The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-10 00:00:00

maintained by the British Government. Lord MA LMESEVRY oould not expose himself to the storm of indignation that would be excited by any vacillation on such a point. We earnestly desire that the French alliance should remain unbroken. We recognise all the evils that would 'arise from any interruption of amicable relations. But far better endure them, were they ten times more formidable, than yield to such unwarrantable assumptions. It is the Piedmontese Government that must, in the first instance, answer for the safety of our countryman. Should he be tried by the Sardinian law, for an offence committed in Sardinia, we shall be enabled to judge how far the proceedings can be justified. But should he be given up to another State, the Cabinet of Turin must render a stringent account, and also the authorities to whom he his been im properly given up. We may bear many things with patience, but certainly anything affecting the life or liberty of one of our fellow-citizens can not be included in the number. The extraordinary revelations as to the manage ment of some Joint-stock Banks have proved the necessity of some speedy and efficient alteration of the law in respect thereto. Mr. FIEIDLAM'S Bill for the introduction of the principle of limited liability, was received with considerable favour by the House of Commons, and, we 'aelieve, that if judiciously carried out, it would be beneficial to all parties, as well to the community at large as to the shareholders in these important and valuable institutions. Under the existing law few persons of large means are willing to encounter the responsibi lity of becoming shareholders, for not only will they be subjected to the expense and annoyance of the winding up, but they must answer to the last shilling, and even with their persons, for mis management in which they did not in any degree participate. It is all very well to protect inno cent depositors, and innocent creditors, but the interests of innocent shareholders should be equally looked to. At present persons con sider that there is not the slightest necessity for caution if they find the names of per• sons of known wealth and substance on the list of shareholders. They know that as the law stands they can go against these parties, and are satisfied, although the management may justly be be censured. Thinking that they themselves are safe, they are quite willing to dispense with im pertinent interrogatories. But the person who, having a few spare hundreds or thouslnds, is willing to invest them in concerns that may be exceedingly beneficial to the entire neighbourhood, is placed in a very different posi tion. He 113 ay not only lose his entire stake which he was willing to risk, but even tenfold or a hundredfold the amount. He may be reduced from affluence to poverty, and all his prospects in life blighted, because he has laid out a little superfluous cash in trying to promote the welfare and prosperity of the neighbourhood in which he resides. Let fraulu lent directors be punished with the utmost rigour of the law; but surely those who are their inno cent dupes, and who have no share in the mis management, should be let down easily. We are happy to find that a movement amongst shareholders has at length been inau,guratei, which, although deferred even to the eleventh hour, must, if properly followed up, be produc tive of the best results. A circular has been issued from the Chamber of Commerce at New castle-upon-Tyne, and extensively circulated amongst the shareholders of Joint Stock Banks, which places the question on a just foundation. A. Committee has been formed of influential per sons "for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain ) from the Legislature such an amendment of the winding-up principle, whether voluntary or com pulsory, as may be calculated to prevent that anxiety, suspense, and suffering to which persons are necessarily exposed under the present system —a system which not only makes them accountable for all they possess, but renders their future earnings liable for the debts of the defunct Bank—a state of things which (as truly stated) places an innocent shareholder in a worse position than a bankrupt ! " All that is required is that proper attention should be bestowed on the subject. But there must be the pressure from without—the tem perate but energetic agitation, without which no great results can be accomplished. There are many interested, and many prejudiced par ties. But they could not withstand an earnest demand founded on truth and justice. There is nothing so beneficial to a nation as the extension of banking capital, but that is virtually pre vented by the vast responsibility incurred by the share holders, and which prudent men will be very un willing to undertake. Let us then by all legiti mate means strive to achieve this great desideratum and procure an alteration of the law founded on justice and equity, and conducive to the wel fare and prosperity of all classes of the community. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1858. Th• demand of the French Government for the surrender of Mr. Efonaz, an English subject, ar rested at Genoa, is aiother instance of its organised attack on the right of sanctuary. As it has been unable to induce the British Parliament to sanc tion ita untenable demands, it is desirous of as sailing England in the person of one of its citizens. The truckling of the PALMERSTON Government, the placidity with which a mendacious and vapour ing despatch was permitted to remain unanswered, induced them to believe that anything would be submitted to, and that we would swallow our leek with exemplary submission, and be prepared to turn the other cheek to the smiter. At present Sardinia is required t) enact the part of "whipping boy," to sustain the buffets that it is not as yet deemed quite safe to adminis ter to England, and to create a greater impres sion, it is an English subject that is to be vic timised. Mr. HODGE is a gentleman of ildepen dent means, who had, in consequence of a severe pulmonary attack, gone to Nice, and from thence to Genoa for the benefit of a milder climate than could be obtained at home. Unfortunately, he had become acquainted with ORSINI in this coun try and obtained letters of introduction from him to some Italian friends. That appears to have been " the head and front of his offending." He might possibly have used an Englishman's privilege of freedom of speech, and expressed his opinions unreservedly in his diary. There was, however, no particle of evidence to show that he was concerned in the attempt of the 14th of January, or that even in England he h ad joined in the conspiracy against Louis NAPO LSON. DRURY LANE THEATRE. MR. E. T. SMITH'S BENEFIT. The great gala night of the season, the lessee's benefit, is fixed for Friday the 19th, on which occasion it is his intention to place before his patrons an entertainment of the most brilliant and extraordinary character. Ho N ever gratif3ing such an event may be, we think the simple announcement of the night set apart for Mr. Smith's benefit would of itself be more than sufficient to insure an immense attendance of those anxious to testify their approbation of the spirited manner in which (fortu nately for the shareholders and rentors) he has carried on this great national theatre. Mr. Smith is celebrated for doing extraordinary things, but his grand annual benefit entertainment will, it is said, eclipse all his former efforts. LYCEUM THEATRZ.