The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-09 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- On SUNDAY, June 13th, a Train will leave Paddington at 8 a.m. for Cirencester and Stroud (12s and 6s), and Gloucester and Ch e lt en ham (145 and 7 9 , to return the same evening from Chelten ham at 6.30 p.m., and intermediate stations as per hand-bills. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Directors hereby Give Notice, That on and after Monday next, the 14th inst., the Reduced Fares by Cheap Train between Reading and London will cease, and the Fares by all Ordinary Trains will be restored to one uniform scale, viz. : Ist Class. single journey.... es 4d Iteturntickets...• Ils 8d 2d Class. 45 9d 8s Od ad Class, 2s 11,4 d, The Fares by Express Trains of this Company Will remain tin. altered. Return Tickets available for two days. Goods' rates will also be raised at the same time, particulars of which may be known on application at the Ball way St stioa. ECONOMY. —A Nine Gallon Cask of First Class DINNER SHERRY for 71., cask included—Calh.— HENEKEY, ABBOTT, and Co., 22 :and 23, High Holborn. Esta. lashed 1831. PPS'S COCOA-11b. and Ib. packets, le. 6d. and 9d.—EPPEI, Homceopathic Chemist, 170, Piccitan 7 I? Great Russell-street,, Bloomsbury ; and 82, Old Broad - street , ?, City; Manufactory, 398, Euston-road ; also of Grocers and Chemists. GRIND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL on the 18th of Jane next, at the OPENING of the SOLDIERS' DAUGHTERS' HOME, Hampstead, by his Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, who, with his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, have been graciously pleased to purchase Presentations to the Home. Several Military Bands will play in the beautiful Grounds of the Home, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has promised to be present. Admission by purchased tickets, to be had only at the Office of the Home, No. 7, Whitehall, (exactly opposite the Horse Guards). A single ticket for the Ceremony and Grounds, 10s. ; a double ticket, 15s. ; a reserved seat for the Ceremony and the Breakfast, 20s. Omnibuses start from tile Tottenham-court-road end of Oxford street every 12 minutes, reaching Hampstead, without changing, in 30 minutes, and carriages will take less than half-an-hour in reach big the Home, through the North H. L. Gate POWY, Reg AJ ent's Par. S, MOR, k Chairman . The Ceremony will commence at Three o'clock, p.m. wrOTICE. - MR. RAREY'S ARRANGE EMENTS for Teaching his Method of TRAINING COLTS and TAMING VICIOUS HORSES, after his return from Scotland, are as foIIow:—THURSDAY, 17th; SATURDAY, 19th ; and MONDAY, the 21st, at the ROUND HOUSE, Kinnerton-street, Motcombe-street, Belgravia. Lessons to commence at 12 o'clock punctually. New subscribers admitted at half-past 11. _ _ _ Mr. Raney has (by permission of the Council of the Zoological Aociety) subjected a Zebra to his process. Mr. Raney will exhibit this beautiful animal to subscribers on the 17th, 19th, and 21st Jane. The subscription is Ten Guineas for a Gentleman, and Fifteen Guineas for a Lady and Gentleman. _ _ _ _ Further information and forms for Subscription may be obtained on application to the Secretary, at Messrs. Tattersalls', Grosvenor place. ST. JAMES'S HALL, Regent-street and Picca dilly. The CAFE and RESTAURANT which are in con nection with this attractive building comprise upon a similar scale of elegance and effect numerous rooms for public and private parties requiring refreehments, whether breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, or suppers. The SMOKING-ROOM, which is fitted in a manner equivalent to the general character of every other department of this superb and unrivalled establishment, is supplied with the periodicals and all the novel publications emanating from bindle's library, with all the papers of the day. The department appropriated to families and ladies Is replete with every convenience and accommodation. Wines and Spirits of the highest character. W3f. D3NALD, Proprietor, 69, and 71, REGENT-STREET. LORDS JUSTICES.—WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of May, in the 21st year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, 1858. In the Matter of the Joint-stock Banking Com panies Act, 1857, and of the Northumberland and Durham District Banking Company. Upon motion this day made unto the Right Honourable the Lords Justices by counsel for John Shied, the younger, Thomas Spencer, and Michael Spencer, the petitioners named in the appeal petition in this matter, upon which the order of the Lords Justices of the 19th day of April, 1858, was made, and upon hearing counsel for the appellants, and for George Milner and Wdiiam Isaac Cookson, and other the shareholders supporting the appointment of John Fogg Elliot, William Bainbridge, and Robert Fairs, to be official liquidators for the said official liquidators, and for Joseph Marbettle and other shareholders supporting the ap pointment of the last-named official liquidators, in connection with Robert Palmer Harding, and upon reading the order dated the 3d day of May, 1858, made by the Tice-Chancellor Kindersley, and the file of proceedings in the chambers of the said Vice-Chancellor—their Lordships do order that upon JAMES EDWARD COLEMAN, of Old Jewry Chambers, in the City of London, Accountant, entering isle a recognizance to the amount of £20,100, with proper sureties, to be settled by the Judge to whose Court this matter Is attached, to be APPOINTED an OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR of the said Company, in addition to and in conjunction with the said John Fogg Elliot, William Bainbridge, and Joseph Fairs, in the said order, dated the 3d day of May, 1158, named. And It is ordered that the costs of all parties of this application be paid out of the estate of the said Com pany, such casts to be ascertained by the said Judge. B. 1857, Fol. 1,051. H. W. S. C. WARD, C. R. aid W. 1 11 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LUISA MILLER. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADLLE. PICCOLOMINI, Second Night of the New Opera, " Luisa Miller." TO-MORROW EVENING, Thursday, June 10, will be repeated (for the second time) Verdi's opera, LUISA MILLER. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall; the Dresses under the superintendence of Madame Copere. Luisa, Madlle, Piccolomini ; Duchesa Frederica, Madame Alboni ; Rodolfo, Signor Giuglini ; Walter, Signor Vialetti ; Wurm, Signor Castelli ; and Miller, Signor Beneventano. Conductor Signor Bonetti. To conclude with the entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled LA BRINE DES SONGES. The principal characters by Madlle. Marie Taglioni, Mesdlles. Annetta, Rosa, Pasquale, Morlac3hi, 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 bo had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. To commence at half-past 8 o'clock, Second Night of LUCitEZIA BORdIA; TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, Jane 10, will be performed (for the second tim• this season), Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grisi ; Maffie Orsini, Madlle. Didiee ; Don Alfonso, Signor Ronconi ; Gazella, M. Zelger ; Rustighello, Signor Soldi ; Gubetta, Sig. Tagliafico ; Astolfo, Sig. Polonini ; Vitellozzi, Sig. Rossi ; and Gennaro, Signor Neri Baraldi (his 2d appearance this season). Conductor—Mr. Costa. After which, the Ballet Divertissement entitled LA BRESILIENNE. Principal characters by SI adlle. Gina (her 4th appearance in England), Madlle. Delechaux, Madlle. Esper, Madlle. Zelia (her 4th appearance), Mr. Payne, and M. Desplaces. Prices of Admission :—Boxes—pit tier, 5/. 15s. 6d.; grand tier, 6/. 6s; first tier, 51. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 6d. ; orchestra stalls, 1/. ls. ; pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 100..6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Application for boxes, stalls, and Alt tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico in Bow street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. Arraagenseats for the Week : LUCREZIA BORGIA. TO-MORROW, THURSDAY (second time this season), LUCREZIA BORGIA, and the Ballot. On FRIDAY, GRAND CONCERT at the Crystal Palace, by the Artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. FRA DIAVOLO. On SATURDAY, Auber's Opera, FRA DIAVOLO will be performed, for the first time at the New Theatre. The principal characters by Madame Bosio, Madlle. Marai, Signor Gardeni, Signor Neri-Baraldi, S gnor Signer %g,liafico, M. Zelgcr, and Signor Ronconi, To conclude with the Ballet Diverti4sement, LA SALTA RELLA, in which Malik. Zena and M. Dal laces will ap pear, - To-morrow Evening (Thursday), and Saturday, the Opera will commence at half past 8 o'clock. THEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock with THE HUNCHBACK, Atte, which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled. PLUTO AND PJtOSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S' RETURN FROM CANTON o m h„t ra Stang (which may be retained the whole of tba evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. a. ~. Dress Ilexe4 . tipper Pores .. .. ..... ~. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit ..• 2 0 Pit. .. . ..... Gallery T d fl u E tr A act T io ß n. E. It°l3l(nApriecedenSterdßNßovEelYty an la consequence of the rebuilding of the Adelphi The ttre, the entire ADELPHI COMPANY (sole Manager, Mr. Benjansia Webster—Directress, Madame Celeste), will give a series of PERFORMANCES at the Surrey Theatre. THIS EVENING, will be presented THE GREEN BUSHES. Madame Celeste, Miss Mary Keeley, and ,Mis 4 Arden; Messrs. Paul Bedford, Charles Selby, Billingtou, and Garden. After which, OUR FRENCH LADY'S-MAID, Mr. Ben, Webster and Madame Celeste, STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Ray, Belford; Mesdames M. Oliver, Portman, Victor and Selby After which, a new Burlesque, entitled THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Messrs. Charles Young, Turner, dte.; Misses If, Oliver, Swauborough, 'To concliade with MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. The characters by Messrs. N. H. Swauborough, J. W. Ray, Chas. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray, M. Ternan, and C. Melville CANTERB OPEN ERY , HALL, Westmin.lter-road.— i lig COMpany of v -v-1 0ealis jtY EVENING.—The follo w are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the Du Pgular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, Badzey, Miss Ernn e n. 16 8 i. die., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Miss Montague, Mrs. L awr as en Ray, Madame Bartoletti, fun. F. Jonghmans Mr. Renshaw,e and Mrs. Anderson ; G. Porde Vir, Melling, Senor ' Antonio, E. 1,. 8 „; ;I nnes, J. Barkcy, Mr. Beroard; Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, ''' l nl , Mr. BadzeY, Messrs. W. T M r. John Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium' E . Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 5;,,,, - , -- “ n aY ; precisely. Suppers, Ile., until twelve o'clock. 11 o'clock Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every E v in a Selection from "L A DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITEI LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. . Mr. SAM. COWELL for SIX NIGHTS MORE, viz,, Thi s Evening, and Every Evening this Week, in addition to the "Anal Vocal EntettAitiaient. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76 —highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night, 76—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.94. 'WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with sultry weather. There was another heavy thunderstorm last night between half-past ten and eleven. The lightning was very vivid and forky, with rain in torrents. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rani DAY—Morn., 33 min. aft. 11—Even., 0 min. aft. 0 fo-Moßiow—Morn., 1 min. aft. 12—Even., 29 min. aft. 12 cv...1.14ty.(,,.,i1*_,, 4: --4- :) 4 , ...,, y ,__.i-, , c §, ,. - -11 n, 4 ...,. _ , , Il i 7 , ? tA7 9l ! ' r - ..-11,4,' -''..ci r N....,./ , r z,-1;4--- ._ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1858, Two hundred and twenty-two consistent Libe ral; including tellers and pairs, last night sup ported the principle of secret voting. Of these 199 were in the House, and the remaining 23, although absent, still contrived each to remove an opponent. It certainly was not quite as satisfactory as if they had attended personally, but the absence of gentlemen who adopted that precaution may be excused, and themselves re garded as steadfast supporters of the measure which can alone effectually check bribery and corruption, and totally abolish every species of intimidation. A question, that numbers so large a proportion of the independent Liberal party among its supporters, should surely command the respectful attention of any person pretending to be a leader of that party. Nor could any Minister who was sot prepared to accede to the wishes of so numerous and influential a body, reasonably anticipate that they would join in any party dispute, for the purpose either of retaining • or reinstating him in office. True, however, to their aristocratic instincts, Lord PALMERSTON, Lord J. RUSSELL, and Sir G. C. lawn delivered speeches strongly opposing the mo tion. It is thus manifest that, should they regain thei r places, there will not be the slightest prospect of " the Ballot " being included in any quasi Reform Bill which either of them may be compelled to bring forward ; and without the Ballot, all else will be of but little practical utility. They may give some carefully concocted scheme, calculated to promote Whig interests, but nothing that will benefit the great body of the People—nothing that will ensure an independent Parliament, or the adoption of really good measures. Surely, then, no sound reformer can render party sup port to these men. From the present Govern ment much may be hoped. From their prede cessors, if restored to office, with an infusion of Russellism, nothing—literally nothing. Mr. HENRY BERILELEY, as usual, put the sub ject in a clear light. He cited, with his usual felicity, many instances proving its necessity ; nor were his arguments the less sound and forcible because, divesting himself of the solemn pom posity which some men seem to consider indis pensable, he contrived to keep the House in good humour, and to amuse, while he instructed, the Members on both sides. Surely, such a speech is far better than a dreary and prosaic oration, which clears the benches, and acts as a soporific on those who feel bound to remain within hear ing. He was ably sustained by Mr. MARTIN, Sir A. ELTON, General THOMASON, Mr. &TILTON, and Mr. BRIGHT. The latter gentleman made one of his happiest efforts. Indeed, it must have carried with it conviction to any unprejudiced and disinterested person. He was perfectly right in arguing the question on domestic grounds ; for in no part of the world—even in Australia or America, where it is in operation—do the condi tions of society so urgently require protection for the poor voter, not only from those who would seek to coerce him, but even from himself. The landlord and the priest were too frequently op• posed, and in that case the unfortunate elector was placed in a truly unfortunate position. He had a soul to be saved, and a body to be starved. He trembled between the conflicting influences, certain that in either case he must suffer severely. How bitterly must he deplore the possession of the franchise, that involves him in such a disagree able dilemma ! The shopkeeper in a country town is scarcely better off. He may have customers blue and buff, all of whom he would desire to propitiate ; whatever course he adopts, some will be offended, and purchase their goods from persons whose politi cal views