The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri, Tialetti, and Belletti. Thursday, April 29 (Extra Night), will be repeated Meyer beer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madlle. Titiens ; Raoul di Nangis, Signor Ginglini. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO; ou, Le Renvoi de l'Amonr, by Mesdames Pocchini, Annetta, Pasquale, Bio let' and Mor acehi. The Opera will commence at half-past 7 o'clock. A limited number of boxes nave been reserved to the pub lic, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, which may be had at the Box-oftice at the Theatre. FLEUR DES CHAMPS. On Saturday next will bs produced an entirely new Ballet, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS, in which Madlle. Pocchiui will sustain the principal part. To be preceded by a favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Piccolomini will appear. On Tuesday, May 4, IL TROVATORE. Madlle. Titiens will appear for the first time as Leonoi a, in " The Trovatore ;' and Madlle. Alboni will make her first appearance this season as Azturena. Signor Giuglini will sustain the part of Man rico. Thursday, May 6 (Extra Night), IL TROVATORE. On both evenings, favourite Ballet, in which Madile. Poe chin' will appear. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATR E. Titens, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri, Vialetti, and Belletti. TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, April 27, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, 'Waddle. Titiens ; Raoul di Nnigis, Signor Giuglini. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Marmot, entitled CALIST ; OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, Pas quale, Morlauhi, Bioletti, F. Brown, La Petite Philip, and M. Caron. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the pubic. Prise 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. To commenee at half-past 7 o'clock. TIIIDA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with AS YOU LIKE IT. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE, Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with MY HL•TSBAND'S GHOST, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. 1 Second price. s. DresS Boxes 5 OlDress Boxes 3 0 Upper 80xe5,..., ..... .... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit... Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. Concluding with SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THE AT RE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss S wanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. - ...,............ After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Diavolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S3leotione from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dm., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Kiss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. J 013.36, T. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Beraard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfleld, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kean, Esq. ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN thnnon, Aram 25. THS SIIA.DE. 66.—highest duos noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night., 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.05—falling. WIND, all round the compass since morning —now South Easterly, with heavy cloudy weather, and smart rain in the forenoon. In the afternoon the wind changed again, with more rain. APRIL 26. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. automrrint, 30.11. WIND, East, Northerly, and Easterly ; light and cool, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. UN DAT—Morn., 45 min. aft. 12—Even., 1 min. aft. 5 TO-MORROw—Morn., 25 min. aft. I—Even., 42 min aft. 2 67,.; 4 1 . . . , \,t) . -;reez,‘o l l:. 1. ) , . . , 6. 7r 5 ... ..,, ...?:„.4.0.-,_. , LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1858. There is a time-honoured apophthegm respecting , the folly of " reckoning without your host." It would have been well for the Palnierst)nians had they profited by the lesson contained therein, and abstained from abortive demonstrations, or in vulgar parlance fr..)m " showing their teeth until they were able to bite." The veteran comedian, who was appropriately termed " the First Lord of the Jokery," could not, however, imagine any thing in his mind so ridiculous, as that the country could possibly dispense with h:s Services or those of his popular col leagues, Lords CLARENDON and CLANRICARDE, Sirs G. C. LEWIS and C. WOOD, or that expe rienced statesman, Mr. VERNON SMITH. lie assumed, because there was a Liberal majority, that they were bound to obey with cringing ser vility the lash of his whipper-in, to accept, " wi t h bated breath and deep humility," all the petulant contumacy to which he thought proper to give utterance, to behold the national honour sullied, and the tax-payer overburdened by the weight unduly cast upon his shoulders all for the sole purpose of constituting him A virtual dictator, who should carry out Tory principles under the name—we call it, the mask of liberality, for it was so loosely worn that it could not conceal the real features. Deluded by this vain notion he fancied that he bad only to stretch forth his hand to regain the reins of power, which through the agency of Lord CLARENDON, had been snatched from his grasp, and that the House of Commons would stultify and degrade itself, by joining in, or, originat ing a factious opposition against his suc cessor at any moment, whenever he thought proper to give the signal —to reject good measures for the sole purpose of replacing himself and his colleagues in place and power. For this purpose the India Bill seemed to afford a suitable opportunity. It was the champ de battailte where, as he imagined, the contest could be decided, and the welfare, happiness, and pro sperity of one hundred and fifty millions of our fellow-subjects in that mighty empire, and the in terests of the United Kingdom, were to be disre garded, solely for the purpose of restoring him to his justly forfeited position. But thisdesign was defeated. Lord Joan RUSSELL could not be induced to march through Coventry w i t h the ragged regiment. He suggested a correct an d proper course, and that suggestion was readily adopted. It was that the measure for the futur e government of India should be introduced by means of resolutions first canvassed and discussed seriatim in the popular branch of the Legis• _lsture, so that the opinion of the House might be fairly taken on every point. This, which deprived the factious Palmerstonians of the weapon which they hoped to use with such powerful effect, has rendered them per fectly rabid—so much so that they were dis posed, if they could do so with a hope of suc cess, to disregard all the decent and recognised courtesies of political warfare. The introduction of the resolutions was to be opposed ! And the motion, that " the SPEAKER should leave the chair," in order that the H ouse mi g ht go into committee, resisted with all the energies of the party. But this promising scheme has fallen to the ground. The cup has been dashed from his lip. The gorgeous bubble has already burst. Those who attempted such ponderous jocosity on the subject of being governed by a minority, forgot that the Derbyites were at least double the Palmerstonians ; and that, under existing circum stances, there must be a Government by a minority. And it is fortunate that it should be so, for it ensures that the voice of public opinion will be listened to with respectful attention. As we have already stated there are at least half a dozen different parties in the House, of which the Derbyites are the most numerous. Then come the Russellites and Palmerstonians, and the disciples of Messrs. BRIGHT and ROEBUCK, and the Peelite engineers, who are all officers, without any immediate followers. It would be to unite ail those parties in any bond for the exclusive benefit of one, or to induce them to