The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-13 00:00:00

EPS OM SPRING RA CES.-GREA T METROPOLITAN STAKES.—FRIDAY, April 15, 16.59.—The Shortest Route to Epsom is from the Waterloo bridge Station, by the SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Frequent Trains will nm during the day. Ordinary Fares will be charged down to Epsona till 11.15 a.m., ;and up from Epsom after 7 p.m. Single Journey—ist Class , 2s. 3d. ; 2d Class , le. 9d.; 3d Class, Is. 2d. Return Tickets--lst Class, 3s. 2d Class, 2s. 6d. ; 3d Class, 2s. Passengers holding- these Return Tickets cannot return Epsom until after 7 p.m- Additional Special Trains will run from Waterloo -bridge to Epsom from 11.30 a.m. till 1.20 p.m. ; returning from Epsom from 3.30 p.m. till 7 p.m. During vihich time the ordinary trains will be suspended. Fares, by these additional trains, to Epsom and back , 73. 6d. ; to or from Epsom, 4s. N o particular clas s of carriage can be g uaranteed. A Special Direct Train will leave Waterloo-bridge Station at 1.50 p.m. punctually, and will arrive at Epsom in time for parties to reach the Course for the Great Metropolitan Race. Steam Boats call at Waterloo-I - ridge and Hungerford bridge, going up or down the river nearly every five minutes. - Tickets may be procured on and after Wednesday, at Vessrs. Tattersalls ; the Universal Office ;Regent-circus ; Griffin's Green Man and Still, Oxford-street ; Golden Cross, Charin,c,r-cross ; 53 William-street, , King MY; the Swan- Two-necks, Gresham-street, City ; and Waterloo-bridge sta tion. By order, Waterloo -'bridge Station, April, 1859. Jp OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENINa will beproduced Shakspeare's historical Igay of KING HENRY V. .K.ing Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. rirEATR.E-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS I .3.L NING, wiII be produced a new Comedy, en titled EVERYBODY'a FRIEND. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. TEE CRITIC. Mr. and Ors. C. Mathews, Mr. Compton To conclude with a Ballet. • Commence a't 7. NEW THEATRE - ROITA,: , . ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. 13.. 1a i Webster. Ik,IASKS AND FACES ; T r i plet, Mr. B. Webstere bs _ t + er 1 Q.lll ' Mr. Bil Mr. P. Bedford ; Sir Charles, M r. C S el b y ; Eri`-" lington ; Peg Wallington, Miss Woolgar ; Malatl , MiSS Simms. - NE After which, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF SLA RG. Mr. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, Misses Woolgartliee; eY and Arden. To be ;followed by THE MILLI N ER ' S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Seel, . 1 and IL Belly. 'Acting danager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants Permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with a new fgrand Drama, entitled THE THREE MUSKE TEERS, in which Mr. R. Phillips and the company will ap pear. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques —Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with A THUMPING LEGACY, Miss M. Jackson. The splendid romance of riTANHOE ; or, The Knights TeMpbth 3, i s i n active preparation, and will be revived w ith extraord [ nary magnificence. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, azd £1 Is. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — Proprietor—C. MonTox. T hepablic is most respectfully informed that the FINE 1,1,,RTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec °n of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters •and is also d evoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels a _ may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them gelves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seen o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET Pik.3llLY, of Amsterdam .Eight in number, whose varied histrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will Derform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETERr-29 . 42. WIND, N.W. ; light, with dull weather. We have had two divisions this year for the Ballot of nearly one hundred each in its favour, instead of, as usual, one of about two hundred. It now is plain enough that the desire to save the Whigs' embarrassment on the grand division has been, as we feared it would, no advantage to our tease. The chances were a hundred to one of such a !limber of members being ever again collected, and it still appears to us, therefore, that the Tote should have been taken when all were present to vote. However, we must suppose that all par ties meant well, and the broad fact remains that two hundred and thirty-eight members of this Par liament have declared themselves favourable to the Ballot. Of these, the list for the 31st of March must be held to contain men unquestionably good and trn e• That for the 12th of April must be con sidered a little more carefully, though we would not for a moment imagine that any of the additiosal l a mes are not those of genuine friends to the cause. The three last divisions on the Ballot stand thus.— June the Bth, 1858: Ayes 197, Noes 296. March 3 1st i.RA " Ayes 98, Noes 328. April 12th: Ayes ' Noes 102. What and when will the next divi sion b e p t irile de bate was, porhaps, especially for so small " e lls; rather more animated than usual. Mr. BERKELEYhandIed in good style the arguments of the Ti mes' c cirrespondents. The two great Whig opponents of the voting were brought out. Mr. SCITREIt" ESTCOURT contributed his mite, and Sir RicRARD "BETRELL exposed the trustee fallacy m a manner which evidently quite unhinged Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord. PALMERSTON. The latter almost lost himself in attempts at half jocular argument, evidently conscious that he had nothing better to bring forward. But what does all the argumentation amount to? Lord 1013 X RUSSELL plained h ow far ' foll ow i ng up hi s a dd ress , ex be his explanation had modified his views. But completely cu t t h e t h roa t o f hi s solitary argument, and leaves • his opposition a help less orphan so far as reasons for it are concerned. lie does not now, be says, entertain all the fears of the evil consequences which he once apprehended, because such is the character of Englishmen that, after all, theywill act truthfully truthf ully,andproclaim their political views, with the it. y Ballot as well as w ith ou t et he declaimed at length on the publicity peculiar to all our institutions as his chief reason for not likin g the Ballot. But Lord JOHN must not play fast and looselhethis w ay' with his o wn argument i n i truth. electors may be s that th e great b ody of abl e to publish their opinions with out detriment to their in or 'without th e te rests, and w ill d o so w i th Ballot ; but that a very l arge minority, one quite suffici ent to turn th e sca l e at many an election, i n the connti„ especi a ll y, would prefer to say little, b u t to vote as they feltin dined. di We are told by th e Times, and by ethers, that do what you will, you ca nno t keep opinion secret.' that men will let out —nay, wilt glory in • • r political views ; and yet we are told agai their political views; anti yet we are told again that compulsory secret