The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

ROY AL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public are most ieepectfully informed that the NEW THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDA.Y, May 15, Full particulars will be duly announced. Royal Italian Opera, March 24, 1858. TH.EATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARIEET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. ' THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan .Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Miss A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. 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 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Box es 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, the Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, the new grand nornie 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. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Mies C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI• Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY (MORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To cowhide with THE IRISH TUTOR. Commence at Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cr9swiek. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. To conclude with GILDEROY. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow -lag oompany of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S tlections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, do., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badgey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Bruaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. iienshaw, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Macla.gan, W. T. Critchqeld, G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn., 36 min. aft. 10 —Even., 23 min aft. 11 To-Kowtow —Morn., 0 min. aft. 0 —Even., 1 min. aft. 12 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, lama 25. IHERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 46--lowest this morning and during the night, 50this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.23. WIND, North-Easterly ; fresh, with fine cold weather. 4 '" tv7 l -1 T c V) Lc' 947 c.§AA;II, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1858. Tnis evening Mr. ROEBUCK will bring on the motion, which has long been anticipated, for the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant and the creation of a Secretary of Stite for Ireland. The question has long been ventilated, and but for the prejudiced views taken by the late Duke of WELLINGTON, as to the possibility of disaffected Mayors of boroughs occasioning mischief, would have been carried at least seven years since. The shopkeepers of Dublin have, however, made a determined stand, and the great popularity of Lords EGLLNTON, ST. GERMANS, and CARLISLE have materially assisted their cause. The Dublin people like to have a popular and wealthy nobleman spending a large sum of money, giving handsome entertainments, and hold ing courts, at which they can exhibit their daughters or sisters. The waiters on PROVIDENCE think it is decidedly valuable to have close at hand a spot where they can nibble at the crumbs of pttrortage that fall from the official table, while the tradesmen look merely to the expenditure that will be occasioned by an influx of visitors coming to pay their respects to, and enjoy the hospitality of, the Viceroy. These are the inducements that occasion the determined opposition offered to the change. As may be seen, they are entirely of a private cha racter, and it would be difficult, if not altogether impossible, to show a single adequate reason for sustaining the office on public grounds, or the slightest benefit resulting to the nation in return for the outlay. In the olden time, before the application of steam to maritime affairs, the construction of railways, or the invention of the electric telegraph, there was reason fcr having a high functionary invested with almost regal powers, ready to act OD brief notice. The miserable cutters that plied between the countries were frequently days, and sometimes weeks, on the passage that now occu pies only a few hours. The enterprising traveller intending to visit England, having duly made his will, and taken a heart-rending leave of mourning relatives, went on board, accompanied by baskets of provisions sufficient to sustain him fcr at least a fortnight. Then came the very slow coaches, or waggons, that spent many days on the road, so that the party who accomplished the journey to London and back was ever after regarded as the travelled man of his district, who had a right to indulge in the travellers' privilege by telling remarkable stories which any auditor would doubt at his peril. As to instructions from the Home Government, they were frequently de tained for a greater period than those despatched to many of our colonies. Ireland consequently required a Lord Lieutenant or Lord D2puty, just as much as India now does a Governor-General. But these things are all changed. There are no longer dangers or difficulties to be encountered. St. George's Channel is no longer dreaded, and Hounslow Heath has lost its terrors. No "Golden Farmer," no adventurous " CLAUDE D"AL ) " charms travellers of the gentler sex by the urbanity and courtesy with which he abstracts their purses, or returns a portion of the booty in return for treading a measure with, or gently saluting the lips of, the fair victim. The journ©y is now a very unromantic and business-like prc ceeding. A gentleman packs a small black bag, or possibly places all his travelling equipage in the crown of his hat, takes a return ticket, starts after dinner, has a whole day in London, and is back to breakfast on the second morning. So far as the travelling community are concerned, Dublin is not farth er th an was Reading some sixty years sines ; nor would the journey there and back be arranged we consider that 1 -7,4oZzore expen s i ve 1 Ina is now arran y_a single payment, --, and traA, b, iyftetabie host of i the shape i:' f aiuoinki I b - e ) P ‘ ortera, and waiters ,ck COLIChMeb, tinufzu os of locusts *---—* ' remembered', b ' .! of Whom S" and, in tr uti , ' tlleir generally gav e . 4 ~., an3pie ogle. to do so, have ft ... a to exist. &him N o r is it merely the travelling that las im. Thanks-to submarine and eleztrio tele proved. graphs, communications may puss between D own _ street and the Castle in a few seconds, and the .. it officials may receive instructions, on any don f': fat point, from head-quarters without the slightest delay. There is, therefore, not the • slightest necessity forany delegated authority in Dublin more than in Liverpool, York, or Edin burgh. The Lord Lieutenancy is, therefore, a THE SUN, LONDON, _THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1858, mere pageant, and one by no means creditable to Ireland, on which it stamps a character of Pro vincialism, preventing it from being regarded as an integral part of the United Kingdom. We confess that we should wish to see every 1 distinction abolished ; to behold England, Ireland, and Scotland one and the same, governed by the same laws and principles. Why should not an Eng lish barrister be entitled to practice in Ireland, or an Irish one in England, or either in Scotland ? Why should not a duly qualified physician of Edinburgh be justified in prescribing for one of his compatriots at this side