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

.11 E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOYANNI. On TUESDAY next, May 11, will be presented Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, DON GIOVANNI, Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani ; Zerlina, Maxine. Piccolomini ; Don Giovanni, Sig nor Beneventano (his first appearance this season); Leporelln, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; Il Commenda tore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Ginglini. To increase the effect of the majestic finals of the Ist act, Including the chorus, " Viva la liberta," all the principal artistes of the estab ishment have consented to lend their assistance. In addition to the music re3tored last year, Madlle. Titiens will sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ala no mio bone," hitherto omitted. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. — IL TROYATORE. TITIENS, ALBONI, GIUGLINI, THIS EVENING, Thursday, May 6, (Extra Night), will be repeated IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madlle. Titiens; Azucena, Madame Alboni (her Bret appearance this season) ; Manrico, Signor Giuglini Fer rando, Signor Vialetti ; and II Conte di Luna, Signor Aldi ghieri. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M . . Mascot, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Ma.dlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at 2 o'clock. A limited number of boxes have been resarved to the pub ic, price 21s. and 3 1 s. 6 d. each, whi ch may be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. ______--------- THEATRE ROYAL, ELA.YMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Shakespere's comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT. Sir Andrew Agnecheek, Mr. Bnckstone ; Viola, Mrs. Charles Young. Alter which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSER,PINE. Followed by JAMS RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with JOHN JONES. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6c. each. (No charge for booking.) first Price. s. d. Second price. e. Dieu Boxe s 5 0 Dreee Boxes 3 6 'Upper Boxes... .......... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit ...... ......... ... Gallery • R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mophistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. rrHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. IL Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the second time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY MANNERING. Meg Merrilees, Madame Celeste ; Dandie Dinmont, Mr. B. Webster. And other Enterisainments. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby. After which, the new burlesque of A. DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Eravolo, Miss Swan borough Beppo, Mr. C. Young. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. Ck NT ERBII RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S glections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, C HORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brnnell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Harr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jona:, J. Barker, W. Melling. Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maelagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &s., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Chilies Kean, Esq. ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening. his highl successful Performance on the new REGULATION ➢RUM. THE WEATHER—SUN 071110 E, MAY 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHA.DE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night., 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.33. WIND. North-Easterly ; fresh and cold, with fine wea ther. We had very heavy black clouds, threatening a thunder-storm, yesterday evening, which passed away. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate Ds!—Morn., 55 min. aft. 6 —Even., 27 min. aft. 7 TOMORROW —Morn., 6 min. aft. B—Even., 50 min aft. 8 ..0 ~ kun~ LONDON, THURSDAY, MAX 6, 1858. The two Houses of Parliament have each re ceived such a petition as probably never was pre sented to them before. Its contents are intended as an instruction to the Committee of the grand inquest of the nation now sitting on the Indian Resolutions ; and also, Lord SHAFTESBURY said, in presenting it to the House of Lords, as a vin dication of the petitioners from the charges of bigotry, violence, and a desire for compulsory proselytism in regard to Christianity in India. It is, in fact, a formal declaration of the course which the Government, in the judgment of the petitioners, should take in regard to its future relations to Christianity, Heathenism, and Ma homedanism in our Indian Empire. The sub scribing petitioners are probably a greater novelty than the petition itself. They are all of them officers of religious societies ; each has certainly not a handle, but, as certainly, a very long tail to his name—a tail on which, in his own circle, he probably plumes himself as much as a Chinese mandarin on the queue which distinguishes him from rebels at home and barbarians abroad. If we have counted them aright, these gentlemen represent not fewer than five missionary societies, whose names we have certainly heard before. But to these are added the names of eight other socie ties, or institutes, as some term themselves, most of them unknown to us even by name. However, a prince is a prince, though his domains comprise but a few acres of the European district called Ger many ; and we suppose treasurers, and chairmen, and secretaries, have a right to their titles, Although conferred by an unknown committee, and although the pounds sterling in their balance sheets never extend beyond three or fuur figures at most. We really intend nothing profane, or even un civil, when we confess that we did glance down the long column of the aristocracy of religious officials with a smile. It seemed as if Lord SUAITZSBURY had held a levee of the elite of all the societies, an d then published the list of attendants and the object of their attendance, to show the thoughtless world without, and the Houses of Parliament especially, that the " Evangelical " Religious world had it 4 magnates who were of no small importance. Here is a monitory petition to Parliament, signed by forty-four names ; but names, Lord SHAWTESBURY would say, like arguments, must be weighed, not counted. The names, then, of the SecretarieF, Chairmen, and Treasurers of the Church, Baptist, independent, Wesleyan, and Moravian Societies from three to six for each society—may claim to appearthe on a document relating to Christianity am g heathen. W e mus t own , however, to being a little p uzz l e d h ow to account for the names of three ‘• offi. Biok and Homily Society," of the " Prayer The Anglican prayer book seems of rather doubtful utility f or Asiatics, and