The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-27 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Arethusa, 50, which is in process of being converted into a screw steam frigate at Chatham dockyard, is' ordered to be lengthened 70 feet amid ships. Some decayed plank has been discovered in the port quarter of the screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Capt. Henry T. Lacon, in Keyham basin, Ply mouth, which is ordered to be ripped out. Caulkers are at work on her topsides. The new boiler, which when being lowered fell seven feet on Tuesday, will not be taken out again, but the injured plates will be either repaired or replaced in the hold ; for this purpose the boiler has been raised from the ceiling sufficient to enable the blacksmiths to ap proach it on all sides. They are working night and day, and hope to finish the job by this (Friday) evening. One of the new boilers is fitted in its place, one is repairing, and the remaining two are on the wharf. The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas Curry, left Plymouth under canvass on Wednesday afternoon for Portland; The gunboat Procris was placed in the lock at Keyham steamyard:on Wednesday, preparatory to her being removed into Hamoaze. The screw steam frigate Melpomene, 51, Capt. Charles J. F. Ewart, at Plymouth, is ordered to be docked, and to have her copper cleaned and examined. Forty-nine shipwrights, six smiths, and fifteen labourers will be discharged from Devonport dock yard to-morrow (Saturday). The crew of the paddlewheel steam frigate Ter rible, 21, Capt. Glasse, C. 8., at Plymouth, were paid their wages and granted leave of absence on Wednesday. The sailing ship Indus, 78, recently returned from the West India station, was taken on Wednes day from the Devonport dockyard to the upper moorings in Hamoaze. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. G. Fane to the Sanspa rail ; John Wallace confirmed to the rank of sur geon •, Arthur B. Johnson, assistant-surgeon, con firmed in the Cornwallis ; Charles Strickland, assistant-surgeon, confirmed in the Doris;Con stantine Keenan, assistant-surgeon, to the Ranger ; George Duncan, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Cressy ; George H. Maunsell, acting assistant-sur geon, to the Cumberland ; Edward J. Roffey, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Wasp ; George Robertson, chief engineer, to the Archer ; Michael Powell, pro moted to chief engineer, and appointed to the Ter rible; Matthew Murray, first class assistant-engi neer in the Asia, as supernumerary; Thomas Witt, second-class assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard, for service in the Bann ; John King (b), acting third class assistant-engineer, to the Cornwallis ; James N. Robinson and Henry P. Brenan, assistant paymasters to the Victory, as supernumeraries; and Ashley N. Innes, clerk, to the Virago. THE ARMY. No less than three coloneleies of regiments are now vacant by the recent deaths of General Sir T. M'Mahon, Bart., G,C.8., Colonel of the 10th Regi ment of Foot ; Lieut.-General E. Fleming, C. 8., Colonel of the 97th Regiment of Foot ; and Lieut.- Gen. John Home Home, Colonel of the 66th Regi ment of Foot. The Duke of Cambridge has directed a notice to be promulgated to the whole of the troops serving at home and abroad, that in the event of a Turkish medal, or any medal of distinction granted by a foreign Power, being lost, his Royal Highness has not the means of replacing it. A number of officers of the Royal and Indian Engineers, under the superintendence of Captain H. Y. D. Scott, R.E., will proceed this morming from the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, to Pembroke and other fortified places in Wales, and afterwards to Plymouth Citadel, for the pur pose of inspecting the several works of defence in those localities, and reporting upon their condition and formation. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. . - - Seoond appearance of Madame GRISI and Signor MARIO. TO-3IORROW, SATURDAY, April 28, will be performed (for the second time at the New Theatre) Donizetti's Opera, LA FAVOR I TA. Leonora, Madame Grief (being the second of the twelve re presentations to which her engagement is limited); Inez, Madame Tag,liafico ; Alfonso IX., M. Fanre (his second ap pearanee in that eharaeter); Baldassare, M. Zelger ; Don Gaspar°, Signor Rassi ; and Ferdinando, Signor Mario (his second appearance this season). Conductor, Mr. COSTA. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlle. Zina and M. Desplaces. Doors open at eight o'clock. The Opera commences at half-past. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Amphitheatre Stalls, 7s. and ss. ; Amphi theatre, 2s. 6d. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. First Night of FRA DIAVOI.O. First appearance of SIGNOR RONCONI. On TUESDAI next, May 1, will be performed (for the first time these two years) Auberls Opera, FRA DIAVOLO. Zerlina, Madame Miolan Carvalho (her first appearance in that character); Lady Alleash,lle. Cerbari (her first ap- pearance in that character); Il Marchese, Sign Gardonl ; Lorenzo, Sigr. Seri-Baraldi ; Matteo, Sigr. Polonini ; Beppo, Sigr. Tagliafico ; Giacomo, M. Zelger ; and Lord Allcaah, Sigr. nthiconi (his first appearance this season). La Saltarella in the third act will be danced by Mdlle. Zlna and M. Desplaces. OPERA, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins Di .—Morning, sh. 32m.—Afternoon, .Oh. 57m. To-moßnow.-Morning, 6h. 26m.—Afternoon, _ 6h. 56m, ROYAL ITALIAN COVENT-GARDEN, SUBSCRIPTION NIGHT First night of II TROVATORE, First appearance of Signor GRAZ lANI, THURSDAY next, May 3, will be given as a Subscription Night, in lieu of SATURDAY, August 18, on which occasion will be performed (for the first time this season) Verdi's Opera IL TROVATORE, with the following powerful cast : Leonora, Madame Grist (being the third of the twelve repre sentations to which her engagement is limited); Azucena, Mdlle. Csillag (her first appearance in that character); Inez, Madame Tagliafico ; Il Conte di Luna, Signor Grasiani (his first appearance this season) ; Fernando, Signor Tagliafico ; Ruiz, Signor Lucchesi ; tin Zingaro, Signor Rossi ; and Manrico, Signor Mario (his third appearance this season). T HBATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF OVE. And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. ItO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY WIFE'S OUT. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. ADELPIII, NEW TEIEATRE-ROYAL. Sole rroorietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster • Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which the Grand Fairy Extravaganza, THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King, Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count P lenipoao , Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolg,ar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollinopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Engagement for a limited number of nights of 31issJULIA DALY, the celebrated American Actress. Mr. LEIGH lIIURRA.Y is engaged, and will shortly appear in a favourite Drama. Acting ifanager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the management of Mr. Wm. Brough. THIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF KIN. Messrs. Emery, S. Calhaem, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E. Travers and K. Saxon. After which, the burlesque of THE FORTY THIEVES. Miss Lyd!a Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss E.Travers, Miss K. Saxon, Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, &c. ; and a numerous Corps de Ballet. Followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. Sir W. Don. --- To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Kin,-street , St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to oarriag;es and foot passengers all hours of the night. E V ENING- the performances will oommenap with a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED. P Robinson, C. Young, &c. After which, A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN A PE CULIAR PERPLEXING PREDICAMENT. Mr. Charles Young and Miss Wyndham. