The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. In consequence of the trumphant success of the closing repreesentations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDIN G PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES. DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18 ; FRIDAY, March 19 ; and SATURDAY, March 20. Tuesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA Violetta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE: Leonora, Spezia; Azucena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Friday, March 19, LA ZINGARI ("The Bohemian Girl"), for the last time, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO : Marie, Piceolomini, Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Ging ini. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 2/. 2s ; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 11, 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 103; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- SIGNOR GIUGLINI'S BENEFIT. LA ZINGARI (" The Bohemian Girl.") The very numerous demands for the repetition of this f.vourite Opera have induced the Direction to repeat it in the farewell week, and LA ZINGARI will be presented for the last time on FRIDAY, March . l9, being for the Benefit of Signor Giuglini. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. rr - IEtEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. : 1_ Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buckstone. 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 Leclereq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the _whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No sharge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S• DREAM. After which, a new grand , :omis Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White eat), Miss Kate Terry; Harlequin, Mr, Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Hanna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss C. Maros. Rr. 4. TRE-R YA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING) Thursday, March 11, a new and original Comedy THE LOVE KNOT. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Nturray, Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORNER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Lessee—Mr. P-en. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE. Mr. Barney Williams, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To concludi with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. R OYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, March 11, will be produced the new farce of DOUBLE DUMMY The PridcUes, Miss Wool gar and Mr. Toole. After which, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulwer s play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Paulin*, Miss H. Faueit ; Claude, Mr. C. Dillon. Followed by A. ROUGH DIAMOND. Margery, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Cousin Joe, M. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 3ox•oflsce open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed LUCRETIA BORGIA, Followed by THE TWO POLTS, Concluding with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow hg company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES. GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr, Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, 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, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUST US BRA.HAM will appe::r every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDCN BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn., 0 min. aft. ll—Even., 10 min aft. 11 TO-MORROW —llprn., 0 min. aft. 0--Even., 17 min. aft. 12 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. £HE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 11. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 32—loweat this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. BABAMETEIL 29.99. WIND, N.N.E. ; moderate, with fine, sunshiny weather 4:77 - . , ; - V - LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1858. quillity. We cannot yield implicit credence to this assertion, nor even, if it were perfectly cor rect, acknowledge that there was any extraordin ary claim on our gratitude thereby established. The Provisional Government looked to England for fair play. Had we interfered, it might have materially damaged the cause of the revolution. It was our forbearance, and unflinching determin ation to support the expression of the national will, that restrained other Powers that regarded with excessive jealousy such de monstrations that prevented acts which might have led to very different results than those which actually took place. The people of France recog ' nised and appreciated the spirit displayed in this country. They were at that time anxious to establish and maintain the most friendly relations with England. There was, therefore, no hostility on the part of the Republic to be conciliated by the new PRESIDENT, and there were hints res p ec ti n g the yet unavenged Waterloo, and a line of policy adopted in the Roman States by no means calculated to achieve that object ! It is not necessary to refer to the statements re specting the sailing of the French fleet to the Dardanelles. The instruction that it should not sail, or co-operate with the English fleet, although both nations had a common object, was not a very striking exhibition of amity by the Presidential, nor can we regard the departure of the French Ambassador from London, at the time of the difficulty with Greece, in a more favourable The Emperor of the FRENCH has thought pro- per to appeal to public opinion on the questions at issue between his Government and that of Eng land. We say the EMPEROR-for although the pamphlet, which has excited so much curiosity, is nominally from the pen of a Member of the Council of State, M. DE La GUENOCIERE, it is notorious that he has derived his inspiration from the highest quarter—that he was but an Editor, to give form and expression to the opinions which be was instructed to embody in his publication. It is, therefore, to all intents and purposes, an Imperial Manifesto addressed to the Peoples of England and France. As such we accept it, and as such we shall deal with it ; giving it all the consideration to which it is en tikled, and carefully examining the statements and deductions contained therein. The reference to the coup d'etat of the 2d Deeemluer might well have been spared. It is by no means calculated to elevate the character of the man who thereby converted the Presidential chair into an Imperial Throne. It was, unques tionably, freely commented on by the English Press. But we unhe4itatingly assert that there was no calumny invented, no error spread. If anything, there was more leniency displayed than could reasonably have been anticipated under the actual circumstances of the case. We may add that it would exactly have suited Louis NAPOLEON to have assailed England at the moment that he was aiming at Empire. Looking to the entire matter, we may boldly assert, that the balance of obligation was certainly not against England at that time. We gladly recognise the fair and judicious conduct of the EMPEROR at the commencement of the Eastern difficulty, and the mutual cordiality that existed between the troops of Great Britain and France, who cemented with their blood the friendship which we would gladly see perpetuated. It was a common object that was to be