are more in accordance with their own. The wholesale trader, by whom he is supplied, may also interfere, and, if displeased, can find sundry means of putting on the screw. The clerk or artisan was in a similar position. His employer thought that for a scanty salary, he acquired not only a right to his labour and services, but also to control the conscience of the elector, who should vote as he thought proper, or resign a situation for which he was in every way qualified, and by which he provided for his family. Surely, anything calculated to arrest or even mitigate such evils should be eagerly adopted, and if a suitable remedy ware not dis covered, one should be earnestly sought for. Lord PALMERSTON spoke in his usual contemp tuous manner of the supporters of the measure, as if they must, as Mr. BRIGHT said, "b© dolts or idiots," for daring to differ from himself, and yct it is but a short time since he felt aggrieved because those 222 independent gentlemen wouh not join in a factious proceeding for the purpose of rendering him an irresponsible cule on the subject, subje dictator. o t,endeavouredbut it to t r e coi how l e r daga r i i n d s i t himself, and the result of his speech of last night will be, that h e may exclaim— "A long farewell t o all my greatness." It is absurd to say that there should be a cessation of politi ca l discussion, or o f per - SODS proclaiming their principles. M en may speak and act precisely as they d o at present. They are Lot punished for thinkingospeiankitnigie, but for voting. That is the grievance eyes of the intimidat or, whatever nuo, b e the nature of the screw which he applies. Any man that thinks proper to pro claim his opinions may do so, provided only his vote be p r ivately given. As to the notion that the franchise is a public trust, and must therefore be exercised publicly, it is too ridiculous to require serious argument. Under Lord DERBY'S Government the Church rate Abolition Bill has gone vp to the Lords. Dissenters—we should rather say, all hearty Liberals—will rejoice in this fact. It is true, the present Premier, with his predilections for old Church ways, may not be very favourable to entire and uncompensated abolition ; but neither was Lord PALMERSTON ; and Liberals will remem ber, too, that if many of the present Ministry voted aga i nst the measure, so did many of the late One . • We h a v e no t, h owever , thi s t i me been 3lited an d joked , we have not had amend- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1858. manta offered us by the Government, and on our declaring our readiness to accept them, still bad a day refused us to go on with the bill. We have been dealt with straight.; forwardly and fairly, and we have at least - the money market at the close, on the report that the negotiations between the G overnment and the railway companies had succeeded, and that the companies had obtained favourable conditions. The following were the last quotations :--• 4i per Cents 93 50 Credit Fonder Do. end month — Belgian 4 ............ 98 3 per Cent. ..... Do. end month 67 75 Rom an ........ , ............ Bank' Shares ... .................. Credit Mobilier Do. Account 585 —, Home Debt ............... - RAILWAYS.— FOR CASH. Orleans Northern New Ditto 7lO Strasburg ............... 610 Lyon and Mediteran 7324 Grand Central ......... New Ditto — Sardinian ............. 395 Geneva had the vote of a Member of the Cabinet, in some respects second to no one in it—the Premier's son. We can but feel that in the long-contested battle of Church-rates,we have thus far been bet ter dealt with by the present Government than by the late one—better, indeed, than by many pre ceding Governments. What the fate of the measure will be in the Upper House, it is not easy to predict. The Duke of SOMERSET has taken charge of it there ; and, when Lord SEYMOUR, he was a cordial supporter of it in the House of Com mons. The bill goes to the Lords not only on the wings of large majorities, but, we have reason AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JUNE G. The Oesterreichistice Correspondent of yesterday evening thus confirms the information relative to the two French ships of the line now in the Adriatic : "According to the newest advices from Cattaro two French ships of the line anchored off Budua on the 30th of May, and fired salutes on the following day. In the morning of the lot inst. the French ft.ar-Acitniral and the Consul-General Hiquard went, by way of Braich, to Cettinye, and returned at 6 in the afternoon via Cattaro to Budua. On the 4'h inst. the two French vessels were again off Gravcsa. The Eng.ish gunboat Coquette has left Gravosa, but it is not known where she is gone." to know, attended by the good wishes of a very considerable number of the minority. By far the greater part of those who voted against the bill yesterday would be but too thankful never to see its face again. They want to get one of the annual motions off the order paper of the House, and one of the questions out of the way of the hustings, which they can sel dom answer exactly to the satisfaction of all parties. That the question must soon be settled no one now doubts. Why delay ? Lord DERBY himself has at least denounced Church-rates in their present form as an injustice of which Dis senters have reason to complain ; and he has but to stretch a point or two himself, and to use his almost unbounded influence with the Lords, and to him will belong the honour of having removed a cause of from almost every parish in the kingdom, and settled a liberal question which all the professedly liberal governments for the last five-and-twenty years could not do. He abolished the Irish Church ces4, because it had become a social nuisance ; we hope he will put his vigorous hand to this English cess, too. We think the country owes one duty to the Lords—that of petitioning universally. The Commons have done their part ; our representa- tives have told the Lords that their constituents mean to have these rates abolished ; the country should back its representatives. It should be remembered that this is the first time that the Lords have heard about Church-rates in their legislative capacity ; and, little as they concur' themselves about parish matters, they have heard Little about them, also, in their several -local: ties. The country should now enlighten their Lordships. On the Jewish question there can be no doubt the country was apathetic ; and Lord DERBY pointed to the fact as one chief reason for his course. He knew it would have been impos sible to get up a public meeting, or a meeting at all, for Jewish emancipation—hence the long resistance on that point. But from what Lord DERBY himself said, we are confident that he does not think it the duty of the Lords to resist when the country is decided and earnest, as well as persistent. The Bill should go to the Lords heralded by a host of petitions. The large towns should peti tion, because they are the centres of intelligence, and, because, though they are strong enough to emancipate themselves, they should sym pathise with those who live under the despotism of village squires and clergymen. The villages and small towns—those in them, at least who dare do it, should petition, because the pretence is, that in the country places the people rejoice to pay the rate. Even a few in any village, who are aggrieved by being taxed for their neighbour's worship, should immediately tell the Lords so by a peti tion. Dissenters should, of course, petition. It is their cause, pre •eminently. Every one expects it of them ; they will be blamed by all parties if they do not do it. The sun never shone so brightly for them before, and they must "make hay while it shines." They have, for the first time, an anti-Church-rate Bill in the House of Lords, and they must not let the Lords think that tkey, of all persons, are indifferent to its success there. Churchmen should petition, for they have the strongest interest in the abolition of an impost which enables the crotchetty or domineering members of their own community to disgrace the Church to which they are attached. We hold that Church-rates are one of the greatest injuries possible to the Church as it now stands. We say, therefore, to all classes—Petition, and—petition at once. PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.