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Banos, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d ; Pit, la. The Bog-offtoe open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform an tecommences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor, MT. WM. BATTY. The New Sole_ Manager, M r . E DWIN Il mums. management, in annou n ci n g the Triumphant Success of the ite-o e n nin of this Popular Theatre, have the utmost satisfaction P i stating they but re-echo the senti ments expressed by the entire Press and the Public nielitly, that the NEW GR EP iti lky e l i l t e l s T e ARY SPECT ACLE, with its unprecedeatedly ma inents, and grand mis-en- appropriate costumes anent appeo'ilneTY and effects, splendid and scene, is the most perfect and int g hippo-drama ever l i v iind British Eques proluced. The renolv o ne r d ece C i o ,. n ed iir e .E a l and zing with the un trian Artistes are al. delighted audiences. bounded approbation of astonished of the The novel and elegant arrangement and Acena give the mest complete satisfaction ; and with the truly gorgeous decorations render the ev , uing's aniusem _ ent in this far-famed Establishment oue of the most varied, trilliant, and recherche in this great metropolis. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, In Four Acts, entitled "THE HISTORY OF A I LAG." To be suc ceeded by an inimitable rontive of Equestrian Achievements in the Scenes of the Arena, supported by a host of Star Riders of the day, and Last Nights of the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock, performance commence at 7. Box-pillee open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WriT. Sir E. B. LYTTON is the avowed advocate of government through the middle classes. It was this point on which he dwelt with so much earnest ness last year. This year the drift of his speech is the same. You may lower the franchise to £lO in the counties with safety, that will give us in them but an addition to middle class electors; you may not lower it to L 6 in towns, for that will introduce the class which works for weekly wages. The eloquent baronet and the cooler Lord STANLEY both seem to regard the middle classes as the safest depositories of power. There is something plausible in this. They are, as it were, the average of the population. Between the aristocracy and the labourer it might seem as if they would hold the balance impartially between both. The illusion is indeed apt to fade away when it is remembered tkat they are but a class—the Schedule B class — the trading and professional class; and, though one portion of them must be near the highest social stratum, another near the lowest, yet that there is quite as much community of interest as amongst those below the magic line of the £lO householders. In reading, however, the brilliant speech of our great literary baronet, one thought struck us most strongly. Admitting all his ar guments for distrusting the working men of England, admitting that they are liable to act at times under the influence, as he several times said, of " passion and poverty," admitting for the moment that they are not to be trusted as electors, we ask why is it now sought to introduce them ? We know that the middle classes in 1832 entered everywhere into a virtual and an honourable—or what should have been an honourable—compact with them. The tone of the former was, at every public meet ing, "Help us to get the franchise, and we will then help you to get it." All of us who are old enough remember this well. The compact was fulfilled, however, much after the manner of the chief butler's with Joseph, or of the . German potentates who promised constitutions to their subjects if they would first drive the French out of Vaterland. Yet, strange to say, since the times of Chartism, the operatives have ceased to demand of the middle classes the fulfilment of their promise. Perhaps, good employment and rising wages have had much to do with this. The political exigencies of finality Whigs have also been suggested as the reason why we have been favoured with two or three Reform Bills, but this suggestion overlooks the fact that had there not been a demand for reform, no Ministry in extremis would have offered it as a means of regaining popularity. The truth we take to be, that the very middle classes whom Sir E. B. LYTTON so eulogises, de manded Reform because they felt themselves in an unfair position. They felt they had not the influence on the Legislature which fairly belonged to them. There was a galling conviction everywhere that they were either subjugated by influence in the coun ties and small boroughs, or their votes neutralised by the hired ones of the poorer electors. Had every middle-class elector felt that he really could vote as he pleased, there would have been none of that sense of oppression which has produced in the present constituency the conviction that some reform—some means of enabling the real voice of the people to make itself heard—was needful. We are speaking now of what is at present under discussion—of the franchise merely. The actual apportionment of seats has always been a notorious and confessed injustice. But, on the subject of the franchise, the desire of Schedule D was not to add a host of voters who did not enjoy the honour of belonging to it, but to thwart, if possible, the unfair influences by which their real opinions were so generally overpowered. The extension of the suffrage was the only means to which even the liberal portion of the aristocracy would consent. The Tories, avowedly of necessity only, consented to it also. But they all, while lauding the middle class constituency, refused to enfranchise it. Had they offered it the ballot, there would have been, we fear, no need to talk of suffrage extension. That Sir E. B. LYTTON and Lord STANLEY, while they are so loud in praise of the present constituency, are unwilling to give it real rower is evident, by their refusal of protection to the voter. Hence it is that they have to submit to a £6 borough franchise, which all Conservatives, whether termed Whigs or Tories, would yet in finitely prefer to rendering the middle classes in dependent by the ballot. We do not distrust the working-men of England. We rejoice that an offer is made them which, let the Opposition or the Lords do what they may, it will be hard to recal. But we also think that trusting instead of praising the present electors should have been the first principle of a Reform Bill. Had the county electors been enabled to vote "freely and indifferently " under the protection of the Ballot ; and had the better class of electors in boroughs seen the venality which virtually disfranchised them neutralised by th same means—this itself would have been a large and satisfactory extension of the suffrage. It would have conferred a vote on the vast majority in the counties who now are com pelled to surrender it to another, and would have given honest electors to the numerous corrupt boroughs. For the petty boroughs we confess it would not, frequently, have done much. But as to the main point of Sir E. B. LYTTON'S speech—the unfitness of the class to be introduced by the present bill for the elective franchise—as Lord JoHN observed—this, neither he nor any of the Opposition speakers attempted fairly to prove. Plenty was said about the danger of unlimited de mocracy, but nothing or scarcely anything to prove that an addition of 150,000, or thereabouts, to the borough electors would be such a democracy. Our eloquent baronet drew a picture, which he might have inserted in sense of his novels, of an imaginary Smith —an honest