The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-24 00:00:00

ev" . y-x ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHTS. riceolomini, Spezia, Santtier, Belletti , Vialetti, Alcligh'eri, tncheA, and Ginglini. TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, Feb. 25 (Last Night but One), LA ZINGARI, being the Italian version of Babe's Opera of The Bohemian Girl, by Madlles. Piecolomini and Sannier; Signori Belletti, Violetta, and Giuglini. SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (Last Night), IL TROVATORE. To be followed by the National Anthem. To conclude with L'HYMENEE. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four Pone*, pit and one pair, 2/. 2s ; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, U. 55.; three pair, 15s; gallery boxes, 10x; gallery stalls, 3s 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. Doors open at half-past 7—commence at 8. Applications for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. T BEA R E-R 0Y A EJ, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, will be performed CLOUD AND SUNSHINE. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK NORNER. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Beatrice, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Benedick, Mr. Howe. After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leelercq ; Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; Clown, Mr. Charles Leclercq. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). Se. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. e. d. Second price. Fs. d Dress Boxes 5 OlDress Boxes 3 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Gallery 1 o,Gallery 0 6 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be revived the historical Play of LOUIS XI. Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kean. After which, a new grand ~ omie Christmas Pantomime en titl e d HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor snack ; Clown, Mr. Mane; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FAIRY CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be presented Sir E. L. Bulsfer s play of MONEY. To conclude with GOOD FOR NOTHING. Nan, Miss Woolgar ; Tom Dibbles, Mr. J. L. Toole. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. 'oz-office open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswielr. THIS EVENING, will be performed an original English Play, RIGHT AND WRONG. To conclude with PERILS BY LAND AND WAVE Messrs. Shepherd, Potter, Widdicomb, CANTERBITRY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow qg company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dm., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Kiss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. T. 3faclagan, W. T. Critch6eld and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAIIA3I will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 32 min. aft. 10—Even., 25 min. aft. 11 TO•MOBROW —Morn., 0 min. aft. o —Even., 9 min aft. 12 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44—highest since noon yesterday.. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 42 —this day at noon. BMW/nen% 30.08. WIND, S.E. f light, with fine weather. It rained a little last evening. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1858. The Ministerial arrangements have been com pleted, and the list duly presented to her MAJESTY by the Earl of DERBY. It will be found in another part of our impression, and nearly coin cides with what we stated to be the probable ap- pointments on Monday last. Fortunately for Lord DEBBY and the community, Mr. GLADSTONE has not been included in the Cabinet. There is no infusion of the Aberdeenite element in the Ministerial cauldron. The Right Hon. Gentleman will still be enabled to cultivate his peculiar ciot- chets on the Opposition or neutral benches. His talents are unquestionably great, but his services would be double-edged—as likely to damage friends as enemies. Mr. DISRAELI is to be the financial Minister, with the uncontrolled leadership of the House of Commons. Although he very disinterestedly offered to waive his powerful claims to that position, the sacrifice was not required, and Mr. DISRAELI can now bring forward his own views without being embarrassed by the equivocal aid of the Right Hon. Member for the University of Oxford. Even within the present month he strongly deprecated any further delays on the Bank Charter question, and emphatically declared that there were ample materials for immediate legislation. He will be required to act in strict accordance with his professions, to show that his "sayings and doings" duly correspond, and that be will not be changed by the possession Recollect that this YES is no merely insignifl - of office. A large and comprehensive cant Proconsul. He was lately the ruler of one measure of monetary reform is expected at his of the most flourishing, one of the most fertile, bands, and he should not disappoint the natural one of the most wealthy, and one of the most anticipations of the people, or suffer himself to be densely-populated of all the vast provinces of the hoodwinked by the " hard calculators," or their Celestial Empire. He was Viceroy of a gigantic organs in the Fourth Estate. Nor will it be the country, having as its chief city one of the five currency question alone that must be attended to. noblest capitals in all China. Canton being re- He has already shown a disposition to improve garded in importance as the third or central one the iniquitous Income Tax, to relieve to some among these five principal capitals : having only small extent those who earn their daily bread by Pekin and Nankin superior to it, and having both their daily labour, and who are now oppressed Amoy and Ningpo rated as its subordinates. and ground down by the unfair and unequal Remember, moreover, that the province of assessment that draws as much from the hard- which YES was up to the sth ultimo Viceroy— working clerk at 1501. per annum, as from the the enormous province of Kwang-tung—is in one foittinate possessor of 5,0001. Three per Cent. sense the most important of all the 18 provinces Consols. Re will now have an opportunity of of China, so far as the relations of China with the submitting his views for the consideration of the vest of the nations of the earth are in any way Popular branch of the legislature, and should the affected. For through the capital of Kwang-tung Derbyitee decide on an appeal to the wan (ry it will —the city known amongst us as Cantor, but be utterly futile, unless they can conciliate the amongst the Chinese themselves designated middle classes, and obtain the assistance and Kwang-chop-foe—the commerce of China, more support of which they stand greatly in need, and than through any other of her seaports, is carried which would not be conceded unless they proved on with the tea-consumers and the silk-purchasers themselves worthy thereof. among the other inhabitants of the g l obe , the Besides there is the Reform Bill, without which " barbarian" races of both hemispheres 1 the nation will not be satisfied. The • people wan', i Let it not be forgotten, too, that this refo rm , an d it must be granted without further great province of Kwang-tung occupies the Procrasti na ti on or equivocation. Lord PALMER- prominent position among all the eighteen pro- Isl 'a Promised something, although he carefully vinces of the Celestial Empire by reason of its withheldthedetails of his contemplated measure. superiority over all the other five provinces lying We must say that in an we do degreenot believe that along the coast li ne o f Chi na . It p re sents a its prospects w ill be t deteriorated wider coast li ne i n i tself than any of those fi ve by his abdication. W e shall look to h tdifferent other provinces on the Chinese seaboard--a coast competitors—to the ex.