The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

their straightforward straightforward avowals._Your politic ne gative too often turns out a positive affirmative, and we have not far to go for its solution —be it D own i n g-street or the Tuileries, Of the two we frankly give Lord JOHN RUSSELL the doubt —if doubt there be. From the first announce ment of the "»zagnifique idea"—that freedom would wave her flag hem the Alps to . the Adriatic—our hearts warmed at the glory to be— while our doubts crowded round like a nightmare, which pressed the more heavily as we struggled to shake off the incubus. It has proved, alas ! too true. Fear is more sagacious than hope, and re coils from her own apprehensions. The Austrian snake is scotched, but not yet killed. The Gallic eagle has poised its wing, but only for a bolder flight. NAPOLEON trusts in his destiny the i more surely that all goes right as yet, and will to the end. Nothing is too good for him, however bad the means to its achievement. Well, we must even bide our time to see the end thereof—and pre sume or repent accordingly. The debate turned again last night on our foreign relations, and our conduct in re spect to Savoy, Nice, and all the rest of it. That we have been juggled throughout is even now admitted from what may be termed head-quarters, for Lord JOHN RUSSELL spoke out in a strain which evoked the cheers of both sides of the House, simply by telling the truth. Now we forewarned the Government months ago to be on their guard, for there was " evil betiding " in the affairs of Italy. The grand " idea " was merely a mistake, but it had its meaning. There was duplicity combined with ambition from the outset. The hint given to Baron HUBNER proceeded from a motive best known to the Impe rial mind at the time. That hint has been acted on, and served only as the precursor to others. People may now ask why has the Emperor NAAOLEON constructed such a menacing fleet ? Why, but to back up his pretensions—and they are many, by reference to the immensity of his armaments. If his demands be refused—however arrogant they be—he makes a sign, and the nations are startled at his frown. Prudence shrinks from the assertion even of just rights and national respect. The absorption of Savoy and Nice, and the neutral provinces bordering on Switzerland, are but the beginning of the move—the march to the Rhine will follow in due course, and the nations will stare. Aye, they must move too; but they will be too late if they do not take time by the forelock, for the French are ever ready for a rush, in the hope of a successful surprise. That our Government have been taken in is now clear. They believed, in a too frank spirit, the professions of NAPOLEON, while his Ministers were beguiling 'i:them with their eyes open. And now that they feel the sting of the deception they speak out in the anguish of their spirit. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said : Sir, my opinion as I declared it in July and Janu ary I have no objection now to repeat—that such an act as the annexation of Savoy is one that will lead a nation so warlike as the French to call upon its Government from time to time to commit other acts of aggression, and therefore, I do feel I that, however we may wish to live on the most friendly terms with the French Govern ment—and certainly I do wish to live on the most friendly terms with that Government—we ought not to keep ourselves apart from the other nations of Europe, but that, when future questions may arise—as future questions may arise—we should be ready to act with others and to declare, always in the most moderate and friendly terms, but still firmly, that the settlement of Europe, the peace of Europe, is a matter dear to this country, and that settlement and that peace cannot be assured if it is liable to perpetual interruption, to con• stant fears, to doubts and rumours with respect to the annexation of this one country, or the union and connection of that other—but iTt,L.I- 4he Powers of Europe, if they wish to maini nf ^ that peace, must respect each other's rights, m• . • each other's limits, and, above all, resfttrt. :ad not tort disturb that commercial confidence whichta the re sult of peace, which tends to pease, and which ultimately forms the happiness of Rations. And to this complexion have we come at last! What will be the fate of the Treaty ? —will it be torn to rags, too, like all our ill-founded hopes on and belief in the sayings of the " great" man ? The nations of Europe, or as they are termed, the great Powers, hang aloof from va rious motives best known to themselves ; each is endeavouring to overreach the other ; but in the end we suspect that a sense of mutual danger will unite them in a common cause. It is impossible that they can feel any degree of safety while a firebrand is ever on the alert ; and no precaution can be trusted to until that torch of danger be utterly extinguished. HE --"""-=---------- - THE COBNIIILL MAGAZINE. No. 4 (for A.rnm, 1860), Will be published on WEDNESDAY, the 28th inst. CONTENTS. 1. Lovel, the Widower (with au illustration). Chapter IV. A Black Sheep. 2. Colour Blindness. 3. Spring. By Thomas Hood. 4. Inside Canton. . am oarth, Painter, ElgraVer, and Philosop 6 Williher, Essays o H the the Man, the Work , and the Time. 111. A L on g Ladder, and Hard to Climb. 6. Studies in Animal Life — Chapter IV.—An extinct animal recognised by its tooth ; how same this to be possible ? —The task of classification —Artificial and natural methods —Lin naeus and his baptism of the animal kingdom ; his scheme of classification—What is there underlying- all true classifications ?—The chief groups—What is a species?—Re-statement of e th q h uestion respecting the fixity or variability of species—The twohypotheses —lllustration drawn from the Romance languages — Caution to disputants. 7. Strangers Yet ! By R. Mone kton Milnes. Frawley Parsonage (with an Illustration). Chapter X. —Lucy Robarts. Xl.—Griselda Grantly. ~ Xll.—The Little Bill. S. Ideal Houses. 10. Dante. 11. The Last Sketch —Emma (a fragment of a story by the late Charlotte Bronte). 12. Under Chloroform. 13. The How an Why of Long Shots and Straight Shots. London : d Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. ROYAL, ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Mr. GTE has the honour to announce that the Season will Commence on Tuesday, April 10. The programme, with full particulars of the arrangements, will be issued in a few days HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- SEASON 1860. The Lessee and Director, having completed arrangements which enable him to make the announcement under peculiarly favourable circumstances, has the gratification to acquaint Om Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE WILL OPEN tor the SEAS ON on TUESDAY, the 10th ot April. ENGAGEMENTS. Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI, Her farewell nights, previous to her final retirement from the Stage. Mdlle. VANERT , r Mdc. LAURA BAXTER. Mdlle. MARIA BRUNETTI, From the Grand Ppera, Paris y;r , her and first appearance in this • count M a dame A LBONI. Mdlle. LOTTI DELLA SANTA, (Her first appearance at her Majesty's Theatre). Mdlle. DEL'ANESE , I Mdlle. NARDI. Mdlle. MARIA CABAL, (Prima DonMdlle.na of BORGI the Opera 11-MAMO, Comie, Paris). qu (Her first appearance in this country); and bldlle. TIT lENS. Signor MONGINI, 1 Signor MERCURIAL!, Signor BLLART, Signor SOLDI, and Signor CORSI, Signor GIUGLINI. Signor EVERA.RDI, Of the Imperial Italian Operas of Vienna and St. Petersburg (his first appearance ii this country). Signor FELLAK I Signor ALDIGHIERI, (his first appearance). I and Signor SEBASTIANO RONCONI, Of the Regio, Turin ; La Pergola, Florence, &C. Signor GASSIER, I Si g nor CASTELLI, and Signor VIALETTI. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. SALVIONI, Mdlle. LEQUINE, Of the San Carlo, Naples (her Mdlle. BIOLETTI, and first appearance). Mdlle. FERRARIS. Mdlle. MOULACCHI aid M. MERANTE, Mdlle. POCCIIINI. Of the Grand Opera, Paris (his Mll e . CLAVELLE. first appearance). Mdlle. MONCELET, and Signor CALOR!, Mdlle. CLAUDINI CUCCH I, Of the Imperial Opera, Vienna Ot the Imperial Opera, Vienna (his first appearance). (her first appearance). M. DURAND. MAITRE ET COMPOSITEUR DE BALLET—SigIIOP BORRI. DIRECTORS OF THE MUSIC, COMPOSERS, AND CONDUCTORS — Mr. BENEDICT and Signor A RDITI. PRINCIPAL VIOLINS—Herr Molique and Mr. Henry Blagrove. LEADER OF THE BALLET—Signor Boßelli (Musical Director of the Theatre, Bologna). The MILITARY BAND of the GRENADIER GUARDS, under the direction of Mr. D. GODFREY, Suggetirore, Signor Fontana. I Regisseur, S_ p io - nor Grua. S TA GE MANAGER—Mr. R. ROXBY. The CHORUS under the direction of Signor VASCHETTI. The CORPS DE BALLET will include several additions from the Continental Theatres, under the direction of M. PETIT. The Rox-office of the Th is oen daily for übs from Tex to Five, under theeatre directio p n of Mr. NugSent. cribers ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyrie and Mr.W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, Henry Leslie's Operetta Romance of DICK TURPIN. Messrs. St. Albyn and G. Honey; Misses Thirlwall and Cruise. After which, will be repeated the grand Opera, en titled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace. Messrs. W. Har rison, Santley, Corri, and G. Honey ; Misses Louisa Pyne, Pilling, and F. Cruise, Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, USED UP. Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with THE BOARDING SCHOOL. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.— sow Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Week of the present season. THIS EVENING (3d time) the new Comedietta, entitled "117, A RUNDEL -ST REET, STRAND." Principal charac ters by Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. J. Rouse, Miss Kate Saville, Mrs. Campbell, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be performed the new drama, entitled THE ABBE VAUDREUIL ; or, The Court of Louis XV. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste ; Louis XV., Mt. H. Butler; Lieut. Henri Delcour, Mr. F. Villiers. Followed by Callcott's Magnificeat Transformation Scene from "KING TIIUUSIIBEARD." To conclude with TIIE SERGEANT'S WIFE. Lisette, Madame Celeste ; Margot, Mrs. Keeley. Commenoe at 7. Saturday March 31, (Last ni;l►t of the season), the admired drama of MARIE DI7CANGE, with other Entertainments, for the Benefit of Madame Celeste, who will spaak an Ad dress on the occasion. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. 7 - THIS EVENING, the play or,THE STRANGER. Mr. Ryder. After the play the Princess's " Rifle Volunteers " in full CO iturne. Followed by the Farce, CRUEL TO BE KIND. Mr. A. Harris, Frank Matthews, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. And A PRINCE FOR AN 1101311. ISTEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Last 5 Nights of Mr. and Mrs. Wigan's engagement. THIS EVENING, to commence with (2d time) THE STAR. OF THE STREET. Mr. J. L. Toole. Chas. Selby, Billing - ton, C. J. Smith, Miss.Woolg-ar, Mrs. Chatterlev, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, STILL WATERS' RUN DEEP. Messrs. Alfred Wigan. C. Selby, Billington, Eburne, C. J. Smith, and Powell; Mrs. A. Wigan and Mrs, Billington. Concluding with the BENGAL TIGER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Mesdames Billing - ton and Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ter bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. On Easter Monday, the popular Adelphi drama of T_ DEAD HEART, in which Mr. B. Webster will make his first appearance since his return from his successful provincial tour, and a Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza. Indian finance has now become a serious matter to England. Not long ago there were reasonable fears that we might be called on to Day a very heavy bill for our great Eastern Empire, and that the monument to the memory of MITE might be the addition of a hundred millions to our national debt. And though most of our leading men said, with bated breath, that India must bear ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chilaea. Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to es/triages and toot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EfENING the performances will oommenoe with LIVING TOO FAST. Followed by OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Bias Murray and Miss L. Thompson. After which the successful burlesque of DIDO. Mesdames Wyndham Clara St. Casse, Eliza Arden, and Mr Charles Young. — To oonclude wit!' MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson snd Miss Clara St. Casse. Reduced Prices —Gallery, t3d; Pit, Is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six; perform awe commences at 7. her own burdens, they seemed to shrink from the assertion that, in the last resort, England must not be the reliance of those who held property in the Indian debt. The most potent argument against such a result was that the stock-holders had obtained a rate of interest they could never have asked had the security been English. The one thing wanting, however, to full satisfaction—the proof that commercially it were not better for us to get rid of India at once,—was just what Mr. WIL SON has done, to repudiate unconditionally an Imperial guarantee for the Indian debt —to look the annual d l ow deficit at onceeficitboladlyscheinmethoef f a ce, and, then , to lay finance which should create entire confidence in the Indian Exchequer. Mr. WILSON has not disappointed expectation. Indeed, he has exceeded ours. One fact, before noticing particulars, is quite enough to show that he has succeeded. , Not a keener, more jea lous set of money-lenders exists on the face of the earth than those of our Indian Em pire. Till lately the Indian Government could hardly obtain money from them on any terms. The rate of interest commanded no atten tion, for the financial skill of the Government itself was distrusted; but no sooner had Mr. WILSON offered his loan, and on terms so low, too, for India, than it was swallowed up in a couple of hours, and before the day was out was commanding a hand some premium ! What would not Austria give for a JAMES WILSON ! His loan must be regarded as one of the greatest trium ohs of a modern finan cier. To us, on this side the water, it is the best proof we can have that Mr. WILSON'S whole I scheme will work. Some of his taxes will be, it is said, not easy to collect, but Mr. WILSON'S motto is, that it is the business of public servants to con , quer difficulties ; and, he has this evidence, that they can be conquered—the men who thoroughly know their countrymen from whom those taxes ale CANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.