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HA.VELOCK MEMORIAL FUND. President, H. R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, E.G., Scc. £25 0 0 Colonel John Thomas Leslie, C. 8., Officers, lion-Commis sioned, Staff, and Men of the East India Company's Depot, Warley Barracks , one day's pay • • • . .. 63 3 A list of other contributions will shortly be published. Subscriptions received at the baniters', and the Committee , Hon-room, $, Pall-mall East, S.W. Major ADAIR. Sec. May 13,1858. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LUISA MILLER. FOR THE BENEFIT OE MADLLE. PICCOLOMINI. Second Night of the New Opera, " Luisa Miller." THIS EVENING, Thursday, June 10, will be repeated (for the second time) Verdi's opera, LUISA MILLER. _ The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall ; the Dresses under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Luisa, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Duchesa Frederica, Madame Alboni ; Rodolfo, Signor Giuglini ; Walter, Signor Vialetti ; Wurm, Signor Castelli ; and Miller, Signor Beneventano. Conductor Signor Bonetti. To conclude with the entirely New Ballet Divertissement, 'by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. The principal characters by Madlle. Marie Taglioni, Mesdlles. Annetta, Rosa, Pasquale, Morlacehi, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. On SATURDAY, Juno 12, will be repeated (for the third time this season) Verdi's highly successful Opera, LUISA MILLER, acd a favourite Ballet. ROYAL ITA GARDEN. LIA OPERA, T- NEW THEATRE. To commence at half-past 8 o'clock. Second Night of LUCREZIA BORG[A. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, June 10, will be per formed (for the second time this season), Donizetti's Opera, LUCItEZIA BORGIA. Maftio Orsini, Madlle. Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grist ; Didiee ; Don Alfonso, Signor Ronconi ; Gazelle, M, Zelger ; Rustighello, Signor Soldi ; Gubetta, Sig. Tagliafico ; Astolfo, Sig. Polonini ; gig. Rossi ; and Gennaro, Signor Neri Baraldi (his 2d apperrance this season). Conductor —Mr. Costa. After which, theitillet Divertissem ent BRESILIENNE entitled LA . Principal characters by Madlle. Zina (her 4th appearance in England), Madlle. Delechaux, Madlle. Esper, Madlle. Zelia (her 4th appearance), Mr. Payne, and M. Desplaces. Prices of Admission :—Boxes—pit tier, 5/. 15s. 6d.; grand tier, 61. 6s; first tier, s'. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; orchestra stalls, .1/. Is. ; pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 64, 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Application for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico in Bow street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. Arrangements for the Week : LUCREZIA BORGIA. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY (second time this season) LUCREZIA BORGIA, and the Ballet. Oa FRIDAY, GRAND CONCERT at the Crystal Palace, by the Artistes of the FRA Royal talian OLO Opera. D lAV. On SATURDAY, Auber's Opera, FRA DIAVOLO will be performed, for the first time at the New Theatre. The principal characters by Madame Bosio, Madlle. Marai, Signor Gardeni, Signor Neri-Baraldi, S gnor Polmini, Signor Ttgliafico, M. Zelger, and Signor Ronconi. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement, LA SALTA RELLA, in which Madlle. Zena and M. Desplaces will ap pear. This Evening (Thursday), and Saturday, the Opera will commence at half-past 8 o'clock. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE• Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. Last Night of King Lear. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which KING LEAF. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buokstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE SWISS CO rTAGE. Followed by AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Bnckstone Chippendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, l Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz william. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes.. Upper 80xe5.............. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit .• •.." Gallery ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Unprecedented Novelty and Attraction.— In consequence of the rebuilding of the Adelphi Theatre, the entire ADELPHI COMPANY (sole Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster—Directress, Madame Celeste), will give a series of PERFORMANCES at the Surrey Theatre. THIS EVENING, will be presented THE GREEN BUSHES. Madame Celeste, Miss Mary Keeley, and Miss Arden ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Charles Selby, Billington, and Garden. After which, OUR FRENCH LADY'S-MAID. Mr. Ben, Webster and Madame Celeste. STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Ray, Belford; Mesdames 31. Oliver, Portman, Victor and Selby. After which, a new Burlesque, entitled THE BRIDE OP ABYDOS. Messrs. Charles Young. Turner, &c.; Misses M. Oliver, Swanborough, &c. I* conclude with MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. The characters by Messrs. N. H. Swanborough, J. W. Ray, Chas. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray, M. Ternan, and C. Melville CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o' S flections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, diss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard Messrs. W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM win appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (TETE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. Mr. SAM. COWELL for SIX NIGHTS MORE, viz., This Evening, and Every Evening this Week, in addition to the cull Voeal Entertainment. THE WEATHER—SUN Omar, JUNE 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHIM 78—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night, 71—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.03. WIND, Southerly ; light—sultry. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Teta Day—Morn., 1 min. aft. 12 —Even., 29 min aft. 12 To-Monnow—Morn. 55 min. aft. 12—Even. 23 min. aft. 1 V 4 4,'•:& ), 1 0.,", (~,- cry F E.::----Y-i'i ' C"' S S AI,II . 1 / 4 E 2 4 jc, --- --14 - _ • .-_.p.,,,,,,..]_": „ ___ LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1858. "Si vis pacem, para bellutn." This time honoured apophthegm has seldom, if ever, been violated with impunity. A nation that permits its defences to crumble into due, that omits the necessary military and naval organisation, is sure, "come to grief." Should it sooner or later, to be so fortunate as to preserve its honour and inde pendence intact, it will be at an enormous ex pense—tenfold that of maintaining proper estab lishments in the first instance. In fact, the an nual expenditure may be regarded as an assurance fund, guaranteeing the nation against the mise ries, cost, and loss of life incidental to warfare. A nation able and willing to protect itself and retort on its opponents, that will firmly insist on satisfaction for every insult, redress for every wrong, that practically adopts the Caledonian motto—" Nemo me impure lacessit"—is sel dom assailed by an adversary of equal force. Diplomatic differences may arise, but they will be Smoothed down. Complaints may be made of Wrongs d ongs inflicted, but they will be temperately an closely examined, and satisfactory arrangements entered into. There will be no arrogance dis played towards a State, deprecating, but not dreading war. A. voi • ding it on principle, but prepared for any alternative, and " ready, aye ready, for the field." The extent and magnitude of the indispensable preparations can only be decided by a careful comparison of our own resources with those of other nations. We mus t, to adopt the language of the P.R., be " ready for any customer that may chance to turn up ;" should any with whom N ,„ I rias,y be brought into collision greatly increas e their strength, it becomes our imperative duty on our part to adopt a similar course. However great the confidence we may repose in the pacific professions, and good faith of another Go- 1 1 11/2 SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E V ENING, YITNE ro, 