The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1858. The approach of another Season lays upon the Direction of . Rer Majesty's Theatre the welcome duty of acknowledging the continued kindness and confidence by which its friends have never failed to supply a sure guarantee of success, and a constant stimulus to new exertions. . The past year was distinguished by events which call for especial recognition. The gracious selection of Her Majesty's Theatre as the scene of the Royal Festivities, on the auspicious occasion of the nuptials of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, has added new lustre.to the historical distinction which the Opera House has so king enjoyed as the favourite resort of the Court and _Aristocracy of Britain. The Director has again to record his grateful appreciation 44 the noble and muniiMent encouragement which, after gachieving the re-establishment of the Theatre, has continued, pith discriminating taste, to guide and sustain the efforts **'le in each successive year to maintain for the Opera of London its fitting place among the Musical Institutions of EuroPe- That position is now amply recognised in every •Contiuental capital, and the approving verdict of the audi .ence of Her Majesty's Theatre is universally accepted as the • ;highest testimonial which an artist can produce. The last year has contributed to extend, as well as to elevate the influences of the establishment, and to exhibit it in the largesy sense as a National Institution. The Subscribers, by whose affective encouragement during the Season the experi ment of a supplementary series of popular performances was alone rendered possible, will have the gratification of know ing that they have not only secured and improved for them selves their accustomed recreation, but have been the means .of conferring upon a wider circle the refined enjoyments of the highest musical art. The Operatic features of the last season must still be fresh .the memory of all. Besides other additions to the talent se 11 ,-ed in former years, the resources of the Theatre were enriched by the acquisition of a tenor whose artistic genius unsurpassed sweetness of voice were instantaneously re ::d gnise d by the judgment of musical connoissieurs, and by the instincblve appreciation of every lover of melody. The Direction have been fortunate enough to retain the invaluable aid of Mdlle. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini, and all the 'Wallets who contributed to past successes ; and is able • to announce, in the approaching debut of Madlle. Titiens, an ev ent which it is believed will distinguish the se ason of 1858 as the first appearance of Signor Giuglini marked that of 1857. Iti s seldom that nature lavishes on one person all the varied gifts which are needed to form a great soprano. A voice whose register ejatitles it to claim this rank is of the rarest order. The melhdious quality and power, which are not less essential than an extended register, are scarcely more common. Musical knowledge, executive finish, and perfect intonation are indispensable ; and to these the prima donna shoull add dramatic force and adaptability, and a large measure of per sonal grace. Even these rare endowments will not suffice unless they are illumined by the fire of genius. How nearly the high ideal is approached by Madlle. Titiene, • and how much more nearly it may hereafter be reached under the same genial encouragement which has developed the . powers of so many aspirants, the friends of the opera will have an early epposfgrity of judging. The Director has again the satisfaction of expressing his sincere gratitude to all his artistic friends within the theatre, for the unfailing zeal and devotion which have enabled him to record the completion of another season without a single deviation from the performances announced. • The performances will commence immediately after Easter -with the debut of Madlle. Titiens, and Signor Giuglini's first appearance here in Meyerbeer's grand opera of " Gli Ugo notti," on the preparation of which the utmost efforts have been bestowed to make it in every way worthy of the occasion. At an early period Verdi's Opera of " Luisa Miller" will be given for the first time in this country, when Madlle. Piccolomini will sustain the part of the heroine. The English School of Composition will be represented by "La Zingara "of Balfe. The repertoire will be selected from the works of Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Donisetti, Bellini, in which Madlles. Piocolomoni, Spezia, Ortolani, and Signori Giuglini, Belart, Belletti, Tialetti, and others have won the appreciation of the subscribers. The Ballet will be supported by Madlle. Poechini (for whom a New Ballet has been expressly composed, to be produced early in the season), by Madlle. Marie Taglioni, Madlle. Boa chetti, Madame Rosati, and other favourites, and by Madlle. Orsini, who will make her first appearance early in the Sea son. Each performance will be made as effective as possible, and the Director hopes, by unceasing exertions, to meet the con tinued confidence of the subsoribers and the public, °PIM. Madlle. THERESA TITIENS (Principal soprano of the Im perial Opera, Vienna), Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. OEITOLANI, Madile. LUCIONI (Of the Scala, Milan, and prin cipal Theatres of Italy, her first appearance), Madame OHIONI (Of the principal Theatres of Italy, her first appearance), Madlle. SONDINA, Madlle. ORAMAGLIA, Madame ALBONI, and PICCOLOMINI. Signor GIUGLINi, Signor BELART, Signor MATTIOLI (Of La Scala, Milan ; Teatro Regio, Turin ; and Royal Theatre, Madrid, his first appearance), Signor BENEVENTANO, Signer ROSSI, Sign(); ALDIGHIERI, Signor MERCURIAL', Signor CASTELLI, Signor VIALETTI, and Signor BELLETTI. DIRECTORS OF THE Music AND CONDUCTORS.—The ability shown by Signor ARDITI, engaged during the past successful Winter Performances, has induced the Direction to retain his valu able services ; and Signor BONETTI, whose talented exer tions have given general satisfaction, has been re-engaged, and will arrive immediately after the termination of the Italian Opera Season at Paris, BALLET. Madlle. POCCHINI, MacUle. MORLACCHI, Madlle. ANETTA ORSINI Madlle. BOSCHETTI, (of LaFenice, Venice, her firs Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, appearance in England), and Mme. ROSATI. Madlle. ROLLA, M. DURAND, Madlle. ERNESTINA 810- M. ALFRED CARON LETTI (of the Academie Itoperiale, (her first appearance), Paris, his first appearance). Madlle. PASQUALE. The Corps de Ballet will be composed of Pupils of the School of Instruction and others selected with care. Director of the School of Instruction and Maitre de Ballet Regisseur de la Danse Leader of the Ballet M. NADAUD. An engagement has also been effected with the eminent Maitre de Ballet, Signor ROTA. The Repertoire will consist of a selection from the Works of Meyerbeor, Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, and Mozart. The first work t 3 be produced will be (first time at this theatre) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera of LES HUGUENOTS, which has been for a long time in active preparation, and will be produced on a scale and with an effect worthy of this great work. The minor, as well as the principal