The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. -- - The Yobility; GentrY, Sitiicrihers, and tha Public are most respectfully informed that the NEW THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, May 15. Full particulars will be duly announced. Royal Italian Opera, March 24, 1858. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA YMA.RKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, bliss A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green. Mrs. Wilkins. After which, JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Followed by PRESENTIC AT COURT. Misses Swan• borough, Fitzwilliate, and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. e. d. Second price. s. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P,t 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, the Play of A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, the new grand coml. Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT; or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor. mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Pardo ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY ONORE, Mr. Barney Williams. After which, AN HOUR IN SEVILLE. To conclude with THE IRISH TUTOR. Commence at Seven. IIOYAL SURREY THEATRE. 1 1) Lesseas, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, Shakespere'e Tragedy of HAMLET. Followed by THE TWO POLTS, To (=elude with GILDEROT. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The oompany of Vocalists are engaged for the pe-formance o Sdectione from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS. CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brulell, Miss Ray. Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. ileushaw, S. 'roues., J. Barker, IV. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. flime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and %fr. Bar lard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critehfield, G. Forde, and E. Hackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS )GRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn., 36 min. aft. 10 —Even., 23 min aft. 11 To-Monnow —Morn., 0 min. aft. o —Even., 1 min. alt. 12 THE wEA.THER—StrN OFFICE, MARCH 25. IFIERMOMETER, IN THE SIIADE. Gs—highest since noon yesterday. 46---lowest this morning and during the night, 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.28. WIYD, North-Easterly ; fresh, with fine cold weather. e222:lo_sue*Z'--."'s • - LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1858, This evening Mr. ROEBUIIK will bring on the motion, which has long been anticipated, for the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant and the creation of a Secretary of State for Ireland. The question has long been ventilated, and but for the prejudiced views taken by the late Duke of WELLINCITON, as to the possibility of disaffected Mayors of boroughs occasioning mischief, would have been carried at least seven years since. The shopkeepers of Dublin have, however, made a determined stand, and the great popularity of Lords EGLINTON, Sr. GARMAN; and CAELISLE have materially assisted their cause. The Dublin people like to have a popular and wealthy nobleman spending a large sum of money, giving handsome entertainments, and hold ing courts, at which they can exhibit their daughters or sisters. The waiters on PROVIDENCE think it is decidedly valuable to have close at hand a spot where they can fait .__ the Official labie7ivtile the tradesmen look merely to the expenditure that will be occasioned by an influx of visitors coming to pay their respects to, and enjoy the hospitality of, the Viceroy. These are the inducements that occasion the determined opposition offered to the change. As may be seen, they are entirely of a private cha racter, and it would be difficult, if not altogether impossible, to show a single adequate reason for sustaining the offiee on public grounds, or the slightest benefit resulting to the nation in return for the outlay. In the olden time, before the application of steam to maritime affairs, the construction of railways, or the invention of the electric telegraph, there was reason for having a high functionary invested with almost regal powers, ready to act on brief notice. The miserable cutters that plied between the countries were frequently days, and sometimes weeks, on the passage that now occu pies only a few hours. The enterprising traveller intending to visit England, having duly made his will, and taken a hearterending leave of mourning relatives, went on board, accompanied by baskets of provisions sufficient to sustain him far at least a fortnight. Then came the very slow coaches, or waggons, that spent many days on the road, so that the party who accomplished the journey to London and back was ever after regarded as the travelled man of his district, who had a right to indulge in the travellers' privilege by telling remarkable stories which any auditor would doubt at his peril. As to instructions from the Home Government, they were frequently d e . tained for a greater period than those despatched to many of our colonies. Ireland consequently required a Lord Lieutenant or Lord Deputy, just as much as India now does a Governor-General. But these things are all changed. There are no longer dangers or difficulties to be encountered. St. George's Channel is no longer dreaded, and Hounslow Heath has lost its terrors. No "Golden Farmer," no adventurous " CLAUDE DUTAL," charms travellers of the gentler sex by the urbanity and courtesy with whi c h h e a b stracts t eturn their purses, or returns a po r ti on of the booty in r for treadin, a measure with, or gently saluting the lips of. the fair victim. is now a very unto The journey tnanti s and business -like pro ceeding. A gentleman packs a small black bag, or possibly places all his travelling equipage in the crown of his hat, takes a return ticket, starts after dinner, has a whole day in L o to bre a kf as t on t h e second morni S is b ac k n(1013) ng. and the tr ave lli ng community are concerned o far as , Dublin ty years is not f art h er than was Reading some six since ; nor would the journey there and back be much more expensive, when we consider that everything is now arranged by a single payment, `l/4e innumerable host of locusts in the shape of coacn ,, krLiiardl, ostlen, porters, and waiters, all of wlio s " Viatar, " and, ,uld I;.