wade through the dirt, for the purpose of gra tifying or exalting Lord PALMERSTON, whom Mr. BRIGHT described as the worst possible Minister. There was a faint hope that something might be found in the budget on which to found an onslaught. But the financial scheme won the approbation of the entire country. There was nothing that could fairly be objected to, or rather that offered rea sonable prospect of attack. They were therefore driven back on the India Bill, and the only chance was opposing the introduction of the resolutions. This, however, has become hopeless. The destiny of India cannot in common decency be made a subject of party. strife. None but the most anxious " waiters on providence" could be induced to participate in such an at tempt ; and therefore it will be relinquished, and we suppose that we shall next hear of the extraor dinary forbearance of Lord PALMERSTON, and of the patriotic anxiety to promote the welfare of Hindostan, which induced him to relinquish so favourable an opportunity of damaging his oppo nents and reinstating himself in office. The proverbial enterprise of the Anglo-Sazon race is happily sustained at this period in various parts of the habitable globe by differs world famous Englishmen. The national character in this respect has never perhaps been more signally vindicated than during the last fez years—north, south, east, west, simultaneously in both hemi spheres. Recollect, for example, that it was only the other day that the great Arctic Riddle was at length solved by a native of these islands ; and that previously another British subject had brought to light the ancient site of Nineveh from its three thousand years' sepulture in the arid wastes of Palestine. A visible, legible, irrefra gable demonstration of the minute historical accuracy of the Biblical records has been the mag nificent result of the topographical researches set on foot by AUSTIN LAYARD. And although nothing whatever in the shape of actual, material advan tage has accrued to the nation in consequence of Capt. M'CLunn's discovery of the reality of the I North-West Passage—at any rate something has been gained to the geographical knowledge of the world by the transformation at last of a mere conjecture into an absolute and undeniable certainty. It seems appropriate that these wonderful achievements should have been successfully accomplished immediately anterior to the completion of perhaps the grandest scienti fic enterprise of all—the girdling of this marvel lous planet of ours with the magical cincture of the wires of the Electric Telegraph. Already we know perfectly well that much has been done, actually done, not dreamt of, but done—towards the realisation of this unexampled undertaking. A vast continent has been threaded by the elec tric wire both in the new world and in the old. Europe is covered in all directions with its fibrous network. The remotest limits of North Amer ica are brought into momentary communication through the same agency—so that Maine can talc with California, and Florida with Michigan. The waters of the deep sea have proved no obstacle ; but, on the contrary, there along the bed of the ocean channels dividing France from Eng land, and the latter from the sister island, the wondrous cable with it 3 metallic core has been deposited in safety, and thus at pleasure, upon any instant, Paris and London may hold com munion with the speed of the lightning, time and distance being in a manner annihilated. Meanwhile, in all directions the Anglo-S!x,) n character for enterprise is being otherwise at this period very signally sustained. It i 3 not that we allude so much to tho collective enterprise of the race, as to the evidences of that enterprise afforded here and there by isolated individuals. As illustrative of the latter category, two names alone need be here particular ised. Immediately those names have been men tioned, they will be accepted as amply sufficient, as conclusively demonstrative. They are the names of—Sir JAMES BROOKE and of Dr. DAVID LIVINGSTONE. The great African traveller we have very recently had amongst us. We have seen him as he is—a simple-hearted, honest, gal lant, earnest, enlightened Christian gentleman. His eminent contemporary may be described in words in every way identical ; only that to these qualities he adds another in some respect very different. Sir Jas. BROOKE is not merely what we have said, but with this he unites the daring and the dash, with neither, however, the lawless ness or the cruelty, of the ancient buccaneer. His Excellency has returned amongst us once more—and this time after having passed through one of fee most perilous exploits to be found any where recorded even in his own adventurous his tory as Governor of Labuan or Rajah of Sarawak. Through a hand-to-hand, life -and-death st rugg l e of the most sudden and fearful description, this itp heroic Englishma n, it wil l be well remem bered, fought his wa y back fr om the abrupt overthrow of his authority, from the absolute anarchy of a desperate and murderous rebel lion, to supreme power as the ruler of the for nese, in his capacity as the representative of his Sovereign. Remembering who this bravo man is, remembering what he was at the outset of his career, and what he has become since then, re membering that he began his Asiatic course as an English country gentleman, wandering in his yacht amongst the waters of the Eastern Archipt lago, and ultimately becoming there the recog nised Pro-Consul upon an island, geographically, as large as th e M o th er C oun t ry , remem b er i ng a ll this, and remembering at the same time that the Rajah of Sarawak is still in the full maturity of his valiant manhood —shall we not give him the welcome to which his splendid actions so well en- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E V ENING, APRIL 26, lB5B title him ? Shall we not greet him, for such as he is, namely, as one of our true English worthies ? For has he not given us reasons enow, in truth, to be proud of him as a bold, frank, heroic Eng lishman ? An entertainment was given to Sir JAMES BROOKE, on Wednesday last, by the citizens of Manchester. We are glad of this--we rejoice to notify the circumstance. But—has not London, also, a welcome to give the Rajah of Sarawak, has not the capital of the British empire one cor dial greeting, one earnest hand of fellowship to proffer to one of the noblest of her great Pro- Consuls ? There cannot be much doubt, we should ima gine, by this time, that the Hope of Italy is the Constitutional Government of Sardinia. The last King of Italy was NAPOLEON. The virtual King of Italy now is VICTOR EMMANUEL. Virtually, we say, this is so even now—if the chief of the classic peninsula is over in the history of the world to be a Constitutional S )vereign. Sup posing this to be the case, supposing the liberties of Italy won, as the liberties of England have been won under the leadership of a Monarch exercising purely constitutional authority through the exquisitely balanced machinery of our constitutional Government—assuredly in the person of the King of SARDINIA, that leader is clearly recognisable. In the great cause of Italian independance he has himself fought be fore now upon the battle-field. His glorious father was, indeed, the last who raised aloft the national standard, the rallying tricolour of the race. Under its shadows he led out his army— for it he imperilled everything—his crown, his life, his sovereignty. Nay, the reigning Prince of the House of Savoy, the son and heir of CHARLES ALBERT, the late knightly King of the Sardinians, received from the heroic hand of his sire the sceptre he himself has since then so nobly and so wisely wielded—received it tarnished with the smoke of battle, but unbroken and unbent, upon the last " foughten field" of the Italians-- the fatal field of Novara. From that day, the day upon which CHARLES ALBERT set out on his mournful wanderings from his home and his fatherland to die (if ever man so died) a few weeks afterwards of a broken heart