The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-08 00:00:00

• ER " MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- H LES HU OTS. BY DE SI RE THIS EVENING (Saturday), will be repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Matldle. Titiens ; Raoul di NAngis, Signor Giuglini. To conclude with the Second Tableau ofMPS the new Ballet, FLETJR DES CHA. The principal parts by Madiles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at half-past 7 o'clock. A limited number of boxes have been resnved to the pub ic, price 21s. and 31s. 6d. each, which may be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOVANNI. Oa TUESDAY next, May 11, will be presented Mozart's chef d'oenTre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piceolomini ; _Don Giovanni, Sig- Nor Beneventano (his first appearalee this season;; Leporello, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; Il Commenda tore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglini. To increase the effect of the majestic finals of the lst act, Including the chorus, "Viva la liberta." all the principal artistes of the estab ishment have consented to lend their assistance. In addition to the music restored las', year, Madlle. Titiens will sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ah no mio bone," hitherto omitted. On Thursday, May 13, (Extra Night), will be repeated IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madlle. Titiens; Azucena, Madame Alboni (her 2d appearance this season) • Manrico, Signor Giuglini ; Fer rando, Signor Vialetti ; and 11 Conte di Luna, Signor Aldi ghieri. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by Marmot, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles, Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand. Friday, May 14 (Extra N i g ht ) , DON GIOVANNI will be repeated. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. TELEA.TRE ROYAL, IittYMA.RICET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with . Shakespere's comedy of TWELFTH NIGHT. Sir Andrew Agnechetk, Mr. Buckstone ; Viola, Mrs. Ch tries Young. After which a C'assical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding wit't JOHN JONES. Orchestra 5t.113 (which may be retained the whole of tht. evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 G Upper Boxes. Pt 2 0 Pit . 1 0 Gallery ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARM?. After wtiich KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude w;th the new farce, eutitlel SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL rill. Lessee—Mr. Bea. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the fourth time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY MANNERING. Meg Morriloes, Madam 3 Celeste ; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. B. Webster. After which, the second act of THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Rolm, Keeley, and Arden. TRAND THE A.T RE. —Les3ee and Directress, Miss S wanborongh. —Thii Evening will he pre3euted the COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Me igresou, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portma ,, , and Messrs Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA. DIAVOLO ; of The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr C. Young. Followed by a now Farce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SHILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, hay, and Miss M. Ternan. riANTERBURY HALL, Weataurmer-roa. L. X} OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow I nig company of Vocalists are engaged for the pevformance S Ilections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, dm, viz.:—Hiss Russell, Sirs Badzey, Aiss Brn iell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montagne, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, 3, Toner, J. Barker, W Melling, Senor An onio, E. L, Rime, Mr, Badzey, Mr Edwards, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mfr Bernard ; Messrs. T, Maclagan, W. T. Critchqeld, John G. Forde, and E. Mackoey Piano orte, Mr, Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dzs., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Ch tries Kean, Esq ) will have the honour of introducin3., every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. THE WE ‘THER—Srnt Ornoz, MAT 8. IneaIiOSIETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—bighest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and daring the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, WIND, North•Ealterly; light, with fine cloudy weather, HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. TR7B DAT—Morn., 26 min. aft. 9 -Even., 1 min. aft. 1 , To-Kowtow —Morn., 35 min. aft. 10 -Even., 6 ca'n aft. 1 *, 4 I 4,4 er:.l) t aS),I4 1,4 4,e, p , " . ' SLONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1858. THE CANNING PROCLAMATION. We must congratultte the Times on having a. hat dipcoverecl how the CANNING proclamation may be used to damage the Government. Yes terday the_ Leviathan was quite off the rails, and inadvertently recommended the very course whict, Ministers had decided on pursuing. To-day it has dissevered the mistake, and so we have an articl., deed tring that Lord CANNING'S outrageous proclamation ought t) lot) def'ended by Miuistev, simply because Lord CANNING must not be attacked. It will be very satisfactory to Lord CANNING to be now defended by the very journal which was the firs to run him down ; but at this his Lordshil, will not be at all surprised, for when the Tinier was his enemy, it was generally supposed that Lord CANNING'S reputation was gone. The best of prosperity is, that it brings with it the praises of the Leviathan. We hear a great deal said about the indis cretion of Mr. DISRAELI. All the of 1 Whigs, wln. have grown grey in office, are shocked at the idea of a Minister giving a plain answer to a plain question! Whether Lord CANNING'S proclamation be good or bad, just or outrageous, there was but one course of en to Ministers, that of heaping adulation, upon both CANNING and his proclamation. So say the old Whigs. We are glad to find that Mr. DISRAELI does' not entertain such red tape notions, and that he allowed no bureaucratic reserve to prevent him from frankly repudiating Lord CANNING'S monstrous act of spoliation. We should, indeed, have been humi liated if, even for a day, that iniquitous measure had gone forth to Europe, ratified by the implied sanction of her MAJESTY'S Government. As to the notion which all the tapists, such as PANMURE, SMITH, and WOOD, have got hold of, that Lord CANNING'S authority will be weakened by Mr. DISRAELI'S manly declaration, we never heard anything more absurd. The despatch is dated April 19th, so that it will have arrived in India, and the proclamation will have been cancelled, long before the Oudeans—even supposing them to take in the Times—become aware of the censure with which her Majesty's Government have justly visited Lord CANNING'S intemperate policy. The despatch in reticence, reference to laid before Parlia ment, nceqOL7rd CANNING'S Oude proclamation has meta, in fulfilment o f tile v a le ni dg e e gli.gvenon. Thurs daylla-ill:. evening, Ther e i s o ia pro ductive two paragraphs being eras e d from the been co py, inasmuch as they might have publishedb active of mischie f, i f published. Well might o the GJvcrno:- G:!r.c:3l have , x - . 