The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-26 00:00:00

~~~~ `» s. /,',•:,,,, - lik ,N ' ` l- # , ',+l l :t.A''.L ITALIAN OPERA. N 4 + -4 1 - .! - '4' . :: - -COVENT-GARDEN. \,.... c.::.\"..4\ ; „ \ :;t -. - e ,Noliiiity, _Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public are :, 7 ,,;,... ' rispeogally informed that the NEW THEATRE WILL ' '''l/4XMnriIAURDAY, May 10, 2 141 parryt u l ar e will be duly announced. ial Italian Opera, March 24, 1858. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA RKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with SHOCKING EVENTS. Followed by THE HUNCHBACK. Julia, Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Master Walter, Mr. Howe ; Modus, Mr. Buck stone. After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. To conclude with BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buck stone; Cox, Mr. Compton. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ........ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, the new grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor mack ; Clown, Mr. Malin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed IRELAND AS IT WAS. Ragged Pat, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. And THE HAPPY MAN. Commence at Seven. [OPAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, the Tragedy of FAZIO. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. To conclude with GILDEROY, CANTERBIJRY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow log company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Sslettions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dcc., :—Miss Russell, Mrs: Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maelagan, W. T. Critchtield, G. Foyle, and E. Mackney. Piaao-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, 6ta. , until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAIIAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT—Morn., 0 min. aft. o —Even., 1 min. aft. 12 To-Moßiow —Morn. 31 min. aft. 12 —Even. 55 min. aft. 12 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 26. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and daring the night., 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.25. WIND, Westerly, ranging from S S.W. to W.N.W. ; 1 ight, with fine cool weather. itt, t 4 4 , NtAy !zr.Wt, - , o )h, 44,n, cg.% LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1858. The Times of this day, bears candid, but, per haps, unwilling testimony to the advantages which the nation has derived from the recent change of Government. It has, at length, dis covered that something may be gained by the dis placement of what they considered " a strong Ad ministration," width° concession of what they also, ex cathedra, are pleased to term a weak one. While "the penny whistles" were " frighting the isle from its propriety" with shrill squeaks re specting the certainty of a retrograde policy ; the worst the "Jupiter-tonatts " of Printing-house square could allege was that we should only obtain a rechauftlis of dishes prepared by their predecessors to suit the popular palate. We were not greatly ~T , RApd by these announcements. We could not perceive anything terrible in the new men, taking what was good from the old advisers. We cared for measures, not men ; and so long as the public business was conducted in a satisfactory manner, it was of trivial importance by whom it was car ried on. But now the Leviathan has a more serious charge. The Derbyites have changed places with the Palmerstonians. They have actually effected within a few weeks what had previously been grossly mismanaged, or totally neglected. The French difficulty has been satisfactorily arranged ; and now the Neapolitan annoyance has been almost adjusted. The Delhi prize -money placed on a satisfactory foundation ; and the energetic and efficient services of Sir HENRY LAWRENCE recognised. Ministers may plead guilty to these charges. They need not traverse any of the allegations. We reproduce the bill of indictment, which, be it remembered, proceeds from the Times. It is as follows : "There is certainly this advantage in a change of Ministry—that a whole string of popular demands is likely to be at once conceded. The Government are still bound by their Opposition speeches, and, as an Opposition, of course they found fault with the late Ministry and pointed out the necessity of an entirely different policy. It is also a matter of common prudence to begin by obtaining a little popularity, which it is always in the power of a Go vernment to do if it will quite pedantry and rou tine for aseason. Then, the new men actually see things in a different light from the old. No matter how shrewd and comprehensive may be the judg ment of a politician, it is likely to be weakened by five or six years' tenure of office. Every Govern ment must be more or less conservative, and from resisting independent members of Parliament, and , baffling tkeir suggestions and inquiries, the states man SAA an actual love of differing from the public att:r..., and having his own way in spite of them. His successors, before they become offi cialieed, may be depended upon to reverse many of the judgments to which he would have clung dur ing his whole career. " The present Ministers have had the sense to see that the country had become impatient of the delicacy with which the King of Naples had been treated. Lord Clarendon had naturally been led into the policy of forbearance. When the Cagliari was captured it was declared to be a piratical craft and in Neapolitan waters. The English engineers were on board, and must consequently be brought to trial with the rest of the crew ; they might be innocent, but the trial would be necessary to prcve this and until they had gone before the Neapolitan tribunals it would be against the law of nations to interfere. This was considered at the time an un answerable argument, and there was nothing left but to li e t h at Watt and Park had a fair trial, if any Neapolitan process can deserve that character. But no sooner was it discovered by the King that no interference would take placo thin the two Englishmen were treated with every kind of harsh ness and contumely. They were kept in a wretched prison, without sufficient change of clothes, and were not allowed tocommunicate with their friends. At last, in• the eighth month of their confinement, they were brought to trial; but not until one of them had been deprived temporarily of reason and the other worn out by fatigue and sickness. It might certainly have been well to interfere more sternly when it became evident that the King was violating the laws of natural justice, but the late Cabinet had been committed to a temporizing policy, and the cessation of diplomatic relations with the Two Sicilies rendered it difficult to act. it is possible that the engineers might now be i n r ew thei iin e rm ieon hd a it not been for the advent of a Ministry. Lord Karnes bury was able trinTrie:Taleeith a vigour from which band rhimself, and the Lord Clarendon result is that Watt has health now doubt, soon be in England safe aMi irapre,i„i4td,a4tl is now Park IS out on bail, and win, no set completely at liberty. I A m atter of almost equal importance is the dis tribution of the Delhi prize-money. We d o not indeed, say t bat an old Ministry would have denied the soldiers what so just ly . belongs to them, but still a young and popularity seeking Government act with more satisf actory prom pi t ode. The groat exploit of the Indian war, and mixed a force the gallant siege and assault in which so sma ll triumphed over such obstacles, is not to be re warded merely with six months' batta. We can not but think that the illiberality of the iormer aarrangementent would have been prod uctive of the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1858. ' very worst consequences. The capture of Delhi was confessedly the turning point of the war. Let us recall our sensations before and after the news of this great military exploit reached us. Before, there was a general anticipaton of widespread eala mity. Every mail