1858. vernment it would not, under the circumstances, be possible to allow England to sink into a second, or third rate power, or to be dependent on the good will of any potentate, however friendly to our country and its institutions. We must still, whether for good or evil, maintain our proper position in the scale of nations. It is impossible to close our eyes to the pal pable fact, that France has been consolidating and strengthening her naval and military force, at an enormous expense, which in the present state of her finances, is a matter which cannot well be disregarded. There must be some object of paramount importance, some cherished design to justify so vast an outlay. It is not to be sup posed that any coup de main is intended against this kingdom, or that any wanton aggression should be aimed against a faithful ally. But complications may arise, and war may cease to be a question of days or weeks, or even hours. It may break out at a most unexpected time, and truly deplorable would be our fate if it found us unprepared for the emergency. There is, then, but one alternative. We must either add to our own strength in a similar ratio to that which the French Government is doing, or we must endeavour to prevail on it to abandon the course it has for some time been pursuing. There could be no offence in making proper re presentations on this subject to the Emrmon, there would not be the slightest suspicion cast on his good faith by such remonstrances, nothing at which he could fairly take offence. He is, of course, at liberty to adopt such policy as he thinks proper in his own dominions, and if he chooses to multiply his soldiers and sailors, and incur a vast expenditure, we cannot make it a casus belli, although we may be com pelled, likewise, to make heavy pecuniary sacri fices, and to apply to the strengthening of our armament's by land and by water, money urgently required for other and more meritorious purposes. Nor is England the only country concerned. Russia, Austria, and Prussia will have similar necessities imp9sed on them. They must also view with uneasiness the demonstrations of their neighbours, which they must naturally suppose to be directed against some ono or more of them selves, inasmuch as no collision with a minor State could render such extensive preparations essen- tial. A large fleet could not be required to bring Boxne. to a sense of his situation, when the appearance of a couple of men-of-war, with a few frigates and gun-boats in the Neapolitan waters, would occasion a conflagration that could not asily or speedily be extinguished. The magni tude of the preparations betoken the vastness of the object, and the power of the possible adversary, and they are unquestionably cal culated to excite grave apprehensions on all sides, more especially amongst those against whom the first movement may be directed. Indeed, such is the existing state of affairs, that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for any of the great Powers to avoid becoming in volved on one side or the other in the hostilities that might break out between any two or more of them. Under such circumstances, it is then incumbent on the British Government, if possible, to per suade the Emperor to relax his extraordinary exertions and reduce his armaments, and if not succeeding therein, to place our establishments en the most efficient foundations, so that, in any event, we may not be caught napping. The unopposed return of her MAJESTY'S newly appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, as Knight of the Shire for the county of Herts, was only what we ourselves from the first intimated would be the case, and what might, indeed, have been reasonably anticipated by every watchful observer of passing events, under existing circum stances. Every one down in Hertfordshire seemed to recognise, when it came to the point, that it would have been at once ungracious and invi dious to subject Sir EDWARD LYTTON, of all men, at this particular juncture, to the fruitless vexation, anxiety, and annoyance of a party com bat—fruitless of any ulterior advantage, we mean, to the opposing candidate. Twice before, amidst all the party strife inevitable at two suc cessive general elections, has the Right Hon. Baronet been returned by decisive majorities, upon each occasion, numbering among his sup porters (as was the case also upon each ocoasion with his two colleagues) from 2,000 to 8,000 of the independent electors of Hertfordshire. The latest of these triumphant returns of Sir EDWARD as one of the members for his own county, being of course long anterior to his enrolment in Lord DERBY'S Administration, before, indeed, there was any immediate prospect of the present Go vernment being called into existence. It was scarcely probable, therefore, in any contingency that year the occasion of so eminent a man presenting himself now to his constituency as one whom Her MAJLSTY had recently elevated to the high and responsible office of Cabinet Minister, who had but just kissed hands on accepting the seals of that office as one of the three Secretaries of State, who had but just, moreover, been sworn in as one of the Privy Councillors of their SOVE REIGN—wouId then, at that particular moment in his career be subjected to the disagreeable and irritating ordeal of passing through a hotly con tested election for the county of which he had, under far less interesting circumstances, been more than once frankly and confidingly ohosen the repre sentative. The Liberals, even the less advanced among the Liberals of Hertfordshire, perceived the necessity of altogether waiving their prefe rence for any other candidate—be be Whig pear sang or thorough-going Partisan of Lord PAL SUIRSTON. Whatever may have aided them in arriving osatt genial eiaml and most rational, and at the same graceful of conclusions— doubtless to the retention of even the ghost of the popularity formerly appertaining to the Obso lete Oligarchy pique at the parsimony displayed by the wealthy patrician, one of the scions of whose house had been selected for a brief interval as the probable Whig or Palmerstonian candidate —there cannot be very much doubt but that the actuating motive of all with the Liberal electors of H erts was the sense of a brief interest (an a a n l k interest, nth e moreover, personal in ca rper a t great and measure, all character to the distinguished s t atesman whose advent amongst them in his new capacity, of as one of the administrators of the British Em pire, imparted a new lustre to their own country, while it added another phase to his own Protean reputation. Beyond this, too, many felt that th ere was, if not a reparation owing, at the least a tribute, due to Sir E. LYTTON, for an act universally rtcog nised as one of striking self abnegation and of very remarkable political magnanimity. It was notorious that, three months ago, not only might the Right Hon. Baronet have accepted, but that in literal truth he actually had accepted, the very office in which he has now, a quarter of a year afterwards, been formally installed. During seve ral days his name had been published in the growing list of the Ministry as Lord DERUY'S chosen colleague, as Secretary of State for the Colonies. But suddenly that name, and that name alone, was erased from the being catalogue of the Cabinet Ministers—and that, as every one knew at the time, by the generous hand of the intended Colonial Secretary himself rather than subject his colleagues to the chance of losing a seat (in his instance) in the event of his being violently opposed, as some anticipated he then would have been by the supporters of and sympathisers in a factious and infuriated Opposi tion. Alluding to this comparatively recent inci dent in his politiaal career Sir EDWARD could say, as he did say, on Tuesday from the hustings at Hertford—doubtless, too, with a very enviable sense of satisfaction, while uttering the words— " I think that under these circumstances you will say that I acted not only as a true friend to any party, but also as a loyal gentleman, when I consented to forego the high appointment that had been offered me rather than risk being separated at a contested elec tion, and thus endangering the Government with whom I was to act." And with a perfectly ob vious fearfulness would we add, as he did add immediately afterwards, that surely no one would accuse him of being a greedy hunter-after-place. It carries us back, at a single bound, to a dis tance of more than three centuries from the pre sent time to remember now at this moment when Sir EDWARD LYTTON, Baronet, Colonial Secre tary and Privy Councillor in the reign of Qaeen VICTORIA, has but a few hours since been unani mously chosen M.P. for Hertfordshire—that an ancestor of his was chosen by the ancestors of his electors in like manner one of the knights elect of the same county as far back as the reign of King HENRY VII. wit, Si ROBERT . ; to___OBERT DE LYTTON (the first possessor of the old ancestral hall of Kneb worth, hitherto a royal fort and appenage), who was Knight of the Bath, Privy Councillor, Keeper of the Wardrobe, and Mader Treasurer of Eng land under that great Tudor Sovereign. It is a 'circumstance sternly to be recorded as among not the least interesting incidents in his career by Sir I EIJIMER LYTTON'S future biographer. VOCAL ASSOCIATION.