The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUR Y LANE.- GRAND ENGLISH OPERA. The Public and Subscribers are respectfully informed that the Management have entered into arrangements for the prodletion of ENGLISH OPERA. with most eminent Ar tistes. THIS EVENING, Saturday, April 1 , , Verdi's admired opera of IL TROVATORE. Manrico, Mr. Henry Haigh ; Count de Luna, Mr. Charles Durand ; Ferrando, Mr. Thomp son ; Azucena, Miss Emma Heywood ; Leonora, Miss Dyer. Previous to which the MAGNIFICENT 011C11 ESTRA of this establishment will perform Weber's overture to the ro mantic opera of OBERON. Balfe's popular opera, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL, will be produced on Wednesday next. llalevy's opera, TIIE QUEEN'S MUSKETEERS, is in ac tive preparation, and will be placed upon the Stage almost immediately. The Band and Chorus, numbering nearly 100 performers, under the direction of Dr. JAMES PEcir. The usual Reduced Prices—Stalls, 4s ; dress circle, 38 ; first circle, 2s id ; pit, 2s ; upper boxes, is 6d ; gallery, is ; upper gallery, 6d ; private boxes from lOs 6d upwards. The Box-office iv open daily, under the direction of Mr. Nugent. Doors open at 7 ; to commence at liilf-past. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. GRAND ENGLISH OPERA. The Orchestra of this establishment, one of the most rnaznificent in London, will perform Weber's GRAND OVERTURE to OBERON every evening previous to the representation of the Opera, IL TROVATORE. Conductor and Musical Director, Dr. JAMES PECII. T TItE - 0 Y AL, HAY IVI Alt KE T. Lesvee, Mr. J. B. Bookstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed TIIE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buo'stone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TIIIS EVENIi•'G, the comedy of THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps and Miss Atkinson (their 6th ap pearance at this theatre). To conclude with the extravaganza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. AD ELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor And Manager, Mr. Ben). Webster. Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama and'Grand Extravaganza. THIS EVENING, April 14, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of .THE DEAD lIEART. Robert Landry : Mr. B. Webster (who will make his fth appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour); Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, tiilliagton, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (6th time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. smith ; Graceful. Miss Woolg - ar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra ,F tails, ss. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 23.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the management of Mr. Wm. Brongh. THIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF It IN. MemsrA. Emery, S. Calhaem, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E Ti-avcrs and K. Saxon. Alter which, the burlesque of THE FORTY THIEVES. LydiaDiiss Thompson, Iliss Clara St. Casse, Dlihs E.Travers, ',Ti=-; N. Saxon, Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, &c. ; and a numerous Corps de Ba'let. To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7, D YAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, i:ing-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Di a actress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. Tyr is ErEiNi7G tbP nerlormances will onlnn)..noo with A LOLIDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. C. Young. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed hy a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ilanoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with ' No. 49." 11,:dueed Prices—Gallery, ed ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to sduily. Doors open at hall-past eix ; perform once eorantences at 7. A STLEN 'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Proprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY. Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. THIS EVENING, and during - the Week, Grand Military Spectacle (in Four Acts and Eleven Ta ideally), founded upon the French Drama. " d'un Drapeau" now performing at Paris with ..'r.reat success, and entit!ed—" TIM HISTORY or A FLAG," To give every due effect to the Spectacle it will I)? supported by a new and effi cient Dramatic Company, and will introduce real Camels, Buffaloes, &c.. bought expressly for the occasion. The Amusements in the Cirque will be supported by a Company of Continental rquestrian Stars, comprising Maddle. Monet, Marie, Fernando, and De Iler2• ; also, Messrs. H. Williams, Devereux, Wattson, Fer nando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Clowns—Messrs. Charles Watson and Thorne. The Entertainment concluding each evening with a Laugh able FARCE. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LUCREZIA BORGIA, (Donizetti). CONCERTS.- • Donna Luereala Miss Russell. Main° Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists --Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchileld, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 14, 1560. THERMOMETER, IN THE SITA.DE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.20. WIND, North-Easterly ; light, with dull, rainy, muggy weather. Afternoon—Heavy fall of snow and sleet, with " dark re:•,s visible." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morning, Bh. :7m.—Afternoon, Bb. 49m. To-moßnow.-Moring, Oh. 32m.—Afternoon, 10h. 13m. THE POST-OFFICE AND NEWSPAPERS. k'carcely a day elapses that we do not receive complaints of newspapers missing, being too late, or arriving several posts be hind time. This is an intolerable nuisance to our subscribers, and is, besides, highly prejudicial to ourselves. Where rests the evil ? It is idle to complain, for polite answers rind promises avail nothing. Surely Sir Rowland hill will have some merciful consideration, and endeavowr to redress the grievance. It is a double griev ance, for we are made to pay for not send ing the paper, which is often kept back till next morning, which loses a day to our subscribers, who truly say that old news is no news, causing anger rather than benefit. If the General Post. office be not large enough, then extend it, or build another capacious enough for every purpose, be the cost what it may. It will serve for all time, U e make this suggestion in a spirit of good will, and hope that good may come of it. Sun Office, April 4, 1860. ~_ I.' 40 ..44: M 0: . 1 nr." ' ' ''''-- '' .; 7 :;; ,----=14, 7,.. ---.-' r' il A i ‘'.,;Q:=- ----,. ..-. ' ',\'' 1 , ' .( -.-cik '' ._)i ..,t4c,< ., :c. , °--, .,: --',-'' , - 1, A---; ,1, f , ...71 - 4_, ,' - • •- 'it - T15.:...--,,,-",<,-;.;,, , , ,i .!•:,':.A'-----z'7..% :,•••' ~. I, ' • . iit ` ~,,,:..,----_,_.---- f 7 t;-- , ..-...., • • i, ~. , '-" 7-,, 1T - . 1 4 , -_ z ,. ;73 , 4 44 ..-•- , :c.r . L. ,, ,:- • •, x.-... . .4. ~."-----7—_. , A. _..