The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

drama. (Hear, hear.) He was the friend of a man to whom Goldsmith dedicated one of his best come dies, and who, when Webster was a young , man, took him by the hand and foretold his genius ; I mean Mr. Craddock, to whom Goldsmith dedicated a play, and whom Johnson recognised as a friend. Then, our friend Mr. Webster has done what nobody else connected with the stage has ever done before. He offered a prize of £5OO for a comedy, and paid his money, and lost by it. Served him right. But he has done something more. If you look through the history of the stage you will find that men have burnt down theatres—(laughter)--- men had destroyed theatres in every way, but no man ever pulled down a theatre and rebuilt a better one. A great deal has been said about the decline of the drama, but I am sure, from what is now being done by many persons whom I could name, we shall have a revival. (Hear, hear.) Gentle men, I beg, in conclusion, to give you " Success to the Stage. Mr. GODWIN—I am not about to detain you, gen tlemen, with a speech. We came here to-night to speak of Mr. Webster, and to say how glad we were o see him in his new house, to wish him " God speed," and to hear him say in return that he was very much obliged to us ; and he said that in a manly, eloquent, and touching manner. That being done, our business, in truth, is done, and anything Which should efface the recollection of it would be an im pertinence. However, I have been asked to pro pose a toast, which I most gladly do, and which it would be wrong, indeed, in such an assembly to omit. It is " The Dramatic Authors of England." The dramatic authors of England have scarcely, by some means or other, had fair play. England, that has produced so many' names, that has at this time men who have written so many fine plays, would have no occasion whatever to go abroad for plots, if I circumstances occurred to induce them; and I hope that managers, viewing circumstances diffe rently, may be enabled to offer such terms as shall induce that talent which expends itself in novel writing and other branches commanding the admi ration of the world, and obtaining translations in other countries, to display itself upon our stage. I cannot quite agree with our excellent chairman of to-night in condemning altogether burlesques, or what I would rather call extravaganzas. I would myself point to one series of extravaganzas, those by Mr. Planche, as showing the existence of a power of originality in our writers which, turned in another direction, would have produced plays of a different sort. I say, the mere fact of the produc tion of " The Invisible Prince" at our friend's theatre —commanding, after 10 or 12 years, the gratifica tion of audiences, proves the wisdom, the dramatic construction, and the wit that are in them, quite independently of the slang which has been adverted to by the chairman, and which it is sometimes thought necessary to interlard. But I must not de tain you, and I will confine myself to asking you to drink health to those men who have afforded us so much enjoyment. J hope to see the fact recog nised that there is, a ft er a ll, b u t one art, and that we shall see brought to bear upon the drama the art of painting and all other arts. (Hear, hear.) I beg to give you " The Dramatic Authors, and M r . R o b er t B e ll. ' Mr. BELL returned thanks and concluded by proposing " The Health of the House of Commons, associating with it the name of Mr. Herbert In gram." (Cheers.) Mr. INGRAM returned thanks. Mr. ARcEDEcKNE—Gentlemen, I am sorry to say it is very nearly eleven - o'clock, andthe fact that I am called upon to give you a toast on the borders of midnight will compel me to make it as short as it can be made. You have heard a good deal of what I may call "jaw ;" all talking is jawing ; ergo, if I make a long speech I shall " jaw." (Laughter.) I will come to the, point, therefore, at once. There is one of the great institutions of this country—l am not talking in a Parliamentary point of view but one which a great many of you at this table are concerned—l refer to the fourth estate—the Press. I am not connected with the Press, but I am glad to say that I number among my best acquaintances some members of the Press. I meet them on various occasions, I may say, at dinners, at the Drama, and up and down the river. (Cheers and laughter.) I know your time is valuable ; you want to go and smoke cigars, which I do also ; and to make the matter as short as ever I can, I give you " The Press," and couple with it the name of Mr. Yates. • Loud calls were made for Mr. Yates and Mr. Jerrold. Mr. YATES, who on rising was received with loud cheers and a few hisses, said : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—l really think that hiss which I have heard reverberating through this room has been most perfectly deserved. (No, no.) I have no right to have my name coupled with " the Press," when I look around me and see gentlemen, who not only by their exertions but by the name which they inherit, have a far better right than I have to return thanks for this toast. I see before me Mr. Blanchard Jerrold and many others who might have risen to respond, and had it not been for the well-known urbanity and kindness of my friend Mr. Arcedeckne, I should have imagined that the toast had been dashed with a slight spice of sarcasm. My connec tion with the press has been a limited one—one of the smallest kind—one upon which I do not pin any hopes of advancement, but in which I simply en deavour to do my duty, so far as I can. All I have to say is, that in what I do speak I endeavour to speak the truth • I believe firmly in every word I write, and on those words that I do write I am content to pin my faith, and to be brought before any public tribunal. I may have, however, some right to speak on an occasion of thi s sor t. Mr. Webster is here present as the proprietor and manager of the new Adelphi Theatre, and I feel gratified, I confess, at being allowed to say a few words on the occasion, when I recollect the name I bear, and the fact that my father was one of the first managers of the old Adelphi. lam perfectly certain that I speak as the ghost of my father might speak, when I say that he could not have possibly desired a more - worthy Suc cessor that Mr. Benjamin Webster. All his efforts, I may say his life blood itself, was expended in en deavouring to make that theatre what it was. What it was.and what it will be are two very differ ent things. It was an old, awkward, wretched, in convenient hole. In that condition it was honoured by the first patronage of the land ; by the general recognition of the public it was borne forwards, and has left an honoured name—a name that I never hear without tears in my eyes and honour in my heart. I am certain the manner in which Mr. Webster has begun, and in which his whole life has been conducted, will render that name far more illustrious than it could have been rendered in olden times. In returning thanks for the Press, most unworthily I bow before my brethren who are here, and who are much more worthy to fulfil this task than myself ; but at the same time I am glad to have had this opportunity of having my name connected with the inauguration