1,- inieJ, "S.,: e me fro n my friends ;" for it was those who called tl emselves his friends (!) that forced the expla nations, and compelled the Government to de clare that they did not approve of the important document which he had issued without the sanc tion or authority of the Home Government. After the admirable speech of L. DE ABY, it can scarcely be argued that the course pursued by Lord CANNING was either wise or equitable. There was a vast difference between the mutinous sepoys and those who bad never partaken of our salt or received our bounty—as wide as that existing between rebels—treacherous and bloodthirsty rebels—and fair and avowed enemies. The con duct that it would be weakness to refrain from so far as the former were concerned, would be heart less cruelty to the latter, who might have con sidered themselves not only justified, but impera tively called on to take up arms in what they be lieved to be the cause of their national indepen dence. During the early part of the insurrection Lord CANNING was justly censured for undue leniency ~ owards the insurgents. It was then necessary to 'flake a striking example that would have deterred others from entering the field against us, and more especially have struck terror into all who had ill treated the helpless fugitives or prisoners who fell into their hands. There could be no compromise with those who 'gad murdered in cold blood, or even more cruelly f.reated our countrymen and countrywomen, but those who were unstained by such atrocities .hould not only have their lives and honours, but , heir properties, respected, and they should have had early intimation thereof, so that they might not be driven into a desperate and reckless resist mice to the British supremacy. It was perfectly right that those who had been " steadfast in their allegiance," or even neutral during the crisis, should be not only maintained in their former positions, but even rewarded for their fidelity. But it was certainly going too far is given as a► duty, and by universal experience it is found that a sense of duty itself will not enforce attention, except to an amount far below what is required for a two or three hours' service. We do not wonder, therefore, that the great majority of clergymen, bishops in cluded, appreciate but feebly the sentiments of lay men, when the latter demand loss of even so good a thing as the Liturgy. Its devotional merits no one denies, but brevity is, on the highest autho rity of all, one of the most important quali .0 declare that with these few exceptions, "the proprietary soil of Oode should be confiscated to Lhe British Government." ties of devotion. HE, who certainly knew best, suggested a very brief model, indeed, MA.RSEILLES, MAY 7. Letters from Naples state that the Neapolitan government is about shortly to publish new cus toms tariffs, which will lower considerably the import duties ; in fact, the maximum duty on foreign goods is not to exceed 20 per cent. The King has returned from Gaeta to Naples. The rumour that the Hereditary Prince is about to visit Vienna, and Count de Trapani, London, is incorrect. as the "manner after which we were to pray." Our Church listens to his instructions by introducing that model of brevity some half dozen tin es in one service, besides a host of other devotional or theological compositions. We think the laymen's ease unanswerable. In point of fact Lord EBURY'S arguments were not answered. That sects within, the Church would quarrel over the proposed retrenchments was no argument against the merits of the de mand itself, yet this was all that was alleged of any cogency for the indefinite procrastination of what will surely be accomplished some day. Nor de we see much in the argument itself. The demand really is for liberty of retrenchment, not for alteration of creeds. The complaint is that we are made to pray till we utter words, not prayers ; we do not want to alter quality, but quantity—that, at least, is the gene. ral feeling. No doubt Puseyites would like to restore a little Ronaanism, and Evangelicals to exclude what there is of it, from the Liturgy, but the great mass of the people only want such cur tailments as shall spare them weariness in divine worship. Nearly opposite to us is the well known Exeter-hall : Lnrd SHAFTESBURY and his coadjutors did curtail the Liturgy for their "occasional services for the working classes" there. They cut it down to the Litany, with two or three additional prayers, and two or three hymns. We believe that part •of the ser vice was generally approved by the audience as a great improvement on the cumbrous " duty" in the old parish churches. With one thing we could but be much struck in the debate ; the complete subjection which it implied of the Church to the State. Dissenters will certainly read it with some curiosity, and we shall not fail to see it noticed in their organs. Here is the Church confessing that, as a Church, it cannot modify its prayers and creeds in the smallest measure, without a Royal Commission, and the sanction of both Houses of Parliament. We may disguise it as we will, but the fact is, that all the Dissenters in the House of Commons-- and all " the Papists and Infidels" must give their sanction to any alteration which the Church of England may wish to make. Nay, more, it is in the competency of the three secular powers to make such alterations in the Book of Common Prayer as they may think de sirable, whether the dignitaries of the Church like it or not. Practically, of course, such a proceeding is not a very likely one. Our High and Dry Churchmen, however, may contemplate their constitutional position with advantage. As a matter of fact, Mr. HAD FIELD, or Mr. BOWYER, or Mr. ROEBUCK, has a perfect right to discuss in the House of Commons any part of the service itself of the Church of England with a view to its altera tion High Churchmen may vapour as they please in convocation, but it is the act of uni for mitt' which makes their Church what it is, and those who passed that Act can pass another Act either of uniformity or liberty whenever they please. New shocks of earthquake have thrown down many of the houses which were damaged by the last shocks in the citerior principality and the Basilicata. So sweeping a clause was calculated, as we have already stated, to drive them to desperation, and render• the task of pacification and subjugation far more onerous than it would otherwise have been. Et is not sufficient to say that " the Governor- General will be ready to view liberally" the claims which may be acquired to indulgence. Something more was indispensable ; and although Lord CAN NING might not have been disposed to act with undue severity in all cases, there can be no doubt that the people might, from the language of hi s proclamation, be easily induced to take that view ,f the caw. Under su: - .1 circumstances the Government would have abdicated their functions had they refrained from expressing their disapproval of the ill-advised and inopportune proclamation. Had hey acted otherwise they would have become par icipators in the policy resorted to. But there vas nothing to compel a resignation—nothing to nake Lord CANNING throw up his situation in lisgust. He was really but the servant of the Home Government, not the Dictator of India, tie modern Mogul. It was a total misconception of his position that induced his over zealous friends to force the explanations that were elicited. Should he think himself bound to return home, %hey must be deemed responsible. For, as Lord ELLENBOROUGH declared, the present Government neither desire nor dread that resignation. Some progress was made last night in the resolutions respecting the future govern eent of India. The vexed question