homilies of th e time of Queen SE TH much more so. The officials of th ELlzl too, seem toe Navali a Military Bible Society, but a remote connec t i on with t he business of con ' verting the heathen ; we are not indeed aware of the peculiarities of Naval and Military Bibles -I, u , they can hardly, of course, be such as to suggest more than other bibles the idea of conversion by THE SUN, LONDON, TIitTRSDAY EVENIKO, MAY 6, 7858 persuasion. Then there are the officers of the " Church of England Young Men's Society," one of them rejoicing in the surname of SNOSSWELL, another in a name which, though he is " Clerical Sec.," reminds one of the injunction, ne SUTOR ultra crepiclam. An injunction which, if remem bered, might have kept the name off the petition. And not to mention more, four of the dignitaries take their style and title from the " Society for Promoting Christianity among the JEWS !" Do they hope to find the lost ten tribes anywhere in India ? We believe some wonder-telling travellers or geographers have talked of alighting on them in Affghanistan. - Well, but the substance of the petition, that is the chief point. We do not wish to, and do not know that we can, find anything to censure in it, It seems, according to Lord SHAFTESBURY, intended chiefly as a manifesto. The Evange licals wish their moderation to be known unto all men, and they make it known by a petition to Parliament. Its prayer divides itself into two parts—one is a self-denying petition, " do nothing for us, as a Government, but also do nothing against us—we ask nothing but your abstaining from all that obstructs us—do not forbid our Bible to be used in Government schools, do not exclude our converts from ap pointments, because they are Christians. Leave us to ourselves." The other part is a petition not to countenance heathenism by connection with its superstitious worship, or by acknowledging caste in the Government service. The petitioners repu diate any other means of conversion in India than the "exhibition of the Gospel ;" and they sug gest a proclamation on the part of Government distinctly informing the natives that abstention from force, bribery, or any mode of Go vernment interference for their conversion to Christianity, is not merely a measure of policy, but that it springs from the very genius of Chris tianity itself. We imagine, however, that we see in the peti tion the results of the compromise. The Church of England and the Dissenting officials would have expressed themselves very differently had each pre sented their own petition ; the Churchmen would have contrived to insist upon some recognition of their Church, as the Church through which the Government should show itself a Christian Government ; and Dissenters would have plainly said, that, in their view, to build Episcopal Cathedrals, and to support India!, Bishops and clergymen out of taxes ex tracted from the heathen, is, in an im portant sense, supporting Christianity by force, and as wrong on the principles of religious equality, as contributing to the car of Jugger naut. For ourselves we should like to have seen the two great classes of religionists speaking their unfettered opinions. In this petition both say less than they mean. We think, however, the general duty of Government, in regard to religion in India, is now well understood. It is to do nothing on the one hand to discredit the religion of our fatherland, nothing on the other to indi- cate approbation of abject and obscene supersti tion. A NAPIER, a JACOBS, and a LAWRENCE have all easily solved the problem in practice. It should now present no difficulty at all. Gen. THOMPSON, in presenting a petition, signed by some 5,000 persons, last night from Bradford, in support of Lord BURT'S Bill, said that every body in Bradford wanted to marry his wife', sister. In glancing at the debate last night, we may justly remark, that any speaker who was op posed to the bill, argued as if it compelled every widower to marry his wife's sister. To us it seems impossible to account for the perverse bit terness of Mr. HOPE and the Lord Advocate. We can only resolve it into that bane of social life—the odium theologicum. What but a bigoted and dogmatising belief in a man's own Church or creed could dispose men of education and sense to rake up arguments out of filthy visions of the imagination, which they would - in dignantly repudiate if applied to them selves and to their own relations ? Were we to judge from their speeches only, we should take Mr. Hors to be one of the most impurc minded men on earth, and the Lord Advocate not to be one of the most virtuous. We must tell Mr. Horrc that if he and his circle are only to be kept from the unworthiest sentiments in the relation of brother and sister-in-law, that such was not the case with other brothers and sisters-in law. But indeed, of all who argue from the way in which a sister-in-law would misbehave herself— we are always disposed to ask, would yours, or would any one you know do so ? Are our wives and sisters such a depraved race as to be capable of such conduct ? No—we are happy to believe that such are not the women of England—and all the ima ginary arguments on which we will not further dilate, are foul libels on their virtues. Mr. Hors, and every man in England would indig nantly resent them, if it were hinted that they applied to any of his own kindred. Let him believe that other persons' relatives are as trustworthy as his own. Mr. HOPE may think himself a very expert theologian, and well versed in the opinions of S. this and St. that, about whose opinions, we, and we presume the House of Commons, too, care much less than we do about Mr. Horn's ; seeing that a living M.P. has a vote, but a dead saint has none. But now supposing that Mr. HOPE'S ex ercitations in Hebrew criticism were as correct as we are confident they are erroneous, what is it to his purpose? Even admitting, which we also entirely deny, that the law of those whom we as yet exclude from our Legislature is binding on Christians, of what service to Mr. 110 PE is a law which the Hebrews themselves, and tke vast majority of commentators interpret quite differently to himself which even our own authorised version gives against him ? Will Mr. Horn in this 19th century, and in this England of a hundred Protestant confessions, pretend that his interpretation s of Scripture are to be enforced by the heaviest of penalties on those who do not admit them ? The whole of Mr. Horn's crabbed theological reasonings are based on the assumption that Mr. HOPE has succeeded, here, to the chair of St. PETER, and that whoever does not " hear Mr. Horn," or, which i i the same thing precisely, Mr. HOPE'S Church Canons, is not only an offender against Gon, but a criminal worthy to be denied the rights of legal marriage and legitimate offspring ! We hold it as a settled question with all but ex treme bigots, now, that the Houses of Parliament have nothing to do with enforcing the laws of Con, because they are Hrs. Knowingly, iudee,l, to legislate against his will were, of course, wrong. But it is quite another thing to attempt to enforce, by penalty, all that GOD makes binding on conscience. The House of Commons has 1 o more right to enforce the higher forms of stxual purity by law than it has to enforc. generosity or charity. On the marriage question, as on ten thousand others, Mr. HOPE and others may properly have scruples as to 1 butwhat they a re b oun d to d e, i n o b e di ence t o G OD ; Iwhat we protest against as the most rabid in tolerance is, that they should fetter others' liberty by their own consciences. Every man of fairness respects even another's conscientious weaknesses ; but when it is sought to make those weaknesses law for stronger minds, it is then that the HOPES, and Lord Advocates, and PULLERS, become a legislative nuisance, which must be abated. A few plain facts seem to us to be conclusive. 