- vv THIS EVENING. LUCREZIA BORG IA, (Donizet ti) Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jong,lim ans. Comic, - Vocalists M ss W —ers. Geor g eon the( Irish• and Mimic), .T. Critchtiel, and Ho E . W Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and eantined. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant eights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, MARCH 27, 1660. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER-2 9 .1 2 . IND, North-Westerly ; moderate, with cold dull weather, HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY.—Morning, 4h. 29m.—Afternoon, 4h. 45m, To•Moakow.-Morning, sh. 3m.—Afternoon, :sh. 22m, • 42A ,‘„ _.. 1 2 C___ av „! , , 0- ,, i• , ~.j ‘7'l/ 4 ' , :, , , [ .. ;, - . 1 .• b,, . ~ , , L ss . .' ii . • Nl, 1.1 ... ;.6 ...... : ... ... if i: in , r..' 44 . .1/ . F . .. -'' '''- :: • ~: • •; &.- Z . 0 5 ... '' 14, - , 1% .. Z '.-.......--'-. .. THE SUN, LO NDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1860. %V do not pretend to the gift of prophecy__ for for that is denied to mortals —but we cherish an inklin g of " the second sight" in matters obvious to the commonest understanding in the probable affairs of life, whether they concern the public - Conduc t of Ministers, or the ways of their rulers. Men ai '8 often to be judged as much from their silence or evasiveness on certain questions as from to be collected, by which their interest on the loan is paid, eagerly take the loan. In the true spirit of an Englishman Mr. WIL SON began with two right steps—first, he would not palliate the evil but face it: He looked in the face the fact, that the Indian revenue was in a state of normal deficiency. This year it was deficient not less than nine millions and a-quarter, and next year the deficiency would as certainly be six millions and a-half; while the total debt of India amounts to nearly ninety-eight million pounds. Next, Mr. WILSON determined that the reign of mystery and mis-statement, and even of blundering errors, always, however, errors on the side of making things look better than they were, should come to an end. Sheer blunders in reckoning and esti mates had made matters last year look too favour able by about three millions sterling. Mr. WILSON began by pledging himself to an honest and full ex posure of all financial facts, and to basing the system of future Indian Finance on an unmistified appeal to the public opinion of India. The influence of the two facts_. hat the worst was now known, and in future that the truth should always be known —was itself equivalent to a good per tentage in his close of the war, and the signing of the peace of Zurich, the Federal Council once more thought it its duty to call the attention of the Iligh Powers to the relations existing between Switzerland and the neutralised provinces of Savoy." Adding "at that period there was a prospect of the meeting of a Congress which would be charged with settling the affairs of Italy, taking for its basis the preliminaries of Villafranca, in which the idea of an Italian Con federation was mooted." After observing, among other things, succinctly that " The international position of Switzerland would evidently be affected by the formation of an Italian Confederation, by the entry into this Confederation of Sardinia with the portions of Savoy comprised in the Swiss neutral territory." The Note goes on to say, "It is known that the project of a Congress was not carried into execution, and that since thebeginning of the present year the idea was discussed of modifying the group ing of the States of Central Italy "—and then adds, " The cession of Savoy to France was an idea closely connected with that of a great Italian State formed by the annexation of the Duchies to the kingdom of Sardinia. That idea," then remarks the Swiss Government, " acquired a positive importance from the speech from the throne which hii3 Majesty the Emperor of the FRENCH delivered on the Ist of the present month, on opening the French Chambers." The development of the whole scheme is here traced quite clearly, accurately, and dis passionately. Evidence upon evidence is afforded that the Powers of Europe had their attention upon the alert from the very commencement in regard to Savoy as a point intermediately situated between the frontiers of France, of Sardinia, and of Swit zerland. Tuscany. favour. We are indebted to the Overland Friend of India for both an able resume of his speech and a supple ment of 24 columns giving it at length. The Indian Chancellor of th e Exche q uer had, so far as space in the Council C hamber permitted, %crowded audience of wealthy natives of all classes, as well as of Europeans ; an audience thoroughly capable of appreciating his views, and correcting his facts if they were wrong. He told them that the state of India was such that she could easily meet her own difficulties ; he repudiated an Imperial guarantee, and pointed them to the increased wealth and the low taxation of the country. India itself was a land through which he had just made a long journey, and he could testify, from per sonal observation, that her climate, soil, and facilities for irrigation rendered her equal, or supe rior, to any country in the world. Her taxation was light—setting aside the land tax, which was but rent to the Government, which has always been the landlord of India, and the opium tax paid by China the vast Empire of India paid but nine millions in taxes, about sixteen pence per head of the population, while England pays more than two guineas per head. At the same time her commerce had increased since 1834 from thirteen to sixty millions, and the labouring classes had shared in the benefit, for their wages had doubled, and even trebled. A very encouraging fact is that the sales of estates for default, which in 1835 had represented a rental of nearly one hundred thousand pounds, last year hardly amounted to fifteen hundred pounds! In such a state of general prosperity and progress, it were idle to fear that taxes could not be easily borne which would meet the defi- of Tuscany : It is an absurdity, therefore, for our Foreign Minister now to affect abruptly to have been surprised into the recognition of the hitherto undreamt-of designs of France upon the district of Nice and the little kingdom of Savoy, the latter including the provinces of Chablais and Faucigny, neutrally ap pertaining to Switzerland. England and the rest of the Great Powers were in point of fact fore warned as to the possible contingency months ago by the Swiss Government. Switzerland herself was at length upon the Ist of March, as we have seen (and as we all so well remember she had rea son to be) startled into the