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

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public are most respectfully informed that the NEW THEATRE WILL OPEN on SA.TURDAY, Maly Full particulars will be dannounced. R o yal Italian Opera, March 24, 185 S. THEATRE 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. Bo; Mr. Buck stone; Cox Mr. Compton. *chaos Cox, (which may be retained the whole of the amine. 69. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. C. Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxe s 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Sbakspere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean. After which, the new grand eomie 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 "sack ; Clown, Mr. iluline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessee, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, the Tragedy of FAZIO, Followed by THE TWO POLTS, To conclude with GILDEROY, CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Shiections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Maxilla. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Joughmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Julien, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Mactagan, W. T. Critchfield, G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Dirsetor, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, ks., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIIIII DAT—Morn., 0 min. aft. o —Even., 1 min. aft. 12 To-hieusow —Morn. 31 min. aft. 12 —Even. 55 min. aft. 12 THE WE&THER—SuN Oartaa, MARCH 26. IHEEMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night, 51—this day at noon. - BAROMBTER, 30.25. WIND. Westerly, ranging from S.S.W. to W.N.W, light, with fine cool weather. 4,,t, Tilt ,_1„ ii.,,, '''' c\ MI LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1858. The Times of this day, bears candid, but, per baps, 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. ministra►tion," and the 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-tonans " of Printing-house square could allege was that we should only obtain a rechauffee of dishes prepared by their predecessors to suit the popular palate. We were not greatly excited 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 bad 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 -mosey 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 101 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 priidenee 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 a season. 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 nix years' tenure of office. Every Govern ment must be more or less conservative, and from resisting independent members of Parliament, and baffling theirsuggestions and inquiries, the states man acquires an actual love of differing from the public at.latge, and having his own way in spite of them.- His successors, before th e y become offi cialised, 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 *se. 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 prove this and until they had gone before the Neapolitan tribitnals it would be against the law of nations to inteifere. This was c o nsidered at the time an un ,uswerable arg umen t, an d th ere was not hi ng l e ft buttusk that Watt and Park had a fair trial, if any ' e APolitan process can deserve that character. But no sooner was it discovered by the King that lie interference would take p lace n ths the two Englishmen we re treated with ev ery kind of o harsh ness and contumely. They were kept in a wretched prison, without suffi c i ent change o f clothes, and were not 'allowed toc ommunicat e with their frien d s. At lest, in the eighth month of their confiscment, they were brought to trial, but not until one of them bad 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 violati ng th e l aws of natural justice, but the late Cabinet had b een comm i tte d to a tempor iz ' i ng Policy, and th e cessat i on of diplomatic relations itlistas Two Sicilies rendered it difficult to act. S 0 ie 4 .;_ tlx ,:citmai.. ble that the engineers might now be uw.urnizetz had it not been for the advent of a teirtseed Ministry. bury was ableZli, rz? , v a i r th a vi go u L r o i r r d o N in i a w l rub which Lord Clarendon u a d . result is that Watt has been himself, and. the in England safe and iinprovin g r t a il a nd is now Park is out on bail, and dou ta'ta, white t, soon be )mpletely at liberty. set comp , _ " A matter of almost equal importance i al tribution of the Delhi prize-money, wl ao not; indeed, say that an old Ministry would have denied the soldiers what so justly belongs to them, but still a young and popularity -seeking Government act with more satisfactory prompitude. The great exploit of the Indian war, the gallant siege and assault in which so small and mixed a forc triumphed over such obstaeles, is not to be re e warded merely with six months' batta. We can not but think that the illiberality of the former arrangement would have been productive of the TIED& 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 cala 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 36in duced the Nepaulese Prince to take the field. as the And ra was all this to be recopensed by , 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 Onde is complete, must bear the burden of sepoys' work until another native army on which we 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 object'. 