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while the average cost of the Indian lines was only ' 8,000/. per mile ; 250 miles cost 1,000,0001. sterling, and a fair average price had been paid for the land, though not so high a price as was sometimes obtained in this country. He admitted the defects in the present mode of supervision, especially the delays which oc curred in. this country, and said that he should be glad if soma plan could be suggested to remedy the defects on this score. If, therefore, the hon. gentleman pressid his motion for a committee of inquiry, he for one would consent to it. (Hear, hear.) It was unjust to speak slightingly, as some hon. gentlemen had done, of the Indian engineers, for a finer corps was not in exist ence. It was quite a mistake to suppose that these gen tlemen were merely military engineers ; on the contrary moat of the civil engineering of the country was carried on under their superintendence. As to the obstructions of the Government, as a general rule the railway officials and th 3 Government officers had worked harmoniously together. Railway engineers might be very respectable men, but they knew that in England lines had been constructed for 15,0001. a mile which had formerly cost 40,0001. Superintendence in this department of the publio works was therefore of great importance in the commencement, and shoul I be accompanied with a pro vision for the ultimate transfer of the mauagsment to a body of directors. He quite approved of the motion and desired that all light should be thrown upon the subject, with the view to the judicious extension of railways and be thought the house was much obliged to the hon. mem ber for having brought the subject forward. (Hear.) Mr. AYRTON explained that his statement still re mained where it was, notwithi,tanding what had fallen from the hon. member for Guildford, that when in Cal cutta he was told the Government intended to construct the telegraph, and that that was not done till several years afterwards. M.. LIDDELL replied. The object of his motion bad been to show that the existing system in India by which public works were conducted was a bad one, and this had been amply admitted by the Secretary to the Board of Control. It was his object to show that this system was productive of delay, and - though the point had been partly conceded, being able to establish all his statements in reference to it, be was desirous of having the opportunity of doing so before a committee. The motion was then agreed to_without a d ivision, REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (IRELAND). Mr. Serjeant DEASY moved for leave to bring in a bill to promote and regulate reformatory schools for juvenile offenders in Ireland. The hon. and learned gentleman said that the object of the motion was to remedy an inconvenience which at present existed in the law applying to reformatory schools in Ireland, and which prevented their being attended with the same ad vantage as were reformatory schools in England. The provisions of the bill respected the religious principles of the parents of the children who would be received into the institutions, and also took care that no Church or sect should have any opportunity or power of using the sohewle for proselytising purposes. Protestant children would be sent to Protestant schools, and Catholic children to Catholic ones, and a rigorous Government inspection would be established. With regard to the means of erecting these institutions, he proposed to adopt the principle recognised by Parliament and applied in the Middlesex Industrial Schools Aot. By that act power was given to the grand jury to charge on the rates the sums necessary for promoting the erection of these buildings. He also proposed an enabling power, by which the Treasury could allow 55. a-week for the maintenance of reforming oAenders. The time had cmue, he thought, for some such step being taken, and however the details might be objected to, he hoped that, in principle at least, the bill would not be found very objectionable. Mr. GREER seconded the motion, and said there was a great deal of accommodation in the workhouses not re-' quired in Ireland, which might be made available for reformatory schools. Lord NAAS said Government would offer no opposi• Con to the introduction of the bill, and that the beet consideration of Government would be given to the subject though, of course, they could not promise sup port to every portion of the measure. Unless the bill proposed to deal with all persons who were summarily convicted at quarter sessions in Ireland, those who would come under the operation of the bill would be Very small indeed. Mr. PALK bad no wish to throw cold water upon such a measure as the one proposed ; but if reformatory schools had not succeeded in England, there was little bops of their succeeding in Ireland. He doubted that those countries which were purely agricultural could bear the expense of a reformatory. He thought it would be wiser to wait to see the operation of reformatory schoole in England before the system should be extended to Ireland. Mr. Sergeant DEASY briefly replied, when leave was given to bring in the bill. COUNTY VOTERS IN SCOTLAND. Sir E. COLEBROOSE moved for leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of the law fur the registration of the county •oters in Scotland. The LORD ADVOCATE would not oppose the intro du3tion of the bill, bat would reserve to himself the right cf considering its provisions on the second reading. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. GALWAY FREEMEN DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. On the motion for the reading of the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. WALPOLE rose to tall the attention of the house to the difficulties which surrounded this question. The bon. member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck) concurred in the opinion expressed by is right hon. friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, on the second reading, that if they came to the question of law they might deal judici ally. The right hon. friend thought the bill did not deal strictly equitably, as it included the innocent as well as the guilty, and they amounted to upwards of 100. (hear.) Another part of the bill was not strictly equitable, as, while it disfranchised the bribed it did not di-franshise the briber. (hear, hear.) Nis right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said, on the occasion he referred to, and said justly, and he obtained the acquies cence of the house, that in these two respects the bill ought to be rectified, and he suggested that an in , 'traction should be moved, on going into commit tee, that the briber should be included with the bribed, and also that they should consider whether the whole of the freemen should be disfranchised, or whether they should make a distinction between the innocent and the guilty. Ho had taken the liberty of pointing out those difficulties now, as he believed any instruction to the committee must be moved upon the motion for read ing the order of the day. They could not put themselves iu the right, unless an instruction should be given to the committee to the effect he had stated. He should move — l, That it be an instruction to the committee on this bill, that they should have power to make provision for including those who have been guilty of bribery for the purpose of purchasing votes. " The committee must re ceive instructions to the effect, or they would be pre cluded from entering into the matter. The qeestion was still surrounded wtth difficulties. Two courses were open to them to adopt. The bill was not an equit able bill, as it was drawn up, and they should not pro ceed with it. The other course they had to adopt was, to agree to the instruction he had suggested. The ope ration of the bill as it stood