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Drummond, Charing-cross ; Niessre.clay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street; Messrs. lierrles, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street ; Messrs. Hoare and Co , Fleet-street ; Messrs. Wdllams, Deacon, and Co., Birchla-lane; Messrs. Cox and Co., Charing-cross ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-mall east ; Messrs. Contta and Co., Strand; and at the Committee-room, 3, Pall-mall list. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee--Mr. J. B. Buckstone. On EASTER MONDAY, April 5, will be performed AN U 4EQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buck gone' Chipeadale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and mi ss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitzwilhatn. After which (fir 4t time) a C'assical Estravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 c, Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit.... .. 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 Commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. On EASTER MONDAY, will be produced a new farce, •ntitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Busi ness. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Me phistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (for the first time) a new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. On EASTER MONDAY, will be produced the drama of THE 'OOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Rodsu, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss S wanborough. —Will Open on Easter Monday, with a new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Es 1., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. After which, a new burlesque, FRA DIAVOLO. And a Farce. Supported by Ifessrs. Leigh Murray, Ray, Belfort, Kinloch, Seymour, C. Young; Mesdames M. Oliver, Ternan, Leigh Murray, Selby, Victor, Portman, and Swan bc rough. CANTERBI7RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- Irig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance Silections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, drc., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle, Marietta, Miss Brinell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta , Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. denshaw, S. Tones, J Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr, Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. B'3ll, and Mr. Bar turd nes3rs, T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchlield, G. Forde, and E. Mackcey. Piano-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dxs., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. airGa WATER AT LONDCNT BRIDGE. Two DAY—Morn., 31 min. aft. 3—Evon., 49 min. aft. 3 To-Aroanow —Morn., 34 min. aft. 4 —Even., 51 min aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 2. TREEMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night, 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER, up to 29.94—n0w down to 29.87. WIND, N W. to N.B. in the mcrning ; now South Westerly, light, with cloudy cold weather. ~ 0 § Itit LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1858. Dr. TRAVERS Twiss, the eminent civilian, has given a very decided opinion on the case of the Cagliari, which will be found in another part of this day's impression. It is a clear and able document, which must prove decisive not only on the points at issue between the Sardinian and Neapolitan Governments, but also in respect t 3 WATT and PARKS, who were illegally captured, and therefore entitled to the protection of the Governments both of Turin and of London. Of the former from the fact of being sailing under its flag, and of the latter from being natural-born subjects of Queen VICTORIA, owing allegiance and entitled to "protection" in return. The double claim should be responded to by both nations, and we have no doubt that it will be so, and that fair compca sation will be required on behalf of those who have been so deeply injured—one of whom has already suffered so severely that it is doubtful whether he will ever recover hi 4 faculties, and the other has almost succumbed under the terrible ordeal to which he has been subjected. Dr. Twos has left no point of the very com plicated case untouched. His opinion may be regarded as a judgment, and that delivered with the greatest impartiality. Nor can there be any dispute as to the facts, for they have been taken from Sicilian records, which are unquestionably binding against King BoMms. and his agents. It is admitted that the Cagliari was captured on the high seas, which are "nullius territorium," where no State can claim exclusive sovereignty, and the rights of all must be respected. The municipal laws of Naples could not therefore prevail, and the authorities could not act, rations loci, against either the vessel or any of its crew. A ship sail ing under a recognised flag, being practically " an extension of the territory" to which that flag belongs, and subject only to its laws, and to those of the Maritime Code, binding on all without txception. The papers of the Cagliari were all right. No exception could be taken thereto, and they were exhibited without the slightest de lay captain. to the Nea politan The Master "verified his flag," and consequently the onus probandi devolved on those who inter rupted his lawful progress. There was no culpability up to the time of leaving the Piedmontese port, and there must, therefore, have been something in " the mode of naviga tion" or conduct of those in charge of the vessel that would constitute her either "a pirate or an enemy" to justify the seizure. As Doctor Twiss has distinctly pointed out, a State may declare certain offences to be acts of piracy —but those only binding on it* own subjects, and cannot* in any degree affect the ins gentian)", or universal law, by which every civi lised country is amenable. Pirates have been properly defined as mariti(ins robbers," who are actuated animo furandi, with -the deliberate in tention of plundering innocent parties. -Some thing like what BYRON described as " sea attor neys," who substituted might for right whenever they could do so with impunity. Nothing of this character could be, or has been, alleged against the master or crew of the Cagliari. Their offence, if any, could only be punished if they had volun tarily rendered themselves amenable to the juris diction of the Sicilian tribunals by either landing on the coast or coming within its waters, and being captured there. They could not be pur sued into neutral ground, or what to all intents and purposes was Sardinian territory, viz., a vessel sailing with regular papers on the high seas under the Sardinian flag. _ _ „__ The Sovereign whose flag was violated—King VICTOR EmuNtrEL—has demanded restitution of the vessel and all onboard, and he is lawfully entitled to obtain it, together with fair compensation for the illegal act. The English Government has also required the liberation of the British subjects on board, and will insist on redress for their grievances. Within a few weeks Lords DERBY and MALMESBURY have established a proper issue, vindicating the national honour and the right cf their fellow subjects, while their predecessors in office, Lords PALMERSTON and