany, and in the latter picture H. R. H. the Prince of Wales is assuredly anything but flattered. The Empress Eugenie is the principal figure, and the one most successfully painted in the Installation scene at Windsor; while at the tomb of Napoleon the Great the most marshal figure is oddly enough his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who, radiantly clod in scarlet and gold regimentals, is grasping his sword hilt as though he were going to charge an army I Mr. Ward's other painting, No. 488, pour trays the "Concealment of the Fugitives by Ali , e I Lisle after the Battle of Sedgemoor, in the reign of James [I." T. Faed is droll this time, instead of, as formerly, pathetic. His version of "A listener never hears gude o' himseP "—No. 272, is capital throughout. It is delightfully humourous—to the cat with her tail " magnified" by the eavesdropper's cur snarling at the upraised back and the—phitz spitz ! Mr. Faed has three other pictures in the Gallery this year, bat the one already noticed is beyond doubt his principal contribution. There are two comparatively small but very admirabl works from the hand of Alfred Elmore, R.A. ; one in many ways remarkable, No. 120, the artist's diploma work (illustrative of an incident in The Two Gentlemen of Verona) deposited in the Aca demy on his election as Academician—the other, No. 8, the realisation of a far-famed inci dent in the life of Dante Alighieri. Among the rising contributors, W. C. T. Dobson is gain ing ground again after his undoubted failure of last season. Small and in a manner unpretend ing though his three pictures are in their character, they are nevertheless very charming indeed iu their treatment. No. 59, " Fairy Tales"—a sweet lit. le puss of a fair-haired elfin girl, sitting with her doll, engaged in the enjoyment of one of the dear old wonderful stories of childhood. No. 415, " The Holy Innocents ;" and No. 446, " Hagar and Ish mael." Another young artist, full of very rare , promise, to wit, R. Carrick, advances yet furthet, though by but a single stride, towards a very different reputation. N. 300, " Weary Life," is the title of his one remarkable contribw ion. The wonderful litter of straw in the foreground proves it to be what is called in treatment pre-Raphaelite —but the picture has a charm that pre-Raphaelite pictures seldom, if ever, hive yet had—it is in no way repulsive, it is in every way beautiful. Tie colouring is resplendent, but at the same time ex quisitely harmonious. A mountebank, with his little urchin acrobat, have fallen asleep together in a fie'd by the wayside. A country lass, ]eanire, libnn a pifrolfrirlr, has Yawed to look at, thorn. That is t!:e whole story. Yet in the telling of the young artist has, by a Di e ob-ervation of na tune, and by a delicate percepti on o f w h a t i s beau tiful as well as truthful in its portraiture, produced a painting that commands admiration. A vetera , in art, cr..ivned with accumulated honours, Thom Webster, R.A., has shown himself this last season more than usually industrious. His three picture: , are worthy of him, and are really astonishing in their life-like naturalness. No. 334, " Grace Be fore Meat," is the title of one. No. 60, " Sum mer," that of another ; and the third is No. 119, "A Sunday Evening," the most ambitious and the most el iborated. The mere brick floor of that cottage interior is something marvellous tc, look at ; but the characters, old and young, scat tered about the house-room, are each and all of them studies—chief among these life-like face , being that of the mother who is hushing the littl, girl into silence with an upraised finger, and an ex pression half grave, half amused. Enough, how ever, as to our second survey of these glowing walls of the Academy. We pass out again from the porahway with our tastes chastened— " I nunc, argentum et marmor vetue, ssraque et artes Suspice ; cum gemmis Tyrios mirare colores." MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, the ar rivals of English wheat were very moderate, consequently the show of samples was limited. Good and useful quali ties sold at Monday's currency, but the demand for then, was by no means active. Low and damp parcels moved off slowly, at aboat previous currencies. For foreign wheat, the supply of which was tolerably good, we had a slow sale, but no quotable change talc place in value. Floating cargoes of grain realised full currencies. The supply of barley was less extensive ; nevertheless, most kinds moved off slowly, on former terms. Fine malt sold steadily—other kinds slowly, at late rates. Oath, owing to tho increased supplies, were dull, bu not cheaper. Beam, peas, and flour sold at Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,610 40 3,960 Oats. Flour 280 `lB6O 8,440 -- 28,020 2040 sk.. 1)11, Foreign 111,400 I • 5,560 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The supplies of meat on sale here to-day were seasonably extensive. Ou the whole, a fair average business ww transaoted, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do. prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 Pork, large 3 2 3 8 1 Lamb, 5s 4, 8. d. 8. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 2 Do. , middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime 3 lO 4 2 Veal, Pork, small 3 10 4 4 Ld to 6s id. BOR,OUGB HOP. We continue to have a steady, but by no means active, demand for good and useful hops, at full quotations, Thera is no disposition to accept lower rates for othe: kinds, but the inquiry for them is heavy. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 112 s ; Weald o, Kent do., 51s to 665; New Sussex do., 503 to 60s; y (ar . littgs, 21s to 50s. THE SUN, LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, MAY 5. The Presse d'Orient says that the Porte persists in its resolution not to allow the treaties to be sub mitted to the Greek tribunals, but that it does not threaten Greece with any rupture, even a commer cial one. Letters from Persia, of April 3, state that 30,000 rsians had beaten the Turcomans, and were laying siege to their capital. The English envoys were expected. VIENNA, MAY 5. The Turkish frigate Feizi-Bahri, with Fuad Pacha on board, arrived at Trieste yesterday. He is expected at Vienna to-day, on his way to Paris, to take part in the Conferences. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moniteur, in its official columns, publishes a long list of new appointments in virtue of the recent measure of Gen. Espinasse, Minister of the Interior. Mesa new appointments include seven secretaries-general of prefecture, 19 vice-prefects, and 32 members of the Council of Prefecture. The Emperor yesterday presided aver a Council of Ministers at the Tuileries. Priace Jerome was present at it. " The idea is still said to prevail," says the Tou lonnais, " of placing Prince Napoleon at the head of the French Mediterranean colony, only with out the title of viceroy, as was at first stated. He will be named Governor-General, Lieute nant of the Emperor. His Majesty has ap pointed a commission, composed, it is said, of two Councillors of State, of General de Salles and of M. Chaix-d'Est-Ange, Procureur-General at the Imperial Court of Paris, charged to draw up a decree on the subject. The object of Prince Napoleon, in proceeding to Algiers in quality of lieutenant of the Emperor will be to impart in creased activity to agriculture, to give an impetus to railway works, and to direct toward Algeria the tide of emigration which has been for some years running towards America, Rio Janeiro, and Texas." _ The following is the text of the bill on the illegal assumption of titles, as adopted by the committee of the Legislative Body and the Council of State : "Art. 250 of the Penal Code is modified as follows : Any person who shall publicly wear a costume, uni form, or decoration to which he has no right, shall be punished by imprisonment of from six months to two years. Any one who without right, and with the view of attributing to himself an honorary distinction, shall publicly assume a title, or shall change, alter, er modify the name assigned to him in the public registers, shall be fined from 500 fr. to 10,000 fr. The tribunal shall order mention of the judgment to be made in the margin of the deeds or registers in which the title shall have been unduly taken or the name have been altered. In all the cases provided for by the present article, the tribu nal can order, at the expense of the condemned, the in sertion of either the whole or part of the judgment in such journals as it may designate."' Three printers were yesterday tried before the Tribunal of Correctional Police for contraventions against the law. M. Chaix was condemned by default to 1,000 f., for having omitted to deposit a copy of a number of the journal Eclairage au Gaz ; M. Aubusson, to 2,000 f. fine for not having depo sited numbers of the Moniteur des Voyages and Itlustracion Hispana el Americana ; and M. Langlet to 2,000 f., for omitting the deposit before printing off a bolero entitled Zarah. The official account of the masses celebrated at the Tuileries, the Invalides, &c., in commemora tion of the death of Napoleon 1., appeals in the Moniteur. BOURSE, May 6.—The following were the closing quotations : per Cents Credit Foncier Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) Roman 9l Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — -FOR CASH. Midi Wostern 6lO Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian SPAIN. Do: end month 93 30 3 per Cent. ..... ... 69 55 D. end month 69 85 Bank Shares.. Credit Mobilier 782 50 Do. Account 785 RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 770 Lyon and Mediteran. 782 New Ditto , Geneva The Madrid journals of the 2d have reached us in due course. The Senate had at last adopted by 57 votes to 24 the bill relative to the erection of statues to distinguished Spaniards. It afterwards proceeded to discuss the bill relative to the levy of 25,000 men. In the Congress, the Minister of Fi nance in answer to a question said the Government would have no objection to contnunicate to the Chamber ihe papers relative tothe convention with the Holy See fur the restitution of the property of the clergy. It was said that Queen Christina had resolved to make a valuable present to M. Cor tina, as a recompense for his services in defending her. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The City of Washington, screw steam-ship, Cap tain P. C. Petrie, now carrying the American arrived in the Mersey this evening, with New York dates to the 24th ult., bringing 221 passen gers, but no specie. The Royal Mail steamship Canada was at Hali fax on the 23d, and the Saxonia, from Hamburg and Southampton, arrived on the 20th. A joint resolucion had been introduced into Congress, authorising the President to take mea sures to obtain from Paraguay reparation for the forcible seizure of the steamer Water Witch. This step is considered an authorisation to declare war against Parguay. The Kansas Conference Committee have for warded their report. It makes the admission of Kansas into the union under the Lecompton Con stitution depend on the acceptance of a land ordi nance to be submitted to a popular vote. In the event of the rejection of the proposition, provision is made for the foundation of a new constitution. The instructions to the American Minister in China have been published. They show that the extension of their commerce and the protection of their citizens are the objects aimed at. Mr. Reed is authorised to co-operate with England as far as necessary. Latest advices from Mexico state that affairs were much the same as previously reported. The revo lution in Venezuela had been completely successful. The people were debating what to do with Monagas, who is accused of robbing the Treasury of 17,000,000 dollars. Money at New York most plentiful. Stocks were dull, but not lower. Exchange same as last reported. The Cotton market had advanced three-quarters to seven-eighths of a cent., and at New Orleans, on receipt of the Arago's news, one-half cent.. The Canada's arrival had checked sales