—This evening Mr. Toole, the talented low comedian at this theatre, takes his benefit, and for the occasion he has selected a very excellent list of entertainments. Amongst the many attractions we find an adapted drama, "The Artist of Florence," which will be presented for the first time, and in which Mr. C. Dillon, and Miss Woolgar will sustain the lead ing parts. It will be followed by three farces, viz., "The Birthplace of Podgers" (a new one) " Double Dummy," and " Oar Clerks." Mr. Toole appears in each of the above, so the lovers of fun and good humour will have nothing to desire. Mr. Toole's merits as an actor will ensure him an overflowing audience. Mre. Seymour, of the Haymarket, and late manageress of the St. James's Theatre, has just organised a little troupe for the purpose of producing the pieces of Mr. Charles Reade (the popular author of "Never Too Late to Mend ") in the provinces. In the list of the com pany we perceive the names of Shaliers, Hurletone, Sterling, Robertson, ; Mesdames Barratt, Balmer, Burton, A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down ing -street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbnry, Lord Stanley, Gen. Peel, Sir J. Pakington, the Earl of Ellen h,rough, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord J. Manners. The Council sat two hours and a half. f T Tm e eE D dE_i a an c rb b lu e ra s g s nhd o: Sutherland and Lord Ronald Leveson Gower arrived at Stafford House, on Monday night, fro4l:isk,algatuhde Countess Countess of Craven and the Ladies -raven have returned to their mansionin Charles•street, i the Countsan G o r f e Sklton, at Croxteth have returned to town, visiting m. (p ow.) of Ellesmere, at 'slr. eViirhnittroT:er ( " I" t ia h a at the Queen h Keeper of the ' P o ri n v e , oY L t4 or e de p o u f , as h ni e a T d r e ea cb su u r i ; e , aB of The post is alwayel h e TV' t Treasury. On the last act i One 01 j et ( !g n Ca 4t in office it was fi'led by the Marqui s ' a 13'4: 0 the We are informed that Sir Gere%ree,vbri°B3: ti eing tion of going abroad, but will attendto has no int ers parliamentary duties until the end of the session. The mail steamer Malabar, to sail on the 11th to the East, will take fortou 163,9001 . . in silver for Bomb a y, and 1,4381 , in gold Ala. I nd yet this gentleman has been arrested in the Sardinian territory on the requisition of the French police, and not merely his extradition, but his surrender to the French detectives is demanded, on the ground that he is an assassin, amenable to a charge of mur der. And it is possible that but for the interference of the British Envoy, he would have been given up to take his trial in France for an offence, which if it occurred at all was perpe trated in Great Britain. There i is no principle of international law better 1A led than that a citizen he remainse iind,,, .. . . of any countr owes allegiance,l protection of the flag to which y unless he violates the law of the State in which It th is not even alleged. alatilixeli:ll:afentlarnaiallit dinian law, t e 1 in Piedmont or in En,r'll'aeturil(l,/rIY be tried of the French Government - --" demand l Is therefore preposterouq, and if once conceded, it i'' i m possible to say t o what lengths the extraordi nary and novel doctrine might be carried. Th nex t claim would be that we should surrender our own subjects to be tried before French bunals if they incur red the suspicion of the French Police. Perhaps it way be asked if Mr. ALLSO P were arrested that his trial might take place at Paris. We believe that the honour of England and the safety of British citizens will be effectually Vat SUN,, _LONDON! WE-DNESDAr EVENING GENERAL REFORM. (FROM 4 CORRESPONDENT.) After the Ballot, we conceive that the re-distri bution of the Electoral Districts, is incomparably the most essential reform now required in our Parliamentary system. First of all the Ballot. Then the re-distri bution of the Electoral Districts. Afterwards the progressive extension of the Franchise. And, only when those beneficent changes have been seen to, the simultaneous arrival at some satisfactory deci sion as to the duration of Parliaments, and as to the continuance or removal of the Property Qualification. There may be discussions as to the latter pre. jects, but as to the three first there ought not, among liberal reformers of all colours and classes, of all sects and parties—there ought not, we distinctly assert, upon those three first branches of Parliamentary Reform to be one moment's hesitation. Though the immediate and total removal of the Property Qualification appears to us to be a move ment most advisable under all considerations— we are ready to allow that other reformers may have some very admissible reasons for arriving at a different conclusion. We are ready to have those reasons discussed with all possible coolness and deliberation. We should like to hear all the pros and cons upon the subject debated as slowly as you please, as cautiously, as jealously as you please, during the course of the present session of the Legislature. It is perfectly reasonable also to suppose there may be a rational diversity of opinion among Reformers as to the long "vexed question" about the most advisable time for the duration of Par liaments. Let us again, upon this point, compare notes carefully with one another ; so that, if pos sible, some wholesome result may be arrived at. And here it certainly does appear to us strange, all things considered, that no medium course has ever been dreamt of with a view to the solution of this problem of the Duration of Parliaments. There are the advocates of the septennial, and there are theladvocates of triennial Parliaments ! Nobody appears to have ever had the faintest notion of suggesting that the difference should be split ; and that, instead of either of the extremes, we should decide upon selecting the juste the common sense middle course of having in future Quintennial Parliaments ! Why it is that we should at all times only entertain the project of seven years on the one hand, or of three years on the other--putting aside fourth, fifth, and sixth under a mysterious and. inexorable taboo— has never been explained : would be rather diffi cult, we opine, of explanation. Common sense tells us that this kind of proceeding is, after all, very preposterous. Particularly when the average duration of Parliaments, according to the present system, has been actually neither three years, nor yet seven years, but precisely the very time we have specified, namely, five years ! Suggesting to one that it might not, after all, be so very absurd to talk seriously about a project of Quintennial Parlia ments.