The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-27 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public are Almost respectfully informed that the NEW THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, May 15. Full particulars will be duly announced. 'Royal Italian Opera, March 24, 1858. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, wit h Leridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con- Manse, Miss A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Followed by A CURE FOR LOVE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buck- Stone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit. 1 0 0 6 1 0 Gallery Gamy R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, the Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, the new grand (*mitt 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 mack ; Clown, Mr. Hnline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TAN EVENING, will be performed IRELAND AS IT WAS. Ragged Pat, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. And THE HAPPY MAN. Commence at Seven. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Salections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brinell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchileld, G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dra., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 31. min. aft. 12 —Even., 55 min aft,. 12 To-Molt/tow —Morn., 15 min. aft. I—Even., 38 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN OBFICE, MARCH 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night, 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.22. WIND, N.W. by N.; light, with fine weather. • , )A ti c ‘"f LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1858. The Go►ernment of India Bill has been intro duced to Parliament in a speech in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer fully sustained his well-established reputation, not merely as a bril- liant orator, but also as one capable of giving the clearest explanation of his intentions, and of the nature and effect of the measure about to be sub- mitted for legislative consideration. There has been no concealment or ambiguity, and Parliament and the community at large will have reasonable time for suggesting any alterations that may be deemed desirable or expedient. It is nnques- tionably a decided improvement on the bill intro• duced by the late Government ; and although we may not exactly agree with all the details, we must candidly confess that so far as the future adminis tration of affairs in India is concerned, the nation has sustained no loss in the substitution of Lord Din for Lord PAIMERSTow. Indeed, the only complaint which the thick and thin adherents of the late administration have been as yet enabled DT law Cunzetza DII.DOLI. PL. Quocu, wlbL Lur atawno ants, drove over this bridge yesterday afternoon. Her Maj-sty was received at the Middlesex side by the en gineer, and accompanied by him to the Surrey side, her Majesty making various inquiries relative to the strut - tore. The bridge will be opened for public traffic on Mo iday. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who has com pleted his 39th year, it was celebrated in town, at Wind sor, and the military stations, with the usual rejoicings. lie Excellency the French Ambassador and the Coun tess de Pereigny leave the French Embassy early in the ensuing week for Paris. We have reason to believe that the Marshal the Duke de Malakoff will not arrive in this country to assume his diplomatic duties until the 11th proximo. The Hon. Captain Harris, the brother of the Earl of Malmesbnry, has been appointed British Consul• General for the Austrian ports in the Adriatic. Sir. E. B. Lytton, Bart, has kindly offered to lecture at the Mechanics' Institute, Lincoln, on Monday, April 5, on the Early History of the Eastern Nations, and more especially those mentioned in the Old Testament. Sir Edward will visit Bayon'e Manor during the Easter week. _ to establish is, that the new men have been far more liberal than their predecessors. The fiat bugbear of the Times was, that they would inau gurate a retrograde policy. That would have been a reasonable ground of opposition. Then came the objection that they would take up and carry the measures originated by the ex-Government. We felt very easy on that subject. Provided good bills were carried it was of comparatively trivial importance by whom they might be introduced. Mr. BRIGHT, no mean authority on the aide of the advanced Liberals, declared that "no event would occasion him greater regret than the return to office of the late Cabinet." The leading exponents of public opinion have already expressed their general approval of the Bill. The Daily News is agreeably surprised at find- We are requested to state that the services of the ing that in place " of a Jesuitical apology for an Chapel Royal, St. James's, will, on Easter Sunday and the following Sundays, until further notice, be cele artful, Tory scheme, we have a manly and straight - brated in the German Chapel, Marilorough House, at 8 forward statement of a measure, infinitely more a.m. and 5.30 p.m. TESTIMONIAL TO Mn. CAMPBELL.—Yesterday a meet liberal than that propounded a few weeks ago by ing was held at the Belvidere Hotel, Pentonville, for the purpose of raising a fend to place Mr. Campbell and his the late Administration. " family in a business, whereby they may be able to sup- The Times regards it as " a remarkable com- port themselves. Mr. Campbell was for many years an bination of modesty and enterprise—an India actor of great talent, and of the highest respectability of private character. His misfortune is the Patriarchal Bill and a Parliamentary Reform Bill rolled into blessing of having had the large family of twenty-six one. Her MAJESTY'S Government do not take a children—eight-en of whom are now living, and mostly dependent upon 'aim, and having himself entered the single piece of patronage for themselves. They eighth decade of his life, his physical energies are unequsl give nine names to Parliatnent, and the other nine to hie profession. The chair was occupied by Mr. B. Foster, of the St. John's Gate, who was also app elated to the constituencies mentioned." Adding, " This treasurer, and a committee was farmed to raise the is almost too heroic. We are not accus- means of carrying out the desired objsct,—Morniay Adrertiser, March 23. toured to it." Most certainly we P.re not. No It is naturally a subject of peculiar satisfaction M.P., Sir John LIABILITY OF SHIPOWNERS.—DEPUTATION TO THE Whig or Tory Minister has ever hitherto initiated to every one earnestly interested in the further - BOARD OF TRADE. —Yesterday a deputation, 00nsistiog BO disinterested a proposition, or one so open to ants of the ragged school system, to observe the the objectioa of giving so much to the people and zealous co-operation of the clergy in the labour of p of o N ,t l e r r . , Cr i‘ a Crawford, 3,i‘iir..P.,BSriarhiJie.yulkjoe,re, M.P., Mr. Watson (ot Dublin), Mr. Pike (of Cork), Mr. Hart. 30 little to the aristocracy. its development. The movement began, as we all \Sr Robinson, and numerous other gentlemen connected fey,' with the shipping interest in various It is needless to go through the views of our remember, among lay philanthropists ; but since ports, waited on the Right Hon. W. Healey, to morning contemporaries, most of which will be the date of its origin it has received more or less t r h equ e l est it h him to liability, t o introducewhich tt bill they to w e re relieve subject t h e a m a d e o r f found in another part of our impression. The earnestly the sympathetic encouragement of the Lord Campbell's Act, and in ca es of total loss of the East India Company is to be forthwith clergy of all denominations. It is only, of course, vessel to make them liable, in case of a steamer, to 151. a to^ and in the case of a sailing vessel to 10/. a ton, abolished. That is a great fact that is corn- precisely what might in reason hey° been anti and in ' cases of individual 1,55 of life to make one uni mon to the rival measures. The authority cipated. But because it might thus have been farm standard ? d f . liability lf ac i corciin; d t h o the cla e bi es fare the of the Crown is henceforward to be sus confidently enough expected, it is in itself none p m a i s s s e en to ge s r u s pp p Or i t the bill—he Y be s lieved that no support pro-po t tP re m e in India as well as in England. the less gratifying. We are disposed at all times would carry it, but be would give the bill hie best con- There will be no divided Government, the prac- to hail the adhesion to the cause of any clergy- sid A erFt s t T it E ,LI A . MER crs v IRE.