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surprise that Mr. Fitzpatrick has not issued an address. His return is considered almost certain. ' SLIGO (BOROUGH). Mr. Treston, a member of the Connaught bar and heir to property in the county of Mayo, has ad dressed the electors of Sligo town on very advanced principles. He is an advocate of the ballot, free education, and tenant right. His competitors are Jolla P. Somers and Mr. Wynne. WATERFORD (CITY). A severe contest is inevitable. The late members have issued their addresses, and, in .addition to Sir Henry Winston Barron, Mr. John Ball, who for merly sat for the city of Limerick, has just arrived in Waterford, and seems likely to find favour with a large body of the electors. WATERFORD (COUNTY). A Liberal local paper says that Captain Es monde's election is reckoned to be secure, but there is reason to believe that in the event of Mr. Power's declining to stand a fierce Conservative opposition may be expected. SCOTLAND. B UTE SHIRE. Mr. Stuart Wortley has issued an address to the electors of the county of Bate, expressing his de sire to keep this constituency as a resource in the event of his being unsuccessful for the West Riding of Yorkshire. The county of Bute consists of the islands of Bute and Arran. The Marquis of Bute (Mr. Wortley's relative) is the largest proprietor in the former island, and the Duke of Hamilton is almost the exclusive proprietor of the latter. There is little doubt that the seat will be kept for him. DUMFRIES BURGHS. Captain Walker, of Crawfordton, has issued an address announcing himself as a candidate in oppo sition to Mr. i Ewart. Hi s a dd ress is rather indefi nite, but he s understood to be a Liberal. THE OPERA•COLONNADE HOTEL (late Feuillade's), Charles-street, Haymarket, IS NOW OPEN. 1.? UYAL PR INCESS'S THEATRE. iu Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. On EAS PER MONDAY, will be produced Shakspeare's historical NJ / of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Hr. C. Kean Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and 3lanager, Mr. Benj. Webster. On EASTER MONDAY, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Web s t er, &c. After which, THE D EEIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Tool e , P. Bedford, Mis ses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Hate Kelly . Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Mr. B. Webster, and Arden. -8— """gton, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, ' Acting p ranager—Nr. 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 J. On Easter Nonday will be produced a new Comedietta, by 31. Morton, Es ay supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and Miss Teruan. Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Extraor dinary Attraction for Passion Week. Ims EV ENING, the performances will consist of novel and unequalled Equestrian Entertainments. __First Appearance of Mr. Henry- Cooke, from the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, with the astonnding Quadrupedical IN on ders, consisting of Pantomimic Dogs and Monkeys, as ex hibited before the Emperor and Empress of France. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE GI RGLE, i ntroducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Efleurette, and M adame Francisco, being the greatest amount o femal e equestria n t a l ent ever seen in one night in any theatre. G ro "wsques-31essrs. Hemming and Thorne. . 3 rr• IV- Cooke's stupendous Elephant Ajax, with all his highly trained stud of beautiful Horses. J _ addi tion to this galaxy of attraction the renowned rider P ro duced ahn ffenrY;ll Cooke, the greatest equestrian the world ever , Nl/4 appear. Lessee.and Manager Mr. William Cooke. T FI T he splendid romance of IVANOE ; or, The Knights E aster Mo Wars, is in acti ve preparation, and will be produced on nday wttli extraordinary magnificence. *cis Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper allery 6d. P rivate Boxes G , £4 45, , £2 2s, and £1 Is. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Z MORTON. A ineytiblic is most respectfully informed that the FttsE 0 1 . 1.tszALLE ay, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW 3',,j' A ,l DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 ". The New Gallery contains an extensive Collee of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also nvoied to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels gjilay cOnfidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist added", riau, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently _ Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether s'e'ivree:;ards the architectural beauty of the structures them L.within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the L 'Angdorn. Seven o,culoc.rk.CAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at I n addition, to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET l ln 'A str l u lL oi Amsterdam . Eight in number, whose varied don innitental performances have created so marked a sensa lerionnh:vDeryrin}e,ipal.eities and towns of the Continent, wiL , vening at Nme an • d Eleven o'clock. WE ATIIER.—SvN Orrtdz, APRIL 21. TH ERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. t iglaed since noon yesterday. —low es t this morning this and during the night. day at noon. WIND \",* tEARomETER--29'58. erti l- Weste ly ; moderate, with fine weather, The Opposition — complain bitted journal s , h ea d ed b y the T i mes, o f " the Y °f the in conven i ence — nay, more, grieva nce , this parti cu l -- occasioned by a dissolution at ar p et i od. _ suffer in no The ordin citizens of London will of the sea son for - ary d egree from the postponement a considerable eo n , po r ti on an y Weeks, and also because otherwise have f of th e money, which would will be diverted in to other°mid i ts way i n t o t h e i r poc k ets, beneficial to trad e or anuels by no means responsible for this Untoward Co mmerce. But who is by any possibility q e ‘"w event ? It cannot of Lord DERBY." 74 placed to the account of Lord JOH N R USSE LL, united by un q ue st i onably the act WaS who b and heterogeneou s mass • Y uniting a motley that of obtainin g a d ue no feeling, sa ve and fishes, and of th e proporti on of the loaves crumbs of p atronage which fall from the Ministerial table ing the factious and, we ' s ucceeded i n carry . m ay add, unprecedenteds colleagues motion, which left Lord DER BY and no alternative, consistently with his duty to his The question of QUEEN and country, save a n app a l to • peace or wa r w the Country. as the balance. T t rembling in he only chance of m • tranquillityknown. nig the of Europe depended on Lo continuance in office.rd DEaty,s And the inconven• dissolution, it 2 ence of a great as may be, was unque t' less than that of s ionably a fierce contest, int o England, so oner 0 w h ich r later, would inevit bl involved, ' an d which a y be income tax of sLxteen would entail a war loans, and every possible device in the po un d , new for increasi the ways and means of th e• E xeh n g what might be the effect o n the -. equer, no matt er Industrial comma nity of the country. Ahd yet Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Is% sioned so much pecuniary loss to the has "ea 'zene of the metropolis, comes forward with unblushinc, ornurc n tory as a candidate for their ~ most sweet vei ees. ,, He, the declared and uncompromising