parts, will be effectively filled. The Scenery has been prepared with great care. The First Act will comprise a scene, drawn from nature on the picturesque banks of the Loire, the locality of the action. The other scenes will present features of great interest. The Dresses will be historically correct. Shortly afterwards will be produced (first time at this theatre) Verdi's Opera of LUISA MILLER, the Libretto founded on the celelaated Drama of Schiller, " /abide mid Liebe." Othet Novelties are in contemplation, and the engagement of Madlle. Titiens will enable the direction to resume several works that have not been given for years. Te afford the subscribers the opportunity of hearing the work of the popular Engli h composer, Balfe's Opera of LA ZING aRA will be presented some time during the season. Signer Ginglini will resume the part of Thaddeus, already sustained by him with such decided success. He will also re appear in all the principal par's in which be has been so favourably received by the subscribers and the public. Madlle. T tiens has arrived, and will make her first ap pearance in this country at the opening of the Theatre, as Valentine, in Meyerbeer's Opera of THE HUGUENOTS. Sigr. Giuglini will also, for the first time at this Theatre, ap pear in the character of Raoul de Nangis; Madlle. Ortolani will appear in the part of the Queen of Navarre ; Madlle. Lucioni as the Page ; Sigr. Vialetti as Marcel; Sigr. Aldighieri as Nevers ; and Sigr. Bolletti as St. Bris. Madlle. Piccoloraini will make her appearance in April in ono of her favourite parts, and afterwards in a part in which sha had the greatest success in Italy, LUISA MILLER. Later in the season Madlle. Spezia will appear in one of her favourite dramatic, parts. Madame Alboni will arrive early in May. Sigr. Belart will arrive on the 10th April, at the close of his successful engagement at the Italian Opera, Paris. A new Ballet, by M. Massot, is in active preparation, in which Madlle. Pocchini. who has arrived in London, will ap pear, entit'ed FLEUR DES CHAMP. The general favourite, Madlle. Marie Taglioui, will arrive early in May, and will appear in a now Ballet Divertissement composed expressly for her. Mad le. Orsini will make her debut immediately on the opening of the Theatre, in a now Divertissement. A new Ballet Divertissement will also be produced for the first appearance of Madlle. Boschetti. The Subscription will consist of Thirty Nights, and the terms will be as follows : Pit Boxes._ Grand Tier . One Pair .... Two Pair .... Pit Stalls .... 150 Guineas. 200 „ 150 „ 100 „ 25 „ .41111 , 4,- • The THEATRE will OPEN immediately AFTER EASTER, when will be produced, first time at this Theatre, Meyer. beer's Opera of LES HUGUENOTS (Gli Ugonotti). L O u R c T I O O LA . NI. Valentine Hartle. TITIENS . The Queen of The Page m M Raoul de Nangis Signor GIUGLINI . Marcel Signor VIALETTI. Count of Nevers Signor ALDIGHIERI. Count of St. Bris Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely now and original, by Mr. Marshall ; Tresses, entirely new and taken from the best authorities, by Madame Copere, and executed by M. Laureys and Mrs. Masterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property department Mr. Bradwell ; the miss-en-scene and incidental ballet, by M. Massot. DESCRIPTION OF TOE SCENERY.—A c t I. Scene Ist.—Ton rain.—Saloon in the Castle of the Count de Nevus. This Scene has been composed in the Renaissance style, age of Francis I. Scone 2d. —Park and Castle of Chenouccau, corn- Posed from Sketches made in the vicinity of Auboise. Act Paris—The Pre-aux-Clercs and View of Paris in 1572, from the Etchings of S. Silvestro. Act 111. Paris—The Castle of de Nevem-- Interior. Old French Gothic style, with Rena , s seines enrichments. Act IV. Paris—Chapel of the lingua la"s"A Quartier of Paris, from the Etchings of S. Silvestre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—M r . J. B. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING, April 6, will be performed AN EQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Chipendale, Compton, W. F arren, Rogers, Cl ar k, a n d Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz williare. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) Second price. s. a. Dress Boxes First Price. s. d. B 5 0 Dress oxes • 3 0 Up er Boxes . 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 P.t p 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery 1 0 Gallery 0 6 Commo; :0 at Seven. THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, Aran, 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SPADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night, 55-:-this day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29.48—n0w 29.50 WIND, E.S.E. to S.E. ; light, with line sunshiny wea ther, inclining to change. It rained heavily all yesterday afternoon, and until late in the evening. Two o'clock--Wind, South-Easterly; fresh and squally with more lain, and dirty weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'HIS DAY—Morn., 44 min. aft. 8 —Even., 30 min aft 9 ro-Moßitow—Morn., 30 min. aft. 9—Even., 10 min. aft. 1 . •••• 4 *-1 • - • THE StN, LON'DON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1858. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, Tho Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles, Mr, C. Kean. To conclude with (for the fourth time) a new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPII OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Wows Redo, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be produced the new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. After which, a new burlesque, FRA. DIAVOLO. And a Farce. Supported by Messrs. Bolton, Ray, Belfort, Kinloch, Seymour, C. Young; Mesdames M. Oliver, Ternan, C. Melville, Selby, Victor, Portman, and Swanb%)rough. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S9lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D VETS, dic., viz. : —bliss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Bruaell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hume, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. - Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Charles Kean, Esq ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1858. We have reason to know that we are not IMP. known to many parts of Europe, but we make no pretension to being ilse European journal. If we did so, however, we would not sacrifice our Eng lish character to please all the censors of the press and post-office in all the capitals or border towns of Continental nations. Our pride would still be to represent, wherever we went, the best, the most English qualities of the English. First amongst these we take to be an instinctive, and an intense hatred of despots, tyrants, dictators, slaveholders, and autocrats of every variety. Even when we have been ready enough to ac knowledge the good personal qualities of the man, we did not lose our aversion to the thing. In the good old days of negro slavery, the paternal planter was confessed to be a mild specimen of an inhuman class ; and we all felt that a slaveholder was not one of us, although he might be British born. Indian "Nabobs,' of the same era, whatever their genius, were seldom thoroughly at home when they returned