The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

EPSOM SPRING RA CE S.—GRE A T METROPOLITAN STAKES.—FRIDAY, April 15. 4 Shortest Route to Epsom from the Waterloo -bridge Sta- Zion, by SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Frequent Trains will run during the day. Ordinary Fares 'will be charged down to Epsom till 11.15 a.m., and up from Xpsom after 7 p.m. Additional Special Trains will run from - Waterloo-bridge to Epsom from 11.30 a.m. till 1.20 p.m. ; returning from Epsom from 3.30 p.m. till 7 p.m. Fares, by these additional trains, Zp Epsom and back, 7s. 6d.,; to or from Epsom, 45. No particular class of carriage can be guaranteed. A Special Direct Train will leave Waterloo-bridge Station at 1.50 p.m. punctually, and will arrive at Epsom in time for parties to reach the Course for the Great Metropolitan Race. Steam Boats call at Waterloo-bridge and Hungerford bridge, going irp or down the river nearly every five minutes. Tickets may be procured on and after 'Wednesday, 13th, at Messrs. Tattersalls ; the Universal Office, :Regent-circus ; Golden Cross, Charing-cross ; 53, King William-street, City ; and Waterloo -bridge station. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. .2 Under the Management if Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be produced Shakspeare's historical say of KING HENRY V. Sing Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be produced a new Comedy, en titled EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. After which, USED UP. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. N Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, A CABINET QUESTION. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Billington, Miss Arden. MASKS AND FACES; Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Quin, Kr. P. Bedford ; Sir Charles, Mr. C Selby ; Ernest, Mr. lington ; Peg. Woftlinf.,,ton, Miss Woolgar ; Mabel, Miss H. Simms. To be followed by THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr. J. L. Toole. C. Selby, Billington, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, and K. Kelly. To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough This Evening, will . be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO ISPECTITSES. To be followed by -VANDYKE BROWN': Mr. J. Clark, and Miss M. Ternan. After which, the hew Extravar,ranza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with (first time), a new grand Drama, entitled THE THREE MUSKETEERS. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. To conclude with a Screaming Farce, in which Miss M. Jackson - will make her 6th appearance at this theatre. The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or, The Knights Tempiars, is in active preparation, and will be revived with extraordinary magnificence. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, aid £1 ls. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor—C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec :Ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters Land is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT Commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam .Eight in number, whose varied Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, wil.! :,eriorm every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.—SUN OPFICZ, APRIL 9 - . THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since soon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.60—falling. WIND, W.N.W. ; very strong, with frequent squall% It rained in the night, and this morning. Now fine sun shiny weather. There is a dark and lowering cloud in the politi cal atmosphere which augurs badly for the peace and tranquillity of Europe. By a telegram from Vienna, dated yesterday evening, it is said that " the long-expected crisis is at hand ; that a corps of 50,000 men would leave the city for Italy on this and following days ; that another corps of 60,000 . is to be assembled at Vienna, and a reserve corps of 70,000 men is to be placed in Bohemia and Moravia, and that the reserves of the army in Italy and of the army corps about to leave the city have been called in." This is truly alarming intelligence. It proves that Austria places no faith in the powers of the approaching Congress. She is openly and ener getically making preparations which, considering the condition of her exchequer, could only be justified in the . certainty of speedy war, and that with a really formidable enemy. France, although more silently, is not the less surely proceeding in a similar manner. The armaments of both countries are being placed in the most efficient condition, ready for any emergency at a moment's notice ; while Sardinia, eager for the fray, is doing all in her power to aggravate the difficulties of the posi tion, and to prevent the possibility of a pacific solution of the all-important problem. The answers of Lord MALMESBITRY in the Lords, and of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Commons, are peculiarly significant. The Secretary declared that, unless some unforeseen objection oc curred, he would, before the prorogation, make a statement which would satisfy their lordships that the Government had done all they possibly could to preserve the peace of Europe. The doubtful terms in which this was declared appear to indicate that their laudable exertions had not been attended with the desired effect, and that some insuperable impediments had arisen to the course which they were desirous of fulcsuing. . _ Mr. DISRAELI also earnestly deprecated any im mediate discussion which would be inconvenient, and mere than inconvenient, to the public interests. He proposed, however, to fix a day on Monday for making a complete statement respecting the position in which this country is placed with respect to foreign affairs and the negotiations now in progress. This day would either be Tuesday or, at all events, some other day in the course of next week. The danger must therefore be very imminent when full revela tions can be made at so early a period. It seems to be the critical moment, and we fear that the sword will prevail and much blood be shed and treasure expended before a final settlement can be obtained. It seems to be now by no means certain that the anticipated Conference will take place. Austria is holding back, and it is positively asserted, and with much apparent foundation, that she refuses to .enter the Congress unless Piedmont first dis arms. Piedmont might fairly offer to consent to a. mutual disarmament, but to that Austria objects that she cannot do so in consequence of the attitude assumed by France, which she must be prepared to meet at any moment, and under any circumstances. There is reason in this objection ; but on what possible grounds can she expect that Piedmont would abandon all its preparations and leave itself wholly at her mercy? This is ridiculous, and the very nature of the objection shows that she is determined on hostilities, and she has parties to deal with, who are only anxious that she should take the initiative, and furnish a plausible excuse for the proceedings which they are most anxious to adopt) and the insane refusal to enter into the Congress 'must, if true, render war almost inevitable. The manifesto just:published by Count CAVOUR does not by any means improve the position. It is certainly an answer to a requisition from her MAJESTY'S Ministers, but it shows that Sardinia expects far more than Austria will be inclined to grant, and