The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

1:1 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOTANNI. On TUESDAY next, May 11, will be p r esented Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani ; Zerlins, Madlle. Piccolomini Giovanni, Sig. (his first appearanee this season); Leporello, nor Beneventano Signor Belletti ; IViasetto, Signor Aldighieri ; II Commenda tare, Signor Viketti ; and Don Ottavio Signor Ginglini. To increase the effect of the majestic ' finale of the Ist act, Including the chorus, " Viva la liberta," all the principal artistes of the estabAshment have consented to lend their assistance. In addition to the music re3tored last year, Madlle. Titiens will sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ah no mio bone," hitherto omitted. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. TIM MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- IL TROVATORE. TITIENS, ALBONI, GIUGLINI, THIS EVENING, & Thursday, May 6, (Extra Night), will be repoated IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madlle. Titiens ; Azueena, Madame Alboni (her first appearance this season) ; Manrico, Signor Giuglini ; For • rando, Signor Vialetti ; and Il Conte di Luna, Sign or Aldi- shierL Te conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. /faggot, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and Y. Durand. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of boxes have been reserved to the pub the - ic, price 21s. and 31 s. 6 d. each, which may be had at Box-office at the Theatre. ____.-------- THEATRE ROYAL, ELAYMA.RICET Lessee—lir, J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sleakespere's comedy of TW EL FTH NIGHT. Sir An ung drew Aguecheek, Mr. Buck stone ; Viola, Mrs. Charles Yo. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with JOHN JONES. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the eve ning). 6e. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit .......•......... Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitles SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the second time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY &EANNERING. Meg Merrilees, Madame Celeste ; Dandle tinmont, Mr. B. Webster. And other Entertainments. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meq.greson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D.avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- I tg company o! Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Silectiens from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dzc., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling. Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critc hield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. - Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kean, Esq ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the uew REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAWL 64—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night, 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.33. WIND, North-Easterly; fresh and cold, with fine wea ther. We bad very heavy black clouds, threatening a thunder-storm, yesterday evening, which passed away. HIGII WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 55 min. aft. 6—Even., 27 min. aft. 7 TO-MORROW—Morn., 6 rain. aft. B—Even., 50 min aft. 8 A v---,t):r I r gA :1)- LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1858. The two Ileums of Parliament have each re ceived such a petition as probably never was pre sented to them before. Its contents are intended as an instruction to the Committee of the grand inquest of the nation now sitting on the Indian Resolutions ; and also, Lord SHAPTESBURY said, in presenting it to the House of Lords, as a vin dication of the petitioners from the charges of bigotry, ♦iolence, and a desire for compulsory proselytism in regard to Christianity in India. It is, in fact, a formal declaration of the course which the Government, in the judgment of the petitioners, should take in regard to its future relations to Christianity, Heathenism, and Ma homedanism in our Indian Empire. The sub scribing petitioners are probably a greater novely than the petition itself. They are ail of them officers of religious societies ; each has certainly not a handle, but, as certainly, a very long tail t his name—a tail on which, in his own circle, he probably plumes himself as much as a Chinese mandarin on the queue which distinguishes him from rebels at home and barbarians abroad. If we have counted them aright, these gentlemen represent not fewer than five missionary societies, whose names we have certainly heard before. But to these are added the names of eight other socie ties, or institutes, as some term themselves, most of them unknown to us even by name. However, a prince is a prince, though his domains comprise but a few acres of the European district called Ger many ; and we suppose treasurers, and chairmen, and secretaries, have a right to their titles, although conferred by an unknown committee, and although the pounds sterling in:their balance sheets never extend beyond three or four figures at most. We really intend nothing profane, or even un civil, when we confess that we did glance down the long column of the aristocracy of religious officials with a smile. It seemed as if Lord SHAFTESBURY had held a levee of the elite of all the societies, and then published the list of attendants and the object of their attendance, to show the thoughtless word without, and the Houses of Parliament especially, that the " Evangelical " Religions world had its magnates who were of no small importance. Here - is a monitory petition to Parliament, signed by forty-four names ; but names, Lord SHAFTESBURY would say, like arguments, must be weighed, not counted. The names, then, of the Secretaries, Chairmen, and Treasurers of the Church, Baptist, Independent, Wesleyan, and Moravian Societies —from three to six for each society—may claim to appe ar on a document relating to Christianity among the h ea th en. We must to account for own, however, to being a little puzzled how the names of thr ee offi cers of the " Prayer Book and Homily society.” The Ang lica n prayer book seems of rather doubtful utili ty g for li Asiatics, and homilies of the time of Queen E razA. - BETH much more so. The officials of the N ava l and Military Bible Society, too, seem to have but a remote connection with the business of con verting the heathen ; we are not indeed aware of thepeculiarities of Naval and Military Bibles-1)w they can hardly, of course, be such as to suggest more than other bibles the idea of conversion by THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING , MAY 6, 1858 persuasion. Then there are the officers of the "Church of England Toting Men's Society," one of them rejoicing in the surname