The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-19 00:00:00

"'(TER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, LAST NIGHTS. Plecolominl, Spezia, vier,Sa Belletti Giugli, Yialetti, Aldighleri, hnd ni. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), Feb. 20 (Last Night but Three), LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Te oonelnde with the successful Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled L'RYMENEE, by Idadlles. Clavella, Mor• lacehi, and Pascotale. TCESDAX, Feb. 23 (Last Night but Two), LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, and Last Act of LA FAVORITA. THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (Last Night but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of the Bohemian Girl. SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s; gillery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit. as 6d; gallery, 2s. Doors open at half-past 7—commence at S. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box•oBice at the Theatre. T"A. T R E-ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new coral; drama, A LUCKY HIT. After which, TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK NORNER. Clotaracace at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with TWICE KILLED. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. To conclude with the comedy of THE IRISH AMBASSA. DOR. Sir Patrick O'Pleaipo, Mr. Hudson. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. e. d. S eco nd price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 D re ss Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upp e r Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 o,Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 OlGallery 0 6 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, a now grand comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor snack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.— THIS EVENING, WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Charles Dillon. _ After which, a domestic tale, by Westland Mar3ton, en. titled A HARD STRUGGLE. Mr. C. Dillon, dtc. To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert. Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White, Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ; Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L. Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites, Herr Zaleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans formation Scene. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Boz•office open from II to 5 daily. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. Under the management of Mr. W, H. Swanborongh. THIS EVENING, 3d night of a new Drama, adapted from a work of Mr. Charles Dickens, entitled SILVER STORE ISLAND; or, Perils of Certain English Priseners. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Turner, Bolton, Howard, Dean, Van Buren, dtc.; Misses Portman, Hastings, Victor. To be followed by the highly successful Burlesque of THE LADY OF LYONS; or, Twopenny Pride and Peany-tence. Characters by Messrs. Gomersal, Bolton, Howard, Swan borough; Misses Victor and Tempest. To conclude with the screaming Farce of A WOMAN IN MY DUST HOLE. Messrs. L. Buckingham, Turner, and Miss Craven. Commence at Seven. Boxes, 25.; Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery 6d. Hal f price at Nine, Commence at Seven. vED OYAL SURREY THEATRE. IV Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. After which, QUEEN MAB ; or riarlecoin Romeo and Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad. bury. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Sdections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dic., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. l3adzer, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Bruncll, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and ; Madame Marietta ; Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. T. 3faclaga.n, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dre., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taxi DAY—Morn., 16 min. aft. s—Even., 35 min, aft. 5 TO•MOBBOW —Morn., 54 min. aft. 5 —Even., 14 min. aft. 6 abolished, and that henceforward the electors should be only fundholders, possessed of a certain amount of consols. The proposition would be hailed with a universal shout of derision, and yet it would be more rational than that India should be handed over to the tender mercies of the proprietors of 6,000,000/. of India Stock. As we have already stated, the chief, if not the only, objection to the measure is, that it does not go far enough, that in place of rescuing the Anglo- Indian empire from the hands of the Civil Ser vice, and throwing it open to every British citizen, it perpetuates their ascendancy. The most flagrant of the many grievances of which the natives had to complain was the defective administration of justice. Men who made bad diplomatists or in• efficient collectors were pitchforked on to the judicial bench, as if any dunderhead could answer for that position. A knowledge of law, or acquaintance with practice, was totally uncalled for. A man who had never witnessed forensic proceedings, in any shape or form, might be called on at a moment's notice to decide difficult questions affecting, if not the lives, at all events the liberties and prospects, of his fellow•subjecta. And yet no step has been taken to remedy this terrible evil. The local judges of India must still be selected from the covenanted servants of the Company. No other person, however great his knowledge of law, or vast his experience, could obtain a seat on one of the provincial benches. Should Lord ST. LEONAItDS himself be willing to preside at one of the inferior courts, he could not be appointed, owing to the system which is still to be maintained with una bated force. But, notwithstanding this grave omission, the mik:are has good points, and will be a decided improvement on the existing system. It unques tionably establishes Ministerial responsibility to Parliament, and when that has been obtained other ameliorations will follow in the due course of events. It may be regaided as a large instal ment of justice, if not conceding all that the people of India could reasonably demand or require. The Passport system was always sufficiently obstructive. It offered a formidable impediment to parties desirous of taking advantage of a brief holiday, by making short excursions for business or pleasure into France. It was not merely the numerous petty extortions incidental thereto, the necessity of employing Commissionaires and paying fees to consular agents ; but the delay . and procrastination, that ' constituted the chief grievance. It was true that everything was done to alleviate the evil. A traveller might obtain the necessary document either at the port of debarkation, or wherever he landed in France ; or, if he intended a mere flying visit, it might altogether be dispensed with. There could be no greater danger in permitting any person to land at Calais or Boulogne, with the understanding that if he intended to go into the interior, he should before proceeding provide himself with the requisite document. But now all this is changed. A new regulation has been established, which will render the pre vious annoyance absolutely intolerable, and put a total stop to all brief visits to the other side of the Channel. Before a British subject can even land on the sacred soil or sand, he must not only be armed with a passport from the Foreign-office, but must have it v ised in London. No one can therefore cross even from I Dover to Calais for a few hour. without first com ing to London, procuring his recommendation, and then retracing his footsteps to the point from whence he is to start for the land of promise. No matter whether friend or relative were pros trated by disease, and