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 n et ; 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, fas est ab hoste doceri, and therefore Lord DERBY 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 circumstancep, 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 respecting even 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 PA L MEP lITONIA.N organ. SURREY THEATRE. 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 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. LATEST NEWS. THE CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Colombo 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 aro 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, &c. 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. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THIIRSDA.Y. 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 on the 12th March. On the 18th inst. the Anglo-Slxon received from the French barque of Granville, the crew 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 date. The Legis lature bad met in sessiou and passed a law for the importation of a thousand coolies or sepoys, if to be bad, from India. The small-pox was spreading in the town. Two thousand Indians, from Yuca tan, had visited the mahogany cutters on the Rio Honda, but they retreated peacefully. Mr. Bernbisel, 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 States troops had been sant to him from Utah are there fore incorrect. The Council Bluffs Bugle, of the 3d, says that a Mr. Wingate had just arrived from Salt Lake, Jan. 25, and reports that there is no snow in Salt 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 rocks for thirteen miles, in many places only three feet wide, and is completely covered by a roof of rock. Mr. Wingate says that the Mormons are manufacturing small cannon, with percussion locks and telescopic sights, which will carry a two-pound ball, with much more certainty than a common rifle, one hundred and twenty yards. They are also making five hundred revolvers, and manufacturing a coarse kind of gunpowder for mining purposes. A skirmish had occurred between a party of Mormons and a picket-guard of the army, in which two of the former and four of the latter were killed. Mr. Wingate says that Brig 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 they will be resisted. On the 24th of January, Brig Ham Young preached to 9,000 people, all of whom arose when he said, " All in favour of g:viug the troops hell, rise." COMM ERCIAL. NEW YORK, blAuca 12. Stocks are dull and lower. Money vary abundant and active, at 4to 6 per cent. on call. Sterling Ex change nominal at 108 1 ,. Cotton is drooping ; sales 1,600 bales, half in transit. Freights—To Liverpool, were aotive and firmer ; cotton at 3-16 d. ; grain, 70,000 bushels. Corn at qi. to 41. in bulk ; for ships to had cotton at New Orleans for Liverpool, id. to id. now asked, and firmer. THE F.RSNCH PASSEORT 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 British Go vernment, having itself recognised the incon venience of this mode of proceeding, bas 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 seeing the persons for whose passports their visa is required. This right is an evident result of the existing laws ; but the obliga tion imposed upon travellers is not absolute, and every latitude is given to the agents of the Empe ror to make exceptions, who, moreover, are au thorised to give their visa, without insisting on seeing the bearers, to passports granted by the competent authorities of foreign States to their , own countrymen, whenever such passports are addressed to the agents by the Governments of those States with a special recommendation under theip responsibility. "Finally, independent of these facilities, and in virtue of regulations which prohibit our viee consuls who may be foreigners in the States which border upon or are near the empire from granting pass ports and visas—a prohibition justified by the abuse that was made of it—the Government of the Em peror has already established, and intends to esta blish, according to the wants of the service, on the points nearest our frontier most frequented 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 from increasing their rigour, has, on the contrary, endeavoured to re move such obstacles as might really be an impedi ment to intercourse between France and foreign States." THE NEW K.C.B's: Colonel Smton, of the 35th Bengal Native Infantry, is a ve•eran of 35 years' duration, his first commission as ensign dating from Fetauary 1823. He was present at the capture of Bhurtpore, for which he has received the Indian medal. He also served in Affghanistau in the campaigns of 1840-41 and 1841 42, and took part iu 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'ts Column," which wasmade a light infantry regiment (the first, we believe, in the Bengal army) for its services at Jellalabad. Colonel Seaton is the son of a merchant at Clapham, and was born in 1806. Colonel Sydney John Cotton, of the 221 (Che shire) Regiment of Foot, is a relative, we believe, of Field Marshal Lord Oombermere, G. C. B. He 