The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

THli SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV ENING, APRIL 26, 1358 ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — Talons, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri, Ylaletti, and Belletti. ' — . Thursday, April 29 (Extra Night), will be repeated Meyer beer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, tisane. Titiens ; Raoul di Naugle, Signor Ginglini. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO; ou, Le Renvoi de rAmour, by Mesdames Pocchini, Annetta, Pasquale, Bio letti, and Morlaechi. The Opera will commence at half-past 7 o'clock. A. limited number of boxes nave been reserved to the pub lic, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, whibh may be had at the Box•oflice at the Theatre. FLEUR DES CHAMPS. On Saturday next will tos produced an entirely new Ballet, e uililed FLEUR DES CHAMPS, in which Madlle. Pocchini will ,isustain the principal part. To be preceded by a favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Piccolomini will appear. O n TuvadaY, May 4, IL TROVATORE. Madlle. Titiens will appea‘r for the first time as Leonora, in " The Trovatere and Madlle. Alb.ni will make her first appearance this season as Azusena, Signor Giuglini will sustain the part of Man- Tic°. Th urs d a y, D. ay 6 (Extra Night), IL TROVATORE. Du both eved."Via, favourite Ballet, in which Madlle. Poc chilli will appear. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Titers, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri, Vialetti, and Belletti. TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, April 27, LES HUGUENOTS. yalentina, Maddl e. Titiens ; Raoul di N ingis, Signor Giuglini. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by SI. lickssot, entitled ); OU, LE RENVOI DE L' AMOUR. CALLST The principal p ar ts by Madlles. Pocehini , Annetta, Pas- The F. Brown, La Petite Philips, qu ale, iforlacchi , Biolett and 3sl; Caron. A limited flambe? a B oxe s have been secured to the public. w hich may be had at the Box 215 and 31s 6d each, (Mee, at th e Theatre. To comnstmee a t h a lf-past 7 ofelOck. THEATRE ROYAL, H;LYMARIKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with AS YOU LIKE IT. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. Draw Boxee 5 01Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes._ . ....... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit g a ll er y 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HA.TH CHARMS. After which KING LEAR, King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. Concluding with SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, -Paul Bedford, J. Blaad, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss S wanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. After which, the new burlesque of FR,A. DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Diavolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-roati.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D VETS, (Sze., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunel', Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Joncc, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L, Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackacy. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kcan, Esq. ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening. his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night, 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.05—falling. WIND, all round the compass since morning —now South Easterly, with heavy cloudy weather, and smart rain ix the forenoon. In the afternoon the wind changed again, with more rain. APRIL 26. CO—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.11. WIND, East, Northerly, and Easterly ; light and cool, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIN DAY—Morn., 45 rain. aft. 12—Even., 1 min. aft. 5 To-MORROW—Morn., 25 min. aft. I—Even., 42 min aft. 2 I** e,-- LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1858. There is a time-honoured apophthegm respecting the folly of " reckoning without your host." It would have been well for the Palmerstonians had they profited by the lesson contained therein, and abstained from abortive demonstrations, or in vulgar parlance from " showing their teeth until they were able to bite." The veteran comedian, who was appropriately termed " the First Lord of the Jokery," could not, however, imagine any thing in his mind so ridiculous, as that the country could possibly dispense with his services or those of his popular col leagues, Lords CLARENDON and OLANRICARDE, Sirs G. C. Lzwis and C. WOOD, or that expe rienced statesman, Mr. - VERNON SMITH. He svisumed, because there was a Liberal majority, that they were bound to obey with cringing ser vility the lash of his whipper-in, to accept, " with bated breath and deep humility," all the petulant contumacy to which he thought proper to give utterance, to behold the national honour sullied, and the tax-payer overburdened by the weight unduly cast upon his shoulders all for the sole purpose of constituting him a ♦irtual dictator, who should carry out Tory principles under the name—we call it, the mask of liberality, for it was so loosely worn that it could not conceal the real features. Deluded by this vain notion he fancied that he had only to stretch forth his hand to regain the reins of power, which through the agency of Lord CLARENDON, had been snatched from his grasp, and that the House of Commons would stultify and degrade itself, by joining in, or, originat ing a factious opposition against his suc cessor at any moment, whenever he thought proper to give the signal —t) reject good measures for tho sole purpose of replacing himself and his colleagues in place and power. Fur this purpose the India Bill seemed to afford a suitable opportunity. It was the champ tie battaitle where, as he imagined, the contest could be decided, and the welfare, happiness, and pro 'parity of one hundred and fifty millions of our fellow-subject s in that mighty empire, and the in t',rests of the United Kingdom ' were to be disre garded,' solely f or the purpose of restoring him to his justly forfeited position). se But this design was defeated. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not be induced to march through Coventry w ith t h e ragged regiment. He suggested a correct an d proper course, and that suggestion was readily adopted. It was that the measure for the futur e y government of India should be introduced by means of resolutions first canvassed and discussed Seriatim in the popular branch of the Legis• !attire, so that the opinion of the House might be fairly taken on every point. This, which deprived the factious Palmerstonians of the weapon which they hoped to use with such powerful effect, has rendered them per fectly rabid—so much so th'at they were dis posed, if they could do so with a hope of suc cess, to disregard all the decent and recognised courtesies of political warfare. The introduction of the resolutions was to be opposed ! And the motion, that " the SPEAKER should leave the chair," in order that the House might go into committee, resisted with all the energies of the party. But this promising scheme has fallen to the ground. The cup has been dashed from his lip. The gorgeous bubble has already burst. Those who attempted such ponderous jocosity on the subject of being governed by a minority, forgot that the Derbyites were at least double the Palmerstonians ; and that, under existing circum stances, there 174U54 be a Government by a minority. And it is fortunate that it should be so, for it ensures that the voice of public opinion will be listened to with respectful attention. As we have already stated there are at least half a dozen different parties in the House, of which the Derbyites are the most numerous. Then come the Russellites and Palmerstonians, and the disciples of Messrs. BRIGHT and ROEBUCK, and the Peelite engineers, who are all officers, without any immediate