The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-25 00:00:00

HAVELOCK MEMORIAL FUND. President, 11. R.H. the Duke of Cambridg,ec. £25 0 0 Colonel John Thomas Leslie , C. 8., Officers, Non-Commisc sioned. S - aff, and Men of the East India Company's Depot, Warley Barracks, one day's pay A list of other contributions will shortly be published. Subscriptions received at the bankers', and the Committee-room, 3, Pall-mall East, S.W. Major ADAIR, Hon. Sec. May 13,1850. •• 6330 TO THE SPORTING WORLD. DEER STALKING AND GROUSE SHOOTING. The undersigned is at 21, BREWER-STREET, REGENT STREET (in a line with Glasshouse-street), until the 10th July, with all the necessary Clething for Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, and Salmon Fishing; and some new and beautiful Tweeds for town wear, Sze 1 Plaids, Tartans, Socks, Cloaks, Win-eys, A large stock of the famous Highland Cloaks, for town And country use, and for Deer Stalking. The favourite Flora Macdonald Cloaks for Ladies, in all the fashionable colours. The Highland Dress made up. Roam open from two to six o'clock, until the 10th July, when Macdougall returns to Inverness. May, 1858. D. MACDOUGALL, of Inverness. W M D I ON E G S I T OITA S NNI THEATRE. THIS ETENING, TUESDAY, May 25, will be repeated Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Don Giovanni, Sig nor Beneventano (his first appearance this season); Leporello, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; Il Coramenda tore, Sgnor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglini. Conductor, Signor Bonetti. And the Ballet Divertissement, CALISTO ; on, Le Renvoi de ('Amour, by Mesdames Pocchini and Annetta. Madlle. Marie Taglioni has arrived, and will appear ou Saturday next, May 29, in a new B diet, composed expressly for her by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. -TIESI MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Belletti, Benoventano, Aldighiori. The following arrangements have been nu tde : TO-NIGHT, Tuesday, May 25 —DON GIO VAN NI, and the new Divertissement, CALISTO, by Madlle. Pocchini. Thursday, May 27— IL TROVATORE and Ballet. Friday, May 28—Grand Morning Concert, in which all the art:stes of the establishment will appear. Saturday, May 29--Mozart's NOZZE DI FIGARO (first time this season), and a new Ballet, for the first appearance of Madlle. Marie Taglioni. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance. In answer to numerous communications, it is announced th it, for the convenience of the gentry residing in the envi rciv, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, June 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will pert', rm, including all the artistes of the ballet. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MadIIe. MARIE TAGLIONI.—On SATURDAY next, May 29, Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI will make h*r FIRST APPEARANCE this Season, on which occasion will be produced an entirely New Ballet, by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. First appearance of Madame BOSIO. First appearance of Signor GRAZIANI. First appearance of Signor GARDONL First Night of LA TRAVIATA. THIS EVENING, Tuesday, May 25, will be per!ormed (for the first time this season) Verdi's opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madame Bogie (her first appearance this season) ; Flora Bervoix, Madame Tagliafico ; Georgio Germont, Signor Graziani (his first appearance this season) ; Baron Daphol, Signor Tagliafico ; Marchese D'Obigny. Signor Po'onini ; Gaston, Signor Soldi; Dottore Grenvil, M. Zelger ; Guiseppe, Signor Rosso ; and Alfredo, Signor Gardoni (his first appear. ance this season). Conductor—Mr. Costa. Doors open 4t half-past 7, the Oper t to commence at S o'clock. Pit, 103. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 641 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new fares 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. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE ATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KEAN respectfully inform the Public that their ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place on SAPURDAY, Jame 12, upon which occasion Shake pere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be pro duced, with the same accuracy of detail and historical cor rectness that have marked the previous revivals at this theatre. In consequence of this arrangement KING LEAR will be repeated ELEVEN NIGHTS more. and then with drawn, to make room for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. KING LEAR, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMA.RIOET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE HUNCHBACK. kftef which a Cassical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Orchestra Stall (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6e. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. a. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P.t • Gallery THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented the Drama 3f the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, Followed by the new Broad Eccentric Drama, OUR FRENCH LADY'S MAID. Mr. B. Webster and Madame Celeste. Commence at Seven. STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Dirac tres?, Miss S wanborough. —This Evening will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Ray, Belford, Mesdames M. Oliver, Portman, Victor, and Selby, After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D.avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. To conclude with MT WIFE'S SECOND .FLOOR. The characters by Messrs. N. 11. Swanborough, J. W. Ray, Chas. Young, Mesdames Leigh Murray, M. Ternan, and C. Melville, 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, DUETS, drc., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. /lime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sappers, dre., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening In 2. Selection from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. THE WEATHER —SUN OFFICE, MAY 24. 'THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and daring the night. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29.61.----aow up suddenly to 30.03 WIND, Northerly and Easterly ; fresh, - with cloudy weather. It blew a storm from yesterday afternoon, and rained heavily, with very gusty weather. Two o Clock—Wind, N.W. ; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TOTS DAY—Morn., 7 min. aft. 12—Even., 31 min. aft. 12 To-lionsow—Morn., 51 min. aft. 12—Even., 12 min. aft. 1 ;!. ij _ t no LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1858. There have been many politicol reputations seriously damaged by the late factious motions, but none more so than that of Lord SHAFTESBURY, who had previously occupied a high position in the religious world. The part which the quondam, bishop•maker took, in furtherance of the plot concocted on a Sunday, was so far at variance with his professions ; and the earnest declaration that he was not activated by political inotiveg, in the motion of which he had given notice, startled a large number of those with whom he usually acted. It was, to say the least of it, passing strange. The party t 3 b 3 served was closely con nected with himself, and it was notorious that bad exercised considertade influence in the ap• poin talent of the highest dignitaries of the Chute] —an influence which h o would doubtless by anxious to regain. As w e have expl ai • ned, tbt ohjoct of the cJusptracy was not the vindication of Lord CANNINO'S character or . poli„, j Those ',were completely disregarded, and no friend of the Governor-General should have consented to join in so limited an issue, or hate Drooressed in th© propcsed vote of cennre, after the resignation of the Minister alone respon- Bible with the publication of the despatch. It was palpably intended to restore Lord PALMERSTON to the Premiership, and to confer on him the political dictatorship to which he aspired. Lord SHAFTESBURY threw himself, heazt and soul, into this intrigue. On Monday he gave notice of moving the resolution agreed on at the Sabbath-day meeting. If he were not present in person at that assembly, he was thoroughly acquainted with the nature of the proceedings, and acted on that knowledge. He derived his inspiration from head-quarters ; and we confess that we can see but little distinction between what he so emphatically denies, and what he is com pelled to admit—between being a concoctor of the artful scheme, or lending himself thereto, and throwing the weight of his character into the same balance with the projectors. But he was not satisfied with the unpleasant position in which he had involved himself, but by a spasmodic plunge contrived to make a move ment analagous to the unpleasant passage