awaiting her ad vices. The breadstuffs market was affected in the same manner. The provision market was buoyant. Freights unchanged. ROYAL YACBT SQUADiWN INTELLL GEYOE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 6. The annual general meeting of the members of the Squadron will be held at the Thatched-house Tavern, on S .turday, when there are 12 noblemen and gentlemen to be elected members, and the different sailing matches to be settled for the com ing season. There are a number of yachts fitting ott, but we have only four in the Roads at present, viz. : The Earl of Yarborough's schooner yacht Zoe ; R. Stephensen's, Esq., schooner yacht Titania ; -- Wyse's, Esq., ;Urania ; F. D. P. Astley, Esq., Camilla. The following yachts are fitting out and about • the station :—The Gipsy Qiie( la, Sir H. Bold Mr. Howard Glover will give his annual morning g o o l g u l m ito b 9, B e a i rt. t. ; R Rat i tles s nake, R. Duff, Esq, ; concert for the people, at Drury Lane, on Wednesday Lavrock,riairh Barry i) ; Eugenie, next, May 12, and the goodly array of names entered on RichardlV;anjand, Esq. ;r . Colville;d oria t his list of artistes leads us to believe that the performance Aurora, Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. will be of that superior and popular class which tend s J. Gee, Esq. ; Caprice, Lieut.-Colonel Charles ' to charm the senses an d elevate the taste, without taxing B tring ; Wizard, W. Dclatidd, Esq. ; Nymph, .S , ir John Thyl?y, Bert. ; Dream, G. Bentiuck, our superfluous funds too extravagantly. Mr. Glover has already secured the services cf Miss Dolby, Madame -u-';he; Minx, f l F. R Magonis, Esq. Squa- Rudersdorff, Madame Weiss, Miss Louisa Pyne, Sims dron Ho o m o e w t i h n i g s week :—The • " T s IlileavEeavrlisoiftelart IT) E. N. Harvey, Esq., Capt. Ponsonhy, Lord ° Du Yarborou gh, ' Reeves, Mr. WeLs, Herr Reichardt, and numerous other powerful auxiliaries—the instrumentalists comprising keith, Lord Colville, F. P. Dahno It idcliffe, Esq , Miss A ra b e lla G oo dard, M Sainton, Signer Maadeg- ! G. Bentiuck, Esq., M.P., Capt. Hamilton, R ger, and the able Conductor M. Benedict. Among the i Frakand, Eiq., Sir Thomas Whichcote, Barr i -- Wse, q ., , q Es and C. Alexander Es. most interesting events of the evening will b e th ~ l first y MARRIED.-011 the sth inst., at Sr. Mary's appearance in public of the Misses Rowcroft, daughters I i Church, West Cowes, by the Rev. J. B. Atk . nson, of the l a t e M r . Ch ar l es R owcro ft, w h o was wel known E. Davis, Esq., of Swansea, to Eliza Jane Caroline, as a talented and industrious worker in the paths a ! ght literature. While the reverse of fortune experisnced li • by these young ladies may excite our sympathy, i eldest daughter of P. F. Bluett, Esq., of Grant i have just reason for believing that th • sterling iw.fie ! ham House, Cowes., and late of Holcombe Court, 1 cations as vocalists will claim en' qua 1 - l i Devonshire. career they have entered on. THE SEASON.—The young wheats, oats, atid dial' • our support, and we cor- ! barley look well ; the grass pr raises a good crop ; -Y mash them success in the arduous professional the fruit trees are loaded with blossom ; and there 1 is every prospect of heavy crops of all sorts. .3IR. HOWARD GLOVER'S ANNUAL CONCERT. LONDON, __FRIDAY _E V E _ THE DANUBIAIir PRINCIPALITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Last Monday the members' of the Euro pean Commission officially took leave of his High ness the Prince Caimacan. Sir Henry Bulwer, as President during the last month, spoke kind and thankful words to the Camaican, who received the commission among all the civil and mil.tary authorities of the town. At the end of this week all the commissioners will leave the country. Lady Bulwer departed last Saturday. At this moment it may be of some interest to contemplate the conduct of the Wal lachian Government during their residence at Bucharest. Nobody can deny that the Caimacan's position was particularly delicate and difficult. It is said to be a bad thing to be between two chairs. What must it be, then, to ba between seven ? for seven chairs, seven political chairs, surrounded Prince Alexander Ghika. It must, therefore, be looked upon as a sign of remarkable prudence, and of purely legal proceedings, that the Caimacan succeeded in keeping the esteem, or rather the friendship, of all of the CJramissioners. These diplomatists arrived in this country at a very critical moment, when the whole population was in a state of great excite ment, which was, however, considerably increased by the attitude of some of the members of the Commission. They found the Caimacan actually surrounded. with intrigues ; his position equally ruined by the treacherous accusations of the friends de Vander regime (who urged to make, under the command of the former hospodars, a too well orga nised opposition), and by the imprudent acts of an ultra-patriotic and national faction which endea voured to compromise the rather liberal-minded Prince. Under such circumstances, the Caimacan showed a great impartiality, left the groundless accusations unanswered till their falsehood was naturallydetected, and succeeded in moderating the fatigue of the national party in giving a just occa sion to complaint against his measures. The elections for the Divan ad hoc took place without any illegal participations of the local authorities ; and if the Divan proceeded in a very imprudent manner, it cannot be imputed to the Caimacan to have either encouraged or sus tained their doings. Since the dissolution of this assembly, the Caimacan continued to conduct the government- in a respectable and lawful way, so that nobody can accuse him of showing any immo derate condescension for any of the existing parties Such was and is Alexander Ghika's conduct in the political circumstances ; let us equally look upon the Prince's interior administration. N otwith standing the etat provision of the Government, which made any important reform almost impos sible, a good many things have been done. The