—Particulars of the destruction treal effect whereof is to shirk responsibility, and man with especial feelings of satisfaction. It of the steamer El 'ea Battle by fire near Demo!) ilie, are delay a ll measures of pract i ca l u tilit y . The fif t h augurs w ell for the spread of the benevolent pro- verypublished hi gh by at tt te 3 New time York d ii papers. lia A r as h soon wind was ,a Secreta.ry of Stat e , who is to assume the position jeet, and for the more wide and rapid diffusion of discovered the fire communicated to the ladies' now occupied by the President of the Board of its manifold advant ages. Does he pass the thresh- c A a l b i i n, o n a n d b 0 a c r u d t o w ff e r e a c c ( e i s r s : v e t a o the w l a i f r e d b o a t w a b n e d r , y t a h , e l y . Control, must answer on every point, but he will hold of the ragged school in the guise of thellev. remained until the flames drove them into the have the assistance of a Council of eighteen gen- AMOS BARTON ) or in the guise of any one of the .va!ter. : T . he i host was h b ead k ed for d the ta sho , re, l but the river Leing hgh ao d over i:s banks, and the wheel-ropes burnt, V ernon, nine of wh om are to b e nom i na t e d b y t h e three di v i nes i n "Shirley „ " Shirley"—it matters nothing, a r, e l i a ti n g d ia i 13 g d could not be effected. There were room 50 to Crown, and the other nine by the constituencies he is equally welcome. It is another and a skilled 60 passengers on board a ,a a n t d be t r henumber aj i lost t wasby th one referred to. The names of th e fi rs t nom i nees l a b ourer —i n a vineyard where there is sore needa w c e c r o e u f n r t c z 2 e h ,.b and y The steamer w 33 A as driven m among y of the trees, are submitted for Parliamentary consideration, for expeditious and energetic husbandry. where she lodged until the engines c,a• , ed to work, and and we ma y f ear lessly assert that, collectively and It was consequently with peculiar pleasure that talinedpbar•asn7,Be3rs so ught safety by clinging to the limb. of trees, and to bales of cotton thrown individually, they are perfectly unobjectionable. we chanced to observe very recently the el')quait overboard. The fire had its origin , among .. the cotton on Those first introduced must be approved of by and fervid enthusiasm expressed in the cause of the after-deck, under . the ladies cable ;it cull.' no,, be accounted for, unless it was from sparks from the steamer Parliament, and their successors must be qualified the poor ragged school children, by one whose b Warrior, which passed to windward about half-an-hour 31' at least ten years' service. Four are to be avocations might have been reasonably supposed before the fire was discovered. kaakeee from the Civil MINES.—The Mining Market continues without any been Service who have to have precluded him from an indulgence in the material change, nor will there be much d >ing until an good di:- actively engaged for that time in luxury of this extension of his benevolent syrn- inapetn e :is g i, i , v 4 e i n t t i , sp h e o c w ul e a v t e ie r a t l et.i y .r e e ne a o re r tewvoeralmite the respective Preeidencie Madras, and the worth-Virseatoef Bengal,rn p Bombay, pathies. The oc :asion upon Royal Provinces. Four in the which this interest bolding out great promise, and of undoubted merits, also are to represent the Ragged School system was expressed thus either f?r .. specu'at , lon k or n in t vestment ( , :,,, if th r er a e nd v , e ti l b e military forces in Bengal, 11,,,..7, Armyd and l the earnestly, was at a meeting the other day down at a ffi r o e r more spirit to spent his ti me not so firm as we could wish to see them, while a ninth is to have _. native ; \ Chatham—a meeting impressively addressed in but there ie no fear of any serious fall, and a , , face with native Prinee Zt , _‘ reference to this favourite theme of ours by the trade revives so will these . metals. Lead . is in good de courts, " face to mend, and the mines having sold lately, such as Fre auTaiii. \ ai:istaut chaplain of the neighbouring convict lawny aud Herceisfoot, have got an advance of it. 10s. be nine elected members, who must the "It did not require among other things, that years' w %t :n li r i e ts e, laxil e , ? tit ' the l' l te--eay. F. S. -BATCHELOR. I t to 2/. per ton on their ores and shares is bath mines are tied by ten years' service or fifteen r emarked by him, inure in request. The dividend mines, with few ( xcep time, are still but little dealt in, hut South Frances we., residence in I n dia, are to be chosen in • i in elegant m ' Any effort to m • meet wi th many enquired for, and advanced to 240 to 250,. when . it . b f e i anston s following Manner —viz., four by holders of Indian i who lived orthodoxy, who w e , vabo Prided then came known that a verdict had been given in their ~ '" your, in the action against West Basset as to the d:s gtock, or having considerable interest in Indian 1 selviisin the . ir " a ertiPnlou 1 saying grace at their meals e e Y puted boundary. The ground in dispute is the riches( railways, and five by the electors . , At wh io part of the mine, and variously practised no self-d • • 2 () 00n/ estimated at 10,000 to and Belfast. felt no sympathy and . of Londcn, , punctilious in golf -de nial i n t ,', 0,,,:l The W , et Basset Campaey intend to a ppeal Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, with poverty, breath: iitiavatnierfc,eourt, and there is a prospect still of much In their hands the whole patronage will be vested, here emaciated by disease, d e clared 0 isease r both mines. Basset )n..ge, 470 to 480, ' • 210 to 220; Devon OS . c'e a polluted gill P ; , 7 „,,,,,,_ ___.. ex div. of 7/. per share, and its distribution will virtually be in no degree in. behalf of hundreds pinched /. Aftn. 2 Joeevael (this day), TitlE SUN,° l _ LONDON, SATtIRDA EVENI NG, MARCH 2'7, 1858 and lingering in living death." This was the text of the whole discourse, the key of the whole strain, the gist of the entire harangue. But it was enforced throughout, in words of earnest meaning, that seem from the report to have gone home to the hearts of the speaker's auditory. The religion thus illustrated was precisely what Mr. CAIRD has called the religion of common life —the theme of the famous court sermon addressed to all the QuEEN's lieges alike, though uttered first in the hearing of the Sovereign. The influ ence of the Religion of common life calls for the sympathy of clergy and laity alike in the advance ment and development of our new but happily already numerous ragged school institutions. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. Lord Malmesbury has inaugurated his reign at the Foreign-office by the following important changes : Lord A. Loftus, at present Secretary of Legation at Berlin, will succeed Sir Hamilton Seymour at Vienna. Sir J. Crampton, at present Minister at Hanover and late Minister in the United State!, will suc ceed Lord Wodehouse at St. Petersburg. Mr. Buchanan, at present Minister at Copen hagen, will succeed Lord Howden at Madrid. Mr. Elliot, at present Secretary of Legation at Vienna, will succeed Mr. Buchanan at Copen hagen. Mr. Howard, at present Secretary of Embassy at Paris, will succeed Lord Normanby as Minister at Florence. Lord Chelsea will succeed Mr. Howard as Se cretary of Embassy at Paris. THR MAIL. The following mail steamers are due at South ampton during the next fortnight :—Sultan, Cap tain Neil Cook, on the 28th, fr•m Alexandtia, with the Bombay mails; Atrato, Captain Moir, on the Ist of April, from West Indies ; Tagus, Captain Christian, on the 4th, from the Peninsula; Indus, Captain Evans, on the 4tb, with the Calcutta and China mails ; Tamar, Captain Jellioce, on the 6th, with the Australian mails ; and Medway, Captain Hammack, from the Brazils, oa the 14th. In ad dition to the - vessels named above the Saxonia leaves for New York on the 4th prox. ; the Colom bo. Captain Field, on the same day, for Alexandria, with the India and China maiis ; the Araga, Capt. Lines, for New York, on the ith ; the Tagus, on the same day, for the Peninsula ; the Tyne, Cap tain Sawyer, for the Brazils, on the 9th ; and the Teviut, C tptain Taylor, with the Australian mails on the 12th. JEWISH DISABILITIES. In 1857 the " Oath of Abjuration Bill" passed through the committee by a majority of 140, the numbers being—ayes, 341 ; noes, 201 ; which with 24 pairs expresses an opinion of 556 members. The third reading was carried by a majority of 123, in a house of 459 members, the numbers being —ayes, 291 ; nces, 168. In 1858 the "Oaths Bill" passed through its various stages without opposition until the bring ing up of the report of the committee on 22d March, when on a division the principle favourable to Jewish claims involved in the bill was confirmed by a majority of 153, the opinion of the whole house being thus shown : For. 299 . 