knowledge that she had had full reason for making her previously reiterated appeals to the chief Powers for their surveillance. Further, upon the Ist inst., as the Note reminds us, it was formally declared by the French EMPEROR in his speech on opening the Chambers, and it was so declared to his MAJESTY, " in terms by no means equivocal, that, in consequence of the transforma tion of Northern Italy, the result of which is the giving to a powerful State the possession of all the passages of the Alps, it had been the duty of France to claim (revendiquer), with a view to the security of her frontiers, the French slopes of the moun tains." A contingency, as we have shown, foreseen by the Swiss Government ! One, the possible evolv ing of which had been pointed out long ago to the chief Powers of Europe by the Swiss Government ! Yet a contingency that our Administrators now affect to regard as having until very recently been altogether unimaginable What now shall be said of a Ministry that has thus allowed itself to be deceived with its eyes open ? A former Coalition Govern ment allowed England to drift into a war with Russia that cost 100,000 lives and £100,000,000 ! Our present Coalition Government has looked on with a crass stupidity or a criminal indifference, while Savoy has been drifting into the possession of France! And its complicity in so doing has been signalised by an ignoble commercial treaty with the French EMPEROR, costing England far more than £1,000,000 of remitted duties : costing us —incongruously—upon the year, £10,000,000 in the shape of Income Tax, and £30,000,000 in the shape of warlike expenditure ! ciency. The taxes he proposes are a revision of the cus toms, lowering duties which are unprofitably high, and raising those which arc too low to an average ad valorem duty of ten por cent. To the great wrath of Manchester her products must pay in India the same duty as those of other manufac turers—yes, even the sacred cotton of Man chester must pay its ten per cent ! Tobacco is to be rather heavily taxed. A small license on trades and professions, not below two shillings, and not exceeding twenty, for any ; and, we hope Mr. GLADSTONE will not forget it, 2nutatis mutandis next year, a graduated Income Tax, of two and four per cent., with no ex emptions such as those which disgraced the last proposal of the Indian Government, will be levied on all incomes from £2O per annum and upwards. Such is an outline of Mr. WILSON'S proposals, and we have little doubt that he will firmly carry them out. He tells the Indians that;' though he will listen to suggestions, the crisis is ;s too grave for discussion. Standing orders were derefore suspended, and the bill passed at once. He looks however to reductions of expenditure as well as to increase of revenue. The native army is to be reduced, and we are to be saved the cost of watching it, and the hazard of another military mutiny. :A small native army, a con stabulary, and a European army are to be sufficient, and before long a considerable surplus revenue may be expected to be laid out on remune rative public works. Of course some details may not work as expected, and may need correction, but on the whole Mr. WILSON'S budget seems to be an admirable one. With commerce increasing, wages rising, railways already a great success, irrigation recommencing in good earnest, the native soldiery returning to well-paid labour, and the electric telegraph con necting London, Bombay, and Calcutta, we may surely give up all talk of throwing away India as an unprofitable speculation. England will yet fulfil her mission in her Eastern empire. There cannot be an instant's doubt, of course but that in this discreditable affair of Savoy—Eng- , land has been deceived by the French EMPEROR. But there cannot, at the same time, be any doubt also, that the English Ministers have been deceived with their eyes open ! If we needed proof positive of this—proof that could be adduced in evidence against Ministers—we should have to de no more than examine in detail the important document re ferred to by us yesterday, -en passant, the temperate bit resolute protest of the Swiss Confederation. The evidence in fact there accumulated, with a clearness quite damnatory of our Ministerial policy, is so remarkable of its kind, that we accept it almost as a duty to enter here upon the examina tion of this now historical document —allowing it to speak for itself as much as possible, by quotation upon quotation. The document is simply entitled, as will have been already remarked, " Note of the Swiss Go vernment." It is dated from Berne on the 19th of this present March. It is signed by SCHIESS and HEROSEE, Chancellors of the Confederation. At the very outset, what are the words of this ex plicit diplomatic statement ? They are these : "When," says the note, " at the beginning of last yeti", the peace of Europe appeared to be seriously menaced, and hostilities were on the point of breaking out in Upper Italy, the Federal Council of Switzerland lNithentir felt efranknes iel f s ts toth cl the high upon iighoNver to s t e h x e pain a l t ti ,kien with case ofre refer p tu o d se e d w t l o lic t l a l e r n , e t e h e t 0 C ° t i l t ; fee provinces derati on pro- of Savoy comprised in the Swiss aeutrality—pro vinces on which Switzerland has important rights, founded on Euro p ean treaties, and on the stipula tions of the 29th of March, 9th of June, and 20th of November, 1815." And the Note adds imme diately afterwards, " in the answers with which they honoured the note of the Federal Coun c il of Marsh 14, 1859, the high Powers fully estimated the point of view in which S witzerland then pi aeo d herself." So that certain contingencies involving amo n gs t other high interests, those of the ballot-, able rights of Switzerland, were taken into account by all the great Powers (England conspicuously amongst them) from the very eJunencement! Further, the note goes on to remark, " After the inexact. THEI:ISUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, bIARCII 27, 1860 FRANCE. LATEST NEWB. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, MARCH 27. M. Nigra has been appointed Minister Resident of Sardinia at Paris. GENOA, MARCK 27. A squadron with Sardinian troops has left for PARIS, MARCH 27. The Constitutionnel of this morning says :—" The first French battalions returning from Italy have entered Savoy." MADRID, MARCH 26. The preliminaries of peace were signed at two o'clock p.m, yesterday, and an armistice was con cluded. TURIN, MARCH 26. The official Gazette publishes the following de crees relative to the administration of the province "Prince Carignan is appointed lieutenant of the King and commander of the naval and military forces: His Royal Highness will exercise, in the name of the King, the right of pardon, &c. &c. " The administrative centre will remain provi sionally at Florence. " Baron Ricasoli is appointed general Governor. The Ministry ceases. " The army.of Tusbany will be incorporated with she Sardinian army." PARIS, MARCH 26. The news published by some Paris papers, that orders had been transmitted to suspend the de parture of the French troops from