* Nevertheless, upon this point, as upon the one immediately before-specified, we are free to admit that there may still be room for a good deal of reasonable discussion. But, in regard to the three leading reforms in our Parliamentary system, we maintain there in absolutely no room at all among rational re formers for any further discussion whatsoeTor. The more advanced reformers of our day have long since come to the conclusion that not only is the Ballot essential, but that it is the First EAsteu tial„ Mr. BERKELEY is no longer among the advtitttes of reform in England, the Leader of a Forlorn Hope. The Liberal constituencies, far and wide, are unanimously in favour of the im provement of which he has been so long the foremost champion. The advocates of the Ballot throughout the constituencies are counted now, not by hundreds or by thousands, but by hundreds of thousands. They none of them maintain it to be what their deriders scoff at them for doing—a sort of political panacea which is to put an end for ever and a day to all possible ills in the political system. We, who insist upon the necessity of the Ballot, do so simply because we believe it would be the most effectual preventive of bribery, humanly speaking, that could be imagined. We demand the ballot solely in order that, under its protection--a pro tection not disdained by high broil and honourable gentlemen in our West-end Clubs—in order that, under its protection, voting may henceforth be in reality what it is at present only in name— Free. The Suffrage without the Ballot, as at pre sent, we do from our heart believe to be a veritable curse to many an honest shopkeeper. We believe it to be not a political boon, or a social advantage, but—in the strictest and the most literal meaning of the words—a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. Therefore it is that all the more advanced reformers amongst us have long ago come to the deliberate conclusion that the first and most im portant of all reforms is that expressed in that single magic dissyllable the BALLOT. L &TEST NEWS. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. [3y ELECTRIC TELE4RAPIII PLYMOUTH . , TUESDAY NIGHT. The Royal Mail steamer Norman, Capt. Boxer, from the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived, with dates to 29th January. All continues quiet on the frontier. The Cape Parliament was summoned for the 10th March, when the first session will be closed, and will be followed by a general election for the House of Assembly and the election of 7 members out of the 15 forming the Council. Th© 60th and 85th regiments, accompanied by General Jackson, are preparing to leave for India. The financial difficulties of England and America have not sensibly affected commerce at the Cape. Wool, first quality, is. 6d. to is. Bd. per lb. Mar kets dull. The subscription for India amounts to upwards of 4,000/. The steam-ship Simoom, from Calcutta January 27, was the only vessel of war in Simon's Bay. The screw steam transport Leopold, with artillery, under command of Colonel Montressor, arrived on the 25th, and was expected to sail on the 2d of February, for India. The steamer Golden Fleece, 32 days from Cal cutta, was appointed to sail for :England on the 30th of January. The mail steamer Phoebe arrived on the 21st of January, and would bring home the February The screw steamer General Williams, from Ply month, arrived January 25. The hired transport - Melons, with naval invalids from China, was in Simon's Bay. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur contains the following account of the outbreak at Chalons, which we announced in our late edition last evening : " At Chalon-sur•Saone on Saturday night, to wards the hour of nine o'clock, a body of about 40 men suddenly made their appearance and rushed on a little post of infantry, which they surprised. They then proceeded to the railway station with cries of ' Vive la Republique ! The republic has been proclaimed at Paris I The republic is every where ! Inhabitants of Chalons, to arms !' The station-master, who had formerly been in the army, at once collected the men belonging to the railway, and repulsed the rioters. From the railway, they went to the bridge over the Saone, the head of which they took possession of, iu order to prevent any one from going to give the alarm at the barracks. The officers of the garri son, who had hastened to the sub-prefecture to obtain some information relative to the rumours already in circulation, forced the passage, sword in hand. Shortly after, the troops arrived, the sole appearance of whom was sufficient to cause the illegal assemblage to disperse. Before midnight, the 15 principal offenders were in the hands of justice." The Moniteur states that travellers coming into France from abroad must, on every journey, have their passports visa-ed by a diplomatic agent, or at the French consulate. In order that no fresh ex pense shall be imposed on travellers by this regu lation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has decided that the charge for the visa shall only be made for the first journey, and that all the others required during the year for which the passport is valid shall be delivered gratuitously. It may be as well to mention on this occasion that the tariffs in force allow the embassies and the consulates to grant passports gratuitously to poor persons, and to re duce the usual charge to persons who cannot afford to pay the full amount." It was reported that every difficulty had been removed by the, English and French cabinets rela tive to the refugee question. The despatch from Lord Malmesbury has been comtnunicited by Lord Cowley to Count Walewski. The Moniteur says :—Tho manager of the Drapeau, found guilty by the jury of insult (offense) towards his Majesty the Emperor, has been condemned to thirteen months' imprisonment, and 1,200 francs damages." The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : "ST. PETERSBURG, March Bth.—The Emperor has instituted a central committee for the question of the emancipation of the peasants. This committee, which will be pr?sided over by the Emperor himself, is com posed of 13 councillors of the empire, among whom are the Grand Duke Constantine, Princ e O r l o ff , an d Count Bludoff. The cold cont inues very severe ;• the whole country is covered with snow." " BEENE, March Bth.—Th e f e d eral commissioners recommend the dissolution of the It a li an Mutual Benefit Associaton, and that its foreign mem b ers should either be sent away to their respective countries or be ap pointed to a fixed residence. It likewise suggests that all the French refugees should be placed at the disposal of the Federal Council to receive a fixed residence." B.oultsE, March 9.—The following were the quotations : Immediately after the Ballot ought to be de manded and obtained the concession from the Legislature of a new, a rational, and a comprehen sive distribution of the electoral districts. The existing apportionment of constituencies is, in truth, something perfectly ridiculous. There are some little trumpery borou g h s still returning, as they have, time out of mind, continued to return, two members to the Com mons House of Parliament ! And there are, in contrast to these snug little places, enormous towns like Birmingham also returning, only two representatives—or, still worse than that, if pos sible, wonderfully populous clusters of towns, such as Chelsea, Brompton, Kensington, and all that vast and densely peopled district of the metropolis, returning no member at all ! Anomalies like these, we maintain, don't admit of any argument fur a single instant. Facts like these—point blank—repel all denial and opposition. The evil here is so monstrous and so manifest that we say— Nextto theß illot should c)ina this re-distribution of the Electoral Districts. Afterwards arising the necessity, the instant necessity for the extension of the franchise—an extension to be at once as large as can bo reasonably and safely adventured upon ; yet not to end there, but to be subsequently Progressive ! Here we do honestly believe is the right and rational Programme of Reform for 1838. It is the Programme of the more advanced and enlightened reformers. Aud any thing less than this will be regarded by the liberal constituencies as a delusion. [" Our Correspondent is in error as to Quintennial Par. iamentsnever having been suggested before.—ED. San.] 93 25 per Cents Do. end month 3 per Cent. ..... 