39 Voted Pairs Voted or paired on previous occasions .Against. 146 39 COURT CIRCULAR. Mr. Mowbray, the Judge-Advocate-General, had an audience of the Queen yesterday afternoon at Bucking ham Palace, and submitted to her Majesty the proceed ings of some courts-martial. The Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, honoured Mr. Theed with a visit at his studio to inspect his statue in marble of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke and his bas-relief of "The Field of the Cloth of Gold," both ordered f:r the interior ofithe Houses of Parliament. The Queen and the Prince Consort honoured the per formance at the Haymarket Toeatre with their presence in the evening. The royal suite consisted of the Conn tags of Caledon, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Raglan, Lord Colville, and Captain the Hon. D. de Roe. The Princess Alice, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington, attended the musical performance at Exeter hall. altered, so far, at least % as the Executive is con cerned. What more cau be desired I—what more popu lar measure could be devised ? Of course we cannot now enter into local jealousies or the claims that different constituencies may put forward to be represented, but the principle is good, and if that be brought judiciously into operation, we shall be satisfied. The Government will cheerfully consent to any alterations by which the measure may be rendered more advantageous either for the United Kingdom or for India. The completion of the electric communication between Europe and America, by means of the successful submersion of the telegraphic cable, will, beyond all doubt, reawaken, and this time, we may be sure, to a fortunate issue, a very grand and long-neglected enterprise. That enterprise— the construction of a trunk railway between the Atlantic and the Pacific, across the entire width of our North American possessions. It is a project, upon the advantages of which we, ourselves, have long ago, years and years since, in these columns, very frequently expatiated. It is an undertaking the time for which will at length have arrived, when the wire of the electric telegraph trailed along the bed of the Atlantic, shall have actually brought the old world and the new into all but instantaneous communication. So soon of course as the present spring season shall have sufficiently advanced, the expedition of 1857 will be renewed in 1858, under happier aus pices. Improved arrangements for the more secure paying out of the electric cable will, we may now not unreasonably anticipate—result in an issue al- together different. The submarine telegraph having been at length long ago successfully laid down on the one hand between England and France, and on the other- between 'England and Ireland, we may confidently look forward to the time when it shall have been laid down no less successfully, as a subtle nerve thrilling to and fro, between the eastern and the western hemispheres. What has been effected under the waters of the British Channel, and under the waters of St. George's Channel, we may be tolerably certain must, sooner sr later, be effected under those of the Atlantic Ocean. Science has left us very little room for day-dreaming. In talking thus, we are not talking in any way of what is merely visionary. It is purely, as we have said, now a ques tion of time. And, as surely as we have telegraphic communication under the rolling billows of the sea between this island of ours and the European continent, so surely shall we, by the same intervention of copper wire encased in gutta percha roping, in the form of another magical submarine cable, have a channel of instant intercourse established between the British Islands and the North American continent. The cable, as all know, is long since actually made. It only remains now to be " payed out" carefully inch by inch, mile by mile, as the steamers bearing the gigantic coil plough their way across the Atlantic. One of those steam-frigates, the Niagara, has . already arrived in this country from New York to re-ship a portion of the cable, so as to be in readi ness, when the time arrives, for the second and, it is to be hoped, more successful expedition. Then, with the electric wire actually extending from the shores of the Mediterranean across Europe, beyond the British Channel, across Eng land, beyond the Irish Channel, across Ireland, beyond the whole surging ocean of the Atlantic to the coast of North America—then we shall inevitably find ourselves drawn again, perforce, to the consideration of the long-talked of and long neglected scheme of a grand trunk railway right onwards through the entire breadth of our vast dominions i❑ the north of that northern continent. Parallel with that future railroad, running of course the continuation of the European telegra phic wire—bringing the commerce of the Atlantic and Pacific in the end into momentary communi cation. Subsequently, of course, will come the laying down then] of a submarine cable trailed along the bed of the Pacific, bringing our American possessions into rapid intercourse with our vast, and populous, and fruitful Asiatic dominion. The circling of the globe by electricity being then completed by the extension of the telegraphic wire along the route of the overland mail, or otherwise, beyond the Mediterranean, across Asia Minor, past the Arabian Sea, to Born- I bay, thence onwards towards Calcutta. PUCK'S girdling of the earth in fifty seconds will then be nothing to the almost simultaneous vibration of the telegraphic needles at London—Quebec — and Calcutta! These are not simply fanciful or whimsical speculations ; they are merely antici pations of absolute matters of fact. It is about as certain that the time we are writing about will cone, as that we are drawn over the surface of the earth now-a-days with the speed of the wind by the fiery dragon of the railway engine —as that we have tutored the sunbeam to paint our likenesses— or as that we have already made an instantaneous messenger, across whole kingdoms of the earth, and under the depths of the sea, of the winged and mysterious lightning. &TEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have brought the following despatch from Marseilles this (Saturday) morning : "The steam-ship Euxine, with the Calcutta and China mails, arrived at Marseilles at 5 p.m. yesterday. " The mails left for London at 10 p.m." Accounts have beenreceived from Constantinople to the 21st. At that date the Porte had officially requested the ambassadors of the great powers to recommend the commissioners in the Principalities to complete their report as soon as possible." The Russian troops have thrice attacked the Circassians, but each time unsuccessfully. The Russians lost 1,000 men in the three assaults. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The favourable manner in which the appoint ment of the Due de Malakoff has been received by the principal English journals has produced the best effect here. The Moniteur contains the official announcement of the raising of the blockade of the port and river of Cant , n on the 10th February. It is said. that M. Lessepa has at length obtained permission from the Sultan to pierce the Isthmus of Suez, and that be had left Constantinople for Egypt to complete the concession with the Viceroy. BOURSE, March 26.—The following were the closing quotations :- 4i per Cents 93 50, Do. end month — 3 per Cent. .. ... 60 85 Do. end month 69 85 Bank Shares , Credit Mobilicr Do. Account BO7 50 Credit Fonder Belgian 4) Pied m ontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt NAYS. RAIL' Orlearn Northern New Ditto 7871 Lyon and Mecliteran. 840 New Ditto 7964 Geneva Midi Western 662. Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian TURKEY. We have received journals and letters from Con stantinople to the 17th. The financial state of affairs appeared to promise some hops of ameliora toi. At a recent meeting of the mixed commis sion appointed to examine the project of the issue of consolidated notes (sehims), and at which Fuad Pacha and the Minister of Finance were present, the question was the subject of a long and serious dis cussion. All the principal points of the measure were decided on, and the details alone remained to be arranged. Thenew notes to be issued are all to be reimbursed in 24 years by means of. a sinking fund, which, as well as the interest at 6 per cent., is to be furnished from the customs revenues of Constanti nople. The governmenthas engaged not to make any change in the intrinsic value of the present gold coin, which is to be on the footing of 100 piastres, the Turkish pound. These guarantees are of a nature to inspire confidence, and it is thought that god results will be obtained from the combination. Although the measure has been decided on in prin ciple, the application has been postponed for three months, either because the government wishes, in that interval, to remove every obstacle to its entire success, or from a hope that a loan may be negotiated in Europe, which would enable it to withdraw all the paper-money from circula tion. Baron Prokesch, the Austrian minister at Constantinople, was about to proceed to Vienna on leave of absence, and it was generally thought that he would not return to his post. M. de Thouvetiel had had a private audience of the Sultan to deliver the reply of the Emperor Napo leon to the autograph letter sent on the occasion of the attempt of the 14th January. Some days be fore, M. de Souza, the Spanish Envoy, de:ivered a letter to the Sultan from his sovereign, notifying the birth of the Prince of the AsturiA. The last accounts which had reached Constantinople from the Herzegovina were m•re satisfactory ; order had not been re-established, but the irritation in the minds of the people was softening down, notwith standing the off ,rts made by the Montenegrin party to keep up the agitation. BELGIUM. The Belgian 2ronitetTrPa;lishea the following notice relative to'passports "Belgian travellers going to Fran , . tnn.E nn each jour utu cause their passports to be vise by a French diplomatic or consular agent. The first visa is only to be paid for ; the others, obtained in the course of the year, for which passports are ordinarily granted, are to be delivered gratuitously. The French Legation will not any more viser col lective foreign passports to M-- and his suite,' without mentioning the names and ages of the various persons composing it. It w:11 also refuse to viser passports which may be delivered by Bel gian diplomatic or consular agents to other per sons than Belgians. Such is the summary of an official communication which the King's Govern ment has recently received from the Legation at Brussels of his Majesty the Emperor of the French." SARDINIA. The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies met again on the 23d, after a short interruption of its sittings, owing to the want of matter for discussion. M. Valerio, the reporter of the committee on the Conspiracy Bill, presented his report, which was laid on the table. The deputation which is to represent the Chamber at the annual funeral service for the Piedinontese who fell at the battle of Novara was drawn by lot. M. Buffa then put a ques tion to Count Cavouron the subj ec t o f th e C ag liari, to which the minister replied that, although it was contrary to diplomatic usage to produce documents relating to a matter still pending, he would, nevertheless, consent to that course in the present instance, because part of the document's relating to the Cagliari were about to be published ix England. Ile would, therefore, produce the papers in question, with the excepti in of the last nr,te which he had addressed to the Neapolitan Go vernment a few days before. The Chamber then proceeded to discuss the Navy Promotion Bill, already passed by the Senate. All the articles wet e wnhetahatthtehere wore only 96 members whole bill was put to the v a o d t o ori e i d b w , asufotud present. This being below the legal number, the vote was adjourned to the following sitting. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 21st contains little news. In the Senate, a committee had presented a new report on the request of the Duke de la Victoria (Espartero) to be allowed to resign the dignity of senator, and it w,,s, like those which pre ceded it, to the effect that he cannot legAly do so, the dignity being inherent to the grade of marshal of the army, which he holds. In the Congress, the Mini,ter of the Interior had presented a bill t• authorise the levy of 25,000 men, but enacting that that number should not be taken unless really needed to make up diminutions occasioned by the discharge of soldiers who have completed their period of service. A letter from Vienna, in the Nuremberg Corre spondent, says :—" Tho memorandum on the Danube Navigation Act addr.-ssed by Prussia to the Great Powers has produced an unfavourable effect here, less on account of its arguments, which are considered weak, than from the general motives which lead the Cabinet of Berlin to enter into oppo sition to Austria. We understand that the Vienna Cabinet is Preparing a reply." Another letter from Rome of the 20th states that Cardinals Mertel and Milesi, Ministers of tt.e Interior and of Public Works, had resigne I, and been succeeded by M g rs. Pill, and Amici. The letter adds th a t i t was believed Cardinal Milesi was to be sent to Bologna as legate. --- The following has been publitLed in the Inde pendence Beig s : " TRIESTE, March 27.—A Turkish screw line-of battle ship and two other vessels of war, having on board 3,500 troops, under the command of Ifadri Pachi, arrived yeAerday in the Bay of Klek." THE SIAMESE AT MALTA. MALTA, MARCH 20. Yeste“lay the Siamese ambassadors and suite embarked on board H.M.S. Caradoc, and proceeded on to Alexandria. While at the hotal in Malta one of the suite took the liberty of overlooking a gentleman writing, who requested him to desist. The Siamese probably misunderstood him—at any rate he continued to look over his shoulder, which to annoyed the gen tleman that he:t urne d and struck him, upon which Siamese leaded a gun wiih the intention of shooting the person who *truck him, but was securi d and prevent 'd. H.M.S.Vigila,nt conveys Mr. Dickson on a visit to Tripoli, af , er which he will proceed to his new consulate in circasth.• LAW INTEL: Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before tbs Lord Chancellor, and the Lords Justices.) APPEAL-COUNTESS or MORNINGTON ♦. KEANE. The further hearing of k tbis part heard appeal was resumed this morning. Mr. Rolt, QC., was heard for the respondent. This cause was reported in our columns on Saturday last. It will be recollected that the contention arises in a competition for priority of equitable charge or lien on the house No. 3, Savile-row, Westminster, between the Countess of Mornington under marriage articles of agreement entered into between her and her late hue band for an annuity of one thousand a-year, and Mr. Keane on his mortgage deed as a mortgage creditor. After hearing counsel for the respondent the court did not call upon the appellant's counsel for a reply. The Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices were unanimous in opinion that the appellant, under her marriage articles of agreement, had no lien or charge against the house No. 3, S3vde-row. Their lordships dismissed the appeal without costs. COLEMAN V. COLEMAN. 1 Thiq was a bankrupt petition against an order of Mr. Commissioner Helroyd refuiing certificate. Their lor were of opinion that protection mif.l2,* be consented to by the assignee, and granted by th Court, from and after the Ist day of June next. The effect of refa , al of certificate is that the bank• rapt might be imprisoned twelve months. MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A SOLICITOR. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Thursday. —A. despe rate case of assault, with " cutting and wounding," which was near being fatal, occurred late last night in this town, and has created considerable excite ment. Mr. Geo. T. Gibson, a solicitor of con siderable wealth in Newcastle, had gone, a few minutes after ten o'clock, to his office in Mosley-street, preparatory to starting for the south by the evening train. Mr. Gibson had been engaged iu some law proceedings against a bottle works manufacturer named Frederick Swan Todd, well known, and not . without respeet, in this neighbourhood, who has long car ried on bottle works in the Ulose in this town (in addition to similar works at St, Lawrence, a little I down the river), and which were brought to the hammer last week. Mr. Todd, accompanied by hit wife, who remained in an ante-room, entered the office closely after Mr. Gibson, who asked him to sit down till he had finished a letter, and went on writing, when immediately afterwards Mr. Todd came behind and made a ferocious onslaught upon him, stabbing and slashing ferociously at his head with a knife, till the struggle and the outcry made by Mr. Gibson brought assistance, and the desperate man was secured and taken to the police station. Mr. Gibson was conveyed to the surgery of Sir John Fife, in Hood-street, where it was found that several wounds had been inflicted on his head—one on the forehead, two on the crown of the head, and one just behind the left ear, all about two inches in length, and cut to the bone, which had fortunately stopped the weapon, and pro bably saved Mr. Gibson's life. That behind the ear was the worst, and may be said to have been within an inch of being fatal. The instrument with which the wounds bad been inflicted was a small ordinary breakfast table-knife. The case came before the borough magistrates this d ay, when medical evidence of the nature of the injuries was adduced, and Mr. Gibson being unable to attend, it was remanded to Tuesday. The affairs of Mr. Todd, who is a per son of about 40 years of age, has a large family, and resides at Newbig t in-house, near this town, have for some years been at a low ebb, and long-con tinued embarrassment, which had at length reached a crisis, has probably excited him to this rash and dangerous assault upon Mr. Gibson, whom he seems to connect in some way or other, it is said, with his misfortunes. Mr. Gibson is, happily, by the latest accounts to-day, reported to be going on favourably. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. THE COLLEGE ELECTION. The polling to-clay was exttem , ly languid, both parties seeming to liwo exhausted their forces. At the close the numbers for the day were de. dared as follows : Lefroy Gayer l7 The poll will close to-morrow at 3 o'clock. THE COLLEGE RIOT. The investigation bofore the police magistrate commenced to day at College-street office. The charge against Col nel Browne was first heard, and ..stain It mr W.utitSses were examined, the being the Rev. Mr. Stubb, the Junior Dean, who deposed to acts of extreme violence committed by the police. His evidence was cor roborated by Admil al Hayes O'Grady, Mr. Downes Griffith (a Galway gentleman), and Mr. John Trew, a junior freshman. The inquiry was then adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow. The College, have 30 witnesses to examine, and the police, it is said, no less than 100. The proceeding c tunot close for several days to come. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 27.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; moderate breeze, and tine. OFF QUEENSTOWN, March 24.—Arrived--Venice, from Mobile. OFF MARGATE, March 26. —Arrived—Revenge, from St. Michaels. DARTMOUTH, March S.—Wind, W. —Arrived—Mose, from Constantinople, for Antwerp—with pumps choked. Sailed—Talbot, for Newfoundland. • PORTSMOUTH, March 26.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrived —Clotilde, from Callao. Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer Dee, for westward, and proceeded eastward. COWES, March 2d.—Arrived—Michael Angelo, from Callao. CARDIFF, March 2G.—Sailed—Helene, for Cuba; Sis ters, Malta; Marmion, Malta. QUEENSTOWN, March 25.—Wind N.—Arrived—Panta loon, from Mauritius ; Xarifa, Barbadoes, with mainmast and jibboom sprung. RAMSGATE, March 26.—Wind W.S.W.— Sailed— Gia come, for Alexandria ; Proteus, Singapore. OFF PENZANCE, Marsh 25.—Arrived—Ulysses, from Calcutta. JERSEY, March 25.—Wind E.N.B.—Sailed—Patruns de la Perelle, for Arichat. CLYDE, March 25.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Mary Car , son, for New York. EAST HARTLEPOOL, March 26.—Wind Melona, for Hong Song. • GRONINGEN, March 27.—The Exchange (brig), from Sunderland to Hamburg, has been totally lost on Borkim Reef ; crew saved. NoaDEN, March 26. —The Effort (brig), from Sunder land to Hamburg, was wrecked near Langerooy yesterday; crew saved. SHIEEDS, March 27.—The Johanna (schooner), of Stet tin, upset, when transporting from the pier at Brandling Drops ; they are trying to raise her. SUNDERLAND, March 26.—The Charles Stuart, from Southampton to Sunderland, reports having been in con tact, on the 15th inst., off Scarborough, with the Lord Provost, of Perth, and lost etancheons, rail bulwarks, round house, &c. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTH AIIP I ON, Saturday Morning Wind W. Arrived—Ann, from Lyme ; Surprise, Cherbourg ; Ex press, steamer, Jersey ; Susan,- Newport ; Eleanor, and Jane, Swansea; Havre, steamer, Havre; Beryl, Swan- Bea. „..... Sailed—Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Wonder, steamer, Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, March 26.--Sharaton, from Bahia; Lady Matheson, Demerara. Arrived, March 27.—Maggie and Lima, from St. Michael's. Sailed, March 26 —Reine Desanges, for Alicante; Reyna del Ocean, Manilla ; Lola, for Constantinople; Finland, Apalachicola. Sailed, March 27.—America, steamer, for Boston, Off.— Victor Emanuel, Philosopher, and Avery. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind W ; tide three hours' flood ; weather fine. Arrived, March 26.—Anna, from Gottenburg ; Mentor, Worcom ; Ranger, Ronen ; Revenge, St. Michael's. Arrived, March 27.---Pride, from Antwerp; Quiver, and Feronia, from St. Michael's. Sailed, March 26—Ran ,for San Francisco; Clara Louisa, Corfu ; Annandale, Quebec. Sailed, March 27—Condor, for Bremen. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W., moderate; fine. Passed--Her Msjesty's ship Rhadatoanthus, from Ports mouth, for Woolwich ; Clara Louisa, for Corfu ; St. Clare, Algoa Bay ; Ann, Bridport ; Mantora, Abbeville ; Caro line, St. John's—all from London. A "dummy engine" has been placed on the City por tion of the North Pennsylvanian road. Its progress, it is said, is unattended by noise, and' the construction such that it can be stopped in an instant, even when progress ing at its highest speed. The invention is by Jos. Harrison, jun., of Pennsylvania, and essentially different from anything hither .c kno w n.—Tli.e. Builder. The Court of Assizes of the L o t-et-Garonne, three days ago, tried a married couple named Verdier of Don des on the charge of extorting a signature, and a man named Brunet for having assisted them in so doing. Th e trial took place with closed doors, but it transpired that the person from whom the eignature was alleged to have been extcrted was the parish priest, and that according to the indictment he had gone to see the woman at a time when he thought her husband was absent; but that the-husband and hi-'friend having rushed in,- accused him of adultery, and made him sign two bilis of-excharige of I,ooof. each. Tile three prisoners, in their defence, asserted that the curb had bad improper designs acquitted them. in visiting the woman, and the jury em. THE NEW GOY, INDIA BILL, (From the Daily News.) Mr. Disraeli's speech last night, in exposition of the new India Bill, will be read with as much interest by men of all classes throughout the kingdom, as it was listened to, during its animated delivery, by the members of the House of Com mons. Cavillers who expected to find in it do much of Oriental show and glitter will be compelled to own their dis appointment; while plain folks like ourselves, who only re membered the antecedents of the present Cabinet, and the dexterity of their eloquent mouthpiece in Parliament, will be rejoiced to find that instead of a Jesuitical apology for an artful Tory scheme, ws have a manly and straightforward statement of a measure infinitely more liberal than that ..pro pounded a few weeks ago by the late Administration. Tro manner in which the right bon. gentleman was greeted during the course of his address appears to have been sufficiently in dicative of the prevalent feeling on both sides of the house ; and whether the bill ever passes into law or not, we may truly say that its introduction marks the beginning of the end. Since the day that Lord North brought forward the memo rable Regulation Bill, 851egislative yearshave come and gone, and many statesmen of eminence and leaders of Parliamentary party have undertaken to propound comprehensive measures for the better government of our dependencies in India. Before the Regulation Act had lost the gloss of novelty, things went so ill in the East, and the public dissatisfaction grew so loud at home, that Burke and. Fox made up