of the new Adelphi. Mi. JERROLD also returned thanks in a neat speech. _ Mr. MARK LEMON —Mr. Chairman and Gentle man,—l came here this evening to testify my great friendship and aff ec ti on for Mr: Benjamin Webster. I can do that from the bottom of my heart ; but I a did not expect to make speech, which I can do very badly. I had certainlyconnected for some time with the old Adclphi been Theatre—with the unsoaped and unwashed a u di ences of the old time ; and I sincerely trust whatever may be produced in the new thratre will be as successful to I r. Web ster as some of the old pieces were, it is said, to his predecessors. I think we shall live long befor e we I see some of the old dramas excelled.am requested to propose a toast which my gallantry will not allow me to refuse to do. It will require no speech from me, for long tradition tells us that the subject of it can speak for themselves. I beg to give you " The Ladies." (Cheers.) The assembly shortly afterwards broke up, highly pleased with the interesting proceedings. The singing by Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Miss Rans ford, Miss Roden, Miss Evans, and Miss Cole.; Mr. T. Williams, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Winn, gave more than usual delight, and the musical arrange ments were admirably carried out by Mr. George Genge, Mr. Calcott presiding at the pianoforte. Mr. Toole was the toastmaster. It would . be an unjust omission to suffer the ad mirable arrangements of the proprietors of the Freemasons' Tavern to pass unobserved. The ex cellence of the viands, and the superior quality of the wines they supplied materially enhanced the pleasure of this genial festival, whilst the constant and vigilant attention to the requirements of the guests enabled the enjoyment of the choice product from the cuisine and the calar to be accompanied by an amount of comfort, not always to be found, united with a fauitleis banquet. The manner in which everything was conducted elicited the most general and deserved praise, and we are only embodying the opinion of all present when we record that a more perfect " dinner" was never served within even these walls of famous memory. „ THE SUSPECTED MURDER. IN LINCOLN.—The coroner's investi g ation into the circu mstances attending the death of Charles B. Evans, lately a cooper on board her Majesty's ship Sanspareil, was resumed at Lincoln on Satur day. The particulars alreldy brought to li g h t appeared in The Sun of Wednesd a y-last Several other winesses were examined, and the deposiddis having been completed, the coroner summed up the ae at considerable length, directing the jury that, considering the very unsatisfactory nature of the evidence, it would fie best to return an ope n verdict.—The jury then refill-fled "that the deceased's death was caused by violence, but how, when, where, or by whom committed, they had no evidence to show.” The case has created very great excitement in the city, and public opinion attaches very strong strong suspicion to the two men in custody. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be produced Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Tienry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. 'THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, A GAME OF SPECULATION. Mr. Charles Mathews. With A HANDSOME HUSBAND. After which, THE ETON BOY. Followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, T HIS EVENING will be presented EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. With A DEAD SHOT and a Ballet. Reduced Prices—Dr , ss Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, Zs.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past 5 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL. Mr. Wright, Paul Bedford. After which THE BENGAL. TIGER. Mrs. A. Wigan, J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Wigan and Miss Keeley. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Poole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. !Acting :rtanager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charo - ,e for booking. No fees to registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark and Miss. M. Ternan. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Te Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. • - - - - Commerice at 7 o'clock. N STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. TM'S EVENING the performances will commence with DICK TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK; or, The Death of Black Bess. Dick Turpin, Mr. James Hollowly. After which, in consequence of the great applause bestowed on their arrangement by Mr. W. Cooke, jun., on his Benefit, the novel SCENES IN THE CIRCLE will be repeated, and in which also Mr. W. Cooke, jun., will himself reappear. Per formed in the following order :—Miss Kate Cooke on her beautiful horse Snowdrop—Miss Emily Cooke's graceful act, entitled Les Sants des Tonneaux—Mr. G. Thompson in his far-famed and wonderful feat, L'Homme Renversa—Mr. W. Cooke, jun., on his celebrated and highly-trained steed; Em peror—Grand Characteristic and Amazonian Entree by Siic teen Pupils of Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun.—Madame Blanche, the greatest Equestrian of the day, in her admired act, The Scarf —Master Alfred Cooke in his surprising Leaping Act—Mdlle. Mazzoni and Miss Holloway in a Grand Pas—Mdlle. Fleu rette, the graceful and daring young Equestrienne, as the Sylph of the Arena—Terminating with the eccentricities of Mr. William Cooke's matchless Dwarf Horse, and his Monkey Rider, the Ape of the Brazils. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, M. Private Boxes, £4 45, £2 2s, and £1 is. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. Mowrox. The public is most respectfully informed that the FIN E A RYES GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 f clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters t and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently , assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether IA regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa don in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will >erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this raorning and during the night, 56—this day at noon. BeßoxETzn-29.96. WIND, North-Westerly; rather fresh, with fine weather, but dull. MARCH 28. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.60 ; falling rapidly. WIND, Sonth-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. 