opponent of the Ballot, asks " a renewal of confidence ;" and the Chairman of the Ballot Society, w h o withi n this present month, and after the dissolution was announced, called on the electors to " reject every candidate who is opposed to, or hesitates on, the Ballot," has requested his name to be placed on Lord JOHN'S committee. We are happy to say that the Executive Committee of that important and in fluential society have repudiated an act so incon sistent and suicidal, and unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that "the letter of Mr. BER KELEY to Mr. INGRAM TRAVERS, the Chairman of the four Liberal candidates for the City, was not written with their knowledge or concurrence." It was due to themselves to take this decisive, although painful step. We cannot, therefore, understand how any real friend of the great principle can vote for the noble scion of the House of Bedford, who has rendered himself chiefly remarkable for his talent in upsetting every ad ministration, whether friends or foes, who did not concede to himself the prominent place in its ranks, which he so earnestly coveted. In 1835 he ejected Lord GREY from office, and shortly after achieved a similar distinction with respect to Sir R. PEEL, having during his term of office never even attempted to give practical effect to the resolution, by means whereof he obtained a leading position in the Cabinet! We need scarcely allude to the summary dismissal of Lord PALMERSTON in 1851, or the counter hit administered by the veteran Viscount so shortly afterwards. He assisted in the defeat of Lord DERBY'S Government in 1852, and subsequently taught Lord ABERDEEN a painful lesson as to the impolicy of having so dangerous a coadjutor. Being unabre to form a Cabinet of his own, he assisted in the celebrated China resolution that led to the last dissolution, and afterwards in ejecting his quondam colleague, and of course, his repeated opponent, from office. Now he has played a similar trick against Lord DERBY, or at least attempted to do so. It is therefore difficult to say whether he is most formidable to friends or foes, although we should certainly say that the former have the greatest reason to dread his machinations. Well has he merited the title of " the small JOHNNY who upset the coach ;" and, 'coming forward as the decided opponent of THE BALLOT, we can scarcely imagine that he will be the chosen representative of the British metropolis. r The great demonstration which took place yes terday at the London Tavern, and which pledged itself to bring forward Lord S rANLEY, shows how great are the prospects of success of that talented young nobleman. It was rather too much approachin g to dictation for any committee or clique, however select, to presume to choose all the candidates, and to think that they can pitchfork any one that they think proper into the representation. The really independent electors must revolt against the indignity which would virtually disfranchise them, rendering their suffrage perfectly valueless. They have now an opportunity of asserting two great principles, which will be achieved by the election of the most promising and rising statesman of the age, who combines the advantages of matured wisdom with the zeal, energy, and activity of youth. Although the present appeal to the country is not• avowedly one based upon the question of Re form—although Ministers are in no way pledged to bring forward another Bill for the modification, more or less, of the existing system of the popular representation—although the national solicitude is just now in a great measure diverted from the internal affairs of the country to its foreign rela tions, particularly in reference to the imminent alternative of War and Peace upon the European Continent—another and a bolder scheme of Par liamentary Reform will, beyond all manner of doubt, follow hard upon the close of the ensuing general election ; and that scheme will occupy almost upon the morrow of its assembly the serious consideration tif the New Parliament. There cannot be any reasonable doubt - whatever upon this point. Or, if there really does remain the ghost of a doubt in regard to the possibility of a further indefinite delay of Reform, when the Lords and Commons shall have again assembled down at Westminster—it is one arising only out of the frightful conjecture of such a conflict be tween the Great Powers of Europe as would not only set aside many an English day-dream of political and representative improvement, but tend directly to drive back, if not absolutely to endanger the vital interests of European civilization. Apart from that awful possibility of a great European War—the cause of Reform in this country is assured. It is so for a simple reason enough—the one plain reason that we are every one of us Reformers. Twenty-eight years ago, at the time of the last grand struggle for Reform, there was arrayed againstits champions a numerous, a formidable, a highly disciplined, and resolutely determined Opposition. Nowadays theie is no such opposition anywhere at all discoverable. Neither in the house nor out of the house are there anywhere discoverable what might be accurately termed anti-Reformers. Finality has not only long since been abandoned by the Whig statesman whose bungling adhesion to it caused its tempo. rary association with his name as an opprobious soubriquet—it has been foregone entirely and per manently by the oldest and the most fanatical of the Tories themselves. It is not a question nowa days as to who is a Reformer and who is not a Reformer ? But—as to how fur we are all of us Reformers. We are each and all of us upon the same identical road—and going along that road in the same identical direction. The only difference being that some are more advanced—some are less advanced. Some have not got an inch beyond the milestone marked with the £2O county franchise. Some have got to the uni form £lO franchise for counties and boroughs. Some have reached for the latter as far as the £6 franchise. A great many have pressed onwards — more hurrying after them now in the same direc tion—as far as the finger-post emblazoned with the name of The Ballot. We are no longer hesitating —any of us—as to whether we shall have Reform at all : we are simply not yet sufficiently agreed as to how much Reform shall be introduced in that re-organisation of the Parliamentary system which is admitted on all hands to be sooner or later inevi table. Guaranteed Peace in Europe—and we must have Reform in England. Supposing, therefore, as we are all of course bent upon supposing up to the last moment left for hoping against hope—supposing the existing peril of war to be dissipated by the beneficent will of Divine Providence—the first political problem that will require to be solved by the new Parliament will be obviously and inevi tably the difficult problem of the reform reauired in its own internal organisation. History is said to be a series of repetitions. It has sufficiently well proved itself to be so—to ren der it matter of interest to revive at this moment a few pertinent recollections in regard to the course taken by events twenty-eight years ago upon the occasion of the last similar appeal to the country prior to the last comprehensive reform of the Im- Perial Legislature. Already we have very recently taken occasion through these columns to remind the country that the Ministerial Reform Bill of 1831, like