fellow but in debt to the amount of £3, and therefore by a little political reasoning on a Chinese war, and a little appeal to the desire ableness of being out of debt, disposed by his very honesty to look at the best side of a Chinese war, and vote for that and the payment of his debt to gether. Even the ballot would not mend the case with him, since, being an honest fellow, he would keep his promise. It was forgotten that the £3 would hare been a very unlikely offer when no poll-book receipt could be given for it—forgotten, too, that in proportion to the number of the SMITHS will be the cost and the difficulty of deal ing with them. All arguments of this kind are but arguments to prove that the House of Commons does not want to put down bribery. The House well knows how to do that. We could but observe that the common fallacy ran through several speeches, Mr. BLACK'S, we re gret to say, among the rest, of dealing with the subject as if the electors were to be members or even Cabinet Ministers, and not merely persons to choose fit men to deal with political questions. Doubtless, not many men living on wages could be found competent to correspond with M. THOUVENEL, or to introduce an important bill into the House of Commons; but this is altogether a different question from their fitness to choose qualified men to do such things. There are innumerable ways in which work ing men, as well as the rest of us, can ascertain who are the persons most competent to attend to matters wholly out of their own province. We all do it, daily, in every department of life. Of course a few FERGUS O'CoNNoRS might gain the popular ear in some constituencies, but nowhere are such men more innocuous than in the House of Commons. The great mass of the working people would, we believe, but too easily follow the lead of more educated men, and the change to be apprehended from the proposed franchise ex tension, we fear, be only too small. Of one thing we are quite certain, that confidence, not mistrust, is the true key to the hearts and judgments of English operatives. They deserve it. And we think all these calumnious reasons for withholding the franchise from them are of the worst tendency. They do indeed tend to " set class against class." It is not so very long ago since what was called the Crimean Banquet was offered in evidence of a cordial reception on their return home to the 33d, or "Duke of WELLINGTON'S" Regiment. A simi lar demonstration of good feeling has now been very recently offered by the citizens of Auld Reekie to the gallant Ross-shire Buffs, or, as they are otherwise numerically entitled upon the roll of the Army List, the 78th Highlanders. A magnificent greeting, in truth, was thus accorded on Tuesday, the 24th instant, to this valiant corps in the grand hall of the Corn Exchange in the Grassmarket of the city of Edinburgh. As many as nearly fifteen hundred persons, including ladies, and numbering amongst the convivial concourse, both the soldier guests and their entertainers, partook together of the festivities and shared in the enthusiasm which signalised in a remarkable manner this genial and gracious entertainment. Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will be found as full a report as we have been able to procure of the proceedings of Tuesday last in the Grassmarket of Edinburgh. From this report it will be recognised by our readers how kindly was the spirit in which the banquet was offered to the 78th Highlanders, and how manly, simple, and thoroughly soldier-like was the feeling with which the three spokesmen who returned thanks in suc cession, in their own names and in those of their gallant comrades, proffered their acknowledgments. Nothing, we unhesitatingly assert, could have been in more exquisite taste than the tone of the remarks in which the toast of the evening was responded to by Colonel EWART, now in command of the 78th Highlanders ; by Lieut.-Colonel HENRY HAMIL TON, who has for thirty years past, he says, found a moveable home with that regiment ; and by the brave Sergeant-Major Pocoex, speaking in his turn, too, peculiarly in behalf of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ross-shire Buffs. Each and all of these three little model after-dinner harangues will, we promise our readers, be found eminently worthy of perusal, being characterised throughout, quite naturally, simply, and, as it were, spontaneously, by a highbred and chivalrous solici tude, in no way te arrogate to themselves any peculiar merit, apart from the heroic service to which it is the pride and glory of the gallant corps to belong. Colonel EWART, whose name was imme diately coupled with the toast of " The 78th High landers' " from the circumstance of his now being in actual command of it himself, in the first place disclaimed any right to such honour (apart from that circumstance), although at the final re lief of Lucknow, for example, he had taken part individually in the warlike doings through which the Ross-shire Buffs have so recently passed— Colonel EWART at that period holding re sponsible command in the 93d Regiment. After particularising (immediately upon the utterance of this modest disclaimer) the senior Lieutenant-Colonel of the 78th Highlanders, namely, Colonel WALTER HAMILTON, and enume rating besides no less than three other Lieutenant- Colonels (Colonels HENRY HAMILTON, WINTYRE, and LocKHART), " all of whom," said the gallant speaker, " at different times commanded the 78th in action ;"—and all of whom, moreover, were then present while he was speaking : Colonel EWART said, " I have been asked hew many are here to day who fought with the 78th in India ? and I am proud and happy to say that there are around me 15 announcementh lldoeerunydt an d p rol o r n e g c e e i a v e a d e , e a l a s officers and ab ou t 350 men w h o f oug ht a b roa d ;.' an l ma a m t o a o t t s e . r ofF For r o u t r h s e e , d w r i o t w i i n t h thew hich recentC o h l s n t e o l t yE of w theRT n ß a o r e r e a - t e e h d i r e a n B ionffc Buffs, an incident dating from the Ist of April—for his facetious allusions to certain evil-disposed persons by whom the regiment had thereby been not "bearded," but, on the contrary, partially unbearded —the result being, as Colonel EWART observed, a dreadful " shave," and the secret author of that re sult being evidently " a most barbarous fellow"— we refer the lovers of innocent fun and frolic to the report given elsewhere of the gallant Colonel's humorous harangue. From Colonel HENRY HAMIL TON'S speech which followed, we must (if only for the fine feeling which dictated the modest words now following) be allowed to make ono brief but sufficient quotation. It is where Colonel HAMILTON has remarked, " The 78th cannot but feel that in the succession of entertainments and manifestations which have been accorded to them since their return to this country, a sort of undue prominence appears to have been given them over their comrades of other arms, and regiments who served with them in the same operations, and who, in common with them, endeavoured to do their duty. The 78th are fully conscious that this is ow ing to the peculiar circumstances in which they have been placed. A national regiment returning after a lengthened period to Scotland, going first to tho country whose name they bear—Ross-shire Buffs —then coming tothe capital of Scotland, they have, as it were, fallen into the arms of their friends —(hear, and cheers)—and they are fully conscious that the distinction with which they have been re ceived is to be attributed, not to any superior merit of theirs, but to that warmth of feeling, that gene rosity of sentiment, that largeness of heart which has over characterised the people of Scot'. land in general, and the inhabitants of Edinburgh in particular." And as if crowning all these evidences of the chivalrous modesty of the 78th Highlanders, the brave Sergeant-Major Pococx, who spoke as we have before intimated on the part of the non commissioned officers and privates of the regiment, exclaimed in words thrilling with manly sensibility " We must not take all the credit to ourselves for our successes in the field. To those who reared us and instilled into our minds the principles of obedi ence, courage, and discipline—(cheers)—to the women of Scotland be all the honour which is due to a mother for the success of her son. (Loud and continued cheering.) You have shown that you approve of what we have done, and I hope if ever the opportunity :should arise we shall have the honour of showing, in the defence of our fatherland, that your confidence has not been misplaced." The reverberation of the tremendous cheering which greeted the gallant Sergeant's mention of the name of OUTRAM, will be carried, we trust, through the echoes of the Press to the knowledge of that daunt- lest geeeral—recognised no less heartily here in Europe than far away in Asia, as the BAYARD of our Indian Army ! fzv m „ • 1-- -zt 11* \s , ‘4 l u''' s . ; 4 . 