The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-20 00:00:00

IZ OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. I) Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. On EAS rER MONDAY, will be produced Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. 'THE OPERA-COLONNADE HOTEL (late 1 Feuillade's), Charles-street, Haymarket, IS NOW OPEN. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, :No. CCX., will be Published TO-MORROW. CONTENTS. L Carlyle's Frederick the Great. 11. Scottish Minstrelsy. 111. The National Gallery. IV. Bunsen's Egypt and Chronology of the Bible. V. Devonshire. VI. George the Third—Charles James Fox. VII. Lord Brougham and Law Reform. VIII. Foreign Affairs. John Murray, Albemarle-street. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL IN Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. On_ EASTER MONDAY, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, Sze. After which, THE DEEIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, 1311ling,ton, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and Arden. . "Acting Aanager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. •ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough On Easter Monday will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. 31. Morton; Esq., supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and Miss M. Ternan. Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster -road. Extraordinary Attraction for Passion Week. THIS EVENING, the performances will consist of novel and unequalled Equestrian Entertainments. First Appearance of Mr. Henry Cooke, from the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, with th e as t onnding Quadrupedical Won ders, consisting of Pantomimic Degs and Monkeys, as ex hibited before the Emperor and Empress of France. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES. IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and M a d ame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female eque s t r i an talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. Mr. W. Cooke's stupendous Elephant Ajax, with all his highly trained stud of beautiful Horses. In addition to this galaxy of attraction the renowned rider Jahn Henry Cooke, th e greatest equestrian the world ever produced, will appear. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. The splendid romance of IVANFIOE ; cr, The Knights Templars, is in active preparation, and will be produced on Easter Monday wtth extraordinary magnificence. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes , £4 4s £2 2s and 1 - 1 1s Commence at Seven , : Carriages at 11.. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.--• Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the Frfftz ARTS GALLERY, in co nnection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGH T, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec aon of Pictur es, b y 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 H a ll , the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently as ded Ante-Hall, w i ll present an attraction which, whether as ryards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or th e varied and hitherto unattempted combinations withi do n, will be fou n d to be wholly without parallel in the King,"m. The liteareAL ENTERTNMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET 'PARTLY, of Amsterdam Eight in number, whose varied Enstrumental.performan s have created so marked a sense don in the principal cities c and towns of the Continent, wi 'll 'perform even' Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. !--......._ THE W EATHER.—Surr OFFICE, APRIL 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51 —highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 5 1—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29'51—falling. WIND, Easterly; light, with fine weather, It i s Positively asserted that Piedmont, even at the eleventh hour, has consented to the general and simultaneous disarmament preliminary to the meet ing o g the Congress. To this course she had been invite d by England, and subsequently by France ; and it is believed that in consequence her represen tative is to be admitted to a seat in the anticipated Congress. Should this be so—and we see no reason to doubt the fact—it seems more than probable that 841 " do ne so, on the understanding that, although her anxious hopes may be deferred, they will not be defeated. " A hint in t en d er cases i s enough ;" and that VICTOR. EMMANUEL has received such a ~ hint," seems certain. But let it not be supposed that this quasi con cession will even ensure the conference. There are many preliminaries to be settled respecting the time and manne r of the disarmament that may "Rcaeiell considerable delay, and produce the effect 43That eliPPling the p ecun i ary resources of Austr i a. , t hese Poi n t s will be worked to the utmost, Laat a " Fabian" Policy will be resorted to by those whose seriously aggressions led to the complications so imPerilling the peace of Europe, seems Stchareelr doubtful. They are now ready to bide their time until . prepared to strike a decisive 131 " - But they on.—,will not let slip any favourable arise. — ;7 , 1,.. n0 p throw away any chance that may she could not di sa ' not that Prance lately declared that armed ; and th . dorm ' inasmuch as she had never e notion s of the Cabinets of Paris, Vienna, and Turin, on this very important subject, may be wid e lv But J different. supposino all factorily arran, a th n e d prelimina r i es t o b e satis mble really asse d o that the Congress had could be fairly and ° so me neutral g roun d, w h a t result of its lab ours ? re y asonabi_ anticipated as the one that did We h ave never k nown any of no t leav e many open ques tions, il leh mi g ht b e made a cams B e lli at any vg . vague generalities adopt e d tim by diplomatists are cal e deem e d expedient. The culated to occasion fresh Congre ss , un d er de . culties. In f ac t, a better than " a mos:lke existing circ umstances, is nothi ng a matter of rY, a del us i on, and a snare " — pure and unmitigated humbus• will be six nations represented, and There consequently no possibility of a casting vote be given where there should be th ree on one side other. and thre e on th e If the mediation of England, • • as originally agreed on, had been accepted, the (N e w . on would already have been finally and satisfactorily de cided, and the untoward state of aff • • has • airs which ' ee asioned so much consternation throughout Europe, such - eh ruinous expense, and such seri ous injury to the trade and commerce of all nations, would have been got ' rid of. But Russia came for ward just at the moment when the mission of COWLEY to Vi enna ha d Lord completely s u c cee d e d , and the expressed w i shes fully and Completely acceded to. It was a very convenient interposition for t hose who wished that complications should still exist, and any suggestion from any quarter would be sufficient to induce Russia to carry out her traditional by keeping Europe i n policy, perpetual hot water, and thus exhausting the resources of many of her most formidable rivals. She well knew that the game pursued in such assemblies is, that the several diplomatists should strive to deceive and