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 in January, 1843. He has served iu various parts of the world for 45 years on full pay, but Hart's Army List contains no special mention of his services. Colonel William Rose Mansfield, of the 53d (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot, would appear to be a much younger man than either of his colleagues in honour. At all events he entered the army as ensign so recently as 1835, and it is rafter singu lar that so lately as in 1854 his name stood in the Army List as lieutenant-colonel next above that of plain Major Henry Havelock, C. 13., whose first commission bore date from 1815, just twenty years his senior. However, the services of Colonel Mans field have not been few, nor undisguished. He took part with the 53d Foot in the campaign in the S utlej in 1846, and was present at Buddiwal, Aliwal, and Sobraon, at which last engagement he acted as aide-de-camp to the Commander in -Chief, Lord Gough. He commanded that legiment also in the Punjaub campaign of 1849, and tork part in the battle of Goojerat, for which, as also for Sobraon, he bears the medal and claps. He was also con stantly employed on the Peshawur frontier in 1851-52, whether his regiment was in the field or not, and was present at the affairs of Nawadaud, Prangpur, and Skealkote, where he had his horse shot under him. THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—At the South Lancashire 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 expntel to come to day (Friday). ASSASSINATION OF A TRADESMAN AT PORTSMOUTH. —The inquest upon the body of Mr. Daniel Howard, alias Hart, draper of Port mouth, who was shot dead with an air-gun last ThurFda,y evening at the door of the house of Mrs. Vick, with whom he lodged, was c n tinned ol Tuesday evening, and again a djourned 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. Vice.; stat”unent as to the manner in which the deceased received his death wound, and as to the stranger who bad called him into the passage. It appeared that the younger Mrs. Vick, the son's wife, had a quarrel with the deceased on the Ist of March, when he called her a street-walker and sha called him a bastard, but George Vick states that be laughed at it as a trifling matter. The deceased was executor to the will of the late Mr. Vick, who, however, did not leave any pro. p-erty, THE NEW FRENCH AIIBASSADOR. The Constitutionnel of yesterday (Thursday) 1 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 Rigland and France had produced an impression which the hoeonreble cha racter and conciliatory tone of the last despatches have already in part removed. Tee present sub ject of preoccupation is whether the present net can last ? 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 hor Ile at titude at the present moment. The great struggle 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 Derby'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 leaders uniting there would be other difficulties to surmount. To effect a fusion of their political friends would not be easy. Lord John Russell is at the head of a rather heterogeneous army. Since the time when a por tion of the Whig party fell away from him, he has endeavoured to supply their placers by re cruiting among the radicals. Lord Pelmet ston 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 peripatetic furnishes extraordinary precedents for unexpected reconciliation—a sudden union between Lord Palmerston and Mr. Gibson and his friends at the present moment would be something startling indeed. Lord John Russell might, it is true, try another alliance—he might turn towards the Peelites. 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 might find themselves sitting side by side with Mr. Roebuck. The situation, then, so far as we can at present judge of it, seems to guarantee to the Derby minis try a sort of truce during the present session. To give battle without being in a position to profit by a victory, and for the mere pleasure of fighting, would be a d ame scarcely worthy of reasonable men, and one which might be dangerous to the adver saries of Lord Derby. If then, as we think probs 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 rega , d to Eu rope seems to be pretty nearly that of the last ministry ; there are but a few shades of difference. It ii however conceivable that a conservative minis • try may leanmoreread Hy to wards conservativeprin ci plea in Europe, and that its tendencies in regard to liberal ide -s mail:l, less enthusiastic. a. example the Derby cabinet may have more affinities f, r Russia than its predecessor had ; eieverthrless, 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 Palmers on, 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 recognise the empire. Other Governments thought thst the recognition 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 evernment. It cannot then be doubted that Lord Derby and his colleagues must have it at heart to real,se, 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 be gradu ally restored ; and unreflecting irritation will dis appear before the friendly and reciprocal feeling of the tTo Governments. The Emperor, by his choice of the Duke of Malakoff to represent France in London, has desired to prove, in the strengest manner, how much ho desires