CLARENDON bungled for more than nine months, and did not produce even a "ridiculous mouse” from the diplomatic parturition. We may hope that the national prestige will now be maintained intact from what we have seen with the Governments of France, Piedmont, and Naples, and the pro tection afforded to Messrs. HoDGE, WATT, and PARKS. By the vote on Lord PALMERSTON'S Bill the House of Commons sanctioned one principle only, that of transferring the Home Government of India from the Company to the Crown. Scarcely any other point was earnestly debated than the trans ference. The general character of the Home Ad ministration of our Indian Empire seemed to be taken for granted. By tacit consent some kind of council there was to be. For a long time two councils had bestridden the unlucky dependency, one of course must ride before, but between them both they contrived to ride it out of all its cash, and eventually out of all its patience too. They rode it, in short, into bankruptcy and mutiny. The worst part of the mischief seemed apparent enough. Two on one horse would no longer do, the double government must go, and it went, with a pretty heavy fall, on the 18th February last, by a majority of almost two to one, the hindmost rider was pitched to the ground ; it fell as Leaden-hall might be ex pected to fall. But the House virtually accepted the long existing plan of a Council. India had always, so far as the Home Administration was concerned, been governed by a Council or Board, for they are one and the same thing. The Company managed its affairs by a Council ; and when PITT took the corrupt and bankrupt Company in hand, he check mated it by a President and Council, matching its own Chairman and Council with like for like ; he might, on the part of the Crown, have opposed a dictator to it, but this was not his plan. Boards or Councils were the proper instruments for go verning India. No one seemed to think of any other plan. And, whatever modifications were made, still the requisite wisdom was sought not in individual ability, but in the " multitude of coun sellors." We might have had, like the gloat Re public of old, two consuls, as it were, one at home and the other abroad, and their instruction might have been ne quid detrimenti, respublica caperet, This course we never did take on any occasion, and it became, therefore, an acknowledged prin ciple that we must have an India Thud, or a Council with a President at its bead. Now, we think that there is a great deal to be said for precisely the opposite system—for select ing one Secretary for India, responsible to Pat L ament ; for leaving with him the nomination of his subordinates, one or two of them, perhaps, having seats in the House ; and for thus leaving him no 3oard or Council on whom to throw the leas. responsibility. We believe that if the question were fairly before us, that would be the mode of Home Administration for India which must have our vote. Tho troth, however, is, that no one has yet been bold enough to propose this. Lord PALMERSTON did not, any more than Lord ELLEN • BOROUGH or Mr. DISRAELI. We should have had a pretty hubbub indeed if the DERBY Government had offered any such scheme to the House. No one can doubt that Lard ELLENBOROUGH'S ten dencies are all in that direction. lie is not the man to shirk responsibility, any more than was his Radical military favourite. But he perfectly well knew that he might as well offer no bill at all to the eager Opposition, as one which, without the time-sanctioned regulator, placed all power in his hands. If, therefore, the House would like a bill creating a responsible home dictator (if such a combination of terms may be allowed) for India, lot it but say so, and the present Government will probably be ready enough to oblige them. If, however, their feeling is all the other way, what have they but details, suited for discussion in committee, to complain of ? The proposers of the bill, we imagine, are little concerned to defend many of these pugnaciously. The limitations of qualifications for councillors, we think, may well, to a large extent, be dispensed with. Wo have not so much faith in "old Indians" as in the vigorous common sense of Englishmen unspoiled by Indian routine, but all such questions belong to a more advanced stage of the bill. As it now stands the question lies between a council of eight and one of eighteen ; a council half elected and a council wholly nominated ; and a council partly elected by constituencies whose relation to India is merely commercial. Strange it i., indeed, that this last innovation should have been the most attacked of all. A little while ago the complaint was that the holders of India stock had not half the inte rest in India that our great commercial and manu facturing towns have. Those commercial towns are offered a voice in the management of India, and forthwith all the quibblers are in arms against the arrangement. Why neutralise the votes of their Members of Parliament ? says one. But their Members of Par liament are confessedly chosen not to aid in the direot administration of Indian affaire, but merely to watch over them for Imperial purposes. But why should not a dozen other towns have votes' also ? says another. Surely, however, it is enough to select the first commercial towns in the king dom, for a function which could not by its very nature be indefinitely extended. No one proposes an Indian Parliament, but a Council. If, however, any towns or cities felt it a grievance to be over. looked, we do not know why they might not for this purpose be united with some one of the five. The truth is, the plan is novel ; it may therefore be cavilled at ; but of all persons in the world, Liberals ought to be the last persons in the world to complain of Tories for giving power to the people. Several times of late we have taken eccasion to refer to tl , e crcs:cctivo clnstruc'ion of a Grand Trunk North American Railway, as an inevitable consequence of the probable completion of the yet grander scheme of the sub-oceanic intercourse about to be established by means of the electric telegraph. We have reiterated our allusions in this way advisedly. The development appearing to us to be so very near, and so all but absolutely certain, we have purposely renewed more than once our sufficiently significant comments upon the growth of one great enterprize out of the other—a growth instantly sequential, if circum stanoes preclude it from being actually simul- ;anew us. The notion of traversiig the entire breadth of the northernmost of the twin American continents is not by any means a novelty to ourselves. It is novr a good many years since we ventilated the idea in the columns of The Sun and again, and rat again, we have expatiated upon the enormous and scarcely limitable advantages certain to accrue to the Anglo-Saxon race by the resolute carrying out of this magnifieent project upon the soil of our own possessions. Conspicuous among those who have insisted earnestly upon the practicability of the undertaking have been two intelligent and far-seeing observers—one an American, and one an Englishman. Their names and their argu ments we have all this while held carefully in our remembrance. Each, of course, as became him, more particularly as a citizen inspired with senti ments of generous civiom, avowedly