was looked for with trembling. Even the Government did not venture on any favourable prediction. The Opposition openly expressed their fear of a general rising of India, the revolt of the Sikhs, the mutiny of the Bombay and Madras Armies, and the necessity of a complete reconquest of the country, without a single native ally. But the capture of Delhi dispelled every fear for our eventual success. We knew then that India was saved. Popular attention turned to the position of the inmates of the Lucknow Resi dency, and though, doubtless, the fate of some hundreds of our countrymen and countrywomen was a legitimate cause of anxiety, yet so great an interest in the fate of individuals was a sign that the existence of the Empire was no longer threat ened. The fall of Delhi confirmed the Mahratta Rajahs in their allegiance, calmed the excitement in the Bombay and Madras Presidencies, and in duced the Nepaulese Prince to take the field. And was all this to be recompensed by 36 rupees, as the men in their vexation wrote upon the walls of Delhi ? Such treatment would have given little encouragement to those who are to garrison India for many years to come, and who, after the recon quest of Oude is complete, must bear the burden of sepoys work until another native army on which w e may fairly trust is organised. The grant of a baronetcy to the son of Sir H. Lawrence, with a pension of 1,0001. a-year from the East India Company, is another concession to popular feeling. Indeed, the strongly-expressed opinion of the nation seems to have been the cause of a much more liberal distribution of honours than was at first intended. A fitting reward to the family of such a man as Henry Lawrence could hardly be withheld when it was resolved that generosity should be the order of the day. The able administrator of Oude and the organiser of • the defence of Lucknow had claims on his country which his premature death only made more sacred. When it is considered how liberally honours are dispensed at home, it cannot be thought that the rank of a baronet is too great a reward for the son and representative of one who stood so high on the roll of Indian heroes. " The public may fairly be congratulated on hav ing attained these three objects. Concessions of this kind are generally wrung from new Ministries, and it is very likely that we shall have a few more of them. We, of the public, of course, are ready to take all we can get ; the Tories may be as liberal and popular as they like ; whether they are consistent is the concern of their broadacred supporters, and not ours. If they wish to reckon their tenure of office by anything more than weeks, it must be by the prac tice of the vigorous and liberal policy of which we have given these three instances." Another PALMERSTONIAN organ, the Morning Post, has adopted a different line. It advises and counsels the Cabinet, ,has est ab hoste doeeri, and therefore Lord DBBBY should receive his in spiration from his antagonist. The Post is his monitor, and its opinions must be received with " bated breath and deep humility." There should now be an " uncontrolled Secre tary of State for India." The bugbear of Crown, or, more properly speaking, Minis terial patronage, is no longer to be dreaded. The rock which Lord PALMERSTON so cautiously avoided is to be sought after by Lord DERBY. We confess that, under existing circumstances, we see no great danger resulting from this patronage. We believe it would be administered as well and as beneficially by the Government as by the Directors, or any council that may be substituted in their place. We shall not, however, blame the Government for respectingeven the untenable scruples that have been put forward, and venture to predict that the measure which within a few hours will be submitted to the House and the country will be something very different from that so strenuously and so disinterestedly recommended by the PAL MERSTONIAN organ. There must always be a species of guerilla warfare carried on to a certain extent in both Houses of Parliament. We c a nno t o bj ec t t o th e skirmumen or uuv r .l,3, ur w .071a.g00 of oom plimenta in the military fashion between " light bobs" and " triailleurs.' It is perfectly correct that they should at one moment fraternise, and :he next be prepared to worry each other. But the heavy artillery altoull never be engaged where " pop-guns" would be more appropriate weapons. A NASIITTH'S hammer may be so admirably constructed, and tap so gently, as to fashion a tenpenny nail, but there would be a great waste of power in so doing, and no judi cious manufacturer would resort to such instru ments. "To compare small things with great," we may see similar inconsistencies in the political world. The Ex-leader of the House of Lords— the quond6m President of the Privy Council, hurled a few tormenting missiles against those by whom his colleagues were superseded. And for what ? Simply because they had followed in the track indicated by their predecessors. It was the to quoque argument. Ws treated the Company badly, but you were by no means better, and therefore you also merited censure. No one could administer a more appropriate rebuke to this Parthian hostility than Earl GREY. He, courted by Whig and Tory, Conservative and Radical—the independent Peer, who, like HARRY Gow, "fought for his own hand," and could, without inconsistency, exclaim, " A plague of both your houses," recognised the gross impro priety of Lord GRANYILLE'S attack on his oppo nents, and implied defence of his own and his coadjutors' policy. A more suitable occasion might surely have been selected. The Indian question will be ven tilated this evening in the House of Commons, and every discontented legislator will have full time to sharpen his weapons during the recess, and a certain opportunity for discharging his shafts. It would have been more dignified and courteous on the part of Earl GRANVILLE, and far more judicious, to have bided his time, and avoided such an inopportune and premature movement. He should also have shown some gratitude for the forbearance of his opponents during many sessions, and perceived the possibility of a Roland in the Derbyite camp that might fairly be matched with the Palmerstonian " Oliver." Lord DERBY accepted his share of the censure which Lord GREY impartially administered, but in so doing he was really heaping coals on his ad versary's head. There was nothing that could be fairly alleged against himself or any of his more prominent and influential followers. Lord GRANVILLE could not have justified his coune by any example on their side. We need not further refer to such unseemly contests. If well-founded complaints respecting the con duct of either Ministry to the East India Com pany can be preferred, there will be a suitable occasion for their discussion ! That should be waited for, and there should be no petty onslaughts in the interval which may annoy, but cannot seriously injure, either party. ORDER OF THE GARTER.