would be to disfranchise all the freemen, amounting to between 500 and 600. The Attorney-General bad examined the evidence in these cases and bad caused two schedule] to be drawn up, the one showing the bribed and the other the bribers. The effect of separating the innocent from the guilty would be to disfranchise 158 out of the whole number. If they did not, they would be disfranchising about 400 who were not guilty at all. The amendment of which the hon. member for Cork had given notice would have the singular effect, if it were adopted, of disfran chising every innocent voter, and would let all the guilty escape with the exception o f two. (hear, hear) If they adopted the inotion of the hon. member for C irk, they would let off all the guilty and disfranchise the innocent —aud such legislation would be so direputable that he could nut believe the committee would adopt it. On previous occasions the house dealt with questions of this kind, and he would state briefly what was done. The Act of the sth and 6th Vict., chapter 67, empowered the Crown to appoint certain commissioner, to inquire into corrupt practices alleged to have been committed, and to make a report to the house. Now, several were so dealt with, either under the general or special act. On two occasions where it was proved, in the case of Sudbury and St. Albans, the bribery was sestematic and extensive, it was propased to disfran ohle the whole. The question then arose whether, if oor uptiori and bribery should be systematic and general, how could they apply it here, where about 500 101. householders and between 300 and 400 freemen were proved to be innocent. That certainly would be a most startling precedent to follow, and be was sure it would not be adopted. Then there was the case of Yarmouth. In that borough certain freemen were proved to have been guilty of bribery, and the house disfranchised the whole body, though the greater portion of them were not gull y. The present bill was evidently formed on that precedent , • but he would ask the house if they were pre - parel to say that when a considerable portion, though n lt the majority, of voters in Galway, here not proved to be cn•rupt, they felt themselves at liberty to di:fran chise the whole ? If they were prepared to act in that way with regard to the freemen, they must do the same with the 101. householders. The course of proceeding would not, in his opinion, be just, and he owned ho was very unwilling to see it adopted. Then there was a third mode of dealing with the question, and that was the course suggested by the present Chief Justice of the Common Pleee, when Attorney-General, in the cases of Calterburv, Kingston:-upon-Hull, Barnstaple, and Cant bridge. That right hon. gentleman, with his acute legal mind, said he would not follow the precedent in the case of the borough of Sudbury br of Yarmouth, because it wa 2?.)t3irecommended, but wh a t h e recommended was, t -) deal with ", s: i found to h e gu ilt y, an d w i t h t h o - e a l one. A l ong ci csi eb l a t l e v lt a l l p o o w ie 7t thou onthe t occasion, and even in that case, he the proceeding was not equitable, as d be thought so h still . t H e came to that conclusion or ha, this ground, nam e l y, w h en you tell men that, if thry furnish evidence to the Cro wnahaoti Parliament in eves of bribery or corruption, they n ot be disfranchised or punishe' , , you may, if you break lt be act ing strictly within the act of Patl iarne:tl o t m n is o e t , accord • the resisted that bills ire to your promise. This was BO stoutly tn right hon. gentleman had to withd raw gether. Now, they could rot follow the precede n t of ;IU:3-- Sud bury--they th ey could that of Yarmouth, but they would be co/if-eluding right and wrong ; and if they f plowed that cf Kingston-on-Hull, and others, they would have t“ coueider whether they could set aside the indemnity which these men thought they should have, when they gave their evidence. Now these were his difficulties, and "now he thought there were only two courses to pur sue—one to re fuse to go into committee, or, if they did go into committee, to adopt the instructions he was pre pared to move, and afterwards seriously to consider and debate the subject judicially, and not to take any step by which injustice would be perpetrated. The right hon. gentleman then handed in the instructions which he proposed should be given to the committee. _ _ Col. FRENCH reminded the house that he had that 1 evening given notice that if the bill should go into com mittee, he would move that it be committed that day six months, and he now rose for that purpose. The noble lord the member for Northumberland was the author of the bill; but he would remind him of what occurred in the borough of Liverpool, where 2,611 persons were bribed, and had received sums in the way of bribes to a considerable amount. The present bill was founded on a report of a royal commission, the members of which spent 11 days in an inquiry, and their report was, that though bribery took place in 1857, there were no such practices in 1852. It was a curious circumstance that freemen were admitted in Galway, not by birth or marriage, but because they belonged to an industrial oscupation, and they amounted to upwards of 600. The case made out was, that corruption was very gene ral am ,ng them, but during the entire examination before the commissioners, that wag not proved, but the very contrary. But what he chiefly relied on was, that it was stated over and over agafn by members of those men, that they had nob received a single shilling. By their present proceedings they were guilty of a breach of faith towards them, because it was expressly enacted, that every man examined, and who told the truth, should not in any manner be punished or disqualified. Now, however, the greater portion of those who were examined were proposed to be disfranchised, notwithstanding that they held the certificate of the commissioners, that they should be exempt. He moved that the bill be committed that day six months. "'" Mr. CLIVE said that two courses were proposed to the house to adopt, one to get rid of the bill altogether, as proposed by the gallant colonel in his amendment, and the other by the right hon. gentleman opposite. Now, in his opinion, if either were adopted, they might as well at once take the Corrupt Practices Bill, and put it into the fire. The right hon. gentleman said that out of 450 voters, not more than 150 voted. Mr. WALPOLE—I beg your pardon. I said 250. Mr. CLIVE would now describe the nature of this constituency. Before the Reform Bill they bad no fran chise unless what was conferred upon them by the Lord Mayor, in the nature of "freedom," and at that time the constituency amounted to about 700 voters. By the Reform Bill the nature of the constituency was some what changed. When that bill was passed certain pri vileges and rights of voting were conferred on the town. It was proved that 250 of the constituency had acted corruptly, but the question was raised, whether the innocent and respectable citiesns ought to be disfran ch's id I He thought a great offence had been commit ted, and that punishment ought to mark it. Reference had been made to the cases of St. Albansand Yarmouth in the former of which the borough had been disfran chised, and in the latter the freemen were disfranchised. the Earl of Darby, too, had expressed an opinion that corrupt places ought to be disfranchised. Motives of pre judice had been attributed to the commissioners, but nothing could be more unjust. So far as he was able to answer the hon. and gallant member for Roscommon, he must say he did not see on what grounds the hon. member could propose getting rid of the bill altogether, and he did hope that the house would proceed ear nestly and discharge the duty which they owed to their own character and the public. Lard LOVAINE said he rose to vindicate the course be had taken on the committee; and he begged to aid that he, for one, would never be a party to prosecute, or inflict injury upon the innocent. There was one or two courses for them to pursue—either to disfranchise the whole town, including those who were not guilty, or to dic-franchise those only who were guilty. (Hear, hear.) Looking at all the circumstances, he should give his opposition to any measure that would prosecute the in nocent and confound them with the guilty. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Ssrjeant DEA.SY said if they were to follow the course advised that night with respect to this case, they would render the bill, not a legislative measure to deal with the offending class, but a bill of pains and penalties, and against the positive legis lative guarantee of prosecution by the Commission to those who might come forward and give evidence. . . Many had come forward under the inducement of that solemn guarantee ; and it was now proposed that the persons to. whom inducements were thus held out to come forward, should be punished. He was no friend to the system of franchise possessed by the freemen of Galway, but he should like to see it abolished, not by such a bill as that proposed, but by a Reform Bit. Mr. MAGUIRE said the recommendation of the hon. member for Cork was the most absurd of all the prepe ,itions that had been submitted to the house during the time that he (Mr. Maguire) had been in the house, and he had, he might say, seen and heard some strange things since he bad been in that house. The hon. mem ber proposed to punish not really the men who were the cause of the crime, but the victims whom they had corrupted—that was to say, the innocent instead of the guilty. If the rich men did not bribe, the peer could not receive the bribe. Lord Clanricarde was a "purist," and he set Sir Thomas Burke in motion. The money was given to some one, and some one gave it to Dr. Browne, and it found its way to somebody else. He thought that those who gave the bribes ought to be p mished, and that if there were to be disfrarse'lisercent, magi trates and all those in high places ought to be dis franchised. Punishment ought not to be inflicted on the poor starving creatures, who were made the victims of corruption by those who bribed them. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He approved of the course recommended by the hon. and gallant gentleman, the member for Ros common, to get rid of the bill altogether - and if they were to meddle with the franchise , let it be not in the manner proposed, but by some such Reform Bill as they expected from the noble 1 )rd, and as the noble lord the member for Tiverton, had in some measure said he would become sponsor to. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD, who rose amidst loud cries for a division, said the bill before the house was one of the greatest importance, and before dividing he trusted that as the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Walpole) had appealed to the house to act judicially and without any feeling of arty, that it would do. It appeared to him, however, that the speech of the right hon. gentle man was inconsistent with that object, and that if his proposed instruction to the committee was agre ed to there would be no indemnity, while if the proposal in the latter part cf his speech was accepted, the bill had better never have been brought in at all, and certainly ought not to have passed the second reading. They ought, he thought, to take one of two courses ; either to go on with the bill, or accept the amendment of the hon. member fur Roscommon, and reject it altogether. If they adopted the course pro posed by the right hon. gentleman, the bill would be, as had been properly said, a bill of pains and penalties, and include persons who, though thy had not votes in Galway hal unfortunately become mixed up with those proceedings. If the house did not disfranchiee the free men of Galway, after the evidence laid before it, it would act contrary to the precedents in the case of Great Yarmouth, and also those of Sudbury and St. Alban's ; and yet now when evidence was before it dis closing corruption of the most disgraceful nature, they were told that their hands were tied up by an indemnity given under a general act of Parliament. The bill pro p sed to disfranchise the freemen of Galway, not as in. dividuala but as a class ; and he begged the house to remember the peculiarity of the freemen of Galway. They were not members of any corporate body, but were merely admitted as freemen first, in order that they might afterwards in that capacity be placed on the electoral roll. Before the Reform Act there was a municipal body in existence. Since then there was no such body, and these persons were therefore similar to the potwallopers in this country. It bad been proved that a very large proportion of them had received bribes, and the proposition was that this corrupt body be dis franchised. He supported the bill because he contended that the general act only gave an indemnity against the leeal consequences of the acts of individual voters, but did not preclude the house from future 1-gislation. If the bill passed, it might di-franchise for the time being some respectable persons ; but he believed they would. all, or nearly all, be afterwards placed on the electoral to 11 as rated occupiers instead of freemen, and therefore no real injury would be inflicted on them by the bill. On the other hand, if the bill was rejected on the plea of indemnity, it would render every future in quiry a delusion and a mockery, and preclude the house from legislating in any else, no matter ho general and how disgraceful the corruption and bribery might be which was brought to light. He con tended there was no legal difficulty in the case, and should 'support the bill. The SPEAKER explained that in putting the motion of the right hon. gentleman first, it had precedence of that of the boo, member for Roscommon, and the effect would be that if it was rejected the hon. member could then put his motion on the question that the Speaker do leave the chair. lOn the question being put, Lord PALMERSTON said he admitted there were difficulties in the case ; but he th oug h t t h e national and proper course Wai to proceed with the bill introduce d by ais hon. friend, and to di-franchise the class of fr eemen to which it had reference. It would be a very ba e d raen ex ample and have a very bad effect upon the p ublic • dand throughout the country if the bill were it d min and no proceedings were taken after a corna w lissio r ir ' h . a n i bean issued ro make inquiries and had reported ; :re the evi• deuce taken by them to the house. (Reel.) could not see the f erce of the argument that these p erso ns w e re protected from disfranchisement by the indemnitywhe7 had been given them. He thought that ind emn it y coul d enly be fairly and properly taken as securing them fie m the legal consequences of their acts. (Rear.) On the other hand, he thought that the motion of the right hon. gentleman opposite would be a direct violation of that Indemnity, because he proposed to inflict punishment on whereas. the bill of hie hon. friend dealt with them no a class. In feet, it appeared to him that, if the ieetruction were agreed to, they might in future quite ee well not make any inquiry into cases of bribery and cor ruption, because the very evidence upon which that bri bery and corruption was proved, would, if,the argument, cow used held good, preveet any legi , lation upon the ea c alterwarde, or from taking any steps to prosecute the parties guilty of it. He could not, therefore, 'tot, fur the instruct:on. (Rear.) Mr. WHITESIDE said the hon. member for Sheffield had appealed to the Government to punish the briber, as well as the bribed ; but the noble lord, in his