The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri, Tialetti, and Belletti. Thursday, April 29 (Extra Night), will be repeated Meyer beer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madlle. Titiens ; Raoul di Naugis, Signor Giuglini. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO ; on, Le Renvoi de l'Amour. by Mesdames Pocchini, Annetta, Pasquale, Bio letti, and Moeacchi. The Opera will commence at half-past 7 o'clock. A limited number of boxes nave been rcsarved to the pub lic, price 21s. and 31s. 6 d. each, which may be had at the Dix-office at the Theatre. FLEUR DES CHAMPS. On Saturday next will b 3 produced an entirely new Ballet, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS, in which Madlle. Pocchiai ►lll sustain the principal part. To be preceded by a favourite Opera, in which Madlle. Piccolomini will appear. On Tuesday, May 4, IL TROVATORE. Madlle. Titiens will appear for the first time as Leonora, in " The Trovatore;' and Madlle. Alboni will make her first appearance this season as Azucena. Signor Giugliai will sustain the part of Man ' rico. _ _ _ - Thursday, May 6 (Extra Night), IL TROVATORE. On both evenings, favourite Ballet, in which Madlle. Poe chini will appear. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Titer's, Ortolani, Giuglini, Aldighieri, Vialetti, and Belletti. THIS EVENING, Tuesday, April 27, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Maddle. Titiens ; Raoul di Nil:lois Sig,nor Ginglini. To conclude with the new Ballet Diveerti sseme nt, by M. Massot, entitled CALIST ; OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, Pas quale, Morlacchi, Bioletti, F. Brown, La Petite Milli)°, and M. Caron. A limited number of Boxes bare been secured to the puVic. Price 21e and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. To commence at lialf-past 7 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. L ess ee--Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con- Manse, Mrs. Charles Young ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins. After which a C'assical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) *First Price. s. d. Second price. s. Dress 80xe5..,,, . 6 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... . ..... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 Pit Gallery ROYA F. L pr r . R t I or, VE4ST s T K HEATRE ean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama 01 LIKE AND UNLILE. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Rod)n, Keeley, and Arden. To conclude with the sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directres s, Miss S wanboro ugh. —This Evening will be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Meagreson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portman, and Messrs. Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra Thavolo, Miss Swan. borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. Followed by a new Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SIJILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Ternan. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jonec, I. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critch9 eld, John G. Fordo, and E. Mackaey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, pie., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kean, Esq ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 27. TEEBBMOMETBB, 111 TSB SZIA.DB. 60 highest since noon yesterday. 45--lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. .27.a.r.arzfra - zru, 017. WIND, Easterly; moderate and cold, with cloudy dull weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MTH DAY—Morn., 23 min. aft. I—Even., 42 min. aft. 2 To-Ifentßow—Morn., 59 min. aft. I—Even., 17 min. aft. 2 )- LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1858. Lad night the House of Commons decided, without a division, that on Friday mext it would resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Act of the IGth and 17th Vic., c. 95, in order to consider the resolutions whereon the future Government of India Bill is to be founded. There was a show of Opposition--an amendment moved to the effect " that it was not at present expedient to pass any resolutions for the future Government of India." But as the object thereof was clearly to postpone any legislation until next year, it was scouted by all parties, and the rei , :- lutions will, therefore, be brought forward at the appointed time, and, we trust, fairly considered. The Chancellor of the Exchequer very power fully ♦indicated the policy of the bill which be had introduced, and which was only temporarily withdrawn in obedience to a point of mere form. That measure has not been consigned to " the tomb of all the Capuleta." Whatever may be the opinions of Lord PALMERSTON, it is in every respect superior to that of which he was the legislative sponsor, and which, if passed into law, would effectually prevent the ministerial responsi bility which it was the all but universal desire of the House should be established. It was also so artfully contrived as to render vir tually impossible the administration of , In dian affairs, save by those who had the no mination of the Council, and who could there fore ensure an unquestionable majority of un scrupulous advocates. If Lord DERBY had been desirous of perpetuating his own power per fns aut nefas, he mild not have done better than by adopting the bill of his predecessor, and thus se. curing for himself the nomination of the Council. But that was not the course which he conscien tiously pursued. The welfare, happiness, and pros perity of one hundred and fifty millions of British subjects were not to be compromised for party purposes, or to give any of the sec tions into which the House is divided an undue advantage over all others. There was nothing of this kind in the second bill. The nominations were to be made, not by the Minister but by Parliament, and thus the fairness of the composition of the Committee would be secured, while several of the Members being selected by large and influential constituencies, the popular will would always be fairly represented, and the Government responsibility would have been com plete, inasmuch as the Council could only advi: •, not dictate to the Minister, or apply an absolute veto to his decision. The PALMERSTON measure would have per petuated some of the worst features of the "doable government," with which the nation was justly disgusted. It was a moot p o i nt whether it would not be better to retain the existing machinery than to do so, although all disinterested persons must be convinced that " had was the best" of the alternatives. Lord THE SUN,... LOND'ON, TUESDAY EVNNING, APRIL 27, 1858. DEASY fairly and manfully grappled with the difficulty. Although in the first instance opposed to immediate legislation without that stringent investigation and searching inquiry that would have been so desirable, he saw that the introduc tion of the Bill No. 1 by a large majority had de stroyed the prestige of the Company, and rendered immediate legislation indispensable. He there fore submitted his own views ; although, at the same time, it was obvious that proceeding by resolutions was the most constitutional and most politic course, while it was incomparably better calculated to produce the best measure for the administration of Indian affairs, and for the inte rests of her MAJESTV a subjects in the East and West—for the peoples of India and of Great Britain. There are some points of resemblance between the measures. They both provide that the exist ing Government shall cease, and that the control an d direction of the Anglo-Indian Empire shall be transferred to the Crown. And also that the Minister for the time being should be assisted by a a Council. But here the resemblance ceased. Lord PALMERSTON