anxiously awaiting an in terview ; whether serious losses must be incurred from the want of immediate action, there must still be a delay of at least two or three days, the pay ment of 65. to the Foreign-office, and the expenses of two or three days' sojourn in London. It mat ters not that no real protection can lae afforded thereby, that no conspirator could be kept out by so paltry an obstacle. It is sufficient that it is an annoyance to the great body of the English people, and that gratifies the petty spite of the officials, 1 if not of the EltrEitoß himself. The records of the police afford daily evidence of the magnitude of the evil. But yesterday, a gentleman, from Brighton, complained at the Guildhall that he had been compelled to come from Newhaven to London, at a cost of 21., in order to :obtain the necessary recommendation. This outlay will be more than doubled by the expenses during his sojourn at an hotel, while awaiting the magical documents ! This is but one of a thousand of similar transactions. The result will necessarilly be to limit the intercourse that previously subsisted between the peoples of England and France, and of course to diminish the cordiality mutually entertained. It may have one effect to which we shall offer no objection. It may prevent parents from sending their children to be educated in French seminaries or French convents, to the imminent danger of their religious principles ; or it may make intending tourists content themselves with a visit to the magnificent scenery of the Bri tish Isles, and save them from the exactions of French hotel-keepers. Henceforward a brief trip to France will be attended with almost as many difficulties as a visit to Timbuctoo, or to the interior of Japan, and the adventurous traveller who details his experiences in the upper town of Boulogne or on the ram parts of Calais, will be regarded as a rival to Dr. LITINGSTONE-a would-be successor to MuNGO PA.RIC. Far better that the system of exclusion should be rendered perfect, and that French ground should be tabooed to the people of Great Britain. The restrictions will unquestionably be very vexatious, but they place the parties impli cated in a very ridiculous position, showing the length to which nervous apprehensions may carry persons •nce supposed to be possessed of sound judgment and masculine courage. The second reading of the Conspiracy Bill stands for this evening. The new regulations will, of course, render that unpopular measure totally un necessary and uncalled for. We may, therefore, anticipate its summary and decisive rejection by the popular branch of the Legislature. Ministers have been beaten, that's the plain fact. Well did they deserve it. Lord PALMER 3TON had the folly to play off his jokes and smiles, but a few weeks ago, with a large and respectable deputation of earnest men, who left their homes in the country, and their business everywhere, to lay seriously before him their complaints of the Church-rate grieTance. They, of course, left disgusted, and though too polite to tell his lord ship so in his own house, they adjourned to the Thatched House Tavern, and told their friends all over the country what they thought of the Minister and his reply. They urged energetic action on Church-rate Abolitionists, since the Premier's shifts and evasions made it plain that ciu if en w e e e they must rely on themselves. .Doubtless hon. from their constituents ; mem bers have had many a l n et d tez t s he ir result, consequence giyg it in the Board of Trade style, stands thus ; The abolitionists in 1853 were in a minority of 48. In 1854 in a minority of 27. In 1855 they had a majority of 28. In 1856 a majority of 43, and this year they had a majority of 53, and that in a house of 373 members. Lord PALMERSTON, as his wont is on unpopular topics (unless indeed the topic happen to be some piece of complaisance to foreign despots), held his tongue—indeed, kept out of the way—and Sir GEORGE GREY and the Chancellor of the Exchequer joined to lead the forl orn h o p e o f re li g i o us oppres sion, on the part of the Government. Their trick was a promising one ; and but for it they would have had most certainly a much severer drubbing. They renewed their promise of a Government Bill as soon as they saw it to be cer tain that a bill there would be ; the opposition of towns where rates have been long practically abolished, was bought off by promising that they should be declared legally abolished ; dissenters elsewhere might escape payment by a declaration before a magistrate that they were not members of the Church of England ; power might be given to churchwardens to assess a small rent on pews, and landlords might be permitted to charge their estates with a rent-charge in lieu of rates. If the house, said Sir GEORGE GREY, would but reject total abolition for these proposals, he would embody them in a bill, and bring it in himself. The House, however, preferred total abolition, and rejected the paltry offers of Government, which has thus incurred a signal defeat from its own supporters. This game cannot be safely re peated. The degrading Conspiracy Bill, though admitted to a first reading, was suffered to be read at all, only because its rejection at this stage would have been a positive insult to the Government, or a vote of no confidence, and parties were hardly prepared just theia for a Ministerial crisis. Lord PALMERRTON'S Liberal supporters, however, must inwardly have resented being dragged through the dirt by their own leader and the Torie. How long is this to last ? Is it to be the rule in this Parliament, too, that Lord PALMERSTON is to be sure only of the little maudlin band of Conserva tive Liberals and Liberal Conservatives, and that he is to beat now the Tories by the help of the Liberals, now the Liberals by the help of the Tories ? If there be one thing to which Liberal Members pledged themselves more than another at the last election it was to the abolition of Church-rates, Hardly any one ventured, or pro bably wished, to oppose the almost universal wish on that subject. As to the debate itself, novelty of argument or illustration was not to be expected. The tirade of the hon. Member for West Surrey, and apostle, we believe, of th© Irvingite Church, was, as usual, amusing enough ; having learned in the school of the great Scotch prophet, he ventured to pro phesy, of course, in sackcloth, that the days ofthe Church of England were numbered. He de nounced the Lords' decision in the BRAINTREE case as scandalous, and contrary to law and equity ! He called for a bill to do away with the Establish ment altogether, rather than a " petty larcenous" measure like this ; and ended by putting the churches of the land on a level with Buckingham Palace and the British Museum ! They were all national buildings. Perhaps, therefore, Fie will vote, ere long, for opening all national buildings to the public on the Sunday. We grant, too, that the parish churches are national, and not church, property, but our inference is that the tenants who have them on such marvellously easy terms are bound:to keep them in repair, and ready to be restored to the landlord at any time in good condition. Lord STANLEY, as usual, took a manly, statesmanly, and truly churchmanly view of the question, and scouted, as every man who cares about his church must do, the very thought that the could not raise a few thousand, or even hundred thousand pounds, to keep her buildings in repair, General Tuomrsos, though he seconded Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, went quite off the rails at the close of his speech ; even suggesting a land-tax as compensation ! As if there were no dissenting landowners—and as if a hand tax—or at least putting the hand in the pocket, on the part of the wealthy worshippers would not much more than suffice. Besides, is a land-owner like Sir MORTON PETO, who has built