7 j ia jj• PL 4511 • = D c * T" 4;, THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1860. BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfeotion of meohanism."—Morning Post. Gold) Silver 2to 50 guineaP. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prioes. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for is. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS,- THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA, FAUST; First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ••••••••• Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Mterta inacbeth, and numerous other Enments. Balcony, ls . Hall, 6d. liomth Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critohfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant eights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER,-SuN OFFICE, APRIL 27, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHIM 50—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. _ BaRoNtETER-30.29. WIND, North-Easterly ; fresh, with dull, cold weather. 11ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A new opera, called " Almina," the libretto by Signor Lanziere3, the music by Signor Fabio Campana, was pro duced here last night. The part of Almina having, it is said, been composed expressly for Mademoiselle Piccolomini, it was a stipulation in her engagement with the lessee of her Majesty's Theatre that it should be performed at least three times. If we may judge by the encores, recalls, and bouquets lavished upon the principal singers and on the composer by a crowded and fashionable auditory, the opera must be allowed to have achieved a decided suc cess last night. The music of Signor Campana is written throughout in that unpretending and ad captandum style which does not call for serious criticism. There is no overture, but the opera is interspersed with choruses of a lively character, contrasting agreeably with the monotonous recitatives and airs occasionally allotted to the principal personages. Mademoiselle Piccolomini never displayed more enthusiasm, never strove more earnestly to please. More than once her success was fully commensurate with her laudable endea vours, and we would especially allude to the exquisite feel ing and intelligence she exhibited in the duet with Signor Giuglini, when Almina, awakened from her trance, explains to Blondello the reasons of her apparent infidelity. Picco lomini and Signor Giuglini: were loudly greeted when sum moned before the curtain, and the same demonstrations cf satisfaction were awarded to Signor Campana. The Earl of Elgin left town yesterday by the 4.30 p.m. train for Dover. His Excellency will only remain in Paris for an hour and a half to- morrow morning, and will proceed direct via Marseilles, to Suez, and thence to China. His suite, consisting of Colonel Crealock, C. 8., military secretary ; Mr. H. Lohc, private secretary ; Hon. James Stuart Wortley, first attaché ; and Hon. W. 0. Thurlow, second attaché, left by the mail train last night. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold paid an early visit to the Colosseum on Wednesday last. Mr. Percy Bachhoffner, the youthful and intelligent son of the lessee, in the absence of Dr. Bachhoffner, had the honour of conducting their Royal Highnesses over the varied novelties of this interesting exhi bition, with all of which the Royal party expressed them selves satisfied. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—We are requested to state that his Royal Highness the Prince Consort has graciously consented to lay the foundation stone of this institution. The Bank of England yesterday decided upon adopting the recommendation for closing at an earlier hour on Saturdays. On and after the 19th of May next the business will terminate ox Saturdays at three •'clock in the afternoon, instead of at four, as at present. SWANS ON THE THAMES.—A statement having appeared in the public papers that the Conservators of the river Thames are abut to cause the removal of the swans from the river, we are requested to state that there is not the slightest foundation for any such representation. MUNIFICENT DONATlON.—Saunders's Newsletter says it is currently reported that Mr. B. L. Guinness, the head of the great firm of Gainness and Co., has undertaken to provide the necessary fund—about £lB,ooo—for the complete restoration of the ancient cathedral and collegiate church of St e Patrick, Dublin, according to the plans long published by the Dean (Pakenham) and Chapter—" a noble act, worthy of the representative of the late A. Guinness." TOM SAYERS' TESTIMONIAL AT LIVERPOOL.—A letter has been received from the champion intimating his intention of being in Liverpool on Friday or Saturday, when the purse of £l2O subscribed on 'Change will, no doubt, be presented to him in public. The subscription for Heenan is going on with spirit, especially among the Ame rican captains and officers at that port ; and it is not un likely that Heenan will at no distant day be invited to Liverpool to receive a purse of £2OO or £2so.—Liverpool Pose. IMPORTANT PROSECUTION UNDER THE MEDICAL Ac•r.—At the Thames Police-court yesterday Mr. Richard Talbot, a man about fifty years of age, and better known as Dr. Talbot, appeared before Mr. Selfe to answer a summons taken out under the Medical Act, passed to "regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery," and which charged him with having, on the 28th of No vember last, and on divers other days, wilfully and falsely pretended to be and did take and use the names and titles of physician and doctor of medicine, implying he was regis • tered under the Medical Act, by which he had incurred a penalty of £25. After the hearing of evidence, Mr. Selfe said this was a most preper case for prosecution, and he convicted the defendant and fined him £lO. THE BACK WYND MURDER, GLASGOW.—The trial of the prisoners Ann and Margaret Milligan termi nated yesterday in a verdict finding the panels not guilty as regarded the murder, but guilty of the theft. The pri soners listened to the verdict as read by the foreman with the greatest emotion; and on being taken away, as• his lordship delayed sentence till this morning, the prisoner Margaret appeared so feeble with agitation as to be scarcely able to descend the stair leading from the dock. On leaving the court, an old woman, who appeared to be the mother of the prisoners, inquired anxiously what was the result of the trial ; and on being informed that a verdict of not guilty had been returned, she went down upon her knees, and in tears blessed her informant. THE " CLUB " PROSECUTIONS.—We (Scotsman) understand that the Commissioners of Inland Revenue have decided upon withdrawing the appeals to the Quarter Ses sions from the decision of the county justices in the recent prosecution of the keepers of the Edinburgh and Edinburgh and Leith Harmonic and Histrionic clubs for selling spirits without license. THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.