at Oporto, since that memorable and lamentable catastrophe, King VICTOR Ensrsieuer, has not ceased to be increasingly the Hope of the Italian Peninsula. His Government has been uninterruptedly since then, in the strictest sense of the term, Constitutional. He has not once yet blundered. There under his auspices the germs of the liberty of speech, and of the liberty of writing, the liberty of the Press and of the Tribune have been planted and tended, are expanding and flourishing. As the latest and the most signal proof of this—there are the recent discussions in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin. For freedom of sen timent, for what we may designate Parlia mentary audacity, the debates there might have; transpired in the House of Commons at Westminster. Reading those discussions, marking the dignified policy, and the steady progress of Sardinia, it would be idle to despair of our yet witnessing the constitutional vindication of the great cause of Italian Independence. His Serene Highness the Prince Nicholas of Nassau has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel. Tile Marquis of Laiisdowne entertained a large circle of friends at dinnor, en Saturday evening, at his man sion, in Berkeley-square. The Marchioness of Sligo has i.sued cards for a ball to take place this evening at her reEidencc in liansfield street. _ Madame Szarvady, the celebrated pianist (late Wil helmine ClausF), has left Paris on a professional tour for two months i❑ England. GEN. WoLFE.—The William and Anne, the vessel which conveyed Gen. Wolfe to Quebec, and which was lately lying at Newport, has been lost in the Mediterra nean. ILLNESS OF CHIEF JUSTICE COCKBUSN.—We regret to state that the Lord Ceirf Justice (Sir A. Cockburn), continues so seriou , ly indisposed that he is unable to attend and as tune his judicial functions. It is under stood he is suffering from bronchitis. The Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, youngest son of the noble Premier, has just enured the army as ensign in the Grenadier Guards Letters from Jerusalem of March 20 state that the troubles on Mount Htbron were not yet appeased. The governor had asked for reinforcements, and a!! the con eule bad supported hie demand. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Hon. Reginald Cape!, son cf the Earl of Essex, with Miss Fazekrrly, niece of Lord Rokeby, was solemnised on Saturday in St. Paul e, Knightsbridge, in the presence of a brilliant circle of the friend?, of both families. SPADDING AND HOLBIACH RAILWAY.—The line from the Great Northern station at Spalding to Holbeach is expected to be opened for traffic in about six week's, the rails being laid and the station buildings progressing rapidly. THE NEW CO3IMANDANT OF CHATHAM GARRISON.— Col. Eyre, who has succeeded Major-General W. H. Eden as commandant of Chatham garrison, has closed Chatham-barracks —: which had always been open to persons having occasion to pass in and out of them— against the public. A few days ago a garrison order was issued, from which the following is an extract :—" No person whatever is to be allowed into barracks to sell anything, without a pass ( , igned by the Brigade-Major); and all common women, beggars, pedlars, Jews, hawkers, and other suspicious persons, are to be wholly excluded." Such an uncalled-for order is justly looked upon as an unwarrantable insult against the* lass for whom it is undoubtedly meant.—South, Eastern, Gazette. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT BRISTOL.—On Saturday afternoon a telegraphic message was forwarded to the Bristol Commercial-rooms, containing the unexpected announcement that her Majesty's steamer Osborne, hav ing on board tee Prince of Wales and his suite, bad ancho-ed in Kingroad at 1.30 p.m. The intelligence was immediately communicated to the Mayor (Mr. J. A. Cooke), and under the impression that the Oeberne was waiting for the tile, and would come up the river in the course of the afternoon, measures were being im provised for giving the heir apparent a hearty welcome on his arrival at the old city. A second telegram, hoe - ever, rendered these preparations unnecessary, as it stated that the gig of the Oeborne had been lowered, and that the Prince and his retinue were proceeding in it asp the river. 'Pais intelligence hardly became known before the boat arrived at Rownleain, where his Royal Highness and suite landed, and proceeded in hackney carriages direct to the terminus of the Great Western Railway to catch the up express train, which leaves Bristol for Paddington at 2.50 p.m. Here his Royal Highness expressed to the deputy-stationmaster (Mr. Gardner), through one of the gentlemen in waiting, his desire to be regarded as strictly incognito, and hence like a public demonstration was attempted. cont nothingh e arrival of the train a separate carriage was set apart fnt the Prince and his suite. The Osborne sailed from Kingroad the same evening. PORTSMOUTH, April 25.—His Royal Highness Prices Alfred has been placed under the charge of Lieutenant Nelson, attached to the Illustrious (training ship), and commanding g m e a r n u d is i i n n gthe gun-brig Rolla. His royal highness I_ as about on board the brig nearly every day, e w x e ce u p n tn d io er , stand, during the past week, and undergoes the same course of instruction, and is treated precisely in the eam e manner as th e o th er n aval cad e t s , w ith th is that he dines at his own residence at Alver stoke in the evening, and frequently invites the naval and other officers of the port to join him. Ho is de• scribed as an inquiring, affable, and amiable boy. PANIC IN THE FLAX TRADE.—In consequence of the absurd rumour that Lord Rosse had predicted an un usually hot and dry summer the flax trade has been seriously affected. Farmers have made up their minds to sow less flaxseed than they would other wise have done, and, it appears, persist in that determination, not this ending the contradiction given by his lordship to the indiscreet rumour.—Armagh Guardian. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—It will be a source of satisfaction to those interested in the success of sub marine telegraphs to know that the Government has it iu contemplation to allow a limited number of scientific peesons, especially those whose attention bas been di rected to this subject, to go out in the Agamemnon to witness the submerging of the Atlantic cable. WILLS —The will of Rear-Admiral Earl Spencer, K.G., C. 8., P.C. of Altborp-park, Northampton, and St. James's:p!ace, Westminster, was proved in London, by Baron Lyttelton, F.R.S., the nephew and Henry Goodford, E,q , the acting executors, the other execu tor having renounced. The personalty waq sworn under 250,0001. The will bears date May 17,1854, leavin., his real estates and residue of his personal to his son, Vis count Althorn. There are four codicils ;by the second, which is in his lord , hip's own handwriting, he has at the request of the late countess, d rected six cottages to be erected at Great Brignton Northamptonshire, to be called, " Lady Spencers' Cottages," for the reception of poor widows cf that neighbourhood, who are each to pay a rent of one penny a week, but free of taxes. Re has secured to his daughter, Lady Sarah Isabella Spencer, a sum of 100,0001. Too of hie lordship's gamekeepers have a legacy of 5001. each. The will of Sir R. Camp bell, Bert., was proved under 70,0001. personalty in Zngland. The executers are John Rennie, Esq., and Robert H. Scott Campbell, E q., the son ; the latter is also appointed residuary legatee of real and personal estate.— The will of William Joseph Horsfall, E , q., of Lancaster, 80,0001.