several splendid and well-attended chapels for the Bap tista, to have his land taxed for the Church of England too ? As to the leading supporters of the odious rate, they must, we suppose, be numbered with the iecurables—with the fifty-three who to the last voted against Free-trade. We used to hear of Church•rate martyrs, and the men who would suffer a distraint rather than pay half-a•crown to the Church dominant were the subjects of the laugh. They are now, we think, fairly entitled to laugh at the Church-rata Saints—at those very pious and devout lords and lay committee-men, who identify the safety of their estaolishment with the power to screw shillings and pence from the oppressed dissenter. If it be little-minded to re fuse a little payment because felt to be unjust (a temper surely somewhat British too), it must be equally little-minded to insist on the payment. It is against my conscience to pay, says the Dis senter ; it is against my conscience not to make you pay, says the very Evangelical Churchman. If, then, Mr. COURTAULD be dubbed martyr, we ought surely to canonize the devout leaders of the Laymen's Committee as SAINT SHAFTESBURY and SAINT CECIL. We would advise convocation, the next time it assembles for a talk, to chat over the subject. Why should not the " unco gude" Churchmen, who fight the battle of Church-rate pence against the House of Commons and that half of the nation which pays for its own worship— why should they not be rewarded with a kind of ecclesiastical VICTORIA crosa? The courage which will insist on it that it is a hardship on the wil- ling vestries hot to be permitted to force them selves to pay, and that it is no hardship on Dis senters to be made to pay, however unwilling— the courage which can do this, deserves to be im- mortalised, and its memory handed down to pos terity, prefixing or affixing the initial 3 C. R. ST. HER MAJESTY'►S LEVEE. Her Majesty the Queen held a levee, the first this season, yesterday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. At the levee Lieut.-Col, W. Tophaus, the Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, was presented to the Queen by Lord Foley, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. Major-General Travell Phillips, the Lieutenant of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, was presented to the Queen by the Marquis of Breadalbane, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of knighthood. The Hon. George Deus (Lord Deas) one of the Judges of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by the Queen. Mr. Andrew Orr, late Lord Provost of Glasgow, was presented by Sir G. Grey, and received from her Majesty the honour of Knighthood. William Montagu Manning, LL.D., from Australia, was presented to the Queen by Mr. Secretary Labot • chere, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of Knighthood. lish the following notice :—" Foreign - offic e, Feb. 18, PASSPORTS FOR FaltiCE , — We are req uested to p ub• 1858.—Her Majesty's Ambassador at P,,ris having, in pursuance of instructions from the Earl of Clarendon, inquired of the French Government whether British subjects will be permitted to land in France without passports when they have no intention of proceeding into the interior ; and also whether her Majesty's con i hout a passport, nor will a a t ulo will have power to grant passports to ouch persons inform e d oiproceed Paris or elsewhere; his Excellency has been n 0 0 0rmed by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs that w tpersou whatever will lei permitted to laud in France any one who maconsul's y have landed • passport given to i . u h ied. . without ono be recog THE WEATHER—Snx 0-moz, FERREABT 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 38--highest since noon yesterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night.- 33 —thin day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.98. WIND, E.S.E. ; fresh, with fin• cold sunshiny weather. 0 , 11, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 19, 1858. The fate of the East India Company is sealed. The division of last night is decisive. The full strength of the magnates of Leadenhall-street was put forward in the first instance. They defended the outpost with all their energies, and having failed therein, the citadel is clearly indefensible. Their dilatory plea has been ignored as well as the substantial one. It has been determined that there must be immediate legislation, so as to in sure the best possible form of government for our Indian dominions at the earliest period. The numbers on the division were 318 to 173—show ing a clear majority of 145. As 640 Members cannot be collected at any time, it is obvious that Lord PALMEISTON commands an übso/tcte majority, which cannot be shaken or defeated under any circumstances. The Premier knew his strenisth. The only member of the Cabinet who spoke last night was Sir C. WoeD. Of course Lord PALMERSTON replied generally. But had the result been at all doubt ful* more competent and eloquent men would have been put forward. The First Lord of the Admiralty was compromised by the arguments which he urged five years since in favour of the Leadenlaall-street Board. It does not do for any person to assume so many Protean aspects, or, as the fable says, "to blow hot and cold," with impunity. Lord J. Ittrssx.LL, however, touched the real point at issue. It was not whether the Directors and Proprietor s of India were to retain extraordinary privileges, but simply what was the system of Government that would best secure the welfare of a great empire, and the happiness of many millions of British subjects. That was th e all-important, the momentous question that was to be answered by the votes of the chosen repre sentatives of the People. As we have already explained, it is quite beside the matter to inquire whether the Directors have discharged their func tions with ability and integrity or not. The Btriish community emphatically protested against the retention of rotten boroughs, because they conceived that mere wealth was not the only ment on which the Government should be based, It would surely, then, be ridiculous to assert that parties who chanced to hold stock to the amount of 6,000,000/. sterling, for which th e y receive the handsome dividend of 6i per cent. guaranteed by the British nation, should by reason thereof control th e destinies of 150,000,000 of human beings, all owing allegiance to Queez VICTORIA. What would be said if any Hon. Gen• tleman were to propose that the existing franchises, in place of being enlarged, should be coMpletelY TRH SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY: ,EVENING, LI &TEST NEWS. FRENCH RECIPROCITY. The Paris Correspondent of the Times (Second Edition) says :-- "Four or five days ago a letter from Paris, pub lished in the Nord of Brussels, stated, in substance that it was about to be suggested to the English Government to have any member in the House of Commons, who should in future speak " dis respectfully" of the Emperor of the French, called at once to order. No credit was given to the statement here ; it would appear, how ever, to be sufficiently explain©d by Lord Pal merston's remarks on Tuesday night. Certainly the French Government has little reason to com the part of English was quite right in I p i la in in ist o e f rs w:ant Lo o r f d al p ac a r lm ity ers o t n on saying that to require the insertion in the Moniteur of M. Walewski's apologetic despatch would be " absurd." It would be absurd to call on the French Government to stultify itself ; one cannot expect it to turn round and tell the French colonels that their ready acquiescence in its own wishes was wrong. " A number of French police agents have been already sent to London to hunt out, and keep up a surveillance on the refugees. Surely French authorities ought to feel grateful to our Govern ment, who, it is reported, was kind enough to send a person to Paris under whose guidance and care they arrived at their destination." Intelligence has been received from Constanti nople to the 10th. The troubles in Bosnia are on the increase. Pro visions at Constantinople have doubled in price in the last week. Treasury Bills are at G per cent. discount. it.drices from Athens to the 11th announce that a new company is formed in London for the esta blishment of another line of steamers between England and the East. INDIA. The trial of the ex-King of Delhi had been fixed for the 9th, but the prisoner being indisposed it was postponed till the 13th, and by this time has no doubt been brought to a termination. These are the charges preferred against him by the Go vernment prosecutor, Major Harriott, of the Judge Advocate-General's Department : COPY OF CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST MAIIOIIED BAHADOOR SHAH, EX-KINO OF DELHI. 