ambitioned the securing of this grand boon to his respective nation and Government. The American frankly declared his hope to be the construction of the proposed Trunk Railway across the United States, rather than further northwards—through Canada and the Hudson's Bay Company's possessions. The Englishman, on the other hand, no less candidly acknowledged his aspirations to be wholly in fa vour of the latter mode of realisation. Mr. ASA WHITNEY, however, has long since waived his plan in favourof that by which Major CARMICHAEL SMITH proposed to open up to English euterprise the latent resources of power and wealth, of com merce and agriculture, stored up in the prolific fruitfulness of our North American territories. In a remarkable letter recently addressed by the for mer gentleman to a morning contemporary, Mr. ASA WHITNEY specifies four reasons for his ar riving reluctantly at this *conclusion. He says distinctly—" for six years past, I have abandoned all hope of its accomplishment across the territory of the United States," adding the frank acknow ledgment, " it was the desire of my heart to see my country control the commerce of the world, as it no doubt could have done with this road com pleted as I proposed ; but that is all past, and my country has lost its power over the great sub ject for ever, and it now rests with England to accomplish what the United States have failed to do." Mr. ASA WHITNEY'S four reasons for re garding the project as henceforth beyond the reach of the United States are briefly-Ist., that the means are no longer available ; 2dly, that the work is too vast in its nature to be undertaken by individual capital-3dly, that neither the Go vernment nor the Congress at Washington possess the power to construct, operate, or carry on such an enterprise ; 4thly, that the selection of a route by arraigning one section against the other would necessitate two rival lines, which would be tantamount to a certain failure of both. Wherefore, all things considered, we regard the responsibility of laying down the Grand Trunk Railway to have devolved upon England. " And," here it is he writes frankly, manfully, magnanimously, "as it is a work in which I may say all mankind are deeply interested, and, if accomplished, to be vastly be nefited, my desire to see its accomplishment is unabated, and I hail with joy any proposition by which I can see even a remote chance for the rea lisation of my fond hopes." Having said which, he observes rio less frankly, manfully, magnani mously—" As to the route, the British side is far the most favourable with lower gradients. From Lake Superior . to the Rocky Mountains range is almost a level country—the ascent so gradual as to be almost imperceptible ; and we: find that on the range of the 50th parallel the streams divide, running north on one side and south on the other; and north of parallel 45 the Rocky Mountains begin to slope off towards the Arctic Ocean, and north of 50 deg. they do not elevate their peaks above 5,000 feel, with manytpasses at very low depression, practicable for a railway. Is not this, then," he inquires, " the route for the commerce between Asia and Europe 7" "Look," he con tinues, " at Halifax on one side, and Paget Sound, directly opposite, on the other side. Has not na ture formed these for the termini of this great highway ?" With ourselves there has not for a long time been any doubt whatever upon this point. But now to the aid of that deliberate conviction—a conviction carried out logically after serious reflec tion and lengthened inquiry —comes the encour aging knowledge d that, henceforth, in the develop ment of the enterprise, we shall find not jealous rivals, but earnest sympathisers in the people of the United States. Assurance is afforded by the whole tone of Mr. ASA WHITNEY'S argument, that all intelligent and sagacious Americans will here after be disposed to co-operate with us in forward ing the enterprise for the construction of this Grand Trunk Railway—the heart of our own North American Possessions. CONFIRMATION OF TUB PRINCE OP WALES. (From the Court Circular.) , WINDSOR, APRIL I The confirmation of the Prince of Wales took place in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle this morning, his Royal Highness having been examined on the previous day by the Dean of Windsor, in the presence of her Ma jesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop Lf Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High Almoner), the Bi-hop of Chester (C erk of the Closet), the Dean of Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Rev. Lord Wriothe,ley Russell (Chaplain to the Prince Consort), and the Rev. H. J. Ellison (Vicar of Windsor), took their seats within the rails of the communion-table shortly before 12 o'clock. The Ministers and other company invited to witness the ceremony assembled in the Green Drawing-room at a quarter before 12. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on the Queen and the Royal family assembled in the corridor. The company were then conducted to their seats in the chapel. About 12 o'clock her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, his Royal Highness ;the Prince of Wales, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, his R •yal Highness Prince Arthur, her Royal Highness Princess Helena, her Royal Highness Princes Louisa, her' Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, entered the chapel. The Queen and Prince Consort, with the members of the Royal family, occupied chairs in the centre of the chapel. The great officers of State and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting took their seats immediately behind the Royal Family. Tae remainder of the com pany invited were placed in pews on either side of the chapel. The Prince Consort and the Duke of Cambridge appeared in the Windsor uniform, and each wore the ribaud, badge, and star of the most noble Order of the Garter. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales also appeared in the Windsor uniform. The gentlemen of the choir of St, George's Chapel attended, and Mr. W. G. Cosine Organist of her Ma jesty's Private Chapel) presided at the organ. The ceremony commenced with Hymn 147---" Come Holy Ghost, nur souls inspire." The Bishop of Oxford read the preface, and his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony, and concluded the service with an exhortation. The Hymn 268 —" Oh happy day, that first my choice," was then sung. _ _ The ceremony being ended, the Queen, the Prince tc.ld tLe al 1,.L.,i4 and entered the Green Drawing-room, where her Majesty received the congratulations of the distinguished com pany present. WESTERN DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, CHARLOTTE -STREET, FITZROY-SQUARE.—A legacy of 501. has been recently loft to this useful institutio❑ by Mr. Charles Worrell, late of Durham-terrace, Westbourue park. tThe Senatus of the Edinburgh College have unani mously conferred the degree of LL.D. on Professor Ferrier, St. Andrews; and the degree of D.D. on the Rev. John Cairnu, of Golden. L quare, U.P. Church, Berwick-qn4weed. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY_ E VEN 1 NG, _APRIL 2, 1858. L/TEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. We have this morning received papers from Melbourne to Feb. 15, and from Sydney to Feb. 10. On the former date the Victoria, with the English mails of the 16th of December, was twelve days overdue. So far, however, as the dates are concerned, these mails had been anticipated by the arrival from Point de Galle of the colonial steamer City of Sydney, but private advices were anxiously looked for. With regard to the gold-fields the recent stop page in those branches of industry which depend upon the supply of water had been of so serious a nature to the mining population that attention had become fairly aroused to the necessity of providing against future inconvenience and loss from drought. An aqueduct from the Coliban to the centre of Forest Creek has been projected, the country sur veyed, and the practicability of the undertAking ascertained. The inhabitants of Bendigo are turn ing their eyes towards the extent of mountainous country which surrounds that district with the like object. The Bendigo Advertiser says A very considerable extent of mountainous country exists in the •icinity of this gold-field —most of it, too, at a high elevation. The chief portion of the range con sists of granite formation, abounds in springs, and fur nishes the source of a number of creeks of greater or less importance. Are we quite satisfied that in this country there does not exit any area of watershed or place capable of being formed by artificial means into an extensive gathering ground. If we are not, why do we not take means of satisfying ourselves on a subject of such interest ? These are practical movements, and such as are best calculated to put an end to the cry that the gold-fields of Victoria are declining. With associated enterprise in labour and capital, the older gold-fields will keep up their yield for a long time to c , me, while these th>• ; r e w: 11 b e ready for similar uee , takings when! the first miners shall have taken out all they can by their individual exertions. Of political matters, Mr. Mitchie's bill for pro viding public instruction was engrossing the greatest share both of public and private atten tion. The principle that the State, as a state, should only provide secular education for chil dren has received distinct expression in a motion of Mr. Ireland's which was carried on the 22(1 of January by a majority of 27 to 10. This motion, as finally carried was—" That secular instruction only, in the ordinary sense of the term, shall be admitted in the schools to be established under this act, or in any of the buildings thereunto belonging." This clause has provoked very violent opposition on the part of various religious bodies, more particu larly on that of the Church of England. "Unless, however," says the Argus, "the Upper House should reject Mr. Mitchie's bill, there seems now at all events little reason to doubt that hencefor ward the State will not interfere to provide other than secular instruction. It will insist neverthe less that all children shall receive either private or public , training of this kind." The Reform Bills were making progress through the Lower House. Mr. Haines announced that the Ministry would resign if the assembly declared itself unfavourable to the representation of mino rities, and by 24 votes to 17, a scheme had been sanctioned, by which each voter is to be endowed with the right to record as many votes as there may be candidates t.) be elected for his dis trict, but according to which he is to be at liberty to distribute them how he pleases, or to conceu- trate them all in favour of one candidate. Hither to the elector, although at liberty to record only one vote or plumper if he pleased, has not been permitted to give more than one vote for any one candidate. The Argus reports of the mines : At Pleasant Creek the eyes of the miners are still turned towards the advanced parties prospecting r}und the Grampians av,d the Victoria ranges, in which directions this field appears to be spreading. Ararat his been dull. The works are steadily progressing on the several deep leads at Ballarat. Carngham is almost deserted, but at the deep lead at Preston's there is more activity. At Bendigo, the most noticeable feature is the small quantity of quartz gold that is now being produced—a tact that calls for explanation. The Mary borough district has bad the usual number of smail rushes. At Tarrengower the ground about Hunter's sa,wpit, recently opened, is still attracting and retaining a numerous populaq , m. The Goulaurn miner.. are now wanking our, after having been at a sta,nd4ll for watt of water, We have heard of little doing in the Ovens district. The Bucklatid quartz-reefs are pr.)ved to be extensive, but hot very rich, and it is thought that they will not repay at present for the expense of the transport of macula iry so long a distance ev4r a rough country. The following shipments of gold had been made since the commencement of the year Date of Sailing. 1858. Jan. 2 Copenhagen 4 Loudon 7 Wouga Wouga Sydney 5,221 11 Telegraph „ 12 Anglesey „ 13 Istanboul „ 11 London „ il6 Anna Lange „ 16 Columbian Suez 46,539 „ 18 Wonga Wouga „ 19 Albion Liverpool „ 22 CJllaroy 25 London 28 Wonga Wonga. , 30 Coleroon Loudon Feb. 5 London „ 6 Roxburgh Caste _ London „ 8 Morning Star Bristol ~ 8 Sydenham • London In the - Upper House the government had been defeated upon the second reading of a bill entitled " A Bill to Secure the Independenei of Parlia- Ship. Destination. Ozs. meet." This bill was rejected on the 3d of Feb., in consequence of its involving a change in the con st tution, and thus requiring the alsent of an abso lute majority of the council, although the second reading was carried by 11 to 4 votes. The bill, if it had passed, would have disqualified all persons in the receipt of public pay, and not being members of the ministry, from sitting in Parliament. The atrocities committed by the revolted sepoys in India have awakened in the colony a very dee p feeling of horror and of commiseration. A move ment has been set on foot for the promotion of th , fund for the relief of the surviving victims of the mutiny. "It is impossible," says the Argus, "to form even an approximate estimate of the amount that will be realised by private subscriptions, but from the general approval of the object of the fund, we have little doubt that it will be such as to constitute a substantial token of sympathy. In the meantime, the sum of 25,0001. has been appro priated in aid of this object by a unanimous vote of the Lower House of Parliament." In most of the agricultural districts the farmers had secured the bulk of their crops; and the har vest is much the largest ever gathered in Victoria. During the previous two or three weeks men of the labouring class had been in less demand. In many districts the greater part of the crops were secured, and the farmers had been paying off their extra hands. " There is at present no work for these supernumeraries, nor will there be until the expenditure of the sums voted by Parliament for buildings and improvements this year commences. Idle men are accumulating iu town, where they ask higher wages than are accepted willingly by those in the country seeking employment. By all accounts the latter are already rather nume rous, and their ',lumber is daily inoreased by men driven from the gold fields in consequence of a want of water." From the " commercial intelligence" of the Argus we extract the following : The gold market has been remarkably dull. The change made in the rate of freight from 4 per cant. to 1 per cent. by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company has been the chief cause of this. At the former rate the company competed successfully with the clipper ships sailing about the same time, but at 1 per cent, the advantages are in favour of the clipper ships. The re ducion in the prices of gold established at the beginning of the year has become permanent. The Melbourne bullion brolture are LuyLrs C. Lk; f 14s. 61. to U. 143. 