from the " frying pan into the fire !" He felt that it was necessary to do something to retrieve himself, and to stimulate the waning enthusiasm of his quondam admirers. He accordingly addressed a letter to the Jupiter Tonans of Printing-house-square, com mencing with a grave inaccuracy, declaring that the Prime Minister stated that he (Lord SHAFTES BURY) had attended a political meeting on Sunday at Cambridge House, and emphatically denying that he had done so. We pointed out the defi ciency of that attempted vindication—that he did not venture to assert that he was not visiting at the mansion in Piccadilly while the plot was under discussion, or that he was not the first to act in carrying out the artfully-contrived scheme. We also explained that, although he heard Lord DERBY'S address, and the imputations so freely cast on his conduct in becoming the champion of that factious plot, it was not "until after many days' chewing the rueful cud" that he attempted to make any denial. It now appears, from the Premier's letter, which will be found in another part of our im pression, that he made no such statement as that ascribed to him by Lord SHAFTES BURY. His very words were —"I do not know whether he (Lord SHAFTESBURY) attended it ; but I presume he had communicated to him the result of that Sunday meeting," It did not, however, suit his purpose to grapple with the real facts of the case, and therefore, after a week's silence, when he had many opportunities of Correcting himself, he chose to ride off on a collateral issue, and to misrepresent the words of a brother Nobleman ! Surely to have applied to Lord DERBY in his place in Parliament would be the more just, as well as the more courteous pro ceeding ; and we do not envy the mental obliquity that thinks otherwise. The Liberals, and their would-be leaders, will now have a few days to consider their position. The latter will, we opine, return to Westminster considerably cooled in their ardour for place, by the result of the three nights and a-half's debate. The former will, many of them, learn their power, and will see that a little honest determination not to be dragged through the mud by their lordly leaders, is quite enough to make these leaders do their bidding. We hope the lesson will not be lost on the independent Liberals. It is rumoured that there were many traitors in their ranks—so much the worse for them, had it come to a disso lution ; but those who remained faithful were quite enough to compel the reluctant ex-• Premier to order his lieutenant, CARDWELL, to retreat. The independent electors now see that they can beat even PALMERSTON and RUSSELL combined Even the union cemented by a dinner was not strong onough to vanquish the sturdy inheig, who maintained that it was their duty to vote, neither for PALMERSTON, nor for RVSSELL, nor for dear old party, but for honest truth, and for the con stituencies which sent them. Now, let the Independents maintain their posi tion. They can effect vast good by so doing. They will be the very salt and leaven of the house. We will do the Tories the justice to berieve . that they are not so ungrateful as the Whigs. Tories do not keep out of office the best men of their party because considerably in advance of them selves. Lord STANLEY, Sir JOHN PA.KINGTON, and Sir FITZROY KELLY, all are welcome to their Cabinet and Ministry, though all so much in ad vance of their Premier ; they have given him support, and he acknowledged it in forming his Government. How different from the Whigs ! Who has even thought of seeing Mr. MILNER GIBSON, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. ROEBUCK, and other Liberals of high standing, in a Whig Cabi net T Had Tories had corresponding mor, would they have left them outsiders We affirm that there is no comparison between the Whigs and the Tories in the position accorded by each to the most liberal members of their respective parties. There is an intolerable selfish family exclusiveness about the Whigs, from which the Tories, in constituting a Cabinet, appear to be as free as men can well be. We believe, there fore, that the same more genial spirit of fair ness may lead them to concede some of the points on which the advanced Liberals have set their hearts. The Tories would not like those points per se ; but then the Independent Liberals have stood honourably by them, as a shield against party manoeuvres. They have refused to let the family clique turn them out merely to instal themselves again in office. Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI may well consider that they are entitled to some quid pro au* ; and, by conceding it, not only would consistently enough show political gra titude for political support, but they would, we can well imagine, get through many sessions. Lord DERBY confesses himself in ft minority in the House of Commons. He must govern, there fore, by concession in some things in which con cession is not dishonourable. To whom Can ho concede? The Palmerstonians he can never re concile ; they want office—office only. He can reconcile them only by turning out. The Inde pendent Liberals, on the other hand, do not care about office—at least but few of them d , • They really want measures, not men. He may conci liate them and keep in the Government, too. Not only that, but he may com pletely take the wind out of Whig sails for many a long year. Take the Ballot ; it is speaking, a Radical m ore t h an a not, properly Tory measure. Itis simply a measure to give every man his own vote, and to free him from corrupt ing influences. Mr. DISRAELI himself has warmly espoused it; his letter to the electors sofeaMkiang t f ry!c bone now lies before us, in which, p Triennial Parliaments and the Ballot, he observes, " Unless these measures be conceded, I cannot com prehend how the conduct of the Gov,:rainent can eve, be in harmony with the feelings of the people." Tii' , is true now as over, especially of the B Now, let but the present Ministry make up it mind to'concede this point, and they will find th advantage of being "in harmony with the feeling=- of the people." The Ballot is sure to be carried. A. few years sooner can make no difference to ai. empire, but a few years are an important part of the life of a Government. Let the Tories but have the manliness to inzet the people on this point ; let them say, plainly, "We have long voted with the Whigs on this question, but we see that it is making way every year ; we know you wish to vote without fear or favour, you shall do it. We mean honestly, and we will throw ourselves upon you." Suppose this course taken prior to a dissolution, and who can doubt that the Derbyites would be kept in power by a vote of acclamation. Lords RUSSELL and PALMERSTON would have no chance. They might promise the Ballot too ; but they would, and deservedly, be mistrusted. Of course, there would be abundant accusations of incon sistency, and all that. The people of England, practical as they are, would turn a deaf ear to it all. " Measures ! measures I" would be the reply. " We shall support the men who think it their duty to carry the measures we want—we do not want ' Happy families,' whose happiness seems to depend on refusing every liberal measure we ask." Mr. ROEBUCK, in his manly and, telling speech in the late debate, hit the truth exactly, when he said, " I believe that more beneficial measures are to be obtained from that weak Government than from the strong insolence of those right honourable gentlemen on the front Opposition bench." Let Lord PALMERSTON thoroughly understand that ; for the country entirely concurs with Mr. ROEBUCK. But let Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI understand it too. They took office to govern by a minority ; this implied con cession and compromise. As statesmen they must succeed by compromise. With whom, then, should they make the compromise, but with the party—the independent Liberals—which have warded off the attacks of faction, and so kept them in ()Sze Y If Lord DERBY be wise, he will certainly deal fairly with the party which has frustrated even the grand Sunday conspiracy at Cambridge House. We shall now see how conspirators and assassins fare in France. We know what becomes of them if they conspire against an Emperor, but we have yet to learn whether the law is strong enough to catch and punish them if they conspire against and assassinate a private individual. We have had such impudent denunciations of Eng land as a den of assassins, from the pens of French colonels, bragging on the safe side of the Channel, that we shall look with some interest for the views of these same colonels on assassination of civilians by French military men. The cowardly murder of M. PEN; for murder it was, in purpose, whether the victim recover or not, has indeed stirred all Paris deeply ;—that