The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-19 00:00:00

INDEX TO THE " TIMES." MR. HENRY FOSTER, long connected with the London press, has prepared an elaborate INDEX to the " TIMES," f ro m July, 1857, to THIS DAY, and will supply References. For subjects common to the press a reference to this Indez will greatly assist in tracing articles in "THE SUN." Nearly 50,000 Entries per annum. Fee for a Single Reference, 2s. fki. ; special terms for a series. Address—Vimiera Cottage, the Green, Twickenham, S.W. fIiDIAJEST Y'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT. THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, May 19, will be pre tented (first time this season) Rossini's Opera, IL .t3ARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Alboni ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor w a rt ; Basilio, Signor Vialetti; Bartolo, Signor Rossi ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. In the Lesson Scene Madame Alboni will introduce Rede's celebrated Variations. To be followed by the Second Act of Donizetti's Opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGIMENT°. Maria, Madile. Piccolomint ; Tonio, Signor Belart ; Sergente Snlpizio, Sig. Vialetti. r And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO ; on, Le Renvoi de l'Amour, by Mesdames Pocchini and Annetta. To commence at half-past 7. 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. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Belletti, Beneventano, Aldighieri. The following arrangements have been made : THIS EVENING, May 19—Extra Night_ IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (first time this season). After which, the 2d Act of LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO ; Maria. Madlle. Piccolomini. And the new Divertissement, CALISTO, by Madlle. Pocchini. Thursday, May 20—Extra Night—DON GIOVANNI and Ballet. Friday, May 21—Extra Night—lL TRO VATORE and Bal let. Friday, May 28—Grand Morning Concert, in which all the art *stes of the establishment will appear. In answer to numerous communications, it is announced that, for the convenience of the gentry residing in the envi rons, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, June 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will pert,rm, including all the artistes of the ballet. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING (THURSDAY), May 19, will be performed (for the third time this season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Gesi; Margarita di Valois, Marai ; Dama d'Onore, Madame Tagliafico ; Urbano, Madlie. Didiee ; Marcelo, M. Zelger ; Il Conte di San Bris Signor Polonini ; Il Conte di Nevers Signor Tagliafico ; Meru, Sig. Pierini ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi ; Huguenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; and Raoul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Madlle. Delechanx, Madlle. Esper, and M. Dcsplaces. Doors open at half-past 7, the Opera to commence at 8 o'clock. Pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. R OYAL _PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC BATH CHARMS. After which KING LEAK. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE SWISS CO TTAGE. Followed by Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Mrs. Charles Young; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. 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. Drees Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit • • • Gallery THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented JA NET PRIDE, in which Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, Selby, and Madame Celeste will appear. To conclude with THAT BLESSED BABY, in whica Mr and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Commence at Seven. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby. Followed by TAKE CARE OF YOUR POCIIETS. Miss Turtle and Messrs Swanborongh and Ray. After which, the new burlesque of PRA DIA:VOW ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D - avolo, Miss Swan. borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S Ilections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, drc., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brusell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. ,Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. W. T. Critchfleld, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection f,orn "Li DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. THE WEATHER—SuN OBBION, MAY 91. THIRNONITIR, IN WIZ SHADE. C6—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAsomETER, 29.97. WIND, Westerly, fresh, and equally, with fine sun shiny weather, heavy scud, and aslight passing shower. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY—Morn., 16 min. aft. 6—Even., tO min. aft. 6 TO-MORROW—Morn., 22 min. aft. 7—Even., 58 min. aft. 7 _ ; LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1858. ment have not received any copy of the pro- V clamation, bat they have positive information that it, or one of similar tendency, has been hatted. On Saturday, however, they received three pri ate letters from Lord CANNING, in which there acre references to the proclamation, and " which seemed to refer to what had been stated in other letters, observations respecting matters of which the Government had no account, and which were, therefore, necessarily involved in obscurity." Nay, more, we hear it on high and unques tionable authority, that Sir COLIN CAMPBELL had expressed a strong opinion respecting the proclamation that had arrived at Luck now, before the departure of a very gallant and dis tinguished officer who has just come to this country. This should be cleared up, and the evidence of Col. FRANKS and Mr. SMITE obtained, before a division can fairly be taken on the resolutions now before the House of Commons and the country. If the ex-President of the India Board will not answer individual members, he should be required to do so by a resolution of the House. At present he occupies a very unen viable position, from which his friends should seek to extricate him as speedily as possible. Nor does he stand alone, for by some strange coincidence, the Times, Post, and other Palmer stonian journals, seem all to have had their ordi nary correspondence, :which ought to state the effects produced on the people of India generally, and of Oude in particular, by the promulgation of the confiscation policy, very conveniently mis laid. Verily "Vernon Smithisre," as it has been happily termed, seems to be of a very infec tious character. We can now understand the motives that induced the Sabbath-day conspira tors to press forward their motion. A little time would fully reveal the wisdom of the course adopted byLord ELLENBOROUGH. But that time is refused, in order that a decision may be obtained on inade quate data, if not under false and fraudulent pre tences, a decision which may render an appeal to the country indispensable at a very inconvenient sea son. We know the opinions of Sir JOHN LAW REAM, and Sir JAMES OUTRAM, we may easily guess those of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL on the sub ject, and doubtless others of considerable conse quence will be obtained before the result of the final struggle