outwit each other, a n d endeavour to obtain peculiar advantag es for the nations they respectively represented. It was that very reason, possibly strengthen e d b y perhaps from the Tuileries, that she brought an application tune and ill-omened proposition, forward the inopportune so p romptly and eagerly with which NiiroixoN . R the assurances he had complied, A notwithstanding just before given to Lord that it would CowLEY, \ 4 i O P i . r't _..G'it•- - -1 . . V .d,.... • . ,, 11, t.MN . ' t.t • t -S ' • -- 4 '7: i • a . , --- 4 , 'i-,'-; ' 7.. • ' °'' s { . ' ' '.. ' ''', 7o% 4 DR.O IT --. ....,, --___ _ THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1859. kern as if he were a party to the scheme , if not the European war, but of civil war. The alternative originator thereof. - ' • ' trembling in the balance was not one in relation to For what purpose has he, sorecently, despatched a posks . ible struggle upon the plains of Lombardy— ' a French naval squadron from Brest to the Medi- but t. terrible alternative of peace or war within the terranean ? What can be the object of that extra- lin:it of these realms. In the April of 1859, it may ordinary and formidable demonstration ? Surely, be, i't 'unhappily is, according to all appearance, if any credence could be given to the pacific assur- I ances of, the lifoniteur and other Government journals, there could be no possible necessity for, or even utility in; so premature a movement . ; or if THE BUBBLE CONGRESS is expected by France to arrange all disputes the ships of war would be forth with recalled from a position where their presence could only add fuel to the smouldering flame ready to burst into a blaze at any moment. The language of Lord DERBY at the conclusion of his very able speech on the state. of our foreign relations, on. Mo nday evening, was peculiarly significant. He de clared that " war once commenced in Italy could never 'be confined to Italy ! And once spread beyond the limits of Italy, it was impossible to foresee who ;would be drawn into it, how far it would extend, or what might be its results—our neutrality, so long as it can be maintained, must therefore be an 'armed n eutrality: " After expressing a fervent hope " that in the councils of Europe there may' yet' prevail greater moderation, greater wisdom, greater temper, that the storm may pass by without bursting forth in the violent and terrific manner which there is now too much reason to anticipate," he added that the chances of peace will be materially strengthened " if it be withinth© knowledge of Europe that Eng land will not be allowed to remain a helpless or feeble spectator of events which may compromise her dignity and honour, but that a serious respon sibility, with all its results, will be laid on the head of the Power, whatever it may be, which, without due provocation, and the most urgent necessity, seeks, for its own ambitious purposes, to involve Europe in the calamities of a long and bloody war." This is plain and decided language,. There can be no doubt' as VI the party against whom it is directed. Every word hit hard, and most unques tionably the. conduct of Louis NAPOLEON his been greatly influenced, and the prospects of peace materially enhanced, by the firm and unflinching conduct of the British Cabinet. Ministers have thus acquired a further and very powerful claim on the thanks and gratitude of the nation—one that ought to prove irresistible to every unprejudiced and generous mind. doub, tful to the last degree of uncertainty whether or not tranquillity can yet be maintained upon the frontiers of Sardinia, whether the signal for a dis astroua and most sanguinary struggle may not upon any in stant become audible—or, admitting that frightful possibility, whether the war trumpet shall be sou nded first by French, Austrians, or Piedmon tese. In the April of 1831 the uncertainty was whe ther aiiarmy of insurgents should march on London, from the west or from the midland. counties — whether 10,000 men in arms upon the coast of Sussex should take the road northwards—whether the men of Yorkshire, or the men of Northumber land should first make their appearance in formidable array within the legislative precincts at Westminster. The imminence of this struggle • is not matter simply at this day of idle conjecture. It is related already in the pages of history, and that moreover with the utmost degree of particularity. The record may be found in detail in our own columns and in • those of our contemporaries. It may be scanned more readily in the first rapid digest of the Annual Register. It may. be scruti nised in the more studied narratives of later an nalists. Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON has described the perilous epoch in luminous characters in his con tinuation, of the History of Europe. Miss HARRIET MARTINEAU has sketched the period in bold and rapid outline in her continuation of the history of England. Mr. ROEBUCK has depicted the spectacle alternately in sombre a4d:•brilliant colouring in his contribution to the " History of Party." There is no question at all about it nowa days that England, in the April of 1831—exactly twenty-eight years' ago—was upon the verge of a bloody revolution. Professional jesters like the Rev. SIDNEY SMITH might indulge an unquench able zest for whimsicality—writing in the midst of the turmoil, " All young ladies imagine that, as soon as this bill is, carried, they will the instantly married; schoolboys believe that gerunds and supines will be abolished, and that currant tarts must ultimately come down in price ; the corporal and sergeant- are sure of double pay ; bad poets ex pect a demand for, heir epics"—and so'forth; but it was little better than dreaming upon the warm edge of a volcano. There was a man killed during the election down at Wigan, in Lancashire. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh was all but thrown over the North Bridge by an infuriated multitude. The windows of Apsley House were all smashed —and up went • shortly afterwards those grim iron shutters • that defended up to the hour of his death the home of the great Duke of. WEL LINGTON. Lord WILLIAM GRAHAM barely escaped assasilation by secreting himself for 48 hours in a garret at Dumbarton. Sir WALTER SCOTT, then in the glory of his. peaceful reputation, standing as it were upon the brink of an honoured and venerable grave, was yelled at and hooted by a gang of ruf fians in the streets' of Jedburgh. The, pulse of the nation throbbed at fever heat. Yet the scheme of Reform which had awakened this fur • y of enthu siasm professed to *do little more in the way of ex tending the franchise than the scheme recently laid by Ministers upon the table of the House of Commons. The Government Reform Bill of 1831 professed to. increase the number of electors by 500,000 additional. That of 1859-by 400,000 more. The . total of these islands • being ex tended to • over 900,000 in 1831—a result showing that one person in every thirty seven had a 'vote in the United Kingdom— each member thus returned representing 36,579 individuals, as compared with the aggregate of the We have observed the following advertisement in certain papers; it - was not sent to us, but we think it worth a notice. • The Chairman °Utile Central Committdd received the