The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-19 00:00:00

RER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST NIGHTS. Pico°lomini, Sputa, Satu!ier, Belletti , Vialetti, Aldighieri 'tuchesi, and Giuglini. TOMORROW (SATURDAY), Feb, 20 (Last Night but Throe), LUCIA. DI LAMMER32OOR. To concluire - with the successful Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled L'HYMENEE, by Madlles. Clavella, Mor b.ochi, and Pasquale. _ . , "7- WITAWAX, -- Feb. 23 (Last Ni g ht b u t T wo ), LA FIGLIA L RsdantaNro, and Last Act ot,LA FAVORITA. THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (Last Melt but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of the Bohemian Girl. SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. _ _ Prices :—Pit stalls , 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3$ 6d ; pit, 34 6d; gallery, 2s. Doors open of half-past 7—commence at 8. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at SAS Box-office at the Theatre. T $ RA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new comb drama, A LUCKY HIT. After which, TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE, Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK ;KORNER. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with TWICE KILLED. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. MackaY ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. To conclude with the comedy of THE IRISH AMBASS A. DOR. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. Hudson. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Prime s. d. Second price. s. d Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 U pper B oxes 6 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. .kL Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS 'EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. • After which, a new gra.nd , !omie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry; Harlequin, Mr. Col , . neck ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Pa,ule; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Charles After which, a domestic tale, by Westland Marston, ea. titled A HARD STRUGGLE. Mr. C. Dillon, &c. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, tie PERI, and the TROU BADOUIZ. ; or, Harlequin angi the Gheberq of the T .,,, rt. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. lox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. Under the management of Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, 3d night of a new Drama, adapted from a work of Mr, Charles Dickens, entitled SILVER SrORE ISLAND; or, Perils of Certain English Prisoners. Supported by Messrs. H. J, Turner, Bolton, Howard, Dean, Van Buren, Ise.; Misses Portman, Hastings, Victor. To be followed by the highly successful Bur'esque of THE LADY OF LYONS; or, Twopenny Pride and Peiny-tence, Characters by Messrs. Gomersal, Bolton, Howard, Swan borough; Misses Victor and Tempest. To conclude with the screaming Farce of A WOMAN IN MY DUST HOLE. Messrs. L. Buckingham, Turner, and Miss Craven. Commence at Seven. Boxes, P.a.; Stalls, 3e.; Pit, le.; Gallery 6d. Ha' f• price at Nine. Commence at Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. it Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and Jolliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs, Maelagan, W, T. Critchdeld and E. Mackney, Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY--Morn., 16 min. aft. s —Even., 35 min aft. 5 TO-MORROW—Morn., 54 min. aft. 5 —Even., 14 rain. aft. 6 LEE WEATHEIt—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE StIA.DE. 38—highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 33—this day at noon. BABoMETrE, 29.93. WISD, E.S.E. ; fresh, with fins cold sunshiny weather. 1- 0 4- 14,10 ( d'k) LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 19, 1858. The fate of the EAst India Company is sealed. The division of last night is decisive. The full strength of the magnates of Leadenhall-street was put forward in the first instance. They defended the outpost with all their energies, and having failed therein, the citadel is clearly indefensible. Their dilatory plea has been ignored as well as the substantial one. It has been determined that there must be immediate legislation, so as to in sure the best possible form of government for our Indian dominions at the earliest period. The numbers on the division were 318 to l'73—show ing a clear majority of 145. As 640 Members cannot be collected at any time, it 13 obvious that Lord PALMERSTON commands an absolute majority, which cannot be shaken or defeated under any circumstances. The Premier knew his strength. The only member of the Cabinet who spoke last night was Sir C. WOOD. Of course Lord PALMERSTON replied generally. But had the result been at all doubt s more competent and eloquent men would 111170 been put forward. The First Lord of the Admiralty was compromised by the arguments Which urged Ev e years since in favour of the Leadenhall-street Board. It does not do for any Peen to assume so man y Protean as the fabl e says, aspects, or, "to blow , hot and cold," with impunity. L or d J. R _ ss the real point a t issue. u ELL, however, touched It was not ot whether the of Ind Directors and Pr o p r i etors were to retai n extraordinary privileges, b ut simp ly what was the system of Government that would beet secure the welfare of a great empire, and the happi o ,„ of many millions of British subjects. That was the . all-important, the momentous question that was *lse answered by the votes of the chosen repre sentatives of the People. As we have already explained, it is quite beside the matter to inquire whether the Directors have discharged their func tions with ability and integrity or not. The Btriish community emphatically protested against the retention of rotten boroughs, because they conceived that mere wealth was not the only ele ment on which the Government should be based. It would surely, then, be ridiculous to assert that 'Artists who chanced to hold stock to the amount of 6,000,000 1, sterling, for which they receive the handsome dividend of 6 i per cent. guaranteed by the British nation, shoul d b y reason thereof control t h e destinies of 150,000,000 ' g alleg iance of human beings, all o wn to Queen ' ) VICTORIA. What would be s aid if any Hon. Gen tleman were to propose that the existing franchises, i in place of being enlarged, should be completely , RE . The abolitionists in 1853 were in a minority of 48. In 1854 in a minority of 27. In 1855 they had a majority of 28. In 1856 a majority of 43, and this year they had a majority of 53, and that in a house of 373 members. Lord PALatERSTON, as his wont is on unpopular topics (unless indeed the topic happen to be some piece of complaisance to foreign despots), held his tongue—indeed, kept out of the way—and Sir GEORGE GREY and the Chancellor of the Exchequer joined to lead the forlorn hope of religious oppres sion, on the part of the Government. Their trick was a promising one ; and but for it they would have had most certainly a much severer drubbing. They renewed their promise of a Government Bill as soon as they saw it to be cer tain that a bill there would be ; the opposition of towns where rates have been long practically abolished, was bought off by promising that they should be declared legally abolished ; dissenters elsewhere might escape payment by a declaration before a magistrate that they were not members of the Church of England ; power might be given to churchwardens to assess a small rent on pews, and landlords might be permitted to charge their estates with a rent-charge in lieu of rates. If the house, s Aid Sir GEORGE GREY, would but reject total abolition for these proposals, he would embody them in a bill, and bring it in himself. Tie