might be expected. What ever the faults of the Parisians, they aro not a cowardly, not a mean-spirited race .; and a con spiracy of forty men, calling themselves soldiers, and officers too, to kill a man of the pen for the legitimate use of his own weapon, must rouse the indignation and detestation of a body of citiz3ll3 who prize honour above almost everything. But it is the colonels, not the citizens to whom our eyes are turned ; what will they de mand for the assassin HIENNE ? What will they demand for the forty—who, like a band of very ancient conspirators—had determined not to eat or drink till they had killed PENE? If French Colonels can suffer such a wretch, and such wretches to remain in their ranks, then, of course, they must consent to be ranked with Austrian bullies, aad to share the contempt with which all Europe regards the brutal cowards who stab ciri flans in the streets of Italian cities. • M. WALEWSKI, too, and „td. PERSIGNY, what do these gentlemen think of the business ? ORSINI and his•colleagues were courage itself compared with these forty savages. (maim, too, had at least a noble object ; whatever his error in regard to the means, his end and aim were the liberation of his fatherland from the yoke of foreign despots. ORSINI would have shed the blood of one of the military oppressors of Italy ; M. HIENNE demanded blood as the punishment of a _squib ! and, because M. PENE was not killed by his first antagonist, and after ho had apologised as a gentleman, and his challenger had accepted his hand, the bloodthirsty conspirator stabbed him in the most vital parts, either twice, or once completely through his body ! We hope to hear in some form what the Courts who wanted us to alter our Conspiracy Laws will say to this conspiracy. The facts are notorious, and notoriety is one of the grounds on which they demanded proceedings against reffig,ees. The deed is, between man and man, more worthy of the guillotine for the chief offender, and the galleys for all the rest, than were the deeds of ORSINI, PIERRI, RUDIO, and Gomm BERNARD and ALLSOP, if the charges against them were true, were less guilty than these officers, because their object, however chimerical, had nothing in it of private and selfish revenge. Let the Counts, then, look to it ; either the French laws are competent to punish a most atrocious crime, or they are not. If they are, then let the punishment be inflicted on these Pretorian murderers ; if they are not, then will all the States to whom WALEWSKI went quaking and begging for new laws against refu gee conspirators expect that WALEWSKI will get new laws made for assassins and conspirators at home. If Louis NAPOLEON dares not punish in a case so utterly indefensible as that of M. HIENNE, it will proclaim his position, in some respects, more damagingly that that of M. MIGEON. It is, no doubt, bad enough for the Government to attempt to carry by dictation, threats, or bribery, every election in every department ; but it is worse to proclaim itself the slave of the army. The Emperor of RUSSIA governs through his army, but he can order, and he has ordered, an officer delinquent, in high command, to sweep the streets of the city in which he was _governor. The OzAn is master or his soldiers, and is supported in doing justice even upon officers. What if it ap pear that the Enperor of PRINCE is but the puppet of his army, but the breath of its nostril; ? and that he is afraid t 3 punish the most dis graceful crime soldiers can commit ? In the in terests of humanity we hope it will prove other wise. I n an Englishman's view it is misfortune enough for a people to be at the mercy of an absolute Ruler ; but for ruler and people to be at the mercy of a band of ruthless Pretoriaus— men who can insult the citiz3us, and sell the Em pire to the highest bidder, is the worst, and gent rally the last of misfortunes. DEATH OF MR. JOHN O'OONNBLL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. The Freeman's Journal of this (Tuesday) mom ing announces the death of John O'Connell, Rol., which took place somewhat unexpectedly on Mon day evening-, at Kingstown ; the cause being a 36vero attrck of bronchitis, contracted by sitting in a damp garden chair. Vise tint and Visctunteav Cambermere Lave issued cards fcr a dinner and evening party, on Friday, the 28t t inst. THE " MERRIE MONTH Or NIAY.-Th6 _Yew York Tintrs complains t d h a a m t p ! , h d e r p iz r z e i s y e . at a n n lo d n d th isao f g re r ea ly bl?" s e b v ee en n mnotshtal‘sdiidgeinonflltyne Atlantic. It also says that in May, 1857, there were no less than 21 (out of the 31) making.Lhor,uly wet days. So much for maypole and raeriy_ THE SUN,_ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1858. L< - FEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Sultan steamer, from Alexandria, passed Hurst at 9.25 a.tr. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The fete of Whitsuntide having been observed as a strict holiday, not one of the Paris journals has been published. The Algesiras and Eylan, French screw line-of battle-ships, who entrance into the Adriat'c, from Toulon, we have already mentioned, anchored on the 20th at Gravosa, on the coast of that sea. Tee port of Gravosa is situated on the coast of Dalmatia, in the circle of Ragusa, and at a short distance from that town, of which it is considered a suburb. It is at Gravosa, which is very well sheltered, that large vessels which cannot enter Ragusa come to an an chor, and it is there also that all the building yards are situated. Gravosa, derives its name from a large village close by on the coast, containing the Church of St. Croix, celebrated. throughout the whole of Dalmatia for the number of pilgrimages made to it The arrival of these two vessels excited consider• able interest, and on the 21st they were visited by a number of the principal inhabitants of Ragusa and the neighbourhood. BOURSE, May 24. 'he market has been slightly improving, though the amount of business trans acted has been very limited. It has been reported that the Bank of France intends to advance 130 millions of francs to the railway companies for the present year, so as to discontinue the issue of de bentures. The following were the closing quo tations : por Cents 93 40 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 70, Do. end month 69 75 Bank Shires . 3080 Credit Mobilier Do. Account 667 50 RAILWAY S. - Orleans Northern New Ditto 740 Lyon and Mediteran. 7361 Now Ditto Genova Credit Fonder Belgian CI Piedmontese (5) Roman 92 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt - Fon CASH. Midi Western 557, • Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian MONTENEGRO. A Berlin letter, in the German Journal of Frank fort, says :--" Austri t proposes that the special commission to b , -.) appointed to settle the affairs of Montenegro shall assemble at Vienna. In the political circlei of this capital the most serious ob jections are raisel against that suggestion, and it appears very doubtful whether consent will be given for the negotiations to take place in the capital of the most decided adversary of Montenegro." THJ! PENINSULAR MAILS. Tho Alhambra steamship, belonging to the Pen insular and Oriental Company, Captain J. D. Steward, arrived at Southampton yesterday, at 1.30 p.m., with the a bove-named mails, in ch arge of Lieut. Barrow, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are, Gibraltar, May 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19; Oporto, 20 ; and Vigo, 21. She had light breez.s and fine weather on the outward voyage, and fine weather home. _ On the 19th, at 11 a.m., the Alhambra spoke an American ship, showing third distinguishing pen dant, steering for Lisbon ; 20th, off Oporto, the steamer Vesta, bound in ; 21st, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, at Vigo. The Alhambra brings 41 first-class passengers, 8 second, and 1.9 deck. Included in the number are 15 of the passengers and 14 or 15 of the crew of the wrecke 1 African mail steamer Candace, who em barked ita the Alhambra at Cadiz. On freight she has 12,5801. in specie, 480 half-chests of oranges, 2 boxes of tangerines, 11 casks of wine, 300 boxes of potatoes, 163 boxes of eggs, and 17 packages of general merchandise. Gibraltar advices have been anticipated by the Indus. The Alhambra left the following ships of mar at Lisbon on the 19th ius.t. :—The usual Portuguese fleet ; the British steamers Renown, Diadem, and Curagoa ; the Brazilian steam gunboats Tiete, Mearim, Ibicuy, and Itajahy ; the French steam ship Flambeau. Exchamge—London, 521 ; Paris, 542 ; Amster dam, 411 • Hamburg, 461 ; Genoa, 538 ; Bank of Portugal ;hares or 560 milreis. 7.