-leader and the new leader line more extended than that of either Poo-keen, of the House of Commons, and to the veteran who j or Che-kian th : a ea island of nor Kt e ang-nen, o r Sh an -t ung, or Pe en' inaugurated the modern Magna Charfa. Between chili g, iinunionuto that of L eo -t ong, from a point s seaboard ex t en di ng DISRAELI, it from the Lord PALMERSTON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Mr. (gulf of Totig- ci to southern Will be hard indeed if the nation confronting the wes t ernr the n or th . o f extremity ofthe cann ot obtain that w hich it so greatly requires. ! Haivan to a point fa permitted to open the ball, l l extremity of th e peninsula of the Korea. Mr. DIsRA 2 LI w ill be Bear in mind, l t k ew i se, that the province over and put forward the first tender. But he cannot province having an area rest on his oars, nor will he be permitted to let which Commissioner YEH has hithetto been pre- What he is to siding as the vice-regal representativ e of the the grass grow under his feet. do must be done quickly. Chinese EMPEROR—is a His competitors will of some 80,000 square miles, comprising w ithi n be impatient for his decision, and the people Will it about 20 , 000,000 souls as the number of its not sanction the shelving of the important (pee.. Reckoning those square miles in tion. We shall witness the contest with con- populatioD. r u ll ET S NI siderable curiosity, and with a fervent desire that " the best man may win," We. have already announced the instruments by which a triumph may be obtained. "The Ballot" will be the enchanter's wand that will give victory to its possessor. It will be like the lance celebrated by ARIOSTO, against which no opponent could main tain his seat. Other matters must of course be alluded to, but that is the charm to render its bearer absolutely irresistible. _ _ It is delightful to witness the new pledged zeal of some of our contemporaries in the good cause. The Times has quite changed its views. A few months ago, commencing on the 18th of Novem ber, it announced authoritatively that the country did not require a Reform Bill, and that it should be postponed. By a strange coincidence the Morning Post enunciated a similar opinion at the same time. It was manifest that so far as either of these journals were concerned, they would not pour the vials of wrath on the head of Lord PALMERSTON had he chosen to delay his promise. Now, we rejoice to find that these views have been greatly modified, and that the vast importance of the measure is clearly percep tible to both journals. The Times declares that, " as for this Reform Bill, there seems no escaping it." And exhibiting the pertinent interrogatory, " What will Lord DEBBY do ? " Reform is palpably to be the political watchword of the Times and Post. The Standard, under which the discomfited Palmerstonians are to rally their forces, and win the disputed possession of the Treasury benches. This beneficial change has already resulted from the acceptance of office by Lord DERBY ! Need we point out how valuable it has been to independent Liberals—who advo cate "measures, not men," and desire the intro duction of matters which are calculated to pro mote the interests of the million, and to confer the greatest good on the greatest number. The other appointments are such as we indi cated on Monday. There has been a little shuf fling of the cards, but the materiel is unchanged. Sir FREDERICK THESIGER is to be Lord-Chancellor of course, with a Peerage. Lord ELLENBOROUGH takes the India Board instead of the War-office, and Lord STANLEY has not yet been appointed to a post, it being hinted that he will be made Governor-General of India in the event of Lord CANNING'S retirement. Lord ELLENBOROUGH will certainly be a vast improvement on either Mr. VERNON SMITH or Sir CHARLES WOOD. He has already proved himself thoroughly acquainted with the duties of the office, and will be tested to the utmost under existing circumstances. Sir J. PAKINGTON is to be first Lord of the Ad miralty, and Sir E. BULWE& LYTTON will find in the Colonial-office a position better befitting his talents than the almost sinecure position of Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Mr. WALPOLE, as might be expected, goes back to the Home Department ; and Lord MALMESBURY accepts the Foreign Portfolio. It is possible that this may be of a temporary character, until Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE can be substituted, and that the new Foreign Minister may become Ambassador at Paris. We cannot say that the appointment of the whitewasher Ganeral to the head of the War De partment affords very auspicious auguries with respect to military reforms. He will, however, be in his place whenever there is a blunder to be excused, or an incompetent officer to be pro tected. As we have already stated, we shall give the new Ministry fair play. We shall not condemn them without affording a full hearing, and allow ing them to defend themselves. A Reform Bill will be the test of their fitness for office, and of their acceptance by the community, with a , large and comprehensive measure (including the Ballot), a modification of the Currency Laws, and a new apportionment of the Income Tax. They will do very well for the time being, when satisfied that to retain the popular favour they must be pre pared to act in accordance with public opinion. The impsrtance of the last intelligence received from the seat of war in China ought not to be overlooked in the midst of the very natural ex- citement produced amongst us by the nearer interests involved in the recent change of Admi nistration. The capture of YEH, as well as the Tartar General—now prisoners on board H. M. S. Inflexible--are occurrences in the very last degree extraordinary. Comparing the Chinese with the British Empire—it is as if some hostile power had descended upon the shores of Hindostan, had bom barded Calcutta, and in one daring raid had seized simultaneously upon my Lord CANNING and Sir COLIN CAMPBELL. So that the information sud denly brought home to our Pekin here of London resolved itself into the startling announcement that both the Governor-General and Commander in-Chief were prisoners of war now on board oue of the enemy's ships, riding triumphantly at anchor near the mouths of the Ganges and the Bur hampootra. LONDON WEDNESDAY EVEN( LTG, FEBRUARY 2 - 4, 18.58: English acres we have a total of about 60,000,0001 Dictritn+ing those 20,000,000 of people over Lhosz.. 