The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-10 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THBATRE. FIRST NIGHT OF THE SEASON, FIRST APPEARANCE OF MDLLE. TITIENS. THE HUGUENOTS. On TUESDAY NEXT, the 13th April, will be produced, trst time at this Theatre, Meyerbeer's Opera, GLI UGONOTTI. DRAMATIS PERSON:E. Il Conte di San Bris Signor BELLETTI. II Conte di Nevers Signor ALDIGHIEIU. De Cosso Signor MERCURIALI. Tavannes Signor ANNONI, De Retz Meru Head of Night Watch Signor ALBELDA. Raul di Nangis... Marcello (his Servant) The Queen of Navarre The Page Mdme. LUCIONI LANDI, (her first appearance in England.) Dame d'Onore Valentina (her first appearance in England.) Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, Pages, Citizens, Soldiers, Students, Night Watch, Monks, Musicians, &c. Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and original, by Mr. Marshall ; dresses, entirely new and taken from the best authorities, by gadame Copere, and executed by M. Laureys and Mrs. Masterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property department, Mr. Bradwell ; the raise-en-scone and incidental ballet, by M. Massot. DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY, —Act I. Scene lst.—Tou rain. —Saloon in the Castle of the Count de Nevers. This Scene has been composed in the RCIIaiSSaTICO style, age of Francis I. Scene 2d.—Park and Castle of Chenouceu, com posed from Sketches made in the vicinity of Auboise. Act 11. Paris—The Pre-aux-Clercs and View of Paris in 1572, from the Etchings of S. Silvestre , Act 111. Paris—The Castle of de Nevers—lnterior. Old French Gothic style, with Renais• saince enrichments. Act IV. Paris --Chapel of the Hugue nots—A Quartier of Paris, from the Etchings of S. Silvestre. The National Anthem wily be d su lle. ng Titienafter the Opera, the the principal sopra no pa b Mas. In order that the great work, The Huguenots, may be pro duced with the fullest effect, no Divertissement, except that i nc id en t a l to the Opera, will be given on the first night. The new Ballet Divertissement, by IT. Massot, entitled LE RENVOI DE L'AMOLTR, will be produced on Thursday, 15th inst. (it being a Subscrip tion Night, in lieu of Saturday, 24th Jnly), for the first ap pearance of MDLLE. POCCFIINI, On TUESDAY, April 20, Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI will make her first appearance this season as Norina, in Donizetti's Opera of DON PAiQUALE, and shortly afterwards in LUISA MILLER. A. limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each. The full prospectus of the season arrangements may be had at the Box Office, ri4HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 111 - Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 10, Twill be performed AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Chipendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz william. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Concluding with MY HITSBANG'S GHOST. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxe s 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper B oxes 2 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Gallery Commence at Seven. 13 OPAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will bo presented the historical play of LO IS XI. Louis, King of France, Mr. Charles Kean. To conclude with (for the sixth time) a new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. _------- 911HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Mactame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr, Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. —This Evening will be produced the new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. After which, a new burlesque, FRA DIAVOLO. And a FArce. Supported by Messrs. Bolton, Ray, Delfort, Kinloch, Seymour, C. Young; Mesdames M. Oliver, Taman, C. Melville, Selby, Victor, Portman, and 9wanborough. CANTERB I JRY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow !'; company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S .lections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchileld, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianotorte, Mr. Cecil Flicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Ch irles Roan, Es( ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the now REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 10. IEISRMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night, 59 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.83. WIND, North-Easterly ; fresh and cold, with sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 7 EIS DAY—Morn., 30 min. aft. 11—Even., 0 min. aft. 0 To-IP:Amoy/ —Morn., 1 min. aft. 12—Evan., 23 min aft 12 eq7l) ( r - V 4 ' g , ' 6 ' ' , • g 43T:A nn LONDON, SA.TURDAV, APRIL 10, 1858. by a little thimble-rigging in the way of conversiom, he might effect a saving in the interest of the debt, and obtain the credit of having effected a great financial operation. But although the design was laudable, the whole affair WAS sadly mismanaged, and the time selected par ticularly unfortunate. Indeed, with the facts that must have been known to Mr. GLADSTONE —the Russian difficulty looming in the future, the effiux of bullion, the reduction in the Bank reserve, and the increase in the rate of discount —it was an act of financial madness to attempt it. It was, as TA.LLEYRAND said of some analogous proceeding, " worse than a crime, it was a blun der," a gross and unwarrantable mistake. The tax-payers have now a right to demand that it shall be remedied without further delay, and that they shall not be ♦ictimised for the error into which Mr. GLADSTONE had fallen. As we have repeatedly explained, the stock intended to have been substituted for that paid off, fairly and properly belongs to the nation, and should now he sold for the benefit of the Treasury. This would be far the best and wisest course. It would give between eight and nine millions to be dealt with, and would thus afford an adequate solution of the difficulty, and enable some relief to bo afforded where it was most urgently required. Under any circumstances the Bonds should be