—The following is a list o the passengers by the Ripon steamship Captain Powell, expected at Southampton this day (Wednesday), with the heavy portion of the Bombay mail :—From Born bay :—General and Mrs. Heath and two servants, Mrs. Lachland and infant, Captain Coryten, Captain de Quincey, Mrs. Bird wood, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brett, child, and servant ; Mrs. Dalzell, Mrs. Watson, three children, and three servants • Mrs. Edwards and child, Mrs. Ballard, three children, and servant ; Miss Bennett, Mr. Picard, Mr. Jarrett, Lieutenant Naylor, Captain Sinclair, Dr. M'Kenzie , Lieutenant Milson, Lieut enant Vaughan, Lieutenant Knight, Mrs. Grant, tw o chil dren, and servant; Miss Lack, Paymaster Powell. From Alexandria :—Colonel Hall, Colonel Pocklington, General and Mrs. Lowe and servant, Mr. Moore, Mr. Elks. AMERICAN MAILS.—The screw steamer City of Balti more, which Fails to-day (Wednesday) from Liverpool to New York, carries a ship's mail. The next regular American mail despatch will be by the Cunard steamer, Persia, which sails on Saturday next, also for New York. Letters will be received at the Liverpool post office until 7.30 with late fees until 8.80, and on the landing stage until 90,30. SCULLEREe RACE FOR 1001.--The long-talked -of scul -1 lers' race between James Finnic, of Wapping, and Thos. White, of Bermond-ey, came off yesterday afternoon in old-fashioned boats from Putney to Mortlake forloo/. The men took np their stations at the new bridge, Put ney, Finnic having won the toss, and accompanied by their cutters got off near high water at a stashing pa ce , Finnic having a slight lead owing to an accident which oe•urred to White ; the latter, however, came up, paged his opponent, and kept the lead till the end of the race, while his opponent stuck so close to him that he over lapped him and was up to his Sculls at coming in. BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LONDON.—The deaths regis tered in London, which rose in the previous week, to 1,106, declined in the week ending last Saturday, June 5, to 1,087, of which 533 are deaths of male!, 554 those of females. The mortality of last week exceeds that which is obtained ley calculation from former experience at the beginning of June, but the excess is not consider able. Last week the births of 765 boys and 780 girls, in all 1,545 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,465. ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE,—The ad journed extraordinary meeting of the subscribers was held yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the pur pose of ballotting for the council for the ensuing year. Earl Manvers, the president of the college, o ccup i e d th e chair. The proceedings were anything but unanimous. In r t . ti existingec%tlCatlin an d couptiiebybMy oppositionedict was t h o r the ugh list is t forward proposed Rev. Mr. White. A warm discussion ensued upon the charges of excessive expenditure and mismanagement which have been brought against the council. Mr. Han cock defended the council, and on the ballot being taken the council's list was elected. EXTORTIONATE CHARGES UPON DEBTORS.—At a meeting of the Court of Aldermen yesterday, Alder man and Sheriff Allen brought under the notice of the court certain information which he had received %sit') detdecereedss-raet received dP money,ris regard t o i rregularities committed by sheriff's officer s . H e had been informed that in the cases of three p ersons arrested fur deb' one of whcm was in demanded Allenasssho shoulde :nefreeiffsclai e f e ourofficersion, h i t t e a s y had no pretext whatever. Afteronds resolved that Aldermandocumentrpceseee. e read the was re paper containing the p ar ti culars, and th ferred to the Committ ee o f General Purposes. THE ARCH:Y.H OF THE F OI EIGN .orr atten tion of Lord Malmesbury has been dr 4w . ne 13 to the great inconvenience occasioned to histerians and others by the stringent rules at present existin g with referenc to access to the foreign correspondence at the State Paper o ffice. His lordship has directed that authority will be given to the Master of the Rolls to permit, in future' any State papers in his custody belonging to this del pirtment, of a date prior to 168 . 8, to be c o pi e d by histo rians without their being submitted for the approval of then Secretary of State, as heretofore. IVAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday orders were issued from the East In dia House for the following ship., which have been taken up by the Hon. East India Company for the ' conveyance of upwards of 10,000 reinforcements to India, to embark the following cavalry and infan try at the ports named on the under mentioned I dates, viz. :—Tyburnia, 400 men ; Brunelle, 420 men ; Alnwick Castle, 400 men; Holmsdale, 1,400 tons, 600 men ; Blenheim, 1,314 tc ns, 400 men; John Duncan, 400 men ; and Merchantman, 1,018 tons, 350 men, the whole of which are ordered to ' embark the troops mentioned at Gravesend, and sail from that port for Calcutta on the 26Ji. inst. The Victor Emmanuel will embark 400 men at Portsmouth for Calcutta, and sail on the 26th inst. The following vessels will embark Queen's troops for Madras, on the 24th inst , viz.:—the Clarence, 1,104 tons, 220 men, at Gravesend ; the Mersey, 370 men at Gravesend, calling at Cork ; and the Bucephalus 300 men at Gravesend, calling at Portsmouth. The following ships will convey troops to Bombay on the 29th inst. :—the Maldon, , 1,187 tons, 500 men, sailing from Gravesend ; the Earl Balcarres, 1,488 tons, 430 men, sailing from Cork ; and the Clifton Belle, 400 men, sailing from Gravesend. The Pomona will embark 500 Queen's troops, the Confiance 350 troop., at Gravesend, on the 30th inst. for Kurrachee. The greatest activity prevails at the East India depots at Chatham, Col chester, Canterbury, Maidstone, and the other districts, in order to have the reinforcements ready for embarcation by the dates ordered. Colonel H. W. Parke, commanding the Chatham division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, re ceived an order from the Admiralty yeSterday to hold in readiness detachments kf the Royal Marines to embark on board the Terrible, 21, the Hydra, 6, and the Argus, 6, attached to the steam reserve. On the paying off of her Majesty's ship Comus, 14, at Chatham, on Monday, the surv€ying officers reported that vessel to be the cleanest they had ever inspected. On the ship being surveyed it was discovered . that a considerable n um b er o f h er .planks wero in a very rotten state, in addition to which several other parts of the vessel were found to be unsound. In consequence- of this discovery it is not expected that the Comus will ever again be placed in commission. Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Talbot visited Portsmouth on Monday, and went on board the 91-gun ships Algiers and Caesar in that harbour, both advanced for commission. He was accompa nied by Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. I 3 , superintendent of the steam fleet in reserve, in which position both ships are. He made a most minute inspection of the Algiers, which he com manded during tho late war with Russia, both in the Baltic and Black Sea, until the attainment of his flag. The object of this inspection we believe to be preliminary to his hoisting his flag on board of her to relieve Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir H. D. Chads, K.C.8., in the command on the Irish station, on the promotion of the latter to the rank of Vice-Admiral, which may be daily expected. The Marines at present serving on board the depot ships of steam reserve are ordered to return to head-quarters, and their places to be supplied by seamen pensioners. - The Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. Herr, was officially inspected, and her crew mustered at Spithead yesterday by Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, Superintendent of Portsmouth Dock yard, for Admiral Sir George Seymour, the Com mander-in-Chief. The crew will be paid wages to morrow, after which the ship will not remain long at Spithead. Tice-Admiral Fanshawe is expected to hoist his flag to-morrow night, or Friday. Her Majesty's iron screw steam store-ship Himalaya, Commander Shute B. Piers, which en tered Plymouth Sound yesterday (Tuesday) morn ing, left Calcutta Feb. 12th, arrived at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, April the Ist, and sailed again on the 18th; touched at St. Helena on the 28th, and left on the 29th ; called at St. - Vincent, Cape Verde, on the 18th of May, and sailed from that island on the 20th. She has thus been 93 days at sea since leaving India. The Himalaya brings passengers —Mrs. Polehampton, widow of the Rev. H. Polehampton, killed at Lucknow ; Mrs. Bartrum, widow of Dr. Bartrum, killed at Lucknow ; Major Ramsay, 75th Regiment, and Mrs. Ramsay ; Captain Sall, 37th, and Mrs. Sall ; Lieutenant Woods, 29th ; Mrs. Browne and five children, Mrs. Harrington and two children, Mrs. Charles and four children, Mrs. Murray and one child, and 130 military invalids. From the Cape Mr. Holden and Son, Mr. Stilwell, and the wives of 36 soldiers with 52 children. The spacious and well-ventilated main deck of the ship has been appropriated to the use of the sick, who were in medical charge of Dr. Bremner, R.N. Nine deaths occurred among the military invalids embarked at Calcutta—via., seven from consumption, one dysentery, and oue hepatic disease. 40 sick are confined to their cots, chiefly by amputations, the other cases being severe dysen tery and consumption. Three amputations, through shot wounds, have been performed on board; these cases are progressing favourably. Two births have occurred since leaving the Cape. The Himalaya sailed from England on the 16th April, 1857, with the 90th Regiment for China ; but on arrival at Singapore was ordered to Calcutta. Since then she has been employed in conveying troops and horses from the Cape of Good Hope to India. The main shaft of her engine is broken, and she is done up almost entirely. About seven knots only have been got out of her lately. Tee steamship South ampton was at the Cape Verde, en, route for Ma deira and London. Sir John Pakington, as First Lord of the Admi ralty held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty, at which the undernamed officers attended :—Admiral Sir William Gage, Vice-Admiral Edward Collier, Vice-Admiral Saumarez, Rear-Admiral Sir John Dundas, Rear-AdmiralT. W. Carter, Rear-Admiral Thomas Bennett, Rear-Admiral Greville, Major- General Sir William Reid, Captain M. S. Nolloth, Capt. R. B. Crawford, Capt. B. James Sullivan, C. 8., Capt. Arthur Meltersh, Captain R. Ma guire, Captain G. W. D. O'Callaghan, Captain David Robertson, Captain H. Boys, Captain W. L. Sherin g h am, C aptain William Boys, Captain Thomas Mill er, Captain the Hon. J. W. Spencer, Captain 0. Murray, Commander J. G. Bickford, Commander D. M'Kenzie, Commander F. D. Rich, Commander R. D. Aldrich, Lieutenant Wm. Hutchinson, Lieutenant William J. Young, Lieut. C. H. Young, Lieutenant Thomas D. Sulivan, Lieutenant John O'Reilly (b), Lieutenant Loftus Robinson, Lieutenant Manus Lowther, Lieutenant G. Y. Paterson, Mr. J. B. Ayling (master), Mr. Robert M'Cormack (surgeon), and Mr. Joseph Mason (paymaster R. M.). Commander G. Western has been appointed mail agent, vice Commander Stevens, who is super seded ; Commander C. Parker to reserved half pay list of Captains, vice Shairf, deceased. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty Lieutenant Sydney Metcalfe, to the Ajax ; Lieutenant W. S. Hornby, to the Terrible ; Lieutenant H. E. Stephens, to rite Hannibal ; Lieutenant L. M. Croke, to the Hydra ; Lieut. H. A. Mainwaring (additional), to the Marl borough ; Alfred C. Johnson, naval instructor, to the Orion, and John M. Forster, assistant pay master in charge, to the Oberon. LATEST NEWS, .INDIA AND CHINA, (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 4. The Calcutta and China mails leave to-day, with intelligence from Calcutta to the sth of May, Madras, 10th ; Ceylon, 14th ; Hongkong, April 23 ; and Mauritius, May 10. Sir Hugh Rose defeated the rebels at Bul Sir Kooneh about the 30th of April, killing 400. They aro making another stand near Calpee. The Nana, with all the cavalry in Bareilly, was trying to cross the Ganges, to join his brother at Calpee, and thence escape to Central India. Oude is quieting down. Mr. Montgomery has restored the Talookdars, and established the Ze mindaree system, to the content of the people. Jung Bahadoor had reached Azimghur, on his return march. There has been some slight disturbance caused by a hill tribe in Assam. A small detadhment of Europeans and Ghoorkas having followed them into the mountains had been repulsed with loss. On the sth of May a hurricane passed over Madras, damaging many ships. The money market was tighter, cotton goods brisk, exports in less demand. Exchange, 2s. O'd. to 2s. lid. At Calcutta imports generally were in active demand. The export market was dull, but with- out a decline in prices, owing to small supplies. The money-market unchanged. Freights had fallen. Exchange, 2s. ld. for credits, and 2s. I id. to 2s. lid. for documents. The Australian mail steamer Emeu arrived at Galle on the 14th of May. The Victoria, with the Australian mails, started from Aden to Suez before the Nemesis, but has not yet been heard of. CHINA. A despatch from Pekin directs the foreign Plenipotentiaries to return to Canton to meet the sew Commissioner, who, it is said, is gathering forces with the intention of attempting the re - capture of Canton. Lord Elvin and his colleagues had left for the Peiho. The transactions in the import market at Hong Kong were very moderate. Exchange, 4s. 9d. for first-class paper. Prices of tea in the Chinese markets unaltered. sEIANGRAI, APRIL 14. Considerable operations in silk at former rates. Middling and inferior somewhat lower. Exchange, 6s. 14d. to 6s. 2d. for credits. BERNE, JUNE 8. Mr. Gordon, British Minister here, has offi cially notified to the Federal Council his recal. PORTUGAL. LISBON, JUNE 8. The Royal Speech, delivered yesterday at ,the opening of the,Cortea,,announeed the betrothal of Pzince George of Saxony with the Infanta of Portugal. The Speech also referred to the formation o, new railroads, and to intended measures relating to the finances and to navigation. The Paris correspondent of the Morning .Post (Second Edition) says— " It is not true, as stated by some journals, that the Governments of England and France are displeased with the proceedings of their Envoys in China. Nor is there any probability of the allies abandoning Canton. The diplomatic agents of the allies, as well as the naval and military com manders, have in concert agreed on fresh opera tions, and as soon as the demanded reinforcements arrive, the public may rest assured that their united energy will be employed in operations which no doubt will result in permanent and im proved commercial intercourse with the Celestial Empire. As to the exact nature of the proposed operations of the allies in China, it is scarcely fair or prudent to interrogate her Majesty's Govern ment. The public will not be disappointed with the policy pursued by En gland and France in China, as there is every reason t o b e li eve f u t u re difficulties will be avoided. "I hear to-day from Naples that Mr. Lyons hopes to succeed in settling the difficulty with Naples