69 35 Do. end month Bank Shsras .. • 3050 Credit Mobilier 852 50 Do. Accouat B5O Credit F otte i er Belgian 4.t Pi edmontese (3) Roman B9 I Austrian ;, Spanish Th rees I come Debt 37i ,WAYS. RAIL' Orleans .............. 13464 Northern ......... 947 A New Ditto.. ............. 785 Lyon and Moditeran. 817 A New Ditto. ........... ..• 78.31 Geneva .............. 660 Mn. STAPLETON, M.P.—This gentleman has addressed the eleotors of Berwick on his recent trial in connection with ia t e mo ß t... : ,, il t ia e. h lr,..oz ß: ch o ll k Conspiracy. He says that, thinking the honour of a member of Parliament ought (.4,,,en,,a/QiPerhape, attachi ng to b e moat dear to his constituents, he has thought it tneurttbent to lay before them the ob=ervations on his \ IVZT. O II rued ° by Lord Campbell. He attributes the r , „:: :f . t u o ... f, gtuhieltyfailaugraeinosfta jointhiiti s t t o oc i k nv b i a n n e k ib . le Th p e re g j e u n d e i r c a e : Stapleto .wn; decidedly t o the in disastrous fav favour u r o f :::: Midi Western 545 665 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian THE REFUGEE QUESTION. The following, according to the Band of Berne, is a correct analysis of the despatch of Count \Valewski, da'ed. Jan. 20, to the French Charge d'Affaires on the refugee question, and which was communicated by the latter to the Federal Coun cil : direoted th e F renc h legation to Th e co unt begins by saying that on a previous point out to the Federal Gained the m auceuvres occasion he had which the refugees in Switzerland, especially those in the canton of Genera, notoriously practice, and to the Fren c h m i n i ster, nothing but to demand their removal from the F renc h f ront i er. d A e ry c l e a ° to rdil3g or evasive replies could be obtained, and he is accordingly forced to renew his injunctions to the legation. The complaints of the French go vernment, he says, particulary relate, nut so much to the French refugees, as to those rom different p a rts of Italy. Th e • m i nister refers to the events :At Genoa and --.9horn on the 14th of Jan uary, and says that they prove that the Italian refugees are specially distinguished by demagogical perversity. The Federal Government is bound to send those dangerous men into the interior. That Government would violate the conditions of Helve extent of its privile ges , if it were to think that to invoke uttrhaitY: and wou ld d ece iv e itself as to the .. 1 t reutralit in order to relieve itself from giving sa ti sfaction to France wou ld su ffi ce. y To tolerate more or less formally, even by silence and inaction, that men enjoying an asylum should make an abusive use of that asylum to attack France by plots or publications is to fail in the duties of n eutrality. The legation is therefore re quested to insist with th e F e d era l C ounc il on mea sures being adopted without delay for removing into the interior, far from the frontiers, refugees who may be pointed out as taking part in crimi nal acts, and parti cu l ar l y t h ose w h o aro orga nised into a soci e t y in the canton of Geneva. The F ench G overnment, it is added, cannot allow the Fe leral Council to invoke as an excuse the indifferance or ill will of the cantonal authorities. Tho despatch conc l udes i n t h ese terms , w hi c h are believ e d t o bo alm.::st textual :—' In case the federal government should not take the necessary means for satisfying the demands of France, it would incur a grave responsibility, amid must only blam e itself for the consequences which its determination may occasion.' The delegates of the States of Germany whosecon tingents form the 10th corps of the Federal army assembled at Hanover last week to make the Ilecessary arrangements for the grand wanceuvres which are to take place on the 12th September at Nordstemmen. The contin gent of the Duchy of Holstein forms part of that c , )rp. , q, but the King of Denmark did not cause MARCH 10, Its-il. himself to be represented, so that the contingent will not take part in the manoeuvres, A letter from Kalisch, in the Austrian Gazette, says : —(c As an instance of the small number of troops at present in the kingdom of Poland, it may be stated that the important fortress of I wangorod one of the first strongholds of the kingdom is only garrisoned by a single battalion of infantry." This morning a wardmote was held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street, Cheapside, for the election of a fit and proper person to be Alderman of the Ward of Cheap, in the room and stead of Mr. R. H. Kennedy, reigned in consequence of his conviction of conspiracy as one of the Royal British Bank directors. The Lord Mayor, Sir R. W. Cirden, M.P., presided. There was a very full attendance, and the contest is expected to be a severe one. The candidates for the honour of re presenting the ward in the Court of aldermen are Mr. Sheriff Allen, Mr. James Causton, wholesale stationer, and Mr. Cockerell, the extensive coal merchant. the latter gentleman, finding he had no chance, has resigned. The supporters of the other two gentle men are so evenly balanced that at present it is doubtful to predict which will be the successful candidate. The 'Vienna journals state that Sir Hamilton Seymour has received an official intimation that the English cabinet has no intention of replacing him at the Austrian court. Advices from Vienna announce that the depar ture of Baron de Budberg from that capital is fixed for the 15th inst., and that M. Knorring will direct the affairs of the embassy until the arrival of M. de Balabine, the new Russian representative. The Second Chamber of Baden has just adopted unanimously the bill presented by the Government for the execution of the German monetary conven tion of the 24th Feb., 1857. The same bill had been previously adopted by the First Chamber. It may be remembered that when the Prince Royal of Sweden was nominated Regent, in conse quence of the illness of the King, a member of the order of nobles proposed that an additional allow ance of 100,000 rixdalers (nearly 200,000 f.) should be made to H.R.H., but the motion was rejected by a large majority. Last week a similar proposi tion was again brought forward, but it was rejected by 85 votes to 36. Baron Dujardin, Belgian envoy to the Germanic Confederation and to the court of Bavaria, has been recalled, and appointed minister at the Hague. TIM EAST INDIA COMPANY. (From the Times) It is now quite clear that the differences which shook the walls of Parliament on the subject of the Government of India have narrowed them selves into a very small point indeed. Discus sion, truth, and publicity have done their usual work, and all that remains to settle seems to be the manner in which the Indian Council shall be chosen. The new era is, in fact, inaugurated, and the East India Company only holds office until its successor shall be appointed. A change is also, we may presume, impending over the Government of India in India ; not an organic change, but one which in an absolute Asiatic monarchy is often more momentous—a change in the person of the resident Sovereign. It is not likely that Lord Canning, conscious as we believe him to be of high desert in a most trying situation, of having main tained calmness and presence of mind in the midst of a community frantic with the most exaggerated apprehension, and of having remembered the dic tates of justice when all around him were crying for indiscriminate slaughter and extermination, should be willing to retain office under the Tory Ministry. They gave when in opposition, or thought it neces sary to appear to