- r 3 to 81 urernium : Bank of Oporto shares of 200 mitre's, 25 to 26 per cent. THE KLVG OF PORTUGAL'S MARRIAGE. LISBON, MAY 19. The Queen of Portugal, aft er h a yi ng put into Corunna, in consequence of the boisterous state of the sea upon the coast, arrived here in the Portu guese steam corvette Barth°lomeo Diaz, on the 17th, al6.ich anchored opposite the palace at six o'clock in the evening. The King could not, how ever, get on b )ard to see his. interesting bride before 3evan o'clock, as he had to meet the Minis ters and Councillors of State at the Arsenal, who accompanied him on board. Their visit being a mere !natter of ceremony was soon disposed of, and his ALjesty, with the rest of the Royal family, re mained on board, dined with the Queen, and re turned to the Palace.between 10 and 11 o'clock. Yesterday was appointed for the Queen's land ing, and the King having gone off to fetch her in his state barge, their Majesties landed about noon in tie Commercial-square, better known by t_ ng lishnen as Black House-square, and after receiving an address from the municipal corporation pro ceeled in one of the beautiful antique State car riages to the church of St. Domingo; where they took the sacrament, ratified the marriage vows, and ullituat'Ay reached the Palace of Necessidades about five o'clock, when they appeared in the balcony to sea the troops file by, and were then le't to the u;mparative quiet of the domestic circle. Tee Royal family has been most carefully brought up, anl having hitherto formed a very united domestic circle I have no doubt the new Queen *ill find in it a happy home. It is useless to state bat the King and Quees were accompanied during the processions and ceremonies of the day by the King's father, Dorn Fernando, and by his brothers and sisters, by the Queen's brother, Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, and by the Ministers, Councillors of State, Corps Diplomatique, &c., since all these were duly set forth in the programme, but the pro gramme could not state the impression which the Queen male upon the many thousands of her new subjects who assembled to greet her for the first time. I have no hesitation in stating that the impression was universally of the most favourable nature. Toe weather has thus far been most propitious for the marriagefestivals, which are to be continued for five days, after which, I doubt not, their Majes ties will repair to the cool shades of Cintra. The British ships of war gave them hearty cheers when they left the Bartholomeo Diaz, and those cheers were cordially repeated by other vessels in the pert ; but on shore :the Portuguese are not in the habit of such boisterous conduct, and its entire absence is, consequently, no proof that I am in any way Inc rcect when I repeat the new Queen was well received, and that her new subjects are well satisfied with her—even more than they expected to be, since the print shops had exhibited for E eve ral days nothing but caricatures instead of likeness s of her Majesty, who was, consequently, not ex pected to be either so pretty or so amiable as she evidently is. The Marquis of Bath and suite arrived the day before the Queen in the Diadem frigate, with the Orttli of the Garter for his Alajosty Djlll Pedro V., and the investiture, which could not take place before the marriage, will come off iu a few dap. THE PALDON OF LIEUTENANT DE MERCY. —The Emperor has coinmutod the sentence of death on M. de Mercy, a lieutenant, who murdered his subaltern some months . since, to imprisonment for life. An enmity of long standing x'ated between De Mercy and Lis victim, Sub-Lieutenant R. , sier. Oa the let of January last he enticed him into his room, and some time after came running out crying out tti: - .t he had killed R ,sier in a duel. The otlief.rs fl Joked into the room, where Rosier lay Fluting in Lie blood. Ii murmured '' Le lache ! I'aesaeeiu !" and , 4 .ied, All Mercy's cornea log gave anec dotes , A liis temper anti character, highly discreditable to him. Oa ont., occasion he had, during a long march, hal a sick soldier who comp Lined of diffi culty in walking, fastened by the wrists to a lug4og 3 wagg ,, b. Ho was also in the habit of • slaughtering his dog with his sword ; and one of his mesemates who lived near him deposed that from a know- ledge of his character and drunken habitß, he never passed his room at night without ascertaining that his sword played freCy in its scabbard. When the officers heard of the death of Resler, they one and all exclaimed _it Mercy has murdered hico." Mercy, however, main tained to the Let that Rosier had fallen in fair fight, but two ecurts martial that succesively investigated the case were of a different opinion, and sentenced him to death ; and that judgment was generally approved of both by the public and the army. A°, however, there is a bars possibility of a duel having taken place, it is im possible to di approve of the Emperor's clemency. * puree sent across the Gooutteo truder . Sir J. Outr..m : Lieutenant-Colonel I.)'Agnilar'o troop R.II. A. ; Blajor Remington's aed Captain McKinnon's troops, R. A., under Lieutenant-Colonel F. Turner; Captain Gibbon's and Middleton's Light Field Batteries, Royal Artillery and Head-quarters Field Artillery Brigade; her Majesty's 2d D.G. (B Lys) ; her Majesty's 9th Lancars ; 2d Punjab Cavalry; detachments Ist and sth Punjab Cavalry, under Captains Watson r.r,d Sandford; 3d Infantry Divisi,n, under Brigadiyr-Gen,:ral R. Wal;;ole ; sth Brigade, Briga dier Douglas, C. 8., her Majesty's 23d Fusiliers, her Ala,- j,tsty's 79th Highltviders,lst Bengal Fusiliers ; 6th Brigade, Brigadier Horsford, C.C. 2d Battalion Rifles, 3d Brigade, Battalion ditto 2d, Punjab Infantry. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL'S DESPATCH. THE RECAPTURE OF LUCKNOW. (From the Governor-General's Gazette, April 5.) The Right Hon. the Governor-General, having now re ceived the despatches from his Excellency the Commander in -Chief, giving an account of the retaking of Lucknow by the force under his Excellency's personal command, is pleased to publish them for general informati on : In Decei - nber last it because the grateful duty of the Governor-General in Council to promulgate in general orders the announcement of the relief of the garrison of Lucknow, so admirably achieved by General Sir Colin Campbell, C.C.8., and the rescue of the women aid chil dren, sick and wounded, long beleagured there. It is now the Governor-General's privilege to couvoy to his Excel lency the tribute of his highest admiration, and of his most cordial congratulation on the capture of the strong city of the rebels. From the 2d till the 16th of March a series of masterly operations took place, by which the Commander-in-Chief, nobly suppoi ted in his well-laid plans of attack by the ability and skill of the General Officers, and by the indo mitable bravery and resolution of the officers and men of all arms, drove the rebels successively from all their strongly fortified posts, till the whole fell into the posses sion of our troops. That this great success should have been accomplished at so little cost of valuable lives enhances the honour due to the leader who has achieved it. It is a pleamre to the Governor-Ganeral to acknowledge publicly the services of the General and other officers who took part in the capture of Lucknow. During the last days of the operations the Nepaulese force under Maharajah Jung Bahadoor was associated with the army under General Sir Colin Campbell's command. To the dintinguished leader of that force, the Maharajah Jung Bahadoer, the Governor-General desires to express his thanks for the hearty co-operation which the Com mander-in-Chief received from his Highness, and for the gallant bearing of his Highness's troops. To Major• General Sir James Outram, G.C.8., the Government of India is under a new debt of gratitude. After having held the exposed post of the Alumbagh for more than three month., in the face of powerful bodies of rebels, whose attacks he never failed to repel, Sir James Outram has further greatly distinguished himself at the head of the let Division, by the brilliant and thoroughly complete manner in which he executed the duties en trusted to him. The Governor-General requests that Sir James Outram will accept his most sincere thanks. His Lordship offers his hearty acknowledgments to the other General Officers whose services are prominently noticed in those despatches : To Major-General Mansfield, Chief of the Staff, of whose eminent services the Commander-in-Chief speaks with well-merited commendation. To Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, K.C.8., in chief command of the artillery, who, after winning lasting re nown in the capture of Delhi, has borne a conspicuous part in the reduction of Luckuow. To Major-General Sir J. Hope Grant, K.C.8., com manding the cavalry of the force ; to Brigadier-General Franks, C. 8., Brigadier-General Walpole, and