- „,.. • ' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 14, 1860. THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1860. Nothwithstanding all efforts to make things smooth, Nice and Savoy will not piss from consti tutional to despotic rule without giving plain proofs that they are the victims of a bargain. Well, such bargains are taking place all over the world. The Russian noble sells his estate, and sells his serfs with it, to another master. Of course a cotton planter on the Mississippi does the same. Even here in England, we who are so forward to censure others, occasionally see the counterpart of such things at home. A Whig landlord sells his farms to a Tory landlord, and he sells his tenants, politically, w i t h them ; the man who voted yellow last election must vote blue at the next. And even in more sacred matters men are bought and sold. A Puseyite purchases the next pre sentation to a living where the evangelical vicar is in articulo mortis, and forthwith hands over a w h o l e parish congregation from ultra- Protestant to ultra-Romish services the pa_ rishioners, in fact, are ecclesiastically—sold ! And vet here we are, all of us, grumbling at France and the King of SARDINIA for making the bargain —Nice and Savoy for Lombardy and Central Italy. Regarded as a bargain —considering the lives and money she spent, France seems to have received but a poor exchange. It may be better, however, than it looks ; better in the military sense ; till now Italy kept the keys of her own gates ; now France has taken them ; still France gave a " valuable consideration" for them. And it is, perhaps, after all, chiefly the vile hypocrisy with which the thing is done that creates the strongest feeling. Italy never yet could prevent an army either in ancient or modern times from crossing the Alps. Gauls and Germans, uncivilised and civilised bar barians, have with equal ease forced her ner;hern mountain barrier, and poured themselves down upon her sunny and fertile plains. The only diffe rence is, France can novi - walk into her neighbour's house, while before the crowbar always gained her admission. It is, however, as we have said, the shabby attempts to give the whole transaction a character different to its real character, which excites most unpleasant feeling. First the bargain was denied — then put on the ground of '• natural boundaries," — then on that of military security of forty or fifty millions of Frenchmen against twelve millions of Sardinians,—then, and last of all, nothing was to be done without the full consent of the people of Nice and Savoy, while yet, lest they should not consent, the countries were to be directly ceded to the EMPEROR by the KING, let the people vote as they pleased. Never was there such shabby tergiversation. The poor King of SARDINIA was a perfect football. One moment declaring that a vote of the population as fair and free as that of the Romagna should be taken, the next day having to tell his Chambers that a sacri fice was "necessary," that it had been exacted by the Imperial SIIYLOCK, and exacted from the parts " nearest his heart." Amongst other gems adorning this transaction was the visit of the Sa voyard deputation, deputed by no one, to EMPEROR, EMPRESS, and baby, with the silly, fulsome adula tion, which turned the stomachs even of Frenchmen. Even now it remains to be seen how the awkward ness of getting an unwilling populace to vote right by ballot will be overcome. Our correspondent, " An Englishment long resident in Nice," gives us a picture of the facts of the case in that town, equally in contradiction of French stories in the Imperial press, and in accordance with all that leaks out through unbiassed witnesses. The Nicois are not indifferent, even, to the decreed change of their nationality ; they are averse to it. Nothing but the presence of French soldiers and sailors prevents demonstra tions against annexation. The demonstrations for annexation are both got up and paid for ; and as might be expected they are even then cold, com pared with those which spontaneously occur in the promenades and theatres. We have seen how the endeavour was made by a trick to get GARIBALDI rejected at Nice—through a false report he was deprived of the votes he should have had on the first day ; on the second day, when the scheme was detected, he received an all but unani mous vote. His presence and determination to assert the rights of Nice in the Sardinian Cham bers seems to be a serious annoyance to CAVOUR. Probably, however, this thorough but practical patriot, seeing how the thing must go, will, like a general, withdraw from a position where the enemy is too strong for him, and if he cannot save Nice will not aggravate its slavery. We confess that we see no way in which appearances can be decently preserved either in the Turin Parliament or in taking the votes of the unfortunate territories. No doubt both will be " managed," but the manage ment will be so obvious, every string and wire cf the puppets so visible, that it would have been far better to have done the whole by the Imperial and Royal fiat only. The only party honourably and firmly in sisting on its claims is the Republic of Switzerland, the little Republic of two mil lions of people surrounded by Empires with fifteen or twenty times its population. A neutral terrritory by the consent of Europe, it has still the wisdom to be, as far as it can, the defender of its own neutrality. The long but very inte resting letter which we gave yesterday exhibits the Cantons in a very pleasing light. Though unblessed with Royalty and Courts and Cabinets in the usual sense of the word, they are not without the blessings of common sense, of capacity fully to comprehend their political interests, of ad ministrative ability to adapt their arrangements to their wants, and of courage to fight, if needful, for the inviolability of their fatherland. A standin g army like those maintained by the " great Powers" is out of the question with so small a nation. But a standing army they nevertheless have, which could at least make an invader pause till they seek external alliance and aid. The whole population is trained to arms ; according to age, every man has his place in the Cantonal or Federal army. The drillings and trainings are conducted in a way which at once saves the time of a bnsy people, and yet makes soldiers of them who can handle their weapons, and especially the national rifle, with terrible efficiency. Woe to the officers of an attacking army unless they can effectually hide amongst their men ; and woe to Zouaves who think to drive before them the stalwart Swiss fighting for their fire-sides, as they did the half-starved Aus trian recruits, fighting for the oppressions of a despot Emperor. The Swiss are now in earnest on the subject of the neutral portions of Savoy adjacent to their ter ritory. The EMPEROR had intended quietly to swallow them with the rest of Savoy. He had purposed to make Lake Leman a French lake, and to cover it with a French flotilla. But the Swiss are awake. They have both appealed to all the Powers who have guaranteed their neutrality, and begun to assemble an army which they could nincrease,meerg if need w ere , to 1 20,000 men, and on an emergency to double that number. If the EMPEROR wanted the slopes of the Alps to secure his vast nation against little Pied mont, how much more does little Switzerland need need a military ba rrier a g ain st the ambition of her mighty and unscrup ulous Wes tern neighbour The " Great Powers" must assent to the fairness of Swiss demands; it is, indeed, so glaringly obvious that even the Emperor of the