that she is prepared to stake her very existence in obtaining something like liberty for the Italian States, not merely those which by treaty engagements are placed under the rule of Austria, but many others in which the latter Power officiously interferes without a shadow of right or justice. Count CAYOUR acknowledges the treaty obligations, and that Austria has the letter of the law on her side so far as the Lombardo-Vene tian kingdom is concerned, but the impolicy and injustice of her conduct are clearly explained, and a course pointed out by which the Italian subjects of FRANCIS-JOSEPH might be satisfied. But the course pursued with respect to other Powers is clearly unjustifiable. The non-inter vention principle has now been fully recognised. Every question between a government and people should be decided by themselves, and it is mon strous to find a force of foreign bayonets ready to support any illegal or despotic act that might ex cite the indignation of the whole people. There can be no possible justification for the occupation of different States in Central Italy, and if the Cabinet of Vienna wishes to obtain the moral support of Europe they will remove these well - founded causes of com plaint. It is unfortunate that the factious majority should have prevailed during so great an emergency. It is, perhaps, to the majority that we are indebted for these grave complications, which might not have occurred had Lord MALMES BURY been enabled to carry on his negotiations without so great a drawback. Preparations are being made actively in a' directions for the coming struggle among the dif ferent constituencies. Addresses are multiplying, Old members are seeking re-election in the vas majority of instances—the retirement of any o' them voluntarily being distinctly exceptiond New men are " cropping up" in abundance as can didates here and there—and this frequently in quarters the most unexpected. But few represen tatives have the self-command of Mr. WILLIAms, of Lambeth—withdrawing from a "coign of 'van tage" :already attained by means of their past energy, but spontaneously and magnanimously resigned because of their own consciousness of its diminution by reason of deteriorated health or relaxed vigour. Occasionally there are already indications of change in some instances from an old constituency to a new constituency. There is the somewhat remarkable case, for example, of the transference of the ex-Attorney-General from the little borough of Aylesbury and his return hence forth for the more important borough of Wolver hampton. The treatment of Sir RICHARD BETHELL by the ' Liberal party of Aylesbury is certainly one of the most flagrant indications yet brought to light of the passion and pique now tending seriously to disorganise the plans and to dissipate the hopes of the already sufficiently dispirited Opposition. The borough of Aylesbury is fast becoming a pro verb of fickleness and petulance among the liberal constituencies. Mr. LATARD'S rise and fall now find somewhat of a corollary in the rise and fall oC.ciha 3 lsr - ouini,Palmirtha '''" RD ' himself indignantly, andwith very natural hauteur under the circumstances, refuses to allow his name to be put in nomination. It appears that the hon. and learned gentleman had but very recently acceded to the proposition proceeding from the local Conservative agent down at Aylesbury, that the present sitting members should be again returned together Sir RICHARD BETHELL, the Liberal, Mr. BERNARD, the Conserva tive. It was a reasonable proposition enough, and one that, in every sense, was at once rational and honourable under the circumstances. Scarcely, however, had Sir RICHARD accorded his agreement to the proposition, when, without a with your leave, or by your leave, without the courtesy of any sort of communication with the distinguished sitting Liberal represen tative of the constituency—up starts suddenly another Liberal candidate for the representation, one of those charming curiosities (quite a htsus nature of its kind), a new-born Whig, a Mr. WENT WORTH, a son-in-law of the renowned ULicK, Marquis of CLANAICARDE. This Mr. WENTWORTH first intimates his advent by the summary publication of an address to the electors of the borough, an address enunciating liberal views, and plainly announcing the writer's deter mination to go to the poll. Thereupon, startled from their " propriety" by the unanticipated appa rition of this address, the Conservative party natu rally enough conclude that the recent agreement arrived at with Sir RICHARD BETHELL has been repudiated—and, driven to bay thus abruptly, they of course start another candidate for themselves ! Out of all this, however, comes another complica tion, in the shape of what we cannot but think a really inevitable consequence under the circum stances. Sir RICHARD BETHELL conceives himself to have been most unfairly dealt with by the Liberal party of Aylesbury —a constituency he has now for the last eight years represented with admirable ability (even his opponents will allow this) in the coun- cils of the Imperial Parliament. He is indignant at the unwarrantable course that has been followed. He does not consider it to be befitting his own dignity to act in concert with an individual who has thus unwarrantably striven to supplant him with his own constituency. He refuses, as we have said, to allow his name to be put in nomi- nation—he withdraws from the constituency. Hap• _ pily to find a more suitable colleague before him in the presence of the Right Honourable CHARLES VILLIERS, and a much more important constituency ready to welcome him as he deserves, namely, the constituency of Wolverhampton. But how does this incident, let us ask, now affect the prospect of the Liberal party down at Aylesbury ? Why it affects those prospects so seriously that there is really and truly a very great probability at this moment that Aylesbury—in consequence of Mr. WENTWORTII, the son-in•law of Lord CLANRICARDE — wiII return two Conservatives to the new Parliament! It is the dog and the shadow all over again—grasping at the phantom and losing the substance—snapping at all and losing every thing. We have been thus explicit, even to par . ticularity, in referring to the conduct, the most unwarrantable and, to say the least of it, the most mistaken conduct of the Liberal party down at Ayles, bury, because we regard the course there pursued as one of serious significance. It is illustrative, in a Painful manner, of the passion, the precipitation, and the overreaching arrogance of a very large section of the so-called Liberals and psuedo-reformers throughout the country, a passion, a precipitation and an arrogance tending to make that confusion worse confounded for which we are already so largely indebted to the factious leaders of a disor ganised Opposition. If, looking at Aylesbury, we cannot say ex uno disco omnes, we are constrained in frankness to regard the: conduct of the nominal Reformers and Liberals in that borough as a tolerable average sample of the very:appropriate consequences result ing from the late party manceuvres in the House of Commons. A considerable number of the so-called Liberal constituencies really appear to be most perversely bent upon realising, as far as possible, the somewhat unpatriotic prediction of Lord PALMER STON, when he said the other day that the Con stitution would be scrambled for on the hustings : in the event of Ministers venturing to do, what he declared in the first