achieved, and both sides acted faithfully and loyally. We wish that we could add that the same course was adopted to the end, and that a pre mature peace was not forced upon us by the action of the French Government, which brought the just and necessary war to a most lame and impotent conclusion. Nor is it neces sary to allude at present to the opposition of the Cabinet of Paris to English views respecting the affairs of Bolgrad and the union of the Princi palities. We certainly owe no such extraordinary debt of gratitude on that account, as should in duce us to subvert our most cherished institutions, or surrender at French dictation the freedom of journalism, or the right of affording universal sanctuary to all claimants. Having thus disposed of the pretensions put forward, let us see what are the claims founded thereon. It says, as a fact, that "it is, then, always in England that attempts are prepared against the Expanon and society." And it is insinuated that these attempts are encouraged in this country ; that, in fact, the propriety of assassination is advocated at public meetings, and in sundry publications. On each and all of these points we offer the most emphatic denial consistent with courtesy. It is not the English element that has encouraged the would-be murderers. They would carry on their atrocious designs in any other country, even in France itself, just as energetically as in this country, and it has been shown that the much vaunted French police cannot interfere more effec tually than that of England. There will always be conspiracies. The mode by which they could really be averted would be by removing all just causes of complaint rather than by stringent regulations repugnant to a free country. We wish that the EurEßoe. would recognise this truth, that he would adopt the measures calculated to disarm the assassin, and to render atrocious design, if possible, more detestable than they are. We 1)01 lly say that the people of England are not the advo cates of such atrocities. Far from it ! They are no less abhorred here than in Paris, and we shall unhesitatingly punish any person or persons who may be preyed to have participated therein. But we shall not accept suspicion as proof, nor will we act on what is termed notoriety, which simply means the opinions of the French police. We do not think that the objects of the ENIPE ROR will be promoted by the publication above re ferred to. We have discussed it temperately, as it is couched in moderate terms. But we shall not refuse shelter and protection to any political re fugee, no matter what may be his opinions, nor aim a blow against that great Palladium of national liberty—a free and unfettered Press. The nature of the changes which are desired to be introduced may be understood from the on slaught against Journalism in Belgium. We subjoin the repot t of two trials which have just taken place in Brussels. It will be seen what heavy punishments have been inflicted on men who certainly were not the advocates of political assassination, but merely put forward views which they bad a perfect right to make. And we beg to add, that England will certainly not carry her complaisance so far as Belgium has been compelled to do, although any licentiousness or impropriety will be dealt with in strict accordance with the English law and the spirit of the nation. It is a good sign that there should be such an appeal. It proves that the attempt at coercion has failed, with the withdrawal from office of the PALMBILSTON Cabinet, and that fair and compara tively temperate argument must now be resorted to, in order to obtain the objects on which the EMPEROR has set his heart, viz., the subversion of the liberty of the Press, and the freedom of dis cussion, and also the abolition or modification of the right of sanctuary, which has been maintained from the earliest ages, and to which none are more deeply indebted than the EMPEROR himself, and some of his most influential advisers. As we conceive that truth is always promoted by the most perfect publicity and discussion, we are pleased to find that the desires of the Imperial Cabinet are advo cated in a manner which leaves them open to fair and impartial critici sm , ra th er than b y d i p l omat i c dictation, or the bluster of ignoran t and insolent soldiers. The universal indignation excited in this coun try has not been forgotten by the Editor, He adopts courteous terms, and there is a studied moderation of tone, which is another satisfactory symptom of the change produced by the energy and decision of the English nation. But the fallacies and mss -statements contained therein are not the less obvious, and th e y may b e th e more easily and distinctly pointed out inasmuch as they profess to cal expression to t t he opinions of the French o ineorge, rather tha n , o 'taa;: exarain:tynte:t:di:iirnyvmarrEttilla°lllY h th im e s m e a lf t:ter: V ilo e elaborately ascer tain whether there is any, Nua k 7 ara ' and w founda , ion upon which they rest. It opens with what may be regarded as a reca pitulation of the several matters in which th© EMPEROR has acted in a friendly and considerate manner towards Great Britain, and for which it is supposed that we owe him a debt of gratitude. It asserts that on his election to the Presidency, ""he on l y f oun d about him in the Assembly which was to share and often embarrass his Government, parties hostile or unsympathetic to England." It is thus insinuated that we owe to his good offices exclusively the maintenance of peace and tran- Cabinet s much more would the IMMO disin terestedneFis cause him to shrink from accepting the most splendid appointment in the gift of the Crownif, as we suppose, that gift will so on 3 become va cant. It must not be forgotten, however, that Lord STANLEY ig wanted in England far too much to make it desirable, for the sake of the New Ministry, that he should renounce English politics for Indian Yice-Royalty. We regard Lord STANLEY as one of the most important members of the Cabinet. With a higher position than Sir JOHN PAKING :CON he has shown the same markedly liberal tendencies, and there is not probably a single member of the present Ministry who enjoys more LI the confidence of the Liberal party, or to whom t he house looks with more respect as a rising statesman quite up to the times in which he lives. He cannot be dispensed with by the Ministry at home. He is the pledge to the non-factious liberals, that the Conservative Cabinet shall be a Ministry of progress. He is known to be too honest a man to sacrifice his con victions even to a parent ; what those convictions are is well known ; all are confident that his veto or his resignation would follow any attempt how ever covert at retrogreatiou ; but more than this, it is thought impossible that positively liberal and popular measures should not result from the in- Muence he must exert on his colleagues. With such a large liberal majority against him on party grounds in the House of Commons, Lord DERBY can least of all spare from it the very man who more than any other in his ranks has the good will of that majority. All the independent libe rals especially are almost to a man admirers of Lord STANLEY. Indeed none amongst the liberal ' party are opposed to him except those who, pass ing under the name of Liberals, are at heart much less attached to liberal principles than the young, nominally Conservative, lord. There can be no kind of doubt that Sir JOHN LAWRENCE is the