followers. Tt would be iaipoEsible to unite all those parties in any bond for the exclusive benefit of one, or to induce them to wade through the dirt, for the purpose of gra tifying or exalting Lord PALMERSTON, whom Mr. BRIGHT described as the worst possible Minister. There was a faint hope that something might be found in the budget on which to found an onslaught. But the financial scheme won the approbation of the entire country. There was nothing that could fairly be objected to, or rather that offered rea sonable prospect of attack. They were therefore driven back on the India Bill, and the only chance was opposing the introduction of the resolutions. This, however, has become hopeless. The destiny of India cannot in common decency be made a subject of party strife. None but the most anxious "waiters on providence" could be. induced to participate in such an at tempt ; and therefore it will be relinqui3hed, and we suppose that we shall next hear of the extraor dinary forbearance of Lord PALMERSTON, and of the patriotic anxiety to promote the welfare of Hindostan, which induced him to relinquish so favourable an opportunity of damaging his oppo nents and reinstating himself in office. The proverbial enterprise of the Anglo-Saxon race is happily sustained at this period in various parts of the habitable globe by divers world famous Englishmen. The national character in this respect has never perhaps been more signally vindicated than during the last few years—north, south, east, west, simultaneously in both hemi spheres. Recollect, for example, that it was only the other day that the great Arctic Riddle was at length solved by a native of these islands ; and that previously another British subject had brought to light the ancient site of Nineveh from its three thousand years' sepulture in the arid wastes of Palestine. A visible, legible, irrefra gable demonstration of the minute historical accuracy of the Biblical records has been the mag nificent result of the topographical researches set on foot by AUSTIN LAYARD. And although nothing whatever in the shape of actual, material advan tage has accrued to the nation in consequence of Capt. M'Cnunz's discovery of the reality of the North-West Passage—at any rate something has been gained to the geographical knowledge of the world by the transformation at last of a mere conjecture into an absolute and undeniable certainty. It seems appropriate that these wonderful achievements should have been successfully accomplished immediately anterior to the completion of perhaps the grandest scienti fic enterprise of all—the girdling of this marvel lous planet of ours with the magical cincture of the wires of the Electric Telegraph. Already .we know perfectly well that much has been done, actually done, not dreamt of, but done—towards the realisation of this unexampled undertaking. A vast continent has been threaded by the elt-c -trio wire both in :the new world and in the old. Europe is covered in all directions with its fibrous network. The remotest limits of North America are brought into momentary communication through the same agency—so that Maine can talk with California, and Florida with Michigan. The waters of the deep sea have proved no obstacle ; but, on the contrary, there along the bed of the ocean channels dividing France from Eng land, and the latter from the sister island, the wondrous cable with its metallic core has been deposited in safety, and thus at pleasure, upon any instant, Paris and London may hold com munion.with the speed of the lightning, time and distance being in a maaner annihilated. Meanwhile, in all directions the Anglo-S ta. , 3n character for enterprise is being otherwise at this period very signally sustained. It is not that we allude so much to the collective enterprise of the race, as to the evidences of that enterprise afforded here and there by isolated individuals. As illustrative of the latter category, two names alone need be here particular ised. Immediately those names have been men tioned, they will be accepted as amply sufficient, as conclusively demonstrative. They are the names of—Sir JAMES BROOKE and of Dr. DAVID LIVINGSTONE. The great African traveller we have very recently had amongst us. We have seen him as he is—a simple-hearted, honest, gal lant, earnest, enlightened Christian gentleman. His eminent contemporary may be described in words in every way identical ; only that to these qualities he adds another in some respect very different. Sir JAS. BROOKE is not merely what we have said, but with this he unites the daring and the dash, with neither, however, the lawless ness or the cruelty, of the ancient buccaneer. Ilia Excellency has returned amongst us once more—and this time after having passed through one of the most perilous exploits to be found any where recorded even in his own adventurous his tory as Governor of Labuan or Rajah of Sarawak. Through a band-to-hand, life-and-death struggle of the most sudden and fearful description, this heroic Englishman, it will be well remem bered, f o ught his way back from the abrupt overthrow of his authority, from the absolute anarchy of a desperate and murderous rebel lion, to supreme power as the ruler of the Bar capacity as the representative of hi s nese, in his Sovereign. Remembering who this brave man is, remembering what ho was at the outset of his career, and what he has become since then, re membering that he began his Asiatic course as an English country gentleman, wandering in his yacht amongst the waters of the Eastern Archipe lago, and ultimately becoming there the recog nised Pro-Consul upon an island, geographically, as large as the Mother Country, remembering all this, and remembering at the same time that the Rajah of S arawa k i s s till i n the full maturity of his valiant manhood—shall wa not give him the welcome to which his splendid actions so well en- fiat 3 him ? Shall we not greet him, for such as he :is, namely, as one of our true English worthies? For has he not given us reasons enow, in truth, to b e proud of him as a bold, frank, heroic Eng lisht clan ? An' entertainment was given to Sir JAMES BROOICE, on Wednesday last, by the citizens of Manchester. We are glad of this--we rejoice to notify the circumstance. But—has not London, also, a welcome to give the Rajah of Sarawak, has not the capital of the British empire one cor dial greeting, one earnest hand of fellowship to proffer to one of the noblest of her great Pro- Consuls ? There cannot be much doubt, we should ima gine, by this time, that the Hope of Italy is the Constitutional Government of Sardinia. The last King of Italy was NAPOLEON. The virtual King of Italy now is VICTOR EMarANUEL. Virtually, we say, this is so even now—if the chief of the classic peninsula is ever in the history of the world to be a Constitutional S ivereign. Sup posing this to be the case, supposing the liberties of Italy won, as the liberties of England have been won under the leadership of a Monarch exercising purely constitutional authority through the exquisitely balanced machinery of our constitutional Government—assuredly in the person of the King of SARDINIA, that leader is clearly recognisable. In the great cause of Italian independence he has himself fought be fore now upon the battle-field. His glorious father was, indeed, the last who raised aloft the national standard, the rallying tricolour of the race. Under its shadows he led out his army— for it he imperilled everything—his crown, his life, his sovereignty. Nay, the reigning Prince of the House of Savoy, the son and heir of CMARLES AMBER; the late knightly King of the Sardinians, received from the heroic hand of his sire the sceptre he himself has since then so nobly and so wisely wielded—received it tarnished with the smoke of battle, but unbroken and unbent, upon the last " foughten field" of the Italians — the fatal field of Novara. From that day, the day upon which CHARLES ALBERT set out on his mournful wanderings from his home and his fatherland to die (if ever man so died) a few weeks afterwards of a broken heart at Oporto, since that memorable and lamentable catastrophe, King VIOTOR EMMANUEL has not ceased to be increasingly the Hope of the Italian Peninsula. His Government has been uninterruptedly since then, in the strictest sense of the term, Constitutional. He has not once yet blundered. There under his auspices the germs of the liberty of speech, and of the liberty of writing, the liberty of the Press and of the Tribune Lave been planted and tended, are expanding and flourishing. As the latest and the most signal • proof of this—there are the recent discussions in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin. For freedom of sen timent, for what we may designate Parlia mentary audacity, the debat3s there might have; transpired in the House of Commons at Westminster. Reading those discussions, marking the dignified policy, and the steady progress of Sardinia, it would be idle to despair of our yet witnessing the constitutional vindication of the great cause of Italian Independence. His Serene Highness the Prince Nicholas of Nassau las arrived at Maurigy's Hotel. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a large circle of friends at dinner, en Saturday evening, at his man sion, in Beikeley-square. The Marchioness of Sligo has issued cards for a ball to take place this evening at her residence in Mansfield street. Madame Szarvady, the celebrated pianist (late Wil helmine Clauss), has left Paris on a professional tour for two months in England. GEN. WOLFE.--TThe William and Anne, the vessel which conveyed Gen. Wolfe to Quebec, and which was lately lying at Newport, has been lost in the Mediterra nean. _ ILLNESS OF CHIEF Jusrics COCKBORN.—We regrat to state that the Lord Chief Justice (Sir A. Cockburn), continues so seriously indisposed that he is unable to attend and asume his judicial functions. It is under stood he i 3 Euffering from bronchitis. The lion. Frederick Arthur Stanley, youngest son of the noble Premier, has just enured the army as eneign in the Grenadier Guards. Letters from Jerusalem of March 20 state that the troubles on Mount Hebron were not yet appeased. The governor had asked for reinforcements, and all the con suls bad supported his demand. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Hon. Reginald Capel, son of the Earl of Essex, with Miss Fezek , -rly, niece of Lord Rokeby, was solemnised on Saturday in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, in the presence of a brilliant circle of the friends of both families. SPADDING AND HOLBEACII RAILWAY.—The line from the Great Northern station at Spalding to Holbeach is expected to be opened for traffic in about six weeks, the rails being laid and the station buildings progressing rapidly. THE NEW COMMANDANT OF CHATHAM GARRISON.— Col. Eyre, who has succeeded Major-General W. H. Eden as commandant of Chatham garrison, has closed Chatham-barracks—which had always been open to persons having occasion to pass in and out of them— against the public. A. few days ago a garrison ordee was issued, from which the following is as extract :—" No person whatever is to be allowed into barracks to sell anything, without a pass (signed by the Brigades Major); and all common women, beggars, pedlars, Jews, hawkers, and other Suspicions persons, are to be wholly excluded." Such an uncalled-for order is justly looked upon as an unwarrantable insult against the* lass for whom it is undoubtedly meant.—South, Eastern, Gazette. THE PRINCE 01 WALES AT BRISTOL.—On Saturday afternoon a telegraphic message was forwarded to the Bristol Commercial-reoms ' containing the unexpected announcement that her Majesty's steamer Osborne, hav ing on board the Prince of Wales and his suite, had anchored in Kingroad at 1.30 p.m. The intelligence was immediately communicated to the Mayor (Mr. J. A. Cooke), and under the impression that the Osborne was waiting for the tide, and would come up the river in the coulee of the afternoon, measures were being im provised for giving the heir apparent a hearty welcome on his arrival at the old city. A second telegram, how ever, rendered these preparations unnecessary, as it stated that the gig of the Osborne had been lowered, and that the Prince and his retinue were proceeding in it up the river. This intelligence hardly became known before the boat arrived at Rownhaw, where his Royal Highness and suite lsnded, and proceeded in hackney carriages direct to the terminus of the Great Western Railway to catch the up express train, which leaves Bristol for Paddington at 2.50 p.m. Here his Royal Highness expressed to the deputy-stationmaster (Mr. Gardner). through one of the gentlemen in waiting, his d.eostihringeto be regard e d as strictly incognito, and hence like a public demonstration was attempted. On the arrival of the train a separate carriage was set apart f the Prince and his suits. The Osborne sailed from Kingroad the same evening. PORTSMOUTH, April 25.—His Royal Highness Prince Alfred has been placed under the charge of Lieutenant Nelson, attached to the Illustrious (training ship), and commanding the gun-brig Rolla. His royal highness Las been cruising about on board the brig nearly every day, we understand, during the past week, and undergoes the same course of instruction, and is treated precisely in the same manner as the other naval cadets, with this exception, that he dines at his own residence at Alver stoke in the evening, and frequently invites the naval and other officers of the port to join him. He is de• scribed as an inquiring, affable, and amiable boy. PANIC IN THE FLAX TRADE.—In consequence of the absurd rumour that Lord Bosse had predicted an un usually hot and dry suram,,r the flax trade has been seriously affected. Farmers have made up their minds to sow less flaxseed than they would other: ise have dune, and, it appears, persist in that determination, not e iti s aading the contradiction given by his lordship to the indi =meet rurnour.—Armagh, Guardian, THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—It will be a source of satisfaction to those interested in the success of sub marine telegraphs to know that the Governoaent has it ia centmeplation to allow a limited number of scientific peesons, especially those whose attention has been di rected to this subject, to go out in the Agamemnon to witness the submerging of the Atlantic cable. WILLS —The will of Rear-Admiral Earl Spencer, K.G , C. 8., P.C. of Althorp-park, Northampton, and St. James'e:place, Weritminster, was proved in London, by Baron Lyttelton, F.R.S., the nephew and Henry Goodford, E-q , the acting executors, the other execu tor having renounced. The personalty was sworn under 250,0001. The will beats date May 17, 1854, leavinl his real estates and residue of his personal to his son, Vis count Altborp. • There are four codicils ; by the second, which is in his lordship's own handwriting, he has at the request of the late countess, dXected six cottages to be ereAed at Great Brighton, Northamptonshire, to be called, " Lady Spncere' Cottages," for the reception of poor widows ci that InigfrAbout hood, who are each to pay a rent of one penny a week, but free of texas. He has secured to hie da❑ght,r, Lady Sarah Isabella Spencer, a sum of 100,0001. Two of his lordship's gamekeepers have a legacy of 5001. each. The will of Sir R. Camp bell, Barr., was proved under 70,0001. personalty in England. Tile executors are John Rennie, Esq., and Robert H. Scott Campbell, E-q., the son ; the latter is also appointed residuary legatee of real and personal estate.— The will of William Joseph Horsfall, E-q., of Lancaster, 80,0001.