The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

' - FRENCH P LAYS.-BIJOU THEATRE. - J. 2 At HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE, 'Haymarket, (Grand Entrance.) Directeur—M. Talexy. T lIIS EVENING, LA VILLE DE L'AVARE. Madlle. Periga and /I. Chaumont. lIN 31ONSIEUR ET UNE DAME. 3L Chaumont a n d )ladame Doehe. DUN SOP'. Bremont and Dupuis. Commence at 8 o'clock. ----------- ROYAL ENGL ISH OPERA, COVENT AIRDEN.-13nder the Manaff.ement of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. SPECIAL NOTlC,E.—Production of a BRAVOnew legendarS BRIyDE. ro l;a xnantic opera, bylte, BIANCA, THE ' 2:lish composer, Balfe. Th e music composed by the popular En Miss Louisa Fyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, air. H. Qorri, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. J. Wharton, Mr. G. 'Kelly, and T. Distin, Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors ppen at 7 ; commence at half-past 7. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT 'I! GARDEN —under the Management of Miss LOUISA pyNE 6,nd Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE AMBUSCADE. The new operetta, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE, amiss Louisa Fyne and Mr. H. Corri. To conclnde with THE NIGHT DANCERS. Messrs gahth, H. Corri, G , lielly, Distln, and Lyall ; Madame Fat/ Merl. Miss Albertazzi, Letlizr, Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Huddart. • Conductor—Mr. A. ll. re d Me llon ' 4 past. Doors open at Seven. Comm 'elle e at Hal." Fr tl EA TR , !,'-ROYAL, ii ,A . YMARKET. LesAee, Mr. J. B. Bucket:Wye- TTITS EVENING the nertormanoes comm enee with THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the LeeCreg g • After which, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Followed by THE LION SLAYER. To conclude with ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.. THIS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's cele brated Play of RU A' . BLAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. ; when ,tr. Fechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown, will make his 27thappearance on the English stage, supported by Messrs. W. Lacy. Meadows, Garden, Graham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo, Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded by SUSAN SMITH. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS _ TTEATTLF,- ROYAL LYCEUM. Sote Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, THE PE I'S, OF THE PARTERRE. weenie Department under the direction of fir: Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. George Loder. Principal characters by Mr R. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. J. Morris. Miss 3f. Ternan, Miss Neville, Misslfildspeth, Mice( Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. After which. a new Drama. entitled HANDY ANDY. 3Tessrs. Campbell, JOhnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers, Butler, and John Drew (his 2d appearance) : Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Mi9F4 DI. Ternan, and Miss Neville. Followed by the new drama, entitled . ADRIENNE ; or THE aNcRE.T OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr. fear Neville, Mr. John Rouse; Mr. If. %Her, Mr. Villiers, Mr. G. Vinin,.Mr. Forrester, Mr.. Campbell,, Mr. Clifford, 31r. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of • the length of • the entertainments. A DELPHI - , NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. Engagement for a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes Robertson and air. Dion Boucle:lull, who will appear every evening in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen Bawn." THIS EVENING, THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Flatter, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billing-ton. After which, TITE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J, L. Toole, C. Selby, Billington,: Mrs. Chatterley, Miss K. Kelly, kc. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open trom 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 23. ; Family Boxes,"Xl. Orchestra Stalls, sg. ; Balcony, is. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is.; • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit , is. 6 d. ; A m p hitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Aeng Alanager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — ..I=x Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. N o ti ce ,—In consequence of thevast preparation necessary for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing* Lions" in the new Spectacle, their ap pearance is Unavoidably postponed until MONDAY next, December 3. This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, i Threee Acts, by E. Fitzball. Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD o Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; introducing the Stud of hiotly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, dc, A:llen e-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome and their Troupe of uneqnalled performers, &c., including the incomparable Young Charles Duerow, the Greatest Wonder of the age. Concluding with a laughable Farce. Doors open at half-Fast 6, pertormance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 THE CATTLE SHOW AND CANTERBURY HALL. C. 'MORTON begs to inform visitors to London that the above HALL, with its Magnificent Galleryof Modern Paint ings, by all the best masters, is OPEN EVERY EVENING at 7 o'clock. GRAND SELECTIONS FRO 11 BELLINI'S NORMA D AR FLOTONV'S MARTHA. PRINCIP AN AL TISTES, MISS RUSSELL MADAME MARIA MISS TYRREI. MISS WILKINSON Mr. HENRY HERBERT and Mr. BERNARD. Conductor Mr. JONGIIMANs. The Comte, Department comprises Messrs. A. B. Hollings worth, W. T. Critchfield, J. Blanchard, G. W. Pell, Charley Fox, and E. Marshall, in his transformation song, .• THE DOMESTIC DRAMA," pqrsonatinglive different characters. 1'111( WEATHER.—SuN OFFIct„ Nov. 27, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43 —highest since noon yesterday. 42--lowest this morning and during the night. 4G—this day at noon. Banomm - rnu-29.43. WlND—Easterly ; rather fresh, with dull hazy weather, MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tlns Dior. —Morning, 12h: 53m.—Afternoon, lb. 13m. To-moRRo-w.-ISlorning, lh. 32m.—Afternoon, lh. 49m. -- ----,4_ 4 ' ;,,,,; - il i , ,•?'--,''' ,V:. 4 ': '''''' ' n. ~, „ f d i t ,... ,.. ; L l, l ifY: . .."gr 4's ' ' ... - 4-- ...