House, however, preferred total abolition, and rejected the paltry offers of Government, which has thus incurred a signal defeat from its own supporters. This game cannot be safely re peated. The degrading Conspiracy Bill, though admitted to a first reading, was suffered to be read at all, only because its rejection at this stage would have been a positive insult to the Government, or a vote of no confidence, and parties were hardly prepared just then for a Ministerial crisis. Lord PALMERRTON'S Liberal supporters, however, must inwardly have resented being dragged through the dirt by their own leader and the Torie'. How long is this to last ? Is it to be the rule in this, Parliament, too, that Lord PALMERSTON is to be sure only of the little maudlin band of Conserva tive Liberals and Liberal Conservatives, and that he is to beat now the Tories by the help of the Liberals, now the Liberals by the help of the Tories ? If there be one thing to which Liberal Members pledged themselves more than another at the last election it was to the abolition of Church-rates. Hardly any one ventured, or pro bably wi.had, to oppose the almost univer6al wish on that subject. As to . the debate itself, novelty of argument or illustration was not to be expected. The tirade of the hon. Member for West Surrey, and apostle, we believe, of the Irvingite Church, was, as usual, amusing enough ; having learned in the school of the great Scotch prophet, he ventured to pro phesy, of course, in sackcloth, that the days of the Church of England were numbered. He de nounced the Lords' decision in the BRAINTREE case as scandalous, and contrary to law and equity ! He called for a bill to do away with the Establish ment altogether, rather than a " petty larcenous" measure like this; and ended by putting the churches of the land on a level with Buckingham Palace and the British Museum I They were all national buildings. Perhaps, therefore, he will vote, ere long, for opening all national buildings to the public on the Sunday. We grant, too, that the parish churches are national, and not church, property, but our inference is that the tenants who have them on such marvellously easy terms are bound:to keep them in repair, and ready to be restored to the landlord at any time in good condition. Lord STANLEY, as usual, took a manly, statesmanly, and truly churchmanly view of the question, and scouted, as every man who cares about his church must do, the very thought that ,he could not raise a few thousand, or even hundred thousand pounds, to keep her buildings in repair. General THOMPSON, though he seconded Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, went quite off the rails at the close of his speech ; even suggesting a land-tax as compensation ! As if there wore no dissenting landowners—and as if a hand tax—or at least putting the hand in the pocket, on the part of the wealthy worshippers would not much more than suffice. Besides, is a land-owner like Sir MORTON PETO, who has built several splendid and well-attended chapels for the Bap tists, to have his land taxed for the Church of England too ? As to the leading supporters of the odious rate, they must, we suppose, be numbered with the incurables—with the fifty-three who to the last voted against Free-trade. We used to hear of Church-rate martyrs, and the men who would suffer a distraint rather than pay half-a-crown to the Church dominant were the subjects of the laugh. They are now, we think, fairly entitled to laugh at the Church-rate Saints—at those very pious and devout lords and lay committee-men, who identify the safety of their estanlishment with the power to screw shillings and pence from the oppressed dissenter. If it be little-minded to re fuse a little payment because felt to be unjust (a temper surely somewhat British too), it must be equally little-minded to insist on the payment. It is against my conscience to pay, says the Dis senter ; it is against my conscience not to make you pay, says the very Evangelical Churchman. If, then, Mr. COURTAULD be dubbed martyr, we ought surely to canonize the devout leaders of the Laymen's Committee as SAINT SHAFTESBURY and SAINT CECIL. We would advise convocation, the next time it assembles for a talk, to chat over the subject. Why should not the " unto gude" Churchmen, who fight the battle of Church-rate pence against the House of Commons and that half of the nation which pays for its own worship— why should they not be rewarded with a kind of ecclesiastical VICTORIA cross? The courage which will insist on it that it is a hardship on the wil ling vestries not to be permitted to force them selves to pay, and that it is no hardship on Dis senters to be made to pay, however unwilling— the courage which can do this, deserves to be im mortalised, and its memory handed down to pos terity, prefixing or affixing the initials C. R. ST. and crew of that vessel only ceded to the violence committed by the followers of Pisacane. THE HERZEGOVINE. A despatch from Vienna, of the 17th states that a battle has lately taken place in the Herzegoviue between the Rayahs and the Turks, in which the former had 10 killed. The latter had 40 wounded, but the number of their killed is not mentioned. The Turks have destroyed Zupzi, and the Rayahs have occupied the mountains at the back of that place. A body of 800 Bashi Bazouks have just arrived at Trebinga. According to the Zeit of Berlin, the Germanic Diet, on account of the eventualities which are likely to arise from the Dano German conflict, con templates forming a permanent committee to see to the maintenance and execution of Federal de crees. This committee (the establishment of which is authorised by a resolution of 1820 not hereto fore acted on) is to be composed of five members to be re-elected every six months, and is to be inde pendent of other committees. The Prussian Government some time ago invited the Governments of the Zollverein to charge the members of a conference to draw up a series of regulations relative to the issue of banknotes for all the States. At first several of the States ob jected, but they have now all, with the exception of Bavaria, consented to take part in the conference. Accounts from Vienna state that the Austrian garrison in Dalmatia has been reinforced by two battalions of riflemen, and two battalions of the line, which bad embarked at Trieste on the Bth. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the London and North- Western Railway Company was held at the Easton Station, London, to-day. The Marquis of Chandos, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The report of the directors, which was adopted, states the loss and xpenses attendant on the fire at Camden-town having been approximately ascertained, the loss upon the build ing and its contents will be found included in the present account. The total claims in respect of goods destroyed have now been received, and are amply covered by the insurance. The proprietors are aware that an arrange ment has for come time subsided between this company and the Great Western, under which the traffic has been carried in competition at equal rates by both routes ; your directors have now to report that the outlines of an agreement with that company have been signed by the respective chairmen and assented to, by which undue and unremunerative competition may henceforth be avoided. The two measures promoted by this company in the present session are a bill for a short line from the ter mination of the Yorkshire lines of this company at Staleybridge to a junction with the main line, three miles south of Manchester. The length of the line as proposed is about seven miles, and the estimated cost is 210,0001. The other, for power to enlarge the Victoria passenger station at Manchester. The breach by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire C irnpany of their agreements with Gas company, reported at the last general meeting, and their simultaneous agreement for amalgamation with the Great Northern Company, were followed soon after by combined attacks upon the traffic at Manchester, Liverpool, and other places, and at rates and fares not only very much lower than either of these companies charge on their own proper traffic, but wholly unremunerative. Towards the end of December an agreement was drawn up for an arrange ment of the difficulty. A question arose with respect to a certain clause. This company proposed to submit it to arbitration. The Great Northern Company refused, and the arrangement therefore failed. A dividend after the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving a surplus of 43,347/. 