to the land of their birth. They had lost their genuine British character when they had dallied with absolute power, and had reigned over a host of cringing and fawning slaves. And to this day we regard as. American slaveholder, although of Anglo-Saxon ozigin, as less kindred with us than a foreigner thoroughly imbued with the love of freedom. This is a notorious and undeniable fact—tc say that we are Englishmen is equivalent to saying that we will suffer ne restraint on our own freedom, and that - we detest the class whose rule depends on fettering the freedom of our neighbours. It is, therefore, much to be deplored that a jour nal which, as foreigners imagine, represents Or general feeling of Englishmen, should, so far as foreign despots are concerned, almost completely misrepresent them. foreigners find the Tines, commonly adopting the side of their oppressors, and lampooning or bitterly denouncing their noblest patriots. In 1848, for instance, and generally ever since, the despots of Austria, erg. of Italy, or of Germany, despots every where, were the class it patronised ; if almost compelled to rebuke them, the rebuke was as mild as old ELI'S ; while the KOSSUTHS, MAS‘INIS ) and LAMARTINES were hardly tolerated in the hour of success, and denounced with exulting satisfaction, as soon as foreign force had trampled them and their nation's liberties afresh under the hoofs of despotism. It was the same with the cause of Poland during the Crimean war. Poles were attacked in the persons of the most unfortu nate of the exiles resident in London, and the emancipation of their eountry, although the con dition of European safety against Russian aggres sion, and the easiest means by far of bringing Russia to terms, was scouted as madness. Now, Englishmen almost universally were tho roughly opposed to all this. KOSSUTH and Hun garian liberties, MAZZINI with his brother trium virs, and the emancipation of Rome from Papal rule ; the Poles, the Polish Legion, and Poland as Europe's bulwark against Russia, were topics of interest everywhere. All must remember, so recently as the Russian war, that while the Times was, almost cruelly, attacking Poland and the Poles, a meeting could be held nowhere which did net respond enthusiastically to the mention of the rights of Poland. Whether it were a Radical gathering in St. Martin's-hall or a gathering of Lincolnshire farmers, in town or in country, Poland was always a welcome topic, and the speaker who introduced it needed no eloquence to secure pros longed cheers. The very name was eloquent to Englishmen. What Pole abroad could have imagined for a moment that the whole English nation—a few aristocrats and their supporters in the London press excepted—desired nothing so much as that the war should be carried on through Poland, and that its restoration to the map of Europe should have been the chief result of all our sacrifices. These remarks have been suggested to us by the recent attack of the Times on MAZZINI and to highly respectable publisher of his last pam phlet. MAZZINI has written a highly im pressive letter to Lours NAPOLEON. It is strong, but often eloquent in denuncia tion, th e sting of the eloquence being a very clever arrangement of undeniable facts. Louis NAPOLEON is pitted against L OWS NAPO LEON, and his whole policy a rrai gned in no mea sured terms. Of course we should diss en t f rom many of the opinions, and challenge many of the statements, yet no one can deny that they are sub stantially true, and all would confess that MAZZINI had a right to attack, with the most legitimate of weapons, the ruler who had crushed the Roman republic in the blood of Romans, and driven MAZZINI and his fellow triumvirs from the post to which the people had elected them into exile. We never did, and never could excuse the murder of Roman liberties by the arms of a foreign re public. MAZZINI was, at least, as legitimate a ruler as the then President of France, for, like him, he was chosen by the people, and he is fully justified in warring against him with the only arms the conqueror has left him. Even the Times itself almost admits MAEzINI's right to wield the pen as he has done ; and every reader will thank him for the masterly way in which he has shown that, instead, as the Emmtoa's late pamphlet maintained, of England's being indebted to Loins NAPOLEON for " the Alliance," it is he who is indebted to us. The words put into an Englishman's mouth (page 11) will be adopted cordially by every Englishman. The anti-patriot journal, however, would like to debar MAZZINI the honour of a first-class Eng lish publisher ; it professes to lament that a well known publisher should allow his name to appear on the title-page of a pamphlet threatening a re newal of the late attempt, and exhorting to ass assination. This is pure fiction. We have read every word of the pamphlet, and can affirm that it would never have led us to dream of such an interpretation. The letters of an Englishman published by the Timm itself, shortly after the coup (cacti, were far stronger in language ; the truth is, to run down MAzaINI and to write up Conspiracy Bills is just now the official vocation of our contemporary. Mr. EFFINGHAM WILSON would have been unworthy of his position as an English publisher, had he refused a noble-minded exile the means of pouring forth his wrath against one, who, though our ally,'was yet the oppressor of the exile's country. The pamphlet, as a literary production of its class, has a claim to appear, and Mr. WiLsois is right in not adding another to the staff of Louis NAPoLsoN's censors of the press. Enough that he has them in France. Mr. WILSON will certainly not become one of the familiars of a political Holy office to prevent tho publication of heresy against despots. A remarkable evidence of the advantages already accruing to the community from the spread of the Reformatory movement, was adduced last week at Hull by the Learned Recorder. It was excerpted from the recent reports addressed to the local ma gistracy by the Governor and Chaplain of the borough goal—reports demonstrative of this one encouraging fact, that the male juvenile offenders there in durance at the beginning of 1856, to the number of " twenty-nine," have already dwindled down, as an aggregate, to—six ! We "do not wait" now, as Mr. WARREN expressively observes, "till the reptile issues forth, but stamp where we can on the unbroken egg." Here is proof of it —proof positive, and surely also proof eminently satisfactory. "Do consider the effect," says the Recorder, further on in his earnest address to the Grand Jury at the Borough Sessions, do consi der the effect of the sapping and mining process —for such I may call it—on the citadel of crime ; adding, " Persevere, if you wish to see its walls begin to quiver and finally fall down." And remarking beyond this, emphatically and unan swerably—" An army that is not recruited must soon disappear : and you are really stopping re cruiting for the devil's army : here, for instance, are hopeful ones of his withdrawn, and likely to enlist in a better service." There is something, in truth, practically inspiriting to the promoters of the reformatory movement in facts like those thus conspicuously brought to light and strik ingly applied by the Recorder of Hull. It should be observed, however, that Mr. WARREN'S impressive address upon the inauguration of the local sessions, was not by any means restricted to this eminently successful endeavour on his part to illustrate the remarkable extent of the advance already made in the progress of the reformatory movement. His juridical observations had far wider and yet more encouraging applica tion. As eloquently indicated, above all, by his reference to " that public opinion which has its eyes now placed sternly and searchingly on three bfoul sources of crime and misery-.