The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-31 00:00:00

• T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. On EASTER MONDAY, April 5, will be performed AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buck stone, Chipendale, Compton, W. Farrell, Rogers, Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitzwilliam. After which (drat time) a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Commence at Seven. Orchestra Stella (which may be retained the whole of the evening/. 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. On EASTER MONDAY, will be produced a new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Busi. nesa. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles,Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (for the first time) a new farce, entitle,' SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 831eations from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dgc., viz.:—Miss Russell, M rs . Iladzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame 1.34. rtoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critch6eld, G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dte., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDOtt BRIDGE. Tan DAY—Morn., 1 min. aft. 3 —Even., 19 min aft. 3 20.21dozzow —Morn., 34 min. aft. 3 —Even., 49 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and daring the night, 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.33—a fall of nearly an inch since yes. terday. WIND, S.W. ; fresh, with rain, and likely to be stormy, Three o'Clock—Wind, S. to S.S.E. ; fresh, with rain heavy scud, and dirty weather. §A4II, I,t • z e l) LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1858 , THE REVENUE. The account of the Revenue for the Quarter will be a favourable one ; the Revenue having recovered from the effects of the commercial crisis during the last two months. There is an increase on almost all the heads of Revenue as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, notwithstanding the reduc tion of duties on tea, coffee, sugar, malt, &c. The Customs will show an increase of about £650,000 The Excise 360,000 Stamps Taxes 40,000 The Income-tax will, of course, show a large decrease, owing to the repeal of the war 9d. The Post-office shows a small apparent decrease, which is a mere postponement of revenue to the next year. The net decrease on the quarter will be about 2,500,0001. instead of 4,000,0001. as, from the reduction of Taxes, might fairly have been expected. The account of the year, although it will be a million and a half better than was contemplated at the time the Budget was introduced, will still exhibit a total decrease of 4,500,0001. as compared with the preceding year. The Income Tax alone would account for the whole of this decrease, but the Customs and Excise both show a decrease, owing to the reduction of the duties on Tea Coffoe, and Sugar, and the repeal of the War Duty on Malt. The decrease is the Customs Revenue will amount to about 200,0001., and in the Excise to about 300,0001., but these are counterbalanced by an increase on " Miscellaneous " which may be considered to be altogether accidental, owing to the sale of old warlike stores. These decreases, however, are very much less than might have been expected from the opera tion of reduced taxation. The Times is already pointing out •to a pro bable deficiency in the revenue. It speaks of the " old jog trot days of habitual surplus and chronic deficiency." We confess that we cannot altoge ther reconcile these expressions. In our simplicity we should have supposed that " chronic defi ciency " was the very antithesis of " habitual surplus," however, we must submit to be en lightened on such points, and bow to the ukases of the mighty potentate of Printing-House- Square. Now, we are told, and we fear with truth, that there will be a large deficiency to be provided for, if not during the present year, at all events in 1859 ; and a ponderous rod has already been steeped in brine for the benefit of that naughty boy that will transgress the beaten track pursued by Sir CHARLES WOOD and Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS. It says,— " In a few days it will devolve on Mr. DISRAELI to tell us how we stand in this respect. The public have lately seen how money is spent, rather than how it is got, and have also passed through a com menial panic of a sort to inspire distrust in all financial statements, and they are gloomy on the subject. We shall have a deficiency, it is whis lieted About,---a very large deficiency, with in creasing expenditure and falling revenue. How is the gap to be filled up ! How is the fatal tendency to be arrested ? This is the question of the day, and all eyes are turned to the new Chancellor of the Exchequer." l c reer, surely, Mr. DISRAELI is not responsible for the probable deficiency. It is the natural consequence of the budget of his predecessor, as we ourselves explained at the time when the last financial schem a was promulgated. The com mercial crisis smug from the act of 1844 —opposed in the Select Committee by Mr. DISRAELI, but of Which Sir G. C. LEWIS was the enthusiastic supporter. He has also to find the ways and means for paying off the EY - chequer Bonds created by Mr. GLADSTONE to meet the conaequences of his abortion. These alone amount to 2,000,0007., while Sir G. C. lawis adds what Mr. MONTAGUE TIGG would term the ridiculously small item of 1,500,0001. f la :p u nk ot ln u g in f g lin t d o Oi d l othweitwh the se ar. loans. M r . D ISRAELI matters ; but he is to be constitut e d 4 4 to bear the eastigatiou s Whipping boy " merited by his preck- cessors. The Times sums up these difficulti es in` tat e following terms : "Bat there does arise a very grave question, which it is rather remarkable Mr. Disraeli should have to encounter—what is to be done for the next year t In April, 1859, we are threatened with a deficiency. We have now taken final leave of the War Income-tax, it has all been collected, and it has done its work, so it only enters into the question as indicating the comparison between TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCR 31, 1858 this and the next year. But putting it out of the question, and supposing ourselves clear of that war, there is still the prospect of a difference between revenue and expenditure next year to the amount of six millions. The farther reduction of twopence in the pound in the Income-tax will tell on the next year to half its amount, —that is, one million. Next May two millions more bonds will fall due. The Sinking Fund un der the War Loan Acts will absorb, it is stated, a million and a half ; and as much more is set down t o the augmented estimates for the Army and Navy. Without, then, looking forward to the great year 1860, which has lately been so promi nent in financial discussions as the year when a large amount of terminable annuities will come to an end, we may ask with interest, if not anxiety, what is to be done for next year I" It confesses that the task is an arduous one and " has claims on our candour and indulgence." Let these claims be recognised. Let the new budget be strictly criticised, but let it get fair play. We may easily conceive what a mess Sir GEORGE C. LEWIS would make of it. But the present Financial Minister is made of very different stuff, and we look forward with hope to his solution of the problem. For the present we can go on. The returns to be published this evening will be better than could have been anticipated, considering the reductions in the war imposts , . But for next year ample preparation must be made, and Mr. DISRAELI is