—The six feet Volunteer Guards (32d Middlesex) mustered on Wednes day afternoon at llungerford-hall, and, under the command of Capt. the Hen. T. C. Bruce, proceeded to St. George's barracks, arrangements having been made for their drill there twice a week during the present season. It had not transpired when they would inarke their first public appear ance, and those only saw them who chanced to be passing the line of march. They turned out in a fatigue jacket of scarlet twilled flannel, edged with black braid, and looked remark ably well, their great average height alone giving them an imposing appearance. THE LONDON SCOTTISH.—This .orps, which meets for drill at Westminster-hall, received on Wednesday evening a valuable addition to its strength, as it was joined by a body of 50 Scottish artisans, who marched into the hall, headed by Mr. Petty, one of their number, to whom their organisation is mainly due. The steadiness with which they marched, and their general appearance excited universal admiration. This is a satisfactory proof of the readiness the artisans to join in the volunteer movement, and shows that the industrious and provident members of this class are able to do so when the expenses of a volun teer cops are moderate, as in the case of the London Soot. fish. THE GREENLAND FISHERY.—LERWICK, April 23.—The screw steamer Diana, Captain Gravill, which ar rived here yesterday from Greenland, reports that the seal fishing had been a total failure. The Fairy, of Peterhead, was totally lost on the 12th of April, crew saved. The Seal Hund (Norwegian vessel) had also been lost; crew saved by the Columbia, of Peterhead. The weather had been very severe. kANKRUPTCY RETURNS.—The following are the returns, moved for by Mr. W. Murray, from the several official assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy, London, from Oct. 11, 1857, to Dec. 31, 1857, and for the respective years 1858 and 1859, showing the total amount of remuneration received by them during the above periods :—Mr. P. John son, £2,067 Ins Id ; Mr. W. Bell, £3,716 8s lld ; Mr. W. Whitmore, £6,896 18s 5d ; Mr. H. Harris Cannan, £5,214 Os 7d ; Mr. G. J. Graham, -C1,373 Ils 5d ; Mr. H. H Starke feld, £2,015 Ils ; Mr. E. W. Edwards, .-£5,633 is 6d; Mr. C. Lee, t 6,921 Os 3d ; Mr. W. Pennell, £3,779 lOs 3d; the late Mr. I. Nicholson, £3,770 2s 6d. CONVEYANCE OF LETTERS IN INDIA BY Ex- PRESS.—lnformation hns been received from the Director General of the Post -office in India that an express is de spatched from Bombay to Calcutta and Madras, as well as to Lahore, via Agra, on the arrival at Bombay of each mail from England, and that, subject to the following conditions, letters and newspapers for any station in India may be for warded by such express to the post-office on the above mentioned lines of route which is nearest to their destina tion, from which post-office they will be sent on by the first ordinary mail :-Ist. Letters and newspapers intended to be forwarded by this express must be ligibly marked "By Express," and must be registered. 2dly. In addition to the registration fee and the ordinary postage, there must be paid, in advance, upon each letter an express postage at the rate of 2s. tot every quarter of an ounce or fraction of an ounce, and upon each newspaper an express postage of 2s. for every four ounces or fraction of four ounces. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams were received at Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, APRIL 26. It is believed that Marshal O'Donnell will leave Tetuan to-morrow in order to return to Madrid. The result of the negotiations for peace is not yet known. PARIS, APRIL 27. The Paris papers contain the following telegram, dated Chambery, yesterday evening : A banquet was given in the theatre to commemo rate the result of the voting and in honour of M. Laity. Covers were laid for 500 persons. The number of ayes recorded will exceed 100,000; and the number of noes, together with those who have abstained from voting, will be about 1,200. PARIS, APRIL 26. Lord Cowley was present yesterday at the ball given at the Hotel Alba. The Pays says :—" 111. de Courcelles has arrived at Rome. It was believed that a portfolio had been offered to him." VIENNA, APRIL 27. The official Wiener Zeitung publishes the follow ing facts in connection with the death of Baron von Bruck : In tho evening of the 20th inst. Baron von Bruck was heard as a witness in the process relative to the frauds of the late General Eynatten. His examination gave rise to further inquiries which would probably have led to his confrontation with other witnesses and accused parties. Under those circumstances, the Emperor issued an autograph letter on the 22d inst., in which his Majesty said :—" I temporarily remove you from office, according to your request, and provisionally transfer the charge of the Ministry of Finance to the Councillor of State von Plener." This autograph letter was remitted to Baron von Bruck on the evening of the 22d inst., and on the morning of the 23d the baron was found in bed bleeding. On the 25th a judicial post mortem examination took place, the result of which was announced in yesterday's telegram. VIENNA, APRIL 26. It is asserted that, since February last, Austria has been proposing to Prussia an alliance between the two countries on the basis of a mutual guaran tee of their respective territories. Up to the pre sent time Prussia has not consented to guarantee Venetia to Austria. VIENNA, APRIL 26. The Morgen Post of to-day says :—" A post mortem examination on the body of Baron von Bruck showed that a cut had been made upon the neck from the windpipe to the spinal column, but only superficially. Neither the carotid artery nor the large vessels lying beside it had been injured. The arteries at both wrists had also been laid open 1?y incisions, and from the consequent loss of blood death had ensued." ALEXANDRIA (via Marseilles), APRIL 19. A despatch has arrived at the Dutch consulate confirming the precarious situation of foreigners in Japan. The Chinese are making great preparations for the defence of the country, and are endeavouring to enlist European artillerymen. It is asserted that two English frigates, the Dove and the Alge rine, have been sunk by the guns of the forts on the Peiho river. The Samson, which accompanied them, had returned to Hong Kong, the bearer of important despatches. FRANCE. It is said that several arrests have taken place in Paris in consequence of some plot having been dis covered against the Emperor by Italians. It seems to be the rule that arrests shall take place when ever a fete is given on a large scale. The present occasion was the ball given by the Empress at the mansion in the Champs Elysees, built for Madame Montijo, and which is known as the Hotel d'Albe. The Emperor remained till five in the morning. It was with this fete, which it appears was the gayest yet given, that the rumours are connected. M. Thiers, it is said, is about to visit the field of the battle of Waterloo, to prepare materials for the 18th volume of his History, which will comprise the Hundred Days. BOURSE, April 26.—The market was buoyant at the opening, but the advance in prices led to sales for realisation, and there was a re-action. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 30c., improved to 70f. 50c., and receded to 70f. 35c. ; Mobilier varied from 752 f. 50c. to 747 f. 50c.; Lyons, 940 f. to 943 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,355 c. to 1,360 f. ; Northern, 975 f. to 980 f. Southern, 517 f. 50c. to 523 f. 75c. The following are the last quotations : 44 per Cents. 