Lombardy, is The Pare says :—" The reported entry of the Neapolitan troops into the States of the Church is unfounded; and we have reason to know that the King of Naples, notwithstanding the invitation ad dressed to his Majesty by his Holiness, has refused to occupy Rome and other parts of the States of the Church with Neapolitan troops." The same paper contains the following : " General Dufour has returned to Switzerland. At Niee the elections of representatives to the Sar dinian Parliament have had no result, the number of voters being insufficient. Gen. Garibaldi only obtained 400 votes." BERNE, MARCH 26. Yesterday the Federal Council held a sitting of long duration. _ _ According to news received, 600 French soldiers will occapy Annecy on the 28th inst. Orders have been given to assemble some troops of the contingents of Berne, Vaud, Neufchatel, Fribourg, and Valais. PARIS, MONDAY, Marshal M'Mahon will leave Paris in a day or two for Lille, the head-quarters of the military de partment under his command. It is generally under stood that the Marshal Duke of Magenta will corn mand the camp of Chalons, which will this year be composed of three divisions of infantry and one of cavalry. It is said that the Imperial Guard will likewise be encamped at Chalons at least as long as the Emperor shall stay there. Admiral Paris, who commanded the Brest fleet, has been ordered to proceed immediately to Toulon with the ships under his command. Col. Saget has been appointed Commandant de is Place (town major) of Chambery, and has left Paris to take possession of his post. Col. Hausman has been appointed Commandant de la Place at Nice, and has likewise left Paris. BOURSE, March 26.—The opening of the market was heavy, but it afterwards rallied. Threes, after having been done at 68f 10c, rallied to 68f 30c ; Mobilier varied from 745 f to 750 f ; Austrian, 505 f to 507 f 50c ; Lombard, 5381 75c to 541 f 25c ; Orleans, 1,405 f to 1,410 f ; Lyons, 902 f 50c to 907 f 50c ; Northern, 940 f to 945 f. The following are the last quotations :- 4i per Cents. .... 96 25; Credit Foncier 752 50 Do. end month Belgian 4} — 3 per Cents 6B 55 Piedmontess (5) .. 81 Do. end month 6B 50 Roman Bl Bank Shams 2785 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 748 75 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 750 Home Debt 43 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 950 - .. 950 N e w ditto B5l 25 .. 860 Lyons and Mediterranean 9lO .. 910 Geneva 472 50 .. 472 50 Southern Western 6OO .. 597 50 Eastern Sardinian 415 .. 415 Austrian Lombard Exchangeon London, at sight, paper, 25f. lle. ; money 25f. Ste. ; three months, paper, 24f. 871 e. ; money, 241 85e. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 24 The Finance Department has to-day officially in formed the public that a loan of 200,000,000f1. will be raised in accordance with the Imperial Edict which was published in Vienna on April 29, 1859. The Ministerial Ordinance respecting the loan, which is a document of very considerable length, is in substance as follows : The loan will bear per cent. interest, and there will be a lottery attached to it. A part of the pro ceeds of the loan will be given to the National Bank in payment of the various sums which it ad vanced to the State during the year 1859 (the sum advanced was 133,000,000 of Austrian florins), and the remainder will be used to cover the extraordi nary outlay caused by the late war. Subscriptions to the loan will be received from the 27th of March till the 7th April, 1860, and a fortnight later the amount taken will be made known in the JP /error Zeitung. If the subscriptions should exceed 200,000,00011., all the sums above 10,000 fl. will undergo a " corresponding" (entsprechende) reduc tion. If the whole amount of the loan should not be taken, the remaining bonds will be delivered over to the National Bank, and will not be disposed of before the Ist of November, 1861. Each bond of 10011 will cost 10011. Austrian cur rency. The bonds, which will be made payable to bearer, will be for 5008. and 10011., and will bear 5 per cent. interest. The loan will be paid off in 37 years, from 1861 to 1917, by means of a lottery with prizes. The holders of bonds for 50011. will re ceive the full amount of the prizes drawn, but those persons who hold bonds or shares for 10011. will receive but one-fifth of the prize attached to the number drawn. No more tha n 500,000 bonds at 10011. will be issued. Twice a year, on the Ist of February and on the Ist of August, the number of series specified in the plan will be drawn, and three months later, on the Ist of May and ou the Ist of November, the drawing of the numbers of the series will take place. All the prizes will be paid three months after they have been drawn—that is, on the Ist of August and Ist of February. Persons taking shares in the new loan will be at liberty to pay 20 per cent. of their subscriptions in National Loan Bonds, which will be received by the State at par. The interest on the Bonds is -made payable on the Ist of May and the Ist of November of each year. In each of the drawings of the lottery the following prizes will be won : One prize of 300,00011., one of 30,00011., one of 25,00011., two of 10,00011., 15 of 5,00011., 30 of 1,00011. The Bonds which do not won prizes will, when drawn, be paid with 600 fl. The Austrian fianciers profess to believe that the new loan will be eagerly taken by the public, but I am not of the same opinion. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new farce, by the author of " Domestic Eco nomy," called " The Star of the Streets," was pro duced here last evening. The incidents of the plot are not very numerous, but they are worked out by the actors with such somic spirit as to afford to the audience that genuine enjoyment which laughter, fresh, hearty, and spontaneous, infallibly occasions. Mrs. Mellon, Mr. Toole, and Mr. C. J. Smith sustain the principal parts. HAYMAE.KET THEATRE.—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Princess Helena and Prince Alfred, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their pre sence last evening, to witless the new comedy of " The Overland Route." REPRESENTATION OF HARWICII.—We under stand that Montague Chambers, Esq., Q.O , late M.P. for Greenwich, intends offering himself to fill up the vacancy in the representation of the borough of Harwich in Par liament, caused by the elevation of the Hon. Mr. Camp bell to the House of Lords. ---- The price of the new Austrian Six per Cent. Loan will be about 951 at Vienna, reckoning the depre ciated paper with which it is to be met, and this would be equal to only £7l sterling. Still, it is not expected there will be any subscribers, except under a system of virtual oempulsion. The Cleadon is announced from Melbourne in 116 days, with 17,111 ounces of gold, worth about £ 68 , 000 . Although no immediate anxiety was felt about the safety of this vessel, the length of her passage caused the rate of insurance at Lloyd's to advance on Saturday to 6 or 6 per cent. The Africa, from New York, has brought £67,000. ARRIVAL OF A RUSSIAN FRIGATE FROM JAPAN. —PLY MOVT it, Monday.