the .Ministerial Reform Bill of 1859, was defeated in the House of Commons by a small majority in a very fall attendance of members before the mea sure could be taken into the consideration of the House in Committee. Thereupon in each instance the Ministers of the Crown, acting in accordance with constitutional usage, advised the Sovereign to dissolve Parliament. The prorogation (with a yiew to the dissolution of Parliament immediately afterwards) took place in 1831 as i n 1859--in ' land April. Whereas the new Parliament about to be elected is expected to assemble on the 30th May— i the new Parliament in 1831 did not assemble until the 21st of June. Then it was—upon that veritable occasion—that King WILLIAM the Fourth, in his Speech from the Throne l -said—" I have- .availed myself of the earliest opportunity of resorting to your advice and assistance after the dissolution of the late Parliament"—adding—" Having had re course to that measure for the purpose of ascertain ing the sense of my people on the expediency of a re• form in the representation, I have now to recommend that important question to your earnest and most attentive consideration." That maturely prepared Reform Bill was, then, three days afterwards — namely, on the 24th of June, 1831, introduced and laid upon the table of the House of Commons by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The second reading of the bill was carried within a month afterwards — namely, on the 6th of July, 1831—by a majority of 136 in a House of 598. A discussion of almost un paralleled length having followed, the third read ing was eventually carried on the 22d of March, 1832, by a majority of 116 in a House of 594. Having thus passed through the stormy ordeal of the House of Commons, the bill was at length, on the 26th of March, 1832, laid upon the table of the House of Lords. It was there read a second time on the 13th of April, 1832, being carried through that stage by a majority of nine in a House of 359. -It passed the third reading in the Lords on the 4th of June, 1832, by the large majority of rms B4 in a small House of 128: ultimately receiving the Royal Assent three days afterwards—i.e., on the 7th of June, 1832. It consequently took exactly a whole year minus one single fortnight after the new Parliament assembled, on the 21st of June, 1831, expressly for the purpose of passing a Reform Bill, before that Reform Bill could actually be embodied (by the 7th of June, 1832) in a substantial act of Parliament. An entire twelvemonth being thus consumed in the passing of the enactment—although the measure was already virtually " cut and dried," although the enthusiasm in its behalf all over the country was carried all but to the pitch of insurrection, although the cause then battled for was simplified before the commencement of that last year's struggle in the rallying cry of " The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." Not a whisper then besides, of a probable European war ! Recollecting, indeed, what the political situation was then, and what the political situation is now— we cannot but feel persuaded that the country will have cause to thank Lord JoHN RUSSELL and his factious supporters, for at least one more year's most unnecessary delay of Reform—which Reform, but for Lord JoHN and the motley supporters of his most ingenious but most disingenuous Resolu tions, might have passed triumphantly through the Lords and Commons during this ensuing Mid- summer. REV. J. 31. BELLEW'S READINGS. On Wednesday night the Rev. J. Al. Bellew delivered the second course of public readings announced some time since, for the benefit.of the widow and children of a gentleman recently de ceased, who was well known in the world of art, and whose death occurred not long since, under very melancholy circumstances. The place chosen on this occasion was the great room of St. Martin's Hall, which, long before the hour appointed for Mr. Bellew's appearance, was crowded to excess. The lecture was not quite a novel one, being that on Oliver Goldsmith, which Mr. Bellew has already delivered on several occasions, buf which loses none of its attraction from repetition. The biographical portion was given with great taste, good feeling, and charity, and delivered with a spirit and ani mation which, whether in touching on the lighter portions of poor Oliver's career, or in dwelling on the clouds and shadows that chequered his exist ence, went equally home to the hearts of the audience. It is needless to say that the poetical and prose selections from poor " Goldy's" works were read with that unrivalled elocution for which Mr. Bellew is so justly famed. The following are the facts, as related by the Opinione of Turin, of the disturbance at Bologna, already announced by telegraph :—" On the 12th M. Ferrant, Professor of Civil Law, had de livered a lecture on the political administra- tion of Napoleon 1., which was much ap plauded. On the 13th, it being known that his subject would be Napoleon 111., the lecture-room was crowded at an early hour ; but instead of the professor a major entered, -Who announced that the lecture would not take place. At the same time a file of gendarmes marched in, and the public were summoned to leave the place. At this a voice from among the students was heard to exclaim, It is for you to be turned out ! this is a respectable place !' Resistance being offered, the soldiers used their arms; three students were severely wounded, and several others slightly. Professors Santagata, Sgarzi, Golfieri, and Ferranti interposed to prevent further mischief, and subsequently a protest was addressed by the professors of the university to the superior authorities. It is stated that a deputation of the students afterwards waited on the Marquis Pepoli, a relation of the Emperor of the French, to solicit his interference in their behalf." The reigning Duke of Sase•Coburg Gotha arrived at Brussels yesterday from Berlin, on his way to London. The Prince was received at the railway station by the Duke de Brabant, and shortly after his arrival at the palace was visited by the King, who came in from Laeken for the purpose. King Maximilian of Bavaria arrived in Darmstadt on the 17th and was afterwards rejoined by the Queen. The King resides at the Grand Ducal palace, while the Queen is living with her sister, the Princess Charles. They intend remaining over the Easter holidays, and will be present at the confirmation of the Princess Anne, The Madrid journals of the 16th state that M. Esteran Collantes had been transferred to the military prison of San Francisco, and that he and his two co-accused, MM. Luque and Beratarrechea, had been interrogated by a member of the Senate. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied with the bill relative to the levy of the army. The infantry of marine had been reorganised, and is now di vided into six battalions of 1,000 men, each batta lion being divided into six companies. The Chevalier Massimo d'Azeglio arrived at Windsor Castle yesterday afternoon, and had an audience of her Majesty, to which he was introduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who also arrived in the afternoon. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde left town yesterday morning for Portumna Castle, county_ Galway, for the Easter holidays. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire have left town for Brighton. The. Earl of Malmesbury returned to London .esterday from Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady Overstone have left town for heir seat, Overstone Park, Northampton. • Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont will shortly leave Brighton for the'r seat, By-well Ball, Northumber- Major-General Sir James Chatterton, Bart., and Lady Chatterton have arrived at the Waterloo Hotel, Jer myn-street, from Ireland. His Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, at tended by a numerous suite, yesterday visited the establish ment of Mr. Hancock, the jeweller, of Bruton-street, and inspected the Devonshire gems, which are at this moment in his custody. His Royal Highness examined the nume rous works of art and the various articles of jewellery pro duced by Mr. Hancock, and appeared much pleased, espe • daily with a clock which is being made by order of the Earl of Sefton for presentation to the regiment of Grena• dier Guards. This clock, apart from its value and beauty, is remarkable in. being supported by four soldiers, the most distinguished of the regiment for heroic conduct in the Ctimea; - Each of the figtireS is a faithful portrait - of the man represented. " .* 4.., , T - '' v .....' "‘t- ..?..,,' • ..4) t , - .....,,,,,Nr..„, .:_z5i,,,,,, - _ 1. . firfiv• ~ , V,:lUt '''.'..-.... i:l k ii - 1 9, - 11110110, ', , . •,.._ ',..4. ~...,..„4:7•-,..,...-3,-...„--, .-2,..:gr,iii,„ „, ‘ . 7 , - •: A .„-..-ici.-4,:::,----„, ; : kl - -i v _-_—_-----____ .Th,...,,,,,. , :•,o --. ''A 'Tot ' . . ' , ''.. ':- ,, n0 I T • ''?"' WO• '. N z . . 1 , :,.... , , timat THE SUN. TIIIJRSDAY, APRIL 21, 1839. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1859. LATEST NEWS. THE CONGRESS. The following telegrams have been received At Mr. Reuter's office:— PARIS, APRIL 21. The 3foniteur of this day contains the following —England has made to the four other great Powers the following propositions :- 1. To effectuate previous to the Congress a ge neral and simultaneous disarmament. 2. The disarmament to be regulated by a mili tary or civil commission independently of the Congress. This commission to be composed of six commissioners, one of whom to be a Sardinian. 3. As soon as the commission shall have com menced operations, the Congress shall assemble and proceed to the discussion of political questions. 3. That the representatives of the Italian States should be invited by the Congress, immediately after its assembling, to take their seats with the representatives of the great Powers absolutely as at the Congress of 1821. France, Russia, and Prussia have given in their adhesion to the proposals of England. BERLIN, THURSDAY, April 21. The semi-officih.l Prussian Gazette (Preussische Zeitung) publishes an article which states that the assembling of the Congress is becoming more and more doubtful, and that the state of affairs has assumed a most serious aspect (situation erntester Charakter angenommen), which induces the Prussian Government to think that it is a proper time to make proposals to the Federal Diet for the purpose of taking general measures for its own interest and safety. Government has even preceded these proposals by ordering three corps d'armee to be placed on a war footing (Kriegsbereitschaft). These measures are merely of a defensive character, and without any aggressive signification. • MARSEILLES, APRIL 20. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 13th inst. The appreh i psions of war have aroused fears of an insurrection in Turkey. The deliberations of the Divan have lately been addressed to fhe consideration of the attitude which it should assume to meet coming emergencies, and Omer Pasha has been summoned. The Journal de Constantinople quotes letters from the Danubian Principalities, confirming the report of Russian armaments in Bessarabia. The Greek Government is making a new loan. The concession for the railway from the Bospho rus to Smyrna has been granted to an English Company, represented by the editor of the journal de Constantinople. Letters have been received, tending to confirm previous reports, that 100,000 Russians are to be assembled in Georgia. THE EAST. Intelligence from Alexandria to the sth states that the Viceroy had arrived that day from his desert palace of Max, and taken up his residence on board the Faid Gahad, steam•frigate, which had just returned from England fully repaired. His Highness intended to spend part of the Ramazan on board. Captain Kellock, of the P. and 0. Com pany, who took the vessel out to Alexandria, was presented by the Viceroy with a magnificent diamond snuff-box, which had once belonged to Mehemet Ali. Skddrali Mustapha Pacha, recently appointed Sheik•ul-Harans, that is, religious go vernor of the Holy Cities, had arrived at Djeddah. Skodrali, who possesses a great reputation for piety, is the oldest dignitary of the Ottoman Empire ; so far back as 1805 he was made effendi, and in 1811 pacha, and he has always held high offices. The number of pilgrims to Mecca and Medina is expected to be very great this year. The first caravan is to comprise amongst its number an Indian prince, an Affghan chief, two princes of the Imperial family of Morocco, a nephew of the Bey of Tunis, and several Algerian notabilities. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The note in the Moniteur and the explanations of the British Ministry are commented on by several of our Paris contemporaries. The Patrie, it will be remarked, does not agree entirely with the views entertained in the note on the subject of the general admission of Italian States to the Congress : " The two concessions," says that journal, " made by the French Government to the desires of its ally, the Queen of England, in order to establish the definitive understanding which must precede the meeting of the Congress, represent assuredly the extreme point of conciliation. It is impos sible to presume that Austria will once more reply to these conciliatory proposals by fresh difficul- ties which, this time, might be considered as a definitive refusal to participate in the negotiations which she had at first accepted. We consider it to be our duty to make one reserve - which seems to be indicated by the nature Of things and by jus- tice. We do not think that all the Italian States can be admitted into Congress with the same rank. Of all these States, not one is called upon like Pied mont to disarm, and her admission with a delibera- tive voice represents the compensation of the sacrifice demanded of her. With respect to the otheC States, nothing would be more useful than to listen to their views, but were they admitted with deliberative faculties it would result that Rome, Naples, Paima, Tuscany, and Modena would bring to Congress five voices, or as many as the five great Powers. • It strikes us that the Congress should be composed of Austria, Great Britain, Frarice, Pied• mont, Prussia, and Russia with deliberating powers. The other Italian States would be represented by plenipotentiaries without those powers." The following is from the Debats :—" None of the orators who spoke in the name ("the Cabinet mentioned the compromise proposed by France concerning the admission of Sardinia and the other Italian States to the Congress. In ordeatto explain this silence, it may be well to remark that the new proposal of France is of recent date, and that the determination of England is not yet known. Ac cording to the English ministers, France and Aus tria