of SNosswELL, another in a name which, though he is " Clerical Sec.," reminds ono of the injunction, ne Smolt ultra erepidam An injunction which, if remem bered, might have kept the name off the petition. And not to mention more, four of the dignitaries take their style and title from the " Society for Promoting Christianity among the JEWS !" Do they hope to find the lost ten tribes anywhere in India ? We believe some wonder-telling travellers or geographers have talked of alighting on them in Affghanistan. Well, but the-substance of the petition, that is the chief point. We do not wish to, and do not know that we can, find anything to censure in it. It seems, according to Lord SHArrESEURY, intended chiefly as a manifesto. The Evange licals wish their moderation to be known unto all men, and they make it known by a petition to Parliament. Its prayer divides itself into two parts—one is a self-denying petition, "do nothing for us, as a Government, but also do nothing against us—we ask nothing but your abstaining from all that obstructs us—do not forbid our Bible to be used in Government schools, do not exclude our converts from ap pointments, because they are Christians. Leave us to ourselves." The other part is a petition not to countenance heathenism by connection with its superstitious worship, or by acknowledging caste in the Government service. The petitioners repu diate any other means of conversion in India than the " exhibition of the Gospel ;" and they sug gest a proclamation on the part of Government distinctly informing the natives that abstention from force, bribery, or any mode of Go vernment interference for their conversion to Christianity, is not merely a measure of policy, but that it springs from the very genius of Chris tianity itself. We imagine, however, that we see in the peti tion the results of the compromise. The Church • of England and the Dissenting officials would have expressed themselves very differently had each pre sented their own petition ; the Churchmen would have contrived to insist upon some recognition of their Church, as the Church through which the Government should show itself a Christian Government ; and Dissenters would have plainly said, that, in their view, to build Episcopal Cathedrals, and to support Indian Bishops and clergymen out of taxes ex tracted from the heathen, is, in an im portant sense, supporting Christianity by force, and as wrong on the principles of religious equality, as contributing to the car of Jugger naut. For ourselves we should like to have seen the two great classes of religionists speaking their unfettered opinions. In this petition both say less than they mean. We think, however, the general duty of Government, in regard to religion in India, is now well understood. It is to do nothing on the one hand to discredit the religion of our fatherland, nothing on the other to indi- cate approbation of abject and obscene supersti tion. A NAPIER, a JACOBS, and a LAWRENCE have all easily solved the problem in practice. It should now present no difficulty at all. Gen. THOMPSON, in presenting a petition, signed by some 5,000 persons, last night from Bradford, in support of Lord BURY'S Bill, said that every body in Bradford wanted to marry his wife's sister. In glancing at the debate last night, we may justly remark, that any speaker who was op posed to the bill, argued as if it compelled every widower to marry his wife's sister. To us is seems impossible to account for the perverse bit terness of Mr. HOPE and the Lord Advocate. We can only resolve it into that bane of social life—the odium theologicum. What hut a bigoted and dogmatising belief in a man's own Church or creed could dispose men of education and sense to rake up arguments out of filthy visions of the imagination, which they would in dignantly repudiate if applied to them selves and to their own relations ? Were we to judge from their speeches only, we should take Mr. HOPE to be one of the most impure minded men on earth, and the Lord Advocate not to be one of the most virtuous. We must tell Mr. HOPE that if he and his circle are only to be kept from the unworthiest sentiments in the relation of brother and sister-in-law, that such was not the case with other brothers and sisters-in law. But indeed, of all who argue from the way in which a sister-in-law would misbehave herself— we are always disposed to e.sk, would yours, or would any one you know do so ? Are our wives and sisters such a depraved race as to be capable of such conduct ? No—we are happy to believe that such are not the women of England--and all the ima ginary arguments on which we will not further dilate, are foul libels on their virtues. Mr. HOPE, and every man in England would indig nantly resent them, if it were hinted that they applied to any of his own kindred. Let him believe hat other persons' relatives are as trustworthy as his own. Mr. HOPE may think bi , nself a very expert theologian, and well versed in the opinions of Sr. this and St. that, about whose opinions, we, and we presume the House of Commons, too, care much less than we do about Mr. Horz's ; seeing that a living M.P. has a vote, but a dead saint has that Mr. HOPE'S ex enrocnieta.t ioßnsut i n n o s e u b p r e p w o s supposing r iticism were as correct as we are confident they are erroneous, what is it to his purpose ? Even admitting, which we also entirely deny, that the law of those whom we as yet exclude from our Legislature is binding on Christians, of what service to Mr. HOPE is a law which the Hebrews themselves, and the vast majority of commentators interpret quite differently to himself which even our own authorised version gives against him ? Will Mr. HOPE in this 19th century, and in this England of ahundrei P ro t estant confessions, pretend that hisinterpretations of Scripture are to be enforced by the heaviest of penalties on those who do not admit them ? The whole of Mr. HoPia's crabbed theological reasonings are based on the assumption that Mr. HOPE has succeeded, here, to the chair of St. PETER, and that whoever does not " hear Mr. HOPE," or, which is the same thing precisely, Mr. HOPE'S Church Canons, is not only an offender against Gon, but a criminal worthy to be denied the rights of legal marriag e and legitimate offspring ! We hold it as a settled question with all but ex treme bigots, now, that the Houses of Parliament have nothing to do with enforcing the laws of GOD, because they are Hrs. Knowingly, indeed, to legislate against his will were, of course, wrong. But it is quite another thing to attempt to enforce, by penalty, all that GOD makes binding on conscience. The House of Commons has i o more right to enforce the higher forms of sexual enforce purity by law than it has to generosity or charity. Oa the marriage question, as on ten thousand others, Mr. HOPE and others may properly have scruples as to Iwhat they are bound to do, in obedience to GOD ; but wllat we protest against as the most rabid in- tolerance is, that they shoald fetter others' liberty by their own consciences. Every man of fairness respects even another's conscientious weaknesses ; but ►hen it is sought to make those weaknesses law for stronger minds, it is then that the Horns, and Lord Advocates, and PULLERS, become a Legislative nuisance, which must be abated. A few plain facts seem to us to be conclusive. 