The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-07 00:00:00

TO THE ZI,ECTOES Cr pr:s7.B-c-RY, CENTLEMEN,—A numerous and influential section of your body has done me the honour to invite me to become a candidate for Finsbury. Of several applications of the same kind which have reached 1 me, that from Finsbury Is in every way the most gratifying to my feelings, and is the one to which I am the most willing to respond. As an ardent Liberal—a consistent supporter of the rights of conscience—as a large employer of labour—and as a consi derable proprietor within the borough, I feel that I have peculiar ties and sympathies with both the electors and non electors of Finsbury, which it is a pleasure to me to find reci procated. Through the eight years during which I represented in the House of Commons a large and influential, and a most liberal constituency, I may confidently point to' my votes as having been invariably given on the side of progress, and when under peculiar circumstances I withdrew for an interval from politics, I was gratified with the assurance that my old constituents appreciated and approved my Parliamentary exertions. Should you place me in the position of a representative of your large and enlightened borough, the best services of a life, at no period inactive, shall be devoted to the discharge of duties of which I entertain a full sense of the responsibility. Upon the great question on which Parliament dissolved I should endeavour to represent the just claims of Finsbury and t the other metropolitan districts to a larger share in the re presentation. No one knows better than myself the industry and intelli gence, and none more fully appreciates the claims and deserts of the working classes. I shall always strive to promote their social advancement, and in extending, to them the franchise I should desire, by means of the Ballot, to secure for them the free exercise of their right to vote. My views on religious questions are all in favour of the largest degree of freedom to every denomination. On the subject of Church-rates I need only refer to my votes. I hope to have early opportunities of addressing you in your several localities, of explaining myself fully on those topics which are not within the limits of an address, and of respond ing candidly to any inquiries you may make of me. In the meantime, hoping for yourfavourable consideration, I have the honour to be, gentlemen, Your very obedient and faithful servant, S. MORTON PETO. 12, Kensington Palace Gardens, 6th April, 18.59. VAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.- v The LONDON COMMITTEE for Promoting Mr. BERESFORD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY at the Trafalgar Hotel, Cockspur-street. W. STIRLING, Chairman KR, MA, Trinity College,. -- - R. T. FRERE, M.A., F.R.C.P. W. F. KEMP, M.A., Honorary C. KNIGHT WATSON. M.A., Secretaries. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. The CAMBRIDGE COMAIITTEE for Promoting Mr. lIHRESF Cambrid streetOßD HOPE'S ELECTION SITS DAILY a t 18, Irtnity-, ge. Rev. W. G. CLARK, M.A., Yellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Public Orator, Chairman. Rev. W. M. CAMPION. M.A., Fellow andl Tutor of Queens' College, Rev. N. F. FERRERS, M.A., Fellow and Lec- turer of Caine College, Rev. W. C. MATHISON, M.A., Senior Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Rev. J. E. B. MAYOR, M.A., Fellow and As sistant Tutor of St. John's College, Rev. E. H. PEROWNE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, Rev. W. F. WITTS, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Rev. A. WOLFE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Clare College, Honorary Secretaries. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be produced Shakepeare's historical iay of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. `THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be produced a new Comedy, en titled EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. After which, USED UP. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, A CABINET QUESTION. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billing - ton, Miss Arden. MASKS AND FACES ; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Quin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Sir Charles, Mr. C Selby ; Ernest, Ar. Bil lington ; Peg Woffiing,ton, Miss Woolgar ; Mabel, Miss H. Simms. To be followed by THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, Billing,ton, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and K. Kelly. To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Kelly. Acting iTanager—Mr. Wm. Smith, Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough This' Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO -IPECTUSES. To be followed by VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, 4nd Miss M. Ternan. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with KING RICHARD 111. ; or, The Death of White Surrey. Duke of Gloucester, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Mes'srs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with a Screaming Farce, in which Miss. Jackson will makeher 4th appearance at this theatre. On Saturday, first time, a new grand Drama, entitled THE MUSKETEERS. The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or. The Knights Templars, is in active preparation, and will be revived with extraordinary magnificence. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, Is. ; Pit. 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, .£4 45..£2 2s, and £1 is. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CFIRI STY'S MINSTREL S.—St. James's Hall. V —The celebrated CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will re sume their POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT on MONDAY EVENING next, April 11, at the St. James's-Hall, to be re peated EVERY EVENING at Eight, and Saturday Morn ings at Three o'clock—Admission, Is., area 25., reserved seats 35., to be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 3'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters .and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether se regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in tie Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam. Eight in number, whose varied Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, wil_ 3erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. . 71—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. BAnomExmit-29.92. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with fine sunshiny weather. • , 11 . ‘ 5 c31(.6 111 :4,: ,k • , TTY - risk ss ?,.„ ) 4 - 7 nIIR „- .411111t ft ,,,,, g _ • 1 7 : ' A r"RotT" THE SUN. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1859. The judicious bottleholder has upon the occasion of this last fight for the Championship acted—just for once—somewhat in-judiciously ! How—we shall discuss presently. But, first of all, one pass ing glance at that wonderful little hero—" the man what won the Fight." He presents at the tri umphal close of it all, the usual appearances. The victor here again is the very one who appears after all to have been the most seriously punished. After seven distinct rounds, ending with an unmistakeable victory over his antagonist, he can scarcely see day light—this vaunted conqueror. The vanquished, on the contrary, appears at the conclusion as fresh as . at the commencement, without a scratch, un breathed, and ready for anything. And so the battle ends (according to custom) with the unfor tunate winner of the match seated, in a decidedly groggy condition, himself knocked out of all recognition, breathing hard, but triumphant to the last, upon the knee of his chief supporter, his " noble friend" the judicious bottle holder. But coming back to that very point from which we started, after all that has been said and done, it turns out that for once, at any rate, the judicious bottleholder has acted, as we have said, in this re cent fight for the championship rather injudiciously. While the match was going on—at about the fourth or fifth round---there was an outcryraised at what appeared at the time to be decidedly foul play on his part. When eventually the sponge has been flung up and the victory decided in favour of his man, the conduct of this worthy is taken more seriously and deli berately into consideration. The facts, however, speak plainly enough for themselves. His own words are conclusive in the matter. It is decided against him with pretty general concurrence. And he is left at theylose of the proceedings chewing the immortal straw derisively in th:, corm): d his mo-ath, with an inextinguishable air of Tirtuons indignation. Yesterday, in point of fact, the nominal leader of her Majesty's Opposition, the noble lord the member for Tiverton, yesterday of all the days in the week, upon a wretched Wednesday—Lord PAL MERSTON rose with an admirable assumption of can dour, mingled with a bearing expressive of wounded dikii4y, for the purpose of offering to the house a few personal explanations. He had been accused of unconstitutional conduct in questioning the prero gative of the QUEEN to dissolve Parliament, et cetera. Something to this effect had been said with respect to his conduct, where and by whom he was not, according to the rules of the House, at liberty to specify—and so forth. As it happened that all this had been said, if possible yet more strongly, yet more pointedly, directly and accusingly in that very House, not in the mysterious " other place," but within the walls of the House of Commons by a right hon. gentleman sitting habitually on the other side of the table immediately opposite the noble lord— there was no possible necessity of course for all this elaborate ambiguity and circumlocution. But let that pass—The noble lord, to return to his ingenious preamble, had been accused, and so op, by " a person whose authority in this country is consider able." As we don't happen in journalism to be re stricted to all this Parliamentary periphrasis—let us say at once, plainly, that the noble viscount alluded, of course, to the words which fell on Mon day evening in the House of Peers from the lips of the noble earl the First Lord of the Treasury, during the delivery of his masterly Ministerial statement. Alluding to those remarks in reference to Lord PALmEßsToN,uttered by Lord DERBY upon that occasion, the noble leader (nominally) of the Opposi tion said yesterday afternoon, " I have been accused of unconstitutional conduct in questioning the pre rogative of the QUEEN to dissolve Parliament when her advisers may think fit, and upon whatever sub ject they may deem it right to dissolve"—adding thereupon these remarkable words—" Now, Sir, I never said anything that could bear that construction." Tolerably plain speaking, that But now, having weighed the words well for just exactly what they are worth—let us turn back to what the noble lord really did say upon the occa sion referred to, namely, when, upon Lady-day last, he spoke of the rumoured possibility of a dis solution. And let us then see how far Lord PAL MERSON was yesterday justified in declaring, " Sir, I never said anything that would bear that construction." Having, upon the 25th of March, during the course of his extremely arrogant —not to say insolent and intemperate—speech in reference to the position of the Cabinet in regard to the country and in regard to Parliament ; having in language of unprecedented, if not even unparlia mentary, haughtiness, " condemned " Ministers to keep their places—Lord PALMERSTON went on to speak as follows. These, remember, being the ipsissima verba " Well, then, it is said they may dissolve." He had pre viously discredited, in the intolerable manner above alluded to the aupposition that Ministers would resign. He now added in regard to the rumour of the dissolution—" Well, I have no greater faith in their dissolving. (Laughter.) In the first place, to. dissolve Parliament at the pre sent moment implies something more than the will of Government. The concurrence of the House would be necessary to its own dissolution. The state of business is such that it would, be necessary to have other votes in supply, to have an appropria tion act, to have a ways and means act, to make pro vision for certain Exchequer Bonds that fall due in June—all these operations will require the hearty concurrence of the house. Are they assured of obtaining that concurrence lam qnite ready to admit that on occasions when the contest is be tween two political parties on a question of foreign relations, of peace or war, or a question on which the Government and a majority of this house may disagree, it is perfectly constitutional that they should appeal to the country, and it is perfectly right that the majority who may have censured or disagreed with them should nevertheless render aid to an honest appeal to the country on the point in dispute. But that is not the present question. I ask why the Government - should throw the British constitution to be scrambled for at every hustings in the kingdom ? Is that the course which a Conservative Government would think it their duty to pursue ? I . do not think they would if they could, and I do not think they could if they would. (Cheers and laughter.) Ido not as yet believe that if that was their intention that this House would not be wiser than they. We do not feel stronger than they might feel the duty of Parliament and Govern ment towards the constitution of the country; but I believe that this House would not lend its aid to a course which it thinks would be injurious to the institutions of the country. I am confident, therefore, that the belief in the dissolution which has been so much bandied all over the town by mem bers of the Government, high and low, is only an attempt to renew that which was done last year. It is only a vain threat for the purpose of influencing members." Those were exactly the words that on Friday evening, the 25th of March, ' fell from the mouth of Lord PALMERSTON is reference to the rumour of a possible dissolution of Parliament, in the event of the refusal by the House of Commons, not of the Reform Bill, but of the candid and dis passionate consideration of the Reform laid upon the 'table of the house by her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Against those extraordinary remarks, the First Lord of the Admiralty protested on the Monday night following, in a speech worthy of a Minister of the Crown—a speech worthy of a high-minded and high-spirited