are always at issue, not only on the point of knowing whether the disarmament shall or shall not precede the meeting of Congress, but also on the question whether the measure of disarmament shall be applied to Sardinia as well as to the other Powers." The Pays observes :—"The plain statement of the Moniteur is of a nature to prove to the most prejudiced mind that the Imperial policy has not once departed from the moderation—we would willingly say the magnanimity—which has always stamped the acts of the Emperor Napoleon III." The Gazette de France draws the most pacific conclusions from the note :—" France, as seen in this note, has not hesitated in adopting any of the proposals made by England, to prove the sincere desire with which she is animated to obtain a pacific solution of the prevailing questions; and the Government has remained faithful to the pro gramme of Bordeaux, L'.Ernpire c'est lu paix.'" The Unirers has no confidence in the Congress : —" It may be asserted that the Congress, if it takes place, will confine itself to confirming the disarma ment by protocols, which will leave things in their place, saving a few insignificant modifications. In definitive, all this agitation of Europe, all these efforts of Governments in favour of peace or war, all these councils of diplomatists will end in an insult offered to the Holy Father. Prussia, who 1 0-P o p la r n e 7l, e E s itihgelanitni s Catholics, d he who h holds corf u lt ,l u r s e s l i a a r t ho and :hholdsthe Indies, are about to give lessons of humanity, justice, liberality, and clemency to the Papal States, while two great Catholic Governments will consent to the scene in order to escape difficulties ! - May Divine mercy have pity on this poor population it is not the people that acts in such a manner." The Ilioniteur publishes the official returns of the receipts arising from the customs duties and indirect taxes for the first quarter of the present year. The amount has been 41,990,689 f. to 40,793,299 f. in the corresponding pet iod of 1858, and 44,201,120 f. in 1857. During the month of March the receipts have been 15,578,610 f. to 14,951,043 f. and 16,156,642 f. BOURSE, April 20.—The market opened very buoyantly under the influence of the report that Austria has agreed to the admission of Piedmont to the Congress, and a rise of per cent. on Consols further increased the favourable effect already , produced. Threes have been done at 68f. 25c., but have reced to 68f. sc. Mobilier have risen from 692 f. 50c. to 697 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 530 f. to 535 f. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 515 f. to 517 f. 50e. ; Orleans, 1,272 f. 50e. to 1,277 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 835 f. to 837 f. 50e. ; Northern, 907 f. 50c. to 910 f. ; Southern, 490 f. to 492 f. 50e. ; Eastern, 630 f. to 632 f 50c, The last prices showed a slight decline, owing to large realisations. The following were the last quotations : 41 per C,ents. 95 70 Do. end month 95 601 3 per Cents 6B 05 Do. end month 67 95 Bank Shares 2750 Credit Mobilier .. 690 Do. Account ..... 688 75 Credit Fonder 645 Belgian 4l . Piedmontese (5) . . 77 Roman — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 916 25 911 25 New ditto 7Bl 25 .. 787 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 836 25 832 50 New ditto — Geneva — 512 50 Southern Western 535 .. 532 50 Eastern Sardiniam 377 50 .. 375 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. sc. ; money, 25f. se. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 e.; money, 24f. 90c. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have reeeived our letters and papers in an ticipation of the Bombay Overland Mail, The fol lowing is taken from the Bombay Standard of March 26 : " CENTRAL INDIA AND RAJPOOTANA. "We have said that the tariff completely absorbed public attention. It has not done so to the detriment of any other important event. We have not to re cord any startling incidents from the field of rebel lion in Rajpootana or Central India. Tantia Topee is still concealed, no one knows where. Feroze iStah is equally invisible. The Rao, accompanied by Adil Mahomed of Bhopaul and a few followers, is still in the jungles that surround Seronge. The Rao -sent his Vakeel on the 9th of March to Bri gadier Napier to treat for surrender, but up to the 19th inst. he had not carried his avowed purpose into effect. Such means as it was possible to take had been adopted to prevent him from making his escape altogether. Major Chetwood of the Bth Hussars, was hovering round the jungles to watch him, and Brigadier Wheeler had moved a force from Saugor towards Seronge for the same purpose. The state of the Dumoh and Banda districts re mains unaltered. Captain Mayne, Colonels Apthorpe and Rees are out in those districts watch ing, rather than pursuing the rebels, who have taken refuge in the great Jhajud jungles. " OUDE AND NEPAUL. " The temporising policy which we ventured to predict as that likely to be adopted by Jung Baha door has been closely pursued by that Minister. From all sides we hear that the Nepaulese army has never moved to any great distance from Katmandoo, and that Jung Bahadoor is negotiating. The Begum it is said is in the Nepaul capital. The main body of the rebels, is however, still on the borders, and threatening tke Bengal district of Tirhoot. Kelly's column on the 'Ganduk has been moved to block the passes, and Brigadier Horsford has gone from Baraitch with two regiments to Toolseepore. We know nothing of the internal state of Nepaul except from sources of which we cannot implicitly trust the accuracy, but if rumour is to be credited the mal content party, numerous in Nepaul, is making com mon cause with the enemies of England, and threat ening us with a hill warfare, which can afford no very agreeable prospect to the guardians of our deficient exchequer. "MISCELLANEOUS AND LOCAL. " Two remarkable trials have been brought to a close. Lonee Sing, of Mitowle in Oude, has been found guilty, not merely of rebellion, but of the crime of surrendering to the cruelty of the Lucknow Durbar the Christian fugitives, of whom it will be recollected that Miss Orr was one. He has been sentenced to transportation for life. The Nawaub of Furruckabad, found guilty after the fact, of the massacre of the Futtehghur garrison on the Ganges —before and after the fact, of the execution of the melancholy remnants of that massacre—has been sentenced to death. As yet, however, we are not aware that this sentence has been confirmed. The latest political change that we have to notice is the appointment of Mr. Barnes Peacock to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta. This will leave a new and lucrative piece of patronage in the bands of Lord Stanley. It may be a question, how ever, whether it will be necessary in future to keep up the office of legal adviser to the Supreme Govern _ _ ment now that India is under the direct control of the Crown. We have already noticed the approaching departure of Sir R. Hamilton from Indore. It will be seen that he has had a farewell address from the last of the Holkars. Whilst the place of agent in Central India is thus vacant, that of agent in Raj pootana is also on the eve of surrender by the pre sent incumbent, Col. G. Lawrence, who goes to England on sick leave. Colonel Lawrence, it is said, will be succeeded by Major Eden, political agent at Jeypore. At Hyderabad, in the Nizam's territory, an attempt has been made against the life of Saler Jung, the Prime Minister, and England's greatest friend. Fortunately, the assassin was prevented from carry ing out his purpose, and Ifas killed by the guards in the presence of our own resident, Col. Davidson. An effort is being made here to do honour to the 64th and 78th Regiments on their return from active service. The 78th is to go home, the 64th proceeds to Kurraehee. It is proposed, before either of the regiments leave these shores, to give them such an entertainment as may leave upon them, and upon the army, of which they are such glorious representatives, a lasting impression of the gratitude felt for their eminent services during the rebellion. Another regiment has been added to the list of those which have been ordered home. _ H.M.'s 29th is ordered to Shergotty, to proceed thence to Calcutta to embark. A portion of Capt. Bolton's battery R.A., left Bombay on the 15th in the Vernon. 