80,000 squire miles we Lave no less than 200 and odd of inhabitants for each of those square miles ; a population surely sufficiently dense, all things considered. Recollect, also, in regard to YEn's province, that its wealth is such that the land tax alone yields somewhere about a million and a half in taels of silver—the salt revenue producing something not far short of 50,000—sundry duties bringing in about 70,000—the total fixed revenue of the province not falling very far short in taels of sil ver of 1,700,000 I Out of which total Kwang tung is enabled, by the fecundity of its re sources, to transmit annually to the EMPEROR nearly 800,000 taels in hard cash—the resid ue remaining in the provincial treasury, to defray the expenses of the local administration. Remember, likewise, that such is the import ance of the splendid province, of which this pri soner of war was Viceroy up to the sth of Jan uary, that, out of the aggregate of the vast Chinese army, of nearly 1,300,000 soldiers and militia, Canton contributed, as its quota, a com pact body of 100,000 fighting men. And it is the generalissimo of this immense army of 100,000 men that we have now captured, simultaneously with the Viceroy of the province, the military defence of which had been entrusted to the Tartar soldier's generalship. The capital of the province in our hands, the Governor of the province a prisoner of war on board the Inflexible, the Commander-in-Chief of the province YEH's companion in durance—we may surely regard intelligence of events of this magnitude, coming to us from the seat of war, in the self-same despatches as what we have already pronounced them to be—namely, in the very last degree extraordinary. Already our first campaign in this new war with China has had, assuredly, a magnificent con summation. As rapidly as we are suppressing the Sepoy revolt in Hindostan are we carving out for ourselves, in another quarter of Asia, securities for a new and more lasting pacification with the Chinese Government. A few more of thebe gigan tic steps onwards in Bengal and Kwang-tung— and the news brought to us, alike from China and from India, will soon, please GOD, be tidings of rapidly and permanently restored tranquillity ! THE NEW MINISTRY. We are enabled to publish the following authentic list of the Cabinet submitted by Lord Derby to the Queen yesterday. It will be seen that it differs only in a few particulars from that which we publilied on Monday. FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY.. Lord Derby. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER Mr. Disraeli. LORD CIIANCELLOR .. Sir F. Thesiger. PRESIDENT OF TIIE COUNCIL The Marquis of Salisbury, LORD PRIVY &IL Lord Hardwicke. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME } Mr. Walpole. DEPARTMENT FOR THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.. ...... Earl of Ma.lmosbury. FOR THE COLONIES Sir Balwer Lytton, FOR WAR General Peel. ADMIRALTY Sir J. Pakington. POSTMASTER-GENERAL Lord Colchester. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE Mr. Hensey. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL LOrd Ellenborough. FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WOODS AND I PUBLIC WORKS Lord John Manners. ATTORNEY-GENERAL Sir F. Kelly. UNDER-SECRETARY FOR WAR Major A. Stuart Wortley. LORD-LIKITENA-NT OF IRELAND Tho Earl of Eglinton. LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND Mr. Blackburne. CHIEF SECRETARY Lord. Naal. The Duke of Newcastle, Lord Grey, and Mr. Glad stone, to whom overtures were made by Lord Derby, have declined to join his Cabinet. No offer was made to Mr. Sidney Herbert. The high office of Governor- General in India is said to be reserved for Lord Stanley in the event of Lord Canning decining to serve the new Government. We believe that the great daces of the Household will as we stated on Monday, be given to the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl Dela war, and the Earl of Chesterfield. His Ex)trency the Ambassador of France arrived at Albert-gate House, yesterday morning, from Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock. The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived at Chapman's Hotel, Cavendish-square. The Earl and Countess of Laneiborough have arrived at their residence, in Great Stanhope-Arest, from Ireland. Lady Stanley of Alderley will have an assembly this evening. Lora and Lady St. John and the Hon. Miss St. John have left Chapman's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for their seat, Melchbourne-park, Bedf.rdwhire. The Count Pi'haat has arrived at the Brunswick Hots', St. James's, from Paris. The Count Castitac has arrived at the same establishment. Mrs. Dougla3 Baird hai arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Pari.. DEATH OF A BELGIAN BEPRESENTATIVE.—The Inde pendence Beige of Monday evening says :—" It is w t, the profoundest grief that we acquaint the country of en immense lose. M. Delfoese, the honourable ref re sentative of Liege, died suddenly this morning in this city (Brussels), from an attack of apoplexy. Tcsmorrcw we shall say what M. Delfosse was—to-day, bef, re a tomb so prematurely opened, we can only bow theheai in silence." M. Dellosse was formerly, we believe, the president of the Belgian Chanrier. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. —At a Court of Common Council held yesterday, Deputy Bower, Chairman of the Improvement Committee, brought up a report of that committee upon the bill for the abandonment of the Metropolitan Railway, and for the dissolution of the company. The report stated that by the bill the company are compelled to compensate all persons with whom any contract has been entered into on their behalf f,,r purchasing lands for the purpose of constructing a railway, and it professes to enable the company to re ceive the same of 22,500/. and 48,7501. deposited in the Court of Chancery. Another statement made in the report is to the effect that considerable loss has been sustained by the Court in consequence of the delay in the proceedings of the company, and it recommends that a petition be presented by the Court against this bill. The Court unanimously adopted the report, and a petition in conformity with it was agreed to. The C .urt also unanimously adopted a report from the Im provement Committee, recommending that a petition should be agreed to in opposition to the Omnibus Tram way Bill, on the ground that it would be unjust and impolitic to allow any company to appropriate any part of the public streets for their own benefit and advan tage. THE KooBIA MooRIA GUANO ISLANDS.—At a meet ing of masters of 39 vessels, held at the Kooria Mooria Islands on the 14th January, resolutions were passed, stating that the three islands, Haski, Jibleea, and Ghur zood, are not oovered with guano, as stated by Ord, Hindson, and Hayes, the lessees; that the quality is not anything like Ichaboe and Upper Peru ; that the faci lities for loading are equal to those at Ichaboe ; that the sea is often very rough, and several ships have lost anchors ; that there are no safe barotirs for ship 3 on the island of Jibleea, boats even not being always safe; that abundance of labour cannot be obtained from A den; the Indian Government having refused labourers per mission to leave Aden ; that the statement of the dryness of the climate is false, rain having frequently fallen ; that man has been able to dig and load half-a-ton a-day; that no ship can lay with safety half a nails of Jibleea ; that the meeting considers that the lessees should for tit tho amount of license, and that no masters of ships at the Kooria Mooria Islands should sign bills of lading (except under protest) for any guano got there. The meeting concluded with a resolution condemnatory of the parties who circulated false reports respecting the value and quantity of the guano, and regretting that Captain Freemantle's report showing the true state had not been published earlier. FlRES.