The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-13 00:00:00

TO THE SPORTING WORLD. DE" STALKING AND G-ROIISE SHOOTING. - The undersigned is at 24, BREWER-STREET, REGENT. STREET (in a line with Glasshouse-street), until the 10th July, with all the necessary Clothing for Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, and Salmon Fishing ; and some new and beautiful Tweeds for town wear, &e. Plaids, Tartans, Socks, Cloaks, Winceys, A large stock of the famous Highland Cloaks, for town and country use, and for Deer Stalking. The favourite Flora Macdonald Cloaks for Ladies, in all the fashionable colours. The Highland Dress made up. • Roam open from two to six o'clock, until the 10th July, when Macdougall returns to Inverness. May, 1858. D. MACDOUGALL, of Inverness. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. IL TROVATORE. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, May 13 (Extra Night), will be repeated Verdi's opera, IL iROVATORE. Leonora, Madile. Titiens; Azncena, Madame Alboni (her V appearance this season); Manrico, Signor Ginglini ; Fer rando, Signor Vialetti; and II Conte di Luna, Signor Aldi ghierL To conclude with the new Ballet, FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOVANNI. TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, May 14 (Extra Night), will be repeated Mozart's elief d'esnvre. DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolsni ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Don Giovanni, Sig nor Beneventano (his first appearanee this season); Leporello, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; Il Commenda tore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglini. To increase the effect of the majestic final] of th e l e t ac t , Including the chorus, " Viva la liberta," all the principal artistes of the estab ishment have consented to lend their assistance. In addition to the music restored las: year, Madlle. Titiens w ill sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ah no mio bone," hitherto omitted. Conductor, Signor Bonetti. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by It Maggot, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Manes. Pocchini, Annetta,' and M. Durand. Saturday, May 15— IL TROVATORE. Tuesday, May 18—rHE HUGUENOTS. Wednesday, May 19— Extra Night-- IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (first time this season), and an Act of a favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Plecelomini will appear; and various entertainments in the Ballet, in which Pocchini will appear. To commence at half-past 7. Thursday, May 20—Extra Night—DON GIOVANNI and Ballet. Friday, May 21—Extra Night—lL TRO TATORE and Ballet. Friday, May 28---Grand Morning Concert, in which all the artistes of the establishment will appear. Monday, June 7—A Grand Morning Performance, inwhich all the artistes of the establishment will perform, including all the artistes of the ballet. A limited number of boxes have been reserved to the pub ic, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, which may be had at the Box-office at the Theatre, T HEATRE ROYAL, II A.YMARIOET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 _Pit... Gallery ~ R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. ' THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the seventh time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY MANNERING. Meg Merrilees, Madame Celeste ; Dandle Dimmest, Mr. B. Webster. .To,eonelude with THAT BLESSED BABY, in whits Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Commence at Seven. STRAND THE AT RE. —Lesßee and Directress, Miss S wanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIA.VOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENIN(I.—The follow !ag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, ezc. viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brun e l), Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Mrs Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Barr F. Jonghmans , Mr. Henshaw, S. •Toner, J. Barker, W. Melling, S enor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, &Nov Tlroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dte., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. THE WEATHER—SuN Ovnol. MAY 13. THIMMOMITER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night, 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.72—5ti1l falling. WIND, S.W. ; light, with mild cloudy weather, in clining to rain. One o'clock—Slight showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIA DAY—Morn., 23 min. aft. 1 —Even., 46 min aft. 1 TO-MORROW —Morn., 6 min. aft. 2—Even., 29 min. aft. 2 -4 , 014 rCr 71) ,44,,z4,1111„ LONDON, THURSDAY, MAT 13, 1858. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Cabinet Council, which was held at Mr. DisaAELes official residence, yesterday afternoon, lasted an hour and ten minutes. This morning the Earl of DERBY had an audience of the QUEEN. There was great activity at the Carlton and Reform Clubs yesterday evening, the rumour gaining ground that Ministers intend to dissolve. Several of our contemporaries give accounts of Ministerial re-construction, but as yet they have received no authentic confirmation, and it is probable that the name of Lord DERBY'S new colleague will not transpire, as the House of Com mons may possibly, by its vote, impose upon the Minister the necessity of submitting to a double re-election. tVe have received a great many addresses from Members to their Constituents, but as they merely announce that a dissolution is at hand, and that their authors will offer themselves for re-election, we think it unnecessary to reproduce them here. It is said that Ministers have hinted to their supporters the necessity of taking immediate 'steps to secure their seats in the next Parliament. There is much speculation as to the probable Iseult . of a dissolution. The general impression is that Lord DERBY woulJ gain some 60 seats, buf that would not give a Conservative majority, although it would enable Ministers to con duct the business of the country, as the Radical party are of opinion that nothing would be gained at this moment by a change which would place the Whigs in office —the moment not b a yi ng yet arrived for the sincere Liberals to form an Administration. We are anxious th a t our Ballot-friendsh I loos no time i n p re p aring for the struggle: °uNvil cannot believe that the Radical p art y will Bilge: by 'the dissolution, as the seats gained by Minis ters will be wrested from Palmerstonians, and we are disposed to think that many Whigs of the CLARESDON-CLANRICARDE school will make fer thorough-going Reformers. At any rate, if any loss does accrue to the Liberal party from the impend THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EA/ FINING, MAY 13, "1858. ing dissolution, Lord PALMERSTON alone will be answerable for it. The only circumstance which could justify CARDWELL'S motion has been re moved by Lord ELLENRoxoram's resignation, and it is now only a factious artifice to attempt to saddle the Government with an indiscretion for which that Noble Lord has frankly stated that