3 otall , 41 • •34 0 ' -norr 1 - 1.3 7' 1 7 4 , THE SUN. MONDAY. MARCH 28, 1859. Lord PALMERSTON is perfectly up to his work. He thoroughly understands what he is about, and while volunteering not only his advice, but his imperative instructions to Ministers, he adopts the most skilful mode of capturing stray and wavering votes. If we are to credit the noble viscount, the adoption of the resolution will not lead to the resignation of the Government. Nay, more, they must not resign; the House will not allow them to do so. Still less must they think of an appeal to the country. That could not for a moment be tolerated. The chosen representatives of the people must throw everything into confusion—must reject the Appropriation Act, the Ways and Means Act, the Mutiny Act, and refuse to make provision for the Exchequer bonds falling due in May—rather than allow the opinions of the various constituencies to be ascertained, and the real sentiments of the people to be discovered respecting the course adopted by the extraordinary coalition framed to substitute a new party for the present occupants of the Treasury benches. Lord PALMERSTON has long been recognised as a proficient in the art of badinage. He well merited the title of " First Lord of the Jokery," but never did he enter on a more refined piece of irony than when he was patronising the Cabinet, and telling them that they must act in accord ance with his suggestions, and "be con demned to z etain their places," under cir cumstances which would be intolerable either to himself or Lord JOHN RUSSELL, notwithstanding their well-known anxiety for place, power, and patronage. But what does he offer in lieu of the present bill what inducement does he propose to the independent Liberals to replace him in the Down ing-street Eden ? Would he adopt Mr. LOCKE KING'S motion, or give a £lO franchise for coun ties ? Far from:it! He " should have supposed that portion of the Government arrangements had been suggested by the honourable member for Birmingham," Adding, "if we are to determine who are to embark in the same boat, I should say that the honourable gentleman is rowing with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the noble lord the Secretary for India, much more than with my noble friend the member for the City London." If this be so, surely Mr. BRIGHT and his friends and disciples ought to ignore the resolution, and endeavour to carry the measure into com mittee, where it could be duly amended, and moulded into any shape that the majority of the House deemed expedient. They must know that both the noble lords are pledged that no oth er aga inst THE BALLOT , which ;they pr o f ess to b elieve to :‘,bleinthisetray?pchoaualdndtoemndeffera of su reform;eh extensiveana concessio ns , or me asure of equal magnitude or hope to carry `s with that now in office ; and yet, without expecting to come into power themselves, they are to join in a factious vote, that must postpone the question for another year, and probably adjourn it sine die, because it does not go to the full extent of their wishes, and some of the details—which may be altered in committee—do not entirely meet their approval. This point has been over and over again explained clearly, distinctly, and unequivocally. But as the deaf adder would net hear "the voice of - the char mer, charm he ever so wisely," so. right honourable and honourable gentlemen are determined to do anything, however unreasonable, provided it gives them a chance o once more getting to " the sunny side of the hedge" and the cheerful position at the right hand of the Speaker. Lord JOHN RUSSELL differs in some respects from others. He has a lively faith in himself— considers that he has a " right divine" to inaugu rate any measure of Parliamentary Reform—all others being mere invaders. Their offence approxi mates to that of the old buccaneers ; they are plun dering him of his private property, and must be resisted to the last extremity, no matter what may be their bidding. Reform belonged originally to the RUSSELLS, GREYS, and kLLIOTS, but now it is the exclusive property of the Ducal Establishment at Woburn, and Lord w' its appointed represe n t a ti ve . Th e a d v i ce of jNis Earl GREY was, therefore, contumeliously re jected. He saw his own jewel deborating another person, and resolved to obtain it per fas aut neja s, at any trouble or annoyance. The triangular duel was therefore arranged. The Ministerial "Mid shipman Easy" met his strangely-assorted op ponents, and, as in the novel, they have inflicted almost greater damage upon themselves than upon their opponents. What agreement is there between the three wizards now busily engaged in stirring the political cauldron ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL wants to turn out the Ministry, while Lord PALMERSTON declares that even, if so inclined, they shall not be permitted to resign, and we believe that the Honourable Gen tleman the Member for Birmingham would be very much obliged to any friend who could satisfy him as to his own views and feelings. He has of course a paternal partiality for his own offspring, and would probably rather continue a protracted agita tion for a series of years, than , suffer a single fea ture of the bewitching baby to be spoiled. But will he promote his views by rejecting the second reading of the Government measure, preventing the pos sibility of any enactment being carried within the present session, and most probably setting it aside for several years ? He cannot hope to be placed in the position of First Lord of tke Treasury, or even, if offered a place in the Cabinet, to be enabled to bring round either of the ex-Premiers to his views. What, then, does he wish for ? What does he seek ? Simply to set aside the present Govern ment, in order to replace it by one which he has already characterised in no ordinary terms of 're proach and censure. But a fourth combatant has entered the field. Mr. 0. STANLEY has made a regular mull of it, and his friends will have cause to deplore the coup macaque which he has administered. We cannot give any degree of credit to the honourable gentleman either for good feeling or judgment, but he has unquestionably exhibited the real feeling of many of those who have joined in the onslaught against the Government, and who look rather to personal objects than the general welfare of the country. For four long evenings have the Brains and Heart of England" been debating—what ? Who shall occupy the Treasury benches. That, as Lord STANLEY stated at the opening of the discussion, is the issue being really tried by the House. But the House, like the Judges, " sits in all the daily papers ;" hence the issue really on trial there is tried under fictitious names. The people of Eng land, with their demands for Reform, and the Whig and Tory Aristocracy, with their secret purpose to hinder all Reform they can, are in the House of Commons a kind of John Doe and Richard Roe ; it would never do, it would not suit the purpose of either party to let the electors and non-electors of Britain appear as principals in the action, and to take up the demands which, in their petitions, they really prefer. Nor would it do to say as plainly, We who hold the reins alternately, mean to take all possible care that we shall do so still. " Constitu tional Reform," therefore, is made the great question while the real one—who shall hold office—is never mentioned, except by some honest HUGH CAIRNS, and the people's demands are passed by as matter of little concern to either party. The question of equality of franchise is discussed and re-discussed, debated and re-debated, as if the destinies of the country hung upon it. We believe that a purely factitious importance is attached to it. We do not know that any of the franchises proposed by the Government have been shown to be bad. They may be, many of them, included in others ; they may not add many to the constituencies; but bad they are not. We are told of the importance of variety of franchises ; the