86th, one wing of which is already here, will embark shortly for England. Lord Elphin stone is still here, but Sir Henry Somerset and Sir Hugh Rose are enjoying the cool breezes of Mahabuleshwur. The retirement of Mr: Lowten Jenkins, who held several appointments in the Supreme Court, has produced vacancies which have been filled by Mr. George Taylor and Mr. Edward Yardley, barristers-at-law, and Mr. A. Sangster, solicitor." • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE Or THE BOMTIA.Y MARKET FROM THE 12TH TO TH.E 25TH OF MARCH . . The Peninsular and Oriental Companys steamship Bom bay, with the English mails of the 18th of February on board, reached us on the m ornin g of the 12th inst., the day on which the last overland steamer left Bombay. We have received advices from England to , the 26th of February by electric telegraph from Gallo. The money-market is -be coming easy, and money can be obtained on better terms than-before. IMPORTS. Cotton Piece Goods—T E he XPORT market is quiet. S. Cotton—The market is perceptibly ex hibi t i ng greater activity, Broach and Oomerawuttee especially being in good demand. T on nage--The rates of freights are steady, being D. 17s. 6j. to £2 per ton to London, and £1.125. 6d. to £1 15s. 61 to Liverpool. Exchange—The rates have declined again. We quote credits at 2s. lid., and documents at 2s ltd. at six months' Mg - ht. On Calcutta, 971 r.; and on .China 212 r. per 100- dollars, at 60 days sight, VOTE BY BALLOT. On Monday evening a large and enthusiastic public meeting, in connection with the Society for ,]Promoting the Adoption of Vote by Ballot,was held at the Wellington Hall, Dover, E. C. Whitehurst, Esq., vice-chairman of the society, and a gentleman named Hayes, from Australia, attended to repre sent the society. E. R. Rice, Esq., formerly mem ber for the borough, had been invited to preside, but owing to his being absent from home in a distant part of the country, was unable to attend; and Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., and Mr. Knatchbull Hugessen, M.P., were also prevented by their engagements from being present. John Briggs, Esq., was called to the chair, and opened the meet ing with a few appropriate remarks. Mr. WHITEBURST rose, and in his opening re marks, asked the question, Wh a t d o we wan t th e ballot for ? Well, he would answer that question in one short sentence—to bring back the House of Commons to its original state, and to make it fulfil its original intentions, viz., the representation of the common people in that house. (Applause.) In spite of aristocratic notions, his idea of the House of Commons was a house in which the great majo rity of the middle and working classes, who are not connected with the aristocracy of birth, the aristo cracy of property, or the aristocracy of money, were fairly represented. (Applause.) The original inten tion and the original condition of the House of Commons was one in which the representative body was composed entirely and exclusively of the representatives of the class to which he had just alluded. When our forefathers set to work to make a House of Commons, which should be separate and distinct from the House of Lords, they never went about accomplishing the representation of different interests, which for two mortal hours the Chancellor of the Exchequer laboured in that House to impress upon Parliament was their inten tion the House of Commons should be ; but what they did was, they took the counties of England, and the more important towns of England, and they gave them the privilege of returning members to Parliament, and the great body of the house holders had the privilege of exercising the fran chise. Therefore when Mr. Bright proposed, that every municipal burgess shall have the right of sending members to Parliament, he is proposing no "revolutionary" scheme, as was sought to be made out by a few gentlemen in that town the other day ; but lie was proposing the old municipal fran chise, and the right of voting for the burge s se s o f the boroughs. Our forefathers never dreamt that young noblemen should make the House of Com mons the stepping stone to the House of Lords— they never dreamt that the House of Commons should be a sort of club for the younger members of the aristocracy to delight themselves in —(a laugh)—bu, they said in the good old Saxon phraseology, we comrr and you to send good and sound burgesses to Parliament. And when Mr. Bright expressed a wish to the effect that he should like to see the representatives of the people as firmly seated in the House of Com mons as the Queen was seated upon.her throne, he was only setting forth the principle upon which that house was originally based, and wishing to bring back things to their original purpose and intention. (Hear, hear.) Alluding to intimida tion at elections, he said that one of the earliest statutes which regulated the right of representing the people in the House of Commons, provided that no great or powerful man should by threats or malice, hinder any to make free elections. Our forefathers did not think about the Ballot as a means of voting, and for want • of this secret the freedom of election bad been greatly impaired in this country. The whole state of things was changed; the House of Commons was no longer a body summoned by the king for the mere purpose of voting money and supplies for carrying on the government of the country; but it had become the centre of all political power, and to obtain a seat in it is to have a great share in carrying on the go vernment of these important realms. Who could wonder, then, that the obtaining of such a seat was an object of ambition to which the great and power ful directed their energies ; and that they should succeed in making it, not the House of Commons of the masses of the whole people, but the represen tative body of the aristocracy of land, money and rank. Now that_ was what we complained of, and what we desired to see remedied, which could only be effected by the Ballot. As it at present exists, no man of the middle classes, who had obtained a seat in that house, unless he were a man of such transcendent talent as Mr. Bright, or as Mr. Cobden, would be listened to. What did such a man find ? He (the speaker) had witnessed in the House of Commons that man, sent by the largest constituencies—men of the, middle classes, shrewd, sound, honest men—men much sounder politicians than those of higher birth, don't obtain a hearing—the