1. All Protestant countries, Scotland being to some ex tent an exception, think the marriages in question not only lawful, but generally commendable. 2. Roman Catholics so far approve them, that they provide for them by dispensation. 3. The feeling in England is so strong in their favour, that, notwithstanding all legal impediments, they have been contracted by thousands, and 4, so general, that in no single case have the females of this country declined the most unreserved asso ciation with such of their number as have married in this manner. 5. That it is utterly impossible to prevent these marriages by law, amongst the poor especially, and that even the better-off classes will brave a law which they think an impious and unrighteous one. As to the law of GOD in the case we have no doubt whatever. As to the law of nature no man can doubt. As to the advantage to society, the thousands of fathers who have sought a wife's sister as a second mother for their children, and the numerous wives who on their death-beds have wished they should do so, are the best evidence. We gave yesterday a copy of an Act which has passed the legislature of South Australia, legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister : we only hope that ere the session concludes we shall be enabled to record that the Houses of Parliament at home have been as wise as those of the distant colony. Lord DERBY, in his reply to the deputation on Tuesday, appears to be in a transition state to the tolerant and just view of the case ; and, as he thought public opinion must decide, we may put it to him whether on a question affecting but a limited number of persons, public opinion has not ex pressed itself, in truth, very strongly. Never was there a bolder, or, we may add, a more successful experiment than that creating the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland. By many it was considered a revolutionary law, virtually amounting to an act of confiscation. And there is no doubt that there were many hard cases, and real grievances inflicted under its operation. Sales were forced under the most untoward circum stanoes, and there were many terrible sacrifices made which reduced the old proprietors, who ' ought to have rescued something from the wreck of magnificent properties, to a state of poverty and destitution. But the nation profited largely by their sufferings. Those who were merely nominal owners, or, at best, mere agents, receiv ing rents which they were compelled to disburse forthwith, unable to improve, and obliged to screw their tenants to the utmost, were got rid of, and others substituted, who were far better qualified to discharge the duties incidental to property. At first there was a panic. Well- circumstanced estates sold at from seven, or eight, to fifteen years' purchase ; or, from a quarter to a half of their actual value. The vast advan tages of obtaining a "new root to tide," and thereby avoiding the necessity of all searches and investigations prior to the time of purchase, were at first disregarded. Men with ready money at their disposal were unwilling to part with it. They fancied that by biding their time they could obtain still greater bargains, and very foolishly, as it subsequntly turned out, held back until the biddings were increased from 50 to 100 per cent. The great evil was occasioned by the restriction of the powers and jurisdiction of the Court to estates encumbered to at least half of . their esti mated value, and the summary manner in which they should be disposed of, however inade quate the amount of the bidding. But gra dually the matter righted itself, and of late years there has been no real or well founded grievance to complain of on the part of the owners. Indeed it was all the other way, for they possessed advantages which more provident, or more fortunate men would have paid very highly to obtain. The Parliamentary title greatly enhanced the value of the land, and even lenders were unwilling to accept mortgages on estates that had not passed through the crucible, and whose titles had not been thus rendered unexcep tionable. In many instances properties were en cumbered, and heavy expenses incurred for the purpose of creating the jurisdiction; and the policy of extending the principle of the new code to all classes of property, whether encumbered or other wise, was thus established on the clearest and most unquestionable testimony. It is greatly to the credit of the Irish Attorney- General that ho should have so fairly grappled with the difficulty, and produced a measure so sound and judicious in every r,Bpeot—a mea sure that elicited the encomiums of men of all shades and varieties of political opinion. For once, we have Ireland taking the lead in measures of wise reform. There can be no doubt that the landowners of England will desire to obtain similar advantages, which will improve the value of real estate by at least to per cent., and add fully two hundred millions to the national wealth by the mere process of the simplification of titles, and enabling persons who have retired with small sums to invest their savings in land, which can easily be transferred whenever it becomes desir able to divide the amount between numerous legatees. The Attorney-General for Ireland proposes the creation of a new court, that shall exercise all the functions of that about to be abolished, but with greatly extended powers. It is to app!y to . all sales of real property, whether judicial or otherwise. Any person desirous of disposing of his property will be authorised to go before this tribunal, which is to be termed " The Landed Estates Court," without the intervention of a Chancery suit or the creation of fictitious charges, there to make out his title and dispose of his property. Nor is this all, for the owners of pro- perty who do not wish to sell will be entitled to go before the Court. The propriety of this pro vision has been questioned, but it is in our judg ment a very prudent regulation. Nothing should be done by circuitous means which could not be effected directly, and it would be worse than use less to compel men to enter into fictitious or merely colourable contracts for the purpose of obtaining a declaration of statutable title, which would enable them to borrow money o n eas y terms, and with the utmost facility, whenever they required t o d o so. With this bill we anticipate the inauguration of do a better n ot system despair of seeino respecting the e na e v r en a l es, t u a leventually t e and do rd disposed i of with as much ease as consols or railway stock. The Court itself is to be self-supportiov, and tl.