anxiety to purify the borough of Galway, asked them to take a course which would punish the bribed, and not only le off those who gave the bribes, but absolutely to place the borough in the hands of those men who were the west guilty of the two partie s t o th e t ransac ti on . (Rear, hear.) On the contrary, the course proposed by the Government was intended to reach those who gave the bribes, as well as those who took them, and he trusted that the house would support that course. (Heir.) Mr. ROEBUCK said there was an old proverb that, What was sauce for the goose was also sauce for the THE SUN, gander." The noble lord appeared to desire to eat theie two birds with different sauce. The bill as it stood had reference to the poor, the many and the unfortunate. They were to be punished, not by name, but wholesale, and that the noble lord had said was no punishment. But the noble lord, in his desire to do justice and punish corruption, proposed to allow those who had tempted these poor and unfortunate people to escape, and, as had been said, to become the masters of the borough without auy punishment whatever. (Hear, hear.) What was the meaning of that ? Why, it was as plain as the sun at noon-day when there was not a cloud to be seen. If such a course were taken, it would not only be an in justice to the parties concerned, but an injustice to the country at large. The fact was that every one of these acts of Parliament was a faros. The proper mode was to deal with the whole question, and not by piecemeal. Their right course was to prevent and not to punish. What had been facetiously observed by one hon. mem ber was quite true. They ought to wait for a Reform Bill, and not attempt to legislate for an isolated case. If the house pressed the bill for disfranchisement they would, under the name of purity, do a great injustice, and under the name of sanctity they would be most thoroughgoing sinners. (Cries of " Divide.") After a few words from Mr. COLLINS, The motion for the adjournment of the house was withdrawn, and a division took place on Mr. Walpole'd proposition for instruction to the committee— For the motion Against . 152 .. 121 -31 Majority The motion was consequently carried. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, Mr. FRENCH moved that the house should resolve itself into committee that day six months. Lord PALMERSTON said that he had votcd against the instruction to the committee, but he could not sup port a motion for postponing the bill six months. The house again divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against Majority —l7s The amendment was consequently lost. After some conversation, the CHAIRMAN reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday next. SUPPLY-REPORT. On the bringing up of this report, Sir F. BARING wished to observe that he was not in office when a certain order with respect to the surveyor's departments in the dockyards was made. Lard Auck land and Sir H. Ward were responsible far it. It was a circular order directing that the Accountant-General's departments should be transferred to the heads of other departments. This arrangement waa made on the recommendation of Sir J. Wigge 4, on the ground that it was out of the natural province of the Accountant- General to account for what occurred in the Surveyor's department. Although he (Sir F. Baring) was not responsible, yet he thought the arrangement was a j udicious one. Sir J. PAKINGTON remarked, that as far as he could understand the right hon. gentleman his explana tion referred to a statement made by him (Sir J. Peking ton) on Friday night. On that occasion he remarked, that the mode of voting on those estimates was capable of improvement. That appeared to offend the right hon. gentleman, who supposed that the observation was levelled at his mode of conducting business while in office. The statement was unfounded and uncalled for. The report was then agreed to, and the house ad journed at half-past one. ALDERSHOT CAMP. —REVIEW of the TROOPS by the QUEEN. on FRIDiY, 23d APRIL.— Trains will leave Waterloo-bridge Station for Farnborough on Friday at 8, 10.15, and 11 am. Omnibuses and Flys from Fern borouhh Station to the Camp. _ Trains leave Farnborough for London at 4.40, 6.30, an 8.49 p.m. EIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— The following arrangements are already made for the season : Saturday, April 24—LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO Tuesday, April 27, LES HUGUENOTS. Thursday, April 29, LES HUGUENOTS. On each occasion entertainments iu the Ballet Department, in which Mesdiles. Pocchini, Annetta, Bioletti, Pas pale, and Morlacehi will appear. Applications to ' - )e made at the Box Office at the theatre. I JER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LES HUGUENOTS. TO-MORROW (Thursday), April 22, Extra Night, will be repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, GLI UGONOTTI. DRAMAT:S PERSONA. Ii Conte di San Bris (Governor of the Louvre) El Conte di Nevers. De Cosse Signor MERCURIALI. Tavannes De Retz Meru Head of Night Watch Raul di Nangis (a Huguenot Gentleman) Signor GIUGLINI. Marcello (his Servant) Margaritta di Valois (betrothed to Henry I V.) Urbano (her Page) Mdme. LUCIONI LANDIS Dama d'onore . Madame GHIONI. Valentina (d tughter of San Brie) Madlle. TITIENS. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Pages, Citizens, Soldiers, Students, Night Watch, Monks, Musicians, dtc. Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and original, by Mr. Marshall ; dresses, entirely newand taken from the bast authorities by %fedoras Copere, awl eteauted by M., Laureys and e. Hastermatt ; principal machinist. Mr. Slonian 'head of be property department Mr. Bradwell ; the mise-en-seane and incidental ballet, by M. Massot. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled ONLIST ); OU, LE RENVOI DE L'AMOUR. The principal parts by Madlies. Poccbini, Annetta, Pas quale, MorlacJhi, Bioletti, F. Brown, La Petite Philip), and M. Caron. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. To commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with AS YOU LIKE It After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding with MY lILTSBAND'S GHOST. 'Jrcheatra Stalls (which may bo retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d !)ress Boxes. Upper BOZO. 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Skakspere's Trazedy of KING LEAK. King Lear, Mr, C. Kean. Preceded by SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Bea. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webit. , :r, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Rolm, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lnwe and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be produced the new comedy. by Stirling Coyne, Eq., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. Supported by sfessrs. Belton, Ray, Belfort, Kiuloch, and Miss M. Oliver. After which, the now burlesque of FBA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fro. D avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr C. Young. To conclude with CITY FRIENDS. CANTERBURY 'TALL, Westmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow i T.; company of Vocalists are engaged for the poTormance () S!iletions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, <Ste., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Kiss Emu mil, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague ; fferr F. Jonghmans, Mr. iionshaw, 3, tones, J. Barker. W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. limo, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Benard : Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackoey. Piano'orte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Sovon o'clock precisely. Suppers, dce., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Ch tries Kean, Esq ) will have the honour of introducinz, every evening. his highly successfui Performance, on the new REGULATION DRUM. TaE WE A.TITER—SaN OFFICE, APRIL 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 47--loweat this morning and during the night, 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.:30—rising. WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with fine weather. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRI - L 21, 1858 of Printing-house-square, and the reception of the financial scheme on all sides of the house, and, what is still better, by the country, was such that the Times could not venture to sneer at or abuse propositions that gave such gene ral satisfaction. The great points of doing away with the sinking fund, and renewing the Exchequer-bonds, were sufficient to ensure the success of the project. It was a perfect farce to, suppose that the nation, under the most adverse circumstances, should go on reducing the public debt, even by the creation of new obligations. There was a deficiency of nearly four millions sterling to be provided for, a dantaosa lveredites bequeathed by his predecessor, and the Right Hon. Gentle man c l ear ly and unsparingly exposed the fallacy of trying to reduce the national liabilities in such a state of affairs, which could only be accomplished by reducing the national establishments at a time when it would be an act of insanity not to maintain them in the highest state of effi ciency, or by imposing fresh taxes on parties already oppressed by the enormous charges to which they have so long been subjected. The re newal of these claims at once provided for seven eighths of the estimated deficiency. It may be very well to pay off, or redeem a portion of the debt when the national exchequer is in a flourish ing condition. But, as the Tillie., truly declares, and in this instancy we freely give it the credit to which it is entitled for its admissions, "satis faction is felt at the final blow apparently now given to the undignified system of binding the nation, by the establishment of a fixed sinking a specific portion of f d u e n b d t to w redeem hataver be its disposition or ability to fulfil the task when the time comes round. The wise never make any pledge for the future, but.content themselves with the resolve that when the time arrives to decide upon a course, and they have all the proper means before them of estimating their position, they will come to the best conclusion their judgment and conscience may then prompt. The same rule should be applied to the nation, unless we are to be encouraged to take a lower tone, and assume the existence of that moral infirmity which re quires people in lucid moments to tie themselves against the exercise of independent judg ment at a future period." This is so strictly in accordance with the views which we have from time to 'time put forward, more especially when Sir G. C. LEWIS was creating that sinking fund, and by paying off the Exche quer Bonds, and redeeming the Sound Dues by a single payment, and lending a million to Sardinia out of revenue, that we cannot refrain from giv ing the passage in, extenso. Of course with a deficiency of four millions it could scarcely have been anticipated, that the Right Hon. Gentleman could have removed any existing burdens, but he did not interfere with the reduction in the Income-tax which in its pre sent shape, and until a new and mere equit able apportionment of the charges, fairly dis criminating between permanent and preca rious income, can be arrived at, will never be tolerated by the people. Sir G. O. LEWIS would not merely have arrested that reduc tion, but probably have increased the charge to 9d. in the pound, and thus have obtained the required four millions. But Mr. DIsaaELI was resolved to try to carry out the compact made by Mr. GLADSTONE, or rather to fulfil the expectation which that Right Honourable Gentleman excited. Should he be enabled to:accomplish it, it will indeed be •a great achievement—one that will plays him in a higher position as a financier than any recent Minister has ever obtained. We believe that a faiFluipßertioned income-tax would be popular With the country, more especially when many other oppressive burdens could be repealed in consequence, but in its present form it could not be tolerated. We must reform or repeal the impost, inasmuch as Mr. DISRAELI has permitted the promised reduction to take place. As he holds forth hopes of its anni hilation, we shall be contented to bide our time and see what 1860 will really bring forth. The question of the equalisation of the spirit duties is one that mainly depends on the power of repressing illicit distillation. If that demoralis ing practice can be kept in check, the change will not only be perfectly Unobjectionable, but even desirable. It is now the only differential duty remaining between the sister kingdoms, and, so far as practicable, it ought to be got rid of : and the many embarrassing, regulations and injurious reetrictions affecting the trade will be got rid of by the change that will certainly lead to au in creased demand in this country—a demand that will more than compensate any falling off in the domestic consumption :of Ireland. The matter, however, chiefly depends on the power of re pressing illicit distillation, and that is a point on which the Right Hon. Gentleman may be sup posed to have received the most accurate infor mation obtainable. One of the best features in the Eudget is the small tai on bankers' cheques, which although estimated to produce only 300,0001. will, unless we are greatly mistaken, prove a very productive source of revenue, ere many years have elapsed. The " nimble penny" is wonderfully productive. We have witnessed the miracles it has accom plished in the way of producing postal facilities. We have seen the advantages of the penny receipt stamp yielding a larger sum to the revenue than the high-priced ones of former days. No man who keeps an account with a banker can justly complain at being compelled to affix a penny stamp to each cheque that he draws. He mast do so now, if he makes it payable to order, or if he draws or trans uiits it beyond a certain distancaleum the bank at which it is made payable. It will be far better that its use should be made universtl. The class on whom it will fall can well afford it, and being payers of income tax will profit largely by the reduction of 2d. in the pound during the present year, and the prospective annihilation of that un fair and inequitable impose. On the whole, the Budget is in every respect the best that has been tendered far acceptance during a series of ye;.rs. And in financial as in foreign affairs we may rejoice at du accession of the Darbyites to power, which hat substituted Mr. DISRAELI for Sir G. C. LEWIS, Lord MALMES- euror for Lord CLARENDON, and Sir JOHN PAKINGTON for Sir CHAS. Woon. /t was gene rally anticipated by the Palmerstonians, that the Budget would have proved an insuperable diffi culty. In place of that it hat materially strengthened the Government, and unless we are greatly mistaken, will procure for it fairplay, which is a:1 that it desires or claini s from the people. L')rd PALMERSTON, the ever youthful, seems to be still buoyant with hope. His wino, which have drooped so much of late•, rustled briskly again on Monday night, on a little post-budget discussion anent the India Bills and the Resolu tions. It has been confidently rumoured that fiord PALMERSTON is very angry that Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolutions should shelve India Bill No. 1, and that he would oppose the Ifouse going into committee at alt upon them. What business had there to be any pleasant passages between lima WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. HIS DAY --INlcrn., 25 min. aft. 7—Even., 7 min aft. S ro-MORILOW --Morn., 5 min. aft. 8 —Even., 40 min. aft.:9 ...rk 1 / 4 „z-vt 111 •••,' • ~ --' :;7 o , ,t,f•t°:, ). LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APIIIL 21, 1858. The Times admits that " the Budget has given general satisfaction." This in indeed an admis sion that could scarcely have been anticipated, con sidering the almost factious opposition offered by the Leviathan to the Cab:net of Lord DERBY. But " facts are stubborn things," which cannot be argued away or denied, even by the Jupiter tonans ~ Lord- JOHN and Mr. DISRAELI, if the " ever Young" had not kindled the flame ! Above all, what right had political match-making to go on, not only in the absence of his darts, but in con travention of his:schemes! We could hardly, how ever, believe the reports. The House generally had seemed so to smile on the RUSSELL-DISRAELI plan for delivering our Indian Empire from the mischiefs of partisan conflicts, that we could not imagine the rumours referred to to be more than rumours. Last Monday night, howeverAord PALMERSTON seemed to betray his goodwill for mischief, what ever he may actually venture to do next Monday. Mr. HORSHAM, in no unfriendly spirit, on the mo tion that the second reading of India Bill No. 2, be postponed till Tuesday, suggested its with drawal; he thought that precedent would hardly warrant the discussion of resolutions on the sub ject of a bill actually before the House. Mr. Dis- RAELI thought that the technical objection, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, need not embarrass them. The facts were unusual, there were two bills before the House, and he thought the second reading of both bills had better be sus pended till the resolutions had been discussed by the House next Monday. This seemed fair and judicious. But it suited not the temper of the ex-Premier. He had cer tainly been no party to the plan of proceeding by resolutions. He had, beyond doubt, wished the resolutions at Bath, or at Coventry, or anywhere but in the House of Commons. He denied, there fore, that Mr. HORSHAM was right " in assuming that there was a general understanding that the House should proceed by resolution on this sub ject." " That was a subject which the House would have to discuss on a future day." "He and his friends had not altered their course since the introduction of Bill No. 1, by electing to move resolutions instead, and therefore the argu ment in favour of withdrawing Bill No. 2 did not apply to Bill Nc. 1." The house, therefore, if Lord PALMERSTON has his way, is on Monday next to discuss the previous question whether it will go into committee and consider the resolu tions proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at all. They are to be treated much as Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S educational resolutions were : not to be even heard But is Lord PALMERSTON strong enough for this ? How many besides the hopeful of office will follow him into the lobby ? There was a general understanding in the house that the pro cedure should be by resolutions, and the house will generally, we imagine, recognise that under standing. Can Lord PALMERSTON hope that the followers of Lord JOIN RUSSELL, and of the Man chester leaders, and the independent members, will any of them sustain him in a factious at- tempt to step into office at ,once ? What should the real Liberals want him for ? He confessed he had no Reform Bill ; he is not wanted for India ; the House can attend to that business itself. He is not wanted for a Budget ; and no doubt he is nettled enough at the favour with which the MIR=Y Budget was received by the House. In fact., we do not know what he is wanted for. He was wanted for the Russian war, and the country thanks him for all the fighting he did, but not for all the fighting which, in deference to the Tuileries, he left undone, nor for the peace of Paris. He used to be wanted to keep a despot in his place, but he has got tired of curbing despots, and has, latterly, rather caressed and petted them. We fancy Lord PALMERSTON has grievously mis taken his position if he thinks the house cares to restore a dictator who could snub its liberal members, and cringe to a French EMPEROR and his Court, and Colonels—who could even spend English money, ever since last November at least, in employing English policemen as spies to watch French Refugees. Mr. DISRAELI'S resolutions are cleverly drawn ; that also must be annuying to the ex-Premier. If an efficient council can ever be combined with a really responsible minister, which we think, with Lord DERBY, to be almost an impossibility, then we cannot see what the House would gain by refusing Mr. DISRAELI'S resolutions in favour of the Bill No. 1. The resolutions, fourteen in number, fairly enough include all that is sub stantial in Bill No. 2, omitting or leaving open the points most cavilled at, by those whose busi ness it was to do so. Thus in regard to the num ber of the council, it is to be composed of " not less than twelve, nor more than eighteen mem bers." A portion of the members are to have " served in India for a term of years fixed by the statute." It is to be partly nominated and partly elected. "As the general rule," the nominated members are to have the qualification of service. The electing boroughs do not appear, but the constituency to choose the elected members is to consist of members of the Indian military, or civil service, and of persons directly interested in some property charged or secured on the revenues or territories of India. It must, no doubt, be very provoking to aspirants to office, that by these re solutions the Government will get the sense of both Houses respecting the best plan for the Home Government of India, that the Ministry can have little objection to Parliament taking the responsibility of modifying the resolutions as it sees fit, and that thus a bill will be brought in, which, as an embodiment of their own resolutions, both Houses will pass. The thing has been done before. It has its inconveniences, no doubt, but it has its conveniences also. In the present case theadvantages decidedly to be in favour ofproceeding with the resolutions. The question of Indian railways is one that demands the most stringent inquiry and attentive consideration on the part of Parliament. We may anticipate the speedy restoration of peace and tranquillity in that country, and it is our duty as well as our interest to do all in our power to promote the welfare and prosperity of its inhabi tants, and to develop the natural resources of that mighty empire, which will, ere l ong, b e brought under tha direct government of the Bri tish Crown. From whatever causes they may have arisen, there h tve beer' extraordinary delays in the construction of these important works, and it is desirable, at all events, to expedite them so far as practicable. Not merely for the sake of censuring those already amenable to perhaps heavier blame on other point , , but in order to produce more speedy anti satisfactory results. The extension of the railway syt4orn in India is required alike on military, commercial, and economical grounds. how greatly would the efficiency of our troops have been increased if they could have been easily transported from place to place during the late crisis; and, now that it is deemed essential to maintain a much larger European force than was formerly retained. C donel KENNEDY, an unitaipoachable witness on such a point, calculated that a saving of 2,500,0001. per annum , might be effected in the military department alone, by the completion of the various lines of railway that have already been sanctioned. This would repre sent the interest of 60,000,000 1 . of capital, a sum double that which would be required to complete all the lines already sanctioned. If the matter rested solely on the military grounds, it ought to receive the immediate attention to which it is so pre-eminently entitled. But it has also high claims by reason of the commercial advantages which would necessarily follow. It is the want of proper facilities for trans mission of goods, and for communication that has prevented India from supplying a large quantity of the cotton required in this country, and ren dering our manufacturers independent of the planters in the Slave States of America. Man chester should look to this. It would be worth any possible outlay, and would do more to modify " the domestic institution " and alleviate the curse of slavery than anything that Gould be devised. These matters are worth an exertion, and we rejoice to find that the committee asked for by Mr. 