their minds to try what they could do by way of legislation, and having staked the existence of the Administration of 1783 upon the success of their famous project, they were officially overwhelmed by its ruin. Mr. Pitt and Mr. Dundas succeeded better, and by their hands was framed that system which has been commonly designated the "double Government," and which we have seen gradually undermined and prepared for extinction in our own day. Sir C. Wood professed, indeed, in words, to respect the principle in 1854, although as the colleague of Lord Palmerston in 1858 he affects to take credit for foresight in providing for its eventual annihi'ation. And finally, Lord Ellenborough and Mr. Disraeli, when suddenly called upon to frame a measure for the future government of India, pronounce their Amen to the interdict of their pre decessors, upon the further prolongation of the corporate existence of the East India Company. Provision is made in their plan for giving holders of India stock a certain voice in election of the members of the council whose function and authority are to succeed those of the Directors. But as an organic body, the great association of merchant adventurers that for two centuries traded to the East and conquered the fairest regions thereof for au English possession will, if the measure introducer'. last night become law, utterly and irrevocably cease to be. In this respect the two schemes now before Parliament agree. In almost every other essential particular they differ. It is not, indeed, very easy to feel quite sure that one has gathered at first a complete and accurate conception of all the details of so complicated a measure. Of necessity these are very numerous and very varied. We have before nit the ground-plan of a vast edifice, designed for the carrying out of the most difficult and varied work, and requiring to be judged emphatically, if not exclusively, by its fitness for the business to be transacted there. We do not desire to be un ders ood as hazarding any hasty or inconsiderate opinion on the minor features of the scheme. But there are some which stand out prominently, contrasted with those of the rival project, about which we have no difficilty in stating our im pression. In the first place, it is to be clearly noted that whereas Lord Palmerston's bill in form and substa ce destroyed all power, authority,' and influence save that of the Crown, Lord Ellenborough's measure seeks to create a Consultative (Jenn e 1, one-half of which shall from time to time be freely elected, and the dotes and opinions of which are to be absolutely in dependent of the Minister or the Parliament of the day. The Council, it will be seen, is to consist of eighteen members, five of whom it is proposed shall be elected by five great com mercial cities of the United Kingdom respectively, and four by the constituency to be formed of the holders of East India stock and of persons who shall have served or dwelt a certain number of years in British India. Of the last-named elemen . it is iinpossibl to speak too highly. It is a step, and a very decided one, in the right direction. It is the creation of an Experience Franchise. It is the first practical attempt to realise what theorists have so long dreamed and dis coursed about—an Education Franchise ; for this is to give a right of voting to the men who have experimentally had the opportunity of learning the wants and washes of the country whose affairs they ar3 appointed to deal with. We have here a bar, as far as it goes, to the perpetuation of those oligarchic jobs for which there was such unblushing facility given by Lord Palmerston's Bill. But if we under stand Mr. Disraeli's exposition aright, there are checks of other kinds likely to be interposed. Service or residence for a specified number of years in India is to be made an indis pensable qualificati , n for all the eighteen members of Coun cil. It is possible that valid objections may be urged to the exclu-ion from the Council of all who have not actually visited India ; but it is certain that the whole harpy brood of aris tocratic breeding will be roused to indignation by this un palatable condition. There is not a pauper or roue of quality who did not feel his plight improved by the prospect of the Palmerston Bill passing into law. There is not one of the class who will not set his evil tongue in motion against the counter proposition now before us. The country will judge impar tially between the two plans. We own we could have wished that some less apparently partial proposition had been devised than that of conferring the peculiar right of choosing five members of Council on the citizens of London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Bel fast. It is easy to foresee the local jealousies to which any selection must necessarily give rise. Already we have evi dence of the outbreak of such feelings. We will not at present enter into the discussion; but we are bound to own frankly that the choice to be made w,s between alternative-, any one of which would have probably provoked an equal amount of opposition. Meanwhile we cheerfully recoguise in the gene ral scope and tendency of the measure an earnest desire to obey the dictates of public opinion, and to embody guaran tees for its permanent control. (From the Times.) The new India Bill is a remarkable combination of modesty and enterprise. It fulfils not only the pledge made by the Government on its accession to office, but also one which it did not make, for it is an India Bill and a Parliamentary Re form Bill rolled into one. To the populous constituencies of louden. 4lanchester. K r..., new members, not in the House of Commons, but in he Council of India. Why should we not build Chateaux d'Espagne in that country At home it is not always easy to satisfy expectation. Parliamentary Reform is a ticklish affair, becalm if you have once created a majority against yon there ry be an end of Toryism altogether, But give Reformers India instead. Your friend asks a commission in the army, and you are forced te reply that it is not in the line of your interest, but—what would he say to an Indian appointment ? It is the first time that the populace of Man chaster has had a thousand a-year and heaps of patronage offered; and only the most brutal natures, such as 'Mr. Bright's, could be insensible to the boon. We should like to see the hon. member for the metropolis iu the Council of India. There is something peculiarly English in these mixtures of home and foreign ideas. Thus it was that India aai first, held in copyhold as' of the manor of Greenwich, and to this day, if sailors are to be believed, the ocean is in the parish of Stepney. On a memorable occasion it was proposed that not only the property, but, if we re member right, he persons too of all the Hellenic dependen cies, the Agean, Asia Minor, Sicilian and Italian colonies in cluded, should be seized, and divided equally between the five thousand citizens of Athens. Let us seize upon ludia and divide the spoil. The 10/. householders of the five favoured cities are not few, but yet ev ry man's share of male and female slaves, gold-earrings and necklaces, shawls, inla d boxes and filigree work, will not be a trifle. Lord Ellen borough leads the way, like another Sir Walter Raleigh, cry ing, "Lo ! these be your gold mines." Carrying out the true principles of Parliamentary reform, we are to have re presentatives of the Indiin Civil Service, of the native inte rest, of commerce and manufactures, of railways, of stock, of everything that has a s eke in the empire. We need not go far for the origin and authority of this splendid conception. It is eminently a prize scheme ; or, perhaps, we ought to say, a competitive design. In Westminster Hall there lately stood two hundred models of monuments for the Duke of Wellington, in which the well-known figure of the hero stood surrounded by cities, commerce, art, peace, war, experience, industry, invention, integrity, all the virtues, graces, talents, nymphs, Grenadiers, sailors, and everything that exists, or could be imagined to exist. Such is the proposed constitu tion for the government of India. But, if the invention displayod in this measure be remark. able, not less is its modesty. Her Majesty's Government do not take a single piece of patronage for themselves. They give nine names to Parliament and the other nine to the con stituencies mentioned above. This is almost too heroic. We are net accustomed to it. There has been only OC e example of the kind that we remember, and that was in an India Bill which did nut