not the man to shrink from or evade the duty. The Government of India Bill is the lapis oftrisionis on the part of the new Cabinet—the /stumbling block in the way of the thick-and-thin adherents of the late Administration. Lord DERBY has falsified all their predictions, and dared to be far more liberal than his predecessor. He has accepted the responsibility resulting from the decision of the House of Commons, and fairly aad boldly grappled with it,•and that without any attempt at postponement or procrastination. His bill was clearly explained before the Easter recess, and every Member of either House of Parliament, every public journalist, and, indeed, every man who pleases to investigate its provisions, will have full opportunity of considering all its varied details before the actual discussion thereof. This was a heavy blow, and great discouragement to the malcontents—to those who, in the ex pectation of a protracted tenure of office, vainly supposed that they could set public opinion at defiance, and treat the independent representatives of independent constituencies with contumelious indifference or insolent disdain. Had there been any application for delay, a general howl would have been set up. It would have been asserted that the Derbyites desired to main tain " the double Government" with all its ad mitted evils, and there would have been no hope either for India or for Great Britain save in their eviction from office. It would have been a good cry, and bitter, indeed, was the disappointment at the loss of so sound a grievance. But Ministers perceived the trap. They knew that after the hostile vote of the House of Com mons the Board of Directors had lost their Ares kge, and that whatever doubts might be enter tained as to the propriety of legislation previous to the suppression of the rebel lion, and the complete re-establishment of British supremacy in India, none could remain after the virtual condemnation of the quondam rulers of the Anglo-Indian empire. They there fore decided promptly and boldly en going on, and produoed a measure far superior in every respect to that of their predecessors. This was blow number two, or, to use the language of the P. Lt., a " stock dolloger," to the gaping expee tants. Accordingly the tactics have been changed. The bill recognises the principle of repre sentation, and therefore it must be bad. Those who were loudest in railing against Government patronage, and the power that would be conferred on Ministers of tampering with the fidelity of Members of Parliament, by:the enormous tempta tions which they could hold out, are now equally f or perhaps more vociferous in their complaints against that which renders a job impossible. Why should any qualification be required on the part of the Members of Council f The choice of the Crown is circumscribed. The beat men may be excluded. There can be no possibility of nepc- tism. Aristocratic waiters on providence cannot show ten years' actual service, or fifteen years' residence in India. There is no pre text under which they may derive profii, and as a matter of course they are discontented. If there were even a future prospect, they might bear the loss of the present chance ; but the door has been permanently closed against them. There is a gulf which can never be passed on any condi tions with which they can comply. Then the mode in which the representation is fixed is no less intolerable. The constituencies are too numerous. There must be too much can vassing of the proprietors of East India Company's or railway stock, or those who by actual residence or service in the country might acquire the franchise. Why, that is the very thing that will ensure the purity of election. It will not be worth a can didate's while to exercise undue influence over a single voter, or family of voters. The best men will be selected, those who have earned, by their services, a high reputation that will carry weight with parties to whom they are individually unknown. This is one of the chief grounds on which professing Liberals call for the rejection of the Ministerial bill, although, if brought forward by their Whig proteges, it would be enthusiastically applauded, and a strong claim for national grati tude put forward on behalf of the disinterested authors of a proposition so constitutional and so liberal. The right of representation by London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and Belfast are also cavilled at. Why should they be selected in preference to other places ? The answer is simple. The greatest amount of commerce with India is transacted in these places, and therefore they have the greatest interest in its good Government, and in every subject by which the welfare and prosperity of its inhabitants can be promoted, so that they may be madepodcustomers, and the trade stimulated. This is a sound reason, an admirable argument on behalf of the chosen districts. But, after all, the great object is to get rid of the bugbear of Government patronage, to get any unobjection able body who can dispense " the loaves and fishes," without placing undue power in the hands of Government. The selection certainly might have been made far more favourably for the Derbyites. It cannot be said that London, Manchester, and Glasgow are disposed to send Ccuservative representatives to Parliament. lc or will they do so, without good reasons, to the COuncil. NAVI4ATION COMPANY.—The ad -4.4ng of the proprietors in this undertaking n nil again s.djourned to the 17th April pa";,'„ro'fiiLL aldvpro forma, this afternoon at the corn next. DEATH OF Quiti Tur ounce the death of gelatin Dickg:Esc.e w t° v u . at. Fi'zwi!liam Hume, Esq , M . P. for the t oo l' u n n t‘ ty • ;;.' low. This melancholy event took place cm F°riday, M reeideoce, Cutzen-ttre3t, - Pas London. half -past 12 O'clock) LA_TEST NEWS. VIENNA, MAnen 30. The general meeting of the shareholders in the Austrian Credit Mobilier took place yesterday. The profits realised during the year 1857 do not allow of the declaration of any dividend be yond the interest of 5 per cent. already paid. A bonus of 225 millions of florins is carried to the reserved fund. The Bourse has been moderately firm in most stocks, but weak in the Credit Mobilier. Its shares were at 244 at closing. The Northern Railway of Austria was quoted at 1681. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur states that the health of Prince Jerome is daily improving, and that the Empress visited him on Monday, at half-past five. The Ministerial paper, Le Pays, contains an article on the system of recruiting in England, of which the writer evidently thinks very lightly in comparison with the conscription in France ; and in this respect, as no doubt in others, England is shown to be behindhand at least one hundred years. The opinion of M. Bizouard, the author of the article, on the excellence of the conscription is not that of a still higher authority —an authority, in deed, so exalted that M. Bizouard will not hesitate any more than M. Henri Cauvain on the passport system, to bow to it in mute acquiescence. The Emperor Napoleon 111. says : " We see on the one hand that all the recent or ganisations (in France) which have equality for their basis obstruct, to a certain degree, liberty. Thus, for instance, the conscription, which is an institu tion of the most democratic kind, as it subjects all citizens t• the same charge, injures in a high degree personal liberty, inasmuch as it prevents a man from following the profession to which he desires to devote himself, and it forces him to sacrifice to the trade of arms the finest years of his youth." This sentence, too, M. Bizouard and his confreres of the French press ought to study :—" Every citizen of a commonwealth ought to desire to be free ; and," exclaims the august writer, "liberty is indeed a vain word if one cannot freely express one's opinions in writing."