following communication from the Chairman of the Ballo' Society : • Victoria-square, S.W. Dear Sir, April 15, - 1859. As perhaps my example may influence some few of the advocates of the Ballot to weigh the claims which Lord John Russell has to the gratitude of all good Reformers against his disinclinalion to a ford the only due protection to the Elector, and to find the balance in the noble Lord's favour, as I do; may I request that you will place my name on the Committee of the four Liberal Members for London. Yours very faithfully; F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. John I. Trivers, Esq. I am an Elector of London. To this letter we subjoin an extract from another letter to the .electors of the United Kingdom, Which has already been • given in our columns. The extract runs thus— Offices of the SociesY, 5, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall street, London, E.C., April sth, 1859. Electors, at the corning election, require of those members who vote for the Ballot a mere hearty and decided slip port than it has hitherto received. Reject every candidate who is opposed to, or hesitates on, the Ballot; by every means in your power aid us to gain the Ballot at once and for ever. Signed by order of the Executive ConiMittee on behalf of the Society. • F. HENRY F. BERKELEY; Chairman. EDWARD C. WHITERURST, ViCe:ChairMan. W3i. Wlciinnat, Honorory Secretary. Certainly at first sight these letters with the same signature, appear irreconcileably opposed. "Reject every candidate who is opposed to or hesitates on the Ballot," says one—" Put my name on the com mittee of the most noted Whig opponent of the Ballot," says the other—and do it because the Ballot in his case isto be.postponed to his other merits ! To be sUre, 'one 'dates from Victoria-square, and the other from the offices of the Ballot Society, but we have yet to learn that any man with credit can do officially, what - he, in his private capacity, pub licly aims to undo. We understand that the Ballot Society gentlemen have hastened to de clare their innocence in regard to the inconsistency of their chairman. But we must think it very unfair of Mr. BERKELEY, while holding that office, and apparently without even mentioning it to the committee, to discredit them by acting in the teeth of their advice, and himself by acting in the teeth of what he had put his name to. Mr. BERKELEY adds, in a postscript, " I am an elector of the :City of London." We never heard of Mr. BERKELEY'S occupying premises within the limits of the City. Can it be that, as Chairman of the society, he votes for its offices ? If so, the incon gruity would be singular indeed, of subscribers hiring rooms from which to issue advice to electors to reject population. It is remarkable, by the way, that the First Reform Bill, the Ministerial scheme of 1831, like this recent Ministerial scheme of 1859, was digested in the House of Commons before it could be brought on in committee. The second reading, in the former instance, it is true, was carried after a debate of only two days' continuance (carried by a majority of one in a house of 608)—whereas, after a debate of seven nights' duration, the second read ing was denied very recently, as we all know, by a majority of 39, in a house of 626. But although the second reading was carried in 1831 by this smallest of all possible majorities—one—when on the 18th of April, 1831, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the house go into committee on the bill, Gene ral GASCOYNE moved that famous amendment which was carried against Ministers by a majority of eight in a house of 595. An adverse division, which led to the stormiest dissolution of Parliament upon record save one—meaning, of course, CROM WELL'S dissolution of the Long Parliament by force of arms. Ia it not, indeed, plainly " so writin our annals ?" Has not, the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield recorded, in his " History of the Whigs" (Vol. ii., p. 152), how yyILLIAm IV. charged Lord BROUGHAM to his face with high treason ! These are the words of Mr. ROEBUCK,— " The KING started. in furious anger, flamed red in the face, and' burst forth - with, What, my lords ! have you dared to • act thus F. . Such . a thing was never heard. of. You, my Lord Chancellor, ought to know that such an act is treason—high treason." And whit was the response still . taking Mr . ROEBUCK as our authority,—" Yes, Sire, I do know it,' said the Lord. Chancellor," &c. It was a dis solution brought about in 1831 with thisagree able little dash of treason a dissolution resulting twenty-eight years ago in a general elec tion that carried the country to the verge of civil. war. If the present Parliamentary' crisis, there fore, be one in any way fraught with solicitude — it is a solicitude in no degree comparable to that of which the preceding generation had such really alarming experience. Compared with that the present excitement is but as a breeze " that blows the poplar white," or an autumn gust that " tumbles half the mellowing pears;" contrasted with the thundering whirl and crash •of a tornado. "every candidate who hesitates on the Ballot," and of a gentleman using a vote for those rooms to dis credit that advice, and the Society which issues it, Mr. BERKELEY'S letter was, in any case, a pure work_ of supererogation. He could have let the election alone without injuring his Whig friend. He could not interfere, as he has done, without injuring the Society of which he takes the chair. We see now, however, plainly enough, that we did not complain without reason, of Mr. BERKE LEY'S having sold himself to the Whigs in the matter of Mr. WYLD'S motion. The Ballot Society in that case had published their request to Mr. BERKELEY to move an addition, respecting the Ballot, to Lord JOHN'S resolutions, In a few days, frightened by Whig solicitations, he announced his motion, but for quite a different time. Explanations took place ; the Society .yielded; and Mr. WYLD, struck by the absurdity of the resolutions going 'to the country, with the omission of the most important reform of all, announced his motion. We all know how it was :dealt with, though, excepting a few pairs, it got, within one, the same number of votes as Mr. BERKELEY'S. It is quite plain, now, by Mr.. BERKELEY'S own conduct, that he cares more for old Whigs than he does for the Ballot. Is this consistent 'in a leader ? Did VILLIERS, COBDEN, and BRIGHT gain repeal of the Corn Laws in that way? Did Mr. MILNin GIB SON compass repeal of the taxes on knowledge by sacrificing to any one's convenience, Whig or Tory? And, if the Ballot is to be carried soon, it must be carried by embarrassing all - we can who stand in our way,• even though it b?, Lord JOHN RUSFELL hiUiself. Be his merits what they may. ExcHANGt IN INDIA.—The telegram from Bom bay yesterday announces a favourable movement of about 2 or :3 cent. in the rate of exchange, antan advance of about 11 per cent. iii 'the price of Government securities. At Calcutta, :whence the date is to the 16th of March, there had also been an improvement in the price of securities, but the rate of exchange showed no alteration, and the charge for discount was still 9 per cent. 4 AMERICAN RAILWAYS.