renewed, not only the four millions coming to maturity, but the two millions already paid. It is true that 2,000,000/. of these bonds will not fall due until next year ; but if any funds should arise from the modification of the income-tax, and the anticipated distinction be tween permanent and precarious receipts, as we hope and believe will be the case, a considerable portion of the produce would not be available until next year, when it would come in just in time to provide for the 2,000,0001. payable in Hay, 1859. L &TEST NEWS. The re-adjustment of the property-tax is, however, the trump card in the hand of the financial minister. The people demand it, not only as a matter of expediency, but of equity and justice. It would have been insisted on in 1853, but for the ingenious, although not very creditable, device of Mr. GLADSTONE, in pretending that the whole impost would be abrogated in 1860. We proved at the time that it was; a vain expectation, and subsequent events have not improved the pro spects of obtaining a consummation so devoutly to be wished for. Let Mr. DISRAELI devote his energies to the duty of rendering the tax a fair one ; and, for the present, give an instal ment of justice, by letting the reduction to sd. take place on temporary and precarious incomes, at the same time increasing that on realised property to 10d. If he merely proposes this, be may set the machinations of his opponents at defiance, and will place the Cabinet, of which he is so important and influential a member, on a solid and substantial basis, from which it can not be shaken, so long as it continues to merit the respect and confidence of the people. The majesty of the law has been fully and corn. pletely vindicated by the conviction of GIoVANNI LANI, for the murder of the unfortunate HELOISE TFIAUISIN—" unfortunato," indeed, in every sense of the word—at Arundel-court, in the Hay market. Notwithstanding the ingenious sugges tions of the very able and tslented gentleman who undertook the hopeless task of defending the culprit s and who, as usual, faithfully and efaci- Antly discharged his duty, the jury could come to no other conclusion. Never was there a fairer ' And more impartial trial, and never was gui‘t more clearly and distinctly brought home to any Assassin. His own statements and admissions were decisive. There was no possibility of casting a doubt on the evidence repudiating his identity. lie acknowledges that he had spent the night with his wretched victim, very gratuitously adding, that she had accompanied him to the Crystal Palav, and only left him in the evening—at a time when, according to the medical testimony, she must hare been dead many hours. The discovery of the watch and ring sold by the prisoner, and the clock and wearing apparel found in his cabin and amongst his luggage, could scarcely be got over, but his own, we may almost call it " con fession," was " confirmation strong as proof of holy writ." The learned Counsel for the defence made the most of the only point that could be suggested, via., the possibility of a sudden quarrel when he was about departing. That might have had some effact, but for the plunder of the room and body. But that being taken into account, it was impossible to believe , that it was not a wilful, deliberate, and most treacherous murder, committed for the sake of the paltry plunder that could be obtained from the wretched victim. The annals of Thuggism can scarcely show a more premeditated aet of assassina tion, or one so recklessly and lightly adven tured on. The "opening of the Budget" is anxiously looked for on every side. Unscrupulous partizans hope to find something on which a cry might be raised : they care little whether it be well founded or ill founded, provided it affords a chance of damaging, and, possibly, displacing the Government. They are well aware that taxation is never popular, and they would strive to cast all the odium of any new or increased burden on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, although it is notorious that the deficiency which must be pro vided for arises from the plans of his predecessor, and the manner in which he disposed of balances that would otherwise have been available dur ing the current year. If Sir GEORGE CORNE• WALL LEWIS had remained in office he would unquestionably have required a continuance of the Income-tax at 7d. in the it., without change or modification, and proposed some additional imposts to make up the probable defects. And yet any similar proposition by Mr. Drsdamr would be virulently attacked by the very men who would hail it with acclamation if proceeding from the ex-reviewer. It may be anticipated that every sort of factious objection will be raised, and a trial of strength taken on any point which would not furnish favourable ground on which to found an appeal to the country. The Whigs would rather fight the battle on a financial than on the Indian ques tion. And great care will be required to prevent them from putting forwa rd even plausible obj actions. The disinterested and impartial wen, who wish to give strictly fair play to both sides, are also desirous of seeing the nature and extent of the scheme, which will afford the best augury for the continuance in power of c Lord DERBY'S Cabinet. Should it prove acceptable to the country, it will be vain to attempt to shake those who have solved a problem that invariably puzzled their Whig pre r decessors. Factious opposition would be vain in the face of a budget calculated to give general satis faction, and to relieve the overburiened taxpayers, who have been exhausted by the severity of the bur dens under which they have been groaning since the commencement of the Russian war. The great body of the industrial community participate in these feelings. Provided they get good measures they care not by whom they may be brought forward, or who may be in office, so long as the interests of the people, at home and abroad, are properly attended to. The general demand that there shall, at least, be a renewal of the Exchequer Bonds, must be attended to. The unfairness of making the pre sent generation pay for