—illustrated London, News. A letter from Toulon, of the 22d inst., mentions a disastrous accident which took place the previous day off the islands of llyer,s on board the ship of the line Suffren, which has been fitted up as a school for naval artillerymen. Willa the men were firing at a targat a cannon burst, and the explosion unfortunately caused a number of victims. There were 10 men killed, and 15 wounded. The lath r were hem diately taken to the ships of the fleet, In order that thoy might m , re speedily bare the advantage of ix.ical ad. The Eclaireur had been despatched to bring the wounded to Toulon. The Itopelial steam yacht Aigle, which is building in the port of Cherbourg, will be 258 long_ She is to be a paddle steamer of 500. horse power. It is said that the Aigle will be a model of naval architecture. ST. JAMES'S HALL—The first performance of " The Messiah " in these rooms will take place on Wednesday evening next, for the benefit of the Royal Society of Mu sicians. To an unusual array of principal vocalists, including the names of M►ss Louisa Pyne, Madame Weiss, Miss Dolby, Miss Palmer; Messrs Simsßeeves, Benson, Thomas, Wino, and Weiss is added the attraction of an orchestra, comprising the most eminent inAtrumet;talists, aided by a large choruF, and °inducted by Professor Sterndale Bennett. This excellent charity, the funds of which this performance is intended to aid, distributed last year upwards of 2,774/. to distressed musicians and their families. Miss Amy Sedg wick, not having sufficiently recovered from her indisposition, will not re-appear at the Hay market until Thursday, e hen she will perform in the comedy of "An Unequal Match." Mrs. Chas. Young plays on the fir et three nights of the weeks in " As You Like It," "'Tee Love Chase," and "Much Ado About Nothing." ARRANGEMENTS, ETC., IN THE NEW THEATRE, CO VENT GARDEN.—The real modifications of the arrange ment as u ual in theatres, beyond those of the structural sort for security from fire, have for their main object greatly increased space to each sitting in the stalls, both cf pit and gallery, with ample width between the are so designed and fixed as t o be r em ovable in a few rows of seats. But, also, th e di v i s i ons of the boxes hours ; so that the whole of what will be usually pri vate boxes can be . thrown together, should the theatre be devoted to or‘Anary dramatic entertainments at cer tain seasons, according to an arrangement which has entered into Mr. Gye's calculation, and has in several respects modified structural features or dimensions. There are but three tiers of boxes, exclusive of those on the level of the lower gallery, or will be called " pit ti er ," gra nd tier," and " first," or " upper box ti er. " I n addition to the provision for removal of th e l i me " am phitheatre. They partitions, the box fronts of the pit-tier will be removable, in order that the whole space under th e grand tier may be thrown into the p it . The !Ara ions will be canvassed and papered ; aed the , generally throughout the house , the ", ‘ "aical lug inclusive, will be covered with Btele f e ld ' s fibrous slit)" material_ As part cf the means of ventilatio the fanlights cf the doors of the b; x - s are made to open. The warming of the house will be by hot- Water p' pe e , c .rried round the house below the level of the pit floor, the air being admitted by aperturt s below the fronts of the boxes of the pit tier. At the f out of one of the boxes of the grand tier, there was lately " off I.d up" a specime n o f th e b ow -f ron t e d fi n ishing,eerice ed with de. coration in gold on a white round. These I out are to be exeeu e•I in the new iy-inventAl moulled otrivas mettle rl, by Monti. ce ling will be by Jack , on and Son. The Preeeerriune will Lueneure 50it. in th, op ning, and will be 42 feet 4 i nc h es i n h e ight to the crown to the arch. Thera six of less importance. Tee whole of these are fire proof, are eight main etaircas - s in t h e b uil .in e , besi des and carefully plaened to avoid risk of aecidere. Be ides the Princi pa l b ox en t r ance there appear to le five en tras oar f or th e pit, el ;o available for the 1 oxes ; bat the pre cse app ieatien of thee arid the EtaireaBeS to the °PPP' pates of the house, is perhaps not settle;'. The d^tors lee finishing wil. be chiefly in wl.Le and gold, with rose-celeured hargings to the boxes. The whole of the depots comprising the 3d Battalion of Infantry at Chatham were assembled on their parade ground, Brornpton-huts, on Thursday afternoon, for the Purpose of hearing read the sentence of a district court mai tell recently held at Chatham garrison on Coleur-Ser g!ant Hobert Beret, 70th Regiment, on a charge of deser tion front the depot of his corps at Chatham. For this charge he was sentenced to be reduced, in the presence of the whole battalion, to the rank and pay of a private. The sentence of the Court having been react by the Adjutant the prisoner was marched to the front, when his " stripes" were cut f rom hi s arm i n th e presence of the troops. Th e prisoner has been branded with the letter " D." Orders have been received at Chatham fur the following East Indi a d epo t s t o f urn i s h re inforcements for ernbarke- • tion for I n di a : -Bth , 10th, 19th, 20th, 23d (Royal W e l s h Fusiliers), 21 t h , 2trth, 32(1, 3;th (11 , oyal Sussex), 43d (Light Inf an t r y) , 52d (Li g ht Infantry), 73d, Glst, 70th 750, 81st, 816, and 94th regiments. The reinforcements ' to the numb er of nearly 1,000 men, with 10 officers, are , expected to embark at Gravesend on the Ist of May. L4-TEST NE WS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Ripon, steamer, with the Bombay mails and passengers, passed Hurst Castle at 8.35. TURIN, APRIL 24. The first clause of the law of M. Foresta, relative to the crime of conspiring against foreign Sovereigns, has been carried, with a slight amendment, by a large majority. FRANCE. PARIS, SIIND.,IY. The English Government (says the Constitution nel) was right in not further pursuing the prosecu tion of Bernard. After an acquittal on the chief charge, which involved a capital punishment, what would have signified a few months of imprisonment or a fine of some hundreds of francs ? To have convicted of a misdemeanour one who had been acquitted of a crime would have been a mockery. This is the first day of the elections for Paris, and, as almost invariably is the case, shows less animation among the electors than there will be to-morrow. The third electoral district (third arrondisse ment) is formed of a part of the Faubourg Poissonniere, another part belongs to the fifth arrondissement, and the rest is made up of the quarters of the Bourse, the Halles, and the Bourdonnais. The population of this ar rondissement consists of the richer capitalists. the haut commerce, and a considerable number of employes who depend on them. Bankers, stock brokers, the proprietors of large wholesale esta blishments in the Lyons, St. Etienne, Roubaix, Rouen, Sedan, and Elbceuf trade are to be found there. The quarter of the Halles, the fish-mar kets, cloth-markets, leather-markets, and the quarter of the Bourdonnais furnish a numerous contingent of electors. There was no great ani mation apparent up to half-past two o'clock in this quarter. The commercial and bank clerks and other employes of this description reserve them selves for to-morrow. The duty of electors they prefer exercising on Monday, for, while serving their country at the balloting urn, they will " do" their employers out of a half-holiday. In the third electoral district the bulletins of the candidates, Opposition as well as Government, were distributed at the doors of the Mairie and the sections. In this district General Perrot stands against M. Lionville, batonier of the order of advocates. This arrondissement, inhabited generally by wealthy persons, passes for Conservative. For this reason it is that General Perrot has been pre sented as tha Government candidate ; as former Commandant of the National Guard, he is pre sumed to represent order and stability. The fifth district, in which M. Eck and M. Picard are candidate - 4, consists of the Porte St. Martin, the Temple, St. Martin des Champs, as also of the first and second sections of Belleville. The work ing populatiou abound there. It teems with iron and brass founders, engine builders, trailers, shoe makers, saddlers, &c. It was remarked in this arrondisement that the tickets with the names of the Opposition candidates only were