® charges now falling on the Consolidated Fund will, ere long, be provided for from a very moderate percentage on the amounts realised. This will only be 4 per cent. on sums under 5,0001., 021 sums between 5,0001. and 10,0001., and 1 per cent. on all above 10,0001. This will be but a very trifling deduction from the benefits conferred —one which the vendor will gladly pay, and which t will greatly increase the amount of the purchase money, with the addition of a moderate allowance by the Bank of Ireland for the sums remaining in its hands, and which will, doubtless, be readily paid. It is calculated that 18,0001. per annum will be realised, amply sufficient to pay all the expenses of the Court, and thus to relieve the consolidated fund of same 16,000/. a-year, now charged on it for the present Court. Two of the present commissioners are to he judges of the new Court ; and the third, Mr. HARGREAVES, is to receive his full salary until he can be otherwise provided for. We doubt not that the Master, Mr. FLANAGAN, who was vir tually a fourth commissioner, will be treated with similar liberality, and that all the officers of the former Court will have no reason to complain of the change. On the whole, the measure is one of the best that has been introduced for many years, and we have no doubt that it will receive the full and fair consideration to which it is so eminently entitled. LXTEST NEWS. A telegraphic despatch from Naples says,— the Neapolitan Government has changed its ori ginal intention of sending a positive refusal to compensate Park and Watt for injuries received. By the close of the week an answer will be sent direct from Naples to London on this subject. A Cabinet courier arrived in Naples from Vienna on the Ist with important despatches. It is pro bable that the Bing will order the tribunals to re lease the Sardinian steamer ; at least, this is the opinion of a foreign diplomatist at Naples. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Empress Eugenie yesterday completed her 32d year. _ _ The Queen of Holland is expected in Paris on Saturday next. Her Majesty will be accompanied by her second son. _ Every one is talking to-day of an incident said to have occurred at the reception at the Tuileries on Monday night last. A Deputy, named Cally de St. Paul,who enjoys the twofold advantage of being a wealthy capitalist and father-in-law to one of the Imperial Aides-de-Camp, made an unusuAlly spirited speech in his place in the Legislative Corps during the discussion on the Budget. Even after under going the process of filtration in the Moniteur, the oration is one which would not disgrace a member of a really independent Legislature ; we may then judge what it was as it came from the lies of the speaker. M. de S. Paul, while protesting " his sincere respects for the Constitution, and his hope that no one doubted his devotedness to the Emperor," and admitted that "he had no right to demand a revision of the amsau tion, yet expressed his confident hope that one of these days the Sovereign would take the initiative in giving to the Legislative Corps a little move liberty in the exercise of its control over the finances ;" and, continuing in the same strain, he declared that the Budget as presented by the Government " was not the Budget of the Le gislative Corps, but the Budget of the Council of State." This occurred on the 27th. Two days after a very silly paragraph appeared in the Momi tour, denying there was any truth in the rumour that the Minister of Finance was to go out ; and adding that "the confidence of the Emperor in M. Magne is still the same, and the attaAs of which he is the object rather increase it than other wise, for these have no other origin than the impar tial firmness with which this Minister performs his duties, and on every occasion defends the great in terests which are confided to him." It was thought at the time that the paragraph was meant as an indirect admission of the retirement of M. Espi nasse, about whom, and not about M. M igne, the said rumours circulated. Others believed it was directed against the persons at the head of the Credit Mobilier. It is now ascer tained that M. de St. Paul was the object aimed at. Be this as it may, the irritation excited by the bold comments of the Deputy, evincing a spirit of independence which is growing up in the Cham ber, was very lively. On Monday night M. de St. Paul presented himself, with the other De puties, in the Imperial saloons. It is related that his Majesty took the opportunity to addreEs a few words to the Deputy. He said that he did not mean to arrogate the right of dictating the words a Deputy should speak, or the vete that he gave, but when M. de St. Paul had presented himself to the electors as a Government candidate, and had courted the interest and protection of the Government towards attaining his object, he con sidered that the Government had a right to his support. M. de St. Paul said something in reply ; what it was is not stated, but the manner in which his explanations were received did not seem to be satisfactory. BOURSE, May s.—The following were the closing quotations : CI , por Cents . Do. end month 3 per Cent. ..... Do. end month _ - Bank Shires Credit Mobilier 770 Do. Account 770 69 30 69 45 ItAiLwAYs.. Orleans Northern New Ditto 7(2k Lyon and Mediteran. 775 New Ditto Genevi ..... Credit Fonder Belgian 4.1 Piechnontese (5) Roman 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 43i - FOR CASK. Midi Western 605 Strasburg Crawl Central Sardinian 'Austrian A letter from Mostar, in a Vienna journal, states that on the 21st ult. a combat took place at Xargota between the Bashi-Baz yaks and the insur gent; the latter being assisted by a number of Montenegrins, and that the number of killed and wounded was 140. A letter from Berlin of the Ist, in the Hamburg News, says :—" The Tolkszeitung has been seized) and it now appears that proceedings have been in stituted against it for publishing an offensive article against the Emperor Napoleon. It consisted prin cipally of quotations from the pleading of Mr. James at the trial of Bernard." THE FALL OP LUCKNOW, Wo extract the following from the letter of the Special Correspondent of the Times:— THE ATTACK ON THE LUATIMBARRAH. The enemy gave up the key of their position almost without a struggle. The news took every one by surprise. The Kaiserbagh is a series of palaces, kiosks, mosques, all of fanciful Oriental architecture—some light and graceful, others fantastic and curious, connected generally by long corridors arched and open in the front, or by ex tensive wings, which enclose the courts and gardens