FRENCII feels constrained to suggest some reasonable adjitst ment of the claims of Switzerland. It seems, now, not improbable that for the present the smallest possible strip of Savoy may be ostensibly neutra lised, and that satisfied for the present with build ing frigates and liners against England, Louis NAPOLEON may for awhile let alone the flotilla of gunboats which was to keep guard over the liber ties of Geneva, anal over the great road from France into Switzerland. Mr. BRIGHT is fast becoming one of the most foul-mouthed speakers in the United Kingdom- Does any man differ from the member for Bir mingham, he is immediately assailed by that hon ourable gentleman in language befitting the lowest purlicus of Billingsgate—he is reviled as dishonest --he is accused of being actuated by the very basest motives—h e is charged with being scurrile in terms themselves the most scurrilous—his views are pronounced to be no better than the splenetic ebullitions of a nature surcharged with the most dastardly spite and the most envenomed virulence, and are so pronounced in words themselves charac- terised in every syllable by the most malignant vituperation. Mr. BRIGHT has won for himself the peculiar re pute, we can hardly say the enviable repute, apper taining to that one English member of Parliament who can never, by any chance, open his lips for the purpose of mentioning the name of the French EMPE ROR, without belavering the titles of his Imperial MAJESTY with the most fulsome and extravagant adulation ! And who at the same time also can never, by any chance, open his lips for the purpose of alluding to the Free Press of England, without talking of that Free Press in a strain certainly, to say the least of it, more befitting one of the hire ling censors in the pay of some continental despo tism, than a member of the British House of Commons, or a citizen proud of his simple designation as an Englishman. It was remarked the other day, in commendation of Mr. BRIGHT, by the chief monthly organ of her MAJESTY'S Opposition, that whereas Mr. GLAD STONE never utters an epithet that is borne as a " household word" in the popular remembrance, Mr. BRIGHT, on the contrary, often says things that long survive in the general recollection. In other words, the phrases flung from him by the member for Birmingham against his opponents—stick. So, too, does mud—and the fouler the mud, the more intolerably does it cling to whatever it has bespat tered. Right and left, moreover, whenever ho speaks of late years, Mr. BRIGHT is fond of squandering about him, as it were broadcast, the meanest and the most mendacious imputations. And he has not in this the dubious excuse, of uttering his calumnious charges rashly in the heat of debate, in the impetuous fervour kindled by the rage of disputa tion. For whenever this might possibly be ima gined from the grossness of the accusation, he avails himself of the very earliest opportunity for the purpose of reiterating his monstrous assertions deliberately. It was only very re cently, for example, that. he referred in the House of Commons to one of our contemporaries ~-with whose opinions generally we ourselves by no means coincide, and of whom we may there fore write here quite dispassionately—Mr. BRIGHT was not contented with designating it as a paper noted as a mixture of piety and ruffianism, but he went the outrageous length of insinuat ing that it venally sustained that character as the hireling organ of the exiled princes of the house of Orleans ! The misfortunes, one might have thought, of that illustrious family, the digni fied withdrawal of its members, one and all, with out a single exception (during all these twelve years of exile) from all political warfare of any kind whatever, these and a hundred other generous considerations, one might have imagined, would have shielded the Orleans Princes from the outrage of being thus wantonly assailed by a member of the House of Commons, within the walls of that the popular branch of the Legislature. The tempta tion to say a smart thing (no matter how coarse) I was too great, however, for the member for Bir mingham. By uttering it he would administr r a two-handed blow to the right and to the left with his oratorical bludgeon. He could accuse the Free Press of England, as he has so often accused it before, of venality, and of venality in this instance of the most infamous character, a venality leading to a systematic blending, in a hireling cause, of —" piety and ruffianism." And in the very act of doing this he could imply that the secret employers of this execrable instrument were those exiled Princes who might not unnaturally be presumed to regard with covetous eyes the throne occupied by Mr. BRIGHT'S one particular idol and paragon, the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. Scarcely were these coarse and flagitious imputations cast from the lips of the member for Birmingham, than a finger of scorn was pointed at the man who had had the consummate effrontery to give them utterance, by the hon. and gallant-hearted baronet the member for Tamworth. Shuffle and quibble though he might there and then under the scorn of that point ing finger, what was the course pursued by Mr. BRIGHT in regard to these very imputations, recently (on Thursday evening) towards the close of his boisterous harangue, before a thoroughly congenial audience down at Manchester ? 'Why that Mr. BRIGHT had the still more consummate effrontery to reiterate those same identical imputations. We give the very words in which they were reiterated, together with the significant plaudits interjected. "Do you read," asked Mr. BRIGHT of his ecstatic auditory "Do you read certain newspapers ? I mentioned one to you a while ago. I mentioned it in the House of Commons the other night in no com plimentary term. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) L said it was a paper noted for a mixture of piety and ruffianism. ( _Laughter. ) Well, the very next morning, so admirably did the cap fit that the editor put it on. ( Laughter,) Ile said that nobody could doubt what was the paper to which allusion had been made ; and he rebuked me for hinting at such a thing as that parties contending for the throne of France influenced by unworthy means any portion of the press of England. Well, I only know that that has been the course which all persons contend ing for thrones have taken heretofore, and I have a theory that, although men will labour for years, or for their whole lives, for nothing but the reward of doing good, and in doing something which is evi dently good, yet that men don't do evil for months and years for nothing," Now that we have got Mr. BRIGHT in the full glow and passion of his almost unparalleled powers of vituperation, we must yield a moment longer to the temptation to cull a iew more of his favourite flowers of rhetoric —flowers of rhetoric which, if they are to be culled anywhere, it can certainly be nowhere else than from the kennels of Billingsgate. "The Times newspaper," continued Mr. BRIGHT, at this point—[it is usually observable, by the way, that whenever any one is particularly enraged - with the chief of our morning contemporaries (an incident certainly of no unfre quent occurrence) for some occult that reason it would s imply paper,"aass t2hhoeuggh.'