of the Tweed, or an M. R.C.S. perform a surgical operation in Lothian? These are absurdities that should be got rid of, and the first step is the annihilation of the Brum magem Court—the pinchbeck imitation of the sterling local metal. With gentlemen wishing to trot out their daughters, and placehunters gene rally we have but little sympathy with. Shop keepers "of credit and renown," wishing to extend their business have better claims. But there are other towns in Ireland besides Dublin; and what goes into the pocket of the inhabitant of Dame Street or Grafton Street, is generally pre- ♦ented from finding its way to that of his pro vincial brother ; and surely Cork, or Limerick, Belfast, or Waterford are entitled to equal consideration with Dublin. There is, thank GOD, no longer a question of loyalty, for her MAJESTY has no more devoted or loving subjects than the natives of the Emerald Isle. We should wish to see " the legal fiction" discarded for the sake of the community at large, but more especi ally from considering the effect it must have on the honour, dignity, and welfare of the Sister Kingdom. "We have no case ; abuse the plaintiff's coun sel." Never was the reason more sound, and the advice better acted on, than in the opposition to the Bill just introduced by Lord BURY. There is literally "no case" for prohibiting marriage with the sister of a deceased wife ; and accordingly Mr. DIVETT, and one or two journals, have duly abused the plaintiff's counsel. An association, confessed to be composed of respectable indivi duals, of the very class of persons who enjoy es pecial confidence in England—the upper section of the middle classes—endeavours by means of pamphlets, of the daily and weekly press, of intel ligent agents throughout the country, and by every means so familiar to us in this land of free dom, but so dreaded by despots abroad—this asso ciation endeavours, by these means, to bring public opinion to bear on the Legislature. Of all courses which could be taken, this would seem to be the most legitimate. If a law be a bad one, who in England would not thank the men who gave their time, their labour, and their money to procure its repeal, and who sought the repeal, not by any underhand means, but by opening an office, inviting communications, publishing information, and watching legal proceedings in connection with the objectionable law ? Of course, the association may be wrong in its opinion, but their mode of endeavouring to give effect to it cannot be C)D demned, unless we wish to exchange our whole system for the imperial one of our neighbours, and to place the initiative of reforms in the hands, nut of. the people, but of the Senate's Master. As England is not prepared for this just yet, the tirades of Mr. DIVETT, and of one or two jour nalists, against an association of gentlemen as re spectable at least as their angry denouncers, are something worse than unfair—they are the spite of vanquished bigotry. We may truly say now that there is no case for the prohibition. We insist on that. No one demands a law parallel to that of the Jews, which requires a brother to marry the widow of his de ceased brother. NJ one asks that any one in the event of his wife's death shall be required to marry her sister, if she have one surviving and unmarried. It is simply insisted on that there is no case whatever for interfering in this respect with a widower's liberty. We challenge our oppo nents to produce an argument, religious or moral, which can stand a moment's investigation. What to us are the musty old catalogues of degrees in vented by the Chancery of Rome, first to bring money, for dispensations, into its coffers ? What care we for the Popish lists transferred by half Romish ecclesiastics into the ecclesiastical code of the Church of England ? More than half of the worshippers of this nation are not worshippers at Church of England altars, and are they to be bound by the list of degrees of matrimony any more than by her articles and her Liturgy ? By the statute law of the land as it stands at this moment, the degrees of matrimony are dis tinctly stated to be those ordained by God's law ; it is explicitly affirmed by the only act in force on the subject, that " BY TIIIS ACT WE DECLARE ALL PERSONS TO BE LAWFUL THAT BE NOT PROHI BITED BY GOD'S LAW TO MARRY," 32 lIEN. VIII., c. 38. This fact cannot be too strongly insisted on. It establishes the legal validity of the mar riages in question at the present moment. It enables a man to make a solemn declaration that he knows of no just cause or impediment to mar riage with his deceased wife's sister, even in the legal sense of the words ; for he may appeal to the only statute which legislates on pro• hibited degrees, and with a clear conscience affirm that his intended marriage is not forhil den by God's word. And, even if the present bill should fail to triumph over Episcopal bigotry, a decision of the Law Lords will ere long override the misinterpretations on the subject of narrow minded ecclesiastics. But, further, so far as the interpretation of cer tain verses in the Bible is a theological matter, the Houses of Parliament and the Courts of Law must, if they wish to notice existing statute law at all, give themselves to a theological discussion. It is, in truth, a question of what was GOD'S law for the Jews. On that the Act of HENRY VIII. builds. It declares that law the law of England. It does not rehearse the details of the Jewish law in the matter, but refers to it as a whole. Some repealed Acts did, it is true, decide some of the details, but even these acts always adverted to the law of GOD as their basis. They are, however, repealed. The Act we have referred to now stands, and for 300 years has stood alone, as the law on the subject. And it refers us, not to ancient laws, not to the Articles of the Church of England, not to the degrees as laid down by civil or ecclesiastical law, but to the law of God. This, at such a time, was very remarkable, and it is clear evidence that the Legislature intended that no Englishman should lie under any disability in regard to matrimony not imposed on him by the SUPREME RULER. With this liberty Churchmen have long unjustly interfered, but Englishmen live n o t un d er the Popish Canons of the Church, butaeleualry Act dteorthestatute law of the land, and they intend now to c l a i m their rights. Lard BURY'S it is not the only w 011 l be the s h or t est c urse, but one. I It is am us i ng to see h"7 all th e i Tuesday w i s h e d t o sake get rid. of the theo lo gy rs on que,tion, as well they mi g ht. But how of the get away from it, when a corrupt theoleoagyn they was the root of the whole mischief? , The laws of nature, the instincts of conscience, have no share in the fatherhood of the prohibition, we repu. diate. An anti-Christian priesthood assuming to be holier than GOD himself, invented innumerable prohibitions of this kind for the poor ignorant laity, and then fathered the illegitimate offspring of their own corrupt fancies on the word of GOD itself. In attacking the ecclesiastical superstition in question, we are dragged into an attack on their corrupt theology also ; and, until the Houses of Parliament will boldly liberate laymen from the yoke imposed on them by ecclesiastical bigotry, they must be pestered with theological discus cussions. The worthy county member, Mr. PULLER, actually was so far ignorant of the pre sent state of Oriental studies as to affirm that