1. For that he, being a pensioner of the British Government inlndia, did at Delhi, at various times be tween the 10th of May and let of October, 1857, en courage, aid, and abet Mahorned Bukht Khan, Subadar of the Regiment of Artillery, and divers others, non• commissioned officers and soldiers unknown, of the East India Company's Army, in the crimes of mutiny and rebellion against the State. 2. For having, at Delhi, at various times between the 10th of May and let of October, 1857, encouraged, aided, and abetted Mirza Mogul, his own son, a subject of the British Government in India, and divers unknown inhabitants of Delhi and of the North-West provinces of India, also subjects of the said British Government, to rebel and wage war against the State. 3. For that he, being a subject of the British Govern. meat in India, and not regarding the duty of his alle giance, did at Delhi, on the 11th of May, 1857, or thereabouts, as a false traitor against the State, proclaim and declare himself the reigning King and Sovereign of India, and did then and there trai toroudy seize and take unlawful possession of the city of Delhi, and did, moreover, at various times between the 10th of May and let of October, 1857, as such false traitor aforesaid,treasonably conspire, consult, and agree with Mirza Mogul, his son, and with Mahomed Bukht Kban, Subadar of the Regiment of Artillery, and divers other false traitors unknown, to raise, levy, and make insurrection, rebellion, and war against the State, and, further to fulfil and perfect his treasonable design of overthrowing and destroying the British Government in India, did assemble armed forces at Delhi, and send them forth to fight and wage war against the said British Government. 4. For that he, at Delhi, on the 16th of May, 1857, or thereabouts, did, within the precincts of the Palace at Delhi, feloniously cause and become accessory to the murder of 49 persons, chiefly women and children, of European and mixed European descent, and did more over, bet seen the 10th of May and the lat of October, 1857, encourage and abet divers soldiers in murder ing European officers and other English subjects, including women and children, both by giving and promising such murderers service, advancement, and distinctions ; and, further, that he issued orders to different native rulers, having local authority in India, to s!ay and murder Christians and English people whenever and wherever found on their territo rice ; the wl.o:e or any part of such conduct being an heinous offence under the p r ovisions of Art. 16, of 1857, of the Legislative Co uncil of I ndia. FRED. J. HARRIOTT, Maj or , Prosecutor. D e puty JudeAdvocate-General, Government are proved th e C our t canno t b u t sentence Jan. 5, 1858. p r isoner to death u n d er th e ac t re - Ift hese tl c ia llarges re ferred to ; but the general su p pos iti on, as you know, is that his life will be spared, havi ng b een n g ci u u a c r h a n i n t e :b a c, dark to time of his capture, as bun at the ever. The R a j a h o f B u l u b g l iur, though by whom or by whose authority we are as another of the State pris-iners at D e lhi, h as by thi s time followed his brother re b e l , t h e Nawa b of Jhujhur. The tribunal bef ore w h om he was ar raigned found him guilty of treason, and he was sentenced to be hanged on the 11th. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The lioniteur has some nominations, and decrees conferring the military medal. These are followed by a summary of the deb ates of our Parliament on the 15th and 16 th ; the bombardment of Canton, from h and P r i ncess F re d er i c k \Nii som e cuttings f ront provincial papers, and the XVlth and XVIIth c h apters of " The Virgin of Leban on." M. Jules Favr o havi ng declared that he could from l i t i o rt it-i in oet l r Lo°fn'l°n Prince Gazette ; th e re j oicings at Berlin the not accept the task of defending two prisoners, and is the o that he would a ct for Orsini alone, Pierri has twed the Le g i s l at i ve Chamber for an iFg to se des m , ,tifs of the ball j p written to m. Cremieux ex to'request his assistance. aucisTdtihtpie(r)net°sal following to the Mini s t er o f th e I n t er ior, applicable to secret expenses of public safety : tive Gentlemen_ to lenien—We have to ap p l y to t h e Legish allow a supplementary credit of 1,200,000 f. to b e o p ene d, in addition to that ac corded fst ey l. e) lin o 3 1858 (secret expenses of public present circu ms t ances , we consider IdlifPe r . of' the b u d get o f the Mi n i s t er of the Interior for on th e necess it y o f i ncrea sing, is tauetsbesyr t C or h : either in France or in foreign countries, the means entrusted to the Minister of the Interior of exer cising a special Purveil!an ce . (Signed) "A. BOINVILLIERS, President of the Section of the Interior. " MANcEAu, Councillor of State." BOURSE, FED. 18.—The Bank of France has to day lowered its rate of discount from 41 1 to 4 per cent , but that measure has had no great influence on the prices. The following were the last quota ticns 4 per Cents . 95 Do. end month,,,,. - 3 per Cent. ... 70 15 Do. end m0nth....., 70 20 Bank Shares 3100 Credit Mobilier 900 Do...keeount ..... 901 25 Credit Foncier Belgian Piedinentese (5) S 9 Roman Austrian Spanish Throes Horne Debt 3S RAIL' Orleans .................. 1415 Northern ............... 9731 New Ditto ............... 8071 Lyon and Medit eran. 565 Now Ditt0........ 835 Geneva .................. 712 Midi Western 692 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian ITALY. The Neapolitan Government has replied by a noe, dated the 30th of January, to that of the Turin Cabinet relative to the capture of the Cag liari. As wa s seen i n th e analysis which we published of th e l atter d ocum ent, the Sardinian Miulser of Foreign Affairs maintained that the capture of the vessel in question having been made beyond the range o f N eapo lit a n waters constituted an act contra r y to t h e r i g ht of nations, and ren dered null all justice, which Lav e ensued. The Naples c abin e t acts, including those of the court of now replies that the law of nations awhorises Cie capture in the open sea of a vessel which has com mitted an act of piracy, as was the ewe with the Cagliari. It, therefore, concludes that the seizure holds good, and that the Sardinian ministry has only to demand for its subjects compromised in the matter a speedy and regular trial. It will be re marked that this araumebt does not reply in a com plete manner to that7of the Turin cabinet, which did not admit that the Cagliari had committed an act of piracy or aggression on the Neapolitan do minions, since, according to its views, the captain and crew of that vessel only ceded to the violence committed by the followers of Pisacane, THE HERZEGOVINE. A despatch from Vienna, of the 17th states that a battle has lately taken place in the Herzegovine between the Rayabs and the Turks, in which the former