-, hbe " remembered " by thee y gen era l ly gave him ample cause to d o so, 11 Nor is it merely th e travels to cxi,t. proved. ' Thanks to submarin e and That has im -Atte tele graphs, communications may pass betwee n b ing-3treet and the Castle in a few seconds, a „, the resident o fficials may receive instructions, on any doubtful point, from head-quarters without the slightest delay. There is, therefore, not the slightest necessity for any delegated authority in Dublin more than in Liverpool, York, or Edin burgh. The Lo r d Li eu t enanc y is, therefore ; a mere pageant, and one by no means creditable to Ireland, on which it stamps a character of Pro vincialism, preventing it from being regarded as an integral part of the United Kingdom. We confess that we should wish to see every distinction abolished; to behold England, Ireland, and Scotland one and the same, governed by the same laws and principles. Why should not an Eng lish barrister be entitled to practice in Ireland, or an Irish one in England, or either in Scotland ? Why should not a duly qualified physician of Edinburgh be justified in prescribing for one of his compatriots at this side of the Tweed, or an M.R.C.S. perform a surgical operation in Lothian? These are absurdities that should be got rid of, and the first step is the annihilation of the Brum magem Court—the pinchbeck imitation of the sterling local m3tal. With gentlemen wishing to trot out their daughters, and placehunters gene rally we have but little sympathy with. Shop keepers "of credit and renown," wishing to extend their business have better claims. But there are other towns in Ireland besides Dublin; and what goes into the pocket of the inhabitant of Dame Street or Grafton Street, is generally pre vented from finding its way to that of his pro vincial brother ; and surely Cork, or Limerick, Belfast, or Waterford are entitled to equal consideration with Dublin. There is, thank GOD, no longer a question of loyalty, for her Mansry has no more devoted or loving subjects than the natives of the Emerald Isle. We should wish to sea "the legal fiction," discarded for the sake of the community at large, but more especi ally from considering the effect it must have on the honour, dignity, and welfare of the Sister Kingdom. diate. An, anti-Christian priesthood assuming to be holier than GOD himself, invented innumerable prohibitions of this kind for the poor ignorant laity, and then fathered the illegitimate offspring of their own corrupt fancies on the word of GOD it se lf. In attacking the ecclesiastical superstition in question, we are dragged into an attack on their corrupt theology also ; and, until the Houses of Parliament will boldly liberate laymen from the yoke imposed on them by ecclesiastical bigotry, they must be pestered with theological discus cussions. The worthy county member, Mr. PULLER, actually was so far ignorant of the pre sent state of Oriental studies as to affirm that the Reformers understood Hebrew better than we do I What will Prince ALBERT and his learned Ger mans say to this A contemporary, we see, tells us that the relief proposed by Lord BURY can by no ingenuity be " twisted and tortured into any connection with civil and religious liberty !"—Hem !—A. B. The Dissenter believes that GOD permits him to marry his deceased wife's sister ;—C. D. the Romanising Churchman believes that he may not do the same thing. C. D., by the aid of the mitres and lawn sleeves in the House of Lords, has got a law made prohibiting A. B. from marrying accord ing to his own views of religion, and compels him to an abstinence which A. B. thinks sheer super stition, or rather impious interference between him and his GOD. And then it is no question of religious liberty when A. B. demands of the Le gislature that C. D.'s heavy penalties may be removed from the statute-book ! The question is essentially and inevitably a question of religious liberty. The restriction was imposed by monkish superstition in the name of religion ; and Protes tant Christian liberty demands that the man of crosses, bowingq, genuflexions, fastings, altar candles, and the whole host of mediesvalities, shall no longer tyrannise over his fellow-citizen, who prefers his Bible to liturgies and canons, and the laws of GOD to musty old canons. majority of instance - A, to the county gaol "and the convict prison, if not to the gallows, cer tainly to long years of penal servitude. Honour, then, to the originators and promoters of the industrial brigades our boy-shoeblacks and our boy-crossing-sweeper 4. Success to the benevolent enterprise. GOD speed them in these their labours of Christian charity— in themselves labours of love—in their results labours of genuine and prac tical philanthropy. " We have no case ; abuse the plaintiff's coun• sel." Never was the reason more sound, and the advice better acted on, than in the opposition to the Bill just introduced by Lord BURY. There is literally "no case" for prohibiting marriage with the sister of a deceased wife ; and accordingly DIVETT, and one or two journals, have duly abused the plaintiff's counsel. An association, confessed to be composed of respectable indivi duals, of the very class of persons who enjoy es pecial confidence in England—the upper section of the middle classes—endeavours by means of pamphlets, of the daily and weekly press, of intel ligent agents throughout the country, and by every means so familiar to us in this land of free dom, but so dreaded by despots abroad—this asso ciation endeavours, by these means, to bring public opinion to bear on the Legislature. Of all courses which could be taken, this would seem to be the most legitimate. If a law be a bad one, who in England would not thank the men who gave their time, their labour, and their money to procure its repeal, and who sought the repeal, not by any underhand means, but by opening an office, inviting communications, publishing information, and watching legal proceedings in connection with the objectionable law ? Of course, the association may be wrong in its opinion, but their ;node of endeavouring to give effect to it cannot be con demned, unless we with to exchange our whole system for the imperial one of our neighbours, and to place the initiative of reforms in the hands, net of the people, but of the Senate's Master. As England is not prepared for this just yet, the tirades of Mr. DIVRTT, and of one or two jour nalists, against an association of gentlemen as re spectable at least as their angry denouncers, are something worse than unfair--they are the spite of vanquished bigotry. We may truly say now that there is no case for the prohibition. We insist ou that. No one demands a law parallel to that of the Jews, which requires a brother to marry the widow of his de ceased brother. No one asks that any one in the event of his wife's death shall be reouired to mils) aava Bibuer, ir sue nave one surviving and unmarried. It is simply insisted on that there is no case whatever for interfering in this respect with a widower's liberty. We challenge our oppo nents to produce an argument, religious or moral, which can stand a moment's investigation. What to us are the musty old catalogues of degrees in vented by the Chancery of Route, first to bring money, for dispensations, into its coffers ? What oars we for the Popish lists transferred by half nomish ecclesiastics into the ecclesiastical cede of lobe Church of England ? More than half of the worshippers of this nation are not worshippers at Church of England altars, and are they to be bound by the list of degrees of matrimony any more than by her articles and her Liturgy ? By the sigettie law of the land as it stands at this moment, the degrees of matrimony are dis tinctly stated to be those ordained by God's law ; it is explicitly affirmed by the only act in force on the subject, that "BY THIS ACT WE DECILAZE ALL PERZONS TO BB LAWSUL THAT BE NOT PROHI BITED BY GOD'S LAW TO MARRY," 32 HEN. VIII., c. 38. This fact cannot be too strongly insisted on. It establishes the legal validity of the mar riages in question at the present moment. It enables a man to make a solemn declaration that he knows of no just cause or impediment to mar riage with his deceased wife's sister, even in the legal sense of the words ; for he may appeal to the only statute which legislates on pro. hibited degrees, and with a clear conscience affirm that his intended marriage is not forbid den by God' s word. And, even if the present bill should fail to triumph over Episcopal bigotry, a decision of the Law