—CEuvres de Napoleon 111., vol. 2, edit. 1855. A private letter from Switzerland announces that the Cantonal Council of Basle, as also that of Neuchatel, refuses to receive the new Consuls, and that the Federal Council of Berne has charged Dr. Kern to make known to the French Governmen the feelings of reprobation which the new measures relative to passports have produced among the public. Indeed, s• great is the excitement, that it is thought it will be almost impossible to carry them out. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is said to have addressed to his agents abroad a circular relative to the question of passports, modifying in a certain degree the measures originally adopted. BOURSE, March 30.—The following were the closing quotations : 4i per Cents 92 95 Do. end month 93 5 3 per Cent. ..... 70 Do. end month 7O 5 Bank Shares . Credit Mobilier Do. Account BO5 Credit Foncier Belgian 43 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian . Spanish Threes Uome Debt — MAYS. RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 790 Lyon and Mediteran. 845 New Ditto BOO Geneva Midi Western 660 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian RUSSIA. It is stated that Prince GoTtschakoff is about to resign the post of governor of Poland, but is to re tain the command of the army in that country. Nothing is yet decided as to who is to be his suc cessor, but the Grand Duke Michael, and, after him Princes Souwaroff and Barjatinski are mentioned. A letter frem St. Petersburg of the, 21st says :-- "To facilitate the emancipation of the peasants the Emperor has ordered that officers on active service who are proprietors of serfs shall, if they desire it, receive leave of absence to attend the deliberations of the nobles on the question, or to form part of the commissions elected for that purpose. The leave is to be for two months, and it cannot be refused by their chiefs except for peculiar reasons which must be stated. Officers obtaining it are only to be re placed provisionally, and their absence is not in any respect to affect their right to a pension, nor is it to reduce the pay, except they be nominated members of the commission." complains that anything but a satisfactory execu tion of the Hatti Houmayoun has taken place. Some of the points which seem to justify this com plaint are discussed at great length, and the diplo matic agents accredit ed to Turkey are recommended to collect all the facts which may still further justify them." SIR BENJAMIN HALL AND THE ELEC- TORS OF M.ARYLEBONE. A meeting of the Central Parochial Association of Marylebone took place on Monday evening, at the St. Andrew Tavern, Baker-street, Portman square, for the purpose of considering the subject of the borough representation, and the desirability of supporting, at any future election, a member of the Government. Mr. COLE, a member of the vestry, was called to the chair at 9 o'clock, and there was a miserable attendance, not more than 20 or 30 people being at any time present. He said the question they had met to consider was, whether the borough of Mary lebone should for the future be represented in Par liament by an independent member, or submit to continue to tolerate a placeman as their represen tative. lie thought they ought not to have a placeman, for no sooner did a large constituency get a clever man than he was laid hold of by the Government in order to prevent his stirring them un. Mr. NICHOLAY, in bringing forward the resolu tion of which he had given notice, expressed his regret and astonishment that, on a subject of such great moment to every elector of that borough, there was such a paucity of attendance. After taking a review of the repreientatioe of the borough of Marylebone from the period of the passing of the Reform Bill—from the time when the present Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Disraeli) courted the electors as a Liberal of the first water, down to the last election, he said that. Sir W. Horne, Mr. Portman, Mr. L. Bulwer, and Sir C. Napier, had all gone up the ladder through their connection with that borough, and he then came to Sir B. Hall, who was solely indebted to his connection with the borough of Marylebone for the elevated position in which he had been placed. For a long series of years he would admit that Sir B. Hall re presented Marylebone to their entire satisfaction, but he (Mr. Nicholay) would ask, did he do so at present ? (Yes, yes, and No, no.) That was a question the electors would have to consider. (Hear.) They had now a Tory Government in power, and in the event of any adverse vote, it was not likely that they would resign without appealing to the people. (Hear, hear, Oh, and laughter.) Therefore they ought to consider well the propriety of again returning a placeman. Mr. Nicholay, amidst applause and dissent, concluded by moving a resolution to the effect—" That on account of the peculiar position of the political horizon, it is not advisable that the Liberal and independent borough of Marylebone should be represented by a placeman." Mr. HODGES seconded the resolution. Mr. KEENE—Why, you are the man who told me that the place-hunting centralising lord was the best to vote for to represent the borough. (Hear, hear, laughter, and cries of " Teat's a choker," and interruption.) Mr. HODGES would contend that Lord Ebrington was a friend of local self-government. (No, no, laughter, and hear, hear.) They were, however, dealing with Sir B. Hall. (Oh, oh.) Mr. Hodges then charged the right hon. baronet with betray ing the interests of the borough, with ungrate fully turning round upon them, and holding up a blue book when a deputation waited upon him to ask him to aid them against the encroachments of the Poor-law Board. When a man who had be trayed them pretended to their suffrages—(oh, oh) —it was their duty to consider his claims to their confidence. Mr. KEENE intended to move an amendment. The fact was, this was a row between the vestry men of Marylebone and one of the borough mem bers. (Laughter and hear.) Those members now found fault with the representatives of the vestry and not of the electors. (Laughter.) They talked about placemen ; why, bad not these gentlemen brought in the centralising lolel who had been a placemen and travelled all over the Continent at the public expense for 25 years. (Hear.) The fact was, that when there was a probability of an elec tion, the vestrymen were always on the look out, and the assemblage that night put him in mind of a set of flies round a honey -pot—(laughter)—waiting for a rich lick. (Laughter, and " Question.") It was far better that the vestry should be looking after the affairs of the parish. The amendment he had to move was—" That this meeting is of opinion that it would be more beneficial to the ratepayers' interest if that asscciation would turn its aetention to the best means of abolishing the continued in crease in parochial taxation, by introducing eco nomy into the local management." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) What do you think of that, Mr. Hodges? (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. MALTAY, a vestryman, seconded the amend ment. It was perfectly ridiculous their attempting to getup a cry against so deservedly a popular man as Sir Benjamin Hall—(hear, hear)—a man who had done more good in the office he held than' any predecessor. Moreover, it was un-English and un fair to run a man down for one offence, and that in his absence. (Hear, hear.) As to betraying their interests it was all nonsense, and he defied any one to say that Sir B. Hall had ever neglected the local welfare of his Lvostttuent.. (HAar, hear.) Mr. M'EveLY supported the amendment, as it touched upon parochial taxation, which it was more the province of that society to deal with than poli tical matters. (Hear, Lear.) After the sanguinary speech, however, by Mr. Nicholay(laughter)— he must say a few words on the motion. He would contend that it was a right, and an honour as well as advantage, that a great constituency like Mary lebone should be represented in the Government, and not that all that power should be in the hands of members of rotten boroughs. (Hear, hear.) But ho denounced the conduct of Messrs. Nicholay and Hodges in this matter as grossly inconsistent. (Hear.) Three times hid Sir B. Hall appeared upon the hustings and been returned by the unani mous voice of the electors since he was a member of the Government, and where were Messrs. Nicholay and Hodges then ? (Hear, hear.) These parties could make all sorts of charges behind Sir B. Hall's back, but they dared, not meet him, face to face. (Cheers, oh, oh, and laughter.) Their quarrel with Sir B. Hall was because he would not justify the guardians in sanctioning the flogging of women ; and then, forsooth, they got up a cry that Sir B. Hall was betraying local self-government. (Hear.) This, from men who had sold that borough to Lord Ebrington, the determined, the uncompro mising enemy of local self-government. (Hear, hear, and no, no.) Mr. WEvily said he had urged that they should invite both the borough members to meet and confront them, but they refused, and therefore he considered they were afraid of their cause, and knew its inconsistency. (Hear, and oh!) Mr. GLIDDON agreed that there was an appear ance of inconsistency in this proceeding in now complaining, when Sir B. Hall had so many times been before the borough, and urged that it was im possible Government could carry on unless its members gave it support. Mr. D'IFFANGER, sen., defended Sir Benjamin Hall, and contended that there was not a more honest man in Parliament. After some further observations, and several others wishing to address the meeting on tho sub ject at a late hour, an adjournment till Monday evening next was moved and carried. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The following is the text of Lord Bury's bill : Whereas it is expedient to amend the laws as to marriage with a deceased wife's sister : be it therefore enacted by the Qleen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temparal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as fol lows : I. So much of any act or acts of Parliament as render void or voidable any marriage celebrated between a man and his deceased wife's sister is hereby repealed. 11. No marriage which has been or hereafter shall be celebrated at any time or place whatever, within this realm or without, between a man and his deceased wife's sister shall be deemed to have been cor shall be void or voidable by reason only of the affinity of the parties thereto, or by reason of any canonical or other objec tion or impediment, founded only on such affinity, to the validity of such marriages or to the celebration thereof, or to the validity of any licence or certificate under which the same may have been celebrated. 111. Provided that nothing herein contained shall in validate or affect any dignity or title of honour, or any estate, right, title, or interest, legal or equitable, in or to any lands, hereditaments, chattels, or effects vested in any person before the passing of this act, nor any contingent estate or interest, legal or equitable, in any lands, hereditaments, or chattel real, created by or de rived from any settlement, grant conveyance to uses, release, appointment, or instrument bona fide ex-_cuted before the passing of this act, or by c,r from any devise or will which shall have become operative by the death of the devisor or testator before the passing of this act, which estate or interest would or might but for the pass ing of this act hereafter become vested in or be enj , yed by or held f or th e use or b enef i t of any person, but in each and every of the cases aforesaid such estate, right, title, and interest respectively shall remain to all intents the same as if this act had not been passed. IV. Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall invalidate, alter, or affect, any act or thing done before the passing of this act under the authority of any court, or in the administration of any estate or effects, real or personal, or in the execution of any will, or in the performance of any trust. V. Provided also, that no clergyman in holy orders of the United Church of Eog'and and Ireland shall be compelled to solemnise the marriage of a man with his deceased wife's sister, or shall be liable to any suit, penalty, or censure for solemnising or refusing to solemnise any such marriage. VI. This act shall not tx'end to marriages here.tftor contracted in Scotland, TIIE NEW GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. (From the Standard.) Those who augur ill for the success of the India Bill in consequence of the criticism which it has given rise to, can have but a very slight acquain tance with the nature of the question they have undertaken to discuss. To any one who really un derstands the matter it must be obvious that an India Bill which would satisfy everybody, and meet the requirements of every interest, is what the unaided labours of no Cabinet could produce. An India Bill, to be passed in its entirety as struck off the ministerial anvil, is a thing that this nation has never seen, and can never see. [a every India bill that has been introduced very great modifications have been made during its passage through Parliament. Every one knows, to go back no earlier, how greatly the acts which re ceived the Royal assent in 1833 and 1853 differed from the original projects of law. In the nature of things it could not be otherwise, for le gislation on India takes place always under certain conditions which in regard to no other species of legislation exist. Domestic questions every one understands, and respecting them the principles, whether in favou r o f or a d verse to t h em, are well defined and clear. Whatever ministerial department they relate to, every member of the Cabinet can form on them as sound an opinion as another, and all can exercise in regard to them au equally potent voice. The same may be said of them when they are brought before either house. But the nature of Indian legislation is very differ out. In respect to it there is no single well under stood interest or principle to consult. On the contrary, there are conflicting interests and prin ciples to reconcile at every turn. There are the interests of ahundred and eighty millions of natives to study on the one hand ; and on the other, there are the interests of the European settlers, and the mercantile body conne c t e d w ith them here, the latter being opposed to the former iu many points. There are all the arrangements to be made for the carrying on a despotic government in India ; and at the same time these arrangements have to be re conciled to the views and feelings of the repre sentatives of a free people at home. Nor are the difficulties surrounding the Indian question confined to these. In the very outset of the matter they commence. They begin to show themselves the moment it is decided by a Govein meat, whether Whig or Conservative, to bring iu an Indian