English gentleman. " There was a passage in the speech of the noble viscount," said Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, on the 28th of March, " which he (Sir JOHN) heard with astonishment and disapprobation—he meant that passage of his speech in which he referred to the possibility of a dissolution. (Cheers.) He could construe that passage in_ no other way than as an attack on the prerogative of the Crown—(cheers) — for the language of the noble viscount was—You shall not dissolve Parliament : we the House of Commons, will prevent you ; you cannot dissolve without the concurrence of the House of Commons, and that concurrence shall be refused. (Cheers.) That was the language of the noble viscount, but it was language which he should not have expected to hear fizom one of his long experience and standing —(cheers)—for it was language which he con sidered to .be wanting in due respect to the Crown and a violation of its prerogative." (Oh, and cheers.) Those were the bold, manly, indignant words uttered as long ago as last Monday week in Lord PAL3IER STOWS presence, in the House of Commons, by Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. Not in some mysterious "other place," by some mysterious other person, who must be nameless according to the etiquette of Parliament! What Lord DEr.BY said on the Monday following (namely, this last Monday) in reference to those extraordinary remarks which had been uttered by Lord PALMERSTON upon the subject of any possible intention of the part of Her MAJESTY'S Ministers to dissolve Parliament, Was simply as follows: "The Noble Viscount," said Lord DERLY in the midst of his Ministerial Statement, "The Noble Viscount went on, and in the heat of argument, in the heat of debate, I presume, used an expression which I certainly should not have expected from one who has had a long acquaintance with the constitutional historY of the country. He went to say Parliament would not permit us to resign, and Parliament would not permit us to dissolve. I should like to know where the noble viscount has found that doctrine. It has always been heldto be the constitutional prerogative of the Crown, when and where it pleased, to dis solve Parliament, and since the memorable year of 1781—which the noble viscount would have done well to remember, for the attempt was followed by disastrous consequences which recoiled upon the heads of its authors—there has been no attempt to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown to dissolve Parliament when and for what reason it thought fit." That was the statesmanlike repudia tion by Lord DERBY of the unconstitutional opinion 4xpressed by Lord PAL3IERSTON. What Lord PALMERSTON said we have now revived to public recollection. By his own words let him be judged. They are given here by as verbatim et litera tim. There can be no possible misapprehension as to what it was the noble lord really did say—there are his very expressions ! Expressions, most arro gant, most insolent, most intolerable—words enun ciating a doctrine directly infringing upon the pre rogative of the Crown. And—because such— reprobated in burning words of indignation, in the House of Commons by the First Lord of the Admiralty, and in the House of Peers by the First Lord of the Treasury. Altogether, we do not think the noble viscount has gained much by his Personal Explanations. Altogether, we do still remain of opi nion that, the Judicious Bottleholder has for once, jest for once in a way, acted, to say the least of it —rather injudiciously. An unfair attempt will be made to mystify the Liberal constituencies. Your vote is asked, it will be said, on Lord DERBY'S Reform Bill—aye or no ? Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI have not said so. On the contrary, the former has declared that he is now free from any special pledges as to particular proposals or measures ; and the latter has not even adverted to Reform in his address to his constitu ents. It became perfectly obvious, from the lan - guage of Conservatives themselves in the course of the debate, that the great stumbling-block of disfranchising the freeholders must be removed. It would have been removed in committee, had the Bill been permitted to get there. It is pretended, in deed, on the other hand, that the present Govern ment would not introduce another Reform Bill. This is simply absurd. No Government could either continue in, or assume office, without doing it. The subject has been too deeply stirred to be tossed into the waste-basket. It must be settled, and promptly too. With the Parliament soon to be elected no Ministry could escape a vote which would at once overthrow them if they did not proclaim their Reform policy. We maintain that Ministers, whether they com mit themselves to such language or not, have asked the country for its instructions. They were not disposed to take those of Lord J. RUSSELL, and with good reason. His proposals might have been considered by them in committee, and very likely would have been adopted at the wish of their own supporters. But they were put forward just in the offensive form which compelled them, in self respect, to support what they must have seen to be their error. The resolutions were proposed as substitutes for the motion that the bill "be now read a second time." We may be mistaken, but we imagine the Ministry are not deterred by false pride from asking the country what it really wishes. The subject of Reform has now been discussed before it for seven long nights in Parliament, most points of importance have been raised, and it is for the electors to give their verdict on all the counts, and for Ministers to give effect to the verdict. We shall be told that this would be a very un- dignified course for a Ministry to take, but it is, really, equally undignified for Ministers•aspirant to do, virtually, the same thing. The noble mover of the resolution has equally thrown the whole question before the country. The difference be tween ►hat Lord JOHN RUSSELL could carry, and what would be carried through the present Ministry is, we fear, very small indeed. Lord JOHN in office has always made very Liberal speeches, followed by very petty proposals, and even these, of late, he has rarely carried. His power in the house, like that of PALMERSTON'S, seems to have vanished. On the grand test ofLiberalism,a very large majority of the Liberals always vote against the noble lords ; and they will do so next Tuesday, should Mr. BERKELEY be lucky enough to retrieve his false step on Mr. WYLD'S motion. In Lord JOAN ItussELL's position, he was bound, quite as much as Lord DERBY, to give definiteness to the appeal to the country—an appeal which he well knew was highly probable. He did nothing of the sort. The Ministry, therefore, ask aloud which set of men will you have ? But they also tacitly ask, what is it you want at our hands ? Be all this as it may, Parliamentary Reform is the matter submitted de facto to the country, and all attempts to hide away that plain fact will be unscrupulously dealt with by the nation. Reform will be the subject on every hustings, and the topic of every election meeting. If, then, the country wishes for a settlement, now is its time: It must return such a majority for the points it thinks most