Lords will ere long override the misinterpretations on the subject of narrow minded ecclesiastics. As to the debate, it was, of course, a triumph. All were ready to commend the noble young member for Norwich, for the ability with which he opened it. Mr. Fox placed the matter on its true ground in repudiating Leviticus for Chris tians, and altogether the argument was assuredly wholly on one sick.. Pretended social mischiefs were met by evidence of far greater mischiefs from prohibition ; but the absurd nonsense of social evils could never hive been even dreamed of, except in defence of a superstition in possession of power. Ths comparison with Mormonism and polygamy is simple rant, unworthy of serious answer. The marriages in question are clearly approved by the most moral and best portion of society, while they are so in accordance with nature and the dictates of conscience and can be so easily celebrated without the knowledge of the official who marries, that nothing can prevent them, and, the only question is whether priest craft shall continue to ride roughshod over us by legal penalties ; and, if we refuse obedience to its impious assumptions, shall deliver over us and our children, as of old, " to the secular arm." It is very encouraging and very consolatory to know for certain that the Ragged School System --a system of such recent origin—is, in two senses of the phrase, Fast Flourishing. It appears, in other words, to be both securely established amongst us, and to be at the same time in process of rapid development. The daydream of honest Cobbler POUNDS is already in a great measure realised. The little urchins far and wide through out England, but especially in this swarming Metropolis of ours, are being gathered together, here and there, in clusters, and drilled int.) habits of thrift and industry. They are taken out of „sr ...v, zu waey the kennel, and educated. They are taken out instances, stripped of their rags, and clothed, Mr. CAPSTICK'S humane but preposterous notion has been carried into operation rationally. Instead of catching St. Giles and putting into one of his dirty hands a basket lined with flannel, and into the other a little tinkling bell, and saying to him curtly, as we thrust him over the doorstep, "There, go and cry muffins, and be happy 1"--- we have collected little groups of these poor chil dren about us, and taught them simultaneously how to pick up knowledge and halfpence. A sentiment of self-respect has been 'wakened in them, and with that also a moderate and reasonable feeling of self dependence. In delightful evidence of all this, do we not meet them now-a-days at every turn—these little reclaimed spawn of the very poorest, and hitherto the most neglected, classes of the population ? Several years ago CHARLES KNIGHT, in one of his pleasant, gossipping publi cations, a certain archaeological, topographical, anecdotal book about London, described the once familiar cry of " Clean your honour's shoes" to be among the obsolete street-cries of the metro polis. And certainly, until very recently, it was without question one of the many social peculiari ties living only iu the whimsical couplets of the manner-painters of the past--couplets such as those making up the delightful total of GAY'S Trivia. Latterly, however, the streets of London have resounded continually with the call of the Shoeblack Redivivus. "Clean your boots, Sir," is the petition now proffered, brush in hand, by healthy little urchins, clad in tunics of orange or scarlet. The occupation gone from the great great-great-grandfather's—has returned to their remote descendants in a later and a more econo- mic generation. It has returned under happier auspices, and with a prospect before it now of far happier consequences. The shoeblack brigades, indeed, are thriving so well under their new organisation that they are even now adventu- IBut, further, so far as the interpretation of cer tain verses in the Bible is a theological matter, the Houses of Parliament and the Courts of Law racist, if they wish to notice ezisting statute law at all, give themselves to a theological discussion. rously Wring in a wider range of business--the broom is being added to the brush--the ragged schoolboys, ragged now no longer, are entrusted with the care not only of boots but crossings. H ere, again, is a twofold improvement —every money box into which a humane wayfarer drops his halfpenny at a street corner not only goes to the encouragement of the industrious little shoeblack who has charge of it, but tends, also, directly to the suppression of the wretched social gangrene of mendicancy. Heretofore the crossing -sweeper has bee❑ some sturdy squilid pauper extcting [t is, in truth, a question of what was GOD'S law 'or the Jews. On that the Act of lIK.N . RY VIII. builds. It declares that law the law of England It does not rehearse the details of the Jewish law in the matter, but refers to it as a whole. some repealed Acts did, it is true, decide some of the details, but even these acts always adverted to the law of GOD as their basis. They are, however, repealed. The Act we have referred to now stands, and for 300 years has stood alone, as the law on the subject. And it refers us, not to blackmail by importunities addressed to the foot ancient limo, not to the Articles of the Church of passengers in our public thoroughfares. The England, not to the degrees as laid down by civil or ecclesiastical law, but to the law of God. This, at such a time, was very remarkable, and it is clear evidence that the Legislature intended that no Xaglistiman should lie under any disability in rcgard to matrimony not imposed on him by the SuritEam RULER. With this liberty Churchmen have long unjustly interfared, but Englishmen copper doles hitherto yielded to these city free booters have gone, we all know that well enough, either to the pewter counter of the gin-palace, or to aid the revels at some beggar,' feast in a back -lum fatn.liar t) the patterer and the gaberlunzie. Now the case is, indeed, in every respect very different. The halfpenny liven at a street crossing swells a fund dev,,t,:d to the moral and social advance ._, live not under the Popish Canons of the Church, hut under the st..tuto law of the laud, and th:iy iuteud now to claim their rights. Lord BURY'S declaratory Act would be the shortest course, but it is not the only one. 1 u.lt..,:.s.yarn wishedueiill t 0 0 0 sae , ihao:fatletltlhe speakeorfs theon ( 1 11e4 ti°n , us well they might. But how can 'et away from it, when a corrupt theology way; the root of the whole mischief? The law % of the instinct 3 of conscience, have n o share i of the prohibition we repla nature,the fatherhood rnent of a new generation. After nightfall the .tile fellows are gathered together, and taught *or an hour or two 'the rudiments of education. All this appears to 'oil very admirable and very deserving of encouragement. It is beginning wisely at the beginning. By so tutoring these otherwise abandoned and neglected children we t traini ng up to honesty and industry a race ( fa.. ',foul. d otherwise be doomed, like thei r fore til"N t° actuator a n d and, as an _ penury, and ignorance— ble - consequence, in the vast TEII SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; - M - ARCIT 25, 1 lATEST NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING. The M'oniteur of this morning contains the fol- lowing paragraph : " It is endeavoured by the evil disposed to excite misgivings