Bill. For, from the want of special knowledge upon Indian matters tha,. exists among English statesmen, and which Mr. Gladstone so freely admitted on a late occasion, the preparation of the measure must necessarily be left almost wholly to the President of the India Board for the time being. But the more conversant this Mini ster may be with the state of popular feeling and the arts of English parliamentary government, the more acceptable he may b e a bl e to make his mea sure to the public here, the more certainly will that part of it be a failure which relates to India. On the other hand, the more he has turned the study of his life to the Orien tal part of the question, the more likely is his bill to fail to be entirely palatable to the House of Commons. Of the two, however, it is infinitely prefe ra bl e t o h ave a t the bead of the India Board a statesman thoroughly conversant in all its details with the goveinment of India, be cause in that case we can be sure that the basis of the measure will be sound ; whereas, in the other case, a bill might be introduced and hurriedly passed through Parliament, having everything to secure for it unmeasured popularity, but which might prove utterly fatal in India to the existence of our rule. If a bill be too Indian, the defect can, in its passsage through bosh houses be easily remedied ; but if it were too English, or in other words too plainly shaped to meet the exigencies of ministerial jobbery in Downing-street, as it seems to be generally felt that Lord Palmer ston's was, then the country would have to pay dearly afterwards for the momentary indulgence of its fancies now. Reasonable men will thece fore rather look to the principles which an Indian Bill enunciates than to the details which it embodies for carrying those principles out. No Ministry in its senses could expect to be able to prepare a bill that should p les without modification through both houses ; all that Government can do is to do what the present Government has done, and that is to lay upon the table a measure fremed on right principles, and forming a safe and solid ground-work for completion in its passage through Parliament, into a really good and satisfactory law. Viewed in this light, looking rather to principles than to details, we think it would be difficult to find anything more satisfactory than the line adopted in the bill of the present Government. There had long been felt to be an insuperable objection to the con ti utrauceof the system of irresponsibility involved in the double government ; and that system the pre sent bill entirely puts an end to. On the other hand, it was impossible to hand over India en tirely to Downing-street and iu the present bill a council so independent of the Administration is provided as to make it impossible for any Minister to pervert the trust eounded to him, unless in the absence of the most extraordinary vigilance on the public's part. Then, again, the placing the patro nage in the hands of the Government was seen to be corrupting ; it is left, therefore, entirely in the Council's gift. But at the same time directorial nepotism had been loudly complained of ; and effectual provision against this is made by the clause which enacts that, though the Council are to nominate to appointments, the nomination can only take effect after the name shall have been submitted, on the responsibility of the Minister, fer the approval of the Queen. Lord' Palmer ston's bill gave no security for the inclusion in the Council of men of Indian experience : the present act establishes toat men of the highest Indian reputation shall form half the board. In the late Premier's bill there was no guarantee for the Indian stockholders ; the present bill gives to them and to the members of the great and increasing Indian railway interest the nomina tion of four members. Finally, the European commercial body in India, and the vast mercantile interests connected with it in this country, will find ample means of being both heard and pro tected, in the clause which confers five nominations on the five greatest manfacturing and commercial cities in the United Kingdom. That a bill which contains in itself such elements of good i's this does, can be decried in the langu Age of passion that has been employed by some journlls against it, is merely a proof of the length to which party spirit runs. At the same time it exhibits ample evidence of the utter igu ramie of the true state of the case. Indeed it would be difficult to find a clearer instance of the nonsense that some writers can put forth on the subject that the great exception taken by the Times to that part of the scheme which provides that the Indian members shall be appointed specially with reference to the several presidencies in which they have ssrved. Tills may or may not be a wise restriction on the minister's choice, but when it is spoken of as an imposs!ble and absurd one, we would merely refer to the Indian Bill of 1853, in which precisely the same provision is made in respect to the members of the Legislative Council at Calcutta ; a provision which has now been in active and successful opera tion for the last five years. Such facts astheseshould surely make the opponents of the measure more cautiou4, while its friend will see how little they need be influenced' by interested or untneming cri(-8. That ti!e bill should be carried as it stands, without the slightest change or modification, is a thing neither to be expected nor perhaps desired in a country where the Minister is not an autocrat, but has a Parliament to consult. But that the principles it embodies will find favour and ac ceptance with all but the Paltnerstenian partisans we can have no room to doubt, bec Luse they are the principles most consonant with those which have been given utterance to by nearly all the great authorities on Indian affairs. The views we our selves bold upon the modifications that might with advantage be admitted in the bill before it passes we shall take an early opportunity to explain. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 27th says :—" The Second Chamber in its sittings of yester day and to day voted the budget of the adwinistr,- tion of mines and salt works, which gives a revenue of 2, 991,888 thalers, and that of the post-office, 1,927,425 thalers. The post-office maintains four lines of steam navigation—one from Stettin to St. Peters burg, one from Stralsund to YAadt in Sweden, the other from Stettin to Copenhagen, and the fourth from Stettin to Stockholm. The first is the only one of which the receipts exceed the ex penses ; the other three requira subventions from the government. That for the Stockholm line is :very large, but Prussia, in taking possession of the Duchy of Pomerania, which formerly belonged to Sweden, contracted the obliga tion to keep up communications laltween the two countries ; the government, however, is negotiat ing with Sweden to provide them at a cheaper rate. The Prussian post-office in 1857 conveyed 115,000,000 letters and 11,500,000 parcels ; 7,000,000 of the letters and parcels contained money or securities of the value of nearly 1,220,000,000 thalers. The Chamber has also voted the budgets of the rorcelain and earthenware manufactories, which produce only a small revenue. The budget of the administration of telegraphs shows that the receipts exceeded the expenses by 241,000 thalers, and 200,000 of them are to be employed in completing the telegraphic lines, the length of which at the end of the present year will be 4,625 English miles. Prussia is the first country on the Continent which established telegraphic lines and opened them to the