--Her Majesty the Qaeen held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, ye,. tArday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of ..a n n o d ur thoe.....9ueen was Wellington was introduced, and was conducted between Garter and Black Rid to the Sovereign. His Grace knelt graciously pleased to confer of ~.s_v o4. _: le.ntgllthood upon his Grace. The Duke ver4-41, an:der:sat conducted in like manner to the So• Knighthood. ce ved from the Queen the honour of Her Majesty,. atteuid lav the Hon. Missee Herr 4a r - t he ,Countess' of Cal . Lord Colville, honour s d a t ht t Z e V i t 'hel. Lord Raglarted"" Theatre with her presence ie-th ovresnoe at the Olympic 1 e evening. His Royal Highness th e P r i nce Consort I o fwith his presence last evening the opening he T . \ IJames's Hall. His Royal Highness was attended by ti 4 Margins • o f Abercorn, Lord Bagot, Major and Captain the Hon. D. de Roe. Geri. Wyldr, SURREY TBEATRE. Miss Goddard, the celebrated tragic actress, had last night an opportunity of increasing her already well-earned popularity as a highly-finished deli neator of Shakspearian characters. The role she sustained on this occasion being that of "Hamlet," a character hitherto pourtrayed by male actors ; yet her magnificent reading—at once bold, clear, and lucid—coupled with her thorough knowledge of stage business, at once stamped her success as I complete. At the fall of the curtain she was called to receive the well-earned plaudits of a crowded and delighted audience. We predict for this lady a high position in the walks of tragedy. L &TEST NEWS. THE CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING}. The Cohmbo steamer, Capt. Field, has arrived with the mails from China, Ceylon, &c. ; those from Calcutta having been lost in the Ava. She left Alexandria on the 13th ; Malta, 17th ; Gibraltar, 21st. The Colombo brings 107 passengers, among whom are the following from Lucknow :—Lady Inglis, Mrs. Bruene, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. Ap thorpe, Captain Lawrence, Lieut. Powell, and Lieut. Cook. On freight she has 111 packages specie, value not stated, 263 bales cotton, 37 boxes valuables, and general cargo of fruit, (gz e . Gibraltar exchanges on the 20th were—Lon don, 49; to 50 ; Paris, sf. 30c. ; Marseilles, sf. 30c. The Colombo spoke Indus, steamer, on the 15th ; Malabar, steamer, on the 19th ; schooner, Pride Of the Seas, on the 20th, lat. 37.12 N., long. 1 E. ; ship, Storm Queen, on the 24th, lat. 45.20 N., long. 8.10 W. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Minister f the Interior and of General Safety has addressed a circular to the prefects of depart ments on the subject of passports. Alluding to the established principle that any traveller, passing from ono State to another, mu.t be provided with a national passport vise-ed by an agent of the power over whose frontier he wishes to pass, the minister states that the police measures founded on this rule have, of late years, been so relaxed that serious inconveniences have resulted. It has beer, therefore, found necessary to return a more strict observance of previous regulations rela tive to passports and their visa by the proper autho rities ; for which purpose an understanding has been come to between the departments of the In terior and of Foreign Affairs. The circular then goes on to give the new regulations adopted, which are in unison with those which we publish from the Acet , rding to a Paris letter in the Nord, Lord Wodehouse, the English Minister at St. Peters burg, has resigned. Prince Jerome was able yesterday, for the first time, to walk a little on the terrace. Tue following telegraphic despatches have been received here : MARSEILLES, March 24.—Intelligence from Constan tinople to the 11th confirms the statement that Fuad Pacha has been named plenipotentiary to the congress of Paris. A despatch was received in the Turkish capital from London to the effect that Lord Stratford de Rad cliffe would return to Constantinople to take leave of the Sultan. A catastophe has taken place at Damascus, several houses and bazaars having been crushed in by masses of Fnow. The loss is stated to be very consider able. The Official Gazette of Persia expresses its satis faction at the friendly intercourse existing between France and the Government of the Shah. TRIESrE, March 25.--A Turkish screw line-of-battle ship and two other vessels of war, having on board 3,100 troops, under the command of Kadri Pacha, ar rived yesterday in the bay of Kisk. BERLIN, March 25.—The New Prussian Gazette de clares that the late Danish propositions are inacceptable, in consequence of their containing nothing precise. It demands from Denmark positive concessions, with a guarantee for the accomplishment of the results of the negotiations. The new regulations, relative to tele graphic communications, have been published. BERNE, March 24. —The government of Neuchatel has replied to the Federal Council that it should have preferred not to have a French consulate at Chanlefonde, but that it would yield to the decision of the Federal Council on the subject. BOURSE, March 25.—The following were the closing quotations : ti per Cents 93 40 Credit Foncier Do. end month — Belgian 4 3 per Cent. ..... ... 69 90 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month 69 95 Roman Bank Slrtres ...... 3125 Austrian Credit Mobilier ... 810 Spanish Threes Do. Account Bll 25 Ilome Debt — RAIL' adcazam Northern New Ditto 7874 'AYS. Lyon and Meditoran. New Ditto B9O Geneva lYttc/t Western 665 Strasburg Grand Central S , r,iinian Austrian SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 20th state that the Queen had summoned to the palace the Duke de Valencis (Narvaez) and Count de Lucena (O'Don nell), and that this had given rise to new reports of a change of ministry being probable. The Govern ment intended, says the Espana, to bring in a bill to make modifications in the system of sel cting substitutes for the army. The sitting of the Con gress on the 20th was somewhat a D itated. M. Mazo commented in sharp terms on some re cent nominations to honours and dignities made by the Government. The President of the Council said that he must loudly declare that it was one of the prerogatives of the crown to grant honours and dignities, and he protested against any insinuations being made as to the manner in which that prerogative was exercised. M. Mu) replied, and M. Castro and other deputies, in order to put an end to the matter, proposed a motion to the effect that " the Chamber had heard with pleasure the declaration of the Pre sident of the Council." M. Mazo was about to again make observations, but the President of the Congress interrupted him ; the public in the tribunes then raised some clamour, and were ex pelled ; after which the motion of M. Castro was adopted. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Anglo-Saxon, belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Co.'s line of screw steamers, ar rived at this port to-day, with the mails from Ca nada. She left Portland on the 13th inst., and brings 38 passengers, but no specie. The Canada, hence, arrived at Boston oa the 12th March. On the 18th inst. the Anglo-S txon received from ihe French barque Eliz b, of Granville, the craw of the French schooner, Joseph Portier, from Swan sea to Honfleur, which vessel foundered March 3, off Land's End. We have news from Belize, Honduras, to the 18th ult. Mahogany scarce and high. The supply of logwood was large at the nominal price of 16 dols. Dry goods and provisions were very dull, and there was very little money in circulation. No rain had fallen from June, 1857, to data. The Legis lature had met in sessiou and passed a law for the importation of a thousand coolies or satiny-A, if to be had, from India. The small-pox was spreading in the town. Two thousand Indians. from )(MA' tan, bad visited the mthogany cutters on the Rio Honda, but they retreated peacefully. Mr. Bernhisel, the delegate to Congress from Utah, has not very lately received any despatches from Brigham Young on any subject. The rumours that belligerent letters relative to the United Statt,s troops had beau s:Jat to him from Utah are there fore incorrect. The Council Bluffs Bugle, of the 31, says that a Mr. Wingate had just arrived from Sait Lake, Jan. 25, and reports that there is no snow in Silt Lake Valley, and very little in the mountains. He came by a route known only to the Mormons, through the mountains, by which only horse men in single file can pass. The army has not discovered any trace of it. The route passes through perpendicular rods for thirteen miles, in many places only three feet wide, and is completely covered by a roof of rock. Mr. Wingate says thar ,the Mormons are manufacturing *mall cannon, with percussion locks and telescopic sights, which will carry a two-pound ball, will much more cert than a common rifle, one hundred and twenty yards. They are also waking five hundred revolvers, and manufacturing a coarse kind of gu❑powder for mining purpo , es. A skirmish had occurred between a party of Mormons and a picket-guard of the army, i❑ which two of the former and four of the latter were killed. Mr. Wingate says that 13,1g ham Young is willing that the