.?tihesre' bwuetreassom" not be diffi cu lt to fathom, it is always spoken of, not e e T m he y s 2 te i r n i t o e u s s i‘ d 7 e e p u t 's h . of irony in that de • scriptionj—lVlr. BRIGHT loquitur— " The Times newspaper, I said, followed in the wake of the Morning Act•tel • tiser—not with the same (what I call) brutal scu ri z ity, but with a malignity, f possible, more , Fatanie. (Hear, hear.) It is not patriotism ; it is not love of • Englishmen. You don't find artiele after article, thunder after thunder, peal after peal, in favour of any great measure of justice to Englishmen, but you do find from week to week, and from month to month ar ticles of the character I have described —one day in sulting France, another day alarming Germany, and another day exciting England. (Loud cries of ' Hear, hear.') I say that there is something at the bottom of all that which is not patriotism. (Loud applause.) It may be some bitter, rancorous, personal hostility, and nothing worse than that; but the consequences are as bad as if it were treachery of the black and most criminal (lye." At which that exquisitely sym pathetic audience down at Manchester broke forth, the reporter tells us, into— "(loud and prolonged cheering.)" This may be oratory in Mr. BRIGHT'S estimation and in that of his more infatuated admirers. But it certainly ap pears to us to require for its accurate definition some of those particularly strong flavoured epithets which are so peculiarly abundant in Mr. BRIGHT'S own vocabulary. On the same day as Reformers at Manchester were listening enrapt to the eloquence of JOHN BRIGHT, the Conservatives 4f Essex were applaud ing the clever orations of Mr. PEACOCKE and of Mr. Du CANE, the mover, it will be remembered, of the main resolution against the Treaty and Budget. The speaking was certainly telling, as an after dinner entertainment, and not wanting in some good points. Mr. Du CANE, on the present occasion, was not oppressed by the certainty of a defeat in pros pect, and the awkwardness of speaking after a great defeat on a technical motion which ought not to have so far supplanted his own. On the very subject of his House of Commons motion he was, indeed, happier in expression than he was in the house itself. "It had been well said," he observed, "that dreams should always be interpreted by contra ries, and if this test were applied to one or two distinguished members of her MAJESTY'S present administration, one might almost say that since 1853 they had been legislating for the country in a state of perpetual somnambulism. He would take as an example the most brilliant and imaginative member of the Cabinet, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. In 1853 that brilliant individual dreamed a dream, and prophesied a pro phesy, that 1860 was to be the period of our financial millennium, with cheap necessaries of life for the people, and no income tax. Well, 1860 arrived ; a confiding public stood as a confiding public always did stand, upon the tip-toe of expectation, with its eyes fast shut and its mouth wide open. It waited patiently for the realisation of the prophesy ; but what was reality it was called upon to swallow ? Why, it found the war duties upon tea and sugar still existing, and the income tax, so far from having vanished was actually doubled in a time of peace." But that is not all. It seems certain now, that had the Savoy business been known to the House before the treaty was ratified, Louis NAPOLEON would never have got his treaty, and Savoy and Nice also. " This monstrous injustice (of the war taxes on tea and sugar and the doubled Income-tax) we were called upon to swallow, in order that we might carry into effect the provisions of an unfair and one-sided commercial treaty, to which he be lieved, if Lord JOHN RUSSELL had not been either wilfully blind or wilfully dishonest in the matter of the annexation of Savoy. Parliament would have cut off its right hand sooner than have assented. He declared emphatically that he believed if her Majesty's Ministers had been ingenuous and candid with the house the majority of 116 who negatived the reso lution which he had the honour to move against the financial proposition of the Government would have been reversed, and the country would have seen a baffled and humiliated Government take back their budget and annul their treaty. What was the enormous blessing which the country was to derive from this one-sided treaty P It was to have dear tea and sugar, and to face a Reformed Par liament next year (as we are told) with an increased income tax and an increased deficiency." Mr. Du CANE of course earnestly denounced Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Reform Bill. We are sorry, however, that he should condescend in doing so to borrow the clap-trap Conservatism of our great morning contemporary, trying to frighten people, as was done before the first Reform Bill, with talk which soon evaporated in facts, of throw ing all the Government into the hand of one class —as if any of the numerous classes from a £6 and £lO franchise upwards, could ever combine to overpower all the rest. If Mr. Du CANE really fears that, we can tell him of a remedy which in Australia completely broke up working-class and priestly combination and intimidation, that remedy is—the Ballot. Mr. PEACOKE, too, did full justice to the conser vative side of things—his advertence to Mr. COaDEN did him much credit; and his picture of Englishmen in the hands of the French EmrEßon was very racy—" If there was one point is connection with the treaty which surprised him more than another, it was to see the name of RICHARD COBDEN appended to such a reactionary measure. He (Mr. PEACO, ICE) had never been amongst the detractors of Mr. COBDEN ; he respected him for his integrity, he admired his eloquence, and he esteemed him for the unaffected kindliness of his nature ; and it was, therefore, with the more re gret and surprise that he saw Mr. COBDEN'S name appended to a treaty - which he must consider a reactionary one, not in accordance with the prin ciples of free trade. He could only conceive that the revels at Compiegae must have exerted upon Mr. C BDEN some of those intoxicating influences which were known to have affected older.servants of the Crown. Let Mr. Cobden be consoled ; he was not the only person who had been over-reached by the Emperor of the FRENCH. That monarch over reached the diplomatists of Austria when, quailing before the impassable lines of Verona, he promised, in compensation for the territory of Lombardy, wlich they ceded to him, to restore the Archdukes to their thrones ; and he over-reached the plenipo tentiary Britain, when he stated that France foranidea, and not from any un derstanding between France and Sardinia for the any portion of territory between France and Savoy." IMPERIAL PRESENT TO TIIE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.—The Emperor of the French has presented his portrait to the Royal Yacht Squadron. It is full length, life size, in a splendid gilt frame. The Emperor is dressed in the uniform of a marshal of France, and the likeness is a very striking one. On the lower part are the words, " Doane par l'Enapereter." The frame is so large that they have only one room in the castle—the library—that is high enough to receive it, and that would not but for the ceiling being carried up into the roof. For the present it is fixed at the west end. MAILS FOR NEW YORK.