voting will beintolerable tyranny. But where can be the tyranny if the voter can pro- claim his vote if he pleases ? He is not compelled to silence—he is not forbidden to speak and to work for his own side. If he wishes his vote to be known, and if his word be worth anything to those whom he knows, he can tell them his vote. The excellence of the Ballot indeed is, that it permits the fullest p u bli c it i r, so far as it is advantageous, and enables th e voter to maintain secrecy when this is most desi rabic. The 111191 e question between the lence of secrecy and publicity, which' ,seems to be the last refuge of opponents, is reallr j - a very com mon sense piece of .business. We pra ctise both in common life, perhaps both equally. We conceal as much as we publish. Where concealment conduces to safety, expedition, or personal comfort, we use concealment. Our Governma nt does the same, in its diplomacy and in its Cabin et oonsulta tions ; and even our courts of justice: is courts martial. The legitimate inquiry is in each case, Will secrecy or publicity best obtain the desired object ? There is nothing essentially moral, o r even honourable, in either—on the contrary, keel, ing a secret may be as much a point of honour as pub lishing your accounts if you are secretaz y of a public company ; and we must think :that, now, the confessions of opponents theinselves ';ve proved that those who want publicity for thajr votes could have it under the Ballot, while no one has proved or can prove that those who find secrecy advantageous would fail to obtain it. 'Why then refuse what will not wrong one set of persons, and what another set of persons affirm will benefit them so largely. Well, the question is now remitted to the country. Who wants the Ballot—asks for the twentieth time our contemporary. Let the country answer that question. Yes, but it tells those who ask it—you don't want it for yourselves, or for your acquaintances. We are sorry to say we can negative that assertion. We have known tenant farmers who were constrained to vote against their will. We have known tradesmen who had cus tomers on both sides at a contested election, and who dared not but give a vote for each of the rival candidates. 'We have been on election coin m ittees, and have known that numbers would life , 4- o vote for both the Liberal candidates, for they have Old us so, but they dared not do it for theirs 'ituation's sake and their families' sake. Nay, we do .not err much in setting down the • whole 100,000 of tenants - at - will who tu rn the scale in favour of th'e Tory county members, as now voting under press:lre• It is, however, just those who are free to demai'd the Ballot, because no one can punishthem for doinj it, that ought to make the demand. Because we do Wait want it, we ask it for those who do, they beingg afrali to ask for themselves. We hope and trust that the country will give us this election a majority for the Ballot. FoVTY-FivE MOPE SUPPORTERS OF THE BALLOT would give us an absolute majority in the House of Coninzonv, and a large working majority there. 'Will not the country respond to this demand, and deliver :Is from the necessity of noticing again the dishonest and shuffling arguments of men who profess concern for our morals, but who want only the control of our votes. Another factious attack has been made against the Government. We regret to say that Sir BEN JAMIN HALL—a gentleman for whom we entertain sincere respect—should have allowed himself to be made the instrument on the occasion. The retire ment of Captain CARNEGIE from his seat at the Board of Admiralty furnished a plausible pretext for the onslaught. Nothing, however, could be more clear or satisfactory than the explanation given by Sir JOHN PAXINGTON. It has been the invariable rule for a series of years that some one or more of the naval lords should obtain a seat the House of Commons, in order to assist the First Lord in his arduous duties, and to be enabled to meet the professional objections that might be put forward respecting matters of detail, with which civilians could not be conversant. The same principle has been recognised in every other department. It is an indispensable condition of almost every high office—every Cabinet Minister every Under Secretary, must obtain a seat in either House, or resign his place. Even the Lords of the Treasury are subjected to the same rule, and we might cite many instances in which it has been enforced under so-called Liberal Administrations. The inconvenience has been clearly manifested during the present session. Sir CHARLES NAPIEB and Lord C. PAGET have repeatedly made attacks on the Naval Administration ; and, although they have been directed more against former Boards than the present one, it was felt to be essen tial that there should be some one competent to reply to professional criticism. It was under such circumstances that a seat at the Board was offered to Captain CARNEGIE, a very distinguished and gallant officer, but it was on the express un derstanding that he would strive to the best of his ability to obtain a seat in the House of Commons. He accepted office on that clear and distinct understanding. There was a perfect compact, such as every Government has been in the habit of entering into, and such as has hitherto been in variably acted on. If the party selected failed in his part of the agreement, he resigned his office. And no question was put to the Minister ! No difficulty raised ! It was regarded as a mere matter of course, in which all parties acquiesced one of the ordinary proceed ings which every Government, whether Whig or Tory, quasi Liberal or Conservative,• acted on, and no interrogatory was ever hitherto exhi bited to the Government for the time being on such a point. It was reserved for Sir BENJAMIN HALL to break the chain, and to attempt to introduce a new, and, we must be permitted to say, a most in convenient precedent. Captain CARNEGIE could have no possible cause of complaint. He had, when the offer of a seat at the Board was made to him, been informed of the extreme inconvenience to which the Government had been exposed, from having no naval lord in the House, and it was tendered for his acceptance on the express condition that he should be willing to enter Parliament whenever he might be required to do so by the Government for any fairly eligible seat. He did not accept it without due time for consideration. He asked for and received 48 hours' time before he gave an answer, and then accepted it with the conditions annexed. Strange to say, when the dissolution was announced he hesitated in fulfilling his part of the contract. He was not willing to come forward, where he would have, at all events, a fair chance of success. In place of so doing he tendered his resignation, which was at once and most properly accepted. We can only express our astonishment that a gal lant sailor, a man of honour and a gentleman, as Capt. CARNEGIE unquestionably is, should, under any circumstances, have felt himself justified in repudiating the binding obligation on which he had entered.l It was sufficient injury to the Government that he should have held office for a time, and