1. All Protestant countries, Scotland being to some ex tent an exception, think the marriages in question not only lawful, but generally commendable. 2. Roman Catholics so far approve them, that they provide for them by dispensation. 3. The feeling in England is so strong in their favour, that, notwithstanding all legal impediments, they have been contracted by thousands, and 4, so general, that in no single case have the females of this country declined the most unreserved asso ciation with such of their number as have married in this manner. 5. That it is utterly impossible to prevent these marriages ..by law, amongst the poor especially, and that even the better-off classes will brave a law which they think an impious and unrighteous one. As to the law of GOD in the case we have no doubt whatever. As to the Itw of nature no man can doubt. As to the Advantage to society, the thousands of fathers who have sought a wife's sister as a second nother for their children, and the numerous wives who on their death-beds have wished they should do so, are the best evidence. We gave yesterday a copy of an Act which has passed the legislature of South Australia, legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister : we only hope that ere the session concludes we shall be enabled to record that the Houses of Parliament at home have been as wise as those of the distant colony. Lord DERBY, in his reply to the deputation on Tuesday, appears to be in a transition state to the tolerant and just view of the case ; and, as he thought public opinion must decide, we may put it to him whether on a question affecting but a limited number of persons, public opinion has not ex pressed itself, in truth, very strongly. Never was there a bolder, or, we may add, a more successful experiment than that creating the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland. By many it was considered a revolutionary law, virtually amounting to an act of confiscation. And there is no doubt that there were many hard cases, and real grievances inflicted under its operation. Sales were forced under the most untoward circum stances, and there were many terrible sacrifices made which reduced the old proprietors, who ought to have rescued something from the wreck of magnificent properties, to a state of poverty and destitution. But the nation profited largely by their sufferings. Those who were merely nominal owners, or, at best, mere agents, receiv mg rents which they were compelled to disburse forthwith, unable to improve, and obliged to screw their tenants to the utmost, were got rid of, and others substituted, who were far bettar qualified to discharge the duties incidental to property. At first there was a panic. Well circumstanced estates sold at from seven, or eight, to fifteen years' purchase ; or, from a quarter to a half of their actual value. The vast advan tages of obtaining a "new root to title," and thereby avoiding the necessity of all searches and investigations prior to the time of purchase, were at first disregarded. Men with ready money at their disposal were unwilling to part with it. They fancied that by biding their time they could obtain still greater bargains, and very foolishly, as it subsequntly turned out, held back until the biddings were increased from 50 to 100 per cent. The great evil was occasioned by the restriction of the powers and jurisdiction of the Court to estates encumbered to at least half of their esti mated value, and the summary manner in which they should be disposed of, however inade quate the amount of the bidding. But gra dually the matter righted itself, and of late years there has been no real or well founded grievance to complain of on the part of the owners. Indeed it was all the other way, for they possessed advantages which more provident, or more fortunate men would have paid very highly to obtain. The Parliamentary title greatly enhanced the value of the land, and even lenders were unwilling to accept mortgages on estates that had not passed through the crucible, and whose titles had not been thus rendered unexcep tionable. In many instances properties were en cumbered, and heavy expenses incurred for the purpose of creating the jurisdiction; and the policy of extending the principle of the new code to all classes of property, whether encumbered or other wise, was thus established on the clearest and most unquestionable testimony. It is greatly to th© credit of the Irish Attorney- General that he should have so fairly grappled with the difficulty, and produced a measure so sound and judicious in every respect—a mea sure that elicited the encomiums of mon of all shades and varieties of political opinion. For once, we have Ireland taking the lead in measures of wise reform. There can be no doubt that the landowners of England will desire to obtain similar advantages, which will improve the value of real estate by at least to per cent., and add fully two hundred millions to the national wealth by the mere process of the simplification of titles, and enabling persons who have retired with small sums to invest their savings in laud, which can easily be transferred whenever it becomes desir able to divide the amount between numerous legatees. The Attorney-General for Ireland proposes the creation of a new court, that shall exercise all the functions of that about to be abolished, but with greatly extended powers. It is to apply to all sales of real property, whether judicial or otherwise. Any person desirous of disposing of his property will be authorised to go before this tribunal, which is to be termed " The Landed Estates Court," without the interveution of a Chancery suit or the creation of fictitious charges, there to make out his title and dispose of his property. Nor is this all, for the owners of pro- perty who do not wish to sal will be entitled to go before the Court. The propriety of this pro vision has been questioned, but it is in our judg ment a very prudent regulation. Nothing should be done by