the maintenance of the alliance. The Emperor's object in baking choice of this illustrious man is to• dispel all toe rumours of a disposition on the part of his Govern ment to ohange the character of its relations with Europe. In selecting as his representative at the Court of Queen Vic•oria the marshal who in some sort personifies the alliance of the two nations, and who is the living comment of their common glories and dangers, the Emperor has male a choice than which none could have been more significant, or more flattering for the English Queen and people. We have no doubt that the news will be received with joy in England ; that the Duke of Malakoff will be welcomed there as a brother in arms, and will meet with a reception worthy of himself and the great souvenirs which he represents. The following is from the Dcbats : " The departure of M. de Persigny has excited in England a regret which is most creditable to the French Ambassador. This diplomatist, without ever having sacrificed the rights or the legitimate 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 sought to lead us to believe, had firm confidence in the views and intentions of M. ale Persigny. It was known beyond a doubt that he understood and appre ciated with a friendly eye the institutions, the customs, and the policy ot England, and attached the greatest vglue to tier friendship. We are per suaded that his illustrious successor will arrive iu 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 s hope that England will interpret the mission of the con queror of Sebastopol iu the sense most favourable to the alliance, and will only recognise in this choice the wish to recall the period when the two countries fought together for a just cause, and were strongly united by a community of 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 h.l con ferred on Europe." The reflections below proceed from the Pays : "The English are correct judges of military me rit. They received with lively sympathy the old commander who fought to the last against them under the first empire. Marshal Soult was very popular in London. The name of Marshal Pelts Fier, the greatest military captain of the dry, will, we are convinced, prove very agPeealle to our neighbours, for it will remind them of the victorious struggle which united the flags of Fr,noi and England. The Emperor Napoleon could not, in our opinion, hive offered the Engdsh nation a highi-r proof of his esteem and of his atta, bra .nt to the alliance than this appointment of the Duke de Mal tkoff as his representative. The Patrie says:— " The new ambassador, inspired by the modera tion of the Emperor, will ceitainly persevere in the mission of Count de Persigny, and will endea vour, like him, to maintain between Fiance and England a confidence which is necessary for the repose of the world." The Gazette de France alone appears disatisfled ; it says : "In the absence of any official explanation in the illoniteur of the motives of the recall ot M. de Persigny, and of the selection of the Commander in-Chief of the French armies in the Crimea for a diplomatic mission, it is difficult to appreciate the bearing of an appointment whic'i, in the present state of the international relations, must be consi dered an important event. MR. ALLSOPP AND THE GOVERNMENT.—REMAREABLE OFFER.—We have been informed, on good authority, that Mr. Allsopp has offered to surrender Lim-elfr trial if the g overnment will guarantee hi s expenses . Th, part taken by this gentleman in the recent Parisian tragedy has been entirely misconstrued by the public. He ordered the grenades of Mr. Taylor under the im pression that they were to he used in legitimate warfare, or iii so near an app roac h to i t as an insuirectionary struggle might be con•idered. Mr. Allsopp'e impression was that the grenades were f et. the service of the na tionll party in Italy. He had no idea that asea.sination was contemplated by his colleagues, or that the Emperor of France has the person against whom their measures were directed. So 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 kai been made wi h the - condition stated. Mr. Allsop is not in a position to encounter the expenses of a Late trial, in which he could not recover costa if the. suit went in his favour. When we hear that 20 0001. 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 be enters into a legal conflict with the government. As Mr. Ailsopp is at present in a place of safety, be is not likely to rub voluntarily into so ruinous an engagement. But we believ e b e i s qu 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,—ArnPngligin rkply Arcot. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. 1858.—The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of Boglaud for the year en- suing, viz. : FOR GOVERNORS. SHEFFIELD NEAVE, E-q , Governor. BONAMY BOBBIE, E q , Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS, Thomas Baring, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry Hulse Be, ens, Esq. Travers Buxton, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. John Gellibrand Haber!, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth. Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. James Mateoimams, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. James Moiris, Esq. George Warde ./4 orman, Esq. *Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Esq. * N.B. —The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk s placed are new candidates for the Direction. James Pattison Currie, Esq. *George Joachim Goschen, Esq. *James Alexander Guthrie, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank ou Tuesday, the 6th April, and for Directors on Wed , esday, the 7th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Minister of 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, must 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 Moniteur. According 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. The 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 It- d eli& 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 snow. 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. TRUSTE, March 25.—A Turkish screw line-of-battle ship and two other vessels of war , having on board 3,106 troops, under the command of Kadri Pacha, ar rived yesterday in the bay of Klek. 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 Chaudefonds, but that it would yield to the decision of the Federal Council on the subject. BOURSE, March 25.—The following were the closing quotations : 4i per Cents 93 40 Do. end month — Credit Foncier Belgian 4,1 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 3 per Ceut. ..... 69 90 Do. end month 69 95 Bank Shares 3125 Credit Mobilier BlO Do. Account Bll 25 RAILI Orleans Northern Now Ditto 787 Lyon and Mediteran 836/ New Ditto BOO Geneva Midi Western 665 Strasburg 6974 Q rand Central — Sardinian Austrian SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 20th state that the Queen had summoned to the palace the Duke de Valencia (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 selecting substitutes for the army. The sitting of the Con gress on the 20th was somewhat ajtated. 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. Maz) 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. 'AYS. PIEDMONT. The Piedmontese 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 of 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 hold in Sardinia as regards Persian subjects. In cases of decease, the succession is in both countries to be given up to the lawful heirs or assignees , through intervention of the consul of the na tion to which the deceased belonged. The Sardinian Con , uls are to reside at Teheran, Bender Booshir, and Tauris ; the Persian consuls, at Turin, Gen Ja, and Cagliari. - the treaty is to last J 2 years, and then continue from year to year until either of the cont ra cti ng p owers s h a ll signify its intention, one year beforehand, of giving it up. ~i::~: According to the German Journal of Frankfort the negotiations relative to the settlement of the difficulties between the Court of the Two Sicilies and the Western Powers are so far advanced that the Cabinet of Naples intends shortly to send an Envoy Extraordinary to Paris and London, to put himself in direct relation with the Cabinets of the two countries. It is added that it is probable that Prince Petrulla may be charged with this mission. A letter from Cattara, in the Wurtemberg Moni teur, says :—" Several . irregular corps are being organised Bosnia by wealthy Turkish Beys. Mujaga-Hadzic, an influential landowner and a most deadly enemy of the Christians, has volun teered to raise 1,200 h orsemen. A u agen t i s tra velling over the di str i ct of Bihac to co ll ect th e ma trimonial tax on each newly-married couple for the benefit of the Vladika of S ttajewo. This tax, which was form er l y 14 sous, has b een dou b le d b y the Vladika on hi s authority, spiritual and temp ora l means to ensure i full col lection." and he employs both A AIR. RICHARDSON'S THIRD SOIRER MUSICALE.—This accomplished musician presented a i.rogramme on Ned n evening last every way worthy of his reptitvion. The selection embracel a quartett, Op. 101, Mozart, per formed by eminent members of her Majesty's private band ; a trio, in which Mr. Forbe3 presided at the pianolo:te ; `• The Carnival de Venice," interpreted by Signor Reincnyi (• 010 violinist to - her Majesty), in a style worthy of Sivori or Vieuxten3ps ; a solo on the flute, by Mr. Rich ar d son ; an d an o bli ga to, accompanied by that gentleman, to Madame Ferrari, in Bleitop',- song, " Lo! here the gentle lark," and other moroeanx of approved merit. The vocal music was also of a high order of excellence. It was a si urce. of Congratulation that Mr. Rizhardson after an absence from public pro fessional avocations, is so much improved in health that the void occasioned by his partial retirement itt,Yftilt filled up. Th. last soiree will take pisce on the 140101 April. The whole aeries of soirees have been held, tsi the kind permission of Mr. Forbes, at hie residence,' 3, Upper Belgrave-place; • 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 structure was not erected before we cannot pretend to say, but there can be no dontt 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 or the two gentlemen —Messrs. Willert Beale and Frederick Chappell—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 ful 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 belongir g for the most part to the better classes of society. The grand igaugurativi concert, got up under the able