—AIthough the Cunard steamer this week has brought only £6,000; her port of de parture being Boston, the rate of exchange at New York showed a further tendency in favour of this country. Some large amounts will, therefore, arrive within the next few days by the Alps and Persia. Money was in increased abundance, but the stock market had not been nnich influ enced. Owing to the revival of railway contention the stock of the New York Central line had returned to 7 6 , the lowest point touched last year. The' Milwaukie and Mississippi had failed to meet the April interest on their first rn2rtgage bonds. At Pittsburgh, in • Pennsylvania— the Birmingliiim of America—the people, with almost una nimous encouragement from the press, continued to insist upon the.repudiation of the city and county debt, and to defy the judgments of the law courts. A large number of small investors were, consequently, reduced to distress. From Mexico the Le was no later political news of import ance. The new attempt to open the TehualitcpeCroute ap pears to have ended rather miserably, and the surveying party are said to haire quarrelled and separated. Nancy was on. Friday visited by so violent a gale that a small tower on the principal church:it the linver part of the steeple .was carried away, and fell into the street at a distance about 80 feet from the principal door of the church The Agricultural Society of Algiers has offered a prem i um o f 500f. i raised by subscription among the mem bers, to any person w ho shall discover the means 4 pre serving tobacco plants, during their vegetation, from the ravages of insects. • A commission, appointe4 for.tbe pur pose, will declare at•the end of September, 1860, &ri,4 after trial, which remedy has succeeded. if they are brought, as they now are, .to the aid of the Tories to outvote Mr. BERKELEY, and to depre ciate the Belot, sd much the more necessary it to weigh the merits of the Ballot against the merits of the Whig:Lord, and to find that the Ballot scale makes the other kick the beam. If a leader does not do this, no humorous speeches can compensate for such grave and damaging conduct; If We arc now apparently upon the brink of an European war, at the very moment .when we are upon the eve of this general election; prior to the passing of the Second Reform Bill—we should re member the still more imminent and snore frightful circumstances which really and truly ushered in the First ! Twenty-eight years ago it was a question, not of THE OPERA SEASON. England must be a musical nation, despite the many controversies on the question—at least, if we may form an estimate from the unnumbered temples and priests raised to and serving Apollo in our smoky metropolis. We can, at random, name Exeter Hall, St. Mar tin's Hall, St. James's Hall, Canterbury Hall, Royal Academy of Music, Royal Society of Mu sicians, Philharmonic Society, Sacred Harmonic Society, Choral Society's Glee and Madrigal Unions, with concerts of all possible classes, and Christy Minstrels of all possible shades, and the Royal Italian Opera crowning all. There must assuredly be some taste and ear for sweet sounds, with such " supplies" in the market ; and for our part we hail with great pleasure the increasing de mand of the public for the rational and eleVating entertainment afforded by the fascinating St. Cecilia. Mr. Gye has opened the grand campaign, and his initiatory productions have been as successful and satisfactory as the early period of the season warrants us in expecting. Mr. Gye's liberal nego tiations with, and judicious selection of, artistes lead us to hope for some brilliant castes of first-rate operas. He promises great things, and there is no reason to fear that he will break his word. With such an edifice and such singers as he holds in hand, he may justly boast of providing us with one of the finest lyrical establishments in Europe. Old Drury . will soon be also in the field, doffing the mental glory of a Shakspere and' the tragio dignity of a Siddons, and donning the light pages of Italian libretto and the fairy wand of the con ductor's baton. Mr. Smith has exhibited spirit and enterprise in all that he has yet undertaken, and his programme for the forthcoming season be trays no lack of either of those important mana gerial qualifications; for it contains a fine ensemble of vocal talent and a repertoire of world-famed compositional beauties. He is to give us Mozart without mutilation, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, 16ssini, Bellini, Gluck, and other constellations of the first magnitude, with novelties and attractions of great interest. The scenery and decorations are to be on an extensive and rich scale ; and altogether the " bill of fare" is most enticing. We shall anxiously await the 25th, the opening night, and hope to record that the Royal Italian and Old Drury are playing a fair game, well worthy of patronage and praise. THE LONDON GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION. • The second of the admirable concerts given by this association took place on Monday afternoon, at Hanover-square. Rooms, when a crowded and fashionable audience derived intense gratification from the beauty o . the subjects chosen and the spirit and perfection of the musical rendering. There are few natures impervious to the effect of a sweet English madrigal or glee ; and to heal. Webbe's delicious composition, " When - winds breathe soft,". and. Bishop's " Sleep, gentle Lady," so exquisitely breathed as they were on Monday by the accomplished singers of this Union, consti tutes a rich treat not easily surpassed -in musical attractions. The latter was rapturously encored, as was also. Horsley's fine glee, for five voices, " Sweet is evening's tranquil time." The old so ng, " Shall I, wasting in despair," arranged for four voices, was given with great animation, arid formed one of the most spark ling features of the programme. A Provençal melody, words and =sic by Thibert, King of Navarre, data. 1250, deserves especial mention. It was warmly received and fully appreciated. The choicest illustratiolis of the best masters in this department of composition were presented—from Wilbye and Saville, to our present cotemporaries. The concert .received additional interest from a series of remarks on madrigals and madrigal sing ing, by Mr. Thomas Oliphant, Hon. Secretary to the Union. • • Much information and amusement were derived from: his lucid and concise treatment of the subject ; and the entertainment, altogether, amply merited the enthusiastic applause bestowed on it. The third concert will be given on Monday, May 9th, the programme being of first-class attrac tion. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 19, There was no addition to her Majesty's dinner party yesterday. The Queen and Prince Consort walked in the Home Park this morning, 'and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at rogmore. The Countess of Gainsborough has succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady in IV aiting to her Majesty. Viscount Strathallan and Lieutenant-General Sir Frede rick Stovinhaye succeeded Lord Bateman and Lieutenant Colonel F. Cavendish as Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio had an in terview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing%street. The Queen' will'hold a Privy Council on Saturday next, the 23d inst., at. Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough accom panied by the Marquis of Blandford and Lord Randolph Churchill, left St. Jurnes's-square yesterday, for Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock. . . The Duchess of Buccleuch has left town for Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The noble duke joins the duchess and family in Scotland at the close of the week. The Duke. and Duchess of Wellington leave Apsley House in a few days to pass the holidays at Strath fieldsaye, Hants. The Marchioness of Salisbury will leave Arling ton-street to-morrow, for Buckhurst-park, Sussex, on a visit to the Earl and' Countess Delawarr. The Earl of Malmesbury left London yesterday, for Windsor Castle. • • Field Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Comber mere are expected to arrive in Belgrave-square on Wednes day next, for the season. Lady Chelmsfoid leaves Eaton-square to-morrow, for Torquay. The Lerd Chancellor will be unable to leave town with her ladyship, owing to public business. -- We are glad to learn that the subscriptions to wards the proposed testimonial to Mr. Way, the obliging and respected railwaY . superintendent at Dover, already ex • ceed £2OO. . The London and South-Western Railway Com pany having undertaken to work the Isle of Wight Rail way, when completed, two members of their board, viz., Captain C. E: Mangles, M.P., and Mr. Serjeant Gazelee, hare become directors of the latter undertaking. Horace Vernet is going to be married, at the age of sixty-seven.' The banns are now placarded at the mayor alty of the 10th arrondissement, in the Rue de Grenelle, Tire , Mustricrds-painter - hag gained tlie hear of a widow, Madame Marie Amelie Fuller, whose first husband was a M. de Bois Richeux. General Ulloa, who took a share in the defence of Venice in 1849, has just arrived at. Turin' from Paris A Mail for the cape of Good Hope will be made up this evening for conveyance by her Majesty's steamer Perseverance. MEETING .OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—It has been mentioned that the new parliament would assemble on the 31st of May. As a delay of two days in the dissolution has taken place it is now considered probable that the day to be appointed will be Thursday, June 2, especially as Wednesday, June 1, is the Derby-day, always observed as a holiday by the House of Commons. Loss OF LIFE AT WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE. —An accident at the New Westminster Bridge works has been attended• with the loss of a life, and serious injury to several persons. It appears that the workmen were moving a block of stone with a travelling crane, when the machi nery gave way-, and the stone fell with a tremendous crash on some pieces. of timber. A man named Jones was struck down and fell into the water, and some others were injured. The body of Jones is • supposed to be underneath the pon dermis stone. YV MERCANTILE DISCOUNT COMPANY.—With refe rence to the Mercantile Discount Company, of which a prospectus was issued three days back, a• correspondent suggests that attention should be called to its articles of. in corporation. No allusion is made to these articles in the prospectus, but they must prove of vital importance to the interests of the shareholders. There are to be two managers —Messrs. Gottheimer and Erck. The first is to receive £2,000 per annum, and the second £l,OOO, and this engage ment cannot 'be terminated without the payment of a sum equal to .three years' 'salary. They are likewise to have large and constant additions in proportion as the dividends may augment; and Mr. Gottheimer is to receive £5,000 out of the first moneys paid up, on condition that he will dis burse preliminary expenses. £5OO per annum is in like manner secured to the secretary. As the nominal capital is only to be £200,000, of which but one-half is at present to be paid up, the profits to meet these outgoings must be calculated on' an extraordinary scale. The total to be employed, after Mr: Gottheimer has taken his preliminary £5,000, will be £95,000. Upon this the dividend, held out as certain to be realised the first year, is 11 per cent. The salaries specified will. reach £3,500; £l,OOO (subject to future augmentation) is to be allowed to the Board, and the expenses'of rent and other salaries &c., may probably b e estimated at £ 1,500. Nearly £17,00b, or 18 per cent; on the paid-up capital, must therefore be gained during the first yeaf to realise all the conditions in the prospectus. Whether" such results are attainable by simply carrying on the "usual Witness of discount houses" is a question that must be kit for anima engaged in that branch of occupa tion to decide:—Tlntes, LATEST NEWS. TURIN, TittSDAy. At a Council of Ministers held early this morn• ing, at which the King was present, it was re•. solved, " That in order to give to Europe a proof of the desire of Sardinia to remove the difficulties which delay the meeting of a Congress, Sardinia yields to the demand of England and France, and accepts the principle of disarmament, the details of which she will leave to be discussed in the Congress." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post :second edition) says : ,‘ I learn a courier has arrived to-day (Tuesday) in Paris with despatches saying there is every pro bability that Austria will attack Piedmont within a very brief space of time. Troops are pouring into Austrian Italy from all quarters. It is said Austria prefers war to allowing Piedmont to enter the Congress." The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), says : " The alacrity of France in admitting the prin ciple of a general disarming even before the meeting of the Congress is not free from suspicion. When the question comes to be treated, how, it will be asked, is France required to disarm when she has not armed ? Will any difficulty arise on this point ?'' A letter just received from Turin, dated April 17, says :—" Events, and indications as to their probable course, now succeed each other so rapidly that one hesitates to express a positive opinion, which the telegraph may prove to be ill founded before the letter that contains it has reached its destination. I do not think, how ever, that I greatly risk such refutation when I express my conviction that war is all but inevitable. Something may yet come to pass to prevent its occurrence, but that something would, in my eyes, be not very far short of a miracle. At such a crisis as the present it is unavailing to revert to the past, and to seek to show that things would never have come to this state, and the cruel necessity of war never have arisen, but for the obstinacy, the ambition, or the duplicity of certain Governments or c , :rtain men. That would be mere waste of time ; and, moreover, the question has been argued threadbare, without, to all appearance, convincing any of the parties concerned. It is better boldly to face the present and prepare for the future than to linger on the past. I shall rejoice if I prove mistaken, but my belief is that the Piedmontese Government is bent on war, and that war it must have, or that the Cavour Cabinet must fall, which would doubtless be the signal for insurrections in various parts of Italy, and perhaps even for serious disturbances in Piedmont, where so many thou. sands