9d. for Castlemaine and Sandhurst ; 3/. 143. 6d. to 3/. 153. for Mount Korong ; 3/. 15s. 61. for Dunolly, Maryborougb, Fiery Cresk, and Avoca ; Si. 155. to 3/. 153. 9J. fur Ararat and Pleasant Cieek 3/. 16'. to 31. 178. for the Ovens ; and 3/. 17s. 6d. to 3/. 17s. 9d. for Ballarat. In onr recent summaries we have had to speak of a gradually tightening motley market. Since January, 1857, the banks have been operating with extreme cau tion, in consequence of the glutted state of the import market, and of the heavy additions made to stocks of imported uoods every week, by their arrival in quantities in excess of the wants of Australian colonies. The it.- telligence recently received from England of the alarm ing monetary_ crisis that bad commenced in the latter part of October, and prevailed throughout November, has not produced any considerable movement here. The first effect was to check the shipment of specie and gold, but these articles are now coming forward more freely. The suspension of Messrs. Dennistoun and Co., of Glasgow,produced a great impression, in conse quence of the intimate connexion of the house with the trade and commerce of the colony, and of the large trans actions in which the corresponding house in this colony was involved. The firm of Dennistoun Brothers and Co., of Melbourne, has met all its engagements, and the local partners are confident in their positiun. A new financial feature has been introduced into banking operations, the first fruits of which do not appear to have excited any marked expreFsions of approval or of discontent. Interest is granted by all the banks on the deposits of their custo mers ; by the Bank of Australasia, the Bank of Victoria, the Union Bank of Australia, the Benk of New South Wales, and the London Chartered Bank in the monthly minimum of tie daily balances, and the Oriental Bank, the Gilonial Bank, the Colonial Bank of Australasia, and the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank on the actual daily balances. Tne rates of discount remain unchanged, at—on bills under 95 dayc' currency, 8 per cent. ; from 95 to 125 days, 9 per c,nt. ; and over 125 days, 10 per cent. ; and on over drawn accounts, 10 per cent. Exchange on England is, at all the banks, at par for 60 days' eight ; for accounts under 501. at 4 per cent. pre mium for 30 days' sight. Freight on gold, by direct steamers or sailing vessels, 3J. per ounce, deliverable in London ; insurance 14 per cent, by the•overland route, 1 per cent.—that is 9d. per ounce as nearly as possible ; i n surance 1i to la per cent. With reference to the condition of the markets, we can do nothing more than repeat the warnings of our previous monthly issues. The stocks on hand are fast approaching to something like sufficient for 18 months' consumption. Many kinds of goods, of a more or less perishable character, are being sacrificed at auctions to an extent which would scarcely fail of producing some effect, except that even unfavourable account sales do not appear to have any infiuencs on shipments to Australia. BERNE, APRIL 1. According to the verbal report made by M. Kern to the Federal Council, the French Govern ment has declared that, if Switzerland should re fuse to acknowledge the new Consuls, France would reserve to itself the right of withdrawing the exequatur from the Swiss Consuls at present residing in France. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 27. The Porte has rejected the demand made by the French Ambassador, M. Thouvenel, for the authorisation of the cutting of the oanal through the Isthmus of Suez. TURIN, MARCH 30. 'The Opinions says that the King of Naples has addressed a final note to the Piedmontese govern ment, touching the capture of • the steamboat Cagliari. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Ztfoniteur contains the following : " British subjects residing in France, in places where there are no British consuls, can obtain, as heretofore, from the local authorities, passports for travelling i❑ the interior of the French domi nions. The same authorities are empowered, in case of urgent necessity, to give passports to return to England. The British Ambassador at Paris will also forward passports on demand to all parts of France, provided the application is accompanied by a certificate from the nearest mayor or other authority that the applicant is known to him as a'Btitish subject. M. earlier, formerly Prefect of Police, is dead. A Council of Ministers, the Emperor presiding, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The refusal of England to encourage the pro jected canal of Suez, and the armed cccupation of the island of Perim, aro thus commented on by the Presse and by the Patrie. Tie first-named journal says :-- "Let England examine her position in the world. She has offended France, her best and most sincere ally. She cannot be ignorant of the inveterate hatred towards her which ani mates Russia. Democracy, which she had flattered and unchoined at her will, has learnt the value of her professions. The insurrection in India sw allows her soldiers and her money. The United States awaits the moment for replacing her maritime supremacy. Prussia alone experiences certain religious and bolienel sympathies for her. Witla respect too Aus tria,' fiberal EuglAud is p,rfoutly aware of the value of the friendship of the most reactionary and backward power of the continent. Is it a sensible policy to stand alone and to defend a bad cause against the entire world? England would act unwisely in despising the universal hostility inspired by her egotistical and haughty policy. No nation seeks to humble her, nor to weaken the practice of those noble qualities which have created her political and commercial greatness ; but she will not be permitted to treat the world like a conquered province, nor t.) sacrifice the universal interests of humanity to her narrow-minded pre judices, nor to render the commerce of the world tributary to the artillery which she is now plant ing on an island seized in time of peace from au allied power." The 1 ateie thus expresses itself : " Our dignity, not less than the dignity of other nations, is at stake ; it is time that the habit of England to indulge in her traditional encroach ments should be broken by Europe. It is certain that the question of Perim cannot long remain undecided, and must either become the object of diplomatic negotiations or be discussed in ttie ap proaching Congress of Paris. If the European n ations do not wish to place the navigation of the Red Sea in the hands of England ; if iza their eyes the integrity of the Ottoman Empire is not a fic tion, they must without delay place the question of the occupation of Perim by the English among the highest political considerations. BOURSE, April 1. The following were the closing quotations : .q per Cents 93 90 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... D. end month 69 70 litnk Shires ..... Credit Mobilier - Do. Account RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 7B2i' Lyon and Mediteran. 