—The Africa will leave Liverpool to-day for New York with a full c.rgo and about 7.5 passengers. The box closes at two p.m., but letters re ceived in Liverpool up to ni ne p.m. will e forwarded via Queenstown. Telegraphic despatches may be sent up to 3.30 p.m. to-morrow (Sunday). GREAT' DECREASE IN THE MORTALITY OF LIVER POOL.—At the weekly meeting of the Liverpool Health Committee, held yesterday, the medical officer reported that in the number of deaths in the borough during the quarter, compared with the average, there had been a decrease of not less than 162. VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN AND GRAND JURIES.—On the Bristol Grand Jury being sworn, the other day,.Capt. Taylor asked the Recorder to be excused from serving at the sessions, inasmuch as, being captain of one of the com panies of British Vol un t eers, h e was engage d with members of his company in ball firing at Saeyd-park. The Recorder assented to his exemption. HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT HIGTIGATE.—On Thurs day afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, as some under takers were returning from the llighgate Cemetery clown Swaine's-lane, they were suddenly alarmed by a tremendous report of firearms, and, on looking in the direction whence • the report came, they saw the body of a man lying by the side of the road with his head literally shattered to atoms, no single vestige of feature remaining. Near the body lay a large horse-pistol, the barrel of which had exploded. It is believed that the unfortunate man had loaded the pistol to tho very muzzle, and then discharged, the contents into his mouth. The body was placed, in an undertaker's hearse and e Hi e s c d t e i d e b s y the consisted cl th ofe s a brought down t o t h e dead-house of St. Pancras Workhouse, where it rema i ns for identification, which can only be ff and bl a ck tde analc ha wrapper,ed' s pers the outer of petersham or beaver cloth, with blank velvet collar, black cloth double-breasted waistcoat and trousers, black patent leather Balmoral boots (nearly new), a blue figured and crimson s t oc k . The shirt is of the flannel material, striped black or brown cod red n whit ?, linen ( Alin; marked "C. Crane, No. 10," and white sticks with bine stripe, also marked "C. Crane, 3." On his person were found . a card, with an address at Chel s ea ; f our duplicates, one for some trifling article pledged that morning for a shilling near G o ld en-square ; a knife and razor, persuasion caps, powder, bullets, &c., but no money s 'The body awaits an inquest, LATEST NEW 6. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, APRIL 14. The frioniteur announces that the Legislative Body has agreed ta the contingent of 100,000 men for the present year by 238, against 16 votes. The Opinione Nationale publishes a private mes sage from Marseilles, which announces that an in surrection has taken place at Messina. MARSEILLES, FRIDAY. The Meandre has arrived, having touched at Messina ; sho brings news which confirms the rumoured popular movement at that place. An in surrection of a serious character broke out on the evening preceding that of the Meandre's arrival. A French postal agent and three sailors who ac companied him were exposed to a fire of musketry while returning to the steamer from the consulate. One of the sailors was wounded. The party, how ever, were, fortunately, able to regain the steamer by swimming. During the nig t, from the Bth to the 9th, the fire of guns and muskets was incessantly heard. ROME, APRIL 13. A great manifestation took place yesterday in commemoration of the anniversary of the return of the Pope in 1850. In the morning the Pope, ac companied by a crowd of persons, went to the church of St. Agnes, beyond the walls of Rome, where his Holiness celebrated mass and gave the communion to 500 persons. On the return of his Holiness to the Vatican he was received with ap plause. In the evening the city was illuminated. ArnlL 13. It is officially settled that King Victor Emma nuel during his tour in Central Italy will repair from Florence to Bologna, and will visit the Legations, MADRID, Arm 13. M. Thouvenel, it is asserted, has despatched a note to the Queen, congratulating her Majesty on the happy termination of the rebellion. General Cabrera returns to London. Senor Carrion has been shot at Palencia. Senor Tristany is being vigorously pursued in Catalonia. The trial of Ortega has commenced. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 4. The Sultan, acting upon the advice of Capitan Paella, has recalled Omer Paella from exile, and intends to appoint him to the command of the army in Roumelia, with a view to the events which may take place in the Slavonian Provinces. Numerous protests have arrived from the inhabi tants of Bulgaria, and from the Greek clergy. The Representative Assembly of the Roumain Provinces is about to discuss proposals relating to projected railways, to the Commercial Bank, and to loans on landed property. The proposals refer ring to the two latter questions have been favour ably received by the people. It is certain that the Ulemas have signed petitions in favour of Morocco. AMERICA. GALWAY, APRIL 14. The Atlantic Royal Mail Company's steamer Circassian, from New York and St. John's, has arrived here. THE LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO ST. JOHN'S. NEW YORK, APRIL 1. The Bavarian has arrived out. The siege of Vera Cruz had been abandoned after six days' bombardment. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL. On Saturday the cotton market exhibited a de clining tendency. Sales, in three days, amounted to 2,000 bales. Middling Uplands 11c ; in other kinds the market was generally unchanged. Stocks active and higher. FRANCE. PARTS, FRIDAY. The following is the text of the letter addressed by M. Thouvenel to M. Dessaix, assessor of the syn dic of Thonon, announcing the Emperor's intention to protect the interests of Faucigny and Chablais by the establishment of a commercial zone, as already mentioned : " PARIS, April 5. " Sir,--I have received the letter which you did me the honour of writing on the 3d inst., and I im mediately laid before the Emperor the address of the inhabitants of Thonon, and his Majesty is highly gratified by the loyal sentiments therein expressed. You cannot have any doubt as to the Emperor's desire to satisfy the wants and wishes of the populations. lam most happy to inform you that the Government of his Majesty has resolved to secure to Chablais and Faucigny the immunities enjoyed by the district of Gex, and you may give to this assurance, on my part, whatever publicity you think proper. MOUVENEL." The Oloniteur publishes the following monthly debtor and creditor account of the Bank of France, made up to Thursday. The corresponding figures of last month are added : DEBTOR, April. March. F. C. P. C. Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capi- tal (Art. 8, Law of Jim) 9, 1857) 1,510,527 65 1,510,527 65 Reserve of the Bank New Reserve Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0 Notes in circulation 741,681,875 0 709,630,675 0 Bank- notes to order._ 7,202,037 6 6,082,261 34 Receipts payable at sight 10,215,555 0 8,572,676 0 Treasury account current creditor Sundry accounts current.. 