—Illustrated London News. A letter from Toulon, of the 22d inst., mentions a disastrous accident which took place the previous day off the islands of Hybres on board the ship of the line Suffren, which has been fisted up as a school for naval artillerymeo. While the men were firing at a targat a cannon burst, and the explosion unfortunately caused number of victims. Tuere were 10 men killed, and 15 wounded. The latt, r were irem diately taken to the ships of the fleet, In order that they might m ire speedily have the advantage of tuNical ad. The Eclaireur bad been despatched to bring tae wounded to Toelon. The Iwpeiial steam yacht Aigle, which, is building in the port of Cherbourg, will he 258 long. She is to be a paddle steamer of 500.horso power. It is said that the Aigle will be a model of naval architecture. ST. JAMES'S HALL—The first performance of " The Messiah " in these rooms will take place on Wednesday evening next, for tlw benefit of the Royal Society of Mu sicians. To an unusual array of principal vocalists, including the names of Miss Louis iPyne, Madame Weiss, Miss D.iihy, Miss Palmer; Messrs Surisßeeves, Benson, Thomas, Willi., and Weit,s is ad•led the attraction of an orchestra, comprisin, the most eminciatin :truineetalists, aided by a large chorUr, and c .aducted by Professor Sterndale Bmnett. This excellent charity, the funds of which this pelf , rmanes iutendid to aid, distributed last year upwardS of 2.7741. to distressed musicians and their Misr Amy Sefg . eiek, not having sufficiently recovered from her indisposition, will not re-appear at the Hay market ut,tl! Thursday, a hen she will perform in he ceniedy of "An Unequal Match." Mr 4. Chas. Yourg Plays on the flie.; three nights of the weeks in " As You Like It," "Tee Love Cease," and "Much Ado About Nothing." ARRANGEMENTS, ETC., IN THE NEW THEATRE, CO VENT GARDEN,—The real modifications of the arrange ment as u teal in theatres, beyond those of the seruetucal sort for security from fire, have for their main object greatly increased space to each sitting in the stalls, both cf pit and gallery, with ample width between the rows of seats. But, also, the divi,ions of the boxes are so designed and fised as t be removable in a fevv hours ; so that tl.e whole of what will be usually pri vate boxes can bo thrown together, should the theatre be devoted to oreinary dramatic entertarements at cer tain sca4ons, according to an arrangement which has entered into Mr. Gye'd calculation, and has ie severe' respects modified structural features or dimensions. There are but three tiers of boxes, exclusive of those on the level of the lower gallery, or " amphitheatre." They will be called "pit tier," " grand tier," and " first," or " upper box tier." In addition to the provision for removal of the box partitions, the box fronts of the pit-tier will be removable, in order that the whole space • under the greed tier may be thrown into the pit. The partiions will be canvassed and papered ; wed the Ceiing 3 , generall throughout the house, t he dornical ceili ng inclusive, y will he revered with Bielefeld'a "fibrous sltb" material, As part cf the means of ventilation, the fanlights of the doors of the bi x-s are made to op en. Th e warm i ng o f th e h ouse w ill be by he p pee, c krried retied the house below the level of th , pit floor, th e a i r b e i ng a d m i tte d b y aperture s below the fronts of the boxes of the pit tier. At the front of one of toe boxes of th e " ran d ti er , tune whs lately "cif red up' a specimen of the bow-fronted finishineericeed with de c'ti°n in gold on a white ground. These f ont < are to be executed in the newly-invented mottled CAIIVitS inatf by Monti. The ceiling will be by Jack , on and Son. The proscenium will measure 50ft. in the op-ning, and will be 42 feet 4 inches in height to the crown to the arch, Thera are eight main ttaircasee in the buil hug, besides six of leas importance. Toe whole of these are fire proof , and carefully planned to avoid rick of acciden t . Be -, ie l es the principal h ex entrance th ere appear to he five er, trey ces for th e p it , else, available for the t oxes ; but the precise app;ication of these and the staircases to the upper parts of the house, is perhaps not cettled. The dccorative fi n i s hi ng w ill b e c hi e fly in white and gold, with rose-coloured hangings to the boxes. The whole of the depots comprising the 3d Battelion of Infantry at Chatham were assembled on their parade ground, Brornpton-huts, on Thursday afternoon, for the purpose of hearing read the sentence of a district court -1 mar tial recently held at Chatham garrison on colour-Ser- ' grant Robert Bend, 70th Regiment, on a charge of deser tion froLu the depot of his corps at Cio,tham. For this charge ho was sentenced to ha reduced, iu the presence of the whole battalion, to the rank and pay of a private. The sentence of the Court having been read by the Adjutant the prisoner was marched to the front, when Lis " stripes" ' were cut from his arm in the presence of the troops. The prisoner has been branded with the letter " D." Orelers have be en rece i ve d at Chatham for the followin g East India depots to furnish reinforcements for embarka tion for India :—St,h, 10th} , 13th, 20th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 21:1, 2,eth, 32d, 3 - oh (lee el Ste-WY), -13,1 (Light Infantry), 52,i (Light Infantry), y e3d, 01st, 70th, 75th, 81st, Slth, and filth regiments. The reinforcements, to the number of nearly I,COO men, with 10 officers, are expected to embark at Gravesend on the let of May. LATEST NEWS. HER MAJESTr2 THEATRE. On Saturday evening Donizettre •‘ La Figlia del Reg gimento" was performed at the above theatre for the first time this season. The cast included no important novelty. *dile. Picoolowini again appeared as Marie, Signor Belletti as Sulpizio, and Signor Belart aiTonio. . . _ The opera was received, as on former occasions, with great favour, and the most popular pieces were, as neual, redemandeci. To -morrow and Thursday evening the new prima donna, Mdlle. Titiens, will repeat her fine performance cf Valentina in "Les Huguenot 4." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen'd box at this theatre was on Saturday evening occupied by Colonel the Hon. Charles C. Cavendish and Lady Emily Cavendisb, Mrs. Brande, Miss Brande, Mr. Brandt?, and party. Amongst the numerous noble dis tioguished and fashionable company also honouring this theatre with their attendance on this occasion we noticed—his grace the Duke of Cleveland, K.G., and Lady Augusta Poulett, the Marquis of Claaricarde, the Countess Dowager of Harrington and the Countess of Mountcharles, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lin coln, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Earl Bective, the Viscount Exmouth, the Viscount Clifden, Lady Blantyre, Lady Elizabeth , Bulteel, Lady Dynevor, M. de Tolstoy, Lord Blantyre, Lord Sondes, Lord Dynevor, The Hon. Philip Stourton, Sir T. E. Blake, Bart., Sir George Wombwell, Bart., Major- General Sir George Bowles, K.C.8., Colonel Sir Proby Cautby, K.H., Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Octavius Morgan, M,P., Captain W. Henry Magao, M.P., Ma dame Paodia De Ralli and party, Colonel and Mrs. Watson, Colonel D ckson, Major Dyson, Mrs. Buikeley and Mrs. Wombwell, Mr. Bonamy Dobree, Mr. Des bois, Mr. J. L. Neville, Mr. Lang;loa, Mr.Conolly, Mr. F. Cooper, Mr. J. E. Forde, Mr. J. Franks, Mr. J. E. Megan, Mr. Alptcmas C. Billings, Mr. Edward Cutter, Mr. R. Dick, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. J. Border : Mr. A. Caecpbell, Mr. H. Barrett Lmnard, &c. Her Meje•ty's birthday drawing-room will be held on Saturday, May 15:1). We are authorised to state that it is her Majesty's in tention that state balls shall take plme at Buckingham Palace on Monday, May 10th (instead of May 3d, as previously announced), and Wednesday, June 9th, and that concerts shall take place on Monday, May 31 (in etead of May 10th), and Friday, June 11th next. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the offi cial residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing street. The Ministers present were, the Eail of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Saki bury, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Maltnes• bury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, the Earl of Ellenborougb, the Right Hon. J. W. Hen ley, and Lord John Manners. THE SPEAKER.