with respect to the application of the law of public safety, by misrepresenting the inten tions of the Government. The culpableexpectations which followed the attempt of the 14th Jamury, imposed on the Government the duty of protecting the public security, and for this has sufficed the arrest of a few men notoriously dangerous. As for those who remain within the limits of the law, if they do not render them selves guilty by fresh misdeeds, they have nothing to fear from the effects of the law." By the arrival of the Levant mail, at Mar seilles yesterday, we have received news from Constantinople to the 14th. Eight hundred Montenegrins have violated the Austrian territory and penetrated the Herz-go vine. Forty of them entered Sutorina and have burnt everything. The lonian Press is again becoming insolent, and encouraging the lonians to resistance. It enumerates a catalogue of grievances against Eng land. The lonians, it sap, demand a national Parliament, and will not permit themselves to be merged in the English Parliament ! The relations of society, they say, secure the domination of England in Corfu, which should be declared a colony. In Malta the Press is engaged i❑ fierce disputes respecting the religion and nationality of the employes of the British Government. BERNE, MARCH 24. The Governmei t of Neufchatel has replied to the Federal Council that it would rather there should have been no French Consul at Ctraux•de Fonds, but that nevertheless it defers on this point to the decision of the Federal Council. HAMBURG, MARCH 24. The Danish Ministerial journal, the Dagbiad, announces that the propositions which M. de Bulow is commissioned to make at Frankfort con sist in submitting the first six paragraphs of the Constitution to the States of Holstein, and to secure a decision of the German difficulty by means of a mixed ccmmission. FRAN CE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Preparations are being made at the Palace of St. Cloud for the reception of the Emperor and Empress. M. Boittelle, the new Prefect of Police, yester day received the commissaries of police and peace officers. He afterwards visited M. Hebert, the peace officer who wai wounded on the 14th Jan., and expressed a hope to witne , s a speedy recovery. It appears that the announcement of Count Per signy's arrival in Paris was premature, as the count intends remaining in London until his successor shall have entered on his duties. The Patrie , in commenting on the sentence pro nounced by default on the leaders of the conspiracy at Genoa, exclaims : " Does not the security afforded by England to Alazzini, under cover of which he org inises his plots, deserve to arouse the serious attention of the English people ? Is it not this security which gives strength to him, as well as to other dema gogues of his stamp ? Would they bring the same perseverance to bear on their revolutionary at tempts, were the latter not surrounded with appa rent impunity ?' The Union, contains the following reflections on India❑ affairs : " An insurrectien which has lasted nearly a year, which has given way neither to tha prestige of bravery, nor to the superiority of tactics, nor before the presence of heroism, bears a strict re --4}l?Tien n ,„), ,f ;‘, racterised by acts of atrocity, and by repris ,ls savourfng of barbarism, and is consequently the more implacable. If the rebels have been van quished in certain places, in others they remain unsubdued. Tha populations is everywhere excited, and it is with a feeling of alarm that the sua , dl European armies march through districts which are in appearance most submissive. The al& st commanders hesitate, demand reinforcements, and temporise. Every day brings fresh trials aiid perils. The climate is a terrible ally of the revolt and conspires against the troops of Queen Vic toria. We are now approaching the murderou heats which devour Europeans. That England,s from a sentiment of nadonal pride, which we appreciate and even covet, should carefully conceal her sores, that she should bring the energy of her unconquerable wdl and the vast resources of her devotion to lead on the struggle, encourrers our approval, for we are not of those who affect dis dain or anger towards these great efforts of a nazi battling with adversity. But we place ab , )ve the sentiments of impartiality, which command even the esteem of rivals, a firm belief in the designs of Providence and a respectful attention to the lessons it affords. The events in India figure amongst those warnings given by the Most High for the benefit of nations." Our contemporary then dwells on the iniquities committed by the East India Company, and grounds its remarks on a work on India published by one William Bolts in 1772. BOURSE, March 24.—The appointment of the Duke of Malakoff as ambassador at the Court of St. James's took speculators by surprise, and there was at first some hesitation in the market ; prices, however, afterwards rallied, and are now firm. Large purchases have been effected in the Rente and the principal secur.ties. The following were the closing quotations : 4 per Cents Do. end month 3 per Cent. ..... 69 65 Do. end month 69 75 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier r 805 Do. Account BO7 50 Credit Foncier Bolgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 37i SWAYS. RAIL' Orleans Norther❑ Midi Western 660 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian New Ditto Lyon and Alediterau. 832, New Ditto 790 Geneva MONTENEGRO. The Agram. Gazette gives the following details of the capture by the Montenegrins of two Turkish boats, containing arms and ammunition, ou the lake of Scutari, already mentioned : " The Montenegrins having learnt on the 2d March that Turkish barques containing ammuni tion had left Scutari for the island of Lesandro, which is near the Montenegrin tet ritory, °nib irked towards evening to the number of 50 in three boats and rowed towards Lesandro. On arriving Hear the island, they withdrew to a small hay, where they concealed themselves. After a while three of their number went form in a small boat towards the Turkish vessel, and fired on them. Thirty Turks in a boat pursued them. By this ruse de guerre, the greater portion of the Turks were separated from the island and were pursued by the other Montenegrin boats. Thu Turkish ves sel defended itself, but was boarded by the Mon e negrins, and after a comb it the Turks wt re de feated ; the heads of 20 of them, taken ;prison , rs, were cut off, and 1U ot , ,ers were drowned. The Montenegrins had 7 killed and 14 wound d. In the bark were 20 quintals of gunpowder, a great quantity of balls, and three shells." NAPLES. NAPLES, March 20.