on the factious motion. on the electric whisper carried from lip to lip, of —" MACAVLAY is up ! " " That time, however," said Lord MAoAULAY on Tuesday, at Cambridge, " has now passed away, and I feel that if I would still do something for society, it will be best done in the quiet retirement of my own library." If the noble heart of the historian is yet to beat equably with health to the completion of his great work and to the natural close of his honoured and useful existence, it will be best that this judicious resolution of his should be persisted in unhesi tatingly, undeviatingly. Physically it is rendered advisable, if not even absolutely imperative. In tellectually, never perhaps was orator more per fectly endowed. But physically it is otherwise, insomuch that the decision of our Anglo-Saxon CICERO is wise—for by rigid obedience to that decision he may most securely prolong a life of inestimable value to his countrymen, the life of one whose master-hand can write in such grand and enduring characters the annals of this mighty empire. There can scarcely be a more important ques tion than that which was last night brought under the consideration of the House of Commons by Sir CxAlum NAPIER, the question of the best and most speedy means of manning the Royal Navy. The " wooden walls "of which England has so justly been proud, and which are far more efficacious than the most elaborate fortresses that have ever been planned by human ingenuity. It is quite certain that the country will never again tolerate the press-gang system, or forcible con scription of the maritime population. Services urgently required must be fairly remunerated. Adequate inducements should be held out to attract men to the National flag. Let better rewards be given for good conduct, improve the position of the petty officers, and jive a reasonable chance of promotion to the quarter-deck for those who show themselves qua , . lifted for the position, and who have availed themselves of educational opportunities that aught to be placed at their disposal. By this means you would obtain energetic lads, who could not hope to obtain admission to the quarter. deck by the ordinary channels.. The habi tual promotion of meritorious non-commis sioned officers in the army has been productive of the most beneficial results, and there is no reason to suppose that a similiar promotion of petty officers and even of able seamen and de serving youths, who had entered before the mast, should not be equally efficacious. Greater advantages should also be tendered to the continuerus service meib, who without being qualified to aspire to high promotion, are yet ad mirably calculated for the duties they are called on to discharge. The virtual dis missal of 3,000 of those gallant fellows was an act of political insanity, to say nothing of the imputation of Breach of faith thereby cast upon the country. It was certainly one of the most unfortunate steps ever taken in the naval administration of the country. A little more liberty might also be granted under prudent regulations It is absurd to suppose that men, who have been kept on board for years, without a chance being afforded of setting their feet on terra firma, although they have been at anchor in harbour, and are tantalised with the view of land, should not relax when the long-coveted and an4iously looked for opportunity has been conceded 1 We rejoice to perceive that Sir JOHN PAKING TON has gracefully conceded the important put of the motion, and that a commission will be forthwith appointed with ample powers to insti tute a complete inquiry into this ieteresting subject. Mr. - VERNON SMITH positively refuses to give the House of Commons any information on the quasi private letter, or letters, he has received from Lord CAN NING , or th ose p ersons i n autho rityin India, under the supposition that he was still at the head of the Board of Control. We say letters, inasmuch as it appears that he must have received several communications by, some at least, of the last three malls that arrived. He despises the House, and will do nothing to efface the stigma that must, under existing circum stances, attach to his character. He sets up his own judgment, but will not, by affording reason able information as to the facts, allow others to form art opinion as to the propriety of that judgment. All that he condescended to say, in answer to the very pertinent interrogatory exhibited by Lord A. VANE, was, that he " had already stated the substance of the letter, and also that, had he, to the best of his judgment and discretion, consi dered it important enough to be communicated to the Government ho would have done so." Tilt letter must have been brief indeed, if its substance consisted merely of the short sentence whicli leaked out. Nor will the dockyards be neglected. committees will be organised —one for purpose of investigating the present sys tem of the dockyards, the other for in quiring into our steam machinery, and the best mode of applying steam to the Royal Navy. This is all that could be desired, and Sir JOHN PAKINGTON is entitled to the thanks and grati tude of the nation for the great attention and efficiency he has displayed in his present office, And the important reforms that may be antici pated under his guidance and direction. But what can we think of his judgment or discretion in deeming that unimportant. The Governor-General forwarded the draft of a proclamation, which he intended issuing on the capture of Lucknow, but from press of matte' he was compelled to defer until the follow ing mail, the explanations which he was desirous of rendering in respect of that very ill-timed and injudicious document. Surely, it required a de gree of mental obliquity, far beyond what might have been anticipated even from Mr. SMITH, t( say that such an intimation could be consigue 1 to the waste-paper basket, and a "forty-Smith power " of arrogance, to suppose that either Rii liatnent or the Country could he satisfied with such a lame and petulant statement ._for "ex planation " it could not be called. The Noble Lord the Member for Durham was fully juatiaed in repeating his very proper interrogatory, whieh was thus evaded by Mr. SMITH, formerly of Cannon-Row. But there are circumstances that render the topic of vast importance. The Govern The extinction of one of the greates t Parlia mentary orators of our day has very recently been simply but most explicitly announced by himself in a few spoken words indicated by him as perhaps the last public address to which his lips might aver give utterance. Those who have glanced through the brief record of the ceremo nial proceedings attendant upon the inauguration O f the High Steward of Cambridge will recognise the Orator here alluded to, in the person of Tiro mAs Biron MICAULAX, recently selectel to, and -m the 11th instant formally installed in, the post of the High Stewardship. An adltional interest and one of art almost painful character was thereby afforded to those proceedings by the noble l or d's announcement, the remarkable innouncement already specified. Though we ne• cessarily regret the decision, we are neverthe less constrained to regard it as in one sense eminently judicious—this distinct resolve on the part of our great I , annalist to restrict his intel lectual efforts henceforth to the continuation a the ven t g a r r a e n d d . n , a , t T i o h n e a r l e w w o a r s k a u t p i [n o n e , ,w,hsical he i i d the ho.i a njbdle orator, with a touch at once of dignity and pathos in the words, " when I could have commanded a hearing in a much larger and even a more iiki portant assembly than this." How true the re mark is every one will appreciate who ha. a personal remembrance, even as recently as five years ago, of the time when the empty benches of the House of Commons were crowded in a few minutes, as if by magic, by a simultaneous rush from smoking rooms, and libraries, and the dining apartments of BELLAMY' S THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EY ENING, MAY 19, 1858. LATEST NEWS. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF .BLEANS. We regret to announce the death of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans, who expired yes terday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, at her residence at Richmond, to the inexpressible grief of her sons, the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, and the other members of the exiled Royal family of France. The demise of her Royal Highness is a deep affliction to the ex-Queen Amelie, whose only con solation under the mournful circumstances is the presence of the Duke of Nemours, the Duke and Duchess of Aumale, the Prince and Princess Join vile, who, with their families, are living at Twicken ham and Claremont. The lamentable event was quite unexpected. The Duchess only a fortnight since dined at the Marquis of Lansdowne's, and was apparently in excellent health and spirits. The deceased Duchess, Helene Louise Elizabeth d'Orleans, was youngest daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin, by his second marriage with the Princess Caroline, daughter of Charles, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Her Royal Highness was born Jan. 24, 1814, and consequently was 44 years of age. The Princess was brought up in the Protestant faith, and it is said, from the pious and unostenta tious course of her early life, that she reluctantly embraced the brilliant prospect of her union with the Prince Royal of France, the Duke of Orleans, at the period of the negotiation of the marriage the hope and pride of the French people. On leaving her retired home at Ludwigslust for her adopted country, the Princess was delicately reminded that it would be necessary to conceal her regret on leaving the land of her birth. The Princess re plied, " I shall endeavour henceforth to love and admire everything iu France." The marriage of trio raueess aaa the 1/11103 of Oiluans was ..1.- brated on the 13th of July, 1837, at the Palace of Fontainebleau, in the splendid gallery of Henry 11. After having had two sons, the Count de Paris (born 24th of August, 1838) and the Duke de Chartres (born November 9, 1840), the Duchess met with an overwhelming domestic calamity by the sudden death of her husband. On the 13th of Jnly, 1842, the Duke of Orleans was killed by a fall from his carriage. The Duchess bore her loss with heroic resignation, and gave vent to her harrowed feelings only in retirement. She then, and ever since, in most eventful times, de voted herself to the education of her infant sons, to whom she was the most affectionate and loving of mothers. Her Royal Highness rarely appeared in the gaieties of the Court of Louis Phi lippe. Toe Duchess of Orleans and her sons were staying with the King and Queen at Paris when the revolutionary outbre ik took place, in February, 1848. After much trouble and anxiety the Duchess and her sons, attended by the Marquis de Mornay , sou-in-law of Marshal Soult and a faithful adherent of Louis Philippe and his family, escaped to Bel gium. Since the convulsion of 1848 the Duchess and her sons have chiefly passed their time at her residence in Germany, and in visiting the members of the French royal family in this country. Her Royal Higness had been staying since the summer of last year at Mr. Paynter's villa at Richmond. The exemplary propriety of her conduct during all the trials her Royal Highness experienced after her alliance with the house of Orleans gained the admi ration of all observers. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, shortly after the sad news reached the Queen at Bucking ham Palace, loft town for Richmond on a visit of condolence to the sorro wing relatives of the Duchess. The Duchess of Cambridge, and the other mem bers of the royal family, likewise paid visits to the exiled royal family soon after the intelligence was received. A PORTUGAL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. By the arrival, in the Mersey, of the Frank :ort, wo have received the following : " LISBON, MAY 14. " Portugal has lust another of the few states men of eminence who have figured under the constitutional regime of M. Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhaes, who was buried yesterday. "The troops which surrounded the cemetery fired three volleys over the grave of the deceased Peer, and touching orations were delivered by MM. Forites and Casal Riberio. " The new Queen of Portugal is expected to arrive on Sunday or Monday, and the marriage is to be confirmed on the following day." The lateit advices from St. Petersburg state that the measure for enfranchising the serfs meets with great obstacles, especially in the interior of Russia, where the peasants in cgrtain provinces have assumed a menacing attitude. Ad vices from Naples of the 14th mention that the Government has published 45 notes and de spatches which have been exchanged between the Government of the Two Sicilies and that of Sar dinia, on the subject of the Cagliari. The Queen of Portugal arrirpfl At Cloruma. vu the 17th, on her way to Lisbon. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. Official despatches have reached Paris to-day which say great agitation prevails throughout the Adriatic portion of the Turkish empire. Orders to embark troops for the disturbed districts had been given at Constantinople, but the steamers were limited in number considering the amount of troops under orders. The Montenegro question is amply discussed by the Paris journals. The Debats has the following reflections on the subject :—" It is very evident that a proper settlement of the frontiers of Mon tenegro is essential, and that it would put a term to existing difficulties. Since France and England entertain identical opinions on the subject, we can not conceive why Austria should not unite her in fluence to that of the western powers, and prevent a deadly and useless struggle. If this question of the frontiers has been raised by England and France, as we are led to suppose by the late note in the Motiteur, it is evident that it will not be solved by the arms of Montenegro or Tur key, and that the blood wasted will turn to the advantage of neither party. Every effort ought, therefore, to be made to compel the two anta gonists to forbear violent measures and await in peace the solution of the question." The Usivers hints that Turkey will in all proba bility decline to admit the right of the western powers to interfere in this Montenegro question, on the strength of Art. 9 of the treaty of Pari., in which the contracting powers