-ST. JAMES'S HALL. The fifth concert of the season took place at this hall last night, and though the state of tie weather was such as to justify our national tendency to exchange original remarks on that original subject, and the exclamation of " How hot it is," appeared the paramount climax of our mother-tongue, despite the height of the thermometer, a very nu merous audience attended, and heartily enjoyed the excellent performances which these concerts inva riably comprise. May we here venture to suggest that a little more attention to the venti lation of the hall during this Indian sea son would confer an inestimable blessing on the visitors. In every other department the arrangements are admirable and perfect, but even the pleasure offered in such an entertain ment as that of last evening, will scarcely compen sate for being put on to simmer for three hours, with the risk of incurring the exchange of Apollo for Eitsculapius, through the sudden transition from positive Jamaica to comparative Siberia. The in surance of the essential comfort of a somewhat more wholesome atmosphere, should promptly engage the attention of those connected with the manage ment of this beautiful building. Among the leading features of the Concert were Herr Joachim and Mr. Lazarus. Both of these artistes are far beyond the need of hackneyed eulogy, though every time we hear them we are compelled to renew our enthusiastic expressions of delight. The former, in a duet for the violin and pianoforte, by Beethoven, exerted his won derful talent with its usual wonderful influence, eliciting rapturous applause, and Herr Rubinstein claimed his fair share of the honours awarded to the exquisite performance. In Herr Joachim's solo, "Le Songs du Diable," a fracture in the catgut caused a temporary inter ruption to the progress of the entertainment, but we think a little more cnirtesy mi gh have been exhibited by the few parties who began to hiss before the accident had entailed any severe tax on their pa tience. Those inconsiderate persons should re member that casualties wit/ attend not only the " best regulated families" but the best regulated concerts, that the pursuits of the fine arts aro not exempt from mortal fallibility, and that dogs and tiddle-strings are apt to occasionally " snap," how ever carefully they may be trained. "The Bird and the Maiden," by Spohr, sung by Miss Messent and accompanied on the clarionet by Mr. Lazarus, was beautifully rendertd ; and a solo, by the latter gentleman, from "Le Clemenza di Tito," was re ceived with immense applause. The, part song of " The Three Little Roses," was given with that perfect and sweet harmony which reflects the highest possible credit on the talent and study of the Association. Amore exquisite bit of melody we have never listened to. Mdme. Sherrington Lemmens gave Hummel's " Variations for tho Voice " with ad mirable freedom and finish, and Miss Dolby con tributed her ample share to the attractions of the programme. The next and last concert will take place on Wednesday, the 30th June, when Mendelssohn's " Lobgesang," and an overture by Herr Joachim, will form prominent allurements, and doubtless secure such an audience as these concerts, under the most able conductorship of M. Benedict, richly merit. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. --The Queen's box at her Majesty's Theatre was on Tuesday evening occupied by the Countess Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, the Earl Grey, Major-Gen. the Hon. C. Grey and party. Amongst the numerous illustrious, noble, and distinguished visitors also with their presence honouring her Majesty's Theatre on this occasion we remarked—His Grace the Duke of Hamilton and the Duchats of Hamilton (nie Ptin cessa Mary Amelia of Baden), his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., his Grace the Duke of Cleve land, K.G., and Lady Augusta Poulett, her Grace the Duchess of Wellington, his Excellency the Rus sian Ambassador, the Baron de Brunnow, and the Baroness de Brunnow, Frances Countess of Waldo grave, accompanied by the Hon. Harriet Stonor, the Hon. Catherine Stonor, the Hon. Charlotte Stonor, the Hon. Francis Stonor, and party ; the Lord ' Ward and party, the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Brown, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Marquis of Batb, the Countess Dowager of Harrington, and the Countess of Mouutcharles and party, the Countess of Stamford and Warrington and party, the Countess of Wilton, and the Ladies Katherine Grey Egerton and Alice Magdalen Grey Egerton, her Excellency the Lady Cowley, the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., K C.R ' the Earl of Mountcharles the Earl of 2 Stamford and Warrington, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of West moreland, the Earl Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle ; the Viscount Exmouth, the Viscount Canterbury, the Vis count Powerecoart, the Viscount Curzon ; Lord E. Thynne, Lord Ashley, Lord William Lennox, Lady Macfarlane, Lady Howard, Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lady De Rose, Lady Agnes Grosvenor, Lady Jane Repton, Lady Howard and Miss Howard, the Hon. Otway Toler, the Hon. Harry Grey, the Hon. Percy Doyle, the Minister Resident of the Hanse Towns and Madame de Bucher, Major-General Sir George Bowles, K.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby Cautley, K.H., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., Col. the Hon. J. Macdonald, C. 8., Adm. R. Burton, K. H., Col. and Mrs. Plunkett Burton, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, the Right Ho n . T. B ar i ng , ; M.P. Mr. George W. Repton, M.P. ; C o l one l C avan , Mr. Georg 3 Pzabody and party, Mr. Algernon Borth wick' Captain Woodgate, Madame de Murieta, Mrs. Colonel Berkeley, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. C. Deane, Mr. J. Martins, Mr. Cornwallis West and Miss West, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Captain and Mrs. Leyland and Miss Leyland, Mr. Bonamy Dobree, Mr. Sands, Mr. Glover, Mr. I. B. West, &c. A NARROW ESCAPE.-- COWEfil, JUNE B.—Last night the Isle of Wight mail packet Pearl while proceeding from Southampton to this port, broke the sliding rod of her engines, and was obliged to anchor at the Brambles, off the harbour here. This evening a new sliding rod for the Pearl, with some workmen to fit it in, were bent from Southampton in the mail packet Emerald. When the latter came near the Pearl, a boat pushed off from the latter to receive the rod and work men. Just as the men got into the boat the Emerald went a-head, and the boat, withseven men in her, was swamped, ani all tl eme i fell into the sea. Some of them could not swim, and hey caught hold of the beat and were assisted to keep above water by those who could. The boat of the Emerald was immediately lowered, and for tunately the whole of the seven men were picked up, wi h no other damage Clan a good ducking, which, consider ing the heat of the weatller, was not of much conse quence. It was a wonder, however, that some of them were not drowned. Capt. Summers, the commander of the Peal, was one of those who went overboard. SALE OF TUE DUKE OF BOOKINGEIAIift3 KEYNSIIAK ESTATES.