pass into law. Notwithstanding this redeem ing piece of modesty in Fox's Bill, it would not go down, and overthrew the party. The only possible conclusion is that the English do not like modesty—that is, too much of it. Parliament adopts a very high tone with Ministers, but it does not like to see the Executive wholly abasing its If be fore the Legislature. It does not like to see the Minister crouching and crawling on the ground, offering humble peli tions, " by your leave," with bated breath, beseeching the house to do what is the business of the Minister himself. The House of CoMmons has no more wish to name the Council of India than to 6,11 up the names of a Cabinet, or to nominate the Judges, the Bishops; or any other MM sterial appoint ments. It may argue a want of ambition, and even of grati tude, but these' are tasks which even the House of Commons will not take upon itself. It would rather leave something to Government. Indeed, there is risk in all appoint. ment ; out of nine three or four will turn out iediffer eut, and Parliament would rather not be answerable for their sins and deficiencies. It expects t. Misters to accept the responsibility. We suggest this to account for the indifference shown by the house to the patronage freely offered tQ it. The moderation, the humility, the self-denial of the Ministers we cannot doubt. This is to be a Govern ment on sufferance, which denies nothing and offers every thing—which allows the introduction of any measure, and gives to the House of Comm° . s, to tie great cities, to the civil and military services. to the holders of shares and stocks—to everybody, in fact, the catronage which ri g htl accrues to her Majesty, and for the exercise of which they are themselves answerable. Nevtrtheless, the bill has its good points. A Council of eighteen members is nearer the mark than one of eight, which nobody believed to be the final intention of that scheme. There is, tee, -something to be said for the qual fications designed to secure the special experience requisite for the various departments. But they are too m an y an d t oo f i ne. They woul often operate to the exclusion of good men, and the selection of men who have little else than a Lominal qualification—so many y -ars service, or residence in such and such a position. Let anybody consider what would become of India at this moment if the choice of her rulers on the spot were subject to so many conditions. IT is possible to be too ingenious. A watch, as any honest maker will tell you, may have too many movements—it may tell you too much, do too much. Suppose all these eighteen representa tives of as many interests, classes, services, provinces, and attainments placed round a table, who is to keep th m all together, and put th m into good mutual relations? How, will horse, ox, mule, ass, pull together,— strong and weak, fast and slow, steady and skittish, and with all sorts of antipathies 7 It will be like one of those couven tions that paved the way for the Fre Al Revolution Those great' city reprmentatives will feel themselves so many Talbots, each the head of his 50,000 or 500,000 men. Scarce a merchant in the city that would not be eligible to the post as exporter of goods to India or importer of its produce, and it is easy to see how much advantage a long resident candi date would have over one lately retarned from India. Wo confess we tremble at the idea of London having to chaose a man to reciove a thousand a-year, dispense patronage, exert great influence, and get a footing in the grand machine of Government. Such clockwork as Mr. Disraeli proposes is too elaborate for the English taste. It would ruin us in cleaning and repairing, and not go after all. I(From the Morning Herald ) Under the circumstances, we are not surprised that several i members sitting on the Opposition be , ches expressed a de Itided preference for this proposal over th a t i n t ro d uce d a f ew wee k s since by Lord Palmerston. Tae new India Bill con. , tains - many popular elements. It gives the people a fair i share in the Government; and the question of patronage is dealt with most judiciously. In fact, " the distribution of patronage will not," as Mr. Disraeli remarked, " be in tho least degree altered. Her Majesty will do directly that which she Lhas before done indirectly. She will appoint the Governor General, the fourth member of council, the governors of the different presidencies, and the other great officers, who are now appointed by the Crown, with the assent of the Company. The members' of the civil service will be elected under the same regulations which at present prevail, and which are working so well. The cadetships for the service of the Indian army and navy will remain as they are now in the hands of the directors, so then in the hands of the members of council. The only change will be that formal change which the transference of the government of India to the authority of the Queen renders necessary; but, virtually, the patronage now held by the East 'lndia Company will then be exereised in exactly the same way by the members of the council." That a measure conceived in this truly liberal spirit, and formed with a due regard to the interests and welfare both of England and of India, will be well received by the people at large, we do .entertaiwthe slightest doubt. Its reception in the House of Commons last night afforde i a marked con trast to the dissatisfaction and cruel censures that greeted ' the ex-Premier's proposal. Repeated bursts of applause from various parts of the house show that its character was thoroughly appreciated, and it may be considered as a most satisfactory settlement of an irritating, a difficult,'and a complicated question. (From the Morning Post.) The difference between this bill and the more simple scheme propounded in the bill of Lord Palmerston consistsin this, that in the plan of the latter the Council created for the aid of the Minister is constituted, in accordance with ancient constitutional principles and usages, by the nomination of the Crown, while, in the scheme of the Cabinet of Lord Derby, it is constituted for the first time, as far as we know, in the history of the country, upon the same principle as the Hones of Commons itself, namely, that of representation. It is at this point that we find ourselves opposed to the scheme of the Government. We admit that it is conceived with great imagination and framed with elaborate care. W. admit that the names presented for the sanction of Parliament are not only unobjectionable, but that there are comprised in the nine nominated members and in the first four of the elec. tive members, the most distinguished and the most experi enced of the many able men who have been concerned of late years in the administration of Indian affair's. We admit that it is pos4ble that the proprietors of East India stock, and of shares in corporate undertakings, and the constituencies of London, of Manchester, of Liverpool, of Glasgow, and of Belfast, may possibly replace, at the conclusion of their tern of office, Mr. Mangles, Capt. Shepherd, Sir James Weir Hogg, and Mr. Prinsep , by men equally distinguished and equally fit for the discharge of the functions entrusted to them. But we should still, be the conduct of the electing bodies created by the bill what it may, entertain unshaken and unmodified the objections which we entertain, upon constitutional grounds, to the concession to popular constituencies, however constituted, whether .of ten pound householders of our towns, or of shareholders in joint stock companies, of a direct voice in the nomination of the servants of the Crown. We are aware that this provision of the elaborate bill which Mr. Disraeli has laid upon the table of the house is quite in ac cordan e with tne evident tendency of the.public mind at this noment, but we warn him that he is embarking upon a most hazardous course and launching an innovation which may bring iu peril the very foundation upon which, accord. ing to constitutional theory, our form of government has been constructed. We trust that some member of influence, who understands and reveres that theory ancient usages be gotten, will raise his voice for its conversation, and not suffer the principle which it involves to be swept away for the satisfaction of popular fancies or radical schemes. We approve of the intention which the Government have announced of sending out to India a commission to inquire into the condition and management of Indian revenue. We entertain a strong opinion that it may be considerably in. creased, with less