deprived his successor of the benefit which he would have obtained in his can vass ; but that he should have furnished an oppo nent with the materials for an attack on the M inistry of which he was a subordinate member w ga aa ll w ant iat we could not by any possibility have anticipated. W e f ear th a t the honourable and tion of his HALL, a n d . too established. officer will have cause to regret the ques good-natured f r i en d, Sir BENJAMIN the very That Mr. B. unfortunate precedent thereby OSBORNE should feel peculiarly sensitive on the subject is by no means surprising. His seat—which he obtained as Secretary of the Admiralty, and in consequence of his connection, with the Board—was assailed. He would suffer in the most sensitive point—his pocket; for although he might succeed in retaining his seat—a matter by no means certain—he would have to provide for the expenses of the contest. Save as Secretary of the Admiralty he had no claim on the Dover constitu ency. He obtained his seat in that capacity, and that only, and surely he should not complain if that seat should now be sought for by one who possessed the qualification in virtue whereof he received it. In every department there are Parliamentary and permanent officials. The Admiralty would be an exception to the general rule were it otherwise ; and if the naval members were exempted from Parliamentary criticism, it would produce the most injurious results, and lead to great inefficiency in the management of that branch of the public service which every true-hearted Englishman is desirous of seeing conducted in the best possible manner. Checkmate !—That was the real meaning of the ringing cheer from the side of the Opposition, when before cockcrow, on the Ist of April, a clear majo rity of thirty-nine, in a house of 626 (including Tellers and Speaker), proclaimed the success of Lord JOHN'S factious Resolutions. Checkmate ? Not a bit of it. The apparently Defeated—shewed by another unexpected move that they still had play on their side, and might yet win the game after all. They had their QUEEN left to them. Another moment and the late aggressors are driven to act upon the defensive. There is a new phase in the contest—and out of this new phase there grows up a final and far more formidable struggle for the supremacy. No sooner, however, have Ministers announced the determination of the Crown, at the instance of the Crown's advisers, to dissolve Parliament, than the Opposition, baulked in its ambition, becomes restive, becomes absolutely spiteful, becomes abso lutely and meanly cantankerous. The Chancellor of the Exchequer night after night is worried by a series of teazing inquiries addressed to him as Leader of the House of Commons inquiries as to the exact day of the prorogation, and the precise moment of the Dissolution after wards, There is no precedent for these in quiries. Even if there were, the circumstances of the time just now are in themselves in a very great measure unprecedented. Certainly unprecedented in the manner of their combination. In the first place, the balance of power in Europe is oscillating upon that most imminent turning point, the alternative of Peace or War. The five great powers are upon the eve of either a Congress or—two of them at least—upon the brink of a Campaign. The most solemn week in the whole yea , --the holy week immediately before Easter — occurs n , unusually late in 1859, that it brings us actually towards the end of the month" of April , the words of Mr. DISRAELI — words, a ccording to the simple and .12'uthful utterance of which somehow comes to be regarded by the irritated Opposition as in some mysterious manner or other a high crime and misdemeanour. Lord PALMERSTON Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir S GEORGE GREY, Sir GEORGE LEWIS—one after another of the principal chiefs of the Opposition strive to bother, to coax, or to bully from the Chancellor of the Exchequer some definite and explicit statement as to the day of the prorogation and the hour of the dissolution. A statement of L 'his kind, we repeat, was never insisted upon before by ~Ten the most factious Opposition. Anil if there were a precedent for it, the present crisis would justify a ,departure from it upon the score of many momentous interests —interests less national even than Europeall, Baffled in this most unfair pertinacity of inquiry, the Opposition breaks at last through all decorum and all courtesy. It insists upon a direct and plain answer to the question, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer then, with an air of dignity befitting his position, firmly and definitively declines to respond to—reminding his opponents that it is an inquiry that no leader of a Government in that House has ever been constrained to answer under analogous circumstances. Thereupon the Times, upon the following morning, endeavours to prove by a few historical facts, slightly perverted, that the prorogation ought in a manner by necessity to follow rap3dly upon the defeat of Ministers, and that the dissolution, if not almoSt simultaneous with, ought to follow hard upon, the heels of the prorogation. Now, both of these assertions we positively deny—we pronounce them to be inexact—to be mis-statements either inadvertent or intentional. According to the Times, the necessity for this rapid sequence of prorogation and dissolution, and re- assembling, upon an adverse decision is easily proven. For example, says the Times, Parliament was dissolved in 1841, on the 23d of April, and fifty-two days afterwards the new Parliament met, namely, on the 14th of June. Again, according to the same authority, Parliament was dissolved in 1851, on the 22d of June, andfifty six days after the new Parliament met, namely, on the 19th of August. Finally, our contemporary observes, in 1857 Parliament was dissolved on the 21st of March, and forty days afterwards its suc cessor had assembled down at Westminster. Ac cording to the Times, therefore, forty days is about the minimum—fifty-six about the maximum. A monstrous and perverse distortion of facts that bring us, on the contrary, to a very different con elusion. The real facts we will now give categorically — beginning with the assembling of the first Re formed Parliament, and ending with that of the present—the seventh Reformed Parliament. Now thd First Reformed Parliament—it was the third summoned by King William IV., and met on the 29th of January, 1833—and was dissolved (after an existence of one year and eleven months) on the 28th of December, 1834. Its successor 'met on the 19th of February, 1835—exactly fifty-two days having intervened. The second Reformed Parliament, the fourth and last of WILLIAM (after having lasted two years, four months, and 28 days) was dissolved on the 17th of July, 1837, in conseqwmce of the demise of that Sovereign. Its successor meeting not until the 15th of the November following—shows, as a result, that an interval of 121 days intervened. The third Reformed Parliament, the Ist of VIC TORIA, being dissolved on the 22d of June, 1841 (not 18M), was succeeded, on the 19th of August in that year, by the fourth Reformed Parliament. There was consequently