The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

T.? OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT AA. GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. W.•Harrisoa 'V HIS EVENLNG will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr, W. Ilalfe, entitled SATANELLA ; 4r, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a new ballet of action, ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Messrs. Payne, Miss Morgan, Mdlles. Morlachi and Pasquale. Commence at Seven, • rrHEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, wilt be performed the original English Ballad Opera, entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William air. Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lncette. I'o conelnde with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or, Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest • • ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Uuder.the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. . THIS RvENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After Which, 'a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond,and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, an entirely new comic drama, called IRE YOUNG MOTHER. A new• COMedy, MILLINER TO THE KING ; or, The Royal Salute. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. With NpTHLNG TO WEAR. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. And THP GALICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. • . ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS EVENING, will be produced BORN TO GOOD LUCK, Mr. B. Williams. After which, LAW FOR LADIES. Mrs. B. Williams. And ROBERT MACA IRE. Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 48. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, b. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, s. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past 6 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW' THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Last Week but Two of the talented and celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Every Evening Mr. Wright in DOMESTIC ECONOMY. This )E . vening, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John Mildmay, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby ; Hawksley, Mr.-Billington ; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billing - ton ; Mrs. Sternhold Mrs. A. Wigan. After which; WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. • Acting sianager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six —Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charp:e for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO SPECTUSES. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. Brilliant and unprecedented success of the new Dramatic Stacle. THIS ETENING the perfo pec rmances commence with a grand new Spectacle, from the pen of R. Phillips, Esq..interspersed with extraordinary hippodramatic effects and striking situa tions, in, three Acts, and entitled THE HUNDRED CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical arrangements, gorgeous in I characteristic costumes, elabo rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand somest Stud of Hones in the world. Characters by Messrs. Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard. Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, JullaWeston, Thorne, &c. To be followed by SCENES TN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame .Bridges, Meddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran cisco, being tne greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with the CAPTAIN IS NOT AMISS. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, :Is. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.; Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public- is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 'clock p.m. Tile New Gallery contains an extensive Collec .ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine awl Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-Surr OFFICE, MARCH 15. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during !he night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.19—a great fall—now up to 29.42. WIND, North-Westerly; strong and stormy, with squally weather, and occasional rain. It blew heavily last night, and seems to portend the approach of the equinoc tial gales. Lord GREY has written to an influential friend en the subject of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolution which is to be brought forward on the second reading of the Ministerial Reform Bill. It may appear strange to many that a noble noble who has for so many years occupied a seat in the hereditary branch of the Legislature, should interfere in the alterations deemed essential for obtaining an improved representation of the people. Indeed' in the olden time, such a proceeding might have been deemed not strictly constitu tional, and some vexation and annoyance might be caused to those who had so far outstepped the legitimate limits within which they should have restricted themselves. Others may think the matter to come within the purview of the old myth, to be something approxi mating to the conduct of that celebrated dog which is reported to have occupied a manger, in the good old times, and to have refused to all others the privileges of which he could not have availed him self. Lord GREY is one of the Whig clique, but fortunately for the nation he no longer pulls either with Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN RUSSELL. He works on his own hook, or like " H arry Gow," " fights for his own hand." And truly, but that h e i s i n the wrong position, he might prove rather an awkward customer to the two ex-Whig Premiers. There are many sound truths ventilated in the epistle of the noble earl, and doubtless they will be duly considered, not only by Lord ELcso, but by the entire party of which he is aprominent member. Is the movement either just or equitable ? Is it one which will either promote the interests or the wel fare, happiness, or prosperity of the people We believe not. And, therefore, although we feel that the Government bill does not at all meet the national requirements, and that it affords no adequate protection to the humble voter in the exercise of the franchise ; that it is, in short, wanting in the most essential point of all others, we should still gladly witness its second reading,. and its consideration and discussion in CommittZe, which is of such vital importance to the cause of 'Reform. Lord GREY justly deprecates the course which his quondam colleagu e is atout to take. He says with perfect truth— ,, The question of Parlia mentary Reform is fast gettinginto a state very dangerons to the country ; it seems to me therefore, to be the duty of all public men to give their best assistance towards settling it, and at all events strictly to abstain from using it for the pur pose of party warfare. But if the settlement of the question is the object they have in view, I cannot understand how the party opposed to the Govern ment can doubt that they ought to agree to th e second reading of the bill that has been introduced." It is one that should not be resorted to for factious or party purposes. Either to eject an Administra tion, or compel what we believe every disinterested and unprejudiced person would believe to be an evil S .__lkv.. . .._ ~6.LT. 444 vr , =..' 7 i --7, :=•: - ',-. ' ,--,,;- „:, --,,, ••':4." ' ,.. is, ..4. • <„,-, . -,.. ~,,_ /• , • . - V 1 " ---- ' bt ..., u • 7,, 4 ',. 4 t • ‘l, o 1 ' o tg' A' bßour ' . 