distributed at the doors of the Mairie, at the different sections, and in the streets. In the Mairie itself, and at the en trance of the hall where the voting tickets are de posited in the urns, the bulletins of the Govern ment candidate were handed to every one who approached. In the fifth district there was more activity ap parently than in the third ; and the voters were more numerous. M. Eck, who was formerly an operative, and is now a wealthy employer, represents as closely as possible the alliance of the master with the work man. The Government, by choosing such a candi date, intended, no.doubt, to exhibit to the labour ing class the interest it bears it by honouring one taken from its ranks. The selection of M. Eck means, that with order and industry the workman can arrive at the highest post. It remains to be seen whether the workmen will appreciate tue lesson so delicately conveyed by the Government. Of the three candidates people generally think that M. Picard has the least chance of success. The late revision of the electoral lists, however, makes it very difficult to offer an opinion on the result. The sixth district (Bth arrondissement) is the most populous of the three, and at the same time that which presented the busiest aspect this morning at the Mairie and the sec ions. This is owing to the great number of market gardeners in the Fa,ubourg St. Antoine. These cannot, like the others, afford to " keep St. Monday." On Monday they must be, at any cost, in the market. The district consists principally of cabinetmakers, paperatainers, engine makers of all kinds, workers in the metals, coal merchants, &c. At the doors of the Mairie of the Bth arrondissement the bulletins of the Opposition and the Government candidates appeared to be im partially distributed. In some sections, whore the working population is the most numerous, the bulletins of the Opposition candidates only were distributed ; but, on the other hand, at the Mairie and the entrance of the voting room only the tickets bearing the name of M. Perret were seen. In a quarter so populous as this arrondisse ment, M. Perret is the very personification of beneficial establishments. The services which he has rendered to this arrondissement are matter of notoriety ; and perhaps the Government judged rightly in believing that such a man was among the few who had a fair chance against M. Jules Payne, the candidate of the Opposition. BOURSE, April 24.—The following were the closing quotations :- 4:3 per Cents 93 25 Do. end month._ 3 per Cent. ..... 69 20 Do. end month 69 23 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 760 Do. Account RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 770 Lyon and Mediteran. 810 New Ditto 775 Geneva Credit Foncier Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . - FOR CASH. Midi Western . 620 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinia.n Austrian AUSTRIA. A letter just received, dated Vienna, April 21, say s: 7 " During the last d a y or t wo t h e qu id uuncs of this city have been exclusiv e ly occup i e d w i t h Ber nard's trial and acquittal, and some of them have been at great pains t o p rove th a t the ver di ct of the jury is a direct confirmation of the assertion so often heard on the Continent, that England "sys tematically patroni ses an d pro t ects f ore i gn po liti ca l conspirators." It is evident that these persons are dissatisfied be cause f ore i gners w h o are gu il ty o f political offences while residing in England are tried and punished according to English law. They would fan have a special court, a modern Star Chamber, established forthe especial beboof of refugees and po liticalnialconteas, but fortunately England is no, yet trought so low that she need permit foreigners —whether French,. Russian, or Austrian—to r evise her laws for her. That this Government takes a more rational view than the public of the Bernard affair is to be seen by the linder of the Ost-Deutsche Post of this morning. The non-eftioial organ of the Austrian Foreign-u Wee finds it very natural drat the French Governmen i t should be greatly annoyed that Bernard was not convicted ; but it is unable to un derstand why the British nation should be blamed because 12 jurymen were of opinion that the man's guilt was not sAisfactorily proved. The Oat-Deutsche Post does not exactly say that this Government is well satisfied with what has oc curred, but it is almost certain that such is really the case. Tne revival of " King Lear," at the Princess's, mid be rep, ai-Ad this evening, Weilnesday, and Fi ay, precedt d by " Samuel in &wen of Himself." W Tuesday and Thurs. day, " Faust and Marguerite ;" and, on Saturday, " A hi i ?summer N:ght's Dream" will be represented. Mr. Emery makes his first apprarance at the Strand Ti o tre this evening, in Dance's comedy of " The Country Squire," followed by the burlesque, at.d the new farce of " Your Likeness !Cr One Shilling." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On Saturday evening Donizetti's •' La Figlia del Reg gimento" was performed at the above theatre for the irst time this season. The cast included no important novelty. Mdlle. Piccolotnini again appeared as Marie, Signor Belletti as Sulpizio, and Signor Belart as Tonio. The opera was received, as on former occasions, with great favour, and the most popular pieces were, as usual, rEdemanded. To-morrow and Thursday evening the new prima donna, Mdlle. Titiens, will repeat her flee performance a Valentina in "Les Huguenot;;." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen's box at this theatre was on Saturday evening occupied by Colonel the Hon. Charles C. Cavendish and Lady Emily Cavendish, Mrs. Brande, Miss Brands, Mr. Brande, and party. Amongst the numerous noble dis tinguished and fashionable company also honouring this theatre with their attendance on this occasion we noticed—his grace the Duke of Cleveland, K.G., and Lady Augusta Poulett, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Countess Dowager of Harrington and the Countess of Mountcbarles, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lin coln, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Earl Bective, the Viscount Exmouth, the Viscount Clifden, Lady Blantyre, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, Lady Dynevor, M. de Tolstoy, Lord Blantyre, Lord Sondes, Lord Dynevor, The Hon. Philip Stourton, Sir T. E. Blake, Bart., Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Maj or . General Sir George Bowles, 1C.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby Cautley, K.H., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P., Captain W. Henry Magan, M.P., Ma dame Pandra De Ralli and party, Colonel and Mrs. Watson, Colonel D ckson, Major Dyson, Mrs. Bulkeley and Mrs. Wombwell, Mr. Bonamy Dobree, Mr. Des bois, Mr. J. L. Neville, Mr. Langdon, Mr.Conolly, Mr. F. Cooper, Mr. J. E. Fords, Mr. J. Franks, Mr. J. E. Magan, Mr. Alphmus C. Billings, Mr. Edward Cutter, Mr. R. Dick, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. J. Border, Mr. A. Cavapbell, Mr. H. Barrett Ltnnard, &c. Her Majesty's birthday drawing-room will be held on Saturday, May 15th. We are authorised to state that it is her Majesty's' in tention that state balls shall take place at Buckingham Palace• on Monday, May 10th (instead of May 3d, as previously announced), and Wednesday, June 9th, and that concerts shall take place on Monday, May 3d (in stead of May 10th), and Friday, June 11th next. A Cabinet CJuncil was held on Saturday at the offi cial residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing.street. The Ministers present were, the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salle• bury, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of MalineE. bury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakingt)n, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Right Hon. J. W. Hen ley, and Lord John Manners. THE SPEAKER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Cominons gave his ninth Parliamentary full-dress dinner on Saturday evening, the 24th inst. Toe followirg had Coe honour of receiving invita tions :-_—Viscount Gal way, Viscount Elmley, Viscount Curzon, the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, the Hon. Col. Low ther, Sir Charles Coote, Sir Graham Montgomery, Sir James Dalrymple Elphinstone, Sir John Rivett Carnac, Sir Joseph Bailey, Major-General Hall, Capt. Banbury, R.N., Lieut.