instance in the most uncon stitutional language that he would not allow them to do—and yet what he has since then consented to their doing—viz., to dissolve Parliament. For ourselves we need hardly say that we don't, for one single instant, conceive that it is now any question at all about scrambling for the Constitu tion upon the hustings in any one, either of the great or the small constituencies. We believe in the reasonableness of this extraordinary assertion of Lord PALMERSTON no more than we believed, two or three years back, in the reasonableness of another assertion equally extraordinary in its way—the assertion of an august personage, once upon a time, that the representative system of this country was somehow or other, in some mysterious manner—upon its trial. We don't believe in the one story or the other— any more than little PAUL DOMBEY credited the legend of the small boy who asked the mad bull questions. We believed H. R. H. to be talking frivolously and at random upon a former occasion. We believe the noble lord to have been talking arrant nonsense still more recently. The Parliamentary system in these islands is not so readily jeopardised as German Princes may imagine—neither is the constitution so much of a house built of cards, as to be capable of being thus blown down by the breeze of a General Election. Yet, thanks, in a great mea sure, to the unpatriotic course pursued bythe Noble Lord who uttered that preposterous threat about the constitution being scrambled for upon the hustings, thanks to Lord PALMERSTON and to his noble friend on the front bench below the gang way on the side of the Opposition —many of the Liberal constituencies are being goaded towards a scramble of that kind under the evil influence of -what we cannot but call that most factious exacer bation. The result may be the postponement of a really bold and comprehensive Reform Bill over more than one session. For the which result we shall have to thank the petty party personal projects of the leaders of a disunited and perverse Opposition. The disunion and the disorganisation (self-caused) of the Liberal party will afford a golden oppor tunity to the Conservatives. Of this opportunity let us rest perfectly well-assured the Conservatives will gladly avail themselves. What has been done at Aylesbury is being done elsewhere. Petu lance, passion, pique, are doing their work with other constituencies. There—at Aylesbury—as we have seen, an eminent and tried representative, a man of mark, like Sir RICHARD BETHELL, is driven indignantly to withhold his name from being put in nomination, and retires in dudgeon to a wiser and a better constituency. Sir RICHARD withdraws to Wolverhampton, leaving his old constituents at Aylesbury to make the most they may of two Conservatives. Glancing for a moment in another direction, we note the same evidence of a warped judgment among the _ . lance, have there too found their way, and appear to be in process of very rapid develop ment. There it is that one of the sitting members has been hissed and yelled at vociferously by the Liberals—though himself a Liberal, though himself an ultra-Reformer. And why P Because Sir ARTHUR ELTON, M.P. for the city of Bath—a true and honest Liberal, an earnest, a gifted, and an eminent advocate of the Ballot—had the manli ness to vote like a true-hearted Reformer against Lord Tow's specious and factious re solutions. For this honourable conduct Sir ARTHUR ELTON has been hissed and groaned at by the free and enlightened (!) electors of the city of Bath. Bath has already disgraced itself upon occasions before now. It did so when it rejected Mr. ROEBUCK, after years of noble ser vices from him as its representative. Is the Liberal constituency of Bath again going to cover its name with ignominy by a rejection that would be equally flagrant and equally dis graceful ? If it be desirous of once more covering itself with shame in the presence of the Reformers. of the United Kingdom, the constituency of Bath will now reject Sir ARTHUR ELTON as it formerly rejected Mr. ROEBCUK—for being a thorough-going Liberal, and a man of the most honourable inde pendence. , mT. ...,-..t.e.. - • - h• ' — 7 , 0.0 ~ „, ~ !' 46 , , ' ak. ../e • 4.; ,,, ,, , - .lo* Al ‘- Th- - ------ "..1.11.r..-40 ) . „;,, , ,rg1.11 . , -4.• •ma "1 - ‘‘ --, . ~,, -„-„, 5 ,,., 10,(4 1 400 .., THE SUN. SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1859. THE SIIN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1859. THEAT.RE • _ROYAL LYCEUM. The pressure upon our cohimns from political and other important matters has prevented our hitherto noticing Mr. F. Kingsbury's benefit and 'the first appearance of Miss Clara St. Casse, which took place last Monday. Miss St. Casse is a pupil of Mr. Kingsbury, and the success which she undoubtedly achieved in the part of Maritana reflects equal credit on herself and on her able and judicious maestro. Considering her extreme youth (for we believe Miss St. Casse is not more than 18), and the nervousness almost necessarily inseparable from a first appearance, we have no reason to hesitate in pro nouncing the fair debutante of Monday last as having quite fulfilled the expectations that were entertained re specting her, and we feel convinced, with time, experience, and a few months more study and practice, she will be among the best of our dramatic vocalists. Her appear ance, too, on the stage is much in her favour, for her figure, -though petite, l light and graceful, and her — face beams with animation. The parts of Charles the Second anal Don Cesar de Bazan were very creditably performed by Mr. Augustus and Mr. Hamilton Braham. Miss St. Casse and Mr. F. Kingsbury were called for on the termination of the opera, and received quite an enthu siastic ovation. Three astonishing children, of the name of Delapierre, and aged respectively four, six, and eight years, astonished the audience by their marvellous performances on the violin ; after which a. ballet and farce, at a somewhat late hour, brought the entertainment to a close. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augus tus of Saxe-Coburg took leave of her Majesty the Queen yesterday morning, and proceeded to Claremont, accom pauied by the Princes Philippe and Augustus, and the Princesses Clotilde and Amelie of Saxe-Coburg, and at tended by the Baroness de Borsch and M. de Nostitz. The Earl: of Derby had an audience of the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Sir John Pakington had also an audience of her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Captain Du Plat, honoured Mr. Adams with a visit, at his studio, in Sloane-street, yesterday. to inspect his statue of the late General Sir Charles Napier, fur St Paul's Cathedral. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princesses Alice 'and Helena, visited the South Kensington Museum in the afternoon. In attendance were the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Capt. Du Plat. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the performance at the 0131npic Theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Bateman, Col. the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Capt. Du Plat. We understand that her Majesty has signified her gracious intention of conferring the honour of a baro netcy upon the undermentioned gentlemen :—Mr. William Miles, M.P., Mr. John Neeld, M.P., Mr. Edward Grogan, M.P., Mr. John Henry Greville Smyth, and Mr. Philip Pauncefort Danconabe. LATEST NEWS. INDIA. The following telegram has been received this day at the India Office, via Trieste : To J. Cosmo Melville, Esq., India Office, London, from R. Simson, Esq., Secretary to the Govern ment of India.