The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LES HUGUENOTS. TO-MORROW, TUESDAY , Ma y 18, will be repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE3 HUGUENOTS. Valentina, 3faddle. Titiens ; Raoul di N ingis, Signor Giuglini. Te conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M Nutlet, entitled *FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Poechini, Annetta, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at 6 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes tv Ire bean secured to the public. Price 21s and 31 s 6 d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Bellet i, Beneventano, Aldighieri. The following arrangements have been m tde : TO-MORROW, Tuesday, May 18—rHE HUGUENOTS. Wednesday, May 19—Extra Night—lL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (first time this season), and an Act of a favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Piccolomini will appear; and various entertainments in the Ballet, in which Pocchini will appear. To commence at half-past 7. Thursday, May 20—Extra Night—DON GIOVANNI and Ballet. Friday, May 21—Extra Night—lL TRO TATORE and Ballet. Friday, May 28—Grand Morning Concert, in which all the artrAes of the establishment will appear. In answer to numerous communicitions, it is announced th it, for the convenience of the gentrr residing in the envi ronr, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, Jane 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will perform, including all the artistes of the ballet. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TREAT RE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATII CHARMS. After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. 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 80xe5.....,. ...... 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes_ ........... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit...... ........ Gallery . 1 0 Gallery 0 6 T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. • THIS EVENING, will be presented JANET PRIDE, is which Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, Selby, an I Madame Celeste will appear. To conclude with THAT BLESSED BABY, in whici Mr and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Commence at Seven. QTRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, 1,7 Miss S wanborough. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portma , , and Messrs Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. Followed by TAKE CARE OF YOUR POCKETS. Miss, Turtle and Messrs Swanborough and Ray. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o• 9lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, &c., viz. —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Kiss Bru Intl, Miss Ray, Ma.(l.taie Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Toner, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard , Messrs. W. T. Critchfield, John G. Fordo, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, die., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Solsetion from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at tho Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. AM WEATHER—Sus OFFICE, MAT 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BARONETZE, 29.77—rising. WIND, N.W. to W., strong and squally, with showers and sunshine. MAT 17. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 60 —this day at noon. BARomrrza. 30.05. WILD, W.S.W. ; fresh, with dull rainy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TETS DAY—Morn., 27 min. aft. 4—Even., 54 min aft. 4 To-Monnow —Morn., 21 min. aft. s —Even., 48min. aft. 5 , ILONDON, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1858. It is a great, a momentous question that now awaits the decision of the House of Commons—a question that should not be decided on factious or party motives, but on its just and substantial merits. Theinterests of India are not to be sacrificed in order to replace Lord PALMERSTON as Premier, or to enable Lord CLARENDON to exhibit further subservience to despotic Powers, nor is it desirable that Mr. SMITH should be allowed to display his self-sufficient pe t ulance and arrogant impertinence —or Sir CHARLES WOOD and Sir G. C. LEWIS to utter their pompous platitudes from the Ministerial Benches. It may seem otherwise to the waiters on PROVIDENCE, the hungry ex pedants of the loaves and fishes ; but it is not so with the truly independent Members, or the more numerous independent constituencies, who despise patronage, and, whatever might be their former prejudices, have had every reason to be satisfied with the proceedings of Lord DERBY and his col leagues since their accession to office. It is known that the late Cabinet would not be accepted at any price, nor, unless it were to be reconstituted, could the necessary temptations be offered. It has accordingly been more thau hinted that many political JONAHS are to be flung overboard, to make way for those who desire to be regarded as the coming men. Lord J. RUSSELL has patched up a temporary reconciliation with the scan whom he twice tripped up, and who fully returned the compliment, of course a leading place must be found for him, and some one must go. Mr. CARDWELL and some of his political friends are alsoto be rewarded,and some sop thrownto such of the Liberals as may be disposed to sacrifice their independence in pursuit of places. Should they succeed, there will be a very motley grou p collected who may discover to their cost that " England loves not coalitions." Amongst the intended victims it is said that Lords CRAN WORTH, CLARENDON, CLANRICARDE, and PANMURE. and Mr. LABOI7CHERE, Sir GEORGE GREY, and Mr. VERNON SMITH will be included. Thus eight places would be ready for the new wen— s strong temptation it must be admitted ; but one in which the nation would take but little interest. But what are the real merits of the question What is the grave object for which the nation is to be disturbed in the most important part of the session, and an appeal to the country rendered in dispensable, even before the many valuable measures now before both Houses can re ceive the Legislative sanction ? It is not a defence of the policy adopted by Lord C1N14 " 4 . Far from it. The crafty authors well know that it void I be ruinous to go to the country as the advocates of general csnfiscation— that it would be prononnud as " too bad" even by the most venial time-servers. The Sabbath day conspirators were too cunning t, place such a tremendous weapon in the hands of their oppo nents. CANNING was to remain in suspense. His wounded feelings were not taken into con sideration. His injured amour propre w as a matter of profound indifference to the schemers fur place. There is, therefore, a studied and avowed exclusion of all relating to Lord CANNING, which should lead that noble man to exclaim, " Save me from my friends," for most assuredly they have placed him in a far worse position than if the question had never been ventilated. The policy of abstention