circuitous means which could not be effected directly, and it would be worse than use less to compel men to enter into fictitious or merely colourable contracts for the purpose of obtaining a declaration of statutable title, which would enable them to borrow money on easy terms, and with the utmost facility, whenever they required to do so. With this bill we autioiplte the inahguration of a b:ter system respecting real estate, and 41, ) not de:Tair of seeing them eventually disposal of with as much cast as consols or railway stock The CJurt itself is to ba self-supporting, and tl e charges now falling on the Consolidated Fued will, ere long, be provided for from a very moderate percentage on the amounts realised. This will on l y be per cent. ou sums under 5,0001., on sums between 5,0001. and 10,0001., and 1 per cent. on all above 10,0001. This will be but a very trifling deduction from the benefits conferred —onewll greatlyw hich iretn the ev a e s n e the d orwill gladly pay, and which amount of the purchase money, with the addition of a moderate allowance by the Bank of Ireland for the sums remaining in its hands, and which will, doubtless, be readily paid. It is calculated that 18,0001. per annum will be realised, amply sufficient to pay all the expenses of the Cuurt, and thus to relieve the consolidated fund of some 16,0001. a-year, now charged on it for the present Court. Two of the present commissioners are to le judges of the new Court ; and the third, Mr. HARGREAVES, is t 3 receive his full salary until he can be otherwise provided for. We doubt not that the Master, Mr. FLANAGAN, who was vir tually a fourth commissioner, will be treated with similar liberAity, and that all'the officers of the former Court will have no reason to complain of the change. On the whole, the measure is one of the best that has been introduced for many years, and we have no doubt that it will receive the full and fair consideration to which it is so eminently entitled. IrrEST :NEW. A telegraphic despatch from Naples says,— the Neapolitan Government has changed its ori ginal intention of sending a positive refusal to cowl ensate Park and Watt for injuries received. By the close of the week an answer will be sent direct from Naples to London on this subject. A Cabinet courier arrived in Naples from Vienna on the Ist with important despatches. It is pro bable that the King will order the tribunals to re lease the Sardinian steamer ; at least, this is the opinion of a foreign diplomatist at Naples. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Empress Eugenie yesterday completed her 32d year. The Queen of Holland is expected in Paris on Saturday next. Her Majesty will be accompanied by her second son. _ _ Every one is talking to-day of an incident said ' to have occurred at the reception at the Tuileries on Monday night last. A Peputy, named Cally de St. Paul, who enjoys the twofold advantage of being a wealthy capitalist and father-in-law to one of the Imperial Aides-de-Camp, made an unusually spirited speech in his place in the Legislative Corps during the discussion on the Budget. Even after under going the process of filtration in the Montiteur, the oration is one which would not disgrace a member of a really independent L9gislature ; we may then judge what it was as it came from the lips of the speaker. M. de St. Paul, while protesting " his sincere respects for the Constitution, and his hope that no one doubted his devotedness to the Emperor," and admitted that "he had no right to demand a revision of the Canstitu ton, yet expressed his confident hope that one of these days the Sovereign would take the initiative in giving to the Legislative Corps a little move liberty in the exercise of its control over the finances ;" and, continuing in the same strain, he declared that the Budget as praseuted by the Government " was not the Budget of the Le gislative Corps, but the Budget of the Council of State." This occurred on the 27th. Two days after a very silly paragraph appeared in the Moni teur, denying there was any truth in the rumour that the Minister of Finance was to go out ; and aiding that " the confidence of the Emperor in M. Magne is still the same, and the attalks of which he is the object rather increase it than other wise, for these have no other origin than the impar tial firmness with which this Minister performs his duties, and on every occasion defends the great in terests which are confided to him." It was thought at the time that the paragraph was meant as an indirect admission of the retirement of M. Espi nasse, about whom, and not about M. Mtgne, the said rumours circulated. Others believed it was directed against the persons at the head of the Credit Mobilier. It is now ascer tainel that M. de St. Paul was the object aimed at Be this as it may, the irritation excited by the bold comments of the Deputy, evincing a spirit of independence which is growing up in the Cham ber, was very lively. On Monday night M. de St. Paul presented himself, with the other De puties, in the Imperial saloons. It is related that his Majesty took the opportunity to address a few words to the Deputy. He said that he did not mean to arrogate the right of dictating the words a Deputy should speak, or the vote that he gave, but when M. de St. Paul had presented himself to the electors as a Government candidate, and had courted the interest and protection of the Government towards attaining his object, he con sidered that the Government had a right to his support. M. de St. Paul said something in reply ; what it was is not stated, but the manner in which his explanations were received did not seem to be satisfactory. BOURSE, May s.—The following wero the closing quotations :-- 4i per Cents 93 10 Do. owl month 3 per Cent. . 69 30 Do. end month 6O 45" Bank Shlres , Credit Mobilier 710 Do. Account ..... 710 Credit Fonder Belgian 44 Pied.montese (5) Roman 9O Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 438 THE -FALL OF LUCKNOW. Wo extract the following from the letter of the Special Correspondent of the Times:— THE ATTACK ON TILE IMAIIMBARRAH. The enemy gave up the key of their position almost without a struggle. The news took every one by surprise. The Kaiserbagh is a series of palaces, kiosks, mosques, all of fanciful Oriental architecture—some light and graceful, others fantastic and curious, connected generally by long corridors arched and open in the front, or by ex tensive wings, which enclose the courts and gardens contained within the outer walls. In every room throughout the endless series there was•a profusion of mirrors in ponderous gilt frames. A universal gilding of cornices, furniture, and everything that would bear the process seemed the prevailing taste in the Royal Court. From every ceiling hung glass chandeliers of every age, form, colour, and design. As to the furniture, in many instances it looked like collections from the lumber-rooms of all the old Palaces in