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his ninth Parliamentary full dress dinner on Saturday evening, the 24th inst. The followirg bad the honour of receiving invita tione : —Viscount Gal way, Viscount Elenley, Viscount Curzon, the HOn. Jocelyn Peroy, the Hon. Col. Low ther, Sir Charles Coote, Sir Graham Montgomery, Sir James Dalrymple Elphinstone, Sir John Rivett Carnac, Sir Joseph Bailey, Major-General Hall, Capt. Bunbury, R.N., Lieut. Col. Forde, Major Stuart Wortley, Major Edward'', Captain Dawson Darner, Captain Archdall, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Botfield, Mr. Eve lyn Shirley, Mr. King (Herefordshire), Mr. Wyndham (Sussex), Mr. Tollernache, Mr. Knightly, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Knatchbull, Mr, Hopwood, Mr. Bee croft, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. G-. H. Vaneittart, the Hun. George Waldegrave, the Rev. H. Drury. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained their Royal Highnesses the Duches ,?'Orleans, the Count de Paris, and the Duke de Chartres, at dinner, on Saturday at Lansdowne House. The Earl and Countess Granville, Frances Countess Waldegrave, and Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., and a distinguished circle, had the honour to be invited to meet the illustrious guests. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury were honoured by the company to dinner of his Excellency the Duke of Malakoff, the Ambassador of France, on Saturday, at their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. There were pre sent to meet the gallant marshal, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, the Duke and Duchess of Manches ter, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lord and Lady Rokeby, Major-General Sir R. and Loy Airoy, Gen. Sir James Simpson, &c. The Earl and Countess of Durham have left town on a vi-it to the Earl and Countess of Lite,h&eld at Slug bor;u/h Park, S'a,ff irdshi re. The Earl and Countess Amherst and family arrived in Grosvenor-square on Tuesday, from Montreal Park, Kent. THE BOMBAY MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Ripon, steamer, with the Bombay mails and passengers, passed Hurst Castle at 8.35. TURIN, APRIL 24. The first clause of the law of M. Forests, relative to the crime of conspiring against foreign Sovereigns, has been carried, with a slight amendment, by a large majority. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The English Government (says the Constitution mei) was right in not further pursuing the prosecu tion of Bernard. After an acquittal on the chief charge, which involved a capital punishment, what would have signified a few months of imprisonment or a fine of some hundreds of francs ? To have convicted of a misdemeanour one who had been acquitted of a crime would have been a m )ckery. This is the first day of the elections for Paris, and, as almost invariably is the case, shows less animation among the electors than there will be to-morrow. The third electoral district (third arrondisse ment) is formed of a part of the Faubourg Poissonniere, another part belongs to the fifth arrondissement, and the rest is made up of the quarters of the Bourse, the Hanes, and the Bourdonnais. The population of this ar rondissement consists of the richer capitalists. the haut commerce, and a considerable number of employes who depend on them. Bankers, stock brokers, the proprietors of large wholesale esta blishments in the Lyons, St. Etienne, Roubaix, Rouen, Sedan, and Elboeuf trade are to be found there. The quarter of the Halles, the fish-mar kettt, cloth-markets, leather-markets, and the quarter of the Bourdonnais furnish a numerous contingent of electors. Thera was no great ani mation apparent up to half-past two o'clock in this quarter. The commercial and bank clerks and other employes of this description reserve them selves for to-morrow. Tho duty of electors they prefer exercising on Monday, for, while serving their country at the balloting urn, they will " do" their employers out of a half-holiday. In the third electoral district the bulletins of the candidates, Opposition as well as Government, were distributed at the doors of the Mairie and the sections. In this district General Perrot stands against M. Lionville, batonier of the order of advocates. This arrondissement, inhabited generally by wealthy persons, passes for Conservative. For this reason it is that General Perrot has been pre sented as the Government candidate ; as former Commandant of the National Guard, he is pre sumed to represent order and stability. The fifth district, in which M. Eck and M. Picard are candidateq, consists of the Porte St. Martin, the Temple, St. Martin des Champs, as also of the first and second sections of Belleville. The work ingpopulatiou abound there. It teems with iron and brass founders, engine builders, nailers, shoe makers, saddlers, &c. It was remarked in this arrondisement that the tickets with the names of the Opposition cindtdates only were distributed at the doors of the Mairie, at the different sections, and in the streets. In the Mairie itself, and at the en trance of the hall where the voting tickets are de posited in the urns, the bulletins of the Govern ment candidate were handed to every one who approached. In the fifth district there was more activity ap parently than in the third ; and the voters were more numerous. M. Eck, who was formerly an operative, and is now a wealthy employer, represents as closely as possible the alliance of the master with the work man. The Government, by choosing such a candi date, intended, no doubt, to exhibit to the labour ing class the interest it bears it by honouring one taken from its ranks. The selection of M. Eck means, that with order and industry the workman can arrive at the highsst post. It remains to be seen whether the workmen will appreciate toe lesson so delicately conveyed by the Government. Of the three candidates people generally think that M. Picard has the least chance of success. The late revision of the electoral lists, however, makes it very difficult to offer an opinion on the result. The sixth district (Bth arrondissement) is the most populous of the three, and at the same time that which presented the busiest aspect this morning at the Maids and the sections. This is owing to the great number of market gardeners in the Faubourg St. Antoine. These cannot, like the others, afford to "keep St. Monday." On Monday they must be, at auy cost, iu the market. The district conssts principally of cabinetmakers, paperstainers, engine makers of all kinds, workers iu the metals, coal merchants, ti. Tc. At the doors of the Mairie of the Bth arrondissement the bulletins of the Opposition and the Government candidates appeared to be im partially distributed. In some sections, where the working p vulation is the most numerous, the bulletins of the Opposition candidates only were distributed ; but, on the other hand, at the Mairie and t!e entrance of the voting room only the tickets bearing the name of M. Parrez. were seen. ' In a quarter so populous as this arrondisse ment, M. Ferret is the very personification of beneficial establishments. The services which he has rendered to this arrondissement are matter of notoriety ; and perhaps the G )vernment judged rightly in believing that such a man was among the few who had a fair chance against M. Jules Favre, the candidate of the Opposition. BOURSE, April 24.—The following were the closing quotations : 4} per Cents ...... 93 25 Do. end month — Credit Fonder Belgian 4,1 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt -FOR CAKE. 3 par Cont. ..... 69 20 Do. end m0nth...... 69 2:3 Bank Shares ...... 3070 Credit Mobilier 7iio Do. Account 752 50 PAILWAYS•• Orleans Northern Midi Western 620 Strasburg Grand Central New Ditto 770 Lyon and Mediteran. 810 New Ditto .. 