1,-^•.:,w THE SUN. TUESDAY. MARCH 15, 1859. of no ordinary magnitude, a dissolution and a new appeal to the country, with the question of Reform ringing in the ears of the people. That, !possible, is to be avoided; but should Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S amendment unfortunately be carried it must take place, and all the measures already indicated must be postponed for an indefinite period. In placing his notice on the books of the House of Commons, Lord JOHN RUSSELL appears to have " reckoned without his host." Lord GREY Wil not march with him through Coventry at any price, and we believe that many others will be equally unwilling to join the " ragged regiment." Indeed " small JOHNNY" ought to Have learned some degree of humility by this time. He should have known that he is not now the recognised leader even of the Whig section, and that he must have the approval of the leading members of the party before he can venture to adopt an independent course. He still fancies himself Premier—still thinks that he is a petty autocrat ; but the letter of Earl GREY, however displeasing, must have impressed some wholesome truths on his mind. He is no longer the undisputed chief. There are other competitors who cannot be slighted; and if the noble member for the City of London would listen to sound advice be would withdraw his amendment, and earnestly strive to ame liorate the present me asure so f ar as practi cable. Nothing but an insane desire for office could induce him to pursue any other course, and however strongly that may be felt, it should not be too openly displayed. E ver y point desired by the most advanced Libe rals can be dealt with in committee. The Bill deals with the franchise, and therefore any enlarge ment falls within its scope. There may even be universal saffrage, without violating its principle. It also disfranchises and enfranchises sundry boroughs, and the doctrine may be extended to any extent deemed expedient. But above and beyond all, it recognises voting papers, the first step to the ballot, and which must inevitably lead to the complete protection of the voter. It is said that " extremes meet," and voting papers and vote by ballot must speedily be joined in the same category. Although, as we have stated, Lord GREY has, to a certain extent, trespassed on an arena into which he had no right to intrude, we still welcome his letter for the many wholesome, albeit unpalatable truths which it contains. There are elements of good in the Ministerial measure which, if fairly developed, may eventually bring forth fruit very acceptable to the independent reformers who are wholly indifferent to party considerations of any description. Mr. BERKELEY is not to be deterred either by the ill-behaviour of the House, or by the deci sion of Mr. FITZROY, from compelling members to record their opinions on the . Ballot at municipal elections. He will do it on the third reading of the bill. To the chairman of committees we must, of course, bow on a point of order; the country, however, will not be inclined to bow to the Chartist behaviour of honourable members who endeavour to cough, and laugh, and shuffle clown unpalatable truth. Neither Mr. BERKELEY nor his object can be treated by the House of Commons as the roughs at the Guildhall treated those who would not hear Mr. ERNEST JONES on Manhood Suffrage, without compromising the character of the House itself. Is it true, then, it will be asked, that an attempt to advocate what has been written on or spoken on so well by a BENTHAM and a MILL, a GROTE, a MOLESWORTII, and a THOMPSON, and what is now placed by the consent of all in the hands of such a leader as the Hon. H. BERKELEY—is it true that this is to be hustled out of the House by a con spiracy of noisy county members and moustachioed Tory younkers ? Mr. BERKELEY will, however, give them one more opportunity for repentance, and we, who know better than they can tell us, the temper of the country, advise them to take it. Their names must now be recorded as absent or as pairs, or vot ing for or against, and they will do wisely not to shuffle the question It is time that the waverers made up their minds. We can inform Lord JOHN RUSSELL that we know of numerous voters for the City of London who will not give him their votes again in case of a dissolution. They quite under stand the tactics indicated in his letter and in his motion. The motion will be supplemented by Mr. BERKELEY or by Mr. WYLD. But why the citizens ask—had we a letter in place of our lead ing member himself at the Guildhall ? Why could not a private member, in Opposition, find time— just an hour or two—to appear among his assembled constituents ? The universal belief is, that he wished to shrink a question or two on the Ballot. Though every Reform meeting since the first .of March has demanded the Ballot in a Reform Bill, Lord JOHN says not a word about it in his letter—he sends his voting paper, and it says nothing about one of the chief points to be voted on ! - Whether he has changed or modified his opinion we are not permitted to know. He, more than any man, has declaimed on the noble virtue of farmers and artizans sacrificing their own and their children's bread, rather than not publicly vote as they think right ; if it be this very Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who demands magnanimous self-sacrifice on the part of the poor and needy voter, he would not sacrifice one tittle of his electoral or place-getting chances, by standing before his constituents on Friday ! Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, openly, what could do him no harm—he put into the ballot box the opinions which might have lost him votes and influence ! Some will have it that hot Radicals are great tyrants in private life. Hot anti-Ballot men are at least wonderfully fond of secrecy, when by means of it they can .save themselves merely a little inconvenience. Perhaps our Liberal members begin to hope that Lord DERBY dare not dissolve, or will not be driven to do it. They had better act in time the Part of the wise steward in the parable. The day of reckoning cannot well be very distant, and it may The cas e o f th e mun i c ip a l b oroug h elections very ecti near.onsis avery clear one. The open voting by pa pers has been so disgracefully fertile in personation, corruption,and intimidation, that a stringent remedy is needed. Indeed Mr. CROSS'S Bill of is n the n u proof al o it. Every boroumghr.caßli tell its taIe ERKELEY will amal practices, tell a few of hemdembers if they ca n but behave as by theni to an gentlemen. We tru st, however, that th ey will this time have come t o a cooler state of judgment ; their votes and language will, we are confide n t, be closely watched, and it will be worth their w hi le, if they be real Liberals, to as k whether they ought not now to yield to their constituents a point which their constituents think of no little importance. If honourable members cannot make up their minds to vote for electoral independence, they must not be surprised if their constituents prove independent enough to reject them at the next election. SEAMEN AND MARINES INVALIDED.—A Parlia mentary return has been issued showing that the number of seamen invalided at home, between the Ist of January, 1856, and 31st July, 1858, was 1,811. The number pen sioned or granted gratuities was 637. Between the same Periods 715 marines were invalided, and 42.9 pensioned or granted gratuities. QUITE RIGIIT.