object, of course, is to get various classes into the constituencies. But it seems to be wholly over looked by the objectors, that these various classes, not being pachydermatous animals, must live in houses; that an occupation franchise, therefore, must include all the classes, all the varieties of the genus homo which inhabit this country—those, of course, excepted, which do not dwell within the electoral tropics of 40s. freehold as a property qualification, or the £lO rent, or what rent you please, as the residential qualification. While these lines of de marcation exist, few and immaterial will be the votes created by the subordinate franchises. Be -1 tween the property and the residential qualifica tions will be found nearly all the diversified constituency by which our House of Commons is elected. We must think the importance of identity of franchise therefore exaggerated ; and we must confess it appears to us impos sible to defend a lower occupation qualification for the boroughs than for the coudies. It is notorious that in many a country district you may get for £l5 or £2O a house and grounds which in a borough would cost you double, and in the suburbs of London three or four times, those sums. The same occupation franchise for towns and counties will undoubtedly give votes to very diffe rent classes—the county class being the superior in point of income or property. What, however, we would specially call atten tion to as the great sham in the debate, is that all parties talk as if they were anxious to secure inde pendent constituencies. Our great morning con temporary has often adverted to the hypocrisy of discussing a Reform Bill, and burking by common consent the grand point of disfranchising depen dent boroughs—those whose smallness is incom patible with their independence. But the other piece of hypocrisy is far less excusable. We may forgive even Lord JoHN RUSSELL, or Lord PAL MERSTON, if they had a Schedule A in their thoughts, for saying as little as they could about it. In the event of dissolution, all the proscribed would, of course, return members pledged by the most solemn hustings' oaths to resist their disfran chisement; there is some excuse for politicians on either side not provoking relentless enmity. But it is hypocrisy to affect concern to secure indepen dent constituencies, when the real object is to keep them dependent. The truth is, the whole debate is confused by the dishonesty so palpable on this point. The strife is between two parties, who both want to retain con trol over the electors. Their inward thought is, how shall we obtain more voters " under the influence" of our class. How electors shall be created who are independent of stewards, lawyers, bankers, mortgagees, employers, customers, and so forth is not the real question with them. Neither I Whig nor Tory members, we fear not a great many manufacturing members cvcn, wish. to bestow votes where no " influence" can be used. Hence the in consequentialness of half the reasoning on the fran chise. It is verbally conducted as if " free and inde• pendent electors" were the coveted object. In reality nothing is further from the wishes of pro bably the majority of the speakers. Concede, really, the independence of the voter, and a great deal of worthless " clishmaclaver" might well be spared. There is no such difference between a county and town elector as there is between tenant and landlord. It is not the farmer who craves a vote to protect himself against the borough householder ; it is the landlord who craves the far mer's vote to perpetuate the ascendancy of the landlord class ; the manufacturer who wants the artisan's vote to gain the " head of my firm" a seat in Parliament. The interests of town and county are now identical, and are known to be so. The ambition of town magnates and that of county magnates alone are in collision. Both desire to retain manageable constituencies. This it is which confuses all their reasonings. Grant to each voter the privilege of independence. Let him do his own voting. Permit him to put his opinion. as to who is the best man into the ballot box—and smooth, comparatively, and easy would be the task of arranging our constituencies. With the loss of the power to intimidate, coerce, and bribe, would vanish most of the acrimony of the contest. The endeavour would then really be to give a fair expression to the opinions of all districts and classes in the country. The independence of the electoral unit should be the first object of a Reform Bill; .and, the country can feel no interest in turning out one Ministry and installing another, unless it be to secure the electoral independence, failure to bestow which was the great defect of the old bill. We doubt not Mr. LABOUCHERE'S friends will inform him that on this point their minds are quite made up. But we have a word or two yet to say to the Hon. Member. We have much pleasure in directing attention to a very excellent report of a banquet (copied from The Era) which was given to Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER by a large number of his friends and admirers on Wednesday last, on the occasion of the rebuilding of the New Adelphi Theatre. We regret our own inability at being present, but we take this opportunity of making amends to an excellent actor and most worthy friend. The chair was occupied by a true friend of the drama—Mr. BERKELEY, of ballot re nown—and it could not be more fittingly done honour to than by the honourable and eloquent member. We will not enter into the peculiar merits of his speech—its perusal will speak for itself, and gladden the hearts of those who love the drama as the exponent of our dearest recollections. Mr. BERKELEY acted his part " right well," and proved that his heart was in it. Of BENJAMIN WEBSTER we have little to say— that part has been so well performed by Mr. BERKELEY that we shall not attempt to " Gild refined gold, or paint the lily," by any supererogatory encomiums. If a man's actions be the best test of his worth, Mr. WEBSTER is a living instance in his own person. He has risen to his present posi tion by the mere dint of genius—prompted by a very laudable ambition—and encouraged in his praiseworthy perseverance by a discerning and patronising public. Nor has his labour been in vain. That he had to struggle is the more to his honour, for no man ever attains to excellence with out a grand struggle for the mastery. Life is made up of struggles—and the glory of having so long endured, and yet surmounted them, would have been infinitely greater could the world but know it ! But these things may not be— " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." But not so with WEBSTER. He was born under a lucky star, which, though it glared rather malig nantly on his earlier career, now shines beneficently on his happier destiny. May it so continue— " Shining on shining on by no shadow made tender, Till fame falls asleep in its sameness of splendour." Of WEBSTER'S speeeh we shall only say that his speaking almost seems better than his acting. This may look like an equivocal compliment, for many men shine more out of their vocation than in it ; but to an actor the compliment is twofold, for, like Sergeant EITHERSIDE, WEBSTER shines in both. And so does his congenial rival, BUCKSTONE—the best of players and the most eloquent of orators. It is indeed very encouraging to behold men who are brought up to speak the " sayings of others," yet so apt aid fresh in "doings" of their own. 