775 S3rdinian Austrian Geneva AUSTRIA. A letter just received, dated Vienna, April 21, says:—" During the last day or two the quiduuncsof this city have been exclusively occupied with Ber nard's trial and acquittal, and some of them have been at great pains to prove that the verdict of the jury is a direct confirmation of the assertion so often heard on ti.e Continent, that England "sys tematically patronises and protects foreign political conspirators." It is evident that these persons are dissatisfied because foreigners who are guilty of political offences while residing in Englanti are tried and punished according to Eng;ish law. Theywould' fain have a special code, a modern Star Cnamber, established for the especial behoof of refugees and pc laical malcontents; but fortunately England is not yet brought so low that she need permit foreignei s —whether French, Russian, or A ustrian—to revise her laws for her. That this Government takes a more rational view than the public of the Bernard affair is to be seen by the leader of the Ost-Deutsche Post of this morning. The non-official organ of the Austrian Foreign-office finds it very natural hat the French Government should be greatly annoyed that Bernard was not convicted ; but it is unable to un derstand why the British nation should be blamed because 12 jurymen were of opinion that the man's guilt was not satisfactorily proved. The Ost-Deutsche Post does not exactly say that tbis Government is well satisfied with what has oc curred, but it is almost certa'n that such is really the me. The revival of " King Lear," at the Princess's, wi 1 be rep at( d tbis evening, Wednesday, and FJ iday, precedt d by " Samuel in Seal on of Himself," Tuesday and Thurs. day, " Faust and Marguerite ;" and, on Saturday, " A I Isotraner Night's Dream" wil lld repres,nted. Mr. Emery makes his first apptartitee 0, the Strand TI a tre this evening, in Dance's comedy of "The Country Squire," followed by the burlesque, and the new farce of " Your Likenese ftJr Oce Shilling," BAIL JVA 1' INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors states that the works on the South Beerbhoom district are making good progress. There has been some failure in brick-making ; but there appears to be no reason why the first tweroyafour miles should not be opened by the 14 of June next. The other portions of the line are being vigorously proceeded - vith. From Allahabad to Ca wnpere the works have been making good progress ; about sixty indee have oeen opened fey some time for the conveyance of mails, troops, stores, &c , and every exertion will be wale to complete these 126 wiles by about June next. From consid,rations arising out of the mutiny, it is in the con templation of the government CO chance the route of the line above Cawn pore, and its terminus ie the upper pro vinces, en route f -r Lahore, will probably be at Meerut iustead t f Delhi. This alteration will ie 'solve the sacrifice of a considerable outlay already made on the works between Shekoabad and Delhi, the amount of which will be claimed from the Government. Tue board much regret that they have not received the revenue accounts fur the half year ending 31st Decerabi4. They are at a loss tot xplain the circumstance, and trust that they inay still arrive in time for the meeting ; they will be circle. lated amongst the proprietary immediately on their ar rival. Tee i& formation the beard possess enables them to report that the number of passengers carried between July and December was 522,360. Whilst this shows a decreaee in tee traffic of 26,187 passengers as cempereti wide the preceding hell-year, it gives an increase over the corresponding half-year of 57,239 passengers. The tonnage in good- , and minerals, exclusive of parcels, car riage, and livestock from the let of July to 31st Dec., was 70,355 tons, giving an increase of 6,605 tens ever the preceding half-year, or 25,660 tons over the corre sponding half-year 4-f 1856. Toe traffic receipts for the half-year ending 31st December were 68 9731. 18'. 81., showing an increase of 5 5141. 14a sd. over the preced• ing half-year, or 20 3451. 15s. 11d. over the correspond ing half-year of 1856. The total receipts for tne ye , r 1857 were 132,4341. 2s. 111 against 96,1001. 10a 2d. for 1856, and the board cannot refrain from congratuiatmg the proprietary on so favourable a result. In the absence of the accounts they are unable to show what the last belt-year's working expenses have been, nor are they it! a position to report toe amount of net revenue handed over to the Government towards payment of the gua ranteed interest, but they have reason to anticipate a very sati,factory statement. The hoard have much plea sure in reporting that the terms of the contract for the Jubbulpore line are at length settled in a manner which cannot fail to be satisfactory to the proprietary The capital to be raised in the first instance is 2,000,0001., under a guaranteed interest of five per cent. per annum ; leaving the rate of interest upon any further amount of capital which may be required to be adjusted hereafrer. The accounts of this line are to be kept altogether dis tinc'. from those of the Delhi line, so that the interests of the shareholders under their original contracts will re main intact, and the realisation of any surplus profits to which they may become entitled under them cannot be affected by this new contract, which in its general terms is precisely tee same as the former ones. The amount of capital now to be raised will ei,abte the board to nifty the proprietary two shares in the Jubbulpors capital 1 r every nine si ares they now hold in the company, and as coo, as the contract is executed circulars. will be seas out, giving the' proprietary the option cf taking the shares referred to. Toe first deposit will be 51. per share, and payments will be received in anticipation of future calle. A resolution will be submitted at this mee leg consolidating into stock all the paid-up shares in the company which have not been already consul dated under th resolutions of the general meeting of the 30th Oct., 1856. FLOATIAG BATTERIES. At the United Service Institution, a few evening- since, Captain Fishbourue, R.N., read a paper on float leg eatteries, for the purpose of -bowing bow unseitat Is the modern structures of that kind are fir naval war fare. Captai, Fishbourne, in the fir,t place, pointed out the etf , ctive farm of tie recentiy-constructed English and French floating batteries for sea-going vessels. With a draught of water of only 8 feet and a breadth of 50 feet, they must neces-arily be unsteady when there was the least motion in the water beyond a ripp e, and thus prevent any rre.:ision in firing. Tne heavy iron casing, he maintained, also increased the unsteerdinesi of the floating batteries by raising the centre of gravity, and by placing so much of the we4.lat on the sides. The defects of this fern of c , nstructe n, Capt. Fi•hriourie santerir's ate, hat it communicated a greater rolling me - tion to the vessel, owing to its great readth compare.. with the draught ; and he centre of gravity being thus raised above the level of the water, it has to descend lower, with acceleratory motion, when the wave that supported it receded—the velocity of the fall being in creased by the heavy' weight at the side. The accelerated velocity thus acquired t-nded t , r increase the upheaving of the vessel on the other side, and thus produced a - roCkieg motion like that of a rocking chair. Capta n Fisheourne alluded to the floating batteries that wee, employed by the French and Sp,niards at the siege of Gitealtar, plans of wine!) have been preserved in the in st tution, and were exhibited. In these batteries the hulls were semicircular, which form, he observed, was much better adep,ed to obtuto etAbulify for the centre of gravitybeing .qui-distant from all parts was not raised and depressed by the action of the waves nearly so much as it is in a broad flat-bottomed boat. It appeared, from the section that the draught of water of those floating batteries must have been as much as 18 feet. The gallant captain then noticed the