give, implicit credence to all the wretched and groundless figments of the Calcutta agitators, and did all they could to embitter a situation already more than sufficiently onerous and distressing. It is not likely, then, that Lord Canning should continue to serve under Lord Ellen borough, and it therefore behoves the Government and the country to turn their attention to the choice of a successor. No light task lies before him. The storm, indeed, has passed, but the ocean of Indian politics must long heave with a heavy and dangerous groundswell. A revolt, however completely crushed and severely punished, never leaves the contending parties exactly in the same relative position as it fonnd (hem. Fear cannot be altogether soothed, hatred cannot be extirpated although it can be silenced, the conqueror cannot at once forget his triumph in the duties of a ruler, nor reeover by an effort of his will that confidence and sense of security which fatal realities have so rudely but so effectually dissipated. There is danger that in the process of reorganisation, and the readjustment of relations, old landmarks should be lost sight of, and changes introduced more rapidly and more recklessly than circum stances demand. No one will be competent to deal with such a state of things who is not tho roughly acquainted with the circumstances of India before the outbreak, and able to compare the new requirements of our altered position with the tradi tions which it has displaced. The next Governor- General ought not to be an experiment. Re ought to be a man tried, tested, and approved in the very scenes and conjunctures amid which he is to act. He ought to bear a name respected and feared by the natives of India, and inspiring the military and civil services with confidcnu, admira tion, and esteem. He ought—but why multiply abstract conditions of excellence and fitness when we find them all united in one man, whose name every one must at once anticipate'? Of the two gifted brothers to whom we owe the preservation of India one has been swept away by the torrent that is just subsiding, but the other—and we be lieve the abler—is still left us ; and we think it would be absolute madness if, in the event of a vacancy in the Government of India, any consi deration were allowed to outweigh the claims of Sir John Lawrence. It would be faint praise in deed to call him an able civil administrator, for he and his brother may claim to be the inventors of a new system of policy, though rough and simple to European eyes, is admirably adapted for the people for whom it has been devised. The best tribute to the merits of the government of the Punjab is that Lord Canning and his Council have felt that they can do nothing better for the popu lation of the ancient seat of the Mogul monarchy than transfer them to the order of things devised for the coercion and pacification of rude and semi barbarous tribes lately ranged against us in deadly conflict. The precept for summoning the wardmote having been read by the ward clerk, The LOBO MAYOR addressed the electors on the object of their assembling, and bespoke a patient hearing for all the electors who wished to address the meeting. Mr. WHITE, jun., proposed Mr. Sheriff Allen as a fit and proper person to represent the ward, and he did AO from a conviction that that gentleman was well quali fied, both by head and heart, to perform the onerous duties to which he aspired. (Hear, hear.) He impressed to the Lord Mayor and the gentleman who might be elected the necessity of the Court of Aldermen taking into their consideration the state of the dwellings for the labouring classes. He considered corporations held their properties for the benefit of the community, &c., and he knew of no better mode in which a portion of the princely income of the Corporation of Llndon could be expended than in improving the dwellings of the labouring classes. Mr. SURR, jun., seconded the nomination of Mr. Sheriff Allen. They were called on to select between two gentlemen, one comparatively a stranger to the ward, and as Mr. Sheriff Allen was a gentleman of gradual political progress rather than sudden changes, and a gentleman who had much leisure on his hands, he thought him the most fitting man to fill the present vacancy. It had been objected to Mr. Sheriff Allen that he had not been a member of the Common Council, but some of their best aldermen had not been members of the Council, and he instanced the case of the present Lord Mayor. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN HALL proposed Mr. Causton as a fit and proper person to fill the office of alderman of the ward. Mr. Causton had risen to his present position by his own merits, and those were the men to be trusted with the discharge of public duties. That gentleman had served the City 10 years in the Common Council, and he thought that a great advantage. Mr. Causton had been tried, and found an honest man, and he (Mr. Hall) bore testimony to the admirable manner in which Mr. Sheriff Allen had so far discharged the eneroua duties of Sheriff with satisfaction to the City. He con lemned the introduction of the question of " lodging-houses" or the support of charitable institutions, but he must say that if Mr. Causton were elected he would be found a willing and liberal supporter of all the charitable institutions of the City. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Du PEE seconded the nomination of Mr. Causton from the belief that that gentleman had a prior claim to their suffrages over Mr. Sheriff Allen. They shoull jadge of a man by his antecedent, and if they did so they would not fail to appreciate the consistent and straightforward conduct of Mr. Causton. Past services gave a better guarantee than untried pledges ; but whilst he must admit the disadvantage to Mr. Causton of being opposed,by Mr. Sheriff Allen against whom he (Mr. Du Pre) nor any other person could 'say a word (hear, hear.)—he called upon the electors to ♦indicate the principle of honorary tried men instead of com parative strangers. Mr. Causton had been a liberal supporter of the City charities. Mr. JOHN BENNETT addressed the meeting on behalf of Mr. Cockerell. A show of hands was then taken, which was largely in favour of Mr. Sheriff Allen, and declared accordingly by the Lord Mayor. A poll was then demanded en behalf of Mr. Causton. The Lord Mayor appointed to-morrow for taking the poll, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. On the military part of Sir John Lawrence's career it is less necessary to dilate, for circum stances have given it a prominence and a celebrity more proportioned to its merits. The same intui tive sagacity which enabled Chatham to see in the Highland clans no longer the terror, but the firm support of the British Crown, taught Lawrence to rely on the Sikhs, and to extract from their enmity to the natives of Hindostan a succour against the unexampled treason of our trusted and pampered Bengal Army. He not only put down rebellion with a high hand and inflexible will, but was able to supply the wants of the North-Western Provinces. He found them armies, leaders of inestimable value, artillery, and, last and most wonderful of all, he supplied the army of Delhi with artillerymen, whom he raised from among the very men who had pointed against us the cannon of Sobraon and Gbojerat. What if appointments were really made with a view to the public interest alone, could possibly be urged against the elevation of Sir John Lawrence to the post of Governor-General, or, rather, the elevation of the post of Governor- General by placing