-Ignorance, Intemperance, and (word of sickening and deplor able omen I) Prostitution." Here, indeed, in one comprehensive sentence, is epitomised the labour of the great social reformation upon which we have at length earnestly adventured, and in the responsibility of prosecuting which at this mo ment are nuw participating, more or less conspi cuously, both the Legislature and the Govern ment. It is an old, old problem enough, no doubt, the solution of which we are now striving to attain—struggling onward, please GOD, by the light of a more wise philanthropy. Te hearten us amidst the toils of an arduous enterprise, there are, of course, many noble hopes and aspirations. But it may be well to remember now that we are in a manner in the thick of the struggle—that in proportion to the elevation of those aspiring hopes are the magnitude and the inultiplicity of the stubborn and deep-rooted difficulties requiring to be grappled with and extirt: ated—ss ". . . . Et quantum vertiol ad auras Jitherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit." A. Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the Cnancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Martinis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, General Peel, Sir J )hn Pakington, the Earl of E:lenborough, the Right lion. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice and Prince George of Saxony, paid a visit to St. George's Chapel yesterday afternoon. The royal party were conducted over the sacred edifice by the Rev. W. Canning, canon of Windsor. Dr. Elvsy was present, and performed several pieces of sacred music while the royal party were present. BIRTHDAY Or PRINCE LEOPOLD.—WINDSOR, April 7.—The birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold was celebrated here to-day with the customary bonuurs paid to the members of the royal family. Merry peal, were rung from the Chapel Royal of St. Gorge and St. John's Church, and royal salutes were fired in the Bachelore' Acre from the corporation ordnance, at Fort Belvidere, and from the Royal Adelaide frigate on Virginia Water, The Countess of Roden and Lady Maria Forester have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. --The Lord Chancellor will receive, for the first time since his elevation, the judges and other dignitaries of the law, at l.is re-idence, next Thursday, being the fir,t day of Esster Tenn. On Friday, his Lordship will sit at Lincoln's-inn, and the new Probate and Divorce Court will sit at Westminster, and not on the first day, as there is no convenient place of sitting until the Chancellor vacates his court. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.--Yesterday morning the election of directors for the ensuing year took place in the Bank Parlour. Tue proceedings were conducted by ballot, and the result was as follows :—Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Weguelin, M.P , Mr. G. Lyall, M.P., Mr- T. Hankey, M.P., Mr. J. G. Hubbard, Mr. C. F. Huth, Mr. A. Latham, Mr. T. C. Smith, Mr. E. H. Palmer, Mr. G. W. Norman, Mr. J. Morris, Mr. A. Matheson, Mr. T. Masterman, Mr. J. Malcolmeon, Mr. J. B. Heath, Mr. J. 0. Hanson, Mr. J. A. Guthrie, Mr. G. Go-,then, Mr. H. Wollaston Blake, Mr. H. H. Berens, Mr. T. Binc-on, Mr. A. E. Campbell, Mr. W. Cotton, and Mr. J. Pa*tison Currie. DEATH OF MAJOR REED, LATE M.P. FOR ABINGDON. —We have to announce the decease of this gentleman, who Eirdired at his rasidenc', 25, Craven-street, Strand, yesterday, at 4 p.m., under ♦ery distressing circuw ,tanc-s. It was on the 20th ult. that he was released from the Queen's Bench Prison by Mr. Commissioner Phillips until his final hearing at the It.solvent Court. rne Commissioner, having taken into coral Aeration the danger of sending him back to prison, accepted bail tn. Lis appearance. Major Reed was brought to the Qaeen's Bunch after his unsuccessful attempt to repreae:.,t the borough of 11m-bury (the expense aften , ing which led to his incarceration) in August last. Ile was then im ,nedia.tely taken so ill as to keep his boil, from waence he was carrel to Portugal-streot on the 20th ult. He had lim a corn' lately surrounded with care and attention by the prison authorities, but uo skill could alleviate his sufferings, and Lis complaint—dropsy —has at length terminated fatally. Major J. H. Reed was the on ly son of Mr. G. Reed, of Burnham, Sotner.etshire, and was , - , ern in 1828. He was formerly in the 17th, Lancers, and appointed Major in the City of London .Artillery Cern pany in July, 1854, which be resigned, and was return( M.P. for Abingdon in December, 1854, and was attached to the "advanced Liberal" party in the House of Com mono, INDIA. EAST INDIA HOUSE DESPATCH. The following telegram has been received at ,be India House, from Malta J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA HOUSE, LOA DON. LUCK NO W. On the Bth of March the arrangements on both sides of the Goomtee for the attack were com pleted. On March 9 Sir J. ()dram turned the enemy's first great line of defences by an enfiiading fire, and the Martiniere was stormed by the Second Division, under Sir E. Lugard. On the 10th March Sir Colin Campbell seized the Bank-house, and took up an advanced position in front of it. Sir J. Ontram pushed forward his advances on the left of the Goomtee, the resist ance of the enemy being - obstinate. On the 11th of March her Majesty's 42d and 93d Highlanders stormed the Begum's Palace, and Sir J. Ontram crosaed the Goom tee and occu pied the buildings in front of the Palace. In these operations our less was under 100 killed and wounded. Among the killed are Captain Macdonald, Her Majesty's 93d ; Captain Cooper, Rifle Brigade ; Captain Moorsom, Staff. On the 13th of March a sap was ran up to the Imambarra, which is close to the walled enclosure of the Kaiserbagh. On the 14th of March the Imambarra was stormed, and the troops following close on the re tiring enemy, entered the Kaisurbagh with them ; the contest lasted until 3 o'clock p.m., by which time Sir Colin Campbell was in full possession of the Kaiserbagh. On the 15th of March, the enemy, after the fall of the Kaiserbagh, having commenced their flight from the city, Brigadier Campbell, with a brigade of cavalry and horse artillery, was de spatched in pursuit. Sir Hope Grant also ade vanced to Seetapoor, on the direct road to Rohil cund, with 1,000 sabres, to intercept the fugi tives who might be forced in that direction by Brigadier Campbell. Up to the 15th of March the enemy still occu pied some parts of Luckuow, but intelligence of Sir C. Campbell's reductiun and occupation of the whole city is hourly expected. Itirbi Mbition THE DOAB. A. body of rebels had threatened Etawab, but have since recrossed the Ganges. REWAH. It is reported