was never carried to a greater, or more strictly speaking, a more unjustifiable length, than in re fraining from speaking of the Governor-General's proclamation while dealing with such an issue. It was the play of " Hamlet," the part of the Princely Dane being carefully excluded. The Solicitor-General, in his truly brilliant oration on Friday evening, raised the cor rect issue. The object was not to support, how ever indirectly, the policy announced by Lord CANNING, or its effects on the operations now proceeding in India, but rather to facilitate opera tions in this country, against the occupants of the Treasury bench. It is the publication of the despatch that is really the sole ground of com plaint, for if the conduct of Lord CANNING could not be justified, the Government would have abdi cated its functions had it abstained from express ing a very marked and decided opinion thereon. But the publication, forsooth, was wrong. We were to permit the bane to go forth to the world without giving equal circulation to the antidote, to permit the Oudeans to be driven to desperation merely from holding back that which would have restored confidenceand advanced the complete paci fication of the coun try and the restoration of British supremacy. It was the straightforward and manly policy, which would be advocated by every un prejudiced Englishman who could view the sub ject without the intervention of a party coloured medium, and who had no personal interest to promote. But even if the publication were objectionable, the only responsible party has already more than expiated. Lord ELLENBOROUGH adopted that course without consulting with his colleagues. Alone he did it, and anticipated the envenomed weapons directed against him. He also sent in his resignation without consultation, and it is really monstrous that the motion should have been proceeded with after that resignation was accepted. Had the parties to the Cambridge House plot anticipated the retirement of Lord ELLENBOROUGH they would have raised a wider issue, but they were already committed, and they hoped that the factious spirit of certain greedy aspirants would enable them to ensure the success of their dirty scheme. There is, however, many a slip "'twixt cup and lip," and the result of the debate and division may disappoint their glowing expecta tions, and fling the brimming goblet to the ground. The Palmerstonian Government has left a moat important branch of practical reform almost wholy open to their successors, and we doubt not that Lord DERBY will see to it that his Government gives the people fair deeds as well as fair promises. We refer to the very important department of the Civil Service, and competitive examinations as the preliminary to an appointment. The uninquiring public will, probably, at first, hardly credit the extent to which it has been jilted, we know no better word, in this department. It has had the promise of competitive examinations distinctly enough. In an excellent tract now before us,* the writer, and he is one behind the scenes, remarks ; that twice the House of Commons has expressed its opinion in favour of the competitive system. In April 1856, an address to the Crown was car ried against Ministers in favour of open competi tion ; again in July of last year a resolution of the House, in favour of extending the system beyond the narrow limits to which it had been practically restricted was also carried unanimously Lord PAL- ; MERSTON had learned wisdom, and instead of kicking tried his old policy of outwitting. He even thanked the House for strengthening his hands in the good work so congenial (qp. un-congenial) t them. Well, let us see how the strengthened hands did their work ? There are two large classes into which the appointments may be divided. First, the permanent clerkships. From the last Report of the Civil Service Commissioners, it appears that in 1857, the nominations to clerkships as they may be termed, by the various branches of Go ' vernment service amounted t) six hundred and twenty. How many of these would our readers suppose were nominated by any kind of competi tion ? just eighty-two, leaving five hundred and thirty-eight to be nominated as the reward of po litical support iu some instances, but doubtless, much more frequently, as the reward of di rect or indirect connection with the aristocracy. What will the House of Commons say to these in disputable facts ? Will no advocate of popular rights come forward with a motion of inquiry into the antecedents or relationships of all of all the Government nominees ? Will no one inquire of the ex-Premier how he considers some seven or eight per cent, of nominations by competition to have fulfilled the intentions of the Address to the Crown and the Resolution of the House of Commons ; and how it accords with the fair promises made by himself ? But there is a yet more numerous class—those below the position of permanent clerks, such as temporary clerks, expectants of Excise, tide waiters, and weighers, letter-carriers, messengers, c.,—in which the nominations amounted to twelve hundred and seventy-two. Of these none were nominated by open competition I Why not ? Blue blood would certainly not accept such ap pointments as these. Certainly not. Yet it may be very convenient to be able to oblige the de pendents of the Government and their humble supporters in the constituencies. Still more, it may be of consequence to avoid the comparison of competitive examination as the rule for the hum bier situations, and patronage nominations for the higher appointments. If a tide-waiter or weigher undergo an open examination in compe tition with twenty others, all aspirants to the same post, why should not a Custom-house clerk for one of the higher appointments undergo a compe titive examination for a more tempting salary ? We must think the unpleasantness of such a com parison to be the chief spendrineags,on. Here we are, through an irrespor.- sible Committee of Privy Council, a sum which the Chancellor of the Exchequer tells us is rapidly mounting to three or four millions a-year ; and all, it would seem, to educate those who for the more part would either educate themselves if we did not do it, or would be educated by th e „ rion , voluntary agencies—spending the money with little or no perceptible return on capitation grants, and pupil teachers. Why, these v ery situations, fairly offered to open competition through the schools of the country, would do more thtin all the capitation grants in the world to rouse parents and children to a sense of the utility and profitableness of education. They would to some extent compete with the farmers' and the manufac turers' wages. A good government situation for life, competed for by all the schools of a district, would set every lad to his slate and copy-book, to his spelling and grammar, with a zeal unknown be fure. Mr. HORACE MANN has already invited attention to this kind of Governmental encourage . Merit v. Patronage. London : Ridgway, Piccadilly. ment of education—a