Europe—Louis Quatorze clocks and cabinets, Renaissance mirrors and chairs, buhl-worked ebony chests, marqueterie tables, solid lumpy old German state chairs, gilt all over ; but these were relieved by the richest carpets, by sump tuous divans, by cushions covered with golden em broidery, by rich screens of Cashmere shawls, and by table covers ponderous with pearls and gold. There were numerous portraits of the present and former Kings of Oude, and oil copies of the por traits of Governors-General, of Wellington, Nel son, George IV., and Bonaparte, many Chinese drawings, French crayons, and English engravings of all sorts, in gorgeous frames, but the hand of the spoiler was heavy among them all. Those hung out of the reach of the musket stock and bayonet were scarcely safe from a bullet or the leg of a table. Down came chandeliers in a tinkling, clattering rain of glass—crash ! crash ! crash 1 door and window, and mirror and pendule I Sikh and soldier were revelling in destruction and delirious with plunder and mischief. Those who could not get in at once to carry on the work searched the corridors, battered off the noses, legs, and arms of statues in the gardens, or, diving into cellars, either made their fortunes by the discovery of un suspected treasure, or lost their lives at the hands of concealed fanatics, There was no time to guard against indiscriminate plunder, inasmuch as it never expected that the Kaiserbagh and all its trea sure would have fallen that day into our hands. THE RECEPTION OF THE COMMANDER IN-CHIEF. How the soldier,: cheered when Sir Colin made his appearance in the Imaumbarrah and proceeded through them to the stairs which led up on to the roof of the Palace, from which a good view could be obtained of portions of Kaiserbagh ! It was lather a hot place at times, for the enemy in mina rets and in the buildings all round us kept up a constant fire, and the people at the other side of the Kaiserbagh were firing at our men ; but still hotter was it from the burning sun, which blazed fiercely over the smoke and tumult in the courts below. lionght to get to the sources of such unexpected wealth. NARROW ESCAPE. Brigadier Russell is also abut to leave this army, under the advice of a medical board. Never, per haps, in all the chances of wAr has there been such an escape as his. A cannon ball cut the gold watch chain at the back of his neck as cleanly as if it had been a pair of nippers, and did him, no further in jury, except inflicting a shock to his nervous system. THE RESCUE OF MRS. ORR AND MISS JACKSON. In the attack on the Charbagh and the line of the canal works the Ghoorkas took 16 or 17 guns of all sorts. It was subsequent to this success that Captain M‘Neil, of the Bengal Artillery, attached to the Ghoorkas, and Lieutenant Bogle, of the same force, succeeded in saving Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson, who have been so long in cap'ivity. As these officers were exploring the deserted streets in front of the Ghoorka advanced posts they encoun tered a native, who said he was one of Sir J. Outram's employes, and implored their protection for his house and property. In the course of his appeal he mentioned incidentally that he knew where the English ladies were confined, and offered to point out the place. Almost immediately after wards another native appeared and presented two notes—one from Mrs. Orr, the other from Miss Jackson, imploring immediate succour, as their enemies were making search for them. The officers returned to the nearest Ghoorka post, and called for volunteers ; 40 or 50 of these hardy, dirty, and loot-loving Calmucks stepped forth, and, with the native at their head as a guide, the party at a rapid rate started off on their errand of deliverance. They proceeded for more than half a mile through the silent, tortuous streets, ex pecting to receive a volley at every turn, when They came to a house, apparently shut up and abandoned. " This is the house," said the guide. At the noise of their footsteps the owner —Meer Wajeed Ali, Daroga of the Court—made his appearance, and began to stipulate for his prc perty, but Captain M`Neil demanded the immediate production of the ladies, and, finding that he was resolute, the Daroga led to an obscure apartment, where were two ladies in Oriental costume in a dark At the sound of the voice—" Are you the support and assistance which they have given to British officerg. "Therefore the Right Hon. the Governor-General hereby declares that " Drigliejjie Singh, Rajah of Bulrampore ; "Koolwunt Singh, Rajah of Pudnaha ; " Rao Hurdeo Buksh Singb, of Kutiaree ; " Kasheepershaud, Talookdar of Sissaindee ; " Zliir Singh, Zemindar of Gopaul Kheir ; and " Chundeeloil, L3inindar of Moraon (Baiswarah) are henceforward the sole hereditary proprietors of the lands which they held when Oude came under British rule subject only to suoh moderate assessment as may be imposed upon them, and that those loyal men will be further rewarded in such manner and to such extent as, upon consideration of their merits and their po sition, the Governor. General shall determine. "A proportionwe measure of reward and honour according to their deserts will be conferred upon others in whose favour like claims may be established to the satisfaction of the Government. "The Governor-General further proclaims to the people of Oude that, with the abovementioned excep. tionP, the proprietary right in the soil of the province is confiicated to the British Government which will diQpose of that right in such manner as they may deem fitting. "To those talookdars, chiefs, and landholders, with their followers, who shall make immediate submission to the Chief Commissioners of Oude, surrendering their arms and obeying his orders, the Right Hon. the Go vernor-General promises that their lives and honour shall be sate, provided that their hands are unstained with English blood murderously shed. "-But, as regards any further indulgence which may be extended to them, and the condition in which they may heredfter be placed,. they mast throw themselves upon the justice and mercy of the British Government. "To those among them who shall promptly come forward and give to the Chief Commissioner their sup port in the restoration of peace and order this will be laig9, and the Governor-General will be ready to view liberally the claims which they may thus acquire to a restitution of their former rights. " As participation in the murder of Englishmen and Englishwomen will exclude those who are guilty of it from all mercy, so will those who have protected Eng lish lives be specially entitled to consideration and leniency. "By order of the Right Hon. the Governor• General of India. "G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. " Allahabad, March 14." RAILWAYS.