—The moat recent and most important iiitAligence from Naples is the libera ion of our countryman Watt, who leaves to day for England. Unsound in mind, it is true, be is ; but new associations will possibly restore him, thauli the reminiscence of a Neapolitan prison will doubt less haunt him for a long time to come. Very shortly after the official intimation of fact had been sent to Mr. thrbat, he called on Watt, and made it known to him. The only manifestation of feeling he made was indicated by great un easiness, and by his obser7ing "It is all over then." For some days he has been getting more suspicious and obstinate and "I ex pected," sa id hi s medical adviser, di that he would refuse to go to England. He doubts every thing and every person, and one day he said to a friend, "I wish I could get rid of this," touching his forehead at the same moment. A Civisßomanss, therefore, will sho r tl y b e w i th you, who, in 1115 THE EARL CE ELLEHBOROUGTI. The Times, in an article full of vivacity and point, castigates Lord ELLENIIOROUGH for the indiscretion of whic'a he was guilty on Tuesday last. The Government of the country has so long been in the hands of men inured, by a constant tenure of office, to bureaucratic caution and re serve, that there is something refreshing in the candid error of the Elephant Earl. Indiscretion is, after all, not the worst fault of a statesman, and Qur readers will probably agree with us in thinking it far more venial than the pedantry of the rapist, or the mystery of the diplomate. The admirers of CLA.RENDON, PA.XMIIRE, and WOOD, will not be of our opinion ; but we do not care for that. These gentlemen, as far as we know, always kept the secret of their policy to them selves and never betrayed it to their countrymen ; but we should certainly regret them more than we do, had they been a little more hearty and a little less distrustful of the people. TEE KROOMEN NEGROES. Much has been said about enlisting negroes for our service iu hot clitnate, under the impression that it was but another plea for slavery. We are Lot of that opinion, for we believe that Kroomen would be of infinite advantage in the East Indies, either as soldiers or seamen. In that sense we agree with Lord Ellenborougli, who must be an ex cellent judge, from his experience in Iltudostan. The public would therefore do well not to pi ejudge his lordship on that score, but to suspend their ()pillion until they have seen the India Bill to be brought forward to-morrow evening, and which will, we believe, meet the real wants of India. ANOTHER FitE.VCII PAMPHLET. A pamphlet will appear in Paris in a day or two ervitled, "A Word On the Pamphlet Napoleon TIE. and E rgland. It intended as an eulogium on the pamphlet to which it refers. It is, however, very inferior in style, and does not appear to ema nate from any high authority. It insists on the necessity fur driving, without pity, certain refugees from L9ndon. The folbwing are extrani c , But this alliance bring: with it certain obligations, particularly that of protecting the Chief of the State a4ainst the detectable passions which arm so many par ricides as a last defiance cast by the crushed revolution as the last resource of the rage and despair of the van quished. These men, who conspire openly on a foreign soil must be driven away without pity, and they must be compelled to remove to a more distant exile, for, as it is written in that pamphlet, these organisations of re fugees aim at the Emperor's life because they consider him to be the shield of social order and the obstacle to uni versal anarchy. At present the Emperor is indispensable to Europe. The life of a sovereign, as Shakespear said, is precious for all, for when he disappears a gust opens in the place he occupied and all that was about him is carried away with him. The alliance must be serious and durable which was cemented by such fortunate relations between France and England, an alliaoce which is not the an3bitii'n of conquests, but the union of the great interests of civi lization, and which preserves Europa against encroach ments and aggres-ions. For if by an admirable effort of reason some hostile rancour, some susceptibilities, which were opposed to its return, have been forgotten, and if the two nations have frankly joined bands on a ground ,f reconciliation, the influence of that great event will re-act on the universal balance of power." The pamphle': concludes thus : "And uow that we have cast a glance at this grave question, we may derive a consolatory idea, and we shalt have the right to rejoice that an accord, as legitimate as it is necesa,,y, is concluded in politics. The respect for the Angl,-French alliance, the eagerness of public opinion t) rally round a great work of reparation commenced, de,onnetr4tee now much the public mind expects from its complete accomplishment. 'l` nth -•• g,4. 6 ea waren Obscured it. Thus will be assured between these two nations tbat great and noble cAnruubity of ideas which will constitute their force, their uuity, their future—the peace of the world." A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at ;he official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing -street. Tao Ministers present were—The Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Rght Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of elal nses . bury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir J. P a ki ngton, the Earl of Eilenburonghe the Right Hon J. W. H en l e y, and L rd J. Manners. VISIT OF WE PRINCE OW WALES TO GREENWICH HOSPITAL —Oa Tuesuay evenltig the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Colonel Phipps . an I Mr. Gi u b s, paid a visit to Greenwich H os pital. H is Royal Highness was conducted through the various department, of the hoe pital by Sir W. D e ly e ll an d Aejutant-General Wild, and spent some little tune in conver-ation with an old pen. !Saner named Drummond, one of the few surviving sailors of the Victory. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their mansion in Oroevenor-crescent. Viscount and Viscountess Stra ford de Redcliffe have left town for St. Lsonards-on-Sea, where they have en gaged a sti to of apartments at the Royal Victoria Hotel. ole THE NEW CANON OF CANTERBURY. —The Earl of Darby has g i ven th e fi rs t v,lne piece o f c h urc h patronage which has fallen to his gift to the Rev. W. J. Chesshyre, M.A., who has received a nomination to the valuable canonry in Canterbury Cathedral, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. The new canon, according to the " Clerical Directory," was educated at Balliol Colle ge , O x f ord, where he gr a d ua t e d i n 1828, being second class in classic.. He was ordained deacon in 1829, by Dr. Law, Bish o p o f B a th an d Wells, and i n 1 831 was made a priest by th e same prelate. He is pr oc t or i n the rather . than Lower House of Co nvoca tion for the Clergy o f C anter. bury, one of th e s i x p reac h er s in Canterbury, and vicar i o n f S h t i . e Peoaou:elswinietthinSaievrewar,t, leaning Martin in that city. He is m otherwise, to the Hi g h Church party.—Morn ing Herald. HENRY WATT, THE ENGLISH ENGINEER. —Mr. Wil liam W a tt, o f N ewcastle-on. Tyn e, h as received the fol lowing l e tt ere f rom Mr. Ridley, .IA-P., with regard to his unfortu na t e b rother H enry ' s journey f rom N aples to this country :—" London, March 20.--Dear sir,—Si nce writing to you last night, I have ascertained that in structions have been sent out to Naples that your bro ther should be sent home free of expense as soon as he is able to travel. You may rest assured that everything will be done in thia respect that is proper and right.--I lam yours faithfully, G. RIDLEY." "London, Sunday, March 21.