the Reformers understood Hebrew better than we do What will Prince ALBERT and his learned Ger mans say to this ? A contemporary, we see, tells us that the relief proposed by Lord BURY can by no ingenuity be " twisted and tortured into any connection with civil and religious liberty l"—Hem I—A. B. The Dissenter believes that GOD permits him to marry his deceased wife's sister ;—C. D. the Roinanising Churchman believes that he may not do the same thing. C. D., by the aid of the mitres and lawn sleeves in the House of Lords, has got a law made prohibiting A. B. from marrying accord ing to his own views of religion, and compels him to an abstinence which A. B. thinks sheer super stition, or rather impious interference between him and his GOD. And then it is no question of religious liberty when A. B. demands of the Le gislature that C. D.'s heavy penalties may be removed from the statute-book 1 The question is essentially and inevitably a question of religious liberty. The restriction was imposed by monkish superstition in the name of religion ; and Protes tant Christian liberty demands that the man of crosses, bowing, genuflexions, fastings, altar candles, and the whole host of mediesvalities, shall no longer tyrannise over his fellow-citizen, who prefers his Bible to liturgies and canons, and the laws of GOD to musty old canons. As to the debate, it was, of course, a triumph. All were ready to commend the noble young member for Norwich, for the ability with which he opened it. Mr. Fox placed the matter on its true ground in repudiating Leviticus for Chris tians, and altogether the argument was assuredly wholly on one side. Pretended social mischiefs were met by evidence of fargreater mischiefs from prohibition ; but the absurd nonsense of social evils could never have been even dreamed of, except in defence of a superstition in possession of power. The comparison with Mormonism and polygamy is simple rant, unworthy of serious answer. The marriages in question are clearly approved by the most moral and best portion of society, while they are so in accordance with nature and the dictates of canscience and can be so easily celebrated without the knowledge of the official who marries, that nothing can prevent them, and, the only question is whether priest craft shall continue to ride roughshod over us by legal penalties ; and, if we refuse obedience to its impious assumptions, shall deliver over us and our children, as of oil, " to the secular arm." It is very encouraging and very consolatory to know for certain that the Rigged School System --a system of such recent origin—is, in two senses of the phrase, Fast Flourishing. It appears, in other words, to be both securely established amongst us, and to be at the same time in process of rapid development. The daydream of honest Cobbler POUNDS is already in a great measure realised. The little urchins far and wide through out England, but especially in this swarming Metropolis of ours, are being gathered together, here and there, in clusters, and drilled into habits of thrift and industry. They are taken out of the kennel, and educated. They are taken out of the mud, and washed. They are, in many instances, stripped of their rags, and clothed. Mr. OAPSTIOK'S humane but preposterous notion has been carried into operation rationally. Instead of catching St. G►les and putting into one of his dirty hands a basket lined with flannel, and into the other a little tinkling bell, and saying to him certly, as we thrust him over the doorstep, " There, go and cry muffins, and be happy 1" — we have collected little groups of these poor chil dren about us, and taught them simultaneously how to pick up knowledge and halfpence. A sentiment of self-respect has been 'wakened in them, and with that also a moderate and reasonable feeling of self.dependence. In delightful evidenc3 of all this, do we not meet them now-a-days at every turn—these little reclaimed spawn of the very poorest, and hitherto the most neglected, classes of the population ? Several years ago CHARLES KNIGHT, in 0113 of his pleasant, gossipping publi cations, a certain archeaJlogical, topographical, anecdotal book about London, described the once familiar cry of " Clean your honour's shoes" to be among the obsolete street-cries of tile metro polis. And certainly, until very recently, it was without question one of the many social peculiari ties living only in the whimsical couplets of the manner-painters of the past—couplets such as those making up the delightful total of GAY'S Tiivia. Latterly, however, the streets of London have resounded continually with the call of the Shoeblack Redivivus. " Clean your boots, Sir," . is the petition now proffered, brush in hand, by healthy little urchins, clad in tunics of orange or scarlet. The occupation gone from the great great•great-grand father's—has returned to their remote descendants in a later and a more econo mic generation. It has returned under happier auspices, and with a prospect before it now of far happier consequences. The shoeblack brigades, indeed, are thriving so well under their new organisation that they are even now adventu rously taking in a wider range of business—the broom is being added to the brush—the ragged schoolboys, ragged now no longer, are entrusted with the care not only of boots but crossings. Here, again, is a twofold improvement —every money box into which a humane wayfarer drops his halfpenny at a street corner not only goes t) the encouragement of the industrious little shoeblack who has charge of it, but tends, also, directly to the suppression of the wretched social gangrene of mendicancy. Heretofore the crossing-sweeper has been some sturdy squalid pauper exacting blackmail by importunities addressed to the foot passengers in our public thoroughfares. The copper doles hitherto yielded to these city free booters have gone, we all know that wall enough, either to the pewter counter of the gin-palace, or to aid the revels at some beggars' feast in a back slum famdiar to the pattEner and the gaberlunzie. Now the case is, indeed, in every respect very different. The halfpenny given at a street crossing swells a fund dev,t3d to the moral and social advance ment of a new generation. After nightfall the little fellows are gathered together, and taught for an hour or two the rudiments of education. that All this appears to u% very admirable and very deserving of encouragement. It is beginning and, as an squalor , and penury, a n d ignorance— wisely a t th e b eg i nn i ng . By so tutoring these ,the rw i se a b an d oned an d neg l ec t e d c hildren w© rte training up to honesty and industry a race at wo uld othe rw i se b e doomed, li k e t h e i r fore fathers, to inevitable consequence, la the vast majority of instances, to the county gaol and the convict prison, if not to the gallows, cer tainly to long years of penal servitude. Honour, then, to the originators and promoters of th e industrial brigades of our boy-ihoeblacki and our boy-crossing-sweepen , . Success to the benevolent enterprise. GOD speed them in these their labours of Christian charity— in themselves labours of love—in their results labours of genuine and prac tical philanthropy. EA NTEST NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol- lowing paragraph : " It is endevoured by the evil disposed to excite misgivings with respect to the application of the law of public safety, by misrepresenting the inten tions of the Government. The