wished to have but eight members of that Council, while Lord DERBY gave more than double that number--eighteen. The eight were to be nominated by the Minister for the time being, and would, of course, be thorough-going partizans • —every one of whom would be the creature of the Minister who had selected him for so comfort able a situation, and placed such au immense amount of patronage at his disposal. But of the eighteen, half the number would be nominated by Parliament, while the other half would be elected by different constituencies from persons experienced in Indian affairs, or having a direct interest in the prosperity of India. The eight could, on certain points of vast importance, con trol the Minister, and thus virtually remove his responsibility just as effectually as it is now done by the magnates of Leadenhall-street. The eighteen could only advise, and if the Minister ran counter to that advice and adopted his own opinions, the responsibility would be immeasur ably enhanced ; while, if sustained by so efficient a body, there would be far greater reasons for the propriety and expediency of the proceeding. There is, of course, a variety of conflicting opinions respecting a question which ought not, but has been made a party one. All the leaders are opposed, Lords PALMERSTON and JOHN RUS SELL, Mr. GLADSTONE, and others differ more widely from each other, than they do from Mr. DISRAELI. The task will therefore be a difficult one to satisfy all sides of the House, but we be lieve that it will be accomplished, and that the tact and judgment of the leader of the House of Commons will eventually triumph, and give addi tional cause for the thankfulness that Lord DERBY has been substituted for Lord PALMERSTON, Lord ELLENBOROUGH for Mr. VERNON SMITH, Sir JOHN PARINOTON for Sir CHARLES Wooie, Lord MALMESEURY for Lord CLARENDON, and, above and beyond all, Mr. DISRAELI for Sir G. C. LEWIS. The second reading of the Excise Duties Bill, that for assimilating the duties between Irish and other descriptions of British spirits, was carried last night by a majority of 192, or, in other words, by 227 to 35. The ground of the oppo. sition was the unfairness of providing for any deficiency by a special tax on Ireland, but that was palpably untenable. The exemption which Ireland has hitherto enjoyed was not be cause it was desirable to stimulate the trade in spirits, but merely because it was considered that the facilities for illicit distillation were greater in that country than in England or even in Scot land, and that if the same amount were levied it would largely enhance the d,ernoralising traffic and prove ♦ery unfair to the fair trader. The con stabulary have, however, evinced a greater de gree of efficiency. The risk is consequently greatly increased, and the temptation lessened. Besides, if the consumption in spirits were really diminished, there would be ample compensation in the additional demand created in this country. The effect of the differential duty was greatly to reduce the consumption in England. These restrictions necessarily imposed on the introduction of Irish spirits for revenue purposes operated as a heavy blow, and great discouragement to their use. The differential duties should be paid on all spirits imported into England, but there were other regulations an nexed more annoying to the dealers than if a much larger sum were levied in the first instance. And it is really but simple " justice to Ireland" that the impediment should be removed to the use of its " staple" manufacture, and that Irish whisky should be dealt with accord ing to its deserts.. After all, the increase will not fall so largely on our Hibernian brethren. They may have t• pay something more, but " the Saxon and the stranger" that will mainly swell the revenue —the credit whereof will belong to Irel tad exlu sively. Scotch whisky has been greatly demanded in consequence of the assimilation of duty, and in consequence, it is now sold for is. per gallon less than Irish by some of the largest and fairest merchants in the metropolis, that lc. represent ing the annoyance, inconvenience, and expense of the customs regulation. It is something, too, to sweep away the badge of provincialism at tached to differential duties, and to know that in consequence of the change Irishmen crossing the Channel will not be subjected to the degradation of having their luggage searched in order to ascertain that they have not brought a few bottles of " the native," in order to spend PATRICK'S day more hibernico. We have no doubt that the change will eventually prove beneficial to the recognised dis tillers ; and inasmuch as it appears that this can be effected without any increase of "potheen," the " drink divine" of the Irish bard, we fear that the admirers of alcohol must be contented to bear the increased charge on their favourite luxury. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went to Claremont yesterday, and visited the Countess de Neellly. Viscountess (Dowager) Hardinge and the Hon. Mis■ Hardinge have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Count and Countess Oldofredi Tadini have re turned to the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, from a tour Eons, one through the United State s . The Champion of the Seas, upwards of 2,000 t o of Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s Black Ball clippers, has just arrived from India, and is no w discharging in the Victoria Docks, London. This magnificent clipper is Sister ship to the James Baines, lately burnt atLiver pool, and is attracting much attention at this port. AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER SHIP LINCOLNSHIRE. —This fine ship dropped down the river on Saturday, w ith a full cargo and 130 paosengers, bound for Melbourne. It is scarcely two months since that vessel was launched from the buildiogyard of Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons, of Blackwell, who own a fleet of sister ships which have made some of the most rernarkahle passages on record to Australia. Great things are anticipated of the Lin colnshire, which is considered by competent judges one of the finest ships belonging to the mercantile marine of this country. She is of 1,025 tons burthen, 220 feet long, and has all the attributes of a fast sailer. Capt. Robert Roe commanded her, and heavy bets are pending that she makes the outward run to Melbourne in a shorter period than it has yet been accomplished in. The accounts from China by the mail telegraphed on Friday state the exports of tea to date to have been 51 millions below the exports to the corresponding period of last year. The price of tea was higher, with mode- ' rate transactions. N o b us i ness was t a ki ng p l ace at I Canton. At Shanghai there had been no settlements of silk. The 25th of January mail from England bad arrived at Hongkong. LNTEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. We have received the following despatch, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, from Mar seilles this (Tuesday) morning : "The steamship Panther, with the Calcutta and China mails, arrived at Marseilles at nine o'clock last night. " The mails left for London at 10 p.m." TRIESTE, APRIL 25. The accounts from Calcutta, to the 22d March, state that the trial of the King of Delhi was finished, and that in all probability he would be found guilty. Yeh had arrived at Calcutta. Letters from Hong Kong, of the 15th of March, announce that the successor of Yeh, Mekiang, had, at Suchan, re ceived the despatches of the four Plenipotentiaries, and promised to forward them to Pekin. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The following is the definitive result of the elec tions to the three vacant seats for Paris in the Corps Legislatiff THIRD CIRCUMSCRIPTION'. General Perrot (Government candidate) 10,1.10 Lionville FIFTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Eck (Government candidate) Picard 8,590 SIXTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Jetlet Favre b. Ferret (Government candidate) 10,166 The Patric thus remarks on the speeches pro nounced at the United Service Club banquet : " We confide in the sincerity of the sentiments and wishes expressed on that occasion. We also desire that the subject of the miserable trial of Bernard, which has caused as much regret in England as in France and the remainder of Europe, may be allowed to drop for ever." The Univers comments in the following terms on the opinion given by the law officers of the Crown on the seizure of the Cagliari :—" It must be con fessed that these famous lawyers have a singular manner of reasoning, since they can discover no motive for the capture of the Cagliari. A vessel lands some hundreds of conspirators on the Neapolitan coast, and the English law officers, who are so scrupulous and delicate, cannot understand the step taken by the King of Naples, who, in their opinion, ought to have thanked the captain of the vessel and have offered to pay the passage money of the conspirators. Charming simplicity 1 The Attorney-General, with that good sense which distinguishes every English man raised to a dignified post, discovers that it is the duty of Piedmont and England to judge the offences committed by their subjects in the k ng lom of Naples. An indemnity will be asked for in the name of the innocent engineers ; could one not suppose that they hat! been seized on British terri tory ? We implore England not to claim an indem nity from France in the name of Simon Bernard and his friends." THE WATER COLOUR SOCIETY. Yesterday the (Old) Society of Painters in Water Colours opened to Public View, at their gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, their fifty-fourth annual Exhibi tion, On Saturday afternoon we attended the private view among the usual concourse of art sight seers. For conspicuous during many years past among the spring "shows" of the metropolis have been recognised and admired the April displays of pictures upon the walls of the Water Colourists. During more than half a century it has been thus. And now as surely as the village children wander rneaclowwards about this season in search of blue bells and cowslips, do the art-loving Londoners climb a certain flight of stairs in acertain well-known building over against the College of Physicians. Arranged along the walls and screens of the familiar gallery, we find, as usual, blooming there according to custom upwards of three hundred water colour drawings of the most motley kind, well imaginable— good (some of them, hereafter to be particularized, very good), bad (some of them, fortunately for the most part above or below "the line," very bad) and again many others decidedly indiferent. A fre quenter of the Gallery for many past seasons finds, at a glance, while sauntering round the room, that he requires no catalogue. The principal contribu tors to the collection are instantly recognisable. Who can ever be mistaken in an Evans with his drift of mist, or his landscape half shrouded in gyres of smoke, whirled across it from cottage chimney or railway engine funnel, for a Branwhite with his pellucid waters and diaphanous atmos phere? As impossible as it would be to attri bute to any other brush than Tayler's those shaggy hounds and red-legged gillies out upon their wild sports in the Highlands ; or to father upon any other than Riviere that whimsical group yonder of ragged and buxom specimens of the earth's finest Pisanti y." Cannot the least skilled in the detection of the manifold diversities astyle, swear upon the instant to the identity of a Topharn : or a Callow, or a Fripp, or a Naftel, as positively as to the easel from which those toothsome nuts and luscious garden fritit could possibly have come, the easel of W. Hunt, or yet again as to the delicate touch to which alone cau be owing those all but fragrant blossoms, the flowers scattered along the walls by the magic pencil of Maria Harrison ? Facile princeps this year beyond a doubt is Carl Haag. His contributions constituting for 1858 the glory of the Water Colour Exhibition. It is a year, or we are much mistaken, which will be re ' membered by his admirers as one marking an epoch in his reputation. His "drawing" throughout is masterly, his "colour" brilliant, his " expressis n" in one or two instances, to our thinking, at least, beyond anything he has hitherto attempted. In stance, in regard to this latter excellence, the most ambitious of his present contributions, No. 191, " The Tyrolese Huntsman and Mountain Girl." Look at their faces; the bright upward glance of Vie hunter as he sits there by the porch passing his fingers gently across the strings of the Bittern on his knee, while the young maiden, lean ing by the lintel, looking down upon him " listens delighted." Don't we know all about their con versation? Have we any need, in explanation of the meaning of the tale here told of Franz von Kobell's pretty quatrain, from the Schnadahiipfelu ? _ Du flachshaaret's Diendl Di, hon i' so gern - Mid 1' Konnt weg 'n dem flubs Glei' a' Spinniadi wer'n. Yet even more to our fancy are the minor products this season of Carl Haag's brush of fascination. No. 19, a " Tyrolese Carrier ;" No. 204, a " Tyro lese Chamois' Hunter ;" No. 251, a " Tyrolese Herd Boy ;" and No. 268, a " Tyrolese Water Carrier." Looking at them—we are a thousand miles from Pall-mall, far away on the windy moun tain top. Palmam qui meruit, &c., and so pass we on from Carl Haag with a bow of thank; and grati tude. What possibly is that cloud which has settled down this year more heavily than ever upon the once radiant genius of David Cox ? And yet more curiously still we ask what has bewitched so very , hideously the more infatuated of his many ad mirers 7 The " exhibition" made of himself upon the walls of the gallery, by this once great master among water-colourists resembles, to our thinking, nothing so nearly as the somewhat kindred exhibi tion made of himself by Turner during the latter years of his life along the walls of the Royal Aca demy. It is lit era lly for all the world as though some distinguished public favourite were volun tarily and wilfully to go and put himself once a year in the Pillory at Charing-Cross. Yet glancing at these dingy eccentricities ' the marvel with us is not so much that they are what they are, but that being what they are, they are " purchased." No thing seems too dull or ridiculous for D. Cox to put upon paper but what there upon the corner of it shines the little green ticket "SoLD"—which ought certainlyto betransferredbyrights tothebreast of the purchaser. Next year David Cox may spare him self a vast deal of unnecessary trouble by simply flinging his brush at the drawing paper and then putting .. t., that splas J. ... and blotted paper up as ••...v V.A 8 AiJ J. •././.1.....1.,11. ......,1,1 " Pont-Gyfyng," o ranything else he pleases. i And somebody, we warrant him, will buy it at his own price and hang it up reverently framed and glazed as a masterpiece. C. Bran white may not be quite such a rare genius as D. Cox, but at any rate the former is compreh• nsible. In our profound ignorance as to the very alphabet of the language in which Mr. Cox is talking to us from the walls—a language to us w, nderfully re sembling gibberish—we turn with a sense of de • light to the pictures by Mr. Bran white. No.. 20, ' Moel Siabo 1" to us—hanging as it does close to Nos. 15 and 18, said to represent " Snowdon," by D. Cox—appears to our eyes little less than delicious. So, tco, another of C. B ranw hir e ' s , No. 40, "A Mountain Torrent, late in Autumn," and another, No. 78, a " Scene on the Conway," arid yet another, No. 