—Dear sir,—Since I wrote last night a tele graph has been received from Naples, eta:ing that your brother left Naples yesterday (Saturday), in charge of a Queen's messenger, Isr Marseilles and England ; if he is well enough to travel so Tacitly the messenger will bring him to England, in which case he would probably reach London on Thursday morning. If he is not able to travel so fast, he will be left at Marseilles in charge of the British Consul there, and will c ont i nue his journey when able to do so. I w ill arra nge for his bein g me t by a proper person on his arrival in England, so that he shall be under proper care till I know your wishes, or until you come up to town, which you will p r ob a bly think right to do. You will hear from me when I am able to tell you anything of his arrival, and when I know of his actual coming I will telegraph to you. I am sure Mr. Newton or Sir J. Fife will kindly advise you in the matter of your brother's treatment should it be found necessary. I will provid e for his proper recep .ion on arriving. Let me know What your wishes are. —Yours faithfully, G. RIDLEY." PASSENGERS FROM INDIA.—The following is a list of the pagsvnzers on boarni tne Peninsular and Oriental C company's steamer Colombo, Captain J S. Fi.l which left Malta o n th e 17• h i ns t an t at J expeCted at S .utitampton on Friday :—Prom Calcutta—Lacy Inglis, three c»ildren, a n d t wo European servant-'; E I wood ;Mrs. Bruce, f iur child ren, and servant ; Major ; I-aac, Mrs. .Norman, Capt a i n Beshman' Mr Althorpa and two children, Mrs. Bu glee and servant Mrs. Ciwie, two children, a n d servant • Cap tain Lan r-nce, Lieutenant Feeter, Mr. C Lieu' tena'nt Powell, Captain Haswell, R N., Mr. C. J. Coverntoe (late sur geon cf the Ava), Mr. C. Cook (late engineer's store keeper ditto). From Madrae—Captain Rival, Lieut. Wahab, Ensign Fi-her, Lieutenant Henderson, and Captain Gosling. From T rincomalee —M r . Will:Lamson (late c'aef officer of the Ava). From Bombay—Mr. al‘Kerzie, Mrs. Herrison, three children, and two Ber ea, te ; Mr. Luca., Mr. E. Arthur, Lieutenant and Mrs. Lester and infant, Captain Beeeher, Lieutenant Bell ; Lady O'Shatighnesey, two child ren, and European ser vant ; Mrs H. A. Pally, three children, and servant ; Mrs. Fulton, four children, and servant. From Hong kong—Captain King, C. 8., RN., and European man servant ; Capt. Dorval,' and European man serve*:; Lieut. Mansell, R.N. From Sii,g,pore—Mr. Adam s. From Aden—Capt. Williams. F rom Suez—C. Spil l er and H Terry (baker and apprentice in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's service). From Alexandria-- Mr. Rife, Mr. R. C. Terry and two distressed British seamen. From Malta—Lieut. Inglefield, Mr. Mac kenzie, and eight distressed British seamen, 8 - 5787 own person, hPs borne the insults which have been offered to every Englishman. The rescript which gives permission to Watt to return to England is thus exprei-sed :-- "His Majesty our Lard, baying been iaormed tha , the English engineer, Mr. Watt, is still in the hospital is this capital, and tbat Una medual men have not been able up to the present time to f >nu a decided opinion on the state of his health, at the same time reporting well of his general health, having learnt too that the Grand Special Court of Salerno considers that the proces in which Watt is implicated should be prosecuted for all the other accused, and haf• admitted the accusation independently i f the said en gineer, who for the present has been excluded from the proceedings now pending, which decision has been, and still is being execute.l, his Majesty, wi-hing to give n proof of deference towards a euject of her Briiannic Majesty, has deigned to permit that Watt may return to England, or to his own country, where he may receive such care and assistance as circumstances way require." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UTTERING A FORGED CHEQUE.—Edward Boncher, a respectanly-dressed man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged 12 obtaining a coat by means of a forged cheque. from Mr. Benjamin, tailor, No. 74, Quadrant, Regent-street. George Jorden as , istant to the prosecutor, said that, on the evening Of the 2d of March, the prisoner came into their shop and asked for some clothes. Alter a short time he said he would have a coat, which witness served elm with, the price being 2/. Bs. He pulled oat a cheque for 71. 103. saying he had no other money, and asked me to cash it. The cheque was upon the Joint- Sc. ck Mutual Banking Associate, in Leicester-square. Witness asked him several qnestions, and the prisoner t •ok away the coat, and was to call the next day for the difference after deducting the price of the coat. The prisoner wrote his name oe the back of the cheque. The cheque, which was drawn by Richard D. Brown, of S. merset-house, was returned by the banker, marked "no effec s." Information was given and the prisoner was taken custody. In answer to Mr. Bingham, the witness said prisoner uever called again after obtaining the coat. Charles Coie, 317 H, a very active detective officer, -aid he •ook the prisoner into custody in Tennyson street, Lambeth. Told him it was for obtaining a coat from Mr. Bet jamin's, of Regent•street. The prisoner said he would go with him. He said he had the cheque, nut did nut know it was forged. He said Mr. Brown, of Somerset-house, gave it him at a clothier's, in the Strand. On 6carchina. his lodgings found three dupli cates relating to coats, but no coat. He gave his address Cheapside, hut he had never lived there. He after wards found him out in Tennyson-street, and their took kin. The pri-onf r said be received the cheque as be had stated trom Mr. Richard D. Brown, of the Admiralty, Sumersei-house. The pri,ontr was remanded hr a week. THE PRETENDED ITALIAN CONFERENCES. Yester day Mr. J. B. Langley, the manager of the Morning Star, a penuy paper, attended before Mr. Healy, at Bow-st:eet, to prefer a charge of obtain lug money under false pretence; against a person calling bim•elf Alex. Vitalii.moßorromeo, who had been suinmoued, but did not appear to answer the charge. Shaen, the complainant's solicitor, applied for a warrant to apprehend the deftmdant. He stould ',rove that Borromeo called on the manager, and stated that he was in a position to furnish re ports of the meetings of certain Italian delegates. He r ffered to supply the " copy" at a certain price. Tue offer was accepted, the copy supplied and in serted, and the m. ney paid. Circumstances led to suspicion, and inquiries were instituted, in which Mr. Laugl. y was a,,icted by two Italian gentlemen, ti.e Cavaliere Gal'enga and the Count Arrivabene. The result of rhosb inquiries was that the reports were entirely fictitious, and that the who'..e affair w , rs a hoax. Mr. Henry ordered the information to be taken and a warrant to be issued for Borromeo's appre honsioli. TAB BANK OF ENGLAND. 1858.—The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year en- suing, viz. : FOR GOVERNORS. SHEFFIELD NEAVE. Esq., Governor. BONASLY D osasE, E-q., Deputy-Governor. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 19th have arrive d. The Duke de Medina-Celi and Counts de Magda, Guaqui, and de Regla had been apnointe.d grandees with the cu , tomary formalitie-. The Regeneracion had beeu seized. Rumours that distil. b.oces had taken place at Saragossa were curt ent, but the Epoca throws doubts on th , na. The Gazette an nounces that a a foreigner had sent 5,000 teals t o the hospital of the Princess of the Asturias with a request that his name should not be published, and it says that the Queen expre.ses her thanks for the donation. The Senate was again occupied with discussing the buoget. THE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR. The nomination of Marshal Pelissier to the Lon don Embassy, left vacant by M. de Persignv, was only yesterday definitively resolved on—at last, so the story runs; and the Ministersweret e&oinmeirded to observe the strictest silence until the Moniteur should speak. All they were permi ted to say to inquirers was, that some person was named, anti that none of the candidates put forward by the popular voice was the man. The first impres sion on the public this morning was unfa vourable ; the appointment of a military MAD, and that man Pelissier, was interim.. ted in some sort as a defiance or menace to England. On reflection, however, such a notion gave way. Grievous blunders have certainly been commits d since the 14 h of January—blunders wnich have occasioned surprise arid disai pointment to nearly every member of the Di plomaticCorps in Paris, and in Europe generally ; but the sending Marshal Peissier to London wish such a view would be utter childrsltne.s. It would be acting not unlike the Chirrese, who used to order their troops when goissg into action to cover their frees with paqebo.rd masks, representing tigers, panthers, are., in order to frighten the English soldiers F r from :my th ng like defiance being ineao..t, there are persons who think Marshal Pelissier's mission will have the effect of drawing closer, or, won properly 14 eaking, re-estahlishing the alliance with Englan t. Mi.r shal Pelissier is undoubtedly, a mili , ary man ; but in a Government in which the civil element is disappearing, and which is rapidly growing to a military absolutism, there is nothing arrange in a Marshal of the Empire being named to such a post. It is said that Pelissier is a warm partisan of the English alliance, and on a recent occasion before the Privy Council of Regency expressed him self very strongly to that effect. Moreover, it was hard to know what to do with him. The great mili tary commands (s .r pachalics, as they are termed in some of the Spanish papers), are filled up, and in them there was no place for Pelissier. He has, I believe, the rank of Generalissimo, but it was no , one of activity. He caredl.ttle about a Moristerial portfolio ; and the busy nothings which form the duties of Senator, or of Privy Counclor, were little more than dawdling for a man who has passed so active a life. I doubt whether the ivlar shal has been really happy s , nce his return to Paris, and it is not at all improbable that, amid &lithe Court ceremonial at which he has assist. d, his thoughts were of Algiers or the Crimea. It wars believed he would return, at his own request, to Africa, as Governor-G neral and Commander-in- Chief. If his inclination lay that way I suppose there were sufficient, reasons for not sa isfyin 4 it. The Duke of Malakhoff was never supp sed to possess any particular taste or talent for the science of diplomacy. But he is said to be a man of sense, and, unlike his predecessor, St. Arnaud, there is little of the theatrical , n his character. A wan of plain common sen e will Ise any day a mach for the mere professional diplomatist. There is re) reason to suppose that he will not be well received in E.,g land. The visit to your country and frank r course with its people will be of benefit to him, particularly if he is, as is said, already disposed in your favour. If he shares in she vu'gar prejudices common in France about you, he will have an ,ip portuoity of ge!tinerid of theta. He will meet is England - withhiN old r.nmrAdwa of t•., renew his acquaintance or hiends . .ip w,th them. He will find a.wo!lg those who g,%en men who, whatever pasty they bel tug to, lo k to their country's welfare rather than to heir owl, personal interest. Among her public mind he will find honour, integrity, and patriotism. Amo , .g 11,-r titled aristocracy he will di'cover nu equivoc-ii m,irqui.Aes, counts, and barons—the aristocratic pastiche that swarm on the Contioeta—but rath-i the Bt./ding grand seigneur, too proud to be . educ.ted, ;tccomplished, un.ff ced, generous, but notosteutati' pus—wealthy, but labori''us--pa,t rio, b•ave, free—adwiratde iu h's very errors, and (he very antithekis of the charlatan. The Duke of Malakhuff will there find good society, aid 110 doubt tie will profit by his opportunities. On the whole, the choice is not c , nsidered a bad one. It he is really di-posed well towards England, he will, I trust, rttutu to France a wanner friend to tlit alliance than when he set out.—Times second edition,. GENERAL OUTRAII AND TEIE 78TH HIGULANDE .S. The following copy of a letter, addrfssed by Major-General Sir James Outram, G. 0.8., coin manding the Fivst Division of dim Army, to Brigadier Hamilton, commanding 2d Brigade, First Division, is extracted from the Bombay Standard : " Camp, Alumbagh, near Lucknow, Jan. 26. " My ,dear Brigadier, —I should be very sorry Oa , the 78th should attribute anything I said to-day to the excitement of the moment, and therefore somewhat more perhaps than what I would deliberately r cord. Wha I did say is what I really feel, and what I am sure must be the sentiment of every Englishman who kuowe what the 78th has done during the part year, and I bad fully weighed what I should say before I went on parale. While fresh in my mind I will here record what I did say, in case you may think my deliberately and cenecien tiouely expressed testimony to the merits of your field. regiment of any use. The following is the spirit, and I think almost exactly the wording, of what I said : " 78th Highlanders,—l gladly seize the opportunity of the brigade being paraded to witness the prteentatiori of good conduct metals to some of your deserving com rades to say a few words to you to tell you of my high estimation of the very admirable conduct of the whole regiment during the year, completed to-morrow, that I have been associates, with you in the field, cotatneucieg in Persia. "'Your exemplary conduct, 78 - h, in every respect, throughout the past year, I can truly say, and I do moat emphatically declare, has never ben surpa , seel by any troops, of any nation, in any age, whether f r able valour in the field or steady discipline in the camp, under an amount of figb log, hardship, and privation such as seldom, if ever, British troops have heretofore been exposed to. Toe cheerfulness with which you have gone through all this has excite I my admiration as much as the undaunted pluck with welch you always civet, wi h the enemy whenever you can get at him, no mitt- r what his odds against you, or what the advantage. of hi. position. And my feelings are but those if your countrymen all over the world, who are now watchiee your career with intense interest. I trust that it wilt not be long before the cauroa gn will be br 'tight to a glorious conclusion, by the utter destruction of tee hosts of rebels in our front, "r the capture tf thi. do .inee city, their last refuge. And lam sure that you, 78th, who will haVe borne the brunt of the war ao gloriously from first to last, when you return to old England, wi I be bailed and rewarded by your grateful arid adreirie g countrymen, as the band of heroes, which you so well deserve t 3 be regarded. Good and glorious as your conduct has been, 78th, your goodness and y ur glory have been nobly emulated by all the troops ef this divi sion which have shared tour dangers and your triumph,. Po them, al-o. my acknowledemeets are due. and they will he gratefully tetidered when opperton•ty uffer=, especially to the gallant 90th now at your side, as they have ever stood by you, fought with you, and euff e , e e with you since we closeted the Ganges together. The great and brilliant services perf eened by the 90th in the Crimea, even they have .been eclip.ee by what it has already done in India. Nor must we f orget, 78th, your gallant coirrades of the 64th, though no lo nger wit h us , who nerved with you in Persia, served with you here, and suffered as yeti have done. No, I snail not f, rget the 64ta in a hurry ; nor shall I forget 3 ou.'