—Yesterday (Tuesday) mom.ng, a few minutes beau 4 o'clock, a fire took place in the premises of Mr. M. Walden, a linen-draper and silk-mercer, No. 30, King-street, Hammersmith. It was discovered by a police-officer of the T division, who exerted himself in a p ra i se worthy manner in getting the inmates out in safety. The engines of the parish, the London brigade, and West of England office, were soon in attendance, but the Phoenix and Globe offices. Another and more the damage done was considerable, and will fall upon ex tensive fire happened yesterday, about 2 a.mu-, in a large building belonging to Mr. F. Scott, greengrocer, a No. 8, King David-lane, High-Street, Shadwell. The the adj dealer No No .' an fire commenced in the basement floor while the Inmates dealer, 9 were in their beds asleep. They only just succeeded in And of Mr. jumping out of the back window. The flames attacked oining premises of Mr. J. Bickerstaff, furniture brio& were 7. The engines much damaged. ast to work under the direction of Mr. .J. ol B t o h n e so p r, ari a sh m an a d rin L e o a n t d o o r n e VsLga.,ebut premise s fire could not be extinguished until Mr. were nearly destroyed, and the others fall on the Sun Li verpool loss, which is rather heavy, will London Fire-oasis, iverpool and London, and al so the ~ ` S T 4 NEWS. INDIA AND OHINA. The following intelligence is sent to us from the Foreign-office, where it was received yesterday at 7.30 p.m. Oa comparing it with the Forei:;11- office telegram we published on Monday, we find that it is verbally identical with that communi cation : ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 18. The Oriental arrived at Suez on the 13th inst. She brings Bombay dates to the 28th ult. The Bengal arrived at Suez on the 16th inst., with dates from Calcutta to the 23d ult., and from Canton to the 14th ult. The CoMmander-in-Chief moved on the 14th January with the head-quarters of his army to a position near Kanowj, occupied up to that time by Viralpole's brigade ; that corps had been pre viously thrown forward to the Ganges for the purpose of constructing a bridge at a point oppo. site the confluence of that river with the Ram- gun ga. Brigadier Walpole completed the required bridge, and crossed the Ganges by it into Rohil cund ; the Commander-in-Chief reviewed and in spected the brigade previous to its departure for Bareilly, whither it was to march for the purpose of clearing that city of the rebels under Khan Bahadoor Khan. Sir Colin Campbell himself did not intend en tering Rohilcund with the main body until he received from Agra a siege train, to be escorted down by her Majesty's 38th regiment. The rebels who passed from Rohileund into the Mozuffernuggur district on the 10th Jan., were beaten by Capt. Boisragon, and driven back across the river. The Calpee rebels are still in force, it is said, under the leadership of Nana Sahib, and this chief is threatening us in the direction of Nagode. If this be so, the gradual concentration of columns from Jubbnlpore, Rewa, and Sehore will soon put an end to his resistance. An engagement took place between Captain Montgomery, the superintendent of police at Ahmednugger, and a gang of Bheels, in the vici nity of Chandore, on the road to Mulligaum. Capt. Montgomery, three other officers, and 50 men, were wounded. Canton is completely in our possession. On the sth of January Commissioner Yeh, Teh Kwei, the Governor of the province, and the Tartar commander-in-chief, were made prisoners!. Yeh was sent on board the Inflexible. Trieste, Feb. 23. RAVEN. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, W EDNESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, Captain Joy, has arrived, with mails from Gibraltar t) the 16th ; Cadiz, 17th ; Lis bon, 19th ; and Vigo, 20th. Off Finisterre spoke steamer Tagus. Spoke Neptune's Bride on the 21st; steam-ship Colombo on the morning of the 22d ; and Dutch ship Elizabeth Antoinette on the 23d. Beating up, strong south-east gales across the bay, and heavy easterly gales from Ushant to the Needles. The Ripon, steamer, arrived at Gibraltar on the 16th, from Southampton. The Alhambra brings 28,4521. specie; pre cious stones, value 2,3601. ; and cargo of fruit, &c. At Lisbon the House of Deputies had approved the Ministerial Revenues Appropriation Indem nity Bill. Exchanges on London, 53d. ; Paris, sr. 34c. ; Amsterdam, 4*; Hamburg, 47,1 ; Genoa, 5.30. At Oporto refreshing showers had fallen, which were much wanted. Sulphur for the vines was being largely imported. Exchange on London, 53-i to and a good deal done. Fruit shipments were beginning to revive. Business generally very slack. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The editors of the principal Paris papers were summoned yesterday to receive instructions rela tive to the publication of the trial of the prisoners. They must conform to the system practised by the legal journals, the reports for which are submitted to the President of the Court previous to publica tion. It is reported that General losquet expired resigned, to day. By an Imperial decree in the Moniteur, Mgr. de Bon.n.echose, Bishop of Evreux, is named Arch dbins hßoapn oif eu, n w n h en o h inas the room of Mgr. Blaneuart and the Abbe De voucoux, canon of the diocese of Aut un an d hono rary vicar general, is a ppointed to the vacant see of Evreux. By anot h er decree, Mgr. Blan quart de 13ailleul, ex -Archbishop of R 1 Rouen, is named canon of the first order in the Imperial Chaper of Saint- Denis. The following despatches have been received here : " Berlin, 23(1.—We learn from Copenhagen that the King of Denmark is labouring under ery sipelas. Monday's bulletin was as follows : The erysipelas has somewhat extended since yes terday, but neither fever nor any other indisposi tion has supervened." , " Rome, 20th.—Cardinal Savelli died yesterday. Four other cardinals, Cardinal Tosti among the number, are seriously ill. The pontifical eovern meet has authorised the project of the French company for continuing the Frascati railway to the frontier of Naples." A letter from Carl , ruhe says "At the time of the conclusion in 1857 of the treaty between the Governments of France and Baden respecting the construction of a stone bridge over the Rhine, near Kehl, a certain number of States of Southern Germany, including Austria, denied, in the diet, the right of the Grand Duke of Baden to enter into a convention with a foreign power, which might eventually-endanger the ter ritorial security of Germany, and necessitate un expected and extraordinary military expenses on the part of the Confederation. The envoy of Baden maintained in the sitting of the diet of 15th Nov. last the right of his sovereign to conclude treaties which favoured the commerce and the interests of his States ; but with respect to the bxpenditu e, he would ask for further instruction from home before entering into that subject. At a later sit ting, the envoy declared that the Government of Baden undertook to dischar g e all the expenditure which would be i ncurre d by the construction of the bridge. This announcement calmed the oppo sition of the i d —et, which contented itself with despatching several federal officers to construct fortifications that would prevent any coup de main on the part of a French force. The Baden Govern ment has now submitted to the Chambers here a bill, in which it asks for leave to contract, abroad or at home, a loan destined to continue the net work of railways, including the lines of Wadhul to Constance and Durlach to Porzheim, and those on the left bank of the Rhine ; and also to meet the expenses of the bridge. No doubt exists that the chambers will authorise this loan." BOURSE, Feb. 23.