2s. 11d. was declared. Thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-(THIS DAY). The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of 'the proprietors was held to-day at the London Tavern, Bisbopegate-street, to receive a report from the directors and for the general business of the company. Mr. Davison occupied the chair. The report stated that the expenses have been some what greater than usual, from the cause stated in the reports of the engineer and the locomotive manager ; but it will be seen that part of the money so spent has gone to increase the permanent value and efficiency of the zailway. This company, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, have been work ing together since the let of August, 1857, on the terms which were submitted to the shareholders of both com panics at the extraordinary meetings of July last. A bill is now bet ,re Pailianient for confirming that arrangement. The directors have to announce that they have md.de au agreement with the Midland Company for running Midland trains over the Great Northern Railway, bet ween llitchin and King's-cross. These trains began to run accordingly on the lot day of this month. Tile purchase of the Great Northern and East Lincoln shire Stocks, fraudulently issued by Redpath, has been effected at a coat of about 230,0001., under the provisi.,ns of the Company's Act of 1857 ; but the proceedings in Redpath's bankruptcy not being concluded, a complete account of this matter cannot yet be laid before the shareholders. The sum of 132,8271. 14% 11d. is appli cable to dividend, which wilt give to the original stock 21. 151 , . 3d. per cent, for the half-year, being at the rate of El. 10s. 6J. per annum ; to the B Stock Si. Bs. pei cent. for the half-year, making, with the 12s. per cent. paid for the first half of the year, 6/. per cent. for the whole year on B Stock ; and to the A Stock 2 , . 6d. par cent., leaving a balance of 3171. 17s. 6J. to be carried to next account. After a short discussion the report was adopted, and a resolution for the payment of the dividend therein mentioned was carried. Tao meeting then terminated. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. ANNUAL MEETING THIS DAY. The 7th annual general meeting of proprietors of this company was held at the London Tavern, lirshopsg,ate street, this day. The report stated that so short a time had elapsed since the launch of the Leviathan, and the energies of all parties had so long been concentrated on it, that the directors were not in a position to lay before the meeting all the information desirable as to the measures necessary to send her to sea. They felt that the time had now arrived when it was expechent to complete by tender and contract, those poramos of the work which are unfinished, l and also those not yet commenced. Specificadons and estimates were in progress, and the directors recom mended that this meeting be adjourned until the 12th March, in order that a complete statement may be submitted of the works to be executed, and of the pecuniary resources to be provided. In the meantime no interest is to be paid on the share capital for 1857. The fends required for the launch were provided by the reissue of 7,L00 of the forfeited shares at 4/. per share fully paid up. The fresh funds required may be procured by issuing more of the forfeited shares, or by raising money on debentures. Toe recommendations in the report were agreed to, and the meeting accordingly adjourned. The Tuscan Moniteur announces the death of Count Buonarotti, Minister of Publ c Instruction in Tuscany. At the Hull Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, certificates were refthed in the case of Harrison, Watts, and Co., bankers. THE CALOUTTA PETITION.—The famous petition of the inhabitants of Calcutta for the recall of Viscount Cdll. fling, has been printed at length by order of the House of Commons, with marginal notes indicating the chief errors of fact put forth in it. The Governor-General abstains from comment upon the opinions and deductions expressed in the petition. Sir James Melvill having on the 3d inst. completed a service of 50 ye ,rs, has, in fulfilment of an intention long since announced, retired from the office of Secretary to the East India Company. It is un d ers t oo d, h owever, that he will remain to offer such assistance as his long experience may enable him to afford during the present Parl'arnentary discussions. DEATH OF SIR JOHN WM. EGERTON BRYDGES, BART. —This respected baronet died on Monday last at Lee I Court, near Canterbury. He was burn in November, 1791, and was the eldest son of Sir John Wm. Egerton Brydges, by his first marriage with Miss Byrche, daughter of the Rev. Wrn. D. Byrche. He was formerly in the 14th Dragoons, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in September, 1839, His stepbrother, Ferdinand Stanley, succeeds him in the baronetcy and family estates in Kent. The elder brother of the late baronet's father claimed the ancient barony of Chandos, as a descendant of Anthony Brydges, third son of the first Lord Chandos. The House of Lords decided, however, that he had not made out his DEATH BY RUNNING TO CATCH THE TRAlN.—Yes terday afternoon Mr. Carter, coroner for Surrey, held an inquest, at Nets-cross, on the body of Mr. Henry Barber, a colonial broker, of Fenchurch-street. It appeared that the deceased intended to go by the 4 25 Crystal Palace train, and reached the station in a great hurry, and such was the affect produced upon him thereby, being subject to disease of the heart, that shortly after entering the railway carriage he became ['sensible and soon expired Verdict accordin4ly. THE METROPOLITAN TRAMWAY BlLL.—Yesterday afternoon a deputation of the London Omnibus Tramway Company waited on Sir Benjamin Hall in reference to their bill now before Parliament for constructing tram ways through certain thoroughfares of the metropolis. After the objects of the bill had been explained, Sir B, Hall said that "of all the monstrous propositions which had ever been made to Parliament, this was the worst," and he should give it hi most determined opposition ; it would be impossible to prevent constant accidents, and great interference with the general traffic; every pariAa through which the line was intended to pass had petitioned against it, and he should advise the promoters to drop it at once. ,SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY: EVENING, FEBRUARY l9, 1858. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. Her Majesty the Queen held a levee, the first this season, yesterday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. At the levee Lieut.