96 10 Do. end month 96 10 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 50 Bank Shares 2825 Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier 795 Belgian 4f 99 Piedmontese (5) Roman B5 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 46 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. BB7 50 .. 890 Lyons and Mediterranean 945 .. 943 75 Geneva 458 75 .. 452 50 Southern Western 575 .. 575 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 18c. ; money, 25f. 17e. ; three months, paper, 24f. 87tc. ; money, 24f 86c. TUE GREAT FRAUD IN THE UNION B A NA: MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) To-day having been fixed upon for the further proceeding into the investigation of the charges of fraud made against George Pullinger, late chief cashier in the Union Bank, the entrances and lobbies of the Mansion-house were besieged by persons anxious to gain admission to the justice •room, but the crowded state of the Court prevented but few being ad mitted. On the bench at each side of the Lord Mayor were a great number of aldermen, and several gentlemen of great influ- ence in the city. Mr. Giffard, who conducts the prosecution, and the autho rities of the Union Bank, having arrived, Pullinger was placed at the felon's bar. He was attired in a black suit, over which he ware a splendid brown ovsrcoat lined with quilted satin, and appeared to bear up against his position with great difficulty. The Lord Mayor, addressing the prisoner, said—Have you a solicitor in attendance ? Pullinger---No, my lord. — Mr. Giflard Although, my lord, the prisoner in the first instance was only char;ed with steal ing the comparatively small sum of £3O, the property of his employers, the directors of the Union Bank, Princes-street, it had now been discovered that the suns stolen amounted to no less than about £260,000; and the mode in which the robbery had been committed was so complicated that it was obvious a very rigid exami nation into the system adopted by the prisoner would have to be made. Such being the case I do not intend to pro ceed with further evidence to-day, and I shall confine my self to formally having the evidence, on which the first re mand was granted, read over and signed by the witness, and then ask for another remand until this day week. his lordship having assented to the course, Mr. Newmarsh, the secretary to the bank, was then called and having been sworn, The Chief Clerk read over his evidence, which was as follows:—The prisoner was the chief cashier at the Union Bank, and from certain discoveries he was called into the directors' room, whore Mr. Lawrie and myself wore present. Pullinger was informed that there was a charge made against hint of defrauding the bank. He replied he should give no trouble, and then asked for the vouchers of the missing bills. On receiving them he selected out a voucher for £350, and said he had obtained that amount from the cashier in the morning, and had applied it to his own purposes. He was given into custody. The Lord Mayor—Do you wish to ask Mr. Newmarsh any question ? Prisoner—No, my lord. Mr. Newmarsh then signed his deposition, and the pri soner was remanded until this day week, THE OVERLAND MAIL. By extraordinary express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, we have received letters and papers from India and China. The dates are—Calcutta, March 23 ; Hong Kong, March 15 ; Madras, March 28 ; and Malta, April 19. INDIA. The following is from the Bengal Burkara, of ,he 22.3. ult " The agrarian disturbances have not subsided. The notification of the Lieutenant-Governor, in forming the ryots that Government had no inten tion of discouraging the sowing of indigo, and cau tioning those who had received advances to fulfil their engagements to the planters, has not had the slightest effect upon them. On the contrary, they seem to regard it with the utmost indifference, and to act in defiance of it. This is by no means extra ordinary, considering the encouragement they have received from the police, and the agitation against indigo raised by a few imprudent missionaries. The agrarian movement has some of the characteristics of the recent rebellion. Like the mutiny, there are emissaries at work who are secretly employ ing their influence in instigating the whole of the ryots to oppose the planters, and as the rebels had the Nana for their chief, so in the same man ner the ryots have a leader of their own. Ile styles himself Mohamoheemo Neelbungsho dunk shokaree Sreejookto Bobo() Neelmar Ramrutton Mullick, Sudder Kutcherry, Joyrampore, the tran lation of which is the Uprooter of the Indigo Race, Baboo Indigo-destroyer Ramrutton Mullick. The Baboo declares that what the Nana was in the north west he will be in Bengal. He receives deputations of the ryots from other parts, affords them advice how to act, and collects money for the purposes of agita tion. Letters from the planters state that matters are getting worse every day ; that the ryots are intimidating the well-disposed men to join them, and that a collision between them and the ryots seems unavoidable. The ryots of the Carragoda Factory have told the manager, and even the magistrate, that they have received advances, and are not un willing to perform their engagements, but that they dare not do so on account of the threats of the Joyrampore ryots. If the Lieutenant Go vernor's notification had been issued a month earlier, it would probably have had the desired effect. As it is, something more than a notification is re quired to put down the present agitation. Were a force sent to the spot to carry out the orders of the Lieutenant Governor, the best results would follow, and we should hear no more of these dis turbances. But this should not be long delayed, otherwise much bloodshed will be the result, and greater losses sustained before the ryots could be reduced to obedience. The planters will not quietly submit to be defrauded of their advances, without compelling the men who have received them to perform their engagements. The first shower of rain will bring matters to a crisis, and if Government in the meantime do not do something effectually, they will have themselves to blame for the consequences that are likely to follow. They have by their own folly produced an agitation which may become more formidable than they think possible, if not sup pressed immediately. What is absolutely required is a law enforcing the performance by a ryot of his contract with the planter. " The Lieutenant-Governor has issued the fol lowing notification NOTIFICATION. " ' It appears from the reports of local officers, as well as from complaints which have been preferred to the Lieut.- Governor by indigo planters, that a misapprehension pre vails in the minds of the ryots of some districts as to the views of Government in regard to the cultivation of indigo, and that in some places it has been falsely represented by designing persons that the Government is desirous to discourage the cultivation of indigo, and even that the police will protect ryots in the evasion of contracts entered into by them with indigo planters. It is surprising that ouch foolish reports should have obtained credence. Nevertheless, it is proper that they should be authoritatively contradicted. Wherefore, it is hereby declared that, although it is always optional with ryots to take advances and to enter into , contracts for indigo, or not to do so, as they may think best for their own interests, and in this matter they require no assistance beyond that of the law, which is equally fair to all parties ; still if they do enter into such contracts lawfully, and of their own will, they must expect to be required to fulfil thorn. If they dishonestly refuse to act up to their engage ments, they will be liable to the lawful consequences of such misconduct. ",' A. R. YOUNG, Secretary to the Government of Bengal.' " We have now received responses from all India to Mr. Wilson's plans, and the general result ap pears to be this European community, official and non-official, are unanimous in favour