—The market has been very flat, but quotations have remained about the same as yesterday. The market became more buoyant towards the close, when the following were the quotations : per Cents ......... 96 Do. end month__ 3 per Cent. ..... 69 55 Do. end month ...... 69 60 Bank Shares ...... 3100 Credit Mobilier ... 887 50 Do. Account ......... 892 50 Credit Foncier Belgian 4h Piedmontese (3) 9O Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 3 MAYS. RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto BOO Lyon and Mediteran. 830 New Ditto B3O Geneva Midi Western 6B7A Strasburg Grand Central -- Sardinian Austrian PIEDMONT. We have mentione , l that the Piedmontese Ca binet had presented to the Chamber of Repre sentatives a bill to strengthen the existing laws relative to persons implicated in conspiracy to murder on political grounds. The bill, at the ! sarn , time, punishes the defence of political as- - 4.;sinaticn, whetherit be made directly or indi rectly by the reproduction of documents already published. But the most important part of the measure is that which constitutes judges of the fact 200 electors of the town in which the Court of Appeal is established, such 200 electors to be designated by a commission composed of the mayor, a municipal councillor, and a councillor dele gated by the intendant. These judges of the fact ar., to be nominated for six mouths, and can not be reappoint -d for the six months following. The jury charged to try offences of the kind re ferred to is to be selected from the 200. In the report explaining the reasons for bringing in the bill, the Cabinet, after showing that the cause of justice and a regard for the public interest render the measure necessary, dwells on the guarantees which will be found in a commission composed of magistrates who have been elected by the people ; and it expresses the opinion that it will be safe to 4134nd0n to their impartiality and independence the task of forming the list of 200 names. The Ministers, at the conclusion of the document, re present that the object of the law is to give to the Sardinian Government the means of efficaciously fulfilling its international duties. The Madrid journals of the 18th, like those of some proceeding days, contain no political news of interest. The strength of the garrison of Madrid was about 14,000 men. It was said that the French police on the frontier had discovered a Carlist plot. The Congress had resumed its sittings, but nothing of importance had taken place. The latest accounts from Montenegro, received at Vienna, state that the Turkish villages of Sevra and Kernice, near the lake of Scutari, have recog nised the authority of that principality, and have been taken possession of by Senator Filipon with 20 men. It was thought that the insurrection would spread over all Albania. The Vienna semi official journals deny that Austria has the intention of occupying Montenegro in a military manner. THE LATE DIVISION.-THE LIBERALS. Some parties have represented the late defeat of the Government as a sort of repetition of the fortuitous coalition of sections in March last on the China vote, but there is an essential difference in many respects. Even in the first division which took place a fortnight ago, on the introduc tion of the Alien Bill, we recorded the names of a band of most influential members of the Liberal party who supported Lord Palmerston on the China question, but were forced to oppose him on the new measure. Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Berkeley, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Mr. Bass, Mr. Kin naird, Mr. Scholefield, Sir John Shelley, Sir Charles Napier, and about twenty others, were in this position, and certainly no factious opposition could be imputed to them. They had supported Lord Palmerston as the most capable minister so long as he followed a safe course, hut they would not countenance him in debasing England before the adventurer of the Tuileries. Even at eo eaily a period in the Alien Bill proceeding was there such a decided difference manifested between the China coalition and the resistance which has for the present dissolved Lord Palmerston'e ministry. And, in the division which threw out the bill, there was a still greater reinforcement of indepen dent Liberals who formerly supported Lord Pal merston against the China coalition. We find in the hostile majority of the 19th, the names of the following Liberals, generally representing importan t constituencies, who supported the Premier by their votes in March :—Sir J. Duke, Mr. Cowan, Mr. B. Ingram, Captain Kiegsoote, Mr. E. C. Egerton, Mr. Langton, M.P. for Bristol, Mr. Wrighton, and others. In addition to these, there were a number of Liberals who abstained from supporting Govern ment on the late division, although, having voted fat the introduction of the bill, they were probably deterred by that ci cumstance from more active opposition. Sir William Codrington, Sir George Dashwood, the Hon. J. Elliot, Mr. Marjoribankr, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Willcox, and nearly a dozen more, are in this position. We can perhaps trace, in this part of the divi Rion, the influence of Lord Palmerston's precipitate legislation for India, as we can have little doubt that several Directors of the Company, * or persons of Anglo-Indian experience, took a more decided course against the Ministry on that account.. On the whole, great forbearance seems to have been exercised by the Liberal party in general towards the Government, as the following lists will show : • LIBERALS WHO VOTED FOR THE ALIEN BILL ON FEB. 9, AND AGAINST IT ON THE 19TH. Akroyd, E Bury, - V iscount Norwich. Egerton, E. C. Elphinstone, Sir J. Griffith, C. D. Hopwood, John Hume, W Wicklow County. Knatchbull-Hugessen Langton, W. G. Pilkington, J. Thompson, General Bradford. Wise, J. A. Wrightson, W. B. ... Nortuallerton.-13. LIBERALS WHO VOTED FOR THE ALIEN BILL ON FEB.' 9, AND WERE ABSENT ON THE 19TH. Buxton, C Buxton, Sir E. Calcutt, F. M. Codrington, Sir W. Greenwich. Dashwood, Sir G. H. Wycombe. Elliot, Hon. J. E Roxburghshire. Fergus, J Fifesbire. Fitzgerald, Right Hon. J. D Ennis. Fitzwilliam, Hon. C. W. Fitz williarn, Hon. George Peterborough. Greenwood, J. Ripon. Mackinnon, W. A. Lymington. Mackinnon, W. A. Rye. Majoribanks, D. C Berwick. Marsh, M. H... Salisbury. Puller, C. W ' Rebow, J. G Russell, F. H. Tite, W Bath. Willcox, B. M Southampton. Wingfield, R. B South Essex —2l. LIBERALS WHO WERE ABSENT ON FEB. 9, AND VOTED FEB. AGAINST THE ALIEN BILL I 19. Buchanan, W. Glasgow. Cheatham, J. Cowan, C. . Duke, Sir J. Ewing, Crum ... Ingram, H. Kiogscote, R. Pau11, 11. Towline, G. Williams, M These ' in addition to the 75 Liberals who voted against the introduction of the bill, form a toler ably powerful band on whom we can rely for re sistance to Imperial tendeneies ; and the con stituencies which they generally represent greatly cutweigh in importance and independence thosl which are represented by that section of the Liberal party which has been so egregiously misled on this occasion. All, the members for London who are allowed to sit in the house voted against the bill, and all the members for the suburban constituen cies, except three, did the same. The important consti:uency of Greenwich has ceased to be divided on the subject. Bris'ol, Glasgow, Dublin, and other large towns hive given both their members to the opposition, in addition to those representa tives of large towns who opposed it from the begin ning ; and many of the more Liberal counties have 'added their members to the majority.