176,638,183 65 178,408,571 67 Ditto with branch banks.. 33,139,257 0 37,388,912 0 Dividends payable. 831,709 75 1,164,537 75 Discts. sundry interests.. 3,031,636 38 1,544,872 97 Commission on deposits.. 6,957,013_64 4,789,092 45 Ile-discounted the last six months Surplus on bills overdue 19.089 22 16,772 61 Sundries Total 1,363,160,372 59 1,382,662,37 8 82 CREDITON - April. March. P. C. F . C. Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks. 357 7 195 2.57 0 367, 954 , 449 0 Commercial bills overdue. 393,145 0 461,637 60 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. in the branch banks Advanced on deposit of ' ' bullion. Do. by the branch banks 80 4 ,600 0 402,800 0 Do. on French public secu rities Do. by the branch banks 13,489,200 0 13,378,300 0 Do. on railway securities 51,461,200 0 52,488,300 0 Do. by the branch banks 31,677,0.50 0 32,151,850 0 Do.on.CrC.ditFoncier Scrip 737,900 0 738,400 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip. 391,000 0 338,050 0 Do. to the State on agree ment of June 30, 1848 40,000,000 0 40,000,000 0 Govern. stock reserved Do. disposable Hotel and furn. of Bank Landed property of branch banks 6,575,661 9 6,591,216803:17 410 Expenses of management. 8,255,366 29 Sundries ltentes Irnmobilitales (law of 9 June, 1857) Total .......... 1,363,160,372 59 1 , 38 2,662,378 82 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, . Count CII. Dr. GER:NT/Ny. BOURSE, April 13.—The market ha s b een d ull, but prices very steady. ,Threes opened at 70f. 15c.: and rallied to 70f. 30c. ; Mobilier varied from 795 f. to 798 f. 75c. ; Austrian, 527 f. 60c. to 530 f. ; Lombard, 543 f. 75c. to 645 f. ; Lyons, 935 f. to 937 f. 50c. ; Northern, 967 f. 50e. to 970 f. ; Geneva, 460 f. to 465 f. ; Eastern, 642 f. 50c. to 647 f. 50c. The following are the List quotations:— 41 per Cents. 96 15 i Credit Fonder.... 800 Do. end montl - 4. 96 30 Belgian 41 . ..... . 99 50 3 per Cents 7O 251Piedmontuse (5) .. 82 50 Do. end month 7O 20 Roman Bl Bank Shams 2815 —lAustrian Cr(AR Mebilier .. 790 —1 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 793 75 1 Home Debt - RAILWAY 6. Caeh. A ce,o at' t. Orleans Northern 966 25 .. 965 25 New ditto Lyons and M(literranean 936 25 .. 933 75 Gmev a 455 .. 455 Southern Western 572 50 .. 575 Ea;tern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. . Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 16c.; money, 25f. 15c.; three months, paper, 24f. 85c. ; money, 24f 821 c. SARDINIA. Great preparations are being made at Leghorn and Florence for the reception of King Victor Em manuel. The diplomatic body do not intend to accompany his Majesty, but they have been in vited to the balls which will be given at Florence, Modena, and Bologna. The French and English Ministers have accepted the invitation. "It is dur ing this journey," says a letter from Turin, "that Victor Emmanuel will assume the title of 'King of the Italic Kingdom.'" The Neapolitan refugees at Turin, and among them the famous Poerio, held a meeting a few days ago, and almost unanimously pronounced for the union of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Pied mont, under the constitutional sceptre of King Victor Emmanuel ; they moreover nominated a commission charged to take measures for effecting the union. The Opinione of Turin publishes the following circular from an Austrian functionary "No. 430—p. r. Rovigo, March 27.—T0 the Imp. and Royal District Commissary of . . . It appears from reliable information that the Ve netians L— G—, Dr. C— G—, and G— M—, al ready tainted in a political point of view, are about to return from Lombardy into these provinces in order to execute certain special commissions re ceived from the Minister Cavour, and that also Advocate D'A— G— is endeavouring to penetrate into Venetia for a similar purpose. The Imp. and It. Commissary of -- is therefore requested to watch the attempts of the said individuals to enter the district under his jurisdiction, in order to arrest them immediately after searching them most minutely, and send them to the prisons of Rovigo, with an immediate report on all that may have occurred.--MALANoTri, Imp. and 11. Councillor of Police." PRUSSIA. The Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs ad dressed the following despatch to Count Bernstorff, Prussian Minister at London : " Berlin, April 1. " Monsieur le Comte—Among the documents relative to the affairs of Italy which the English Cabinet has commu nicated to Parliament is a report addressed by Lord Bloom field to Lord John Russell, giving him an account of a conversation which I had with the Prince de la Tour d'Auvorgne relative to the project of the French Govern ment of incorporating Savoy and Nice with France. " I have no need to tell you, Monsieur le Comte, that in communicating to Lord Bloomfield, in a perfectly confiden • tial manner, what had taken place between the Minister of France and myself, in an interview which had the character of a private conversation, I did not expect that those details could be destined to become the subject of a Parliamentary debate. I cannot therefore disguise from you, Monsieur le Comte, the painful impression which the publication of that document has produced on my mind. " Nev ertheless, I should willingly have abstained from referring to this incident, if it had not afforded to the Ger man and foreign press the pretext for a host of false ap preciations and of commentaries, more or less malevolent. If what is said were only attacks against me personally, I might easily dispense with any retrospective discussion ; but, as the attempt has been made to deduce from the expressions which I employed to the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne erroneous conclusions with regard to the policy of Prussia, I believe that I have not the right to allow by too long a silence Lord Bloomfield's despatch to acquire the value of an historical document. " It is, then, with regret, but in order to accomplish a rigorous duty, that I address to you, Monsieur le Comte, the following observations with the double object of stating facts precisely, and of expressing a wish as regards the future. I " Lord Bloomfield relates in these terms what I said to the Minister of France Baron Schleinitz seems to have also observed to the French Minister that the present Go vernment of Prussia had been the means of restraining the violent feeling which had been excited in Germany by the war in Italy, and to have made themselves unpopular by so doing ; and that on the question of Savoy it must be con sidered, because they have remained silent up to the pre sent moment, that this meant indifference ; for they should view this absorption with the greatest distrust.' " I believe that these terms do not render with all the precision desirable what I said to the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne. I said to the Minister of France that the Cabinet of H.R.H. the Prince Regent, in relying on the assurances of the French Cabinet that France would seek no aggrandisement, had exposed itself to the bitter re proaches of part of Germany; that in consequence it must be painfully affected by the contradiction