826.} New Ditto 79i Geneva Credit Fonder Belgian 4,1 Piedinontese (5) Roman ......... ......... 89 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Midi Western Strasburg Grand Central . . Sardinian Au3trian SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have ar rived. The following are some additional enact ments of the new bid on the press :—No printing office shall be established without permission of the authorities, and the person responsible for all publications shall be, first, the author ; next, in the event of that person not being known, the publisher; and thirdly, in default of the publisher, the printer. No printed paper or periodical is to be put in cir culation until after a copy shall have been com municated to the authorities. The authorities can seize any publication attacking directly or indirectly religion or the Sovereign, but the author may appeal to the Council of Ministers, whose decision is to be final. Etch journal must have a responsible editor. Offences are to be punished with fines varying from 4,000 to 60,000 reals, and the fines are to go to charitable establish ments. Special tribunals, composed of judges o f the Civil Tribunals, are to try offences. A journal wh;ch has been three times condemned can be sm. pended by the government for from fifteen to ninety days. The opening of public subscriptions for the payment of fines imposed on journals is inter dicted. In a rrp :rt p:caad to Cie 1),11, and addressed to the Cortes, the Minister of the In terior protests that the sole object of the bill is, on the one hand, to give the press every rea sonable liberty, and, on the other, to prevent it from falling into dangerous excesses. The proceed ings in the Congress were not of importance, and the journals contain no news, except that some agitation is perceptible amongst the Carlists of Maestrazgo. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—The number of public acts passed in the present icszion, which commenced on the 3d Dec., is only nine, - AYS. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The Kangaroo has arrived, with advises from New York to the 20th uit. The steamship Arabia arrived at New York at 10 a.m. on the 20th. The New York Herald says : "Tue House Committee on Foreign Affairs are now considering the propriety of abrogating the Clayton liqlwer Treaty. It is highly probable they may report in favour of its immeliate abrogation." The House had passed a bill for raising five regi ments of volunteers. The New York Courier and Enquirer says : " Toe cbfficulty in negotiating exchange on satisfac_ tory terms has a very depressing effect upon ail descrip tions of domestic produce which depend immediately or remotely up >n an export demand. Included in these are cotton, or, corn, provisions, naval stores, and rice, all of which hate declined to the past week, or are very dull and heavy, and at the close this evening the immediate resumption of navigation on the Hudson River contributes to the depression in breadetuffs. It is believed, however, that the quantity of breadstuffs to come forward from Albany and Troy is quite small." Foreign exchange was flat and irregular at a fur ther decline. Bills on Loudon, 60 days, 104 to 106 for fair to good commercial signatures ; 106 k to 107 for bankers'. There was a general decline in the stock market. The following are the latest quotations : New York Central Railroad shares, 92 ; New York and Erie Railroad shares, 29i ; Haarlam Railroad shares, 33i ; Reading Railway shares . 57 ; Hudson River Railroad shares, 30 ; Michigan Central Railroad shares, 70 ; ditto Southern Railroad shares, 22i ; Panama Railroad shares, 106 i ; Baltimore and Ohio Railway shares, 47 3 / 4 ; liliuois Central Railway shares, 95 ; Cleveland and Toledo Railway, 46i ; Chicago and Rock Island, 77 ; Milwaukie and Mississippi, 311 ; Galena, 921; and La Crosse, 10. Stocks showed only a small decline. Cotton had declined one-eighth of a cent. Flour had declined about 10c. Scotch pig iron in fair request. Molasses rather flat. Provisions lower. Owing to the large arrivals sugar had become dull ; tobacco firmer ; freights steady. The Mary Bradford, from London and Ports mouth ; the Patrick Henry and the Victoria, from London ; and the Empire, from Liverpool, bad ar rived at New York. The Adriatic, from Marseilles, had arrived at Savanuah. The Western Empire, the S. R. Mallory, and the Pocahontas, from Liverpool, bad arrived at New Orleans. The Victorine, from Liverpool, had arrived at BustJn. SPORTING INTE LIGENOB. TA.TTERSALL'S-TIIURSDAT. A thin attendance, and very little business trans acted ; 4 to 1 was offered on the field for the Two Thousand, and sto 1 aget the Peer. For the Derby 14 ponies" were laid aget the Eladji, but the highest c ffer afterwards was 12 to 1 ; 14 to 1 might have been had about Toxopholite. CLOSING PRICES. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Worcrater (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Wouvermans (taken) 9to 1 agst bionarque (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 12 to 1 apt Bashi Bazotik 100 to 7 ag4 Prince of Denmark CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 ag,t Schiedam CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agat Adamaa (taken) DERRY. 14 to 1 agst The Hadji (taken) THE OAKS. Bto 1 agst Giidertnire (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agat Proud Preston Peg (taken) THIRSK SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS ) The Scurry Handicap of 3 sove each, with 25 added. The winner t. be sold for 301. T.Y.C. 3 subs. Mr. Marson's Milksop, by Coiling wood, 3 yrs, 7st slb (Porteous) 1 Mr. Bell's Lanequenet, 2 yrs, sst 91b ...(Challoner) 2 Mr. G. Johnson's Redcar, 4 yrs, Bst Sib ...(Basham) 3 Shipjack, Longsigbt, anu Vot a Pity also ran. Betting-2 to 1 apt Redcar-3 to 1 agst Milksop -4 to 1 agst Shipjack-5 to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck ; two lengths between second and third. Tue winner was bought in for 36 guineas. Tie Borough Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft ; the forfeits to be added to the Race Fund, with 50 added. Winners after the weights were declared to carry extra. T.Y.C. About tour furlongs and a half. 17 subs. Mr. W. King's Massacre, by Mildew, 3 yrs, Sit 131 b (car. 64) (Grimmer) 1 Mr. G. Johnstone's Church Langton, 4 yls , bat 81b (Little) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Gammoner, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Snowden) The following alBo ran :—Peto, Stratnnaver, Ron cam, Peggy Taft, Silica, and Early Bud- Betting-7 to 4 agst Massacre, 7to 2 agst Strath• naver, 5 to 1 agst Peto, 6 tp 1 agst Church Langton. Won easily by a length ; halt a length between the sscond and third. The Members' Plate of 3 sove each, with 25 added ; for three yr-olds and upwar,ls ; optional sailing weights, &c. About one mile. 4 subs. Mr. Robert's Valiant, 3 yrs (201.), 6st (Grimmer) 1 Mr. Green's Caliph, aged (221.), Bst (car. Set 11b) (Munday) 2 Mr. J. 0-borne's filly by Birdcatcher, out of Amozina, 3 yrs (20/ ), 64 (Caalloner) 3 Mr. Richardson's Longsight, 5 yrs (401.), Bst 31b (Basham) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Valiant. Won by a head ; bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. H. S Thompson for 21 guineas. The Hunt Cup ; a Piece of Rate, the value of 20 sous, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, fir halt-bred horses that have been hunted, Sv.. Weight for age. Gentlemen riders. About two miles. 