important, as shall decide the course of any Minis try whatever ; such a majority as shall enable the present Ministry to say to the crusty old Tories, "You see what.you must concede—remember 1832, remem ber 1846, and do it at once, and with a good grace; refuse longer, and you will only exasperate to in creased demands." What shall these demands be ? We should say the two on which the least was said in the House. A much lower suffrage is now conceded by all ; there will be little fight about that. We care little for the difference between the RUSSELL, GRAHAM, HENLEY, and BRIGHT parties on this point ; and what they all unite to demand, and unite they will, of course must be accepted. What was not mentioned, was the REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS and the BALLOT. In regard to the former, the question is, simply, can it be accomplished ? The Whigs, for their own purposes, crushed in 1832 a host of petty landlord boroughs, of which events have made atm a little ashamed, although in heart they still cling to them quite as much as the Tories It is a question of Parliamentary tactics, in fact, whether, with all these boroughs voting against him, any Minister can disfranchise as many of t'aem as he ought, and give the seats to the yopulous towns and counties. On this point it is for these towns and counties to speak out. They may be assured that the petty boroug'as will fight hard for what they have got. The difference between Lord JOHN'S offer on this point and that of the Government is insignificant. Wealtl and population must ask much more and must gi 't it too, before we have a settlement. The ol 'her demand, the Ballot, is one on which !e voice of the country nzay be effectually raised. The small boroughs are, perhapsfor the most part favourable to it. A member for a small borough has been its firmest advocate this session. The counties are all eager for it; though,.unfortunately, for the very reason that they most need it, they darn not vote for it. The larger towns are, probably, unanimous for it. Ireland and Scotland confessedly want it. It is abundantly practicable to send considerable majority of members pledged to de mand the insertion of the Ballot in any Reform 8i11.,, For ourselves we would give little for any • measure without it. What we ask is a bill, not to place the election - of our representatives in the hands of landlords, lawyers, and stewards, or. in those of manufacturers and millionaires, but in those of the electors themselves. And we affirm of every candidate, be he Whig or Tory, or what ever' he may, if he can look the electors in the face and tell them he will not vote for the Ballot, he tells them, in all but direct language, that he cannot trust them, and they ought in reply to tell him by their votes—that they will not trust hint. We would not ourselves vote for any can didate who refused the Ballot, and do not see how, at the present crisis, any well advised Liberal could do it. Two additions are needed to the Act of 1832—more electors, and more independent elec tors—extended suffrage and the Ballot. These must be the demands of IBi9. Sir CHARLES WOOD last night made a severe on slaught on his successor in office, respecting a state ment made on bringing forward the:Naval Estimates some weeks since. The right hon. baronet speedily discovered the magnitude of the error into which he had been betrayed, and found that he had " caught a Tartar,!' with whom he had not the slightest possible chance in any conflict that might take place. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON not only re peated and proved his assertions, but materially strengthened them. He clearly pointed out that ha "had spoken by the book," and that "if he had erred in any respect, it was on the side of courtesy." That was the head and front of his offending, which so grievously excited the wrath of his pre decessor. On succeeding to office he did not find the navy in a proper and adequate state for the defence of our coasts and the protec tion of our commerce. He was, therefore, compelled to ask for a large sum, in order that it might be brought to such a state of efficiency as would maintain the maritime supremacy of Great Britain, and prevent the possibility of our well-won laurels being torn from our brows, or even in any degree tarnished. There can be no doubt that the efficiency of the navy was not kept up to the mark while Sir CHARLES WOOD was First Lord. Although it was an imperative duty to make him self fully acquainted with the position and pro spects of the French navy, he seems to have totally neglected that very important point, and it was not until after Sir JOHN PAXINGTON had been some months in office that he was enabled to obtain the information which ought to have been placed on record in the office. But Sir CHARLES WOOD not merely neglected his but he absolutely deceived the House. We do not for a moment insinuate that it was a suggestio falsi, but it came very near the suppressio yeri. It was, at all events, a palpable want of candour, when two years since, in 1857, he took credit for ships then building as a portion of the available maritime resources of the country, although these very ships have not as yet been launched. He must have known the actual force then ready for duty, and must be convicted of gross negligence in only demanding an additional sum of £70,000 in order to supply the deficiency. It was, as Sir JOHN PAKINGTON truly declared, to fall " greatly short of the duty which he (Sir C. WOOD) owed to his country.". The " submission " of Sir BALDWIN WALKER proves beyond the possibility of doubt the positive and relative inadequacy of our naval forces at the time of the last change of Ministry. If Sir CHARLES WOOD had efficiently discharged the trust confided. to his hands, the Surveyor of the Navy would not have been com pelled to remonstrate with the new First Lord on the defective state of our maritime forces, and im plore the addition of several line-of-battle ships. That request was not disregarded. having satisfied himself, as he was bound to do, that it was founded on incontrovertible facts, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON proposed an addition to the estimates, not for £70,000, but for £1,000,000, the result whereof will be to add no less than twenty•six powerful men-of-war to the navy, and to restore England to the position which she should never for a single moment have relinquished, or suffered to have been imperilled. If the accession of Lord DERBY and his col leagues to office produced no other benefit save that which has occurred. in the Admiralty, it would be sufficient to render it highly acceptable to the nation. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON has well and faithfully performed the arduous task imposed on him by the carelessness and negligence of his pre decessors. He has shown himself to be the best First Lord that England has seen for many years. He clearly perceives the course which he is bound to follow, and he does not shrink from it, in order that his colleague, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, may be spared some trifling inconvenience. No ! I He has entered into the feelings and wishes of the community. He has determined that it shall not be his fault if Britannia does not continue to " rule the waves," now and evermore. The state of the navy under the past and present regime must not be lost sight of by voters at the coming election. It is not merely a question between Lords DERBY and JOIN RUSSELL, but also between PAKINGTON and WOOD, MALMESBURY and CLAREN - DON, DISRAELI and CORNEWALL LEWIS. Can there be any comparison between these parties ! 