bound themselves to abstain from intervening in the home affairs of the Porte. He writes Art. 9 could only be applied to the Montenegro dispute in the event of the Montenegrins being recognised as Ottoman subjects. But even the right of the Porte to a suzerainty over this little State is strongly questioned. It is, therefore, probable that Turkey will seek to entrench itself behind this quibble." The Patrie contains the following :—" It is not from the want of a few miles of territory that the Ottoman empire is suffering ; what it requires is peace on its frontiers. Unless Turkey annihilate Montenegro—which she has n',ver been able to do —she must not hope to enjoy safety otherwise than by consenting to a rectification of the frontiers. Why should she refuse to encourage an arrange ment in which her real interest would be protected, and which would prove eminently favourable to the prosperity of the inhabitants of the Herzegovina and Albania t" "It is positively affirmed," says the Gazette de - Frunee, " that M.,Thonvenal has again applied to the Turkish Government fur its authorisation to thoroughly repair, at the expense of France, the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem." Prince Demetrius Ghika, son of the late Hospo (Jar Gregoire Ghika, and nephew of the present Oaimakan of Wallachia, has arrived in Paris. The opening of the camp of Chalons will not com mence before the 15th July. In order to complete the number of 25,000 men of which it is to be com posed, troops are brought from all parts of France, and even from Corsica. A report was circulated in Paris that M. Dela rue, the secretary of Prince Danilo, who had been charged with a missio❑ to the commander-in-chief of the Turkish army, had been assassinated in the Turkish camp. A telegraphic despatch received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs contradicts this report. - BOURSE, May 18.—The following wero the closing quotations : 44 per Cones 93 Do. end month Credit Foncier Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman 93 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt -Fon CASH. 3 per Cent:: .. .... 69 GO D 9.. eud raontU 69 65 Bank Slxares Credit Mobilier 682 50 Do. 'Account 630 RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 755 Midi Western 560 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Lyon and Mediteran. 7.17 Now Ditto • Geneva RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the Bth says : Some very important modifications are about to be effected in the regime of the prisons. One of the chief clerks attached to the Ministry of Justice is now travelling in different countries abroad, in order to examine into the organisation of those establishments, and to have translations made of the best works published on the subject. The Russian Government has opened negotiations with Prussia fur the reduction of the import duties on the western frontiers of the empire. One of the difficulties which impede tke progress of these arrangements is the declaration of Prussia that she cannot negotiate except in the name of the Zollverein. For some time past Austria has also been endeavouring to obtain a reduction of the import duties on her frontier." The breaking up of the ice on the Neva has this year taken place with unusual rapidity. It is cus tomary, on this occasion, for the governor to crows the river in a baat and to offer the Emperor a cup of water filled from the centre of the river. In former times, the Czar replied by filling the cup with Dutch clacits ; but now only 200 roubles are presented by the Sovereign. This ceremony was duly performed this year. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 14th have reached us. A. .Cabinet Council was held the preceding day at Aranjuez, under the presidency of the Queen. The Government had made an arrangement with the Bank for the payment of the half year's dividends. Some noted political agitators had been arrested in the province of Jaen, and arms and revolutionary proclamations seized in their possession. It was said that conspiraciei had been discovered in dif ferent towns in Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia. A letter from Berlin of the 14th states that Prince Frederic Charles is going on favourably. The application of leeches to his arm and foot have produced a good effect, and it is hoped that in a few days he will be able to resume the inspection of the troops. --- The fifth Storthing extraordinary assembled at Christiana on the 10th, but on that day only con stituted itself provisionally, and took the regula tions into consideration. " We lcarn from a goo I source," says a Vienna letter in the New Prus3ian , Gazette, " that the ecclesiajticil aff tin of (11 , 3 Protestants of Hungary are about to be regulated, and that an authorisa tion will be accorded them to hold a synod." According to a private letter from Servia, the Hospodar has promised to govern constitutionally, but the Nenadovitz family, of which his wife is a member, is already intriguing against the new Cab'net. Prince Daniel of Montenegro has a party in Servia, and it is vaguely rumoured that he will be invited to rule over Servia, "if anything should happen to Prince Alexander." A glance at the trap will show that ono principality might be made out of Servia and Montenegro without any great difficulty. The influence of the Austrian Consul-General at B e l g rade is for the moment entirely destroyed. TEE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The "crisis" may be said to be past. Last night's brief preliminary dialogue shows how com pletely the flank of the Opposition army has been turned. Mr. Vernon Smith is clearly the weak point of the Palmerstonian body. It is impossible, accord ing to the feeling of the house, to administer to him too much punishment. Like the Preston boys with the runaway monkey in the old story, every M.P. seems to be calling to the other , " Hold him down, Jemmy, while I fetch a brickbat, be has no friends." " The officer from Lucknow," who has arrived so opportunely, was a great card for the Government, and was admirably played off list night by Sir John Pakington. The impression produced against Mr. Vernon Smith was something awful. It is now decided that the Peelites will vote with the Government. Mr. Gladstone and Sir James Graham will both speak in support of Lord Derby. The Palmerstonians have been chirping through the past week about their having a mljority of "at least fifty." We have good reasons for assuring our readers that the majority will be in favour of Ministers. _ _ The postponement of the division has had a diminishing effect over the ranks of the Opposition. Many members who can save their seats as well as their consciences by simply not voting, have re solved to do so,L—Morning Chronicle. THE LATE .EXTRAORDIN ART CASE OF liNFANTICIDE. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Lord Clive 's Head, Manchester-square, before Mr. Wakley, coroner, on view of the body of a fine new born male infant, which was discovered in one of the pews of the Roman Catholic Chapel, in Spanish place, Manchester -square, on Sunday morning last, under the extraordinary circumstances detailei in the following evidence : Mrs. Jane Clarke, housekeeper in the estab lishment of Lady Fitzgerald, of No. 40, Portman square, deposed that she was accustomed to attend the Catholic Chapel, in Spanish-place, -Manchester-square. Last Sunday, on entering the f a mily pew of her ladyship, she was surprised at obFerving a parcel on the floor. She gave intima tion of such to the pew-opener, who was ignorant of the circumstakce, who removed the parcel ; and, on a police-constable being sent for, it was dis covered that it contained the body of the infant, the subject of the present inquiry. Lady Fitzgerald sent a message to the coroner requesting to be excused attending the inquiry, as s he knew no more than her housekeeper, which request was instantly acceded to. Eliza Harrington, the pew-opener, was next ex amined. She merely spoke of being called by the last witness, and giv in g the parcel into the custody of the police, who took it to Marylebone work house. Police-constable 31 D said he found a piece of paper attached to the merino gown in which the infant was wrapped, on which was the following —" I hope the humane Christian who will find this poor infant will see that it is decently interred." 1 The police said they had been unsuccessful in discovering any trace of the mother, or the party who had placed it in the chapel. Mr. Ttickeli, the surgeon Of the workhouse, said the infant had lived some time after the birth. Verdict—" Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MAY laril.—There is not much business doing this morning. A rather easier cotton market, with large imports coming in and expected for a week or two, has led buyers to hold back. Yarns are offering at a decline of Ai. per lb., and at this conoes si la but few sales are making. There is a demand from the home [trade, for Germany, and the Mediterranean, and same little business has been effected at the decline, but all orders which are not pressing are kept back in expectation of a possible further decline. In yarns for India nothing doing. In cloths the market is fiat, not withstanding that there are orders to give out, and for some descriptions of T-cloths IA. per piece less has been offering, but these goods and longcloths are rather firm. In general manu f ac t urers are as ki n g full rates, especially for India and Ci,ina shirtings, the makers of which are well engaged, but very little new business has been effected in these fabrics. It is not improbable that we shall have a quiet ruarieet until the Whitsuntide holydays are over. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. re port . "The market fir goods, some few kinds t xcepted, has been exceedingly quiet throughout the week, owing chiefly to the higher prices asked since Tuesday last, but partly, no doubt, to the unsettle sate of political affair-, To-day there is no improved demand for any kind of goods, and we have consequently to report very quiet market, but prices firm at last week' s quo tations," LEEDS, 18ril.—There has been a moderate attend ance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morning. The trade was steady, but purchases were chiefly confined to small pare .1s of goods for winter, and those of a general character. HUDDERSFIELD. ISM—The market has been very quiet this mort.ing. There has been little done in the fancy trade, but th , ;re have been some inquiries fur wooflen fabrics for the fall trade, and the day s transac tions, including the business done at the warehouses, has not been ami,s for the season. THE SUNDAY CABAL. THE DISSOLUTION. The debate on Mr. Cardwell's motion will be resumed to-morrow by Mr. Collier, but it is genes rally believed that the division will not take place before Saturday morning. In Palmerstonian and Hay Write circles the confidence with which, a few days age, the result was anticipated has given way to painful mis givings. Even the most sanguine only count upon a very small majority in favour of Mr. Cardwell's motion, and many impartial and well informed persons are-of opinion that the triumph of Ministers is certain. In neither case should we envy the position. of the Palmerstonian faction, for, if Mr. Cardwell's motion be negatived, they will be covered with confusion, as the authors of an abortive intrigue, while, if it be carried, the consequences will be even more disastrous, as a dissolution of Parlia ment would necessarily follow, and the Cambridge House place.hunters, acquitted by the House, would receive a severer chastisement from the eountry. As a proof that the Palmeratonians are them selves conscious of the reception which awaits them, at the hands of their constituents, we have remarked, in the course of the debate on Mr. Cardwell's motion, that every allusion to a dissolution was received with loud demonstrations of applause from the Liberal and Ministerial benches, whilst the Palmerstonians observed a sullen silence. The admirable speeches of Mr. Roebuck and of Sir Robert Peel have produced a great effect upon the country, and it is now manifest that the Palmerstonian intrigue is entirely repudiated by all the leaders of the Liberal party. We have reason to believe that, in the event of a factious majority declaring itself in favour of Mr.. Cardwell's motion, the dissolution will not, as some suppose, be postponed till the end of the session, but will take place immediately—that is, as soon as a vote of money can be taken on ac count, for meeting the expenses of the Civil Service. Our readers are aware that provision has already been made for the immediate require ments of the naval and military departments of the public service. The new Parliament will probably assembly about the 15th or 20th of July. Mr. Secretary Walpole, it is said, will be proposed for the chair. Mr. Denison has disappointed expectation as a Speaker, and he will, certainly, not be re-elected. We have taken great pains to ascertain, approzi mately, the result of the appeal to the country, and after a careful consideration, we have arrived at the following conclusion : Supporters of the Administration 3lO Palm e rstonians Liberals Total . 654 If this be an accurate, as it is certainly an im partial, estimate of the strength of parties in the new Parliament, the country will give no hesitating answer to the question which it will have to decide, and which was stated by Mr. Roebuck the other night, "Shall we hasten to restore to power the Government which we have just cashiered, because they tampered with the honour of England I" We have every confidence in the verdict of our fellow-countrymen ; and, although we are to be deprived of the services of sham-liberal states men, we are in no way appalled at the prospect, but shall rejoice heartily at one result of the dis solution, which will give Messrs. Gibson, Bright, and Roebuck, a following of upwards of 100 mem. bets, who will not allow themselves to be degraded by submission to the bidding of Hay ter. FASUIONABLE MOVEMENTS. " In the name of the Prophet—Flea !" Well to know, it is behoving, Where each Mr. Smith is moving. Used up, like exploded cracker, Mont Blanc having naught to back her, Done" each hackneyed route and line-ah ! Albert Smith is off to China. But another Smith we know — Some have wished at Jericho — Now, where bores and knaves should be, Sent MM. con. to Coventry. ST. JAMES'S HALL. The Vocal Association, who have achieved so many successes