man who ought to be Governor- General of India. We have said so before ; indeed it has been said by all but routinists, and those who cannot imagine any great office in non-aristocratic hands. The training and the notorious merits of Sir JOHN leave no room for doubt as to what would be for the real interest of India. Following his gifted and successful brother in the Punjaub, he carried on his work with increasing success. Under his Administration the Sikhs, so recently our enemies, have become our faithful subjects, and even our enthusiastic soldiers. He so attached them to our rule, that relying on them he could disarm the mutinous Bengal Sepoys in the Punjaub, or cut them up if they deserted ; and this while Lord CANNING was afraid to disarm the sepoys in Bengal itself, or credulously confiding in them till disasters like that at Dinapore rebuked his weak ness. The administration of the Punjaub since the mutiny began has been the very reverse of that whose headquarters were at Calcutta. No want of foresight, no vacillation, no timidity, no hesi tation ! Mutiny was dealt with as mutiny, by the gallows and the cannon's mouth, and the faithless were disarmed, wherever practicable, before they could do mischief. At the same time there was no more undue severity than really cruel lenity. Moreover, Sir JOHN LAWRENCE has saved India, and he ought to be its ruler. He may be said to have provided both the army before Delhi and the supplies on which its existence and success depended. It is but to look into any of the detailed narratives of the eampaign before Delhi—that, for instance, of Major NOR MAN, Deputy-Adjutant of the Bengal Army, published by permission of Lord CAacilego him self—to see that all the reinforcements and sup plies came from the Punjaub. Indeed, we are told explicitly that their very position was one which they took because no choice was left them, I "being the only one that could secure our com munications with the Punjaub, whence our sup plies and reinforcements were drawn." So well had Sir JOHN the Punjaub in hand that he could almost denude it of British troops, and raise faithful native levies to co-operate with them. The Punjaub was the solo base of the operations which resulted in the capture of Delhi ; and, but for whieb,""an overwhelming multitude of muti neers would have been concentrated in the Doab, such as would have left a HATELOCIC no chance but retreat, or perishing by ruinous victory. But for LAWRENCE in the Punjaub, Cawnpore and Lucknow, perhaps even Allahabad and Bemires, could not have been relieved. He held in check at Delhi, till he vanquished them, the strongest of the rebel forces. No one, indeed, would compare invidiously with each other our In dian heroes and administrators—HlTELOCX, NEILL, WILSON, NICHOLSON, OUTRA.H, and a long list besides, were all and each of them equal to the occasion, however critical it might be, but it fell to Sir JOHN LAWRENCE'S lot to be just in the position in which he could display, and did display all the highest qualities of an admi nistrator at a time *hen they were most severely put to the test, Probably Lord STANLEY never even thought of the office for himself ; most assuredly he would be the last man in England either to deprive Sir JOHN LAWRENCE of the post he has merited, or India of his invaluable services ; as little doubt can there be that his appointment to the post would be as popular an act as the new Adminis tration could perform ; one which all classes would accept. Even that thorough aristocrat and Tory Lord SHAFTESBURY, pronounced Sir JOHN to be the man for Governor-General, amid the cheers of Exeter Hall, and of the bishops and clergy present. Lord STANLEY has, on the other hand, ample time before him ; ho is becoming growingly versed in home questions, social and political ; he is the favourite both with Liberals and Conservatives in his own borough ; his work therefore just now is emphatically home work ; and we want him for it. He is to aid us in all the coming liberal measures. We are not aware that the Times has any The Tdeg of March again began yesterday for ground but political gossip for supposing that the Literary Fund Annual meeting, but they Lord STANLEY had an eye to the vacancy likely to have not yet, we believe, ended for the occur in the highest office in India, or that his Managing Committee. In anticipation of this father intended to reward his sou for what the yearly season of trial for the Committee, the latter described as plain filial duty by the most leaders of the ever-zealous and indefatigable splendid appointment likely to fall into his hands. Reformers have just now discharged at the If Lord CANNING have any self-respect worthy of devoted heads of the management a paper pellet of a British Nobleman, he cannot, of course, serve rather formidable character. A thin pamphlet, under a DERBY Ministry, and especially under his of a single sheet, consisting, consequettly, of to critic Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Lord ELLENBOROUGH more than sixteen pages in all—entitled simply himself is where he ought to be, and probably "The Case of the Reformers in the Literary prefers to be ; and L-ird STANLEY, though cer- Fund ; stated by CHARLES W. DILKE, CHARLES t4inly very young for such a post, seemed, partly DICKENS, and JOHN FORSTER." It bears the int oll4 partly a y e n o o d i n tb t account these s f hisep, personal ess k itw i i i n o en wl a e n d d ge ab o i f li l ty n , d n ia o , t a n n ia d primatur of the Messrs. BRADBURY and EVAN S. llkely to have the offer of the Indian appointment-. I ti t n s e t t a iy tes an th d e scuacsceincotflytohe It t ef e o x r p m l e a r in s s a h t nw onc it e dhiass tea,,,pired, and. believe nothing has wonderfully come to pass that the Managing Com , ready tiaiu Lora nonainagtir: would be more tnittee have not only contrived entirely to dispense we aanLiord alone l i a. , s i ' , s t ::t l4 : l ;: e cia . E ll n .t i o m ij o s n el e f to endorse the with the assistance of the Council, but actu hove,aims t o l f te S V ir er j y . th e kin e g d om be, we be• ally to refuse the members of the Council on behalf of routine the future reapaor;Beillii tor demand access to such records of the Society as would aaii;tlriely and marvellously to the post of Governor-General of ludia, were suggested ge f a a te li c e b r l :y 4 f r om apprehensions of the appearance of nepotism Committee. How it really is that the taims e acquaint them with the doings of Managiug Committee have enabled themselves (i hough very different motives responsibility y ly i t s o c r e i t ainly themselves very the Times) he Lesitated to join St; THE St; N, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING MART LT 11, 18. readily indeed to be explained. It results, in fact, 1 simply from the discovery, within the last ten years, of a flaw in the wording of the Charter. Of that casual blunder in the "letter of the law," the Managing Committee have adroitly taken ad vantage. Insomuch that the Council is now altogether a nullity. Or as the Reformers amusingly put it—by the reductio ad absurdum : "The Council has now no existence but in name, never meets, and never will meet; the General Com mittee having decided that it cannot be so much as called together by any human authority." The consequence of this oligarchical Managing Com mittee, thus endowing itself with the attrib u te o f irr organizationesponbility, is—a train of fl agran t a b uses