-- • - 4 'it‘ •- THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 27, 1860. Seven miles from Pekin—Six miles from Pekin —FIVE miles from Pekin : that is the last news from the seat of war in China! It comes to us simultaneously with detailed accounts of the ad vance of the allied forces from Tientsin to the capital of the invaded Empire—together with full particulars as to the last two notable hand-to•hand struggles between the Allies and the Chinese, the one on the 18th, the other on the 21st of Sep tember. Examining the Royal Geographer's map of that whole stretch of country lying between the north . east coasts of China on the Gulf of Pecheli, and the hitherto impenetrable capital one can now very readily, by tho' light afforded us through these latest advices from the Alliod h ea d_ 'l:utters, follow the Anglo-French troops day by day, step by step, from the morning of their leaving : Tientsin on the Bth of Septeinber to their arrival, as before intimated, within a distance of merely five from the walls of Pekin on the 23d or 21th of %teinber. Advancing fro m Tien-tsin on the Bth our cavalry arrived a b out '• 'loon on the 9th at Pu-k'au, (not down, on ,N.r, ANTI LL , s Map) upon the following day-, the 10th, rt4teb , „ •_ 11, g a place (also nameless on Mr. •1% Tr.D s map) . miita Yang,-tsin. Here they , were kept in a slough of. despondn.. during the 11th cod by reason of the mu ddy Alen of the roads— innocent here as elsewhere in eh . n a of the simple but truly admirable art of Macad am. O n t h e 12th been sufficiently dried and har the slush having dened by the sunshine to admit of the m i„ e ' ll being resumed—it was forthwith resumed accordi ngly _ leading our men towards evening into a place called Nan-t,ai-tsun. Continuing their advance move. went from this point on the 13th, before nightfall I " we' appear to have arr ived at Ho-si-wu, "the largest town, excepting Yang tsun, we had seen on the march" writes one of the Correspondents. Here at Ho-si-wu our troops remained for three or four days until the advance in fact upon on the 17th of September. About four miles be yond this, and within a single mile from Ho-ko chuang, on the 18th occurred the first of those two resolute engagementa bctvicen the Allies and the Tartar Cavalry, the second of which engagements occurred nearly three days afterwards, namely, on the 2tst of September. Upon the former occasion, 1 -. 6 .1 ion the !18th, 30,000 of the Tartar Cavalry ere - .routed and driven in the uttermost confusion heyOn di% small walled town, entered late in the e ;venir ig bythe victors, a little town called, as the i telegr am intimated a day or two back,-Chang-kia-„' I y. . ~ `~, _ ~. ..: , `*,. ''- , , wan. HeZe it was within the walls of Chang-kia warn—a ple:ce completely looted by the Allied sol diery before t hey quitted it, that is to say sacked and ravaged with a destructiveness as complete that evidenced in a house gutted by a conflagration— here, at Chang-kL\ - wan, it was that the Allies remained quietly recruiting their strength daring 19th and 20th of September. Thence, on the 21st (the day of their next fierce struggle with the Tartars) they moved forward in the direction of the Canal between Tung-chau (or as Mr. Wyld's map has it Tong-chow) and Pekin. At that particular portion of the Canal, the seizure of a stone bridge called Pa-lishian was entrusted to our French Allies, the occupation of a wooden bridge called Pu-si-tsa being undertaken by the English soldiers. Both , bridges were, as a matter course, taken, though not until after some sharp fighting —the Tartars having been driven at the sword's point by our cavalry,led on by the British Comman der-in-Chief, driven on thus in irretrievable disorder a distance of two or three miles along the banks of the canal "from camp to camp," towards Pekin. It will be remembered that the telegram yesterday stated that the loss of the Allies from among the combatants consisted merely of eighteen men wounded. The detailed accounts now received show Ithis to have been only slightly underrated : our c ywzt troops having suffered upon the 21st of Sep tembee alone a loss of some twenty-five killed and wounded. It was immediately prior to this that in choosing an appropriate place of w hil e e ngaged encampment for the Allied Forces advancing to wards Pekin after them, that little cluster of Eng lish notabilities was adroitly surrounded by the watchful Tartars, and carried off summarily as so many "material guarantees," or as so many valu able hostages within the walls of Pekin ! There they still were when our I,.stest despatches left— Captain BRABAZON, of the Artillery, Mr. ANDERSON, of PANE'S Horse, Mr. DE NORMAN, Attache to the Embassy, Mr. LocH, the Ambassador's Private Secretary, Mr. BOWLBY, the Times correspondent, and Mr. PARKES, her Britannic MAJESTY'S, Consul. The carrying away thus of Mr. BOWLBY alone was an achievement on the part of the Chinese of no little importance. It was equivalent to the cutting of the telegraphic wires ! Until his return we shall have all of us here at home to wait as patiently as we may for the continuation of that brilliant narrative previously contributed with the utmost regularity to our chief morning contem porary, by the Times' gifted and most graphic Cor respondent. When that able Correspondent of the Jupiter, as Mr. ANTHONY TROLOPPE has dubbed our dominant contemporary, shall at length have been released, how profound will be the interest with which everyone will turn to the renewal of his descriptions ! Meantinse, it is satisfactory, at last, while we are waiting, to know that there, in the heart of the great Chinese capital, there actually wain the walls of Pekin, the Chinese have " a chiel amang them taking notes" — if not literally, at any rate upon the tablets of his memory—" and faith he'll prent it !" Lord ELGIN, we trust, has long since hastened the date of his return and of the return with him of his five asso ciates in captivity, within the sheltering boundaries of the Allied Encampment, "No negotiation"— that was the dictum of the Ambassador—" until after the prisoners shall have been released." That the Chinese should seriously hesitate about giving them up under the circumstance, must be regarded as, all things considered, in the highest degree im probable. What!—with Pekin itself only five miles from the Allied Encampment—with the walls of the great capital actually within range of those terrible Armstrong guns—with the recollec tion of the 30,000 Tartar horsemen routed on the 18th, and of the other 30,000 routed on the 21st of September—with the Em peror HIEN-FUNG'S own brother seeking the renewal of diplomatic negotiations in the name and on behalf of the Imperial Government, as the new, and, this time the really authorised Com missioner from that Government ! It would be ludicrous to suppose that in such a plight—when driven to such extremities, while standing thus manifestly at bay before the strongly-armed and highly-disciplined forces of France and England— the Chinese Government would be so insensate as not at least to make this one preliminary conces sion. When they have made it—it will then rest with the Ambassadors and the Commanders-in- Chief to bring the present war to a swift and decisive conclusion.. How they can do this other wise than by taking Pekin and there dictating the final terms of peace to the EMPEROR and his ad visers appears to us incomprehensible. Our neighbour, Mr. WILLIA3IS, gave an account of his stewarciship last night—and not a bad one. He could, at least, show a consistent course. In no one point could any of his supporters say that their member had deceived their expectations. He did not indeed take his full share in the 10,000 speeches which Mr. BASS enumerated as having been delivered last session. But he had a good reason to give, both for his own conduct and for that of his fellow metropolitan members who had, 49 Mr. BASS thought, too large a share of the talking. He judged it better for himself not to talk about everything, but to stick to his point— the extravagance of Government expenditure, and to put in a speech, as