'We think not. It has been said that the diligence displayed, so greatly out of the red-tapist line, is because the Administration is weak, and could not afford to give the slightest opening to its opponents. Tf that be so—if that, indeed, be the cause of the zeal and energy exhibited in every department, we can only say that it would be well for England if it had always a weak Government, and not one which, in fancied strength, could afford to disregard im perative duties, and to snub and insult every inde pendent member who ventured to exhibit an inconvenient interrogatory, or to appear restive under the despotism which was attempted to be established. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lieut.•-Colonel H. Purves, honoured Lady Truro by their company at din ner last evening, at her ladyship's residence in Eaton square. ,A distinguished circle was invited to meet the royal guests. A large party assembled at -a later hour at the invitation of Lady Truro. _ - The Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrived at their inall , iion in Great Stanhope-street on Tuesday from Kimbolton Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne received a large party at dinner last evening, at Lansdowne House. The Earl .of . Chesterfield has left town for Brighton, where his daughter, the Lady Evelyn Stanhope, is now staying. The Earl of Sefton and Sir George .Worabwell left London on Monday for Paris, en route to Rome. The Earl and Countess of March have arrived in town. The noble earl has taken a residence in Lowndes square for the season. LATEST NEWS, The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's_ office,:— ST. PETERS)3IJP:G, APRIL 6. An Imperial ukase for the loan of .212,000,000 at three per cent. has been 'published to 7 da3-. The ukase states That - the loan has been`" concluded through Messrs. Thoinson, Bonar,.and Co., of St. Petersburg, and M. Magnus, the_ banker, of Berlin. Xo subscriber to the loan is to be allotted leSs than £lOO or more than £l,OOO of the debt. Yesthkday 'the new loan was done here at 71. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Sir John Lawrence arrived at Marseilles on" Monday by the Panther from Bombay. As the vessel was placed in quarantine for two days, he would not be able. to leave before this. afternoon. BOURSE, April 6.—The market has recovered a degree of buoyancy, and Rente and Shares have been in fair demand. Threes improved from 67f. 95c., to 68f. 20c. ; Afobilier from 715 f. to 725 f.; Austian, 540 f. to 542 f ., 50c.; Orleans, 1,270 f. to 1,272 f. 50c.; Lyons, 837 f. 50c. to 840 f. ; 'Western, 537 f. 50c. to 5401. ; Eastern, 630 f. to 635 f. ; and Southern 505 f. to 507 f. 50c. The following were the closing quotations : 4i per. Cents. .... 95 751 Credit Fonder.... 640 Do. end month . = i = Belgian 4i . 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 25 Roman B7 50 Bank Shares 2860 Austrian — Credit Mobiliei .. 730 Spanish Threes Do. Account 726 25 Home Debt 4l RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern _•-- New ditto. 790 792 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 833 75 832 60 New ditto — oenFa 520 -- Midi — Southern Western. Eastern . • 507 50 .. 507 50 • 542 50 .. 537 50 636 2.5 . . 632 50 Grand Central Sardinian Austrian - - - 380 - 390 - 540 - 545 - Exchange:on. London, at sight, paper, 2.5 f. 7 c. ; money 25f. 21c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 92ic. RUSSIA. A St. Petersburg letter says—" Count de Deym, Lieutenant , General in the Austrian service, had a private audience of the Emperor on the 27th, in order to give to his Majesty certain explanations on the subject of fortifications which Austria has caused to be constructed at Cracow, contrary to the provisions of the treaty of 1847. The count has also been charged, it is said, to endeavour to im prove the relations between the Cabinets of St. Petersburg and Vienna." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 2d have arrived. In the Senate, the members -who had aban doned their seats on account of the Callonge affair had, in accordance with their recent resolution, resumed them. On taking his place, General Callonge requested the President to have certain of the standing orders read, which was done. M. Luzuriaga then Observed that the object of the . request could be no other than to create doubts as to the legality of the decision respecting the question adopted at a recent sitting. The gene 7 ral sal that the hon. senator had no right to judge what his motives were, and the Senate, declining to re-open the matter, proceeded to other business, and adopted the bill fixing the strength of the army. In the Chamber of. Deputies, M. Rivero, the sole member of the ultra-Democratic party, had notified his intention to propose a vote of censure on the minis'tersior, their general policy. As the standing orders require that every motion shall be signed by at least seven members, six members of the Progressist party had joined M. Rivero in order to enable the motion to be discussed. It is stated in the _Espana that the Pope was informed by tele graph of the refusal of the Senate to try the charge of embezzleMent against M. Santanella, and of the determination taken by the Government to leave it to be dealt •:with by the Ecclesiastical Tribunal ; and it adds that his Holiness was so pleased that he sent a telegraphic despatch to the Queen, warmly congratulating her Majesty, and express ing thanks to Heaven. AMERICA. ' [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The City of Washington, from New York, passed Queenstown yesterday, at 4 p.m., with three days' later news. CANADA. (BY: : ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING. The North Briton has arrived with the Canadian mails of the 26th ult. A telegram from New Orleans gives advices from Veiabiliz to the 14th of March as follows :—" The city of puadalajara was iii "a State of siege on accoun't of the approach of the Liberals. De Gol lado's force : .consisted of but 4,000 men. The Liberals had stationed a strong force at the , National-bridge, to prevent the passage of Miramon. The latter is said to be unprovided with tents. (BY iELEGRAPII TO BOSTON.) NEW YORK, MARCH 25, P.M. is kii' firm.' Missouri Sixes, 86; Louisiana Sixes, 96 ; Virginia Sixes, 971 ; Tennessee Sixes, 91fi ; Erie Third Mortgage BOnds; . 721 ; Illinois Central Bonds, 90-, 5 7 ; ditto. Railroad,. 67; S., 30; Delaware and Hudson Canals,•loo ; 'S., 30; Pacific Mail Company, 78'; New York Central Railroad, 79; Erie Railroad, ,101 ; Harlem, Preferred, 381; Reading Railroad, 491 ; S., 8 ; Harlem Railroad, 511 ; S., 30 ;" Michigan, Southern and Northern Indiana Guaranteed, 441 ; Galena. and Chicago Railroad,. 68 ; Cleteland and Toledo Railroad, 241. Ashes, steady ; pots, 6 dols. ; pearls, 5 dols. 87c. Cotton less.active,but unchanged; midland uplands, 124 c. Flour, Western and State, 5c., to 10c. lower; unsound, 4 dols. 25c. to sdols. 