i n the of the Society, in the distribution of its funds, and in the annual expenses entailed upon the institution, by the mere process of that distribution, abuses which the Reformers have, year after year, since 1855, set themselves ener getically at work to disclose and to dissipate. Observe, we speak of them advisedly as Reformers—not merely as would-be Reformers. Although their self-imposed toil began now only three years ago, it has resulted already in more than one really notable improvement. Changes for the better suggested by these very innovators, and, first of all, scornfully refused by the Com mittee, have been, at last, at the eleventh hour, in the most grudging manner in the world, of course without a syllable of acknowledgment as to the actual originators of the amelioration, granted. Hitherto, for instance, in obedience to one of the most flagrantly irrational of all the bye-laws of the Fund—a man who had written a might claim the advan btaogoeks of the , however while a man who had only written in periodicals, however powerfully," institution, worthless, was altogether precluded from seeking its assist ance. The Reformers pointed out this most absurd anomaly in 1855, and again in 1856—a1l in vain ; but at length in 1857 the bye-law is quietly abrogated. Hitherto, again, the notion of granting any relief at all in the way of annuity was scouted by the Committee as something ridi culous, whenever the idea was urged upon their consideration by the indefatigable and indo mitalde Reformers. It was thus in 1855. It was thus again in 1456. But ultimately in 1857 there sneaked out through the yearly report the laconic intimation, that one an nuity had been awarded, and that consequently the long-continued principle had been meekly adopted after all—..again without a hint of acknowledgment. Ungraciously though these concessions are made, they are nevertheless very encouraging. They can hardly fail to hearten the Reformers on to new exertions —in the hope that those addi tienal effort s may prove equally effectual in bringing ab ou t yet more comprehensive ameliora tions. Th a t some stimulus is indeed required for the Charity, in the way of an improved organisa tion, is by this time sufficiently apparent. This, of course, thanks to the exposure of facts brought to the public knowledge by these resolute and unflinching antagonists of that secret com mittee, that irresponsible oligarchy, that closest of all close corporations. Thus, for example, as amply demonstrative of the necessity for a total reorganization of the Charity—is there not the startling fact that while it had no less than 394 annual subscribers in 1802, it has now absolutely very little over one hundred ? Remember, too, that out of the monies distributed year after year by a society whose funded property amounts to some 30,0001., and whose landed estate brings in some 2001. a year additional—as much as forty per cent. is deducted from funds received in trust for distressed literary men, is deducted for the mere coat of applying those very funds to their assistance. Insomuch is this monstrous extra vagance of expenditure persisted in, that the yearly cost of administering the affairs of the Literary Fund nearly equals one half of the amount annually distributed. The sum of 1,2251. having been distributed last year in relieving claimants, the sum of 5321. constituting the expense of that very distribution. No wonder, with these facts and figures before us, no wonder at all that these re formers designate this cost as "enormo us b eyon d all precedent." It can scarcely, however, be any matter of surprise to find that aggregate of 5321. attained, when we recollect, as illustrative of the economic management of the Fund, that a house is kept up from year's end to year's end—in order that nine meetings maybe held d ur i ng the course of every twelvemonth in one of it s rooms, each meeting occupying from two t o th ree hours iu its duration. This fact is merely one out of many ; but it is charactetistie. It is mo re; it is—we do not hesitate to say it—scandalous. As if to epitomize the whole pamphlet in one terse sen tence, our three Reformers remark at page 14 ; " The case of the reformers, summed up, i s That the Literary Fund Society itisgoveniintentionexpressed of its charter, by an irresponsible committee ; because it limits its proceedings, in direct opposition to the evident aad expressed intentions of its founder, to dealing with the follow ers o f l iterature as beggars only ; and because its enormou s annua l expen diture will net bear compar ison with the expenditure of any other similar instantion on th e f ace of the earth. " ' This briefly is, iu very truth, "th e h ea d and front of its offending." We doubt not for au instant that the time is now rapidly approaching when the Society wit' pay the penalty o f th ese reite rated and overwhelming exposures. The Siamese Ambassadors are preparing to quit Paris. They have excited little attention in the political world. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arrived at Northumberland Houso yesterday afternoon from Stan wick Park, Yorkshire, for the season. Miss Coutts gave a grand entertainment, on Tuesday, at her mansion in Stratton-street, to their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. The following were invited to meet theirroy a l hi g h nesses: --The Lail and Countess Grey, the Lord Chancellor a , Viscounte ss St ra tf or d d e Red clud lffe,LytandeDCealitlelowfs'rd W estminster, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Right fon. Sir B. Hall, M.P. ; the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and Afro. Cowper; lion. Mr. and Mrs. W. 11 . North, Sir James Brooke, Sir T. Freemantle, and Professor Wheatstone. Lady Caro line Murrayand Maj or Home Purves were in wa i t i ng on the Dii cliess of Cambridge. Later in the evening Miss Coutts received a select circle, the Duke of Cambridge being preset-t. TireCouotess of Derby had a reception last night, at the noble Premier's residence in St. James's-square. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess 141.0.rY. atten d e d b y L a dy G uorg i ana Bathurst and l Rome Pun-es, laj,r honoured her lady chip by their company, shortly after eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge also attended the reception. Mort of th e c hief members of the foreign dirlomatic body were present. 'l'-Lt A ND 20 miles of the 84:111::::: the rail,vay between Taunton and Watchett, in the Bristol Channel, will be commenced, and in a few months downylle::::::V e ry a sfar shortly a s Gillingham, will ii,., ; , w- . " - be opened. About 25 miles of the n d a bl ir ei 'i t ' d. ' e " ve en Southampton . and Dorchester are s t r O , u x r : o r : l a n g , o E N V x o t n e c n Lave been 7,900/. WAY.—Tne receipts of this company, including the 16,'. 2...1., and the cxpendCitaunrael,' E s :II AND WOLUERTIAMPTON RAIL 280a Feb., the corresponding psiiod - of 1357 amounted to 7,579 i. for the t ii h nd e c.;u d fortnighti whilstg thtahto soei ending tfohre Stourbridge Exi.en?.ion Clnal, 3,6711. Bs. 2d., being at the rate of 50.93 per cent., whilst those for the corres ponding peri o d o f 1857 amounted to 3,7311. ls. 3d , or at the rate of 49.22 per c:.nt. The sum o f 23,8441. 7e. 10J. being rec eip t s f or the first t h ree f or t n ights of the half-year added t o th e 7,2001.8 -. id. ad above, makes a total receipt of 31 , 044 /. 154. 11 J ., as against 3 2 , 418 /. 