Brigadier- General Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8., commanding the 2d, 3d, and 4th Divisions of Infantry. The Governor-General has to record his acknowledgments to Capt. Sir W. Peel, K.C.8., commanding the Naval Brigade of her Majesty's ship Shannon, and to offer his especial thanks to him for his remarkable services. The Governor-General entirely concurs with his Excel le..cy the Commander-in-Chief in prominently recognising the great skill and ability of Brigadier Napier, who com manded the Engineers of her Majesty's and the East India Company's servicea forming part of the force. Brigadier Napier is especially entitled to the thanks of the Governor- General, and to him, to Col. Harness, commanding the Royal Engineers, and to the several officers under them, of both the services, his Lordship's grateful acknowledgments are cared. _ _ _ The Governor-General has much satisfaction in express ing his high sense of the merits of the several officers com manding brigades and regiments. To the commanding officer of the Royal Artillery, of the Naval Artillery, and of the Bengal and 1 1 / a 4ras Artillery, the Governor-General tenAeis his cordial thanks. To Major Norman, Deputy Adjutant-General 6f the army, to whose superior merits and distinguished services the Commander-in-Chief bears willing testimony, a tribute in which the Governor-General concurs ; to Colonel the Hon. W. L. Pakenham, C. 8., Officiating Adjutant-Gene ral of her Majesty's Forces in India; to Lieutenant-Col. Macpherson, Officiating Quartermaster-General of the Army; to Captain Seymour, Officiating Quartermaster- General her Majesty's Forces; to Captain Brace, Deputy Quartermaster-General, end Captain Algood, Assistant Quartermaster-General ; to Lieutenant-Colonel Keith Young, Judge-Advocate-General ; to Captain Fitzgerald, Assistant-Commissary-General, who is specially mentioned by the Commander-in-Chief ; to Lieutenant P. Stewart, of Engineers, Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs ; to Dr. M'Andrew, Inspector-General of Hospitals her Majesty's Forces, and to Dr. Brown, Superintending-Surgeon of the Force, the Governor-General has much satisfaction in ex pressing his sense of the good service they have rendered. To the officers of the personal Staff of the Commander in Chief, of the Chief of Staff, and of General Officers commanding divisions, the thanks of the Governor-Gene ral are due ; and his lordship records his acknowledgments to the officers of the Staff of divisions and brigades, all of whom have zealously performod their duty. To the officers and men of every service, soldiers, sea• men, and marines, composing the force by which Lucknow has been taken, the Governor-General desires to express his admiration of their conduct, and to tender to each in dividual the thanks of the Government of India. His Lordship will take the earliest opportunity of bringing under the favourable notice of her Majesty's Government , and of the Hon. Court of Directors, the services rendered by the force. In testimony of these services, the Governor-General is pleased to direct that every officer and soldier, -European and native, and the officers and men of the navy, who took part in the capture of Lucknow. shall receive a donation of six months mita. - - By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General, R. J. F. BIRCH, Colonel, Secretary to the Government of India, Military Dppartalent, with the Governor•Generjl. From Sir Colin Campbell, General, Commander-in-Chief in India, to the Right Hon. the Viscount Canning, Governor-General of India, &c. Camp La Martiniere, dated Lucknow, March 22,1858. My Lord,—l have the honour to announce to your Lord ship that I transferred my bead-quarters to the camp of Brigadier-General Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.8., at Bun tara, on the 28th ult., the division which had been de tached under Brigadier-General Sir J. Hope Grant, K.C.8., and that under Brigadier-General Walpole join ing the next day. Having received tolerably correct information with re spect to the lines of works which have been constructed by the enemy for the defence of Lucknow, it appeared evident to me that the necessity would arise for operating from both sides of the Gomtee when the capture of the city should be seriously entertained. Two very important reasons conduced to show the expediency of such a course the one being that it would become possible to enfilade many of the enemy's new works, the other that great avenues of supply would be closed against the town, al though I could not hope to invest a city having a circum ference of 20 miles. My first preparations, therefore, were made for the purpose of crossing the river. Bridges of casks had been previously constructed, and were rea iy in the Engineers' park. On the 2d of March I advanced on Dilkoosba, with the following troops :—Head quarters of the Division of Ar tillery, and of the Field Artillery Brigade, under Major- General Sir A. Wilson, K.C.8., and Colonel D. Wood, C. 8., Royal Horse Artilley ; Lieut.-Colonel . Aguil ar ' s troops Royal Horse Artillery; Lieut.-Colonel Tombs, C. 8., and Lieut. Bishop's troops Bengal Horse Artillery, under Lieut.-Colonel Turner. Two 24-pounders and two 8-inch howitzers of the Shannon's Navel Brigade, two companies Punjab Seppers and Minnere. The head q uar t ers of the ca valry division, and the let Cavalry Brigade under Briga dier-General Sir J. H. Grant, K.C.8., and Brigadier Little. Her Majesty's 9th Lancers, 2d Punjab Irregular Cavalry, Detachment sth Punjab Irregular Cavalry, Ist Sikh Irregular Cavalry, the 2d Division of Infantry, under Brigadier-General Sir E. Lugard, K.C.8., consisting of 3(1 Bri g ade, Bri,eadier P. M. M. Guy, composed of Her Majesty's 34th, Bth, and 53d Regiments; 4th Brigade, Brigadier Hon. A. Hope, composed of the 42d and 93d Highlanders, with 4th Punjab Rifles; and seized that position after a skirmish, in which a gun was taken from the enemy. When the brigades of inft.ntry began to close on the ad vance guard the enemy opened several guns which were in position in strong bastions along the line of the carrel. This fire was heavy and well sustained. These guns com manded the plateau, and compelled me to retire the camp as far back as it was possible, but not so far as I could have wished, owing to the ravines in rear. The palace of Dilkoosha was occupied as an advance picket on the right, and the Mahomodbagh on the left --heavy guns being placed in battery at both points to keep down the hostile tiro. During the whole of the 2d, until these arrange ments could be completed, the troops were mush annoyed by the enemy's gone. After that day, until an advance took place, although the shot ranged up to aid sometimes into the camp, but slight loss ensued from this cause. On the 3d and 4th the remainder of the siege train, to gether withßrigadier-General Walpole's division,closed up on the Dilkoosha position, the right of our line resting on Bibiapore and the Goomtee,theleft being towards the Alum , bagh. There was an interval of about two miles between our left and Jellalabad, the right of the Alumbagh posi tion. This position was occupied by a regiment of Irre gular Horse (Hoteon's). Brigadier Campbell, with a strong brigade of cavalry and horse artillery, secured the extreme left, and swept the country towards the north west. Three regiments wero withdrawn from the Allum bagh, and joined the head-quarters camp. ' On the sth General Franke, of the 4th Division of In- Entry, came into direct communication with me. This officer had marched right accross the country of Gude, having signally defeated many bodies of insurgents, and kept his time with punctuality according to the orders given to him, with which your lordship is already ac quainted. On the same day the Goorntee was bridged near Bibiapore. While the bridge was being formed the enemy showed on the left bank, causing the necessity of a disposition of troops and heavy guns. He did not, however, make a. real attack. Those guns were very useful in another respect, as _their practice on the Martiniere silenced much tire which would otherwise have annoyed the pickets. They were accordingly kept on the same ground for some days, till the advance of the troops rendered them unnecessary. Oa the Gth Sir James Outram, G.C.8., who had been withdraw n f rom th e Alurnbagh, crossed to the left bank of the Goenitee, witn troops as below,* the 4th Division under Brigadier-General Franks, C. 8., takieg the place vacated by Brigadier-Gen Tal Walpole in the line. The plan of attack which had been conceived was now developed, and Sir J. Out: am was directed -to push his :advance up the left bank of the Goourtee, while the troops in the position of Dillsouslia remeireal at rest till it should have become apparent that the first