11 subs. I\a - r. Smithson's Cbance, 5 yrs, 114 71b (Mr. P. Barker) 1 Mr. S. Cass's St. Mark, aged, 12,t 31b (Mr. S Cass) 2 Mr. G. Swarbreck'e .Learniouth, aged, 12st 31b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 3 _ _ _ The followirg also ran :—Kitty Tyrrell, mare by Cnantiche-, PreAen, Tnimblertg, King of Trumps, Gatterly, and Prince of Orange. Betting-2 to 1 agst PrestO'n, 3to 1 agst St. Mark, 4 to 1 agst Learmouth. Won by three lengths ; bad third ; Preston was fifth. The Tyro Stakes did not fill. RICHMOND RACES.—THURSDAY. Borough Handicap. St. Clair Captai❑ Wedderburn Cburon Langton Nine ran. An objec ion was lodged against the win ner, on account cf unpaid forfeits. Richmond Handicap. Greencaetle IVlauchline North Rldiug Steeploehaee. Milkmaid Moire Antique PhEelra Five ran. ARRIVALS AT NEWMARKET. NEWMARKET, Thursday Night.—Tame Deer, Beacon, Pnoanix, M.narque (from France), Kent, Costrel, Knight of Kars, Penalty, Commodore, Rosa Bonheur, and The Gourd. THE COMING TRIALS FOR CONSPIRACY AND LIBEL. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Dai'y News : Sir,—There no mistake about the fact that the liberty of the press in this country is at present threat. ened by the measures of the Government. It behoves every Enelt.hman, posseeiceing any knowledge, of the subject, to come forth with precedents that may throw light on the question at issue. A most powerful prece dent is furnished by the conduct of the Government in the time of Pitt and B )naparte. Permit me to direct t%e attention of your readers to the following passage from William Cobbett's " Porcupine," Dec. 31, 1301). The passage I take from the pamphlet just published, entitled " The Two Napoleons and England; Two Pages of 1113tory," by the author of "State Policy of Modern Europe, and has reference to the machine internale. "The situation of the Corsican with respect to French. mon is something like that of a burglar with respect to the master of the house ; and which of us would not blow up the villain who should forcibly enter and take possession of our dwelling? Au usurper is always an outlaw. Ile is in a state of warfare with every man in the community. We applaud the conduct of Brutus, who dealt the godlike stroke. Why, then, abuse the Frenchmen who were about to free their country from an usurping tyrant, ten times more oppressive and more cruel than Tarquin ? If Brutus dealt a `godlike stroke,' why should we call the Parisian cart an infernal machine ?" " He would certainly be a generous Frenchman, a well• wisher to his native country, who would rid the earth of a tyrant who deluges it with blood. There is, no doubt, a pardon in heaven for the man who destroys a monster —an enemy to the human race." It ia a fact that Cobbe't used similar language again and again, and that it never occurred to the Government of the day to summon him before any tribunal on that account.-1 am, &c., HISTORICUS. April 1. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—It is cenerally reported that the diairc,al of to- secretary—Mr. Mowatt—will to fillowed by the resignation of the chairman, Mr. llen!soo. The elections at Paris fur supplying the places of the late General Cavaignac, and of MM. Carnot and Goud- chaux, are fixed to place on the 25th inst. WANT OF SEAMEN FOR TIIE NAVY.—The Greenock Advertiser says :—The Admiralty have instructed Lieut.- enniauder Boys to use increased exertions in raising vigunteeis, partiaularly seamen, wh o are very scarce at present. Artifiars arid etokers are corning in freely. Capt Lord Frederick Kerr, her Majesty's ship Marl borough, has written expressing his high satisfaction with the draft of volunteers sent to that ship from this port. Three writs of certiorari have been received by the Clerk of Arraigns at the Oid Bailey removing into the Court of Queen's Bench the trials of Truelove, and of Tchorzewski, for libel, and the indictment for conspiracy against Dr. Bernard ; so that the trial of Dr. Bernard on the capital charge will alone take place at the forth. coming sessions at the Old Bailey. BRIGHT CHANTIOLEER PROCLAIMS THE MORN.—Peo pie have not yet ceased to write about the eclipse. A. gentleman residing in the vicinity of Dumfries informs us that immediately upon the darkness produced by the eclipse of the sun on the 15th instant abating, the cooks in his farm yard commenced crowing lustily, and were answered by all the birds of morn within hearing. OUTRAGES BY AMERICAN SAILORS IN LIVERPOOL- 7 ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER SHOT.—At the Liver pool police court yesterday (Thursday) an American sailor, named Michael Warey, was brought before Mr. Mansfield, charged with having murdered a Dutchman, named William Schomegan, a shoemaker. The parties met in a casino on Wednesday night, and had a quarrel n h e e r, der : the other for stabbing. His worship said he would com , about their different countries, when the prisoner drew his knife and plunged it into the heart of deceased, kill ing him on the spot. He then ran at several other per- T pri sonereo s, andwos sent w fu r nd e wound ed trial them, ou t o w n o e o i n h a f rg o for ri ou e r s —one ces. municate with the Home S,cretary, in order to have the prisoner tried in London, as the next assizes were several months off. Another American sea man, named George Washington Dixon, was also brought up, charged with shooting a coloured mar, named Jeffrey Jackson, during what he called a "muss" iu Banastre-street, on Wednesday night. Jack. son was wounded in the arm, chest, and thigh ; a sur geon extracted a ball weighing 50 grains from the chest. Mr. Mansfield, in committing the prisoner for trial, said that the frequency of 'outrages by foreign seamen in Liverpool must be stopp: d. He should also advise that this case be tried at the Central Criminal Court in Lon don. Is REGENT-sTEEET TO BE PAYED.