foundation of the National Academy was effected, a military hospital built, the old metropolis, which was in a shameful state, repainted. The pavement of Bucharest is projected. At Ibraila, a society for increasing the export was formed, &c. If one considers with how many difficulties the Government had to fight, if one knows how few . were the pecuniary means they had at their disposal, one must confess that they really showed a seri ous i ntent i on o f b r i ng i ng th e coun t r y into a progressive way. It.has, th ere f ore, b een very pa i n f u ll y remar k e d that in one part o f t h e E uropean press acc usations against the Caimaean have arisen, which are of too grave a character t o rema i n unanswered. The Impartial de Smyrne and the Gazette de Francfort began to bring articles against the honesty of the Gove rnmen t, an d accuse d th em with having committed numberless abuses during the last farming of the land estates of the monasteries. The Impartial de Smyrne calcu lates the, amount of these abuses to be 176,000, and the Gazette de Franefort 900,000 ducats. I should not mention these accusations, the authors of which are well known at Bucharest, ha I not the correspond en t s o f t h e a b ove - men ti one d papers f oun d a friend and companion in the Daily News' own correspondent. An article in the English press is a serious thing, and must be considered so. Every body knows that the two above-mentioned journals receive direct communication from Paris, Stirbey, and Bibesco ; but it is, indeed, a pity to see a re spectable organ of England's free and independent press actually publishing correspondence of such an importance fur the hone ur of a respected man, without asking further and decisive proofs. The Daily News' correspondent estimates the defalcation at 700,000 ducats. How well in formed those three accusators are, who all three profess to have special and accurate informa tion ! One fixes the sum at 176,000, the other at 700,000, and the third at 900,000 ducats. Who is right of the three ? lam able to give you an exact and authentic account of the alluded to farm ing—in biens conventucas ; but to-day I will only . sketch the outlines of this result. In the gum qui.nnial period the estates brought a rent of 5,678,793 piastres ; for the actual period, and through the pretended abuses, they bring 6,128,795 piastres more, i,e., a total rent of 11,807,590 piastres ! Facta lopuntur. A FOREIGNER IN WALLACHIA. Bucharest, Aprill6. ALLEGED REFUSAL TO ADMIT A DEPU TATION OF RATEPAYERS TO VIEW ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE. Yesterday at the the weekly meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras, which was of a very stormy character Mr. Churchwarden Attanborough in the choir. On the question of electing a director of the poor who was not a member of the vestry, in consequence of Mr. Wyatt, late churchwarden, being put up as a candidate, and which is alleged to be illegal, a considerable dis cussion ensued, and at its conclusion, the next order of the day being carried, Mr. HUDSON said be had in reference to the work house to bring forward a very serious matter. A com plaint was made out of doors and in public meeting, that a deputation of ratepayers had been refused admission to the workhouse, and the master was alleged to haVe stated that he had special orders from the directors to refuse to admit deputations, although ratepayers, to go over the workhouse. (Hear, hear, and Oh, o b.) Mr. DYKE move d, and Mr. GOODWIN seconded, a motion that ;he master be called in at once. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he should decline to put such a motion ; but Me. Dyke could give notice. (Cries of Shame, and uproar.) After considerable confusion, it was insisted upon that the master cf the workhouse should be called in, and Mr. WINSLOW, the master appeared, and in anweer to questions put to bine by Mr. Hudson, said he bad no order from the directors not to admit deputations of rate payers. A. deputation did come to the workhouse, and understanding they were going to hold an investigation in the workhouse, he r e fused to allow them to come in and do so without an order from the directors. He sent the parties to Mr. Hibbard, the clerk to the directors, and he tole them that the master had no right to allow them to do so. (Loud cries of ," Hear, hear," from the directors.) Mr. Dyic said that shout of "Hear, hear," came iron the same men who two or three years ago entered and ransacked the workhouse at all hours of the night, to try to get up a case against the then authori ties, and now they themselves feared investigation. (Cheers and contusion.) He dreianded of the master to know what was the investigation the deputation re quired to make. The marter paid it was in relation to a man being em ployed to pull a roller about the garden. (Shouts of laughter from the directors cf the poor.) Mr. HUDSON said this indulgence in laughter 1, ~y• the directors did not speak much for their inhumanity. Dr. KIRBY moved that the master retire, which was n seconded amidst shouts of " Sha me " in the vestry and gallery, and great uproar, and carried on a division by 42 to 27. Mr. FINCIIAM said the directors were afraid of in quiryeand the f ac t was th at th e poor ma n co employed was doubly rupt ure d , and wear in a most dreadful con dition. Sc much for humanity. (Great uproar.) The ballot fur directors stood thus :—Mr. Mr. Furnk,s 29, Mr. Tho rn to n 1. Wyatt - 46, ANOTHER MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL.—A third Medical 3i I bas been brought in by Mr. T. S. Don corn be, 1.1. P. It is to be called the " Medic al Pro fession Rights Act," and to commence on t he Ist of (3 etof , er, Every member c f the profession may be registersd if he think fit, and every practitioner qua b. , ftire the 1-t cf December, 1858, will be en title.' to be r eg i s t ere d o n producing the docu ment a•- testing his, qualificaton ; or, if he be a p , 1815 rson who actuaf 1 9 to the Practis e d me dicine prior Ist of Atign-4, a declaration to that effect will be sufficient. The 9.,, en is empowered to extend th e p rivile g e of e gra 6 ti diploma s t o n ew medical bodies of 500 and up wards, " 1 rovided examining bodies do not pro y t t e "lea " to nab'e the public to realize with ty that the examination by those br,cl,e3 tests suffi ciently k required f.r the safety of the p u„ now eGge . 