line of the enemy's works, or the rampart running along the canal, and abut ting on the Goorntee, ha l been'turned. Tee works may be b.iefly described as follows :—The series, of courts and beildinge celled the Keiser-beet', con sidered as a citadel by the rebels, was shut in by three lines of defence towards the Goorntee, of which the line of the canal was the outer one. The second line circled round the large building called the Mess-house and the Motee Mahul, and the first or interior one was the principal ram part of the Kaiserbagh, the rear of the enclosures of the latter being closed in by the city, through which approach would have been dangerous to an assailant. These lines were flanked by numerous bastions, and rested at one end on the Goomtee, and on the other on the great buildings of the street called the Huzrut Gunge, all of which were strongly fortified, and flanked the street in every direction. Extraordinary care had been expended on the defences of the houses and bastions, to enfilade the streets. This duty was ably performed by Sir J. Outram, who pitched his camp on the 6th inst., after a skirmish of his advanced guard in front of the Chukkur Walla Kotee, or Yellow house. On the 7th he was attacked by the enemy, who was speedily driven back. Having reconnoitred the ground on the Sth inst., I di rected Sir J. Outram to arrange his batteries during the succeeding night, and to attack the enemy's position, the key of which was the Chukkar Walla Kotee the next day or the 9th. This was done in very good style by the troops under his command, the enemy being driven at all points, the Yellow-house being seized, and the whole force advanced for some distance through ground afford ing excellent cover for the army. He was then able to bring his right shoulders forward, occupying the Fyzabad road, and to plant his batteries for the purpose of enfi lading the works on the canal before alluded to. He lost no time in doing this, other batteries of heavy guns and howitzers being the following night to play on the works and the Kaiserbagh. While this attack was being made by Sir James Outram along the left bank of the Goomtee on the 9th inst. a very heavy fire was kept up on the Martiniere, both from mor tars and heavy guns placed in position during the previous night on the Dilkoosha Plateau. At 2 p.m. the 42d High landers, the 531, and 9)th Regiments stormed the Mar tiniere, under the directionof Br igadier-Ganoral Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.8., and Brigadier the Hon. Adrian Hope. It was quickly seen that the enfilading fire on the line of the canal from the opposite side of the river had produced the expected result. The 4th Punjab Infantry, supported by the 42d Highlanders; climbed up the intrenchment abutting on the Goomtee, and proceeded to sweep down the whole line of the works, till they got to the neighbour hood of Bank's house, when it became necessary to close operations for the night. Major Wylde, 4th Punjaub Rifles, distinguished himself very much on this occasion. The line of works was strongly occupied by the troops which had first entered and by the 53d Regiment. Oa the 10th inst. Sir James Outram was engaged in strengthening his position, Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.8., being employed in patrolling towards the cantonment with the cavalry placed under Sir James Outrana's orders, a system of extensive patrolling or reconnaissance having been established by my order in that direction from the time that the first position had been taken up across the Goomtee. At sunrise on the same day a disposition of troops and heavy guns was ma le by Sir Edward Lugard for the attack on Bank's house, which was carried at noon, and secured as a strong military posf. The second part of the plan of attack against the Kaiser bagh now came into operation—viz., to use the great blocks of houses and palaces, extending from Bank's house to the Kaiserbagh, as our approach, instead of sapping up towards the front of the second line of works. By these means I was enabled to turn towards our own left at the same time that they were enfiladed on the right by Sir James Outram's advance. The latter h a d a l rea d y rece i ve d orders to plant his guns with a view to raking the enemy's position, to annoy the Kaiserbagh with a vertical and direct fire, also to attack the suburbs in the vicinity of the iron and stone bridges, shortly after daybreak, and so com mence the iron bridge from the left bank. All this was carried out by Sir James Outram with the most marked success. The enemy, however, still held pertinaciously to his own end of the iron bridge on the right bank, and there was heavy cannonading trom both sides till the bridge was afterwards taken in reverse. Sir Edward Lngard's attack on the 11th was pressed for ward in like manner. The operation had now become one of engineering cha racter, and the most earnest endeavours were made to save the infantry from being hazarded before due preparation had been made. The Chief Engineer, Brigadier Napier, placed the batteries with a view to breaching and shelling a large block of the palaces called the Begum Kotee. The latter was stormed with great gallantry by the 93d High landers supported by the 4th Punjab Rifles and 1,0')) Ghoorkas, led by Brigadier the Hon. Adrian Hope, under the direction of Brigadier-General Sir Edward Lugard, at 4 p.m. The troops secured the whole block of buildings, and inflicted a very heavy loss on the enemy, the attack having been one of very desperate character. This was the sternest struggle which occurred during the siege. From thenceforward the Chief Engineer pushed his approach with the greatest judgment tbroughthe enclosures by the aid of the sapper and of heavy guns, the troops im mediately occupying the ground as he advanced, and the mortars being moved from one place to another, as the ground was won on which they could be placed. The build ings to the right and the Secunderabagh were taken in the early morning of the same day without odposition. During the night of the 12th Sir James Ontram was rein forced with Pa ;number of heavy guns and mortars, and directed to increase his fire on the Kaiserbagh, while, at the same time, mortars placed in position at the Begum's house P alace ceased to play on the Imaumbrah, the next large Palace it was necessary to storm between the Seguin Kotee and the Kaiserbagh. On Brigadier-General Franks, C. 8., who had relieved Sir Edward Lugard, and the 2d Division, with the 4th Division, on the 12th inst., devolved the duty of attackinc , the Imaumbarrab. A column o f attack was formed for that purpose by Brigadier D. Rus sell on the morning of the 14th. In the meantime the Maharajah Jung Bahadoor, with a force of about 9,030 men and 24 field guns, drawn by men, had arrived, and taken his position in our line on the 12th inst., and moved close to the canal on the 13th. At my request his Highness was begged by Brigadier-General Mac- Gregor, C. 8., the special commissioner attached to him, to pass the canal and attack the suburb; iu his front and consi derably to the left of Bank's house. To this his Highness ae ries., we, force was most adv..- Z•Velm‘l l 4 l , l eTTiiiN v e i ci li e n n g tnus covering my left for several days, during which, from the nature of our operations, I was obliged to mass all the available strength of the British force towards the [right, in the joint attack carried along both banks of the Goomtee, The Imaumbarrab was car ried early on the 14th, and the Sikhs of the Ferozepore Regiment, un ler Major Brayer, pressing forward in pur suit, entered the Kaiserbagh, the third line of the defences having been turned without a single gun being fired from them. Supports were quickly thrown in, and all the wall known ground of the former defence and attack, the Mess house, the Tara Kotee, the Motee Mahul, and the Chuttur Munzil were rapidly occupied by the troops, while the Engineers devoted their attention to securing the position towards the south and west. The day was one of continued exertion, and every one felt that, although much remained to be done before the final expulsion of the rebels, the most difficult part of the undertaking had been overcome. This is not the place for description of the various build ings successively sapped into or stormed ; suffice it to say that they formed a range of massive palaces and walled courts of vast extent, equalled, perhaps, but certainly not surpassed, in any capital in Europe. Rvery outlet had been covered by a work, and on every side were prepared barricades and loophooled parapets. The extraordinary industry evinced by the enemy in this 'respect has been really unexampled. Hence the absolute necessity for hold ing the troops in hand till at each successive move for ward the Engineers reported to