—Dated Calcutta, Bth March, 1859. OUDH. All is quiet in Oudh. The force under Brigadier Horsford recrossed the Nepaul frontier, and encamped on the Raptee. A portion of the troops has subsequently marched for summer quarters. The rebels under the Nana and the Begum have crossed the river Gunduck, within the Nepaul frontier, apparently with the intention of moving eastward. The last returns from Lucknow show that 948 forts have been entirely destroyed, or are under process of demolition, and that 389 cannon and 1,055,889 arms of all sorts have been collected. About 6,000 sepoys have surrendered in Oudh under the terms of her Majesty's proclamation. CENTRAL INDIA AND RAJPOOTANA. It is reported that Tantia Topee, under the name of Ram Singh, left the rebel camp near Bikaneer, and with 10 leading men and 300 followers, joined Rajah Maun Sing at Narwar, in Scindia's territory. It is supposed that he intends making for Jaloun, in Bundlecund. The main body of the rebels under Feroze Shah, the Rao, and the Nawab of Kummora, were, by last accounts, making for the jungles of Banswarra. They have been beaten back from the Jeplee pass, with the loss of one of their leaders, by a guard of the Mairwarra battalion. They are said to number about 3,000, including camp followers. Brigadier Somerset is in close pursuit, and overtures of sur render have been made to him on the part of some of the rebel leaders. Three hundred rebel cavalry, under Paezoor Allee, the principal officer of Feroze Shah, sur rendered at Simput on the 27th of February. BUNDLECUND AND REWA. A band of rebels under Furzund Alice and Run must Singh, surprised, at Etwah, the camp of three railway engineers, who were employed in surveying the Jubbulpore line. Two of them, Messrs. Evans and Limuel, were killed. The third Mr. Campbell, escaped to Manickpore. General Whitlock has sent out three columns from Nagode against these rebels, and a fourth is in pursuit of them from Banda. There is nothing of importance to communicate from the Punjaub, North-West Provinces, or Bengal. VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING. The long-expected crisis is at hand. A corps of 50,000 men goes from this city to Italy to-morrow and on following days. Another corps of 60,000 men is to be assembled here. A reserve corps of 70,000 men will be placed in Bohemia and Moravia. The reserves of the army in Italy, and of the army corps about to leave this city, have been called in. TURIN, FRIDAY. Sir James Hudson has left Turin for London this evening. Mr. Sackville West remains as Charge d'Affaires. Mr. Reuter's office : _....._.,, 7 ~ TURIN, FRIDAY. Letters from Milan announce the arrival at that town of two battalions of Croats. Orders had been issued to the railway directors to hold their lines in readiness for the transport of a fresh corps crartnee of 25,000. The roads were encumbered with materials for war and army stores. Nearly 10,000 volunteers for the Piedmontese service have arrived here (Turin). VIENNA, FRIDAY. A numerous corps d'armee was reviewed here to-day on the Schmelzer practising-ground in the presence of the Emperor. The troops were most enthusiastic. The formation of a new battalion of Grenadiers to ba attached to the army in Italy, and the aug mentation of already existing battalions by calling in conscripts, &c., has been decided on. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says : —"According to a letter I have received from Vienna the Minister of Finance has declared that unless the present war preparations are suspended national bankruptcy will soon follow. The military party urge the Emperor immediately to commence hostilities, and suddenly march on Turin. The Emperor is said to be convinced that this is the only way to settle the Italsan question.' Perhaps it may settle the existence of the Austrian empire also! At all events it seems within probability that finance may fight for Piedmont and gain the battle. Rest as sured Piedmont will not disarm with the enemy in her face. It does not appear, as far as I can learn, that any of the great Powers support the demands of Austria to disarm Piedmont. We therefore make little progress in the preliminary arrange ments for a Congress" ITALY. A Naples letter of the 3d says :—" A second series of prayers have been ordered by Cardinal Riario Sforza to be offered up in all the churches of this city for the prompt recovery of his Majesty, and,the relics of the , patrott-iaint of Naples have been exposed to the veneration of the faithful ; the miracle of Saint Januarius has not been attempted this year, as several foreign journals have stated. The portfolio of justice has been given pro visionally to M. Scorsi, director of eccle siastical affairs ; M. Picuati, the late minister, whose death has been already announced, will not be definitely replaced for the present. That gentleman's death, the reception given to the Neapolitan exiles in London, and all other events likely to cause strong emotion, have been con cealed from the King. The Grand Duchess Con stantina has been for the last few days confined to the Palace of Chintamonte by indisposition, but happily it is not of a serious character. The Rus sian steam corvette the Baian has entered the dock at the arsenal to undergo repair, and the Rattvisan, screw liner, is in the port of Castellamare. The greatest activity prevails in the naval arsenal ; for the last month three corvettes, Il Generosa, Il Valoroso, and Il Intrepido have been occupied in carrying guns and ammunition to the forts on the coast of Sicily, particularly to Syracuse. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Conferen ce did not meet to-day, and the date for the second meeting has not been fixed. It is thought, however, that the members will assemble again at the commencement of the ensuing week. Prince Corsini has sent a telegrwhic despatch to Paris, to declare that it is not true, as stated in a telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, published a few days ago, that he • had written a letter to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, advising H.I.H. to enter into an alliance with Piedmont. The following is from the Gazette de France : " We are also opposed to Austrian rule in Italy. We are in favour of an Italian confederation, but we wish to see this great reform accomplished wider the_ influence of the principles of conserva tion and catholicism. The Nord, which differs from us, is right, since it is Russian, to desire ar dently the meeting of a congress and the guarantee of the five powers. This guarantee, in spite of its collective character, admits Russia to the politics of Italy—a result which twenty victorious battles would not have achieved. In fact, were she to triumph on this point, Cossack influence would extend over Europe—that influence of which Na poleon I. predicted, in terror, the advent." BOURSE, April B.—The market has been heavy, owing to a warlike order of the day said to have been addressed to the-Austrian troops at Milan, and to a fall of ) / per cent. at Vianna, and of:1 per cent. at Turin. Threes, after having been done at 67f. 75c., declined to 67f. 55c.; Mobilier varied from 700 f. to 685 f. ; Austrian quoted at 530 f. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 506 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,260 f. ; Lyons, 822 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 520 f. ; and Southern, 500 f. The following were the closing quotations :- 4i per Cents. 95 .Cr6dit Foncier 650 Do. end month .. 95 25 Belgian 4f l99i 3 per Cents. 67 55 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month.... 67 50 Roman B7 Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier 675 -- I Spanish Threes Do. Account 675 I Home Debt 4l RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto. 790 .. 785 Lyons and Mediterranean B2O 818 75 New ditto Geneva 515 Midi Southern Western 533 75 .. 532 50 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian 3OO Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. ; money 251.21 c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 921 c. SERVIA. •Prince Miksch of Servia has received the follow ing note from Prince, Gortschakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia : " Most Serene Prince !—The Emperor, my mas ter, has deigned to confer upon you the Order of the White Eagle, as a mark of kindness to your Highness, and also to manifest to the Servian nation the friendship with which he is animated towards its ruler. In sending you the insignia of this order, I Congratulate you at the same time on this mark of attention of my Sovereign, and remain, with feelings,of profoundest consideration and com plete devOtednesi, your Highness's very humble servant, GORTSCHAKOFF. "St. Petersburg, March 2." A decree of Prince Milosch has re-established the censorship in Servia, and nominated as censor M. Broukovic, professor at the college of Belgrade. It has been remarktd that Sir E. B. Lytton has not attended iit his place in Parliament for some days. The reason of his absence is understood to be the failure .of his health, owing to the assiduity with which he has un remittingly discharged the duties of his office, and which has rendered imperative a temporary withdrawal from public affairs. Whatever differenbes may have existed be tween ourselves and Sir E. B. Lytton, we cannot but re spect the seditious application he has paid to his public duties, and we are convinced that the sympathy of his countrymen will follow him into his retirement, which it is to be hoped will not be of long duration.—Times. The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges and Queen's counsel at his lordship's residence in Eaton-square, on Friday next, the first day of Easter Term, at 12 o'clock. It is believed (says the Plymouth Journal) that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be present at the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, on the Cornwall Rail way, on Monday, the 2d of May, and that, after the opening, trains for the public will run between Plymouth and St. Germans. The White Star, Captain Clark, has arrived in the Mersey, from Melbourne, with 14,600 ounces of gold. The specie shipped for Brazil by the steamer Tamar, is £14,940, of which £6,240 is gold and £8,700 silver. The Royal Bride, Roxburgh Castle, Austral, Heatherbell, Champion of the Seas, Maidstone, and Con flict are still at sea from Melbourne, with an aggregate of about £639,000 in gold, of which £347,000 may be consi dered due. THE GREAT EASTERN.—About 500 workmen of vto e a on t0w...a:v. 1 - —14., vessel, and as 'the necessary fus- -- ure now available, it is confidently anticipated that she will be completed by August next. DEPARTURE OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.-A telegram, received from Cork last night says :—" The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam Company's steamer City of Manchester is now (seven o'clock) proceed ing to sail from Queenstown for New York, with 350 pas sengers and a special mail. Though she has only been advertised 14 days, she carries the largest number of pas sengers who have ever sailed from Ireland in a steamer for America. THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—Yesterday information was issued for the apprehension of John Buchanan, late chief engineer on board the Bogota, for the wilful murder of Thomas Landon, on the high seas. If any clue can be obtained of him, the police are to send a tele graph to the police-office, Liverpool. It is supposed he will try to get out to Panama or some part of South America. A. handsome reward is offered for his apprehension. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—A grand full-dress ball will take place at St. James's Hall, Regent-street, Piccadilly, on Wednesday next. The arrangements will be under the entire direction of the ladies patronesses and their managingcommittee. The profits arising from the ball will be handed over to the general committee which has been formed in aid of the Neapolitan exiles. • WESTMINSTER NEW BRIDGE APPROACHES.— Yesterday the Government bill, which is to be passed this T . • session, was printed, to authorise the western approaches to: the new Westminster-bridge. Houses in Parliament street, Bridge-street, ' and New Palace-yard, including Fendall's Hotel, are to be removed for the improvements cdntemplated. , GIVING AWAY RAILWAY TICKETS.—There is a bill in the House of Commons (y e sterday printed), which has already passed the Lords, in which, among other things, - it is provided to be an offence to give away railway tickets. The parties are to be liable to a penalty of aor imPli49 ll n l 9l 3 -t• ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL—An endeavour is now being made on the part of the treasurer of this ad mirable institution to convert the large gravelled airing ground forming , the quadrangle of the hospital into a garden for the benefit of the patients; the shrubs already planted appear to thrive very well. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—At the adjourned Wharncliffe meetin,, of this company, held yesterday, the Marquis' of Chandos in the chair, the pro prietors unanimously sanctioned a bill for authorising the construction of a railway for carrying the West London line over the Great Western by means of a bridge, in sub ,titution of the resent level crossing. N' - RJRE IN NEW BOND-STREET.—A fire broke out aboura quarter before one o'clock yesterday morning on the premises occupied by Mr. Bubb, bookseller and general stationer, No. 167, Now Bond-street. The fire escape and a number of engines were soon in attendance. The inmates escaped uninjured, ;;;I•it though a good supply of water was obtanied - the fire was n 4 extinguythed until the'stock-in trade and building were m;;ch injured. The cause of the fire is at 'present unknown. '1"1, , e loss will fall on the Sun Fire7office. - AN Ex -AFRICAN KING BECOMeA-PROSELYTE.— Yesterday the Lord Bishop of London held a confirmation at the district - church, Christ Church, St. George:,;-in-the- East. Amongst the candidates was his Majesty repple, the ex-King of Bonny River territory, on the Afridaz coast. IVIELANCHOLEY SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN.-- Yesterday afternoon a jury assembled at the private resi dence of Mr. John Thomas Hind, aged 54 years, of No. 52, CannoitLAtreet, 4 COmmercial-r oa d EaSt, who committed suicide under the following circumstances. The evidence went to, proyp that the dec ease d p ossesse d cons iderable landed Property in the parish of St. George-in-the-East. He had suffered from an affection in his head., and had had the advice of Dr. ?tete, of Cannon-street-road. Yesterday week one of his sons werft to his bed-room and found the door fastened inside. The door having; been broken open the deceased was found suspended by a rope to a bedpost. Latterly deceased had been in a low state of mind. Several witnesses having been examined, the jury, without hesita tion, returned a verdict of " Temporary 'lnsanity." . VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SEnvtm—War-office : There are several vacancies for junior cleiks ; commencing salary, £lOO per annum. There are vacancies for eight second-class clerks td military storekeepers; commencing salary, £3O per annum. • General-Post-office : • Mr. Daniell, of the surveyor's depart ment, St. Martin's-le-Grand, has been appointed postmaster of Canterbury. Poor Law Board : A supplementary clerk ship has become vacant by the death of Mr. G. Ayng Gattie. Customs : A clerkship for general business in Liverpool has become .vacant, in consequence of the death of Mr. David Scott. East Indies : • Sr. E. C. Bayley has been appointed secretary to, the government of the North-west Provinces, Ur. F. B. Outram has been appointed private secretary to the Lieut.-Cfovernof of the North-west Provinces ; Mr. C. H. Coles has been appointed first assistant to the political agent at Rewah ; Lieut. Acton has been appointed second assistant to the political agent at Itowah ; Mr. H. C Hal_ kett has been appointed civil and sessions judge of Hooghiy. —Civil Service Gazette. • The. Ministerial.erisis in Bavaria is not yet at an end, but no fears need -be entertained that the King will have recourse to any unconstitutional measures. It was rumoured here yesterday that there had been serious dis turbances at 'Muni& on Saturday, but the report is devoid of foundation.—Galignani. There. is not one word of tauth i n t h e Turin re port that there has been a mutiny in the Italian regiment " Airoldi," which is stationed at Agram, in Croatia. The story of a superior officer having been- arrested and taken fo . Verona for having carried on a traitorous correspouglenae with the taartlinivas is also false, THE MEMBERS FOR SHEFFIELD BE FORE THEIR CONSTITUENTS. . At a numerous meeting of the supporters of Mr. J. A. Roebuck and Mr. G. Hadfield, held at the Council-hall, Sheffield, on Thursday evening, the following resolution was unanimously adopted " That, expressing our sincere gratitude t o 'M essrs. Roe buck and Hadfield for their past services as our representa • tives in the House of Commons, we respectfully request they will again become candidates to represent this borough in Parliament, and we pledge ourselves to use our best en deavours and influence to insure their return to. Parliament at the ensuing election for this borough." , One or two working men complain e d o f 'Mr. Roe buck's speech in the debate on the Gonernment Reform Bill, more particularly because he had offered to support a measure which did not in clude the ballot. Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Hadfield, who had arrived in Sheffield — during the day at the request of tl ie principal members of their election committee, entered the room shortly after the above resolution had been passed. They were received with loud applause ; and, the resolution having been read over to them, Mr. ROEBUCK, amid cheers, said,—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, it becomes my duty to return you my thanks for the thanks you have so handsomely given to me and my colleague. I sho u ld no t thi n k • it requisite on the present occasion to say a word about myself after the long series of years I have been before the public as a public man, were not the circumstances under which I now appear before you very peculiar. We are here in this conditke because we have been the friends of popular repre sentation. If my hon. friend and myself and a majority of the House of Commons had thought fit to desert the popular cause--had we thought fit to accept a sham Reform Bill, we should not now have been troubled with the turbulence, as it is called, of a popular election. I, sir, did my utmost to prevent a dissolution of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I thought I was doing my duty to my countrymen in so doing, never for one moment giving the world or the Ministry to believe that I swerved in the least from the opinions which I have so often ex pressed(cheers)—bUt showing them that I was ready - upon the occasion to accept an instalment, if an instalment of reform were to be given, at the, hands of the present Ministry. (Cheers.) When they. brought forward their bill I was myself one of the first to denounce that bill. I said it was a sham, it was retrograde, it was no advance in fact; and, if we accepted it, we should be cheated and mysti fied ' • under the pretence of passing a reform we should be doing our utmost to repeal the Reform Act of 1832. In the debate on the second reading I told the Administration that I looked upon a dis solution of Parliament with much terror, consider ing the present state of Europe—(hear, hear) — knowing how little nations abroad knew of Eng land ; knowing they would think, if Parliament were dissolved, , that parties were dislocated, Go vernment - at a standstill, and that the people of "England were annihilated -from the face of Europe —knowing all that, I told them, it was my object, if possible, to prevent a dissolution, and that I would vote for the second reading of the bill if they would consent to certain things. They said, if we passed the resolution. of Lord John Russell they should consider it a defeat of the Administration, accept it as•snch, and take steps accordingly. We .knew what that meant—either that they would dissolve Parliament or retire. I wanted to prevent either alternative, and I said to them, " Supposing we in committee: carry a £6 annual rental for the borough franchise, with a £lO annual rental for the county franchise, will you tell the House of Commons that' you will not retire thereupon?" Besides that, I said I should vote, and I had no doubt the majority of the House of Commons would vote, against the transference of the freeholders in the boroughs from the county to the borough. (Hear, hear.) There were other things which ought to be in the Reform Bill, as I believe ; but I had determined to take an instalment from persons who could carry , that instalment, which they could. They being in a majority in the House of Lords, anything carried through the House 'of Commons, if they accepted it, they could get through the House of Lords, and therefore I was quite willing to receive their bill so amended as an instalment. (Hear, hear.) There was one thing which I did not mention, and for this reason, because I knew I could not carry it through the House of Commons—that was the ballot. (Hear, hear.) . If I had mentioned the ballot I should only have brought it forward to my own confusion, be cause the majority of the House of Commons was against the ballot, and there would be no chance of forcing it upon the Administration. If the Ministry had said they would receive those two propositions I made to them,' I. would have voted for the second reading of the bill, and I believe I should have done good service to the country. (Hear.) Depend upon ii, 'o ire not at the end of these proceedings. 