direction of Mr. Benedict, was of a sacred character, and devoted entirely to a char:table purpose. A swore auspicious or acceptable method of commencing a great undertaking could not have been chosen. Tne proceeds of the concert under notice, with those of the next, an nounced for to-morrow evening, are to be p esented to the Middlesex Hospital, one of our best conducted and most valuable public institutions 3, but which is at this moment unhappily in great need of pecuniary aid. The importance of the hospital and the legitimacy of its claim upon public sympathy will be readily admitted when we state that in 1857 no leas 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, Thou art Great," a " Benolictus" by Chernbini, Marcello's solo and chorus, " I cieli immensi narrano " MGZITOII "Ave verum," and the "Halle lujah Chorus," from Beethoven's " Mount of Olives." The principal vocalists--Madame RudersdorS, Madame Weiss, Miss Stabbach, and Miss Dolby ; Mr. Lookey, 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 conducted. As far as we could judge from the different points of the hall where we were succesrively placed to hear the music, the principles of acoustical science have been suc cessfully studied by the architect. To day 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. Heathcote bad 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 We inesday evening at Northumberland House. The Marchioness of Salisbury held an assembly last evening, at the family mansion in Arlington-street. THE COUNT OF FLANDERS.—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 canoe list at Hereford a3SIESS contained only one case. This was an action on a buildei's oill for building a wall, and presented but poor entertainment for the crowd of barristers who were present in court. DORLIY, THUBSDAY.+THE COLLEGE 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 close the numbers were —Lefroy, 82 ; Gayer, 23. A letter from Vienna in the Post Ampt Gazette cf Frankfort states that the National Bank of Austria will resume payments in specie on the let 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 established. ABOLITION OF HABBOUR-IIASTEB OF THE PORT OF LOirDON.-- - Yeeterday mornin g 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's was finally closed. The duties hitherto per formed by the harbour master will now be transacted by the commissioners appointed under the Thames Conser vancy enactment. THE LEVIATHAN.— The Leviathan or Great Eastern will, we have every reason to hope, come to Liverpool after all. 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 CLERICAL SCLNDAL.—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. PRIZES.—The Society for the Encouragement of Soence, Letters, and Arts at Milan has, in accordance with the report of its committee, adjudged to Dr. E e Lee, M.R.C.S , England, the prize of 600 Ovree, as the author of the beet 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 EXHI4ITION.—The pre paration or 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 She designer, and is a very favourable specimen of lithography. THE BROTHEBTON MEMORIAL FUND.—At a meeting of the committee, held 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 2,5971. Os. 9.1., which, after plying for the statute to be erected in Peel Park, and for the design for a monument in the cemetery, will leave a balance of 6261. 114., 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 FOR MR. DICIEENB.—We believe t'es directors of the Philosophical Association felt a good deal at a loss in what form to approach Mr. Dickens on the somewhat delicate question of remuneration for the lecture which he is about to deliver in this city. But as that gentleman has as acute a sense of a hint, as Le has by nature a generous disinterestedness which makes him only solicitous to coin money when it is to be given to a charitable purpose, he at once declined to accept auy acknowledgment for his services. In these circum stances the directors resolved not 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 night.—North. British Mail. Cal ACCIDENX IN CHEArBIDE.—On Tuesday morning, about 11 o'clock, while Mr. A. Dickey was passing the crossing in Cheapeide opposite Queen-street, ho was etreck down with great force by a Hansom cab, and from the trampling of the horse's hoofs, and both wheels Laving passed over him, received severe injuries. Con sciousness having returned, the unfortunate gentleman was removed to the hospital, whet a it was found he bad sustained fractures of several ribs and the lesser bone or the right leg, with other injuries. A correspondent writes to us :—" It is high time the Lord Mayor and police authorities should interfere to stop the reckless driving of these Hansom cabs and railway vans, as not a day passes without such occurrences happening in our crowded streets and thr)ngbfares." DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL BY FlRE.—Yes terday morning a cotton manufactory, 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 six in the morning, and six engines from the neighbourhood were brought into play in the course of a short time. The principal part of the building, devoted to carding and spinning, six stories high, and in which the fire commenced, with its valuab'e machinery, was deetreyed by nine o'clock. Tne loss is estimated at ORDER OF THE GARTER.