of Secre tary of State or President of the Council was discussed just as seriously as if it were a mattor ,n which the future welfare and prosperity of he Anglo-Indian Empire, with its 180,000,000 )f British subjects, mainly depended Tue Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, solved the lifficulty by an intermediate course, substituting the words "responsible Minister of the Crown" for "Secretary of State or President of the Council." The compromise was eagorly ac cepted, and the third resolution was c)nse fluently withdrawn. We have already ex ,,lained why we preferred the designation of " Secretary of State" to that of President. ft was mainly because the farmer style and title more clearly indicated the connexion with the Crown, and the responsibility of the Minister for the time being, and rendered the total disseve rance from the moribund Canapany more clear and unequivocal to the natives of India than it night otherwise have been, that we preferred it. nowever, the term, " one of the respousiole Ainisters of the Crown," will answer every pur pose, and if any elnsider the ratan- worthy of z'tirther discussion it can be decided when the bill ar the resllutions is iu cminaittee. The fourth resolution, relating to the appoint neat of a Council, and its Constitution, was aroposed and partially agreed to. Its consid-ration vill be resumed on Tuesday evening, when the really important points—viz., th© number of the proposed Council and its constitution—will be decided on. All parties are agreed that therc , hall be such a Ginned, and the real points at 1 . -33 ue, respecting its functions and authority, will then be determined. NAPLES, MAY 7. The Customs tariff is to be considerably reduced. importation atorem ef is not correct. Theduty statement a t t e o m b e e n2tst per e a r t e t e h n e t maximumadv The Hereditary Prince is about to depart for Vienna with Count Trapani, and to proceed to London. Another earthquake has completed the destruction of the houses in the provinces already devastated. MADRID, MAY 7. Yesterday the Queen suspended the sittings of the Cortez by royal decree. Senor Diaz, Minister of the Interior, has given in his resignation. The Minister of Justice replaces him ad interim. A telegraphic despatch from Lisbon states that the elections for the Cortez have begun all over the kingdom. At Lisbon all the Ministerial can didates have been returned. We learn from Athens that the Chambers have voted 44,200,000 -drachmas for iucreasiiig the navy. It is believed that Turkey and Greece will accept the arbitration of the Powers in the difference which has arisen in respect to consular jurisdiction. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Pays affirms that in a private despatch Sir Culin Campbell has urgently demanded large and immediate reinforcements, on account of the great losses the army has sustained by sickness and the enemy's fire. Notwithstanding the taking of Lucknow (says the Pays), Oado is in full insurrection, and the re volt, instead of being trodden out, extends daily. The Queen of Holland has arrived. " Prince Orl .ff," sap the Gazette de France, will arrive in PariA ill a few days. His visit has nothing whatever lo do with politics, the only object of it 13 , ing to be present at the marriage of his son, Colonel Orloff, with the daughter of the Prince Troubetskoi." The Monsieur says :—" His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon left Paris yesterday at noon, by a special train on the Eastern Railway, to meet her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands at Stras bourg. The Parisians are still disquieted at the changes that are to be made in the gardens of the Tuileries, so long th it favourite promenade. There 's a great deal of murmuring and discontent at what the Parisians regard as an encroachment. If these works are carried out to the extent reported, it would look as if it were intended to improve the Palace in a s t ra t eg i ca l point of view. The state of Marshal Bosquet's health has be come alarming. He was visited yesterday by the Archbishop of Paris. The Univers contains the following views on the Cagliari question : " The. had faith of England encroaches on the jurisdiction of the King of Naples; it denies the right of the Neapolitan tribunals to seize the ves sel, and never was the tight of nations treated with greater contempt. Diplomatists of other countries would shrug their shoulders at this conduct, were Europe not held in check by the English navy and its liberty of action and thqught not paralysed by terror. The conspiracy organised against the King of Naples will not so soon come to an end ; it is comprised in the general plan of conflagration drawn up by the refugees in London. After the Cagl ari will appear some,- other vesiel, and some E-glishti.an or other w ll always be found la ady to offer a pretext for the quarrel. the journals invite the King of Naples to bumble hinrselt, and they even insinuate that the sovereigns of Europe recommend this cou.se. Of this we are not aware ; but he has attained the age when advice is given rather than received. Finally, a foreign mediation is suggested for the termination of the difficu'ty. We could . understand a mediation, were the question an internatienal one • but it simply refers to individuals submi ted to Neapoli tan justice. To drag the verdicts of the law courts of Naples before the jurisdiction of Fiance or England would be tantamount to destroying the indepi;.ndence of States. Should the Government of Naples refuse to pay the indemnity, it will be exposed to the operations of the English pirates. This sight would be an instructive one, and per haps, in the end, it would not torn to the advan tage of Great Britain. Europe would feel hurt by this vielation of the right of nations. Should mo tives of prudence lead the King of Naples t o capi tulate, he will doubtless decide on breaking off all relations—comererc al or otherwise—with England and English subjects. BOURSE, May 7.—The following were the closing quotations 4} per Cents 93 70 ARRIVAL OF THE iVEJV GOVERNOB OF MALT 4. VALETTA, May I.—Our new Governor, Sir John Gaspard Lu Marchant, accompanied by Lady Le Marchant and family, and Capt. Brett, 76 h Regi ment, his aide-de-camp, arrived here yesterday in the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indus from Southampton. On landing, his Excellency was received by a guard of honour formed by a com pany of the 21st Fusiliers, and a salute was fired from Fort St. Elmo. The Palace-square was crowded with spec•ators de,irous of hiving a view of their new Governor, and their natui al curiosity was satisfied by li s Excellency driving to the palace in an open carriage, accompanied by the Chief Secretary to Government, the Eton. Victor Hold . on ; his private secretary, Col. Le Marchant, and Capt. Brett, aide-de-camp. On entering the square Sir Gaspard courteously acknowledged the respectful salutations of the public present • and at tl:e same time a guard of honour presented arms, whilst the band struck up " God save the Queen." At noon his Excell ncy, in the presence of Sir W. Reid, late Governor of Malta, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, commanding her Majesty's troops; Rear-Admiralthe Hon. Sir M.. Stopfurd ; Dr. Tomlinson, Bishop of Gibraltar ; and the principal mil tarp and civil officers took the usual oaths of all-giance and administration, which were publicly adminisered by the President of the Courts cf Justice, in the grand hall of St. Michael and St. George. Her Majesty's