civil officers shall come into the territory, and enter upon their duties, but if the Utah army attempts to enter the valley thef will be resisted. On the 24th of January, Brigham Young preached to 9,040 people, all of whom arose when he said, " All in favour of g:ving the troops hell, rise." ST. JAMES'-HALL. At length we have at the west end of the town a music-hall worthy of a great metropolis. Why such a Stractlre was not erected before we cannot pretend to say, but there can be no doubt that it has long been a desideratum, and equally certain that, although London abounds in enterprising capitalists, and companies for almost every imaginable thing are constantly springing up like mushrooms, it was reserved for the two gentlemen —Messrs. Willert Beale and Frederick CLappell—to suggest, and by their indefatigable labours and perse verance to carry to a successful issue, an undertaking which supplies a public want. The ball was so minutely and thoroughly described in our yesterday's impression that it were superfluous now to enter into details ; but we may add that it looked still more bright and beauti :ul last night, when it was honoured by the presence of H. R. H. the Prince Consort, a large number of our aristo cracy, and a very numerous general company belongiii for the most part to the better classes of society. The grand inaugurative concert, got up under the able direction of Mr. Benedict, was of a sacred character, and devote' entirely to a char.table purpose. A more auspicious or acceptable method of commencing a great undertaking could not have been chosen. The proceeds of the concert under notice, with those of the next, an nounced for to-morrow evening, are to be p - esented to thn Middlesex Hr , spit il, one of our best conducted and most valuable pubic institutions, but which is at this moment unhappi yin great need of pecuniary aid. The importance of tie hospital and the legitimacy of its claim upon pubic sympathy will be readily admitted when we state that in 1857 no less than 2,109 in-patients and 16,469 out-patients (total 18,578) were relieved. The concert of last night was in almost every respect excellent. The works performed were Mendelssohn's " Lobgesang," Handel's " Coronation Anthem," Spohr's cantata, " God, Thol art Great," a " Beno.lictus" by Cherubini, Marceilo's 8010 and chorus, " I cieli immensi narrano " Mozart's "Ave verum," and the "Halle lujah dhorus," from Beethoven's " Mount of Olives." Toe principal vocalists—Hadame Rudersdorff, Madame Weiss, Miss Stabbach, and Miss Dclby ; Mr. Lackey, Mr. Montem Smith, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Santley. There was a first rate band. The choruses were sung by the celebrated " Vocal Association," and Mr. Benedict conducteed. As far as we could judge from the different points of the hall where we were succesi ively placed to hear the music, the principles of acoustical science have been suc cessfully studied by the architect. Today is the - day now settled for the return of her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort to Windsor Castle for the Easter holidays. It is ex pected that the Court will remain at the Castle about three weeks, when it will return to Buckingham Palace. The French Ambassador had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Brook William Bridges and Sir W. Heathoote had also interviews with the noble earl yesterday. His Excellency the Saxon Minister has engaged apart ments at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for his Royal Highness Prince George of Saxony and suite, who are expected to arrive in London from Paris this day. The Duchess of Wellington and Lady Julia Hay are sojourning at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. The Duchess of Northumberland held an assembly on Wednesday evening at Northumberland House. Th 9 Marchioness of Salisbury held an assembly last evening, at the family mansion in Arlington-street. THE COUNT OFFLANDERS.—On Wednesday his Royal Highness the Count of Flanders attained his legal ma jority of 21. The Prince was born at Laeken on the 24th of March, 1837, which was in that year Good Friday. The cause list at Hereford ageing contai led only one case. This was an action on a builder's bill for building a wall, and presented but poor entertainment for the crowd of barristers who were present in court. DUBLIN, THURSDAT• ~ TdE COMMIE ELECTION.—The polling was very languid to-day, and up to 12 o'clock not more than 72 votes were recorded, 60 for Mr. Lefroy and 12 for Dr. Gayer. At the cies° the numbers were —Lefroy, 82 ; Gayer, 23. A letter from Vienna in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort states that the National Bank of Austria s ill resume payments in specie on the Ist July next, instead of on the Ist January, as previously announced. The same journal states that the budget from October 1857 to October 1858 presents no deficit, and that the equilibrium between the receipts and the expenditure which has been so long wanting has been at length re est see ;abed . ABOLITION ov li.RELBOUR-DIASTER OF THE PORT OF Loincols.—Yesterday morning the office of harbour master of the port of London ceased under the provisions of the Thames Conservancy Act, and the office at St. Katharine'd was finally closed. The duties hitherto per fcrrned by the harbour-master will now be transacted by the commissioners appointed under the Thames Conser va❑cy enactment. THIS LEVIATHAN.— The Leviathan or Great Eastern will, we have every reason to hope, come to Liverpool after ael. A " grid" of very unusual dimensions is being laid down upon the Cheshire side, between Monk's Ferry and the graving docks of Messrs. Cayton and M'Keverigan, and it is said, we believe on very good authority, that it is designed for the accommodation of the monster ship.—Liverpool Mail. MORE CLEZICAL SCANDAL.—We are informed that the public of Liverpool will shortly have again before them the details of a case very similar in all its features to that of the Rev. Mr. Gent's. The parties reside in the parish of West Derby, and, singularly enough, a "town mis sionary" is also involved in this scandal. Against him an action for defamation is now pending, he being the principal actor in the matter.—. Liverpool Mercury. Paseits.—The Society for the Encouragement of Science, Lettere, and Arts at Milan has, in accordance with the report of its committee, adjudged to Dr. E. L- e, M.R.C.S , England, the prize of 600 livres, as the author of the beat essay on the subject, " What are the really useful applications in physiology, pathology, and therapeutics, that are to be expected from the investi gations undertaken into the phenomena of animal mag netism." MANCHESTER ART TREASURES EXHINTION.—The pre paration of a design for a memorial card of thanks was placed by the committee in the hands of Mr. R. Dudley, and from his drawings a very handsome card has been prepared by Messrs. Day and Sons. The inscription is enclosed in a richly ornamented oblong frame, in the sides of which are set a number of little designs, repre sentative of the arts of the painter, the sculptor, the potter, and others. The card does credit to the designer, lied is a very favourable specimen of lithography. THIS BROTHERTON MEMORIAL FUND.—At a meeting of the committee, bell at Salford on Wednesday,the Mayor of Salford (Mr. Harvey) in the chair, a statement was submitted by the hon. secretary, showing that the re ceipts and interest amount to 2,597/. 0•. 9e., whioh, after plying for the statute to be erected in Peel Park, I and for the design for a monument in she cemetery, will leave a balance of 6261. lls., the interest of which will be annually expended in books for the Free Library, and Salford and Pendleton Mechanics' Institutions. It is expected that the statute will be fixed in the park by the Ist of May next. A WASSAIL BOWL ➢'OR MR. DICKENS.