from Rewah that the rebels have taken Cheomar (?), and that the Rajah and the Deputy - Commissioner, Mr. Cavin, are prisoners. CENTRAL INDIA. Sir H. Rose occupied Bandapoor on March 10. The Rajah had fled to Chunderee. RAJPOOrANA. No intelligence. SOUTHERN MARRATTA COUNTRY. The rebel Dessayees are still in the Canara jungles, but large reinforcements have been de spatched to the magistrate by the Madras Govern ment, and the Bombay frontier is carefully guarded. The following telegraphic despatch dated Alla habad, March 17th, 7 p.m., has just been re ceived "It is reported. from Futtyghur, under date March 15, that the Nana is still at Jehanpoor, and chief rebels are with him. The rebels have again entered the Futtyghur district, attacked the Thannahs, and driven off the police posted there. Gen. Penny must be close at hand on the Jumna side. The rebels who had entered the Ghatum pore Pergunnah have ',recrossed the river to Hu meerpore. The Commander-in-Chief sends the following intelligence today from Lucknow Yesterday the bridges were secured, and the troops advanced, and occupied the Muchee Bawan and Great Imambarra. Large bodies of the enemy crossed the stone bridges an hour before the attack was commenced by Sir J. Outram. The resistance was slight compared with the previous day. A Ghoorkah division seized the enemy's position in front of Alumbagh last night. Numbers of armed and unarmed men are evacuating the city by the outlets ; they passed to the north. "Our advances to-day are gradually pushed on all sides of the line occupied by the troops, par ticularly towards Goolghat and Moosabab, in which direction the enemy are advancing. Tne point they intend to make for is not known. " Bombay Castle, March 18, 1858. "H. L. ANDERSON . , "'Secretary to Government.,' "Malta, April 8, 1858. " From V. G. MONTANARO." DESTRUCTION OF TETE EARL OF MORAY'S ItiISIDIINCE BY FIRE. (From the Caledonian Mercury, of April 7.) It is our reel tncholy duty to announce the total de struction by fire of Donibristle House, the charming oil residence of the Earl of Moray, and the ancient seat of the Moray family, on the Firth of Forth. The fire broke out between seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning ; and by ten o'clock, such was the devouring nature of the flames, the whole building was a mass of ruins, nothing remaining save smouldering wood and blackened walls. Hove the fire originated is not known. Y were residing in the hou se Non att e he of tim t e h : andfailthe servants who took charge of the mansion lived in a building apart. Fires, however, were eut on in it, almost every day. and it is supposed that the conflagration originated in some of the chinenies. It was first discovered breaking through the rocf, and assistance not being immediately to be had, it soon gained such power as to defy all efforts to exticguish it. Fire-engines were obtained from Dun fermline, and one was shipped from Edinburgh. Bt fore they at rived, however, the flames bad such a hold of the building that they proud of no essential service. A great number of p.erple from Inverkeithing, including the Magistrates, were present at the earliest moment to tender assistance. When the fire was first dis covered, Mr. Ted, farmer, Latham, with his servants, hastened to the scene ; and, with the assistance of Mr. Smith, forester, and the gardeners and other servants on the estate, saved the whole library and a number of valuable paintings (the Courts of Charles I. and IT., by Leidy) from mine of the drawing-rooms. Most unfortu nately, however, the rare and priceless paintings in the dining-room, including the family pereraiis, were lost, with the exception of an original portrait of the Regent Moray, amid one other saved by a slater named Young, from laverlzeithing, and a man. named Mitchell, at the risk of th e i r li ves, part o f th e i r c lothes having been I burnt t ff. Donibristle, from the Fitth Of Forth, formed a pro minent object, and although by no means a fine house, arcbiteciairally speaking, was one of those dwe'linga so associated with the ancient history of Scoland, as to make its destractioa a matter of regret to all wtw have ever seel it. To the 'Moray family it is, in a cer: taiu sense, irreparable. The house was once burned' before by al. Earl of Handy, at the instigation, it is supposed, of King Jatne., when the . "Bonni e E ar l of .Moray," o f whom , the King was jecilans, was s l ain i n attempting t i esca; , e. F rom Messrs. Fullario n ' s "Ire penal Gaz Ateer of Scotland," we take the following ° brief not'.:e of Donibri,tle " The house OTDonibristle, a seat of the Earl of M iraY, v. as fortntrly the residence of tie Abbot of St. Comle, but it has since been grea ly enlarged and i;oproved. anibrisle was, in 1592, the goalie of the cruel murder of the Bonnie Earl, whose per sonal attracti,ni and accomplishments, it is alleged by some leisturians, had impressed the heart of Anne of Danmark, and t xcited the jealousy of her royal spouse. Lis at least was the popular notion of the t me `lle was a braw gallant, oAnd he e Y And h t l h e he b aaniy' at t d h E e sr q l t u he of ee, tv lo a Murray,a y. The Les Custained, besldea invaluable family relic'', must be very gree. We understand that the property was covered by insurance, iATEST NEWS. LATEST FROM LUCKNOW. RETREAT AND PURSUIT OF THE REBELS. MALTA, APRIL 7, 2 P. M. By the Candia, which arrived at Suez on the 29th ult., we have advices from Bombay of March 18 ; Calcutta, 8 ; Hong Kong, 27. The latest news from Lucknow is to the morning of the 15th of March. Nearly all the city was then in our possession, but few rebels remaining in it. General Outram having turned the enemy's line of works on the canal, the M.rtiniere was stormed by Sir Edward Lugard, and the line of works seized on the 9th. The Bank-house was also oc cupied. Oa the 11th Jung Bahadoor moved into line, and the 93d Regiment, supported by the 42d, stormed the Begum's Palace. Our loss was less than 100 killed and wounded, the loss of the enemy being 500. At the same time, Outram, on the north of the Goomtee, seized on the stone bridge, and cut up 500 of the enemy. On the same day our guns moved up, and the buildings in advance of the Begum's Palace were occupied. On the 14. th the Imaumbarrah was stormed, the Ghoorkas assisting. The Kaiser bagh was then entered, and after a fight all day, solidly occupied. 