-Col. W. Topham, the Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, was presented to the Queen by Lord Foley, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. Major-General Travell Phillips, the Lieutenant of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, was presented to the Queen by the Marquis of Breadalbane, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. The Hon. George Deas (Lord Deas) on• of the Judges of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by the Queen. Mr. Andrew Orr, late Lord Provost of Glasgow, was presented by Sir G. Grey, and received from her Majesty the honour of Knighthood. William Montagu Manning, LL.D,, from Australia, was presented to the Queen by Mr. Secretary Labn chere, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of Knighthood. PASSPORTS FO2 FRANCE.—We are requested to pub. lisp the following notice :—" Foreign-office, Feb. 18, 1858.—Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris having, in pursuance of instructions from the Earl of Clarendon, inquired of the French Government whether British a u: 01 : y, personr o 4 n d e b: pah t, Bos h p e ran French ratnor subjects will be permitted to land in France without passports when they have no intention of proceeding without into the interior ; and also whether her Majesty's con !nte will have power to grant passports to such person to po u ri_l4 Paris or elsewhere; his Excellency has been nisod.' y whatever will Igs permitted to land in France M wi i l n l i a st o e o r u f: u r i F ,s o p re a i s g s n po A rt ff g a i irs that given to have lauded without ono be recog abolished, and that henceforward the electors should be only fundholders, possessed of a certain amount of consols. The proposition would be hailed with a universal shout of derishm, and yet it would be more rational than that India should be handed over to the tender mercies of the proprietors of 6,000,0001. of India Stock. As we have already stated, the chief, if not the only, objection to the measure is, that it does not go far enough, that in place of rescuing the Anglo- Indian empire from the hands of the Civil Ser vicei and throwing it open to every British citizen, it pe'rpetuates their ascendancy. The most flagrant of the many grievances of which the natives had to complain was the defective administration of justice. Men who made bad diplomatists or in. efficient collectors were pitchferked on to the judicial bench, as if any dunderhead could answer for that position. A knowledge of law, or acquaintance with practice, was totally uncalled for. A man who had never witnessed forensic proceedings, in any shape or form, might be called on at a moment's notice to decide difficult questions affecting, if not the lives, at all events the liberties and prospects, of his fellow-subject]. And yet no step has been taken to remedy this terrible evil. The local judges of India must still be selected from the covenanted servants of the Company. No other person, however great his knowledge of law, or vast his experience, could obtain a seat on one of the provincial benches. Should Lord ST. LEoNARDS himself be willing to preside at one of the inferior courts, he could not be appointed, owing to the system which is still to be maintained with una bated force. But, notwithstanding this grave omission, the measure has good points, and will be a decided improvement on the existing system. It unques tionably establishes Ministerial responsibility to Parliament, and when that has been obtained other ameliorations will follow in the due course of events. It may be fegarded as a large instal ment of justice, if not conceding all that the people of India could reasonably demand or require. The Passport system was always sufficiently obstructive. It offered a formidable impediment to parties desirous of taking advantage of a brief holiday, by making short excursions for business or pleasure into Fiance. It was not merely the numerous petty extortions incidental thereto, the necessity of employing Commissionaires and paying fees to consular agents ; but the delay and procrastination, that constituted the chief grievance. It was true that everything was done to alleviate the evil. A * traveller might obtain the necessary document either at the port of debarkation, or wherever he landed in France ; or, if he intended a mere flying visit, it might altogether be dispensed with. There could be no greater danger in permitting any person to land at Calais or Boulogne, with the understanding that if he intended to go into the interior, he should before proceeding provide himself with the requisite document. But now all this is changed. A new regulation has been established, which will render the pre vious annoyance absolutely intolerable, and put a total stop to all brief visits to the other side of the Channel. Before a British subject can even land on the sacred soil or sand, be must not only be armed with a passport from the Foreign-office, but must have it vised in London. No one can therefore cross even from Dover to Calais for a few hours without first com- ing to London, procuring his recommendation, and then retracing his footsteps to the point from whence he is to start for the land of promise. Na matter whether friend or relative were pros trated by disease, and anxiously awaiting an in terview ; whether serious losses must be incurred from the want of immediate action, there must still be a delay of at least two or three dap, the pay ment of 6s. to the Foreign-office, and the expenses of two or three days' sojourn in London. It mat ters not that no real protection can be afforded thereby, that no conspirator could be kept out by so paltry an obstacle. It is sufficient that it is an annoyance to the great body of the English people, and that gratifies the petty spite of the officials, if not of the EMPEROB. himself. The records of the police afford daily evidence of the magnitude of the evil. But yesterday, a gentleman, from Brighton, complained at the Guildhall that he had been compelled to come from Newhaven to London, at a cost of al., in order to obtain the necessary recommendation. This outlay will be more than doubled by the expenses during his sojourn at an hotel, while awaiting the magical documents ! This is but ono of a thousand of similar transactions. The result will necessarilly be to limit the intercourse that previously subsisted between the peoples of Eagland and France, and of course to diminish the cordiality mutually entertained. It may have one effect to which we shall offer no objection. It may prevent parents from sending their children to be educated in French seminaries or French convents, to the imminent danger of their religious principles ; or it may make intending tourists content themselves with a visit to the magnificent scenery of the Bri tish Isles, and save them from the exactions of French hotel-keepers. Henceforward a brief trip to France will be attended with almost as many difficulties as a visit to Timbuctoo, or to the interior of Japan, and the adventurous traveller who details his experiences in the upper town of Boulogne or on the ram parts of Calais, will be regarded as a rival to Dr. LIVINGSTONE —a would-be successor to MuNGo PARIC. Far better that the system of exclusion should be rendered perfect, and that French ground should be tabooed to the people of Great Britain. The restrictions will unquestionably be very vexatious, but they place the parties impli cated in a very ridiculous position, showing the length to which nervous apprehensions may carry persons once supposed to be possessed of sound judgment and masculine courage. The second reading of the Conspiracy Bill stands for this evening. The new regulations will, of course, render that unpopular measure totally un necessary and uncalled for. We may, therefore, anticipate its summary and decisive rejection by the popular branch of the Legislature. Ministers have been beaten, that's the plain fact. Well did they deserve it. Lord PALMER nON had the folly to play off his jokes and smiles, but a few weeks ago, with a large and respectable deputation of earnest men, who left their homes