4 .l3pfnre n. month tins passe over nur heads tiuu-0 may be war in Europe. I live among public mat ters, and there is no man who • pays attention to public matters but must know at this moment peace or war trembles in the balance. I believe the fact that England being in the commotion of electing another House of Commons is very detrimental to the cause of peace, and I am a peaceable man— (hear)—loving peace when it is connected with the honour and .advanta ge o f my country. (Hear.) When peace is for the dishonour or for the injury of my country I am for war ; but so long as peace can be maintained with honour and benefit to Eng land, so long am I a peaceable man. I believe that England now stands among the nations of the world as the great arbitress of peace. In our hand, at this present moment, rests the issue whether the world shall be alarmed by the noise of arms or whether the happiness and welfare of mankind be provided for. It was upon this ground and this ground alone, I made that proposition to the Administra tion, which I think they did very unwisely not to accept. Therefore, gentlemen, I voted with my hon. colleague against the second reading of the bill. I sincerely believe if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given me an answer which I could have accepted ; if he had clearly and plainly told me that he would accept the alterations I named, if made in committee, then I belive we could have carried the second reading of the bill, and had no dissolution. Therefore, I say, the dis solution and all its consequences are upon the heads of the present Administration. lam utterly careless, gentlemen, as to Whig or Tory. lam no particular friend of Lord Palmerston. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) I am no particular friend of Lord John Russell. I am certainly no parti cular friend of Lord Derby. (Hear.) But I want my country to be well governed, and whoever governs it well shall receive my support. (Cheers.) I did not at all concur i n t h e wisdom of Lord John Russell's amend men t, an d I did not vote for his amendment. I voted against the second reading of the bill ' • and when th e Ti mes, w i th that auda city which belongs to it, chooses to sneer and laugh at that distinction, they can know little, or they fancy that the world knows little, of Parliamentary forms. The way the question is put is, " that the words propos e d t o b e l e f t out stand part of the question." What are those words ? " That the bill be now read a second time." I ?voted in the negative of that proposition. I did not vote for Lord John Russell's proposition, though Lord John's proposition w as a ft erwar d s accepte d w ith ou t a division. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had said to me that it was one of the principles of his bill, and that, he adhcrod to what ,be called the borough's st em . I believe he meant by . that the £lO franchise—that the borough system in his sig nificance was the actual borough system as now existing, because the Ministry were about to alter it by transferring all the freehOlds of the county that are in the borough to the borough, and the only part' of it they would have left untouched was the •XlO franchise. When I asked hi m if he Wetild allow us to alter the bill, his answer was, that he adhered to the borough system. There fore, taking that to be the £lO franchise, I voted against that sham hill which they had brought in. Now, for the future what, are you to expect ? You all know what my hon. colleague and myself have done. I think I may say in his name, as in my own that what we have done we shall c on ti nue to do ' I have invariably been the friend o f the . exten sion of the suffrage. [ hav e b een invariablythe friend of the ballot. I have b een invariably t he friend of every liberal measure brought forward in my time, and in, that I see no reason to alter. But, gentlemen, do not hide from yourselves that we are now undergoing a great change. I have been nearly 27 years in the House of Commons, and in that time I have seen great changes. I was brought into that house by the great change made in 1832. When -I came there 'found, though the people outside had the power to return their representatives, yet that the persons they returned were so unacquainted with the business of government, that the govern mentopf a t r h t i i s es country r :V h a e s a i r n .) the hands of two aristo craticthere ha s been going From that time to this , n a gradual change, till a t last the p resen t House of Commons has been more than any of its pr ed e cessors intolerant of anything like aristocratic di c t a tion. What people complain of in reference to there being no unity of parties is this : there is in that House of Commons a determi nation not to be led by aristocratic rulers. (Hear.) The day o f Lord Tom Noddy has passed away. (Cheers a nd laughter.) We are determined--I, for one, am determined to do all I possibly can, no t on l y t o e xtend the franchise to the great body of ,my fellow -countrymen, but to persuade the middle c l a sses to prepare themselves for the government of the country. Now, this can only be done in one way, and that is by educating themselves. Depend upon it, the government of a country is more diM. cult than the government of a mill, There is not a man among you who, having a mill to conduct, would choose a man not educated to the business. Suppose it to be a cotton mill, would you not take a man who understood cotton, who under stood spinning, who understood markets and trade ? Well, then, do you think that the govern ment of mankind is not a more difficult opera tion than the government of spinning jennies? Do you think that a man can suddenly start up, like Minerva from the head of Jupiter. a full-grown, full-panoplied legislator ? Believe me, you cannot expect any such thing. It is the result of study, and my urgent advice to the middle classes of this country is to prepare their children by study for the government of this country. I have lived in the House. of Commons, if not the greater part of my life, yet for many years, and I have seen strip lings of the aristocratic classes step into the busi ness of government. I recollect speaking to Lord Stanley on the subject. In talking about a very celebrated man, I said to him, " Know you, my lord, his case and yours is very different. Such a man's goal is your starting point ; where other men end you begin. You step right into the business of government ; he has to conquer his way up to that. By the time he has conquered his way to where you start from, old age comes upon him and he is un fitted for his office." (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But if we can accomplish. what I hope we shall in con quering greater power for the people, then it will. be your business to pick out from the middle classes persons who can :govern this country. Do you tell me that the people of this country, who, as I said the other night m the House of Commons, fill the earth with their products, cover every sea with their ships, make the world to ring with their great achievements in art and science, who have made the English language and its works the wonder of the world—shall these men be said to be unequal to the government of themselves ? Believe me, there is no such cause as some would represent for our feeling disheartened as to the administration of the Government of this great country. Prepare your selves thoroughly to enjoy, properly to enjoy, the great powers that you are delegating us to obtain for you ; prepare yourselves for that, and then you. . will be, what I really hope to see you, a self governed, and thereby a happy and well-governed people. (Cheers.) Ido not think it right at this period to take up more of