—Morning Advertiser. MAR.KET NEWB.—ains Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale here this morning. coastwise and by land carriage, was limited, but the bulk of the samples was in full average cun salon. The demand for most kinds ruled inactive, yet Monday's prices were were supported. There was a moderate inquiry for good and fine foreign wheats, at full quotations, but other qualities were a dull inquiry. Barley was in short supply, and steady request, at full prices. Malt sold to a fair extent, at full currencies. Good sound oats moved off steadily at Monday's quota tions, but damp parcels met a slow inquiry. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. I 780 I 970 B7O 540 500 I -- 60 aka 2 1,060 brie Flour. 850 English , Irish Foreign..,.. I 2,150 I 2,040 WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d lamb, Os Od to N Od ; veal, 3s 6 d to 4B 64 ; pork, 33 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. Supply good and trade dull. BOROUGH HOP. Tn most kinds of hops the demand is inactive, but we we have no change to notice in their value. A COUNTRY MAGISTRATE'S OPINION OF LONDON.— Almost the last words spoken by Alderman Livesey (late chairman to the conference in St. Martin's Hall) at the breaking up of the conference were—that he should be very glad to get back to Rochdale, as he had not much idea of London morality, baying lost two B , lk hand kerchiefs during his perambulations in open day. The report of the Bank of Egypt preparatory to the meeting on the sth March states the profits for the half-year ending the 31st of December at 1 4,2121., and rec3mmends a dividend at the rate of 7 p , -!r cent., free of .ncotne-tax. After setting apart 5,0001. to r , serve and 2,0001. to preliminary expenses, there will remain 1,8191. to be carried forward. REFORM MEETING AT DERBY. (), ;1 .,- tlti4y evening last, a meetinv eo::vened by the Mayt,r c Derby, was held in the Town-haH, " for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament to pass a bill in favour of the reform of the representation of the people, in harmony with the Guildhall programme' of such bill. The hall was crowded in every part ; and on the appearance of the borough members, Messrs. Bass and Beale, they were loudly cheered. The MAYOR (Mr. Crompton) opened the meeting by rf-t - .:2itirn, bat t3, , , , (!irk , ; , 1 to pr,:;;ltou public and private grounds. Mi. Cuuueillur CIITCHES was ncanimously voted to the chair. Mr. Councillor SPURGEON moved, and Mr. Councillor OWEN seconded, the following resolution :—"That in the opinion of this meeting the time has arrived for reconsidering the subject of Parliamentary reform, and that it cannot be much longer delayed without danger to the existing institutions of the country." Ctrried unaninical ly The Rev. W. GRIFFITH, in a powerful address, moved the second resolution as folio ws :—"That it is the opinion of this meeting that no measure of reform will be satis factory to the people of England that does not include household suffrage, a reduction of the county franchise to 101., the protection of the ballot, an equalisation of constituencies, the abolition of property qualifications for memb-rs, triennial parliaments, and the ie similat oe, as tar as possible, of the franchises in ScAlantl and Ire land to those if England and Wales." The resolution Was seconded by Mr. R. MOUSLEY, and carried unanimously. Mr. JEWETT moved, and Mr. PARKINSON secrnded, the following :—" That a petition embodytcg the fore going resolution, be signed by the chairman on beha , f of the meeting, and be presented to the House of Com mons by the bwrough members, and to the House of Lords by L.,rd Belper. Mr. BASS, M.P., although labouring under severe in disposition, delivered an addres-, in which he declared himself in favour of all the points mentioned in Mr. Griffith's resolution, with the exception of triennial Par liaments, which he considered would be a nuisance rather than otherwise. Alluding to the defeat of Ministers, the hon. member said he would sooner have dropped on the floor of the House of Commons than have given his vote in favour of the Alien cheers)—but at the same time he must regret that Lord Palmerston had ceased to be Prime Minister. Mr. BEALE, M.P., declared himself in favour of all the points in Mr. Griffith's resolution, including trien nial parliaments. A vote of thanks was given to the borough members, more particularly for their recent votes and the state ments m.de that evening by them, which was duly acknowledged. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EXETER AND EXMOUTH. The report of the directors of this company states that a proposed agreement with the London and South Western Company will be submitted to the shareholders to the effect that that company "shall, at their expense, make the line from a point of junction of the Yeovil and Exeter extension, distant a mile and a quarter from the latter city, to Topsham ; and that the line thence to Exmouth is to be made at the expense of the Exeter and Exmouth Company. The line is also to be worked by the South-Western Company at the rate of 50 per cent. on the gross receipts, leaving 50 per cent. to bo divided according to mileage." The liabilities of the company up to the 31,4 of December are for general expenses 1,377/ , and on agreements for land purchases not yet complwed 4,0691., to which must be added 1,3291. on reserved rent-charge account. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA. The half-yearly report of this company shows that the profits of the half-year, after paying working expenses, are 27,593/., and from this is deducted the balanca of interest on loans and dividends on preference shares, amounting to 11,2711., which leaves a net balance of 16,3221. Out of tt is the nirectors recommend a divi ilend of 33., 9d on each 751. share, and lls 3d on each 251 share, being at tire rate of 44 per cent. per annum. This will absorb 12,7551., and leave 3,5661. to be carried over. NORTEI EASTERN. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, held on Friday at York, Mr. H. S. Thompson in the chair, dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the Berwick stock, of 4 per cent. on the York stock, 4 per cent. on the Thirek and Malton, and 2 per cent. on the Leeds stock were declared. The arrangement entered into with the Bedale Company for amalgamation was agreed to, and alQo one for amalgamation with the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Rail Nay was adopted. M.e,,srs. Thompson, Pulleine, Williamson, Cash, and Copperthwaite, the miring directors, were re-elected, ani also Mr. H. Wylie, the retiring auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the ch airman. TAFF VALE. The half-yearly meetiLig was held at Bristol yesterday, Lord James Stuart in the chair. The report stated that the balance of revenue account, aided by the reserve of the last half-year, enabled the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum (less income-tax), payable on the 6th of March, with a dividend iu the same proportion on the preference stock No. 1. They had also applied the mina' sum of 750/. to the depreciation fund. In accordance with the authority obtained at the special meeting hell in October last the sum of 50,6001. of new capital had been issued to the proprietors in shares of 101. each. The directors referred with pleasure to the termination of the dispute between certain freighters through the mediation of Mr. Hawkshaw, and it was hoped that no future difficulties would arise. An agree ment with the directors of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company for a mutual inter change of traffic had been entered into, as well as for other arrangements, which it is believed will operate beneficially for both companies. An arrangement has also recently been made with the Rhymney Railway Company, under which access to the eastern side of the new Bute Dock and the Bute Tidal Harbour will be afforded to the Taff Vale Railway trade. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the termination of the dispute with the freighters, and the arrangements which had been entered into with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford and the Rhymney Railway Companies. Mr. J. Poomt seconded the motion, which, after some remarks from Messrs. Cartwright, Mercer, Hitching, and other proprietors, was carried unanimously. Resolutions adopting the rules and regulations in respect to alt carriages, vehicles, atc., need on the Taff Vale Railway, a❑d thanking the chairman and directors for their services, were adopted and the pro ceedings terminated. TAFF VALE WAGGON. The half-yearly 'beefing was held immediately after that of the Taff Vale Railway ; Mr. E. J. Hutchins in the chair. The accounts showed that 11,909/. had been received on account of the redemption fund, and that on the 31st of December 2,1901. remained f r permanent investment. This sum and ,he interest accruing upon the securities held by the company have since been applied in the purchase of A and B shares at a rate to yield 4/. 188. qi 1. per cent. per annum. As the rate of interest for thiA fund was calculated by the actuaries at 3i per cent. per annum, the position of the company is considered very sari-factory. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously. The retiring director and auditor were re-elected, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. PRADEORD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. Yesterday the quarterly meeting of this company was held in Bradford—Mr. W. Firth presided. The CHAILiMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, alluded to the expen,iture of 10,0001. in excess of the amount authorised to be raised by Parlia ment, and stated that upon almost every head the ex penditure had exceeded the original estimate. The works were exceedingly heavy. The directors thought they had made a good railway, and he had no doubt the traffic would ultimately justify the expenditure of the 250,0001. which it would ultimately cost. About 49,2001. comprised all the known or supposed liabilities of the co receive,orePjudaornye last.for c t T, t h e e r y c ) had rn t - ariY fromh however,te let of for work panics about 5,51,01, and that would reduce their which, added to the ' 43,7001., was 206,551/ , liabilities to 43,700/ The amount already ex,oended d 250,2511., the estimated total cost of the rail way.nl4 a was partially opened for traffic on the The line 15th October. On the Ist long passenger traffic of the Great Northern and Lanca4iire and York shire companies was opened upon it, and the goods traffic commenced on the 12th November. From the best cal culation the directors had been Mike to make, the earn ings of the.line were about 2,200/,, after deducting the payments to the Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire companies for working the traffic. So that the earnings would appear to be at the rite of 13,200/. per annum; but this could not be taken as any indica tion of what the futlre traffic would ber Mr. G. ANDERToNseconded the adoption of thereport, and it was carried unanimously. Messrs. W. Firth, J. Barff, A. Harris, jun. , and W. Bower were re-elected di rec t ors of the company. Air. H. W. Blackburn was elected an auditor, and the allowance to the auditors was fixed at 20/, a-year. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris about 11 per mille discount, and the short exchange on London is 25.10 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/ 17e. 10:1d. per ounce for standard gold it appears that g.ld is abota 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London, By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 419 per mark, and the Ault exchange on London is 13.34 per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 8-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg- The course of exchange at New York on London for bill, at 60 days' sight is about 110 wr cent., which, when Compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of Eng;aed ; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa tion of gold from the United Sates. TEIR CONSPIRACY BILL: GREAT MEETING AT SHEFFIELD. On Monday evening a very large and enthusi astic meeting of the inhabitants of Sheffield was held in the Townhall, under the presidency of the Mayor (R. Jackson, Esq.), to protest against the Conspiracy Bill introduced into the House of Com mons by Lord Palmerston. The MAYOR, amidst strong signs of disapprobation said that he tru ted the speakers who were to ad dle ,s the meeting woul(1 eee eel eav 11,vh , ng winch tolght bar n ftt“(-1;e . :n ,x - , , a,keii the good feeling at present subsisting b. t ween the French and this country. It was to the advantage of the civilised world that the alliance of England and France should continue to exist, and he hoped the speakers would refrain from any irritating remarks. WILLIAM FISHER, Esq., moved the first resolu tion :—" That in t'e opinion t,l this meeting the bid brought into Path anent by Lord Palmerston, fur the purpose of altoring the laws relating to conspiracy to murder, is uncalled for, and at vari ance with the real principles of criminal legislation ; therefore, for these reasons, this meeting expresses its hearty thanks to the two members of this borough, J. A. Roebuck, Esq., and G. Hadfield, Esq., for their uncompromising opposition to the measure." Some of his friends, when they saw he had signed the requisition, asked if he wished to turn Lord Palmerston out of office, or wanted to go o war with France ? He said, "No," because he did not know where they would get a better man ; but when he saw the language made use of in the Moniteur regarding our laws, and that language having been used by a foreign Power, he could not think, after hearing such observations, of truckling to that Power. We had sh o w n th em that we could maintain our independence with our arms. God forbid, however, that we should make war with France ; but if she wanted to make war with England, he considered that we should be prepared to meet it. He should be sorry to lose the Emperor of France as an ally, for he had been faithful to us in a recent struggle. He expressed his regret that one who had been sheltered under the laws of England, and who bad seen how our Queen was beloved by her people, should not rather attempt to imitate her laws than resort to stringent measures for limiting the freedom of the press and the liberty of his peo ple. The resolution said that any alteration iu the law in England was uncalled for, and he