he alone is responsible. The Palmerstonians exhibit neither moderation nor decency. They are hungering and thirsting for office with all its agremens, and they care not by what means it may be obtained. The conduct of Lord DERBY and his friends when in Opposi tion was very different indeed. They acted fairly and properly, and relinquished many opportunities of annoying, and perhaps overthrowing their political opponents. They manifested a sincere regard for the national interests, looking to the welfare of Great Britain rather than party affairs. But now all that is changed, and even the welfare and happiness of 150,000,000 of our fellow-sub jects are rendered subservient to the petty manoeuvres of th• family clique. It is said that there has been a coalition—that the Peelites, or some of them, have come to terms with the Palmerstonians. Mr. CARDWELL is the band selected to fling the firebrand. Should it succeed he is to be the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, it is stated, is to be the Minister for India, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT Colonial Secre tary. But there is " many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." The compact will not be ratified by the nation, or sanctioned by the independent Liberals. Lord ELLENBOROUGR acted fairly and honourably. With his great experience and foresight he could not avoid seeing the grave mistake into which Lord CANNING had been betrayed, and could not, consistently with his duty, abstain from giving expression to his opinions. No person has dared to support the policy of wholesale spoliation and universal confiscation, not even the aspirant to the Exche quer Office, the would-be financier has not ventured to justify the proclamation that might drive an entire nation to desperation. It is only its puili cation that is complained of, and the circumstances connected with that publication have already been fully explained. It would have been a serious error if the Government bad sanctioned the con fiscation policy of Lord CANNING. He was not an officer of theirs ; and probably on that ac count, and that only, he was treated with too much consideration. It was merely hinted that he should temper justice with mercy ; that he should distinguish between the mutineers and murderers and those who believed that they were taking up arms pro aria et focis, and fur the restoration of their legitimate sovereign. It was the friends (!) of Lord CANNING who corn- palled the publicity of the so-called censure which elicited the facts of the case. They are the parties really responsible, and must sustain the entire burden. While recognising the chivalrous and highly honourable conduct of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, we think that he committed, and his colleagues sanctioned, a serious error. He should not have resigned, nor should it have been accepted. We believe that the people would have endorsed his policy, and that they would have rejoiced in re taining the services of so able and experienced an administrator. Lord CANNING'S proclamation was published without waiting to know the feeling of the Govern ment, to which he ought to be the servant, but strove to be the master ; and all the prejudicial results that must have followed that inauspicious po 1i oy would have occurred, if the answering despatch were suppressed, or we should rather say, not pub lished ! But whatever may be the feeling on that point—whether Lord ELLENSOROUGH was right or wrong in the publication, no one impeaches the correctness of his views respecting the actual facts. He has resigned, and his colleagues are neither open to the censure or entitled to the credit of the course. Alone he did it, and he has nobly insisted on bearing the penalty. Nothing but the most factious opposition, the most greedy craving after office could justify any further pro ceedings. But it is impossible to measure the anxiety for office amongst a certain class of poli ticians, and although it would be deeply injurious to the nation, we could almost wish that the sibbath-day conspirators might have a tem porary success in order that the House of Commons might be purified, and that the various constituencies might have the opportunity of rejecting with disdain, men who should never have obtained their suffrages. Should the malcontents succeed, there will, of course, be a general election, and that will pro duce a large infusion of new blood into the House of Commons, and render it, what it cannot at pre sent be said to be, a fair exponent of the opinions and wishes of the people. There has been another meeting of independent liberal members of the House of Commons, and it is said that some difference of opinion prevailed as to the course to be adopted with reference to Mr. CARDWELL'S factious motion. We can scarcely conceive the cause of such dif ference, or how any consistent and in dependent liberal could desire to create a Palmerstonian Dictatorship or restore the despot-loving Lord CLARENDON to office. But there are wheels within wheels, and the real motive power, the operative influences, are as yet unknown. We think better, however, of the party, than to suppose that they will suffer themselves to be made the tools either of Peelites or Palmer stonians. We cannot conceive that Mr.BEIGFIT Will seek to drive the inhabitants of Oude to despera tion, or that Mr. ROEBUCK would consent to wholesale spoliation. Mr. HEADLAII does not desire to establish a dictatorship or a perpetual Premier. Nor will Mr. FORSTER whip either in or out, to produce a family Cabinet with CLARENDON, CLANRIOARDE, WOOD, and LEWIS, holding high positions, and the rival WhigQ, Lords PALMERSTON and eT° h L drawing lots for th e P remiership. T higher mission. Th ere i s a nobler prize before them. If they act fkirly a n d honour ably, without prej udice or bias, th ey will prove their value, and teach those wh o treated them w ith contumely and no glect a salutary lesson. All that Lord DERBY the Liberals. He offers g oof measures. He asks is fair play, and he se eks it at the hands of maintains the honour of the country both at home and abroad. absolute rwic) - No party in either Clouse of Parliament has an a ity ; and there is always the possibility of an und u e co m bination, or rather conspiracy, succeeding. But, as Mr. DISRAELI once remarked, "England does not love coali tions." The feeling within the House differs widely from that abroad, and if the voice of public opinion is to be attended to, the Right Honourable and Honourable Gentlemen must alt - gether change their tactics. We look, however, r with confidence to the consistent Liberals, and trust that the course to be adopted to-morrow will fully- justify the reliance hitherto placed in them by the community at large. We understand that there will be another meeting, tc-morrow, of the Independent Liberals at the House of Commons. Sir HENRY LYTTON Br:LITER'S nomination as the successor of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE at Constantinople, is beyond all question the most judicious, as it is certain beyond all doubt to be ' the most popular among all Lord MALMESRURY'S ' new diplomatic appointments. It is the selection ' of one of the most skilled diplomatists of his age to one of the most difficult and responsible posts ' that could by possibility be confided to an Am bassador. It is the choice not only of the right man for the right place, but precisely, too, at the right moment, The fitness of things has seldom been more strikingly, as it has perhaps never been more satisfactorily, illustrated iu this most com plicated and exquisitely balanced of all the politi cal departments. The nomination of his Excel lency Sir HENRY BULWER as her Britannic MA JESTY'S envoy to the Sublime Porte, takes rank, in truth, at once among the conspicuous success rapidly achieved by the DERBY Government. It will be long remembered, we believe, as last but not least from that remarkable catalogue—the list of the triumphs won within the narrow space of a single quarter of a year by the Liberal-Conserva tive Administration. The release of PARR and WATT from their long Neapolitan incarceration— the resolute diminution of the Income Tax in spite of a formidable but evaded deficiency—the prompt concession of the old bugbear Property Qualification, as a first instalment of Parliamen tary Reform—the determined rejection of every idea of diminished expenditure in the maintenance of our military and maritime armaments—the preservation of our alliances, simultaneously with the direct vindication of our independence ; these, and other remarkable achievements, have within less than three months secured to a Cabinet sud denly called into existence out of an abrupt and wholly unexpected emergency a reputation com pounded at once of liberality and resolution, of patriotism and promptitude. Together with these eminently noteworthy acts boldly adven tured upon forthwith immediately upon the in stallation of the new Ministry, there have been others of a no less significant character, proceedings which have confirmed that reputation in the na tional judgment, giving it a colour as well as a form ; in some instances expanding credit to popularity, and in others even heightening respect into admiration. It can hardly be surprising, however, that much, even in so short a period, should have been accomplished by a Government, having as its chief a leader no less daring and chivalrous than the Earl of DERBY—a Chancellor of the Exchequer in every way, whether as a de bater, or as a financier, alike skilled in fiscal finesse and Parliamentary rhetoric, like the right Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire—a Foreign Secre tary as energetic as Lord MILMESBITRY—a Colonial Minister, as full of promise, and as affluent iu device as the Noble Lord the member for King's Lynn —a Home Administrator as statesman-like, in every thought and action, as Mr. Secretary WALPOLE : to say nothing of this Cabinet having simultaneously substituted, for Sir CHARLES WooD, at the Admiralty—an administrator as earnest and indefatigable as Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. Determination, civicism, energy, promptitude— with such a change—were the very results natu rally, if not inevitably, to be expected. And so it certainly came to pass, that no sooner were the DERBY Ministers installed in office than they at once began the series of labours upon which we have seen them rapidly adventuring, and the chief among which we have here once more succinctly enumerated. In no department of the Administration, how ever, have larger alterations, modifications, repa rations been effected, since February, than in the particular department presided over by the Earl of MALMESIURY. A despatch that ought certainly to have been written by his predecessor, was writ ten by him, immediately upon his installation in Downing-street, as Foreign Secretary. British subjects, who ought, as undeniably, to have been long before restored to liberty and their own land by that same predecessor of Lord MALMESBURY, were quickly extricated from imprisonment by Lord MALMESBURY in his capa city as the official protector (in fact and not simply by name) of the much talked-of civis Britannicus. Another British subject, in the person of Mr. HODGE, was, with equal speed, elsewhere relieved from durance vile by the Noble Earl the chief of the Foreign Department. Under his auspices, moreover, old alliances and new alliances have been alike satisfactorily maintained ; and yet, simultaneously with the accomplishment of all this, Lord MALMESBURY has, in the short space of one quarter, contrived to remodel and reorga nise a considerable portion of the whole diplo matic service of England. Scarcely, in the first instance, and at one fell swoop, has Lord MAL MESSURY redistributed five great embassies, when he nominates to a sixth, of the very first im portance, one, moreover, invested with the most solemn responsibilities, the most judiciously and sagaciously selected of all the diplomatic servants of the Crown appointed afresh under the Earl of DERBY'S Administration. No one assuredly will gainsay the accuracy of this assertion. What ever may be thought anywhere of the substitu tion of Lord R. LOFTUS at Vienna in place of Sir H. SEYMOITR—of Sir J. CRAMPTON at St. Peters burg in the room of Lord WODEHOUSE—of Mr. HOWARD at Florence in the room of Lord NOR MANEY—of Mr. BUCHANAN at Madrid in the room of Lord HOWBEN—and of Mr. ELLiorr at Copenhagen in the room of Mr. BUCHANAN—it will scarcely be denied by any caviller, however captious, however exacting, however depreciating, that in choosing Sir H. BULWER as Lord STRAT FORD DE REDCLIFFE'S successor the Noble Etrl at the head of the Foreign-office has hit upon the man of men who ought, beyond all others, to have been selected particularly at this juncture as her MAJESTY'S dipl Anatie representative at Constanti nople. His Excellency will Lae with him to the Golden Horn very nearly 30 years of diplomatic experience. His distinguished career as a diplc inatist having begun in his extreme youth, in 1829, when, as attaché, he was nominated suc cessively to the embassies at Berlin, at Brussels, and the Hague. His first post of import.ince, however; was the second of those three, that of his special mission to Brusselq, whither he pro ceeded in 1830, and where it was he watched, with youthful but sagacious vigilance, the progress of the Belgian revolution. Secretary of Legation and Chargé d'Affaires in 1835 in that same capi tal, ho there continued in that two-fold capacity for two years—namely, until 1837 ( wore than 20 years ago), when he went as 'S ecre t ary to the very Embassy over which he has now, in 1858, been chosen to preside, the conspicuous and im- portant Embassy at Constantinople. There it was, when simply Secretary of Legation, that hi s Excellency negotiated the commercial treaty between the Porte and England. S,ubsequently named, in 1839 7 -a . decade from the date of his. entrance into the servics—Seeretary to the Em bassy at Paris, he was three times interim. Minis ter at the French Court during the occasional absence of the Ambassador. In 1843 he himself inaugurated his career as Minister Plenipotentiary. That notable career is the reason for