75. 41 for the cor respon di ng three fortnights of the previous year. A n d t h e sum o f 11,914/. 10s. 8., being expenses for the first three fortnights of the half-year, added to the 3,671/. Bs. 2d. as above, makes a total ex penditure of 15,585/. 18.. 10d., beingatthe rate of 50.20 per cant. as against 16,110/.163.7J. for the correspond ing three fortnights of the previous year, or at the rate of 49,0 per cent. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The paragraph in the Moniteur of yesterday, de scribing the revolt of about 40 men at Chalons sur-Saone, who surprised the military post to the cry of " Vive la Republique ! "• has puzzled people a good deal. Chalons is not so far from Paris that a handful of men could hope to persuade an entire population that the Government was overthrown and the Republic restored throughout France. And then the officers, it appears, first ran (the Moniteur says) to the house of the Sub- Prefect to know if the news was true, and, when they found it was not, forced their passage, sword in hand, to the barracks. There are various con jectures on this subject, exaggerated no doubt, and contradictory. One is, that the affair was more serious than is represented, and that the resistance was greater. ALother account is, that the eclutuffortree was only au attempt to rescue some persons who had been arrested under the new Penal Law, and who were in the act of being taken off. Nothing is more likely than that tie friends of the arrested raised a clamour, and that those who are ready to profit by every opportunity increased the disturbance. Marshal Castellano had arrived at Chalons ; he quitted Lyons, where he commands, the mowent the news reached him. The Patrie publishes further particulars. It says: _ _ ." Under cover of the darkness of the night and a heavy fall of snow, the insurgents, preceded by some persons of inoffensive appearance, approached a guardehouse occupied by a few infantry soldiers in the Rue de Beaune. The greater number of the insurgents remained at a distance, and a few stole on the sentinel and disarmed him, while some covered his mouth to prevent him giving an alarm. They then rushed into the guard-house, where the soldiers were sleeping. Tue assailants took possession of some of the muskets, but the sergeant of the guard drew his sword and attacked them. They then fled towards the bridge, whore they were met by:,a detachment of infantry, and the greater number of the revolutionary party were arrested. Apropos of people arrested under the new law, a person who has arrived from Marseilles mentions that he saw a gang of 68 men embarking in that place for Algeria. He adds, indeed, that several of them were persons of notoriously bad character, independent of political opinions. It is again said that M. Pietri will cease to be Prefect of Police after the execution of Orsini and his accomplices. It is thought that his successor will be a military man, indeed a general officer. The Moniteur de l' Agriculture draws up a table of the uncultivated moors and " landes" contained in each department of France. The total amounts to nearly twenty million acres, without reckoning marshes, which by drainage might be transformed into pasture land. Surely here is an opening for capital and intelligence. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says : "The authorities continue to give themselves the satis faction of seizing English journals very frequently. I cannot find in the reading-rooms to-Jay either the Daily New, Express, or Sea, but the attendants are strictly enj•sined not to answer any questions about the missing papers. Journals addressed to private individuals are frequently purloined in the post-office by neinor officials, who take it for granted that the persons to whom they belong will suppose they are seized by authority." A Paris letter in the Nord says : " It is stated that a pamphlet on the relations between England and France, prepared under the direction of the Empercr himself, is about to be published. On all important occasions we have had publications of the same kind ; there was one, for example, on the revision of the Constitution, jast before the 2d Dec., 1854, and one on the Eastern question, on the eve of the Crimean war. The pamphlet now ipoken of will, it is said, give a summary of the just complaints ©f the nephew of Napoleon I. against England. It will ask ho is the English Government has responded to the confidence shown in it I By allowing, it will answer, a series of attempts on the life of the Emperor to be organised with impunity during the last six years at London. The pamphlet will then give a curious historical account of all the plots of the refugees. The paper will terminate, it is said, by a warm appeal to the English nation to oblige its Government to carry out the alliance with a sincerity worthy of two great nations. Such is what is rumoured about the contents o; the writing in question. The title will be, it is said, " Napoleon 111. devant l'Angleterre." BOURSE, March 10.—The following were the quotations : 4,1 per Cents 92 25 Credit Foncier Do. end month — Belgian 41 3 per Cent. .... ... 69 30 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month 69 30 Roman — Bank Shares ...... 3055 Austrian Credit Mobilier ... 845 —1 Spanish Threes Do. Account Bll 25; Home Debt . Rau (Mama Northern New Ditto 7BO ,WAYS. Midi Western 665 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Lyon and Moditerau. 810; New Ditto 7Bl Geneva A letter from Ragusa of the 21 says :—" After the combats between the Christians and the Turks at Zubce, in the Herzgovina, which have been already related, Voukalovic, chief of the former, made a reconnaissance in the valley of the Sutorina, and drove away the Turkish custom officers, com pelling them to fly to Castelnuovo, in Dalmatia, and burned down their residence. The situation of the Christians is described as deplorable, and they will die of hunger, if their Montene.giri brethren do not relieve them." In the Belgian Chambers of Representatives yes terday the order of the day was the discussion on the bill relative to transit dues.. The committee to which the bill had been referred gave its concur rence to all the articles, with the exception of one, proposing to levy a duty of lfr. 70c. per 1,000 kilos. on coal, and of that it recommended the sup pression. M. Frete, the Minister of Finance, supported the article, saying that as France had maintained the system of zones for coal, Belgium was bound to keep the transit duty as proposed. After some discussion, the proposition of the com mittee was put to the vote, and rejected by a ma jority of 44 to 35. The bill was afterwards adopted in its emcinble. The Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. The Senate had again been occupied with the ap plication of Marshal Espartero to be allowed to re sign his place as senator, mid had again rejected it by 50 votes to 21 ; but as 74 members are required to take part in a vote in older to render it valid, the matter was referred back to a committee. The Congress was occupied with the budget. The total amount of the debt of Spain is stated by the Espana to be 15,614,110,969 rials. According to the Epoca, the Duke do Valencia (Narvaez) has de cidedly resolve(l to leave Spain, and to remain abroad until political affairs shall take another turn. ADELPHI TIIEATRE. A. "Protean" sketch, as it is not inaptly termed, pro duced last night under the title of "An Hourin