believed it was by some eminent legal men said so. Mr. Milner Gibson told them that the law at present was amply sufficient to punish persons who conspire in this couuti yto murder foreign potentates. Such laws, he considered, ought not to bu altered at the caprice, if not t' - e dictation, of a foreign power. (Cheers.) Mr. Councillor HARVEY seconded the resolution, which was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. Councillor BROADBENT moved "That this meeting believes that the bill was introduced in accordance with the request of a foreign power, and that to take in any degree the initiative of our legislation from such a source would strike a fatal blow at the national independence, and serve as a dangerous precedent for future times." After reading some extracts from the speech of Sir G. Grey on this subject, Mr. Broadbent referred to the Attorney-General's declaration that before Count Walewski's despatch was heard of, he was engaged in preparing this bill. It might be ail very well for the Attorney-General to take the responsibility upon himself, but would any man of common intelligence believe such a statement. (Cheers.) There were few to be found in England who were not disgusted alike with the bill and the arrogance of those foreigners. who presumed to dic tate to this country who we shall admit to, and who we shall deny, the right of asylum., (Hear,. hear, and applause.) And then Sir George Graf went on to say, "that until a change should have been made in the law, it was impossible to answer Count Walewski's despatch ; and that if the house would but pass the second reading we should be free from the reproach cast upon us by Count Ws lewski's despatch." Free from the reproaches of Count Walewski I A refugee himself—a revolu tionist himself twenty-five years ago I Was this the man to reproach England ? (Cheers.) $0 far as the crime of .assassination goes, said the • speaker, every Englishman abhors it as much as Count Walewski, or any other of Napoleon's minis' ters. (Hear.) Then why were we called upon to apologise or to conciliate the Count 1-There was no necessi'y for Lord Palmerston's bill. Lord Camp' bell and Lend Brougham had both declared that there was no necessity for any change in the law."'" that there was alrealy sufficient law in the cou ntr y to meet cases of conspiracy to murder. bill then was introduced t o conc ili a t e Walewski the Emper o r. H e repeate d t h a t we, a t l eas t, had no reason to conciliate those pe o pl e — t h a t WO &Wed upon an equal footing with F iance — that we h a d never dishonoured ourselves, b u t p reserve d w ith T a h n e d the utmost good faith all the treaties we had made with the French nation. (Hear, hear.) In con clusion, he said that he trusted this would be such a lesson to Lord Pahnerston, and every other Minister that should come after him, as woe'' teach him and them to be more careful how they meddled with the liberties of the people. (Ap plause.) The resolution was seconded by Mr. G. L. SAUNDERS. Mr. IRONSIDE said that the prestige of England had been lent by L or d P a l mers t on, i n d e fi a nce or his colleagues and the Queen, to the originator of the rascally coup d'etat, without which he could not have enthralled the French nation, or put &WO the Roman Republic. He quoted the example of the Sultan of Turkey, when asked to give u p Nos' suth, as an example to England in its treatment of refugees. The resolution was carried with great cheering. Councillor BEAL moved—" That this meeting considers that the late Governnient of Lord Pa'' merston was deficient in judgment and dignitY In not having at once returned a courteous and firm refusal to the despat c h o f C oun t W a l ews ki, and that on his lordship's Administration rested the re' spousibility of having placed the House of C°, lll mous and the country in a false and un dignified po-ition." The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. Councillor BOOTH proposed, " That, wh ile this meeting would not wish any discourtesy to offered to the de facto Governm en t o f F ra nce, al l desires to perpetuate o ur a lliance with the ptioP ia of that cluntiy, it f e el s bound to opp ose the sa.'ts— bill, believing that it might be perverted in 1 operation so as to interfere with the sacred right of asylum, which this country h as ever b een pro L to offer to political exiles o f every party an d coon" try ; and that two petitions be adopted—on' Woe: presented to the House of Commons by . 1- • ' 4l " . L o rd buck, Esq., and one to the House of Lords wbehalf Campbell. That the Mayor sign them on of the meeting, and transmit them for presents' tion." Tire mover said, " They tell us Of Zotiaves are coming. Let them come. \ Although . lam for pe a ce, I am sure I shall fight. (Gre at • laughter.) I ask them to smell that" (hold' ing up his huge fist). (Renewed laughter.) The resolution was agreed to with cheers, and the meeting then adopted a petition founded on the r e ' solutions they had passed. TAE SWANSEA MURDER. SWANSEA, FEE. 22. After three days' searching investigation, th e coroner's jury this day returned a verdict of wilful: murder against Maneli Zalphanta and ilanegadel Alihus fur the murder of Atanasio Metropann, the cook of the Greek brig Penelope. The evidence given at the inquest disclosed as cruel inhualav% aud :barbarous a case of homicide as eve,: disgrace d canal, it was fou n d covere d w i t h sta b s o f a humanity. Wheu the body w as ta k en o ut of the se rious nature—there were nine in var i ous parts of the bo dy, and th e h ea d was smashed almos t t0 . a 1 , 11 P,.; One wound en t, re d a t t h e l eft arm , and reach ed almost to the heart, whilst a secon d was given t such force as to penetrate a thi c k s heepskin c oa t sever' the spine, splinter th e ri b s , and enter the ; lung ; this must have can te d a l mos t instantan e°ll d, death. The Scotch cap and walking stick font, upon the banks of the canal immediately after t • murder, have been trac e d to b e l ong t o th e prison tea whilst a respectable young woma n named Fr an Edwards, swore positi ve ly to the identity of Alila the o as a mau whom she had seen running fre ul Aa . Canal-bank within a few minutos after the Inu r " l - 0 1, A girl of the t o w n sa id th a t th e pr i s oners I asked h€r not to go alo ng w ith the Greek ( he deceased), that he was no countryman o f thei and that he should not injure her if she would ° keep with them. Several other facts have been deposed to on oat which have together made such a chain of eirc. ti d o stantial evidence that no doubt exists in the 13 31 , 11 ,, 5t of all who h ave re ad or heard the evidence 1104 the prisoners are the men who committed the 1.0.12,3 act. They have been fully commit ed for trial ti the coroner's warrant, and the asa•zes openie t, , our town on Thursday n e xt, they will, i n all bability, be finally arraigned during the eneel''' week. THE CONSPIRACY TO MURDER BILL.-0 wing to the confusion which p r evailed at the time of the division ort Friday last it was erroneously supposed that the So!! J Commons had negatived the second reading of tl Con piracy to lluruer Bill The fact is, h o wever , t 13 84 the que ,, tion of the second reading of the bill was 130/,. put to the house, Mr. Gibson's amendment having, tame, superseded it. It is c petent to the 130,11% some ro to proceed with the bill, if it think fit to do so, notivitu standing what has taken place.--Tints.