amicably. I trust he may not be deceived. At all events, her Majesty's Government could not be better represented. I believe the ultimatum , of England has been presented to the Neapolitan Government." ;. ~.. ,'`3 RUSSIA. A despatch from St. Petersburg announces that a company has been formed in shares, with a capi tal of 2,000,000 of silver roubles, under the title of " Transcaspian Company," to carry on commerce with Persia and Central Asia. M. Kokoreff is at the bead of the undertaking. "General Paniutioe," says a Warsaw letter in the Augsburg Gazette, 4, will occupy the place of the Governor, Prince Gortschakori, during the leave of absence of till,' latter. The manoeuvres of troops will not take place until September, after the Prince's return ; and at that period of the year it is not unlikely that the Emperor Alexander may pay us a visit. The news of his Majesty's intended journey to Arkangel does not appear to be confirmed." FRANCE. PARIS, TtrEsrair. The Lyons papers give an account of the cere mony of degrading Lieutenant de Mercy, who had been tried by court-martial, and found guilty of the murder of one of his officers, but whose sen tence has been commutel to transportation. The proceeding took place on the 6th inst. at Lyons. De Mercy was led from the military prison on the sth in presence cf the court-martial that had tried him, in order to hear read the letters of grace which saved him from the extreme penalty of , death, but at tho same time degraded him from his military rank. The Imperial Commissioner ad dressed him in these words : "De Mercy,—You owe your 1 fa to the Empress, whose noble heart, good among all, feels for all who suffer. Pray, and repent. Your sword is to be imme diately broken and the fra,ments cast at your feet. Who knout s but that hereafter, when purified by a long arid painful exp i ation, you will not be able, acting on the instincts of your race, to grasp another sword, and employ it in honour in distant climes l" De Mercy, it is said, wept on hearing these words. The ceremony of degradation was then performed in the public equare in presence of the troops of the garrison, and in front of his own regiment, the akar commanding saying— "Louis CbaEes Eiouard de Mercy, you are un worthy of berviDg in the French Army. In the name of the Emperor, I degrade you." . The senior sergeant then proceeded to remove his military cap, the gold lace from his coat, his epaulet es, the buttonsifroapis tunic, and, drawing Ins sword, broke it into pieces, and flung the frag ments on the ground. The troops then marched past the prisoner, who was afterwards conducted under a guard to the civil prison. BOITESE, Juno B.—There was a general rally in LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--('his Day.) LONDON, June 9.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH . , June B.—Wind S. —Sailed—Blackwell, for Melbourne. FALMOUTH, June B.—Wind E.—Sailed—Alchymist, for Quebec. SWANSEA, June B.—Wind from Coquimbo. WATERFORD, June 7.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W— Sailed—Lavinia), for Quebec ; City of Manchester, for Quebec. HULL, June B.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Siam, from St. John's, Newfoundland. SCILLY, June B.—Wind N.—Arrived—Flora, from London for Quebec. OFF Tuscan, June 7.—Arrived—Beechwortli, from Bombay. LONDONDERRY, June 7.—Wind E.—Arrived— Lycur gus, from Philadelphia. BELFAST, Juna 7.—Wind S.— Arrived—John W. Lo. vitt, from St. John, N.B. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind calm. Arrived—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; John Brykin, Cardiff; Brothers, Swansea; Limerick Lass and Ann. Newport; Edward and Mary, Cardiff; Indep,ndence, Swansea. Sailed—Clara and Wear, for Sunderland ; Ceres, s., London; Atalanta, s., Jersey; Trio, Cardiff; Surprise, Sand ; Empress, London; Susannah and Olhello, Newport. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. ; tide,ithree hours flood; weather, fine. Arrivod, June B—Catherine, from Stockholm ; Ludvig, Riga ; Caroline, Cronstadt ; Delfino, Buenos Ayres; Childo Harold, Callao • Cassan , lra, Lisb ; Newton, Trinid a d ; Sea Nymph, Rio Janeiro; Apparicio, Rio Grande; Lyf ford, St. Vincent ; P r i ncess Royal, Guernsey. Sailed, Juno 9—Wonga (s), for Antwerp ; Sir R. Peel, Dunkirk. Wind calm. DEAL, Wednesday M orn i ng . Passed—Whim, from Lisbon, for London. THE RECENT MURDER IN TIPPERART4—TWO pare• us 'e brought into Tipperary by the p lice on Saturday morning. charged with the murder of Wm. Greene, far, mer One of the men charged is named Greene, and he is a nephew of the murdered man. The police have dis covered a hatchet, a hay knife, and a turnip-cutter in the hous es o f t h e prisoners. The wounds exhibited on the body of the deceased appear to have been inflicted by some nob rude weapons as these. GERMANY. A letter from Vienna, in the Universal German Gazette states that Archduke John, great uncle of the Emperor, who in 1848 was charged with thQ administration of the German empire, is about to start on aconfidential mission to Belgium, supposed to be connected with the Antwerp fortifications, on the subject of which the archduke could offer valuable advice, as he was for some time director general of the Austrian engineering department. MONTENEGRO. Prince Danilo, letters state, has given orders that a church shall be erected in mei - nary of the victory tf Grahovo. He has also published a decree, directing prayers to be offered up during a space of forty days for the Montenegrins killed in that en gagement, and has forbidden any man to boast of having shown more bravery than the rest, all hav ing behaved with the greatest gallantry. RER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The programme of the season contained a pledge that Mdlle. Piccolomini should appear, at au early date, in the character of Luisa Miller, wherein she had achieved, in Italy, triumphs equal to those which attended, and still attend, her performance in " La Traviata;" and last evening the opera was produced. Among Mr. Lumley's merits as a mana ger is conspicuous the tact with which he arranges and varies the attractions of his theatre. He has chosen for the production of this successful opera, by Verdi, exactly the time when such a novelty was eagerly desired, and was sure to be favourably greeted. He has his reward in one of the most com plete successes of his three most successful seasons. The story of " .Luisa Miller," as most of our readers are probably aware, is taken from Schiller's "Kraft and Liebe." It is simple, touching, tragic, and very dramatic. A slight sketch of it will facilitate a comprehension of the chief points of the performance. Luisa is the daughter of Miller, a vassal of Count Walter. She has been wooed and her affections won by a young lover named Carlo, who is unknown to the neighbours, but for whom she has rejected a more ill-favoured suitor, Wurm. This Wurm is a retainer of Count Walter, and be tween them there is some dark secret. Old Miller has his doubts as to the young lover, which are converted into certainty when Wurm communi cates to him the fact that Carlo is no other than the young Count Rodolpho, son of Walter, in disguise. Rodolpho, on the other hand, is beloved by the Duchess Frederiea, a wealthy and beautiful young widow, and Walter is bent on their marriage. Rodolpho tells.the duchess the truth, and of course only succeeds in rousing her to a frenzy of jealousy. Miller now tells his daughter the true position and character of her lover, but his denunciations are ar rested by the arrival of Rodolpho himself, who avows his love and swears fidelity. At this point Count Walter enters, upbraids his son, insults Luisa, and is at once braved by old Miller. For a ♦assal thus to beard his suzerain is punishable by death, and the old man is removed in chains. In re taliation, Rodolpho whispers to his father that he is acquainted with his secret, which is