41 e. Foreign, physicians may be registered under this Act if they' , car, produce a testimonial signed by 12 mein- h -eta 7 o ' t he Pr+ fassion (registered n let the Act) t at they. 4 e gained a degree or diploma, of er an examine. ;'in, equivalent to those which are enforced by the co! iVeS in this ceuntry. Th e registration wi I be carried ')at und er the Rs;istrar-General. Unregistered persons Sill be disqualified Isom haling certain offhos, and re ti,tered pranitioners may sue for and recover reason able ch_irges for professional aid, advice, visits, and the clst of medicines and appliances. The act is not to pre judi e chemists and druggists. A BOY DECAPITATED IN A FLOUR MILL—A fright ful accident occurred on Wednesday morning, the 6.h inst., at Lenton, a village one mile from Nottingham. Absut nine o'clock a boy named Rowland, seven years of age, wen t to the Old Abbey fl Air-mill, occupied by Mr. Kinchin, aid became entangled by a chain con- , fleeted with the machinery, which being at work at the time, dragged the unf-)rtuunte boy to the ceiling, proi.. sing his throat to such an ixtent that, when ixtricat. d, the head literally fell from the body, and both thighs were broker. Toe deceased had been frequently cau- Coned no; to enter the mill. As the absence of Messrs. Millais and Goodall from among the ranks of the Associates, and of Sir Charles Eastlake, together with Messrs. Dyce, Herbert, and lVfaclise from among those of the the Royal Academicians, cannot but be most deeply regretted in the midst of the otherwise almost un alloyed pleasure derived from the present remark able and superb Exhibition, it is but just to add at once that for the regrets excited by their collec tive omission from the Catalogue of Exhibitors, we are wondrously consoled, we had almost said amply compensated, by the extraordinary development of the genius, or rather, it should be more accurately expressed, perhaps the astonishing advance made in its revelation, in the instance of one or two other Associates, and in that cf several others, of the Royal Academicians. Beyond all question, to our thinking, the Picture of the Exhibition is Ar. Frith's great painting of " The Derby Day." It is undeniably his master piece. It is as undeniably a grand national work of art —reflecting the "living manners as they rise," reflecting them as in a glass, the very mirror of genius held up to Nature, a vivid representation of " Ye Manners and ye Customes of ye Englishe" in this nineteenth century. It is worthy of a coun tryman of Hogarth, worthy of an artist who wit nessed the closing scenes of the life of Wilkie, worthy of an observer who enjoys with the rest of us the delight of being a contemporary of Charles Dickens and Makepeace fhackeray. Here, on this comprehensive canvass of William Powell Frith, R.A., future times will find pourtrayed vividly, exquisitely, the English as they actually are now-a-days. The persons introduced upon the scene are of all chases and ranks is the social scale —from the nobles and the peeresses in their embla zoned carriages, to the squalid gamins de Londres on an "out" upon the great day of the Isthmian or Olynipic Games of the Briton—from the Lord Yerisophts and Ethel Newcomes of High Life, to the Rough and the Shat per, the low t.lackguard and the itinerant mountebank. In the background is the Grand Stand, with its inclined plane of well-packed sightseers. Scattered about on the right are the barouches, and the landaus, and the stanhops, the britzic has, and chariots, and phaetons of the Ns ell-to-do, not for ' getting glimpses of— " Whisky, buggy, gig, or go-cart, Curricle or tandem," indulged in by the less ambitious participators in the great national holiday. Above the heads of the motley concourse are caught peeps here and there of the satin-jacketted jockeys guiding their high-mettled racers off the course—now that the race of the day (of the whole year) is over. An antic tumbler in his spangled doublet, on one knee, with his arms outstretched, bawls to his little tinselled acrobat of a son to run to him along the outspread strip of carpet on the ground and begin the performances. The boy acrobat is, perhaps, the prettiest figure in all this marvellous picture — although elsewhere among its crowd of characters may be seen grouped about, in most admired dis order, some of the loveliest of the blooming maidens of Mayfair. iThe little mountebank is the merest child—the child, too, of the great, coarse, open mouthed tumbler, Who waits there, roaring to him to " come on !" His eye has been caught at the moment of his intended run for the coming summer sault by the good things emptied out upon the damask table cloth, half opened, hard by him on the turf—the cold grouse, the perigord-pie, the scarlet lobster, the litter of lunch-rolls, the very bundle of knives handed out of the magic hamper by the dappergroorn, who is getting ready the least for the carriage occupants. Catching a sight of these good things, the poor child stands there for the moment spell-bound—with a look askance, though we know for certain that in another minute he will he heels-over-head, balancel in mid air on the upraised hands of the brawny paternal acrobat. Further back the little sister mountebank, on stilts, is being indulged with a draught of her " First Champagne" by a hatless exquisite, whose towzled hair shows that he him self has quaffed over much of the singing nectar of Moot or Clicquot. Immediately to the left is the gaudy booth of the "Reform Club," before the porch of which has been set up for an instant by particular desire t l . - .e peripatetic table of a gang of Thimble Riggers—unobserved by a neighbouring Peeler, whose attention is absorb