his present nomination. As Ambassador at Madrid, as Am bassador at Washington, as A m b assa d or at E lo rence—and yet more recently, and, if possible, more remarkably, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the reorganisation and reconstitution of the Danubian Principalities Sir HENRY LYTTON BIILWER has, during 15 years, so acted in those remote regions as to win the admiration of his country and the approbation of his Sovereign. This approbation her Most Gra cious MAJESTY signalised ten years ago by his Excellency's investiture with the dignity of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath ; but it has now been yet more signally marked by his admission, on the 11th inst., to kiss hands on being appointed her MAJESTY'S Ambassador at Constantinople. THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSE PLOT. - A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT. The candour with which we always treat our political opponents, obliges us to notice the anxious desire which the Palmerstonian place-huntexs have manifested to allow no act of theirs to pass un hallowed. Thus it was that &Inclay was the day selected for the meeting at Cambridge House, at which the plan of operations was settled, and, by a felicitous combination, the services of an Evangelical Intriguer were secured to re commend the spoilation of Oude to the cordial approbation of the louse of Lords. In justice to Mr. CARDWELL, we are bound to observe that the Right Honourable Gentleman showed the same laudable desire to consecrate his designs upon Downing street, and that he did his best to celebrate Ascension Day by the restora tion of the Place-hunters to office. MR. INWARD GLOVER'S ANNUAL CO! CERT. Those who say the Enghall are not a musical peop'e "begin their nomenclature much too soon," fur certainly the aspect of our present metropolitan musical stars afford favourable augurship touching the state of our harmonic ascendancy. We need not take a weary walk to meet with numberless temples where Apollo is i aramount lord and master, and to hear unequivocal significations that we have music in our national soul. We have opera on all sides— in all shapes. Her Majesty's Theatre, redolent of Meyerbeer and Mozart ; the Royal Italian, rising like a groat placeuix, about to be also vitalised with the same classical elixir of musical life ; and Old Drury seriously adapting Verdi to the popular vernacular. Then we Lave St. James's-hall, Exeter-ball, SI . . Martin's-hall, Canterbury-hall, Sacred Harmonic Societies, Philharmonic Societies, Musical Soirees, Crystal Palace Concerts, and Handel Festivals; with German bands, demi-pianos, and barrel-organs unlimited. Surely these afford something like indications that we are not quite deaf or dumb on the subject of sweet sound ; and though our " Torn Tugs" may not indulge in the classical strains s of Tasso, as they pull up and down our mulatto-complexioned Thames ; yet we are not deficient of vocal spontaneity of a rather imposing kind, poured from the throats of myriads of little and big boys, who delight in making the grand streets of this noble city echo to the romantic themes of "Jump Jim Crow," " Pop goes the weasel," or " Old Dog Tray." With these fully developed symptoms of 'musical plethora we cannot submit to be denominated as a people " fit for treason 4, stratagems, and spoils ;" and if positive and particular evidence were required to prove our love of the divine art, the audience composed of " the pe >pie " at - ending Howard Glover's gigantic concert at Drury-lane, yesterday morning, would be quite sufficient witness. We never beheld a stronger exhibition of delight and appreciation, and though, with genuine John Bull heartiness; there was a tendency among " the gods" to encore every thiow, we could but admire the advanced state of intelligence and conduct which caused them, on the slightest intimation, to reconcile their genial im pulse with cinventional decorum, to listen with at ten ion and applaud with discretion. The concert was an exc, llei,t one for the purpose it was intended to serve, and in every way eminently successful. Among the more prominent demands on our attention we may specify the "Duo Brilliante" from Les Huguenots, for pianoforte Pnd violin, played by Miss Arabella Goddard and M. Sainton, which elicited rounds of rapturous approval. Miss Dolby in the beautiful aria " Mille Volte" was splendidly efiective, and Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Messent, Miss Louisa Pyue and the other lady ar tists did ample justice to their various parts, ex citing enthusiastic applause. Madame Gassier displayed her wonderful power of note execution in a fantasia on Irish airs which evoked an encore, as did also the ballads sung by Sims Reeves ; by the bye we should like to find the individual who can hear this great and pure tenor singer, and dis pute our right to being musical. The Misses Roweroft made a most gratifying debut. Their pelf. =mice of " Carlo Vive," " I would that my love," " The Young Recruit," ' Bid me Di scourse, " an d o th er compositions gave some scope to allow a criticism of their powers. Miss Julia Roweroft possesses, we think the finest vocal rrg in of the two, and will doubtless s'ng well when time and experience shall have matured her natural gifts. Miss Rowcrofc has a slender and delicate soprano voice which she manages with taste and skill, and we may truthfully congratulate both the young ladies on the highly favourable impression they have made on the public. M. Benedict, Mr. Alfred Mellon, and Mr. Howard Glover were the conduc tors and accompanists. It is consequently need less to say the arrangements were most admirable and perfect, The whole concert was a most satisfac tory entertainment, regarding equally the quality of the programme, the ratio of the prices, and the gratification of the audience. A Cabinet C.runeil was held yesterday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Down ing -street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. J. W, Henley, and Lord John Manners. It was reported after the Cabinet had separated yes terday that Lord Stanley would succeed Lord Ellen bormigla a; President of the Board of Control, and that Sir Bulwer Lytton would be appointed Secretary for the Colonies, the difficul , y of securing his return for Hert fordshire oeing averted by his advancement to the Peer age. We believe, however, that these statements are at least premature, and that it is nut yet decided how the vacancy eaused by Lord Ellenborough's, retirement will be filed up. The Earl and Coun , eFs of Derby'entertained his Ex cellency the Duke r f Malakhoff at dinner last evening at their 'Division in St. James' -square. There were present to meet the gallant ambassador their Serene Highnesses Prince and Pr ncees SaX+3 Weimer, the Marquis of Har tiogton, the Earl cf Maline , bury, the ,Earl of Jersey and Lady Clernentina Villiers, the Countess of Wilron and Laiy Katherine Grey E..gerton, Lord Otho Fitz gerald, Colonel the Hon. Fred. A. Thesiger, &c. THE [RESOLUTION OF CENSURE ON THE MINISTRY. — We are enabled authoritatively to announce that Mr. Bright will give his best support to the Administra tion, in opposition to the resolution of censure that Mr. Cardwell is to move on Friday evening. The weight that the hon. member for Birmingham carries with Lim in the house cannot be exaggera'cl. Mr. Milne, Gibson will vice his adhesion to the Mini sterial side.