pressure upon the soil and upon the re sources of the population than is at present exercised, and that a largo and productive saving may be effected in the management and application of the income of the Indian empire. (Prom the Morning Chronicle.) The Ministerial Bill for the future Government of India is now before the public. Although to Lord Ellenborough is supposed to belong the responsibility of having conceived and arranged the measure, he would be among the first to accord to Mr. Disraeli his meed of praise for the admirably lucid manner in which he has displayed its leading features to the House of Commons. The Bill itself must be pronounced a decided improvement upon its predecessor, notwithstanding that subsequent discussion may lead to modification of s , me of its provisions. Into the details of the measure we shall find opportunity to enter. Of its general scope and , bearing we are bound to express approval. While not neglecting the necessary influences which ensure " popularity," the framers of this Bill appear to have sought the mewls of placing the future Government of India on a solid foundation, aid of ob. taining the assistance of all the experience available among those who have spent their lives in India, and who are gene• rally the best judges of the wants of the country. The reception of the Bill by the House must be regarded as favourable. It may be assumed, as a matter of coarse, that the new measure will be the object of much severe criticism, when Parliament reassembles. It involves some bold innovations on established custom, whi,h might not have been expected from a " Conservative" Ministry, but which indicates a disposition to go still farther, on subjects of more domestic interest. The chief merit of the Bill is de rived from the frankness with which the framers expose their objects.- Mr. Roebuck may object to anything that can inter fere with that despoti3 centralisatio❑ which Liberals of his class so affect ; but the public at large will recognise in the proposals of the Ministry, at least an attempt to preserve some of that popular control over arbitrary power, which is the essential spirit and ruling influence of our free Insti tutions. MAtIKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. There was a fair demand for both fruit and vegetables, at our quotations:— FEurr. Pine apples, per lb. 6s Od to 85 Filberts, per 100 lb 30s to 40e Colontl , I do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Od Grapes, per lb 2s Od to 20s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Ond Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 Os to Os Od Melons, each Os 0,1 to Os Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Peaches, p. doz. Os to Os Od Strawberries, per Nectarines, do. ...Os to Os Od 'pottle Apples, p. h. sv. is Od to 2s 6d Gooseberries, per Pears, per doz ...3s to 6s Od half sieve ... Os Od to Os Od Oranges, per doz.. 6d to ls fid Currants, p. h. sv. Os Od to Os Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Plums, per do. Os Od to Os Od Apricots,p. doz. OEOd to Os Oil Green gages, per h.sv.Os to Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Raspberries, p.potl. Od to Od VEGETABLEit. Greens, p. doz. bun. 6s Od to 9s Shallots, per lb.. ..... 6d to 8d Cabbages, do. Os Od t o O s Od Elorseraddish, p. b. Is6d to4s Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os Od P ars l ey , per do. ... 6d to 8d Cauliflowers, do.ls 6d to 4s Od Celery, per do 1s Od to is 6d Brocoli, p. bur. is 0,1 to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2.4 Od Potatoes, per ton 60s to 150 s Parsnips, per do. Od to Os Od New do., per cwt. OsOd to Os Small salad, p. pun. Od to Od Peas, per h siev Os Od to Os Od Mushrooms, p. ptl.2Eodto2s 6d Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Artichokes, each ...0d to Od Carrots, per buneh... 4,1 to 7d Lettuces, per doz. is 6d 2s Od Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od Endive, p er scr . 2 s 6d t o 41 Garlic, per lb ...6d to Os 8:1 Radishes, p.d.bun. Os to OsOd Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Tomatoes, per hsv.os to Os Od Spinach, p. Od to Os Od Walnuts per 100 ...0d to Od Brussels sprouts, per Chillies, per 1001 s 6d to 2s Od half do 3s Od to 4s Od Capsicums, per 1000 s Od to Os Onions, p. bush Os 0,1 to Oa Od Rhubarb, p. b. is Od to le 6d New do., per bunch Od to Od Asparagus, per burd 4s to 94 French beans, per Seakail,perpun.2s Od to 3s 6d 100 2s 6d to 3s 6d Turnip greens, per Leeks, per 0 o ..... 2d to 3d bush Os Od to Os Od NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s 01 ; Poults, Os Od to Os Od; Geese 4s 6d to Es 63 each ; Go s li ngs , s Od to 713 Od ; Duck hugs, 2s 03 to 4s 6d ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 9d each, wild do., 103 to is 2d ; Pigeons, 63 to 103 each ; large Surrey Fowls, 7, to 10s; barn-door do., 3. Od to 630 d; Chick ens, 58 Od to 8. per couple; Capoas, 35 6d to 456 d ; Hares, 03 to 2s 6d ; Grouse, Os Od to Os Od each • Pheasants, 03 03 to Os 03 ; Partridges, Os 03 to Os Od; Woodcocks, Oe 03 to Os 03; Snipes, is Od to ls 6d; Teal, is t o i s 9d; Wild Ducks, is 6:1 to 2s 3d; Widgeons, is Od to 2s 6d; Plovers, Or 93 to 1.3 d each ;Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s; Roasting pig 5 ,63 Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to --B Od; English do., is 03 to 1s 3d per lb. ; English eggs, 75 6d to 8s 03; French do., Os 6d to 7s 03 per 129; Leverets. 2s Od to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s ?id to 4s 4d; lamb, Os Oci to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; pork, 3s 2d to 43 4 d per 81bs., by the carcase. WRITECHAPEL. - - - -- Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3a 4d to 45 4d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 33 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 61 to 15s • Brills, is Od to 9s each; Salmon, iis 6:1 to 2s 6d per lb ;Cod Fish, 2s 0,1 to 10s each ; Sole', 3d tots 6d per pair; Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s Od ;,Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d; Whitings, 3s Od to 9s per doz. ; Common Oysters 16s to 20s ; Natives, 40s to 50; pet bsh. ; Mackerel, 5s togs per 100; Smelts, le to is 6 d per doz.; Skate, Os to 6d per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ; Bloaters, 4s Od to Fs Od per 100 • Fresh Herrings, Os Od to 8s per 100; Scotch do., Od ; eprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel; Doreys, is Od to 5s each; Haddocks, 4s to 12s pet doz. ; Pike, €1; Sturgeon, 6d per lb; Prawns, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d e a ch ; Pl a i ce , 4d t o i s eac h ; H a libut, 6d per b ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, Od to Os ; Carp, ls to 5s ; Tench, is to 5 11 per brace; Gurnets, 4d to is. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to 34d; 641 b to 721 b, to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to sd; 1041 b to 1191 b, —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 8s Od to 9s Od ; Caif skins, light, 2s 6,1 to 3s 6d ; ditto fall, 5s •;d to 6s Od ; Polled Sheep, 7s 04.1 to 8s 6d ; Kent', 6303 to 73 Od; Half;breds, 6s Od to 7s 0i; Downs, 4s 6d ig hs 6d ; Lambs Os to Os Od ; Shearlings, 10d to lid. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Eid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 64,11 per 4 lb loaf• . HAY MARKETS. Sril'HFlELD.—MeadOw hay, 21 10s to 41 6s; clovers 31 10s to 51 Os: and straw, 11 4s to 11 10. per load' A fair average supply, and a moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4 , 40; clover• 31 104 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 105 to 41 4s ; clover, 31. 104 to 51 Os ; and straw. 1/ 65 to 1/ 103 per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. EAST KENT RAILWAY.—Tne section of this line from Chatham to its juoc,ion with the North Kent Railway. at Strood, having been completed, Colonel W. Yoiland, tho Government inspector of railways, accompanied by Sir Charles Fox, went over On line on Wednes day, for the purpose of ins p ect ing the bridges and other works. The large iron bridge over the Medway, built by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, w as tested by me a ns of a train o f heavil y laden trac ks, weighing 600 tons, being drawn to the centre of the middle arch , when it was found that under this enormous pressure the d flexion was only 1.6 inob, and the ()scattiest caused by the trains scarcely perceptible. Should the inspector issue his certificate, the entire line from F a versham to Strood will be opened for trnfao forth., with.