d in mopping his blowsed face with a cotton handkerchief. The magicians of the pea are veritable types of their class—of the turf, turfy, their conversation (as you can somehow tell from their very boots and neckcloths) lying evidently in the slangular direc tion. A comely, ruddy-faced, blonde-whiskered, young countryman, whose lass tries in vain to lure him away from temptation, has hooked up the skirt of his smock, has dived - his fist deep into his breeches pocket, and with a glance of interest over his shoulder, is evidently muttering, " I'm longed if Oi couldn't foiud thu pea youuder !" Aod yet there, close beside him, face to face with us a 4 we look at the group—there, with bis hat pushed gabyly back on his forehesd, his slatternly waist coat unbuttoned, both his hands thrust into his pockets, but obviously with a different purpose— his face in every line of it utterly blank and stupi fied—stands a poor little "gent, green and callow in his very whiskers, who has risked everything, and been thoroughly "cleaned out." Yonder is the bare . footed, red-c - oaied card-touter, with his big hand up to the side of his jowl, bellowing the " C'rect card of the Races," so that one feels half-deafened to look at him. Further along there are two of those extremely popular gentlemen, the Refugees— hooded, braided, bearded—specimens of the genus facetiously described by Mr. Albert Smith under the generic designation of " Mussoo 1" There they are, in the throng but not of it—looking about them less gratified in any way than utterly bewil dered and uncomprehending. Leaning with his back against a carriage door is a slightly exhausted ex quisite—lazily puffing his cigar fumes from under the covert of that dandy moustache, as he glances down, with a sort of ineffably careless wonder, on the gipsy girl accosting him—doubtless with an eye to the first elementary trick of chiromancy. A. love scene is there by the door of another car riage—a love scene it might be between Clive and Ethel, between David and Dora, at their best and youngest, with the first down on the lip, and the earliest crispness i n the crinoline. Clos e beside them are some lustrous exemplars of the genus, S well—to a costermonger's eye supernally equipped and divinely handsome. Such a picture as it is altogether ! A painting so full of life, of character, of fun, frolic, and animation, so true, so real, so actual, so all but living and breathing—that all we have here said about it can be only described as afford ing the merest glimpses of the motley and marvel lous whole. There is one Hogarth of the pencil among us who will assuredly revel in the contem plation of it, who will thoroughly enjoy and appre ciate it : meaning no other, of course, than John Leech, of the London Charivari. Here, indeed, is a picture enough of itself not only to make a repu tation, but to make a great reputation. It is, beyond all the other pictures in this splendid exhi bition, the principal attraction, the source of uni versa] amusement, and the object of universal admiration. Mr. Frith has contributed but this one painting to the collection, but it is one which is in itself a veritable microcosm. It h numbered in the catalogue No. 218, but as a success its real number is undoubtedly No. I.A. As undoubtedly as that the B. ought to be applied to a triple painting of marvel]. )us power and exquisite feeling from the easel of a distin guished Associate of the Academy—who will assu redly not have to wait long upon the next vacancy for his enrolment as an Academician. The pictur e we refer to will have been recognised upon the in stant by those who have already visited the gal lery as—No. 372—as far as any title is concerned, a blank in the catalogue. It is the production of Augustus Leopold Em, A.R A., who has another work, also of great merit, in the collection, No. 19, "Scene from Thack€ray's History of Henry Esmond, E,q.":—to wit, an illustration of a meme rable incident in that charming fictitious autobio graphy—" Kneel down," says Mrs. Beatrix, " we dub you knight with this," and she waved the sword over his head. A picture mellow and radiant in colouring, tender and natural in sentiment, graceful and unaffected in composition. But No. 372 is Mr. Egg's greatest triumph in art—as yet his masterpiece. How can it be described ?—this painting which is a tragedy in one glance ; a mourn ful narrative of sin atid domestic sorrow told in a minute, the minute consumsd in looking from one to the other of the three pictures making the sad' total of this terrible London Trilogy. The centre painting is a glimpse of the "Past." We are look ing into an elegazit drawing room, among the pic tures on whose walls we iesognise Stanfield's nobie painting of the "Abandono."—word of significant ' and evil omen ! The le Ahern travelling-bag, um brella, dsc., littered in one corner of the foreground tell us that the Master of the House has but just returned home. He is seated at the round table — pale, haggard, dejected--an open letter grasped in the hand that rests upon his knee : his lady wife stretched upon the carpet at his feet, her face buried in her clasped hands, her hair dishevelled in an agony of sudden shame, though', as the sequel tells, not of contrition. There is a touching little episodical group in the background. The children of this ill-fated pair —two sweet little girls —are playing with some cards upon the cushion of one of the chairs. They have placed a volume (it is a volume of Balzac, by the way !) upon the seat, and on that weird foundation they are building up a house: of cards. They are startled from I COLONIAL. TEA.— The market remains very steady, with very little alteration to report in prices. Common congou is quoted lli,l per lb., with tho usual prompt. SUGAR.—There has been less activity in the market, but prices are fully maintained for the better descriptions. In the Refined Market a steady amount of business has been reported, and at fully late quotations. COFFEE.