commission, constituting his Excellency the Governor of Malta, was previ ously read in a loud and distinct voice by the chief secretary to Government, there being a large at tendance of the principl inhabitants. linmediat,ly after the oaths were taken a proclamation was pub- Hatted to inform the public that his Excellency had assumed his function. J o - end month . Indian questions may be uninteresting in them selves to most of our readers, and they may mo destly think them to be hardly within their eom pttency, but the subject of the House of Lords' debate, as reported in The Sun of yesterday, must come home to half our countrymen at least, and 13 ceitsinly one on which they are better able to give an impartial verdict than the whole bench of Bishops. Does our " incompar able Liturgy," our famous old Prayer-book, need revision ? Does it need adaptation to the wants or even to the wishes of the men of the presea day ? Should we like some change to be made iu the length or arrangement of the services ? These are, at least, Sunday questions, with half the wor shippers of the country, and they understand, and must be far better judges of the case, than those who read the prayers. We must insist on the claim of the laymen to be the best judges of the book they hear read to them every Sunday. Performers are not the best critics of their own work. Bow often do we see a speaker at a pubic meeting, quite inte rested himself, when either by the matter of his speech, or by his prolonging remarks beyond a reasonable length, he has become unendurable to his hearers. Ironical cheers, shuffling ' o f f„t , coughs, and general restlessness, admonish the man, if he has ears to hear and eyes to see, that he had better stop. 3 per Cent. .. 69 •'5 Do. end m0uth....., 69 85 Bank Shares ..... 3115 Credit Mobilier 750 Do. Acc0unt........, 759 RAILWAYS. Orleans .............. 12671 Northern ...... . New Ditto — Lyon and Mediteran. 7771 New Ditt0...... — Geneva The pubic are now engaged criticising the ap pearance and looks c f our new G o vernor, and, if the ,cience of physiognomy can be at all known by the Maltese, it is atteady in favour of his Excel lency, who, to judge by first impressions, has the countenance of a stern bat ju , t man. Sir Wm. R e eil, our late Governor, left Malta this morning in the Peninsular anl Oriental steamer Benares. Credit Foncier Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) Roman 9l. Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 33 FOR CAM': Midi Western 6lO Strasburg Grand Central S3viinian Austrian TURK.E V. The fleet under Lord Lyons is still in sight of this island. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Vulture left this morning for ClibraltAr, to be placed at the dispichal of some Morocco princes. We have received the Constantinople journals and letters to the 28th ult., brought by the Mersey. When Fuad Pacba left on that day for Trieste, on his way to P ar i s, h e was accom p an i e d by Salaired din Bey, son-in-law of the Grand Vizier, Ali Bey, Secretary of the Minister of Marine, Davoud- Effendi, Secretary of the International Commis sion of the Danube, and Dr. Servien. On the day previous to the departure of the packet, a rather sharp shock of earthquake was felt, ac companied by a noiFe similar to that of the discharge of, several pieces of artillery. No damage is mentioned as having been csused. lu trigucswere said to be at work in anticipation of the future election of the Moldo-Wallachian Hos podars. It was reported that several of the leading inhabitants of Moldavia and Wallachia, belonging both to the unionist and anti-unionist party, in tend to visit Paris at the time of the Conference, in order to act as non-offi3ial advisers to the members during the discussion of the question of the Princi palities. Were it not that we have all of us too much religion in us, and too much sense of propriety, to do such things in the Templees would of n the Aloot witness srHlon, how many of our churches similar scenes on every Sunday in the year ? Clergymen, like other speakers, are not aware of the weariness of their congregations. They are actively engaged themselves, and the tune does not hang so heavy on their hands, bc cause they have something to do ; but it is far Qtlaerwise with their congregation; the, for the more part, passive listeners to what they have heard a t h ousand times, and hear every week. ° nder this condition, attention has to be com pelled. I t i s not attracted involuntarily by the freshness of the matter, or by its variety and live liness, the chief causes of attention with an audi ton for secular purposes; attention to the Liturgy RUSSIA. A letter from Posen, in the Post An pt Gazette, says : " The little revolts of peasantry in Russia which began about a month ago in the district of Georgenburg become more numerou , and extend to the extremity of Russia, since we have learned of some having taken place near Bardiou•k, on the Oki, not far from Orel. But they do not assume a character menacing to the Government, and are promptly terminated whenever the au thorities ix terveue. In Lith uan ia, it is true, neither me naces nor arrests p ro d uc d an y e ffect on the peasants, but corporal p un i s h men t s were found efficacious. At Tauroggen, near the frontier of E xstern Prussia, it was necessa r y t o asFem ble a considerable fo r ce in or dcr to quell th e revolt. In Poland, properly so called, the regularisation of the situation of h peasants presents no difficulties, since serfage no longer exists ; but it is not tue same in Lithuania, r where a series of partial risings have t aken p lace, which have extended as far as Minsk , Grodno, and Binlyst. k. The pPasants, in a general way, get on horseback, and, proceeding to the chateau of the lord, announce that they shall perform no more forced labour. The Government finds itself much embarrassed by these circuinst maces, for the peasants testify great attachment towards it and are only hostile to the n0b:14." The Piedmontcse Sen.te, in its siting of the 4th, passed the bill r.:lat . vo to the poser.' c-inven tion with England already vote" by the other Chamber. The Chamber of Deputies was engaged in the discussion of a bill for reorganising the con sular service, all the articles of which were voted, the final adoption being adjourned to the following sitting. A letter from Copenhagen states that the pre luilluary works fcr the construction of four THE SUN, LOND'ON, SATURDAY._ EVENI"NO, MAY 8, 1858, 'lr". T7l large coast batteries, forming the first part of r T 4;7 NEW S. I the works destined to , defend Copenhagen, which were lately approved by the Supreme Council, have been commenced. The Chamber of Representatives of Belgium on Wednesday adopted unanimously the bill approv ing of the treaty of commerce and navig ►tioo be tween Belgium and the Republic of Venezuela. The Mqdridijournals of the 3d contain no political news. The small squadron destined for Fernando- Po was being fitted out with all despatch in the dockyards of Ca rasa. THE COURT AND PRIVY COUNCIL. Her Majesty the Qaeen held a Court and Privy Coun cil yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court the Right lion. Sir Henry Bulwer, G.C.8., had an audience on his return from the Princi palities, and was presented to her Majesty by the Earl of Malmesbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Hon. Henry Ge)rge Howard, her Majesty's En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence, was presented to her Majesty, to take leave, by the Earl of Malmesbury. The Marquis of Bath had an audience of the Queen. Mr. Henry Watson Parker, late Principal Secretary of New S ,uth Wales, was presented to the Queen by Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and received from her Majesty the honour of Knighthood. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the most noble William Duke of Devonshire to be Lord Lieuten• ant of the county of Derby, his Grace was sworn into office before the Queen in Council. A piTc'arnation was issued for the election of a Scotch poor in the room of the late Earl of Morton, to take place on the 31 of June. The Earl of Dalkeith was sworn into office before the Lords of the Privy Council as Lord Lieutenant of the 1 county of Dumfries, The Earl of Ca,yalort an uut Caere Proby have arrived at their residence, 28, Lowndes-street, for the season. The Countess Dowager of Glasgow and Miss Catherine Sinclair have arrived at 18, Chesil:lca-place, for the season. Lord and Lady Camoys arrived in Albemarle-street, an Monday, from S:onor Park, Oxforiehire. We regret to hear that the Hon. Mrs. Francis Stonor is Eufftling from severe indisposltion. The Bishop c,f Miriam has arrived at 19, Bruton street, from Auckland Castle, Durham. The Count and Conntras de Bt. , rikt , ff and family have arrived at the Brunswick litAtl, St. James's, from Rus-ia. Sir VC'. Gib:on Craig, l•.r.s arrive at Fe .t n'i from Riccarton, N.B. Sir Robert and Lady Gerard have arrived at tLe Clarendon from G.trawood, near Wartington. The name of Capt. Bishop Culpeper was accidentally omitted from the list of company present at the banquet to Marshal the Duke of Malakoff at tue Army and Navy Club on .Thurodly evet kg% Mrs. - Languevilte Clarke and Miss Clarke have ar-- eived at the green's Hotel, Upper Nurwoud, from Brighton. • THi REVOLT OF OUDE. The following is a copy of the despatch laid on he talA of both houses last night : " The Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company - L., the Governor- General of India in Council. " April 19, 1858. " Our letter of the 24th of March, 1858, will have put you in possession of our general views with respect to the treatment of the people in the event of the evacuation of Lucknow by the enemy. " 2. On the 12th inst. we received from you a copy of the letter, dated the 3d March, addressed by your Secretary to the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner in Oude, which letter enclosed a , py of the Proclamation to be issued by the Chief Commissioner as soon as the British troops should have command of the city of Lucknow, and con veyed instructions as to the manner in which he was to act with respect to different classes of persons, in execution of the views of the Governor-General. "3. The people of Oude will see only the Pro clamation. " 4. That authoritative expression of the will of the Government informs the people that six persons, who are named as having been steadfast in their allegiance, are henceforward the sole here ditary proprietors of the lands they held when Oude came under British rule, subject only to such moderate assessment as may be imp sed upon them ; that others in whose favour like claims may be established will have conferred upon them a pro portionate measure of reward and honour ; and that with these exttvtions the proprietary right in the soil of the province is confiscated tt, the British Government. "5. We cannot but express to you our apprehen sion that this decree, pronouncing the digit' hetison of a people, will throw difficulties almost insur mountable in the way of the re-establishment of peace. 6. We are under the impression that the war in Oude has derived much of its popular character from the rigorous manner in which, without regard to what the chief landholders had become accus tomed to consider as their iiv,hts, the summary settlement had, in a large portion of the province, been carried out by your off.:ors. "7. The landholders of India are as much at tached to the soil occupied by their auceitors, and are as sensi ive with respect to the rights in the soil they deem themselves to possess, as the occupers of land in any country of which we have a know ledge. "8. Whatever may be your ultima'e and undis closed intentions, your Proclamation will appear to deprive the great body of the people of all h•ipe upon the subject most dear to them as individuals, while the substitution of our rule fo, that of their native Sovereign has naturally excited against us whatever they may have of national feeling. " 14. We must admit that, under these circum stances, the hostilities which have been carried on in Oude have rather the character of legitima e war than that of rebellion, and that the people of Oude should rather be regarded with indulgent conside ration than the made the objet's of a pi-nalty ex ceeding in extent and in severity almost any which has been recorded in history as inflicted upon a sut.dued nation. " 15. Other conquerors, when they have suc ceeded in overcoming resistance, have excepted a few persons as still de-erving of punlshinent, but hare, with a generous policy, extended. their cle mency to the great body of the people. " 16. You have acted upon a different principle. You have reserved a few as deserving of special favour, and you have struck with what they will feel as the severest of punishment the mass of the inhabitants of the country. " 17. We cannot but think that the precedents from which you have departed will appear to have been conceived in a spirit of wisdom superior to that which appears in the precedent you have made. " 18. We'desire that you will mitigate in prac tice the stringent severity of the decree of confisca tion you have issued against the landholders of Dade. "19. We desire to see British authority in India rest upon the willing obedience of a contented people ; there cannot be contentment where there is a general confiscation. "20. Government cannot long be mlint lined by any force in a country where the while people is tendered hostile by a sense of wrong ; and if it were possible so to maintai❑ it, it would not be a consummation to be de=iced." The following is tie Proclamation which is thus c3ndemned : " PROCLAMATION. "The army of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is in possession of Lucknow, and the city lies at the mercy of the British Government, whose authority it has for nine months rebelliously defied and resisted. " This resistance, begun by a mutinous soldiery, has found support frlin the inhabitants of the city ant of the province of Oude at large. Many who owed their pro sperity to the British Government, as well as those who believed themselves aggrieved by it, have joined in this bad cause, and have ringed themselves with the enemies of the State. " They have been guilty of a great crime, and have sub jected themselves to a just retribution. " The capital of their country is now once more in the hands of the British troops. "From this day it will be held by a force which nothing can withstand, and the authority of the Government will be carried into every corner of the province. " The time, then, has come at which the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India deems it right to make known the mode in which the British Government will deal with the talookdars, chiefs, and landholders of Oude and their followers. " The first care of the Governor-General will be to re ward those who have been steadfast in their allegiance at a time when the authority of the Government was partially overborne, and who have proved this by the support and assistance which they have given to British officers. "Therefore the Right Lion. toe Governor-General hereby declares that " Drigliejjie Singh, Rajah of Bulrampore; Koolwunt Singh, Rajah of Pudnaha ; " Rao Hurdeo Buksh biugh, of Kutiaree ; " Kaeheepershatid, Talookdar of Sissaindee; " Zuhr Singh, Zetnindar of Gopaul Kheir ; an 1 4, eh en e teeloll, Zernindar of Moraon (Baiswarah) are henceforward the sole hereditary proprieto:s of the lands which they held when Oude came under British rule, subject only to such moderate assessment as may be im posed upon them, and that those loyal men will be further rewarded in such manner and to such extent as, upon con sideration of their merits and their position, the Governor- General shall determine. 