150,- " Near Pangliourne." An impressive sea piece hanes immediately over the entrance to to e gallery and is marked No. 1. It is "A Dead Ca!m—far at Sea," by S. P. Jack son--a production in many respects eminently beautiful. A very charming picture, teo, is No. 203, a " Cornfield" at Salt wood, near Hythe, in Kent, by E. Davidson. But conspicuous among the attractions of the gallery is one yet unmen tioned, No. 132, "Otter Hunting in the High land-," by no other than Frederick Teyler. An exquisite example of Mr. Tayler'a genius as the Landeeer for water-colour water-dogs l The dogs hero ponrtrayed are from the pack of his Grace The Duke of Atholl—they are endeavouring most of them, to scramble into a ferry boat— one or two have effected their embarkation—some are immersed in the water—one has clambered im prudently to the bow, and is looking down at au unfortunate comrade in the current below him, his tail cocked saucily, and his nose all inquisitive ness. It is altogether a delightful production. E. Duncan's, No. 30, " The Morning after the Gale," is worthy of more than a passing glance of admira tion. As for one or two of W. aunt's screen pic tures, they might be examined with the microscope. Instance this, that mossy marvel No. 244, with its scarlet "Fungi ; " or No. 232, the bundle of fruit, including among them tome tender unripened hazlenuts and some wonderful mottled transparent gooseberries. A bunch of "Field Flowers," No. 291, by Maria Harrison, we could almost smell-to as a nosegay fresh plucked from the meadow grass. Close by it, wo cannot but note with a word of praise No. 288. A mere trifle it may be, but a delicious one, by a hand that has accomplished so much elsewhere in the collection—Carl Haag's "Roman Arch" at Spalatro. Such were the chief objects of our notice at the private view on Satur • day. Among the visitors who attended the gal lery wore observable the Duchess of Sutherland, Lord and Lady St. Leonaris, the Bishop of, Ox ford, Mr. Ruskin, and other not .bilities. ADMISSIONS TO THE STAFF COLLEGE. The candidates at the late election for admission to the Staff Colleg e' Woilwieh, were 54 in number. Four officers of, Artillery and one of the 57th did not gain admission, though qualified, the number from each regiment being limited. 8 7 . . 3I Lieutenant-Colonela jorMarks. 1. Lieutenant Jones, 86th 2,166 Dick 2. Captain Woolsey, Royal Artillery 3, Major Williams, Royal Artillery 1,609 4. Captain Vroe, Royal Engineers 1,589 5. Captain Naugle, Royal Artillery 1,56 i 6. Lieutenant Congreve 29th 9. Lieutenant Palliser, Rifle Brigade 1,393 son,Roy 10. Lieutenant Griffiths, Royal Artillery 1,396 1,346 11. Captain Twyuarn, 15th . i Graham, Artii 1 er y 19th 12 . Captain W e i r , 2d 1,300 13. Captain Jebb, 67th 14. Captain Wole, Royal Artillery 15. Lieut enan t Sl a d e, 5 7 t h 1,202 16. Major Whitmore, 62d 17. Lieutenant Bruce, 91st 1,115 18. Captain Bird, 57th......... 19. Captain Pearson, 3d ..... 976 20. Lieutenant Douglas RECRUIZING.—The Perthshire Courier understands that a large number of recruits a•e being obtained fcr the 421 Re v ,i •ment, a detachment of which hai been for some time in Perth barracks. This shows that the popular favour for "the gallant Forty-twa" is still as strong as over. THE NEW CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, MARGARET STEENT.—'rho new church of All Saints, Margaret street, Marylebone, towards the erection (1 which Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, M.P., has been the chief con tributor, is expected to be ready for consecration by January, 1859. When completed, it will be the most rashly ornamented, and most profusely decorated, church in the metropolis. ART-UNION OF LONDON. ANNUAL MEETING THIS DAY. The annual general meeting of the Art-Union of London was held this day at the Haymarket Theatre, for the purpose of receiving the report of the managers for the distributing of the prizes for the current year. The chair was taken at 12 o'clock by Lord Monteagle, the president of the society. Toe report, read by Mr. GoDwar, stated that the sub scriptions for the year amounted to 11,6581. 3s. The engraving for the ensuing year was from the celebrated picture by Frith, entitled " Life by the Sea-4de," which, it will be remembered, attracted universal atten tion when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy. It reflect& such a scene as is often presented on the sands at Ramsgate, and so highly was the painting estimated that her Majesty became the purchaser. The sum this year set apart for prizes to be selected by the prize holders themselves is as follows :-25 works at 101. each ; 20 at 151. each, 18 at 201. each, 14 at 251. each, 10 at 301. each, 6 at 351. each, 6 at 501. each, 4 at 601. each, 4 at 751. each, 1 at 1001, lat 1501. and 1 at 2001. To these are added 5 brouzas of her Majesty on horseback ; 1 bronze of "Mercy on the Battle Field ;" 40 porcelain groups of "Venus and Cupid ;" 30 porcelain statuettes "The Stepping Stone ;" 50 tazzas in iron ; 32 silver medals of Banks, the sculptor; 230 volumes of etchings ; 72 proofs of the mezzotint of "Tyndale translating the Bible ;" 100 profs of "The Crucifixion ;"' and 300 volumes of photographs; making, in ail, 980 prizes. The report went on to congratulate the members on the stability of the Art Union of London, and con cluded by stating that the whole of its affairs were in the most satisfactory state. _ Lord MONTEAGLE, in moving the adoption of the report, said he should detain the meeting but a very short time. The society still continued to maintain its deserved popularity, which, coupled with the fact that its income was now between 11.0001. and 12,0001., was he felt assured, a source of gratification to every person present The society had sustained a great loss by the death of Mr. Minton—(hear, hear)--who bad done so touch to bring the manufacture of porcelain to the per fection it had now attained. He would no longer oc cupy their time, which he felt certain they all would agree would be more profitably employed in (iraming the priz-s—(hear, hear)—and he would therefore resume his seat gby simply moving the ad Jp , ion of the report. (GI:1(3qm) Professor DONALDSON seconded the motion. The report way unanimously adopted. A. vote of thanks having been awarded to Mr. God win and Mr. Pocock, the drawing of the prizes was then proceeded vcidi by Miss Morris and Miss Amy Simpson, The following is a 11r. of the successful members as Eley were drawn from the wheel :- 5,442. Mr. Johnson, Nantwich 7,213. Mr. Butler, Tipperary . . 1,019. -- ---, Whitechapel ' lO 1,175. Mr. Johnson, Old-street-road 7,462. Mr. Gotrue, Australia .. .. l5 7,741. Mr. Jennings, do. 5,365. Mr. Downham, Manchester l5 5,980. Mr. Williams, Stockport 3,067. Mr. Jolly, Bath 4,56.). Dr. Purvis, Blackheath 2O 1,411. Mr. Webb, Clement's-inn 6O 3,786. Mr. Ryder, Greenwich 25 3,315. Mr Eyles, Market Raisin . 2O 3,628. Mr. Napp, Farringdon 8.282. Mr Woodward, New Zealand 5,734. Mr. Newton, Retfard 5,749. Mr. Houghtou, Richmond 6,31. Mr. Laxdale, Wolverhampton 3O 4,741. Mr. Camphell, Sunderland 1,426. Dr. Dale, Pall-malt, LO 1,815 Col. Wintle, Westbourne-grove 2l 579. Mrs. Kirwan, East Cumberland-st 3O 9,424. Mr. Arnold, Fareham. 9,699. Mr. French, Whitechapel lO 9,617. Mr. Watlington, Great Harlow 273. Mr. Richards 10,810. Mr. Graves, Pall-mall 6,212, Mr. Roys, Weymouth 9,9 i 2. Mr. Patrick, Highgate 5,111. Mr. Lee, Leeds 2O 10,767. Mr. Hunt, Birmingham 25 8,69 J. Mr. Lord, Cheshunt 4,156. Mr. Dalton, Cleobury 6,428. Mr. Oxford, Saxinundbarn 5,523. Mr. Hoyle, Northampton 25 9,229. Dr. Chadwick, Leeds l5 9,880. Mr. Firth, Leadenhall street 8,675. Miss Pyno, Manchester-street 6,622. Mr. Ridgway, Market Drayton 7,576. Mr. Garrett, Hobart Town lO 4,879. Mr. Wills, jun., Clifton 196. Mr. Cole, Barnes l5 9,815. Mr. Langham, Sketching Club 9,659. Capt. Mayes, R. M...... 6O 7,535. Mr. Barrett, Hooart Town 1,96. Mr. Yate, Godalming . . 