culpable expectations which followed the attempt of the 14th January, imposed on the Government the duty of protecting the public security, and for this has sufficed the arrest of a few men notoriously dangerous. As for those who remain within the limits of the law, if they do not render them elves guilty by fresh misdeeds, they have nothing to fear from the effects of the law." By the arrival of the Levant mail, at Mar seilles yesterday, we have received news from Constantinople to the 14th. Eight hundred Montenegrins have violated the Austrian territory and penetrated the Herzt%o vine. Forty of them entered Sutorina and have burnt everything. The lonian Press is again becoming insolent, and encouraging the lonians to resistance. It enumerates a catalogue of grievances against Eng land. The lonians, it says, demand a national Parliament, and will not permit themselves to be merged in the English Parliament ! The relations of society, they say, secure the domination of England in Corfu, which should be declared a colony. In Malta the Press is engaged in fierce disputes respecting the religion and nationality of the employes of the British Government. BERNE, MARCH 24. Tile GovernmeLt of Neufchatel has replied to the Federal Council that it would rather there should have been no French Consul at Chaux•de- Fonds, but that nevertheless it defers on this point to the decision of the Federal Council. HAMBURG, MARCH 24. The Danish Ministerial journal, the Dagblad, announces that the propositions which M. de Bulow is commissioned to make at Frankfort con sist in submitting the first six paragraphs of the Constitution to the States of Holstein, and to secure a decision of the German difficulty by means of a mixed commission. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Preparations are being made at the Pal4ce of St. Cloud fur the reception of the Emperor and Empress. M. Boittelle, the new Prefect of Police, yester day received the commissaries of pr lic and peace officers. He afterwards visited M. Hebert, the peace officer who wa4 wounded on the 14th Jan., and expressed a hope to witne.s a speedy recovery. It appears that the ani , ouncement of Count Per signy's arrival in Paris was premature, as the count intends remaining in London until his successor shall have entered on his duties. The Patrie , in commenting on the sentence pro nounced by default on the leaders of the conspiracy at Genoa, exclaims : " Does not the security afforded by England to Mazzini, under cover of which he orpoises his plots, deserve to arouse the serious att,.ntion of the English people ? Is it not this security which gives strength to him, as well as to other dema gogues of his stamp ? Would they bring the same perseverance to bear on their revolutionary at tempts, were the latter not surrounded with appa rent impunity ?' Toe Union contains the following reflections on Indian affairs : _ _ " An insurrectien which has lasted nearly a year, which has given way neither to the prestige of bravery, nor to the superiority of tactics, nor before the presence of heroism, hears a strict re semblance to a regular war, only that it is cha racteris -d by acts of atrocity, and by repris ils saveurfng of barbarism, and is consequently the more implacable. If the rebel.; have been van quished in certain places, in others they remain unsubdued. The population is every where excited, and it is with a feeling of alarm that the small European armies march through districts which are in appearance most submissive. The ablest commanders hesitate, demand reinforcements, and temporise. Every day brings fresh trials and perils. The climate is a terrible ally of the revolt and conspires against the troops of Queen Vic toria. We are now approaching the murderou 5 heats which devour Europeans. That England, trout a sentiment of national pride, which we covet, ldshi;iunlgd the eareenteUrlgl energy aconcealpreciahteer sores,and teLtn she of her unconquerable will and the vast resources of her devotion to lead on the struggle, encoun!ers our approval, for we are not of those who affect dis dam or anger towards these great efforts of a nati .n battling with adversity. But we place above the sentiments of imparttality, which command even the esteem of rivals, a firm belief iu the designs of Providence and a respectful attention to the lessons it affords. Th events in India figure among,t those warnings given by the Most High for the benefit of nations." Our conttmporary then dwells on the iniquities committel by the East India Company, and grounds its remarks on a work on India published by one William Bolts in 1772. BOURSE, March 24.—The appointment of the Duke of Malakoff as ambassador at the Court of St. Jatnes's took speculators by surprise, and there was at fiat some hesitation in the market ; prices, however, afterwards rallied, and aro now tirm L irg,e purchases have been effected in the R:-mts and the principal securities. The following were the closing quotations : 41 per Cents — Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... Do. end month 69 75 13 ink Sh tres Credit Mobilier Do. Account BO7 50 Credit Foncier Belgian Pieduiontese (Z) RAIL' Orloam; Northers New Ditto Lyon and Mediteran. 832, New Ditto 790 Geneva , - itotuln Austrian Si.nuish Threes Home Debt 37i 55') Western G6O Strasburg Grand Central S,rdinian Austrian MONTENEGRO. The Agrant Gazette gives the following details of the capture by the Montenegrins of two Turkish boats, containing arms and ammunition, on the lake of Scutari, already mentioned : " The Montenegrins having learnt on the 2d March that Turkish barques containing ammuni tion had left Scutari for the island of Lesandro, which is near the Montenegrin territory, emb irked towards evening to the number of 50 in three brats and rowed towards Lesandro. On arriving near the island, they withdrew to a small bay, where they concealed themselves. After a while three of their number went forth in a small boat to wards the Turkish vessels, and ficed on them. Thirty Turks in a boat pursued them. By this ruse de guerre, the greater portion of the Turks were separated from the island and were pursued by the other Montenegrin boats. The Turkish ves sel defended itself, but was boarded by the Monte negrins, and after a combat the Turks were de feated ; the heads of 20 of them, taken prisons rs, were cut off, and 10 others were drowned. The Montenegtius had 7 killed and 14 wounded. In the bark were 20 quintals of gunpowder, a great quantity of balls, and three shells." NAPLES. NAPLES, March 20.—The most recent and most important intelligence from Naples is the libera ion of our countryman Watt, who leaves to-day for England. Unsound in mind, it is true Leis ; but new associations will possibly restore him, th ,, ugh the reminiscence of a Neapolitan prison will doubt less haunt him for a. long time to come. Very shortly after the official intimation of the fact had been sent to Mr. Barbar, he called on Watt, and made it known to him. The only manifestation of feeling he made was indicated by greit un easiness, and by his observing "It is all over then." For some days he has been getting more suspicious and obstinate, and " I ex pected," said his medical adviser, "that he would refuse to go to England. He doubts every ttsiog and every person, 'and one day he said to a friend, "I wish I could get rid of this," t ouc hi ng his forehead at the same moment. A Civisliomanu3, therefore, will shortly be with you, who, in his own person, has borne the insults which have been offered to every Riglishman. Thu rescript which gives permission to Watt to return to E:,gland is thus expre-sed : " Hi, M.