0 A proportionate measure of reward an 1 honour accord. ing to their deserts will be conferred upon others in whose favour like claims may be established to the satisfaction of the Government. "The Governor-General further proclaims to the psople of Onde that, with the above-mentioeed exceptions, the proprietary right in the soil of the province is confiscated to the British Government, which will dispose of that right in such manner as it may seem fitt;ng. " To those talookdars, chiefs, and landholders, with their followers, who shall make immediate submission to the Chief Commissioners of Oude, surrendering their arms and obeying his order, the Right Hon. the Governor-General promises 'hat their lives and honour shall be safe, provided that their hands are unstained with English blood murder ously shed. " But, as regards any further indulgence which m a y b e extended to thm, and the condition in which they may hereafter be placed, they must throw themselves upon the justice and mercy of the British Government. " To those among them who shall promptly come for ward and give to the Chief Commissioner their support in the restoration of peace and order this indulgence will be large, and the Governor-General will be ready to view liberally the claims which they may thus acquire to a res titution of their former rights. "As participation in the murder of Englishmen and Englishwomen will exclude those who are guilty of it from all mercy, so will those who have protected English lives be specially entitled to consideration and leniency, "By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India. " G. F. EDMONSTONE, Secretary to the Government of India. " Allababad, March 14." ALMACK'S REVIVED.—These highly attractive re. unions wi.l be revived during the present se.son uncer the highest patronage. The success of the ball given in honour of tie wedding of the Princess Royal, in January last, wag so complste that it has been al rarge i to t ive a series of three tolls this year on the following dit3s :—Thursday, May 27 ; nuisday, June 17 ; and Thursday, June 24. FULL COURT OF DIVORCE.—This Court, whioh alone has Prisiiction to dissolve the marriage contrac';, will open on Monday n< xi, the loch inst. Lord Campbell will preside, the Lr.rd Chanceliar heir.g unable to attt The Court, to be "full," requires three judges at least, but there may be more. DARING ROBBERY.—As the brougham of Col. the Right Hon. William Tighe was proceeding up Palk about 11 o'clock on Thursday evening, a man let down the blind fgt.(' abstract d the cushions. He was seen by a gentleman who called to the coachman, but the thif f CHEQUES ON BANKERS.—A rigiundsrstanding appear ing ts, prevail that the adhesive stamps of applicable to rec ipts or draughts on demand will not be useable for chsques on hankers drawn within 15 miles of the place of payment hen the duty themon shall become payable we are autheri , ed to state that it will be entirely optional with the public to u..e either the adhesive stamps above-mentioned or an impressed stamp, in the same way as they may now do, and have hitherto done, on cheques drawn beyond 15 miles. LITERATURE. The National Magazine. The first thing that greets the reader in opening the .I.‘ ational Magazine is one that immeliately arrests his attention : for it holds over him the spell exercised by the name of one whose hand has lately dropped the pen ; and even though these citations from "The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold," are full of jests and mirthful satire, yet something of solemnity mingles with them the shadow of a recent grave. Were it not for the leniency inspired by this recollection, we might say that the extracts are scarcely worthy of the author's reputation and their own pretentious introduction. The repartee or playful sarcasm which may sparkle in a social circle loses its point in print or seems trivial. But some things are among this collecti n that are well worth notice. We subjoin a few samples : A CARELESS HOUSEMAID, That girl would break the Bank — of if she put her hand upon it. THE ESTATE OF THE MIND. There are estates in this merry England held by single owners—estates which a good horseman could scarcely cover between sunrise and sunset. How glorious the scenes ! What majestic Wool B—temples for time itself ! What briebt and bounteous waters ! What bills, gol den and waving with the triumphs of the sower! What vary►ng rioliness of bill, dale, forest, and flood ! And all this belongs to one man. But are there no other estates as true (albeit not as tangible) as the earthly domain of the earthly noble I Give him a few sheets of paper, an 1 in a few days or weeks a noble c f atiother sort wilt create a domain which neither scrivener can convey nor usurer seize upon. Here are wo ,ds never to be overthrown by gambler's dice—c, rn.helds and meadows that defy the ace of trumps, ay, all the bun ours, let them be packed and shufflad with the rarest delight. Eernity alone can foreclose upon them. A GOLDEN RULE. Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life—never, never have a friend that's poorer than yourself. DESCRIPTION OF A SCOUNDREL. Jerrold—" Teat scoundrel; sir ! Why, he'd abarpen a kuife upon his lather's tom .stone to kill ins mother 1" PEACE. We love peace as we abhor pusillanimity ; but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of man than war is destructive of his material body. Chains are worse than bayonets. UGLY TRADES. The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure, Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment. SNAPDRAGONS. Human worldly life is a game at snapdragons ! Reader, cast up a few of your acquaintance on your fingers and thumbs, and say,—have we not propounded a truth subtle as light, and "deep almost as life?" Have we not, by the magic of the sentence, brought to your memory the pushing, elbowing, scrambling, succes- fat folks, who, intent upon the plums, have dashed their hands into the world's bowl, and clutched the savoury fruit ? And do you not now remember the weak and !nckless, who have been pushed and pushed away from the feast, who have now plucked up heart, and tried to scramble to the bowl—have now grasped the hot plums, have serried them within hair',-breadth of their lips,— and lo ! they have been suddenly j .rked, or pushed, or elbowed hence; the plums hate dripped from their fingers, and, dejected, worn out, they have retired from the struggle, feeling that it was not for them that plums were gathered and the bowl was filled ? - - Among the remaining contents of the maga zine we may mention a pleasant paper, which traces the for une3 and characters of the people the author met in an omnibus and in a shop, dipping iuto many an imaginary romance, which might yet be inferior to the real dramatic interest of the lives bef,re him. The numerous woodcuts are not so good as Might be expected. It would be far better to give fewer prints of a higher character. The recent lives of Shelley, the Rev. Mr. Kingsley, Andromeda, and other new books are noticed. The Exhibitions of Paintings turni3h some very agreeable papers, and a plea santly told tale entitled " Peulisk," will entertain the reader. There are numerous other papers of varying merits and attractions. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. We rejoice to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Keeley have been engaged by Mr. Web3ter " for six nights only," and will make their appearance on Monday next in the "screaming farces" of "That Blessed Baby," and " Your Life's in Danger." The rich fun and exuberant talent identified with the actin • of . the Keeleys cannot fail to strengthen the unrestrained roars of laughter and sense of rollicking enj,yment which the Adelphi claims a legitimate right to provoke ; and the pub ,lic will heartily greet these.' popular favourites in the chosen temple of Mowus. CHRIST Y'S MINSTRELS. The entertainments afforded by these singers continue to draw full audiences, and though some of their songs are nearly three hundred nights old, they seem to yield as much delight as on the first perfoi mane-. Toe company blends the talents of vocalists, musicians, and comedians in rather a novel degree, and amuse quite as much with their droll burlesques of thc opera and circus, as they interest by tht ir admirable singing of pathetic bal lads and sentimental nigger ditties. Amor:g the well selected contents of the programme we may mention, as our especial favourites, " I long for my Home," " Beautiful Star," " We are coming, Sister nosy," and the perlotmance of the "Sleigh Puha." The first-named baited is sung by Mr. R tyner with god taste and exquisite feeling, and the subdued choral refrain appended to it is very sweet and " telling." The second air referred to fully mei its the same distinction. The popular Quartette, " Come where my Love lies dreaming," is a charming composition, remind ing us of the old Eogiisli madrigal, and a little m re attention to the harmonious working of one or two of the passages would add materially to its effect. The entertainment is altogether of that pleasant and well arranged kind which is certain to meet with liberd patronage, and " Christy's Mit?strels" are prominently among those to whom we should introduce our town friends and c mniry cousins. TVESTMINST.ER HOSPITAL SAMARITAN SOCIETY. A meeting of the members and friends of this ch3rity was held in the Board-room of this old estAhlishecl hospital on Wednesday, May 5. The patron, his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, presiding. After a few prefatory remarks from the noble chairman, the chaplain of the hospital, as almoner, read the report. It stated that the general object of the fund during the 17 years of its existence had been to assist destitute patienti on leaving the institution. Much assistance was required by the sick poor after their discharge as convalescents from the hospital—health must be re-estab:ished, and strength regained ere they are fit fir work. The cost of providing weakly convalescents with country air for a short time forms a considerable item in the expenditure of the socie y. It also provides the destitute with warm clothing and shoes, and sends needy patients from the country home to their friends. Alluding to the " social evil," the report seated that the society had been enabled to do much both in re storing penitent outcasts to their friends, and'in providing them with refuges and homes. The report of the treasurer showed that the funds were sadly inadequate to the pressing claims upon the charity, and that an increase of support by an nual subscriptions or dona , ions was urgently needed. The Very. Rev. the Dean of Westminster, Vic( - Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Mr. Whateley, Q.C., the Rev. Dr. Cure ton, and others, addressed the meeting withmarked effect. Contributions to the amount of 2301. were an nounced, and the meeting terminated by a vote of thanks to the noble chairman for his kindness in presiding. TILE TURNPIKE NUISANCIL—At the annual meeting of the O'Connerville Improvement Society, held on the 6:11 inst., a petition to Parliament was unanimously ad,pted, pra3ing for the abolition of the numerous gates between O'Connorville (Itickinansworth) and London. idlNING.—The standard by which is regulated the price the smelters condescend to give the miner for his copper ores, dropped 101. in the month of April, and that, too, without any apparent reason, except that it suite the caprice and the profits of one of the greatest monopolies in the world. •Ve have, however, so fre qu-ntly remarked upon this monopoly, and the apa thetic indifference with which those most interested seem to regard it, that we shall net enter into it again at present. It is only for us to note now its effects upon mining, and upon the share market, which during the past week has been dull and fluctuating, particularly in copper mines. While we write, however, we hear the copper market is firmer, and that the standard rods considerably at the sale of “res at Carnborhe yesterday, and hopes are entertained that it wid further improve. Tin has risen 101. per ton since our last, and several of the tin mines are more enquired for, particularly Providence Mines, Margaret, and Par Cons , ls. Lead mines also are in favour, and Mary Ann, Wheal Trelawney, and Herods foot have been freely dealt in at advanced-rates. South Frances shares have been in request, at 220, to 230, ex div., but few sellers in the market.---Mining Journal., (this day.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. ,Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) VINEY V. CHAPLIN.-JUDGMENT, The con ten don in this case was, whether a Nachos, in the absence of his client, the seller, was entitled to receive payment of the purchase money of house pro perty amounting to about 9921., and to execute the con veyance in absence of the purcba-er's solicitor. O The Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices, in deliver- ing judgment, said, that in the particular circumstances of this case, and without laying down any general rule on the subject, the purchaser's solicitor was entitled to see the money paid to, and the conveyance executed by, the vendor. Their lordshipq, therefore, granted an in junction to restrain further proceedings in an action brought in the Court of Exchequer for payment and performance of contract of sale. No cats were asked. IN RS DODOS. The question raised in this case was a question of costs, claimed by the jailor of Jersey, for bringing Mr. Dodds, solicitor, to this court on Wednesday last upon writ of habeas corpus, when he was remanded. The Lord CLancel l or said although he might have some difficulty in awarding against Mr. Dodds the costs in the cause, yet there was a distinction between costs in the cause and the fees and expenses to be paid to the j ►ilor, lawfully incurred by him in making the return to the writ of habeas corpus ; and as to these expenses his lordship entertained no manner of doubt that Mr. Dodds was liable to pay them, and his lordship granted an order against him accordingly. As to how they might be recovered his lordship could not say. COURT OF QUEER'S BENCH. ;Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Wightman, Erle, and Crompton.) BIDDULPH V. LEER-JUDGMENT. Lord Campbell this morning delivered the judgment of the Court for the defendant