-FOR CASH. Orleans Northern New Ditto 762 Lyon and Medit3ran. 775 New Ditto ...... Geneva Midi Western 605 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian A letter from Mostar, in a Vienna journal, states that on the 21st ult. a combat took place at Zargota between the Bashi-Bazouks and the insur gents, the latter being assisted by a number of Montenegrins, and that the number of killed and wounded was 140. A letter from Berlin of the let, in the Hamburg News, says .—c , The Volkszeitung has been seized, and it now appears that proceedings have been in stituted against it for publishing an offensive article against the Emperor Napoleon. It consisted prin cipally of quotations from the pleading of Mr. James at the trial of Bernard." ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY. Last night a festival in aid of the funds of this institution was held at the Albion Tavern, Alders gate-street, the Earl of Dartmouth presiding. Situated in the very centre of the metropolis; and in the midst of a populous district, this institution, supported by voluntary contributions alone, has for nearly a century from day to day administered medical and surgical relief to large numbers of the pocrest p or, During the last year no fewer than 20,500 Poisons of this class of the population parti cipated in its benefits, being exactly double the number on iti records for 1847. It was the first charity of the kind established in this country, and " example has long ago been followed in every considerable town in the kingdom. Its relief is not limited to any one parish or district of tbe metro polis Iu seasons of prevailing sickness the prompt and efficient attention always paid to all applicants — and to many of them at their own homes—has tended considerably to lessen alarm among the poorer inbabi ants of the neighbourhood, and to avert the more fatal attaclis of epidemic visitations. Teis Pr:Ls more particularly the case in 1854, when upwards of 3,000 patents had medicine and advice durin g one month al,ne. Unfortunately, the in stitteion is row in debt to the treasurer, Mr. John Wood, of Prdeon-street, Aldersgate, about 1,0001,, and efforts are now being 'made to liquidate the obligation. At the festival last night nearly 500/. was subscribed, the oh 4irm n giving the sum of 50 4 The noble earl discharged the duties of the chair in an extremely genial manner, and reeora_ mended the claims ,of the charity on the wealthy With au earnest simplicity far more persuasive than Moro pretentious oratory. The musical part of the ezytertaiument was directed by Mr. J. L. Hatton, and the style in which Mr. -Young sang the fine air of " Good-bye, Sweetheart," at one part of the evening, charmed the whole coma any. M. Basco, the eelebrattd conjuror, is in Algeria. The person fined 'a short time ago for attempting to commit suicide at Manchester Was merely an imitator. THE KING'S ZENANA. Our men were in high delight with the gay dresses of the eunuchs which they found in some of the rooms, and it was with difficulty they were in duced to take off the crowns of lace and peacock's plumes, and bird of paradise feathers, and the swordbelts they stuck over their heads and shoul ders. Here, as in every other building, there were quantities of kites, the flying of which seems a favourite amusement of these childish but fero cious races. Goats, horses, the stately Cyrus cranes, tame monkeys, apes, antelopes, numbers of paroquets in cages were also appropriated by the men. But it was scarcely a place for zoological investigation. I was looking at one who had decked himself out in a fantastic eunuch's attire, when a shot, evidently from one of the rooms of the court, passed between us. Very soon afterwards a man of the 90th was shot through the body, and Lieut.- Col. Kelly was struck by a spent ball on the head. DIVIDING THE SPOIL. In the next court, which was sheltered from fire by the walls around it, our men bad made a great seizure of rich plunder. They had burst into some of the state apartment., and they were engaged in dividing the spoil of shawls and lace arid embroi dory of gold and silver and pearls. In a nook off this court, where there was a little shade, we retired to rest ourelves, as there were no means of approaching the front, part of the buildings being on fire, and explosions of mines feared every moment. Two men of the 90th were in before us, and, assisted later by some of the 38th, we saw them appropriate money's worth enough to make them independent for life. The rooms oh this nook bad been used as stores by the King or some wealthy member of his household, and each moment these men went in only to emerge with a richer trophy. In one box they found diamond bracelets, emerald., rubies, pearls, and opals, all so large and bright and badly set, that we believed at the time they were glass. In another was a pair of gold-mounted and jewelled duelling pistols, of Eng lish make, and the bill, stating that his Majety the King of Oade owed the maker 280/. ; then ont the\ came with bundles of swords, gold-mounted and jewelled, which they at once knocked to pieces for the sake of the mountings, leaving the blades be hind them. Next came out a huge chymical labo ratory, then a gold saddlecloth, studded with pearl: —then gold-handled riding canes—then cups of agate and jade, gold-mounted and jewelled ; then— but I must really stop this broker's inventory. The happy possessors of those riches were quite mad with excitement. "Is this gold, Sir ?" "Is that a diamond ?" "Is your honour shure that's raal goold ?" "Is this string of little white stones (pearls) worth anything, gintlemen ?" It was a great drawback to have a conscience under such circumstances —a greater not to have a penny it, one's pockets, for in this country no one except an old stager on the look-out for loot carries a farthing about him. THE WOMEN OF THE ZENANA. Intelligence reached the Chief of the Staff that the women of the Zmana were secreted in one' of the strongest parts of the Kaiserbagh. Some office's immediately proceeded to the spot, into which some of our soldiers bad already forced an entrance. It may he imagined what a state of terror the Begums and their attendants were in when our men entered. They expected death every instant, and their agonies of fear were increased by the knowledge of the fact that some armed Sepoys were abut up in a room close at hand, and one shot might seal their fate. Huddled toge ther amid the smoke, they could scarcely be calmed by the assurances of the officers, who at once took measures to remove them to a place of safety. As they were going out (moot' the ladies pointed out to Captain Hope Johnstone a box which ho had just taken from the floor and laid upon the table. She told him it contained jewels to the value of 10 lace of rupees, or 100,0001. He at once placed sentries at the door s, and gave orders that no one should enter. Having, wi.h the aid of his brother officers, taken the ladies out of danger, he retired to the Zenana; - It was blazing from end to end. The sentries only escaped by clambering up to the roof, from which they were with difficulty saved. 