-- , jo , ty our L been i,f,ruted thy , the Egg•isi - , euginet.r, Mr. Wa , r, is Ad+ in the boApita! iii tui~ capita!, and that 04: uu:di , a! then 11( , been able up to the pre.e. t time to f rift a decide° opinion on the state of his health, at the same time reporting well of his general healtl, having learnt too that the Grand Special Court of Salerno considers that the prods in which Watt is implicated should be prosecuted for all the other accus , d, and ha admitted the accusation independently of the said en gineer, wto for the present has been excluded from the proceedings now pending, which decision has been, and still is being executed, his Maj,sty, wi-hing to give n proof of deference to.vards a eurject of her Briannic Majesty, has deigned to permit that Watt may return to England, or to his own country, where he may receive such care and assistance as circumstances may require." 'OLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MA EILBOR011“ El-STREET. UTTERING A FORGED CHEQUE.—Edward Boucher, a rt-sp , c;aoiy-t!ist..ed wen, was placed at the bar before Mr. Ritgtiato, chard wi•h obiaming a coat by means tor.ed cheque. f 001 Mr. Benjamin, tailor, No. 74, Quadrant, Rtgon.t-stree.t. George Jordon, as-istaat to the prosecutor, said that, on the evening of the 2d of March, the prisoner came into their shop and asked for some clothes. Altera short time be said he would have a coat, which witness served riim with, the price being 2/. He pulled out a cheque for 7/. 10s. saying he had no other money, and asked me to cash it. The cheque was upon the Joint- St ck Mutual Banking Associate, in Leicester-square. Witness asked him several questions, and the prisoner t ok away the coat, and was to call the.next day for the difference after deducting the price of the coat. The prisoner wrote his flame on the back of the cheque. The que, which was drawn by Richard D. Brown, of tuenzei-house, was returned by the banker, marked i•no off-c s. " Information waei given and the prisoner was taken cut , t.idy. Iu an.wer to Mr. Brigham, the witness said prisoner never called again after obtaining the coat. CoarleB Coie, 317 H. a very active detective officer, .aid he !ook the prisoner into custody in Tennyson street, Lambeth. Told him it was for obtaining a coat from Mr. Betjaruiit's, of Regent-street. The prisoner said he would go with him. He said he bad the cheqte,. not did not know it was forged. He said Mr. Brown, of Somermet-hone, gave it him at a clothier's, in the Strand. On searchin4 his lodgings found three dupli cdtes relating to coats, but no coat. He gave his address in Cheapeide, hut he had never lived there. He after ,rarde found him out in Tennyson-street, and their took him _ _ _ the pri on , r said he received the cheque ae he had stated from Mr. Richard D. Brown, of the Admiralty, Soinerse—bouse. Tike prbouer was remanded fer a week. THE PRETENDED ITALIAN CONFERENCES. Yesterday Mr. J. B. Langley, the manager of the Morning Star, a penny paper, attended before Mr. Henry, at Bow-stieet, to prefer a charge of obtain ing money under false pretences, against a person calling himself Alex. Vitalimmoßorromeo, who had been summoned, but did not appear to answer the charge. Mr. Shaen, the complainant's solicitor, applied for a warrant to apprehend the defendant. He should prove that Borromeo called on the manager and stated that he w,rs in a position to furnish re ports of the meetings of certain Italian delegates. He . ffrred to supply the " copy" at a certain price. Tire otler was accr-pted, the copy supplied and in serted, arid the m ney l aid. Circumstances led to si,spirion, and inquiries were instituted, in which Mr. Laugh y was d by two Italian gentlemen, t , e Cdvaliere G-1 enga and the Count Arrivabens. T..e result of those inquiries was that the reports were entirely fictitious, and that the whol_e affair wiis a ho lx. Mr. Henry ordered the information to be taken and a warrant to be issued for Borromeo's appre hension. TR Li; BANK OF ENGLAND. 1858.—The following is the House List of Governors f and Directors cf the Bank of England for the year en- suing, viz.:— FOR GOVERNORS. SHEFFIELD NEAVE E-q , Governor. BoNAmv Doi TILE, E q., Deputy-Governor. .-~ THE EARL OP ELLENBOROUGH. The Times, in an article full of vivacity and point, castigates Lord ELLENBOROUGH for the indiscretion of which he was guilty on Tuesday last. The Government of the country has so long been in the hands of men inured, by a constant tenure of office, to bureaucratic caution and re serve, that there is something refreshing in the candid error of the Elephant Earl. Indiscretion is, after all, not the worst fault of a statesman, and our readers will probably agree with us in thinking it far more venial than the pedantry of the rapist, or the mystery of the diplomate. The admirers of CLARENDON, PA/IldußE, and WoOD, will not be of our opinion ; but we do not care for that. These gentlemen, as far as we know, always kept the secret of their policy to them selves and never betrayed it to their countrymen ; but we should certainly regret them more than we do, had they been a little more hearty and a little less distrustful of the people. THE KROOMEN NEGROES. Much has been said about enlisting negroes for our service in hot climates, under the impression that it was but another plea for slavery. We are not of that opinion, for we believe that Kroomen would be of infinite advantage in the East Indies, either as soldiers or seamen. In that sense we agree with Lord Ellenborough, who must be an ex cellent judge, from his experience in Hindostau. The public would therefore do well not to prejudge his lordship on that score, but to suspend their opinion until they have seen the India Bill to be brought forward to-morrow evening, and which will, we believe, meet the real wants of India. ANOTHER FRENCH PAMPHLET. A pamphlet will appear in Paris in a day or two entitled, " A Word ou the Pamphlet Napoleon 111. and Eugland. It is intended as an eulogium on the patophle: to which it refers. It is, however, very Mellor in style, and does not appear to oma nate from aoy hi g h au th ori t y. I t i ns i s t s on th e necessity for drivi ng , w ith out p ity, cer t a i n re f ugees from Lyndon. The following are extracts "Rut this alliance brings with it certain obligations, particularly that of protecting the Chief of the State against the detestable passions which arm so many par ricides as a last defiance cast by the crushed revolution —as the last resource of the rage and despair of the van quished. Tuese men, who conspire openly on a foreign soil must be driven away without pity, and they must be comp.l'el to remove to a more distant exile, for, as it is written in that pamphlet, these organisations of re fugees aim at the Emperor's life because they consider him to be the shield of social order and the obstacle to uni versal anarchy. At present the Emperor is indispensable to Eucope. The life of a sovereign, as Shakespear said, is precious for all, for when he disappears a gild opens in the place he occupied and all that was about him iscarrifA away with him. The alliance must be serious and durable which was cemented by such fortunate relations between France and England, an allirrice which is not the ambiti• 11 of conquests, but the union of the great interests of civi lization, and which preserves Europe against encroach ments and aggres-ions. For if by an admirable effort of reason some hostile rancour, some susceptibilities, which were opposed to its return, have been forgotten, and if the two na'ions have frankly joined hands on a ground of rec , inciliation, the influence of that great event will re-act on the universal balance of power." The pamphlet concludes thu:- " AuZi new that we have cast a glance at this grave question, we may derive a consolatory idea, and we shalt have the right to rejoice that an accord, as legitimate as it is necessary, is concluded in . politics. The respect for the Anglo-French alliance, the eagerness of public opinion t) rally round a great work of reparatio❑ commenced, deloonstr , tteg how much the public wind expects from its complete accomplishment. Truth gains ground di,er.