24 guns were taken. General Outram then crossed the iron bridge and opened fire on the flying enemy. Our loss was not known at Bombay, but is supposed to be small. The enemy rushed by the artillery on the 15th, flying from the city in great numbers. Two columns of cavalry and artillery, under Briga diers Campbell and Hope Grant, were sent out after them. Maun Singh had come into Jung Bahadoor's camp. He had previously sent in Miss Orr. Sir Hugh Rose, with the Second Brigade of the Central India Field Force, was moving on Jhansi. The rebellious district of Shafgard had been an nf.xed to the British territory by Sir R. Hamilton. The First Brigade is besieging Tbanderee. Gen. Whitlock reached Saugor on March 7th in advance of his column, which had halted at Duhmo. There was a panic in Calcutta on March 3. The President in Council called out the Volunteers, and placed cannon on the bridges. Information had been received that the Barrackpore Sepoys,' who were to relieve the Fort Garrison that night, were to have arms and attack the city. AB, how ever, passed off quietly. Exchange at Bombay, 2s. lid. for credits. In the Calcutta import-market purchases con tinued on a limited scale. Bank rate of interest unaltered. Exchange, 2s. lid. CHINA. Braves were mustering in large numbers round Canton, determined on an attempt to retake the city. The representatives of the allied Powers were preparing for their departure Northwards, but it is said that all thought of visiting Pekin this year Is given up. The Inflexible, with Yeh as a prisoner, arrived at Singapore on March 1. Exchange at Hongkong, 4s. 9icl. SHANGHAI, FEB. 20. Very few transactions in imports. Prices of silk nominal at last quotations. Exchange, Gs. ADEN. The Arabs in the vicinity of Aden had stopped the roads and intercepted supplies on their way to the fort. The Commander of the Garrison attacked them on the lath of March. His force consisted of 600 men and two guns ; 20 or 30 of the enemy are said to have been killed, without a casualty to the British. The roads, however, were again interrupted, and the Arabs assembled in larger numbers than before. The Candia reports that another successful sortie had been made, that the Arabs had submitted, and that they were again admitted into the fort on a friendly footing. Before the Candia left Aden the Oriental had arrived from Bombay with passengers. H. M.'s steamer Cyclops bad left for Suez, to be engaged in surveying service in the Red Sea. The Pylades is likewise on her way up to receive the Siamese Mission. The Oriental's mail has been brought forward by the Candia. The following telegram from her Majesty's Acting Consul-General in Egypt was received at the Foreign-office, via Corfu, April 7, 5.30 p.m.:— ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 3. The steamer Candia arrived at Suez yesterday from Calcutta ; the steamer Oriental, from Bom bay, bas arrived at Aden, and the Candia brings the following news obtained from that vessel : LUCKNOW. General Outram crossed the G )omtee on the nth of March. Sir E. Lugard pushed on from the Dilkoosha, and captured the Martiniere and Bank-house on the 10th. On the 13th the Kaiserbagh and Lcaumbarra, a mass of palaces adjoining the Residency, were stormed and taken. On the 14th the enemy began to pour in tor rents from the city in the direction of Rohil- cund. They were pursued from one side by Brigadier Campbell, and from the other by Brigadier Sir Hope Grant, with strong detachments of Cavalry and Horse Artillery. Sir 11. Rose's force is advancing through Bun- delcuud. The country being clearel up to Jhausi, Whit lock's force is moving on Sanger. The General and Staff arrived on the 10th, and remain in that neighboutbood. General 11, , ,betUs force has passed Nusseerabad on its way to Kotah, where the rebels are said to be in, strength. AD EN. The Sultan of Adhiee, a town 20 miles from Aden, having stopped and prevented supplies from entering the fort, the Brigadier commanding th• Aden garrison went out on the morning of the 18th of March with a force of GOO men and tvi• guns, and after a skirmish with the Arabs suc ceeded iu bringing them to terms. The Arabs are said to have lost between 20 and 30 men, without a casualty on our side. When the Candia left Aden all was quiet, and the natives had again been received within the walls. Her Majesty's ship Cyclops left Aden for Suez on the 24th ult. Her Majesty's ship Pylades left Madras for Suez on the 18th ult. JOHN GREEN. Corfu, April 7, 11 a.m. THE EAST. MALTA, APRIL 7. Intelligence reached this yesterday of a conflict, near Ghadames, between the Ottomans and the Arabs, under Sheik Goumah, who was betrayed and Jain by one of his followers ; his head had been brought into Tripoli, where great rejoicings had taken place. An Ottoman steam liner and frigate, having on board 3,000 troops from Constantinople, put into Corfu on the 19th, and left . on the 22d 0 , March for Albania, to put a stop to the depreda tions committed on the Turkish iron ier 'in the Adriatic, and to protect it against an invasion from the Montenegrins. The Ripon arrived from Southampton last night and the Euzine from Marseilles this morning with the India mails, with which they have left for Alexandria. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Moniteur pays the following tributl of praise to the late M. earlier :—" His death has produced a deep and painfal impression. In periods of diffi culty, by his perspicacity and energy he reudered services to the cause of order which the country wilt not forget, and which the Emperor is pleased to dwell on with a feeling of decided approbation " BOURSE, April 7. The following were the closing quotations : 4i per Cents 92 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 35 Do. end month 69 40 nk Shires Credit Mobilier 737 50 Do. Account 733 75 Credit Foncier Belgian 4 Piedmontese (Z) . 9O Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — RAILWAYS.— FOR CASH. Orleans Northern New Ditto 7721 Strasburg Lyon and Mediteran. 8074 Grand Central Now Ditto 775 Sardinian Genera TURKEY. We have received accounts from Constantinople up to the 27th ult. The Porte has add.tessed to all its agents, accredited at the different European Courti, a circular on the subject of the Suez Canal, in which it explains its conduct in hat affair. A letter gives the following summary of the docu ment : "It is stated therein, in support of the refuzal given by the Porte to that undertaking, that the Turkish Go vernment is the natural and only competent judge f)r deciding on the objections against the proj..ct ; and that before all things it must protect itself agains+ any foreign pressure, and prevent any one from meddling with the internal affairs of the cz,untry. It con cludes by saying that it was precisely a similar question which furnished to England a pretext fur occupying the island of Perim ; and that Turkey will not listen to any arrangement, but demands the unconditional restitution of that island, which has become a question of Europ,an right, Europe having guaranteed the integrity of the Turkish territory." The Constantinople journals contain very little intelligence of interest. The Presse d'Orient gives the following :--" The Naib Emm Pacha, who had succeeded in escaping f►ora Damascus, which had been assigned him as his residence, has been able to reach the Caucasus, passing through the Kur distan, Georgia, and Miugrel,a. He has brought about a rezouciliation between himself and Sefer Pacha." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived. On the previous day, Good Friday, the Queen and the King, in accordance with the ancient custom of the Spanish sovereigns, visited with great pomp several churches. The Espana says that the alleged fusion of the two branches of the royal family is a mystifi cation, and it turns its contemporaries into ridicule for treating it seriously. Accord;ng to the Iberia, Spain and England are to act as arbitrators ix the difference which has arisen between Franc and Portugal relative to the possession of the Congo river on the western coast of Africa. Despatches received by the Government from the Phillipine Islands to the 10th Feb., Porto Rico to the 2d ult, and from Cuba to the 12th ult., state that perfect tranquillity prevailed in those colonies. A lettEr from Belgrade of the 30th ult. in the Cologne Gazette says :—" The news has been re ceived of the death in prison of Itaja Daganevitch, one of the senators condemned by the prince. Yet the latter declared yesterday to the Turkish com mis9ioner that all the prisoners were in good health. DIPLOMATIC MISIIANAGFAIENT. (Front tite Tinzes.) It is a general belief that the working of the Circumlocution Office is entirely or mainly obstruc tive, and that the ingenuity of its functionaries is simply employed in finding out how things are not to be done, and how the most urgent necessities and the most fervid impulses may be brought to a standstill. That, however, is only a partial view of the system. There is at least one departmentof this famous institution in which the numerous offi cers employed are not content with the vulgar am bition of doing nothing at all, and presenting simply a cold shoulder, or a neat form of denial, to the unfortunate man who wants something to be done. The Foreign Office hasaiways eeen celebrated for a nobler and more active ambition, or at least for " not doing what is to be done" in a more showy and original style. It not only will not do what is to be done, but does the vete , opposite. It industriously turns the ploughshare into the sword, and makes a dagger out of a prunning hook. Lord Melbourne used to say that there would be peace for ever if we could only shut up the Foreign Office ; and we have certainly lived to see Ambassadors and Ministers descend ing in right diplomatic succession from the sacred heralds of antiquity, getting up wars, de claring them, and carrying them on upon their own account. It is not to be supposed that tht se gentle men ever really consider it their mission to involve nations in quarrels and plunge them into wars. There is a special service for that department, ad mirably conducted by spirited csptaius, high poli tical writers, philosophical assassins, self-consti tuted peacemakers and regenerators of the human species. But where a host of able and excellent officials is dispersed over the world, stationed in large cities, and brought into immediate con tact with the leading spirits of the civilised world, of course it must be for something. It cannot be for letting things alone. Such an in stitution must operate energetically and demonstra ' tively, so as to astonish, if not always to please, the natives. If peace is its wish, then peace must be maintained in a striking and effective manner, so that people shall all admit the diplomatist to be indeed a man of peace, to be able to preserve peace cr not as ho pleases, to have peace in his grasp, and to be the legitimate object, or at least channel, of supplication when the prayer of the peoples is for peace It is not very long since we had an instance of a Minister whose duty it was at the let iucipal State of the New Wcrld—always on the most jealous and fidg ty terms with us, their progenitors and cousins—to avert collision, to smooth over differences, and at least to take care there should be no misunderstanding in the official communica tions of the two countries. Mr. Crampten, at the Court of Washington, was a very clever ) and, they say, a very amusing man, a very good talker, ant all that is wanted at a London dinner party. This admirable gentleman, however, having received a despatch which Lord Clarendon had taken the pains to draw up and send him, and being pr e ssed for time, under what circumstances we are no t informed, did not read the said document to the end, and aceordtngly misundetsiood, or rather never made himself acquainted with, his instruc tions. So, drawing or his own imagination for what he conceived Lord Clarendon would probably say at the end of the desp a t c h, h e took an original course of his own, a nd s o rendered a qu . s ti ff n already complicated absolutely in oluble. We are now presented, however, with a much bolder speci men of the same sort of treatment, and one calcu lated to invest the whole diplomatic servi( e with , almost awful character. From the nobleman who presides in Downing-street to theyi:unges Secretary of Legation, or most mo dest attache, let us all pray for the perfect sanity , comfort, and especially the I undisturbed leisure of these men. We shall not indeed consult ether their own t astes or thenecessities of the service by inst ailing them in quiet shrines and shady graves, where they may pursue their own free intelitatione It is their business to go into the world to talk, to write, and to act. So let. us at least pray that they may all have a good night's red, that they may rise refreshed, and in time to read their letters before they go out for the day. Let tp, then, pray that they may generally—at least, when a crisis is expected, and a little cloud is on the horizon—return home in time to do a little business, to give an order, to read a 'fraught note, and even the document itself to which they have to append their important signatures. If this be not always possible, mty they at least be able to make up be fore they go to bed for the omissions of the ! Never did we adequately feel till now how much we all depend upon persons of whom few of us ever heard, and how the world hangs on their humour, or such notions of duty as a long period of service may chance to have left them. Sir James Hudson and Mr. Erskine were sent to Turin for the express purpose of communicating to the Sa dinian Court the views and wishes of the British Foreign Secretary, and supplying him with their views and wishes in return. It has some times been suggested that the whole thing might be done more expeditiously and with less chance of mistake by a direct transmission of let ters to and fro between the two Courts. That, however, is a very undiplomatic opinion, and on he present occasion we leave it to its fate. Yet, let us see how the actual system has worked in this instance. On the 29th of December Lord Clan ition sent a despa• ch to Sir James Hudson, instructing him to ask Count Cavour whether the Sardinian Goverieeet meant to object to the pro cedings taken by the Neapelitan Government in the case of the Cagliari, on the ground that the Neapolitan vessels of war had no right to pursue the Cagliari, and to capture her bsyond the Neapo litan territorial jurisdiction. This was a plain, simple, and very natural request on the part of the British Government, to know whether the Sara dinien Government meant to act on a particular ground, which Lord Clarendon proceeded to ex plein he considered a proper one, if it 'was justi fied by the facts of th e case. This, however, though stated with Lord Clarendoit's usual clear ness and vigour, Nas either above the int,lligence of the minor officials of Turin, or seemed too mild for their taste. Sir James Hudson, it is true, dial his duty at first. He ordered and approved a draught of a note to be sent to Count Cavour, faithfully repeating the words of the despatch, and asking Count Cavour whether the Sardinian Govern ment meant to of ject to the proceedings of the Neapolitan Government on the ground particu larized. Mr. Erskine, however, having simply to write out and despatch afair copy from this draught, wholly ignored