—An Irishman being asked, on a rain y day, what he would take to carry a message from Charing-cross to the Bank, answered—" Sure, I'd take a cab." THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1859. HAYMARKET THEATRE. _ The re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, and the announcement of their appear ance in two dramatic novelties drew a crowded house last evening to this theatre. The first piece, in which they played," The King's Milliner," is an evident translation or adaptation of a French comedy, and is well fitted to show off the powers of this talented couple. After the comedy Mr. Mathews appeared with his wife in a duologue, entitled " Nothing to Wear." The bills proclaimed it to be an old friend with a new face by William Brough, which was truly the case, for in the supposed novelty we recognised the somewhat old farce entitled "No. 1, Round the Corner." Mr. and Mrs. Mathews played their parts, as might have been anticipated, in the very best man ner, and elicited from the gods the most uproarious applause, who thoroughly enjoyed the idea of a gentleman and a lady pledging each other's coats and gowns. " The Galician Fete," an established favourite, first introduced by the Spanish dancers, wound up the evening's entertainments. LATEST NEWS. THE ITALIAN QUESTION. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Reuter's'office PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 15. The Moniteur of this morning publishes a fresh article, stating that part of Germany now presents an appearance both afflicting and astonishing. " France," it says " has occupied herself with the consideration of the alarming state of affairs in Italy merely to allay it, in con cert with the allies and in the inte rest of European tranquillity. It is impossible to show a more sincere desire to unrav el peacefully the existing difficulties, and to prevent further complications, which are always the result of want of foresight and decision." The article proceeds to show that the mistrust of a part of Germany springs from reflections unjust and painful to France, and shows contempt for the independence of her policy. " The existence of a great nation like France is not restricted to her frontiers, but manifests itself in the world at large by salutary acts. France uses her endeavours for the benefit of her national power and the advantage of civilisation. When a nation relinquishes this character she relinquishes her rank. To contest her right to this legitimate influence would be to mistake the rights of France. The Emperor understood how to overcome all pre judices when he ascended the throne. What would have happened if, by acting otherwise, he had rejected, through distrust, the servants of the former dynasty, and if, instead of establishing the tranquillity of Europe on a firmer footing, he had shaken it by redeeming, at the price of European security and independence the recollec tions of 1814 and 1815. Such, however, he has not done. The Emperor does not hold the whole of Germany responsible for the errors and malevo lence of certain manifestations which spring rather from mean resentment than from serious fears. Germany has nothing to anticipate from us for her independence. We sympathise with her nationality. By showing herself impartial, she will show herself foresighted, and will do better service to the cause of peace. Prussia understood this line of policy when she united herself with England in order to promulgate wise counsels at Vienna, at a time when agitators were endeavouring to arouse angry passions, and to form a coalition amongst the States of the German Confederation against us. The attitude of Prussia is certainly more advantageous to Germany than the excitement of those who, appealing to the malice and prejudices of 1813, expose themselves to the risk of irritating national feeling in France. " . The French people is susceptible in regard to its honour, but at the same time moderate in the em ployment of its strength. If threats will arouse it, it may nevertheless be pacified by conciliation." BERLIN, MARCH 15. The Mannheim Journal states that the Ministers of War of those States which furnish contingents to the eighth corps d'armee of the federal army, held a conference on Saturday at the Castle of Bruchsal. INDIA AND CHINA. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, 11.15 A.M. The Calcutta and China mails have arrived. A notification has been published threatening the braves of Canton, and clearly expressing want of confidence with the Government of Pekin. A Danish vessel has been driven away from the coast of Japan, no treaty having been concluded with Denmark. 150,000 persons died of cholera in Jeddo during one month. Great activity had prevailed in Calcutta imports, the market closing quietly. Sales in wheat had been checked by last advices from the up country. Exports remained without alteration. Interest one per cent. higher; freights unchanged. Exchange.—Calcutta, 2s. ld. to 2s. 1/d. ; Madras, 2s. Oid. to 2s. Id. ; Hong Kong, 4s. 61d.; Shanghae, Gs. ld., with upward tendency. Very little was doing is imports at Canton. A good business bad been done in tea at Foochow at lower rates. Shanghae imports continued in brisk demand at unchanged prices. A moderate business had likewise been done here in tea. Sir John Bowring's early return to Europe was expected. ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 9. Artim Bey is dead. Prince Alfred was present at the ball given in his honour by the English in habitants. VIENNA, MONDAY. There was a panic on 'Change to-day at the opening, and the funds fell nearly 2 per cent. Warlike preparations continue here, and the journals of this morning speak in energetic language. GENOA, MARCH 13. Volunteers from Venice are expected to arrive by sea. General Cialdini is about to organise a division of volunteers. The Corriere Mercantile publishes an article headed, " If we aid ourselves we shall be aided." The article expresses confidence in the identity of Neapolitan interests with the interests of the rest of Italy. The writer of the article hopes that Eng land will well understand that the neutrality of Russia is subordinate to the neutrality of England. The article also denounces Mazzini as the enemy of Italy. MADRID, MARCH 13. Mr. Preston, the Minister of the United States, was received yesterday by the Queen in a private audience. In the name of President Buchanan, he assured her Majesty of the President's desire to maintain friendly relations with Spain, and ex pressed his own personal conviction that the general wish of the people of the United States was to preserve the bonds of friendship at present exist ing between the States and Spain, and to do every thing in their power to avoid any misunderstanding between the two countries. The Queen replied in terms flattering both to the United States and its Minister. We learn by letters received yesterday, that the emigration from Lombardy to Piedmont rapidly in creases. It includes all classes and degrees of people. For instance, the son of Sebregondi, the actual Podesta of Milan, has shed the dust of Austria from his feet, and sought liberty and poverty in Pied mont. Young cadets of the noble families of Melzi, Tavorna, and Litta, have also gone. From Udine, a curate with 30 of his parishioners have sought re fuge in Piedmont ; so also from Trevita, another curate with a portion of his flock have abandoned their homes rather than submit longer to Austrian misrule. The'Austrian troops concentrated in the neigh bourhood of Semlin, in order to observe Servia, are about to leave their present position. The force, consisting of nearly 12,000 men, is ordered to march towards Trieste ; and the belief is that it will ulti mately be sent to Verona, where the reserves of the army of Italy will be assembled. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. BOURSE, March 13.