public, and it was she who formed the Austro-German Telegraphic Union. The sum she has disbursed for the construction of her lines is 1 700 000 thalers." , , AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA. " After the return of the Baron de Bourqueney to this capital," says a letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, " he received despatches from Prince de Latour-d'Auvergne, the French Minister at Turin, in which it was stated that the Sardinian Cabinet was desirous of resuming diplo matic relations with Austria as soon as possible. Negotiations took place between Baron de Dour queney and Count de Buol. The latter fixed the con ditions on which Austria would consent to comply with the wish of Sardinia, and the matter was iu a fair way of arrangement. Since that period, the attitude of the Cabinet of Turin with regard to the press, and the comments of the latter on late events in France, have to a certain extent checked these negotiations. Moreover, as the CA VO ur Cabinet does not appear very solid, in consequence of the attitude of the Chamber on the De Foresta Bill, it does not appear advisable to continue ❑egotiations with a Ministry which must sooner or later leave office. Under these circumstances the negotiations have been adjourned until the question of the future Cabinet shall have been solved so as to offer guarantees to Austria." ITALY. A letter from Turio, in the Courrier des Alpes, says:— " The political refugees, after having circulated numbers of copies of Orsini's poi trait and biography, have published a second edition of his political me moirs, in which hatred of Napoleon 111. is preached without disguise ; and in which his death is alluded to as the only means of salvation for Italy. In tl:e presence of these events, everybody inquires what will be the conduct of Government. Is it acquainted with them or not, or does it not wish to hays its attention ;directed to them ? Thee memoirs are dedicated to the youth of Italy; they have for principles the deAtruction of monarchical and im perial institutions, of Catholicism, and of what they call the putrid remains of the middle ages.' How can this tolerance of Government be explained ? We will not Lndeavuur to do so." In Switzerland public opinion continues to be agitated by the questio❑ of passports and of the creation of the new consulates. The semi-official orga❑ of the Federal Council, the Bund, insists, in somewhat strong terms, on the necessity of refus ing the exequatur to the consuls whom the French Government proposes to appoint in towns near the frontier of Franc?. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, AIARCH 30. The Qaeen and the Prince C.,nsort rode otit on horse back yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice. 11l attendance were the Countess of Caledon, Lord Raglan, Lord Colville, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. In the evening her Royal highness the Ducliess of Kent dined with In r Majeqy, attended by Lady Fanny Howard. The Belgian Ministtr and Madame Van de Weyer, and Colonel W. Ridley, Commandi ng Officer 2 , 1 Battali , n Scots Fusilier Guards, had the honour of being invited, Her Maj::: ty the Queen rode out on horseback this rooming, attepded by the C ountess o f C a l d d on, Lord Raglan, and Lord 0(.1ville. MIL COBDEN FOR RoamALE. The Rochdale Li beral E:( cLors' Asisocit.tion, at their last meeting, an pointed J. Chad wick, Eq., chairman, and then consi dt red who would be the moat likely candidate in case of a disosolution. There was a unanitnous feeling in favour of recommending Mr Cobden to the electors as the most fit and proper person to unite the Liberal interests. The proceedings of the committee will be subject to the ap proval of meeting of the Libi,ral electors. MADAME T(JSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This exhibition continues to draw considerable numbers of admiring visitors to view the various objects of art and tnannfac tures deposited there. Aaiun , the figures which aPPtO, to be most attractive is that of Marshal Passitr, causeo no doubt by that gallant officer having accepted the office of Ambassador to this country. We understand that many novelties are in preparation fur the approach ing holidays. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. The first and second reports of the Royal Com missioners of the Patriotic Fund have been pub lished in the form of a blue-b00k... The second rt?port is dated Feb. 9, 1858. The Patriotic Fund now amounts to 1,453,0451., and since the resto ration of peace a more liberal provision has been made for widows and orphans by an increased scale of allowances. It has been decided to endow an institution for the education of 300 daughters of soldiers, sailors, and marines, and a sum of money has been set apart for the estab lishment of a similar institution for the sons of the same. The Commissioners have bought the right of a limited number of presentations to Wellington College, the Cambridge Asylum, the Naval and Military Scho o l s o f Portsmouth and Plymouth the Royal Naval Female School. The total number of the widows of the primary class who had actually applied for relief up to the latest return is 3,156, and in connection with them were 3,840 children, exclusive of 166 orphans who had lost both parents. Of the above, 44 widows, 192 children, and three orphans have d'ed since placed on the list. The total number of the second class— that of officers' widows and children—in the receipt of allowances from the fund is 351 (122 widows, 217 children, and 127 orphans bereaved of both parents.) The Commissioners next advert to certain charges adduced against them by the Duke of Norfolk and Archbishop Cullen. The correspondence on the subject is given in the appex dix to report. The Commissioners say that they have entered with reluctance into the refutation of these painful accusations, but they think it due to the Queen; the public, and themselves to repudiate and unequivocally contradict charges so erroneous, so derogatory, and so calculated to check the future flow of national benevolence in the direc tion of similar charities, by undermining confi dence in the integrity of the public bodies to whom their management taayke intrusted. An account in the appendix shows that of the Patriotic Fund 884,9901. was from England and Wales, 60,0461. from Ireland, 149,7461. from Scotland, 12,0991. from the army, navy, dockyards, hospitals, civil service, and police ; 315,3891. from British posses sions abroad ; and 30,7711. from British residents and others abroad. The receipts of the fund up to Dec. 31, 1857, were 1,645,9211., and the expendi ture 219,2197., leaving a balance of 1,426,7021., of which sum 1,409,999/ has been invested in termin able annuitiei, c9lonial stocks, railway debentures, and Turkish 4 per teat. debentures. The sum of 16,6871. is deposited as cash in the Bank of Eng land. The total assets are estimated at 1,384,6281. and the liabilities at 1,342,115/., leaving a balance of 42,512/. Such is a synopsis of the report. MR. GEORGE CASE'S CONCERT. Mr. Case's annual concert took place at Exeter Had on Monday evening . before a large audience. he list was, as usual, long, and included some excellent performers. The instrumental depart ment comprised Mr. Pratten, on his perfected flute ; Mons. Reymein, on the violin ; Madlle. Coulon, on the pianoforte ; Mr. George Case, on the concertina; and Signor Picco, on his pipe. They all acquitted theaselves creditably, and Signor Picco on receiving an encore accompanied himself on the piano with one hand, which feat elicited much applause. Madame Weiss, Madame Ruders dorlf, and