—A public meeting of the ratepayers and trades men of Regent -street was held y e .terd see at the Ha tiover - square R ooms— M r. Donald Ni co ll,M P., in th e c h a i r. M r. J ay move d , an d Mr. B x seconded, that a petition be presented to Parliament, praying that the Metropolitan Local m eea gement Act be amended, and peelers introduced to enatele'the ratepayers of Regent-street to assess them selves for the colt Necessary fur paving, watering, cleans leg, lighting, and the partial watching of the said street; and the administration of such flied or rate, and the complete management (with powers for assessment for the above purp ,ses) be vested in the members of the vestry returned by he ratepayers so assessed or rated. Mr. Saugeter moved, and Mr. Lewis seconded, that steps be taaeu to file a bid in Chancery to restrain the vestry from paving Regent etreet, which was paleed unanimously. PORTRAIT OF SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. Everything in any way connected with India is now fraught with an extraordinary degree of in terest. Our gallant chiefs, who have so gloriously upheld the honour of the British army, so many of whom have fallen in the late struggles, will live in history when all others will ba forgotten. An ex cellent copperplate engraving of Sir Colin Camp bell (one of a series) has lately been published by Mr. Mitchell, of Bind-street. The resemblance is perfect, and as a work of art it is equal to anything . we have ever seen. The noble Highlander, as re presented, is every inch a soldier ! His counte• stance pourtrays that energy and that firmness of character fur which he is remarkable, and of which he has lately give❑ such extraordinary proofs. The outward semblance of a general so distinguished as Sir Colin is at all times certain to be regarded with interest, but this interest naturally a-sumes an en husias is character at such a moment as the present, when an entire nation awaits with psintul anxiety the first news of his final triumph in the East. We should predict for this admirable engraving a very extensive sale. S EVNET, ADDRESSZD TO CHARITY. By a Incovered Patient of the Cancer Hospital, London, accompanied with Half a Soveraign, gratefully and humbly presented in aid of the Building Fund of that much re quired and most beneficial Institution. 0, Charity I thee invoke With grateful heart—with voice of love ! 0, breathe thy spirit on my verse, The afamnt, and the good to move ! A mite thy humble suppliant brings, To aid sweet Mercy's blessed hand — Put forth to shelter pain and woe, The most severe, throughout the land ; 0. may an edifice soon rise Worthy of Britain—worthy Thee. 0, Charity ! belov'd of Heav'n ! Thy suppliant playa this boon to see ; That, heard like rue, glad praise may flow From those now sunk in abject woe ! CHRISTIANA V. CAIRNS. 10, Great Queen-street, Westminster. PASSPORTS. FOREIGN -OFFICE, March 31.—A. de spatch has been received by the Earl of Malutesbury, her Majesty's Secretary of Scate for Foreign Affairs, from Ein Cowley, her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, statirg that the competent authorities will be authorised, for the future ac heretofore, to furnish to British sub jects resident in France passports to travel i❑ the inte rior of the French territories ; and also in ca es of urgent necessity to grant passports to British subjects to return to England. THE OAKLEY MUM/FR.—Oa Monday morning, says the Ipswich Express, a reprieve was received by Mr. Alloway, governor of the county gaol, from the Score ,ary of State, in the else of Emma Groom, upon whom sentence of death was passed for the murder of her child, at the late assiz,s at Bur,. RESPITE OP WILLIAU DAVIES, THE MIIHDERER AT SHREWSBURY.—Yesterday morning a respite was re ceived by the g,verocr of Shrewsbury gaol from the Home Secretary for William Davies, who was con demned for the murder of Ann Morgan, the reputed witch, at Westwood•c'itutuon, near Minh Weolock, at the recent a, , sizes at Shrewsbury. Since the wretched mass's condemnation strenuous eff ;its have been made for a eommutation of his re teoce. Tne resp,te is during her Majesty's pie sure. The execution, had the respite not arrived, would have taken place on Saturday at noon. Sinus his condemnation Davies has paid great a - tPntion to the spiritual instruction of the chaplain, the Rev. J. Denning, and it is understood he has made a full statement as to the quarrel and its fatal results. The news of the teopite has given very general satisfac tion to the town. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RAGE.—The t; x ,viate of the Oxfor I boat describes asfellows an acci dent which happened to his crew on Saturday, and hich contributed to the re-ult of the struggle :—" At he fourth stroke a weve in the roubl-d water caught the stroke oar wii la such tremendous force as to deflect the strong outrigger cf wrought iroa a curve downwards, and to cast the the Al. or forward pin of the rowlock, on which the whole pressure of the o tit come -t, Ert tees than 1 inch from the perpendicular outwards. This ieclina ti .n equl , one-third of the whole height of the rowlock, welch was bent there ore 30 degree , from its rectangular position. Tne effect of this deflection way, that there remained no longer anything to row against, and, the cord which lashes the two thowle together being also s rapped by the shock, the oar jumped up at every stroke. In consequence, the rowing, which the clay before had been as perfect as any ever witnessed, became a mere scramble, for the stroke was gone which alone c iuld give the time and insure uniformity of work, and the unflinching gallantry with which every man rowed down to the very end could not countervail its loss." He states that the training of the Oxf toen was thorough, and that they come to the post in first-rate order. A TELEGRAM AT FAULT..—areat excitement was caused ire Chelteuham on Sa..uroay by a report of another and more succ , ssful attempt on the life of Louis Napoleon. The rumour spread like wildfire, and some hundreds of anxious inquiries were male at the _Examiner office in o curse of the afternoon as to its truth or fallehood. Of course the answer was that we had renedved no despatch announcing the intelligence, and therefore the supposi tion was that it was nut true. It turned out, on iequiry, that on the day in question a message was passed through the Ch-ltenbain station giving the result of the lloi versity boat-race; the boat used by the Carnf,ridge men on the occasion was named " The Emperor," and the message ran—" The Emperor shot ahead." A party aho happened to be present misconstrued this pa-sage to real, " The Emperor shot dead," and he immediately disseminated the astounding news with all the zeal of one who felt himself in posses ion of " exclusive 41 matiou." We have had a good many instances of tele graphic "cross readings " lately, hut remember none w bleb have given so much excitement as this simple an nouncement that " the E:nperor shot ahead."—Cheltut hum Examiner. " EN TERTAINING 13IIRGLABS UNAWARES."—The ether day, in the neigh it Alibi:rod of Szond, in Gloucestershire, a very respectably-dressed man called on the wife of a wealthy cheesemoeger in the neighbourhood, a leading man among the Quakers, particularly wanting to see hint. His wif- belt g un-...Er au, when her hu,band wouli re tarn, asked the stranger to take some refreshment, and it bring late in the evening, and tile husband net re turning, even proffered a spare bed, which was readily accepted. There were three female servants in the house, one a whom had a misgiving about this myste rious strang , r ; not liking his looks, she managed to secrete herself, after all hadgoienhe etohabdetda,kienn at iu aside parlour. In the middle (f the nig the stranger came d t hoew hall,na r l vputingoan carpet et boot,: tg which on th e hall chair, opened the door, and gave a Leid whistle. Th.: girl, with great presence of mind, immediately bolted the door, and, see ing every fastening safe, proceeded to examine the con tents of the carpet-bag, :nd every hich was found to contain a reviver pistol, daggers, appliance used by experienced burglars; of course the respectable stranger did not make his re-appearance.