in this case, which in volved a question of title to certain estates in this country, under the will of Richard Biddulph. The case was one of considerable importance to the parties, from the thagnitude of the property involved. NICHOLSON V. ELLIS-JUDTWENT. In this case the plaintiff, Clerk of the Peace for the city and liberties of Westminster, claimed of the defen dela, Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex, certain fee., by virtue of his office, under the 7th and Bth Vic., which transferred the adjourned sessions fur Westminster to Cierkenwell. It was contended by the defendant that the act making the transfer only gave the fees to the then holder of the office, in lieu of compensation, and that the plaintiff, as his successor, had no right to re ceive them. The Court were divided in opinion —two on each side. Lord Campbell said, in cases where the judges were equally divided in opinion, generally no judgment given, but as it was usual for the junior judge in such cases to withdraw, the majority would be two to one for the defendant, which would allow him to take the case before a court of error. Judgment for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Channel!.) READ V. KING—JUDGMENT. This was an action brought to recover damages for alleged injuries to a horse and vehicle, owing to the worrying of the horse by the defendant's dogs. The case was tried before Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Guild hall, when evidence was given to prove the dogs, which are of the terrier breed, were ferocious and mischievocp. The defendant denied that they were ferocious or mischievous. One was blind, another par tially so, and the third was deaf, and he called evidence in support of his case. The jury, however, returned a verdict for the plaintiff with a certain amount of dama ges. Last ter m a rule was obtained by the d e f en d an t t o set aside the verdict, which was argued a few days since, in the course cf which Mr. Lecke, Q.C., who supported the rule, argued that the plaintiff had failed to make out by equation that these four wretched litqe cure were equal in ferocity to one Bengal tiger. The Court took time to consider the points raised br a new trial. The Court, this morning, delivered their judgment deciding the rule to be made absolute for a uew trial. Rule made absolute accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.— Sarah May, 24, of 24, Little Windmill-street, St. ' James's, was charged before Mr. Bingham with attempt ing to obtain the sum of 21. from James Rutland, baker, of 20, Old Burlington-street, by Lase and lrau , :ulent pretencts. Elizabeth Hunt, a little girl of 9 years of age, who gave her evidence in a straightforward and artless manner, said that on the previous evening the prisoner came up and said she had been to her mother's who had told her she had gone fur some bread and asked her where she got it. She told her at Mr. Rutland's, in Old Burlington-street. She then said she was to go and ask Sirs. Rutland to lend her mother 21. as a person had called with a bill. She said her sister had taken a doll's house home for her. Witness took the message to Mr. Rutland—fur there was no Mrs. Rutland—and he went home with her. Louisa Hunt, the mother of the last witness, said sh• had never seen the prisoner before, and never sent her fur the money. - Tne child said she was sure she was the woman. Win. Hunt, the father of the child, said he saw the prisoner in company with the child on the previous evening, and having been told what had occurred, he put 2.. in a piece of paper, and told his child to go and wait till the woman came, and then give it to her. Tice child took the money, and as soon as be saw tile woman approach and attempt to take the money he seized her. Tne child said the prisoner told her, if she got the mone y , to go and wait in a door way in Sallie row ; and when her father gave her the money she went and waited till the woman came. ..,,...„ ....._ ..____ : Toe prisoner said she knew nothing about it. Tney were mistaken in the person. Remanded. THAMES. HEAVY PENALTY FOR SMUGGLING.—A HARD CASE. —Amelia Valentine, an Eeglieh woman, the wife of a Gorman, now on the continent, was brought up on ile° ihai,d before Mr. Yardley to answer a Custom-house in• formation, which charged her with smuggling 18ibs. of cigars, by which she had incurred a penalty of 1001. The prisoner was a passenger by the Rotterdam steamer to St. Katherine's 'WLarf, and on a Custom house officer, named Hollingum, searching her luggage, he di•novered a false bottom in one of her boxes, and between that and the real bottom of the box the officer discovered 18lbs. of cigars secreted. They were seized, and taken to the Queen's warehouse, and Mr, Claridge, appraiser of condetnued goods said the duty on the cigars which were of foreign manufacture, amounted to 3e 6d. per lb. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said he could not offer any defence that could be made available in that court, and must petition the Commissioners of Customs for a remi,eion or mitigation cf the penalty. The defendant had uu'ortnnately married a German who took away all her property, left her and went to Rotterdam. Ile 8 0011 invited her to meet him there, and obtained all thenoney she had and then sent her home again. The boxes were put on board the steamer three days before Mrs. Wen' tine embarked. She did not know what was in them, and was surprised when the officerlto ok her into custody on charge of smuggling. Mr. Yardley said he had no alternative but to convict the prisoner, who had pleaded guilty, ani he must sen tence her to pay a fine of 1001. to the Queen, and in de fault of payment to be imprisoned for six months. Of course the prisoner's solicitor could apply to the Board of Customs for a mitigation of the penalty, and make all repre,entations he thought proper. 111 rs. Valentine, who sobbed loudly, was th en te nt to prison, and Mr. Young said he would lose no time jo sending to the Commissioners of Customs. COS VICTIM OF T TV( ) BARONETS UNDO THE GAME ACT. Sir Join Lister Kaye, Bart., of 54, Portland' place, London ; Sir Charles Henry lbbetson, Bart., of mount's -court, Reading ; and Mr. William 11 ' Fryer, solicitor, of Wimborne Minster, were aura' mooed yesterday before the county magistrates at Wiffiborne for killing 38 pheasants out of season at Lytdtet Matravers, llorsetsbire. The defendant s did not personally appear, and after service of the summons had been proved, the cases were proceeded with separately against each. It appeared that on the 2d, 3d, and sth Feb. last the party were out shooting together, when a number of pheasants vivre killed. The chief witness was the person who ba, b. :en e mployed as gamekeeper on tbe estate, a nd he had written a letter to Sir John Kaye, slat" that he had been offered 201. to lay the inform?'" tion, which Its now acknowleJged to ba false. was also stated on the part of the defence that be had counselled the killing of the pheasants on Vie gro und that there were too many hens left by the f . e utletnan who had the shooting up to the Ist ° February. Sir John Kaye was convicted of killing 15, bir Charles Ibbetson 4, and Mr. Fryer 10, the pOialty bring 11. for each head, with all reasonable The magistrates, however, expressed theier readine ,, s to grant a caYa' for the opinion of th court above ou a point raised, that separate ara' m ouses should have been issued fur each clay th e patty had been • charged with killing pheasants' should application be made in proper time. ib to an, roc