opportunity required, on that subject. And, as to his brother members for the Metropolis, he could tell them that while Mr. BASS was comfortably in bed they were at their posts doing their best to obstruct Government jobs, and to prevent the unnecessary expenditure of public money. He did his best, both in looking into the items of expenditure and in contrasting it with the expenditure of previous years. And, we must do the hon. member the justice to say, that if he failed it was not for want of either work or will. The times have been unpropitious to the humble imitator of Mr. HUME. The current has run strongly throughout the country in favour of what can only be accomplished at enormous cost. It bas been a hopeless attempt to preach economy to a people - willing to submit to such an income tax as the present,. and even to see it doubled, rather than not be secure against a neighbourindpotentate whom it could not trust. We do want, however, some one who does " know about it" in all de partments, and we might then, doubtless, reduce the cost of each very considerably. With the Commercial Treaty Mr. WILLIAMS is well plea se d ; and so s h a ll we b e , if, though violati ng abstract principle, it creates the trade between the two countries which the numerous deputation s an d Chambers of Commerce predict — especially shall 1V o e N be gratified, was what Mr. ILNER GIBSON to this time, that the reduced duty on French 1 ' wines has not ,merely not given occasion to the de- I mand for a larger Income-tax, but has produced a larger revenue than the higher one. We should not indeed be captious, considering how man y of our citizens must have had their plea sures of that kind augmented, if the revenue from all foreign w i ne s made, during the year, a fair start towards equalling its former amount, since we should, of course, feel sure that it would, in 1 that case, soon exceed it, On this subject we •.~ ,`` . .~ must, however, await the revelations of at least MADAME WA.RTEL'S GRAND MORNING CONCERT. LA T S ri'' another summer. The Reform Bill Mr. WILLIAMs did not mourn over ; he numbered himself with those who did not care to give the franchise to a couple of hundred thousand, while four or five millions remained without it; nor did the redistribution of members find much favour in his sight. In one remark we thoroughly concur with him, that it is a perfect farce to give more representatives to the counties at all, while they are, as at pre sent, mere preserves of Landlordism, generally of Tory Landlordism. Fifteen, it may be remembered, of the twenty-five seats taken from rotten boroughs were handed over to the counties, " where the electors were driven to the poll to vote, as they were ordered, like sheep to the market." A grand Morning Concert was given at the As sembly Rooms, St. Leonards, Hastings, last Satur day, by Madame Theresa Wartel, which afforded great enjoyment to the visitors and residents of that town, as it consisted of first-class and highly attractive music, rendered, as such music should be, by Artistes fully equal to the responsibility. The Concert opened with Mendelssohn's beautiful " Trio in D" for piano, violin, and violincello ; re latively executed by Madame Wartel, M. Sainton, and Signor Piatti, whose finished and accurate per formance left nothing to be desired. M. Sainton gave a " Fantaisie" on the violin, which exhibited his qualifications of vigorous tone and firm touch to great advantage. His rapid transitions and clear harmonics stand prominently out in his style ; and are electrically effective at times. Compiegne. ments : dinary Service. He justified his vote on the Bankruptcy Bill, though it had affronted Sir R. BETHELL ; and as a Financial Reformer, Mr. WILLIAMS was right. Sir R. BETHELL was also right from his point of view. It has been the inexcusable fashion in past times to bribe the tongues of the lawyers in the house, whenever Law Reform was in hand, by the most extravagant compensations. We know what may be said in its defence. But what abuse cannot be defended? The truth is, that if the State abolish any service in which it has so long trained those who conduct it as to unfit them for other service, Signor Piatti executed the " Allegro Assai Op. 45" of Mendelssohn's on the violincello with that purity of tone and delicacy of treatment which we can now only meet with on this instrument from this master of it. The " Solo" which he played in the Second Part was perfectly entrancing, and elicited great applause from the 'audience, who evidently possessed a musical ear and critical judgment. Madame Wartel sustained her reputation as a Pianiste most admirably. Her touch is brilliant and smooth—blending expression with tenderness, and energy with taste. Her pianoforte " Solo" was a great treat to hear, especially its latter move ments. the supAseded servants are entitled to moderate pensions. But, if they are capable of other service, perhaps of service in the reformed Department it self, they ought to be required to perform it, or to forfeit all claim to pension. Now, surely the pre sent staff of officials in the Bankruptcy Courts could work as well under Sir R. BETHELL'S bill as under the present one, and for those which the alterations rendered really needless, employment ought to be provided elsewhere. While we are still paying for idlers under the last Reform of Bankruptcy, it was certainly too much to ask the house to throw more money into the sink of compensation to do-nothing lawyers. We miss in Mr. WILLIAMS'S speech any reference The weight of the instrumental music was charmingly relieved by Madame Sainton Dolby, whose vocal assistance was hailed with rapturous acknowledgment. Handel's exquisite Aria " Canges d' Aspetto" was given by her with equal power and tenderness, and the " Skipper and his Boy," "Janet's Choice," and other ballads of that character, received the justice at her hands—or rather lips—which they seldom meet with from other singers. The room was crowded to an overflow, and we trust Madame Wartel will be induced to offer the inhabitants of Hastings frequent concerts of the same elevated and sound class as that which proved. so eminently successful last Saturday. Her spirit and energy well deserve the liberal patronage which we feel certain she will receive. to his own proposals respecting the just equilization of Legacy and Probate Duties, as the best means of dispensing with the necessity for an unjustlncome tax. He cannot do better than press that subject. He might compare the equity of the one with the iniquity of the other, with untiring energy, for they are moral facts, and will bear insisting on again and again. Such a policy has a double advantage —if well worked it will either be successful in subjecting the holders of real property in England to the same burdens as those borne by professional men and by the commercial community of all classes ; or it will induce the former class, who for more the part expend our taxes, to reduce them to the level which shall render equalized legacy duties needless for the present. Either way the great object will be attained. We shall get from the landed gentry the taxes they ought to pay in common with us, or we shall compel them to relieve Us from taxation, in order to save them- selves. We may add that Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. COBDEN, perhaps we might add Mr. GLAD STONE, and all our financial reformers would do probably more to economise public expenditure by rendering the incidence of taxation simply just, than in any other way. If those who at heart relish our increased expenditure did but pay their fair proportion toward it they would think twice before they voted away their own money. Gene ral condemnations of Government policy and ex penditure go for little in an assembly of a business character like our House of Commons. What is needed is some clearly practicable method of im proving on our present course. There is 'room enough for it, and we hope, therefore, our financial reformers will choose some definite and practical scheme of action before next session. There will be a universal feeling of regret at the long postponement of any further inquiry into the Road murder. When it was announced that a rule nisi to quash the inquest and to issue a commission ad melius inquirendum had been granted, the uninitiated supposed that all was now in due course for speedy action. That after hearing what the coroner had to say for himself—and in such a busi ness he ought to have his answer ready without difficulty—the rule would be made absolute, the commission appointed, and that we should soon be perusing the reports of its daily examinations of witnesses. Lawyers knew better. They quite under stood that tne application to the Court of Queen's Bench had been so long delayed, that the coroner could not even be heard in his defence before Hilary term, which does not commence till the 11th of January ! It is not for us to fix the blame on individuals. Sir R. BETHELL had a case which it seems impossible to resist in, favour of a fresh inquiry. Why he did not bring it earlier before the court, and thus expedite the issue of a commis sion, we cannot tell. We can hardly bring ourselves to believe that the commission will not be granted. Let the coroner defend himself as successfully as he may in regard to all the appearances against him presented by the record and the affidavits, it will still remain matter of fact that he grossly misdi rected the jury on a vital point of law, telling them that it was not for them to determine who com mitted the murder—that that belonged to the magistrates ! It seems also undeniable, from the evidence produced, that thelury protested, some of them at least, against the verdict, if verdict it can be called, which he almost compelled them to sign ; and that but very few witnesses were examined. We cannot answer for what legal ingenuity may do, but we hope the Court of Queen's Bench will be enabled to vindicate its own dignity, by showing itself adequate to remedy one of the greatest failures of justice in modern times. Our readers saw also yesterday that fresh evidence of a most important character has come to light. Nothing less than the concealment and the making away with a night-dress stained largely with blood, and that although the police knew of it ! Doubtless it has now vanished from existence, but there ought to be a most rigid • inquiry into the reason for its not being brought forward. There appear to us to have been evident attempts at concealment in quarters of which we least of all ought to have any such sus picion. Under all these circumstances, how mortifying is it that yet further time is to be al lowed for concealments, and making away with traces of the crime, if any still exist, and for the fading of recollection on the part of the wit nesses: We believe that in cases of long delay like this, the memory of wit nesses often becomes confused; it mixes what it retains from others' testimony with its own re collections ; and often probably, in regard to what the witness has previously heard or seen, memory fixes rather on what he has said before, than recals the facts in their fresh and living form. There is however no help for it now. Well will it be 1 1 if this case and others issue in giving us a Ministry of Justice. Their Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Prince and Princ ess o f Holstein-Auguatenbourg left Lowlox Sunday ev en i ng , f or the Continent. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 27, 1860. NE WS. (REUTEIt'S TELEGRAMS.) PARIS, Nov. 27. The Emperor is on the point of leaving for PARIS, Nov. 27. The Moniteur contains the following appoint- Count Persigny as Minister of the Interior. M. Billault as Minister without portfolio. M. Forcade Laroquette as Minister of Finance. M. Magne as Minister without portfolio. M. Benedetti as Councillor of State for Extraor- PARIS, Nov. N. Count Flahant is definitively appointed French Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. ROME, Nov. 24. The majority of the Cardinals are said to be opposed to the policy of Cardinal Antonelli. It is also asserted that dissension exists between Cardi nal Antonelli and Mgr. de Merodi. It is the general conviction here that the Pope will remain for some time without temporal govern ment. The Spanish Minister remains at Gaeta. All the other Ministers have withdrawn to Rome. The Pope, dissatisfied with the departure of his Nu.ncio from Gaeta, will send another representa tive to that place. Should King Francis 11. leave Gaeta, he is expected to go to Rome. The former Franco-Belgian battalion complains against Mgr. de Merodi. VIENNA, Nov. 27. The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day says : " Count Forgach, Governor of Moravia, has been appointed Governor of Bohemia ; Count Johann Cziraky, Obcrgespann of the Comitat Weissenburg, has been appointed Index Curiae of Hungary." MARSEILLES, Nov. 26. Letters received from Naples to the 21st inst. state that a Garibaldian demonstration had taken place in the Teatro Nuovo. The same advices state that the bands infesting the Abruzzi had been in creased, partly by disbanded Royal soldiers and partly by former Garibaldians, and that some dis turbances had occurred in the three towns of Tagliano, Celano, and Tagliacozzo. TURIN, Nov. 26. The Opinione says :—The project of Farini for the division of the State of •Naples into districts been discussed and adopted by the Lieutenancy has Council. The project will be immediately sub mitted to the Council of State. The substitution of the title of King of Italy for that of King of Sardinia has not been delayed by diplomatic considerations, but as a mark of respect to the Italian Parliament, to which the Ministry will reserve the right to proclaim Victor Emmanuel King of Italy. BERLIN, Nov. 26. The official Prussian Gazette says:—We learn that the Foreign Ambassadors who followed King Francis to Gaeta have left that place and pro ceeded to Rome at the express desire of the King, who would not expose the diplomatic corps to the inconvenience of residing in a besieged town." BERNE, Nov. 26. The Sardinian Government, in a note addressed to the Federal Council, protests against the seques tration of Church property in Ticino, and demands. the re-establishment of the status quo ante. NEW MUSIC. The Knights of the Cross. Charles Oberthiir. A Friend in Ti we 0 . Need. Edward Clare. Bred. Edward Clare. The Rainy Day. Mina. Simpson, 255, Regent -street. The first of these compositions is a very attrac tive production, skilfully arranged