had 10 killed. The latter had 40 wounded, but the number of their killed is not mentioned. The Turks have destroyed Zupzi, and the Bayahs have occupied the mountains at the back of that place. A body of 800 Bashi Bazouks have just arrived at Trebinga. According to the Zeit of Berlin, the Germanic Diet, on account of the eventualities which are likely to arise from the Dano German conflict, con templates forming a permanent committee to see to the maintenance and execution of Federal de crees. This committee (the establishment of which is authorised by a resolution of 1820 not hereto fore acted on) is to be composed of five members to be re-elected every six months, and is to be inde pendent of other committees. The Prussian Government some time ago invited the Governments of the Zollverein to charge the members of a conference to draw up a series of regulations relative to the issue of banknotes for all the States. At first several of the States ob jected, but they have now all, with the exception of Bavaria, consented to take part in the conference. Accounts from Vienna state that the Austrian garrison in Dilmatia has been reinforced by two battalions of riflemen, and two battalions of the line, which bad embarked at Trieste on the Bth. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING - (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the London and Noah- Western Railway Company was held at the Euston Station, London, to-day. The Marquis of Chandoe, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The report of the directors, which was adopted, states the loss and expenses attendant on the fire at Camden-town having been approximately ascertained, the loss upon the build ing and its contents will be found included in the present account. The total claims in respect of good■ destroyed have now been received, and are amply covered by the insurance. The proprietors are aware that an arrange ment has for some time subsided between this company and the Great Western, under which the traffic has been carried in competition at equal rates by both routes ; your directors have now to report that the outlines of an agreement with that company have been signed by the respective cbairmen and assented to, by which undue and uneemunerative competition may henceforth be avoided. The two measures promoted by this company in the present session are a bill for a short line from the ter mination of the Yorkshire lines of this company at Staleybridge to a junction with the main line, three miles south of Manchester. The length of the line as proposed is about seven miles, and the estimated cost is 210,0001. The other, for power to enlarge the Victoria passenger etation at Manchester. The breach by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company of their agreements with this company, reported at the last general meeting, and their simultaneous agreement for amalgam€►tion with the Great Northern Company, were followed soon after by combined attacks upon the traffic at Manchester, Liverpool, and other places, and at rates and fares not only very much lower than either of these companies charge on their own proper traffic, but wholly unremunerative. Towards the end of December an agreement was drawn up for an arrange ment of the difficulty. A question arose with respect to a certain clause. This company proposed to submit it to arbitration. The Great Northern Company refused, and the arrangement therefore failed. A dividend after the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, leaving a surplus of 43,347/. 2e. 11d. was declared. Thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. WAYS. - FE B TWA R-Y 19, 1859. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY Comm. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-(THIS DAY). The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the proprietors was held to-day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to receive a report from the directors and for the general business of the company. Mr. Denison occupied the chair. The report etated that the expenses have been some what greater than usual, from the cause stated in the reports of the engineer and the locomotive manager ; but it will be seen that part of the money so spent has gone to increase the permanent value and efficiency of the railway. This company, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, have been work ing together since the let of August, 1857, on the terms which were submitted to the shareholders of both corn panies at the extraordinary meetings of Jelly last. A bill i 3 now before Parliament for confirming that arrangement. The directors have to announce that they have made an agreement with the Midland Company for running Midland trains over the Great Northern Railway, bet ween Elitchin and King's-cross. These trains began to ran accordingly on the let day of this month. The purchase of the GreAt Northern and East Lincoln shire Stocks, fraudulently issued by Redpath, has been effected at a cost of about 230,0001., under the provisi , us of the Company's Act of 1857 ; but the proceedings in Redpath's bankruptcy not being concluded, a complete account of this matter cannot yet be laid before the shareholders. The sum of 132,8271. 14e. 11d. is appli cable to dividend, which will give to the original stock 2/. 15.. 31 per cent. for the ball-year; being at the rate of 5/. 10s. 6d. per annum ; to the B Stock Si. Bs. per cent. for the half-year, making, with the 12s. per cent. paid for the first half of the year, 6/. per cent. for the whole year on B Stock ; and to the A. Stock 2s. 6d. per cent., leaving a balance of 317/. 17s. 6.1. to be carried to next account. After a short discussion the report was adopted, and a resolution for the payment of the dividend therein mentioned was carried. The meeting then terminated. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. ANNUAL MEETING THIS DAY. The 7th annual general meeting of proprietors of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, thi4 day. The report stated that so short a time had elapsed since the launch of the Leviathan, and the energies of all parties had so long been concentrated on it, that the directors were not in a position to lay before the meeting all the information desirable as to the measures necessary to send her to sea. They felt that the time bad now arrived when it was expedient to complete by tender and contract those portions of the work which are unfinished, and also those not yet commenced. Specifications and estimates Were in progress, and the directors recom• mended that this meeting be adjourned until the 12th March, in order that a complete statement may be submitted of the works to be executed, and of the pecuniary resources to be provided. In the meantime no interest is to be paid on the share capital for 1857. The funds required for the launch were provided by the reissue of 7,L00 of the forfeited shares at 4/. per share fully paid up. The fresh funds required may be procured by issuing more of the forfeited shares, or by raising money on debentures. The recommendations in the report were agreed to, and the meeting accordingly adjourned. The Tuscan Moniteur announces the death of Count Buonarotti, Minister of Publ c Instruction in Tuscany. At the Hull Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, certificates were refuted in the case of Harrison, Watts, and Ca., bankers. THE CALCUTTA PETITION.