—Great heaviness prevailed at the opening. It was reported again that Lord Cowley had failed in his mission. The second quotation from London arriving at 4- fall, caused further heaviness, and many realisations took place. A rally followed, and all quotations left off but slightly lower than Saturday's prices. The Three per Cents. closed at 68fr. Threes, after having been done at 67fr. 85c., declined to 67f. 65c., and are now at 67fr. 75c. ; Mobilier varied from 775 fr. to 767 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,337 fr. 50c. to 1,332 fr. 50c. ; Lyons, 832 fr. 50c. to 830 fr. ; Northern, 9301 r. to 927 fr. 50c. ; and Southern, 520 fr. to 517 fr. 50c. The market rather improved towards the close, when the following were the last quotations : 4i per Cents. .... 94 75 I Credit Foneier Do. end month .. ——l Belgian 4k — 3 per Cents 6B —lPiedmonteso (5) .. 78 25 Do. end month 6B Roman B5 Bank Shares 2860 —lAustrian — Credit Mobilier .. 765 Spanish Threes — Do. Acceunt ..... 777 50 Home Debt 4O RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 921 25 .. 927 50 New ditto. 795 .. 796 25 Lyons and Mediterranean B3O —. .. 831 25 New ditto Geneva Midi — .. Southern Western 590 .. 590 Eastern Grand Central — .. Sardinian 4OO .. 400 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15e. ; money, 25f. 10e. ; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f. 97c. .. 530 - THE GOVERNMENT _REFOR3I BILL. MARYLEB ONE. Last night a public meeting of the inhabitants of Marylebone, convened by the local Parliamentary and Financial Retorm Association, was held in the Court-house, Marylebone-lane, for the purpose of considering the Governinent measure of reform. The attendance was numerous and respectable ; Mr. T. K. Pritchard, surgeon, was called to the •hair The CIIAIRMAN observed, the - question of Parlia mentary Reform was at length in the hands of the people ; and his own opinion was that if they backed up that tried reformer, Mr'. John Bright, the time was not far distant when a comprehensive and satisfactory measure would be obtained from the Legislature. Mr. R. MICIIELL moved the first resolution : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the bill en titled the ' Representative Bill of 1859,' introduced by the Government, is an insult to the represented and unrepresented reformers of this country, and ought to be rejected ; inasmuch as it destroys one-fifth of the county voters—studiously excludes the working classes—legalises votes 17 proxy, and leaves almost untouched the glaring anomaly whereby a majority of the members of the House of Commons is elected by little more than a fifth part of the electoral body." He stigmatised the Government bill, and declared his belief that the so-called leading journal of the day had fallen into a marvellous error in supposing that the country was not alive to the importance of the franchise. The people, he was firmly convinced, valued it beyond all price ; and, as a man who was daily en gaged in trade and commerce, he could bear testi mony to the anxiety that was felt amongst that in terest for a speedy and permanent settlement of this great question of Parliamentary reform. (Cheers.) _ _ Mr. J. A. NICHOLAY seconded the resolution, and said that he had never expected to see the day when a Conservative Administration would bring in a bill for extending the representation of the people. True, like an orange it was a squeezable administration, but he was very much afraid the people must bring about a change of Government before justice would be done to their fair and reasonable demands. (Hear, hear.) But the Con servatives must not be replaced by the cold and equally illiberal Whigs, who were democrats out of office and aristocrats when in. (Hear, hear.) Lord John Russell had condemned himself by his own acts. His Durham letter was only a flash in the pan ; while his Vienna mission had shattered his reputation for ever. (No, no.) Well, let those who said so remember that Lord John Russell was opposed to the ballot ; and surely no measure of reform could be satisfactory which did not include that protection for the voter. (Hear, hear.) Then, again, there was Lord Palmerston ; he, too, had been tried and found wanting. Both noble lords cared more for place than advancing the interest of the people ; and the question then arose to whom should they look ? (Hear, hear.) He thought John Bright was the man. (" Hear, hear," and " No, no.") At all events, he felt that as the Whigs could not be trusted, the better plan would be to allow the Government to carry the second reading of their bill, and leave it to such men as Mr. Bright to amend it in committee. (" No, no," and cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried. Sir B. HALL next addressed the meeting, and said that he intended to vote against the second reading of the Government bill. He had no wish to see it put into committee, because, while the good which it contained was compressed within a single clause, its evil pervaded the whole bill, and he was there fore anxious to see its promoters ejected from office, with the view of having them succeeded by men who, backed by the support of the people, were ready to bring in a comprehensive measure. He did not credit the declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Government bill was not brought forward with party motives. It was clear that the proposed disfranchisement of the 40s. free holders was intended to advance the interest and influence of the country or Tory party. Directly, however, an outcry was raised against it, the Go vernment tried to back out of the difficulty by visiting the sins of the father upon the son ; but here again the proposal could not be sustained. As to the savings bank clause, he disposed of that the other evening when he stated that in the town which he represented • before he was returned for Marylebone, not one out of every 100 depositors in a savings bank would come within the limits fixed by the bill. Again, the bill proposed to disfran chise dockyard employes. On Friday night the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in answer to a ques tion, said it would only " disqualify " them ; but surely that was a distinction without a difference ; and such an answer was nothing more than trifling with the House of Commons and the country. The fancy franchises of the bill might be disposed of by a simple idea, which he would suggest to the designers of unch, or any other kindred publica tion. They sbould draw a cartoon representing Lord Derby on one side and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the other, distributing the franchise to the three black graces—Law, Physic, and Divinity. (Cheers and laughter.) In conclusion he would only say that any bill for a reform of the representation of the people must be placed upon a different basis than the present measure. (Hear, hear.) It must in some way or the other deal with the nomination boroughs, and make a considerable reduction in the franchise, not merely of counties but of towns also, and if it could be made to include the ballot, so much the better. (Cheers.) At the same time, if the good bill to be hereafter prepared did not include the ballot, he would not on that account vote against it, but whatever might come of it, he had resolved to negative the second reading of the Government bill. (Cheers.) Mr. EDWIN JAMES, M.P., was next introduced to the meeting, and lie commenced his address by announcing that all difference between him and his right hon. colleague arising out of the late contest for the borough was now at an end, and they were now prepared to work cordially and amicably to together for the local and political interests of their constituents. The Government Reform Bill 'was not only an insult to the people, who were demand ing an extension of the franchise, but had been so slovenly drawn up as to make some parts of it a disgrace to an attorney's office boy. (A laugh.) There were only two ways by