Speaker does not see them. As an instance of the way in which such men were treated by the aristocratic members of the house, Mr. Whitohurst said that shortly after the election of the present Parliament about two years ago, a noble lord, lately a member of the Derby Government, and who represented a city in the south of England, but whom he should better describe if he said that he represented his ducal father--(a laugh)—approached the door of th,n. House of Commons, and i nqu i re d o f an o ffi cer , w h o was then speaking ? The doorkeeper named a gentleman who was known to them as Mr. Ayrton, the useful member for the Tower Hamlets, who was sent to the house by the free and unbought votes of some 10,000 electors, while the noble lord pro fessed to represent not more than 700 or 800 elec tors in a cathedral city. " Mr. Ayrton is addressing the house, my lord," was the doorkeeper's answer. " Oh," replied his lordship, "another snob. Upon my word it is dreadful to think of the number of snobs who are in t!ie house now. I think we shall be obliged to give up the Government of the country to them, and we shall then see what they can do without us." He (the speaker), for one, should be very happy to accept the responsibility of these " snobs"—(laughter)—and if they retired, and were to let the majority of the representatives of the people enter the house and take their places, he had no doubt that they would carry on the Go vernment quite as well, if not better, than they did. Having alluded to this aristocratic monopoly, and asked who could wonder, when all the influence of wealth and unfair dependance were brought to bear at the last election, and also within a few days ago, that men should grow up with their hearts one way and their votes another way, and be called liars before God and man, he next showed them how this monopoly affected their representation, and gave an instance in the question of church-rater. The principality of Wales, he said, sent from its boroughs and counties, 32 members to Parliament. According to the last census the proportion of Churchmen to Dissenters was one of the former to two of the latter. Well, if the people were fairly represented, they would have thought that the 32 members were in the same proportion, viz., two Dissenters and one Churchman. This was not the case, for in the division on the Church-rate Bill, 12 of those 32 members voted for the Bill, 11 voted against it, and the remaining nine did not vote at all. Take the question of the 'ballot. He believed there was no question which was regarded,not only amongst its enemies, but amongst its supporters, with so much loathing as the ballot ; and if its merits were to be brought before the house to-mor row night, he would venture to say that as soon as Mr. Berkeley had risen to speak upon it, the house would begin to talk and to groan, and there would be cries of " Divide, divide," and all the other hellish noises, if he might so use the expresSion, that a majorlf of more lungs than brains could raise against it. Any man, therefore, who desired to speak upon this question was completely dumbfbundered, and there wuld be a probability, in such a case, of the question ioing to a division, with only a speech on one side, and perhaps not an answer to that one. But the ballot reckened sonTe of the most able men among its supporters. Take Sir James Graham; he came from the North of England, and was as shrewd a man as one would find in or out of the House of Commons. He had told them that no one question met with so favoui able a reception, and made such progress in his own constituency, and out of it, as the did question ighoft say t he aboutballo t? t i .(Hear, hea. What Why that all the great public meetings he had addressed, since last -September, on the subject of reform, there was not one question that demanded so much unanimity and support as the qnestion of the ballot. (Cheers.) Now, he (the speaker) would, with their permission, call himself as a witness. He had spent four or five years in advocating this question, and he had spoken. to public meetings in all paitsofEngland, from Penzance, that the feiiennlitntgbe- extreme - Southof England to Newcastle, the North; and he could corroborate was strong and unanimous in favour of the ballot. This being the case, he drew from it three conclusion, the first one was, that the House of C ommons on thi s ques ti on o f the ballot, as well as on other questions, did not really represent the people of this country ; secondly, that the ballot is not un-English, for lie could not believe that any thing which was so desired by the people was un English—(hear, hear)—and, thirdly, that the great mass of them, he hoped, were not candidate tfo: a lunatic asylum. (Cheers and laughter.) The bal lot was -something they all wanted; they wanted f ree d om of election, and our instincts drove us to the ballot as the means of securing that freedom of election. (Hear, hear.) On the opposite side he had encountered two very distinguished persons, one, a Mr. John Stuart Mill—and the was said to be a very great philosopher —had declared that the ballot was wanted 30 years ago, but It was not wanted now. He might be a very great philoso pher, but when this gentleman had spent 30 years of his life in the old India House, in Leadenhall, where the light of day came in but little, they could not wonder that his ideas should have become rather bedimmed. Another , flistinguished person, because he is an opposent, writes from the Times newspaper office, and says that the ballot was wanted 20 years ago, but it was not wanted now Now, let them glance at facts ; if the ballot was wanted, if there was this undue interference with the rights and consciences of the people, they should find some traces of it. He then read, as an instance of undue influence, an advertisement which had appeared in the Maidstone ,Gazette, from which it appeared that a clergyman owning some land in Kent, had stipulated that his tenants should vote on the same side as he (the landlord) did, observing that " landlords and tenants ought always to vote on the same side." Now this gentle man was a clergyman of the Church of England, who is set over people to instruct them in all matters of morality and duty ; he had told them— he did know whether he laid any claim to Apostolic succession or not--(a laugh)—but ha had told them that landlord and tenant always voted on the same side. Now allow him (the speaker) to propose case of conscience ;—let him suppose that this clergyman, being a member of the Church of England, was one of those who liked church-rates; let him suppose that his tenant farmer was one, like the speaker, who did not like church rates, and thought them opposed to religious freedom and took away the rights of conscience. If the land lord and tenant voted on the same side, which of them was to sacrifice his conscience to the other, because it was very certain that both of them could not vote the same way without a breach of con scientious duty ? But the ballot would do away with all this sort of thing, and every man would be enabled to vote according to his conscience. The speaker then alluded to the way in which elections were carried on in many parts of England ; where employers brought down their men in omnibuses or other vehicles and compelled them to vote far the candidate whom they supported, under pain of being discharged at the end of the week from their