—The demand for good qualiti es o f p l antat i on Ceylon still continues active, and at public sale the whole of the quantity brought forward fou n d b uyers at full values. Other descriptions were inactive at about pre vious rates. .. moderate business has been transacted at firm pi k es . Bengal qualities, at publ ic sa l e, sold readily at a slightimprovement on pi evious values. 8,m4 .--There has been a good inquiry for fine Demerara at the late decline, but only a few puncheons have changed hands, holders demanding higher %allies. SALTPEERE. — Business in this article is nearly sus pended and prices are quite nominal. TALLOW.—The market continues flat. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 545. 3d.; June delivery, 13s. 3d., and last 3 months 51s per cwt. FATAL ACCIDENT TO. MIL JAMES EVANS, EDITOR OF THE " UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE."—The Bridge 'ater Mercury records- a fatal accident on Tuesday evening, on Wembdon-hili, near that town, to Mr. James Evans, of London, editor of the United Service Gazette. The unfortunate gentleman was returning from a fiehing txcureicn in a phaeton, when the horse took fright, and he was thrown horn the vehicle and killed on the spot. MEETING OF M.P.'S TO FORM A LIBERAL PARTY. A meeting of independent Liberal members of Parlia ment %as held on Wedesday in one of the committee rooms of the House of Commons. It had been sum moned by circular, emanating, as we understand, from certain representatives who are dissath.fled with the past and present condition of the Liberal party-in the house. About 120 members were in attendance, and dlr. Head lam, the representative of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was in the chair. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to explain the origin of the meeting. It was convened, he said, in consFquence of the -discontent which generally prevails in the Liberal ranks, ' a discontent that was inseparable from the condition in which the Liberal party found itself. It was n t to be supposed the meeting was called to support any pat ticalar statesman, Those who bad summoned it were not anxious to serve personal purposes of Lord Palmerston or Lord John Russell, or indeed of any other claimant to the position of Liberal leader in the !louse of Commons. Nor was it called in order to aivccato any special measures. Nor was- it intended they should bind themselves to any formula. The real _ ot , ject of the meeting was to express the generi 1 • feeling which he believed to prevail, that of late the Liberal party bad not been fairly treated—that, in fact, it had rather been betrayed —that no zeal on behalf of the measures to a hich they attached im .),rianee had been shown by the Governments that - had recently been supported by the Liberal party. Sa with respect to adthinistration. No disposition had been shown to urge on measures, of reform in this department of the State, and army amendments for reform were especially resisted by the War and the Foreign offices. But we had now arrived at a critical period ; and although be did not wish to disturb the pre,ent Government, yet it was probable tbat, before long, a change of Ministry would take place, and he thought they should be prepared to take advantage of any circumstances that might occur. He insisted that the whole Liberal party had not been justly dealt with to oast times, for nearly the same names, nearly the same men, were found in every Whig Government ; and Le long experience of these officials in Parliament gave t!iem great power to baffle all attempts at Reform. He vas convinced he spoke the sentiments of the meeting ' Len he said that ffice ought ❑ot to be in possession of a clique or a few families, and that a wider basis for con ducting the affairs of the empire was absolutely necessary. Mr. BASS (Derby) moved a resolution to the effect—. "That this meeting cannot express satisfaction with the t - loverninents that have heretofore relied upon the Liberal party, and that no future Government will, be worthy of support which does not manifest earnest zeal ~tid sincerity in promoting measures of improvement mod Reform." Mr. BAXTER (Montrose) seconded the motion. He, vitli the hon. chairman, complained that our Govern ments were too exclusive, and were little better than a ~rivate clique or a family party. He thought it would to the Whigs good to be out of office, and he would not ivise any step f J r th e over th row o f the present Govern ment. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the ,neeting. Mr. CLAY (Hull) moved a second resolution :—" That toy Government wishing to have the confidence of the Liberal party should be established on a wider basis." He remarked that the new Government was weak, but oe did not see how at the present time, anyone could I,,rin a stronger. Lord Palmerston bad forfeited the confidence of a large portion of the Liberal party, so ouch so, that that confidence could not be restored. Tue house was now really tired of the old Whig blood, Ind he thought the country had been tired of it long ago. Mr. FORSTER (Walsall) seconded the resolution just noved, and repeated that the object of the meeting was lot to settle wiiio sb..uld be leader, but to give strength those who might truly call themselves the Liberal 'arty. The second resolution was also unanimously adopted. Mr. AYRTON proposed that the Liberal party should insist upon the adoption of Jewish Emancipation, the of Church rates, and the passing of a new Reform Bill. Sir. LOCKE opposed this proposition, and contended hat the ballot was of very great importance, Reform iithout the ballot would be but a blind. Mr. EWAIIT urged unanimity, and felt that the reso lutions that had been passed were enough. Mr. W. J. Fox said the new proposal expressed too , ouch or two little. Sir A. ELTON (Bath) concurred with Mr. Fox, and ,p , ike about putting in claims for a purer distribution of ,atronage. The proposal of Mr. Ayrton was withdrawn. Mr. ASPINALL TURNER (Manchester) was in favour of j Ant operations. It was necessary that the Liberal party should be informed of what was really going on, and for this purpose he would have a regular whip appointed. de, therefore, proposed that two gentlemen should be eked to send circulars to the Liberal members, apprill ' , g them of what was in the wind, and be named Mr. Forster as one, and he had no doubt Mr. Forster would )5 able to find a colleague, who would assist him in his abours. This proposition was adopted. Mr. J. LocKE (lloniton) moved the thanks of tbe fleeting to the Chairman, which was carried with sp. clause, and the meeting then separated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This . LONDON, May 7. —Wind this day at noon, E. ; f undel ate breeze, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, May 6.