for three voices; the melody evinces fine ear and great musical talent, and affords excellent practice for those studying "part•songs." The next is a very charming Ballad, within moderate compass of voice, and very effec tive in expression. The Descriptive Scena "bred" does ample justice to the fine words of Longfellow, breathing a tender melancholy and wild energy well calculated to impress all who listen to it with the spirit pervading the original character. " The Rainy Day" is among the best of the numerous airs given to these popular words, and its fair composer has reason to be proud of it. THEATRE-ROYAL, LYCEUM. ♦lways alive to the amusement of her patrons—the public—Madame Celeste has, during the present season, produced several new pieces, not, it must be confessed, without one " distinguished failure ;" but the shortcomings of the opening have been fully redeemed by the brilliancy of the recent performances at this very pretty theatre. Last night Mr. John Drew, who has run the gauntlet with suc cess on the Dublin stage, and is introduced to London with the " best letters of recommendation" from the critics of that city, who, we may assume, are the very best judges of the qualifications which aro necessary to constitute a good stage / epresentative of Irish character, made his first appearance in London. Mr. Drew's good charac ter, therefore, had gone before him ; and the audience of last night were quite prepared to test Mr. Drew, as the lawyers say, on his "merits." The piece selected for this gentleman tS debut ihu Lycetuu -wfts-au ntlaptatton or the well-known story, by Lover, of "Handy Andy "—" a fellow who has the knack of doing every thing the wrong way;" but this mal-adroitness is compensated for by such an infinite amount of humour and of ridi culous contretemps, that the Irish boy ruffles our temper into a hearty laugh at every shuffle of the cards in the little game of life in which he plays a part. Mr. Drew's humour is genuine and unobtrusive ; there is nothing of the stage clap-trap about it ; indeed, we never remember to have seen an actor who availed himself less of stage conventionalities. His dress, his walk, his mild brogue, and his Irish " intonation," are of the genuine school, without the slightest attempt at exaggeration, and told with unerring effect upon the eye and ear of the audi • ence, as every successive round of applause testified to the merits of the new-comer. In short, Mr. Drew's performance of last night was a complete success. The novel of "Handy Andy"—as, indeed, is every work of Lover's—is a masterpiece of good plot and fun, and exhibits a very life-like picture of the foxhunting and claret-drinking Irish squire of the good old times, and the shrewd or roguish attorney, fond of cock-fighting and whisky-punch, with high spirited youths and pretty girls in the back-ground, not forgetting the " boy" and the Oonah Rooney, who can never be removed from the group without damaging the picture. And what would such a picture be worth without love-making and a fight A fight, indeed I A better fight was never got up on any stage than that in " Handy Andy" last night. And the house fairly shook with laughter and applause. And then the sweet-hearting with Rooney (Miss Hudspeth) it was a specimen of very fine acting I We should catalogue every point in the piece if we were to quote all the good things said and done, and our readers will be pleased to accept our most unqualified certificate in Mr. Drew's favour. Madame Celeste has shown great discrimination and sound judgment in inviting Mr. Drew to her establishment. Mr. Drew was ably supported by Mr. Johnstone as Tom Murphy, the sporting Irish attorney ; Mr. Lyon, as Squire Egan, a good specimen of a fine old Irish gentleman ; Mr. Campbell as O'Grady, a very bad specimen; Mr. Villiers and Mr. Butler, as Dick Dawson and Edward O'Connor ; and Mr. Forrester as the attorney's clerk. Mrs. Rouse filled the part of Nance Nolan, and Miss Ternan and Miss Neville those of Mrs. Egan and Fanny Dawson. Through out, the piece was remarkably well acted, and with excel lent spirit, and regard being had to the difficulty which always belongs to reducing to a dramatic form a popular novel—the arrangement as well as the dialogue successfully sustained the distinctness of the plot and the interest of the story. The amusements of the evening opened with the charm ing melange of " The Pets of the Parterre," which con tinues to be received with as much enthusiasm as when it was first produced. The new drama of "Adrienne" closed the performance. The house was remarkably well filled. * S 2. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mdlle. Albina di Rhona, made her first appearance last night in a little sketch written for the display of her talent as a dancer. Very pretty, and with a little elegant figure, expressive face, and graceful action, Mdlle. di Rhona soon won the favour of the audience, and was greeted in each successive pas with thunders of applause. In the little skeleton of plot of the piece (which is called " Smack for Smack") she personates a young French girl, wbo so cap tivates an English soldier that he foregoes for her sake a determination to avenge an insult offered by a Frenchman to his sister by boxing the ears of the first French girl he encountered, and finally abstracts a kiss from the savage Briton. The Cracovienne, the Highland Fling, and one or two other dances, were performed with great spirit and taste, and the young lady was well seconded by the blunt absurdities of Mr. Belmore. The Due de Beauffreraont has left Dover-street for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield have left Far rance's Hotel for Shugborough, Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess Delawarr and family, accompanied by Lady W. Russell, and Mrs. L. Fox, will leave Buckhurst Park next week, for Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have returned to Frognal, in Kent, from visiting the Hon. Francis and Mrs. Baring, at their seat in Norfolk. Lord Chelmsford has arrived in town from the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. COMMUNICATION WITII CONTINENT.—The special trains between London and Folkestone in connec tion with the tidal service to Paris will be continued every day during the month of December, and also those between Boulogne and Paris on the days when the ordinary fast trains do not afibrd a convenient correspondence with the boats. The result will be to furnish a daily tidal service equally convenient in every respect as that which has been so punctually performed during the summer season, with the sole exception of twelve hours being allowed for the transit instead of ten and a-half hours. Notwithstanding this increase of time, the ser vice will be performed much more efficiently this winter than it has yet been during the interval extending from November to April, and for the first time the interpreting canductora:travelling throughout each day in charge of the luggag6 have been retained during the winter season. FRANCE. BOURSE, November 26.—The decree in the Mo niteur has had a favourable effect on the market, and a large amount of business has been transacted at an improvement on the closing rates of Satur day. For the Account, Threes are now at 70f 60c ; Mobilier are quoted 782 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,397 f 50c ; Northern, 990 f; Mediterranean, 917 f 50c; Austrian, 520 f; Lombard, 493 f 75c. The following are the last quotations:— 4i - per per Cents ... 