—We believe e directors of the Philosophical Assoc:ation felt a good deal at a loss in what form to approach Mr. Dickens on the eorneweat delicate question c f remuneration for the lecture which he is about to deliver in this city. But as that gintleman has as acute a sense of a hint, as Le has by nature a generous disinterestetness which makes him only solicitous to coi 1 money when it is to be given t.) a charitable purpose, he at one• declined to wooer guy acknowledgment fur his services. In these circum stances the directors resolved nut to be wholly outdone in generosity, and they have commissioned a magnificent wassail bowl to be presented at the close of the lecture on Friday nigh'.—Nora British Mail CAB ACCIDENT IN CamArSIDE.—On Tuesday morning, about 11 o'clock, while Mr. A. Dickey was passing the crossing in Cheapside opposite Queen-str: et, ,ho was struck down with great force by a Hansom cab, and from the trampling of the hcree'e hoofs, and both wheels Laving passed over him, received severe injuries. Con sciousness having returned, the unfortunate gentleman was removed to the hospital, where it was found he bad sustained fractures of several ribs and the lesser bone the right leg, with other injuries. A correspondeut writes to us :—"lt is high tune the Lord Mayor and police authorities should interfere to stop the receless driving of these Hansom cabs and railway vans, as not a day passes without such occurrences happening in our crowded streets and thr ,ughfares." DESTRUCTION OF ♦ COTrON MILL BY FlRE.—Yes tkrday morning a cotton manutactery, belonging to Mr. J. Fielding, and called Providence Mill, at Lees, near Oldham, was partly destroyed by fire. The mill was in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Lees, Mr. Fielding, and Messrs. Yates and Cooper. The fire broke out a little before s:x in the morning, and six engines from the neighbourhood were brought into ploy in the ccurss of a short time. Tne principal part of the building, devoted to carding and spinning, six stories high, and in which the fire commenced, with its vidueHe machinery, was destrived by nine o'clock. Toe loss is estimated at 12,000/., which is covered by insurancei in the West of England, Sun, Yorkshire, Anchor, and Equitable effic2s. Tires rw.tion destroyed way occupied by Mr. Lses and Mr. Fie ding. ACCIDENT TO THE ROYAL HIINTSIIAN.—On Tusseay " _s:arrat" hind was uncarted at Burnham Beeehe9, aud after a run of two hours and a half was taken in the open about three miles beyond °heehaw. The new master, the. Earl of Sacdwich, was present for the fint time, and was knocked over by a r,ndom rider, but soon regained bis position. A similar accident beiel the first whip. Mr. Davis, the royal huntsman, met with a more serious catastrophe, The horse was about to take a five-barred gate when his rider perceived that it was I ;X t t l i T,ZPen. and pulled up, but Ras too late, and horse and the and is now doing well. fell. M r. D av i e was picked up sense l ess, c0v.,,,,,ii,_"_1:0! , 3r some tim e , b ut was u l t i mate l y re were st__Lnuimerct som e me di ca l men, of whom there PIEDMONT. The pi e d, o „t ese Gazette publishes the text of the treaty concluded at Turin on the 12th of June last, between Sardinia and Persia. By this treaty the ambassadors, ministers, and consuls of either •f the two contracting powers shall be treated by the other on the footing of those of the most fa vourite nations. Traders of both countries are to be protected and enjoy the privileges granted to the most favoured nations. All disputes between Sardinian subjects in Persia are to be settled by the Sardinian Consul ; those between Sardinian and Persian subjects are to be decided by Persian judges, in the presence of a functionary of the Sardinian Consulate. The same rule is to bold in Sardinia as regards Persian subjects. In cases of decease, the succession is in both countries to be - give n u p to the lawful h e i rs or ass i gnees ,' through intervention of the consu l o f t h e na tion to which the deceased belonged. The Sardinian Con-uls are to reside at Teheran, Bend , r Booshir, and Tauris ; the Persian consuls, at Turin, Gen ia, and Cigliari. ihe treaty is to last 12 veal s. and then enritanii,4 from y_'.. to year, until either of the contracting powers shall signify its intention, one year befurehand, of giving it up. According to the German Journal of Frankfort the negotiations relative to the se.tlement of the difficulties betwet ri the Court of the Two Sicilies am! the Wtstern Powors are so far advanced that the Cabinet of Naples intends shortly to send an Envoy Extraordinary to Paris and L 'ndon, to put himself in di: ect relation with the Cabinets of the two countries. It is added that it is probable that inc Petrulla maybe char ge d w ith thi s m i ss i on . 3 A letter from C tttaro, in the Wurtemberg Moni tear, says Several irregular corps are being organised in Bosnia by wealthy Turkish Boys. Mujaga-Hadzic, an influential landowner and a most deadly enemy o f t h e Chri st i ans, h as yolun teored to raise 1,200 h orsemen. Au agent i s tra velling over the di str i ct of Rita° to collect the ma trimonial tax on each newly-married couple for the benefit of the Vladika. of S rajewo. This tax, which was formerly 1 4 sons, has been doubled by the Vladika on hi s au ' hority, and he employs both spiritual and temporal means to ensure its" full col lection." NIL RICHARDSON'S „, SOIREE MUSICALE.—This accompliehLd preserited a i•rogratorne on Wed n _isday evening last every way worthy of his reput.v ion. The selection embrace a q uar t ets , O p . 101, M e z ir t, per form , -d by eminent mem b ers of her Majesty ' s private band ; a trio, in whi c h M r. For b es pres i. te d a t t h e planotoite ; " The Carnival de Venice," interpreted by styla worthy of Sivo r i or Vieuxten3p3; a solo on the Signor Remcnyi (01 0 v i ol i nist to her M a j esty ), i n a flute, by Mr. Richard on ; and an obligato, accompanied by that gentleman, to Madame Ferrari, in Bishop's snug, "Lo! here the gentle lark," and other morineaux of approved merit. The vocal music was also of a high order of f xcellonce. It was a s urce of congratulation that Mr. Richardson, after an absenco from pubic pro fessional avocations, is so much improved in health that the void occasioned by his partial retirement is now filled up. Tito last soiree will take place on tbo 14th of April. The whole series of soirees have been held, by the kind permission of Mr. Forbes, at his residence, 3, Upper Belgrave-place. THE IVP,W FRENCH . AMBASSADOR. The Constitutionnet of yesterday (Thursdiy) contains ,the following semi-official article, signed by its political director, M. Renee : The late regrettable inc:dents which have arisen in the relations between England and France had produced an impression which the honourable cha racter and conciliatory tone of the last despatches have already in part removed. The present sub ject of preoccupation is whether the present Cabi net can laiet? Will Lord Derby find a majority disposed to support him in the:House of Commons, or will some new Parliamentary convulsion again change the situation, and open the door to new complications and difficulties ? To this question we think we may answer, that the Derby Ministry will probably get through the session without any check of sufficient importance to overthrow it—that is the better opinion in England. The relative situation of the parties composing the opposition is not such as to prompt them to assume a hos Ile at titude at the present moment. Ttie great st. ugele for power will therefore probably not come on till February in next year. The only thing which might at once compromise the existence of Lord Darby's ministry would be an alliance between Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston. But to this alliance there would be various obstacles : the two names are of equal weight in the political scale ; both these statesmen have been prime mi nisters, and in all probability neither of them is disposed to take a subordinate part. Even, how .