mode of encouragement which would enrich the nation with better ser vants, at the same time that it wasted nothing from the national treasury in damping voluntary educational efforts. Perhaps the worst has yet to be told. The eighty-two who were nominated by competition, were not nominated by open competition. Three candidates were selected by patronage, frequently one or two of these utterly incapable of under going examination at all, and from this little list the eighty-two were chosen 1 If this be not an attempt to cover the whole thing with ridicule, we are at a loss to comprehend the motive. The three points desired are to relieve Government of the odium of patronage, and prevent its abuse, to secure a better class of public servants, and to sti mulate national education by legitimate prizes. To attain these objects every appointment should be open to the competition of either the whole kingdom, or of large yet manageable districts. The salaries of different amounts being adapted to the wants of all classes, would call for the energies of all. The examinations would be looked for ward to with intense interest by far more thou sands than those of Oxford and Cambridge are by hundreds. Give the middle and lower classes something to hope for from first class education. We mean first class for each grade respectively down to the very "Messengers" of Government offices, and we should soon see an educational rivalry which the present bounty system can never create. We have not time now to advert to the utterly insignificant objections to open competition in Exa minations for all departments. The little spirited and instructive pamphlet we have adverted to meets them all ; though they are so obviously the hypocritical special pleadings of the counsel for HAYTER and Co., that they really do not deserve it. Bad not the cause of Treasury nomination been a bad one Lord Palmerston would neither have renounced it in the BOUM, nor continued it at Downing-street. Very soon the House of Lords will begin, we suppose, another conflict with the Commons and the nation. Rather prematurely, and unwisely, too, we think, Lord DERBY almost committed the Upper House to this undignified course in regard to the Church-rates Abolition Bill, which he fully expected the Commons would send up thither. One would have thought that the Oaths Bill had been quite nuisance enough of that kind, and that a Statesman would have been slow to render the House of Lards still more offensive to the nation, and to strengthen the impression that it needed a thorough reform itself. With the weight of Lord DERBY'S influence, and the abundant natural willingness of the Peers to obstruct, in perpetuity, were that possible, any liberal aao.laure, no doubt the Bill will never pass more than a first reading, which, we presume, will be accorded as a matter of course to a measure sent up from the Commons —one, too, for which the Premier's own son has voted, and which he has advocated by the press as well as in his place in Parliament. The first great step has, however, been gained. Ever since the time of the Reform Bill the aboli tion of Church-rates has been pressed upon Par liament, and has been promised under some modi fication or another, by most professedly Liberal Ministers. Sometimes a compromise scheme seemed likely to be victorious, soon it was found that this would not suit any party, till at length the leaders on the question determined that "no corn promise" should be their motto, and " uncondi tional abolition " their bill. As with the Corn law Repeal, the just and bold policy has succeeded. In 1853 there was a majority of 48 against the hill. In 1858 there was a majority of 53 for its introduction, and of 74, - in committee, for the unconditional abolition clause ! The bill may be said to have passed the House of Commons triumphantly. Opponents confessed the complete. ness of the triumph. A Cinservative Government dared not, as a Government, oppose the bill ; some of its own Cabinet voted for it, and the ma jority, iu a house of 380 members, was three to two in its favour. Will the Lords venture to deal with Church rates as they have with Jewish Disabilities ? We can hardly think they will. They most likely will think it safe to reject the bill for one year, per haps for two, but the couutry this time has them in its power, and the chapter of accidents will be against them. They could prevent a constituency completing its object in electing a Jew, by refus ing him a seat in the Commons ; but they can prevent no parish constituency from obtaining its object ; for, if it refuse a rate, the rate is at an end. This they know, then, that the Opposition will go on with renewed vigour. Lord DERBY him self gave up the Court of Directors, because a larg o majority of the Commons doomed them to extinc tion ; and now, in every parish vestry it eel be proclaimed with irresistible effect that the House of Commons has also doomed Church rates. The refusals, and the difficulty of collection, will be everywhere increased. In fact, the Lords must be well aware that if they attempt a Jew Bill policy in regard to Church-rates, they will have not only the Commons, and one constituency which has elected a Jew,.to fight with, but that all the parishes in the country will speedily join in the battle, and in a few years more their Lordships will have nothing left to fight for. On this question ali the ratepayers of England are in power —in abso lute power—neither Crown, nor Lords and Com mons, can say them nay. If, therefore, the Lord 3 do reject:this bill, we trust tho ratepayers will show that they are, if not the Upper, yet the Uppermost House. We understand that a marriage is short'y to take place between Lady Agnes Grosvenor, eldest unmarried daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westmin ster, and Sir Archibald J. Campbell, Bart. The mar riage of Earl Spencer and Miss Seymour, third daughter of Lady Augusta Seymour, is appointed to be solemn ised on the Ist of July. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE. - The Marquis of Sligo is about to be married to the daughter of a wealthy commoner. A matrimonial alliance is arranged between Lord Worsley, son of Lord Yarbo rough, and Miss Hare, sister of Lord L'stewel. A mar riage is on the tapis between Lady Lvel Cbarlot'e Pnipps and John Wallis Alexander, Esq. Court Journal. THE EXPENSE OF " ENTERTAINING" PERSONS OF Dus- TlNCTlON.—According to an official document, the ex pense to the country last year in entertaining and conveying persons of dist'notion, ambassadors, gover nors, &e., was 19,1341., being an increase of 12,6961, on the preceding year. The Siamese ambassadors cost 10,1091. 6s. 4d. OFFICIAL AFPOINTMENTES. Mr. Brackenbury has ben appointed her Majesty's Consul at Madrid. Mr. Annesley, now Consul at Riga, is to be her Majesty's Consul at Amsterdam, vice Mr. R. S. Johnson, who exchanges. Mr. E. W. Mark, now her Majesty's Con• sul at Baltimore, is to be her Majesty's Consul at Mar seilles. W. D. Dyer, Esq., is to succeed Mr. Mark at BAltimore. Mr. C. Tulin, now British Vice-Consul at Oran, is to succeed Mr. Moreton at Mobile. R)bert Koch, Esq., is to be her Majesty's Consul in the Free City of Frankfort.