96 45 , Credit Foncier 920 Do end month.... —I Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 601 Roman Bank Shares 2950 ' I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 778 75' Spanish Threes 49 50 Do. Account 7Bo' I Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1395 .. 1395 Northern New ditto 897 50 .. 890 -: Lyons and Mediterranean 917 50 . 916 25 Geneva 412 50 .. 410 Southern 527 50 .. 526 25 Western Eastern .. 612 50 .. 625 Sardinian Austrian Lotrbard AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, dated November 24, says —lt is said that the French Government has recently touched on the question of the cession of Venetia, and also that its meddling in such a delicate question was taken in very ill part. According to the Vienna correspondent of the Pestit Lloyd, the Marquis de 11Ioustier was told by Count Rechberg that Austria had the same reasons for keeping Venetia that France had for appropriating to her self Savoy and Nice. It is believed here that the diplomatic relations between Russia and Sardinia will be renewed very soon after Francis IL has quitted Gaeta. It is a positive fact that one or other of the European Sovereigns has• recently lent money to King Francis, but it is not in my power to say which of them. The Venice correspondents of the Viennapapers now speak of the approaching emission of State notes at a forced course in and for the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The provincial employes will receive their salary in such notes, and the authorities will take them in payment of taxes. Doubtless the troops will be paid in silver as here tofore, as the Government cannot venture to give them offence. Two or three days ago one of the Austrian papers hinted at the advisability of parting with Venetia, but it was done in suih a cautious way that the general public did not know what was meant. The 2'ieste Zeitung states that Lieutenant E. has absented himself from Borgoforte without leave, which must be un derstood to mean that he has gone over to the Sardinians. • There is no truth in the report that Austria has communicated with Prussia on the sub ject of Lord John Russell's famous despatch of the 27th of October. It is again reported that federal troops are to enter Holstein, but I am not inclined to believe that tne German Diet will take a step which would hardly fail to give offence to England, France, and Russia. While at Stuttgardt the Emperor Francis Joseph had a long interview with the King of Wurtem berg, but there is no good reason for supposing that any matters of European importance were discussed. It is said that the Austrian Govern ment has strongly advised the Elector of Hesse to avoid a quarrel with the newly formed Diet on the subject of the Constitution of 1831, to which the nation clings with a tenacity which is but rarely found in Germany. There is now a very strong feeling here in favour of Richter, as the counsel for the Crown displays a most unseemly animosity towards him. During tie last two days he has requested the Court not to permit three witnesses, whom be himself bars brought forward to prove the guilt of the defendant to'swear to the truth of their evidence, and on two occasions the Court yielded. Yesterday the counsel for the Crown displayed so much malevolence that the audience murmured loudly, for which offence against decorum it was severely repri manded by the presiding judge. The day before yesterday the Staats-Anwalt, as he is here called, put several irrelevant questions to a witness, but he was not once called to order by tha Bench. One of the questions was, what the witness—a commissary-general—would have done if Richter had laid 10,000 ducats down on his table. The reply was, that as Richter had not done so it was useless to ask him (the witness) what he would have done. The examination into the conduct of the Gray Sis ters employed in the hospital on the Wic den is not yet ended, but it is already evident that they have long grossly neglected their duties. It must, however, be observed, that Hospital in the suburb Gumpendorf, which is under the super intendence of the Sisters of Charity, is perfectly well cared for. A charge of having incited to sedition has been brought against the editor of the Military Gazette for having stated that a soldier was obliged to march in boots which were not in good condition. Although the weather is not bad for the season the English mail is overdue. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamer Europa, from Halifax and Boston, arrived here at 10 p.m. Havannah advices are to the Bth inst. The sugar market was dull. Exchange on London was quoted 121 to 13 pm. The latest Mexican advices say that Marquez, with 5,000 men, occupied Queretaro. The Liberals had seized 100,000 dols. worth of church plate. Vera Cruz dates are to the 7th inst. The Consti• tutionalists had lost 2,000 men by the explosion of a mine at Guadalajara. The British Legation had permanently retired from Mexico. News had reached Boston from Dr. Kaye's Arctic expedition. All the explorers were well, but frozen up for the winter. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF NOBFOLK. • We have to announce that the recent illness of the Duke of Norfolk has at last, as was anticipated for some weeks previously, bad a fatal termination, and that his Grace died on Sunday at Arundel Castle, whither he had been removed from his villa at Littlehampton shortly before his death, after having received the last rites and sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, of which he was through life a firm and devoted adherent. The Duke had been ailing for some months past, but the immedi ate cause of his dissolution was an enlargement of the liver, under which he sank, as we have said above. The Duke had just completed the 45th year of his age, and his Duchess and other members of the family were present at his dissolution. The deceased Peer, the Most Noble Henry Gran ville Fitz-Alan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, Pre mier Duke and Earl in the peerage of England, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and Norfolk, and Baron Fitz-Alan, Clun, Oswaldestre, and Maltravers, Hereditary Earl-Marshal and Chief Butler of England, was the eldest son of Henry Charles, 13th Duke of Norfolk, K.G., by the Lady Charlotte Leveson -Gower, eldest daughter of George Gran ville, Marquis of Stafford, who was eventually raised in 1833 to the Dukedom of Sutherland, and died the same year, He was born in Great Stan hope-street, London, on the 7th of November, 1815. Although a Roman Catholic by profession, he was sent to Eton, and passed thence to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he completed his education. He entered the army as cornet in the Royal Horse Guards, but retired soon after attaining the rank of captain. He entered Parliament at the general election consequent on the death of the late King in July, 1837, as M.P. in the Liberal interest for the family borough of Arundel, which he repre- sented without intermission (while bearing the courtesy