the interval of 56 days mentioned by our contemporary—but an interval that transpired ten years prior to the year of the Hyde-park Exhibition. The fourth Reformed Parliament, the 2d of VIC TORIA, was dissolved (after an existence of five years, 11 months, and four days) on the 23d of July, 1847. When did its successor meet ? Why, not until 118 days afterwards—namely, on the 18th of November, 1847. The fifth Reformed Parliament, the third of VIC TORIA (after lasting four years, seven months, and 12 days) was dissolved on the Ist of July, 1852. And when did its successor meet again in West minster ? Not until 126 days had passed by — namely, on the 4th of November, 1852. • Finally comes the interval of forty days which elapsed between the 21st of March, 1857, and the 30th of the ensuing month of April—namely, the ' 1,77/011601 1 -1 1 • Ztlia2slos„,o*.. DR() 111"u11 THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1859. THEIISITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1859. interval between the dissolution of the last, the fourth of VICTORIA, the sixth Reformed Parlia ment, and the assembling of the present, or fifth of VICTORIA, being the seventh Reformed Parlia ment. So that thrice within the last quarter of a cen tury more than four months have elapsed between the dissolution of an old and the assembling of a new Parliament. Once in 1837—from the 17th of July to the 15th of November : in all 121 days. Once in 1847—fro . m the 23d of July to the 18th of November : in all 118 days. Once in 1852—from the Ist of July to the 4th of November : in a 11126 days. These numbers being intervals between the second and third reformed Parliaments—between the fourth and fifth reformed Parliaments—and between the sixth and seventh reformed Parlia ments. They are consequently no obsolete prece dents—but precedents within the last twenty years ! It is simply preposterous, therefore, to lay down any rule absolutely obliging the Crown or its advisers to summon the new Parliament to meet, under any ordinary circumstances, within a period of two months from the date of the dissolution of its predecessor. To insist upon this as a necessity —when history disproves it to be anything of the kind—would be only again to infringe most insult ingly upon the prerogative of the Crown. Such, however, is the disingenuous course pursued at this most critical juncture by a factious, we might almost venture to say a disloyal, Opposition. LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. We have received by express our letters and papers from India and China. The following is from the Calcutta _Englishman of the Bth of March : The past fortnight has produced no alteration in our position. Nana Sahib, the Begum, and their followers are still lying perdu in the great forests at the foot of the Himalayas, making no movement towards the south. It is said the Begum is trying to negotiate for an asylum with Jung Bahadoor, G.C.8., or through him to obtain some merciful consideration from the Governor-General of India. The Nana can expect nothing, and is no doubt seeking for some place where he can escape to with life and means, to give trouble in the future if he can. He will find this very difficult ; and we do not believe the Nepaulese will give him the slightest assistance. Tantia Topee and Feroze Shah continue to elude their pursuers ; there are now eight columns in full cry, hunt ing him, yet the light condition and speed of the fugitives enables them to get well away. The bottom of the English will tell ere long, and they must succumb. No doubt their only object is to try and make terms. It is repo7ted that these two chiefs have separated, Tantia taking the better line of Central India, while Feroze Shah remains in the desert. It is also said that a number of their followers have surren dered to the Rajah of Bikaneer. The trial of the Nawab of Furrukabad proceeds. He is defended by an attorney of the Supreme Court of Calcutta, Mr. Carruthers, assisted by two natives and an interpreter. _ _ _ A letter from Calcutta says that the India General Steam Navigation Company was about to declare a dividend of upwards of 100 per cent. Its accounts have now been made up, and the dividend declared is 800 r. per share for the half-year, or 160 per cent. per annum. And then English capitalists buy millions of Australian bonds at six. I would beg any of your readers who distrust Indian specu lations to read the following list of the dividends of this company. They are all for the half.year, and the par price of shares is £100:-- 3Ist December, 18.56 31st June, 1857 gist December, 1857 And one share in five worth 20 0 31st June, 1858 31st December, 1858 And one share in five worth 30 0 £154 10 In other words, the company has divided 50 per cent. per annum for three years. It may be said this profit is temporary, but that is only partially true. The company will not again make 160 per cent., but they will make 60, and any number of companies would make 25. There is no limit to e r s o i n d e e i s e s the demand, and can be none whil e th ere is X 16,000 ,000 wort h of p roduce to come down the river, and £ 8,000,000 worth to g o u p , besides the E con nected with two armies and four Presidencies each containing kingdoms. Nothing is so thoroughly- misunderstood in England as the returns obtainable and obtained for capital in Bengal. The single fact, however, that 10 pei cent. is the minimum rate of interest for capital not in Government securities, on absolute security, such houses, land, or Government paper, may con vince them there is some difference between our market rates and those of London. • The determination to double the existing Cus toms' duties will be announced on the 13th instant, and, I understand, the main features of the new tariff will be as follows :—Man chester goods to pay 5 per cent. ; tea, coffee, tobacco, spices, haberdasher y , grocery, and some other articles, 20 per cent. ; malt liquor, 4a. (6d.) a gallon; wines, 2r. a gallon; spirits, 3r. a gallon ; and everything not mentioned 10 per cent. ad valorem. In exports, bullion, horses, cotton, sugar, tobacco, rum, and raw silk are made or left free, while a tax of 2a. (3d.) per maund of 801 b. is placed on all grains ; 4 per cent. on lac dye, and 100 r. a chest on Malwa opium, which. is not, be it remembered, a monopoly. These measures, none of which involve any injury to trade, or the slightest popular feeling, will produce, it is calculated, £1,300,000, an addition of real value. The rates quoted have been adjusted with remarkable skill, and I question if there will be any public opposi tion. COMMERCIAL. CALCUTTA, MARCH B. THE PRODT.7CE I‘IARICET.—We have very little change to report from our last. Two native holidays and rainy stormy weather have caused a cessation of business. The aspect of the market here is generally dull. Sugar—Bombay demand has ceased ; prices easier. Saltpetre lower ; 5 per cent. re fraction quoted at Rs. 92. Rice—Table sorts for Great Britain a little higher. Monghy : nothing doing. Raw silk filature lower by 8 as. ; native neglected. Corahs a shade lower, and less inquired for. Shellac firm, at high prices. Lac dye : no inquiry. Hides unchanged, and less inquiry. Jute good, sought for at full rates; large quaff. tities shipping. Cutch lower. Safflower none. Linseed slightly lower. Rapeseed firm. TILE IMPORT MARKET.