—Th e Press. HORSE HEAL ING.—IIorse healing is a fiubject as interesting as that of horse taming, which is now a good deal occupying the public mind. In illustration cf the ous l t y o ho cure rse s o d t b a e n r g e r animalsou sl y alo , former sebject, I m ay notice that, in the year 1772, there also, was a Sieur T unnestrick at the Hague, who healed instantaneously professed ne wounded but y t heb notee aodu. H him only contains a referenc e t o hi s practice on the horse. In January, 1 77 2 , in presen ce o f the Stadtholder and other eminent persons, a large nail was driven into the head of a horse ; it was then drawn out by pincers, when Sieur Tunnestrick went up to the animal, injected a fluid into the wound, and in five or six minutes the horse was as lively and well as if nothing unpleasant had happened to him. Is anything more known of Tunne striek l—Netee and Queries. THE BISHOPS AND THE SPOLIATION OF OUDE. We are in a position to state that the Cam bridge-House conspirators, being anxious to mitigate the indignation which their proceedings appeared likely to excite in all sections of the religious world, applied themselves with consi derable zeal to obtaining some public declaration in their favour from the members of the episcopal bench. Although many of the Right Reverend Prelates, owing their appointments to Viscount Palmerston, were willing to obey Lord Shaftes bury's whip, yet they were unwilling to imperil their reputations by making themselves the champions of an act of severity, only parallelled in the wars of freebooters. Under these circum stances the Palmerstonians had recourse to the services of the Evangelical Intriguer, and requested him to enter into negotiations with a Right Reverend Prelate, with the object of inducing him to advocate the spoliation in a speech. The Noble Earl, understanding the mission, with that alacrity which he has al'ays displayed in the service of the Palmerstonian faction, is said to have addressed himself at once to a pre late, an eloquent and skilful debater, to whom it was dexterously intimated that a felicitous speech, in defence of the Canning Proclamation, might possibly be rewarded by an Archiepiscopal in itre. To these overtures the Bishop is said to have replied, with all the dignity of a Christian Pre late—Far from him promising to support the resolutions by a speech, he would not even sanc tion them by his vote. Personal considerations would prevent him from taking any part in the discussion, but had this not been so, he would have been in his place to raise his voice against an act more lawless and oppressive than any which is recorded even in the annals of Indian history. THE VOTE OF CENSURE. The adjourned debate will be resumed to-day by Mr. Roebuck, who will speak in support of her Majesty's Government. There never was a question which excited more general interest, and the result of the division, forms the subject of many conjectures. In the Clubs yest•3rday, it was generally believed that the prospects of Ministers were im proving since the debates of Friday, in which they certainly had the advantage. A great deal will depend upon the course which Mr. G 1 tdstone may think proper to adopt. In society, the resolution is treated as a per sonal question, and Lord Canning's friends and relations, foremost among whom is the Clanri carde clique, are making great efforts to organise the opposition to mini3Ler.3. tr:af irtunatcly for these petty politicians, these civilities and Hay terite dodge=, although they may hope to seduce members, cannot give eloquence to the dull, so that, each night of the debate, we shall witness a moral defeat of the Palmerstmian intrigues. Several of our contemporaries give lists of the Cabinet which Lord Palmerst NI might form were he sent for by the Q lean, and as these journals are in the confidence of the noble Viscount's friends, we may conclude that our statements as to the maturity of the plot were not at all exagge rated. Our contemporaries find it convenient to drop some unpopular names, but we have every reason to believe that we wore correct in informing our readers that Lord Clarendon would return to the Foreign.office, and that the Marquis of Clan ricarde would again have a place in the Cabinet ; although not as Lord Privy Seal. Lard John R•is;ell woad bring with him • small coutingent, for whom provision would be mad-'. Thus, the Earl of Miuto, father iu-latv of the Noble Lord, would be a mem ber of the Cabinet ; his son, L)rd Melgund, would b 3 Gala Secretary for Ireland ; and Lord John's nephw, Mr. Arthur Russell, would be come au Under-Secretary of State. Mr. Smith, with a Peerage, has been promised the office of Lord Privy Seal. One of our contemporaries says that Mr. Head lam will be appointed Solicitor-General in the embryo Administration. This is a place worth 5,0001. a-year. Mr. Headlam's value seems to increase rapidly. At the begin ning of last week be was " quoted," in Hayterit e circles, at 1,2001. a-year. It will bo remembered that the honorable and lca.rne I gentleman was the chairman of the meting, at which the Independent liberals decided that the next administration should be estab• listed on a " wider basis." We think it our duty to keep our readers informed of all these projects ; but there can now be Etch doubt of the intriguers being bafled, if not by the House, at any rate by the country. All that wa hear confirms our belief that the announcement, which we were the first to make, is correct., and that a factious vote of the if luse of Commons will be fol lowed by an immediate dissolution. The Palmerstouian intriguers, of course, deny this, but we trust that our Liberal friends will not . be thrown off their guard by such artifices. A dissolution of Parlilment is imminent. THE SUPPRESSED LETTER. MORE DISCLOSURES EXPECTED. rae ungentlomanlike cmduct of Mr. Smith, in cnnbining with Lord Palmerston to keep Lord Ellenborough in ignorance of Lord Canning's communication, is still the subject of much ani madversion. We have reason to believe that the extraordinary revelations, to which this episode has led, are not yut exhausted, and that the atten tion of the House of Commons will shortly be called to new facts, which will establish a conclu sive case against the late Ministers of the Crown. Important documentary evidence is already, it is said, in the possession of some, who will not hesitate to place it before the country, and the people of England will soon learn the full enor mity of the base intrigue, by which Mr. Smith and his friends have sought to embarrass Lord Ellenborough and to secure their restoration to office. CIII?ISTY'S MINSTRELS-ST. JAMES'S HALL On Thursday morning this, celebrated company, who have charmed the levers of good music and delighted all who enjoy fun and frolic, will give a graxd performance in the newest and most successful temple of harmony, S. James's Hall. The performances of Christy's Minstrels are too well known to need criticism. They ate humorous without being coarse, comic without being tedious, and pathetic without affected sentiment. Their musical capabilities are great ; they rank among their numbers same eingerg cf coveiderabls ability, while the manner in which they render their choruses might set a beneficial example to more ambitious associations. St. James's Hall offers every possible accommodation for the musi cal publ c, and we have no doubt that a large audience will avail themselves of this favourablo opportunity to bear these clever performers. The entertainment will commence at three o'clock, and the scale of prices is adapted to musical amateurs of every class. Tag AMERICAN MAlLS.