your time by an exposi tion. of my opinions, have stated to you shortly my view of what has occurred within the last few days, and I now leave my hon. colleague to state his view. (Loud cheers.) Mr. HADFIELD was received with loud cheers. He said that when one met with an old friend he had not seen for a long time, it was usual to stly it is an unexpected pleasure, and shake hands with him. He could not say that he was wholly unpre pared for the events which were coming thick upon them, for he had an idea that when Lord Derby became Minister he extracted from her Majesty a promise that if he went into office with only one third of the House of Commons in his favour, it should be at his discretion to appeal to the people, and dissolve the Parliament. He took office in February last year, with the knowledge that he had a minority in the house. Therefore, he (Mr. Hadfield) had always apprehended that they had the power ; but he did not think that they would have tried to put that power into exercise. It seemed to him that the defunct party which Lord Derby represented was playing its last card. The dissolution was a desperate throw they were mak ing, and he dare risk his opinion, and be reminded of it hereafter, that they would not mend their position by having a dissolution on the question of Reform. The bill introduced by Government was, as his hon. colleague had designated it, a sham. It took more away than it gave. It consolidated the aristocratic element, and reduced the influence and power of the working, skilful, and industrious part of the community. It .was stated by Lord John Russell, and he (Mr. Hadfield) believed it to be a fact, that the borough of Sheffield would lose 1,900 votes in the West Riding. There were that num ber of freeholders in Sheffield who had prided themselves on having something to say at the great contest of the West Riding of the county of York. Freeholders at a distance were to be able to send their votes, and those on the spot, who ought to exercise the right, would find it greatly impaired, and in some boroughs the electors would have been overwhelmed by the foreign influence of persons who would be able to carry any member they thought fit. He did vote for Lord J. Russell's reso lution itself, and the facts he had mentioned con cerning the disfranchisement of freeholders were one reason for his doing so. But the para,mount reason was that the borough franchise was not to be extended at all, so that three-fourths or four-fifths of the householders would be still in the same position as they were at present—unable to vote. He knew that by voting . for that resolution, from the par ticular form in which the question was put— namely, " that the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question"—le was voting fo r Lo rd - J. Russell's resolution, but he also knew that at the same time that he was voting against the bill. It was to him a startling fact that at that moment four-fifths of the householders of the country were unrepresented. That number paid taxes to a most enormous extent. Sir J. Graham had calculated that the unrepresented part of the community paid The d t thetaxes to a greater amount than the whole i n t erest of the national d e bt. Th e y were one -fifth, p ro b ably not one-sixth, of the ad u lt p o p u l a ti on o f th e country who sent member s t o P ar li amen t t o l eg i s l ate for the s t ix ha th t s. he rest of the comm un ity, w ith f u ll power over the s t o ax p e r s ep p o ai s d ter b o y u t s h e an o d the uj r n fi us l wa slightest hesitation in giving his support to Lord I. Russell's resolution. In conclusion the hon. member expressed his hope that the business of the election would be so conducted as to show any peisons desirous to oppose that it would be f rui ess to do so. (Cheers.) MR. THOMAS DUNCOMBE. - We are gratified to hear that in testimony of the, high esteem which the ele c t ors of Finsbury entertain for their veteran representative, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, they will, in consideration of his infirm state of health, re-elect the hon. gentle man without exp ec ti ng hi m to address them in public meetings, as is usual in such cases.—Morning Advertiser. RETIREMENT OF MR. W. WILLIAMS, M.P. FOR LAMBETH. The country generally will, we are sure, share . . : in the regret with which we announce the retire ment of Mr. W. Williams ' not only from the representation of Lambeth, but from public life. And that . regret will be increased when we add, that the resolution to which the hon. gentleman has c ome , i s t h e result of failing health. Let us hope that the health of Mr. Williams may be speedily restored, and that ho may yet live long to look back on as consistent a public career as has been witnessed years in mode rn been times. He has for nearlythir t y the zealous and uniform friend of Liberal principles, and the untiring promoter of the cause of popular progress. Through good report and evil report, the hon. gentleman has faithfully adhered to his principles. Neither the seductions of power, nor the sarcasms cf those who had no sympathies with the people, ever for a moment succeeded in inducing Williams to falter in his fidelity to the eause of Liberalism, or to divert him from its advocacy. Had the state of the hon. gentleman's health per mittedhimto support, solicitarenewal of the' suffrages o f the ele c t ors of Lambeth, not only would he have had our hearty but we would have gua ranteed to him a triumphant return, no matter by , • whom he might have been opposed. But as Pro vidence has ordered it otherwise, we can only say, that not only' will our friendship and sympathies, but the friendship and sympathies of his country- Men—wherever uniform consistency of conduct and incorruptible integrity of character can be appre ciated—follow him into the sanctuary of private life.—Morning Advertiser. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. The actual movements reported this morning are but scant, but there is, of course, the usual full crop of rumours from all quarters of the kingdom. The city of Cork is to be contested by a Mr. Bareroft Carrell, who professes hi mse lf a Liberal Conserva tive, but a friend of the Derby Government. Mr. Vincent Scully means again to try his'fortune in the county of Cork, in the hope of displacing either Mr. Alexander Worthy or Mr. Sergeant Deasy. It is believed that no opposition will be given to the re-election of the members for Kinsale and Mal low (Mr. Heard and Sir Denham Norreys), but Mr. Butt will be opposed in Youghal by Colonel troche (Liberal), and in Bandon Colonel Bernard is to have an opponent in Mr. Shaw, reported to be a mode rate Liberal. The O'Donoghue has issued a pretty lengthy address to the electors of Tipperary. A letter from Drogheda announces that Mr. James M'Cann has sent in his resignation: Sir William Somerville will be invited to contest the borough against a Conservative, name unknown. Mr. O'Hagan, Q.C., is spoken of. FIRE CAUSED BY THE HEAT OF THE Sum.—On Thursday, about eight dozen boxes of lucifer matches and wax tapers, in the window of Mr. Godfrey, an oil and plourman, No. 1, H ea th- s t ree t, C ommerc i al-road, became ignited by the heat of the sun, the flames from which broke the window glass and considerably damaged the stock. The thermometer at the time, outside the chief station in Wat ling-street, City, was as Wet as 70. v§ , k( ra abi of the dull inst Excl Ditt Ditt Bn 81 - i - e Gre Me] Por Sari