of the in come-tax. The native community, though dreading its operation, are either not sufficiently in earnest even to summon meetings to protest, or regard the measure as one predetermined, to which they must perforce submit. Large classes, however, have not yet heard of the proposal. On the Currency Bill opinion is more divided. The nom-official commu nity upholds the plan, but many of the officials believe that the natives will misunderstand the phrases about legal tender, and complain that Go vernment is abstracting silver from the country. The native opinion of the North is not known, but the Bengalees, accustomed to bank -notes, are de cidedly favourable. On the tobacco tax again all classes are unanimous. The rate originally sug gested, 6d. a pound, is regarded as monstrous, the selling price of country bacon being lid. a pound. Mr. Wilson therefore has ' explained' that his ac count of this tax was misunderstood. He intended to impose only 3a. a seer, or 2-id. a pound, and this only on unmanufactured tobacco. As the native manufacture involves the adulteration of the leaf to — the extent of 50 per cent., the cost to the consumer will be only doubled. This tax will be borne, though murmuringly ; and, as the produce must be equal to the value of the whole tobacco crop of India, the gain to the re venue should be very great. The mode of col lection is not decided, but it is probable that tobacco will be included among the articles subject to the Abkaree laws. Under them the leaf can be sold only to licensed manufacturers, or to Govern ment. The manufacturers will pay a fixed sum per diem for permission to sell, their prices being again checked by the Government warehouses. The scheme is a poor one, the Abkarree administration being notoriously inefficient, but it is recommended by the fact that the machinery of collection is al ready in active operation. "The Income-tax and Currency Bills will be intro duced on the 24th inst. The details are not all known, but it is ascertained that the tax will be collected through lehsildars, one for each circle, and that one great exemption has been in troduced into the Act. The lower schedule struck the European soldiery, and the tax was canvassed in barracks in a very inamiable spirit. Government does not want another discussion with its soldiery, and all non-commissioned officers and soldiers are formally exempted. The concession was unavoid able, though it will not please the natives. The Currency Bill is based, I understand, on the prin ciple of leaving details to the Chief Commissioner of Issue, who will be at first Mr. Richard Tem ple, lately Secretary to the Government of the Punjab—an excellent selection. I may remark, en passant, that Sir C. Wood and his Lieu tenant seem to be engaged in a game of cross purposes. Just after the loan had been closed we had a telegram announcing that in the Secretary's opinion it must be kept open till May. Then, just as the Income-tax is agreed to, Sir C. Wood announces its impossibility ; and lastly, while Mr. Wilson bases his new currency on the whole coin age, Sir C. Wood talks of a limit of five millions. Fifty would be nearer the mark if the notes float. " The absurd panic among the shareholders in the Bank of Bengal has disappeared, and shares have risen nearly to their usual level, 50 per cent. pre mium, The last quotation at which bona fide sales have been effected is 5,800 r. per share. We observed a notification published in the Go vernment,Gazette under date the 20th March, stating for the information of holders of Indian Government promissory notes, who are desirous that the interest thereon should be made payable by bills issued in London in conformity with the provisions of the notification No. 61, issued from the Financial Depart ment on the 12th November, 1858, that after the 20th inst. the enfacement mentioned in paragraph 2 of the said notification will be changed, and that the following enfacement will be made in its stead. In terest subject to deduction of Indian income tax pay able in London by draft on Calcutta (or Madras as the case may be). The interest payable on Indian Government promissory notes already issued with coupons will be chargeable with duty under the proposed income tax. Government on the 9th inst. issued a notification to the effect that, from the Ist of May, 1860, the weight of Indian newspapers sent by post would be increased from four to six tolas, and that the postage on them must be prepaid. Several of the newspapers complained of the clause as to the pre payment of postage as bearing hard upon the press, and were of opinion that a longer notice should be given. The notification has been since mo dified, and we find from what appears in yesterday' s Gazette that " so much of the notification as relates to prepayment of the postage on newspapers, pam phlets, and other p r i n t e d p a pers shall not take place until the Ist of January, 1861. The equalisation of weight with that of imported papers comes into operation on the Ist of May next." COMMERCIAL. BENGAL, M.titerk 22. Exports—We havo little change to notice in our produce market. The Mon( y Market has been somewhat easier, accommo dations being available in the Bazaar on lower terms than before. The 13ank of Bengal rates continue as Wo k as last quoted. Their cash balance is gradually decreasing. Thei liabilities in Bank notes and post bills have also decreased about 40 lacs. Exchange on London—A rather moderate business has been done for this mail in first class paper at 2s ltd to 2. lid, documents at 2s lid, and local banks at 2s lid. CHINA. The following is from the China Mail, Hong- Kong, March 15 : " Sir Hope Grant, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, arrived here on the 13th inst., along with his staff. No further details of the British and French forces have arrived, but we have intelligence of several vessels with troops on board having reached Singapore. All kinds of ru mours are going about as to the preparations made by the Chinese,their determination to fight, and their efforts to engage Europeans in their service ; but no dependence can be placed in these rumours. There is a general impression among the Chinese that the Court of Pekin intends to make a deter mined stand, but that is only conjecture on their part. _ _ _ " We mentioned in our last summary that four English war vessels—the Samson, Actaeon, Alge rine, and Dove—had left Shanghae under sealed orders, and that we had heard they were to take a strip of land iu Shantung as a depot. One of them, the Samson, has since come down to Hong Kong, having left the other vessels on the 4th inst. safely anchored at a port in the entrance to the Gulf of Pechelee. These vessels went first to Ta-lien Bay, near, we think, to the port of Tang-chau, that was to be opened by the new treaty. The inhabitants, who had never seen a European ship before, were alarmed at their appearance, but showed no hostility. The country round was found to be extensively culti vated, and growing much grain. Fresh provisions could not be obtained, and fruit and vegetables must be scarce. There are salmon and oysters in the bay, and the thermometer was so low as 18, the shore being lined with ice. A singular report exists among the Chinese at Canton, to the effect that the two gunboats have been taken, but no one believes it. It is true that the news of the loss of the gun boats at the mouth of the Peiho last summer was reported in Canton nine days after the event took place, and before our vessels brought the intelli gence to Shanghae ; but though Chinese stories often prove correct, yet they cannot be relied on, and in this case all the probability is against it. The story only shows that the Cantonese expect hosti lities in the north. 