it in the hands of Sir John Lawrence ? If rank be the desideratum, rank can be easily supplied. It is easy to make Sir John Lawrence into a lord, but not by any means so easy to make a lord into a Sir John Lawrence. We should not permit ourselves to doubt as to the probability of the selection of Sir John Lawrence Were it not for the announcement which appeared some time ago—apparently on good .authority---that it was the intention of the Government, in the very probable event of the resignation of Lord Canning to confer the office of Governor-General on Lord Stanley. Now, of Lord Stanley we would speak with every respect. He is a very advanced Liberal, is actuated, we doubt not, by the best intentions, posse sses goo d abi▪ lities, which he has cultivated by much travel abroad and much studyat home, but as an adminis trator, he is wholly u n t r i e d, an d th ere are rea sons in the speculative and phil oso phi ca l turn of .his mind which may lead us to doubt whether he may deal with details with the same faci▪ lity with which he can manipulate principles. A At any rate, we trust that it will not be on India, in its present critical state, that he will for the first time try his power of administration. Lord Stanley has undoubtedly made a very heavy sacrifice in compliance with the wishes of his father, and laid the Tory Govern men t un d e r weighty obligations, by consenting to act with men with whom he has no feeling and no principle in common. By all means let these obligations be suitably. acknowledged. Let Lord Stanley have any thing he likes, except the Government of India, to the exclusion of the man who, above all others, is most fitted for the task. The Government, we understand, announce that they have prepared a bill which shall render jobbing with Indian patron age absolutely impossible. We hope all things from professions so I iagnificent, but may, perhaps, be permitt e d to suggest that there is no abuse of Indian patronage which it is so importaht to pre vent as jobbing the appointment of Goveinor- General. It is Paid that the Sultan has informed the representa tives of foreign powers that they will not in future be received by him, except on the introduction of his Mit,iAter of IThreign Affairs, according to the usage of other European courts, and that, moreover, notice must be given some days previous at the Porte, in order that his highness's pleasure may be taken on the interview. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD OF CHEAP. GREENOCK.--The weather continued cold and stormy all Sunday, and about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of that day snow began to fall lightly, and as the frost also continued, in the course of a few hours there was a depth of about four inches on the ground. On Monday the frost and wind still continued, and a light, dry, crispy scow fell at intervals during the day. There were certainly clouds of that valued commodity March dust flying about ; but, unlike the usual March dust, it consisted of fine snow, looking like pulverised chalk, or like flour. Indeed the wintery aspect of March, as compared with former times, is everywhere a subject of remark. The gale has raged strongly in the Channel, and we may look for bad news from along:the coast. A number of vessels are said to be on shore along the s.mth coast, and accounts from the sea-board are looked for with some anxiety.—Ayr, March S.—About four o'clock yesterday afternoon snow began to fall rather heavily, and it continued almost without intermission till about 9 o'clock, when the atmo sphere again became clear. In most places the snow would be about a foot in depth, while in other places where it was drifted by the wind, it would be double that depth. To-day it has been a source of great amusement to the boys, who have made snow-balling a nuisance to all who are walking the streets ; woe betide the unfortunate who has any peculiarity about him, for he is certain to have a whole legion of well-armed urchins after him. The police have done all in their power to put down the r prehensible practice, but they can't be every where. At Kilmarnock—Since the present month set in the weather has been rigorous, and Saturday was one of the coldest days experienced this season. From the N., and in the afternoon from the N. W., a cold dry wind blew with cutting keenness. During the night so intense was the frost that the rivers were frozen over, and on stagnant pools the ice was half an inch in thickness. On Sabbatt, afternoon the wind calmed—the sky, previously clear, was overcast, and snow began to descend in close hard flakes. It continued far into night, and yesterday morning the earth was covered with snow to a depth of six inches. Although this snowfall—ta which we have had noshing equal to it for some time—will obstruct out-dour labour, it will be greatly to the advantsge of the young wheat brairds, which are now effectually covered and pro tected from the frosts overnight, and the sunshine during the day, which have of late affected them EO detrimentally.—No r th British Daily /V/cti/. THE fVEATHER IN SCOTLAND, THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAAD. A meeting of this body took place yesterday afternoon in its hall, Sir A. Campbell of Barcaldine, in the chair. The following communication s were read :--1. "Notes of some curiosities of old Scotch tenures and investitures." By Cosmo Innes, Esq., F.S.A. Scotland. In this instructive paper Mr. 'lines pointed out the necessity which must always have existed of giving symbolical possession in the transfer of objects, such as land, which did not admit of removal and possession as in the case of moveable property. fie alluded to the early legend of the possession of lona having been com pleted by the interment of Oran, one of St. Co lumba's disciples, and the grant of lands by Hungus, King of the Picts, to St. Andrews, in 820, when the king offered up a turf of the ceded territory upon the altar. 2. " Notices of the family of King James I. of Scotland," communicated in a letter from Mr. Jatnes Riddell, Advocate, F.S.A., Scotland, to Mr. Laing, with some additional re marks. By David Laing, Esq., F.S.A., Scotland. These valuable notices furnished some corrections, and much curious information, relating to the family of James 1., gleaned from various sources by Mr. Riddell and Mr. Laing. 3. " Notice of bronze relics found in the Isle of Skye." By John Alexander Smith, M.D., F.S.A. Scotland. In this paper Dr. Smith gave an account of some interesting antiquities belonging to Lord Mac donald. They consisted of a bronze leaf-shaped sword, two bronze spear-heads, and a remarkable pin of bronze. The latter is upwards of 10 inches in length, with a hollow socket at the top, as if for the purpose of holding a stone or other orna ment. These relics were all found together in a moss in the Isle of Skye, about four miles from Armadale Castle. Besides these Dr. Smith described a bronze spur, chased and jewelled, which was found in draining the loch at Monkstadt, in the north of Skye, about 30 years ago. It appeared that several chessmen, carved in ivory, were also found in this loch. Dr. Smith ex hibited accurate sketches of the bronze r elics, as well as of a snuff-horn mounted in silver, with an agate lid, which was formerly the property of the celebrated Flora Macdonald. Mr. Stuart adverted to the value of Dr. Smith's communication as tend ing to illustrate the fact of the considerable popula tion as well as the state of art in the Western Islands at early and middle-aged periods.