at the opening of their musical campaign, will give another concert on Friday evening next at St. James's Hall. The convenient central position of this hall, added to its adaptation to musical performances, and the comfortable arrangements for the audience, render it one of the favourite places of resort for the musical public. The large audiences who have attended the former concerts of this association testify to the general appreciation of the excellence and variety of the entertainments provided, and the judicious superin tendence of the arrangements. The names of the performers, on Friday night, promise a musical treat. Herr Pischek, who has been absent from London for two seasons, will make his re-appear_ ance, and as he has already arrived in London there can be no cause to fear a disappointment. Madame Amadei, the well-known contralto singer, will also be among the vocalists, and the presence of the Orpheus Glee Union, and the Vocal Association, promise the satisfactory performance of madrigals and part-songs. Prominent among the instru i mentalists we find the name of Herr Joachim, an I irresistible attraction to all who have had tin plea ' sure of hearing the accomplished violinist. The variety of the performers, and the skilful arrange ment of the concert, prevent any weariness, and we have no doubt that a large and cultivated audi ence will gladly avail themselves of the advantages offered them. EAST INDIAN DE a sra , TCEllt!4, —Tito London Gazette of the killed, wounded, aOrnmeir'c . al and . nominal return of last tight cont • iins Campbell, ssing in the army, under the paaeing the r fi o r a e d, L up to, and on the day command of Sir Colin of, the llst successful attacko female named Elleo l Deptford. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT 13Y Frunv nycknow. ful accident occurred to an acred—f esterday a fright Kale, nod 62, residing in the Lover-road, dress wafted against the bars and caughtli gee' whenll The unfortunate lady was screams brought acsietance, when the filmes were ex tintishe 1 . Medical assistance was sent for, whi e x t, promptly attended. She was immediately removed to the hospi al, but such are the txtenaive injuries, th it blight hopes are entertained of her recovery. LITERATURE. Mervyn Clitheroe. No. X. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. A double numberWl, on the eve of the leafy month of June, bring to a close Mr. Ainsworth's charming serial story of the Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe. Considerable advance towards the unravelment of the tangled thread of the plot has been made already, however, in the current monthly instalment. Nor can this hardly be won dered at when it is remarked that number ten in cludes within it no less than eight additional chap ters, full of animation and incident, and replete with startling disclosures. Already, for example, we know the whole of the family history of the so called Brideoakes—thanks to the loquacity of ex cellent old bald-headed Dr. Foam. It is revealed to the Rev. John and his more than fidus Achates Mervyn Clitheroe, that Mrs. Brideoake—the de testable and domineering—is no one less than the Lady Amicia, sister of Lord Leyland, and daughter of the Earl of Rossendale. We learn, too, that the deceased husband was claimant to a dormant Jaco bite peerage, and that, in fact, the ci devant John Brideoake is really and truly—Lord Wilburton. Prominent among all the occurrences recorded in the present number is the death of Mrs. Mervyn— after she has had an affectionate explanation with Apphia and Mervyr, but before she contrives to repair the error of her previous arrangement?. So that—contrary to what the reader knows perfectly well to have been veritably her last instructions, she bequeaths the whole of her property—the Anchorites included—not to the young couple, but, instead of that, to the Lady Amicia, the quondam Mrs. Brideoake. There is a very picturesque de scription of the desolate scenery of Delamere Forest towards the close of No. X, a description as minute and exact in its way as a photographic sketch. It introduces us to a scene in which the vil lanies of Malpas and Pownall, and Obed and Phaleg, are more clearly than ever laid bare to the watchful observation of the at first concealed but at last discovered and belligerent observers, Ned Culchetli and Mervyn Clitheroe. They have linos. B .l.ava iv me P-a.o of rendezvou by Rue who thus revenges herself upon Malpas Sale. The latter, infuriated by the surprise, shoots Simon Pownall, but whether effectually to silence him by death or not, yet remains to be diiovert d. What ever else may occur, we count upon Mervyn mar rying Apphia, and John, Ora, and Cuthbert Spring, Miss Ilazlerigge—but most of all will the reader fondly cherish a hope to the last that some overwhelming retribution may fall betimes upon Malpas Sale, and even in a yet more parti cularly excruciating manner upon the Lady Amicia, whose intolerable bearing irritates even the ami able and warm-hearted Dr. Foam in a momentary outburst of irritability. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- HAMPTON. The receipts of this company, including the Stourbridge Extension Canal, for the fortnight end ing May 9, have been 7,824/., while those for the corresponding fortnight of 1857 amounted to 8,1841.; and the expenditure to 3,8941., or 43.39 per cent., while for the corresponding fortnight of 1857 it amounted to 3,941/., or 48.46 per cent. The total receipts for the nine fortnights and three days of the half-year, including the above, amounted to 69,250/., as against 71,597/. for the corresponding nine fortnights and four days of the previous year ; and the total expenditure, includ ing the above, amounted to 38,812/., or 48.82 per cent., as against 35,373/., or 49.40 per cent, for the corresponding nine fortnight? , and four days of the previous year, showing a decrease in the receipts of 2,347/., and in the expenses of 1,561/. GREENWICH AND WOOLWICH DIRECT. On Monday evening a meeting of landholders and owners of house property in the town of Green wich was held for the purpose of considering the best means of securing direct railway communica tion with the town of Woolwich. The great depre ciation in the value of property in the neighbour hood was urged, and it was stated that the pros perity which formerly existed there was now found in adjoining localities, where facilities for travelling from one part to another were afforded to the in habitants. To remedy this state of things it was proposed to construct a line of railway from the Greenwich branch of the South-Eastern Railway near Deptford. creek, passing thence across the prin cipal street of the town to the park, fronting the Royal Naval Schools, and thus to form a junction with the main line of North Kent Railway at the Charlton Station. RUABON AND DENBIGH. It is proposed to make a line of railway from the Great Western line at Ruabon, passing near the towns of Llangollen, Corwen, and Ruthin to the present terminus of the Vale of Clwyd Railway at Denbigh. The landowners generally have signi fied their readiness to aid in carrying out the undertaking, as it is expected that the formation of this line will prove advantageous to the district, and be the means of conveying to various places coals and other minerals from Ruabon at a mode rate cost, which can now only be obtained at great expense. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE . AND EAST LANCA SHIRE (AMALGAMATION); Mr. F. NORTH reported from the Committee on Group 9 of Railway Bills that this bill has for its main object the amalgamation of the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Com panies. The bill likewise contains provisions for merging in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company absolutely the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway Company, whose undertaking, so far as it still subsists in their hands, is leased to the Lanca shire and York s hi r e Railway Company for 999 years ; and the bill provides for the abandoning of a short branch railway at Burscough which experi ence has proved to be needless. These two parts of the bill were unopposed. 17 petitions against the bill were referred to the committee. The com mittee, after a long investigation of the matter, are satisfied upon the evidence adduced before them that this is one of the special cases in which the amalgamation of two companies is expedient, and that the intermingling of the Lancashire and York shire and the East Lancashite Railways throughout Lancashire, their common ownership of important portions railway and of stations, and their con stant juxtaposition render it more convenient for the public and for the trade of the district, and more advantageous to these two undertakings that they should be permanently united by a common management and common interest. The pro moters tendered clauses which were inserted in the bill to secure the due construction of the station and the completion of the bridge at Wigan, and the forming of a double line on the Burnley branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The tolls and charges both of the Lancashire and York shire and East Lancashire Companies had in 1846 been reduced below the amount oliginally granted by Parliament. In 1850 the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company applied to Par liament for an increase of their tolls and charges, alleging these to be insufficient to give a due return for their capital. After a careful investigation of the facts Parliament granted an increase of 20 per cent upon the tolls and charges of 1846, excepting the tolls for coal. In 1851 a similar increase, in similar circumstances, was granted to the East Lancashire Railway Company. The tolls and charges in the bill are identical with those granted to the companies in 1850 and 1851, with this ex ception, that where the one act gave a lower rate than the other the lower rate has been adopted. The bill also contains the clause which is in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Act of 1850, providing for the revision of the tolls when the dividend of the company reaches 8 per cent. The committee have inserted in the bill a clause which provides that a certified copy of every agreement which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company may hereafter make with any other railway company or canal company shall within a month atter the agreement has been made be deposited for public inspection with the Board of Trade and with the Clerk of the Peace for Lancashire. That the depo sit of the copies shall be forthwith advertised • and that all persons may have copies upon a moderate payment, as provided by the Ist Vic., c. 83. The committee believe that this principle of publicity, as provided for in this bill, is properly applicable to all railway companies. The committee have like wise by a clause iu the bill prohibited the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Company from mak ing any agreements obstructing the conveyance of traffic over their line by the shortest and most con venient route, and abrogating any such agreement already made, and have provided that all reason able facilities shall be afforded by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company for the convey ance of such traffic. Evidence was produced before the committee proving that a through route exists from Huddersfield to London, via the Huddersfield and Peniston Branch of the Lancashire and York shire Railway and the Manchester and Sheffield and Great Northern Railways, which route is 19 miles shorter than the route via the Loudon and North-Western Railway. In consequence of ar rangements between the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railways, the public has been deprived of the benefit of such shorter route, and the powers as to through traffic contained in existing Acts of Parliament have been f,und to be practically insufficient to enable the Manchester and Sheffield and Great Northern Railway Companies to open up this route to the public. The committee have inserted a clause in the bill for the purpose of insuring to the public this right. PORTSMOUTH. Sir E. PERRY reported from the Committee on Group 2 of Railway Bills that the new works, power to construct which is sought by the bill, are o be executed by an existing company out of the funds which they are at present authorised to raise. The lengths of the proposed lines of railway are as follows :—No. 1, 4 Miles - 31i chains, and No.-2; 5 furlongs. The steepest gradient is lin 132. It is intended that the railway should cross on a level one turnpike road. The estimated cost of the railway is 70,0001., and the quantity of land required 54/ acres. Mr. Locke was the engineer examined iu support of the bill, and the committee were satisfied of the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of the proposed railway. The com mittee have required a clause to be inserted for the laying down of a double line of rails on the Ports mouth line between Godalming and Havant, if the traffic at a future period should amount to a certain sum specified in the bill. lILVERSTONE AND LANCASTER. Mr. PHILIPPS reported from the Committee on Group 6 of Railway Bill 3 that the principal objects of the bill are to enable the company, having a sin gle line of railway open for public traffic, to raise further capital, and to sell or lease their under taking to the Furness Railway Company. Such additional capital is sought to be raised for enabling the company to lay down a second line of rails ou land already in their possession, and for providing for the payment of existing debts and liabilities, and for the general purposes of the undertaking. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALA.CR. Mr. PHILIPPS reported from the Committee that the objects of the bill are to give power to the Bat tersea-park Commissioners to sell and the West end of London and Crystal Palace Railway Com pany to purchase certain lands at Battersea and to confirm agreements thereto : 40 ornad. tha Ann ,- pany to raise furtber capital for the purpose ; to extend the time for completing the extension rail way to Farnborough ; to lease the undertaking of the company to the London, Brighton, and South. Coast Railway, and to enable the latter company to raise money for the purpose ; also to enable the West-end and Crystal Palace Company to make traffic arrangements with the South-Eastern, Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray), and East Kent Railway Companies, or either of them. Clauses were inserted in the bill saving the rights of the conservators of the river Thames, and requiring the company to submit a plan to the said conser , vators of any works proposed to be made by them in any part of the said river. The Committee, in execution of the powers given to them by the reso lution of the house of the 11th May inst., have retained in the bill the power of leasing the under taking of the company to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. The Committee had amended the preamble of the bill by altering the dates of the agreements therein mentioned and reciting an additional agreement entered into be tween the company and the Battersea-park Com missioners, and found the same as amended to be rue. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From, the Report of the Registrar General.) The number of deaths registered in London in the week ending Saturday, May 'l5, was 1,057, which is almost the same as that of the previous week, which was 1,056. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks corre sponding with the last week was 1,050, but as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased popu lation, they can only be compared with the average, when the latter is raised in a degree proportionate to the increase, a correction which will make 1,155. The comparison indicates a favourable state of the public health, as showing that the deaths now re turned are less by about 100 than the number esti mated from former experience at this season. As the total numbers of the last two weeks very closely agree, so the numbers assigned to the five general heads under which all the causes of death are classed exhibit no important difference. Zymotic diseases caused in the two weeks 242 and 254 deaths respectively, the corrected average for last week being 259 ; constitutional diseases 251 and 246, the average being 266 ; local diseases 407 and 394, the average being 449 ; developmental 126 and 130, the average being 139 ; and the num ber of violent deaths was 25 both weeks, the ave rage being 22. The slight increase under the first head arises in part from diarrhon, the fatal cases of which increased from 9to 17. HOOping-00110 was also more fatal last week, this complaint hay' ing carded off 81 children, a large proportion of whom were under two years of age. Six deaths occurred from it in the sub-district of St. Peter, Walworth, and 4 in that of St. John, Westminster. Of 47 deaths from measles, 6 occurred in the sub district of Greenwich West. Scarlatina was fatal in 36 cases, and 4 of these occurred in Hoxton Old-town. Six cases of diphtheria are returned. A death from this disease having occurred in the Hackney-road sub-district, Mr. Todd, the medical attendant of the case, states that " the effluvium from the gas-water of the adjoining gasworks, which is carried off through the sewers, has been represented to him as at times very offensive, and in his opinion it is very likely to deteriorate the health of persons ex posed to it." Two girls, aged respectively 10 and 14 years, died of tonsillitis (quinsy) in the same family at 3, Norfolk-place, Islington. Three chil dren of the same parents have died, within 18 days, of scarlatina in the Hyde-park barracks. The deaths of two very old persons are reported in the returns : a fish porter died in Great Trinity-lane at the age of 97 years, and the widow of a stone sawyer at 60, Pleasant-place, Lambeth, whose age is stated to have been 102 years. Last week the births of 798 boys and 752 girl* in all 1,550 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848' 57, the average number was 1,577. THE MAIN DRAINAGE OF LONDON. A public meeting was held in reference to this sulject at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen' street, but which, although it had been publicly announced by advertisements, was thinly attended. The chair was taken by Mr. W. Crawford, M.P. for the city of London, who was supported by Mr. W. Cox, M.P. for Finsbury ; Mr. Ayrton, for the Tower Hamlets, and several other gentle• men interested in this question. After the hon• secretary had read from several gentlemen apoin" gies for their non-attendance, a series of resolutions was proposed and adopted. The object of the meeting was— g. T o consider the present position of the question of the main drainage of the metropolis, and to take the ❑ecessary steps for protecting the interests of the m etro. politan ratepayers in Parliament." Mr. JOHN `'PACE a member of the Shoreditch vestry, proposed, and Mr. PREECE, member of the Mile-end vestry, seconded— " That the Plans hitherto proposed for the mein drainage of the metropolis are incomplete, conflicting , and unsatisfactory, certain to entail a heavy burden on tht ratepayers, and of problematical utility to the publics health. That while it has not been proved that the Thames exerts a prejudicial influence on the health of the metropolie, it is still desirable to improve the drain' ing and self-cleaosirg powers of the river, and to pro , : vent the deposit of mud in its channel and on its banks. This resolution, although it encountered Bogle little opposition, especially in reference to the non prejudicial influence of the Thames in its present condition, was declared by the chairman to be carried. Mr. Frederick Doulton, a member of the Lambeth vestry, then proposed, and Mr. G. •A• Youngman, a member of the St. Pancras vestriv seconded, a further resolution— " That the utmost uncertainty appears to prevail i gl the minds of th e f ramers o f t h e reports an d es tiroatel hitherto prepared as to the extent and cost o f the wor k required, r ang i ng f rom u p war d s o f 2 , 000,0001. t o nearly 11,006,000/., d emons t ra ti ng th a t thi s i mpor t an t clu e 7 e tion is not y et r ip e f or so l u t ion , an d th a t a h as ty de c. ,: ski n will impose a fri g htfully e n o r m ous t axa tion upo n the already heavily burdened ratepayers, and that there, fore, before any final course be adopted, there should 1 1; a complete and comprehensive report upon the vibe,. question, and ample opportunity should be given to tu ratepayers to examine and consider the same." This resolution, like its predecessor, proved ale ° al l subject of some little difference of opinion, but appeared unanimous on the unsatisfactory rePr.,,v a sentation of expense, varying as it did with so a margin in the estimate of cost to effect the obi% contemplated by the advoc rtes ;for cleansing t , O u , Thames. It was, however, conclusively agreedL It was then moved by Mr. Farrar, of St. Nue °g / and seconded by Mr. Elt, of Islington— " That the metropolitan delegates be requested tor; press upon the Metropolitan Board of Works the v i v ob , xpreseed in the foregoing resolutions, and to take B steps as they may s e e fit fo r the p ro p er representa tion of the same in Parliament." After this resolution bad been approved an car p i• ried by the meeting, a vote of thanks was tint' o f mously given to the chairman, and the busineEo the evening brought to a close. The specie by the Parana, 300,0001., will be deliverl on Thursday. It consists of 91,5001. in gol d 0 108,500/. in silver. The gold by the Roxburgh Co l; 11 201,0681., has ccme to hand, but has not yet been posed of, Dal Cell elit tfeN to