Miss Louisa Tinning were the most suc cessful of the lady vocalists, and were well received. Mr. Sims Reeves excited the greatest enthusiasm among the audience by his rendering of the fine old song of " The Death off' Nelson." An encore was insisted on, and the singer substituted "My Pretty Jane." Two other songs, the first a ballad of no great merit, the second, Frank Mori's graceful ballad of " Who shall be fairest," sung by Mr. Sims Reeves, were both redemanded with ex citement. The overtures to " Egmont " and " Oberon," played at the commencement of the parts were attentively listened to. The audience, though more numerous than select, appeared highly gratified with their evening's entertainment. A Grand National Concert is announced for next Monday, to consist entirely of the works of British composers, executed by native performers. Mr. and Madame Weiss, Miss Dolby, and Mr. Sims Reeves are to be among the artistes. Purcell's duet and chorus "Britons strike Home," the music from " Macbeth' and many other standard works are promisel. We bust this undertaking will receive the public support,it merits. DRURY LANE Tit EATRE. - Har ri son's The second of the se r i es o f th e Pyne and TT ; concerts took place last evening, when, owing to the continued absence of Mies Louisa Pyne, we had the pleasure of hearing Mdlle. Finoli, whose really beautiful and melodious ccntralto voice and finished style has made a deep impression on the audience, by whom she was rapturously and most deservedly applauded. Her aria, "Pensa alla Patria," from Rossini's "Italiana in Algieri," was a most finished performance, and was honoured by loud marks of approbation, and an unanimous call for a repetition, as was also the beautiful romance, "Ange ador6," by Benedict, which Madlle. Finoli sang with infinite taste and judgment. Of Rossini's duo, "Dunque io sou," from the "Barbiere di Siviglia," we can but say, it was as fresh, as melodious, and as piquant as ever, proving the Signora to be a most finished artiste, which, added to her more than usual share of personal attractions, is making, or rather has made, her a very decided favourite with the musical public. We sincerely hope we shall have frequent opieortunities of hearing this young lady, 'wh ose proper position is most certainly the Italian stage, to which she would be a very great acquisition. Mr. W. Harrison sang "All is lost," from "La Somnatnbula,” and a very pretty ballad, " I will not weep for thee, love," charmingly, and was much applauded. The operatic selection, from Donizetti's "Favorite," were excellent, and the sol highly effective. A duet on the harp and pianoforte, by Miss Prescott and Mr. Trust, deserves to be mentioned in terms of praise, as also does a pretty song by Miss Thirlwall, "On wings of music flying." All went off well, to the entire satisfaction of a very excellent house. SURREY - TIIRATRE. The entertainments provided for the present week by the enterprising managers of this theatre are comprised under two genera--" Musical Reminiscences," and " Sketches from Nature." The first of these consists of a miscella neous selection of songs from the poets and musicians of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and a selection more citracteristic of the musical and national spirit of the three countries could not be made. These were inter preted with great felicity and power by Mrs. E. F. Gros venor and Mr. H. Phillips, each of whom displayed great facility of expressing the songs of eac h coun t ry i n the orthodox intonation. In " There's nae Luck about the House," Mrs. Groorenor was thoroughly Scotch, and intensely Irish in " Savourneen Dheelieh." Both of which, as well as other songs, were rendered with patho?, taste, and feeling, and much applauded. Mr. Phillips, in " The Groves of Blarney," was thoroughly at home in the brogue, and elicited uproarious manifestations a mirth and approbation—Power, In his happiest moments never sang it more effectively. The late Dr. Meginn added_some verses to this song, and as they do not ap pear to be generally known we sabjoin them, in the hope of hearing them delivered some time by such an accom plished and popular vocalist as Mr. Phillips : " 0 there is a stone there that whoever kisses, He never misses to grow eloquent. 'Tis ho may clamber to a lady's chamber Or become a member of Parliament. A clever spouter he'll soon turn out, or An out-and -outer to be let alone. Don't hope to binder him or to bewilder bim. Sure he's a pilgrim from the Blarneystone." The songs were introduced with appropiate rematke, and anecdotes by Mr. Phillips, who also presided at the piano. THE DRAMA. TO TUE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—A; the meeting of literary and dramatic dons on Monday evening, the distinguished chairman trace I the origin of the drama to a very remote period, but permit me, with all respect to Mr. Thackeray to say, that he scarcoly went far enough. . If be had gone back to one thousand years previous to the nativity of our Saviour, he would have found on Indian soil the drama of "Sacontala," written in San - scrit. If any of your readers are curious on this subj , ct, I advi e them to call in at the British Muf-eum to see if Pencraft has not produced a tia :station. Apologising for my presumption, I ar, sir, yours truly, March 31. G F. M. 1 MODIFICATION OF PASEPORT RESTRICTIONS AT HAVRE . A letter from Berlin, in the German Journal o f —We unders'aud, f rom good authority, that in conse quence of the p a i n f u l inconvenience to wh i ch B ritish Frankfort, says "It is quite corect that the cabinet of St. Petersburg recently sent a despatch on p sn a b r i ts e 6 cf s, arrivingthe w o,i almost j ro di p s o ta ss u i t , have been ex Eastern affairs, but not to the Porte. The docu- bility of their being furnished with passpoits in foreign anent was a circular despatch to all its agents abroad countries, cur countrymen will in future be permitted to in which it treats on late events in Bosnia and the land at Havre without passprts, on satisfying the ciai s o e27llle examines into the condition of the Briti s h Consul at that port of their nationality and Digirexl wad= tho Turkish rule ; and respectability. .... LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) IN RE BAWL-PETITION FOR JUDGMENT. This was a competition for priority of claims between the assignee of a chosen action and the assignee under bankruptcy for a property purchased by the bankrupt of tLe value of about 1,0001. In 1810 a commission of bankruptcy was issued against the bankrupt, and assignees or trustees were appointed under the Bankruptcy Act. In 1818 the bankrupt suc ceeded to 1,0001., purchased the property in question, and assigned it for an annuity. Notice of the assignment was then given to the assignees in bankruptcy. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that the chosen assignee of the bankrupt, having done all that he could do to obtain pssession, by giving notice of his assignment to the assignees or trustees in bankruptcy, the chosen assignee was preferable to the assignees in bankruptcy, and declared accordingly, but without costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. CommieAioner Fane.) IN RE J. MARKS. EXTENSIVE FRAUD.