--eThe famous petition of the inhabitants of Calcutta for the recall of Viscount Can ning, bas been printed at length by order of the House of Commons, with marginal notes indicating the , chief errors of fact put forth in it. The Governor-General abstains from comment upon the opinions and deductions expressed in the petition. Sir James Meleill having on the 3d met. completed a service of 50 years, has, in fulfilment of an intention long since announced, retired from the office of Secretary to the East India Company. It is understood, however, that he will remain to offer such assistance as his long experience may enable him to afford during the present Parliamentary discussions. bEATII OF SIR JOHN War. EGERTON BRIDGES, BAIT. —This respected baronet died ou Moseley last at Lee Court, near Canterbury. He was born in November, 1791, and was the elde-t son of Sir John Wm. Egerton Brydges, by his first marriage with Miss By robe, daughter of the Rev. Wm. D. Byrche. He was formerly in the 14th Dragoons, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in September, 1839. His stepbrother, Ferdinand Stanley, succeeds him in the baronetcy and family estates in Kent. The elder brother of the late baronet's father claimed the ancient barony 1 of Chandoe, as a descendant of Anthony Brydges, third son of the first Lord Chandoe. The House cf Lords , decided, however, that he had not made out his dein]. DEATH BY RUNNING TO CATCH THE TRAlN.—Yes terday afternoon jr.A Carter, coroner for Surrey, held an inquest, at Nee-cross, on the body of Mr. Henry Barber, a colonial broker, of Fenchurch-street. It appeared that the deceaeed intended to go by the 4 25 Crystal Palace train, and reached the station in a great hurry, and such was the effect produced upon him thereby, being subject to disease of the heart, that shortly after entering the railway carriage he became nse,nsible and soon expired Verdict accordingly. THE METROPOLITAN TRAMWAY BlLL.—Yesterday afternoon a deputation of the Lyndon Omnibus Tramway Company waited on .S_r Benjamin Hall in reference to their bill now before Parliament for constructing tram ways through certain thoroughfares of the metropolis. After the objects of the bill had been , explained, Sir B. Hall said that "of all the monstrous ropositions which had ever been made to Parliament, this was the worst," and he should give it his most determined opposition ; it would he inipos-isle to prevent constant accident., and peat interference with the general traffic; every parish through which the line was intended to pass hail Ip e titioned against it, and he should advise the promoters to drop it at once, • LYCILUM THEATRE The representation of " Macbeth" at this theatre last evening attracted a crowded and brilliant au dience. Miss Helen Faucit and Mr. Chas. Dillon supported the principal parts, and it need scarcely be said that the lady was most cordially and en thusiastically received. Miss Faucit's personation of Lidy Macbeth i vigorous and intense, develop ing e:xtrerne activity oepurpose, and ambition, and combining the most careful artistic grace of stage attitude with the most forcible enunciation of dra matic language. Perhaps this talented actiems exhibits rather too strong a touch of the " so •Id" in the scene where she urges Macbeth to the deed of blood. According to our notion, a little more subtlety and firmness of persuasion—she well knowing the innate weakness of her tool—.would be more consonant with Shakespere's showing ; but the general representation of the character, as given by Miss Faucit, claims the appreciative ac knowledgment of all who rejoice to see our great English bard honoured by sound English acting. Mr. Dillon was effective and earnest as Macbeth, and evinced constant anxiety to sustain the character with the power and attention it merits. The Macduff of Mr. Stuart was played with his usual steadiness and energy, and won well de served applause. Locke's beautiful music was given, and if not in the mest perfect style, still with sufficient ex cellence to highly gratify the audience. It struck us that the "mob" of witches, in every variety of " Rag Fair" costume, rath , r resembled the gipsey encampment beale in " Guy Man ne ring, ' with the "Chongh and Crow" accompani ment, and somewhat marred the sublimity" and terror which our poetic imagination attaches to the ancient "weird sisters" and " blasted heath." At the couclusi n of the play, a. rapturous call brought Miss Faucit and Mr. Dillon before the curtain, to receive the hearty plaudits they so well merited. SECOND BATTALIONS. LITERATURE. Mervyn, Clitheroe. No. VII. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. The mysterious bell ringing is explained, and explained, too, most ingeniously. It proves to have been a trick played upon Old Hazy by one Dr. Hooker (our old friend or rather enemy Simon Pownall), then lodging next door to the grange at the adjoining farm Louse, occupicd by Mr. Hazelrigge's bailiff, Stephen • Biaekd ete Dr. Hooker, alias Simian Powaatl, h-as catered the diabolical tintionabulati nby me-ins of a galvanic battely adtottly put in comintinicstion with the bell-wires 1 Hence the Edgar-Poe-like hubbub :-- " The jangling and the wrangling, The swinging and the rinving, Of the bells, bells, bah, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells, The jingling and the tinkling, The clamour and the clangour of the bells." Mervyn visits his old schoolboy friend, now con sumptive Parson Brideoak—not by any means, to our mind, as fine a fellow as he used to be, but rather a fretful, captious, dyspeptic valetudinarian. . He turns out to be in love with Ora—hopelessly. He possesses the secret about Sissy Culeheth, whom we half suspect to be either dead or dying. Ned learns the truth about his missing wife, and seems overwhelmed by it. But the reader is, as yet, still left entirely to his conjectures. The must remarkable passage of all in the present numb r is one in every way worthy of 'he aui hor of k wood." It relates the Legend of Owlartou Grange, a terrible tale of naurdir and starvation. Tue murderer being the servant of the murdered, and. the murdered a miser, who is surprised one day (in the then lonely and otherwise uninhabited Grange) gloating over his money bags, in a secret closet be hind the wainscot. A sliding panel has been acci dentally left, open, and by this means the villainous domestic tracks his miser-master to his treasury, and there beats him to death with a mallet. Loading himself heavily with gold, be returns to the secret entrance, only to find it has blown to— the hidden spring being a mystery to him. So tuat the wretch is fairly trapped. Days and nights drag by, and at last the neighbours, having seen b• one stirring about the house for a long while, force eu.rance, and, guided by the feeble knock ing of tie bloody mallet in the hands of the dying - % murderer, reak through the parti ion, and so learn. %- the whole atrocity. Such is the legeriii tf 0 wlarton Grange, told here in Ainsworth's mst weird • manner, and cleverly illustrated by Phiz, in one of those darklgoblin et chings, first adventured upon, • if we remember rightly, i n the embellishment o f " Bleak House." The story invests itself in each new number with increasing attractions. Jessie's Wail over Havelock the Bold. Words and Arrangement of the Scotch Airs by D. M. gird and T. Browne. Out of the apocryphal Jessie of Lucknow, with her " Dinna ye hear it about the imaginary pibroch, much has already been made both by lyrist and musician. Mr. Aird, in This graceful song of Highland Jessie, has himself charmingly com memorated the incident—an incident which, if it really did not occur, is in every way so exquisitely beautiful, that it ought to have occurred f Here, again, appears before us the fabulous heroine of the Highlanders —in whose regard l%lr. Aird is certainly exercising the prerogatives and privileges of poet to the uttermost. He gives her to us bodily (by aid of his artist) upon the titlepage, where she is represented in a visionary rapture at the foot of the Havelock monument. With the assistance of Mr. Browne our lyrist has adapted to some of the national airs of Sootland the pathetic words through which he has articulated Highland Jessie's lamen tation for Sir Henry Havelock. The last verse, however, breaks from the accents of grief into those of exultation. It is the very hypothesis of the saviour of Lucknow. As with the previous' weft from the same hands, the profits of this new ditty are to be devoted to the increase of the Indian Relief Fund. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers Present—The Lord Chancellor ' Lord Broughafgs the Bishop of Ripon, and other Peers.) APPEAL-TRI LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY T. LINDSAY. The further hearing of this appeal was resumed Ois morning at half-past 10 o'clock. The case was - reported in our columns of yesterday.. It will be remembered that the point of contentiol was whether the plaintiff Lindsay, in two actions ° I damages against the London and North-Western Rail way Company (fur loss sustained by him by their refill' ing to carry his fruit on their line of railway 10°3 a n r b r u y r ghhi,s fruit,tat ng he that being the acofmr fruit Y 8° Edinburgh to Li ver p oo l, an d f or exhi b it i ng a p l acar d or notice e ed in to c arry filer• chant there), was legally entitled to use arrest' ments in the hands of the Caledonian Rai;way Compaq , their -opposed debtors, fundanclum ad jurisdictioneo• The Lords of the First Division of the Court of S„ ..lion in Scotland sustained the competency of the jurisdiction of the Court over the railway company, and against thie decision the company appealed, on the ground that thei, were an English company, and the Court of Session ha d no jurisdiction over them, and that the plaintiff Lindel bad no right to use arrestmente on his actions of unliqui dated dama g es. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., addressed the house on behalf of th e respondent Lindsay, and asked an affirmance of judgment of the Court of Session. Mr. Anderson, Q.C., addressed the house on behal f of the appellant s . I t i s pro b a bl e that the hear i n g 0 counsel in this cause will occupy th e h ouse the _ w h o le G f . this day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner FORblariqUe.) IN RE NANDERS—AN UNFORTUNATE BANKRETTOT—•' FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE. This bankrupt was described as of nought, Mew ' , &c., builder, and to-day was appointed, for consideration of his certificate. e d Mr. Laurance' appeared for the bankrupt, and ask for a first-class certificate. The bankrupt h a d been L business fo r many years w i t h a person named Woolo°l wko, however, had unfortunately invulved himself an the firm i n li a b i lit ies to an enormous extent, and ni afterwards c omm itt e d suici d e , and these lisoili ti " 6 were brought into accou n t against the firm. '" o f balance -sheet showed a surplus balance, Jan. 1 8 "'d 2,0941. ; an d th e d e b te now were a b out 300/. ; s o :0 the assets were doubtful debts, 1,2271. ; , A g r el 7651. and prope r ty 8911,, h e , M r . L awrence , conowe - ae LUIS to be a case which the C our t wou ld l oo k t wos , 1• one of unavoid a bl e l oss an d m i s f ortune , as the eXP 6II O O tore was considerably less than the profits, an d m,oo bankruptcy had entirely aris e n th roug h th e misOn— of Walcott. His Honour said that every partner ought to exec tad the right of examining the accoun t s , an d if he negin e w he must bear the consequences. not Mr. Lawrance said that in this case the bills wer e k,OO entered in the book s , an d no vig il ance could "'— disco so ve H redhe fraud. t i . no t ur then granted a certificate of the firstcla (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn:) IN RE MORTON. This bankrupt was described as of Maidstone, g en o t i grocer, and to-day was appointed for a meeting for Li r e d of debts. The debts are stated a t 3,5581. so, debts, 650/. ; liabilities, 9291. ; asse t s re alized, B ° ° 9 property in the hands o f cre di tors , 570/. • in partnership accou n t o f P oo l ey an d : V. jut 51cirteat brhiellts co merchants, from which a sur pl us i s e xpected. AsslFtej were chosen, and Messrs. Paul and Turn er APPeal accountants.. (Before Mr. Commissioner Farce.) T gj THE SURREY GARDENS COMPANY.—WINDING UP AFFAIRS IN BANKRUPTCY. Irathis case the propositions made tor an arrangeldr, with the creditors having failed, it was agreed b 1 sr. Fleming, of the committee of shareholders, an d ot' Chappell, for several creditors consented, to th e n ' r t , being made for winding up the affairs of the con 3 P 3°J this court. IN RE THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND C3LOUR Col'l rl4l Pir A petition was pre,ented in the case of this coolt,o for an order to wind up the affairs. The P etiti° 2 ' : on benalf of Mr. Purdie, of Edinburgh, aild to-d—, fp appointed for Leming arguments. The petition o'lo°,o t here " very vuluuiinous nature, and it is understood be a strong opposition to the granting of title order. my.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This m-- MARL BOROUG-li-STREET. , lit Thomas Johnson, aged 18, and George Ed'estnr—Alssitt were this morning ch a r g ed before Mr. thug", -- cau te ; stealing a parcel c o nt a ining 31bs cigars from t ue got , of the shop 67, H a ymarket, the property of Mr. Salmon, and value two guineas. i boP Mr. Salmon said be was sitting in the rear of Wooer last night about ten o'clock when he saw Jolaus°° u and slip off the counter the parcel in question' 0,13 which he immediately ran out. He pursued l'icci'dour: saw Edwards outside, who, as ho crossed theibouli: step, tried to trip him up. Prosecutor, 410,Pii somewhat retarded by this, succeeded in ove h r ,o, b e the former with the purl.dried property , vi ' t vil s T dropped on his laying hold of him, exclaiming,' .rP" out being question,,d, •‘ I'm not the alto I,' yobIL wards aga.n impened .him as he returned wit„talor son. A policeman cowing up he gave the latter b 9 t cu s tody, rod on the way to the station Ed wardsl ob arg l words he addressed to the prisoner then ill bi 3 coact evidently was giving him directions how to slip 1 , 0 and escapel; prosecutor therefore believing 13° ti con cerned in the robbery gave him in cbarge.,.., 10 0° J o hnson, in answer, said be was g uiLy u"" no thing of the btber prisoner. be Q.* :t al till ..al , l he Lever ,a, alta sold , ranges to, toe 6upp-rt' " tis ilLie U 14 LU. 0 416 1 ttli• A pv- Mr. Bingham, directing enquiries to be nt° Edwards, remanded the prisoners for a week' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, —Having seen by the papers that it was the intention of Government to give 21 battalions to alt regiments up to the 50th, I think you will agree with me in saying that, if any regiments deserve a few steps, consequent on 2d battalions, the 64th Regiment and 78 , b Highlanders ought to be among the first. These regi ments I need not call your attention to, as they both are and have been all through this calamitous =tin) in India, most conspicuous in their daring, gallantry. and victories, under the brave and gallant Havelock, first in Persia, and then immediately atter at Benaree, Allahabad, Cawnpore, and Lucknow. Ido say that justice should give these distinguished corps 2d Battalions, for they have won laurels and victories against most frightful odds never before known, and went through the direst privations and hardships under an Indian summer sun. Surely the 16th Regiment, that never were in battle, nor saw a shot fired, did not deserve it ; nor the 40th, at Melbourne, Australia, what do they want with 2d battalions, when the 40th is now, in men, over its proper number t Many regiments who are about, and have got 2d battalions, deserved them not. It was those regiments that needed them that won the day. I am sure the attention of the Horse-Guards has only to be called to this, and they will gladly com ply.—l am, dear Sir, yours very truly, A TRUE BRITON. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF CO M. NIONS—FRB. 18. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on Amendment proposed to Question, ' That leave be given to bring in a bill for the better government of India." And which Amendment was, to leave out from the word " That" to ead of the Question, in order to add the words, " it is no t at present expedient to legislate for the government of India," instead thereof. Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques tion." Debate resumed; Question put. The house divided—Ayes, 318 ; Noes, 173. ATES-318. Adderley, C. B. • Fagan, W. Newark, Viscount Adeaue, H. Fenwt ck, H. Nicoll, D. Akroyd, E. Ferguson, Colonel Noel, G. A lcock, T. Ferguson, Sir Robert Norris, J. T. Annesley, Hon. Hugh Finlay, A. North, F. Antrobus, E. Fitzroy, Henry O'Brien, P. Ashley, Lord Fitzwilliam, C. Ogilvy, Sir J. Atherton, W. Fitzwilliam, G. Osborne, R. Ayrton, A. Foley, J. H. Owen, Sir J. Bagshaw, J. Foley, H. W. Paget, C. Bagwell,"John Forster, Charles Paget, Lord A. Bailey, Sir J. Foster, W. 0. Paget, Lord C. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Fortescue, Hon. F. Palmerston, Viscount Baring, H. Fortescue, C. S. Patten, Col. Baring, T. G. Freestan, Colonel Pease, Henry Barnard, Thomas Gallwey, Sir W. Pechell, Sir G. Baxter, W. Garnett, William Perry, Sir E. Beach, W. Gavan, Major Philips, R. Beale, S. Gibson, Minter Philipps, J. Beecroft, G. Gilpin, C. :Pigott, F. Bentinck, G. Goddard, A. Pilkington, J. Berkeley, lion. H. F. Goderich, Viscount Pinney, Col. Berkeley, F. Greenall, Gilbert Portman, W. Bethel!, Sir It. Greene, John Powell, Francis Biddulph, Col. R. M. - Greenwood, John Price, W. Biggs John Greer, Samuel Pryse, E. Black , Adam Gregory, W. Pritchard, J. Blake, J. Gregson, Samuel Pugh, D. Bland, L. H. Grey, Captain Falter, Christopher Bouverie, lion. E. P. Grey, R. Ramsden, Sir J. Bouverie, lion. P. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Ramsay, Sir A. Bowyer, G. Griffith, C. Ravrti , son, Sir H. Boyd, J. Grosvenor, Earl Raynham, Viscount Brocklehurst, J. Gurdon, Brampton Rebow, J. Browne, Lord John Gurney, J. H. Repton, G. Bruce, Lord E. Hadfield, George Ricardo, J. Bruce, H. A. Hall, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, 0. Buchanan, Walter Hamilton, Capt. Rich, 11. Buckley, Gen. Haubury, Robert Richardson, J. Buller, J. W. Hankey, T. Ridley, George Burke, Sir T. lianmer, Sir John Robartes, T. Bury, Viscount Harcourt, G. G. Roebuck, J. Butler, C. S. Hardcastie, Joseph Roupell, W. Butt, I . Harris, J. D. Russell, Lord J. Buxton, C. Hartington, Marquis Russell, H. 'Buxton, Sir E. N. Hatcheli, John Russell, A. Byng, G. 11. C. Headlam. T. Russell, F. W. Caird, J. Heathcote, G. Schneider, Henry Calcraft, J. Henchy, D. Scholeiield, IV. Calcutt, M. Heneage, Geo. F. Scrope, G. Campbell, R. J. R. Henniker, Lord Seymour, Danby Cardwell, E Herbert, H. Shafto, R. Castlerosse, Vis. Holland, E. Shelley, Sir J. Javendish, C. C. Hopwood, John Sheridan, H. B. Cavendish, G. C. Howard, C. Sibthorp, Major Cayley, E. S. Hughes, W. Slaney, R. Charlesworth,J. C.D. Hutt, W. Smith, J. B. Cheetham, John . Ingram, H. Smith, V. Child, Smith Jermyn, Rt. Hn. Earl Smallt t , ...A. Churchill, Lord A. Jervoise, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W. Clark, J. Johnstone, Hope Stafford, Marquis Clay, James Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, Lord Clifford, C. C. Keating, Sir.H. Stapleton, John Cobbett, J. M. Kendall, N. Steel, John Codrington, Gen. Ker, Richard Stuart, Lord J. Cogan, W. H. F. Kershaw, J. Stuart, Colonel Collier, R. P. King, L. Start, H. Colvile, C. R. ' King, Edward Sturt, C. Coningham, W. Kinglake, J. Sullivan, Michael Conyngham, Lord F. Kingscote, Capt. R. Taylor, S. Conolly, T. Kinnairl, A. Thornely, T. Cowper, W. F. - Knatchbull-Huguessen Thornhill, W. Conte, Sir C. H. Labouchere,Rt.lion.H Tite, W. Cotterell, Sir H. G. Langton, H. G. Tollemache,T. Cowan, C. Laslett, W. Townshehd, J. Craufurd, E. H. J. Leg,h, G. C. Traill, G. Crossley, F. - Lacings, Sir R. Trelascny, Sir T. Dalglish, R. Lewis, Sir G. C. Turner, J. A. Dashwood, Sir G. Lincoln, Earl of Vane, Lord H. Davey, R. Lindsay, W. Villiers, C Davie, Sir H. R. F. Locke, J. Vivian, H. H. Deasy, R. Locke, John Vivian, J. C. Deedes, William Lockhart, A. E. Waldron, Laurence Dent, John Lowe, R. Walter, J. De Vere, S. E. Luce, T. Wegeelin, T. Devereux, J. Macarthy, Alex. Western, S. Dillwyn, L. L. 31`C anis; J. Westhead, Joshua Dodson, J. Mackie, J. Whatman, J. Duff, M. Mackinnon, W. Whitbread, S. Dunbar, Sir W. Maguire, J. F. Wickham, 11. Duncan, Viscount Mangles, C. Williams, M. Dundas, F. Marsh, A. Williams. W. Dunlop, A. Marshall, William Williams, S r W. Dutton, Hon. R. H. Martin, C. Willyams, E. Ebrington, Viscount Martin, P. Wilson, J. Edwards, Henry Massey, W. Wise, J. Egerton, W. Matheson, A. Wood, W. Egerton, Edw. C Matheson,Sir J. Woods, Henry Elcho, Lord Mellor, John Worst ey, Lord Elton, Sir A. H. Mills, Arthur 'Wrightson, W. Emlyn, Viscount Mills, T. Wyld, James Ennis, John Moffat, O. Wyvill, M. Esmonde, J. Moucreiff, J. Young, A. Evans, T. W. Montgomery, Sir G. Ewart, W. Moody, C. TELLERS. Ewart, J. Morris, D. Hay ter, W. Ewing, Crum Napier, Sir C. Brand, H. B. W. - NOES-173. Adams, W, H. , Gladstone, W. Newdegate, C. A rchdall, M. Glyn, 0. Newport, Viscount Bagshaw, Robert Graham, Sir J. Nisbet, R. P. Baillle, H. Greaves, E. North, Col. J. Baring, A. Grentell, C. P. Ossulston, Lord Baring, Sir F. Greufell, Charles W. Packe, C. Bernard, T. Grogan. Edward Palk, L. Bass, M. Hall, General John Palmer, R. Bathurst, A. A. Hamilton, G. A. Paull, Henry Bective, Earl Hamilton, J. Peel , Sir R. Pelmet, Capt. P. Hardy, G. Pennant, Col. E. B B l o t k e r b o u , n l c 0 , I P . e i i t e . r o. litsasstatircdo,aMte,icshiarel W. IR'eovbeenasse,i, Robertson, P. Bovill, W. Hodgson, K. Rushout, Capt. G. Bramley-Moore, J. Hodgson, William , Rust, James Brampton, T. W Holford, It. Water, George Bridges, Sir B. Hope, Alexander Scott, F. Bruce, as ajor Hume, W. Scott, Major Butler, Sir J. Hunt, G. W. Seymer, 11. Bunbury, W. B. Ingestre, Viscount Smith, 11. Cairns, 11. Ingham, It. Spooner, R. Carden, Sir R. W. Johnstone, H. B. Stanhope, J. Carnac, Sir J. R. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stephenson, R o b er t Cecil, Lord R. Jolliffe, H. Stewart, Si r M . Christy, Samuel Kelly, Sir F. Kerrison, Sir E. W. . Sykes,Trollops, Clinton, Lord R. Clue, R. King, J. General Close, AL Kinglake, A. o C S h I r n J . Cabbold, J. Cj Knatchbull, W. Cole, H. A. Kiught, F. Colebrooke, Sir E. Knox, Col. B. Corry, H. T. L. Langton, W. G. Vansittart, G. Crook, J. Laurie, John Vansittart, W. Curzon, Viscount Lennox, Lord A. F. Verner, Sir W. Dalkeiih, Earlr, rrheaaceryot Tempest, lnicapooser icseCjt, Colonel L; 000nirelede, nl Lennox, Lord li. G. Vermsey, Sir 11. Darner, L. D. Leslie, C. P. Waddington, 11. Davison, R. Liddell, ii. G. Walcott, Admiral. Disraeli, B. Lisburne, Earl Walpole. S. Dobbs, W. C. Lovaine, Lord Walsh, Sir J. Du Cane, C. Lowther, Col. 11. C. Warren, S. Duke, Sir J. Lyall, ticorgo White, James Du Pre, C. Lygon, lion. F. Whiteside, J. East, Sir J. Lytton, Sir E. Whitmore, ii. Elliott, J, E. Macartney, George Wigram, Loftus T. Elmley, Viscount Macaulay, Kenneth Williams, B. Elphinstone, Sir J. Mangles, R. D. Willoughby, Sir H. Es tco urt, T. Manners, Lord J. Willoughby, J. Farnham, E. March, Earl of Willson, A. Farquhar, Sir M. Marjoribanks, D. Woodd, B. Fellowes, E. Maxwell, J. Wortley, Major Fitzgerald, W. It. S. Melgund, Lord Wyndham, General Forester, Col. MiLer, Taverner Wyndham, H. Forstir, Sir Geo. Miller, Stearne Wynn, Col. Fox, W. J. Milnes, It. Wynne, J. W. Frazer, Slr W. Mitchell, T. A. Yorke, E. Gard, R. Morgan, 0. Gaskell, J. Mowbray, J. R. TELLERS. Gifford, Earl of Naas, Lord Baring, T. Gilpin, Col. 11. Napier, J. Crawford, R. W. BIRTH OF A BELGIAN PRINCESS.—BRUSSELS, Thurs.. day.—Her 11 uyaiJews tae Ductita ui i3l4bau6 was safely delivered t . o-day, at three o'cl oc k, o f a princess. The mother and Infant are both well.