—Liverpool, Saturday.—The British and N rth American Royal M4il Steam-ship Africa, Capt. Neil Shannon, vral despatched from this port, for New York, at noon tc-day, with the weekly mails for the Unite States and British Nerth America, 72 passengers, a largo cargo of fine goods, and 24,0001. in specie. L &TEST NEWS. INDIA. MALTA, MAY 15. The following has just come to hand by the Sultan. The Panther is also signalled from Alexandria. The Valetta, with the overland mails, arrived from Marseilles last night, when the Pera left for Alexandria. Despatches received from Bombay state that Sir E. Lugard relieved Azimghur on the 15th, losing only one officer and five men killed of the 10th Foot. General Grant had marched from Lucknow on Fyzabad. The Commander-in-Chief had sent his staff to Cawnpore on the 12th, and was to march to Fut tinghur. Brigadier Seaton had defeated tho rebels near that station ; they were totally routed, lost two guns, and all their ammunition. Our loss was slight ; the enemy had some 300 killed and wounded. Sir Hugh Rose when last heard of was at Esaghur (?), in the Gwalior country. The Kotah fugitives are endeavouring to make for Calpee. The Rajah of Kotah had been tried for implication in Major Burton's murder, and, it is believed, had been acquitted. A small Bombay force has defeated a body of rebels in the Maltpoora mountains ; otherwise all is quiet in the Presidency. Prices in the Bombay import-market have gene rally declined. Exchange on London, 2s. lid. for credit bills ; 24. lid. for scrip. The following telegram, dated Malta, was re ceived at the East India-house on Saturday, May 15, 7.37 p.m. : To J. D. DICKENSON, ESQ., INDIA HOUSE, LONDON. Sir H. Rose's advance on Calpee has been de layed by the fear that the Kotak rebels will fall on Jhansi. Orders have been issued to General Roberts to advance to Kotab, to co-operate with Sir H. Rose. This military movement is reported since the capture of Kotah. The Rajah is on trial before a commission for not having saved Major Burton and his sous from being murdered. The Sikh (?) force, under Major Evans, after an obstinate battle of some bolus, inflicted a severe defeat on a large body of Bheels and Mekrivee (?) in the Santpore Hills on April 1.1. Sixty men and 400 women were captured. Our loss was severe, 71 killed and wounded ; among the latter five officers--Captain Bircb, Lieutenant Bacievi, Lieute nant B 1 LioatJnaut Atkins, and Lieutenant Paurent (?). GUZERIT. The disarming of the Myhre Caunta is in pro gress. No new disturbances are reported in the Southern Mahratta country. The rebel Dessayeei are said to have entered the Sawunt country with a few followers. The outbreak, it is hoped, is nearly suppressed. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. Bombay Castle, April 24. G. MONTAN ARO. Malta, May 15. (Supplement to Mr. Secretary Ecimonstone's Mes• sage from Allahabad, dated April 16.) .AZIMGHIIR. On the 15th of April Sir E. Lugard relieved Azimghur. The enemy retreated with regularity, but lost three guns and a great number of men. In the pursuit Mr. Venables, Civil Service CO, and Lieut. Hamilton were wounded. Sir E. Lugsrd is pursuing the enemy to the Gogra. CA LPEE. It is thought the enemy will make a stand at Calpee. The rebel Rajah of Mynpooree has arrived at Oursu (Sirs► with some forces. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. Bombiy Castle, April 24. G. MONTARNO. Malta, May 15. TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO. VIENNA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15. At dawn on the 13th inst. the Montenegrins captured a transport of provisions which was on its way to the Turkish corps before Grahovo. At a liter hour in the day they attacked and completely routed the Turkish forces. The latter are said to have been almost annihilated. The Moaiteur publishes the following : Despite the exertions of the Powers at Constan tinople to prevent a collision between the Turkish troops and the Montenegrins the Turks commenced hostilities on the 11th in the valley of Grahovo. After a severe engagement, in which the Monte negrins lost 50 killed and 120 wounded, the Turks occupied Grahovo, which is reported to have been burnt down. The Turks were about 7,000 strong, the Montenegrins 5,000. ' rkt:oilled, and a ll t h e i r guns ca ptured. confirming the d es p a t c h of our the effect th at t h e Turks The Paris papers of Sunday all p u bli s h a tele ic uted near G ra h ovo, their iec (I con s rde p eoe s a imp t c ppo h nl aedt3 heenly: Vienna leader, haveriaein) hn e As regards the Turkish General killed, anoerth despatch says it; WAS Kiamil Pasha►. SPAIN. No solution of the Ministerial crisis is announced in the Madrid journals of the 11th. The Clamor Public°, the Regeneration, the Discussion, and the Esperanza had been seized. The Espana publishes a programme of the Queen's approaching journey to Valencia, from which it appears that her Majesty will set out on the 24th, and realm to Madrid on the 4th June. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Capt. Lang, has arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United Sates and British North America. She left Boston on the oth inst., and Halifax o❑ the 7th, and has brought 117 passengers, but no specie. The following vessels had arrived out :—The steamer New York, from Glasgow, and the Bor dassia, from Hamburg, at New York, on May 1 ; and the Ariel, from Southampton, on the 4th. The Europa, hence, arrived at Halifax on May 4. The President had signed the Kansas Bill, which finally settles that question. Nothing of importance had taken place in Con gress. Considerable agitation exists in Washington with eferenee to the Yrsarri T►eaty, and it iy said that it will not be ratified unless the transit monopoly is abolished. 