—To-day was appointed for th• last examination of this bankrupt, who had carried on busiaess as a coach builder at Paddington, and who was convicted a few months since of conspiring to defraud his creditors, and was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. Messrs'. Butler and Cannings, who bad been employed by the creditors, discovered that goods to the amount of 12,0001. and upwards had been fraudulently takes out of stock and consigned to Sydney, but the goods were so badly packed that the carriages were so much injured that it cannot realise by a very large amount the invoice price as above, and the assignees had been compelled to refuse the offer made ; but there was a fund of 2,3001. in hand to meet debts proved for 20,000/. The bankrupt had taken no steps to furnish any accounts, and the assignees did not think it necessary to put the estate to the expense of bringing the bankrupt up from Leicester gaol. The examination was adj )urned sine die, and, at the request of the creditors, a dividend meeting was ap pointed to divide the assets in band. Mr. Wilkinson appeared for the assignees. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast.) IhIPORTANT TO THEI isteaCIANTILM WORLD. 2 -11ASON V. LILBURN. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, and a counsel for the defendant. Plaintiff, a commercial traveller, upon hie own ac. count, sought to recover a sum of 5/. 23. 61 for goods bargained and sold, From the evidence of the plaintiff it appeared that plaintiff called upon defendant, a draper, of the High street, Bedford, and obtained an order for a quantity of small paper, and some casing paper. These goods were sent, and defendant wrote up to plaintiff saying that he ordered roll paper, and that the other was so much damaged that he should return it, and expressly desired Plaintiff not to send any more until defendant saw him (plaintiff). Plaintiff, however, sent the roll paper, but defendant refused to receive it. Mr. Buchanan contended that these were goods bar• gained and sold, and plaintiff, having completed his son tract, was entitled to recover. Hi 4 Honour —Defendant says that he won't receive the second lot. Mr. Buchanan —And thereby seeks to get out of his order. His Honour —And does so., The order given by de. fondant said half a ream of casing, and this order was signed by defendant. His Honour could not understand how plaintiff came to change the paper. Plaintiff—To oblige defendant. His Honour—You could not oblige defendant to re. ceive the other paper then. Yon have broken your own bargain. Some question then arose as to a larger quantity be lug sent than ordered, and plaintiff admitting that he sent double the quantity, his Honour said that ended the ease. Defendant had paid 11. 15s. 2d. into court, and expressly desired plaintiff not to send any more. His Honour—Defendant has already paid into court twice as much as he ordered. This is really too bad. In each case plaintiff has sent double the quantity or dtred. Mr. Buchanan said plaintiff had completed an order for goods bargained and sold, and defendant was bound to receive. His Honour said it was most important for commerc i• travellers to attend to the order given. Plaintiff, by sending double the quantity, bloke his own contract, and hiN Honour should Had a verdict for defendant with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —{This Day.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON THE POET= OF A, WOBX. HOUSE.—Three determined-lookin g young fellows, who gave their names George Morris, 21, Charles Tregare, 23, and David Chandler, 23, were placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon charged with committing an assault of a most serious nature on Charles H. Wise, the porter of the workhouse of St. Martin's-in-the-Fieids. Josiah Roshier, messenger to the workhouse, said that on the previous night about 8, he was in the workhouse, and hearing a scuffle outside in Castle-street, he went out and found the prisoner Morris scuffling with Wise. Ho tried his utmost to separate them, and while doing so the prisoner Tregare ran off. He saw the prisoner Morris strike Wise several times, and also saw Tregare kick him.• While scuffling with Morris, Wise did his best to defend himself, and his face was covered with blood. When he first went out, Wise said, "These three fellows have attacked me." Wise had just re- turned from taking a woman into custody for being drunk and disorderly, and he believed that was the cause of the attack on him. While taking Morris into custody, the prisoner Chandler tried to rescue him from him by seizing hold of his arm and pulling him. Wise was Unable to attend owing to the dangerous nature of the injuries he had received. The following certificate was here handed in : "I hereby certify that Charley. W. Wise is suffering from great pain in the abdomen and back, as also of the head, arising from varies blows and kicks in those parts. lie has been delirious, evidencing a severe shock to the brain. I have seen him this morning, and, al though better, is not able to leave his bed ; and I am of opinion ho will require great care and attention for some days. "T. BAINBRIDGE, St. Martin's-lane. " Mardi 31." Mr. Beadon said it was a very serious matter indeed, and asked the prisoners whether they wished to say any thing. The prisoners making no reply, Mr. Bandon said he should remand them for a week, to see what might happen to the injured man. Toe woman, named Ellen Bryan, had previously been charged with drunkenness and violent conduct in the workhousa, having only just come out of prison for a similar offence, and was find 103 , or 21 days' hard labour. THAMES. A SANCTIFIED SAIASHER.—WiIIiam Wright, a sanotf fied-hoking fellow, aoout 27 years of age, with a seedy suit of black, who has been in custody since the 14th inst., was brought upon on remand, charged with pass ing a base crown piece on the 14th of January last, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Grove road, Mile-end-road, a base half-crown at the Wesleyan Chapel, Back-road, St. George-in -the-East, on Sunday, the 24th of Jansary, and a base half-crown at the Seameas' Wesleyan Chapel, i in the Commercial-road East. Mr. Bellamy, from the Treasury Solicitor's-office, prosecuted on the part of the Crown. It appeared the prisoner had been in the practice of attending Wesleyan chapels, when missionary meetings took place, or cha rity sermons were preached, and on a collection being made for either, obtained change for a dollar, or a half crown, and put a shilling in the plate. In this manner he obtained four good shillings for a counterfeit dollar at the chapel in the Globe-road, and a good shilling and a sixpence for a base half-crown at the chapel in the Rick-road. On Sunday, the 14th inst., he tried the :aloe dodge at the Seamans' Wesleyan chapel, Commer cial-road East, where he offered a base half-crown to Mr. Bullard, a master mariner, who was handing a plate round for a subscription. The imposition was dis. covered, and the prisoner was given into custody. The other cases were now prof rred against him. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial on the three charges of knowingly uttng three counterfeit pieces. THE ROUTE TO TILE CRYSTAL PALACE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—ln th e n o t ice o f t he opening of the West-end and Crystal Palace Railway, contained in your paper of yesterday, it is stated that oa the lines of railway com municating with the Loudon -bridge terminus the traffics is prohibited, under the old Greenwich Railway Act, between the hours of 11 and 1 on Sundays, Good Fridays, and Christmas-days.. Will you be good enough to oorrect this statement, as no such restriction now exists, the clause iu the Greenwich Act referred to having been rtpealed in the lA3t session of Parliament. You will perctive that we advertise trains to Greenwich on Good Friday every five minutes during the whole of the 'day. —I am, die-, . C. W.EBORALL, General Manager. al to m 10 pe vii Ce me pr( 101 PE Pei I Poi But