- gaged from the cloud which obscured it. Toes will be assured between these two nations tbat great and noble community of ideas which will constitute their force, their unity, theirfuture—the'peace of the world." A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the offic!al residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. Tire Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Bari of Hardwicke, the lt , ght Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr, Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Maltnes bury, Lordlit3tanh-y, General Peel, Sir J. Pakington, the Earl of Ellni.uerough, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord J. !tanner'. VISIT OF TILE PRINCE OF WALES TO GREENWICH HOSPITAL —On Tuesday evening the Prince of Wales, aceompanied by Colonel Phipps•an I Mr. Giirbs, paid a visit to Greenwich Hosp ital . His Royal Highness was conducted through the various departments of the hos pital by Sir W. Dalyell and Adjutant-General Wild, and spent some little time in conver ation with an old pen. timer named Drummond, one of the few surviving sailors of the Victory. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, a t t h e i r mansion in Grosvenor-crescent. Viscount and Viscountess Stra ford de Radcliffe have left town for St. Lconards-on-Sea, where they have en- ' gaged a ante of a partments at the Royal Victoria II rtel. THE NEW CANON OF C ANTERBURY.—The Earl c f Derby has given the first v a i a , b i e piece of church patronage which has fallen to his gift to the Rev. W. J. Chesshyre, M.A., who has received a nomination to the va'uable canonry in Canterbury Cathedral, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanl:.y. The new ca non, acco rding to the " Clerical Directory," was educ ated at Batik! College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1823, being second class in Classic-. He wa s ordaine d deacan in 1829, by Dr. Law, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and in 1831 was male a priest by the sa me p rel a t e. ke is proctor in the Lo , ver House of C anvocation for the Clergy of Canter bury, one of the six preachers in Canterbury, and vicar of St. Paul with Sc. Martin in that city. He is moderate in his enc'esiasticel view', leaning rather than otherwise, to the High Church party. —Morning Herald. HENRY WATT, THE ENGLISH ENGINEER.—Mr. Wil liam Watt, rf Newcastle-on Tyne, hats received the fol lowing regard to 20.—Dear sir,—Since jour MP n . 4 from Naples to hisvvi countrying letters unfortunate :_ from ,b,rLo ot lN ini l ed r ro . s n, March writing to you last, night, I have a-certained that in structions have been sent out to Naples that your bro ther should be sent home free of expense as soon as he is able to travel. You may rest assured that everything will be done in this reepect that is proper and right.-1 lam yours faithfully, G. RIDLEY." " London, Sunday, March 21.--Dear sir,--Since I wrote last night a tele graph has been received from Naples, sta ing that your brother left Naples yesterday (Saturday), in charge of a Queen's messenger, for Marseilles and England ; if he is well enough to travel so quickly the messenger will bring him in which case ho would probably London to Eonng Thursd ay morning. If he is not able to travel so fast, he will be left at Marseilles in charge of the British Consul there, and will continue his journey reach br when able to do so. I will arrange for his being met by a proper person on his arrival in England, so that he ehall be under proper care till I know your wishes, or unt I you come up to town, which you will probably think right to do. You will hear from me when I am able to tell you anything of his arrival, and when I know of his actual coming I will telegraph to you. I am sure Mr. Newton or Sir J. Fife will kindly advise you in the matter of your brother's treatment should it be found necessary. I will provide for hi= proper recep tion on arriving. Let me know what your wishes are. ' —Yours faithfully, G. RIDLEY." PASSENGERS PROPS INDIA.—The following is a list of the passengers on board tire Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Colombo, Captain J. S. Field, which left Malta on the 17th instant at 5 p.m., and is enpected at Slnthainpton on Friday :—From Calcutta—La4 Inglis, three children, and two European servante ; Mr. Elwood ; Mrs. Bruce, f err children, and servant ; Major I aae, Mr? ' N olman, Captain Bushman, Mr. Althorpe and two children, Mrs. Bufgles and servant, Mr. and Mrs. C ewie, two children, and servant ; Captain Lao r.Am>, Lieutenant Fester Mr. 0 aok, Lieutenant Powell, Captain Haswell, R N., ' AL% C. J. Covernton (late sur geo° cf the Ate), Mr. C. Cook (late engineer's store keeper ditto). From Mairae—Captain Rivas, Lieut. ‘Vahab, Ensign Ft-her, Lieutenant Henderson, and Captain Gosling. From Trincomalee—Mr. Williamson (late chief officer of the Ava). From Bombay—Mr. al`Kenzie, Mrs. Harrison, three children, and two ser vaets ; Mr. Lucas, Mr, E. Arthur, Lieutenant and Mrs. Letter and infant, Captain B7echer, Lieutenant Bell ; Lady 0 Shaughnessy, two children, and European ser vant ; H. A. Pelly, three children, and servant ; Mrs. Fulton, four children, and servant. From Hong kong —C aptatu King, C. R.N., and European roan servant ; Capt. Dorville and European man server`. ; Lieut. Mansell, RN. Frem Siegapore—Mr. Adam?. From Aden—Capt. Williams. From Suez —C. Spiller and H Terry (baker and apprentice in the Peninsular And Oriental C company' s service). prom Alexandria— Mr. R ifs, Mr. R. C. Terry and two distressed British t seamen. Fr )m Malta—bieut. leglefield, Mr. Mac kenzie, and eight distressed British seamen. 'AYS. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of too 19th have arrivt d. The Duke de Medina-Celi and Counts de Mas,da, Guaqui, and do Regla had been apps nit d grandees with the cu- ternary forinalitie.. The Regeneration had been seized. Rumours that &still b‘nces hail taken place at Saragossa were current, but the Epoca throws doubts on 'him. The Gazette an nounces that a a foreigner had sent 5,000 rcals 'o the hospital of the Plincess of the Asturia , with a request that his name should no; be puelishi-d, and it sAyes that the QaPen kxpre.ses her thanks for the donation. The Senate was again occupied discussing the budget. THE NgtV FRENCH A lIBASSADOR. The nomination of Marshal Peliss:er to the Lon don Emhaer.y, left vacant by M. de Pt-r-ignv, was only yesterday d , fikitively resolved en—at 1 , act, se the story runs; and tl,e Ministers were r ecein mended to observe the strictest silence until the Moniteur should speak. All they were permi ted to sty to inquirers was, that some person was named, and that none of the candidates put forward by the popular voice was the man. The first iepres sion on the public this morning was unfa vourable ; the appointment of a military man, and that man Pelissier, was interpreted in some sort as a defiance or menace to England. On reflection, however, such a notion gave way. Grievous blunders have certainly been couimetted since the 14 h of January—blunders which have occasioned surprise and disai p ontment to nearly every member of the Diplomatic Corps in Paris, and in Europe generally ; but the sending Marshal Pelissier to London witll such a view weld be utter childishness, It would be acting not unlike the Chinese, who used to order their troops when going into action to cover their faces with pasteboard masks, representing tigers, panthers, &c., iii order to frighten the Euglish, soldiers. F,r from slay tling like defiance being meaait, there are persons who think Marshal Prlissier's mission will have the effect of drawing closer, or, more properly si eaking, re-esta,hlishing the alliance with Englan. 1. Mar shal Pelissier is undoubtedly a milieary man ; but in a Government in which the civil element is disappearing, and which is rapidly growing to a military absolutism, there is nothing ferange in a Marshal of the Empire being named to such a post. It is said that _Messier is a warm partisan of the English alliance, and on a recent occasion before the Privy Counc . l of Regency expre-soi him self very strongly to that effect. Moreover, it was hard to knew what to do with him. The grew mili tary commands ( r pachalics, as they are termed in some of the Spanish papers), are filled up, and in teem there was no place for Pr- lissier. Ele has, I believe, the rank of Geeeralissiitio, bur it was no , one of activity. He cared l'ttle about a Ministerial , portfolio ; and the busy n things which form the duties of Senator, or of Privy Council or, were little more than dawdling for a man who has passed s ) act've a life. I dub wheth-r the .mar , shed has been really happy s nee hie return to Paris, and ie is not at all improb tble ti,at, amid ad the Court ceremonial at wit he has ns , i,t,-d, his thoughts were of Algi•-rs or the Crimea. It was believed he would retorn, at his own request, to Africa, as Governor-G floral and Commaoder-in , t Ti r e o f. w e l r f e his ati i c n i c e l n i a r t e i a o s n o nlsayfo r th i a l i t , t w sa ay ef l yi s i ti er it o . se , The Duke of Malaktioff was Lever supp sell! to 1 posscss any particular taste or talent for t.te science of diplomacy. But he is said to he a man of serest, and, unlike his predectesor, St. Arnaud, there is little of the theatrical .n his characler. A. ►cant f pl tin common stn e will a any day a mach for the mete professional diplomatist. Toete is n t reason to suppose that he will not be well received in E land. The visit to your country and f, auk iiit r course with its people will be of bAietit to him, t , articnlarly it ho is, as is sai 1, already disposed in your favour. If he shares in the vu - gar prejudices common in France about you, he will have an lip porutliv of go tutu 'id of them. He will meet in England with his old comrades of t•n Ott ea, and renew his acquaintance or fiiendsAp with them. He a ill find among those who g ,, xern Eingiant men• who, whatever patty they bel pug k their country's welfare rather than to heir owl, personal interest. • Among her public mind he will find honour, integri'y, and patriotism. Amohgli,:r iditled aristocracy he will di-cover no equivocal marquises, counts, and barons—she aristocratic pastiche that swarm on the Contioent----but rath,r the stet ling grand seigneur, too proud to b.- vain— educited, accomplished, uniff c ed, generous, but not ostentati , ,us—weal thy, butlabori( , us--pat rio ie, b , ave, free—acliniraide iu his very errors, and 'he ve:-v antitheds of the charlatan'. Tiie Duke of Malakhoff will there find good socieiy, and no doubt lte_will profit by his opportunities. On the whole, the choice is not c.,nsidered a bad one. It he is really disposed well towards England, ho will, I trust . , rtturn to Frince a warmer friend to tin alliance than when he set out.—Times second edition. GENERAL 017TRA11 AND THE 78TH HIGHLANDE S. The following copy of a le , ter, addressed by Major-General Sir Janes Outrarc, G. 0.8., corn mauding -the Fist Division of th , -, Army, to Brigad,er Hamilton, commanding 2d Brigade, First Division, is extracted from the Bombay Standard " Camp, Alumbagb, near Lucknow, Jan 26. " My dear Brigadier,—l should be v<ry sorry that the 78th should attribute anything I said to-day to the excitement of the moment, and therefore somewhat more perhaps than what I would deliberately r-cord. What I did say is what I really feel, and what I am sure must be the sentiment of every Englishman who kt.ows what the 78th has done during the pa , t year, and I had fuay weighed what I , hould say before I went on paraie. While fresh in my mind I will here record what I did say, in case you may think my deliberately and c.inscien tiously expressed testimony to the merits of your noble regiment of any uze. The following is the spirit, and I think aletost exactly the wording, of what I surd : I 78th I3.ighlanders,-1 gladly seize the opportunity of the brigade being paraded to witness the pre. mutation of goo , ' conduct medals to some of your deserving com rades to say a few words to you to tell you of my pigs= estimetion of the very admirable conduct of the whole regiment during the year, completed to-morrow, that I have been associatei- with you in tee field, cotatneuci .g in Persia. te Your exe.nplary conduct, 78 h, in every respect. throughout the past year, I can truly say, and I do most emphatically declare, has never be , n surpa-se-i by any troops, of any nation, in any age, whether f r indomit able valour in the field or steady discipline in the camp, under an amount of figh big, hardship, and privation such as seldom, if ever, British troops have heretofore been exposed to. Tue cheetfulness with which you have gone through all this has excite I my admiration as much as the undaUnted pluck with weich you always Close wi h the enemy whenever pat ca n get at him, no mitt-r what his odds against you, or what the advantages of his position. And my feelings are but those f your countrymen all over the world, wha are now watohink your career with intense interest. I trust that it wily not be long before the cautea go will be br eight to a glorious conclusion, by the utter destruction of tie hosts cf rebels in our front, or the capture cf this do trued city, their last refuge. And am sure that you, 78th, who - will have borne the brunt of the war so glortou,ly from first to last, when yon return to old England, veil be hailed and rewatded b y y our g rateful and admiring coun t r ymen, as the band of heroes, which yo u so we ll deserve to be regarded. Good and glorious as your conduct has been, 78tn, your goodness and y ur glory have been nobly emulated by all the troops ';f this divi siontaenetdeoroett n w o h l e . which have shared your dangers and year triumphs. To them, al-o, my acknowledgments are due, and they to ra t t e h f gallant when at ° y P o i3 U 4 r r side, e t , Y a as toffer.he es willp e c ally i i 3e g have dyer stood by you, fought with you, and suffered with you since we crossed the Ganges together. The great and brilliant services perf trailed by the 90th in the Crimea •even , they have been eclipsed by what it has already done in Ind:a. Nor must we forget , 78th, your gallant comrad es o f the 6 4th , though no longer with us, who served with you in Persia. served • t you here, and suffered ynu ha ve dnn e . No, served _ wish not f• 'get the 64t , in a hurry ; nor shall I forget you.'