which it would con fer the franchise upon the working classes ; the first was contained in the £6O savings bank clause, and the second in the £2O a year lodgers' clause. Now, mark—under the first of these clauses it would take a man years to get his name on the register; the law would not allow him to deposit more than £3O a year in a savings bank; it would thus require two years to make up 1.160, one year to get on the register, and it would be only in the fourth year that he could vote. So much for that clause. As regarded the lodger's clause, why a man who could pay £2O a year for lodgings could, assuredly afford £lO a year for a house. Where, then, was the concession in this clau se ? (H ear , hear.) The pro posal to sanction voting by rating papers was op posed to the genius of the constitution ; while the scheme for transferring the forty-shilling freeholders to the towns and cities was proposed for no other purpose than to enable the landowners or con federations like the Carlton Club to manufacture votes, and swamp the residential or rating voters within the small boroughs, where fifty or sixty votes were often more than sufficient to turn an election. (Hear, hear.) How, then, was this objectionable measure to be dealt with ? He had been trying to find out in Parliament, but he had not yet made himself master of the ins and outs, the ups and downs, and the tricks of the House of Commons. (Laughter.) Now he heard that Lord J. Russell and Lord Palmerston had agreed to co-operate together in opposition to the bill ; and anon, that Lord Palmerston was going to support the second reading. The tale varied from day to day, and it was difficult to determine what either noble lord would be at. He did not like Lord John Russell's amendment, it looked so much like what in sporting parlance was called a "cross." (A laugh.) To carry on the metaphor, he wanted to see the battle fought on the " square"—(renewed laughter) —and acting upon what he believed to be the wishes of the people, he should *vote against the second reading. (Cheers.) He had heard a good deal of stuff talked about the working classes being of a revolutionary turn, and unfit to exercise the suffrage. He believed nothing of the sort, and he could speak with authority in the matter, because during his recent contest for the borough he came into contact with vast numbers of the working classes, and the questions they put to him displayed as much thought, judgment, and intelligence as could be found either in Portland-place or Eaton-square. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He warned, then, the Government and the Legislature to be cautious how they trifled with the just rights and demands of a laborious and intelligent people. We were now in times of prosperity, money and employment were plentiful, and the poor were easily provided for ; but the time might come when adversity would extend throughout the land, and then it would not be quite so easy for the governing powers to dis pose of this question with calm and dispassionate deliberation. (Hear, hear.) Talk of the absence of all excitement ! Why, did the opponents of popu lar rights wish for a revival of the agitation which the country witnessed during the last Reform Bill contest, when Lord Stanley, now the Earl of Derby, jumped upon a table at Brooks' Club, and said there should be reform or revolution, and Earl Fitzwilliam from his place in the House of Lords, threatened he would refuse to pay taxes as long as reform was 'refused ? (Cheers.) Did they want to see the people of Birmingham marching upon London, and the sky illumined again by the fires of Bristol and Nottingham ? (Cheers.) If they did not, and God forbid they should, let them no longer stand up in opposition to the wisdom of the people, who. in their advanced intelligence, wanted to revive no such angry agitation. (Hear, hear.) He had no wish to see the House of Lords disturbed, or the principles of the constitution disturbed ; he only desired to see the people brought more closely within its limits. He believed that they could be admitted to their fair share of power without dan ger to the throne or the state, and convinced that such a measure would rather tend to the security of the crown and the stability of the constitution, he would not rest until he saw it passed into a law. The two honourable representatives of the bo rough, who met with an enthusiastic reception, shortly afterwards withdrew amidst renewed de• monstrations of approval. Mr. D'IFFANGER, jun., moved the second resolu tion, as follows :—" That no reform bill is entitled to support which does not extend the franchise at least to those who are rated or claim to be rated to the relief of the poor ; its free exercise by the ballot ; triennial parliaments ; and a more equal apportionment of members to population and pro perty," which was seconded by Mr. Poland, jun., who advocated a residential manhood suffrage, and regretted that the resolution did not go so far. He thought they could not do better than employ Mr. Edwin James to draw up a people's reform bill. It was measures, not men, they wanted. Mr. PHILLIPS moved and Mr. VERY seconded as an amendment—" That in the opinion of this meet ing no reform bill brought forward in the British House of Commons can be satisfactory to the body of the people unless it gives the right of voting to every man with a six or seven months' fixed resi dence, and is of sound mind and unstained by crime." _ _ This amendment led to a boisterous discussion, and eventually, upon a show of hands, it was de clared to be carried by a narrow majority. Thanks were then voted to the vestry for the use of the hall and to the chairman for his impartiality in the chair, and the meeting dispersed. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Count de Lavradio, the Portuguese Minister, had the honour of an audience of the Queen, to present, on behalf of his Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal, the Insignia of the Order of the Tower and Sword for their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone was presented to the Queen at an audience by the Right Hon. Sir Edward Bul wer Lytton, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir E. B. Lytton had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen was attended by the Earl of Sheffield, Lord • in-Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom-in-Waiting. The Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, visited the Exhibition of the Architectural In stitution yesterday morning. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The com pany included her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, the Earl of Malmesbury, Earl Cowley, Lord and Lady Raglan, Captain the Honourable Dudley de Ros, the Dean of Windsor, and the Honourable Mrs. Wellesley, and the Honourable Mrs. Biddulph. The Countess d'Apponyi has issued cards for an assembly on Saturday evening at the residence of the Aus trian Legation, Chandos House. The Duke of Bedford arrived at his mansion in BelgTave-square, yesterday, from Woburn Abbey. His grace, we are glad to learn, is in excellent health. The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven arrived in town yesterday morning from Ashdown Park, where the noble earl and countess have been enter taining a select circle during the past week. The Countess of Craven and Lady Evelyn Craven left town in the after noon on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Grey deWilton at Melton Mowbray. The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia Moly neux have returned to their residence in Grosvenor-place, from a tour of visits. The Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke arrived in town yesterday from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Barrington at Beckett House, Berks. The Earl and Countess of Bandon and the Ladies Bernard have arrived at their residence in Eaton-square, trom Castle Bernard, Ireland. The Earl of Sefton arrived in town on Saturday from visiting the Earl and Countess of Craven, at Ash down Park, Berks. _ - Viscount Uffington arrived in town on Friday, from Ashdown Park, Berks. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived at their residence in Park-lane, for the season. Lady Chelmsford's second assembly will take place on Thursday next, and not upon Wednesday, as announced in our impression of yesterday. Colonel M. Biaclulph has left the St. George's Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Hibbert and family have arrived at their new residence in Dover-street, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Verulam left Grosvenor square on Thursday to receive a family party at Gorham bury. The Baroness de La Ropp and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, from St. Petersburg. The marriage of Lady C. Somerset's daughter to Mr. Sandford will take place in May. DEATH OF SIR ANTHONY OLIPHANT.—WO have to record the death of Sir Anthony Oliphant, formerly Chief Justice at the Island of Ceylon. He was born in 1794 and married a daughter of Colonel Campbell. He was called to the bar in 1821 by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, and prior to being appointed to the Chief Justiceship of Ceylon, was Attorney-General at the Cape of Good Hope. The important line of railway from Marseilles to Toulon will be opened to the public on May 1. Trains already run between the two ports on military service. A letter from Wiesbaden states that the reign ing Duke of Nassau, who is one of the best horsemen in Europe, was lately thrown from his horse while on his way to Biberich, whether he was going to see some ball-firing. He met with some very severe contusions, but his life is not in danger. According to an account made up from official documents, the number of cigars and cigarettes consumed in France in 18b7 was as follows :—Havana and Manila cigars, 36,086,500 ; cigars made in France, 481,071,500; cigarettes, 6,478,000; total, 523,636,000. The Augsburg Gazette announces that at Munich, three days back, the Chamber, in a secret sitting, unani mously voted a credit to the government of 13,000,000 florins for military purposes ; also that the Chamber adopted an:address to the King explaining its reasons for the vote. We read in the Vienna Gazette : " Accounts from Sebastopol state that only a few of the old inhabitants have returned ; the city appears almost deserted and com merce at an end. Formerly Sebastopol numbered 45,000 inhabitants; now it contains scarcely a sixth of that num ber. The wood huts built by the French serve as resi dences for the peasants. The funeral monuments of the French and English at Sebastopol and Balaklava are un injured." DEPTFORD THEATRE.—Application was made to the bench of magistrates at Greenwich, on Saturday, for a license for the Deptford Theatre, the license having been taken from the previous proprietor for misconduct. Mr. C. Timothy, the new proprietor, promised that the theatre should be conducted in a proper and orderly manner, but the magistrates refused the license, and objected to state their reasons for so doing. NAPOLEON AND THE SUTTLERS.—The second volume of "The Correspondence of Napoleon I." contains an order of the day issued by him when commanding in Italy, which shows that the young general was not dis • posed to treat with much tenderness the class of ladies who followed the camp. The order was to this effect :—All women who have not the permission of the commissariat are required to leave the division within twenty-four hours; in default of doing so they will be arrested, smeared over with black, and exposed for two hours in the public square. The general-in-chief is informed that the disorders which prevail are attributable to these abominable women, who incite the soldiers to pillage.—Bulletin. WILLS.—The will of Mr. Commissioner Phillips was proved on the 7th instant, by Mr. Edward Cooke, the barrister, the surviving executor (the late Mr. W. Clark son, was the other executor) ; personalty, £30,000. Leaves all to his wife, the household furniture and effects for her use absolutely, with the exception of a gold snuffbox, a goblet, and a travelling-case, which contains a knife, fork, and spoon, formerly belonging to the Emperor Napoleon, which he leaves to his son, William Henry Phillips, of the East India Company. On decease of his wife, leaves a house to his daughter, the wife of Colonel Penleaze, and the residue and reversion to his said son and his daughter, Emily Ann Phillips. The will, with a codicil, is dated in 1853.—The will of Mr. John Thomas Longman, of Earl's terrace, Kensington, who died on the 4th of January last, was proved in London on the 21st ult., by the widow, and Mr. Richard Longman, the brother, the joint executors ; personalty sworn under £30,000. Bequeathes the bulk of his property to his widow. His bronzes, pictures, prints, and all other works of art to her for life, and then to his son, John Strongitharm Longman ; the furniture, plate, linen, china, and books, to her absolutely. Directs that a sum of £30,000 be purchased in the Three per Cents., and the dividends paid to her for life. His interest in the premises belonging to himself and brother in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall to be valued. The freehold and leasehold estates to be sold, and the proceeds invested, with all other moneys, and, together with the residue, divided equally among his children. The will is dated the 29th of November, 1857. Letters of administration of the effects of the Hon. John Joshua Proby, commonly called Lord Proby, late of Eaton Hall, Stilton, Huntingdonshire, but who diedat Melrose Hall on the sth of December last, have been granted to Admiral Granville Levison, Earl of Carys fort, his father, and as such entitled to his effects, Lord Proby having died intestate and a bachelor.—lllustrated News. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE OFF APPLEDORE. —BIDEFORD, Saturday Night.--I grieve to tell you (says Mr. Chanter, agent for Lloyd's at Bideford) that we have had a sad misfortune here. The schooner Clifton, Captain Thomas, of Gloucester from Cardiff for Oporto, in a terrific storm, struck this morning at the very outer end of the south tail off our harbour, and immediately filled. The Mermaid lifeboat, which saved on Friday last the crew of five men from the wreck Caroline, was instantly launched, and, after three hours' hard pulling, failed to reach the wreck. The Petrel lifeboat was then launched, but the sea was mountainous, and she also failed, the crews being perfectly exhausted. Again the Mermaid started with our coxswain and a fresh crew. The vessel's crew reached the vessel 14taken to the rigging, and could be seen with a glass,, but before the lifeboat could reach the vessel remainder df the crew the mast went over i the side with the captain and three sailors excitement and confusion which I perished. Subsequently the Mer maidand from the bowsprit saved the prevail I in a very exhausted state. In the . further details at Tndhesobrryrokienndseee,ctl am unable to give taxed, for we have had to scour X l' and have no little difficulty ec T t h :-e ga s i h e a w ll a b s e so h t e e a ryi v: p e re n s e e i r e n b g our a h nd oo h d o f us or i h n o g rs t e h s e , boats, which is not yet perfected. last night that I kept my son with a gang of men all night o a v m er l th th e a N t vr t e h e e k y s uccessful. 