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Her itt&- j esty% steamer Ithadanaanthus, from Woolwich, with • ;unboat. BRISTOL CHANNEL, May 6.—Wind E —Arrived—Fan• de, from Havana. Sailed—Edward Cobeton, for Africa ; Lioness°, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, May s.—Wind N.—Sailed—Elleralie• or Baibadoe,9. PLYMOUTH, May 6.—Wind S.—Arrived—Wild Flower, From Gioja. Sailed—Phoebe (ss), for the Cape of Good Elope. SUNDERLAND, May 6.—Wind S.E. — Sailed—Shanghait for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FriclaytMorning. Wind N.N. W. Arrived, May e.—Mignon , from St. Mich ae l' s . A' rived, May 7.—Falcon, from Alexandria ; Crescensi*, Bristol. Sailed, May 6.—Don Limaos Primero, for Lisbon ; Lima, , :At. Michael's ; Auguste Laure, Bordeaux; Alpha, S‘• Petersburg ; Victorine, Ostend. Sailed May 7.—Black Prince, for Ceylon. (BY STJBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide, hours' ebb • fresh and cloudy. Arrived, May 6,—Hesperus, from Aaolborg ; LagnagSo Dantzic ; Falcon, Stettin ; Haloyon, Frederickstadt ; Prince Albert, Nieu Dieppe ; Dorothea, Resborg ; Mole, Konigsberg. Arrived, May 7.—Lindberg, from Odense ; Active, Aaolborg ; Nimrod, Wybog ; Sutton, Antwerp ; Louise, and Peter Jins, Konigsberg ; Ann and Rosetta, Bruges; • Mystery, Antwerp; Clio, Christiana; Maria, Stralsund; Cathanka, Christiana ; Oxenbnrg, Libau ; Symmetrit Sat ksborg ; Edi Catherine, Aalborg ; Glory, Aarhuus ; Henrich Theodore, Rostock ; Dolphin, Dantsio • Mai* Stettin; Aurora, Frederickstadt ; Daneburg, Randers; Haabet, Skettker ; Catharina Josephine, Helsiogborg ; Herman Wilhelm, Aalborg; Charles Tennant, Ghent; Auguste Stockholm ; Laura, G r ief swa ld e ; Lints, Gotheir burg ; day of Hamburg, steamer, Rotterdam, Sailed, May 6.—Beatrice, steamer, for Dort. Sailed, May 7.—Norwood, for Bombay ; Mowe, steamers Bremen ; Landwurton, Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N.E., moderate. Passed in tow—Connecticut, from Callao, for London. Passed—Sy Ipb, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; Jamaica ; K wanton, Calcutta ; William Simpson, Bats' via—all from London ; Nile, brig, from the North, O r the Westward. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF P O RTO . ' GAL.—Her Royal Highness Stephanie of Hohenzollern , the Queen of Portugal, arrived at Dover yesterday from Ostend, in his Majesty the King of Portugal's noW steam corvette, Bartolomeo Dio, on a visit to Bucking ham Palace. At the Bricklayers' Arms station the Prince Consort received and conducted her Royal Sigh ness to Buckingham Palace. The directors of the South- Eastern Railway made preparations for the reception of er Majesty that reflected the greatest credit upon their judgment. REFeasENTATION OP GREENWIO2I.—Last night an pen air meeting. which was attended by upwards of 1,000 of the supporters of Mr. Townsend, M P,, was held in the pleasure grounds attached to the Lord Nel son Tavern, Trafalgar-road, Greenwich, the object being, as stated in the handbills, to enrol members for the Townsend League. Mr. W. Wallis, of Regent's-park, et gentleman recently returned from Australia, occupied the chair, and announced his intention to stand by Mr. Townsend with his purse if be found that the coned . tency would co-operate in the same manner. Mr. Mae . donne'', Mr. Mead, and ether eectors addressed the meeting, and a loud cry was raised for Mr. Townsend. A. deputation from the meeting then proceeded to the residence of Mr. Townsend, who shortly afterward ° arrived, and was receiv e d i n a most enthusiastic inane°r' de addressed the meeting at some length, and the PO' ceedings terminated at a late hour. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—" Tvvelftk Night," was Pr duced at this thea're last night, with Mrs. Charley Y ung in the character of Viola, a part which she prayed w 2 ith grace and spirit. The audience was fashion; able and numerous, and the performances passed ea with the greatest eclat. NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. —A meeting of the RJyai National Life-Boat lustaution was held yesterd,ft a; the building of the society, in John-street, Adelphi.--- Thomas Chapman, E•q., in the chair. There were pre' p s e e n a t k A e d a m nd ira p l e s r S ro irj a . nd l I c e s r b p e t . r t w a a n s d h n M g t ` 0 1 a: b d y y, Captai n d , r ogr apb of tue Admiralty, G. Lyall, Esq.. M.P., and other gen: tlensen. Medals and pecuniary rewards were voted fe r r, various services rende red to shi p wrecked persons. 16 was reported that duri n g the p ast mo nth new life-boat; had been sent to Winterton, Norfolk, Dover, • Liastinr. 7001. were ordered to be paid for varionf lifeb oa ts and their appurtenances, and the Dean o f Norwich was elected a member of the committee. INDIA AND CHINA NEWS.—The Colombo, with the Calcutta mails of the 24th of March and the Chin° mails of the 15th of March, is expected in England ° 2 _ S a t u rday. On the same day the Benares is expected Lt; arrive home with the Bombay mail of the 9th ult. T° . 'Colombo has the long lost Ava'. wails on board, an d the Benares is believed to have the A ustralian mail b roug l by she Erneu. If so, they will be landed in Englen_ unsorted. The next Indian telegram will be due 01" Sunday next, MI In durin about three: Acc Mark( anima. 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