in the country, and their business everywhere, to lay seriously before him their complaints of the Church-rate grievance. They, of course, left disgusted, and though too polite to toll his lord ship so in his own house, they adjourned to the Thatched House Tavern, and told their friends all over the country what they thought of the Minister and his reply. They urged energetic i action on Church-rate Abolitionists, since the Premier's shifts and evasions made it plain that they must rely on themselves. Doubtless hon. f r om their constituent s , me mbers have had ma ny a l n et d ter thes in n r result, conse q uen c e iif w e give it in the Board of Trade style, stands thus; L &TEST NEWS. FRENCH RECIPROCITY. The Paris Correspondent of the Times (Second Edition) says : "Four or five days ago a letter from Paris, pub lished in the Nord of Brussels, stated, in substance that it was about to be suggested to the Eoglish Government to have any member in the House of Commons, who should in future speak " dis respectfully" of the Emperor of the French, called at once to order. No credit was given to the statement here ; it would appear, how ever, to be sufficiently explained by Lord Pal merston's remarks on Tuesday night. Certainly the French Government has little reason to com plain of want of alacrity on the part of English Ministers. Lord Palmerston was quite right in saying that to require the insertion in the Moniteur of M. Walewski's apologetic despatch would be " absurd." It would be absurd to call on the French Government to stultify itself ; one cannot expect it to turn round and tell the French colonels that their ready acquiescence in its own wishes was wrong. " A number of French police agents have been already sent to London to hunt out, and keep up a surveillance on the refugees. Surely French authorities ought to feel grateful to our Govern ment, who, it is reported, was kind enough to send a person to Paris under whose guidance and care they arrived at their destination." Intelligence has been received from Constanti nople to the 10th. The troubles in Bosnia are on the increase. Pro viPions at Constantinople have doubled in price in the last week. Treasury Bills are at 6 per cent. discount. Advices from Athens to the 11th announce that a new company is formed in London for the esta blishment of another line of steamers between England and the East. INDIA. The trial of the ex-King of Delhi had been fixed for the 9,h, but the prisoner being indisposed it was postponed till the 13th, and by this time has no doubt been brought to a termination. These are the charges preferred against him by the Go vernment prosecutor, Major Harriott, of the Judge Advocate-General's Department COPY OF CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST MAHOMED BAHADOOIt SHAH, EX-KING OF DELHI. 1. For that he, being a pensioner of the British Government inlndia, did at Delhi, at various times be tween the 10th of May and let of October, 1857, en courage, aid, and abet Mahomed . Bukht Khan, Subadar of the Regiment of Artillery, and divers others, non commissioned officers and soldiers unknown, of the East India Company's Army, in the crimes of mutiny and rebellion against the State. 2. For having, at Delhi, at various times between the 10th of May and 14 of October, 1857, encouraged, aided, and abetted Mirza Mogul, his own son, a subject of the British Government in India, and divers unknown inhabitants of Delhi and of the North-West provinces of India, also subjects of the said British Government, to rebel and wage war aga i ns t th e St a t e . 3. For that he, being a subject of the British Govern. nient in India, and not regarding the duty of his alle giance, did at Delhi, on the 11th of May, 1857, or thereabout s , as a false traitor against the State, proclaim and declare himself the reigning Sing and Sovereign of India, and did then and there trai torously seizs and take unlawful possession of the city of Delhi, and did, moreover, at various times between the 10th of May and Ist of October, 1857, as such false traitor aforesaid, treasonably conspire, consult, and agree with Mirza, Mogul, his son, and with Mahomed Bukht Khan, Subadar of the Regiment of Artillery, and divers other false traitors unknown, to raise, levy, and make insurrection, rebellion, and war against the State, and, further to fulfil and perfect his treasonable design of overthrowing and destroying the British Government in India, did assemble armed forces at Delhi, and send them forth to fight and wage war against the said British Government. 4. For that he, at Delhi, on the 16th of May, 1857, or thereabouts, did, within the precincts of the Palace at Delhi, feloniously cause and become accessory to the murder of 49 persons, chiefly women and children, of European and mixed European descent, and did more. over, between the 10th of May and the let of October, 1857, encourage and abat divers soldiers in murder ' in g European officers and other English subjects, including women and children, both by giving and promising such murderers service, advancement, and distinctions ; and, further, that he issued orders to different native rulers, having local authority iu India, to s'ay and murder Christians and English people whenever and wherever found on their territo ries ; the whole or any part of such conduct being an heinous offence under the provisions of the Legislative Council of India. FRED. J. HARRIOTT, Major, Deputy Judge Advocate-General, Governm en t Prosecutor. Jan. 5, 1858. If these charges are proved the Court cannot b u t but . the general suppos i t i on, as you know, is that his. life will b e spared, having been sfeernrteednc to o the ; prisoner to death un d er the act re- guaranteed to him at the time of his capture, though by whom or by whose authority we are as the dark as ever. The Raj a h o f B u l u b g h ur, State prisoners at DAhi, has by this time followed hi s brother rebel, the N awa b o f Jhujhur. The tribunal b e f ore whom he was ar raigned found him guilty o f t reason, and he was another much in o f the sentenced to be hanged on the 11th. FRANCE. P IRIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The 3loniteur has some nominations, and decrees conferring the m i l itar y medal. Th ose are f o ll owe d by a summary o f the debates of our Parliament theon from °it Gazett e; t h e rejoicings at Berlin the Pri nce and Princess Frederick so me cuttings f rom provincial papers, 15th honour an d 16th ; the b om b ardment of Canton, in the f,oof the and the ; XVlth and XVIIth chapters of " The Virgin of Ll3mon." M. Jules Favre having deolared that he could not accept the task of defend ing two prisoners, and that he would act for Orsini alone, Pierri has written to M. Cremieux to request his assistance. The following is the expose des nt tifs of the bill just presented to the Legislative Chamber for an ad.diti,,nal credit to the Minister of the Interior, applicable to secret expenses of publi c sa f e ty : G lo n d t y lem to eu—We ha ve t o apply to the Legisla tiveallow a supplementary credit of 1,200,000 f. to be opened, in addition to that ac corded by Chap. 3 of the budg e t o f t h e Mi n i s t e r of the Interior for 1858 (secret exp enses o f public i safety.) In the present circumstances, we consider' it useless to dwell on the necessity of increasing, either in France or iu foreign countries, the means entrusted to the Minister of the Interior of exer cising a special surveillance. Sec , t , i m en A o N f o t El he trf ln c t o e u ri n o c r i . ll - 0 (Signed) "A. BOI NVILLIERS, Pres id en t o f th e r of State." BOURSE, FEB. 18.—The Bank of France has to day lowered its rate of discount from 4 to 4 per influence on , but th a t measure has b a d no grea t on the prices. The following were the last quota tiGns 4i per Cents . 