30 feet high. Sunday The 7 I am told, was e gale does not abate, and a good look-out is kept. I should add that in our anxious and hazardous pursuits on the coast the National na t ot th m e o lif re e s b u o c a c t were Lifeboat Institution, with a liberality becoming its humane and extensive operations, allows no consideration o f expense to influence our proceedings." THE POLICY OF LORD CANNING. In Parliamentary papers published yesterday we find the reply of the Secretary of State for India to Lord Canning's defence of his Oude proclamation. Lord Stanley writes as follows, under date of Dec. 9: " My Lord—Your lordship's despatches, No. 261, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, dated the 17th June, and No. 17A, of the 4th July, to the Court of Directors (in the Foreign Depart ment), having been considered by her Majesty's Government, I now proceed to offer such remarks upon them as they appear to demand. " The first of these despatches is a reply to the letter of the Secret Committee of the 19th of April, commenting upon the proclamation issued on the 3d of March to the talookdars and other landholders of Oude, after the re-occupation of Lucknow by British troops ; the second is in reply to the let ter of the Court of Directors of the 18th of May, conveying a resolution of confidence in your lordship passed by the court on the 10th of that month. In both of these despatches you explain and vindicate the course of policy which you adopted in issuing the above-mentioned proclamation to the land holders of Oude. _ _ _ I do not propose to follow, paragraph by para lraph, the elaborate arguments contained in these letters. They have been considered with the atten tion which was due to the high character and the distinguished position of your lordship; and I observe with satisfaction that the policy indicated in the document adverted to, as regards the claims of the talookdars and other proprietors in Oude, has not in practice been adopted by you, and is declared, on your own authority, never to have been intended to have been carried into effect. How ever indiscriminate and unsparing may have been the sentence of confiscation which your proclama tion pronounced, that sentence has not been put in force; and the issuing of it would appear to have been merely a menace, designed to strike awe into the minds of those still arrayed in arms against the British Government. " Though anxious to support your authority, and to regard in the most favourable point of view any explanation of your public conduct which you might have to offer, her Majesty's Government cannot alter their previously expressed opinion with regard to the policy which, in this instance, you have pursued. They cannot think it wise for a Government, either in Asia or in Europe, to utter threats on which it is not meant to act; and they apprehend that the tendency of such threats, when addressed to insurgents in arms, is to drive into desperate and hopeless resistance some, at least, of those who might be induced to submit by an invita tion couched in more lenient terms. They are, however, glad to receive and ready implicitly to accept your assertion that the practical effect pro duced upon the minds of the people has been but small. They learn with satisfaction the personal explanations, to which you refer as having been given by your desire through the officers of your Government, have dispelled the alarm which its contents were likely to excite. And the whole tenor of your lordship's administration in India, and the moderation of language and of action which you have ' known to preserve in circumstances of unusual difficulty and universal excitement, confirm, if confirmation were needed, the assurance which you have given of your intention to deal in a spirit of mercy and justice with those whose rights ap peared to be imperilled by the language of your official declaration. " While her Majesty's Government adhere to the opinion expressed by them respecting that declara tion, it seems to them needless further to comment on a document which has been practically cancelled by yourself; and whilst regretting what they can not but consider as a mistaken act on your part, they desire publicly to express their full approval of your general policy, and their confident hope that the measures taken by you for the suppression of insurrection in India will at no distant period lead to the entire pacification of that country. — I have, &c., (Signed) " STANLEY." Orders have been forwarded from the Horse Guards to the head-quarters of the Royal Engineers establislunent at Ch a th am , di rec ti ng a surveying expedi tion of the Royal Engineers to be held in readiness to pro ceed to Montenegro, for the purpose of making an accurate survey of the boundary line to Constantinople. The officers named to accompany the expedition are Captain Cox and Lieutenant Sitwell, R.E. Another expedition of the Royal Engineers is also in course of formation, for the purpose of proceeding by the overland route to Persia, to survey the Turkish and Persian boundary line. This expedition is likely to be absent from England three years. FEARFUL GALE ON THE CUMBERLAND COAST, AND Loss OF LIFE.—One of the heaviest of the many gal es that have this winter dealt death and destruction on the Cumberland coast, commenced on Thursday afternnoon, when the sloop Hope, Robert Charnley, master, from Liver:- pool for Whitehaven, when near Ravenglass, s t ruc k on Selkirk Rock and immediately wen t down, the captain and all hands perishing. Another vessel, a schooner, was seen to go down near the same place, but further out at sea, name unknown ; all hands lost. On Friday the Mary Jane, of Fleetwood for Newhaven, was driven by the violence of the gale on shore. The vessel being light, and the tide at flood, she ran up on the beach high and dry, at Braystones. Several vessels have put into that port, some dismasted, others with loss of sails, &c. Altogetb.er the gale, especially on Friday, is described by old sailors as one of the most fearful they ever witnessed.--21/anchester Examiner. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The directors announced in their report to the last meeting of the proprietors, on February 10th, 1859, that they had agreed to take the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, recently completnd by an independent company, at rn annual rent of £2,000, with conditions for its merger into this company's undertaking, and that at a fitting time the pro prietors would be called together to consider the terms, and would be asked to confirm the arrange ment. The time has now arrived. A special meeting has also been rendered neces sary as regards the other two purposes mentioned in the advertisement, merely to sanction, in a more formal manner, matters which have already been submitted and approved of by former meetings. To these, therefore, the directors will first refer. The terms on which the Wimbledon and Epsom line is to be worked by this company were explained to the proprietors, and approved of by them, at the half-yearly meeting on August 7th, 1858. The line is now completed, and will be opened for traffic early in the ensuing month. It is simply necessary, therefore, on the present occasion to pass a formal resolution approving the agreemenewhich will be submitted to the meeting. The terms on which the Portsmouth Railway is to be leased to, or amalgamated with this company have also been fully explained and approved on more than one occasion. The working of trains over it in the meantime has been undertaken by this company, on terms which, so far as the law will allow, are tie same as if the lease of that line to the company had already been executed. A formal agreement for this working arrangement will also be submitted, and the respective agree