- ever, in the improbable case of these lea.lers unit , ng there would be other difficulties to surmount. To effect a fusion of their political friends would not be easy. Lard John Russell is at the head of a r ather heterogeneous army. Since the time when a por tion of . the Whig party fell away from him, he has endeavoured to supply their places by re cruiting among tee radicals. Lord Palm. !sem and his Whig associates would probably be but little dis posed to enter into a compact alliance with MM. Roebuck and Gibson, and—although the history of parliamentary peripatetica furnishes extreordivary precedents for iin , erpected reconciliation—a sudden union between Lord Pabeersten and Mr. Gitisen and his friends at the present moment wo .1,1 b something startling indeed. Lord John Ruts+ 11 might, it'is true, try another alliance—he 'night turn towards the Peeli , es. But there he would be met by obstacles of a similar kind MM. Sidney Herbert and Cardwell. and even Mr. Gladstone, would not be much 'disposed to form part of a Cabinet in which they migl.t find themselves s ttiug -i.le by side with Mr. Roebuck. The situation, then, so far as we can at present judge of it, seems to guarantee to the Der y mmis try a sort of truce during the present cession. To give battle without being in - a position to profit by a victory, anti for the mere pleasure of fighting, would be a game scarcely worthy of ree-on ble men, and one which might be dangerous to .he ad ver s:aries of Lord Derby. If then, as we think prub ble, the cabinet should succeed in getting through the present session and holding on till next year, it will probably, in order to emerge from a pre. carious position, have recourse to a dissolution, with the view of reconstructing a great conserva tive party, not consisting of pure tories only. The situation of Lord Derby's cabinet in regae d to Eu rope seems to be pretty nearly that of the last ministry ; there are but a few shades of difference. It is however conceivable that a conservative minis• try may lean morereadily to wards conservative prin ciples in Europe, and that its tendencies in regard to liberal ideas maybelessenthusiastio. Fir example the Derby cabinet may have more affinities fi r Russia than its predecessor had ; nevertheless, few ex amples are to be found in the history of England of two administrations, so different in their origin, being so very nearly agreed in their foreign policy. Lord Derby, like Lord Palmersion, takes the French alliance as the basis of his policy. There can be no doubt that the present cabinet is exceed ingly well disposed towards this alliance. It is, in fact, composed of men who were first to sec guise the empire. Other Governments thought that 'he recogniti®u should be postponed, in order that it might be made simultaneously by all the states of Europe, but the Derby Ministry would not consent to these delays, and was the first to hold out a friendly hand to the Emperor's G ivernment. It cannot then be doubted that Lord Derby and his colleagues must have it at heart to reatse, for the benefit of the alliance, and for the sake of jus tice, all that appeared! equitable and opportune to their predecessors. That confidence which was a " little shaken" by the late incident will tie gradu ally restored ; and unreflecting irritation will dis appear before the friendly and reciprocal feeling of the t - vo Governments. The Emperor, by his choice of the Duke of Malakoff to . represent France in London, has desired to pro. , p, in the str ,ngest manner, how much he dt sires the mainten•nce of the alliance. The Emperor's object in tusking choice of this illustrious man is to dispel all t.t, rumours of a dispositienon the part of his Govern ment to change the character of its relations with Europe. In selecting as his representatve at the Court of Queen Vic oria the marshal who in some sort personifies the alli ince of the two nations, and who is the living comment of their commo t glut ie and dangers, the Emperor has ma e a choice than which none could have been more significant, or more flattering for the English Queen and people. Wt 3 have no doubt that the news with be reeeiy&l with joy in England ; that the Duke efeM.lakoff will be welcomed there as a brother in arm,, and will meet with a reception worthy of himself and the great souvenirs wh oh he repres-nts. The following is fr itn the Debats " Tiae departure of M. de Persigny has excited in England a regret which is most credilanle to the French Ambassador. This diplomatist, without ever having-sacrificed the rights or the legi susceptibility of his country, was a sincere and de clared partisan of the English alliance. The par tisans of the French alliance in England, who happily are not so rare as it is now &Alga to lead us to believe, had firm confidence in the views and intentions of M. de Persigny. It was known beyond a doubt that he understood and appre ciated with a friendly eye the institutions, the customs, and the policy of ,, England, and attached the greweat vslue to her friendship. We are per suaded that his illustrious successor will arrive in London with the same sentiments, and that his liveliest desire is to contribute to strengthen that alliance which is so essential to the tranquillity and prosperity of the two countries. We a'so hope that England will interpret the mission of the con queror of Sebastopol iu the sense most favourable to the alliance, arid will only recognise in this choice the wish to recall the period when the two ' countries fought togeth er f or a j ust cause and were strongly united by a commun it y o f trials and glory. If anything can contribute to pre.erve the alliance between France and England, it is a re flection, never ab-ent, of the advantages it has con ferred on Europe." _ The reflections below proceed from the Pays : "The English are correct judg,s of military me rit. They received with lively sympathy the old commander who fought to the list against them under the first empire. Marshal Soul, was very popular in London. The name of Marshal Pets pier, the greatest military ealyain of the d; y, will, we are convinced, prove very ag , eeaQe to our neighbours, for it will remind them of the victorious struggle whili united the flags of Franc and England. The Emperor Napoleon could not, in Our opinion, hive offered the English nation a h;gh r pro,,f of.his esteem and of his atta , hm •111. to the atiance tJau this appointment of the Duke de Malakoff as his representative. The Patrie says : " The ❑ew ambassador, inspired by the modera tion of the Emperor, will Lei tainly persevere in the mission of Count de Persigny, and will endea vour, like hint to maintain between Fiance and England a confidence which is neuessafy for the repose of the _ _ _ -- - The Gazette de France alono appears dis atisfied.; it says : "In the absence of any offici ►1 explAnation in the Moniteur of the niodves of the reQail of M. de Pe signy,;iici - Wilie7elcction of thd Cumniai,der in-Chief of the French armies in the CritneA for a diplomatic miseion, it is difficult t , t apprect4t the bearing of an appointment whit 1, in ;the pr esent state °nth() international relations, tnust be consi dered an importen , event. MR ALLSorr AND THE GoVERNitaNT.--REmAßicAnz OFFER —We have been informed, on good autocrity that Mr. Ai'seep has off.-red to surrender tiim•elf I r trial if the governm!nt will guarantee his expenses. Th part taken by this gentleman in the rec nt Par in a tragedy has been entirely misconstrued by the pubie He ordered the grenades of Mr. Taylor trotter the ire pressien that they were to be used in legi-imate warfare, or in so neat an appr oac h to it as an in,,u'rect;onary struggle might he con•idered. Mr. Allsopp', impression' was that the grenades were for the service of the na tional party in Italy. lie bad no idea that asewAnation was contemplated by hie colleagues, or that the Emperor of France V , as the person against whom their meaiuree were directed. Su confident is he of being able to es tablish his innocence of the charge under which Dr. Bernard is awaiting trial, that the above-mentioned offer bar been made vvila the condition stated. Mr. A.llsop is not in a position to encounter the expenses of a state trial, in which he could not recover costs if the suit went in his favour. When we hear that 20,000/. has been spent by one side only on the British Bank trial we can form an idea of what a man has to encounter in the way of costs when he enters into a legal corifiiet with the government. As Mr. Alleopp is at present in a place of safety, be is not likely to rub voluntarily i nto so ruinous an e n gagem en t. But we believe he is q u it e ready to surrender and take his . trial if he can be e n cured against pecuniary injury in case he satisfies the country of his innocence.