contained within the outer walls. In every room throughout the endless series there was a profusion of mirrors in ponderous gilt frames. A universal gilding of cornices, furniture, and everything that would bear the process seemed the prevailing taste in the Royal Court. From every ceiling hung glass chandeliers of every age, form, colour, and design. As to the furniture, in many instances it looked like collections from the lumber-rooms of all the old Palaces in Europe—Louis Quatorze clocks and cabinets, Renaissance mirrors and chairs, buhl-worked ebony chests, marqueterie tables, solid lumpy old German state chairs, gilt all over ; but these wore relieved by the richest carpets, by sump tuous divans, by cushions covered with golden em broidery, by rich screens of Cashmere shawls, and by table covers ponderous with pearls and gold. There were numerous portraits of the present and former Kings of Oude, and oil copies of the por traits of Governors-General, of Wellington, Nel son, George IV., and Bonaparte, many Chinese drawings, French crayons, and English engravings of all sorts, in gorgeous frames, but the hand of the spoiler was heavy among them all. Those hung out of the reach of the musket stock and bayonet were scarcely safe from a bullet or the leg of a table. Down came chandeliers in a tinkling, clattering rain of glass—crash ! crash ! crash ! door and window, and mirror and pendule ! Sikh and soldier were revelling in destruction and delirious with plunder and mischief. Those who could not get in at once to carry on the work searched the corridors, battered off the noses, legs, and arms of statues in the gardens, or, diving into cellars, either made their fortunes by the discovery of un suspected treasure, or lost their lives at the hands of concealed fanatics, There was no time to guard against indiscriminate plunder, inasmuch as it never expected that the Kaiserbagh and all its trea sure would have fallen that day into our hands. THE RECEPTION OF THE COMMANDER IN-CHIEF. How the soldiers cheered when Sir Colin made his appearance in the Imaumbarrah and proceeded ihrough them to the stairs which led up on to the roof of the Palace, from which a good view could be obtained of portions of Kaiserbagh ! It was tather a hot place at times, for the enemy in mina rets and in the buildings all round us kept up a constant fire, and the people at the other side of the Kaiserbagh were firing at our men ; but still hotter was it from the burning sun, which blazed fiarcely over the smoke and tumult in the courts below. THE KING'S ZENANA. Our men were in high delight with the gay dresses of the eunuchs which they found in some of tie rooms, and it was with difficulty they were in duced to take off the crowns of lace and peacock's plumes, and bird of paradise feathers, and the swordbelts they stuck over their heads and shoul ders. Here, as in every other building, there were quantities of kites, the flying of which seems a favourite amusement of these childish but fero cious races. Goats, horses, the stately Cyrus cranes, tame monkeys, apes, antelopes, numbers d paroquets in cages were also appropriated by the men. But it was scarcely a place for zoological investigation. I was looking at one who had decked himself out in a fantastic eunuch's attire, when a shot, evidently from one of the rooms of the court, passed between us. Very soma afterwards a man of the 90th was shot through the body, and Lieut.- Col. Kelly was struck by a spent ball on the head. ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY• Last night a festival in aid of the funds of this institution was held at the Albion Tavern, Alders gate-street, the Earl of Dartmouth presiding. Situate(' in. the very centre of the metropolis, and in the midst of a populous district, this institution, supported by voluntary contributions alone, has for nearly a century from day to day administered medical and surgical relief to large numbers of the poorest poor. During the last year no fewer than 20,500 persons of this class of the population parti cipated in its benefits, being exactly double the number on its records for 1847. It was the first charity of the kind established in this country, and its example has long ago been followed in every considerable town iu the kingdom. Its relief is not limited to any one parish or district of the metro polis. In seasons of prevailing sickness the prompt and efficient attention always paid to all applicants — and to many of them at their own homes—has tended considerably to lessen alarm among the poorer inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and to avert the more fatal attacks of epidemic visitations. This was more particularly the case in 1854, when upwards of 3,000 patients had medicine and advice during one month alone. Unfortunately, the in stituiron is now in debt to the treasurer, Mr. John Wood, of Falcon-street, Aldersgate, about 1,0001., and efforts are now being made to liquidate the obligation. At the festival last night nearly 5001. was subscribed, the ch ,irm n giving the sum of 501. The noble earl discharged the duties of the chair in au extremely genial manner, and recom mended the claims of the charity on the wealthy with an earnest simplicii y far more persuasive than more pretentious oratory. Themusical part of the er.tettainment was directed by Mr. J. L. Hatton, and the style in which Mr. Young sang the fine air of " Good-bye, Sweetheart," at one part of the evening, charmed the whole cowl any. M. Bosco, the celebrated conjuror, is in Algeria. The person fined a s h or t ti me ago for attempting to commit suicide at Manch es t er was merely an imitator, NARROW ESCAPE. Brigadier Russell is also about to leave this army, under the advice of a medical board. Never, per haps, in all the chances of . vvr has there been such an escape as his. A cannon ball cut the gold watch chain at the back of his neck as cleanly as if it had been a pair of nippers, and did him no further in jury, except inflicting a shock to his nervous system. THE RESCUE OF MRS. ORR AND MISS JACKSON. In the attack on the Charbagh and the line of the canal works the Gheorkas took 16 or 17 guns of all sorts. It was subsequent to this success that Captain M`Neil, of the Bengal Artillery, attached to the Ghoorkas, and Lieutenant Bogle, of the same force, succeeded in saving Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson, who have been so long is captivity. As these officers were exploring tho deserted streets in front of the Ghoorka advanced posts they encoun- tered a native, who said he was one of Sir J. Outram's employes, and implored their protection for his house and property. In the course of his appeal he mentioned incidentally that he knew where the English ladies were confined, and offered to point out the place. Almost immediately after- wards another native appeared and presented two