—Her Majesty the Queen held 12,000/., which is covered by insurances in the West of a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, ye: - tepees! afternoon, at Bucking ham Palace. The Duke of England, Sun, Yorkshire, Anchor, and Equitable offices. ed was occupied by Mr. Lees and Wellington was introduced, The Portion destroyed I Garter and 'Black Rod t and was conducted between Mr. Fielding. het, and the Queen waso the . Sov l ereign. His Grace . ttle to. eh.voi._°nOrr _orf Knighthood graciously ,16.13ign, bit S . was conducted in like Knighthood: T. " l "d ha • 1:1 er Nat *Ale • h u i s s ypleased to confer manner to . the Hon. min ima 54 ;led 1 .7 mi. e„; • Grace, The Duke and ACCIDENT TO THE ROYAL HUNTSMAN.—On Tuesday "Sarrat" hind was uncarted at Burnham Beechen, after a run of two hours and a half was taken in the the So- open about three miles beyond Chesham. The new in tn. Queen the honour of master, the Earl of Sandwich, was present for the first time, and was knocked over by a rindom rider, but 11.u... 1. 4 TX: d 0r Oatedon, soon regained his position. A similar accident befel the Hi s al Highness the irre'illegope.:isuogtorittneg Lord Colville, honou re d the Theatre with her pres with hi ssesence la-t evening the 0 James's Hall. His Royal Highness enZiseteiriformanes at l et" 611 9 •11 and first whin was attended by Margins of Abercorn, Lord Bagot, Major -Gen. Viryldr e e.;‘t de Roo. - '. - - muses Mr. Davis, the royal huntsman, met with a Ch YlciPie more serious catastrophe. The horse was ab h ou t t to t take .I) ! . v4b . a p rr e ed h a g n a d te p uwuheedn up, hriudterv!:ihearcteoloveldatte, em.l,lrufad se l ler some D avis but was ul ti •• \?I rid., b oth e • .and ho w r a se s . I),,,tii l d l i ldr.avis was picked up senseless, the Hon. P. Tealarrima itiAtii.ae rme medical men, of t w im h ately re om there Icivand is now doing well. and Captain There must always be a species of guerilla warfare carried on to a certain extent in both Houses of Parliament. We cannot object to the skirmishes of outposts, or to exchanges of com pliments in the military fashion between " light bobs" and " triailleurs." It is perfectly correct that they should at one moment fraternise, and the next be prepared to worry each other. But the heavy artillery should never be engaged where " pop-guns" would be more appropriate weapons. A NAsmrra'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 j udi 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 quondam President of the Privy Council, hurled a few tormenting missiles against those by whom his colleagues were superseded. And for what t Simply because they had followed in the track indicated by their predecessors. It was the to quoque argument. We 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 GRANVILLE'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'a 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 course by any example on their side. We need not further refer to such unseemly contests. 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 aerioasly injure, either party. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COVENTRY RACES.—THURSDAT. The Grand Stand Plate of 30 am, added to a S4sep stakes of 5 goes each, for three-yr-olds and upwards QVinn•rs extra. One mile. 6 subs. Mr. T. Stevens's Barbarity, by Sunoom, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ( Price) 1 Mr. Craven's Yaller Gal, 3 yrs, Est 91b (loc. 51n extra) (A E:1 wards) 2 Mr. Gordon's Marabout, 3 yrs, Est 71b (car. 6st 91b) _ - . (Snowden) 3 Captain Price's Use!egg, aged. 94 31b (F. Page) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Yeller Gal-4 to 1 agst Barbarity. A fine race in, won by a head ; about two lengths be• tween the second and third ; Useless was beaten off. The City Selling Plate of 25 sous, added to a sweep stakes of 5 anvil each ;tor two year-olds and upwards. Three quarters Of a mile. 9 subs. Mr. Mill's Blewberry, by Woolwioh, 3 yrs (201), fst (Pritchard) 1 Mr. B. Land's Impatience, 4 yrs (201.) Bat 7lb (J. Land) 2 Mr. J. Lowe's Lass of Richmond Hill, 3 yrs (201.), Ist (Bray) The following also ran :—D gbsrry, Munnow, Floret Macdonald, Baronage, Unexpected, and Lady Light heart. BeOng-7 to 2 art Lass of Richmond Itill--4 to 1 aget Impatience and Baronage--6 to 1 eaoh apt Ble berry and Flora Macdonald. Won by a length ; bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. Weaver for 37 guinea. The Coventry Handicap Plate of 80 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. Woodhouse's Florence, by Birdoatoher, 5 yrs, 7st 10 b (Snowden) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Elfrida, 5 yrs, 7.4 (Prior) 2 Mr. 11. Ivey's Shirah, 4 yes. 64 91b. .(Bray) 3 The following also ran :—Queen of the South, Prac tice, Amorous Boy, Geneva, Wanderer, f by Feugh-a- B .11agb, Chantrese, and Esperance. BAting--3 to 1 agst Elfrida, 4 to 1 apt Florence, 5 t) 1 agst E.peianoe, 6 to 1 each agst Megara Filly and Sh,rab. Florence made play throughout and won by a length and a half ; Queen ~ f the South, who ran against a boy at the la.t turn, finished t wo 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 soya., added to a Handi. cap Sweepstakes of 10 sore. eacb, 3 ft. ; winners extra. Four mi es. 19 subs. Mr. B. Land's The Huntsman, by Tinsley, 6 yre, 9st 131 b, (inc. 71b ex.) (B Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Dart's The Comet, 6 yrs, 9st Nib, (inc. 7lb ex:) a _ (G. Stevens) 2 Mr. J. Merry's Ea -ape, aged, lOst 71b...