15 2,425. —, — 2 O 4,080. Mr. Snelson, Ashby de la, Zouch lO 7,533. Mr. Beaumont, Hobart Town lO 1,125. Mr. Baines, Oxford-street l5 3,436. Mr. Balkrd, Chichester l5 2,387. Mr. Lapworth, Old Bond-street ... . 50 9,954 Mr. Sewell, Sydenham lO 10,552. Mr. Herbert, Scarborough 3,229. Mr. Mayor, Clifton 10,199. Mr Sharland, Camden-town 75 ],830. Mr. Scott, Leicester-square 3O 8,408. Mr. Pierce, U.S 3,625. Mr. Moulton, Frome 1,187. The Bank of England Library 25 5,0 7. Mr. RichardsOn, 1.03 - e -- di 7,977. Mr. Greenhawk, Quebec 10,616. Mr. Strickland, Castlereagh 5,911. Mr. Jackson, Hants , lO 3,215. Mr. Butterfield, Bradford 8,892. Mr. Pnetack, Highgate .. 20 7,861. Mr. M'Pherson, Australia 4;782. Mr. Carpenter, Croydon 3') 6,300. Mr. Parke, Wolverhampton. 1,16 ). Mr. M`Nramara, Finsbury 75 8,811. Mr. Morris, Lombard-street. 25 r-,5 5. Mr. Bennett, Philadelphia._ . l5 3,781. Mr. West, Great Malvern 25 9,4 U. Mr. Lorton 3,817. Mr. Ware, Hackney 9,631. Major Storer, Turley-park, Berkshire 15 3,851. Mr. Rockwell, Halifax 5O 5,042. Mr. Gregson, Lancashire 8 9. Mr. Barton, City. 999. Mr. Roberts, Hampstead-road l5 4"37. Mr. Morland, Abingdon 5,414. Mr. Swain, Melton Mowbray 4,588. Mr. Baldwin, Greenwich 3 381. Officers of Royal Marines, Chatham 10 3,473. Mr. Warner, Cirencester 9,774. Mr. Chalk, Clerkenwell lO 3,439. Mr. Alexan .er, Chippenham eO5. Mr. Edwards 966. Mr. Harrison, Wandsworth 3O 3,8'2-4. Mr. Robertson, Hackney 7,214. Mr. Johnston, Paisley 8,708. Mr. Corderoy, Kennington-green 2J 7,213. Mr. ',Ashman . 11,012. Mr. Fowler, Birmingham 2O 4,647. Mr. Hope, Liverpool lO 579. Nil's. Thrnett, Leinster-gardens 10,330. Mr. Austin, W.S. 8,16 1 . Chevalier De Castro ............ 3,676. Mr. Clegram, Glouc3ster 1,138. Mr. Birkett, Ven-street 25 5,934. Mr. Eccles, Southport... 25 8,312. Rev. B. Nicolls, Halifax, N. 5..... 100 8,314. Rev. B. White, Newfoundland......,, 20 70. Mr. Kedgley, Leeds 106. Mr. Mooney, Hong Kong lO 8 4.10. Mr. Barnett, Old Brempton 5O 8,561. Mr. Webb, Philadelphia .... .............10' •0, 10 • 2,690. Mr. Surrey, John-street, Adelphi 25 251. Mr. Davison, Gravesend. The ticket for this last number not being in the brx, the secretary announced that the amount of prize would b 3 ascertained when the previous sums had been com pared with the books. The drawing for the medals, statuettes, and books, was then proceeded with. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and Mr. Buc'*tone, the le see of the theatre, terminat. d the proceedings. LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER (Sittings in Bauco before the Lord (.nik-f Baron, Barons Martin. Bramwell, and Channel].) KILRAY V. ABDOOLAH. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a brick layer, to recover damages of the defendant, for false imprisonment, in having been locked up f)r a night on the charge of picking his pockets. The action was tried on Friday la , t befor e Mr. Baron Mad in, when the jury returne ,l a verdict for the ~e fendAnt f r 51. Mr. Kerr, for the plaintiff, tn ,, ved f r a new rule in the case, on th- vrourri that, tLe justice of the case had not he- .n met, (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron— Why not move on the ground of in; sdirection ? Mr. Karr said he could not move on legal grounds, but only on the broad ground that justice had not been obtained by the plaintiff. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron said he had heard of somebody complain that the word "conscience" was unparlia mentary language. Now he thought that the word "justice" in this application bore as great a similarity to legal matters as conscience did to unparliamentary language. (L , ughter.) Mr. Kerr admitted the law was against him, but he thought tho justice cf the case was with biro. (Laugh ter.) It was important to learn the decision on a point on which judges diffired. The Lord Chief Baron--The better way is to move on the grounds of miscarriage. (Laughter.) Mr. Korr slid he could not say tha , . The facts of the case were very simple. Upon the jury returning a v,-r -diet for the plaintiff, damages 51 , the judge was asked to certify fur costs, but if the costs had been a farthing over that amount costs would have followed as a matter of aurae, and if the case had been tried at Guildhall 51. would then have carried costa The judge refused to certify, on which the jury interposed, saying they had returned a verdict of 51. believing it carried costs. The learned judge said the jury bad nothing to do with cots, and he took time to consider the point. Yester day the application was again resumed, when the learned judge refused to certify. He (Mr. Kerr) did not pre tend to say that Si. were not sufficient for locking a bricklayer up for a night, but he contended the jury in tended he should have his costs paid, and not nave to expend 501. to gain Si. The Lord Chief Baron said there wag no evidence to show that 5 1. were not ample damages without costs. Mr. Baron Martin said there was no evidence to show that the costs were not too high by 4/. 19 , . 111 d. (Laughter.) Mr. Kerr, however, pressed for his rule on the broad gr iund of ju-titre, but his application was refused. Rule refused. COI:Mr OF BA.NKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gurney.) IN RE BALDWIN. A dividend meeting eras held in the case of this gat, tleman. who Wag formerly proprietor of the Morning Herald and Standard newspapers. It is expected the dividend will he about IQ. 6i. THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION. The adjudication in this case has been disputed by Mr. Stuart, one of the eflicial managers of the Court cf Chancery, and a meeting has been appointed for this afternoon to hear arguments on the o:nt. MARKET NEWS.—aws Day. HAY MARKETS. SUITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 4/ 5s clover 3/ lOs to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 6a to 11 10s par load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4' 6s ; clover, 31 lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw. 11 6s to 1/ lls per load. Trade dull. Supplies moderate. WHITECHAPEL.—Me:Adow hay, 2/ lOs to 4' 54; clover, 3/. lOs to 5. Os ; and straw. 1/ 53 to 1/ lOs n•r load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—The Markets have a very steady appearance, and prices are well maintained. Common Congou is quoted 1 4d. to 12d. per lb., with the usual prompt. SUGAR.—A rather active business has been done in the better qualities, which realise full rates; other descriptions are at steady rates. In the Refined Markets higher rates are current, and dried goods find a ready sale at fully former quotations. COFFEE —Only a moderate business has been done, and prices remain steady at about previous values. RlCE.—There has been very little business transacted, but holders demand rather more money. CINNASION. —At the public sales prices went at a reduc tion of about 2d. to 3d. per lb on first quality, 2d. for se cond, and Id. to d. for third quality. SALTPETRE.—The market is firmer, and a fair business has been done at full rates. TALLOW.—There has been a very quiet market. P.Y.C. on the spot 554. 2d., Hay and June 555., July and Sep tember 533., and last thne months 325. 3d. per cwt. LLOID'S SHIPPING.—(This LONDON, April 27.—Wind at noon, N.E.; light breeze and cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON, April 27.—Wind N.B.—Arrived— Harmonia (s), from New York. QUEENSTOWN, April 2 5 .—Wind N., strong.—Arrived —Histena, from Monte Video. Sailed--Ajax, for Har bour Grace. FALMOUTH, April 25.—Wind variable.—Arrived— H.U.S. La Hogue, from Plymouth, and sailed for z l -3pstyP. nombawk, ditto ; her Majesty's gunboat Snap, ditto. . , HARWICH, April 25. Wi d E.S,E. — Arrived—H.M.S. Pembroke, from Sheerness; her Majesty's gunboat Mag net, iitto. DUBLIN - , April 26.