notes—oue from Mrs. Orr, the other from Miss Jackson, imploring immediate succour, as their enemies were making search for them. The officers returned to the nearest Ghoorka post, and called for volunteers ; 40 or 50 of these hardy, dirty, and loot-loving Calmucks stepped forth, and, with the native at their head as a guide, the party at a rapid rate started off on their errand of deliverance. They proceeded for more than half a mile through the silent, tortuous streets, ex pecting to receive a volley at every turn, when they came to a house, apparently shut up and abandoned. " This is the house," said the guide. At the noise of their footsteps the owner —Meer Wajeecl Ali, Daroga of the Court—made his appearance, and began to stipulate for his pro perty, but Captain 111'Neil demanded the immediate production of the ladies, and, finding that he was resolute, the Daroga led to an obscure apartment, where were two ladies in Oriental costume in a dark corner. At the sound of the voice—" Are you the English ladies, and do you wish to leave this place 7" those whom he addressed were not able to reply to the officer from excessive joy, and for a moment or two they were overwhelmed with thankfulness and emotion. But there was no time to be lost. The iNtloulvie and his followers were known to be search ing for them. The ladies, clad as they were, descended to the street, and were about to be placed on the officers' horses, when a palanquin caught the eye of Captain MtNeil in the court of the house. Just as the ladies were getting into it a few bud mashes, with drawn swords, sallied out from an d j (du ing house to attack them, but a shot from a revolver and the bayonets of the Ghoorkss soon disposed of their resstance, and six of the Daroga's retainers being impressed as palanquin bearers the party and a portion of the escort moved back as rapidly as possible to the Ghoorka post, and the poor ladies were placed in safety. THE LAST STAND OF THE REBELS. The position occupied by the enemy, who have been gradually forced from place to pl ice from the extreme east to the furthest west of Lueknow, is situated outside the verge of the city close to the Goomtee,•and was occupied by them probably be cause they had no other post to - go to. The troops under General Outram which were to assault the Mousabagh were detailed as follows : One troop of Royal Horse Artillery, Middloton's held battery— r two 18-pounders, four 8-inch mortars; Douglas's brigade, consisting of the 53d Regiment, 79th Regiment Highlanders, Ist Bengal Fusiliers, andPreen'sSiklis. Asthe troopsdebouched from the gateway across the road in front of the Iruaumbar rah the enemy were observed retiring in haste from their advanced posts in the house in front, and re treating on the Mous.abagb, from which as we pressed on there soon was visible a similar exodus. They were saved by an accident. In order to enable oar troops to get at them it was necessary to break through a strong pucka wall right in our front, and the sepoys used the time to such purp2se that they cleared out before our soldiers had a chance of engaging them. The combination well devised had not been carried oW. Campbell's force was not visible. It is believed he must have come across another body of the enemy, and that he is engaged in the pursuit. Away went the enemy in broken masses, mingled with the townspeople of the lower orders, pursued by the Lancers and by the fire of Middleton's guns, which did the duty of the troop of Horse Artillery. Owing to some mistake the troop of Royal Horse Artillery did not appear in dme, ngr was the cross fire of Grant's guns available in punishing the fugitives. A few of their Sepoys and matchlockmen kept up a feeble fire, end their guns were opened to cover the retreat as far as pos sible. At first the fire was directed against Grant's force, and there was an artillery battle on a small scale at long range. Then the enemy turned their suns against us, and one of their shot plumped .nto the ground within a few yards of Sir Colin Campbell. They formed upon the left of the Mon ,allagh, with their left resting on the river, but they rapidly gave way as we advanced, and their mus ketry fire only wounded a few of our men. As they broke they turned to their right with our in fantry in chase, and the Lancers c ttching up the rear disp)sed of a few of them ; but the country is covered with enclosures and corn fields, and natives on the run soon distance our troops. In the attack Capt. Hutchinson received a wound in the head, which will, it is feared, prove fatal ; but our casualties were few. And now, as the runaways fled, every eye was strained to see if our cavalry .'ere advancing upon them from the Korkoorie road, but the acutest sight could not detect their presence. However, later in the day guns were heard in that direction, and it is very likely indeed that some large body of the enemy endeavouring to escape from the swath-west of the city were sud-. denly confronted. by Campbell's force. That officer received orders to occupy the Mousabagh in the • evening with the sth and 78th, bat as he did not obey orders, and nothing has been heard from him, it is to be presumed he is engaged in the grand ob ject of pursuit and utter dissipation of the enemy, A Sikh regiment held the Mousabagh in lieu of Campbell's troops, but the enemy have quite with drawn from the neighbourhood. Outram's force, in their advance, came upon the camp which the enemy had just abandoned. They took some ele • phants and a silver howdah, supposed to belong to the Aloulvie, and 12 guns, some in a very efficient sate. Thus the last post held by the enemy came into oar hand 9, and Lacknow • fell —never to rise agalu. RED TAI?EISM. The moment Sir Cohn Campbell became master of the city of Lucknow he ceased to be so, and Sir James Outram, as Chief Commissioner, reigned in his stead. The civil staff was small, but the energetic Captain Carnegie, Mr. Denison, Mr. Rushton, and others, were installed in office, and proceeded to restore law and order and police, and the system of reward and punishment. Police were enrolled, and thannahs, or stations, were established, criminals were handed over to the judge or to the triangles ; the faithful received praise, pay, promises, but our means were and still are scanty, and we have not instruments for all the work to be accomplished. THE VICTORIA CROSS. Few officers under Sir Colin Campbell will have a chance of getting the Victoria Cross. He is opposed to the principle of the order. He knows no claim to con s id era ti on but the discharge in a very exemplary way of duty, and he will not praise any man for doing what it is his duty to do. It would appear that the Comman der-in-Chief scarcely thinks it is his duty to recognise the Victoria Cross, nor does he always yield to the pressure of divisional Generals, who name all their staff at