(Nightingall) The following also ran :—Forest Queen, blare by Re triever, dam by Diamond, and Xanthus. Betting-2 to 1 agst Escape, 3to 1 agst Xantbue, 4 to 1 aget The Cornet, 5 to 1 agst the Huntsman. Won by three quarters of a length ; Escape finished about ten lengths behind The Comet, and The Forest Queen about as far beland Escape. Xanthus refused at the second fence after starting, and all Green's endea vours could not persuade him over. The Retriever mare was pulled up, be iten, after crossing the Radford Brook the last time round Handicap Hurdle Race of 40 cove., added to a sweep. stakes of 5 cove. each, 3 ft. inners extra. Two m il e s, over five flights of hurdles. 21 subs. Mr. Harvey's Chester, by Springy Jack, 4 yre, 9st 121 b (Kendall) 1 Mr. P Barling's Rotterdam, 4 yrs, Bst Olb (G. Smith) 2' Mr. P. Barling's Earth topper, 6 yrs, 9et (G. Eatvell) 3 The following a'Bo ran :—Englemere, Little Davie, Teddesley, Dogberry, Claudius, and Sinithmoor. Batt ng—Even on Chester, 5 to 1 each aget Engle• mere and Little Davie, 6 to 1 aget any other offered. Woo easily by three-quarters of a length ; Earth stopper finished three lengths in the rear of his stable companion ; Little Davie was fourth, Englemere filth, and Smithmoor sixth. Weights for the Abergavenny Open Steeplechase. et lb Litttle Charley The Minor ll 5 Old .D, .g Tray Han , sman lO 5 Minerva Magnet gelding lO 1 Claudius Tti o line Omar Puha 4 9 7 lit lb Bellman Blind Harper Maid of the Glen 9 4 Fearless Harlequin Boadicea► Shylook Teddesley AQUATICS. UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE. --- The little town of Putney has exhibited throughout the week a scene of animation and bustle, iodinating the approach of the above interesting event, which is looked forward to with 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 notioPd the sutij-ct a few days ago, at which time the Oxonians had decidedly the "call," as it is termed in betting circles ; but the work of the Cantabs, whose etyle is equal to that of any eight watermen in the world, has altered the state of things, and when odds are given, they are slightly in their favnur ; but as a quo tation even betting may be considered the order of 'he day. They have both bad 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 when they were made with in different steering on the part of one crew, and an impe diment accidentally thrown in the way of the other. The ma is appointed for half-past twelve to-morrow. The dark blue oar blades will be Oxford ; light blue Cambridge. A very great race is expected. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This DAY.) LONDON. March 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; light breeze, and fine. PORTSIIIOIITII, March 25.—Wind E.N.E. to S S.E.— Arrived—Colombo, from Callao. Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthna, for the westward. BRISTOL, March 25.—Wind E.S.E. —Arrived—Maria, from Demerara; Dora, Barbadoes ; Fanny Hamilton, Havannah. NEWPORT, March 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Norland, for St. Thomas. CROOKRAVEN March 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Coro•. nulls, from Mauritius Rose, Callao. OFF NEWHAVEN, March 25.—Arrived—Countess of Fife, from Suuderland for Ceylon. DARThroUTH, March 25. —Wind E.—Arrived—Talbot • from Loodou for Newfoundland. OFF PLYMOUTH, March 25.—Wind WiLSon, from rygom Bay : _ _ _ - , PILL, March 25.- - A - rind E.—Arrived—Macca, from De.iterara. QUEENSTOWN, March 24. —Wind E.--Arrived—United, from Buenos Ayres; Vio!et, Malta. OFF QUEENSToWN, March 24. Arrived —Sea, frog Maur,t us. BournmarroN, /larch 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived4 Colombo (se), from Alexandria, with India and China (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) SOUTRaMPt ON, Friday Morning. Wind calm. Arrived—Ondine' steaTer from London; Le Coq, Cher. , bourg ; Rhadamanthus, doyen:in:lent steamer, Ports. mouth; Mechanics' Own,, from Newport; Atalanta, steamer, Jersey; Panther, steamer, Glasgow. Sailed—Royal Eagle, for Cardiff; Le Coq, Cherbourg;. Outline, steamer, Dublin, LIVEIIeOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived, March 26.—Uruguay, from Pisagna ; Orbra, Calcutta. _ Sailed, 25th.—Corinthian, screw steamer, for Genoa ; Ebro, screw steamer, Corunna ; Midge, screw ste amer, Bordeaux; Bonita and Alice, Buenos Ayres. GRAVESEND, Friday morning. Wind N.W ; four hours' flood, fine. Arrived, March 25.—Zenoby, from Stromstadt ; Five Sisters, Rouen ; Samuel, and Bell Wether, Guernsey; Daring, Seville. Arrived, March 26—Danmark (s.), from Antwerp; Lord J. Russell (s.), from Dunkirk. DRA.L, Friday Morning. Wind N. W , light ; very fine. Passed- - Jes us Ramos, a nd Monism (ship), from Quo. quid, for Hamburg ; St . Pi e rre, from Rouen, for Aber. tor Lon.lon ; Scotia, from d-ten; Friar Tack, from Shanghai, for London (in tow); Feronia, from St. Micha,ers, from Shields, for Smyrna; London, for Halifax; Maori, from London, for Wellington. Passed, March 25—Dale, Ran, Irom London, for San Francisco. 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