'fie jewels were gone. Had Captain Johnstone taken them they would have been his, for the Kaiserbagh on this day was given up to plunder, and what each man could get became his property. LOOTING. It was late in the evening when we returned to cramp, through roads thronged with at least 20,000 camp followers, all staggering under loads of plun der—the moat extraordinary and indescribable spectacle I ever beheld—Coolies, s) kitmutgars, dhooly-bearers, Sikh, grros-cutters, a flood of men covered with clothing not their own, carrying on heads and shoulders looking-glasses, mirrors, pic tures, brass pots, swords, fire-locks, rich shawls, scarfs, embroidered dresses, all the "loot" of ran sacked palaces. The noise, the dust, the shouting, the excitement were almost beyond endurance. Lucknow was borne away piece-meal to camp, and ihe wildaGhoorkas and Sikhs, with open mouths and glaring eyes, burningwith baste to get rich and contending fiercely against the current as they corner. English ladies, and do you wish to leave this "place'!" those whom he addressed were not able to reply to the officer from excessive joy, and for a moment or two they were overwhelmed with thankfulness and emotion. But there was no time to be lost. The Moulvie and his followers were known to be search ing for them. The ladies, clad as they were, descended to the street, and were about to be placed ,n the officers' horses, when a palanquin caught the eye of C tptain M'Neil in the court of the 11,use. Just as the ladies were getting into it a few bud mashes, with drawn swords, sallied out from an idjoining house to attack them, but a shot from a revolver and the bayonets of the Ghoorkas soon disposed of their reslstance, and six of the Daroga's retainers being impressed as palanquin bearers the party and a portion of the escort moved back as rapidly as possible to the Ghoorka post, and the poor ladies were placed in safety. THE LAST STAND OF THE REBELS. The position occupied by the enemy, who have been gradually forced from place to place from the extreme east to the furthest west of Lucknow, is sititat3d outside the verge of the city close to the Goomtee, and was occupied by them probably be cause theyhad no other post to go to. The troops under General Outram which were to assault the Mousabagh were detailed as follows : One troop of Royal Horse Artillery, Middleton's field battery—two 18-pounders, four 8-inch mortars; Douglas's brigade, consisting of the 53d Regiment, 79th Regiment Highlanders, Ist Bengal Fusiliers, and Green's Sikhs. As the troops debouched from the gateway across the road in front of the Imaumbar rah the enemy were observed retiring in haste from their advanced posts in the house in front, and re treating on the Mousabagh, from which as we pressed on there soon was visible a similar exodw. they were saved by an accident. In order to enable our troops to get at them it was necessary to break through a strong pucka wall right in our front, and the sepoys used the time to such purp se hat they cleared out before our soldiers had a chance of engaging them. The combination so well levised had not been carried out. Campbell's force was not visible. It is believed he must have come across another body of the enemy, and that he is engaged in the pursuit. Away went the enemy in. broken masses, mingled with the townspeople of the lower orders, pursued by the Lancers and by the tire of Middleton's guns, which did the duty of the troop of Horse Artillery. Owing to some mistake the troop of Royal Horse Artillery did not appear i❑ time, nor was the cross fire of Grant's guns available in punishing the fugitives. A few of their Sepoys and matchlobkmen kept up a feeble fire, and their guns were opened to cover the retreat as far as pos sible. At first the fire was directed against Grant's force, and there was au artillery battle on a small scale at long range. Then the enemy turned their guns against us, and one of their shot plumped into the ground within a few yards of Sir Colin Campbell. They formed upon the left of the Mou sallagh, with their left resting on the river, but they rapidly gave way as we advanced, and their mus ketry fire only wounded a few of our men. As they broke they turned to their right with our in fantry in ebase, and the Lancers catching up the rear disposed of a few of them ; but the country is covered with enclosures and corn fields, and natives on the run soon distance our troops. In the attack Capt. Hutchinson received a wound in the head, which will, it is feared, prove fatal ; but our casualties were few. And now, as the runaways fled, every eye was strained to see if our cavalry were advancing upon them from the Korkoorie road, but the acutest sight could not detect their presence. However, later in the day guns were heard in that direction, and it is very likely indeed that some large body of the enemy eudeavouring to escape from the south-west of the city were sud denly confronted by Campbell's force. That officer received orders to occupy the Mousabagh in the evening with the sth and 78th, but as he did not )bey orders, and nothing has been heard from him, it is to be presumed he is engaged in the grand ob ject of pursuit and utter dissipation of the enemy. A Sikh regiment held the Mousabagh in lieu of Campbell's troops, but the enemy have quite with drawn from the neighbourhood. Outram's force, in their advance, came upon the camp which the , nervy had just' abandoned. They took some ele ohants and a silver howdah, supposed to belong to the Moulvie, and 12 guns, some in a very efficient tate. Thus the last host heti by the enemy came into our hand 4, and Luckuow fell—never to rite again. THE FALL OF LUCKNOW. As soon as tile Governor-General received the welcome intelligence of the fall of Lucknow, ac companied, it may he, with some disagreeable con siderations connected with the escape of so many mutineers, ho issued the folio wing proclamation : " PROCLAMATION. " The army of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief is in possession of Lucknow, and the city lies et the mercy of the British Government, whose authority it has for nine months rebelliously defied and resisted. " This resistance, begun by a mutinous solliery, has sound support from the inhabitants of the city and ,;f the province of Oude at large. Many who owed their prosperity to the Briti,h Government, as w,ll as those frho believed themselves aggrieved by it, have jo ned in tois bad cause, and hrve ranged themselves with the enemies of the State. " They have been guilty of a great crime, and have übjected themselves to a just retribution. " The capital of their country is now once more in the han , s of the 13ritish troupe. "From this day it will be held by a force which nothing can withstand, and the authority of the Govern moot will be carried into every corner of the province. "The time, then, has come at which the Right Hon. the Gorernor•General of India deems it right to make known the mode in which the British G,,vernment w i 1 deal with the talookdars, chief?