which the project in question appeared to give to its confidence; and that though having up to that time maintained silence on the affair of Savoy, it could not the less feel regret at that pro ject, which, in its opinion, contained the germ of grave com plications. "You will remark, M. le Comte, that between what I say and the expressions used by Lord Bloomfield in his de - spatch, there is a very sensible difference, which it is im portant for me to notice. "The terms in which Lord Bloomfield sums up my con versation with the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne have afforded our adversaries the opportunity and the pre text of making new accusations against Prussia. They believe that they find in it the proof of the little sincerity, not to say duplicity, of our conduct during the war in Italy. According to them I wanted to represent that conduct to the Minister of France as having been calculated to serve the cause of his Government, and consequently as giving us claims to the gratitude of the Imperial Cabinet. Now nothing was further from my thoughts, because nothing would be less in accord with truth. I can appeal on this subject to your own memory, Monsieur le Comte; for, better than any one, you were able to judge how . much, in the crisis referred to, our policy, free from all engagement and from all foreign influence, was exclusively inspired by the interest, as we were bound to understand it, of Prussia in separable from that of all Germany. " What I said to the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne had simply for object to point out to him the apparent contra dictions of French policy, as it was announced in solemn declarations last summer, and as it seemed to be designated in the affairs of Savoy ; and to make him foresee at the same time all the reproaches which would not fail to be addressed to us in Germany, for not having sooner recognised the veritable tendencies' of that policy. " In stating this difference, I am far from believing that Lord Bloomfield has not seized, or did not endeavour to render, the dominating idea of the argumentation which I employed to the Minister of France. Eut—as I my self did in my conversation with him—ho has rather endeavoured to point out to his Government the general charaeter of our appreciations, as I indicated them to the representative of the Emperor Napoleon, than to report with precision the detail of observations drawn from the history of last year, and which I had presented to the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne to explain our views. More than this, I am disposed to believe that even the de spatch of Lord Bloomfield would not have given rise to any misunderstanding, if it had been communicated exclu sively to the principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, who, by the frequent and confidential communica tions of your Excellency, and by the preceding reports of Lord Bloomfield, has a too intimate knowledge of our appreciation to be able to make any mistake on the subject. " But a document given up to publicity acquires neces sarily quite another importance, and is subjected to the commentaries of a public too easily induced to judge of a situation by isolated facts not very precisely related. " Such, Monsieur le Comte, is the grave inconvenience of the custom of the English Cabinet to submit to Parlia ment diplomatic documents relative to pending negotia tions. It doesnot belong to me to judge the motives which induce it to act in this manner, nor to give it counsels on the subject, but I cannot disguise from you that the fear of see • ing publicity given to the most confidential communications must render extremely difficult that frank expression of sentiments which is, nevertheless, so appropriate in the friendly and cordial relations so happily existing between two Cabinets. " I request you, Monsieur le Comte, to read this pre sent despatch to the principal Secretary of State, and leave him a copy if desired.—Accept, &c., SCHLEINITZ." ' 1 " Two MEN BURNT TO DEATM—Yesterday Mr. Braidwood received a report of a fire at the residence of Mr. Alexander M'Lean, Ranelagh• street, Pimlico, which un happily ended in the death of Mr. Alexander M'Lean, aged 90 years. The inmates were alarmed by the most piercing shrieks issuing from the front room. On entering they found , the deceased wrapped in fire. Every assistance was afforded, but without success. Another accident of a heart rending nature occurred at the residence of Mr. Henry Vickers, Cooper-street, Westminster. The deceased was afflicted with a paralytic affecti9n, and his clothes caught fire when an attack was on him. Ho was taken to West minster hospital, but only survived for a short period, STATE OF NICE. TO TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin,—As you have always been the enlightened advocate of liberty and justice, I venture, although a stranger, to address a few lines to you, thinking an account from an eye-witness of real state of feeling at Nice may be acceptable. The false re ports given by that inft.mous journal tho Avenir, now Message,- de Nice, and thence disseminated in France, and, I fear, elsewhere, would fain persuade those far away that the majority of the Ni foie are not only indifferent to the threatened loss of their nationality, but even desirous for the annexation to France. So utterly is this at variance with the truth, that if the frequent and spontaneous patriotic demonstrations of the Nicois were not repressed by the town being most unfairly filled before the votation with French troops and the sailors of the Foudre, not a day would pass without them ; and, even as it is, every impartial observer must per ceive the difference between those enthusiastic and irrepressible outbursts of loyalty and patriotism and the got-up demonstrations Francaises, which are, indeed, literally so ; for, to the honour of Nice be it said, they are composed principally of French agitators, many of them Provencal. The only Niceig are a rabble rout of beggarly gamins, who would be ready to cry " Vive le Diable!"for a few francs, and have no doubt been bribed to exert their sweet voices, for the thousands of spies and agents who hang like a cloud of locusts over devoted Nice, are said to have their pockets well lined, and to be sparing neither of their promises nor of more substantial arguments. In spite of these unworthy manoeu vres, what a contrast between the rare shouts and comparatively cold reception of the French troops last Sunday, and the indescribable enthusiasm I have witnessed in the public promenades or at the Theatre Royal. Even on Sunday evening, when the Italian operatic company made their adieu, the audience seized the occasion, offered by a patriotic song in Verdi's " Attila," to applaud the singer with reiterated acclamations, and insist on an encore, and that under the presence of the foreign bayonets. Oh, sir, in the name of truth, of justice, of that freedom which all Englishman love, pray raise your powerful voice in behalf of a people deserving of a better fate, than to be thus trans ferred from liberty to a despot, in defiance of the solemn promise of their will being consulted. AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT IN NICE. Nice, 6th April, 1860. PAPER CURRENCY