—Very ein ce-ely yours, "J. OUTRAM." 6 . To Brigadier Hamilton, &e." ---- Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the G.lverncrr of Heligoland, were received yesterday at the C. lonial-offiee. ANNUITY TO THE SON OF SIR HENRY LAWRENCE. —A Special generkl court of the East India Co.i.pany is to be held on the 17th of April, when the proprietor. of E tst India Stock wi 1 he asked to approve a resolu tion of the Court of Directors granting to the eldest Ban of the late Mnjor-General Sir Henry Lawrence an annuity of 1,0001., with reversion to his younger brother, in the event of the death of the elder brother without issue male. FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry Hulse Be , ens, Esq. Travers Burton, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. James Mattison Currie, Esq. *George Joachim Goschen, Essi. *James Alexander Guthrie, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. J,,hu Oliver Hanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. John Gellibraid Hubbard, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. A lired Latham, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. James Malcolmson, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. *Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Thomas Matthias Wegnelin, Esq. * N.B. —The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed are new candidates for the Direction. The rlsction f Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 6th April, and for Directors on Wed esday, the 7th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the aft,ernoou. MA MET W Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 25, 1858, made up from the Re• turns of the Insp3etors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE I BEAM I PEAS 43-I 6d 36s 9d 23s 4d 31s 9d 37s lid 41e Od THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. r• 1 Ar BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS I PEAS 45s 3d I 36s 4d I 23s Od I 32s 10d 38s 3d 40s 103 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 113,805; barley, 68,:a2; oats, 14,162; rye, 94; beans, 6,151 ; peas, 1,432 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATR AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally ruled steady, as follows : -Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; jutton, 3s 0J to 4s 4 i ; Veal, 35 6d to 4s 6d; Pork, 3s Od to 45 4d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 24 .—To-day's market was fairly supplied with stock, which met a heavy inquiry, at droop ing prices :—Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s Od to thi; Veal, 44 Od to 4 s 8d ; P ork, 3s 4d to 4aper Sibs, to sink the offal. IZOMFORD, March 2L—The show of stock was mode. rately good, and the the trade ruled heavy, on lower terms :--Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od; Veal, 4 8 0.1 t o 4 s 8d ; Pcrk, 3s 6d t 043 4d per ;Jim; Store Pigs, --a to —a; Mikh Cows, —1 —s to —1 —s ; Lean C ows , —/ to —/; Suckling Calves, —s to —s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. --Meadow hay, 2/ 10e to 41 4s; clover, 3/ lOs to 51 Os; and straw, 11 5s to 11 10s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 108 to 4! ss; clover, 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 63 to 11 lOs per load. Supply moderate, and trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—IIIeado w hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 4s; clover, 31. 103 to 5? Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to ll 10s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. --(This Day.) ONDON, March 25.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ight breeze, and tine. _ - QUEENSTOWN, March 23. —Wind S.W.—Arrived— Testa, from ItAngoon ; Hope (ss), from Africa for Liver pool, short of coals. Sailed—Louisa Kellum, foe New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTH AMP I ON, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E. Arrived—Purveyor and Rising sun, from Swanage ; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; La Pouts, from Cher• bourg ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Naile.l—Express, steamer, for Jersey; La Pottle, for Cherbourg; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. E . Arrived, March 24 —Nora GI aema, new iron ship, from Belfast; Allottar, from the Mauritius; Ella E. Badger, f►om New Orleans. Arrived, March 2 5—Samuel, from Gondives New World, New York ; Danube, Buenos Ayres; Marguerite and De Christina, Nantes. Sailed, March 24—Melana, for OdeFsa. Sailed, March 25—Alliance, for Charleston ; 'Arabi Southward, New , Prlesns ; Ishuid.City, Galveston ;. Pil grim, St. John's, New Brunswick. Nichola3,steamer, from Runcorn, for Dublin, gob aground ou the North Bank yesterday, but came off en the evening flood and proceeded. (BT SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Th Wind E. N.E ; tid e high water ; cloudy.ur sday Morning. Arrived, March 24—Mary Felker, from St. Michael's ; Skimmer of the Sias, Algoa. Bay ; Thames, Hamburg. Arrived, March 25 - -Feret, from Gravelines ; No One, St. Malo ; Moselle, steamer, Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, Antwerp Earl Auckland, steamer, Rotterdam ; Pi lot, Hamburg ; Thalia, Lisbon ; John and Jane, Antwerp ; Brilliant, Guernsey ; Holland, Ostend ; Condor (8.), llrer men ; Leonne, Gravelines ; John and Edward, Call is ; Expert, Rouen ; Planter, Louvain ; Collier (s.), Antwerp. Sailed, M arc h 25 . N eptune (s.), for Havre. DEAL, Thursday Morning;. Wind N. W. by N., moderate. Passed, 24th—White Falcon, from Havre, for Sunder. land; Lady da Crespigny, from London, for Dominica; Emma Lincoln, barque, from Antwerp, for Havannah.. ..Passed in tow, 24Lh—North Wind, from Hongkong, !or London. Sailed—All the outward bound, except Scoresby, few Adel). e.tntehd n i e nw l n a it s h t v e' Worcestershire Assizes on o B f e n a nj E n a r n m ß rg i in E a v G r E y i . ) n was d b c t r e u d t , a l w v i h o l a e n e n e s c o t o n d w p a r r i d e o s n t e h r e , aged pair whose dwelling they had broken into, and whom they attacked with sticks and a billhook, so that the old man was in danger of his life for some time, and is 3et in a state of great debility. On the trial an approver named Pardue swore that Gordon was the man who attacked the old man with the billhook, and, being found guilty, he was sentenced to death by Baron Watson without hope of mercy. his companion being sentenced to penal servitude. Efforts have since been made to obtain a revocation of the sentence, and it has b.en represented to the Judge and the Secretary of S ate for the Home Department that the man who attacked the old people with the billhook was the ap prover himself. Mr. Walpole has accordingly bad an iniereiii,v with the jwige, which has resuLed in his ad vising her MajeNty to commute the convict's sentence to penal servitude for life. When this was made known to the condemned rnau be bad already taken leave of his wife, his two children, and an aunt, so firmly convinced was he that the sentence would be oarritid into exenuf Wm. ' fit By auspe chant The f press: A me Th , aut hc milli( noon, been . to be only gene MOM Th avail amo the also the onti