—The Rusian steam-frigate Askold; Captain Ounkovsky, 46, arrived here this morning from Japan, for Cronstadt. She touched at the Cape, and left there Jan. 27 ' ditto St. Helena, Feb. 5 ; Ascension, Feb. 10. Leaving the Cape so recently after the January mail, she brings no later news. in the interim (seven day s ) nothing o importance having occurred. She will lie here for a few days. THE INCOME TAl.—Sir S. Northcote stated, in last Friday night's debate on the income tax, that he had been engaged two years in investigating the claims of cer tain persons connected with the Ecclesiastical Courts for the abolition of their offices, and for which compensation had been made. One gentleman had been paying as income tax on £3,000 ; it was proved beyond a doubt he had been making profit from his position of double, and at one time treble that sum ; and he had to pay £609 as arrears for income tax before he could put his claim in force. Another had earned £31,432, whilst his return for income tax was only £B,BOO. Another £2,000 to £4,000, and had returned £2OO. THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. BONWELL.— Referring to the paragraph in which surprise was expressed at the non-prosecution of the Bonwell case by the Bishop of London, his lordship's secretary writes to state that the bishop has neither abandoned nor suspended the proceed ings. Immediately on receipt of the commissioners' formal report, with minutes of the evidence, his lordship's proctor was intructed to carry the matter with all despatch into the Court of Arches, and it is to be hoped that the case may shortly be in train for a hearing. Meanwhile, Mr. Bon well has been entirely absent from the parish, which has been in charge of his assistant-curate. THE EXCOMMUNICATION.—It is said that as soon as the bull excommunicating the King of Piedmont is pub lished, Cardinal Moilot, Archbishop of Paris, means to resign his offices at Court, all of them highly lucrative. The Grand Almonership 41ona is said to bring in £4,000 a-year, and as a senator the right rev, prelate enjoys £1,200 per annum. When Talleyrand was excommunicated he took it more coolly. The same day that the bull reached him, the incorrigible Bishop of Autun penned wharfllowing note to a Madame de F--, with whom he on very intimate terms. This note, I may observe, is as yet unpub lished. Talleyrand's gems won't bear translation. I there fore give it in the original :—" Ma chi re Amie,—C'est aujourd'hui que la bulle du Pape me voue h l'esprit des tenebres. J' irai cc soir souper avec vous ; le diable me voyant dans la companiie d'un ange n'osera pas in cm porter."—Letter THE MATERIALS OF PAPER.--" A paper-maker," in a letter to a contemporary, says—" We have only just succeeded in shaking off the fibre merchants, who have long enough pestered us with their inventions (which they would have naturally kept to themselves had they been worth any thing), when another class of kind friends seems likely to arise. 'J. C.,' in his letter to-day suggests that India and China are markets which ought to supply a large quantity of rags, Had 'J. C.' known anything of the subject he wrote about it would have been unnecessary for me to in form him. Rags from India have been for many years import .d, compressed in bales by hydraulic power. Rags have also Leon imported from China, Australia, the Cape of Good Hope, and from every known country from which a free importation i s allowed, by that ' supposed non-enter prising' person the British papermaker, who now only asks for fair play and no favour from his countrymen—viz., that paper should not be admitted hero free of duty unless we are allnwetl free access to the rag markets of those countries whence the paper is imported, THE 0 MAIL. We have received by express via Marseilles Cal cutta papers to Feb. 22. The following are extracts from the summary of the Bengal Eurkara of that date : The latest intelligence we have received of the Governor-General's movements is that he made his entry into Lahore on the 10th inst. The Viceroy, accompanied by his escort and staff, was met at Shalimar by the Hon. the Lieut. Governor, the Judicial and Financial Commissioners, and a large number of the native nobility and gentry of Lahore. His lordship is expected to start for Peshawur from Lahore. Lady Canning and the Commander in Chief, it is believed, will accompany him. The trial of Khan Bahadoor Khan has terminated, and he has been sentenced to be hanged. So great have been the crimes of this miscreant during the recent rebellion, that he was unable to engage the services of a barrister to defend his case. It remains to be seen whether the sentence will be remitted or Toffuzzul Hossain Khan, ex-Nawab of Furman. bad, arrived at Aden on 27th ult. in H.M.S. Bere nice, in charge of a European constable. He was conveyed on the Ist inst. to the north shore of the harbour, and liberated on the Arab coast, with a warning that should he ever return to India, he would forfeit his life. One thousand rupees was given to the Nawab, to enable him and his two ser vants to make their pilgrimage to Mecca. There is little doubt but that he will meet with the ready sympathy of his co-religionists the Arabs, and be regarded as a martyr to his faith. Sir Hope Grant has arrived at Calcutta, and will shortly embark for the Celestial Empire. In addi tion to other vessels taken up by Government, the Eranee, Vortigern, Queen of England, Lord Dal housie and Lady Ann, have been engaged for the conveyance of troops to China. Of the Native Army to accompany the expedition, the greater portion are Seikh regiments, two of which were recently encamped on the Maidan. The Madras Tintes and Spectator learns that the head-quarters of the C hief Commissioner in the Hyderabad assigned districts are to be removed from Jaulnah to Nuldroog, but the necessary public buildings not having been yet completed, he will, it is said, take up his abode at Mominabad for the monsoon. It is also reported that Colonel Barrow's appointment to the office has been deferred for six months, during which period Mr. Bullock will con tinue to act as Chief Commissioner. The same contemporary states that the Secretary of State has granted a pension of £lOO per annum during her widowhood to Mrs. Robertson, widow of the late Captain Robertson, Master Attendant at Tuticorin, who lost his life while crossing the Paumben Strait on his way to Cochin. The pen sion is to commence from the date on which Capt. Robertson's successor assumed office, the full pay of the deceased having been disbursed to Mrs. Ro bertson up to that time. The Lucknow Herald learns that Mummoo Khan intends engaging the professional services of one of the most eminent members of the Bar to defend him on his trial. The Englishman learns that an application was made to Government on the part of the King of Oude for leave to send an accredited agent to Eng land, in order to prosecute his claim for the resto ration of his kingdom. The Governor-General's reply has been to the effect that the question has been definitely settled by her Majesty's Govern ment, and that there was no use whatever in spend ing money in the direction he proposed. The Neilgherries, we find, are to be made a penal settlement for European convicts in India. The prison intended for their reception is being rapidly built: We wonder the European inhabitants of the hills have not offered a remonstrance to this. We think that some other place than the " hills" should be selected as a penal settlement for Euro pean convicts in India. The Englishman hears from Nepaul that the Lucknow Begum forced her way into Nepal by means of her gold. A fight was got up between the Goorkhas and her followers, and the former gave way, announcing to their Government that they had been driven back by the Lucknow army. The success of the Begum's ruse ended in herself and followers finding a safe place of refuge in the Nepaul Hills, at the expense of her7gold mohurs, which appear of more consideration to the Goorkhas ,han their fame as heroes. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 2 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, Captain Black, with the heavy portion of the Bombay mails, has arrived. She also brings 164 passengers, £6,000 in specie, pearls value 18,100 rupees, and a general cargo, including 950 bales, value £95,000. Her dates are Alexandria, 14th March; Malta, 18th ; Gibraltar, 21st At Alexandria were the Egyptian fleet, and the French brig of war Sentinelle. At Malta—The Caesar and the Lapwing. At Gibraltar—The English squadron and the Spanish fleet. On the 23d, off Lisbon, the Delta observed nine ships of war steering westward, supposed to be the Channel fleet. THE WAR IN MOROCCO.—The Moorish cavalry particularly distinguished themselves in the action of the 11th instant, having repeatedly charged the Spanish. Upwards of 300 Spanish wounded in that action reached Algesiras on the 16th. At Gibraltar, exchange on London, 90 days, was quoted 50 5-16; on Paris, sf. 30c. ; on Mar seilles, sf. 31c. ; on Genoa, sf. 32c. ; on Madrid, Cadiz, Alicante, at eight days, discount; on Bar celona, at par. Freights unchanged. SHIPPING.—The Gratitude, of Cardiff, after leav ing Pomaron River, Guadiana, laden with copper ore, for Liverpool, encountered a succession of north-easterly gales. On the 13th she shipped heavy seas, which carried away the bulwarks, stove the boats, and did other damage- The master, finding the crew exhausted by working the pumps, stood the ship for Gibraltar, where she arrived on the 14th in a sinking condition. The Briti s h barque Mary Bannatyne, from Gibraltar to Eng land, with Indian corn, foundered at sea on the 11th. SUPPOSED MURDER AT STAMFORD. In pursuance of an order received on Sunday f ro m the Secretary of State , t he body of Miss Elizabeth Pulley (who is suspected to have been mur d ere d and then set on fire , under circumstances which have already been partially detailed in thi s j ourna l) was exhumed at half-past five yesterday (Mon day) morning, and removed to an ou th ouse at t h e Ball and Swan Inn, contiguous to the bu r i a l groun d, where a post mortem examination was made by Mr. Howard, surgeon to the . gaol, and M r. Mark *Jack son. Strict secresy observed as to the result, which is not likely to be disclosed until the adjourned examination before the magistrates on Thursday next. Although the body had been in the ground since Wednesday there was no perceptible change in its external appear ance. Th e c i rcumstances which first excited suspicion of foul play in this case, and led to the apprehension of the prisoner Corby, were as foll ows : —A young man name d Marsh, in the prisoner's employ, while looking round the workshop for some tools, noticed on an upper shelf a l a d y ' s wr iti ng d es k, an d, cur i os ity prompting him to open it, he saw inside a number of gold coins and several rings, one of the latter bearing an inscription, " James and Elizabeth Pul ley." Two or three days elapsed before Marsh mentioned this, when, the fact coming to the ears of Corby, he repeatedly urged the young man not to say anything further about the matter, remarking that, as he (Corby) had been in trouble before (alluding to a robbery of which he had been convicted), it might be awkward for him if he was known to be in possession of the articles named. This and other suspicious circumstances—such as the prisoner paying a number of old debts and ex hibiting a considerable sum in gold—coming to the knowledge of the superintendent of police, he ap prehended Corby ; but when his house was searched neither the writing-desk nor the rings could b e found. Stains of blood have been discovered on tho hearth-stone in the kitchen, where the body of tho deceased was found, and it is understood that other facts have come to light which seem to indi ca t e th a t the unfortunate lady came to a violent death, inde pendent of what may be the result of the post mor tent examination. The deceased was highly ac complished lady, and aypropriated the bulk of her income to charitable °Netts,. LAW INTE. (This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) JUDGMENT-RICHARDS V. RICHARDS. The question in this case was whether a qualified heir, or posthumous child, was entitled to the rents and profits of her ancestor's estate in abeyance after the decease of the ancestor and the birth of the child. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor considered that the heir- at -law was entitled to the rents and profits of her ancestor's estate, and made a decree to the following effect :—" Declare that the infant plaintiff, Arabella Dian► Giffards Richards, the heir-at-law of Edward Price Richards (her father) is entitled to all such rents and profits accruing and due from his estates from the 12th day of November, 1856, the day of his decease, and the 23d day of June, 1857, the date of the birth of the infant plaintiff. The other points in the cause will bementioned on the second day of next term. HILL V. HALL.-JUDGMENT. The contention in this cause was whether the freehold estate in question should be sold to pay the arrears of an nuity chargeable upon it. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that the freehold estate of the testator should be sold to pay off the mortgages and outstanding terms and the arrears of the annuity chargeable on it, and declared accordingly. Two-thirds of the estate comprised in the settlement is charged with mortgages, and one-third with the annuity in question. CONSISTORY COURT. (Before Dr. Twiss.) KING V. ROSIER. This morning Mr. Robert Rosier again appeared in court, in connection with the articles which have been filed against him by the Rev. Bryan King, the Rector of St. George's in-the-East. Dr. Phillimore, on the part of the Rev. Bryan King, now submitted that the paper put in by Mr. Rosier could not be admitted as a counter plea, because neither in form nor in substance was it of that character. He wished, however, to waive all technical objections, and he would consent to its being allowed to be received as a negative issue. Mr. Rosier said his case had been heard before, at the police court, and he protested against the proceedings. Dr. Twiss offered to assign a counsel and a proctor to Mr. Rosier, if he felt inclined to avail himself of professional assistance. Mr. Rosier declined the offer. He said he was an halo• cent man, and was perfectly satisfied to test his case upon its merits. A day having been fixed for the hearing, Mr. Rosier said that he was glad to find that there was likely to be a speedy termination of the case, as he had been thrown out of employment in consequence of these pro tracted proceedings. The case will be heard next Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTAL ASSAULT 13Y A FOREIGNER ON A FRMALB.