—The depression reported in our last for almost all kinds of piece goods continues unchanged, and for fine goods we quote lower prices. In yarns the demand is falling off, and prices are drooping, and though quotations are now low the market has a downward ten dency. MONEY MArxrr.—Money is plentiful in the bazaar, and discounts easily obtained at lower rates than the Bank of Bengal. The Government credit remains as low as ever, and wo have no payments into the Treasury on account of the loans to report. The Bank rates of discount and margins on Government securities remain unchanged. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—The course of the market for these securities has not been favourable ; prices have settled at our quotations of 23 'per cent. discount for 4 per cent. Government paper, and 12.8 for 5 per cent. paper. ExcnANGE.—The rates are a shade in favour of the seller. Credits at 2s. lad. to 2s. 11d. Documents 2s. 11d. to 2s. 11d. Freights remain very dull, with a downward tendency. CHINA. The following is front the Overland China Mai of February 26 : The London mail of the 9th January has not ye. arrived. There • is no news of much importance. Lord Elgin did not start with the expedition up the Canton River, but went down in the Furious to Hainan, for the purpose of inspecting the new port of Kiungchow, on the north. aj4c of the island, and opposlite the peninsula which runs out from Kwangtung, hut unfortunately the charts were found to be so imperfect, and the soundings so uncertain, that the Furious did not reach the new port, or enter into the c hannel to the north of Hainan. On its return to Hong- Hong examination was made of several bays on the coast, and a visit was paid to St. John's Island, near the mouth of the Western branch of the Canton River. No news has arrived of the progress of the ex pedition up that branch of the river. It consisted of six gunboats and a small French steamer, with two boom-boats and a hospital chop in tow, with the first Battalion of Royal Marines on board. Its point of destination was Shau-king-fu, one of the most important cities of the province after the capital, and formerly the seat of the provincial authorities, till these were removed to Canton, in order to keep the foreigners under control. The Hon. Mr. Bruce is soon expected out, and it is generally believed that Canton will not be retained in our military possession long after his installation as Ambassador at Pekin, even should the indemnity not be then forthcoming. Canton has been quiet of late ; and no objection has been offered to the expe ditions made in its neighbourhood ; the country is by no means safe for foreigners unprotected by a military force. We understand, on good authority, that Hwang-tsung•han, the Governor-General of the Two Twang, is about to be deposed, add that it is determined to give the office he now holds to Ho Kweitsing, Governor General of the Two Kiang, and lately engaged in the revision of the tariff and trade regulations. Little credit is attached to the news from the north that Han-kow has fallen into the hands of the insurgents, or, indeed, generally to the Chinese intelligence published at Shanghae. When Lord Elgin's expedition was up the Yang-tsze the rebels were in extremities, and it is not so probable that they have recovered sufficiently to be able to retake Han-kow, as that the report of their having done so has been got up to create the idea that there will be a short supply of teas. Not much is known about the progress of the allied French and Spanish force in Cochin China. The steamer Scotland, which arrived here to-day, brings intelligence that the French fleet and a por tion of the force had gone to Segon, and that an attack had been made upon the remainder of the force by the Cochin Chinese, with a loss of about 200 men. They have had several skirmishes with the Annamese, in which the latter employed elephants, and are making but slow way. Rich mines have been discovered by Catholic missionaries in the neighbouring province of Tonquin, and the Spaniards are anxious to proceed against it, not the less, we may believe, on that account, than because of the persecution which has there been directed against Catholic missionaries. There has been a panic at Fuh-chau in the native money market, owing to loss of confidence in Go vernment paper, and for several days there was danger of serious disturbance. During the past fortnight we have only to note the departure of three vessels for Great Britain, with tea. From Canton, the Glendower with 554,8001 b. tea ; the Crisis with 489,3001 b. From Fuhchau, the Herculean with 630,8001 b. From Shanghae none. The total export for the season amounts to 39,796,3001 b. To the United States there has been no depar tures since the dispatch of last mail. The total export of tea for the season amounts to 24,533,3001 b. _ Our export of silk to Great Britain amounts to 55,090 bales, including 646 per steamer Pekin, and 1,727 bales per the outgoing steamer Ottawa. To Marseilles the Pekin took 273, and the Ottaw, a takes 511, making the total export for the season to date 6,509 bales. COMMERCIAL. HONG-KONG, Fan. 26. The trade of Canton does not revive, and there are grounds for supposing that unless the Chinese not only change their system, but adopt stringent measures for carrying it out, that it will permanently lose the bulk of the extensive foreign trade it has for so many years possessed. The hoppo of Canton is simply the farmer of the foreign duties ; it is needless to say that the system of farming duties, being founded on venality and favouritism, cannot be made applicable to the European principles of collecting Customs' revenue. The mail steamer of 9th January has not arrived. The steamer, the Ottawa, takes a full supply of silk and a large amount of treasure as remittance to Bombay. EXPORTS. Tea.—Supplies are now palpably failing, although the tea districts have been swept, and quantities shipped which are usually considered unadvisable to export. The comparative exports to date stand thus—To Great Britain, from lit July to date, 431 million lbs., against 46 1 million last season, and 511 millions the season before. At Amoy and Foo-chow, and Canton teas continue to be eagerly picked up and shipped off as they arrive at rates much in advance of the last London quotations. Raw Silk.—Shanghai : The settlements of the fortnight are reported at 300 bales, makinc , the total settlements for the season to date amount to 62,000 bales, against 51,000 bales at corresponding period last season. Supplies latterly have been coming forward tardily. IMPORTS. Opium.—The only supply imported since last mail has been per Viscount Canning from Calcutta, arrived this day, with about 325 chests Patna and Benares. Hong aong : New Patna has continued in steady demand, with an in variable upward tendency. Exchange, Bullion, &c.