—Arrived- Dugel Daley, from Tri nidad ; Ulidia, Porto Rico, OFF QUEENSTOWN, April 26. —Wind N.—Arrived— Viladet, from Porto Rico for Dublin ; Fortuna, Now York. BELFAST, April 26.—Wind N.—Sailed—Aurora, for Q aebec. PoßTsuouls, April M.— Wind N.E. —Arrived—Sophia, from Hamburg for Rio Grande. GLOUCESTER, April 26.—Arrived—Anna Felicie, from PLYMOUTH, April 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Ohio, from Cardiff for Havannah, leaky. SWANSEA, April 2G.—Wind N.—Arrived—San Fer nando, from Coquirnb'. OFF DOVER, April 26.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Depon dnnt, from Nassau, N.B. HARTLEPOOL, April 26.—Wind E.N.E.— Sailed —Or neni, for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind E., hazy. Arrived—Ripon, steamer, from Alexandria; Despatch, steamer. Jersey. Sailed— La Poule and L'Etoile, for Cherbourg ; Havre, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, April 26—Pandora. from Sanavilla; Marietta, Maraaeibo. Arrived, April 27—Acme, from Mobile; Jane Adeline, Rouen. Sailed, April 25—Rochester, for Philadelphia; Fairy Queen, Rotterdam. Sailed, April 26—Georges, for Genoa; Martin Luther, for Bombay. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind N.E.; tide second hour's [told; cloudy. Albion, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.E., moderate. Passed—Cornelius Gzennell, for New York ; Vero, for Jamaica. ILLNESS OF Sea Jolts DODsON.—We regret to learn that the (earned judge of the Prerogative Courtin very seriously indisposed. In consequence of the sati , fectory nature of the last advices from Venezuela, the Committee of Spanish Ame rican Bondholders have determined on despatching by SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS —Her the packet of the 17th of next month their commissioner, Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Mr. Elias Mocatta, to Caracas to endeavour to arrange Consort, the Princesses Alice Louisa and Hel e(a, at - for the liquidation cf the arrears due on the foreign debt tended by Lady Flora Macdonald, the Hon. Miss Caver..• of that republic. dish, Sir Frederick Stovin, Col Hood, and Captain du Toe general business of the port of London continues Plat, honoured the society by inspecting the collection inactive. The number of ships reported inward during nlw exhibiting at the Gallery in Pall-mall-east this the pa-t week was 168, the number cleared outward was morning. The royal party were pleased to express their 184, including 17 in ballaet. Tnose on the berth leading admiration of the excellence of the works exhibited, for the Australian comics amount to 68. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty and the THE NEW STAMPED CHEQUE SYSTEM.—Several of the Prince Consort, accempaneed by the Prince of W a l es leading private backers of the metropolis have itenied and the Princess Alice, honoured the Princess's Toeat re notice to their customers that they will provide them free with their presence last evening to witness Mr. Kean's of cost with stamped cheque books to meet the new Sean- Kine Lear. Tbis is the second time wi bin eight days cial arrangements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. that the Queen and the Prince have been Present at tt is One or two of these make a stipulation that these searnped magnificent pert rmance. cheques, supplied gratis, shall not be used f (r drawing METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Yester. less amount- , than 51. In the case of j int-stock banks, day afternoon a petition was filet in the Court of Bank- where there is a drawback on the accounts, there does ruptey, praying that the Court do make an order forth- not appear to have been any definite mode of action with tee wind this company up, under the provisions of agreed liven, but it is expected that, as a general rule, the J (int-Stock Companies Acts f 1856 and 1857. they will allow the customers to pay the cost of all THE INCREASE OF THE WHISKY DUTY.—The amount eieques drawn by them. A general meeting of the of duty paid in this c.ty to the Excise on spirits, in an- managers and directors of the principal joint-stuck ticaea ion of the budget being adopted is about banks will be held on an early day for the purpose 80,0001. There has been also an anticipatory duty paid of taking the subject in - ° consideration. the Cu-tome on c dee, but to an ineien'ficant amount. RESTORATION OF SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE, STRATFORD- —Cork Examiner. Upwards of 5,030/. duty was paid ON-AVON.—Toe B:r c, ) „,, tn itr.ee are put iug the into the Excise and Customs in this city during the past patriotic and munificent gift of 2,500/. from Mr. Joon week by spirit dealers, in anticipation of the rise stated. Shakepere (which was noticed in the public j , urnals One trader took 75 puncheons out of bond. One large some months ago) to good us,-•, by pro !eedi9g With the wholesale hou se , i n Ellen-street, paid duty on 150 pile- proposed renevation or isolation of the house in which Vie cheons of whisky, i n antcipetion of an alteration in the immortal pet was born. The committee have, we ate spirit duty by th e Chancellor of the Exchequer.— Lints. informed. entered into contrac‘s for the restoration of a rick Chronicle. p, , rti,m of the house to the state in weir it was sup. PASSPORTS. J. Le Feuvre, Esq., a former posed to be when Shakspere 6.1.'4 drew breath in it; and vice-consul for France at Southampton previous to he so far is the matter advanced than a portit nof the wolk supercession of all Eegliehmen wso were vice consuls may b- said to be now eoi•factori!y co pleted. With by Frenchm en , h as been appointed agent fer issuing wis: det rm nation they h-ive aese taken the advice Foreign office passports at the above-named pert. and eh( the assistance of Mr. Edward Barry qiem - and have ad tilted that gentleman's report to the j THE CALAMITY IN GIBERT-STREET.-0a t`lirr a bling of the jury yesterday afternoon at the Fox, Duke- effect that the ,u ld ng shall be restored to the arb B , ha f r str,.- et, B o ‘tni:buiy, for the purpo - .e of coutinu:ng ti e exact state, anynew state, as far as can in wbfi:'il tu it e was s w h a e Lige iry into the caus e f death ref tee 15 nef t una te epere s birth, ani that per , o-s who perished is the awlul fire on sundey, the sefety's sake, may be iuTro3uced, shall be distinetny 28th Maech la s t, th e coroner was compelled to adjourn stamped as new, and not be allowed to mi-lead the pi - the inqnere until the 4th of May, a - 4 o'clock grime who may visit the shrine f an intellect so vast ST. MARK'S COLLEGE, cierresea.—Yesterday the and noble. The hence is now detached from its neigh anniversary gathering of th-, students, former students, bouts ore ee.ther side, and t'mporarily fenced pending and ft of this college, the principal training insti- the planting of the hedge of yew with which it is in tution of the Church of England, was celebrated by fu 1 tended to surround it. For so far therefore it is safe f a lling this year on a from fire, and other chanc es o f acc id en t . Th e comm i ttee choral service. St. Maik'b-:!ay Sunday, the cornmemeratim was postponed in order to have it in contemplation to lay out a garden in a manna r allow those to be pre ent whose duties on tbe S u nday coeval with the date of the house. Add to this that a would not a ll ow teen, co atten d. T he se t re; , e chat hknd,ome and appropriate pavewert is now laying down preached by the R e v. H en ry D r ury, M.A., prebendialy before the house, and it will be seen that the committee of Salisbury, and chaplain to the House of Commons. are performing their duty with activity and intelligence. BOURSE, April 20.—The following wero the closing quotations : 43 per Cents 93 25 Do. end month__ 3 per Cent. ..... 