11.1 ward Dessling, the Prussian, arrested under the extra , lition treaty, for fo-gery at Cologn=e, has been acquitted. Havannah advices to the 25th nit. represent sugars as dull, at a decline of half a real on inferior qualities. Advices from Venezuela, state that the ex-Presi dent Monages had been given up by the diplomatic body, but that his son had escaped. The Provi sional Government had issued a commission invit ing General Paery to return from New York and resume the Presidency of the Republic. The ship Majestic, from Liverpool to Charleston, was burned at sea ; the passengers and crew were saved and landed at Halifax. At New York, on the 4th, stocks, though vari able, exhibited a slight advance. A considerable - - alteration had taken place in foreign exchange, the market was firm at 109 i. Cotton was without important change ; mid. uplands 12g. State and Western flour very heavy, and a shade lower. Southern steady. Canada superfine nomi nal. Corn higher. Beef steady. Pork dull, un settled and lower. Lard dull and lower. Sugar depressed. Freights firmer. The Europa's news caused greater firmness in the New Orleans Cotton Market on May 4th. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. NEW COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. The inauguration of this superb and unequalled Palace of the Lyrical Drama took place on Satur day night under the most auspicious circumst rotes. According to a promise to that effect made public about two months ago, the occasion selected for the Opening Day was no other than Her Majesty's Birthday, the official Birthday celebrated on the 15th of May, in anticipation of the real Birthday of Queen Victoria, the 24th inst., Monday next, on which day that happy event will be commemo rated among themselves by the Royal Family as its veritable thi r t y - n i nt h ann i versary. Con spicuous this time beyond all the festivities, official and ex-official, given in honour of the Sovereign on Saturday--beyond Her Majesty's own regal Draw ing -room in St. James's Palace, the various minis terial Banquets, the Grand Bail at the Prime Minister's nominal residence in Dawning-street, and the stately assembly at the would-be Premiar's actual dwellimg (Cambridge House) in Piccadilly, at which last mentioned abode the reunion, was "kept up" until long past midnight in a manner perfectly consistent with Lord Palmerston's recent and very curious adhesion (in the wrong way) to the Sabbata- Han movement! Beyond all these radiant and sump tuous festivities, aided by the customary review of the Household Troops in the Park, the firing of cannon, the ringing of church bells, the display of flags and streamers, and the kindling after night fall of numerous . appropriate illuminations—there was the grand event of Saturday evening, an event which will long distinguish her Majesty's Birth day in 1858 among its many predeCessors, and we hope also, with God's blessing, among its many successors—namely, the opening of the new Royal Italian Opera, the new Covent Garden Theatre, according to solemn p rom i se an d engagemen t. How that promise was kept it would be difficult indeed to describe with any accuracy—it would be bewildering even to conjecture. A rumour was afloat among the audience on Saturday, shortly after their admission within the walls, that the last two hours were something very like madness ; yet, assuredly, it must have been a madness with a marvellous method in it, for there was this won derful edifice completed inside to its minutest deco rations, although up to the last minute before the admission of the audience the preparations were in active progress. In illustration of this we may simply remark that while we were all waiting under cover before the grand entrance (half-an hour after time by the way, and no wonder I) there was carried through the crowd across Bow-street from the direction of Long Acre, some of the scenery, to ba passed just in the nick by a side door in Hart street on to the stage to assist in the decoration of the perforwances. Beyond which, after the crowd had actually entered the building—there, behind the lovely mimic draperied drop-curtain still rang the clink of nail and hammer, the busy note of pre paration ! Already it would be merely a platitude to say that the new Italian Opera House in Covent-garden is the largest Theatre in the World—still with one exception, the renowned La Scala. Ey( ry body knows that. But everybody does not yet know that it is actually and truly besides that with out any exception—the grandest, the loveliest, in comparably beyond all others in Europe, the most stately and the mostmagnificent. Enteringthe house and taking up our allotted position in perhaps the very best place of all both for sight and sound— for what our neighbours call the coup d'eell and the tout ensemble, meaning the orchestra stalls, the stalls—we glanced about us, we gazed our fill, we drank deeply of the splendour and the beauty of that all but perfect interior. It was soon crowded —not to suffocation, for the place is deliciously ven tilated—not to inconvenience, for each spectator is provided in the way of mere room for living and breathing, with ample accoinmo It was filled as a matter of course everywhere, in boxes, pit, stalls, slips, gallery, and amphitheatre. Alto gether from one to two thousand, strictly speaking, we believe, 1,698 persons were enabled with entire comfort to see the stage, to hear the music, to lounge at ease each in his arm-chair as though he were slippered comfortably on his own hearth-rug, or lolling in one of the very best specimens of the modern railway carriage. Only that besides being without the motion of the latter, you are anything but (as in the' instance of the railway carriage) cabined, cribbed, confined. Looking upwards to the ceiling—there hung radiantly pendant and resplendent from its centre, the largest cut glass chandelier ever constructed-18 feet in height, 13 feat in diameter, consisting altogether of three tons of the purest cut glass, comprising 700 gas jets and 120,000 glass prisms ! No e onder the very chandelier itself when the gas was turned on more brightly received a distinct round of ap plause, as though it had been one of the performers —a star it certainly was and a very bright one of the first magnitude. The applause might have been appropriated to themselves by the fabricators of this Wonderful Lamp in this Palace of Aladdin, the Messrs. Defries of—Oh, unromantic name— Hounsditch ! Having admired themammoth chan delier to the utmost, with a passing glance of appro bation at the small delicate triple branches with gas jets and cut-glass shades arranged round the grand tier at each division of the boxes, and noted, not without marvel, the astonishing row of footlights exieuding along the whole width of that wonderful elongated orchestra—we look up once more to the ceiling. Not this time to reiealk the mammoth chandelier but the half-dome-shaped ceiling from the middle of which it is hanging and glittering. A do m i ca l ce ili ng i t is, supported ou exquisite elliptical arches. The perforated centre has a diameter, we aee told on reliable authority, otherwise we should hardly believe it, a diame ter of twelve feet, giving, of course, some thirty-six feet as its c:rcumference. The decorations (while throughout the house they are almost entirely pure white and gold) are here, in the ceiling, gold upon a delicate groundwork of the lightest azure, look ing, by