and omitted the question which was its principal object, and substituted for it no question at all, but an alleged piece of informa• tioti which he was so good as to volunteer for the benefit of the Sardinian Government. " I have been instructed," he wrote, "to ao• quaint your Excellency that her Majesty'a Government are disposed to object to these pro ceedings, on the ground," &c. The change wag from a question to a statement, from a question as to the views of the Sardinian Government to a statement compromising the views of our own. It supposed the Sardinian Government to take the initiative from us, instead of deferring a final ex pression of our own views till we had learnt on what views the Sardinian Geverninent was actually pro ceeding. Mr. Erskine brought his despatch withthia important and elaherate alteration—it was nobody else's—to fir J. Hudson, who never read a line—the alteration was in the very first sentence,—but simply put hisnatee to the document, which remained with' out challenge, doing all the mischief it could from January sth to March tsth, nearly two month° and a-half. Early last month, M. C evour showed Mr. Eiskine's despatch to Lord Malinesburh who immedia ely wrote to ask on whose authoritl the supposititious statement had been made, and elicited an explanation of the facts. Mr. Erskine now expresses his deep regret that he had made "e very material alteration in the wording of the first parao - aph " admits what ho ought to have raid; explains how he might possibly have fallen into the " unfortunate blunder ; " suggest what he might possibly have meant to WI most dutifully exonerates his chief, and pleads on his own part the difficulty of literally transcribia a paper of his own composition. Lord Malmo• . bury very properly informs Sir Ja m e s H u d son that the explanation is unsatisfactory, and desires that Mr. Erskine may be told that his conduct is quite inexcusable. Is it possible to suppose that such a thing could ba done at all without b e i ng a ma tt er o f f req uent occurrence Mr. Erskine had licence enough, 1 / is evident, to do as he pleased. When a Minister never looks at what he signs, a clever, industrious , and ambitious secretary, desirous to act with proper energy, and ready to persuade himself that the de spatch was "his own composition," is under con; f.tterable temptation to improve, to simplify an d invigorate the message which he is charged to transmit. We can almost pardon a subaltern who is ready to take responsibility, a n d s e e th a t t h e woo' „ does nut flag in his hands. Indeed, whether M r ; Erskine desires it or not, thi s i s a l most th e only account possible in his case, as the alteratio n is rather too material b o th i n matter a n : words to be a mere slip o f th e pen or of the eqe memory in the act o f transcription. et can readily supp ose th a t M r. E rsk i ne thoug ht odd Lord Clarendon should first ask whether Sardinian government were objectiugon this grout) and then defended it, if the facts bore it out. It Nit natural he ehould wish to simplify matters 1)1 assuming the objection at once, and leaving Sari dinia to agree, if it liked. But this was not win' s Lord Clarendon said, and it cer t a i n l y did 0„ accord with the respecti ve p os i t i ons o f the tif" Governments in the affair. In fact, Mr. Erskin ° , was for leading Sardi n i a , i ns t ea d o f sugges tint that simple co-operation and common underatau' , ing which Lord Cl a rend o n mos t p ro p er ly d e sire But ere we safe when secretaries are encourage s to follow their own devices, sad when, for aug, lj we know, scores of irritating and injudicious 4-? ° , spatches may be rambling in fo re i gn c h anee rir d that Downing-sheet never heard of ? Sir Jatn:, Hudson is the responsibl e man . If t h e su b a l t el; be visited with the pu n i s h men t o f a su b a l tern , Chief ought to have his due. We cannot think rt safe to leave either of them at Turin, espeeiali/ with no Minister at all with Naples, and only M t ' Howard in Tuscany. LITERATURE. Aforgyn Clitheroe. No. IX. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. Thecuriosity of the reader is by this time pique! almost b e yond en d urance, as to the possible l est)," of the intricate pl o t o f M ervyn Cli t h eroe. A cc ord' ing to a E carcely credible intimation of Malpas Sale% at the close of the new number before us, the WO will of old Uncle Moberly—making Mervyn bo heir, and depriving Malpas of his otherwise seeur , : inheritance—is destroyed. The confusion, indee d ' in the story is by this time worse confounded. Pira Mervyn is said to be dying. Apphia is apparent l 9 to the hero by a ras h promise exto rted from her by her mo!h e r, M rs . B r id eoa k e . It s eeiii l uncertain whether John will live to espouse Of: —and dubious even yet, to some extent, as to tilo match r-ally coming off after all between the WY ah'e elderly spinster (sister •f old Hazy), al 3 , Cuthbert Spring, the merry g e n tl eman . TOP more instalments of the serial will clot up all uncertainties and will doubtless brill the tale to a happy conclusi on . I n which eves poetical justice demands for MAlpas the most iga: minious exposure, fo r P owna ll somet hi ng wok e than a sousing in the horse-pond, and for Phalegit Oied, and Penninah a collective puni-hme° little short of transportation. As for Mrs. Bride; 12 oake, it is to 3 hoped that her pride, if 0" her neck may be broken someholi opportunely' Everybody, of course, reco,:nises the father o f tba hero in the officer who makes h is appearance w ith the old batch , lor friend at Mervyn's rural pie" Colonel Chtheroe, for some unimaginable reasoOf masquerading for a while under the psuedonY D f Mnjor Atherton. We look forward to the acknowledgment; of his idtntity with pleasant ant ? &potion& ST. JAMES'S HALL—The Vocal Association c 00 1; roonced a Sties of six subscr ption concerts last nig h in this new and splendid ball. The progracoM; eted entirely from the c, orks of Alendelssoho, onti of the highest e x,ellence—such, in,'eed,as n3igg have ':, us and effici en t or chesir* led and amon g t h e so l o performer et ti y Mr.n There expected,rgerov was ; a ir numerous e t rio, eassical ta s te of 3-I'. Be v,.0.L1 and in,tturnentd, some of the most erning, he day , C 'averts of thi s refined description calculated to estai lisp the repu , e cf the Vocal As P : elation ; raid it is to be hoped that nothing of ry inferior cal br e nay be encouraged hi St. Jarne e [IA, of which, wl en 0 , -Itair. in , ;ispen,able a iodi6c B : tions are eflectoJ, tie metropolis will have just roo t). " to be proud. GiItRAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAILWAY COIMANIr',...r. Tat-, hail-yea r l y geni ral meeting of shareholders in tu• Company was held at the London Tavern, Bishop-V,, e ; street, ye-terday ; Mr. Robert Gill, chairman of t' P j Botirt of Directors, in tLe chair The report state ! , ~h at the traffic for the pat halt-year, as compared W it o f the corresponding period of 1857, showed a decree's „ 82 2481. 3s. Bd., which is only 12 5241. Os. SJ. less tb o 'lie evi-us six After souie discussion, for ri.p Tr was un niiiiously adopted. A dividend ~f 54 Pis cent. was then declared payable on April 28th, on a abates registered in the London books on March 220