nothing less than that he has obtained his title and estates by murdering his elder brother. The second act developes the "Krafr," or in trigue. A plot is contrived by Count Walter and Wurm to separate the lovers. The third act em bodies the tragic catastrophe. Luisa and her lover die by poison. The distribution of parts is as follows :—Luisa Miller, Mdlle. Piccolomini; the Duchess Frederica, Mme. Alboni ; Rodolpho, Signor Giuglini ; Count Walter, Signor Vialetti ; Miller, Signor • Beneven tano ; and Wurm, Signor Castelli. Piccolomini, in the character of Luisa, has more than sustained her high reputation as a tragic actress in' parts depending for their interest on the development of the natural emotions and sympa thies of the female heart. She was ably seconded throughout by Giuglini, who acted with even mole than his usual verve and.spirit, and by Beneven tano, who, if he continues these successes, willsoon monopolise the " heavy feathers" of the opera stage, thus attesting the versatility which, at the same time, makes him the best Don Giovanni we have. The scenery of the opera is admirable, and the dresses new and brilliant. Supported as it is by the superlative talent of Alboni, Piccolomini, and Giuglini, it will probably " run" till the close of the season. SLR HENRI HAVELOCK AND THE VICTORIA CROSS. Yesterday was published with the Parliamentary papers a return (moved for by General Buckley) of copies of the telegram from the late Sir IL Have lock in reference to the conduct of Lieut. Havelock in leading the 64th Regiment at Cawnpore, for which that officer subsequently received the Vic toria Cross. Also, of the correspondence between Sir Colin Campbell and the Adjutant-General on the subject. Sir Colin Campbell informs the General Com manding-in-Chief that in consequence of this des- P atch ) a feeling of dissatisfaction, which has been testified in the most respectful manner, has arisen among the officers of the G4th Foot, who consider it contains a slur on the character of the late Lieut. - Colonel Stirling, then in command of the regiment, and on the regiment generally; and Sir Colin con fesses to having "a strong feeling of sympathy with the officers of the 64th Regiment." "This instance," he proceeds to say, "is one of many in which, since the institution of the Victoria Cross, advantage has been taken by young aides de-camp and other staff officers to place themselv,s in prominent situations for the purpose of attract ing attention. To them life is of little value as com pared with the gain of public honour; but they donot reflect, and the generals to whom they belong also do not reflect, on the cruel injustice thus done to gallant officers who, besides the excitement of the moment of action, have all the responsibility attendant on this situation. We know that the private soldier expects to be led by his regimental officers, whom he knows and recognises as the loaders to whom he is bound to look • in the moments of the greatest trial and danger, and that he is utterly regardless of the ac cidental presence of an aide-de-camp, or other staff officer, who is an absolute stranger to him. Th ere is another point, also, having a greater importance. By such despatches as the one above alluded to, it is made to appear to the . world that a regiment would have proved wanting in-courage except for an acci dental circumstance. Such a reflection is most galling to a regiment of British soldiers, indeed almost intolerable, and the Let is remembered against it by all the other corps in her Majesty's service. Soldiers feel such things most keenly. I would, therefore, again beg leave to dwell on the injustice sometimes done by general officers when they give a public preference to those attached to them, over old officers who are charged with the most difficult and responsible duty." To Sir CJlin's despatch the Adjutant-General replies, by direction of the Duke of Cambridge, saying —that "His Royal Highnessregrets sincerely that any unfavourable imputation of the courage or conduct of the lieutenant-colonel should ever for a moment have ben supposed to attach to the cha racter of that gal'ant and excellent officer. His Royal Highness enters fully into the feelings of Lieut.-Colonel Bingham, who has in vindication of the ch arac t er of his late commanding officer, and of the 64th Regiment, so honourably appealed to your sense of justice, and he has much gratification in now recording his entire satisfaction with the whole co n d uc t of Lieutenant-Colonel St i rl i ng, an d of the ex ce ll en t reg i ment which he comman d e d with so much credit to himself and advantage to the service." AIISTRALIA.—The Black Ball clipper ship Saldanba will sail this week Pori Melbourne, having on board about 350 passengers, including 25 recruits for the 4@th Regiment, in Melbourne; Us - replace others returning borne. Among the officers are Captain Cook and Assistant Staff-Surgeon Lynch. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Barlow.) The commission of lunacy, ordered by the Lords Jus tices, to inquire into the state of mind of Sir H. Meux, the head of the large brewing- firm, was resumed this morning, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Bovill, Q.C., snd Mr. Bodkin, appeared for the petitioners, Lord and Lady Malden and Mrs. Arobin ; Mr. Montague Smijth, and Mr. Quain for Sir William and Lady Bowyer Smijth in support of the petition ; and the Attorney-General, Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., And Mr. Hawkins, for Lady Meux. From the account published in The Sun yesterday, it would seem that the main object of the commission was to ascertain whether, when Sir Henry Meux executed a certain deed, supposed to be in the July of last year, be was in a state of mind competent to the management of his own affairs. The deed in question is supposed to be in favour of his wife and infant son, and as such a pro ceeding is of the greatest importance to all 'parties con cerned, the present steps have been taken to fix the date of the commencement of the lunacy, and so determine the value of the document alluded to. A number of witnesses were examined, amongst whom was Dr. Connolly, who deposed that at the time he saw Sir H. Men; in the early part of the year 1857, he con sidered him to be in a state of mind capable of managing his own affairs. The case was proceeding when we went to press. LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) JUDGMENT-APPEAL -THE SOMERSET COAL CANAL COX' PANT V. HARCOURT. This case has been previously reported during the Bearing. It will be recollected that the company filed their bill, claiming, under the act of Parliament a con v.yance to 6 acres, 2 roods, and 34 perches of land at Balgravey, belonging to Lord Balgrave, for 2461., being at the rate of 30 years' purchase of the rent of the land. Lord Balgrave pleaded minority—objected to the sale, and alleged the company possessed the lands in question as tenants, for payment of rent only, and that he was entitled to erect a bridge over their railway or canal. The Lord Chancellor, after delivering a ♦ery long, learned, and elaborate judgment in this case this morning, came to the conclu sion that the company had not made out their claim to a conveyance of the land in question, and dismissed their bill with costs, but continued their possession of the said lands as tenants, declaring that the company were still intitled to apply to the commissioners of the county for an award of these lands in terms of their Act of Parliament. Tne company undertaking to apply to the commissioners within three months, continue the in• junction against the use of the bridge to the injery of the canal or railway, with liberty to apply to his lord ship or any other judge of the Chancery Courts. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) INDGMENT-ADAMS V. ADAMS. His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in delivering judgment, said that the only point reserved for his con sideration in this case was whether, under the will of the late Sir W. Adams, Mr. W. C. Adams, the second son of Sir W. Adams, took a vested interest in the sum of 6,0001. legacy left by the will. Ho considered that the second son of the testator took a vested interest in the legacy at the time when he became of age, 21, and was entitled to claim it, and that he was not bound to wait till a final distribution of the family's claims or legacies. His Honour decreed accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) -MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY iv A. PORTER.—Edward Ames, 17, wai charged with stealing the sum of 61. the money of Fri" derick Strong, tailor, of 39 and 40, Haymarket. Joseph Matthew Hart, clerk to the prosecutor, said the prisoner was in the service of the prosecutor as porters and it was his duty of a night after the shop was closed to take the keys into the next house and deliver thole to either Mr. or Mrs. Strong. Oa Thursday last be gave him the keys as usual and also a bag containing 51. note, a sovereign, and a few halfpence. Instead of delivering the keys as he should have done, he left them in the passage, and went away, and w al not seen again till l as t n i g h t. T he prisoner, who h a d entered the service with a good character, had only been in the prosecutor's service a few weeks. Inspeotor Comb said the prisoner gave himself up at the station-house. P r i soner sa id h e would admit taking the money, all but the V. not, which was not in the bag. He would plead guilty. Mr. Bingham said he must be committed. At the same time it was sad that a lad with good prospects be' for e him should yield to a temptation that would for ever ruin him. Committed for three months. THAMES. THE DANGER OF LOOKING AT PUNCH AND JUDY."' Charles Jones, a well-known and dexterous thief, wail brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealinj I silver watch, value 41., from the person of Antonio cord dose, an Italian seaman, whose evidence was delivered through the medium of Mr. Abraham Meldola, an in• terpreter, of No. 90, Leman-street, Whitecbapel. The prosecutor stated that yesterday afternoon be wag looking at the performance of Punch and Judy in NIP' tune-street, WeHelm-square, and at that part of the performance where Shalaballa and Punch were fighting , he was laughing heartily, when he felt a tug at his watch, and saw prisoner with it in his hand. He instantly Bellie d ; the prisoner, who threw the watch upon the ground. o' man picked it up, and the prisoner snatched it from bin ) and ran away. He followed the prisoner and never lost sight of him until he was stopped. Richard Noble, a seaman, stated that he picked 11 1 ) ,., * watch from the groun d i n f ront of the punch and j ey show at which he was looking. The prisoner had 11 ,2 1 foot partly over th e wa t c h . Th e prisoner snatched toe watch from him and ran away. John Manning, a police constable, No. 0 A saw the prisoner running at fall speed, and many persons running after him calling out "stop thief." He seized the pri . soner and detained him. The prisoner said a man be' hind gave him the watch. Former convictions against the prisoner were proVed. Ha was a notorious thief. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. TO TDB IDITOR OF TUE SUN. SIR,---Any other man than Mr. Hayward, wh.et informed th a t I never h a d any conversation i the late Mr. James Smith or his brother, on the - subject of the title of my Miscellany, would hav e expressed regret at having published an anecdote wholly devoid of foundation in fact. Instead of this, he has raised an issue on its truth, and adduced, on his own authority, the name of a deceased gentleman, to contradict me. This is easily done, but is not satisfactory. Our respen' five reputation for veracity is before the public'. I will not appeal to the dead, but to the living ; : and refer him, for his satisfaction, to the member of his own profession, the Benchers of the TernPlef whose estimate of him is well known. Mr. Hayward is pleased to call this groundle a/ anecdote, which is calculated to throw upon me, " a harml ess p l easantry. " If I were to publish Theodore H oo k' s s t ory o f hi s affecting al; peal to him t o "S pare d ear C aro li ne f or hi s sa ke, he might unde rs t an d h ow an a b sur d s t ory ce ases to be harmless when it b e c omes p ersona l.—Y o urs faithfully, ridicule - (Signed) RICHARD BENTLEY. New Burlington-street, June 5, 1858. MARKET NEWS. —(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. An unusually small supply of English wheat was on Air, in to-day's mar k e t , yet the demand for all kinds NW heavy, at Monday's decline in value. We had a large show of foreign wheat. Even the fillet samples were qu it e neg l ec t e d ; b ut no actual change 0° place in the quotations. Barley, though in short supply, was a slow sale, at I S " rates. The malt trade was heavy, at barely stationary pric e ? A large quantity of f ore i gn oa t s was brought f ors var and sales progressed slowly, at Monday's decline. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, at late rsteF• ARRIVALS MIS WRES. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I 760 2,240 Oats. English Irish Floor t,520 Foreign.,,,. 1 16,2 0 I 1,450 90 ' i - 111° 37,680 _ brill BOROUGH HOP. Our market has become firm, and fine parcels of lioP° rather dearer. WIIITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold slowly, as follows : Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 41,1, 4 1 0 ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6 s 4d ; vea l, 3 s 8d t o 4 s Gd ; p or k, 31 u" 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IBELA3 IO 4 —The 13th annual report, issued yesterday, ittioWli tb il ; at the end of the year 18i7 the Commissioners of Ch ar ': table Donations and Bequests for Ireland held Wid e : their guardianship and care 114,9031. in Governm eo ' new 3 per cent. stook. DEATH OE SIR HENRY FITZEIEREERT.—We have record the death of Sir Henry Fitzherbert, Bart., w, i m" ; occurred at his et seat, born in 1783, and c ceeded the title on the death of his brother in 1798. Let Mark ( s uPpli altere( Th e R amnia. Th e 4103 t katITISIE 3 "‘ stock a islt cent. 1 lip e e! Cent. I ti ° Per ( 1 , a Stock (P c cl k Loa n ki,Ltiois for --444 x/Ittr k 17 , k l lOOO iff,heqitei .Ko. 1 % 5 11,1eRS O. .i,.4nan 5 r I tto 1 7 1 , 0 4 A yre k ez l . 4 o Acc , t !can 3 pi It t' 3 Ace Pen a lan Bo itt o 3 b hto ce grki 11 4, 3411 Soo Ltt n . 4 1 , B on P i Lto °tiettn 1,24 i A acl L'ltto Deft D t ,7 .. & 111 Ezeh f Is °. 4 Der "itt o Ac,c4 Comola COTT. - wierdam.. k o lilitto, three 4 11 rdam I 'werP h t_ th ,, eis ,r i bu rg h L. •th b o *••••• ree ix Iteitfort-oh. It4rBb achti erg kitrce4°4 The tot a r dt eels, 13 ' 1 to O v ti le e' er ker.. nme I l ki l ee, to 22 gros s 41 41 0/1i u a(u e l' lye ‘t -4 ed 1 Fi n ar nPack i s i ; 111 thi s "V 1347 jOl ) an a ' t-vour Ni s Ant ( tuk i re turn Wh o 4 . 10 14 - mere DOI p "18101 his B"Sed the mental; i"opai d rid 4ot , gene Ne 4 Who hi4, l t he ce C, 44 ght ite t- "etoh ir e 4 of s 11 11 co - a %lei GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. CHEW EXCURSION to the SEA-SIDE. —on Saturday, Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. June 12th, a train will leave Paddington at 2.30 p.m. for Chippen hare, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Frome and 6s); Yeovil (143 Last Night but One of King Lear. and 78) ; and Dorchester and Weymouth (208 and 10s), to return on THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH Tuesday, the 15th, from Weymouth at 6.30 a.m., and intermediate CHARMS. stations as per hand-bills. After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. ...."' 4.............................. • To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN --- ,-,-..., ..n WRST - ERN RAIL WA V SEARCH OF HIMSELF.