95 Do. end m0nth...... 3 per Cent. .70 15 Do. end m0nth...... 70 20 Bank Shares acio Credit Mohilie 900 Do. Acc0unt........, 901 25 Credit Foncier Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) Roman . 89 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 38 VAYS. Orleans RAIL` . .•... ........... 1415 Northerni.... ........... 073 i New Ditto ............... 8071 Lyon and Mediteran. F 65 New Ditt0...,,,, 835 Geneva .................. 7121 Midi Western 692i Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian ITLY. The Neapolitan Gover A nment has replied by a note, dated the 30th of January, to that of the Turin Cabinet relative to the capture of the Cag liari. As was seen in the analysis which we published of the latter docurnk.nt, the Sardinian Minister of Foreign Affalrs maintained that the capture of the vessel in ques , ion having been made beyond the range of Neapol i tan waters cons tit uted an act cont rary to the r i g h t o f nat i ons , an d ren dered null all acts, including these of the court of justice, whi c h h ave ensue d . Th e N a pl es ca bi ne t now replies th a t th e l aw o f na ti on s aurhorises the capture in the open sea of a vessel which has com mitted an act o f p i racy , as wa s the case with the Cagliari. It, th ere f ore, conc l u des that the seizure holds good, and that the Sardinian ministry has only to demand for its subj cts compromised iu the matter a speedy and regular trial. It will be re marked that this argument does not reply in a com plete not admit that th e Cagliari had committed an act manner to that o f the Turin cabinet, which did of piracy or aggression on the Neapolitan do minions, since, accordit.g to its views, the captain LYCEUM THEATRE. Z he representation of " Macbeth" at this theatre last evening attracted a crowded and brilliant au dience. Miss Helen F.iucit and Mr. Chas. Dillon supported the principal patts, and it heed scarcely be said that the lady was most cordially and en thusiastically received. Miss Faucit's personation of Lady Macbeth i 3 vigorous and intense, develop ing extreme activity of purpose, and ambition, and combining the most careful artistic grace of etage attitude with the most forcible enunciation of dra matic language. Perhaps this talented actress exhibits rather too strong a touch of the " sceld " in the scene where she urges Macbeth to the deed of blood. According to our notion, a little more subilety and firmness of persuasion—she well knowing the innate weakness of her tool—would be more consonant with Shakespere's showing ; but the general representation of the character, as given by Miss Faucit, claims the appreciative ac knowledgment of all who rejoice to see our great English bard honoured by sound English acting. Mr. Dillon was effective and earnest as Macbeth, and evinced constant anxiety to sustain the character with the power and attention it merits. The Macduff of Mr. Stuart was played with his usual steadiness and energy, and won well de served applause. _ Locke's beautiful music was given, and if not in the most perfect style, still with sufficient ex cellence to highly gratify the audience. It struck us that the " mob" of witches, in every variety of " Rag Fair" costume, rather resembled the gipsi.y encampment scene in " Guy Man ne ring, ' with the "Chough and Crow" accompani ment, and somewhat marred the sublimity and terror which our poetic imagination attaches to the ancient "weird sisters" and " blasted hrath." At the conclusi .n of the play, a rapturous call brought Miss Faucit and Mr. Dillon before the curtain, to receive the hearty plaudits they so well merited. SECOND BATTALIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having seen by the papers that it was the intention of Government to give 2 i battalions to all regiments up to the 50th, I think you will agree with me in saying that, if any regiments deserve a few steps, consequent on 2d battalions, the 64th Regiment and 78.6 Highlanders ought to be among the first. These regi ments I need not call your attention to, as they both are and have been all through this calamitous mutiny in India, most conspicuous in their daring, gallantry, and victories, under the brave and gallant Havelock, first in Persia, and then immediately atter at Benares, Allahabad, Cawnpore, and Lucknow. Ido say that justice should give these distinguished corps 2cl Battalions, for they have won laurels and victories against moat frightful odds never before known, and went through the direst privations and hardships under an Indian summer sun. Surely the 16th Regiment, that never were in battle, nor saw a shot fired, did not deserve it ; nor the 40th, at Melbourne, Australia, what do they want with 2d battalions, when the 40th is now, i n men, over its proper number? Many regiments who are about, and have got 2d battalions, deserved them not. It was those regiments that needed thew that wore the day. I am sure the attention of the Horse-Guards has only to be called to this, and they will gladly corn ply.—l am, dear Sir, yours very truly, A TRUE BRITON. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF CO VI AONS—FEB. 18. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Order read, for resuming adjourned debato on Amendment proposed to Question, That leave be given to bring in a bill for the better government of India." And which Amendment was, to leave out from the word " That" to ead of the Question, in order to add the word; " it is no t at present expedient to legislate for the government of India," instead thereof. Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques tion." Debate resumed ; Question put. The house divided—Ayes, 318 ; Noes, 173. AYES-318. Adderley, C. B. Fagan, W. Newark, Viscount Adcane, li. Fenw.ck, H. Nicoll, D. Akroyd, E. Ferguson, Colonel Noel, G. Adcock, T. Ferguson, Sir Robert Norris, J. T. Annesley, Hon. Hugh Finlay, A. North, F. Antrobus, E. Fitzroy, Henry O'Brien, P. Ashley, Lord Fitzwilliam, C. Ogilvy, Sir J. Atherton, W. Fitzwilliam, G. Osborne, R. Ayrton, A. Foley, J. H. Owen, Sir J. Bagshaw, J. Foley, 11. W. Paget, C. Bagwell, - John Forster, Charles Paget, Lord A. Bailey, Sir J. Foster, W. 0. Paget, Lord C. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Fortescue, Hon. F. Palmerston, Viseinn Baring, H. Fortescue, C. S. Patten, Col. Baring, T. G. Freestun, Colonel Pease, Henry Barnard, Thomas Gallwey, Sir W. Pechell, Sir G. Baxter, W. Garnett, William Perry, Sir E. Beach, W. Gavan, Major Philips, R. Beale, S. Gibson, Milner Philipps, J. Beecroft, G. Gilpin, C. Pigott, F. Bentiuck, G. Goddard, A. Pilkington, J. Berkeley, Hon. H. F. Goderich, Viscount Pinney, Col. Berkeley, F. Greenall, Gilbert Portman, W. Bethel, Sir It. Greene, John Powell, Francis Biddulph, Col. B. M. Greenwood, John Price, W. Biggs, John Greer, Samuel Pryse, E. Black, Adam Gregory, •W. Pritchard, J. Brake, J. Gregson, Samuel Pugh, D. Bland, L. H. Grey, Captain Puller, Christopher Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Grey, R. Ramsden, Sir J. Bouverie, Hon. P. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Ramsay, Sir A. Bowyer, G. Griffith, C, Raw.l son, Sir H. Boyd, J. Grosvenor, Earl Raynhain, Viscount hrocklehurst, J. Gurdon, Brampton Rebow, J. Browne, Lord John Gurney, 1. H. Repton, G. Bruce, Lord E. Hadfield, George Ricardo, J. Bruce, 11. A. Hall, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, 0. Buchanan, Walter Hamilton, Capt. Rich, H. Buckley, Gen. Hanbury, , Robert Richardson, J. Butler, J. W. Mulkey, T. Ridley, George Burke, Sir T. Hanmer, Sir John Robartes, T. Bury, Viscount Harcourt, G. G. Roebuck, J. Butler, C. S. Hardcastle, Joseph Reopen, W. Butt, I . Harris, J. D. • Russell, Lord J. Buxton, C. Hartington, Marquis Russell, H. Buxton, Sir E. N. Hatchelt, John Russell, A. Byng, G. H. C. Headlam, T. Russell, F. W. Caird, J. Heathcote, G. Schneider, Henry Calcraft, J. Henchy, D. Scholefield, W. Calcutt, M. Heneage, Geo. F. Scrope, G. Campbell, It. J. B. Henniker, Lord Seymour, Danby Cardwell, E Herbert, H. Shafto, It. Castlerosse, Vis. Holland, E. Shelley, Sir J. davendish, C. C. Hopwood, John Sheridan, 11. B. Cavendish, G. C. Howard, C. Sibthorp, Major Cayley, E. S. Hughes, W. Slaney, R. Charlesworth, J. C. D. Hutt, W. Smith, J. B. Cheethim, John Ingram. H. Smith, V. Child, Smith Jerilyn, Rt. lin. Earl Smile t .:A. Churchill, Lord A. Jervoise, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W. Clack, J. Johnitone, Hope Stafford, Marquis Clay, James Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, Lord Clifford, C. C. Keating, Sir_ll. Stapleton, John Cobbett, J. M. Kendall, N. Steel, John Codrington, Gen. Ker, Richard Stuart, Lord J. Cogan, W. M. F. Kershaw, J. Stuart, Colonel Collier, R. P. King, L. Sturt, H. Colvile, C. It. King, Edward Sturt, C. Conyngham, W. Kinglake, J. Sullivan. Michael Conyngham, Lord F. Klngaeote, Capt. It. Taylor ' S. Conolly, T. - Ki nna i r d, A. Thornely, T. Cowper, W. F. Knatchbull-Huguessen Thornhill, W. Coote, Sir C. H. Labouchere,ltt.tion.ll. Tite, vy. Cotterell, Sir H. G. Langton, IL G. Tollemache,T. Cowan, C. Laslett, W. Townshend, J. Craufurd, E. H. J. Legh, G. C. Trail, G. Crossley, F. Le vinge, Sir R. Trelawily, Sir J. Dalglish, R. Lewis, Sir G. C. Turner, J. A. Daslawood, Sir G. Lincoln, Earl of Vane, Lord H. Davey, R. Lindsay, W. Villiers, C. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Locke, J. , Vivian, H. H. Deasy, R. Locke, John Vivian, J. C. Deedes, William Lockhart, A. E. Waldron, Laurence Dent, John Lowe, R. Walter, J. De Vere, S. E. Luce, T. Wegnelin, T. Devereux, J. Macarthy, Alex. Western, S. Dill wyn L. L. M`Cann, J. We s th ea d, Jo s h u a Dodson, Mackie, J. Whatman, J. Duff, M. Mackinnon, W, Whitbread, S. Dunbar, Sir W. Maguire, J. F. Wickham, H. Duncan, Viscount Mangles, C. Williams, M. Dundas, F. Marsh, M. Williams, W. Dunlop, A. IV arshall, William Williams, S r W. Dutton, Hon. R. 11. Martin, C. Willyams, E. Ebrington, Viscount Martin, P. Wilson, J. Edwards, Henry Massey, W. Wise, J. Egerton, IN . ht.theson, A. Wood, W. Egerton, Edw. C Matheson, Sir .I. Woods, Henry Elcho, Lord Mellor, John Worsiey, Lord Elton, Sir A. H. Mills, Arthur Wrightson, W'. Emlyn, Viscount Mills, T. Wyld, James Ennis, John Moffat, G. Wyvill, M. Esmonde, J. Moncreiff, J. Young, A. Evans, I'. W. Montgomery, Sir G. Ewart, W. Moody, C. Evart, J. Morris, D. Ee ing, Crum - Napier, Sic C. NOES-173. Gladstone, W. Glyn, G. Graham, Sir J. Greaves, E. Grenfell, C. P. Greaten, Charles W. Grogan, Edward Hall, General John Hamilton, G. A. Ilaulilton, J. Hardy, G. Hassard, Michael Ileatticoate, Sir W. Hodgson, K. Hodgson, William Belford, It. Hope, Alexander Hume, W. Hunt, G. W. Ingestre, Viscount Ingham, R. Johnstone, H. B. Jolliffe, Sir W. Jolliffe, 11. Belli, Sir F. Kerrison, Sir E. King, J. Kinglake, A. Knatchbull, W. Knglit, F. Knox, Col. B. W. Laugton, W. U. Laurie, John Lennox, Lord A. F. Lennox, Lord H. G. Leslie, C. r. Liddell, H. G. Lisburne, Earl Lovaine, Lord Lowther, Col. IL C. Lyall, George Lygon, Hon.F. Lytton, sir E. Macartney, George Macaulay, Kenneth Mangles, R. D. Manners, Lord I. March, Earl of Marjoribanks, D. Maxwell, J. Melgund, Lord Miler, Taverner Miller, Stearne Milnes, R. Mitchell, T. A. Morgau, 0. Mowbray, J. IL Naas, Lord bikeer, J. TELLERS. Hayter, W. Brink!, H. B. W. Adams, W. H. A rchdall, M. Bagshaw, Robert Baillie, H. Baring, A. Baring, Sir F. Bernard, T. Bass, M. Bathurst, A. A. Bective, Earl Bennet, Capt. P. Blackburn, Peter Boldero, Col. H. G. Bovill, W. Bramley-Moore, J. Bramston, T. W Bridges, Sir B. Bruce, .major Butler, Sir J. • Banbury, W. B. Cairns, 11. Carden, Sir R. W. Carnac, Sir J. R. Cecii, Lord It. Christy, Samuel Clinton, Lord it. Cll e, R. Close, M. Cobbold, J. C] Cole, H. A. Colebrooke, Sir E. Cony, H. T. L. Crook, J. Curzon, Viscount Dalkelih, Earl Darner, L. D. Davison, 11. Disraeli, B. Dobbs, W. C. Du Cane, C. Duke, Sir J. Du Pre, C. East, Sir J. Elliott, J. E. Elur ey, Viscount Elphinstone, Sir J. Esteban, T. Farnham, E. argithar, Sir M. Fellovves, E. Newdegate, C. Newport, Viscount Nisbet, R. P. North, Col. J. Ossulston, Lord , Packe, C. Palk, L. Palmer, R. Paull, Henry Peel, Sir R. Pennant, Col. E. Pevensey, Viscount Robertson, P. Rushout, Capt. G. Rust, James Sciater, George Scott, F. Scott, Majer Seymer, 11. Smith, Si. Spooner, R. Stanhope, J. Stephenson, Robert Stewart, Sir M. Sykes, Col,:ne[ , Taylor, Colonel Tempest, Lord A. V. Thompson, General Trefusis, C Trollops, Sir J. Vance, John Vansittart, G. Vansittart, W. Verntr, Sir W. Verney, Sir H. Waddington, H. Walcott, Admiral. We:pole. S. Walsh, Sir J. Warren, S. White, James Whiteside, J. Whitmore. H. Wigram, Loftus T. Williams, B. Willoughby, Sir H. Willoughby, J. Willson, A. Woudd, B. Wortley, Major Wyndham, General Wyndham, H. Wynn, Col. Wynne, J. W. Yorke, E. Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Forester, Col. Forgo', Sir GOO. t , 'ox, W. J. Frazer, Sir W. Gard, It. Wakell, J. Gifford, Earl of Gilpin, col. a. TELLERS. Baring, T. Crawford, K. W. BIRTH OF A BELGIAN PRINCESS._BRUSSELS, Thurs day.—Her Royal Llignuer,e the Duchess of Brabant was safely delivered to-day, at, three o'clock, of a princess. The mother and infant are both well. LITERATURE. Mervyn Clitheroe. No. VII. By W. Harrison AiusivortlL Tie my , terieus bed riugi!ig is explained, .3ua explained, um, most ingeniously. It proves to have been a trick played upon Old Hazy by one Dr. Hooker (our old friend or rather enemy Simon Pownall), then lodging next door to the grange at the adjoining farm house, occupied by Mr. Hazelrigge's bailiff, Stephen Blackden. Hooker, alias Simon Pownal, has effected the diabolical tintiunabulation by means of a galvanic battery adroitly put in communication with the bell-wires Hence the Edgar-Poe like hubbub " The jangling and the wrangling, The swin g ing and the ringing, Of the bells, bells, bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells, • The jingling and the tinkling, The clamour and the clangour of the bells." Mervyn visits his old schoolboy friend, now con sumptive Parson Brideoak—not by any means, to our mind, as fine a fellow as he used to be, but rather a fretful, captious, dyspeptic valetudinarian. He turns out to be in love with Ora—hopelessly He possesses the seeret about Sissy Oulchethl whom we half suspeot to be either dead or dying; Ned learns the truth about his missing wife, and seems overwhelmed by it. But the reader is, as yet, still left entirely to his conjectures. The most remarkable passage of all in the present numb r is one in every way worthy of he au. hor of " Ro , wood." It relates the Legend of Owlarton Grange, a terrible tale of murder and starvation. Tn i e murderer being the serv a nt of th e mur d ere d, and the murdered a miser, who is surprised one day (in, the then lonely and mherwise uninhabited Grange) gloating over his money bags, in a secret closet be hind the wa'nscot. A sliding panel has been seCi' dentally left, open, and by this means the villaiaons domestic tracks his miser-master to his tressurh and there beats him to death with a mallet. Loading himself heavily with gold, be returns to the secret entrance, only to find it has blown tom the hidden spring tieing a mystery to him. S° teat the o retch is fairly trapped. Days and night s drag by, and at last the neighbours, having seen 10 one stirring about the house for a long wiale, force an en , rance, and, guided by the feeble knock ing of the bloody mallet in the hands of the dying murderer, i.re4k through the parti ion, and so learn the whole atrocity. Such is the legend tf 0 wlartoe Grange, told here in Ainsworth's me st weird manner, and