-Col. Forde, Major Stuart Wortley, Major Edwards, Captain Dawson Darner, Captain Arehdall, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.O , Mr. Botfield, Mr. Eve lyn Shirley, Mr. King (Herefordshire), Mr. Wyndham (Sussex), Mr. Tollemache, Mr. Knightly, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Lesli , , Mr. Knatchbull, Mr. Hopwood, Mr. Bee croft, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. G. H. Vaneittart, the Hon. George Wahlegrave, the Rev. H. Drury. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained their Royal Highnesses the Dache , s rrOileans, the Count de Paris, and the Duke de Chartres, at dinner, on Saturday at Lansdowne Hou;e. The Earl and Countess Granville, Frances Countess Waldegrave, and Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., and a distinguished circle, had the honour to be invited to meet tie illustrious gu3sts. The Earl and Countess of Mahnesbury were honoured ty the company to dinner of his Eseolleney the Duke of Malakoff, the A rnbas.ador of France, on S tturday, at their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. There were pre sent to meet the gallant marshal, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Cidonel the Hon. James Macdonald, the Duke and Duchess of Manches ter, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lord and Lady Rokeby, Major-General Sir R. and The h L e a E d y a r A l a i r n e d y , C G o u e n n t . e S ss i r Jof ames h a S m i rn h p a e v o e n left a'' to wn on a vii•it to the Earl and Countess of Litchfield at Shug borou,b Park, Staffordshire. The Eat! and Countess Amherst and family:arrived in Grosvenor-3quara on Tueaday, from Montreal Park, Kent. RAIL WAl' INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors states that the works on the South Beerbhoom district are making good progress, There has been some failure in brick-making ; but there appears to be no reason why the first twenty-four miles should not be opened by the Ist of Jnre next. The other portions of the line are being vigorously proceeded with. From Allahabad to Cawnpore the works have been making good progress ; about sixty miles have been opened for some time for the conveyance of mails, troops, stores, &c , and every exertion will be made to complete these 126 miles by about June next. From considerations arising out of the mutiny, it is in the con templation of the government to change the route of the line above Cawnpore, and its terminus in the upper pro vinces, en route fir Lahore, will probably be at Meerut instead of Delhi. This alteration will involve the sacrifice of a considerable outlay already made on the works between Shekoabad and Delhi, the amount of which will be claimed from the Government. Toe board much regret that they have not received the revenue accounts for the half year ending 31st December. 'They are at a loss to explain the circumstance, and trust that they may still arrive in time for the meeting ; they will be circu lated amongst the proprietary immediately on their ar rival. Tne information the board possess enables them to report that the number of passengers carried between July and December was 522,360. Whilst this shows a decreaFe in the traffic of 26,187 passengers as compared wids the preceding half-year, it gives an increase over the corresponding half-year of 57,239 passengers. The tonnage in goods and minerals, exclesive of parcels, car riages, and livestock from the Ist of July to 31et Dec., was 70,355 tons, giving an increase of 6,605 tons over the preceding half-year, or 25,660 tons over the corre sponding bail-year of 1856. Tee traffic receipts for the half-year ending 31st December were 68,9731. 18s. BJ., showing an increase of 5 5141. 14e. 51. over the preced ing half-year, or 20,345/. 15e. 11d. over the correspond ing half-year of 1856. The total receipts for the year 1857 were 132,4341. 2s. 11d. against 96,1001. 10 , . 2d. for 1856, and the board cannot refrain from congratulating the proprietary on so favourable a result. In the absence of the accounts they are unable to show what the last halt-year's working expenses have beau, nor are they in a position to report the amount of net revenue banded over to the Government towards payment of the gua ranteed interest, but they have reason to anticipate a very satisfactory statement. The board have much plea sure in reporting that the terms of the contract for the Jebhulpore line are at length settled in a manner which cannot fail to be satisfactory to the proprietary. The capital to be raised in the first instance is 2,000,000/., under a guaranteed interest of five per cent, per annum ; leaving the rate of interest upon any further amount of capital which may be required to be adjusted hereaf er. The accounts of this line are to be kept altogether dis tincs from those of the Delhi line, so that the interests of the shareholders under their original contracts will re main intact, and the realisation of any surplus profits to which they may become entitled under them cannot be affected by this new contract, which in its general terms is precisely tee same as the former ones. The amount of capital now to be raised will evab'e the board to offer the proprietary two shares in the Jubbulpor e capital fer every nine shares they now hold in the company, and as 800. as the contract is executed circulars will be see, out, giving the proprietary the option of taking the shares referred to. Tne first deposit will be 51. per share, and payments will be received in anticipation of future calls. A resolution will be submitted at this wee lug conselidatiog into stock all the paid-up shares in the company which have not been already corm:a:dated under th resolutions of the general meeting of the 30th Oct., 1856. FLOATII G BATTERIES. At the United Service Institution, a few evening , since, Captain Fishbourne, RN., read a paper on float ing batteries, for the purpose of showing how unsuitable the modern structures of that kind are for naval war fare. Captain Fishbourne, in the first place, pointed out the defective form of the recently- cons t r ucted English . and French floating batteries for sea-going vessels. With a draught of water of only 8 feet and a breadth of 50 feet, they must neces- , arily be unsteady when there was the least motion in the water beyond a ripp'e, and thus prevent any precision in firin g . 'tire heavy iron casing, he maintained, also increased the uusteadinesi of the floating batteries by raising the centre of gravity, and by placing so much of the weight on the sides. The defects of this form of censtructien, Capt. Ft- hbourtit eentenc's ate, hat it communicated a greater rolling ruc tion to the vessel, owing to its great breadth compared with the draught ; and the centre of gravity being thus raised above the level of the water, it has to descend lower, with acoeleratory motion, when the wave that supported it receded—the velocity of the fall being in creased by the heavy weight at the side. The accelerated velocity thus acquired tended to increase the upheaving of the vessel on the other aide, and thus produced a rocking motion like teat of a rocking chair. Capta n Fishbourne alluded to the floating batteries that were employed by the French and Spaniards at the siege of Gibraltar, plans of which have been preserved in the in st tution, and were exhibited. In those batteries the hulls were semicircular, which form, he observed, was much better adapted to obtain stability for the centre of gravity being equi-distant from all parts was not raised and depressed by the action of the waves nearly so much as it is in a broad flat-bottomed boat. It appeared, from the section that the