69 13 ... D. end month 69 30 Bank Shares 5090 Credit Mobilier 735 Do.lilepount 730 RAILWAYS.- Orleans Northern New Ditto 770 Lyon and Mediteran. 8031 New Ditto 7681 Geneva Credit Fonder Belgian 4:1 Piedmontese (5) 9O Roman B9i Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 3/1 -Foe CASH. Midi Western' 612 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian AUSTRIA. The treaty of navigation concluded at Vienna between the riverain States of the Danube has been submitted by the Wurtemberg government to the approbation of the chambers. In the preamble of the bill on the subject, the government expresses its opinion that this treaty in no way weakens the old riverain conventions, and that it even affords to the navigation of the river certain facilities which were before wanting. A question which has been pending between the same government and the mediatised lords, relative to the sup plementary indemnities to be paid them in compensation for certain privileges suppressed or redeemed, threatens to terminate to the Second Chamber in its report recommends the re jection of the bill which the Government had pre sented for the purpose of having the sanction of the chambers to the arrangement come to. The Austrian Gazette Publishes the following re marks on the acquittal of Bernard "Such a state of things cannot be maintained even for a very short period. The grand jury which 1 is formed of the civilised world will not hesitate to deliver a verdict of condemnation against the right of asylum, such as it is now practised in England. Suppose for a moment that all the' States were to adopt the English principle, such a regime would throw us back for 1,000 years into birbarism. Each State would declare ba r yond the reach of the law the subjects of ano her State, and approve of all the crimes which, being prepared on its territory, should 133 perpetrated in another. There is no State that could tolerate a system under the protection of which Bernard and his ace )mpliees may continue for the future what they have been hitherto constantly doing. Ac cording to the revelations furnished by the Bernard trial, the Government and the English people will be, as much as Orsini, Pierri, aLd Bernard, respon sible for the blood shed in sech attempts as that of the Rue Lepelletier. If the English Parliament will not admit principles of right more eleva'e,l than those which animated the auditory of the Central Criminal Court of the Old Bailey, there is an end to the honour and grandeur of the English name." AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Hammonia, Capt. Schwensen, has arrived from New York, with one day's later news than that by the Persia. She brings 158 pas sengers, mostly for Hamburg, but no specie. On the 18th of April the Hammonia spoke a Hamburg ship, Sir Robert Peel, from New York, for Hamburg ; and on the 23cl the American bark Milton, bound to Glasgow. In the Houso of Representatives on the 17th a motion for the appointment of a committee to con fer with the Senate on the Kansas Bill was:carried, by t he Speaker's casting vote. The ship Sunny South had arrived at New York, with several passengers of the ship John Gilpin, which struck on an iceberg off Cape Horn on the 29th of January, and foundered. The passengers and crow were saved by the British ship Hereford shire. Cotton was less firm, and no change in price. Flour heavy, and sales moderate. Corn in light supply, and firmer, with free sales of white at 73c. to 730., and of yellow at 75ic. to 76c. No change of moment in prices of wheat. Pork irregular, and closed firmer. Sugars fairly active, and prices steady. Coffee unchanged. Freights heavy, and engagements moderate. The Stock Market was irregular, and pri , :es ruled lower. An unusually light amount of business was transacted. The closing rates for sterling ex change were 8i to 9 per cent. premium for banks and bankers' bills. There was but a moderate amount of business. Serious consequences were anticipated from the flooding of the Lower Mississippi, caused by heavy rains through the western and north-western coun try ; the Illinois and Missouri rivers were both ris ing, and all their tributaries at flood height. The steamboat Falls City had exploded her boilers off New Orleans, killing seven or eight per sons, and wounding several more. The brig Manhattan, from Boston, for Cien faeg.s, was lost on the first inst. on Boca Grand Reef, cff Trinidad,• Cuba. At New Orleans, on the 14th, 1,200 bales of cotton were sold at irregular prices, and quotations could!not be given. Sterling exchange 1061 to 1071. EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, DOWNING sTsEET.--- Yeaterlay, by directions of her Majesty's; Commissioner of Works, notices were issued in West minster to the 'feet that it was their intention to sell a number of houses in King-street, Upper Crown-street, and that locality, which it is intended to have removed for the purpose of building upon their sites the new buildings fur the Government offices from Downirg street, this being the first sale in furtherance of that object. There aro several offices, chambers, &c., in cluded in the sale. As by act of Parliament it has been dotermioed to continue the erection of the Govern. ment offices to a considerable distance westward, the remaining houses will be put up to auction as soon as an adjustment of the claims can be settled between the owners o f th e property in the line and the com missioners. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. ~~--.< r RAILWAY LEGISLATION & COMPETITION. Yesterday afternoon a deputation of members of Parham nt and othors interested in railways, con sisting of the Hon. R. H. Dutton, M.P. Mr. Briscoe, M.P. r Mc. 'Rite', M.P., Mr. Repton, M.P., Sergeant Gaselee, Dr. Oowan, Messrs. Teulon, Scott, Gordon, Thompson, 0. H. Pulley, W. Bridger, Price, Tegg, R. B. Moore, Goodson, Wnishaw, Vance, Croxton, waited by appoint ment upon the Right Hen, the Earl of Derby, at his official residence in Downing-street, on the stihje,it of the ruinous cerupellion carried on be twe- n the railway companies and the other burdens affecting the railway iuterrst. The Right Hon. W. J. Henley, President of the Board of Trade, was present during the conference. The Hon. R. Dutton, M.P., introduced the de putation. Mr. J. E VANCE said, he had the honour to be called upon to bring under the notice of the Go vernment the present unsatisfactory state of legis lation with regard to the railways. The amount of capital invested in railway property was 300,000,0001., the whole of which was materially deteriorated by the existing state of things, and must continue to be se till that was altered. He need scarcely point out that by the expenditure of that amount of capital great benefit had been re ceived by the country. He would not waste his Lordship's time by going into those advantages, but what be wished was that in return their property should be protected by the Legislature. Instead of having done that both Parliament and the Government had heaped a great amount of taxation on them, and, in addition to that, a must ruinous system of competi tion was being carried on. The first thing to which he would call attention was the unjust impost of the passenger tax, levied now on the gross receipte, when it was originally intended for net rece.pts only. The next thing was the parochial iates on railways. But the greatest complaint was with regard to the existing competition, which materially affected the public and the shareholders, while the competitions were brought about by parties connected with railways for their own bene fit without any regard to the interest of the public. This slate of things prevailed to an enormous extent, and thousands were continually spent in carrying ou the warfare. In the case of two com panies at pi esent a fearful race was being carried regardless of the sacrifice of life. The Earl of DERRY—But they must pay for it. Mr. VANCE said—lf his lordship were killed it would be but a paltry satisf-ction for payment to be made. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the Govern ment would introduce some measure to protect their interest, and he suggested that a Royal com mission should be appointed to consider the matter, and that Government should step all measures for further extensions for the present. The Earl of DERBY asked what was suggested to put down the undue competition complained of by the deputaeien. Powers were now granted to Par bam-nt with regard to railways, and what other tribunal was suggested? It would, he thought, be a difficult matter to induce Parliament to anything that would take away its own powers. Mr. VANCE suggested that a Royal Commission should be appointed and instructed to take evidence in these-matters ; but he thought that there was at present sufficient evidence to justify them in dividing the country into territorial districts, each company to have its own district ; arrangements to be made to secure the interest and convenience of the public. It might be impossible to recover from the gulf the thousands it hadreceived, or to restore the fortunes of the widows, orphans, and trustees which had been wast-d, but the Government might confer a great benefit ou the public by adopting the course he suggested. The Earl of DERBY—If you have a Royal Com mission they will have to refer everything to an other tribunal. Mr. VANCE repeated his opinion that there was sufficient evidence for the commissioners to make a territorial division. The Earl of DERBY—Nothing can be done with out the sanction of Parliament after all. Is tile commission proposed to be a standing one Mr. VANCE replied in the affirmative. The Earl ot DERBY—I should be very sorry for myself to say the commission should be granted, but, at all events, I will speak to the other members ot the Government about it. The great difficulty* against it is that all its recommendations would have to be submitted to Parliament for confines' tion. After some further conversation, The Earl of DERBY said he could not say any thing moire about the commission until it was shown to be practicable that some good could be got from it. The deputation, having thanked his Lordship for his courtesy, then withOt ew. SURREY THEATRE. Last night a new drama, "Never Too Late to Mend, * wss pruduced at this theatre with great and deserved success, The first interest of the piece consists in the efforts of an ho-eat upright English yeoman to recover himself from misfortunes eau-ed by his generosity to th e helpless and the f a il ure o f a b an k i n w hi c h a ll his caPl' tal is invested. The scene of the play is laid in Hatnl 3 :z - i r shire, 'hen in AuErralia, and finally in the first-names English county, where all ends as happily as can well be imagined. The part of George Fielding, the farmer ,. was admirably sustained by Mr. Creswick, his concer tion of the part was perfect, and his acting was nature itself. Mr. Shepherd has a capital part in the drama, which fits him to a nicety, and as also has Mr. Norton, Mr. Widdieombe, and gr. Voltaire. The principal female part was very graceful!' enacted by Miss M. E , urne. The drama has been put upon the stage with great care. The Australian portion of the scenery is real!" spleudid, and elicl,ed the most enthusiastic applause* At the fall of the curtain the principal performers Teo caived the honour of a " call," and the piece was given out for repetition every evening until further notice. We curdialy recomineed a vist to the Surrey Theatre/ feeling a- cured that all those who follow our recommen' datiou will enj ,y a capital evening's entertainment. THE STRAND THEATRE. The " Country Squire," a comely originally written for Mr. Farren and Mrs. Stirling, was revived at this bright little theatre last night, and was received with much favour. The squire was played by Mr. Emery, and Fanny Markham, the hoydenish niece, by Miss Oliver. Without ins . ituting comparisons with the ori• ginal reprosentive of these parts, we may say that the bluff, hearty old squire of Mr. Emery was a most finished piece f acting. The make up was perfec'. Except by the voice, his most intimate friends would scarcely base known him ; and this is saying a good deal, considering how close the stage of this little theatre is‘to the audi ence. Mr. Emery received the hearty welcome dee to an old favourite, and at the close a perfect Etorra of applause testified to the merit of his impersonation of the " fine old English gentleman, all of the olden time." We ought not to omit to mention that it fell t 0 Mr. Emery to sing this old ballad during the comedy, , and that he rendered it (without any attempt at vocalisa tion) with great feeling and expression. The two nephews were played with great ability by Mr. Belford and Mr. Charles. The London dandy of the former was really a wonderful piece of acting, so consistent and so well sustained, without any of that exaggeration by which such parts are usually disfigured. The comedy was beautifully put upon the stage, and as a whole wog wed carried out by all concerned. It we were to para.. !arise all who deserved praise we should have to mar tion a-11 the na nes in the case, including even those of the squire's peaeante, who performed a country dance with much spirit. The appearance of Mr. Emery will, no doubt, greatly add to the attraction of the Strand company. The house was filled by, we may say, a ' fashionable audience. MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENThR TAINMENT. Last night the first part of this admirable entertain ment was altered to give place to a new series of songs and character sketches, called " After the Ball," written by Mr. Edmund Yates. The great and rare merit of the new material is that i is drawn from society. We are not presented, as is too often the case, with a num ber of por raits professing to latest the refined manners ofithe age, ani being nothing but Whitechapel dummies , bund,ed up in very ill-made and extravagant clothe- We are nut presented with a fop, a Yorkshirentan, a dowager, a belle, a lord, that require the aid of a de tai'ei programme to explain to the audience what they are ; the characters that Mr. Yates has put into the able hands of Mr. and Mrs. Reed speak for themselvet and speak very well toe. Teo most humorous and Buccal , ful imper s on a tion was , p er hap s , th a t 01 Miss Virginia Rimer, a middle - aged, we ll - in formed lady, who was introduced to society by bet mamma at the age of forty, and who, with strung classics predilections and classic costume, discusses social ques tions in a powerful-minded way, while Atifily threading the maz , s of a mild and dignified quadrille. Mr. Crank ' ley mid Major Malveeney, a Scotchinan and an Irish man, two eccentric ~ketches, amused the audience with many rival :s chemes to engage th e energ i es an d ca pital of joint-stook companies. Aunt Toodles, a eafined IoA comedy sketch, carried the entertainment to the tts o final charetetere Sir Henry and Lady Tiptoe, very car l " fully and delicately drawn, after the true Mayfair moat Tue songs interspersed—dram a ti c , sen ti men t a l, a n d comic,—were easy and cl ever , an d t h e music, compose d by Mr. Reed, in all cases plea s i ng an d appropr i a te. .1 amusing "patter song" might h ave b een l eng th ene d %vit a advantage. The person a ti ons o f M rs. R ee d were give , with her usual dramati c t ac t an d v i gour ; t h e songi were artistically rend,i-ed, the dresses were good 5 . 0 characteristic, and the w h o l e per f ormance wen t o ff Tilv , b great spirit and EUCCe2B• fa] du cel be al rei de gel ad