25c. ; superfine State, 5 dols. 50c. to 6 dolS. ; extra State, 6 dols, 40e. to 6 dols. 75c.; round-hoop Ohio, 6 dols. 60c. to 6 dols. 80c. ; common to good extra Western, 6 dols. 50c. to 6 do's. 90c. ; Southern, sales 900 barrels; mixed to good, 6 dols. 40c. to 7 dols. 56c. Grain—wheat dull, and drooping. Western red winter, 1 dol. 48c. ; white Michigan, 1 dol. 65c. red Genessee, 1 dol. 57c. Corn steady. Mixed. Western,. 89c. to 90c., in store and .afloat ; yellow . Jersey, sBc. to 90c. ;• yellow Southern, 90c. AFRICA. [BY ELECTRIC TEL EG RATH.] LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The steamer Athenian has arrived, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa, and 2,621 ounces of gold duSt. Trade was dull in the palm oil rivers, The sorew-steamer :Princess Charlotte, with in valids from China,. arrived at Madeira on the 30th ult., and would leave the following day. 200 men 'ofl .the Ist We. - st India. Regiment had assisted the Sousas tribe in gaining: possession of their town, which had been taken from them by the native tribes of the sources of theTiniminy. THE ARMY.—XI,I7O,OOO is the sum required ily the present Government to be voted " on account" towards defraying the charge of the army service which will come in course of payment during the year 1859-60. THE Navv,—The sums required to be voted on account towards defraying the charges of certain naval ser vices which will come in course of payment during the year ending the 31st of :March, 1859, amount to £2,500,000. EXCHEQUER BONDS.—X2,OOO,OOO is the amount of bonds, dated., Bth of „Nay, 1854, and redeemable at par on the Bth of May, 185, issued per Act 17th of Victoria, cap. 23. THE NAVY. The reports from Malta are to the Ist of April, on which day the British ships of war in Malta harbour were the Marlborough screw line-of-battle ship (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral A. Fan shawe, CoB.), the Hibernia receiving-ship (flagship of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington ' C. 8.) ; the Con queror, the Centurion, and the Princess Royal, screw line : •of-battle ships; the Vulture, paddle frigate; the Argus, screw corvette; the Caradoc, the Tartarus, and the Medina, paddle-steamers ; the Recruit and the Boxer,,steam gun-boats; and the Hearty, steam-tug. The Victor Emmanuel appears to have been de tained at Gibraltar by telegraphic communication from the British Minister at Madrid. The Cadmis, 21, screw steamer, having com pleted het - fitments, is ordered to be taken out of No. 3 dock at Chatham during the present spring tides. She is to be attached to the steam reserve fleet in the Medway. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard for the launch of the Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, to take place on the Ist of June next, immediately after which one of the new screw steamers is ordered to be built at Chatham. The Eurydice, 26, sailing ship, now attached to the fleet of vessels in ordinary at Chatham, is ordered to be navigated from that port to Portsmouth, where she is to be used as a training ship for the naval cad6fs on board the Britannia, 120. The Urgent screw steam troopship, Commander Hire, sailed from Spithead for Jersey at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The PerseVerance screw steam troopship, Com mander Power, was yesterday hauled out of No. 8 dock, at Portsmouth, and afterwards berthed along side the Camperdown hulk in the harbour. The Osborne paddlewheel steam yacht, Master Commander Bower, was moved out of the ship basin in Portsmouth yard yesterday to a berth alongside the Blonde hulk in the harbour. The Sphynx, 6, paddlewheel steamer, was yes terday brought down the harbour and placed in the steam basin in Portsmouth Dockyard, prepara tory, it is said, to some trials being made on board with a distilling apparatus. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. G. Belson, to the Excellent ; William T. Tregidge, master, to the Madagascar ; and Charles J. Dawson, clerk, to the Mersey. THE ARMY. The whole of the troops stationed at Canterbury -were' inspected on Tuesday by the Commander-in- Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who arrived by train shortly before 11 o'clock, and proceeded at once to the barracks, where his Royal Highness was received by the Commandant, Colonel Gibsone. Two small detachments of troops embarked on board the Donald M'Kay, of the Black Ball line, at Liverpool, yesterday. They comprise three officers and 80 men of the 12th Regiment, and one officer and 21 men of the 40th Regiment. They will sail on Thursday (to-day) for Melbourne. The admirable method recommended by the Sanitary .Commission in their recent official inspec tion of Woolwich garrison for furnishing anumber of baths and washhouses for the free accommoda tion of the private soldiers is now complete. Seven of these rooms were yesterday given over to the authorities for that purpose. Each room contains seven spacious baths supplied with hot and cold water at discretion, and are situated so as to be easily accessible, being contiguous to the barrack quarters. THE BALLOT. The Society'for> promoting the adoption . of the vote by Ballot have issued the following address to the electors of the United Kingdom : " Fellow Countrymen,—The Queen's Ministers have!decided to dissolve Parliament to ask your opinion what reform shall be made in the laws regulating the representation of the people. It is therefore our duty to address you as we did at the dissolution of Parliament in 1857 on the question of Free and lilrotected Voting ; iu other words, Vote by Ballot. The present dissolution ,takes place under circumstances more favourable to the ballot than did the last. It is not our foreign policy,' but reform of Parlament, on which the country is appealed to. , Allow us to remind you that all real reform depends on one thing ; you may have a shadow and form of representation, you may have electors and canvassing, and nominations and polls, and members of Parliament, and yet with all these you may have only the form of representation, be cause its life and spirit and reality, the free and uncontrolled choice of the members by the electors, may be wanting. We had all these forms before the first Reform Bill, yet nobody says we had representation before then. We have had all these forms since the Reform Bill, yet Sir James Graham, one of the authors of that bill, confesses that the demand for the ballot increases throughout the country, as the demand for no other measure increases ; and why does it increase except because the people feel it is the ereat security for freedom of election, the real foundation of all their political power. The present Government do not offer you the ballot, they offer you instead a system of voting papers which one of their own Cabinet has condemned, because it will make more easy bribery, intimidation, and the other evils of the present system. Their Whig opponents do not now offer you the ballot, but bear in mind that the ballot was part of the plan of reform recommended in 1831 to the Ministry of Earl Grey by a committee of which Lord john . Russell and Sir James Graham are the surviving members. Fellow-countrymen, be