—The estates at Keynsham, Somerset, known as the Chandos propeny, and which, for several cen turies, have been in the possession of the family of the Duke of Buckingham, were sold by auction yesterday by Mr. Alexander, of Bristol, at the Lamb and Lark Inn, Keynsham. The property, which was divided into 58 lots, included 467 a. 3r. 14p. of pasture, meadow, and arable land, some portion or which, known as the " Keyneham hams," is unsurpassed for richness of fertility • One lot clmprised a small compact estate of rather more than 42 acres, together with the house used by former Dukes of Chandos as a hunting-lodge, the gardens of which overhang the river Avon and command very pictureLqua views. This lot was bought in. Lot 14, containing 41a. Or. Op., part of the celebrated " Keynsharn hams," bounded on one side by the river Avon, realized 4,6031. ; lot 24, another does, containing hr. 31p. of the same land, 1,0610/. ; lot 25, 15a. Or. 38p. of the same, 1,5401. ; lot 27, an equally rich close of pasture land, 1,610/. ; and nearly all the other lots at the same rate, averaging upwards of 1001. per acre. SHOCKING CASE OF CRUELTY TO A CHILD.--At the Leicester borough police-court on Monday, Henry Crutchley, a book-keeper,and hie wife, were cha r g e d with cruelly ill-treating a ild of three years old, a son of the male prisoner by a former wife. One of the.witnesses said she had seen the father beat the child with a walking stick until the blood flowed. Another, a neighbour, said he had ee el the father frequently fetch:cold water into the yard, and always noticed that the child screamed fright fully afterwards. On ono occasion he contrived to look into the yard, and saw the child stripped and put into a " pippin" or foot. bath of cold water, and struck with a brush for refusing to sit down. He then heard the pri soner tell his wife to keep him there till he came home. Others persons spoke to hearing the child scream fre quently. The defence was that the child was "rickety," and frequently fell down, which, it was alleged, pro duced the injuries apparent on its body. The spectacle presented by the child was shocking, it being little else than a mass of braises. After a long investigation both prisoners were committed for trial.. The court was sur rounded by hundreds of persons whose exasperation was such that the prisoners could only be removed to gaol under the guard of a strong body of police. DISOBEYING A RAILWAY SIGNAL.—At the Halifax police-court, on Saturiay, an engine- 'river named Wil liam High was charged before the West Riding magis trates with having neglected to bring his engine to a stand at a evrtain auxiliary signal fixed on the down line of the Lancashire tied Yorkshire Railway, near the Sowerby-bridge station, on the 25th ult. On the morn ing of this day the defendant was the driver of an excur sion train, containing about 1,200 Sunday school chil dren, with their teachers. At Sewerby-bridge station the danger signals were turned on, in consequence of the main line b.ing occupied with several empty passen ger carriage.. When the defendant's train came up, however, instead of shutting off the steam and bringing up his engine, in obedience to the signals at the station, he dashed on at a speed of between 40 and 50 miles an hour, and ran into the empty carriages on the main line, completely shattering two and damaging eight others. The collision excited considerable consternation among the juvenil excursionists, but happily none cf them were much hurt. The driver being evidently guilty of gross negligence, the company determined to prosecute him under their bye laws, and the bench now committed him to trial at the sessions, but admitted him to bail. ANGLING IN THE LEA.—Broxbourne Bridge fishery appears destined to maintain its high reputation for its trout and jack fishing, the success of the late seasons having been remarkable. It is not unusual to take jack above the ordinary size in these waters, and trout of a good average weight are commonly secured ; but during the last two or three years the character of the fish, both in appearance and size, have greatly improved, and the care taken in preserving the water has evidently rewarded the exertions of the proprietors. Early this week a trout, in most splendid condition, was captured by Mr. Skeen, who landed his fish within seven minutes from the time he first cast his line. When brought to the scale it was found to weigh above eleven pounds and a half, and certainly in symmetry and colour, was one of the finest fish ever seen. It was taken by the process known asspinning the minnow. It is stated that there are other trout in the stream of equally large, if not larger s"ze ; and some are said to have been seen at Carthagena Weir which cannot weigh less than fifteen pounds. Eels at the lock have this week been taken by sniggling, averaging from two pounds to two pounds and a half, Chub have been very plentiful, and-of good weight. Altogether the patrons of the gentle craft have reason to be well satisfied with their success in this locality. PROTECTION OF YOUNG FEMALES.—The anniversary festival of the London Society for the Protection of Young Females was held lest evening at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, on which occasion Mr. Thos. Chambers, Common Serjeant of the City of London, occupied the chair. The society itself is under the espei cial patronage of his Royal Highness the Prince Con sort, and has for its immediate object the rescue of young females under 15 years of age. The result of the society's operations is certified by there being at the pre sent time 56 young females under the prescribed age, fed, clothed, and educated, and fitted by the discipline and course of instruction adoptecl for respectable servitude. The asylum is situated at Tottenham, where, under effi cient superintendence and control these young girls are not only rescued from contamination, but brought up to be respectable members of society. Numerous appli cations are continually being made for admission, but in the present state of the society's finances no addi tion can be allowed. The Chairman's appeal therefore, in proposing the toast of the evening, was to this effect —to increase the means of the society, and thereby to extend its usefulness to a much wider sphere of charity and benevolence than under present circumstances could be adopted. The annual subscription is one guinea, and a life subscription five guineas. The society was estab lished in the year 1835, since whice time it has been the the instrument for suppressing a large number of im proper hou , es, and has saved from ruin no less than 600 PRINCE of C th E e iN young females under 15 years of age. j ell wars sEPrfPiOnNtlhAeTodWay of Napoleon I. a cam p SKl.—Thera wa s in the anecdote current among French and Germ an soldiers, which is now perhaps almost, if not quit e for g otten ; time s for we do not think history's muse has condescended to keep the record, though it relates to no less a personage than Prince Joseph Poniatowski, nephew of the last King of Poland, a brave general in the French army, and a great favourite with Napoleon. During the French campaign in Gerrnary, in 1813, a German or tipsy inied fri fluently to come to the camp to cast nati vities and tell soldiers their fortunes. One day Ponia towski came u p on a grou p listening to the sybil , an d he chid the m f or th e i r su p er stition. The gipsy loo ked up , himgazed tthat f ea r d o i m l y the a at himii lines sf i o somehisphlysnoi agennoniy ts , tirede perceived then told that it was his fate to die an " aster," which word signifies in German, a magpie. Tee prince ridiculed a prediction so little in character with a soldier engaged in a hot campaign, and rode away. Shortly afterwards the battle of Leipsic was fought (October the 19th). Poniatowski displayed his usual valour and military skill ; but when he saw that the French were totally beaten, and that neither courage nor conduct could retrieve the day, he galloped to the swampy banks of the river that watered the scene of strife, intending to swim his horse across. He plunged in—man and horse were swept away by the current, and both perished. The name of that river is The Eleter. Thus the pre diction, like the Pagan oracles, bore a double meaning, and was fulfilled in a sense different from that in which it was understood,—lrish Mcfropolitcm Magcine. LATEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY• MORNING% The Ripon, steamer, Captain Powell, has ar• rived with the Bombay mails. She left Alexandria May 26 ; Malta, 30th ; and Gibraltar, June 4 ; and brings 215 passen gers, 5,3851. in specie, and general cargo. HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL. The Queen gave laut evening a State Ball, to %%blob a party of about nineteen hundred were invited. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. Major-General Sir Travel} Phillips, lieutenant of the B4dy Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, and S:r George Hon Hon, ensign of the corps, were present. A guard of honour of the Foot Guards mounted in front of the Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Major Home Purves, and her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, attended by Lady Caroline Cast and Baron Luber, ar rived at Buckingham Palace at half-past nine o'clock, and were received by the maids of honour and the equerries in waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt, Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, and the Maharajah Duleep Singh aarived and were also conducted to the White Drawing.room, whore her Ma jesty received her illustrious visitors. The general company alighted under the principal portico of the Palace, and those having the entree alighted at the equerries' entrance in Pimlico. The Earl Dalawarr, •L-ird Chamberlain, and the principal officers of the household, conducted the Queen and Prince Consort from the White Drawing-room through the Saloon, Yellow Drawing room, St a t e Di nner - room , and approach-gallery into the Ball and Concert-room. The Royal Family and the ladies of the Queen's household followed her Maje,ty. When the Queen had taken her seat at ths west end on the haut pas the door opening from the prc meeade gallery was opened , and the diplomatic corps and the Ministers of the C r own wer e introduced, and having passed before the Queen, took their usual seats. -Lt s i ty e 's ne d t r , e a ss nd w t a w s n a nf li l la il c an si n lr et sk t i r r i t m , m w e i d th w t i w th o skirts of l o lai fw white blonde, and bouquets of white lilies, ornamented with diamonds. The head-dress was a wreath of white lilies, ornamented with diamonds. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a grey silk dress trimm e d w i t h b ou ill onni es o f tu ll e , w ith a second skirt (f . black lac e . Th e s t omac h er o f l a r g e sapphires and th anlon le. A dial - nor - td necklace. ll,r Royal Highness wore a diamlnd tiara and black feathers as a head dress. I The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh• Strelitz wore a w hi te silk dress trimmed with bouil:o -oradveraerresasdb with three deep flminces of worn, ornamented n b e n n w t e dconbtya containing gs in maroon the centre a diam3nd ornament. The body trimmed to correspond, with stimacher of diamonds and emeralde. A diamond necklace. The duchess's head dress was of maroon velvet, covered with diamonds and marabout feathers. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a d ress o f pi n k tetlea with bouquets of pink flowers and green body trimmed to correspond, an d th e pearls and damonds. The Princess's e e lv to liv m lle,; a lso. The c oo h yp e e r er dauglacp pink petticiat, white spotted tull e ornamented with pearls and diamonds. The fi necklaceunen flowers s, s na a dh nedagdgreen dress ea e earringsslswvaeg's.f composed i of a wreath o f pink , with diamond stars inter spersed. ENGLAND AND CHINA. The following statement appears in the Pays : " A letter from London of the Bth assures us that the English Government has just decided that new instructions should be sent to Lord Elgin, to treat with the representative of the Court of Pekin, whether at Canton or Shanghai, on the basis of the opening of the five ports. " The British Cabinet, it is said, desires that no new enterprise should be undertaken in the interior of China, in order that the forces un der the command of Gen. Straubenz,,e may be employed as soon as possible in India. " The despatches to which this letter alludes will be sent out by the packet of the 14th inst." TURKEY. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The British Consul-General at Belgrade has been attacked and severely wounded by two Turkish soldiers. A Russian frigato is coming to Ragusa. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. It appears that there is an additional article to the Convention signed on the Ist of May between the Presidents of the Republics of Nicaragua and Costa Rica on the one, hand, and the agent of M. Millaud and Co. on the other. This article refers to a previous contract with the Steephens Company of New York, and also forms an integral part of the Convention. It declares that tks said Conven tion will not b 3 valid nor take effect but in case the Steephens Company allows the present month of June to pass over without executing the stipula tions agreed to between the State of Nicaragua and the said company. The additional article is as follows : 1 ' The preceding convention (Bailey, Millaud, and Co., of Paris) will not be valid, and will not be carried into effect until the expiration of the delay allowed to the S4eephens Company—namely, the month of June next, and in case the said company, at that period, shall have allowed the contract to, expire and be annulled in consequence of the non-execution of its engagements. (Signed) "THOMAS MARTINEZ. "JUAN R. MORA. " GREGORIO TUAVEZ. " NAZARIO TOLEDO. " Rivas, May 1, 1358. " FELIX BELLEY." _ _ A storm of thunder, lightning, rain, and hail of extraordinary violence broke three days ago over Bayeux (Calvados) and the adjacent villages. In a short time water poured in torrents down the steep streets of the town ; the glass of the windows and slates on roofs were broken, gardens were damaged, and fruit trees suffered greatly. At Monceaux the lightning struck the earth near three women who were working in a field, and slightly injured one ; at Molley, a woman who was tending a cow was killed, as was also the animal itself ; and another woman near her had her left side paralysed. BOURSE, June 9.—The following were the last quotations per Cents 93 50 Do. end month 93 60 Credit Fonder Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) Roman 89?; Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt —FOR CASH. Midi Western 560 Strasburg Grand Central —; Sardinian Austrian 3 per Cent. ..... 67 85 D. end month 67 95 Bank Shares . ...... 3060 Credit Mobiher ... E 610 ___ Do. Account 615 —I RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto — Lyon and Mediteran 740 New Ditto — Geneva LOMBARDY. A letter from Milan, in the Opinione of Turin, says :—" A few days ago the Bishop of Bergamo received an official intimation from Vienna, to the effect that if he continued to disturb public tran quilty by the clerical pretensions and severity for which he has been of late remarked, measures would be taken which he would find unpalatable. At the same time, orders have been given to all the authorities of the provinces not to lend any ma terial aid to the pressure exercised by the bishops." COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Barlow.) The commission of lunacy, ordered by the Lords Jus tices, to inquire into the state of mind of Sir H. Maur, the head of the large brewing firm, was resumed this m g at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Bodkin, appeared for the petitioners, Lord and Lady Malden and Mrs. Arobin ; Mr. Montague Smijth, Q.C., and Mr. Quain for Sir William and Lady Bowyer Smijth, in support of the petition ; and the Attorney-General, Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins, for Lady Meux. The examination of witnesses on the part of Mrs. B. Smith, one of the sisters