actual effect of the floating bat teries against the fortress of Kinburn, in the Thack Sea, and observed that it was very much less than might base been expected from so many guns of largo calibre di rec'.ed against a dilapidated fertress, whilst the number of men on the floating batteries put hors de combat by the comparatively small guts of the enemy, only ten of which could bear on each battery, showed that the iron bulwark afforded very inadequate protection. The suc cess of the attack he attributed more to the effect of the vertical fire from the gun-boats, and to the rift •men on hoard the fl rating batteries, than to the guns of the latter. Capt. Fishbourno then noticed tha plan that had been proposed of casing chips of war with iron, which he strongly condemned. The cutting down of a large ship to convert it into a kind of floating battery would, ' he said, have the effect of diminishing the number of guns two-thirds, whilst the heavy casing of iron would increase the rolling of the .chip, thereby greatly lessening the precision ref the fire, and expo: ug a larger surface, between wind and water, to the enemy's shot. He also anticipated that the lain casing would have the effect in a rough sea of righting the ship so suddenly, after having been heaved on one side, as ta snap off the waste. Anot: er disidvan: age would be the exposure of a larger surface to the enemy's shot ; ler the same number of guns whose fire is now concentrated in one broadside would be distributed in three ships of equal length. The kind cf floating battery which Capt. Fi,hbourne considered most ad visubl-, especially I r the defence of harbours, is a raft, which may be c onstructed at little co-a, and can ire moored iu shallow water ao as to maintain sufficient stabil ty fir preci,ion in firing. Me' RENNIE exhibited two models which ho had con quieted, ono r,f which was a fl rating circular one-gun bart-ry f r coast defences, intended to be propelled by steam ; and the other, a steam gun-boat of light draught, inte,ded for the river, in India. A. AIEMBKR disputed the c,rrectness of some cf Capt Fi ,, ,houree's stateinftuts rektive to the effects of the float , ng t,atteriss employed against Kuburo. He Faid that he (xstnined one of those natteries the morning af:er the attack, and he counted the marks of eixty round sh,,t ..n its sides. 'Tee walls of the I:rtress, he added, bad been reduced to ruins by the fire of the batteries, and tie untler,t.iod • hat only two mon had been kilLd On bokati the h4ttery he ex t, , ine!. Capt. FISHBOURNE replied i,at he bad obtained his infer [nation from an officiat Frenci pubilcation. Thanks were voted to Capt. Fl:hbonrne and Mr. Renni-, and the meeting adjouriie:.E. ADMIRAL SIR H. KEPPEL AND THE LIBERALS OF PORTSMOUTH.—In anticipation of a general election Admire' Sir H. Keepel met the committees of the liberal electors of Ports tiouth on Friday evehng to give an exposition to them of his political views. In answer to the various questions which were put to him the g.l - admiral sta•ed that he was opposed to the ballot. fie w. old support the extension of the franchise to 101. householders in counties, and was in favour cf extend ing the suffrage to e lucated persons who possessed no property or household qualification. He would vet fair the abolition of church-rates as far as dissenters were concerned, and was in favour of the admision of Jews into Parliatt ent and the idaynectli endowment. Ad miral Kept el r.-plied also to several other subordieate questions, and the meeting p'edgad itself. in the event of any future election to endeavour to secure his elec• tion in conjunethe with that cif Sir Francis Baring, Bart. VISIT OF A FRENCH WAR STEAMER TO THE BIIIs• TOL CHANNEL.—Sowe little commotion has been pro duce., curing the last week amongst tie residents on the \Veleh coast, owing to the unusual Occurrence of a war sfeasze-r, ho• e•• g the fIA,.: of the French Empi re , ieeie having steamed slowly ep our Channel. She was seen at cl , ff rent times off Peuzancae,dSfinwadnlyseam,adi: herway Bridge waterto and Bay, a dropped P e anchorua rtt l i t n o a t d h se Cardiff' Bute D ec k Pull',, n where it was ascertained that she is the Pelican, Com mander Hamelin, a nephew cf Admiral Hamelin, the Emperor Napoleon's Minister of Marine, and had on board a party of French hydrographers. She came iato Cardiff for the ostensible purpose of takinc, , in Welsh steam coals ; but there are not wanting those among the shipping interests of the port who think it pos.thie that the French Admiralty might he desirous of know ing something about the English Channel navigation, especially as she reigh!, have taken in her coals, b a i s h e pleased to have done so, at the pert of Swansea, a long way father down the Channel. An old shipping master writes t sue about the matter to the Guardian— the princvl local paper----" I think the m v.merlts of these French cruisers cannot be too narrowly watched, and their appe , rance along our coast, together with the an laity dieplayed 'heir arse•.ale, and the cencentrae Con , of :30 great a F renc h fLet in t E glide Charnel, loulss very oininons, and makes us shipmasters rather uneasy. It is stared that, when seen at the different points on the coast, the Pelican had not her French c) ours hoisted, and that she was taken by those who W her, for a eteauser connected with the Trinity Howe or the surveyor of the British Admiralty. It is also Corn olainrd that our costet is left in so naked and defence , less a state sty the Government, there not being a eirgle battery to he i' , uud on the log line which i"'el'ene between ALlford Haven, at the very tuouth of our Channel, and Sharpness Point, some miles up the Severn. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. APPEAL.-THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY or IRELAND COMPANY V. JOHNSON AND ANOTHER. The further hearing of this important appeal wag appointed to be heard this morning at 11 o'clock, but which has been postpored until the great Taaffe Peerage cau=e, which is now before their lordships, is beard on further evidence, and which will probably occupy the whole of this day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Juetioe Erie, and Mr. Justice Cromptnn.) THE QUEEN V. EDWARD TRUELOVE. ---' t TYRANNICIDE. IS IT JUSTIFIABLE ?"-APPLICATION TO ACCELERATE TEE TRIAL REFUSED. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. J. Simon, in structed by Mr. Leverson, applied on behalf of the de fendant, Mr. Edward Truelove, printer and publisher, of the Strand, against whom an indictment had been pre fi-rred for libel, to move for a rule calling upon the Attorney-General to show cause why the indictment hould not be tried at the sitting after this term, either i❑ Middlesex or London, instead of after Trinity Term s as proposed. L rd Campbell—Your application is to accelerate the trial ? Mr. Edwin James—Yes, my lord. The defendant was indicted for publishing a pamphlet entitled " Tyran. mcide—ls it Justifiable I" and the defendant in his -ffidava ~fated that on the 22d February he was arrested on a warrant issued by one of the magistrates of Bow -treet w;thout a previous summons, and charged with the publication of this libel on the Emperor of the French. On that day the charge was heard before the magistrate sitting at Bow-street, and on the 27th of February the defendant was committed to take his trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. The defendant accordingly retained counsel, and incurred considerable expense in the preparation of his defence, but before the sessions (lama on the Crown removed the trial by certiorari into this court. The affidavit of the defendant stated that ho had offered to substitute the author for himself. Lnrd Campbell—Can we enter into the merits of the case ? Mr. James —No, my lord. He was only stating that the author had offered to come forward and take the consequences. The defendant's affidavit further stated that he was much injured and prejudiced in his business by the delay of the trial, and these proceedings impend• ing over him many of his creditors had sent in their accounts for payment, and he was unable to get the ordinary credit of his trade. Lord Campgell, after consulting the other judges, sari they were unanimously of opinion there was no ground for departing from the ordinary mode of proceeding ill , tich cases. No delay bad been shown on the part of the. Crown, and the application must be refused. If the Attorney-General consented to the trial taking place at the end of these sittings instead of after next term, the court would not object. Mr. Juwtice Crompton said it was not usual to try special jury cases at the sittings after this term. Rule refused. LI I 4(. I YD'3 oHliaienNG.