cleverly illustrated by Phiz, in en ° of those darklgoblin etchings, first adventured upat e if we reinembar ri g htl y , i n t h e em b ell i shment 01 " Bleak House." The story invests itself in each new number with increasing attractions. Jessie's Wail ove,' Havelock the Bold. Words and Arrangement of the Sootch Airs by D. M. Air" and T. Browne. Out of the apocryphal Jessie of Lucknow, wit h her " Dinna ye hear it ?" about the imaginal pibroch, much has already been made both by lyris f and musician. M r . Ai r d, i u Anis graceful 804 °f Highland Jessie, has himself charmingly eon; memorated the incident—an i nc id ent w h ic h, if 1 really -did not occur, is in every way so exquisitely' beautiful, that it ought to have occurred I Sere again, appears b e f ore us t h e fa b ulous hero i ne o f Highlanders —in whose regard Mr. Aird is certain'', exercising the pr eroga ti ves an d pr i v i leges of P°e.,' to the uttermost. He g i ves h er t o us b o d i l y (b' aid of his artist) upon the titlepage, where she reprennted in a visionary rapture at the foot of the HaveloCk monument. With t h e aisistanoe f Mr. Browne our lyr ist has adapted to some of th e national airs of Scotland th e pathetic words throug ° which he has articulated Highland Jessie's lame °. tation for Sir Henry Havelock. The last varl e t ; however, breaks from th e accen t s o f gr i e f i n t o thos e of exultation. It i s th e very h ypot h es i s o f the O . saviour of Lucknow. A s w i t h t h e previous S°11: . from the Eame hand s , th e profits of this n e w di tt y' are to be devoted to the increase of the Relief Fund. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS, (Peers Present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougha w ' the Bishop of Ripon, and other Peers.) ,vria APPEAL—TEIS LONDON AND NO RTH - W ESTVIN COMPANY V. LINDSAY. this° The further bearing of this appeal was resumed morning at half-past 10 o'clock. . _ The case was reported in our columns of yeeterdaP. It will be remembered that the point of oonteutioo, was whether the plaintiff L in d sa y, i n t wo actions 1 1 . damages against the Lond on an d North-Western B° way Company (fur loss sustained by hint by their refute ing to carr y h is frui t on their line o f ra ilway fro nt Ejinburgh to Liverpool, and for exhibiting a placard or notice in Edinburgh, stating that the con .pan ll° declined to carry his fruit, he bein g a fruit der chant there), was le ga lly entit l e d to use ores"' Enema in tho hands of the Caledonian Rai. way CoroP an .„, l ' their s upposed debtors, fundandunt, jurisdiotio se ` -. The Lords of the Fir s t Di v i si , n o f t h e C ourt o f Sessio n : in Scotland. sustained the competency of the jurisdiction of the,Court over th e r a il wa y com p an y, an d against b decision the company appealed, on the ground that bad were an English company, and the Court of Session i . ', no jurisdiction over there, and that the plaintiff Lin do l had no right to use arr e stments on his actions of undqui dated darnaos. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., add resse d th e h ouse o n behalf of ifs respondent Lind s ay, an d as k e d an a ffi rman ce of tP judgment of the Court of Session. Mr. Anderson, Q.C., addressed the house OD '' -h pl of of the appellant s . I t i s pro b a b le that the bearing -of counsel in this cause will occupy the house the whole- this day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblsngne•) -- -- r - R iarr IN RE SANDERS—AN UNFORTUNATE —DANA.-- et--• FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. This bankrupt was described as of Doeght9 e .f &c., build er , an d to-day was appointed for cons iders i‘` of his certificate. _ Mr. La urance appeared for the bankrupt, and ell(t. for a first-olass certificate. The bankrupt had been i t, business for many years with a person named Woole c 'd who, however, had unfortunately Involved himself e c i the fir m i n li a b i li ties to an enormous exten t, r ao afterwards committed suicid e , an d th e se lioei' l o tia 0 were brought i n t o accoun t aga i nst t h e firm. o f balance -sheet showed a surplus balance, Jan. 1857 'na 2,094/. ; and the debts now were about 300/. ; gradthe assets w ere doubtful debts, 1,227 1 . ;, A 7651. and p ro p er t y 8911, , he, Mr. Lawrence, con a '" 0 this to be case which the Court would look uP °P di' oao of unavoidable loss and misfortune, as the ellisri be P cure was consid era bly l ess than the the nu sconrofits, a ti " dot bankruptcy had en ti re l y arisen through of Walcott. cis. His Honour said th a t every partner ought t° eatroted the rigbt of e x am ini ng t h e accounts, and if henee he 'ousLabt aar the conseuences. Mr. wrance said that no s entered in the b oo k s , an d no vig il ance c ould W I discovered the fraud. &et His Honour then granted a certificate of the class. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) • IN RE MORTON. This bankrupt was described as of Maidstone, I ° r i n t i grocer, and to-day was appointed fora me eting for P of debts. The d e b ts are stated at 3,55 81 . ; "car debts, 6501. ; liab i liti es, 9291. ; assets rea l i zed, 80 0 9 proper,y in the b an d s o f creditors, 57 0/. ; and iptlirai°o in partnership account of Poole. an d Morton, ee . merchants, from which a surplus is expected, Assigr4; were choben, and Messrs. Paul and Turner appoin' accountants. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) rt . TO THE SURREY ItARDENB COMPANY.-WINDING} - AFFAIRS IN BANKRUPTCY. aD Ira this case 04 propositions Lade for an arrange r, with the creditors having failed, it was agre ed O r mr, Fleming, of the committee of shareholders, an d l iar Coappell, for several credit ors consente d, to the °-v. being made for win d ing up t h e affairs of the ouroPa-„i'l this court. IN RE THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND C , LotJE C `' Mrl ,Auft A petition was pre-euted tiae case of tole com e for an o r d er to wind up the affairs. The rption woo on behalf of Mr. Purdie, of Echnnurgb, and Wda „ Y e ofe aprointed for Leering arguments. Th e petition fon very voluminous nature, and i t is understood thtre? be a strong opposition to the granting of the Order' POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Thomas Ju M iln A b R ee l : l3 e o ge ß d o l U B G , a li e - d ST G R e, E r E e Tk d cvaL d e , o ith w f e t r u e e t s h i i l s op m 6 7 , ning charged before Mr. g ex tu g ni" O; tes. stealing a parcel containing 3lbs cigars from 0 0 G a ol Salmon, and valt M Haymarket, the property of gr. last night S b t a lemboene about a te i d e b e e , e w le a e s k sittingwhen bein thesawrejaerbonfo:littebt and slip off the counter the parcel in quee d° , ° ' sto 4 which he immediately ran out. He pursued W 34430 0- saw Edwards outside, who, as be crossed thetbools step, tried to trip him up. Prosecutor, tal,ing somewhat retarded by this, succeeded in over ih be the former with the purloined property, whQyvitb" dropped on his laying hold of him, exclaiming,' F,d out being questioned, " I'm not toe m an J o ba wards again impeded him be returned 'bit", t ,, son. A policeman coming up h e gave th e latt er tid e custody, nd on the way to the station Edwards, ü b J ar ge, words he addressed to the prisoner then in 1 h ci . i 00 5 evidently was giving him directi o ns how to sup) " 0 00 9 and escape;.; prosecutor therefore believing b e a '" concerned ip the rolavry gave him in chart6e• knel l Jouns,n, in answer, sai d h e was guilty 1 ' 0 " t nothing of the other I , rison,r. he a S ' 6 Ed ,voids be never saw Johnsen before -- A co d honest, and sold ()ranges for the support of a vji-° fuother and ass at the time on Ins retuin how" ti bott , Mr. Bingham, directi ng enqu iries to be ma - Edwards, remanded the prisoners ftx a week.