me that all which could be effected by artillery and the sappers had been done before the troops were led to the assault. The 15th inst. was employed in securing what had been taken, removing powder, destroying mines, and fixing mor tars for the further bombardment of the positions still held by the enemy on the line of our advance up the Goons too, and in the heart of the city. Brigadier-General Sir J. H. Grant, K.C.8., was sent out with cavalry on one side towards Setapore to intercept fugitives, while another Brigadiernearched with like orders in the direction of Sundeela on a similar duty. They re turned on the 17th to their former positions. On the 16th inst. Sir J. Outram, with the sth Brigade, under Brigadier Douglas, supported by two other regi ments, her Majesty's 20th and the Regiment of Ferozepore, having crossed over the Goumtee by a bridge of casks oppo site the Secunderabagh, advanced according to order through the Chuttur Munzil to take the Residency. During the first movements of this operation a move ment of the enemy in retreat across the stone bridge be came apparent. Sir Jam 3S was ordered to press forward, and ho was able, almost without opposition, not only to take the iron bridge in reverse, which was my principal object, but also to advance far more than a mile and oc cupy the Muchee Bawau and Great Imaumbarrah. In short, the city was ours. Brigadier-General Walpole'a pickets on the left bank were attacked by the retreating enemy, who was, as usual, heavily repulsed. On the 19th a combined movement was organised. Sir J. Outram moved forward directly on the Moosabagh, the last position of the enemy on the line of the Goomtee. Sir J. Hope Grant cannonaded the latter from the left bank, while Brigadier Campbell, moving right round the western side from the Alumbagh, prevented retreat in that direction: The rout was now complete, and great loss was inflicted on the enemy by all these col:items. On the 16th, for the last time, the enemy had shown in some strength before the Alumbagh, which that dby was held by only two of our regiments. Jung Bahadoor was requested to move to his left up the canal alid take the position in reverse from which our position at the Alum bagh had been so long annoyed. This was executed very well by his highness, and he seized the positions, one after another, with little loss to himself. The guns of the enemy which the latter did not stop to take away fell into his hands. On the 21st Sir E. Lugatal was directed to attack a stronghold held by the Moulvie in the heart of the city. This he occupied after a shßrp contest, and it now became possible to invite the return of the inhabitants and to rescue the city from the horrors of this prolonged contest. Brigadier Campbell, with his cavalry, attacked the enemy when retreating from the city, in consequence of Sir E. Lugard's advance, inflicting heavy loss, and pursued him for six miles. I beg to enclose Sir James Outram's own account of his operation•, which were removed from my immediate superintendence till he recrossed the Goomtee prior to the attack of the 16th. It was matter of real gratification to me to b 3 able to intrust the trans-Goonitae operation to this very distinguished officer, and. after that had been conducted to my perfect satisfaction to bring him for ward again to put the finishing stroke on the enemy while 'the extended position in the town was of necessity held by the troops who had won it. My thanks are eminently duo to him. and I trust he will receive them as heartily as they are offered. I have now the pleasing task of communicating to your Lordship the name of an officer to whom, not only as com manding general, but to whom, in truth, the service at lorge is under great obligation—Major -General Mansfield, the Chief of the Staff --whose lab. ur has been unceasing, whose abilities are of the highest order, and luive been of the greatest use to me during the a tinpaigu. It is impos sible for me to praise th's officer too highly, or to recom mend him sufficiently to the protection of your Lordship and of the government, I desire to draw the particular attention of your Lord ship to Brigadiers- genera l Franks, C. B. ; Walpole ; Sir J. Hope Grant, K.O B. ; and Sir Edward Lugard, K.C. Their divisions have barn most admirably commanded, and they thave on every occasion amply justified all my expectations. Brigadiers-General Walpole and Sir J. H. Grant wo o employed more imincdi itely under the direction of Sir James Outran), who speaks in the •highest tems of the as sistance he received from them. Sir J. 11. Grant's manage ment of his cavalry and horso artillery is always most admirable. As detailed above, the manner in which the attacks on the main lino of operations were directed by Sir Edward Luga.rd and Brigadier-General Franks reflected the greatest credit on them. The officers in command of the cavalry brigades have proved themselves equal to their high position, and are worthy of your krdship's favourable congideT Wien. Briga dier Campbell, in command of the cavalry on the left per- • formed his detached duty with much vigilance and judg ment. His march round the city on the 19th inst., which was a running light for the greater part of the day, was a • vary difficult one. His pursuit on the 21st of the party which broke away after being driven by Sir Edward Lu gaid from Saadut Gunge was highly effective. Brigadier Hagart bas received the marked commendation of Sir J. Hope Grant, and the brigadiers in command of infantry brigades have particularly distinguished them selves under the eyes of their divisional commanders : Brigadier D, Russel, Ist Brigade ; Brigadier P. M. Gay, 3d Brigade • Brigadier the Hon. A. Hope, 4th Brigade ; Brigadier Douglas, C. 8., sth Brigade; Brigadier Hors ford, C. 8., 6th Brigade ; BrigadierEvelegh, 7th Brigade ; and Lieut.-Colonel Longden (her Majesty's 10th Foot), attached to the Ghoorka Brigade, by order of the Com mander-in-Chief. The Head-quarters 2d Brigade, with the sth Fusileers, and 78th Highlanders, rimier Briga•lier Franklyn, remained at Alutrxhagh in position, and was well disposed by that officer to resist the enemy's demonstration on the 16th bast TO Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, K.C.8., ml warmest acknowledgments are due for the effective m liner in which he commanded the Artillery Division. The four corps, the Naval Brigade, the Royal Artillery', the Bengal Artillery, and the Madras Artillery, worked with the greatest harmony under his happy direction as one regiment. The merits of Sir Archdale Wilson are too widely known to gain anything by encomium from coo, but I may be permitted to express my great satisfaction at having been able to avail myselfof the assistance of this most distinguished officer. The effective fire of the Artil lery during the long operations, which depended so much on the management of that arm, elicited general admira tion. The practice of the 68-pounder of the naval Brigade was capital, while the Kaiserbagh and other great build ings which had been stormed showed in a very convincing manner how truly the shells had been directed by the Royal and Bengal Artillery, Whenever the field artillery could be used the troops of Horse Artillery, and field batteries of Royal Artillery, and the Madras Artillery did the most excellent service. Sir Archdale Wilson expresses his great obligations to Captain Sir William Peel, K.C.8., R N., till that most gallant officer was severely wounded ; and to Brigadier Wood, C. 8., Royal Horse Artillery, and Barker, C.D.. Royal Artillery, resp ec ti ve ly comman di ng the field and seige artillery brigades. It would be difficult for me to give an adequate. idea of the zeal and activity displayed by the chief engineer, Brigadier Napier, Bengal Engi neers. Many of the operations depended on his proper appreciation of the obstructions to be overcome, and the means at his disposal for that purpose. His great profes sional skill and thorough acquaintance with the value of hit enemy have been of the greatest service, and I recommend him most cordially to your Lordship's protection. lam under very great obligations to him. The officers of the general departments of the army have accompanied me during the siege, and I beg to return them my thanks. They are as follows :—Major H. W. Norman, Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army; Lieut.- Colonel W. Macpherson, officiating Quartermaster-General of the Army; Colonel the Hon. W. L. Pakenham, C. 8., officiatinr , Adjutant-General of her Majesty's f o rtes; Cap tain C. F. Seymour, 84th Regiment, officiating Quarter master-General of lie Majesty's forces ; Captain G. Algood officiatinc , Assistant-Quarterm as t er -G enera l o f t h e A rmy ; Lieut.