draught of water of those floating batteries must have been as touch as 18 feet. The gallant captain then noticed the actual effect of the floating bat teriee against the fcriress of Kin burn, in the }Lack Sea, and observed that it was very much less than might have been expected from so many guns of large calibre di rected against a dilapidated, fortress, whilst the number of men on the floating batteries put hors de combat by the comparatively small guts of the enemy, only ten of which could bear on each battery, showed that the iron bulwark afforded very inadequate protection. The suc cess of the attack he attributed more to the effect of the vertical fire from the gun-boats, and to the riflemen on board the fleeting batteries, than to the guns of the latter. Capt. Fishbourne then noticed the plan that had been proposed of casing Chips of war with iron, which he strongly condemned. The cutting down of a large ship to convert it into a kind of flowing battery would, he said, have the effect of diminishing the number of guns two-thirds, whilst the heavy casing of iron would increase the rolling of the ship, thereby greatly lessening the precision of the fire, and expo-ing a larger surface, between wind and water, to the enemy's shot. He also anticipated that the iron casing would have the effec, in a rough sea of righting the ship so suddenly, after having been heaved on one side, as to snap off the masts. Anoteer disadvanage would be the exposure of a larger surface to the enemy's shot ; for the same number of guns whose fire is now concentrated in one broadside would be distributed in three ships of equal length. The kind of floating battery which Capt. Fishbourne considered most ad visabl especially fit the defence of harbours, is a raft, which may be constructed at little cost, and can be moored in shallow water so as to maintain sufficient stability for precision in firing. MO RENNIE exhibited two models which he had coe etructed, one of which was a fl 'sting circular one-gun battery f r coast defences, intended to be propelled by steam ; and the other, a steam gun-boat of light draught, intended for the rivers in India. A MEMBER disputed the correctness of some of Capt Fielibouroe's statements relative to the effects of th e floating batteries employed against Kinburii. He said that he examined one of those batteries the morning after the attack, and he counted the marks of sixty round shot on its sides. The walls of the f ,rtress, he added, had been reduced to ruins by the fire of the batteries, and he understood chat only two men had been killed on board the battery be ex4n ine 1. Capt. FISHBOURNE replied that he bad obtained his information from an official French publication. Thanks were voted to Capt. FiAlbourne and Mr. Rennie, and the meeting adjourned. ADMIRAL SIR H. KEPPEL AND THE LIBERALS OF PORTSMOUTH.—Io anticipation of a general election Admiral Sir H. Koppel met the committees of the liberal electors of Ports Routh on Friday evening to give an exposition to them of his political views. In answer to the various questions which were put to him the gal ant admiral staied that he was opposed to the ballot. H e ' would support the extension of the franchise to 101. householders in counties, and was in favour of extend ing the suffrage to e Jucated persons who possessed no property or household qualification. He would vet f!,r the abolition of church-rates as for as dissenters were concerned, and was in favour of the admision of Jews into Patella eat and the Maynooth endowment. Ad miral Keppel replied also to several other subordinate questions, and the meeting pledged itself in the event of any future election to endeavour to secure his elec• ties in conjunction w.th that of Sir Francis Baring, Bart, I VISIT OF A FRENBEI WAR STEAMER TO THE Bats- TOL CHANNEL.—Some little commotion has been pro duced outing the last week amongst the residents on the Welsh coast, owing to the unusual occurrence of a war steamer, hoisting the fiat of the French Empire, having steamed slowly np our Channel. She was seen at ddf rent times off Penzance, Swan , ea, in Bridge water Bay, at Penarth Road , , and funny made her way to and dropped anchor in the Careiff Bute Dock Basin, where it was ascertained that she is the Pelican, Com mander Hamelin, a nephew of Admiral Hamelin, the Emperor Napoleon's Minister of Marine, and had on board a par ty of French hydrographere. She cam e i n t o Cardiff for the ostensible Furpose of taking in Welsh steam coels ; but there are not wanting those am mg the shipping interests of the port who teink it possible that the French Admiralty might be deeirous of know ing something about the English Channel navieation, especially ac bee Wight hav e t a k en i n h er coals, tad she plea4ed to have done so, at the pert rf S Nausea, a long way fa't'her down the Ch anne l . An old shipping master writes t ab ut, the , nat , er t , the Guardiun— Lue princ.pll local paper—"l think the m v merits of these French cruisers cannot be too nano aly watcind, and their appearance aloug our coast ' together with the ac ivitY di4 o -Yed in , heir e arseals, and the coneentra• Con of so great a French fleet in tie E• Charnel, looks very cninous, and makes us shipmasters rather uneasy." It is eta' ed that, when seen at the different points on the coast, the Pelican had not her French colours hoisted, and that she was taken by these who fi AN her, for a steamer connected with the Trinity Howe or the surveyor of the Bzitieli Admiralty. It is also complained that our coast is left in so naked and defence less a state by the Government, there not being a single battery to ho fund on the long line which irvervene heLween Milford [fawn, at the very mouth of our Channel, and Sharpness Point, some miles up the Severn. LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. APPEAL.- THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY or IRELAND COMPANY V. JOHNSON AND ANOTHER. The further - hearing of this important appeal WO appointed to be heard this morning at 11. o'clock, bpt which has been postponed until the great Taaffe Peelle cause, which is now before their lordship; is heard 0 0 further evidence, and which will probably occupy the whole of this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erie, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. EDWARD TRUELOVE.---"TYEANNICIDEI IT JUSTIFIABLE ?"-APPLICATION TO ACCELERATE 011 TRIAL REFUSED. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. J. Simon, in' structed by Mr. Leverson, applied on behalf of the de• fendant, Mr. Edward Truelove, printer and publisher, o f the Strand, against whom an indictment had been pre' ft,rred for libel, to move for a rule calling upon th e Attorney-General to show cause why the indictmen t hould not be tried at the sitting after this term, either iu Middlesex or London, instead of after Trinity Term' as proposed. Lord Campbell—Your application is to accelerate the trial Mr. Edwin James—Yes, my lord. The defended was indicted for publishing a pamphlet entitled " TYro e .: nteide--Is it Justifiable ?" and the defendant in bw, affidavit st a t e d th a t on t h e 22d F e b ruary he was arres ted on a *arrant issued by one of the magistrates of BO street without a previous summons, and charged Wit h the publication of this libel on the Emperor o f the French. On that day the charge was heard before the magistrate sitting at Bow-street, and on the 27th °f February th e d e f en d an t was committed to take his 01' at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Cone/; The defendant accordingly retained counsel, and incurred considerable expense in the preparation of his defence' but before the sessions came on the Crown removed th ° trial by certiorari into this court. The affidavit of di e defendant stated that he had offered to substitute the author for himself. Lnrd Campbell—Can we enter into the merits of t hl cane l Mr. James —No, my lord. He was only stating , tb st the author lead offered to come forward and take the consequences. The defendant's affidavit further stag that he was much injured and prejudiced in his boil! by the delay of the trial, a n d th ese proceedings impeli, ing over him many of his creditors had sent in tbr , accounts for payment, and he was unable to get til ordinary credit of his trade. Lord Campbell, after consulting the other imager, El i ! they were unanimously of opinion there was no grog! for departing from the ordinary mode of proceeding of dis -uch cases. N o d e l ay had been shown on the penis the Crown, and th e appl i cation must be refused. If Attorney-General consented to the trial taking place:, tke end of th ese s itti ngs i nstead of after next term, tv court would not object. Mr. Ju.tice Crompton said it was not usual to td special jury cases at the sittings after this term. Rule refused. LLO 7D'S NG.