—Court Circular. The Cologile Gaulle states that the Emperor of Russia has dacided that theatres shall be established in the 19 chief ;owns of the governments of Greiat Russia, four in Little Russia, four in the Baltic provinces, five in the kingilom of Kasan, three in the kingdom of Astrakan, five it S,,tithero flu a a, eight in Western Russia, Fin• laud, and Sibe ia, and five in Poland. All these theatres are t, receive subventions. Sukouls for super.or instruc lion are also to be established in all the chief towns of g 6 Ve nln nts and other I,rge !laces. \SESTMINSTER Jaws' FREE SCHOOL —The annivr sarydinner was lit I I at Willie's Rooms, St. James's, on Tue;day lest ; Mr. J. Roebuck, t.el.P , in the chair, sup ported by Sir Anthony Rothschild, Mr. Alderma,l Saletnot e, Mr. R. , upell, M.P., and a numerous party of gentlemen of Jewish and Christian creeds. The chair man dwelt with much empha.is upon the political and eittational status of the Jewish community, sad was sums.sful in ob!aining a charitalle response, an amount of 450/ being ccillected for the funds of the institution. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emi grant ship General Hewett, 1,055 tons, Captain Louttid, sailed from P ymoutle on Monday, 10th inst., for Ade laide,to:4. i f r i t t ls a i r j i aa d a ,t : nadlt2euB,st statute e O 7 an Id * girls p au on ea :b e n s: between South Australia, cherge of Surgeon Superinten dent men, 72 single women, 45 boys between the ages I ' 3 g 6 e s l' so 7 ulVe le qu in al . ginthat htseo4tsaarliiineaefrri Ed couples, 98 ,PL - VrEST NEWS. politer magazine in that city in November last ; but that from motives of equity it would contribute 160,000 florins to the subscription made on behalf of the sufferers. Baron de Scheele, who for some years was Hano verian envoy to the Germanic Diet, and Prime MI nis ter and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Hanover, and who in 1853 retired into private life, has just been appointed by the Prince of T( ur and Taxis Director-general of the Post-uffice at Frankfort-on the-Maine. A letter from Stockholm says :—" M. Due, the Minister of State, no longer appears to have any chance of being appointed Minister at Paris ; on the contrary, Baron Bonde, first gentleman of the Chamber, and ex-intendant of the Theatre Royal, is spoken of for the post. It was after a mission of the baron to Paris that General Can robert visited Sweden, and that the treaty of alliance between that country and France was signed. It is said that high influences in Paris have been used to bring about the choice of Baron Bonde for the important post now vacant." THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS The Peninsular and Oriental Company received the following despatch from Marseilles this (Thurs day) morning :-- "The steamship Euxine, with the Calcutta at d China mails, arrived at Marseilles at 9 this morning. "The mails left for London 10." MALTA. MALTA, MAY 12. Lord Lyons, in the Royal Albert, with the Cen turion and Conqueror, has returned, pursuant to telegraph order, from Corfu, and has been cruising in Malta Roads since yesterday. The Princess Royal has left for Alexandria, with 654 rank and file of the 57th, for India. A reinforcement of 3,700 Ottoman troops, in a steam line-of-battle ship and transport, passed Corfu on the 7th for Klock, on the Adriatic. The Malta Times publishes a proclamation from Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, dated April 30, announcing that he has assumed the administration of the Government in the island. It also contains notices of the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Thomas La Marchant (unattached) to be his Excellency's private secretary, and of Captain Wilford Brett, 76th Regiment, as his pri vate secretary. The same journal states that, on the Ist, Sir William Reid, the late governor, em barked in a very unostentatious manner on board the Benares steamer for Southampton. The Co quette arrived at Malta on the 25th, announcing the departure from Tunis of the squadron under Lord Lyons ; and the next day the Conqueror and Centurion came to anchor at the entrance of the grand harbour. The Royal Albert, the Princess Royal, and the other vessels remained in the offing. Some hours after the ships made sail for the northward and eastward, Corfu being said to be their destination. The Wanderer despatch-boat left Malta suddenly on the 2d, in consequence of a te:egraphic despatch of importance from England, with orders to have it sent on to Alexandria, in the hope of reaching by the electric wire the steamer at Suez, awaiting the mails for India, which left Malta on the 30th April, by the Indus, for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Minister of War has received through the Governor-General of Algeria a report from Gen. Desmarets, giving an account of the slight insurrec tionary movement which recently broke out among the tribes of the Babors, and to which we have lately briefly alluded : " The report commences by stating that the tribes engaged in this movement bad also taken a very active part in the insurrection of 1856, and whenwthat was put down the very individuals who were appointed cheiks became the secret instigators of discord and have been the organisers of the p eient outbreak. The feport goes on to state that Captain Capdepont, who commanded the small outpost of Takitount, having received in formation that the signal for the insurrection had been given among the tribes, and that it was to break out on the eve of the fast ' of the Runadau, took the necessary measures of defence, and at the same time sent off an express to Setif to inform General Desmarets of what was in agitation. The captain visited such cheiks of the neighbouring tribes as still remained firm to their allegiance, and ieceived from them a promise that they would take up arms to prevent any violation of their territory by the rebels and would assist the French. At daybreak of the day fixed on by the insurgents for their attack, they advanced on the position held by the French, but were received by the two companies under Captain Capdepont with such a steady and uninterrupted tire that their forward movement was checked, and finding that the native tribes were taking part against them, they considered their case hopeless and retreated, and by the time the reinforcements under Gen. Desmarets had come up, they had all dispersed. The cheiks above al luded to have since been all arrested and lodged in the prison of Setif." BOunsE, May 12.—The following wero the closing quotations :- 41 per Cents 93 25 Do. end month 3 per Cent. ..... 69 Credit Foncier Belgian 46 Piedmontese (5) Roman 916 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 33 --FOR CASH. D. end month 69 65 Bank Shares.. Credit Mobilier 710 Do. Account "(5 , -i 50 RAILWAYS. Orleans Norther❑ New Ditto 760 Lyon and Mediteran. 