IN INDIA. A paper currency is with us so established an element of civilization, that when Mr. Wilson states the case for its introduction into India the feeling of the British reader will be simply surprise that it should have been deferred so long. Almost any barbarism would be as intelligible as that the ordi nary transfer of " treasure" from one part of India to the other, for the adjustment of the balance of trade or the payment of troops, should entail an addition of 30,000 men to the standing army. With scarcely less surprise do we hear that the Indian Mint is now coining rupees at the rate of £12,000,000 sterling a year, and that it is taken for granted that a large proportion of this money will be hoarded. Our histories and story-books tell us of Indian treasuries, deep in castles and caves, guarded by dragons or jins, accessible by an " Open, se same," or an old lamp, and we think it very natural that such golden dreams should once have had a sort of reality in some barbarous age of tyranny and rapine ; but that British machinery should now be at work at its utmost speed, manufacturing dap and night, from Spanish dollars or Mexican ingots, rupees destined to be buried in Hindoo fastnesses, and to figure in future tales, seems simply a mis take and an absurdity. Why should this be P Why should money go to and fro in India any more than in England ? Here, as we know, immense sums of money are flowing across the isle every day in all di relations through the quiet channels of the post, and, though the work is unseen and the means impalpable, tke result is attained as effectually as if every pay ment were made in boxes of gold and silver, con veyed in waggons, and escorted by troops of cavalry. Unfortunately, there is nothing so easy as to send £l,OOO or £lOO,OOO to anybody any where in this isle. It is but a stroke of the pen. Tour left hand need not know what your right hand is doing; and the letter once despatched yea can neither see nor stop the process ; nescit vex missu ?Trutt'. Philip of Macedon, had he lived in these days, would not even have wanted an opening in the wall large enough for an ass laden with gold. A draught on a good commercial house, hidden in* shoe or a sword-hilt would have answered all pur poses. Naaman would have given Gehazi a cheque on his banker, which the latter would have kept in his pocket or laid by in his desk, instead Of clumsily stowing it away in his tower; though it must be admitted the transaction would have been not the less open to investigation. All this we understand. We feel that modern usages are to handy and convenient, compared with the actual transfer of whole shiploads and caravans of the precious metals, as the lighter coin of Athens was compared with the iron currency of Sparta, or so the universal dollar is compared with cowries, rock salt, leather, and other bulky media of exchange- But everybody must feel it a mere oversight of the Anglo-Indian Government, and a confession of its want of enterprise, that now, in the middle of the 19th century, so wealthy and intelligent a comma nity should not have the commercial facilities that we have long enjoyed at home, and that contribute so much to our convenience and wealth. As to what is to be done, the story is soon told. Mr. Wilson proposes five banks of issue, with cor responding circles or districts. For himself, he would evidently have no objection to rupee notes, but he proposes a middle course between the Bank of England note and thaler note of Ger many, and the still smaller Rote of Sweden and other countries. The lowest note is to be for five rupees, or ten shillings. Each bank in giving notes in exchange for coin is to lay up at least s third of the coin in its vaults, and to invest not ex ceeding a third in Government securities, which will thus be withdrawn from the hands of the pub lic. This proportion is taken from our own Bank Charter Act, and Mr. Wilson considers that it will be at least as safe in India as at home. The note itself, mutatis mutandis, is to be the same as the Bank of England's, both in paper, water-mark, and engraving, and no doubt it must for a long time baffle the ingenuity of forgers. As for the metallic basis, Mr. Wilson decides in favour of the existing silver currrency, which from time immemorial has always been supposed in Indian payments. li e rests on the injustice of substituting one metal far another by a mere act of sovereign power, and the proved impossibility of a double standard of v alue. This is a point that has long been settled, and the argument is only reproduced to reconcile us to the objection that will certainly be felt to a silver cur' rency which is to pervade a fifth of the humsn race, and of which the British nation is to be the guardian and manager. That they may not inter fere with the new Banks of Issue, the privilege °f issuing notes now enjoyed by some of the Indian _ banks is to be withdrawn, and Mr. Wilson inform s us that they will be no great losers by the loss o . l _ it, so costly are the restrictions with which it 10 clogged. Side by side with the Banks of Is sue ' and having the same relation to them as the bank' ing departmcnt of the Bank of England, Mr. ..i. son contemplates the future formation of the jva tional Indian Banks, but they are not part of t" present proposition. It is possible that Mr. Wilson may see his v to the future substitution of a gold for a silver 0 1 4 rency, but may think it necessary at pres . e". to give no hint that may be misrepresented into breach of faith. Of course it is quite possible t, commute engagements for silver into equivaj engagements for gold, giving, if necessary, a sil_g se li ci paper premium dhanfigvee. district t s b t a h n e ks pro sh p o o o , l cur for the e a n e carriage of coin to and fro at the call of the mar ket almost entirely obviate the costly and danger ous or the demands of the public service, then the,_": will still be a constant loss and considerable risk, through the weight of the metal. One ril lu ; sterling in the shape of gold weighs about 10 to a ,_ in silver about 150. It is true that a railway can carry one just as easily and as quickly as d the other; but the rail does not go everywhere. the other. If this future saving by the substitution escort of the one will be more costly than and escort of gold for silver can be capitalised, and Fi e tki , once to the possessors of obligations in silver,tiution of could not reasonably object to the s e maY; the Chang score. Ten or twenty years hence nt valu e . h o o L not be so easy as now. At the present gold, which would save all future trouble on that e stion. , qu eh a n ,c,re. This, however, i s a secondary „aeli,to t,, At home wort.: i:r.portance will Le silver its owners are sure to be no osers a l; Mr. Wi lson i ratio of bullion and securities fixed Y, rovvie d g e of This is a point which depends on K nor can right pr°P we expect at once to hit the local circumstances and national I.abits Times 14, 4 t, tend ar %r] „. 1. ki ld t 44 q W IfE ar;',1 11 1, kid (14 1 It 1:141 Lg . ep c k ,i; a nd t bib and Wei this. Liv Ver Ti Prerr, tOria as th Unite k ar 3 D o. A titasw not "'entr , t 185 ' ll . d Th th .on 4 4 ; p gra n West ar e d a 3 Per Dit ~i tto `"ERs( E xch bitto Ilrazi Di: ortt b 1)11 DP . Dii span , bit 111141 • etil