'ABDUL, in his very temperate and able speech, has been granted without a division. The investigation will probably reveal some of the advantages (?) of the amble Government, so loudly praised by the magnates of Leadenhall street and their interested advocates. We trust that the course pursued, last night, by the Palmerstonian Opposition will not escape the attention of our Liberal friends. On the order of the day being read for going into com mittee on the Galway Freemen Disfranchisement Bill, Mr. Secretary WALPOLE, on the part of the Government, moved an instruction to the commit tee to punish the briber as well as the bribed. This reasonable proposal, which was to enable the House to remove the unjust provisions which characterise the bill, or to render it applicable not only to the poor but also to the rich, was, we are ashamed to say, strenuously opposed by Lord PALMERSTON. His Lordship would hear of no change in a measure which, as at present framed, places the electoral privileges of Galway under the absolute control of his friend CLANRICARDE. This disgraceful conspiracy to sacrifice the liberties of Galway to the caprice of an unscrupulous peer, was well exposed by Mr. MAGUIRE, Mr. WHITE SIDE, and, above all, by Mr. ROEBUCK. The House, we are happy to add, on a division, accepted Mr. WALPOLE'S motion, declining to grant the immunity which Lord PALMERSTON had ventured to claim for his rich and noble friends. HER MAJESTY 3 THEATRE. The majestic and ponderous Meyerbeer was withdrawn last evening, and replaced by the light and elegant Donizetti ; when the re-appearance of the popular cantatrice " Piccolomini," renewed the excitement and pleasure of her myriad ad mirers. The animation of the acting, and piquancy of the singing, which distinguish this lady, were legitimately effective in this part, which is pecu liarly adapted to display her fascinating powers ; and the usual tribute of popular homage to an established favourite was lavishly bestowed in the tangible shape of rapturous applause, and number less bouquets. The whole of the opera was well cast. We might, perhaps, sigh unconsciously for the genial giant of Song, " Lablache," as the Don ; but the loss would have been more se verely felt, with a less competent substitute than " Rossi," who did his best, and did it very satis factorily. The Ernesto of Belart, the young tenor who made a good position for himself last season, was very pleasantly given ; and the sweet serenade, " Com' e gentil," most deservedly honoured with an encore. Belletti, who is always safe and judi cious, nevor making a false use of his talent, was a finished Malatesta and the performance altogether was thoroughly worthy of ,the prestige of her Ma jesty's theatre. If we have a word of suggestion to offer, it is that the chorus should receive a little sharper drilling, and that the orchestral arrangements shauld be rather more carefully digested. The agency of a power ful band may be too prominent to form a consistent and harmonious accessory; and the combinations of parchment, brass, and catgut, may become indis criminately oppressive, rather than artistically effective. We suspect there is a tendency to noise in English orchestras, generally ; and a degree of modification in this important department, would be attended with agreeable and beueficial results. The house was attended by a brilliant and dis tinguished audience, and every promise is afforded of a long and successful season. THE PROBATE DISTRICTS. Under this head Mr. Wyld brought out a new map some months ago, which, at the time, escaped our notice. Besides giving a very clear and par ticular subdivision of the various towns and coun ties iu England and Wales, he has mapped out the dioceses—the Probate Districts and places of registry so distinctly that he who runs may read. The map is beautifully coloured, with references to the dioceses, and explanations of the several de tails particularly defined in a very lucid manner. Besides being an indispensable guide to the legal profession generally, it constitutes an excellent map of England and Wales, with the several routes by sea to the surrounding and distant countries. In short, it forms the Town and Provincial Solici tor's Probate - rade mecum, to which is appended a copy of the act of Parliament beautifully printed. SKETCH arAr OF OUDE. Mr. Wyld has produced a splendid map of the actual seat of war in ()tide, just as the rebels havE been driven out of Lucknow and sought for safety towards the north-western portion of the kingdom, under the title of a Sketch Map of Oude, with the country between Calcutta and Delhi. Much as we have admired the promptitude of her Majesty's geographer on former occasions, we think that here he has furnished the public with a supe rior map at a time when every one is watch ing the progress of our victorious arms in quelling the sepoys' rebellion. Every town and stronghold are delineated with perspi cuous precision, so that the eye takes in at a glance the respective places, with the line of operations and retreat of the rebels. Great prominence is given to the kingdom of Oude and the contiguous districts, with the broad rivers converging and emptying themselves into the mighty Ganges. We were not previously aware that the Gogra or Dewah River was so large and extensive, widening in its course till it is lost in the Ganges near Chuprah. Indeed, one is amazed at the manifold variety of running streams wending their way from the surrounding country to the great river which absorbs them all in its holy wa!ers I The public will find much nseful information, both of a military and commer cial character, in this tiniely a map of /Dude and the surrounding country. Viscount and Viscountess Galway have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Seriby Hall, near Bawtry. Her Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Baden arrived in Paris on Saturday evening, attended by her suite. The Emperor went to the railway station to receive her, and conducted her to her apartments in the Tuileries, where the Empress was waiting her arrival. th J: e ti a ies% wasN E i l:r ia P ug fl u lL ra ll t A e ß d M o O n lSTlC M C o O n N da e y EßT e S v . e — ni T ng he i s n ev s e t n . The programme of the first concert was unexceptionably in preeer,ce of a crowded and fashionable assembly. good ; there was not a weak name among the composers who furnished the selection. The first was entirely dedi cated to Beethoven—a practice which the director in tends to carry out at the three en•ming concerts. In the grand characteristic overture (Egmont) of Beethoven the power and completeness of the band was at once ad ini.ted. The pianoforte concerto in E fiat created an ire hense sensation. It was listened to throughout with breathless attention, and the audience at the 50,1 bra ke forth into a universal shout of approbation, which did not cea , n3 until Miss Goddard returned to the platfJrin. superb a performance of Beethoven's grand symphony for the pianoforte has rarely been heard—if, indeed, ever. The second part of the concert was miscellaneous, in eluding the overtures to Der Freischutz and ilfasaniello, and some French and Italian song 4. Dr. \Vylde was warmly welcomed on making his appearance in the or chestra. At the second concert Mozart is to be the hero, so that if the end realises the promise of the be ginning, a most successful season may be anticipated. ST. MARTIN'S HALL—Last evening a c , ncert was ; given by Miss E. Martyn, in St. Martin's Hall. The selections were varied, and the programme comprised the most classical pieces down to the simplest ballade and madrigals. The artiste engaged werd Miss Str , aima Cole, Miss Poole, Miss Martyr, Mr. T. Williams, Mr. G . Gong°, Mr. Lee, and other well-known vocalists. The concert went off with much success. kTEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] WEDNESDAY MORNING. Tile Derwent has arrived from Geelong with 12,800 oz. of gold. The Albion has arrived from Melbourne with 8,828 oz. of gold ; and the Anglesea, from Mtl bourne, with 6,811 oz of gold. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Steam Company's steam-ship Armenian, Commander Corbett, arrived this morn ing. Her dates are—Cameroons, March 12 ; Fernand* Po, 14 ; Bonny, 15 ; Lagos, 19 ; Accra, 21 ; Cape Coast, 23 ; Monrovia, 27 ; Sierra Leone, April 1 ; Bathurst, 5 ; Goree, 6 ; Teneriffe, 12 ; Madeira, 14. The cargo of the Armenian includes 6,000 oz. gold dust, 115/. specie, 69 pieces ivory, four packages ditto, 226 casks palm oil, 483 bags cochineal, 10 casks wine, 14 cases arrowroot, 12 cases pepper, and nine packages sundries. The Armenian brings 22 passengers. A slight disturbance between the natives has occurred at Bonny, which has resulted in the death of one of the Chiefs and the restoration of peace. Intelligence has reached Lagos of the Niger Ex pedition at Geba. One death among the whites ; all the rest healthy. They were anxiously ex pecting the Sunbeam. The property pillaged from the French trader at Accra has been restored. The Monrovia treasury is in a low state. The transport Calcutta, from Bombay, with invalids, put into Sierra Leone, and sailed again March 30 for England. Dr. Livingstone sailed for the Cape on the 31st. Her Majesty's ship Myrmidon was at Fernando Po, leaky ; the Ardent was at Teneriffe ; and the Cumberland at Madeira. The mail steam ship Gambia bad repaired her main shaft, and was to leave Sierra Leone April 2. The Candace was at Cape Coast on the 22d ult., and the Ethiope at Goree April 6. The Armenian has been ashore in one of the rivers, which caused a detention of five days. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The opposition candidates for the vacant seats in Paris, says the Siecle, are M. Liouville in the 3d. district, M. Ernest Picard in the sth, and M. Jules Pavre in the 6th, all three advocates. M. ArmanV Levy is also a candidate for the last-named die tlict, and M. Lemaitre and M. Emile Bertrand for the whole three. The Constitutionnel contains the following article on the acquittal of Simon Bernard : " The acquittal of Bernard has excited deep in dignation in France, and the animated sentiment expressed by the Univers on thri subject has been understood by everybody. Xevertheless, we must remark in strict justice that this is not the moment to attack the Times, as the Univers has done, since that journal supported with energy the Conspiraey Bill,' denounced the assassins, and vindicated England's honour. We will not dwell at any length on such an acquittal, which throws an unheard of scandal on public morality ; for what man of honour in France or England could entertain a doubt of Bernard's guilt ? We will merely inform those of our neighbours who desire Vile maintenance of good relations between the two countries, that if, by misfortune, the address pronounced by Bernard's counsel—that address which was allowed to teem with calumny and insults against the ' Emperor, against the nation which elected him, against the army, and agaittat our institutions —wag circulated in the towna,, barracks, and rural dis tricts of France, it would be difficult for govern ment, with the intention, to stay the consequences • of public indignation." BOURSE, April 20.—The following were the closing quotations 4:1 per Cents 93 Do. end month 3 per Cent. ... 69 - - Do. end month 69 5 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 700 Do. Account 7lO R AMWAY S. - Orleans .................. 1242:1 Northern ....... ...... 935 Now Ditt0....... 755 Lyon and Mediteran. 795 Now Ditto ...... ..... 765 Genera ... Credit Foncier Belgian 4. Piedmonteae (5) 9O Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes noire Debt — -FOR CASH. Midi Western 6OTh Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian SARDINIA. The proceedings were continued in the Chamber of Deputies in Turin on the 17th, when— M. Brofferio observed that as the right sup ported the bill, the measure must be considered one of reaction. He must question the examples which Count de Cavour had brought forward in his speech to prove that alliances were contracted with other nations, even when there was not any community of political views between the con tracting parties. " The French Government," said M. Brofferio, "has principles opposed to ours ; there is not only diversity of interests between us, but there is antagonism.. We ought not to be anxious about such an alliance, since the French Government is the friend of Austria, our enemy. Be3ides, although being our ally, it calls on us to vote laws which wound our dignity and our in dependence. M. de Cavour has told us that re publics are hostile to liberty. (Here the honour able member passed in review the ancientrepublics, and the❑ referring to that of '93 declared that it introduced into Italy, not only its arms, but also its institutions.) As to the republic of 1848, "I repel," ho said, " the accusations brought against it by M. de Cavour. M. de Lamartine had pro mised assistance to Italy, and if France did not interfere, the reason was that Italy refused. such in tervention as an insult. You say that alliances are founded on mutual concessions—why then ehould Piedmont accord much to France without receiving anything in return ?" General de Lamarmora, Minister of War—M. Brofferio has declared that the French republic of 1818 intended to aid us. I was at that period charged by the Minister, the Marquis Alfieri, to go to Paris to ask for a French general to command our army. I was received by General Cavaign ac, who commenced by expressing his astonishment that I should have come to him without an anito graph letter from King Charles Albert. lie Olen asked if I had letters of credence ; I replied, t hat it was not to make a treaty that I had been sent to him, but simply to ask for a general. Bizt all my representations were of no use, as I was obliged to wait for eight or ten days to receive regular cre dentials. When I had them I again waited on th• head of the republic, and asked him for Marshal Bugeaud. lie replied to me, You can n ot have him, for he is under the strictest ;sur veillance." I mentioned other generals, :and in every case met with a similar refusal. At last, he told me that I could go to a general, wlboee Came I will not mention for he is still alive.. I called on him, and Ave soon agreed on a variety of points ; but, when I saw h m again in a few days, he informed me that he could no longer accept, for that General Cavaignac had declared to him lihst wo had not 10,000 men in all, and that it was. im possible to gain battles with so small a force.. A few days after I again saw General Cavai gnael who, after a lengthened conversation, formally de clared that France could not embroil herself with Austria in order to grant assistance to I' led' ruont. Thus it is evident that M. Brofferio is quite mistaken in supposing that the French repvlblic of 1848 had the slightest idea of helping US• M. Brofferio—General Cavaignao was a die' tator, and not president of the republic in the strio meaning of the expression. Besides, ho refused 1111