7604 New Ditto — Geneva Midi Western 5BO Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian TUE IN. The anniversary of the Constitution was cele brated at Turin on the 10th with the accus tomed pomp. The Via del Po and Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele were splendidly decked out, and the National Guard was under arms at eight a.m., the first legion being reviewed by their colonel, Prance Humbert, heir apparent to the throne, who was received with loud cheats. At half-past nine, a solemn service was celebrated in the cathedral in the presence of the King and royal family, the high dignitaries of the State, deputations from the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the members of the diplomatic body, the municipality, and a vast concourse of people ; after which the King reviewed the national guard in the Piazza Castello, and then returned to the palace with the hereditary prince, amidst enthu,i astic cheering from the multitude During the day all the museums were thrown open to visitors ; a great horse race took place at 6 p.m. ; and the city was illuminated at night. SPAIN. The Madrid journals o f the Bth are a b sor b ed with the Ministerial crisis. The general opinion was that it would be solved the next day in a coun cil of Ministers to be held under the pr es id ency o f the Queen ; but it was not considered i m p ro b a bl e by some persons that all the Ministers, except th e President of the Council and the Mi n i ster of Grace and Justice, would resign, whil s t ot h ers held that a total change of Ministry wa s to be exp ec t e d. I n th e event of all the Ministers resigning, the Duke de Valencia (Narvaez) and M. M ar ti nez d e l a Rosa were spoken of as likely t o b e entrusted with the formation of a cabinet. The Ministerial papers say that the suspension of the Cortes was not likely to last longer than a week ; but as the President of the Congress, M. Bravo Murillo, wi:o is very influential, is hostile to the Cabinet, and as Ministers feared a check in the Afcludes (Vie ' French frontier) railway affair, an indefinite ad journment, should M. Istutitz remain in power, was considered probable. Count de San Luis (Sartorius) and M. Bravo Murillo had effected a reconciliation, in the belief that circumstances rendered their return to office favourable. The progre,sists, the liberals, and the democrats, on their part, were delighted at the turn which events had taken. The Esperanza had been seized. Some of the journals having stated that M. Cortina had been liberally recompensed by Queen Christina for having defended her in the parliamentary in vestigation into her conduct instituted in 1854, that gentleman had communicated to the Espana a copy of a letter addressed by him .to the Queen, in which her Majesty expre , ses her heartfelt gra titude to him, and complains that ho would not ac cept any recompense, except her portrait, which was of little pecuniary value. --- A letter from Broussa of 21st ult. says :—" Dur ing the last week we have had fright ful weather here ; rain has fallen incessantly night and day, rivers have overflowed, and communications with tce interior ara interrupted. Two days back at three o'clock in the morning we had a shock of earthquAke, but it was not anything serious. Six hours later, we had a much sharper one, and it threw clown thne old !wives and some walls. his morning at about half-past three we had two new shocks, and 25 minutes later a third much longer and shirper. TM- last was followed by a noise simi lar to distant artillery. The three last shocks were vertical." " Hal it A -Bey, the Turkish charge d'alfiires iii says an Athens letter in the German Journal of Frankfort, " will probably be appointed ambw.- sador extracrdinaly at St. Petersburg. The dis pute between Greece and Turkey relative to the jurisdiction of the consulates is to be subjected to the arbitration of the protecting powers." ••••••• The Germanic Diet , in the sitting of Monday , adopted a resolution to the effect that it c-Aild not admit ti'e tr. tension of the municti at Council of Meotz, that the Germanic Cyn federat ion shralld give au indemnity fi r the damage done by the explosion of the AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, MAY 12. The screw steam-ship Istamboul, Capt. Cole, 119 days from Melbourne, having 1.-fc o❑ the 14th of January, arrived this evening. She has experienced contrary winds nearly the whole passage from long. 127 15 to 117 6 W., and from lat. 61 to 66 S. She fell in with great numbers of icebergs, some of which were of immense size. In lat. 66 S. she met a heavy field of ice. Thelstanaboul has a general cargo of wool, tal low, ttc., • 1,200 oz. of gohldust, and 131 passengers —viz., 30 saloon, including Mr. R. Bower, Deputy As.istant-Oommissary-General ; 22 second cabin, 49 steerage, and 19 military invalids 40th Regt., and 1 of the 11th, with their families. The Istamboul spoke on Feb. 25th tit? Chats worth, steering north. Mirch 23d, found at Rio Janeiro her Majesty's ship Monarch, from Valpa raiso, expectinc , to leave in two days for England. April 27, the Parker, 29 days from Demerara; 29th, the Phumix, 21 days from Antigua, b o th f or Liver pool. May 4th, the Bremen ship Mobile, 108 days from Callao, for coals, and the ship Globe ; Gth, the Philadelphia ; Bth, the Mary Ogden—the last three American ; 10th, the Morning Stir, from Melbourne for Bristol ; 11th, the Challenger, 45 days from Mobile for Liverpool, and the brig Wyke Regis, for Newfoundland. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Teviot steam-ship, belonging to the Royal Mail Company, and commanded by Captain Charles Taylor, arrived at Southampton yesterd ay morn ing, shortly after 6 o'clock. She left Alexandria on the 28th ult., and Malta on the 2d inst. The Teviot brings 80 first-class passengers and four ser vants. Among th© passengers are Capt. and Mrs. Scott and child, Mr. Croasdill and family, Mr. and s. Coveny and family, and Mr. and Miss Tuck, from Sydney ; Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson, Mr. and Mrs. Fairbtirn and family, from Melbourne; Lieut. C. Read, Mr. W. Sabou radiare, and Mr. John Lamb, from Gallia ; Mr. Gilbertson, from Alexandria. On freight she h as 49 boxes of specie, value 207,4801. ; also 38 bales of wool, three bales of flax, two boxes jewellery, and 30 packages c , f sundries. H.M.S. Medina and the usual Elyptian fleet were in harbour at Alexandria. The fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Lyons sa4ed from Malta on the Ist inst. for Corfu. tier Mak,Ay's steamer Simoom and the Royal steamer Wye wore at Malta. In cons?qn-ince of the very severe weather ex perienced by the Teviot on her outward voyage she did not reach Alexandria until the morning of the 23th ult., when she found that the Australian mails, which had reached that port from Suez on the 25th, had b en forwarde t to Southampton by the Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer B.nares, wh'ch left the evening before the Teviot's arrival. 