—BtrnunAttra .Dgi/y/fm COMM ERCIAL. NEW YORK, MARCH 12. Stocks are doll and lower. Money very abundant and active, at 4to 6 per cent. on call. Sterling Ex change nominal at 1081. Cotton is drooping ; sales 1,600 bales, half in transit. Freights—To Liverpool, were active and firmer ; cotton at 3-16 d. ; grain, 70,000 bushels. Corn at 41 I. to 41. in built ; for ships to lead cotton at New Orleans for Liverpool, id. to .Id. now asked, and firmer. THE FRgNCII PASSPORT SYSTEM. (From 'yesterday's Moniteur.) " Complaints have been made against the mea sures recently taken by the Emperor's Government respecting the regulations for granting passports and the visas thereto. Yet it is simply a renewal of the regulations of 1791, 1807, 1810, and 1816 revised and totally renewed in 1833. Those regu lations contain the following enactments : " 'French diplomatic and consular agents can only grant passports to their countrymen when their identity is proved by two witnesses. " These agents are not allowed to grant pass ports to foreigners.' " This is a fundamental principle which had been lost sight of in England. The Brit)sli Go vernment, having itself recognised the incon veaienee of this mode of proceeding, has taken steps so that in future its subjects need not apply to foreign agents, and must get passports from English authorities. "The French diplomatic and consular agents retain the right of seen g the persons for whose passports their vißa is required. This right is an uvidt-nt result of the existing laws ; but the obligi tion imposed upon travellers is not absolute, and every latitude is given to the agents of the Etnpe ror to make excep ions, who, moreover, are au thorised to give their visa, without ini4sting on seeing the bearers, to pagApor / ;-‘ granted by the competent authorities of foreign States to own countiyinen, whenever laytiuh passports are addressed to the agents by the Governments of those St des with a tip,cial recommendation under tkir re-ponsiblity. "Finilly, independent of these facilities, awl in virtue of re; ul ctions which pro :bit ourvice colise who may be for ieners in the St. Ates which border upon or are near the empire from granting pa-s -ports and visas—a prohibition justitie Iby the abuse that was ma le of it—the Govern went of the Em peror has already established, and intends to esta blish, according to the w olts of the service, on the points nearest our frontier most trequente,l by tra vellers to France, French consular agents autho rised to grant passports and visas so as to avoid giving travellers trouble and delay. " The above brief explanations will show that if the interests of public tranquillity have rendered it necessary to enforce the regulations, the Govern. ment of the Emperor, far trom increasing their rigour, has, on the contrary, endeavoured to re move such obstacles as might really be an impedi ment to intercourze between France and foregn States." THE NEW K. C. B's. Colonel S3aton, of the 35th Bengal Native Infantry, is a veteran of 35 years' duration, his first commission as ensign dating from February 1823. He was present at the capture of Bhurtpore, for which he has received the Indian medal. He also served in Affghanistan in the campaigns of 1840-41 and 1841 42, and took part in the forcing of the Khoord Cabul and Jugdulluck Passes, and also in the re-occupation of Cabul and the actions in the Mazeena Valley, for which he bears the usual medal. He has been frequently mentioned in the despatches for his gallantry, and our readers will not have forgotten the recent services of "Seaton's Column," which wasmade a light infantry regiment (the first, we believe, in the Bengal army) for its services at Jellalabad. Colonel Sea'on is the son of a merchant at Clapham, and was born in 1800. Colonel Sydney John Cotton, of the 221 (Che shire) Regiment of Foot, is a relative, we believe, of Field Marshal Lord Combermere, G.C.B. H e entered the army as cornet in a horse regiment in 1816. He is about 63 or 64 years of age. He became brevet-lieutenant-colonel in November, 1841, and lieutenant-colonel is January, 1843. He has served in various parts el the world for 45 years on full pay, but Hart's Army List contains no special mention of his services. . Colonel William R rye Mansfield, of the 53d (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot, would appear to be i a much younger man than either of his colleagues in hnnonr. An an c•ront3 Cll.* the army as ensign so recently as 1835, and it is rather sineu ' ler that so lately as iu 1854 his name stood in the Army list as lieutenant-colonel next above that of plain Major Henry Havelock. C. B , whose first commission bore date from 1815, jest twenty years his senior. However, the services of Colonel Mans field have not been few, nor undieguisbed. He took part with the 53d Foot in the campaign in the Sutlej in 1846, and was present at Build i Aliwal, and S abraon, at which last engagement he acte , l as aide-de-camp to the Commander in -Chef, Load Gough. He commanded that iegimetat also in the Punjaub campaign of 1849, and to k part, in the battle of Goojerat, for which, as al4o for Sobraon, he bears tie medal and claps. He was also con stantly employed on the Peshawur frontier in 1851-52, whether his regiment was in the fi-ld or not, and was present at the affairs of Nawadaud, Prangpur, and Skealkote, where be had his horse shot under him. THE MURDER ON Ma LEIGH SEAS.—At the South Lanca.hire Assizes, yesterday, the grand jury found a true bill against John Anderton Christie and James Millard for the murder of the Portuguese seaman named Roderigo, on the high seas, on board of a British ship, while on the voyage from the coast of Africa to Liver pool,. The trial of the prisoners is expected to come to day (Friday). ASSASSINATION OF A TRADESMAN AT PORTSMOUTH. — . The inquest up on th e b ody of Mr. Daniel Howar d , alias Hart, draper of Portsmouth, who was shot dead with an air-gun last Thursday evening at the door of the house of Mrs. Vick, with who Y 1 he lodg.d, was I tinned oa Tuesday evening, rid again adjourned to Wednesday, but the evidence given by George William Vick, the landlady's son, and Richard Barnes, a lad in the employ of the deceased, did not much serve to clear up the mystery of the affair. They corroborated Mrs. Vick's statement as to the manner in which the deceased received his death wound, and as to the stranger who had called him into the passage. It appeared that the younger Mrs. Vick, the son's wife, had a quarrel with the deceased on the Lit of March, when ho called her a street-walker and she called him a bastard, but George Vick states that he laughed at it a 3 a trifling matter. The deceased was executor to the will of the late Mr. Vick, who, however, did not leave any pro perty. TBB BANK OF ENGLAND. 1858.—The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en suing, viz. : FOR GOVERNORS. SHEFFIELD NEAVE. E•q , G0V. , 11130r. BONAMY DOBREE, E q , D,puty-Governur. FOR DIREOTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Travers Buxton, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. *E 4w. rd Howley Palmer, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Thomas Mathias Weguelin, Esq. * N.B. —The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed are new candidates for the Direction. James Pattison Currie, Esq. *George Joachim Goachen, Esq. *James Alexander Guthrie. Eqq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. Jidin Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. The election f sr Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tue , sday, the 6.h April, and for Directors on Wed esday, the 7th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the of ernoon. SPORTING INTE LIMN& COVENTRY R A ES.