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 23.—Wind at noon, E. ; light bre ° and firm. OFF HURST CASTLE, A pr il 26 . —A rr i ve d — Ri pon ( 64 ' from Alexandria. WATERFORD, April 24.—Wind E. —Sailed— Harrioto fd Quebeo. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 25.—Arrived—Irene, Adelaide, S.A. SOUTHAMPTON, April 25.—Wind 'fe Tagus (s), from Gibraltar. COWES, April 25.—Wind W.—Arrivea—Faniel from Bahia. of COLERAINE, April 26.—Th e Mary Ann (school:000o and from Maryport, is ashore in Port Stewart harbo and will be a total wreck, 'O 4 WHITBY, April 25.—A H ar tl epool pilot boat ca 1360 on Ydgrey Rock yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock• two men on board were drowned. The cable sank, has not yet been recovered. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning' Wind E.N.E. Arrived, April 24—Isabella Croll, steamer, from C.,e r ifo ol Tiber, Merm a id, F r i en d s , Moslem, and Flora,2„u:i o of Newport ; Tagus, ste amer , Gib r altar ' • Lady Bgnoo; steamer, Dublin; L'Etoile, and A rg yll, steamer, Caren Swanage and Rising Sun, Swanage. Arrived, April 25.—Busy, Fanny, Trial, a nd ga t ti° Luther, from Swanage • Florida, Newport. -rnir Sailed, April 24.—Lady Eglington, s t eamer , for don; Le Coq, Cherbourg; Edith, Llanelly. LIVERPOOL, Monday a/.0 Wind N. W. fro o , Arrived, April 25.—Trurns, screw steamer, or Palermo; Mary St ewar t. screw steamer, Constautio ° % o o Agne, and Vesper, Fecamp ; Alexandria, Morig ; F'"cro' Peel, Krageroe ; J eune Ad o l p h e, Sables ; Great, rid' mania, Bombay ; E m ili e, M aur iti us ; Digby, enuoilw ades, New O r l eans ; Fl or d e Vi z , P ara; EulAl Tampico ; Factory Girl, Caldera. moOt'l4 Arrived, April 26—Roder, s t eam t ug , f ro m Bar— /of with wrecked goods, ex Albert ; Lady Blessingtoill Orleans ; Aledandria, Charleston. Off—Caravan and Osweg. (BY SUBMARINE AND "ELITISM TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday 4.0- 1 de Arrived, 25th—St. Cy roan , f rom Mi nu it e tl an ; —s18310! Wydam; John Wesley, Guernsey ; Rosario, M 3110 ,1 10 Clara, Colombo ; Helen, Smyrna ; Avance, Heltring,,".ol* Caroline Sarah, Misted ; Welhelmina, Aveiro • B e ' of; Crispin, Speedwell, Cossack, and Crescent, &ueriloo, Freeman, . Aalborg ; Harwood, Shanghae ; Me n/ fire Callao; Minerva, Bruges • Sophie, Kertersminde ; there Sicilano, Balichik ; Swan and Hope, Dunkirk. 0 Arrived, April 26—Neptunans, from Sannesund; Livingston, Gallipoli. Sailei, April 26 Fontebelle, for Jamaica. DEAL, Monday Morph° Wind N.E. by E., moderate, and thick fog. Passed—Eliza Moor e , f or Li verpoo l ; Inves t/V Hobart Town ; Ross the Mangles, screw steamer, C --all from London. Passed, in tow—Charleston from Callao, from Le l r i outward Sailed—The whole o f the bound, excel' Cyclone, for Port Philip. THE ORDER OF THE BATH.—A parliamentary r o bi publi-hed on Saturday contains a long list (fillie s pages) of the names of all o ffi cers i n b o th serv ices 4, rated with the Order of th e B a th s i nce th e Ist Jaoileo 1854, and of the civilians wh o h ave b een h onour ed j i the like decoration, &c. The G.C.B.'s of the eivii:oe sion include the names of Si r J ames Robert GrA75l. M.P., Lard Panniure, Sir C. Wood, a n d th e Earl Germains, and the Knights Grand Crosses of the e i e ie and military servi ces inc l u d e t h e names o f Li e ut. co e Sir G. Brown, his Royal Highness the Duke Of o h bridge ' Sir De Lacy Evans, Major-G en . Si r R. Eng ote S r J. M'Donnell, Sir Hew D. Ross, Sir J. Sin3soo Admiral Sir J. NV. D. D un d as , Vi ce -Ad m iral Oit Lyons, Admi ra l Si r G. E. Hamond, and Admira l J. A. Gordon. P! IRISH SPIRIT DUTIES.—In addition to tho a l t e r s a, of the duty on c o l on i a l sp i r i ts i mpor t e i i nto Reis" 01' is proposed, by a Government x.ll, to grant certal s oli ditional duties of excise on Irish spirits after the lee inst. On every gallon of proof spirits distilled iri b e land, or in the stock of any I r i s h di s till er , or whiell!„oe ing been distilled in either one of the three kingT t eclt shalt be taken out o f b on d f or consumption in Ire-JOS or shall be brought into Ireland, there will be levie of extra duty of ls. 10d., and so ie proportion for 1 1 0 0 greater or less degree of strength ; and of every 00 1 of proof "pl a i n B r i t i s h spirits" distilled in th e Ch a o ' Islands, and th ence ex p or t e d i n t o I re l an d, a 00 0 4 , veiling duty of excise of 9s. will be charged. No d r* back dill be allowed on made wines. DECREASED EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA.—The ret did from the Board of Trade for the three months es t he March 31, 1258, show a decrease of export from ofe Uuited Kingdom to our Australian possessions. 0 0 feed the declared value of 23 items gives a collee g oe amount of 1,470,635/.; and as th e t ota l for the t 1 period of last year was 1,655,0341 ., t h ere is a decree's off 194,4491. on the enumerated articles. The falli4 t iob was chitfily in leath er goo d s, b eer and ale, and Eraserspirits. The aggrega•e value of B r iti s h ex ports t° he Australian depeedenciere for the first quarter of t.' et l present year, amounts to 2,305,8851. Enume articles, 1,470,635/. ; and unenumerated, 835,3 ,14, " , Mintny Jou rna l of April 24. II" LIVERPOOL, April 24.—This afternoo n th e Boys- 1 or ship Europa took her departure for Halifax and 1 " 0 0 4 baying on board a cargo, mail, 108 passengers', the 5 0001. in specie on freight. On Wednesday ne%i 6 , 1 0/ Liverpool, New Y or k, an d P hiladelphia screw' sots ship City of Baltimore, and on Saturday the C ° stealer Persia, sail for New York. 1 4 ,h 1V PROPERTY QUALIFI CATIONS OF M EMBER S 0- LIAMENT. laws which require English and a pOt ruernbeis of the House of Commons to be seised 0,00 1 . sassed of a cer t a i n annua l' pecun i ary qua lifi ca tion. 0' for boroughs, and 6001. for counties) are sumnear i kdo pealed by a bill, just brought in by Mr. Locke es. r., M.P., Mr. G. Langton, M.P., and Mr. Cobbett, 11 b0 0 5 FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE. -Yesterday nee eeinge7, e , to 2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonerid• Mr. John Gale, a greengrocer and fruiterer, i Q atilt street, Hammersmith. It cimmenced in the lol.° o oo the stables, and speedily ignited a quantity Of e vro S hay, &c. Mr. Peter Gale, who was in the building ; 0 4 1 soon encircled in flame, and bef ore h e cou ld be ki te ho was so terribly burnt that he was r e moved to &teary, where he Boon afterwards died, car ; THE STORY OF JESSIE BROWN. —The Cake"' r oe respondent of the Nonconforinia says ;—"We b a l e eteria with some surprise and amusement that w onder as published in the English papers about Jessie 1 3 r ° l i e f the slogan of th e Hi larders in Havelock 's r e tr ies° Lucknow. I have been assured by one of th e gee m ete N that it is a p ure i nvent i on. 1 . o letter oQi e i ; s toti o mentioned co u ld h ave reac h e d C a l cutta w hen peel% is said to have arrived. 2. There was no Jes sie ., p 1 d in Lucknow. 3. The 78th neither played tn e h l- ey ba d nor howled out the slogan as they came in ;,_ e t , r co% sonsethreg else to do. 4. They never marc h av ia P the dinner -table with their pipes the same.° all," th th ra 1