—crkts Day.) LONDON, April V.—Wind at noon, E.; light breeze and fine. OFF FITIRST CASTLE, April 26.—Arrived—Ripon (0), from Alf xandi ia. WATERFORD, April24.—Wind E. —Sailed—Harriot, for Quebec. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 25.--Arrived—lrene, frail Adelaide, S.A. SOUTHAMPTON, April 25.—Wind Tagus (s), from Gibraltar. COWES, April 25.—Wind W.—Arrived—Fameleent horn Bahia. COLERAINE, April 26.—The Mary Ann (schooner), of and from Maryport, is ashore in Port Stewart harbo" and will be a total wreck. WHITBY, April 25.—A Hartlepool pilot boat capsisea on Ydgrey Rock ye6terday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Th two men on board were drowned. The cable sank, 0 has not yet been recovered. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind E.N.E. Arrived, April 24—Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardi ff; Tiber, Mermaid, Friends, Moslem, and Flora, all fro o Newport; Tagus, steamer, Gibraltar; Lady Egliutont, steamer, Dublin; L'Etoile, and Argyll, steamer, Carept 4ll ' Swanage and Rising Sun, Swanage. Arrived, April 25.--Busy, Fanny, Trial, and Mar till Luther, from Swanage • Florida, Newport. d Sailed, April 24.--Lady Eglington, steamer, for 'A n don; Le Coq, Cherbourg; E iith, Llanelly. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning' Wind N.W. Arrived, April 25.—Trurus, screw steamer, fronl Palermo ; Mary Stewart. screw steamer, Constantinopled Ague, and Vesper, Fecamp ; Alexandria, Alorig ; Robe" Peel, Krageroe ; Jeune Adolphe, Sables; Great Tar mania, Bombay; Emilie, Mauritius; Digby, and ri!l id ades, New Orleans ; Flor de Viz, Para; Eupheoo9 Tampico ; Factory Girl, Caldera. Arrived, April 26 —Roder, steam tug, from Barmoutht with wrecked goods, ex Albert; Lady Blessington, NeA Orleans; Aledandria, Charleston. Off—Caravan and Osweg. (BY SIIMIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH•) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning Arrived, 25th—St. Csrean, from Minuit e tl an ; Slarioul Wydana ; John Wesley, Guernsey ; R osar i o , MantannO! Clara, Colombo ; Helen, Smyrna ; Avance, H e l s ingberg' Caroline Sarah, 'Misted; Welhelmira, Aveiro; Belind a ! Crispin, Speedwell, Cossack, and Crescent, GuernseP Freeman, Aalborg ; Harwood, Shanghae ; Monitor e° Callao; Minerva, Bruges; Sophie, Kertersminde ; Br ° ' thole Sicil a no, Baholaik ; Swan and Hope, Dunkirk. Arrived, April 26--Neptunans, from Sannesund; b. Oll Livingston, Gallipoli. Saie 1, April 26 - Fontebelle, for Jamaica. DEAL, Monday Mornisk Wind N.E. by E., moderate, and thick fog. PaEsed —Eliza oore, for Liverpool ; Investiga l li He.rt Town ; Ross the Mangles, screw steamer, Card s --all from London. Passed, in tow - Chlrleston, from Callao, from Londl; Sailed---The whole of the outward bound, except t' Cyclone, for Port Philip. THE ORDER OF THE BATH.—A parliamentary paP e l publi-hed on Saturday contains a long list (filling a . page) of the names of all officers in both services dec o ' rated Nab the Order of the Bath since the lit Januar'', 1854, and of the civilians who have been honoured WO the like deo , iratim, &e. The G.C.B.'s of the civil divid sion include the names of Sir James Robert Graham M P., Lird Pauniure, Sir C. Wood, and the Earl of S t i Gerwains, and the K n i g h ts G ran d C rosses o f th e nava l and military services include the names of Lieut..Ge n ' Sir G. Brown, his Royal Highness the Duke of Casa' bridgi , , Sir De Lacy Evans, Maj,r-Gen. Sir R England, S r J. M'Donn,ll, Sir Hew D. Ross, Sir J. SunpO e l Admiral Sir J. W. D. Dundas, Vice-Admiral Lai d Lyons, Admiral Sir G. E. Hamond, and Admiral Sir J. A. Gordon. Irasa BPIRIT DUTIES —ln addition to the alteratiol of the duty o;• o rionial spirits import e d into I re land 1 , is prop°, ed, by a Government k;11, to grant c er tain acr . ditional duti-s of excise on Irish spirits aft er t h e 194' inst. Oa every gallon of proof spirits distilled in ir e ' laud, or in the stock of any Irish distiller, or which, bay' ing b , -..en distilled in either one of the three kingdom s ' shag be taken out of bond for consumption in Ireland, or shad bo brought into Ireland, there will be levied an extra duty of ls. 10d., and so in proportion for sot greater or less degree of strength of every galll of proof "plain British spirits" distilled in the Charms Islands, and thence exported into Ireland, a counter• nailing duty of excise of 9s. will be charged. No drag' back will be ado wed on made wines. . DECREASED EXPORTS TO AIISTRALIA.—The returns from the 13,ard of Trade for the three months ending March 31, 1858, show a decrease of export from th e Uuited Kingdom to our Australian possessions. We find the declared value of 23 items gives a collective amount of 1,470,6361.; and as the t o t a l f or t h e eagle 'Dori° ' of last year was 1,655,0841., th ere i s a d ecrease °f 194,4491. on the enumerated articles. The falling eP was chitfliy in leather goods, beer and ale, and British spirits. The aggregate value of British exports to Or Australian dependencies, for the first quarter of the present year, amounts to 2,395,8851. Enumerated articles, 1,470,635/. ' • and unenumerated, 835,350/..' Mining Journal o f April 24. LIVERPOOL, April 24.—This afternoon the Royal Wa il ship Europa took her departure for Halifax and Beet°ll havii,g on board a cargo, ma i l, 108 passengers. 613,-; 5.0001. in specie on f re i g h t. Oa Wednesday next t'u" Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia screw steel ship City of B a l t i more, and on Saturday the Culler steaaer Persia, sail tir New York. PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS OF MICIIBIRS o r rog i ; LIAMENT.—Th e l aws w hi c h requ i re E ng li s h an d Iris members of the House of Commons to be seised atidl ) °, /. 1, Retied of a c er tai n annua l p ecun i ar y qualificati o n (30' for boroughs, and 6001. for counties) are summarily , re' pealed by a bill just brought in by Mr. L o cke Kiog' M.P., Mr. G. Langton. M.P., and Mr. Cubbete, M. 1% FIRE AND Loss or LIFE. —Yesterday morning, ab e t; 2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belongieff Mr. John Gale, a greengrocer and fruiterer, in Sine: street, Hammersmith. It commenced in the lofts °ye!' the stables, and speedily ignited a quantity of stra:: hay, &c. Mr. Peter Gale, who was in the building, W.. t soon encircled in flame, and befor e h e c ou ld be got 0 " he was so terribly burnt that he was removed to the 111. firmary, where he soon afterwards died, cer TEE STORY OF JESSIE B ROWN . —Th e Calcutt a respondent of the Nonconformist says ;—"We have P a d with some surprise a n d amusement t h a t won d er ful et ° r 0 "a published in the E ng li s h papers a b out J ess i e Brown: 0 the slogan of the' Hi g l an d ers , i n H ave l oc k's relie f Lucknow. I have been assured by one of the ga rri d g o to that it is a pure i nven ti on . 1. N o l e tt er of the _ 1. ., mentioned could h ave reac h e d C a l cu tt a w h en the st°4 is said to have arr i ve d . 2 . Th ere was no J ess ie in Lucknow, 3. Tbe 78th neither played their pip : a nor howled out the elogan as they came in ; th e y sometbrng else t o d o . 4, They sever marched ! cm t the dinner table with their pipes the same.eyeelog a all." 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