„ and landholders of Oude and their foilowerp. "The first care of the Governor-General will be to reward those who have been stedfast in their allegiance at a time when the authority of the Government was partially overborne, and who have proved this by the RED TAPEISIII. The moment Sir Colin Campbell became master of the city of Lucknow he ceased to be so, and Sir James Outran, as Chief Commissioner, reigned in his stead. The civil staff was small, but the energetic Captain Carnegie, Mr. Denison, Mr. Rushton, and others, were installed in office, and proceeded to restore law and order and p o lice, and the system of reward and punishment. Polio. were enrolled, and thannahs, or stations, were e:,tablished, criminals were handed over to the judge or to the triangles ; the faithful received praise, pay, promises, but our means were and still are scanty, and we have not instruments for all the work to be accomplished. THE VIOTORIA. CROSS. Few officers under Sir Colin Campbell will have a chance of getting the Victoria Cross. He is opposed to the principle of the order. He knows no claim to consideration but the discharge in a very exemplary way of duty, and he will not praise any man for doing what it is his duty to do. It would appear that the Comman der-in-Chief scarcely thinks it is his duty to recognise the Victoria Cross, nor does he always yield to the pressure of divisional Generals, who name all their staff at every discharge of musketry- There will be no cocked-hat gazettes, none of the old stereotyped Crimean head-quarter despatches, in which the Commander-in -Chief " spoke favour ably " of everybody, and of all alike, and in which you might at a glance learn the names of every officer on general, divisional, or brigade staff 111 due Army List order. We know, however, with out any knowledge of the facts, that the Cour wander-in-Chief will pass over blunders with so gentle a touch that their existence will not be detected, and that vigilance and energy, and such like qualities, will be ascribed to officers whose conduct was not characterised by wetly sirailsf epithets on the day of action. THE SIKHS. It will not be safe to leave Lucknow with leo° than 8,000 English infantry. Bareilly, when it is taken, will require a strong European garrison, and we must keep our communications open till India is thoroughly pacified by strong posts and patrols._ No one can be blind to the danger oz enormous native levies, whether of Sikhs or of others. Keen observers detect a gathering cloud in the North-West, and of all men Sir John Law' rence is the least likely to ignore the omen. The Sikhs talk loudly, lam told. They say, "we have done all the hard fighting. We took the Kaiserbagh, and, look I even the Commander•in' Chief takes us as sentries over his tent in prefer' euce to Europeans." I believe the reason why the Sikhs are placed on duty in the head-quarter °awl ) is that they stand the sun better than Europeans, and can keep the natives in order more easilio owing to their knowledge of the language. As 14 Delhi, they say, "We fought against you for' werly ; pow we fight fur you. Perhaps some dal we shall fight against you once more." There must be always be a sufficient force to prevent the danger of a sudden outbreak on the part of this fierce and fickle soldiery, and 1,000 men PO month, which is the amount of reinforcement s promised us, will scarcely keep this army even 10 its present inadequate strength. THE WOUNDED OFFICERS. Mr. Bankes, the young Cornet of the 7th Erne sars, exhibits a marked improvement, and van strong hopes are expressed by his medical attor dants that his remaining leg and arm will be saved—a result mainly to be attributed to the courage and spirit and cheerfulness with which be bears up against his injuries. I am glad to be able to say that Sir William Peel is daily getting better, and expects to be able to hobble about ill a week or so. His companion in the same roonif Major Gloster, 38th Regiment, shot through O. stomach, is also recovering. Slade and Wilkia of the 7th,Chalmers of the Commissariat, and moo of our wounded officers, are in a very favourable state, and the health of the army generally cos►' finites to be very good. THE SEPOYS. The Sepoy is an incomprehensible being. Bet e we have been many days in the city, and at nigh" the roads have been open to any person, and yob n Sepoy, who might have got away whenever he listed, is discovered in a house by the police to-day. Be shoots one dead, wounds another, and, shut up ill a dark room, doggedly awaits his assailant's. CaPt' Burroughs, 42d Regiment, an active and zealou s officer, now comes to dislodge him by throw/Jig powder bags into the room. At the first explosion a sharp report is heard, and on entering the rOO O the sep >y is found dead, having blown out his own brains. The force of the powder blew down a Par of the wall, and Capt. Burrough's leg is broken hf the weight of bricks which fell upon him. Ef nif long these incidents aro to continue one is at a 10 to conjecture, but as soon as the respectable ill' habitants return in any numbers these fellows must be detected and handed over to the police• Some are returning in sullen submission. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND SIB J. OUTBAIL.--- 4$ a meeting of the ()Ant of Common CJuncil, held Pr ' day, it was unanimously resolved that the freedons the city, with a sword of the value of 100 g uinsei. l . ehould he presented to Sir Colin Campbell and ". Jwnes Outran. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT —The Greenock Advertiser repot to a distre. , sing accident on Saturday night durieff a , e vere northerly gale. Ef ward Brown Finlay, ecT Mr. R. B Finiav, cothter, a: d John Tarbet, grantel3-0 of Mr. Jan Brown, Trinid a d- p l ace , G reen ock, tv ' s youths about fourteen year:, of age, were returning i$ biat irons a Ala.-day excursion to Reseneath, and " reached to a short distance from the s hore $ S,,i‘field, when the boat was swamped by a heavy O e v al :, and turned bottom upwards. Another boat, manned companions of a similar age, drove past at the mai:l . : 4 , but they were unable to face the gale and pick thecia, and an oar was thrown, which was grasped by Ter vv ; while Finlay c?ung t o th e k ee l . Th e l a tt er ww, 12 , ° „ . O ever, wa=hed eft in a few mi n ntes and instantly chi t ; pear. d. The boy Tarbet was brought on ibOre isafety, and conveyed home. He was in a state °f i j r •- • sensioility, and nearly an h our an d s -h a lf e l a p s ed b eL° o he was resuscitated. Finlay's body had not - bee ° covered up till Monday afternoon. T 1 mod; men mate At day, White after 1 laj a ra to the army % acarc man a SUI quire peric for 11 turb is ex R( for 7 ceed( have can 3 per 46k ; Cent! Defe Th to th Ban ' , tin( and AuE Tel, stes Ban 3 p 4 3 pc NaN Nei, Lon Ind , Ind PE lin Dal