of Sir H. Mena, having been concluded, The Attorney-General commenced his address on the part of Lady Meux and her infant SOD. The learned gen tleman commented very strongly upon various points of the evidence, and contended that there was nothing in the conduct of Sir H. Meux, in the early part of the year , 1857, to warrant the assertion that he was then a con firmed lunatic. The manner in which Sir Henry conducted himself in the month ofMarch of that year, during the pro ceedings previous to the election for Hertfordshire, showed clearly that he was then in posssession of all his mental fa culties. The electioneering address drawn up and issued by him (Sir H. Meux) was, he (the AttorneyeGeneral) thought, of itself quite sufficient to satisfy every gentle man composing tho jury that he was then, at all events, in the month of March, quite capable of managing his own affairs. Nothing could be more rational than this docu ment, as it went at length into the various topics which at that time occupied the attention of the political world. He laid down his particular views on the China question, . and also his determination to support Lord Palmerston in his endeavours to uphold the honour of lingland, in a manner which was quite opposite to that of a per son unable to manage his own business. In addition to the electioneering address, which was iu the handwriting of Sir Henry, there was a number of letters which clearly proved that he was at that time perfectly sane. Nothing could show this in a clearer light than the answer he wrote to the letter he received from one of his constituents, a clergyman at Royston. That answer, which would be read, with a number of others, showed not only that ho was then in his right senses, but that he was at that time as sane as any member who at present held a seat in the House of Commons. A man of imbecile mind could never have entered into the question of his vote on the much-debated subject of the abolition of church rates with such exactness as was done in that letter, and felt perfectly satisfied that the jury would attach all the importance to that document which it is deserving of. The jury had been asked by his learned friend (Alr. Montagu Chambers), on the part of the petitioners, to fix the Ist of May, 1837, as the day on which Sir Henry Meux became incompetent to manage his own affairs; but he had an other letter, written by him on the 26th of May, twenty five days later than that, which was, in his opinion, the most conclusive evidence that could be offered. Thelearned gentlemv n then read the letter, which was one written to his election agent, giving certain directions as to the ex penses of the election. He felt po3itive that he should be able, by the most overwhelming evidence, to prove that Sir Henry Meux was, at the time Le was speaking, a man of the most perfect intellect, and fully competent to manage his own affairs. He felt nearly overpowered by the duty which devolved upon him, representing as he did L.,dy Maus and her infant son, but he entertained the strongest conviction that the result of this inquiry would be such as would enable the infant son of the unfortunate gentleman ultimately to enjoy the title and fortune of his unfortunate father. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) WAITE ♦. THE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY CO3IPANY- ACCIDENT-A NICE POINT. This was an action brought by the next friend of a child about four years of age, to recover damages from the defendants for injuries received through the alleges negligence of the servan's. At the trial which tool place before Mr. Baron Martin at the last Newcasth assizes, the jury found a verdict substantially for the plaintiff for 201. Two questions were left to the jury, which they answered to the effect that there war negligence on the part of the company's servants, and also on the part of the child's grandmother, who was killed, on which a new and very important questio❑ arose—viz., who:her the child was so identified with tht grandmother that her negligence disentitled the chil, from recovering in the action. The accident took plact at one of the company's branch stations, where in order to enter the carriages it was. necessary to cross th, line ; and it appeared the child, being in charge cf its grandmother, was placed in the waiting room opening on to the platform—the practice wa for the station-master to conduct the passenger: across the line a few minutes before the train arrived, and in the meantime he was occupied in supplying pas sengers with tickets and other duties, that led him about 100 or 150 yards from the line. lie was about that dis tance from the crossing when he heard a cry, and on goi❑g to the spot he found that a goods train had come up and killed the grandmother and injured the child at they were in the act of crossing the line. There was no negligence charged to the driver of the train, who bad not to stop at the station, but there was negligence charged in having tht tender before the engine, which had the effect, it was said, of preventing the driver seeing that the line was clear. That, however, was shown not to be the case, and there was no doubt the accident happened from the old lady's running across the line with the child. A rule was obtained this term on leave reserved to enter a verdict for the defendants. After hearing the arguments, The Court directed the rule to be made absolute, or for a non-suit, according t• the option of the parties. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, before Chief Baron Pollock, Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Watson.) LANGSTON FAN V. WEATHERALL- STRANGE PROCEEDINGS Mr. Barstow applied for a rule to show cause why the name cf Lord Glenelg, one of the two plaintiffs, should not be struck out ; the proceedings stopped and the at torney be compelled to pay the costs incurred. Lord Glenelg's name had been used against his consent of knowledge, and it appeared from the affidavits filed in the case that in 1843 a gentleman named John William Cooke married the Rev. Mr. Weatherall's daughter, when a part nuptial settlement was made on a.debt of 15,0001. stated to be owing from the father to the de fendant. Two trustees were named in the settle ment. One, the plaintiff Mr. Langston, and the ether L.rd Glenelg, whose name was used without his lordsitio's knowledge or cement. Be knew nothing of the parties, except that on one occasion, many years since, he met Mr. Weatherall at a friend's house, and afterwards accepted an invitation from him to dine at his house. Lord Glenelg was ignorant of the liberty that had been taken with his name, until he bad receieed a letter from Mr. Cooke's trustee, stating it was intended to have the settlement set aside. Lord Glenelg immediately wrote in reply that ho would have nothing to do with the matter, and expressed his surprise at his name having been used in the settlement. The Rev. Mr. Weatherall afterwards wrote to Lord Glenelg, apologising for having used his lordship's name without previous application to him for that purpose, and asking him to act. Lord Glenelg wrote in reply that he could not act, and he should renounce the trust ; and in 1844 a deed of disclaimer was prepared which re cited the above facts and renouncing the trust. His lordship afterwards found that a warrant of attorney for the amount had been give❑ concurrently with the execution of the settlement, and that judgtnent had beet. entered up in his name as one of the trustees. On an application to this court, Mr. Baron Parke made an order striking Lord Glenelg's name out of the proceed ings, and his lordship imagined he should never more hear anything about the matter. After the disclaimer had been executed, an action was brought against the father in the name of the other trustee to rec.:ver the amount named as the settlement, when judgment passed f,r the plaintiff, without argument. It was afterward, taken to the Exchequer Chamber where the judgment was set aside, on the ground that, notwithstanding the disclaimer the action should have been brought in the names of the two trustees named in the settlement. M at (\lr. Barstow) seb,ni ted was that, in 1844, the