ments will then be in a state to receive the ap proval of the Board of Trade. With respect to the proposed dealing with the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, the directors have only to state, that this company being so largely interested in the working and proprietor ship of the Wimbledon and Epsom line, they have deemed it very desirable that the company should secure to itself the ownership of the four miles of railway running south from Epsom, and constitut ing the Epsom and Leatherhead undertaking. These four miles have been constructed by an independent company, and will thus become an important feeder to the Wimbledon and Epsom, and South-Western lines. The directors have accordingly made a pro visional agreement for its purchase, and for working trains on it, until the purchase can be completed. The terms of arrangement are as follows : The company are to purchase the line, within six months after the passing of the act authoising the same, for £50,000 in cash. Or, in the option of the South Western Com pany, for £50,000 four per cent. South Western Preference Stock, or £40,000 five per cent Pre ference Stock. The South Western Company is to work trains over the line in the mean time. The agreement for carrying out this arrangement between the two companies, which has already been approved at a special meeting of the Epsom and Leatherhead proprietors, will be submitted to the approval of the South-Western proprietors at this wetting. By order, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge Station, March 14, 1859. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth Lord Wensleydale, Lord Kingsdown, and other Peers.) APPEAL.-JUDGMENT.-TH't BARTONHILt COAL COMPANY AND OTHERS V. WASH. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel in this cause, their lordships retired to consider their judgment. The Lord Chancellor said that a verbal agreement to alter the terms of a written lease might be proved by parol evi dence—rei inter rentus—and also by the facts and circum stances of the case. His lordship affirmed the first' four interlocutors appealed from, reversed the fifth and sixth, and remitted the case to the Court of Session to direct an issue to try the fact whether the landlord (the lessor) agreed to - allow the appellant (the lessee) to open a communication between his coal mine of Bar gaddie and the neighbouring coal mine, and to work therein. His lordship agreed with the Lord Ordinary in holding that the letters and reports that passed between Messrs. Horn and Ross, writers to the Signet, and Mr. Langdale, civil engineer, were privileged communications, and could not be produced ; and quo ad ultra, the Court of Session are directed to deal with the cause according to justice. The other peers entirely concurred. Council in the cause :—Mr. Rolt, Q.C., and Mr. Anderson, Q.C., for the appellant; Sir R. Bethel, Q.C., Sir Hugh MacAlmont Cairns, Solicitor-General, for the respon dents. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley.) JUDGMENT.-IN RE MINSRIP'S TRUSTS. His Honour, the Vice Chancellor, said—This was a mo tion to discharge an old order appointing trustees to execute the trusts of the will, who were now dead, and a petition to appoint new trustees in their place. The testator, by his will, devised his real and personal estate to trustees to pay certain legacies to his daughters and their children, and an annuity to his wife for life. The will was executed in 1794, and comprised a field, near Doncaster, the Bull's Head Inn, there, and five or six small cottages, and he directed his trustees to collect the rents of his property, pay the legacies and annuity, and thereafter to sell the same and divide the residue amongst his relations. On the death of the trustees, Mr. John Slddmore, as heir-at law, and others, entered into possession and sold part of his estate, viz., the field at Doncaster. An application was now made by petition to appoint new trustees to carry out the purposes of the trusts. His Honour discharged the old order, and allowed the petition for new trustees to be put on the paper pro forma, when he will appoint new trustees to carry out the objects of the trust in the testator's will. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE SCHLESSINGER, SCHLESSINGER, AND PARFITT. These bankrupts were described as of 9 and 10, Basing hall-street, general merchants and drysalters, and to-day was appointed for consideration of their certificates. The court was crowded throughout the whole proceedings, there being several notices of opposition. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees, to oppose on general grounds and on personal charges against the bank rupt. Mr. Lawrence, and other gentlemen, also appeared to oppose on behalf of other creditors. Mr. Bayley appeared for Charles Parfitt, the bankrupt, and Mr. Roxburgh for the Schlessingers. Mr. Linklater said that before going into the general grounds of opposition ho should take the individual oppo- Sidon of Mr.Parfitt, one of the assignees and father of Chas. Parfitt, the bankrupt, and who ° was a creditor of the firm to the amount of between £3,000 and £4,000, besides £l,BOO given as a premium on Charles Parfitt enter ing into partnership with the bankrupts. He (Mr. Linklater) said that he should adduce evidence, and if he made out his case in respect to the last ground of opposi tion, which was against the Schlessingers, it would prove the case to be one of the most wilful and wicked misrepre sentation and fraud. Mr. Linklater then proceeded to state the case, which has been the subject of many an examination, and published at great length. The misrepresentation was general as to the state of affairs when the partnership was entered into with Charles Parfitt in March, 1857, when he was under age. The case is now proceeding, and is likely to occupy two or three sittings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.—'Henry Glover, a marine store-dealer, of Hayfield-passage, Mile end-road, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting Thomas Raymond, a police-constable, No. 78 K, in the execution of his duty. The complainant stated that at one o'clock this morning the prisoner was drunk and making a disturbance in front of the Hayfield public-house in the Mile•end-road. He requested the prisoner to move on and go home, on which he used the most infamous language, and raved and blasphemed in an awful manner, and commenced quarrel ling with another man. He interfered, and compelled the prisoner to leave the road. The prisoner said he would be revenged, and went into his own house and brought out an iron poker, with which the prisoner struck him a violent blow on his glazed hat, and broke it to pieces. He endeavoured to seize the prisoner, but before he could do so ho was struck repeatedly across the shoulders and over the legs. He closed with the prisoner, and after a desperate struggle secured him, but it required the united efforts of four police-constables to con vey him to the station-house. Mr. Yardley—Did he hurt you ? Witness--Yes, sir, my legs and shoulders are very soro. The prisoner said ho had a little drop too much this morning. Mr. Yardley—That is no excuse whatever, but rather an aggravation of your offence. The prisoner—l would not have done it if I had not been drunk. Mr. Yardley—You have committed a savage assault cvl the constable. You brought out a poker, and might have killed the man. You are sentenced to one month's im prisonment in the House of Correction. A grand ball took place at the Court of Parma on the sth, at which the Co - antess of Chambord and the Duke of Modena were present. The duke left his capital on the following day. 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