-Colonel Keith Young, Judge-Advocate-General of the Army; Lieut. P. Stewar. Bengal Engi neers , Superin tendent of Electric Telegr a ph s ; Dr. M'Andrew, Inspec tor-General of Hospitals of her Majesty's Forces. Dr. Brown, the Superintending-Surgeon of the force, has again won my sincere thanks for his admirable ar rangements. Captain Fitzgerald, A ssist an t-Co mmi ssary- General who has had the disposition of the commissariat in the field, has met every want of the army. He his distin guished himself much, and is a credis to his department. I must draw very particular al tention to the services of Major Norman, Deputy Adjutant-General, who, besides his ordinary departmental duties, has performed the ye/ onerous one of Adjutant-General of the army in the field throughout the campaign. To Captain H. Bruce, Deputy Quartermaster-General, head of the Intelligence Department, and to Captain G Algood, officiating Assistant Quartermaster-General, who performed the duties of Quartermaster-General of the Army in the field, until the arrival of Lieut.-Colonel Macpherson. These officers have all been most active in the performance of their duties. To my personal staff, and that of Major-General Mane' field, my acknowledgments are due, but more particularly to my military secretary, Colonel Sterling, C. 8., an d to Captain R. G. Hope Johnstone, Bombay Army, Deputi Assistant Adjutant-General to the Chief of the stag; Those two officers are most indefatigable. A list of the members of these staffs is appended. Finally, I wish to draw your Lordship's attention • to the conduct of the regimental officers, com m iesionea and non-commissioned, and t o th e men of the regiment.' Their conduct has been very brilliant throughout. The manner in which the 93d Regiment flung itself into the Begum Kotee, followed by the 4th Sikhs and supported by the 42d, was magnificent, and the subsequent attack on the Emambara and the Kaiserbagh reflected the greatel credit on the regimental leaders of th e 4th di v i s i on , an the soldiers who followed them. Corrected lists will be sent immediately of the officers art a soldiers who are deemed most worthy of distinction in a force in which every one has a claim,—l have, &c., C. CAMPBELL, General, Commander-in-Chief in India. To the Right Hon. the Viscount Canning, Governor• General, &c. , Camp Luckuow, March 28, 1858... My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your lordship the departure of his Highness Jung Bahadoor from th e camp before Lir:know. I desire to take this opportuaa to express my thanks to his Highness for the assistailot rendered to me during the late operations by him and iv; gallant troops. I found the utmost willingness on his lo r . to accede to any desire of min e d ur i ng th e progress of q r ., siege, and from the first his Hi g h ness was p l ease d t o juatl2 his words, that he was h a ppy t o b e serv i ng un d er m y COW' mmend. His troops have prov e d th emse l ves wor thy o f their commanders, and it will doubtless be a happiness to thera hereafter that they were associated with the British argil for the reduction of the great city of Lucknow. My best thanks are due to the Special Commissione r, Brigadier-General Macgregor, C. 8., the medium of 0 00 , ~ munication between his Hi g h ness an d myself. I beg 17, recommend him and the British officers serving under ht orders to the favourable consideration of your lordship. I have the honour to be, my Lord, with the greatest re sped, your Lordship's most o b e di en t an d h um bl e se rvo°t C. CAMPBELL, General, Commander.in.Chisf• Net LIST OF THE PERSONAL STAFF OF HIS ExCELLE GENERAL SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, K.C.8., COMMAL 79I3 s. IN-CHIEF IN INDIA; AND OF MAJOR-GENERAL W • MANSFIELD, CHIEF OF THE STAFF. Colonel Sterling, C. 8., unattached, Military Secretary to tho Commander-in -Chief. Captain Sir David Baird, her Majesty's 98th Regin4, Lieutenant F. M. Alison, 72d Highlanders ; C a ptain F. Forster, 18th R o y a l I r i s h , Aid es-de-Camp to the „ ' . Co mandor-in-Chief. Major J. Metcalfe, 3d Regiment Bengal Native Infantry' interpreter and commandant head-quarters. Lieut. R. G. H. Johnstone, Bombay Army, DeP al Assistant-Adjutant-General to the Chief of the Staff. ; Lieut. D. M. Mur ra y, h er M a j esty ' s 64th Regirae llt lo Lieut. F. R. S. Flood (severely wounded), her Mal°B,"W. 53d Regiment, Aides-de-C amp t o th e C h i ef of the S 110 Surgeon J. Clifford, officiating surgeon to the -- mander-in-Chief. A. C. STERLING, Col., Military Secrets* Head-quarters, Camp, Lucknow, March 22. THE MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE-HOUO TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—My attention has been called to a letter,, i° 0 the Times of Saturday last, in whi c h, a f ter a vie" consideration, Lord Shaft esbury writes " The Prime Minister, in the debate of the l'"" stated that I bad attended a public meeting on Sun" ll i at Cambridge-house. Th e mo ti ve was so manifest that did not interrupt him and contradict his assertion." i o I made no such st a t emen t . W hat I di d S3l, d correctly given by your reporter - in the follov ol3 ° words : " I do not know w h e th er b e a tt en d ed it, b u t I P re. h - i t sume he had communic a t e d t o hi m the resu l t of t"- Sunday meeting." Had I made such a st a t emen t pu bli c l y an d in 110 bearing, whatever " motive" Lord Shaftesbi l ra may be charitable enough to impute to me, I sh .i _ou 4 have thought, judging by my own feelings, he instead of leaving it unnoticed for a week, , 6 would have at once contradicted it i n th e presence of the assembled peers, who mu s t h ave h ear d t' precise expressions used. a If he were ultimately led to notice the alleged statement by the " anonymous writers" to vr l :. he refers, he had at least one opportunity mile quent to the date of his letter to you on which o f might have done so in my presence;in the Sous e d Lurds. To most peers that would have aP1 34331. „ 1 , the more courteous mode of prOceeding. — l 11— DERBY. sir, your obedient serva,nt, St. James's-square, May 24. re o' The annual report o f th e O r i enta l G as Company, r,be paratory to their meeting en Wednesday, describes i• lighting of Calcutt a w ith gas , w hi ch was effected • July last, after a series of extraordinary slowly, ra o ordina rdelaye f 1 . 1 3 , 03 variety of accidental circumstances. Since that p e ' te il although the use of gas ha s s t ea dil y, iecres - • $ at Calcutta, and the number of lights supplied, vr bie k'he the commencement was only 333, is now 1,0 40 . total expendit ure o f th e company has been 71,560 0 7 tr PENSIONING PRIVATEER S .—A bill h as b e en l ° r i ve • duced in C ongress to pension the descendants 0. , P be er teers during th e l as t war. W e shall probably elteer of peoeions to the descendants of the sutlers e n "; e ible boys of the Revolution, and it is not at all iall:t s ita that the posterity of the pirates we have hung may - o tor° similar rewards, if it can be proved that their sinc e /lo se ever plundered ships belonging to parties with : h ob nations we were ever at war. The ingenuity with able , our public treasury is plundered is reall rover te etS There seems to be no end to the devices and ?L e vel er employed for getting access to the money of the ill e g. went. Our public lands have been pretty lee„„ 7 l ' r f e bell bausted already in these plundering crusades. c v'' t heir be compelled by and by to increa3e the tariff for protection. This is the only sort of American in yeal which finds favour in the eyes of our Government• -- Tork O n t hd ESCAPE F MuTINEEES —The constant esear . of i b s ec' persons we are c hi e fl y anxious to secure, from etw ot ea' missive fortress which o ur t roops cap t ure , has be es naturally excited a good deal of remark ; and we vat iee hoard it rumoured in txplanation that while the °a troops are quite willing to fi4lst. for us in the fi lie u re ths f will n - 1 intercept fugLives in their flight. w, 0 chargo true, which we can hardly suppose, it sc h ool course, account for those annoying accidents we s eito frequently had to mend. The charge carries aloe% We it an imputation of a sort a chivalry t o these tro o p ,sido are not quite pr e pa r ed to giv e them credit for e m y t bearing in mind that we had few or none of ° re the Luckuow to connive at the escapes there, we a i• the th a n e t cid w ei e it d s i i d n na t p h more disposed to look upon our run of ill fortune t ee f w matter ar.l a t s a is c f h o a rg p o te t r te o n f Central India, the gentleman who was going to v_ hole ;30r h e is t t h o e rY tro p th o o officers of the Neernuch garrison in oil, and W 71 30 01 f lb& A little doubt that the Jez.kbel of Jhansi, Naps 0 bun te and the miscreant of Arrah will before long to v' down by the troops, or be betrayed, ioto,our biW Bombay Time. al lat by I