every discharge of musketry. There will be no cocked-hat gazettes, none of the old stereotyped Crimean head-quarter despatches, in which the Commander-in-Chief " spoke favour ably " of everybody, and of all alike, and in which you night at a glance learn the names of every officer en genera), divisional, or brigade staff la due Army List order. We know, however, with" cut any knowledge of the facts, that the Com mander-in-Chief will pass over blunders with 0 0 gentle a touch that their existence will not be detected, and that vigilance and energy, and such like qualities, will be ascribed to officers whose conduct was not characterised by exactly Bthallar epithas on the day of action. TILE SIKHS. It will not be safe to leave Lucknow with Ic B than 8,000 English infantry. Bareilly, when it is taken, will require a strong European garrisorlo and we must keep our cominnnications open till India is thoroughly pacified by strong posts and patrols. No one can be blind to the danger of enormous native levies, whether of Sikhs or of others. Keen observers detect a gathering cloud in the North-West, and of all men Sir John Law" rence is the least likely to ignore the omen. The Sikhs talk loudly, lam told. They say, " Vi r e have done all the hard fighting. We took the Kaiserbagh, and, look I even the Commander-in - Chief takes us as sentries over his tent in prefer ence to Europeans." I believe the reason w hy the Sikhs are placed on duty in the head-quarter caw!' is that they stand the sun better than Europeans, and can keep the natives in order more easillo owing to their knowledge of the language. AO at Delhi, they say, "We fought against you for' tnerly ; now we fight fur you. Perhaps some del we shall fight against you once more." There must be always be a sufficient force to prevent the danger of a sudden outbreak on the part of this fierce and fickle soldiery, and 1,000 men Per month, which is the amount of reinforcement s promised us, will scarcely keep this army even At its present inadequate strength. THE WOUNDED OFFICERS. Mr. Bankes, the young Cornet of the 7th Hug' sars, exhibits a mazked improvement, and verY strong hopes are expressed by his medical atterr dants that his remaining leg and arm will 1 30 saved—a result mainly to be attributed to the courage and spirit and cheerfulness with which he bears up against his injuries. • I am glad to be able to say that Sir William Peel is daily getting better, and expects to be able to hobble about il l a week or so. His companion in the same rooret Major Gloster, 38th Regiment, shot through th e stomach, is also recovering. Slade and Wilkie of the 'Tth,Chalmers of the Commissariat,and W O4 of our wounded officers, are in a very favourable state, and the health of the army generally coil' tinues to be very good. THE SEPOYS. The Sepoy is an incomprehensible being. Serb we have been many days in the city, and at nigh the roads have been open to any person, and yet Sepoy, who might have got away whenever he listed , is discovered in a house by the police to-day. On shoots one dead, wounds another, and, shut up 111 a dark room, doggedly awaits his assailants. CaP t ' Burroughs, 42d Regiment, an active and zealot° officer, now comes to dislodge him by throwivg powder bags into the room. At the first explosion a sharp report is heard, and on entering the rev° h the sepoy is found dead, having blown out his own brains. The force of the powder blew down a po t of the wall, and Capt. Burrough's leg is broken by the weight of bricks which fell upon him. 11° _, If long these incide n t s are t o con ti nue one i s a t a I°' to conjecture, Lut as soon as the respectable In.. habitants return in auy numbers these fello o must be detected and handed over to the pollee' Some are returning in sullen submission. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND SIR J. OITTRA3E.'"' ° a meeting of the Court of Common Council, held to{ day, it was unanimously resolved that the freedom the city, with a swi,ni of the value of 100 guineg; shoul.l l,e presente,d to Sir Colin Campbell and P I James Outran,. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.—Tae Greenock ildvert. roports a distressiug accident on Saturday night durll a severe northerly gale. Edward Brown Finlay, soli R. B. Finlay, clothier, and John Tarbet, g rande e !, of Mr. John Brown, Trinidad-place, Greenock, ,"; y o uths about fourteen years of age, were returning i t, o „a boat from a INIa-clay exc urs io n t o Iteseceath, and " - a reached to within a sh , .)rt distance from the shor e l e b i Seafitlii, when the bo a t was swam p e d by heavy lf and turned bottom upwards. Another boat, manhemn-1, companions of a similar age, drove past at the nro p p, but they were unable to face the pale and pick thenlia, and an car was thr ow n, w hi c h was' grasped by Tam-o: while Finlay clung to the keel. The latter was, I?°.p. ever, washed off in a few minutes and inatantly die pear , d. The boy Tarbet was brought on 'b ore . 0 , safety, and conveyed home. He was in a statef and nearly an hour and a-half elapsed 1) 13-13 0 he was resuscitated. Finlay's body bad not b een covered up till Monday afternoon. DIVIDING THE SPWL. In the next court, which was sheltered from fire by the walls around if, our men bad made a great seizure of rich plunder. They had burst into some of the state apartments, and they were engaged in dividing the spoil of shawls and lace" and ernbroi &-ry of gold and silver and pearls. In a nook off this court, where there was a little shade, we retired to rest ourselves, as there were no means of approaching the front, part of the buildings being on fire, and explosions of mines feared every moment. Two men of the 90th were in before us, and, assisted later by some of the 38th, we saw them appropriate money's worth enough, to make them independent for life. The rooms oil this nook had been used as stores by the King or some wealthy member of his household, and each moment these men went in only to emerge with a richer trophy. In one box they found diamond bracelets, emerald., rubies, pearls, and opa's, all so large and bright and badly set, that we believed at the time they were glass. In another was a pair,ol gold-mounted and jewelled duelling pistols, of Eng lish make, and the bill, stating that his Majesty the 'King of Oude owed the maker 2801. ; then out they came with bundles of swords, gold-mounted and jewelled, which they at once knocked to pieces for the sake of the mountings, leaving the blades be hind them. Next came out a huge chymical labo ratory, then a gold saddlecloth, studded with pearl- —then gold-handled riding canes—then cups of agate and jade, gold - mounted and jewelled ; then— but I must really stop this broker's inventory. The happy posse ssors of these riches w ere qu it e mad with excitement. "Is this gold, Sir ?" Is that a diamond ?" "Is your honour