'The result of the present failure, so far as British in r,erests are concerned, is that a delay of 24, and in many cases 41 hours is incurred in the delivery of our Australian correspondence after its arrival in England, the whole of the inai!s having had to be seat to London for distribution. The commercial public and the community in general having de rived great benefit from the new arrangement of sorting these mails on board during the voyage home from Alexandria, so as to be ready for distri butiou immediately on the steamer's arrival at Southampton, much disappointment is naturally felt upon this occasion, and it is hoped that imme diate steps will be taken to prevent the recurrence of so serious an irregularity. We understand that efforts are being made at Sydney and elsewhere to organise a mail communication between the colo nies and England, via Panama. AMERICA. (BY ELTCTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Saxonia steamer, Capt. Ehlers, has arrived at Cowes from New York, with advices to the Ist instant. Stock market active on the 30th ult., and better prices secured for all descriptions. Cotton market closed dull, with sales of about 500 bales at 12, 1 fir middling uplands. Flour less active, and lower medium grades sc. per barrel lower. Good extra sorts unchanged. The supply of corn was larger, and market lower. Sugars less active, and sales limited. Coffee firm, with sales at full prices. The Kansis Tiestion was settled in Congress by adopting the Conference Committee's Report in the Senate by a majority of 8, and the House a majority of 9. The - Californian mails of the sth of April had arrived at New York with $1,500,000. The Kangaroo and Borussia steamers had ar rived out. The Sazonia brings 355 passengers for Hamburg. and 95 for Southampon. Spoke May 11, in lat. 49.21 N., long. 14.32 W., a Dutch ship showing signal R 79 ; and a large number of vessels bound into th 3 Channel between long. 13 and 6 W. The Araz from N e w Y or k same d ay as th e Saxobia, passe.l Hurst at 11.5 this morning. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. (From the Standard.) In anticipation of the not improbable occurrence of an early dissoluHon of Parliament, we have made arrangements for supplying our readers with the earliest and most authentic information as to the changes likely to occur at the various constituen cies throughout the kingdom. TRURO.—We are informed that Mr. Roll, late M. P. for Greenwich, and Sir Joshua Rowe, late chief justice at Jamaica, are likely to offer them- Beim for this borough, in support of the Govern ment. FALMOUTH. —Two Conservatives will offer them selves for this borough. ROCHESTER. —We believe that Mr. G. H. Money will again present himself to the electors on the Conservative interest. HELSTON.—..4dmiral Sir Thomas Herbert has been requested to offer himself for this borough. STD/GI/D.—Mr. liursman's election will be op posed. BANBURY. —Mr. Hardy, brother of the Under Secretary for the Rothe Department, has iccept 41. the invitation of the electors of this borough. BERWICK ON- Twist,. —Captain Gordon's election is considered certain. YARMOUTH. —Sir Edmund Lacon, wi h a Con servarive colleague, will regain their seats. WEXFORD 00IINTY.—Mr. George, Q C., is al ready in the field for this county, whit ha so ably represented in the last Parliament. The seat was only lost at the last election by the apathy of cer tain Conservatives of high rank and standing. we are informed that this is not likely to occur agai n , and that Mr. George has secured the unanimous and cordial support of the whole Conservative body iu the county. WATERFORD COUNTY.—A conservative candi date will come forward for this county with almost a certain yof succcess. Mr. Ilutchinson's defeat by 32 in 1852 will on this occasion be amply re trieved. — ATHEONE. —The railway interest will not be found paramount in this borough. A gentleman of position and character is prepared to givo the electors au opportunity of asserting their indepen elenco. NEWRY, so long the stronghold of Conservatism, will, at the next election, add to ,he list of Irish Con , ervative members. Mr. Kirk's return is re gardel as impossible against the candidate who will be in the field in a few days. CORK COUNTY. —This county will no longer con s !tit to be r,plessnted by two asrange a. A gentlt m of high influence aid property iu the county will offer himself, wit ► every prospect of succe .s. DROGHEI , A. —We have reason to know that a can didate is prepared to add►eis the eleetora of this borough, who will combine the moderate and C er vative interests in his favour, and we may trust to the present Government to take measures to pre vent a repetition of that violence which prevented Captain Moose's success in 1857. Sir Charles Rushout and Miss Rushed and M Paraella Rushout have left Fentou's Hotel, for Sezincot, Gloucestershire. CRIMINAL COUaT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) CHARGE OF SCUTTLING ♦ ern?. William Lakey, seaman, late master of the Clipper, was indicted for feloniously scuttling a ship, with * view to defraud the insurers of the vessel. Mr. Wilde, Q C., with Mr. Bodkin, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant %dentine defended the prisoner. Mr. Foster, an insurance broker, proved that the Clipper was insured for 8001., and the prisoner's effect• also for 1501. The ship was lost afterwards, and a claim was made. Mr. John Lacey, the owner of the ship, said she was valued at 1,2001. at Lloyds, and cost in reality in build ing 1,9001. The prisoner had a hundred pound share in the vessel. He had known the prisoner 30 years. Witnesses having been examined to prove the striking c f the vessel off Dungeness, Captain Nott, R.N., said—l am an agent for Lloyd's at Deal. On the 26th of March operations were nom 'Deuced to raise the Clipper. On the 27th she was got up and brought ashore. The first thing discovered was, the ballast port was open. In ordinary circumstances it is closed. We then found a hole in the starboard quarter. It was a large one, about two inches wide. It had been cut with a chisel or some sharp instrument. The hole was immediately under the captain's cabin. On removing the ballast, which bad shifted, two auger holes were discovered. After the holes were stopped the vessel made no water. A shipwright, named Sedgwick, confirmed Captain Nott's statement. A witness ❑amed Pallett, proved finding an auger on board, which exactly fitted the holes in the ship's bottom. Mrs. Caroline Laxton, the wife of the mate of the Clipper, said—ln consequence of certain circumstance■ she met the prisoner at the London•bridge station with a cart, and there received a number of boxes and other things his property. They were taken to her home. In a short time afterwards the prisoner came to her house, and told her to burn all the boxes and tear up all books bearing his name. He took away a chronometer. Wit ness refused to do as the prisoner desired, as questions might be asked about the books belonging to the ship. John Chesney, cook on board the Capper, said the prisoner was master of the vessel. When she got to Dungeness Point, having had to put back on the voyage, the prisoner went down below and bored