-- Scotsman. A SEeOND ALICE GRAY. • At the Wolverhampton Police-court, on Satur day, Martha Sunderland, good looking and of respectable appearance, 18 years of age was charged witti obtaining goods under false pretences. The particulars are as follow:—The prisoner, on Christ mas-eve, went to the Railway Guard public-house, kept by Mr. Fox, in Piper's-row, Wolverhampton, and got lodgings until s h e cou ld o b ta i n a situation, stating that Mr. Leigh, the stipendiary magis trate, was her guardian, and held 1,3001. of her property until she was 20 years of age, and when she was 23 years old she was to receive 2,0001. from the same gentleman. She continuo boarding and lodging at prosecutor's house until very recently, stating that she would pay him out of the money she should recei ve f rom Mr. Leigh. She had been to him for 51. on account, but he only gave her 21. ; that was about a fort night after lodging there. On returning to her lodgings she met a woman named Davies, to whom she lent the 21., as reported to the prose cutor. The Other 31. she said Mr. Leigh pro mised to give her in a very few days. She subse quently received the other 31. as stated by her, and lent the whole of the money to a Mrs. Hughes, fr om whom she was t o receive 10s. interest. Prosecutor believed her statements, and she remained at his house about ten weeks altogether. About the middle of January she wished the landlord to write to London to know if the will was all safe, The address whether the houses wer e all o ccu pi e d. address she gave was "E. Hill, Whitepark, Lon don." Prosecutor accordingly wrote to the party, and in a few days the same letter was returned from the Dead Letter-office, and the prisoner re ceived it, and sent it back to the Post-office, stating that it was not for Mr. Fox. About that time, the prosecutor becoming somewhat suspicious, the pri soner stated that she had seen Mr. Leigh, who had received a communication from London. Shortly afterwards Mr. Fox received a letter pur porting to come from Mr. Hill, aLd 'addressed to Mr. Leigh. This was enclosed to Mr. F o x with another note from Mr. Leigh. Mr. Fox then wrote a letter to Mr. Leigh, respecting the girl's mode of conduct, of which he disapproved. Mr. Fox received a letter back from the Dead Letter-office, and began to suspect the girl. He requested him to go with her to Mr. Leigh, but she refused, and left the house altogether, and had not been seen for some days. Mr. Leigh, the sti pendiary magistrate, who was in court, stated . that on the 24th Feb. last he received a lettez, which ho marked " B," and opened it and read it ; but think ing there was some mistake on the part of a Mr. Fox ho returned to the post- office, supposing at the same time that there might be another Mr. Leigh at Tettenhall. The further hearing of the case was adjourned until Saturday next. All the letters were said to have been forged. It was stated that she had been in the employ of Mr. Dehane and Mr. Fry, and was sent away under very singular cir c urns tances.—Birminglium Post. n yneasTgtohe Bigot. Lady a E yij a , rl afdo yr a piD3 d Lady tiotvhefirei ids,aanloa Constance' vviissi Grosvenor ittiutgo LLoorrd le Lord and aanndd f t Lady o aa w dd yy ll Bigot, 'at their seat in Staffordshire. .. Dit: LIVINGSTONE,-0 wing to the boisterous state of the weather Dr. Livingetone was unable to sail from Liverpool yesterday (Tuesday), and his departure will be delayed till• the gales which have been raging in the Irish Channel have abated. The weather et Liverpool has been very severe for some days Past, with constant storms of hail, rain, and snow, and a strong cutting wind from the north-west, which bee ab E le x a r t EN b s ig nr h E rendered the traffic across the Mersey very disagree' water. yesterday OF BANIC-NOTES• information was given at, the Detective-o—ffiTee, ScAlatid-yard, Whitthsll, of an extensive robbery from the residence of a lady named Davis, Melinapce,. d John'e-wood, consisting of seven 10/. Bank of E I ! 3 04 e , g io n l y notes, Nos. 45,903, 727319, Aug. 5, 1857 June - " s 1857 . 6, 1857 ; 76,500, Aug. 5, 1857 ; 19,645, 85,8 All stoerrdeaayt 49;444, Jar. 8, 1858 ; and 49,95 6 , J en ' 8 ' 1 .f gold ha ve "C. D," written on the back. A quantity o _ aid silver, besides jewellery, was likewise stolen. t. A O handsome reward is offered for the apprehension of b offenders. the We lsh THE EIRE AT WYNNSTAY.--At a meeting of Charity School, yesterday, Vii a tki a passed, which must be very gratifying to it. C. Alex- Wynn :—" Resolved, that the treasurer, Bsi.r catkin ander Wood, be requested to convey to r ession Williams Wynn and Lady Williams Wynn an exp of the o it.Te the fo lowing ressoliurtion was for the late disastrous , fire which lies caused , ~ 1 . ~i ll, , t 2 L "' gencral regret felt by the members of tihethceotcutetstrue, two 4,1 Wyui,stay arid its content,, ,i,i v:, , , ~, family —a family ti whom chic institution is soh di:ode:pi; indebted for mun ifi c ent contributions Oro u g generations." lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, In consequence of the trumphant success of the closing representations, and in order to accommodate the numbers who have been unable to obtain places, THREE CONCLUDING PERFORMANCES will be given on TUES DAY, March 16 ; THURSDAY, March 18; and SATUR DNY, March 20. They will be arranged as follows : • Tuesday, March 16, LA TRAVIATA Violetta, Piccolo mini ; Alfredo, Giuglini. Thursday, March 18, IL TROVATORE : Leonora, Spezia; A.zncena, Sannier ; Manrico, Giuglini. Saturday, March 20, LA FIGLIA. DEL REGGIMENTO : "Marie, Piccolomini. Last Scene of I MARTIRI, comprising the celebrated duo by Madlle. Piccolomini and Signor Giug lini. Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons), pit and one pair, 21. 2s ; grand tier, 31. 3s ; two pair, 1/. 55.; three pair, 15s ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 38 6d ; pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 2s. The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, March 11. Plazas in the meantime may be secured by application to Mr. Fish,' stage door, Her Majesty's Theatre. No other representation can be possibly given before the eastaraencenient of the Sommer Season. . - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Ynowlee comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Miss A. Sedgwick ; Widow Green, Mrs. Wilkins (her 3d appearance.) Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. Misses Swan borough, Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No sharge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 IfJpper Boxes. ~, 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit... .,„ 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery , 1 OlGallery .................... ... 0 6 R o YA L PRI NCESS'S THE ATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the historical play of LOUIS XI. Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kean. After which, a new grand. 4,omie Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT or, The Princess Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor. enact; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula ; and Columbine, Miss C. Adams. TRRA. T RE-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING) Wednesday, March 10, a new and original Comedy THE LOVE KNOT. 31r. and Mrs. Leigh Murray, die. Followed by the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK HORN ER. Commence at 7. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed RORY O'MORE. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, YANKEE COURTSHIP. Mr: and Mrs. B. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. —Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon. MR. J. L. TOOLE'S BENEFIT, THIS EVENING, March 10, will be produced (first time) a Drama, entitled THE ARTIST OF FLORENCE : Mr. Charles Dillon, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. B. White, Miss E. Webb, Mr. Shore, Mr. Toole. THE BIRTH-PLACE OF PODGERS (never acted) : Miss Ternan, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Toole. The new force of DOUBLE DUMMY : The Priddles, Miss Wool gar and Mr. Toole. And Mr. Tom Taylor's comic drama, OUR CLERKS : Miss Webb, Mr.C;alhaem, Mr. Holston Mr. Toole. Tickets and places may be secured at the Box - office, and of Mr. J. L. Toole, 17, Wellington-street North (Exeter Change), Strand. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Sox-office open tram 11 to 5 daily. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE FATAL MAR. RIAGE. Followed by THE TWO POLTS. Concluding with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ig cempany of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Silections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dtc., :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badatty, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmang, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackney. Piano forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Sappers, dze., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Dit—Morn., 23 min. aft. 9—Even., 11 min. aft. 10 Ton-Moimow —Morn., 0 min. aft. 11—Even., 4.0 min. aft. 11 111ZaMOMET1111, Tag SPEA.DE. THE WEATHER LSIIN OFFICE, MARCH 10. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.83. Wisp, Y. Westerly; fresh, with fine cold weather, and sprinkling of hail. zeura‘• -, LORD LYTTL&TON AND THE GHOST. Some years ago I met an old gentleman at Ewell, in Surrey, near which is Pitt's-place, where his lordship died. He gave me the following account, which he had from a gentleman who was in the house at the time. This person was the organist of a neighbouring town, whose company ws.s much courted on account of his musical talent, and who was a frequent viaitor to hia lordship. The story ordinarily told is this—that he dreamt the ghost of a lady whom he had seduced appeared to him, and predicted his death at 12 at night on the third day following. My informant's story differs only thus tar, that the supposed apparition was that of the mother of the lady in question, who had died of a broken heart in consequence of her daughter's dis honour. Lord Lyttleton was at this time in a very bad state of health' in consequence of his excesses, and was subject to what my informant called ",suffocating fits "—probably nervous hysteria. Be this as it may, it appears on the day of his death, the foretold third day, he had a party of friends at Pitt's-place, among whom was the organist, whence my informant had the account. He says that Lyttleton was in a state of some agitation, and had told the story of his dream to his friends. As the night" wore on and midnight approached his ner vousness increased painfully ; and some of his visi tors said during his absence " Lyttleton will frighten himself into another fit with this foolish ghost story," and they determined to put a clock, which stood in the room, forward, and when he re turned to them they said, " Hurrah 1 Lyttleton, 12 o'clock is past, you've jockeyed the ghost ; now the the best thing is to go quietly to bed, and in the morning you will be all right." He accordingly went upstairs ; and while some of his guests were putting on their coats to depart his valet came down to fetch something—it was said to get some mint water— which he was in the habit of taking, leaving his lord ship alone. At this period the clock of the parish church, which was not far off, and which of course could not have been touched, began slowly to peal forth the true midnight hour. The valet proceeded upstairs, and shortly burst forth into loud exclama tions. The party ran up and found his lordship had fallen dead. My informant's impression was that the sudden revulsion of feeling from a state of fan cied security to finding himself at the moment in the very instant of the dreaded danger had caused such a reaction as to bring on the fits which carried him off. He, no doubt, had heard the first stroke of the clock as well as others down stairs, and as each successive blow struck slowly upon the bell, the sense of danger and the remembrance of the dream became greater and greater, and to so wea kened a frame and so diseased a mind no doubt improbable most caused the catastrophe. It is not most ghost stories might he found to end in a slim lir natural solution.—Notes and Queries. THS FREER SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Edmund Hayes ' Esq., LL.D., bas been appointed to the Solicitor Generalship oklreland. "Miss POLLY MARSHALL."—We are delighted to see by the American papers that this charming young actress is still starring it, in the United States, to very general admiration. Those of our London playgoers who bear her name in genial remembrance as one of the prettiest and sprightliest of the soubrettes upon the me tropolitan stage, one, if not the least amongst the many attractions to th e slips and stall s of the Princess 's, will be glad no doubt to have pleas ant tidings of . their riant favourite, and to bear that she was, accordg to our last advices, chief among the charms of th e principal theatre at Washington. in a local j o urnal, entitled The States, we are amused to find a metr i cal rhapsody in h er honour, beginning and ending just as we might presume the muse of cousin Jonatn would begin and end in any complimentary producthioan of the like character : " Whether tragic she, or jolly, Where's the like of Pretty Polly 1" While another paper of the same' city, U. S., records with a zestful alliteration how " Plump, pretty, piquant Polly Marshall was bewitching as Rosine." The Yankee lads ar© evidently " over head and ears," as the phrase runs, with the young English light comedy actress's manifold fascinations—the glance of kpr eye and the twinkle of her feet, her dimples and her dancing, her winning looks and her gay laughter. WILLS.—The will of the Right Hon. George Augustus Frederick Percy Smythe, Viscount Strangford (Ireland), and Baron Pen4hurst (England), was proved in London by the sole executor, the Earl of Stamford and War rington—personalty, 70001. To the Earl of Stamford he has bequeathed his porphyry, ars, presented by the King of Sweden to his father, the sixth Earl of Strangford when Ambassador at Sweden ' • also specific bequests are given to th e C oun t ess o f Stamford, Lady Harry Vane, and the C Juntess of Tankerville ; to Mre. B. Disraeli a collection of birds, butterflies and chry salysis' and to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli two Turkish swords, as acknowledgments of their attention during his illness. The will of the Rev. Phillip Bliss, D.C. L., F.S.A., Principal of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, was proved, in London, under 14,000/., by his widow, the sole executrix, who takes a life interest in his pro perty ; he bequeaths his Geneva Bible (1560) to the library of St. John the Baptist College, Oxford, and a moiety of the dividends of the residue t o th e augmen tation of the librarian's place in St. Join the Baptist College. The will of William Wallis Francis, Esq., of Colchester, Essex, has been proved under 18,000 e, per sonalty. a 1 , n Pit • Ate, t • Or Of Of i Obe, 1444