it ours to bring these Whig statesmen back to recommending the ballot for the protection of the voter as they did in 1831. Be not deceived. You may have an eXtezi sion of the suffrage, and a re-distribution of mem bers, but without the ballot you will not attain the full measure of political power which you justly claim. v In Ireland there has been an extension of the suffrage not protected by the ballot, and that extension has not increased but lessened the power of the people at elections. You may have a re distribution of members, but unless those members are really chosen by the people, what greater power in Parliament will you have attained ? Let us follow the example of our fellow -countrymen in the Australian colonies. Those colonies, each possessing a separate and independent parliament, have successively and independently adopted the ballot, because they wished to secure and perpetuate the power of free and independent election. At home, successive Ministries, Liberal and Conservative, have permitted these laws of the colonial parliaments to pass unheeded. Why are our fellow-country men in Australia to have the ballOt, while it is withheld from us ? We are told the ballot is uncon stitutional, immoral, un-English, but the ballot can not be immoral, un-English, and unconstitutional at home, and moral, English, and constitutional in the colonies. Why then do statesmen, liberal or conservative, withhold it from us ? You are told by one who well knows the state of public opinion, that the ballot is almost, if not entirely, within the reach of the constituencies of the United King dom.' Electors, read and mark this, and at the coming election require of those members who vote for the ballot a more hearty and decided support than they have hitherto given. Reject every can didate who is opposed to or hesitates on the ballot. By every means in your power aid us to gain the ballot at once and for ever. '• (Signed, by order of the Executive Committee on behalf of the Society), • " F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, Chairman. "EDWARD C. WHITHURST, Vice-Chairman. " WM. WICKHAM, Hon. Sec. "Offices. of the Society, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, London, E.C., April 5." THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.—The light portion of the first Australian mail under the new contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company was delivered in London yesterday. This mail was brought from Melb ourne to Suez and in the Salsette, one of the company's recently-built screw steam-ships Xotwithstanding several hours' delay ' bag- at King George's Sound, owing to' non - completio lli n there - al a s r e i t .i te made the pas sage between cyclone'arritn eff en th ts e f A o r r au th t I t s ju pu s, ri t i h o e se s , encountering a t s h ag e e 2 b 7 e t t h we h en it. t , he en tw ly o 2 p 4 or h t e s u i r n s i t 6 h d in ay d s, her_ arriving at Suez on The light portion of the mail was cony appointed time. d from Alexandria in the company 'S steamship Panthe r, rived in Loncloir on Tuesday night. The heavy to Marseilles, at a io n n d w a a r; shipped in the I''era, and South ampton on Satuiday, within the period allowed by the indicative of future regularity, i s fully expected tovi3:e!).:11 terms of the contract. If early roinise may be considered the public, for congratulation at th e t rans f erenc e of will have cause the Australian mill service into th e h an d s of the P en insular and Oriental Compeuy. - ITALIAN OPERA IN DUBLIN.--A troupe of Italian artistes, under the direction of Mr. Willert Beale, are now performing withnightly success at the Theatre Royal, Dub • lin. Amongst the leading members of the corpsare—Mme. Grisi, Mme. Viardot Garcia, Mdlle. Sedlatzek, Signor Gra ziani, Signor Langoni, Sin•nor Corsi, and Signor Mario. Not only ha ve these distinguished artists appeared in those corn positias which for many seti.sons past have formed the ' their • Mr Beale has had the privilege repertoire of the London Opera houses, but th . . instrUmentality,,. . _ ~ . . . ntro dueing Verdi's ' Macbeth to a Dublin andienct fore it has been represented either here or in Paris. The Dublin papers speak in the most enthusiastic manner both of the o the performance; and as to Madame Viardot (i played a ily Lady Macbeth), the Da Express remark s p , e h r e a ___,‘ °f. is lady too much cannot be said. Not even Ristori c ould equal her, while she far excelled her only rival in be i ng truthful without exaggeration." Signor Graziani's Macbeth is alluded to in corresponing terms ; and altogether the production is said to be a most laudable precursor of what we are shortly to expect in London. THE .FORGING AND COININI; CO2VSPIRAC''I". William Wagner, ostensibly carrying on business as a law stationer, No. 10, York-buildings, a re turned convict; Frederick Humphreys, jeweller, Redlion-square ; William Wynne Bramwell, agent and furniture dealer, of Meard's-court ; and Andrew FoSter; were put to the bar before Mr. Beadon, at Marlborough street.. Police-court, charged with having formed.part of an extensive gang of forgers and corners, whose operations for some c9nsiderable time past have been mainly directed against Lon don bankers. The prisoners were only brought up pro forma, as the police were not fully prepared with the evi dence which they were engaged in collecting. The case itself is one of the most remarkable that has ever been brought into a police-court, not only from the wide combination of individuals, but also on account of the daring felonies contemplated and, to a certain extent, carried out. About 18 months ago several forged cheques having been passed on different bankers, the police were put in possession of the particulars, and Ser. geant Edward Funnell, the well-known City detec tive, Detective Soy, A 328, an active and intelligent officer, and Sergeant Webb, City Police, were engaged to trace out the offenders, on the responsi bility of Mr. Mullins, the bankers' solicitor. It was suspected that Wagner, who had been transported for forgery, and who was well known to be one - of the cleverest and most expert of the gang of forgers who, before his apprehension, hadbeen victimising the bankers, had found his way to England, and the police were requested to ascertain if this sus picion was correct. With some trouble they dis covered that Wagner had obtained a ticket of leave, and was in. London, and with a partner had esta blind, a law stationery office in York-buildings, Adelphi. The police for months kept their eyes on the firm, and made themselves acquainted with all who went in and out for more than a year, satis fying themselves that a gang of eight or ten persons were at work forging and coining, but yet unable to obtain legal evidence sufficient to warran t an. apprehension, or, at all events, to secure a con viction. The police discovered that forged cheques to a large amount had been passed, that Govern ment had been defrauded to an unknown extent by the forgery of receipt stamps, and that base coins of gold and silver were in process of manufacture, the locality of-which einanufacture they were not then able to ascertain. The week before last a cheque for £2GS was presented at the Union Bank, Regent-street, through