Saville,' affords Mrs. Barney Williams the opportunity of dis playing her talents in no fewer than eight different characters, thus giving a remarkable feminine applica tion to Shakspere's famous saying about the liability of human beings to play "many parts" in the course of their earthly career. A young lady, of very romantic temperament, being forsaken by her lover, an English man of "fast" propensities, tracks the recreant on hie continental travels, and contrives a number of devicos and disguises by means of which she hopes to bring him back to his loyalty. This is the leading idea of the piece, and the "plot," if the phrase be not too ambitious for so simple a structure, is devoted to its development in a variety of amusing details. This pretty little piece, which is from the vivacious pen of Mr. C. Selby, affords a fine field for the display of Mrs. Barney Williams's brilliant accomplishments. She acts with great spirit and refinement, and exhibits extraordinary versatility in the representation of several dissimilar characters. As the prima donna she sings in a very comic style, " a romance renting to Venice and a gondola," composed by Mr. Thirlwall ; and as the Spanish ballet-girl she dances a bolero with grace and precision. Her performance is altogether exceedingly clever, and well deservell the applause which the audi ence so Lieraily bestowed. SAILIN G OF DR. LITINGSTONR'S EXPEDITION.-- LIVERPOOL, March 10,—The north-westerly gates which prevented the sailin of the screw steamer Pearl o n Monday and yesterday abated this morning, and at 15 minutes past 1 sire took her departure for Sierra Leone, whence she will sail for tho the Cape, and thence for the Zambesi River, up which she will steam as far as her draught of water will permit her. The little launch will then be unshipped and will commence her part of the nnterprise. Besides Dr. and Mrs. Livingstone, the Pearl has on board their little sou, Mr. Livingston (brother to the Dr., and assistan.-commander), Capt. Bedingfield, R.N., Government surveyor and nautical commander of the expedition ; Dr. Kirk, Edinburgh, the botanist and medical officer ; Mr. Thornton, the geologist ; Mr. Rae, the engineer of the launch; and Mr. F. Baines, artistof the expedition, all of whom have signed articles under Gevernmentfor two years' service. Mr. J. Laird and a few other friends accompanied Dr. Livingstone on board, and bade him a cheering "God speed'' before the vessel sailed. There seems to be a complete and agree. able change in the weather, and there is every reason to hope that the Pearl will have a favourable run down the Channel. DONCASTER RACES. --------►----- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Colt by Flying Dutchman, oat of Pharsalia, 2 yrs ; Sweeper, Chance, and The Huntsman. The following horses have left for home, but may return in time for their engagements :—Admiralty, Cap tivator, Underhand, Glen Buck, 2 yre, and Church Langton. The raco course was in sp'endid running order yester day (Wednesday). BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—WEDNESDAY. DONCASTER HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Gaimoner (taken and off) 6to 1 agst Broadlands (taken freely) 6 to 1 agst Gammon (off) We have received the following official tolegrato from Mr. Richard Johnson, clerk of the course at Doncas ter : DONCASTER, Wednesday Night. The snow is all gone. Tne ground is now in splendid cor dition. The mess will certainly come off on Friday and Satur day. BRIXWORTII STEEPLECHASE 3. These Grand Military and — hunt — Steeplechases are postponed, in consequence of the state of the weather. Due notice will be given of the next fixture. IN MEETING. !er's Plate.—Five furlongs. or before Tuesday next, NORTIIAMPTI Weights for Earl Spence Forfeits to be declared on March 16. Age et lb Age st lb Theodora Huntingdon Kestrel New Brighton ... a 713 Elarry Stanley Peter Flat 5 7 10 Yeller Gal 3 6 2 Zuyder Zee Lurd Nelson 4 7 8 Lord Stately 3 6 0 Lady Hercules ... 4 7 6 athon Fugitive 4 7 8 Broadlauds Whanghae a 7 2 Ad 11l iralty The Prince 5 7 2 Lilydsle 3 5 13 Forget-ms-Nut ~. 4 7 2 Brown Middleton 3 5 12 Cumberland Delusion Verona Lord Berktdey ... 4 0 11 Soothsayer 3 5 9 Viilikins Badsworth 4 6 9 Cawood 3 5 9 Orianda 4 6 9 Miss Waters 3 5 9 Mainstay Gabcrlunzie Tricolour Tuffey 4 6 5 Wou vornianu 3 5 4 POLICE INTELLIGENCB.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT BY A SCHOOL - ASSISTANT.—George Dowson, who described himself as a school-assistant, was charged by police-constable 33 C with committing an assault under the following circumstances : Police-constable C 38 said he found the prisoner that morning at 4 o'clock, along with a female, knocking a , doors in Castle-street, and creating a disturbance, both being very drank at the time. He spoke to the pri soner and told him to desist, but instead of doing so he assaulted him and spat in his face. He then took the prisoner into custody. Another constable confirmed this statement. Mr. Bingham asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? The prisoner said he was one of that unfortunate class of the community, a school-assistant. He had been drinking all the previous day, and as he was going home at four o'clock that morning he saw the female sitting on a step. She was drunk, as he was himself. He offered to see her home, and was doing so, and was knocking at the door of the house where she said she lived, but which was the wrong house, when the constable came up. He then opened another door in the same street and she • went in. The constable then took him into custody. Mr. Bingham said his conduct was not the conduct of a person he should like to see as a soheol-assistant in his district. It was very disgraceful conduct, especially of one filling eneh a position. The prisoner said he was out of a situation. He denied that he had spat in the policeman's face. All he bad tried to do was to find the right house or the female. Mr. Bingham said the prisoner, by his own showing, had been out drinking the whole day, and then at four o'clock the next morning he took upon himself to act chaperon to a drunken female. He should fine him the 51.101 of 103. MAitiiET NEWS.—(rius Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 11, 1858, made up from tho Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY OATS RYE I BEANS I PEAS 6,1 455 36s 7d 23s 4d 34s Od 37s lid 415 Od THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY OATS EYE I BEANS I MU, 455 10d 36s 4d 22511 d 33s 4d 385 8d 40s 8d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 102,544; barley, 72,930; oats, 14,574; rye, 40; beaus, 7,103 ; peas, 2,086 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—About an average busi ness was transacted here to-day, as follows - Beef, from 3e Od to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2ti to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 41 Id per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 10.—The supplies of fat stock on sale hero to-day were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 641 Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 01 ; Veal, 4s Ocl to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s Gd to Is 211 per 81bs, to sink the offal. RomFonn, March 10.