'ln after life we revert with a fond and trembling recollection of our younger days, and WEBSTER must, in his own day dreams, half shrink within himself at the fancy of his grotesque ambition in playing the "man of all work" on the stage of youthful adventure. We can imagine his shy misgivings in presenting himself before the world's wonder of other days on the giddy stage of whirling amazement, with his senses all bewildered in the misty vision of countless heads before him—not one of which could he dis cern, but all swallowed up in one blank of despair at his first advance to the footlights. Poor fellow ! put your best foot foremost. And. so he did—and behold the result ! THE BALLOT SOCIETY AND THE 112MBEIt FOR BOD3IIN. We publish two more letters on the Ballot So ciety's Council, and Mr. WYLD. The Council of the Ballot Society seem an odd sort of people. It ap pears from their own showing that they were una nimously of opinion that Mr. WYLD'S amendment, in favour of the Ballot, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolution, was the right course to adopt, and yet by some extraordinary mode of reasoning, incom prehensible to us, they came to the unanimous con clusion that Mr. WYLD ought not to bring forward his amendment in favour of the Ballot ! It is true, they say they have come to this "unanimous" con clusion, in opposition to their own " unanimous" opinion in favour of Mr. WYLD'S course of proce dure, on the " advice " of the " Parliamentary Friends of the Ballot." But who, we beg to ask— and the advocates of the Ballot and the supporters of the Ballot Society have a right to know—are these " Parliamentary Friends of the Ballot 9" The Ballot Society, though so wondrously expert at passing unanimous resolutions condemnatory of the course which Mr. Wyld is determined to adopt, have not condescended to furnish with the name of even one of these "Parliamentary Friends of the Ballot." But if they will not deign to furnish us with any names, will they confer on us the smaller favour of informing us what is the number of these legislative friends of the Ballot, who were so much frightened at the amendment of Mr. Wyld, and who have been so successful in inoculating the Committee of the Ballot Society with their appre hensions, that that Committee " will not be responsible for any prejudicial results that may follow, but will take steps publicly to clear themselves." It were better that they took steps publicly to clear themselves from the charge of retarding instead of promoting the cause of the Ballot. What is the , use of this Society if its Committee, though unanimously in favour of Mr. Wyld's amendment, not only become unani mously opposed to it, b u t are also unanimous in publicly denouncing it, without being able to offer any better reason for the gross inconsistency and supreme absurdity of their conduct, than the " advice" of a handful of persons—very probably only one or two—whom they are pleased to call " the Parliamentary Friends of the Ballot" [ED. MORNING ADVERTISER.] [We cordially agree with our contemporary in the above exposure of the sham attempted to be played off in accordance with the mock " Parlia liamentary Friends of the Ballot." When a man wants tb do a thing he is ashamed of in his own person, he throws the odium on the " advice of his friends." We warn the Ballot Society—or it may be the majority of them—not to presume over much on the public forbearance, for of late they seem to have reckoned without theirhost.—ED. SUN.] THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1859, LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. INDIA OFFICE, MARCH 26. The following telegram has been received : To James Cosmo - Melvin, Esq., India Office, Lon don, from R. Simson, Esq., Under Secretary to the Government of India, dated Calcutta, Feb. 22, 1859. OUDE. Tranquillity continues to prevail throughout Oude, and the disarming of the province progresses rapidly. Up to the 12th instant 378 cannons and 975,000 arms of all kinds have been collected, while 756 forts have been entirely levelled. The Begum and the Nana are still in the Nepaul territory. On the oth inst. Brigadier Horsford. took 14 guns from the rebels on the Nepaul frontier ; he was but slightly opposed, and suffered no loss. Mr. C. J. Wingfield assumed charge of the office of Chief Commissioner from Mr. Montgomery on the 15th inst. CENTRAL INDIA AND RAJPOOTANA. The rebels in Central India, under Tantia Topee, are now reported to be making for Pertabgurh. They were at Antoolah on the 17th, and burnt Gassoonda, south-west of Jecrun, on the 19th inst. A telegram from Indore, dated the 18th inst., brings information that four generals, several other officers, and 600 men of the rebel force, have given themselves up to the Rajah of Bikaneer. BUNDELCUND. The troops of the Punnah Rajah attacked and defeated a body of rebels at Alove on the 10th instant. All is quiet in the North Western Provinces and in Bengal. Trieste, Saturday, 26th March, 1859, 2.15 p.m, ALEXANDRIA, MAltcn 21. The Calcutta and China mails leave to-day. The dates of intelligence are—Calcutta, Feb. 25; Madras, March 1; Hongkong, Feb. 15. At Calcutta Manchester goods were very dull. Metals were in good demand. Produce generally was firmly held. Freights were dull. On the publication of the Government financial statement of the 21st of Feb., the Fives, which had previously fallen to 15, rose to 7 per cent. dis count. Money was abundant for commercial purposes. Exchange for bank bills, 2s. lid. MADRAS.—Exchange on London, 2s. 01-3 d. to 2s. 11d. CANTON, Feb. 11.—Exports quiet; demand for manufactured articles better. HONG KONG, Feb. 13.—Admiral Seymour re turns on the 21st inst. to England. Lord Elgin is preparing an expedition for the exploration of the Pearl River. Freights flat. Exchange on London, 4s. 61d. to 4s. 71d. SHANGHAI, Feb. s.—Silk rising in price. Tea continued v ery firm. The increase in the total export to Great Britain was 335,0001 b. Exchange on London, 6s. ld. to Gs. 2P. Freights, £1 10s. for tea and £3 10s, for silk. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The following notification has been issued : "His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, with the concurrence of the Most Excellent the Senate, is pleased to appoint a commission consist ing of— " His Highness the President of the Senate, " The President of the Legislative Assembly, " The Secretary of the Lord High Commissioner, " The Secretary of the Senate, General Depart ment, " The Regent of Corfu, " The Auditor-General, " Tw•o members of the Most Noble the Legis lative Assembly, to inquire into all the public departments, for the purpose of recommending such changes and im provements as can be legally carried into effect by the Government, with a view to greater efficiency and economy in the public seryice. " His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner will preside over the Commission, which will assemble every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, at the Palace of St. Michael and St. George, at 10 o'clock a.m. " By command of his Excellency, " G. F. BOWEN, Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner. " Palace, Corfu, March 12, 1859." " P.S. The Commission will hold its first mee ing on Friday next, the 18th inst., at 10 a.m." THE CONGRESS. The following telegrams have been received a Mr. Reuter's office : BERLIN, MONDAY, MARCH 28. The town of Mannheim has been selected as the place of meeting of the Congress. It is understood here that it will assemble next month. FRANKFORT, SATURDAY. The following is official :—The federal assembly has voted supplies for arming the federal fortresses with necessary artillery. The Ober- Postamts Zeitung contains news from Stuttgardt to the effect that Prince Frederick of Wurtemberg has been appointed commander-in chief of the Bth Federal Corps d'Armee. Advices have been received from Alexandria to the 20th inst. The Progress announces that the Viceroy has rejected the written application of M. de Lesseps for permission to commence the work of the Suez Canal, and that Mr. Licantbeg, the engi neer-in-chief, has tendered his resignation. Letters from Turin state that the Prince of Wales will not visit that town, but that he will prolong his stay at Rome. A letter from the frontier of the Tyrol announces the intended organisation of companies of Tyrolean volunteer carbineers. The Government of Vaud remonstrates against the duty on the export of horses, which it represents as being unfavourable to agricultural interests. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur of this morning states that the publication in' the Annonia of the 2d instant of a summary of a despatch, alleged to have emanated from the Duke de Grammont, is absolutely false, no such despatch having been sent. At 1 p.m. yesterday Count Cavour was received by the Emperor in a private audience. . The Sar dinian premier afterwards visited the Prince and Princess Napoleon and Count Walewski, and will dine this evening at the Tuileries. The Marquis dlAzeglio, Sardinian ambassador in London, is also now in Paris. It is now said that the Congress will meet about the Ist of May. It will be attended by five Cabinet Ministers—Lord Malmesbury representing England ; Count Walewski, France ; Prince Gort schakoff, Russia; Count Buol, Austria; and Baron Schleinitz, Prussia. The Italian States will be represented at the Congress. The Siecle implores French diplomacy to oppose in the projected congress any confirmation of the treaties of 1815 : " We cannot refrain from addressing a prayer to our diplomatists ; it is to prevent that from the deliberations of the congress there should proceed in a direct or indirect form anything approaching to a ratification of even the least important parts of the treaties of 1815. Nations are not always in a position to obtain the reparation due to them, but it is essential for the sake of their honour that they should preserve under all circumstances a dig nity which is their security for the future." The same journal insists on the abolishment of the temporal power of the Pope. Our contem porary considers that Jerusalem would be as favour able a spot as any for the Papal court to withdraw to, consoled by a civil list to which all Catholic countries would contribute : " It, however, little matters where the Pope resides. Wherever he may dwell, it will only de pend on himself to conquer the admiration, sympa thies, and respect of the world. He would merely have to return to the spirit of the Gospel, to humility and charity ln order to regulate the state of Italy, and consequently of Eu rope, it is essential that the treaties which at this moment rule the existence of European nations should be modified, and that the Papacy should consent to abandon its temporal power and exercise the plenitude of its spiritual power under the pro tection of Europe in general, and of the Catholic powers in particular. We should then no longer behold the anomalies witnessed at all times, and which our century has observed in the exile of Pius VI., of Pius VII., and of Pius IX., provoked alone by the possession of their temporal power . Since John VIII., who the first disposed of the empire, and gave it to Charles the Bold, the most terrible proofs have not been wanting to show that this temporal rule is a chain which not only shackles Italy but also the Papacy itself. John VIII. was himself compelled to fly, and to seek refuge in France. Stephen VI. was put in irons and strangled. In the tenth century, John X. was imprisoned and suffocated ; Benoit VI, was strangled ; John XVI., Pope or anti-Pope, had his tongue and nose slit open and his eyes torn out; Stephen VIII. was disfigured ; Leo V. was driven out and imprisoned; Sergius 111., John XIII., and Gregory V. were driven out; Benoit was deposed, as also was Leo VIII. From the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries, the same scandalous scenes, struggles, and disorders were repeated. Victor 11. nearly fell a victim to poison ; Pascal 11. was de posed ; Luke 111. was driven from Rome ; Celestin IV. was poisoned, &c., &c." BOURSE, March 26.—The market has been very flat and the prices declining, owing to a further fall of per cent. in English Consols, and in the negotiation of a Russian loan of 12 millions of pounds in Three per Cents., at 67 per cent. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 75c. and 68f. 60c., rallied to 68f. 70c. Mobilier varied from 792 f. 50c. to 787 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 550 f. to 551 f. 25c. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 520 f. to 522 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,360 f. to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 842 f. 50c. to 845 f. Southern, 515 f. to 517 f. 50c. The following are the last quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 96 50 Do. end month .. 96 40 Credit Foncier.... 645 3 per Cents. 6B 70 Do. end month 68 65 Bank Shares 2BBO Credit Mobilier Do. Account Bel an 41 m_ Piedmontoso (5) Roman B6 50 Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt 4O 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account Orleans Northern 935 .. 933 7, New ditto BO6 50 .. 805 Lyons and Mediterranean 845 -- .. 845 New ditto — . . Geneva 535 .. -- Midi — — Southern Western 6OO .. 600 Eastern • 677 50 .. 672 50 Grand Central — .. Sardinian 395 .. 395 Austrian ' Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money 25f.10 c. ; three months, paper, 25f.; money, 24f. 971 c. AUSTRIA. A letter dated Vienna, March 23, says :—Dur ing Lord Cowley's sojourn in Vienna Count Buol would not hear of a Congress, but when Russia seconded England and Prussia, the Imperial Government became more docile. It is suspected here that France, Russia, and Sardinia are playing a concerted game, but it appears to me that the St. Petersburg Cabinet is acting in strict con currence with the Berlin and London Govern ments. Yesterday evening there were two strange and somewhat alarming reports in circulation, which were probably purposely spread by the spa culators ala baisse. One of them was, that the Hospodar Couza had " altogether disappeared," and the other, that the Emperor had left for Italy. The truth is, that the Hospodar has gone down the Danube to Braila and Galatz, instead of returning by land from Bucharest to Jassy. lam not aware that the Emperor left Vienna last night, but if he did, it was probably to shoot capercailzie in the neighbourhood of the Semmering. The war preparations are almost complete in Italy, but there is still much to be done in Dalmatia and Istria, which, in the event of a war, would doubtless receive a visit from a French squadron. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Cunard screw steamship Jura arrived here at ten o'clock this morning, bringing 180,573 dols. She left new York on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 15th instant. The screw steamer Etna, of the Cunard line, arrived at Boston, en route for New York, on the 13th inst. There had been an enthusiastic mass meeting al Tammany-hall, New York, in favour of the acquisi tion of Cuba. The case of Mr. Daniel E. Sickles has been taken up by the grand jury at Washington. The evi dence adduced added nothing of importance to what is already known. A premature announcement that her Majesty's frigate Curagoa, having on board Lord Lyons, the new minister to Washington, had arrived off New York, created some excitement. It was subsequently explained that the Curagoa would proceed from Madeira direct to Chesapeake Bay, where she was expected to arrive about the 20th inst. iVIr. Cobden was at Toronto, and paid a visit to Parliament on the 14th inst. A resolution was pending in the New York Legislature authorising an additional canal loan of 3,500,000 dols. A Washington telegram "says :—" It is credibly ascertained that both England and France disclaim any other intention in sending naval forces to the coast of Mexico than to procure due reparation for wrongs to British and French subjects, and that it is not their purpose to take sides with or favour either of the contending Mexican Governments. There is reason to believe our Go vernment is not apprehensive that anything will be done by'them in conflict with the Munroe doc trine, or to shape the political institutions of that country." Advices from Vera Cruz to the 9th instant had reached New Orleans. A battle had been fought near Cordova, and the left wing of Miramon's army was completely routed by the liberals. Miramon lost 100 men killed, 3 cannon, 300 muskets, and a large quantity of am munition. General Degollado was preparing to march on the capital with 10,000 men. Theliberals had captured Guanajuato and Aguas Calientas. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New York money market had undergone no change. The weekly statement of the city banks showed a decrease of 1,239,911 dols. in the specie reserve, and 611,919 dols. in the deposits, and an increase of 984,174 dols. in the loans. Flour was firm and good demand. Wheat was slightly dearer. Choice white Ohio, 1.70 dols. Corn in demand at firmer rates. Cotton quiet at 12ic. for middling Uplands. Freights were steady, and the - offerings were moderate. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 12.—The cotton market closes firmly to-day at llic. to 111 c. for middling. Sales of the week, 85,000 bales. Receipts for the same period, 32,500, against 69,000 same week last year. Increased receipts at all ports, 883;500. LIVERPOOL, Saturday The Royal Mail steam ship Canada sailed to-day for Halifax and Boston with the usual mails for North America and 120 passengers. The screw steamship Lebanon, belonging to the Cunard Corn• pany, also sailed to-day for New York, with a fair comple ment of passengers and a full cargo. On Wednesday n ex t the screw steamship City of Baltimore will be despat c h e d for New York with the United States' mails, &c. The clipper ship Tornado arrived to-day from Melbourne with about £30,000 of gold on freight. From South Australia the dates by the pre sent mail are to January 26. Messrs. P. Levi and Co.'s cir cular states that " the mercantile community remain in a healthy position. The staple productions continue to pre sent most satis6 let ory ;tt s, th e wool clip being equal to expectations, 1111 . crop: a fair average, and the course of pasture operations inaintaining aneniluaragiug ap pearance 2 The mining interests of the colony were daily increasing in importance. Copper ores, £9B per ton ; Burra Burra shares £133 10s. ; wool is. 3d. to le, 6d. per lb. THE BOMBAY MAIL. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The steamship Orissa, Captain Joy, has arrived having left Alexandria on the 14th, Malta the 18th and Gibraltar the 22d. She brings 50 passengers, 13 packages of specie, value not stated, and general cargo. At Alexandria, the American frigate Macedonian, under orders for Spezzia. Her Majesty's ship Euryalus left on the 14th for , Jaffa. Her Majesty's ships Princess Royal, Centurion, Conqueror, Marlborough, Medina, Vulture, Hi bernia, Ariel, Recruit and Hearty were at Malta. Gibraltar exchanges on London, 50?- ; Paris, sf. 28c. ; Marseilles sf. 30c. ; Genoa, sf. 29c. The screw line-of-battle ships, Orion and Victor Emanuel, were at Gibraltar waiting for orders. The steam-sloop Argus, gunboat Quail, and steam tug Redpole were also in the Bay. The Orissa ex changed colours with the Sir Thomas Gresham in the Bay, steering S.W. The American ship Hope, after being lightened of part of her cargo, was got afloat on the 19th, and crossed the Bay to Gibraltar. Off Cape St. Vincent the Orissa fell in with the Faid. Gihaad on the 23d under steam, with fore and aft canvas. The Rhone steamer, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 28.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and fine weather. CLYDE, ISlarch 26.—Wind S.W.►—Sailed--Barbarian, for Demerara ; Margaretha, for St. John's, Newfound land. _ _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, March 28.—Wind W.—Sailed—Behar, steamer, for Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, March 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed— Tigris, for Barbadoes. HOLYHEAD, March 27.—Wind S.W.—Hannah, from Liverpool for Bahia. Orr FALMOUTH, March 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Griffin, from Sheerness. CARDIFF, March 26.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Wanderer, for Charleston. QUEENSTOWN, March 26.—Wind. N.W.—Arrived— Dynamene, from Monte Video. Off Port—Akbar, from Mauritius for the Clyde. Hum„ March 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Leon Ray mond, for St. Lucia. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, March 27—Georges, La Poule, and Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed, March 26—Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London ; Danube, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind W. S.W. Arrived, March 27—T. H. Hutton, from Seville ; Wave, from Dahmet. Arrived, March 28—Compass, and Gazelle, from Dun kirk. . (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.W.; tide one hour's ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, March 27—Renown, from Morsyn; Persian, from Callao. Arrived, March 28—Providence, and Alerto, from Grave lines. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind, W.S.W; moderate. Anchored—Robert and Mary, from Shields for Rouen ; Mora, from the north for Bordeaux. Passed, March 27—Lydia Drew, from Stockholm for New York. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel F. Seymour, will leave Osborne to-day for Frogmore. The Duchess of Sutherland left Trentham last week to visit Lord and Lady Blantyre at Erskine House, Renfrewshire. The Earl of Minto is, we are happy to learn, gra dually improving in health after his recent severe illness. Viscount Palmerston had a Parliamentary dinner on Saturday evening, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. Lady Havelock, the widow of the illustrious Sir Henry Havelock, and her daughters have returned to town, and have taken, as their permanent residence, No. 14, Ken sington-park-gardens. ACCIDENT TO THE HON. MRS. J. A. VILLIERS. —We are sorry to learn that the Hon. Mrs. J. A. Villiers has met with an accident by being thrown from her horse on Thursday last, by which she sustained severe con tusions. The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., and Lady Pakington left town en Saturday, for Brighton. The right hon. baronet is expected to return this evening. Major General and Lady Alice Peel entertained at dinner on Saturdayevening the French Ambassador and the Duchess de Malakoff, the Duke and Duchess of Marl borough, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Spanish Minister, M. Isturitz ; the Saxon Minister, Comte de Vitzthum ; Earl of Rosslyn, Countess of Newburgh, Lord Stanley, Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Wil liam Gladstone, Comte de Brandenbourg, and Mr. William Harcourt. In the evening her ladyship received a select circle. Tun DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.—Saturday was the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who completed his fortieth year. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, in celebration of the anniversary, had a dinner party at her residence in St. James's Palace, on which occasion there were present the Duke of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, his Excellency the• Austrian Minister and the Countess d'Appoiri, the Duke and Duches of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, Lord and Lady Rokeby, Colonel the Hon. Cecil W. Forester, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, and Baron Knesebeck. Mr. Filconer's new play of " Francesca" will be performed for the first time on Thursday evening next, at the Lyceum Theatre, for his benefit. We perceive by the Turin papers that Mdlle. Victoria Balfe, after singing the " Sonnambula" 15 nights consecutively to houses crammed to the ceiling every night —the true test of popularity—has appeared in " Don Gio vanni," in the pretty role of Zerlina. They describe her beauty and acting, including a certain rustic archness in the part, as bewitchingly taking. In other respects the getting-up of the opera is not so satisfactory, Mozart being neither appreciated nor well understood by the Italians. In the meantime, the young English prima donna carries all before her. HAVELOCK'S GRAVE.—A letter in the Times says :—Tn the last letter of your " Special Correspondent" in India, he refers to a visit paid to the Alumbagh, and describes the resting place of the remains of the noble Havelock. The soldier's hand which traced the rudely carved "H" on the trunk of the tree over his grave now guides the pen to repeat the exclamation of your correspon dent :—" And this is the grave and the inseription of Sir H. Havelock I"—and to ask, are these to remain the only indi cations of a spot which must be held sacred by every true soldier ? Is the saviour of India already forgotten? Surely not I KENSINGTON GORE ESTATE.—In the early part of last year the Commissioners decided upon pulling down Gore and Grove Houses and the old wall in front of them, and an opportunity was thus afforded to the public of seeing the grounds in the rear, the extent of which formed the subject of remark by every passer-by. During the winter months operations have been going on towards filling in the upper part of the property, to form a sort of raised ter race. It is curious to note the extraordinary distances from which the dry rubbish has been brought at Kensington Gore. It has been carted from Bermondsey, King's-cross, Holborn, Gray's-inn-lane, Camden-town, St. John's-wood, Oxford-street, Marylebone, Fleet-street, Vauxhall-bridge road, Chelsea, and Hammersmith. Nearly 100,000 loads have been already so deposited.—The Builder. THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.—SOUTHAMPTON, March27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Behar, Captain G. W. Hicks, sailed hence this morn ing with the mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, BosibaY, &c., a full cargo, and 2,308 boxes of specie and jewelry, value £624,627, a large portion of which is on Government account. She has 60 passengers, among whom are Sir J. and Lady Arnould, Colonel and Mrs. Sutton, Colonel and Mrs. Warde, Captain and Mrs. Phillips, Lieutenants F. A. Campbell, Lucas, and Morgan. The Orissa, Captain J. K. Joy, is hourly expected with the homeward mails fro m the above places. The screw-steamer Bremen, Captain. Wessels, is expected on Wednesday or Thursday, with the German and English mails of the 19th inst. frota New York ; the Jeddo, Captain Black, on Thursday, with the mails from Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo ; the Teviot, Captain Abbott,. on Thursday, with the mails from the Australian and New Zealand colonies ;_ the Parana, Capt a i n B ev i s, on the 2d proximo, with the West India, Mexico, and Pacific mails ; the Ripon, Captain E. Christian. on the 4th, with the East India and China mails; and the Tyne, Captain Sawyer, on the sth, with the mails from the Brazils and River Nate. LORD JOSN RUSSELL AND MR. BRIGHT.—Lord John Russell and those who acknowledge him as their leader have for years; held out to the people the prospect of a Reform Bill, and, indeed, have themselves created what little demand has been made for such a measure. Following their leader, but far outstripping them, the Birmingham agitator has devoted the last six months to the sole purpose of rousing the lower orders from what he considered a state of apathy His exertions have met with that degree of success which leads all reflecting men to calculate the dangers that may result from any longer withholding a safe measure of reform, and leaving for another year the lower classes of the people to be worked upon by the harangues of reckless demagogues—by men who see nothing but to admire in the Constitution of the United States, and especially in the American Congress ' • and to assimilate our House of Com mons to that august assembly (? armed with revolvers and bowie knives), is the avowed wish and intention of John Bright. That Mr. Bright should oppose with all the energy which he possesses a measure such as the one pro pounded by Lord Derby's Government, which would de stroy his occupation as an agitator, and annihilate all hope of Americauisinm our legislature, is j wit what everyone to i e•ht expect. But that he should fihd his dangerous gaup; plAyed for him by a nobknum, who•;einonth th e phrase of tin; welfare of the country" is one of constant occur rence, would be a matter for amazement, if we did not keep "onstantly in view the antecedents of Lord John.—. 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