titles of Lord Fitz-Alan and Earl of Arundel and Surrey) down to the middle of the year 1851, when, finding that his sentiments on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill were not in unison with those of the " patron" of the constituency—his father, Lho late cacoepted the Orailtciu Hundreds, and was immediately returned by the electors of Limerick, Mr, John O'Connell retiring in his favour. He left the House of Commons at the dissolution of 1852. The Earl of Arundel and Surrey succeeded to the honours and representation of the noble house of Howard on the death of his father, the late Duke, on the 18th of February, 1856, so that his Grace had held the dukedom for a period of somewhat less than five years. The late Duke was a magistrate for the counties of,Middlesex and Sussex, and en joyed the entire patronage of the College of Arms (better known to the public under the name of the Heralds' College), and also of 17 livings in the Es tablished Church. He was a large and liberal sup porter of Roman Catholio charities, and took a warm interest in all public affairs which affected the in terests of his religion, both in his place as a peer of Parliament and in his private capacity. He pub lished one or two pamphlets on the various Roman Catholic questions which have risen to the surface of current events during the last 12 or 15 years. He also edited the Lives of Philip, Earl of Arun del, and Anne Dacre, his wife. He seldom or never addressed either the Upper or the Lower House, excepting upon topics of this nature ; and when ever he spoke on these subjects his moderation and courtesy uniformly commanded the respect even of those whose religious opinions differed most widely from his own. The late Duke married in June, 1839, Augusta Mary Minna Catherine, second daughter of the late Admiral Lord Lyons, G.C.8., by whom, who sur vives him, he has left a family of two sons and six daughters, besides two children who died in infancy. It was his Grace's younger son, Lord Edmund Ber nard Howard, in favour of whom Bertram Arthur late Earl of Shrewsbury, made his will, bequeathing to him the magnificent estate of Alton Towers, out of which bequest arose the long and costly suit which will be known to our distant posterity as " The Great Shrewsbury Case." The elder son, Henry Fitz• Alan Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, who now succeeds his father, was born on the 27th of December, 1847, so that he is now on the eve of completing his 13th year. The Duke also leaves two sisters, Lady Foley and Lady Adeliza Manners, and also a brother, Lord Edward Howard, M.P. for Arundel, formerly Vice-Cham berlain of her Majesty's Household, who is married to Miss Augusta Talbot, cousin of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The ducal house of Norfolk is one whose fate it has been, beyond all others among the English nobility, to find its name interwoven with the thread of English history, and not rarely in colours of blood. The accomplished but unfortunate Surrey, and his scarcely less unhappy father, Thomas Howard—whose head was only saved from the block on which his son so nobly suffered by the death of the Royal tyrant' Henry—are " household , words" in the pages of English history; and readers of Shakspeare will have other recollections of the same name allied with other historical events ; while those who are familiar with the writings of Pope will not have forgotten how tersely and pointedly he typifies the glory of ancestral pedi grees, by "All the blood of all the Howards." Neither must the words of "all the Howards" be taken in a mere vague and poetical sense. They represent a fact, and a remarkable one. In the British Peerage there are no less than four different branches and offshoots of the ducal house of Norfolk who have attained the dignity of the coronet—viz., the Earls of Carlisle, Effingham. Wicklow, and Suffolk, to say nothing of Lord de Walden (who descends from them mater nally), or of Sir Ralph Howard, of Bushy park, Wicklow, or of the untitled but scarcely less noble scions of the house, the Howards of Corby Castle and of Greystock, in Cumberland, both of whom are in remainder to the dukedom in the event of the failure of the present line. The death of the Duke will be a heavy loss. to the Roman Catholic churches and charitable asso ciations connected with the metropolis and the south of England, and more especially to the Ora torians of St. Philip Neri, at Brompton, of whom he was a most steady and munificent supporter. LAW INTELLIGBNCE-( ZEUS DAY). COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. :Before Sir Creswell Cresswell, Mr. Justice Wightroan, and Mr. Justice Williams.) SHEDDEN AND SHEDDEN V. PATRICK AND THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL. Mr. Collier, Q.C., resumed his argument in reply for the petitioner. The learned counsel produced two letters, dated in May and December, 1799, by Mr. W. Fawcet to Mr. Shedden, showing the claims against the estate. He contended that the letter of 12th November and the bond not produced —proved to have been in possession of either party—would support a strong presumption arising against that party. He proceeded to read and comment on several of the letters produced, to show that the petitioners had made out their claims, and said the petitioner, Mr. Shedden, had been all over the world and shipwrecked twice, and it was not possible for him to produce all the letters that he received, whereas the defendant, Patrick, was a man of business, and kept all the letters that he received from, and copies cf all the letters which he had sent to, the petitioner ; and, therefore, if any important letters were not produced, the non-production was more the fault of Mr. Patrick than Mr. Shedden. The learned gentleman having concluded his address, The Court gave judgment at great length, dismissing the plaintiff's petition, that they had failed in making out their case, and expressed their opinion as to the genuine ness of the letter of the 12th November, 1798. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE PICKFORD. The bankrupt, described as of Fenchurch-street, mer chant, came up for his certificate. The accounts, com mencing January, 1857, and ending in September last, show that Thomas Pickford introduced a capital of £1,700. The gross profit is £9,100 ; trade charges, £10,600 ; losses, £2,360. Drawings—W. Pickford, £3,200; T. Pickford, £1,500. The expected total debts and liabilities are returned at £16,340; assets, £3,500. Notice of opposition had beon entered, but as the parties did not attend', the commissioners granted a second class certificate. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. EMBEZZLEMENT. Rowland Mucklestone, 32, agent, was indicted for em bezzling and stealing the sum of £5, the money of his mas ter, William Onion. There was also another detainer against the prisoner, viz., that he being the bailee of the sum of £94 108., the property of William Onion, did con vert the same to his own use. This case, the evidence in which is totally devoid of pub lic interest, occupied the court the whole of the day. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN. Ann Flaharty, alias Fogerty, alias Sullivan, was indicted for uttering counterfeit coin. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner in Octo► ber last met a little girl in one of the low streets in West minster, and asked her to go and fetch her half a quartern of flour, to pay for which she gave her a counterfeit shil ling. The baker discovered the coin was bad, and on ques tioning the child she pointed out the prisoner as the per son who gave her the bad shilling. The little girl Caroline Watts, about 10 years of age, in a very clear manner identified the prisoner as the person who gave her the counterfeit coin. A former conviction for a similar offence was also put in. The Common Sergeant said the offence with which the prisoner was charged had in her case now become felony, as she had previously been convicted of uttering counterfeit coin. The case was somewhat peculiar, as the prisoner had availed herself of an innocent agent—vie., Caroline Watts—in committing the offence; but that circumstance did not alter the crime, as she was as guilty as if she had uttered the coin. The jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner guilty. The Common Sergeant asked what was known of the prisoner ? The Solicitor for the prosecution said she had not only been in prison for nine months for a similar offence as the present, but was in March last indicted for the felony, but on that occasion she worked upon the feelings of the jury, and succeeded in getting acquitted. The_detective (Aker of the Mint well knew the woman. Brennan, the officer, said he was well acquainted with the prisoner. She was a well known successful utterer of bad coins, and was the companion of the most noted " smashers" in the metropolis. She was one of those who worked what was called the " mug dodge." The Common Sergeant—What's that. Brennan—The prisoner goes out of a morning and under neath her shawl carries a mug. W hen she meets a respectable little child she persuades it to go into the nearest public-house to get some beer, to pay for which a or half-"-own is given. This system is ra markably successful, as the publicans are in the majority of instances thrown off their guard, as the children are generally those of customers at the house. When they can't find a strange child to come the " dodge" with, they send their own children, who are trained 'up to cry well and loudly if anything should be discovered. The Common Sergeant, addressing the prisoner —I told you the last time I saw you, when I sent you to prison for the misdemeanour of uttering counterfeit coin, that if you came before me I would send you away for a term of years, as you were then known to be a systematic utterer of coun terfeit coin. You are a most dangerous person, as you seem to be entirely indifferent to the injury you are inflict ing upon young children. lam determined you shall not repeat the offence for some time, and the sentence of the Court is, that you be kept in penal servitude for five years. John Barter was convicted of having in his possession $ mould for manufacturing counterfeit coin. He was send tented to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGBNCE-(TRI8 DziE) MARLBOROUGH STREET. DARING THIEVES—ROBBING A GENTLEMAL—Three determined-looking females, well known to the police, named Elizabeth Hagan, Mary Ann Brown, and Catharine Hawkins, were charged with stealing from the person of Mr. Elisha Bastable, of Belgrove House, Landport, a gold watch, of the value of £l6. Sergeant Silverton said the prosecutor was not then in attendance. He had called at the station just before the prisoners were brought from Vine-street, but at that time nothing had been heard of his watch, and he believed he had gone home under the impression that his watch was lost. Leach, C Division, being sworn, said that at three that morning he heard a cry of " Police," and saw Hagan run ning along Marylebone-street, followed by a gentleman, who gave the name of Bastable. He joined in the pursuit, and followed her through Air-street into the Quadrant. He asked the gentleman what was the matter, and he said Hagan had his watch, and on his (Leach) stopping her, he gave her into custody. He afterwards took the other two, and the gentleman said Brown was the one who took the watch and then gave it to Hagan, and that he thought she had dropped it in Air-street. It was afterwards found near where the gentleman pointed out. Sarah Chanton, a servant at No. 7, Air-street, proved finding the watch in the area of the house that morning, and giving it to the police. Hawkins here exclaimed, "Pm as innocent as a new• born babe. Mr. Beadon said he should remand them all for a week. THAMES. ROBBERY ON BOARD THE WATER NYMPH IN THIS EAST INDIA Doex.—Edward Hearne, a painter and glazier, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a waistcoat, a shirt, two gold studs, a packet of cigars, and a Australian note, from the ship Water Nymph, in the East India Dock. Thomas Chandler, a constable, in the employ of the East and West India Dock Company, said he was stationed at the export gate of the East India Dock yesterday after noon, at half-past four o'clock, and stopped the the prisoner as he was leaving the dock in consequence of his bulky appearance, and asked him what he had about him, to which the prisoner replied, " Nothing at all." He told the prisoner that answer would not do for him, searched him, and found upon him, in addition to his own waistcoat and shirt worn in the usual manner, another shirt and another waistcoat. He also found upon the prisoner two gold studs and an Australian note for £l. He asked the prisoner where he obtained them. The prisoner, in answer, said that he found them on board the ship Water Nymph, from Australia, where he had been at work. Captain Thomas Steward, the master of the Water Nymph, said the prisoner was at work on board, as painter, yesterday, in the cabin. The whole of the pro perty now produced belonged to him. The note was stolen out of his desk, and the rest of the property from his berth. There was his own name on his shirt. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said it was his first offence. Mr. Yardley concluded that was so. Ho had net asked any questions about the prisoner or his forme r d o i ngs , be cense he believed no master would em p lo y him in a plac e where property was exposed, if he had b een convicted b e . fore. This was really a ver y bad case, an d must be visite d with severe punisheient. He sentenced the prisoner to three month's i m p r isonment with hard labour. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the official residence of tho First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. Present, Viscount Palmerston, tll. O Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, th e D uke of Argy ll. 50 G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John R usse l l, the D u k e o f New: , castle, the Right Hon. Sidney He r b er t, Si r Ch ar l es Wood, the Exchequer, th e D u k e o f S omerse t, the Milner Gibson, Si r G eorge G r ey, Lora St a nley of Alderley, and th e Ri g h t H on, C. P . Villi e rs. The new bronze c o i nage w ill b e i ssue d i n a del the C h ancellor or two. a H nc o e i l i l . or T o.f cire (Di ei Mor inve T 1 Ares bet N I r Et I arra. Mes Com side 1%1 of A Mar ahoN hay( and and also bard Can, 101 i rem Aus and Ray exit aam .... if( Gra £ll3 ble No,