artificial light, of the palest peagreen. Tee design of the adornments overhead has been furnished by the master designer of the whole theatre, Barry, and this design has been truthfully and tastefully executed by Messrs. Jackson. It is, so to speak, if we may define it by any one word, geometrical Divided int.) radiating compar. meats—bossed, and looped, and trellised, altogether an exquisite fabri cation. As to the boxes, built up in three tiers, and surmounted by a gallery tier on either side, giving a total of exactly 124 boxes in all, they are in simplest exactitude of phase, framed each like a very charming picture —some of these pictures, by the by, disclosing to the impertinently prying telescopic gaze of our opera-glass, " originals" of the "human face divine" better than any that ever came from the easle of Sir Joshua or Sir Thomas, of Grant or Gordon, of Vandyck or Irelasquez. While the lining of these boxes is crimson the silky curtains by which they are all draperied in front are of a deep rose-pink. A colour warming up the cool sparkle and freshness of the prevailiug white and gold in the pannelling and the p.llars—the pannels for the most pat t being bossed with cupids, flowers, and fruit—the pillars being of the most elegant spiral shape wall im aginable. The latter it may be 'observed, too, meaning the pillars, are one mass of gold-leaf—the former, i.e. the pannels, gold-leaf and cream-white alternately. As to the amount of gilding in the house it would be rather puzzling to gesess at—the gold leaves must have been strewed about there as thickly as the famous leaves of Valambrosa ! The proscenium is one mass of the richest gilding— that matchless and eminently beautiful proscenium ! This, of all parts of the house, if we could positively have made any selection of the kind, we should have chosen as our favourite. The proscenium ! —fifty feet high, eight or ten feet wider than any theatre in London, wider even than that ofthe great La S':a!a—lit porch or rather lattice to that gigantic stage, a vast stage, no less than 9) feet square in its dimensions. Above this lovely gilded, ornate, soaring, in its lightness almost aerial, proscenium, glows, in gold, the familiar medallion profile ever delightful togaze upon, but certainly most agreeable of all to look at when stamped in gold, the pleasant English features of our gracious E ngl i s h Q ueen. Grouped on either side of the shield bearing this medallion are the classic and semi -classic) designs by . Reffaelle Monti, iii alto and basso-relie vo — i epre senting, on one Land, O r ph eus and his ancient Greek listeners, and on the other band Ossian and his ancient British listeners. Both sufficiently apocryphal—the latter lelnig the portraiiure of en ideal scene that it would have done Mr. James Macpliereon's heart good to look at ! Scanning, in fact, the wh o l e i nterior of this wonderful edihce as a whole—t a ki ng th e v i ew o f i t i nto the mini in one g enera l survey—cons i der i ng i t no long,,,rpieceuitml hut altegi_ther—we rec oge i e a s its chief att r ib u t e, as its paramount and con r.picuous characteristic (in spite of all the gorgeous t.rofasion of gold leaf already particularised)— vi hat ?--distinctly we say it, a lovely and chaste and artistic simplicity ! In its proportions, in its cutl nes, in its furniture, in its decorations. There is nothing overlaid with ornament. There is much tl at is gorgeous—there is nothing that is rueretii eious. It fe simply superb. The eye is charmed, the taste and judgment are together satisfied. But, while we are gazing about us in delighted admi ration—there is a second peal of applause, at first slight but rapidly rising into acclamation. Not another Brobdignagian chandelier —no, it is the orchestra filling, it is M. Costa at his desk baton in hand. There is M. Sainton with his violin, by right as well as by genius " first fiddle," there is Pratten with his flute, there Lazarus with his clarionet, there Harper with his trumpet, there Chipp with his drum, there Prospere with his ophecleide—there, above all, is the chef, the maestro, Composer, Director, Conductor, all in one—Costa. It is like his welcome home again, that cordial round rising, and falling and swelling louder, again and yet again, as he bows, magic ward in hand, to boxes. gallery, and amphi theatre. The opera begins, the masterpiece wisely chosen for the first night—" The Huguenots." Tnere are long pauses between the acts, the last act even is not performed at all, the National Anthem bzing substituted for it as a conclusion in conse quence of Sunday morning having commenced. Yet never perhaps has grander effect been given to those three first acts than was given on Saturday night to that three-quarter length of the great original of Meyerbeer. What is the cast ? It is the grand old cast . of yore—b e f ore th e l a t e h ouse was burnt in'o rums. Read the names, and say whether they sound not familiarly. As for Mario, never did he sing more deliciously. He was in glorious voice, and acted (as he was) as though he were lord of the scene and master of the situation. His welcome home again, too, was an ovation. Cordial, also, was the reception accorded to each in turn among the other favourite performers. Particularly (as to a pet) to Madlle. Didiee, as the stripling page Ur bano. But most of all to the long-time Queen of Song, Madame Grier, who was greeted at first with a storm of plaudits, and at last with a brilliant and odorous shower of bouquets. The mis en scene, even with all the hurry of the first night, was admirable. The scenery, new and sparkling from the ar tist's brush, the dresses, glossy and sparkling from the hands of the costumier. The choruses have been admirably drilled, and the orchestral accompaniments were in every instance kept in perfect' subordination—even at momenta of the wildest fury of sound from drum and trumpet, as in the crash of the grand chorus of malediction, after the stealthy retreat towards the back of the stage, the sudden wheel round upon the audience, and the rush down to the footlights. Admirable also was the famous chorus of the Huguenot sol diers with its " Rataplan " refrain. Madlle. Didiee's ever delightful " Non —non, non, non," won applauses that reminded us of the encores always extorted for the same delectable romance by Madlle. Alboni's rendering of it. As ono morsel of humour in the midst of the colossal solemnity and pathos of the great opera, it should be remarked that Signor Talmo provoked a burst of laughter by his lugubrious comicality in dolefully chaunting that dismal little stave as head of the Night Watch. Signor Taglia fico was the only chief performer who appeared to us in any way at fault, and in the instance a'luded to, somewhat unaccountably —we mean in his de livery of the Nobil Donzella when conducting his bride to the nuptial barge at the close of the second act. Fresh his voice may be in every note but in this instance it was decidedly flat, and, so far as relates to any pleasure resulting from it, beyond