—• Wm. Wunsth, a German waiter at the Cafe de la Roma at the corner of Windmill-street, was charged before Mr. Beadon with the following brutal assault one female named Ada Williams. The female was se much injured that she was unable to attend. From the evidence of Laskey, a constable of the C di i• sion, it appeared that about half-past 3 this morning he wall called to the house where the prisoner lodged, 11, Panton square, which house is principally inhabited by foreigners, and on arriving there heard loud cries of " Murder" pro' ceeding from a female voice. On the door being opened 12 0 saw a female in the passage evidently in great pain and in * fainting state. Having been informed by her that Ulf prisoner, who had taken her home with him, had thrown her down a flight of stairs and kicked her severely in the groin, he took the prisoner into custody, and on the female going to the station, and charging the :prisoner, he took her to Charing-cross Hospital, where she was now. The constable then handed in the following certifieate " Charing-cross Hospital, March 27, 1860. " This is to certify that Ada Williams is suffering from • severe injury to her groin, and is unable to leave the hold pital. " WILLIAM TRAVVitS, House Surgeon." Mr. Beadon said he should remand the prisoner for • week, to see the result of the injuries to the female, but would take two sureties in £2O each for the prisoner's re' appearance. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY IN A SHOP.—Alfred Wright, • well-known thief and ruffian, aged 21, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with the following impudent rob' bery : Mrs. Elizabeth Larking, wife of John Larking, No. 34, St. George-street, alias Ratcliff-highway, stated that ehs was reading in her parlour last night, and saw the prisoner enter the shop, take a bundle of cigars from the board clod to the window, and give them to a boy at the door. She tart the parlour and seized the prisoner, who made a great Tr sistance, but she held him until a police constable arrived , and gave him into custody. The cigars were not recovaffie h They weighed 11b., and were valued at Bs. In answer to a question by Mr. Yardley, the witness the cigars were exposed for sale inside the shop, not outside and that when she seized the prisoner he said he had NO into the shop for the purpose of making a purchase of ounce of tobacco. The prisoner said he was guilty, and asked the magi' trate to settle the case at once. Mr. Yardley asked if the prisoner was known, or he! been committed before, and he replied himself that he 1 10 served two months in prison for assaulting two policemen' A police-constable said the prisoner had been in ousted' several times, and had been once summarily convicted. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had committed a j ° l impudent robbery, and sentenced him to six montus imprisonment. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LUMLEY V. TILE EARL OF DUDLEY AND E. T. SMITH. In the Court of Exchequer yesterday Mr. Reit and Mr. C. T. Swanston moved to restrain the de' fendants from using any of the stage properties Of effects which were left in her Majesty's Theatre by the plaintiff on quitting the theatre until O. plaintiff should have been enabled to make an ventory of such of the properties and effects a s be' longed to him, and that, after making the inve l tory, each of the defendants might be restraine d from using, or allowing the other defendant to u l °' &c., the effects included in the inventory. Duril the season of 1856-7, and part of 18511, the plainti Mr. Lumley, was in possession of her Majesty' Theatre, under certain agreements with the defer ' dant, Earl Dudley (then Lord Ward), and also °' the stage properties (including dresses, scensill and furniture), previously p urc hased by La y Ward for £lO,OOO. The plaintiff used these propo l : ties, and purchased additi ona l d re sses, &c., to tl i b i value of more than £5,000. Rent was paid up Michaelmas, 1857. I n A ugus t, 1858, possession ° the theatre was taken on behalf of the Earl, and action, the facts of which have been recently 1) .1: fore the public, was brought in November, 1 8 °, 0 to recover th e arrears of rent. The plaintiff, s'im, alleged th a t th e properties belonging to him weA left in th e th e atre by arrangement, on the fat , that the earl's claim for rent would be abandone d ' had recently applied to have them restored to hiT, and given notice of his intention to prohibit Mr . T. Smith, the present lessee of the theatre, fro., making any use of them. These properties We',; alleged to be of peculiar value to the plaintiff an operatic manager, and difficult to replace ; Wity,‘ the injury to a manager from being deprived tf their use could not be properly estimated damages in an action at lair. 0' Sir Hugh Cairns, Mr. Giffard, and Mr. shaw for the defendants, Earl Dudley and Mr. r I'. Smith, were not called. 0 0 The Vice-Chancellor said, that when the aetlii was brought for the arrears of rent the plaio i ` f ,t should have asserted his right to these partlC' chattels. For more than a year and a half nottv was done to interfere with their possession, ancl A i now came at this juucture, when the theatre `io about to open under a new manager, to restrPot, their use until this schedule could be made ° o p The bill, which was in a measure founded O r e specific performance, must utterly fail in thato spect. There was no specific agreement that th e defendant should hand over certain chattels to ef e plaintiff. On the contrary, those chattels 1 !;1 3 t left in the custody of the defendant, and the r 1 4 of the plaintiff, if any, would be by an actio ll 4 o trover. The plaintiff did not say that 11 0 0 ,10 about to carry on any operatic performance , o cr the delay alone was a sufficient answer to the tion, which must be refused with costs. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. • - 111' LONDON, March 26.—Wind this day at noon , 4 1 moderate btecze, and very cold. Arr i r Powrsmount, March 26.—Wind N.W. to —Mornmequash, front Maulmain for Falmouth. Reward, for Demerara ; Livingstone, for T r inidad t. ; ii boa; (ss), for Milford and Rio de Janeiro; Capital, f or Amazon, for New York. (ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) rartl iT3t. SOUTUAMPTON, Tuesday ° 0 Wind, W. • CO llll Arrived, March N.—Aurelia, from.Caren.t.c2lll;ii, steamer, from Jersey ; Iberia, steamer , from vu ...----• (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELECIRAYSte) . _.,, GRAVESEND, Tuesday )lervilll' Wind, N.W. ; tide, last hour's ebb ; weather, lii ....t. Ow n 0' DEAL, Tuesday .31-- Wind, moderate. N T di) f 4 W.N.W.. 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