—Beasts and sheep moved off steadily, at very full prices. Iu other kinds of stock only a moderate business Was doing : --Beef, from Se 2d to 4s 6,1; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s Oct to 4s 8d ; Perk, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs ; Store Pigs, —s to —s ; Mulch Cows, —1 Os to —1 as Lean Cows, —1 to --?; Suckling Calves, —s to —s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 41; clover, 3/ 103 to 51 03; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load. A fair domand. CUIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 123 to 4/ 43; clover, 31 103 to 5/ OA ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 103 per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. WEUTECLIAPEL.—MeacIow hay, 21 10a to 41 53; clover, 31. 103 to 51 0 ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per loan. A. steady trade. COAL gARKIT -MARCH 10. Prices of Coals per ton a the close of the market Wallsend, uc. s. d. Debside's Hartley 16 9 Howard's West Hartley s. Acorn Close IS 0 Eden Oosforth l5 6 Etiddoll l5 6 fiebburn l5 6 Wharucliflo 16 0 Harton Eden Main l7 6 Haswell 21 e Stewart's • 21 0 Cassop 19 0 Netherton 16 3 1 Morpeth West Hartley 15 6 Pantield Moor l4 6 West Hartley Crey's 15 6 Walker Primrose .. ..... —LI 9 Wallsend, Framwellgate l7 6 North Hartlepool_ ..... l6 0 Trimdon 20 0 Ileup ii ii l7 6t Ships at market, „ 111 ; sold, 73. VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO BIRMINGHAIL—We have at length the pleasure of informing our readers that her Majesty has definitely promised to honour Birmingham with her presence this year. Some time before the late Ministry went out of office the Mayor placed himself in communication with Lord Palmerston, with a view of effecting this reault, and especially with reference to the opening of Aston Park. Men Earl Derby became Premier the subject was renewed, and yesterday the Mayor bad the . gratification of receiving a letter from Lord Darby, in which his lordship intimated the willing ness of her Majesty to:visit Birmingham and open Aston Park. Should her Majesty's engagements permit her to visit Birmingham in May or June, she will accede to the wishes of the committee by inaugurating the Park in one of these months ; should there be any hindrances at that time, her Majesty will accede to the ishes of her loyal subjects in Birmingham by opening the Park in 119M9 other convenient month during the summer.— Birntinglectin Post of yesterday. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.—It is astonish ing how much good sense and sound principle is °am eionally to be found in the "Leaders piera ' o ' n e , f e th re e si T it e n m a e t s io o n. n certain subjects since Lord am Oee cannot help praying that our contemporary's Party may remain in opposition at least long enough to allow its virtue to become a matter of habit. w e confess that we have some uncomfortable doubts, not only as to whether it would have proposed Sir John Lawrence for Governor-General had Lord Palmerston remained in power, but also as to whether it would remain true to its judicious nomination if his lordship were to return to office immediately. We theraore —on the principle of "nailing" the rap to the counter —put the Times declaration in favour of Sir John L a wrence on record. There is little ch ance o f a ew appointment to the Governi,orr;Gsi2enneartailshyi is of India But if thffie-apnartylanvootuernede l e a a ce nni i p m g cn s ediately : virtues. ot h a y rkLi t u h eg e rdp Times is in power wh en the office falls vacant, we will take the liberty to remind our contemporary of what it has now iu behalf of Sir John Law rence's being appointed Governor-General. Daily I XI I) . 3 I:TAL GUN ACCIDENT. Yesterday m orning, a NOTTINGHAM, Wednesd youth about 16 y ears o f age, the only son of Mr. W. 'Taylor, of the fir m o f T a yl or an d Francis, w pa o p u e n r d, manufacters, Nottingham, received a gun which occasi •ned his death und er very melancholy cireumn•taneen• It appears that the deceas e d, in comp any w i th another youthofthe same age, went out shooti ng i n t h e meadows adjoining the town. They were walking along, Taylor being a little in advance of his companion who had the gun, when the latter, whose fingers were benumbed with cold,acoidentally pulled the trigger, and the charge entered the back of deceased, lungs. Passing through the spine and penetrating th The unfortu na t e y ou th wa s conveyed homei e n great agony, and Mr. White, surgeon, was called to attend him. The nature of the wound was such as to preclude all hope of recovery, and the deceased _ lingered until one o'clock thi s morn i ng w h en h e t xpired. Aninquest will be held on the body before the town coroner, Mr. M. Browne, thin evening. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD 01' CHEAP. The polling commenced this morning at ten o'clock, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street, Cheapside, for the election of a fit and proper person to fill the office of Alderman for the Ward of Cheap, in the room of Mr. R. 11. Kennedy, resigned. This is one of the smallest wards in the City, numbering only 245 voters. The polling was very languid through out the day, notwithstanding the energy displayed by the partisans of the respective candidates, Mr. Sheriff Allen and Mr. Causton. Both gentlemen stand very high in the estimation of the electors. Throughout the day the numbers polled were in favour of Mr. Sheriff while the supporters of Mr. Causton attributed to the fact of Mr. Sheriff Allen having been some days i❑ the field before that gentleman himself, and had obtained promise of support from the electors, from an impres sion then prevalent in the ward that there would be no contest. At 11 o'clock, Mr. Sheriff Allen was 19 a head, which was increased at 12 o'clock to 32, and at one o'clock it was only 34. At four o'clock the numbers were-- For Mr. Sheriff Allen Mr. Catniton Majority -36 Consequently Mr. Sheriff Allen is the successful candidate LAW INTELLIGENCE.—ahis Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) THS ROYAL BRITISH BANK. To-day was appointed for an audit meeting, but the proceedings werti pro forma, as no proofs are taken at audit meetings. It has already been stated that the additional dividend, under the baul:ruptcy, will be 20. in the pound, and officially declared oil the 19th inst. Some disputed c!aims, however, stand over for consider ation, and may probably be brought forward again, but will not affect the proposed dividend. A further divi• dend of 3s. in the Fund will be paid shortly by the official manager, and there is every prospect of the total amounting to at least 16s. in the pound. IN RE COLEMAN—A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. Mr. Buchanan applied in the case of this bankrupt, whose certificabs was refused a few days since, but with limited protection, to give him an opportunity to appeal for copies of the examination. His Honour said he did not think he had the power to allow them. They were proceedings in the court, and were always forthcoming when required for judgment purposes. Mr. Buchanan said that was so, and the point on which ho rested his application was, that these proceed ings were introduce,: into the brief as against the bank• rupt, who ought to have the privilege of having copies of the documents intended to be brought against him, for the bankrupt could net be supposLd to recollect all that he had said or all that they had said. His Honour said the examinations had been taken in public court. Buohanan—Nevertheless, your Honour, no on• ought to be called upon to charge his memory with 4 11 that had transpired. His