—Very sin cerely your, OUTRA3I." "To Brigadier Hamilton, &c." Despatches from the Laird High Commissioner of the I, nian Islands, and from the Governor of Heligoland, were received yesterday at the C lonial-office. ANNUITY TO THE SoN OF SIR HENRY LAWRENCE. —A special general court of the Ea , •t Inoia Co , i,pany is to be held on the 17th cf April, when the proprietor. of Et,t India Stock col I be asked to approve a resolu tion of the Court of Directors granting to the eldest San of the late Major-General Sir Henry Lawrence an annuity f 1,0001., %Rh reversion to his younger brother, in the event of the death of the elder brother without issue male. FOR DIRECTORS, John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. • Alfred Latham, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Alexarider Matheson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Warde Nurman, Esq. *E.4 ws rd Howley Palmer, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Esq. * N.B. —The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed an: new candidates for the Direction. Thomas Baring, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry Hulse &pens, Esq. Travers Buxton, Esq. Arthur Euward Campbell, Esq. "Yuli.tu Cotton, Esq. James Mattison Cuo ie, Esq. *George Joachim Goscheu, Esq. *James Alexander Guthrie, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. line rlactiou fit Governor - and Deputy-Governor will ba held a. the 13tnk on TueAday, the 6th April, and for Directors on Wed esday, the 7th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon 1.111 four in - the af,ernoon. MARKET NEWS.—(Tina Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 25, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. W SEAT BARLEY I 0 &TS RYE BEANS PEAS 45. ad 36s 9d 23s 4d 4 31s 9d 37s lld 41s Od THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS RYE BEANS I PEAS 45s 3d 36s 4d 23s 01 32s 101 38s 3d 40s 101 ENGLISH GRAIN S Wheat, 113,805; barley, 68, beans, 6,151 ; pea iOLD LAST WEEK, ,`A72; oats, 14,162; rye, 94; is, 1, 432 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NBWOATE AND LEADENEIALL.—The trade generally ruled steady, as follows : - Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3 at to 4s 4 t ; Veal, ;is 6d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4,4 d per 81bs by the carcase. _ _ SOUTUALL, March 21.—T0-day's market was fairly supplied with stock, which met a heavy inquiry, at droop ing paces :--Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 0,3 to 58 0 • Veal, 44 Od to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 43 per Sibs, to sink the offal. RomFon% March 21.—The show of stock was mode rately good, and the the trade ruled heavy, on lower terms :--Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s 0,1 to 4s 8d ; Pcrk, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per -dhs; Store Pigs, —s to -- 8 ; Mulch Cows, —/ —s to —/ —s ; Lean Cows, —/ to —1; Suckling Calves, —s to —8 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 4e; clover, 31 los to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 10s per load. A. fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4'• ss; clover, 3t 103 to 5' Os ; and straw. 11 63 to 11 103 per load. Supply moderato, and trade steady. W RITEORAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10. to 4/ 4s; clover, 3/. 10. to 5, Os ; and straw, 1/ 53 to 1/ 103 per load. Loth hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. ZD'S SILIPPING.—(This Day.) horznoti, March 25.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; light breeze, and tine. QUEENSTOWN, March 23. —Wind S.W.—Arrived— Vesta, from Ringoon ; •Hope (ss), from Africa for Liver pool, short of coals. Sailed—Louisa Kelham, for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTECAMPION, Thursday Morning. - - Wind N.B. frtsh. Ar'rived—Purveyor and Rising Sun, from Ssbanage; Woudir, steamer, from J erse y ;,La Pottle, from Cher bourg ; Alliaae, steam , r, from Havre. Sailed—Express, steamer, for Jersey; La Poule, for Cherbourg; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan. LWERrOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, March 24—Nora Graema, new iron ship, from Belfast, ; Allottar, from the Mauritius ; Ella E. Badger, flow New Orleans. Arrived, Match 25—Samuel, froM Gondives ; New World, New York; Danube, Buenos Ayres; Marguerite and De Christina, Nantes. Sailed, March 24—Melana, for Ode,sa. Sailed, March 25—Alliance, for Charleston ; Lizzie Southwar,l, New trleans ; Island City, Galveston ; Pil grim St. John's, Nev Brunswick. The' Nicholas, s teamer, from Runcorn, for Dublin, got aground on the North Bank yesterday, bu t came off en the evening flood and proceeded. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind E.N.E ; tide high water ; cloudy. Arrived, March 24—Mary Felker, from St. Michael's ; Skimmer of the Sias, Algoa Bay ; Thames, Hamburg. Arrived, March 25 —Feret, from Gravelines ; No One, St. Malo ; Moselle; steamer, Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; E.rl Auckland, steamer, Rotterdam ; Pilot, Hamburg ; Thalia, Lisbon ; John and Jane, Antwerp ; Brilliant, Guernsey ; Holland, Ostend ; Condor (0.) Bre men ; Leoune, Gravelines ; John and Edward, Calais ; Expert, Rouen ; Planter, Louvain ; Collier (s.), Antwerp. Sailed, March 25. Neptune (s.), for Havre. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. by N., Moderate, Passed, 24th—White Falcon, from Havre, for Sunder knit ; Lady de Crespiguy, from London, for Dominica; Emma Lincoln, barque, from Antwerp, for Savannah. Passed in tow, 2411—North Wind, from Hongkong, for London. Sailed—All the outward bound, except Scoresby, for Aden. REPRIEVE.—At the last Worcestershire Assizes one Benjamin Gordon was convicted, with a second prisoner, of a burg ary attended with brutal violence towards the aged pair whose dwelling they had broken into, and whom they avacked with sticks and a billhook, so that the old man was in danger of his life for Rome time, and is yet in a state of great debility. On 't be trial approver named Pardoe swore that Gordon was the man ho attacked the old man with the billhook, and, being ' found guilty, he was sentenced to death by Baron Watson without hope of mercy. his companion being sentenced to penal servitude. Efforts have since been made to obtain a revocation of the sentence, and it has been reprfsert,,d to the Judge and the Secretary of S ate for the Some Department that the man who attacked the ad people with the billhook was the ap prover himself. Mr- Walpole has accord ngly bad interview with the jege, which has resuLed in hiad an vising her Msje,,ty to commute the convict's sentence to penal servitude for life. When this was made known to the condemned man he had already taken leave of his wife, his two children, and an aunt, so firmly convinced was be that the sentence would be carried into execu tion. ~ ..r,r.5...m M( Let Mark most tion. of whi the ap fasted tnaint By Buspei chant, The fi preset A me , Th( autho milli() noon, been to be only f stance mone I rou