all manner of doubt, un profitable. It is almost needless to say that a very cordial reception was accorded to the various im personators of the chief characters. While, it must be admitted, that M. Zelgor gave a respect able rendering of the great part of Marcel, it can not possibly but be regretted that Herr Formes somehow failed to appear as the old puritanical swashbuckler. This inevitable regret was all the more poignantly experienced on hearing Zelger's version of the grand old Puff Paff song of blood and-thunder. Signor Polonini, it will have been remarked, appeared as formerly as Count de San Bris—Signor Soldi as Travannes—Signor Rossi as De Retz—and Signor Pierini as Meru. It was in his famous interview with these in the third act that Signor Tagliafico, as the Count de Nevers, appeared on Saturday both as a singer and as an actor to the highest advantage. But the grand histrionic and lyrical triumphs of the night were of course won pre-eminently and beyond all question, mais cela va sans dire, by Madame Grisi and Signor Mario, as Raoul and Valentina. Who does not know Grisi's " Salva Raoul per me non terao ?" and yet more, the "B the morra ma per salver ?" Who has not a grateful remembrance of the dulcet and delicious tones of the gr eat tenor, of the thrilling passion and ten derness thrown by him int o t h e " P er t u tti ii ciel," or, best of all, into the " Bella diving incant atrice ?" The climax of the acting and singing Of e tch being capped by the renowned scene at the close of the third act, with w hi c h, as we have raids this Famous First Ni g ht o f th e new Th eatre iii CJvent-garden terminated. The memorable event of that first night is a triumph to all concerned in it--above all, it is a wonderful triumph for Mr. Gye, whose absence on the occasion was a matter of universal regret —more particularly from the circumstance of that absence being unfortunately attributable to the exhaustion consequent upon his extraordinary efforts to fulfil his apparently inspes - Bible, but punctually realised engagement. The Queen's box was occupied by Lady Caroline Barrington and Miss Barrington, Lady Georgians Grey, Mr. C. Barrington, Mr. Sartoris, and Mr. West. Among the fashi o n a bl e company present in the theatre were—the Duchess of Montrose and Lady Agnes Graham, the Marquis of Stafford, the Earl Granville, the Countess of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Earl of Carlisle and Lady Blantyre, the Earl and Countess Constance Gros venor, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warriugton, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Kinnoull, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl and Countess of Bessberough, the Earl of Shelburne, the Countess of Fife a nd Miss Wemyss, the Countess of Bradford and the Ladies Bridgman and Miss IVloncrieffe, the Conn' toss Dowager of Harrington, Viscountess Villiers, Viscount and Viscountess Malden, Viscount and Viscountess Duppliu and Lady Henrietta Morant, Viscount Ranelagh, Viscount Clifden, Visccunt Exmouth, Lord Ward, Lady Wharncliffe, Lady Augusta Seymour and the Misses Seymour, Lord H. G. Lennox, M.P., Lie. d G. G. Lennox, M.P., Lady Hislop, Lady Georgiana Codringtont Lord Henry Thynne, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P., Lord Arthur Hay and the Ladies Jaue and Julia Hay, Lady Elinor Caven dish and Mr. C. Cavendish, Lady Panmure and Mr. Power, Count Louis Corti, Capt. the Hon. C. Hay and Mrs. Hay, Capt. the Hon. T. H. G. Per mor, Hon. E. S. Russell, M.P., and Mrs. Russell and the Hon. Miss Russell, Hon. Mrs. Colville, Hon. John Fortescue, Hon. Mrs. Ives, Hon. Mrs. Biddulph and Miss Seymour, Hon. Otw ay Toler, Hon. Mrs. Charles Cust, Hon. Mrs. Ricardo, Sir Alexander Bannerman, Sir George Armytage, Sir William de Bathe, Lady Webster, Sir Geo. Womb well, Lady Macfarlane and Miss Macfarlane, Sir John Lowther, M.P., Sir Henry Cetterell, M.P., Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., Col. de Bathe, Col. Ellison, Col. Bigg, Col. Meyrick and Miss Meyriekt Major Gage, Major de Horsey, Major Cook, Capt. E. St. John Mildmay, Captain Dawson Damer, Captain and Mrs. Leyland and Miss Leyland, Capt. Dampier, Capt. Vivian, Capt. Shearson, Mr. Bentinck, M.P., Mr. Conyngham, M.P., and Mrs. Conyngham, Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., Mr. Ha milton Beckett and the Hon. Mrs. Beckett, Mrs. William Duff, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Theo dore Uzielli, Mr. Woodford, Mr. Ellis Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, Mrs. Mountjoy Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Villehois, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Chas. Webster, Mr. F. Webster, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box at Her Majesty's Theatre was occupied on Saturday by the Duchess of Maocbe3ter, Lady Churchill, Lady Blanche Egerton, the Hon. Arthur Egerton. Amongst the fashionable company honouring the theatre with their presence were the Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, the Duke of Hamilton, bill Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Marquis of Clan ic irde, the Marchioness of Downshire, lord Ward, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge the Marquis of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Countess of Harrington, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Wicklow, the Earl and Countess of Essex, the Earl and Countess of Mountcharles, the Earl of She!' borne, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Poweracourt, Mr. Charles Klingernaen, Count Anolsjorn Sparre, Count d Bark, the Lord and the Lady Mayoress, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady Geraldine Somerset, and Lady Edith Somerset, Lady Brougham, Lord Ernest Br uce , Lord James Stuart, Lord William Lennox. Lord and Lady Harry Vane, Lord Sandys, Lady Charlotte Egerton , Lord Ashley Lady Rjan, Lady Wilson, Hon. Mr s ' Stuart, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, Gen. the lion. IT. Cavendish, Col. Paget, Capt. Bateson, Admit's' Ryder Burton, Sir Joseph Hanley, Sir Ralph ap d Lady Howard, Sir John Gibbons, Sir J. Buller Ea , t ; Sir Cipack and Lady Roney, Capt. Lyon, Ss J. Rennie , Kr. Fortes Campbell, Gen. Taylor, Gen. Knowles, Mr, Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Hoops I, M.P., an d Mr°- . R int) , II ; Col. Hammill, Col. Lockyer Frecstun, MY• nd Mr-. Freest au, Col. Crispin, Col. and Mrs. Wit, son, Mr. Packe, and Mrs. Pack() Reading ; Mr. an d NlrA. Kay, Mrs. Trelawny, Mr. Border, Mr. Alphretus C. Biluge, &c. APOTHECARIES HALL—The following are the nano% of gentlemen who passed their examination in the ~eielcc and practice of medioine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, May 13:—Henry Castle-street, Hastings ; William Yande, Lamb Conduit-street ; William Harris, Waterford, Ireland ; Henry Hope Atkinson, Redhiil, Surrey ; Jas. Oliver ; John Morton Beaumont ; Nicholas Feawick Pangholll7 3 , Eerie • THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, lB5B.