0 Admiral Page has issued a proclamation, open ing the River of Saigon, in Cochin China, to the commercial vessels of all nations at peace with France. " The rebels in the valley of the Yangtsze have had some more success, and also in Sze-chuen. There have also been some disturbances near Can ton from rebels, or rather local marauders. In eight separate districts of Kwang-tung bands of marau ders have risen up and set the mandarins at de fiance, refusing to pay the taxes, and plundering the villages, which they surround during the night and enter at dawn. The mandarins sent out 4,000 men against them in the commencement of this week, and will probably reduce them to order; but these and other local disturbances, which are mainly owing. to the shock given by foreigners to the prestige of the Chinese authorities, must cause much misery. " The state of matters in Japan appear to be get ting worse and worse, and the foreign community there is living in great apprehension. On the 26th of February two Dutch captains, Capt. De Vos, of the brig Christian Louis, and Capt. Dekker, of the schooner Henrietta Louise, were murdered in Yoko hama. They were walking through the streets, and, it is said, had given no offence, being respectable, quiet men, when they were attacked by some Japa nese with swords. Capt. De Vois was killed almost immediately, and Capt. Dekker was pursued a short way before he was dispatched. No canse is assigned for this act. The Japanese are a high-spirited people, and have been known to commit suicide when insulted by foreigners; it is not impossible that the unfortu- nate captains may have committed offence without intending to do so, or they may have been sacrificed to expiate the acts of other foreigners. The burial of Mr. Alcock's servant was attended by officials. The mission to the coal mines is said to have been a failure ; but it has been found that Hirado goal can be advantageously used by all steamers when it is mixed with an equal portion of Welsh coal. The imitative powers of the Japanese must be very great, for muskets and rifles are now made by them as well as in Europe, and the re tainers of the princes are daily taught their exer cise and use. There is an idle story going about of one of the Japanese Ministers having, the heat of a recent discussion, laid his hand upon his sword and exclaimed, "Let us rid ourselves of these treaties and fight for freedom." At Hakodadi good feeling exists between the foreigners and Japanese. and articles are exported from there which are held back at the other ports. Copper, iron, tin, and coal exist in the island of Yea() ; and the ores are said to possess from 75 to 85 per cent. of fine metal. Russian influence is there said to be supreme ; there are always two Russian men-of-war in the bay, and large Consular mansions. The Japanese Ministers to New York were to have sailed before this time in the Powhatan, and one of their own steamers was to accompany them under the direction of Lieutenant Brooke, late of the United States surveying schooner Fenimore Cooper. " Mr. Tarrant is to be released in a few days; but the heavy costs of his trial will probably con fine him in the debtors' gaol for some time longer. The gaol authorities condemned him lately to soli tary imprisonment for a short time on bread and water, because the end of a cigar was discovered in his cell. Such a fact scarcely requires comment, and shows that, whatever may have been the faults of some of the papers in Hong Kong, no small share of the obloquy should fall upon the officials who thus demonstrate their incapacity for compre hending the age in which we live, and so wantonly embitter the state of matters. Captain Saunders has been committed for trial at the Supreme Court, on the charges of the mur der of a Chinaman, and of shooting and wounding other Chinamen, on board a Customs' boat, at Siva' tow. He has been released on bail, the securities being himself for 6,000 dols., and two friends for 5,000 dols. each. CANTON. Business at Canton is in anything but a satisfactory atats. The country through which the lines of communication with the interior pass is in a most disturbed state. Rebell commonly, but robbers properly called, infest all the high ways of commerce, and render communication dangerous and expensive if not impossible. In tea, transactions are much curtailed, in consequence of the entire absence of fresh supplies. The teamen positively affirm that further stock will not reach market. If this be a fact, there remains only 11 chops of Congou available for the remainder of the season. Silk is quite out of stock for Europe. Cotton—There has been a very Mir demand for cotton during the fortnight, 7,900 bales having passed into con sumption. The bulk of transactions are, however, confined to the better qualities, which fully maintain prices current last mail. Inferior kinds are lower, in consequence of an undue pressure from needy holders. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—(This Day.) The appeals against the decision of the magistrates of 020 district to grant a spirit license to the Argyll-rooms, Wind" mill-street, and the London Pavilic;n, Tichborne-stree t t - were heard to-day. The decisions were confirmed and the licenses refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING ROBBERY AT A JEwELLEnts.,—Samuel Boris, a Hungarian, was charged, before Mr. Bingham, with stealing a gold watch from the shop of Mr. Moses Bent a " min, jeweller, of 39, Hanway-street, Oxf or d- s t r eet, Rud er the following daring circumstances : Mrs. Rosetta Moses said that about nine the previ°l night the prisoner came into the sh o p an d sa id he %viti ate t to purchase a gold watch hanging in the window, and 1:1° liking altogether his appea rance s h e as k e d hi m t o go out side and point out the one he wanted. Ho did so, and then returned to the shop, and she placed the watch on the counter. The prisoner then said he a l so wa nted a go ld chain, and, as soon as he had said so , se i ze d up the vrat eh o . and rushed out of the shop. She pursued him, 01 11 1 out, " Stop, thief," and she aft erwar d s sa w the watch a the station• house, it being the same taken, and of th e value of DI 10s. The prisoner, who said he was drunk at the time, b ut which was positively denied, was committed for trial. THE SOCIAL EVIL.—A Spanish Countess been endeavouring to transfer to the person of her inj.u re husband the attentions of the French Duke of Praslin ~ his wife. The grea t world of Madrid is so accusteme4 to see the social evil reigning in its midst that any 1 ,4 adulterous escapades pass unnoticed. Society is extremeq tolerant on this point in Madrid ; but the Count of Coutbr.! Hermosa had prejudices. He disapproved of the whool; system of Cortejo. He entertained as strong objection r Othello against , " keeping a corner in the thing he loved .1.0 others' uses. The Count had long suspected that his w i ll , was u nfaithful to him, and being tormented by jealooY , 11 took measures . to ascertain if his suspicions were we f is founded. One night, on going home he found the Coull';,- in conversation with one of his friends who had quitted shortly , before on . pretext of indisposition. He was greatly t i l lo rita,ecl, but said nothing until the friend went away, ' l ° 6 l allowed, 1 a is chamb er, hhimselfa m w rongeder, atn h o debr she hbpeye followed i s oa Ndsveiet him,i c A io t s ea , in. d a a n bN d vehn a .ial t ne that he his wite bitterly She with tears prutest,o to r e lg re tb: tir._ :! c aress l 3 him, but all at once she cut him with a razor b in the nano.and side. H e se i ze d h er hands and calle d f or help, a° th e i the servants ru s hi ng i n s h e was secure d an d placed n hands of justice. The wounds of the Count are note dd.. ous. The Countess, who had always been noted io,..r, ove t ness and modesty, is related to several of the„To is ter families of Spain, and is niece of M. Macorobon, 1, - 1111 of Marine. Notice has been g i ven th a t a ma il for the . 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