parties, he instead of proceeding by action at law, should have gone to a Court cf Equity, when in all probab lity the court would have ordered the money to have been paid. Subsequent proceeding. were taken, and in 1858 Lord Glenelg found that the attorney in the case had issued proceeding's in his lordship's name without any applica tion to his lordship for his permission to do so. His lordship wished to have nothing to do with the parties, and had a great objection to his name being mixed up with the parties. Yesterday a similar application was made at chambers to Mr. Baron Martin, when his d ship made an order in accordance with the present appli• SPAIN. A private telegram has baen received from Ma drid, dated June 9, which states that there has been a branch of the Bank of Spaiu established at Ali cant. The reports of a Ministerial crisis are un founded. The Court will shortly return to Madrid. The Madrid journals, of the sth, contain no news of interest. A letter gives the following more de tailed account of the Pronunciamento made by the law students on the "By the new law of public instruction, passed by Narvaez, the vacation is made to commence on June 11, instead of on the Ist, as heretofore. The students hav ing o innovation, t he University : n og g_ tending to take shelter from the extreme heat. I ns t ea d great t te n s u te m d b i e n rs v ain d e aga i nstr the of entering their classes, they all, at a given s i gna l, ender hoisted umbrellas, and displayed fans bordered with feathers. Thus armed for a pacific demonstration, they promenaded the streets. When passing opposite the house of M. Mayan°, who was Minister when the obnoxious law was presented to the Cortes, they uttered some cries. An anonymous letter had been written to the Minister of Public Instruction, invit ing him to attend the funeral of the law in question. In the course of their walk the law students called upon the medical students, and invited their fraternization, but, being ill received, they re tired. Of two students arrested one is the son of an ex- Minister and Senator, and the other a student in his fourth year. Both are in the Salader's prison, but the first is in a room by bimpelf, while the other is compelled to assoc!ate with ordinary criminals. On the 2d the seventh class attended, giving by way of excuse for their yielding that their course of lectures would at all events finish on the sth, but all the other students absented themselves." THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, JVNE 9. The following despatch has been received by telegraph from Lisbon : "Tlie Royal Mad steamship Tyne has arrived from the Brazils, and will sail for Southampton this evening, the 9111 inst. At Rio Janeiro coffee was 200 reis -higher. At Bahia sugar had advanced 2,700 reis to 3,300 reis. Exchange at Rio was quoted at 25} and at Bahia at 25. At Buenos Ayres, on the Ist of May, more confidence pre vailed, there being no more failures ;• exchange, 645. Gd. to 655." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Elwen and Cloda, from Liverpool, at Rio Janeiro. The Arequipa, from Liverpool, at Bahia. The Hermione, from. Liverpool, at Pernambuco. The Henry Joneß, Captain Brewer, was lost by fire on the 16th of May. HAVELOCK TESTIIIONIAL -Jr. Bahnes, the sculptor, is eng.gel preparing a model at his studio, in Osna burgli-terrace, for the statue of the late Sir Henry Have lock, which is to be erected of the gallant deceased's services as a national testimonia! in Trafalgar-equ t e. The like! e-s is taken hem that of a bust lately executed by Mr. 13:Ines, thei portrait being from a photograph of the deceased executed a few weeks before the battle of Lucktiow. Among the visitors to the studio have been Lady Havelock, Sir Henry's brother, Gen. Havelock, and other members of hie family, all of whom testify to the strict correctness of the features on the bust. The site of the statu it is expected, will he on the east side of the Nelson column, directly in a line with that of General N a pi er, and the testimonial will be executed in CONTRACTS (PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS). The S, lect Committee of the House of Canornous appointed to in quire into the principle adopted fir making contracts for the public departments, and the eff,ct which the present system Las upon the expenditure of public money, have agreed to the following first report : —"That the character which the inquiry has assumed renders it de sirable that a portion of the subject should also be examined into by a Royal Commission, and they have, therefore, directed their chairman to move the house that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be gracioudy pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to i nqu i r e into the system upon which the books and stock have been respectively kept at Weedon, us well as the general mode in which the business of the establishment at Weedon has been conducted, the result of such mode of conducting the bulinesa, and the present htate of the books and stock of stores. cation conditionally forpermission for Mr. Milwood on the other side to appear to-day to show cause. Mr. Milwood said he should not appear in the case. The Chief Baron—Then you can take you rule Mr. Barstow. Mr. Milwood said if that was the case, and the order wag to stand for the costs, he would show cause at The Chief Baron said he could not allow the learned c , ,unsel to appear after bis public announcement that he did not intend to appear in the case. Mr. Barstow's application was granted in the terms of the order made yesterday by the Learned-Judge at Chambers. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBORO UG a-STREET. STREET ROBBERY AND CURIOUS DEFENCE.—Maty Ann Parke, a young female, was charged under the follow iog circumstances :—From the evidence of Gibbs, a constable, it rppeared that, hearing cries of " Police " that morning in Crown-street, Soho, he went to the spot, when a gentleman gave the prisoner into custody for robbing him of some money, and that o❑ taking her to the station-house the money was found in her hand, It was about four o'clock. In defence, the prisoner said it was her owl!. money ; that it had been given to her by a gentleman in the Temple at one o'clock that morning in his chambers, with the view of her getting a situation and leaving the treets. Mr. Bingham said it was rather strange that three hours afterwards she should be some distance oil with the money still in her hands. Perhaps she would favour him with the name of the benevolent gentleman, as he always liked to know the names of such kind persons, And also whereabouts in the Temple his chambers were! The pri-oner said, although she had known him three years, she did not know his name, and she could not say what was the name of the place in the Temple, as she had had a little to drink. The prisoner, who has been charged on former occa ions with similar robberies, was then remanded. LITERATURE. The Book of Ornamental Alphabets. Collected and designed by F. Delarnotto. E. and F. N. Spoil, Bucklersbury. A charming 1 the volume this is—evidently a labour of love wire the artist—otherwise we should not have seer, combined in its production research the most painstaking, with industry the most inde fatigable. It is a book that old Lord Monboddo would have hung over, as he turned the leaves, de lighted. It is designed, the title-page tells us, for schools, for carvers, masons, engravers, decorative painters, lithographers, architectural and decorative draughtsmen, and others ; or, as they say in that little dry chip of Latin, almost part and parcel of our vernacular, cum cceteris paribus. Beyond these, however, it will hardly fail to interest the inguist, the philologist, or the grammarian. The work is, in simple truth, a curiosity. An exami nation of it would not have been disdained by chol3rs old or new, from Scaliger to Ruddiman, from Tooke to Trench, from Crichton to Mezzo faliti. Yet the work is simply, as its title tells us, book of ornamental alphabets—alphabets ancient yid modern, from the ninth to the nineteenth cen tury, with numerals, Roman and Arabic. Among the letters are Gothic, Church-Text, German, Italian, Arabesque, Rustic, Ornamental, and be sides all these, Initials for Illumination. There are fifty pages, or rather plates, in all—each bril liantly emblazoned. There are monograms and crosses ; there are analytical old English and ana lytical Roman letters, large and small, and numerals. The book is complete. It is the suc cessful realisation of a very happy thought, but one thus perfectly realised, through how much toil and assiduous investigation ! W e can very heartily ,:ommend it to the attention of those for whom it has been especially intended by its ingenious col lector and designer, Mr. F. Delamotte. The King of Wurtemberg has conferred on Baron Varaigues, prefect of the palace to the Emperor of the French, the cross of commander of the second class of the Order of Frederick ; on Capt. Friant, orderly officer to the Emperor, the cross of knight of the Order of the Crown ; and on Capt. Baron de Verdieres, of the French staff, the cross of knight of the Order of Frederick. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went t° Twickenham yesterday, and visited the Doke and Duchess d'Aumale. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon► from Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. Lady Beresford has arrived in Portland-place front the continent. Admiral Sir Johu West, K.C.8., and the Misses West were prevented by domestic affliction from attend' ing the Queen's State ball last evening. The preliminary notification was posted up yesterday' •It the mairie of the first arrondissement of the marriago of M. Adolphe Fould, son of his Excellency the Minister f State, with Mdlle. Martha Ledoux. The lion. Mr. and Mrs. Coventry entertained at din ner, on Tuesday evening, at their residence in Be!grave ;quare, the Earl and Countess of Fife, Viscount and Viscountess Dalrymple, Hon. Mr. and Lady Maria Ponsonby, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley, Sir Adam and Mi‘s Hay, Mrs. Hopwood, Sir Henry Edwarder, Ur. Lloyd, Mr. Bernal, Jacl Mr. F, Dundas. INDIAN UNIVERSITY ExAmnrAnoNs.—We see in the Bombay Guardian that through the influence of Dr. Wilson, of the Bishop of Bombay, and others, there has been added to the list of subjects to be examined on for degrees in the University, "The History of the Jewish Nation, Evidences of Christianity, and Moral Phil' osophy." _ . _ SERVICES OF COLIN CAMPBELL AND OUTILIM.—A• I I special Court of Proprietors of East India Stock, to he held at Leadenhall-street on the 23d inst., the Court ("- Directors will ask a confirmation of unanimous r esold' 'ions by which they have granted an annuity of 2,00 01 . to General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., and of 1,000 1 . Le Major-General Sir James Outran, G.C.B. NIGER EXPEDITION.—By the African Mail steame r Ethiope, advices have been received from the Nig er expedition to the 31st March. Dr. Baikie was (M; camped near Rabba, whither Lieut. Glover, RN., a n d Mr. May, R.N., were on their way from Lagos to re: join him. Dr. Berwick was at Laird s to wn , w ith Per; .f the crew of the Dayspring. The Sunb ea m was $i the Brass river entrance to the Niger, o n the 22d °- April, waiting for water to ascend to the confluence' All were enjoying good health. FIRE AT A COTTON-MlLL—Early yesterday morning 1/ fire took place at a cotton mill at Brighouse, near Ile u; dersfield. Before the engines arrived the roof fell in eer carried with it all the floors. The firemen succeede d, however, in saving the steam engine and boiler, both °'' which were nearly new. The damage is estimated s! several thousand pounds. The firm (Messrs , . Micb 9 ',; Waller and Sons) are partially insured—th e b u ilding A l: the Yorkshire-office, and the machinery i n the Le e "' and Yorkshire Company. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LEEDS.—At a private neeetilj of the Town Council of Leeds, yesterd a y, it w as agre to recommend that the sum of 5,0091. should be voted 0 defray the expenses of making the necessary arrang . :, mente for her Majesty's visit to Leeds, in August, to oe e ,; the Town Hall. No active steps have yet been takea, l , o determine the character of the demonstration to be 0 301) 1 on the occasion ; but it is intended to have a gea er ' i ' ll assembly of the children attending the Sunday echo° of all denominations. BARRACKS.—Copies or extracts of correspondel between the Horse Guards and the War.offioe in 1 ° and 1857, on the subject of improving barracks, be / just been published. The correspondence is very differ and refers chiefly to details of local improvements, 36e ; suggested to the authorities. It was intimated b 1 f letter from the Horse Guards, dated the 31st of Octobe" t 1856, that the question of barracks an d their constr ec o i Lion occupied the most serious att en ti on of his it4. o , Highness the Commander-in-Chi e f, and it may be 1 ferred that this is still the case. e r r eits • THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN PERSIA.—M. formerly a captain of artillery in the Austrian aril; and now colonel instructor-in-chief of artillery in Per m has just established (a letter says) a line of electric te 170 graph from the palace of the Shah at Teheran to th e Lulazar Garden, a distance of 1,110 metres beyond tt, city. In the space of an hour, and with the little ( 1, porienee which the pupils have already h a d, eight °h 11 3 patches were sent and answers r e t urne d . The 1- " — o f ens conferred on Colouel Krziz the Grand Cori:101h the Order of the Lion and S un , an d presen t e d him w s a rich dress. The line is to be continued to Tabriz' 0s GRAY'S -INN.—The gr ar. d day of Trinity Ter m f i e r kept by this society on Tuesday, on which occasioa _Ol Majesty's judges bad been invited to an entert ainu rio given in expectati on o f th e fi rs t v i s it s i n ce Lis ele y3 bf of the Lord Ch ance ll or , w h o was ca ll e d to the ea w ee this society exactly 40 years since. His lordship stio unavoidably absent. The Lord Chief Baron, Mr- Coleridge, Mr. Justice Nighttnan, Mr. Baron Bre ? beg and other distinguished gueets,were received the illcher; by the treasurer and the Master of the Rolls, a to After the loving cup had passed round, accorTe7°e; of ancient and approved custom, nearly 100 me m vo the society sat down to the banquet, served at o'clock. ° SAA fj. -- n T 1 RADE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITE va ,.. 0 1 --Under the Reciprocity Treaty our trade with vta"tiooo has become important. In the year 1857 the inaPr tbe of Canada by sea amounted to $16,164.000, and A portations through and from the UnitedSte,t!vdectit° $28,646,081. In the sane year the exports frone7 P ee_beli. ti the United States were $16,386,530, of which te Ot wpo. I] early consisted efagricultui al productions. The ee_ te d se Canada to Great Britain in the same period aar_ u _ 512,332,148, and the imports to $19,460,5 16 . I. ,! u r rap ort 3 gate exports of Canada to, and the aggragatu Wien Per !rem, all other countries but little exceed one I? ) l eo annum. Two circumstances c'd, fly contribute t. the ia: large e() u a r s t erade existingb t w under e u r s tahnedc Reciprocityan a da. 0 r o r e r e l; ty t t t e h r e ,_ other our near ne ighbourhood. Such a r rotital ld . ., 0 0 0 than dominions. Commercial intercourse is, f , !-:; in ieg couldang h e e u . of peroodinumctesriesebiestkteirngt,haanndatorya politicalies most o c P e rual eorntries. If Mexico had an industrious, • with a Government o uts ide and orderly porwatioi , 'oust easy, natural, and lucrative need no (311 re. security to life and property, she would _ i „bhod protectorate, iced would be a benefit to her 1?(. 131 ,jei,e g How different her condition is from that of t " T t w no ill o p n a e r n tl e y ed sh s o t w o show.—Nett' i‘ t 7 o c l i d Q , between en t :r u e ) r herpr o vti trade e s lenesst.atistici once. Were taker] Mark 1 311,5, an d a there depre luutit for th event! The f Atitne(", There The foil Mocks : arl 3 p©i 86 88 ; d Per Cent 1 ,. 13 ; ditt ( "nta., 44 The law to thipt dal Great Wes o °4l a-Wek Lith .r~ghtowes M idland :. Ntith. Great "t Nort tetol and 41a 'hetter an , vo tche g t ei rth. 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