the prisoner Foster. The forgery was detected, the prisoner detained, and Soy, who had been on the watch, took him into custody, recognising him as one of the gang which had been under surveillance for a long period. Funnell and Webb were immediately communi cated with, and they apprehended the other three prisoners. At the house in Red Lion-square the officers found a heap of base gold and silver coin, and in an inner room a galvanic battery, and all the recent scientific improvements for counterfeit ing coin. To give some idea of the movements of the gang, at whose head was Wagner, it may be noticed that their principal difficulty was to find strangers, or persons whose appearance was not likely to be suspected, to present the forged cheques. It was in consequence of one of the gang employing a baker to present a cheque that the clue to their proceedings was obtained by the police, The gang are supposed to have obtained £B,OOO, and to have been defeated of thrice that amount by the promptitude of the police, to whom, and to all connected in bringing this case to light and breaking up the gang, the highest praise is due. It also appears that one of the gang offered for £3,000 to disclose to Government the parties who were forging stamps and defrauding the re venue, as asserted, to an immense amount. No evidence was offered yesterday, and the above is the merest outline of one of the best organised conspiracies to plunder ever brought to light. THE CONVICT MARY JONES. This unfortunate young woman, it will be recol lected, was convicted at the present assizes for'the county of Surrey, of the crime of infanticide, and was sentenced to be executed by Mr. Baron Martin, who tried the case. The circumstances were of a very painful character. The prisoner was only 19 years old, and she had been seduced, and was de livered of the child in question at the house of a person where she was staying temporarily, and there was no doubt that, whatever was the charac ter of the act she committed, it took place during the agony of a first confinement, aggravated by the misery and distress of the position in which she was placed, and there was nothing whatever to show that she had any deliberate intention to destroy the life of her unhappy offspring. There was this great peculiarity also in the trial, that no counsel were retained either for the piosecution or the defence, and the only answer to the charge made by the wretched prisoner wh en s h e was called upon for her defence, was, that she was in such agony and dis tress of mind at the time of the occurrence, that she was not aware of what she did. Baron Martin summed up very strongly in favour of a conviction for concealing the birth, but the jury returned a verdict, declarin g , the prisoner guilty of the crime of wilful murder, and the learned judge, upon this finding, had. no alternative but to pass sentence of death upon the wretched young ,woman, who was taken from the bar insensible when the sentence was pro n ounced. The learned judge evidently did not anticipate such a result, but it appears that he immediately addressed a communication to the Home Secretary, in which he expressed his opinion with regard to the case, and that it was not one that at all required the last penalty of the law to be inflicted. In the course of a day or two an• answer to this communi cation was received, to the effect that the sentence, would not be carried out ; and a respite has since been sent to Mr. Keene, the, governor of Horse monger-lane Gaol, under which the execution of the sentence is postponed during her Majesty's pleasure. Ever since her conviction the wretched young woman has been in a most miserable condi tion both bodily and mental, and she has been placed in the infirmary of the prison. The state ment of the respite was made to her by the Rev. Mr. Rowe, the chaplain of the gaol, but she was in so weak a condition that she appeared hardly to understand the effect of the communication ; but she became a good deal agitated when she was told that the result would be that her life would undoubtedly be spared. It will now rest entirely with the Home Secretary, after having communi cated with the learned judge who tried the pri soner, what punishment shall be inflicted in com mutation of the 'original sentence. THE _RIVER A.llfo OR. s t at e Amongst ere all the the first nations to of recognise he h gl globe, , th e United importance of the' Amoor f or commerc i a l purposes, and during the late war, whil s t th e F re nch and Briti s h f orces t in the Pacific were undertaking hostile operations against the Russian settlements, brother Jonathan was found supplying the • infant colony on the Amoor with provisions and oth er articles, from San Francisco and Boston ; whilst the following sum mer, no less than five richly-laden American ships arrived in the Amoor to trade. As, however, but little was known of the commercial wants and requirenaents of the natives, a highly intelligent merchant of San Francisco— Mr. Perry Collins —resolved to go over and explore the country,. to make himself ac quainted, from his own personal inspec tion, with its natural products and capa bilities, and the wants and customs of the natives. To give greater weight to his mission, the American Government appointed Mr. Collins their Consul f o r the Amoor territory; and thus armed with official authority, he started from New York in April, 18,56, and proceeded, via England, to St. Petersburg and Moscow, whence he travelled overland through Siberia to Trkutzk. It was during this part of the journey that Mr. Collins had an opportunity of ascertaining the importance of the Russian overland tea trade with China. The Governor of Nichky-Notorod stated to him that the value of the tea sold at the preceding annual fair of that pl ace amounte d to 6,920,000 roubles. At Tomsk, where the teas that arrive in sledges from Kiachta, are trans ferred to other sledges, he observed immense quan tities of chests of tea lying about on the open ground in all directions ; and between Tomsk and Krasnojarsk, he met every day above a thousand sledges, loaded with all descriptions of Chinese produce, and being carried, via Tumen to Europe. He occasionally heard fears expressed that if this immense traffic were diverted to the Amoor, it could not fail to be a serious loss to Siberia; but he consoled such croakers with the well-grounded hope that any such loss would be more than com pensated by the lively trade that must inevitably be opened up between Siberia and the United States, by way of the Amoor, and that the im mense mineral resources of the country required a much more dense population for their development, and that this increase of inhabitants would neces sarily be the result of close commercial intercourse with other countries. —China Telegraph. The announcement that the Russian Government are about to issue 4 per cent. debentures, which are appa rently intended to be adapted for circulation in Paris and London, as well as at St. Petersburg, seems ill-timed as far as the forthcoming loan is concerned, the prospects of w hi c h have already b een damaged by the recent increase in the warlike preparations of the Emperor Napoleon. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL. 7, 1859