—THURSDAT. The Graud Stand Pla e ,f 30 80,79, aided to a S veep stakes of 5 sore each, for tine—yr-olds and upwards Wion re extra. Oar wile. 6 subs. Mr. T. S evens's Barbarity, by Stumm], 4 -yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Craven's Yalier Gal, 3 yrs, 61t 91b 51.. extra) (A. E wards) 2 Mr. Gordon's Marabout, 3 yrs, bet 71b (car. 6st Mb) (Soo 4denj 3 Captain Price's 'Moles., aged. 94 31b (F. Page) 4 Betting-7 to .4 on Yaller Gal-4 to 1 agst B4rbarity. A fine race in, won by a head ; About two lengths be tween the second aid third ; Uzeless was beaten off. The City S-11,ng Plate of 25 soy's, added to a sweep. erskes of 5 soy. each ; for two-year-olds and upwards. Three quarters of a mile. 9 subs. Mr. Mill's Blewberry, by Woolwich, 3 yrsi2o/ ), fiat Mr. B. Land' s I mpa ti ence, 4 yrs ( 20l) 8s ( P 7lbritellaid) 1 Mr. J. Low d ' s L ass of Richmond Hill, 3 (J. Lan yrs (201.)d) 2 78t, ........ (Bray) 3 The following als o ran :—D gb,rry, .. Munno, Flora MAcdonald, Baronage, Unexpected, and Lady Light 6art. B=t ing 7 to 2 ag.t Lags of Richmond Hill-4 to 1 g 4 Impatience and Barinage-6 to 1 each agst The - berry ,and Flora Macdonald. W.'n by a le nu th ; had third. The winner was sold to Mr. Weaver for 37 guinea... Tae Cov• ntry Handicap Plate of 30 move, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Woodhouse's Florence, by Birdcatober, 5 yrs, 7st 10 b • (Snowden) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Elfrida, 5 yrs, 74 (Prior) 2 Mr. H. Ivey's Shirah, 4 yrs, bat 9lb The following also ran :—Queen of the South, Prac tice, Amorous Boy, Geneva, Wanderer, f by Faugh-a 13,11agh, Chantress, and Esperance. Betting-3 to 1 agst Elfrida, 4to 1 eget Florence, 5 t 1 agst E,perance, 6 to 1 each agst Megara Filly and Shirab. Florence made play throughout and won by a length and a half ; Queen of the South, who ran against a boy at the last turn, finished two lengths behind Shirab. Amorous Boy was fifth, and Esperance sixth. Geneva was pulled up at the stand and did not p es the post. The Craven Steeplechase of 50 Bove., added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, 3 ft. ; winners extra. Four mi es. 19 subs. Mr. B. Land's The Huntsman, by Tupsley. 6 yrs, 94 131 b, (Inc. 71b ex.) (B Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Dart's The Comet, 6 yrs, gat 101 b, (inc. 71h ex.) ' (G. &evens) 2 Mr. J. Merrys Esraps, agerl, lOst 71b...(Night ings l1) . 5 The folloeing also ran :—Forest Queen, Mare by Re triever, dam by Diamond, and Xvithus. Betting-2 to 1 aget E.cape, 3to 1 aget Xanthus, 4 to 1 agat Tne Comet, 5 to 1 agst the Huniernan. Won by three quarters . f a length ; Escape finished about ten lengths behind The C 'met, and The Forest Queen ab ut e s f ar b e hi n d E .cape. Xanthus refused at the second fence after eta, tiug, and ell Green's endea v,)ors could not persuade him over. The Retriever mare was pulled up, be ten, after cro4sing the Radford Brook the last time r;und Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 sov.., added to a sweep stake-, of 5 NOVO. each, 3 ft. Win-era extra. Two mile., oval fl y« ght4 of hurdles. 21 subs. Mr. Harvey's Cheater, by Sprinky Jack, 4 pr, 9 -t 121 b (IC,naali) 1 Mr. P. Barling's Rotterdam, 4 Bst 91h (G. Smith) 2 Mr. P. Darling's Earth , topper, 6 pa, gat (G. Estweli) 3 The following aso ran :---Eugiernere, Little Davie, Teridesley, Dogberry, Claudius, a“d Sinithmoor. 13 , -tt ng—Even on °neater, 5 to 1 eaoo agar Eagle mere two Little Davie, 6 1 agst any other (if red. Won easily by three-quarters of a length ; Earth ,,topper finished three lengths in the rear (f his stable co !maul n ; Lade Davie was fourth, Engletnere fifth, and Smitlamoor sixth. Weights for the Abergavtnay Open Steeplechase. at lb Litttle Charley ...... 12 2 'Die Minor ll 5 o , d D .g Tray Hon swan lO 5 Minsrva Magnet, gelding lO 1 Cla , dins Th o 'no Omar Pasha ..... at lb Bellman Bond Harper .. 9 4 %laid of the Glen ... 9 4 Fearless Harlequin Boadicea 9 0 shylook Teddesley AQGATICS. UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE. The !Hie town ,f Po ney has exhibited throughout the week a eme-e of animation and bustle, indinating the approach i f the above interesting event, which is looked forward to vei•h considerable anxiety by a great number of persons. The rival crews have been daily in exercise over the course, from Putney to Mortlake, and the shores have been lined with spectators desirous of ascertaining, if possible, the respective merits of the men in either boat, and the result has been that a change in opinion has taken place. The crews are the same as when we last noticed the subject a few days ago, at which time the Oxonians bad decidedly the "call," as it is termed in betting circles ; but-the work of the Cantab, whose style is equal to that of any eight watermen in the world, has altered the state of things, rod when odds are given, they are slightly in their favour ; but as a quo tation even betting may be considered the order of the day. They have,both had trials during the week against an eight manned by watermen, and the latter have been thoroughly beaten, on each occasion, by the gentlemen, As to which of the University crews is considered the faster by these trials is questionable, because of the varied power of the tide wnen they were made with in different steering on the part of one crew, and-ma impe diment accidentally thrown in the way of the other. The race is appointed for half-past twelve to-morrow.- The • dark blue oar blades will be Oxford ; light blue Cambridge. A very great race i- (3EoN:tried. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(TLus Day.) l4o.(nota, March 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; light breeze, and one. PORTSMOUTH, March 2 1—Wind R N.E. to S S.B.— Anived—Culombo, from Callao. Sailed—Her Majesty'. steamer Rhadarnanthns, for the westward. BRISTOL, March 25.—Wind E. S. E. —Arrived—Maria, from Di4mertira; Dora, Barbados. ; Fanny Hamilton, Havannali. NEWPORT, March 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Norland, for St. l'howaß. CROoKHAVEN, March 23.—Wind S.E. — Arrived—Coro• nsila, fit.. Mauritius ; Rose, Csllso. OFF NEWHAVEN, Mitirch 2 i. — Arrived—Countoss of Fife. from Btuiiierland for Ceylon. DARTM /MR, March 25.—Vind E.—Arrived—Talbot, from Loudou for Newfoundland. OFF PLYMOUTH, March 25.-:Wind N. W.—Arrived— Wil-on, from 'Algo4. Bay. PILL, March 25 —Wind E. — Arrived—Maack from De lle - rara. QUEENSTOW N , March 24. —Wind E.—Arrived—l7nitod, from Btfrnes Ayres; Violet, Malta. OFF QUEENSTuWN, March 24.—Arrived —Sea, free Maur.t us. SOUTHAMPTON, March 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrives Colowbo (Be), from Alexandria, with India and China (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTH.I4P.ON, Friday Morning. 'Wind calm. Arrived—Online, steamer, from Lond on; L e Coq 'Cher bourg ; Rhadamanthus, Government steamer, Ports. mouth; Mechanics' Own, from Newport; Atalanta, steamer, Jersey ; Panther, steamer, Glasgow. Sailed—Royal Eagle, for Cardiff; Le Coq, Cherbourg; Ondine, steamer, Dublin. LIVER rOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived, March 26 —Uruguay, from Pisagua ; Orixa, Calcutta. Sailed, 25 th.—Corinthian, screw steamer, for Genoa; Ebro, screw. steamer, Corunna ; Midge, screw steamer, Bordeaux ; Bonita and Alice, Boob's Ayres. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind N.W• ; four hours' flood, fine. Arrived, March 25.—Zenoby, from Strom ; Five Arrived M Sisters, R ouen; S amuel, and Bell Wether , Guer nse y; Daring, Saville.arch 2n—Denmark Lord J. R ueee ll ( s. ) , from Dunkirk. from Antwerp; D EA L, Friday Morning. Wind N.W., light ; very fine. Passed --Jesus Ramos, and Mellissa (ship) , from Gusty. quit, for Hamburg; St. Pi err e, from Rouen, for Aber. then; Friar T ac k, from Shanghai, for London (in tow); Feronia, from St. Michael's, for London ; Scotts, from London, for Halifax; Maori, from London, for Wellington. Passed, March 25—Dale, from Shields, for Smyrna; Ran, from London, for San Francisco. 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