employ. He also alluded to the influence which, under the present corrupt system, solicitors foiLlk " consideration" would use, by putting on the " screw" in certain quarters ; and concluded by urging the meeting to adopt the ballot as the only means of preventing corruption and intimidation. The speaker resumed his seat amid loud cheers. Mr. HAYES afterwards addressed the meeting, alluding to the satisfactory adoption of the ballot in the colonies of Australia, and explaining its work ing there, in which he was considerably assisted by a large coloured diagram representing the manner of voting. The Key. T. B. W. BRIGGS proposed a resolution approving of the ballot as a means of voting, and as a remedy for our present corrupt system with regard to elections, as follows :—" That this meet ing desires to record its conviction that no Reform bill will be complete and satisfactory unless it includes vote by ballot." Mr. WILSON (a working man) seconded- the resolution, which having been put to the meeting, was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks having been accorded to the chairman, the meeting, which had been conducted with the greatest order and unanimity, separated. THE NAVY. Orders were received yesterday at Portsmouth for the Hannibal, 91, screw steam guardship at that port, to be placed in dock and prepared for imme diate sea service. Capt. Gordon, C. 8., commanding Steam Reserve, and staff, with the present com mander, senior lieutenant, paymaster, and assistant surgeon, will be transferred temporarily to the Bellerophon. It is rumoured that C. pt. Arthur Cumming ; (1854) is likely to commission the Melpomene at' Portsmouth. Capt. Cumming last commanded the Glatton floating battery. The Melpomene is coaling in the steam basin, has taken on board the whole of her upper deck guns, and commenced taking in her maindeck guns. Steam power is being used for this purpose in the same manner as formerly applied to the Mersey. The Doris, 32, screw steam frigate, Capt. E. Heathcote, was taken out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth. She afterwards steamed out to Spit head, exchanging the usual salute with the Victory, flagship of Admiral W. Bowles, C.B. The Supply, screw steam store ship, Master Com mander Balliston, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Woolwich, bound for Boudron Bay. The gunboat Hind' was placed in Keyham basin. on Monday for repair. The screw steamship London, 90, and the screw steam frigate Topaze, 51, at Devonport, will be ready for the pennant on Saturday. The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Arthur P. E. Wilmot, took in her powder on Monday, at Ply mouth, and on Tuesday morning sailed for Queens town. The screw steam frigate Termagant, 25, Capt• Robert Hall, at Devonport, has some slight defects to be repaired. The gunboat Shamrock, Master Wm. S. Calver, went outside Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, to try her machinery. Admiral Siiperintendent Sir T. Pasley inspected the blockships Forth and Seahorse, at Devonport, on Tuesday. The Turkish lirte-of-battle ship Fethia, which has been fitted with a screw in Keyham-yard, steamed from Hamoaze, on Tuesday, into Plymouth Sound. The Brazilian screw steam gunboats Belmont, 7, and Parnahida, 7, each of 120-horse power, which left Havre on Monday, arrived on Tuesday in Ply mouth Sound. After coaling they will sail for the Brazils. The French screw stoamvessel of war La Corse, Commodore Viscount Laviassierre, left Sheerness for Calais yesterday at 4 a.m. The new steamship Edgar, 91 guns, at Sheerness, has had a very satisfactory trial of her engines. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Paymaster—E. W. W. IVliliman (additional), to the 4. Vincent. Assistant Paymasters—Frederick Burne, Thomas W• Harriott, and John Bremner, to the Ganges; Thomas Goodman, to the Hawke. Clerks—Charles D. Lee, to the Virago ; Henry Wyatt, to the Racoon. Mate—R. Macdonell, to the St. Jean D'Acre. THE Alt3IY. The first competitive examination under the nest regulations at the Staff College was considered by the council to be highly creditable to the talent and application of the officers, and the result was as fol lows :—From among the officers who completed the course—Capt. M. Petrie, 14th Regiment, 3,28 0 marks; Maj or D. G am bl e , 4th R egiment, 2,7 4 0 marks; Major R. Carey, 40th Regiment, 2,735 marks; Captain S. Wilson, 55th Regiment, 2,655 raarks• Captain B. Branfill, 16th Regiment, 2,106 marks' Officers who have completed one year at the College: —Capt. W. Congreve, 4th Regiment, 2,038 marks; 5 • Capt. E. Jones, 20th Regiment, I,947marks ; Capt. O'B. Woolsey, R o y a l Artillery' 1,827 marks; Cap t * A. Bruce, 91st Regiment, 1,80 arks Major W• Williams, Royal A r till ery, 1,759 marks'; Lieut. W• Palliser, 18th Light Dragoons 1,704 marks ; Capt . H. poath u Regim b ent 1 , 605 marks; Capt. T• Weir, 2d Regiment, 1,580 marks; Capt. P. Till' Regim en t, 1 ,568 marks; Capt. W . wood, 14th Re iment 67th Pe' 72d ' man, 15th g, 1563 marks • Capt. F. Jeu ' Regiment, 1,410 ma' rks ; capt. A. D oug las, 4th Light Dragoons, 1,372 marks ; Capt. C. Pearson' 3d Light Dragoons,. 1,357 marks. Capt. Petrie . hal since received an appointment in the 'Popograpillea,_' Branch of the War Department, such appointmen t, under warrant of 17th of December, 1857, being . re, served for those officers 'who have distinguish ed themselves in the examination. The half-yearly inspection of the corps of Roya l Engineers took place yesterday by Major-Gener al H. Eyre, Commandant of Chatham Garrison. The officers and men of the e n ti re corps assem bled 11 1 the barrack square at t en o ' c l oc k , un d er th e COin .. mand of Lieut.• Col. Ross the troops.being in heaq marching order. On arriving on the parade round General Eyre made an individual inspection of each of the companies, examining the kits and accoutre ments of the troops. The men were afterwards Pt through a variety of movements in the barrack square, all of w hi c h th ey went t h roug h with gr.ea t .. steadiness and precision. General Eyre also ? . 1 ; , spected the barrack rooms, libraries, halls of stud . _ school rooms, and the several departments of r tr . establishment, together with the books of the co .. "' Capt. E. L. Bland, R.E., has been ordered toj . I _ l2 the command of a company of Royal headquarters, Chatham, for the purpose of Engineers,taking. under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean. The 29th Company Royal Engineers, stfttlerief. at Portsmouth, will remove from that garrison. a tu,. Chatham on the 28th inst., and will be relieved. Portsmouth by the 36th Company of that corps' from Chatham. THE GOLDEN ROSE. --" The Pope," says a letter from Rome, "recently, i n accor d ance w ith annual custo m, blessed what is called the " Golden Rose." This flower, which is made of the purest gold, and ornamented with stones, wits rubb e d w ith b a l m and incensed, his Holin ess reciting verses expl a i n i ng th e mystic meaning o f the ben t ; diction; aft er w hi c h h e too k it i n his left h an d and blesse d the peopl e . M ass was t h en ce l e b ra t e d in th e Si x tine Chape l. The gold r oses are or di n arily sent to female Sovereign s, sometimes to princes, and sometimes, though rarely, to towns and corporations, The one of last year was sent to the Empress of the French, and that of the year-before to the Queen of Spain." precious