Honour said the solicitor for the assignees would, of course, have all the documents laid before the Lords Justices. Mr. Buchanan—That is the principle on which I venture to contend, your honour, that the bankrupt ought to have copies, for not only has he to contend with the counsel's brief, but with the private records of the Court. His Honour—Not private records. Mr. Buchanan—Your Honours remarks almost it, and if my client cannot have his application granted, he will be in a very unenviable position. His Honour said he could nut make the order. The application was, therefore, dismissed. LIBELS AGAINST THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH-THE ".DRAPEAU" NEWSPAPER. BRUSSELS, Manch 9. Yesterday morning took place the trial of M. Louie Labarre, the writer of the libellous and inflammatory articles in the Drapeau, Brussels paper, in relation to the atrocious attempt on the 14th January on the life of the Emperor of the French. In reply the President (M. le Conseiller Bosquet), the accused admitted himself to be the author of the article complained of—that he was a literary man, aged 46 years—that he was born at Duiant, and was residing at the Ecaueines d'Engbien—that there were 5,000 copies of the journal of the 17th, in which the article appeared, published. M. Heyndrick, the Avecat-General, then stated the case to the jury. He described the nature of the article which had reference to the late murderous attack in the Rue Lepelletier, in which 156 persons were wounded and eight persons kl.lod. In consequence of that affair ! France was plunged into a state of consternation, and the other States were greatly exasperated, for it was useless to eisgoise the fact that the life of the Emperor sought to be destroyed was the safeguard of peace and public order in Europe. Whilst the country was con vulsed with horror and indignation, there appeared in the Drapeau journal, of the 17th, an article containing the mos , ,offensive epithets against the Emperor, and, with most revolting wickedness, offering an apology for his political assassination. Louis Labarre the defendant, was a Socialist-Democrat of the warmest character. To judge him from his works, he appears to have for his object the destruction of our institutions and the overthrow of social order. From 1846 he had devoted himself to this labour of disorganisation. On the 29th of August, 1848, he assisted in the establishment of the Nation journal, for the avowed object of making it the organ of the European revolutionists. In 1854, this paper changed its title to the National, Labarre continuing the chief editor. On the 22d of February, 1856, the journal re sorted to its original title, the Nation, and it was about this time there appeared iu that same paper an infa mous article against the Duchess of Brabant, for which Derirec Brisnoie, the then printer-editor (imprimeur-di• tear) was condemned. In consequence of that condem nation the journal ceased to appear from the month of August, 1856, but the Socialist-Democratic , party, to which Labarre belonged, did not remain long without an organ. In the month of December, 1856, the Drapeau was established by the defendant, its chief editor and proprietor. That journal not only repudiated the form of the Belgian Government, but warrtd against the sacred right of property, which it called a monopoly, a spoliation, and a robbery. It denounced the right of eucceseion, which it compared to the original sin, and which, accordieg to the Catholic doctrine, had been the cause of all our evils. Whilst continually attacking the Emperor of the French, it sought to justify Mazzini and and his proceeding , . It professed to be the organ of that individual, and offered to receive subscriptions for the purohase of arms for the revolutionists. The defen dant belongs to that school whits adepts the theory of the dagger, and justifies political assassination as &means for effecting their object. The Nation, of which the defendant was the principal editor, published, on the 11th March, 1856, a letter to the " Marianne," in which it used this language, " that they should break their last arm on the head of the last king." It then professed to be the organ of the revolutionary commune which had its seat in London, and which had recently published a manifesto, preaching openly the assassination of every Sovereign in Europe. lie reverted to the conquest of the United Provinces by the allied armies of France and England—a conquest which, according to Henault, the chronicler, was to be especially attributed to the infamous insults of the gazetteers of the country. He then quoted several passages from articles in theDrapeau, in which the Einperor of the French was accused of murder and robbery, and which proclaimed his assassi nation as a supreme necessity for France, and concluded by an appeal to the jury to assist him in putting down such atrocious doctrines. M. Ladrie, avocet, in a speech characterised by much energy and eloquence, defended the accused. He denied that Labarre had over done or written anything that was offensive to the principles of universal morality, which.the law of"the 20th Dec., 1862, under which this prosecution was instituted, was intended to provide against. M. Labarre, on being asked whether he had anything to say, endeavoured to jusify his conduct. He observed —" in this epoch of political transformation the writer has to fulfil a mission as great and as solemn as that of the public Minister. If the Minister think it his duty to defend foreign Governments, we feel ourselves bound to defend the national cause. If he set himself up as the organ of the law, we have to defend our liberty. We have seen both governments and laws pass away, but liberty remains, because it is universe! justice. Upon that bench have eat other Belgian writers which the Goverhrneut, anterior to 1830, had prosecuted, and amongst which at the former epoch bad been denounced as revolutionists, are men whom the Belgian magistracy of to•day is proud of seeing amongst, their ranks. I have been once before acquit!ed by a Brabant jury of a sitni far charge as the present. 1 hope this d a y to be again acquitted by that tribunal. If, however, in consequenc e of a vague apprehension of the law I shoal be con deemed, I shad leave this court with as high a head as the putlic Minister, who will have gained over me an oratorical triumph at the sacrifice of Belgian liberty, but to the profit of forei i n despot ieni.” The jury having withdrawn, returned into court after au absence of about a quarter of an hour, pronoun cin g unanimously a verdict of guilty. Labarre was Viol sentenced to 15 months' imprison ment, and a fine of 1,200 francs. The Court was cccupied to-day with the trdialedofit theJoea il Francois Nicolas Coulir., tailor, aged 41, an toe Proletaire newspaper, for an a rticle similar tol one which apps ared in the .Drapea f o rmed the and which orra:a the subject of the last prosecution. After a lenetheeed iiivestigatiou, and an able Mewl° made by M. Jottrand, pare, CJulin was con • , o u 'rafleno, to 18 months' imprisonment, and to a fine of 10 with costs. Toe ordinary circula tion of this j ournal was ab daily, but the number co n tainin g the criminal ar 1 I in o t n e t . :?,? question amounted to 1,000. The Earl of Eglinton will leave London by exPre s° train this morning for Hol y head, en routo to Dublin, to enter on bia duties as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. I I