—This steamer will take a large amount of specie. Little has been done in sterling—rates similar to those the last mail closed at—say 4 7 to 4 71 for Private Bills and 461t0 4 6/ for Bank Paper. On. India the Bank.rate is 218. TURIN, APRIL 11. Military stores are embarked unceasingly night and day at Trieste ; even Saints' days are not allowed to interfere with the operations. Shells, cannon shot, biscuits, brandy, flour, oats, wood for the con struction of pontoons, pallisades, barriers; in a word, the whole of the shore in the vicinity of the railway has been appropriated by the Government. The steam mills of Trieste, of Duino, and of Fiume, are set to work to grind the corn destined for the use of the troops, to the total exclusion of private stores. The following - telegrams have been received a: Mr. Reuter's office : MARSEILLES, APRIL 12. Advices have been received from Naples to the 9th inst. The malady of the King is becoming more aggravated. It is believed that he will not survive the present week. The disease has attacked the chest, accompanied by vomiting and stupor. The agitation of parties is increasing. The Queen is anxious to associate her son with the future King as councillor, but her success in this undertaking is not probable. The Grand Duke Constantine strongly supports reforms in the constitution. The Hereditary Prince and the Royal Family go to Caserta daily. Advices have also been received from Rome to the 9th inst. The Pope will address the Consistory on Friday next. He will describe the present situation of diplomatic affairs. It is asserted that he will reject the proposal of a Congress. Passports are given by the Roman authorities to volunteers for the Piedmontese service from the States of the Church, but with the intimation that they will be regarded as exiles. TRIESTE, APRIL 12. The transport of goods on the Southern Railway between this town and Vienna is to be discontinued from to-morrow, the 13th, until the 28th inst. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. It is said that the Government of England pro poses that the question of a general disarmament shall be submitted to the Plenipotentiaries as soon as possible after the assembling of the Congress. M. Massimo d'Azeglio, charged with a mission from the Piedmontese Government to Paris and London, is expected here this evening. The tendencies just now are pacific, in conse quence of rumours that the difficulty about the disarmaments is likely to be removed. The journal of the private Cabinet of the Emperor, the Patrie, says on the disarmament— " France will have no change to make in her conduct. She bas not armed; she will not arm. She will persist is her attitude, as far removed from menace as from impru dence. She will bring to the Congress the most loyal desire for peace, and she has no pretension to present herself there with her hand on her sword. guard. There will be always time to put her hand on that when it becomes necessary. But Austin,. and Piedmont are not in the same situation. If Austria wishes to recall from Italy the army she has cos centrated there, Piedmont will,certainly not refuse to with draw from the Ticino. We are cenvinee4 0.4 would agree with Europe to give her this advice, " But on, what conditions does Austria propow disarms• ment ? If she does not make of it a condition for some thing else, and if she wishes, with entire sincerity, to refer to the arbitration of Europe, it is not France that will be less moderate and confident than she. It is not France that will put obstacles in the way of an honourable and solid peace. " But if there be at Vienna pretensions incompatible with the security of Europe and the dignity of France; if Austria means that the general disarmament which she proposes is to have for its consequence the maintenance of the status quo in Italy; if, in a word, she will not disarm but on condition of evading, and not of resolving, the imperious difficulties of the present situation, then we can only see in this incident the extreme resource of a cause already very bad, and do not count that France will be the dupe of it. " France has no wish to deceive any one, nor to be de ceived by any one whatever. Decided, we are convinced of it, to accept all that is useful and serious, she is not less so to reject whatever is not worthy of her and of the great interests which she has taken under her protection. The best way then is to await, to remain calm, not to let our selves be led away by premature hopes, nor abandon our selves to exaggerated fears." BOURSE, April 12.—Rente to-day rose 60c. The following were the closing quotations 41 per Cents. .... 94 751 Credit Foncier 640 Do. end month .. 95 —lBelgian 41 — 3 per Cents. 6B Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 67 85 Roman B5 Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 700 Spanish Threes Do. Accmat ..... 698 75 Home Debt 4O 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 9OO 907 50 New ditto 782 50 .. 782 50 Lyons and. Muditefranean 825 .. 830 New di'.;to Geneva 5lO _ Midi . — Southern Western 535 .. 535 .. 510 - Eastern - Grand Central — Sardinian Austrian - .. 390 - 517 50 .. 527 50 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71e.; money 251.2Ae. ; threo months, paper, 21f. 90e.; money, 24f. 90c. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Borrussia arrived at nine o'clock, with New York advices to the 9th instant. The Kangaroo, Persia, and Hammouia had arrived out. From Nicaragua we learn that President Mar tinez, of that Republic, has capped the climax of his hatred to the United States, by seizing all the transit steamers, destroying the bridges, imprisoning the Americans, and throwing open the route to the whole world, regardless of the rights of American citizens. The New York Herald says that instructions should be immediately despatched to the naval commanders to blockade all the Nicaraguan ports. General Jerez should be at once dismissed, and General Lama recalled, and a suitable person sent to fill his place ; and that the miserable Govern ment of the Central American State should receive a lesson effective enough to save all trouble in that quarter in future. A Washington despatch of March 30 says that, if the statements relative to Sir William Gore Ouse ley's alleged action in Nicaragua are correct, he has violated not only his own instructions, but the solemn understanding between the British Govern ment and the United States. If the facts are as stated, it is supposed that the President will take stringent measures:to exact a conformity with what eve'r may have been the stipulations between the two Governments respecting Sir W. G. Ouseley's mission. From Mexico we learn that Miramon had met with several defeats, and had not arrived within striking distance of Vera Cruz. He was said to be at Orizaba. The Veracruzeans were perfectly con fident of success. Advices had reached St. Louis from California to the 7th ult., but they were not important. From Victoria we learn that a proposition had been made to annex that colony to British Columbia. The British corvette Satellite, under orders to visit Nitinat, found and punished the Indians en gaged in the recent outrage on the brig Swiss Boy. Commodore Vanderbilt had agreed to establish fortnightly a mail between New York and South ampton, receiving as a compensation the sea and inland postage. New York cotton market firm. Specie rather higher. Not much doing in exchange, and no alteration in rates. Stock market heavy; freights moderate. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms DAY). The SPEAIiEII took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill was read a second time. Upon the motion of Mr. FITZROY, it was resolved that, in the case of all unopposed private bills originating in the House of Lords, the standing orders be suspended ; and that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection that they have power to appoint committees on such bills to meet forthwith. POSTAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IRE LAND AND AMERICA. Mr. MONSELL inquired when it was p ro b a bl e th a t certain returns he had moved for some weeks back would be presented. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said the authorities had been in communication with tho Admiralty and the Post-office, from which department the necessary papers had been received, but none had yet been sent from the Irish Go vernment. They were therefore incomplete to that extent, but the returns would be placed on the table during the present week, whether complete or not. Sir H. AVCIOLNLOSOUIGIHDBAIT'EgDaveFnUeNticDe that L. on. the third reading of this bill he should ask the Secretary of the Treasury a question as to a vote of £6,000,000, which had been taken for the Crime an war, with regard to the extent 'to which the vote had been made use of, and the manner in which the money had been applied, EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL. This bill authorising the issue of Exchequer-bills to the amount of £13,277,400, passed through committee. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL. This bill, the object of which was to consolidate certain penal enactments relative to the management of convict prisons in Bermuda and Gibraltar, and for better providing against the escape of criminals, passed through committee. The following bills were withdrawn for the present session :—Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries (Ireland), Vexatious Indictments, Conveyance of Voters, Sale of Grain, &c., Admiralty Court, and Weights and Measures Act Amendment. EDUCATION GRANTS (SCOTLAND). Upon the motion of Viscount MELGUND a return was ordered for the year 1858, of the names of the places in each parish and each county in Scotland in which any school was situated in respect of which any money had been paid under the authority of the Committee of Council on Education ; stating the amount paid for each school, and for each parish and each county, respectively; specifying the religious body with which each school was connected ' • and distinguishing the parochial schools from other schools connected with the Established Church (in continuation and amplification of Parliamentary Paper, No. 102, of the present session). PROBATE COURT. Upon the motion of Mr. AYRTON it was agreed that there be added to the returns relative to the Probate Court, ordered on the 10th day of March last, a return of the num ber of grants of Administration issued in England and Wales in the year 1858. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR PROPERTY (METROPOLIS) BILL. Upon the motion of Mr. AYR.Toist, an address was agreed to for a return of the income for the year 1857 of all pro. perty situate within the metropolis, as defined by the Me tropolis Local Management Act, held by or in trust for the Bishop of Winchester, and any canon, prebend, or other officer of St. Paul's and Westminster Cathedrals (in conti nuation of Parliamentary PapQr No. 29 of the present session). The house adjourned at five minutes to one o'clock. TEIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Only 910 quarters of English wheat have come to hand, coastwise, this week. Fresh up to-day, by land-carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of samples was s mall. The demand for all kinds was by no means so active as on Monday ; nevertheless, that day's prices were supported. Importers of foreign wheat were very firm in their de mands, but the amount of business doing in. that article was limited, on former terms. Barley met a slow sale, at the late decline in value. Liberal supplies continue to reach us fron . i. the continent. We had a limited sale for malt, at previous quotations. There was a fair consumptive demand for oats, at very full prices. Beans, peas, and flour were in fair request, at full cur rencies. ARRIVALS TATS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English ...... 940 i 0 60 ; 1 , 090 830 770 430 ' 2,660 7,710 1 8,320 130 sks . Irish .... ... Foreign ...... WHITECHAPEL. r ee f, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d; lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81b., by the carcase. A slow trade. BOROUGH HOP. All new hops continue in steady request, at the late int proveraout in values, Other kinds move off slowly at late rate:, COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall—the Lord Mayor presiding. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HOLLOWAY PRISON-- EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. A report was brought up from the Gaol Commit tee, upon an instruction from a former Court, in consequence of the recent dismissal of Mr. Wright from the office of governor of Holloway Prison, to inquire into and report upon the duties and emolu ments of the office, examine the qualifications of candidates, and return the names of three fit and proper persons for the selection of the Court. The committee stated that no present change was neces sary in the duties of the office, recommended that the salary of the governor should be £4OO a year, with house, fuel, and light, and that he should give security for £5OO ; and they returned the names of Mr. John Weatherhead (then govern or of Newgate), Captain Vivian Craig, and Captain. Edward H amil ton Finney, from among the candidates into whose qualifications they had examined, as best qualified to fill the office. The report having been received and agreed to, it was further resolved that the Court would forth with proceed to the election, and. that the election should be made by the aldermen then present, several aldermen having been requested by the Lord Mayor to enter the court from the adjoining " Aldermen's Room" for that purpose. The TOWN CLERK then called over the names of the aldermen present, commencing with the Lord! Mayor, who voted in succession until Sir IL Mug geridge was reached, and he declined to vote. LORD MAYOR—But you must vote. The rule is that every alderman present must vote. Sir H. MUGGERIDGE—Then I will vote for Mr. Weatherhead. Alderman GABRIEL rose next and said—l shrill not vote. The TOWN CLERK—But his lordship has ruled that every alderman present must vote. Alderman GABRIEL—WeII, I shall not vote. LORD MAYOR—But you must vote. This in the rule, and if you break it you will be guilty of a contempt of Court. Alderman Gabriel—l do not think that can be the rule. For, suppose I believe none of the caw didates to be properly qualified_l do not say - that is the case now, but it might be —you would force me to vote for a person I should not consider to be fit for the office. Lord Mayor—lf you did not intend to vote., you ought not to have been present. Alderman Gabriel—But you sent for me. CHear, hear.) Lord Mayor—Then if you refuse to vote, I shall instruct the Town Clerk to enter upon the jol&trnala that you have been guilty of a contempt of court. The Town Clerk suggested that it was not abso lutely necessary that the aldermen present k;:houla vote, as it was only an ordinary poll, and :not a division. An Alderman—The Town Clerk does not .agree with your lordship's ruling. Lord Mayor—My experience is greater tha, n the Town Clerk's ; I have been here longer tha n he, and I say that he is wrong as to our law. Sir J. Musgrove—But, your lordship— Lord Mayor—l will not go into a discussion in the middle of a poll. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. Musgrove—But the question is wlacther your lordship is right OR a point connected with the poll. (Hear, hear.) Lord Mayor—l have laid down the rule, and will never submit to have my authority overruled by an officer of the court. (Hear, hear.) Some other votes were then recorded, alma the Town Clerk said all the aldermen present had -voted, but it was remarked that Sir J. Duke (wh o had just entered) had not done so. The Town Clerk—Sir James Duke was not here when the question was put and carried that the election be by the aldermen " now present," and therefore he is not entitled to vote. Sir J. DUKE said—To save all dispute on the matter, I think I had better retire (retiring accord' ingly). The votes were then cast up, and The LORD MAYOR declared Mr. Weathe rhea& duly elected to be governor of Holloway P r ison , during the pleasure of the Court, and subject to such rules and regulations as might now be in force , or hereafter be made, in connection with the office' Alderman WiLsoisr—l shall now move thaA Alderman Gabriel be taken into custody by th e Sergeant-at-Arms, and brought to the bar, f o r re fusing to obey the order of the Court. (Hear, hear , and oh, oh.) LORD MAYOR—And if you do, and the Court assents, I shall certainly order the officers at once to act upon the resolution, Hear hear.) Alderman W I iLsoN—Then move that Alderman Gabriel be brought to the bar by the Sergeant-at" Arms. (Oh, oh.) Sir P. LAURIE—If you do that, I shall at once move the adjournment of the Court. (Hear.) Several Aldermen—But he has no seconder. The motion, not being seconded, fell to the ground' Mr. Weatherhead being then called to the bar/ formally resigned his office of governor of Newgate' and that office being declared vacant, it was referred to the Gaol Committee to inquire into its duties an', emoluments, to examine into th e qua lifi ca tions candidates, and return the names of three for the selection of the Court, as they had just done in the case of the prison at Holloway. Soineroaudtjionuernbeud.siness was then transacted , and the Court HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) In the week ending Saturday the total deaths registered in London were 1,201, and they exhibi t an increase of 134 on those of the p rece di ng week t ' In the ten years 1849-58 the avera ge number al deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week w as 1,151, but as the deaths in the present return 00 " curred in a population which has increased, these can only be compared with the average r aised in proportion t o th e increase—namely, with 1, 266 ' The figures sh ow th at t h e deaths of last week woe less by 65 than the number which would have oc• curred under the average rate of mortality for tile first week of April. The deaths from smallpox rose last week to 2 2 1 of which number nearly half occurred in the eas t districts ; those from measles declined to 15. Fifty eight cases of scarlatina and 13 of diphtheria were fatal. Whooping-cough carried off 61 children! five of these in the sub-di s t r i c t o f S o mers .town. A T ' 14, Catherine-street, Hoxton New-town, three: children have died from scarlatina since the 3d inst., and two others have been attacked by the disease. The medical attendant considers that the severity of the complaint in this instance is due to the bad drainage of the locality. A tailor, aged 7 9 years, at 5, Back-road, St. George's-in-the-East, was " found dead from want of proper nourish ment." Last week the births of 923 boys and 914 girls , in all 1,837 children w e re registered in Londo_ng In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 18 49 ' 58 the average number was 1, 55 6. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the ineFi height of the barometer in the week was 29.831, 11 .?; The barometri ca l rea di ngs un d er went very sma ll variations during the first four days: afterwards the lowest was 29.41 inches, the highest 29.5:4 inches. The mean temperature of the week NO!! 56.3 deg., which is 11.1 deg. above the average at the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature was likewise above the a verage throughout the week; and on Wednesday an d Thursday this excess was 15. 4 fell to to and its 1 . respect.. deg., on vely. The thermometer Tuesday, an d rose to its highe st, 79 de g ., on t he following daY ' Th e entire range w as, the refore, 35 . 5 deg. T he range was 21.8 deg. Th e ran ge e t ' Wednesday lowest deg point, .1 , 3 was so much as 33.5 d eg. Th e differ encemednnbeedstadalwieyyen the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 9.1 deg. The wind blew ° ll , ev ery day from the south-west. Th e ra i n measured was 0/0 inch. In the 13 weeks that ended April 2, 16,147 deaths were registered in London, of which 8,160, or rather more than half, occurred under 20 ye ars 0 ' age. The quarter was h ea l t hi er than the sarnef period of last y ear , an d much healthier than t h a t of 1855. The m ean t emperature of the first quarte r in the . present yea r was unusually hih—viz., a deg. ; in th a t o f 1858 i t was 38 deg. ; g in 1855, 34. = deg. But, though the recent mortality has be en comparatively not great, scarlatina (including diphtheria) has contributed a remarkably ileag proportion, th e d ea th s f rom i t h av i ng b een 1,1" a while in four corre s p on di ng quar t ers th e y ranged only from 353 to 705. S ma ll p o x h as l ate l y i n crease'' , for whereas the deaths from it in the two quarters of 1857-8 were 60 and 41, in the i d. quarter they were 201. Of th ese 201, 8 oceu'r e the in the west districts, 38 i n th e nor th, 43 who central, 83 iu the east, and 29 in the south. ditch, parts chiefly infest e d were Fi ns bury, S: 0 W and Bethnal-green. an 525 viole n t d ea th s , 436 o ccurred by acc ide fa t or negligence, 25 b y mur d er or manslaughter , 64 by suicide, BANBURY.—The Conservatives have brought forward a candidate in the person of Mr. Alderman Al en ' of the City of London, and with a fair chance of success. The Whigs declare for their p resent representa Radice, tiv Mr. Samuidate, Th e but are sorely emba rrassed by the al , cand Sir Charles Douglas. Parties, thus far, are eyenly disrideclo with a bias toviarcl*Aij)eral Cwaseryatiaa.