of emigrants and volunteers from other Italian countries are now congregated, greatly ex cited and confident that hostilities are at hand." INDIA. The following telegram from Mr. Mark, her Majesty's Consul at Marseilles, dated April 19, was received at the Foreign-office last night : Political intelligence per Bombay, from Bombay, arrived at Suez at 1.30 p.m., April 9. There is no longer any war in India. The rebel armies have been broken and dispersed. Their leaders are fugitives in the jungle. Tantia Topee, the Rao Sahib, the Begum, and Rana are still at large. The rebels are in great numbers in Nepaul ; but Jung Bahadoor has sent troops into the jungle to rout them out. The followers of the Begum and Rana are about 8,000. Brigadier Kelly is watch ing their movements. Oude continues tranquil. A great number of the rebels have surrendered. The Nawab of Furrucka bad has been found guilty and sentenced to death. Great excitement prevails in Bombay and Cal cutta, in consequence of the new customs tariff. (Signed) ALFRED S. WALNE, H.M.'s Acting-Agent and Consul-General. Alexandria, April 10. The following telegram, via Marseilles, was re ceived at the India-office last night from Mr. H. L. Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay, addressed to Mr. J. Cosmo :-- "CENTRAL INDIA. " The rebels are scattered in three parties —one with Feroze Shah, not far from Bursad, on the Agra and Bombay road; another with the Rao Sahib, in the Shahghur district; and the third with Tantia Topee, who is said to be present in the Chumbul and Parone jungle. Maun Singh is near him. The following rebels have surrendered :—Dithun Lan, Bheema Naik, Abdool Satur Khan, styled 'Nuwab of Powrah,' and Nuwab Khan Ali Khan of Danmia ; the latter has given himself up to the Rajah of Bikaneer. "NIZAM'S DOMINIONS.—HYDERABAD. " An attempt was made by a Hindostanee armed with a carbine on the life of the Resident returning from the Durbar on the 15th instant (March). The ball wounded one of the Ministers who was walking with Colonel Davidson. The assassin was immediately cut down. The Resident believes that there were no accomplices in the attempt. " Bombay Presidency quiet. " IL L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government, " Bombay Castle, March 26." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The Bordeaux and Nantes journals confirm the intelligence already received from Havre of a levy of sailors without delay. A similar order has also arrived at Brest. The death of M. de Tocqueville, which had been prematurely announced, is now unfortunately con firmed as having taken place on the 16th at Cannes. He was 53 years of age, and was a member both of the French Academy and of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. BOURSE, April D.—The note of the 111oniteur has had but little influence on the funds, as Lord Derby's explanations in Parliament are considered as unfavourable. Threes opened at 67f. 70c., and declined to 67f. 50c., but rallied again and rose to 67f. 75c. Mobilier varied from 672 f. 50c. to 675 f. ; Austrian, 518 f. 75e. to 521 f. 9 5c. ; Orleans, 1,262 f; 50c. to 1,267 f. 50e. ; Lyons, 827 f. 50c. to 830 f. Southern, 487 f. 50c. to 490 f. ; Eastern, 625 f. to 627 f, 50c, The market was heavy towards the close, with little variation in prices. The following were the last quotations : _ _ 41 per Cents. .... 95 50 I Credit Fonder 645 Do. end month .. 95 60 i Belgian 4 k 9B 75 3 per Cents. 67 70 Piedmontes© (5) Do. end month.... 67 55 Roman B4 Bank Shares. 2740 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 675 Spanish Threes Do. Account RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 907 50 .. 905 New ditto 791 25 .. 780 Lyons and Mediterranean B3O .. 830 ti car ditto — • • -- Geneva 505 .. 505 Southern 485 • . 48 7 50 Western 535 --.. 535 630 Eastern.. 62i 75 3 70 • .. 370 Austrian Sardinian . 522 50 .. 522 50 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. • money, 25f . 21 c . ; three mouths, paper, 24f. 95e.; money, 2if. 90e. ITALY. A correspondent who has just returned from a tour through a great part of the Italian peninsula, sends the following communication The state of Italy may be thus described :—At Venice the troops continue to arrive at the rate of three and four thousand a day. The Government con tracted with the Lloyd's Company, at the rate of a florin a head, to bring over any number of troops ; and, besides, two large government steamers arrive every morning crowded with sol diers. Fortifications have been erected on the Lido commanding the entrances to Venice, and various other works have been constructed on the small islands to the north of the city to prevent any sur prise by gunboats, as in the event of a war an attack on Venice is considered by the Austrians as a certainty. Four large vessels were hired on the 15th to take artillery stores, ammunition, &c., to Ancona. Contracts were entered into to construct log houses at Mantua for the troops, and no less than 500 masts were contracted for to furnish the arsenal at Venice. The empty palaces at Venice are taken for barracks ; even the Raggonica, which belonged to the Infanta of Spain, is now crowded to its highest window with troops, and the houses belonging to the Count de Chambord in the Place San Vidal are being altered to accommodate sol diers. From Venice to Milan the whole country is covered with troops, and the greatest activity is visible in Verona, Mantua, and Peschiera. At Milan, the troops are billeted on the Italians, and the number of the Austrian soldiery now in Italy cannot be computed at less than 220,000 men. The Emperor, with Baron Hess, was expected at Venice on the 17th inst. His Majesty's yacht left Venice on Saturday last for Trieste, to convey his Majesty. At Turin continual deserters from the Lombardo- Venetian States arrive, and on Sunday last up wards of 20'0 young Florentine volunteers made their way to Turin. The preparations for war on both sides, and the certainty of a revolution, should no war occur, place all the efforts of the Congress in a very peculiar point of view ; for with the vicinity of the various troops to• each other, the hatred which is mutual on each side, and the en thusiasm in Turin, there can be little hope of avoid ing a collision which would instantly light up into a war." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. Mr. W. Williams, the senior representative of this borough, has reconsidered his determination to retire into private life, and intends once more to solicit the suffrages of his constituents. Mr. Wil liams explains his change of purpose thus : " I have received pressing invitations from all parts of the borough, and to-day a requisition. numerously signed has been presented to me to allow myself to be put in nomina tion as a candidate for my re• election. Having consulted my medical adviser, who has informed me, that by taking great care of myself he has no apprehension that my health will disable me from giving the attention I have hitherto done to Parliamentary duties, I have therefore reluctantly complied with the urgent request of my numerous friends to give you an opportunity of choosing those whom you think will most efficiently represent you in the next Par liament, which will be most eventful." KIDDERMINSTER. It was expected at one time that, in consequence of the retirement of the Right Hon. R. Lowe, there would be no contest, and that the field would be left open to Mr. Huddleston, Q.C. However, it seems the electors are to have a choice of two can didates, and that Mr. Montagu Chambers is to be brought forward in the Liberal interest, and it is understood that he will receive the undivided sup port of that party. KNARESBOROUGH. After all there is to be a contest for this borough. Mr. H. S. Thompson, the chairman of the North- Eastern Railway Company, after declining to com ply with a requisition from some of the Liberal electors to stand, was induced to reconsider the matter, and on Saturday he declared himself a can didate. Mr. Thompson, at a public meeting of the electors, expressed himself favourable to any mea sure which would have for its object the right of giving the franchise to persons who by their per severance and industry had acquired a certain amount of property. He declared himself a decided opponent of the ballot, a staunch Churchman, but in favour of the total abolition of church rates. A hard contest is expected. The Conservative candi dates are Mr. Collins and Mr. B. T. Woodd, the present members. LINCOLNSHIRE (NORTH.) There will be no opposition to the return of the two present representatives, Mr. J. B. Stanhope, Conservative, and Sir M. J. Cholmeley, Liberal. NAPLES. The Nord, of yesterday, publishes the following telegram from Marseilles, dated Monday : " Letters from Naples, received here by the last packet, bring the news of the death, on the 12th, of King Ferdinand 11. "Parties in Naples were preparing to act, each in its own interest. The Austrian party—which supports the Queen and her son, the I)uhe of Trani—hopes to perpetuate the regime of com pression. The masses, on the other hand, pro nounce for the hereditary prince, round whom the liberals appear desirous to rally, with a view of obtaining a constitution, and the participation of Naples in the general affairs of Italy. Men's minds are greatly disturbed, and, as a provision against a possible movement, the troops were kept ready within barracks." PRUSSIA. The New Prussian Gazette, speaking of the visit of the Archduke Albert to Berlin, says :—" Austria wished to know what would be the attitude of Prussia in the Congress, with regard to certain pretensions which France might put forward, and what Prussia would do in case Austria was at tacked. That is the real object of the visit of the Archduke Albert. A journal asserts that the Archduke has proposed, in case of a war between Austria, Sardinia, and France, the occupation of certain Austrian provinces by Prussian troops, should military events oblige Austria to draw away her troops ; but we are enabled to declai.e that this question is quite unfounded." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 15th have reached us. The Senate had held a secret sitting to settle the preliminaries of the trial of M. Esteban Collantes. The Chamber of Deputies had nominated a com mittee to support the accusation against that gen tleman, and appointed M. Calderon Collantes (though of the same name, this gentleman is not a relative of the accused) president, and M. Cidraque secretary of the committee. M. Calderon Collantes begged to be excused from serving, on the ground that he is father of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and might therefore be suspected of prejudice, but the Chamber declined to grant his request. The Espana, Leon, and Parlamento had been seized. One of the journals having stated that some Peruvian vessels, which were blockading Guayaquil, had captured a Spanish merchant vessel, the Maria y Julia, at the Island of Pana, near the equator, had hauled down her flag, and taken her crew prisoners. The Gazette states that the Government has not received any intelligence of the kind. Advices have been received from Rome to the 16th. The departure of volunteers which, had hitherto been inconsiderable now begins to increase rapidly. 250 young men have left Perouse for Piedmont. A seditious riot took place the day before yesterday among the students of Bologna, and the troops were obliged to fire upon them. It is stated that several persons were wounded. Aus tria is increasing the garrison of Ferrara. A Stuttgard letter, in the Nuremberg Correspon dence, says :—" We learn from a reliable source that a treaty relating to military affairs has been concluded between Prussia and the States of Southern Germany. It is said the articles of this treaty are satisfactory in a German point of view." A letter from Heidelberg states that the second conference announced had been held there on the 16th by the Ministers of War of Wurtemberg, Hesse, and Baden, which states form the Bth corps of the federal army. The Indepenilance of Brussels asserts on authority that the statement made by an English journal of Belgium and Holland having concluded a treaty for the defence of their territories in case of war, is a pure invention. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 20.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; light, and fine weather. POOLE, April 19.—Wind E.—Sailed —Henry Duncan, for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April 19.—Wind E. — Arrived — Swift , from Shields for Marsala, to stop a leak. Sailed—William Bromham, for Sierra Leone ; Tweedside, screw steamer, for Alexandria. PORTSMOUTH, April 19.—Wind. N. to N.E.—Sailed— Dorothea, for Quebec ; Enchantress, for Madras ; Star of the South, for Bombay. NEWPORT, April 19.-IVind E.—Sailed—Altona, for Hong Kong; St. Joseph, for Point de Galle. LEITH, April 19.—Arrived —Rising Sun, from Callao. Sailed—Constance, for Melbourne. RAMSGATE, April 19.—Wind E.—Sailed—Marianne, for Monte Video. CLYDE, April 19.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Dundrennan, for Port au Prince ; Alkmaar, for St. Stephen's, N.B. ; Majestic, for Calcutta; Eliza Duncan, for St. Kitt's ; St. Lawrence, for Quebec. FLLMOUTH, April 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ranger, from Jacmel fo r Ghent ; John Henr y , from Bre men, and s ailed for Savannah; Mar g aret Skeen, fr om Andover for P o rsgrtmd. SUNDERL AND, April D.—Wind W.S.W.—S a il ed— Malvern, for Penang. (113 r ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, April 19.—Isabella Creoll, steamer, from Car diff; Foyle, steamer, from Dublin; L'Etoile, from Caren tan; La Poule and Georges, from Cherbourg. Sailed, April 19.—Bavaria and Bremen, steamers, for New York; Boyle, steamer, for London. LivEuPooL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W. Sailed, April 19 .—Falkem, for Iceland ; S. Hageruann7 for Tromsoe ; By zant i um, for New York ; Duchess, si for Malta; Arm en i us, for Richibucto ; Robert Trent, for Bos ton ; Wade, for Vigo ; Susanna, for Rotterdam; Eliza Forbes, fo r Riga ;El g i n for Riga; Macedonia, for A andria ; Han na h , f or Genoa; Maggie, for Constantinople. Arrived, A pr il 19.—Beaver, screw steamer , for Bordeaux, towed in with mac hi nery damaged. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. ; •first hour's flood ; fresh and fine. Arrived, April 19.—Fides, from Randers; Marga r et , from Aahrhuna ; Levantre, from Manilla; Dy son, from Savanilia ; Olomont, from Randers; Branson, from Horsens. Arrived, April 20.