shure that's raal goold ?" "Is this string of little white stones (pearls) worth anything, gintlemen?" It was a great drawback to have a conscience under such circumstances —a greater not to have a penny is one's pockets, for in this country no one except an old stager on the look-out for loot carries a farthing about him. THE WOMEN OF THE ZENANA. Intelligence reached the Chief of the Staff that the women of the Zenana were secreted in one of the strongest parts of the Kaiserbagh. Some office►s_immediately proceeded to the spot, into which some of oar soldiers had already forced an entrance. It may be imagined what a state of terror the Begums and their attendants were in when our men entered. They expected death every instant, and titeir agonies of fear were increased by the knowledge of the fact that some armed Sepoys were shut up in a room close at hand, and one shot might seal their fate. Huddled toge ther amid the smoke, they could scarcely be calmed by the assurances of the officers, who at once took measures to remove them to a place of safety. As they were going out one of the ladies pointed out to Captain Hope Johnstone a box which he had just taken from the floor and laid upon the table. She told him it contained jewels to the value of 10 lacs of rupees, or 100,000/. He at once placed sentries at the doors, and gave orders that no one should enter. Having, with the aid of his brother officers, taken the ladiei out of danger, he retired to the Zenana. It was blaz . ng from end to end. The sentries only escaped by clambering up to the roof, from which they were with difficulty saved. The jewels were gone. Had Captain Johnstone taken them they would have been his, for she Kaiserbagh on this day was given up to plunder, and what each man could get became his property. LOOTING. wealth. officers. It was late in the evening when we returned to camp, through roads thronged with at least 20,000 camp followers, all staggering under loads of plun der—the most extraordinary and indescribable spectacle I ever beheld—Coolies, 53 ce', kitmutgars, dhooly-bearers, Sikhs, graFs-cutters, a flood of men covered with clothing not their own, carrying on heads and shoulders looking-glasses, mirrors, pic tures, brass pots, swords, fire-locks, rich shawls, scarfs, embroidered dresses, all the "loot" of ran sacked palaces. The noise, the dust, the shouting, the excitement were almost beyond endurance. Lucknow was borne away piece-meal to camp, and the wild a Ghoorkas and Sikhs, with open mouths and glaring eyes ? burningwith haste to, get rich and contending fiercely against the current as they sought to get to the source; of such unexpected i support and assistance which they have given to Britial "Therefore the Right Hon. the Governor-Genera hereby dcclares that " Drigliejjie Singb, Rajah of Bulrampore ; "Koolwunt Singh, Rajah of Pudnaha ; " Rao Hurdeo Buksh Singb, of Kutiaree ; " Kasheepershaud, Talookdar of Sissaindee; " Zahr Singh, Zemindar of Gopaul Kheir ; and " Chundeeloll, Zemindar of Moraon (Baiswarah) are henceforward the sole hereditary proprietors of the lands which they held when Oude came under British rule subject only to such moderate assessment as may be imposed upon them, and that those loyal men will be further rewarded in such manner and to such extent as, upon cow ideration of their merits and their po sition, the Governor-General shall determine. "A proportionate measure of reward and honour according to their deserts will be conferred upon others in whose favour like claims may be established to the satisfaction of the Government. "The Governor-General further proclaims to the people of Oude that, with the abovementioned excep. tione, the proprietary right in the soil of the province is confiscated to the British Government which will dispose of that right in such manner as they may deem fitting. "To those talookdars, chiefs, and landholders, with their followers, who shall make immediate submission to the Chief Commissioners of ()ode, surrendering their arms and obeying his orders, the Right Hon. the Go• vernor-General promises that their lives and honour shall be safe, provided that their hands are unstained with English blood murderously shed. "But, as regards any further indulgence which may be extended, to them, and the condition in which they may hereafter be placed, they must throw themselves upon the justice and mercy of the British Government. "To those among them who shall promptly come forward and give to the Chief Commissioner their sup port in the restoration of peace and order this will be large, and the Governor-General will be ready to view liberally the claims which they may thus acquire to a restitution of their former rights. " As participation in the murder of Englishmen and Englishwomen will exclude those who are guilty of it from all mercy, so will those who have protected Eng lish lives be specially entitled to consideration and leniency. "By order of the Right ion. the Governor-General of India. "G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. " Allahabad, March 14." TIIE FALL OF LUOKNOW. As soon as the Governor-General received the welcome) intelligence of the fall of Lucknow, ac companied, it may be, with some disagreeable con siderations connected pith the es3apo of so many mutineers, he issued the folio wing proclamation : " PROCLAMATION. " The army of his Excellency the Commander-in- Cidef is in posse.sion of Lucknoiv, and the city lies at the mercy of the British Government, whose authority it has for nine months rebelliously defied and resisted. " This resistance, begun by a mutinous soldiery, has sound supprt from thP inhabitants of the city and Pf the province of °Lida at large. Many who owed their prosperity to the Briti,h Government, as will as those who believed thcmsaves a ,Trieved by it, have jo'nod in this bad entice, and hrve ranged themselves with the enemies c,f the Statr,. 6 ' They have been gui:ty of a great crime, and have -objected themselves to a just retribution. " The capital of their country is now once more in the bawls of the "British troop J. "From thin' day it will be held by a force which nothing can withstand, and the authority of the G vern ment will be carried into every corner of the province. "The time, then, has come at which the ItiLt Hon. the Governor-General of India deems it right to mate known the mode in which the British Government will deal with the talookdare, chiefs, and landholders of Oude and their Lilowers. "The first care o! the Governor-General will be to reward those who have been stedfast in their allegiance at a time when the authority of the Government, was partially overborne, and who hare proved this by the I Ma] of 1 aim tak( Rai pea] i mr Will COM defi4 don moN scar man a su quit peri for turb is mod men mat day, for ceed have 441 Whit after to ti .13a] anc Au Tel hte In, In Is' CO Ez