a hole in the ship's side with an auger. He (witness) also bored a hole. The water then came in, and we returned to the cabin. The ship became very full cf water, and the prisoner then suggested, as no port could be reached, that the vessel should be abandoned, as she, being leaky, might prove a coffin for the whole of the crew. He assisted the prisoner to knock out the ballast port of the ship. In cross-examination the witness said the ship was made water-tight before she left port. As she was out ward bound she had to call at Newport fur coals. The vessel leaked before we started. When we got as far as the Isle of Wight the wind blew strong from the W.S.W. The crew got tired of pumping, and we put back to to Dungeness. The men kept pumping all night. The pumps acted well. Eventually the ship sank in throe f ithcms water. Johd Manhood, the mate of the clipper, said he spoke to the prisoner about the ship letting in h o much water, and he said the best thing to do was to scuttle her and let her go, for if she was to go into dock the bill for repairs would be more than she was worth, and it would be the ruin of him. lie heard the orders given to knock out the ballast port, and it was knocked out. The case for the prosecution having closed, 11 r. Sergeant Ballantine made a very powerful appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and contended that he might have committed an error of judgment, but h• denied that he was influenced by any wicked or unlaw ful motive. A number of witnesses were called who gave the pri soner the highest character for honesty and integrity. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to eight yearb' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Patrick O'Brien, an inspector of police, was indicted for stealing two pieces of bacon, the property of Mr. Page, a cheesenionger, residing in Westbourne-grove. road. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Gifford defended the prisoner Mr. Metcalfe having stated the oase against the pri soner, called Wm. Rummies, who sail I am in the employ of Mr. Page, a cheesemonger, in Westbourne-grove-road. " 0 0 the morning of the day in question I placed a quantity of bacon, in pieces, on the board in front of the shop window, and in a short time after wards I missed a piece of about three pounds—it was cut from the shoulder. Mr. Page said—l keep a shop in the Westbourne grove-road. It is a corner shop, one side is in West bourne-grove-road and the other in Monmoeth-read. Galway -road is in an opposite direction. Sarah Wright—l am a married woman and I reside at 45, Westbourne-grove road, it is the next house to the prosecutor,. I have known the prisoner, by sight only, for some time. On the 19th of April I saw the prisoner in his inspector's uniform pass our shop door twice with his arms quite full. He went to Mr. Page's shop, which he passed and, having crossed the Monmouth-road, he re-crossed the road, and I then saw him take a7piece of bacon from the wind ow an d p l ace i t under the skirt of his frock coat. He went towards the Galway-road, and in a few minutes he returned with a bundle under hie arra. He stood five or six minutes before Mr. Page's shop again and then he took another piece bacon, which he covered with the bundle, and walked a may towards the Galwaay-road. I afterwards went to Mr. Page and told him of the circumstances by direction of my husband. A constable happened to be passing at the time, and Mr. Page told him he had been robbed. The first piece I saw the prisoner take was a square piece, and the second was a long fat piece. I thought, at first, it was merely a joke the first time, bat shortly after the second piece was stolen. I ran to Mr. Page, and told him of the circumstance. I was standing at our shop door, so I had a complete view of all that took place. Cross-examined by Mr. Gifford—The prisoner passed me in all five times. I saw my hasbaud after I saw him take the first piece, bat he thought it was merely a joke, and said he wanted to bring it back. did not see Mr. Page come outside the shop between the first and second taking. I saw his wife. I saw Mr. Page come out before the offence was committed. I saw the policeman to whom Mr. Page spoke before I ran across the road to inform him of the robbery. My husband was never fined for assaulting the police, but he has been fined five shillings for something connected with the police and a drunken man. The magistrate told my husband be could indict the police man for perjury if he could procure any witbesses to prove that be had spoken falsely. I was standing at the shop door with my baby. For a short time we kept a marine-store shop but it was never searched by the police. Re-examined by Mr. Metcalfe—The shop was never searched by the police. We sever had the slightest complaint laid against us by the police. The reason I did not go over to Mr. Rage until 20 minutes elapsed was because I thought Inspector O'Brien would bring the baco:. back. Henry Palmer—l am in the service of Mr. Tanner who keeps a shop exactly opposite Mr. Page's. It was my duty to keep a watch outside my master's shop. On the evening of the robbery I saw Inspector O'Brien pails our shop, he went to the opposite corner of the Monmouth road, next to Mr. Page's shop, he stood there a few' minutes, then in passing the shop he taok a piece of bacon and put it under the skirt of his coat. He walked towards the Galway-road. I had occasion to go in my mater's shop to serve some customers, but I came out again shortly after, and I then saw O'Brien returningfrom tqe Galway -road on Page's side of the way and having stood a few minutes he re-crossed the road and in passing the shop again he took a second piece of bacon. I saW more. He had nothing with him the first time I saw him, but on the second occasion he had a bun Ile under his arm. He wore his inspector'suE:ini — Mr& Wright came over and told me about the circumstance after t picee was taken. Cross-examined—l did not say anything about the ro'ibfry until after Mr , . Wright spoke about it. The !risoner has never threatened to chastise we. The Recorder having summed up, the jury returned* vet dict of nct gu.lty. THE FACTORY OMNIBUS. —The largest omnibus ill France is to be found in the small town of Cavaillon (Vaucluse), and the origin of it is somewhat singular. he proprietor of an extensive silk-spinning mill in that, )Lice employs ab ou t 80 women or young g i rls, mos t or whom belong to the surrounding villages, and are in the labit of spending the Sunday with their families. For hat purpose, they were accu-tomed to start on the iatinclty evening and walk distances varying from tivelt to to elve miles, and return on the Sunday evening noir(' fatigued than by a long day's work. In order to remo4l nat inconvenience, their employer had this oninibM con-;tructed, which has two rows of seats, one over the , ther, and can contain about 60 passengers. When the hill is closed on Saturday evening, four strong horses are attached to it, and it conveys the females to their • respective villages, and on Sunday evening proceeds to oollect and bring them back. 1 1111 dt Cit . Ilu Tt