—Idian from Dantsic ; Festka, from I.7ddewalla ; Saxon, from Stettin ' • Rest of Rosen haven, from Stettin ; Frederick Louise, from Stettin; Lionne, frail Gravellines ; Andrias, from Gottenburg ; Talisman, from Stettin ; Wilhelinina, from Baltic ; Furet, from Gravelines ;- Nathalie, from BogenSe ; T heo, from Gravclincs; George, from Aarborg ; Catherine, from: Aarhuus. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind. E. by S., fresh. Passed—Onward, for Boston ; Seine and Tamise, screw steamer, for Paris—both from London. NORWICH. Considerable excitement now prevails here, the candidates on each side, Sir S. Bignold and Mr. C. M. Lushington (Conservatives), and Lord Bury and Mr. Schneider (Liberals), having commenced an active canvass. On Monday evening the Liberals held a public meeting in St. Andrew's-hall, and the Conservatives mustered in considerable num bers at the Assembly-rooms. NOTTINGHAM. The requisition to Mr. T. Bromley (the Conser vative candidate) has received nearly 500 names. A second candidate, to come forward on Conserva tive principles, is now spoken of. Messrs. Paget and Mellor addressed the Liberal electors on Mon day night, and each party is now actively engaged. SUNDERLAND. Mr. Lindsay addressed a meeting of above 2,000 persons on Monday night, and was most cordially received. Mr. Hudson and Mr. Fenwick are makinF, an active canvass, but the greatest confi dence is expressed in the return of Mr. Lindsay. Mr. Hudson has addressed a meeting of his sup porters, and appeals to the fidelity of the people of Sunderland to ensure his return. TAUNTON. A severe contest is anticipated in this borough. In addition to Mr. W. Beadon, the chairman of the local Ballot Society, the present representatives, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere and Mr. Arthur Mills, are to be opposed by another candidate on. the Conservative interest, Mr. George Cavendish Bentinck, who arrived in town on Monday morn ing. The address of this gentleman was issued immediately on his arrival, and in it Mr. Bentinck expresses regret that the present Parliament should have been dissolved, but is of opinion that the defeat of the Governmerrt measure of reform left Ministers no other alternative than an appeal to the country. He promises to advocate such judi cious and temperate reforms as the spirit of the age may require. .TRURO. Mr. J. H. Murchison, of Surbiton, Surrey, has appeared as a candidate for this borough. WALSALL. Mr. Marshall, of Brighton, having suddenly retreated from this borough, Mr. Charles Forster► the sitting member, is experiencing opposition from another quarter. Mr. Charles Bagnall, member of a family who are large ironmasters, well known for their efforts to promote the education of their workpeople, has issued an address, in which he " does not hesitete to declare that he is attached to Liberal Conservative principles," the mainte nance of which, he contends, is consistent with the advocacy of every measure for promoting the progress and prosperity of the people. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING). Sir J. IV. Ramsden and Mr. Frank Crossley, the Liberal candidates, addressed a large meeting in. the area of the Coloured Cloth-hall, Leeds yester day (Tuesday). Sir J. Ramsden referred to his vote upon Lord Derby's Reform Bill, and said that he thought that bill, under the name of reform and e nfranchisement, would have dis franchised one-fourth of t he w hole constituency of the riding. It igno red the p r inciple which pre vious recognisefran chise d. that honest v e r be industrioustesx ht extended working n d ded t o a largem further remarks he sat down amid cheering. portion . h A r f .n ter a fevir r. Crossley also addressed th e meeting, after m after which & resolution in favour o f th e t wo candidates was car ried should Governments andnmen unanimously. In the aft ernoon th e t wo candi dates e s addressed large meeting of their supporters at Huddersfi e ld. Th Right Hon. James Stuart a Wortley, th e Conservative o f his supporters candidate,ye at sterday addressed a l arge meet i ng the Town hall, Leeds, and another at Bradford in the evening. THE EXPLOSION AT HOUNSLOW POWDER _MILLS. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, the coroner , and a jury of sixteen gentlemen, assembled at the Prince Blucher Inn, Twickenham-common, for the purpose of resuming the inquiry relative to the late calamitous explosion at the Hounslow powder mills. The names of the jury having been called over, The learned Coroner remarked that owing to the immense mass of evidence requisite to be adduced , he considered that an adjournment to a somewhat lengthened period had better take place. Mr. Ashby the manager of the mills, said that Rouse one of those employed by the firm, wa s that present to give some additional evidence in refer ence to the calamity. The Coroner observed that he did not consider himself justified in hearing any further evidence, particularly as Mr. Ballantine and other legal gen tlemen in connexion with the case were a bsent in consequence of a belief that no evidence gone into. Tie (the considered coroner) therefore consi that no further evidence should be given o n. that occasion. would be Mr. Ashby said that since the last inquiry $ thorough search had been made. The stream close to the scene of the explosion had been drained , a nd eventually the screw and plate belonging to the press had been recovered. He had brought theta there for the inspection of the jury. F ro m the position of the screw they would no doubt find that the press was not the original cause of the explo sion. The Coroner considered they had much better reserve such an examination until the adjourned inquiry, when a scientific statement as regardea the metals and machinery would be gone into. ge wished, however , to know from Mr. Ashby, if pos sible, what was the quantity of powder there ivs 4 on the premises at the time of the occurrence or the day before. Mr. Ashby said the whole of the buildings conj. nected with the work s ex t en d e d over a space of about 160 acres, and he was then unprepared to say what quantity of powder there was on the premises at that time, but h e cou ld ascer t a i n that aft er making the necessary inquiries. One of the jury expressed a wish to have a plan of the premises which Mr. Ashby undertook t° have furnished. The Coroner said he should not proceed anY; further with the inve s tig a ti on on th a t day, b u " with the concurrence of the jury he would adjourn it for a month, and during the interval he con" sidered that every information might be gleaned. Professor Faraday and Dr. Thompson would by that time also be prepared with the result of their , chemical tests, and h e (the coroner) had no de ubb that at the next adjournment the jury would'be enabled to arrive at their verdict. After some conversation the inquiry was ad" journed until the 17th of May. La France Centrale is permitted to announce that in case of a war the staff of the army will be composed as follows :—The Emperor, Commander-in-Chief; General Canrobert, Major-General; General Neill, General de Ser vice; General Lebouif, Commissioner of the Artillery; General do Martiarey, Chief of the Staff.' • 1 1 .EIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1859.