Mr. GLADSTONE'S finan cial blander is too palpable to admit of argument. The Right Honourable Gentleman fancied that Everything proved that he was seeking out the " unfortunate," who displayed the greatest amount of jewellery, the property most easily re moved and convex ted into cash. Madame JULIE LEVY, who was mistress of the conve nient house, had a narrow escape. Her gold watch and chain, and four diamond rings, proved an irresistible lure to the plunderer, who was very cross at her refusal, which was only occasioned by the stinginess of his offer. Hums, unfortu nately for herself, made the next best appearance, and being more reasonable in her demands, was ruthlessly devoted to the sacrifice. But what a state of society was disclosed on the trial as it mists amongst certain classes of foreigners. In one small house we have the acknowledged "finnm,e galante," who obtained her living by walking the streets and receiving the visits of gentlemen. A Belgian lady, who occupied two rooms on the first floor, who had " an arrant who used to come and visit her." Then VIRGINIE SYLVESTILE, whose friendb,ut who, M.TIEOPHILE MOUTON, resided with her, although she indignantly deniel being a " femme gal an t s ," was yet " a ma id who loved the moon," and was in the habit of peram bulating the streets at late hours, and used occa sionally be visited by male friends when the high minded M. MOUTON was at his work—that is to s ay, selling gilt or false jeweller:ouple united i .T herewer: a lso Mr. and Mrs. DISIIER, a the holy bonds of matrimony, who set the examo a of quarrelling to the other inmates. None of these parties occupied their time in inquiring into the private history of the others. There was the most profound indifference as to the nature of t'le proceedings carried on in ,the establishment of which they were all occupants. Surely it is time that something should be done in reference to the foreign women who infest the Haymarket and its vicinity. It is useless to babble about the great social evil so long as such proceedings are permitted to be carried on with impunity. The Earl and Countess of Derby, and Lady Emma St nley, returned to London yesterday morning, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The counter will have an assembly on Wednesday next, at the family mansi on i n S t. J ames ' s -sq uare . Tae Earl and Countess c f Shelburne have left Bowool on a visit to the Marquis and Marehioness of Ailesbury, at Savernake Lodge, Wilt'. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1858 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Goulburn was the commissioner of the day, but the 'cases were only for the choice cf assignees. THE GROCERY TRADE.-EXTENSIVE FAILURE OF GROCERS. Two of the cases were, one in re Hunt, a wholesale grocer, in Whitechapel, whose debts and liabilities are stated at about 10,0001. ; assets, 4,0001. The losses are stated to have arisen chiefly from bad debts. The second case was that of Lewis and Lewis, of Maryle bone, grocers, the amount of whose debts have not yet been asoeitained. Messrs. Hill and Matthews are the solicitors in re Hunt, and Messrs. Mason and Stuart in re Lewis. Meser3. Hart Brothers were ap- pointed the accountants in each case. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. The approaching trial of Simon Bernard for his com plicity in the late horrible attempt to assassinate the Emperor of the French is looked forward to with in tense interest, and arrangements are being made by the London sheriffs (Messrs. Millard and Parker) to give every accommodation in the Old Court to those who will have occasion to attend the trial professionally, and suggestions of many great improvements for the accom modation of the public on the excellent arrange ments made on the trial of Palmer have been readily adopted by them. The interest evinced in the case of Palmer appears to be exceeded in this instance, probably from an erroneous impresr ion that has been generally prevalent, that Rudio will be called as a witness. Indeed, it has been stated that Rudie is at present in Newgate, for the purpose of being called on the trial. From information we have received, we can state with confidence that he is not in this country—that he will not be called on the trial, aud, what is more, that it was never in contemplation to bring him here for that purpose. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) The case of Mr. Glover, ex-M.P. for Beverley, was resumed this morning. The case excited no interest whatever. The proof the facts were of the driest and most tedious descrip tion ; and, except the parties actually interested in the case, and those connected with the Court, there were not 20 persons perseat. Mr. Hussey, of Cork, land agent, deposed that be collected, &c., the rents of the Irish estate. The income averaged about 1811. per annum. After deducting cer tain charges, such as rent tithe, head rent, poor rates, receivers' fee., la w charges, &c., he paid the balance into the Court of Chancery by order of the Master of the Irish Court of Chancery. The amounts so paid are varied. For March, 1854, the balance amounted to 161. 2s. Od.; for a year and a half, up to September, 1855, it was 1381. 15s. 3d.; and for September, 1856, to 941. 4s. Od. He had heard the estate was to be sold. He had never received instructions to pay Mr. Glover any cf the proceeds of the estate. Mr. Turner, solicitor, Gray's-inn, deposed that on Sept. 14, 1854, he was consulted by the defendant rela.. tive to ,a marriage settlement between Captain Toker and Miss De Burgh, defendant's aunt. The properties included lauded estates in Kent and the whole of the properties in Cork belonging to Miss De Burgh. Wit ness was to act as solicitor for all parties. Oa the 14th or 15th defendant said a part of the Kent property was mortgaged to the extent of 10,0001. He only then referred to the estate as a co-trustee. He !.aid it was impossible to obtain the title deeds, and witness must be satisfied with the instructions he had received without requiring an inspection of the title. He gave witness no information of other incum brances on the Kent property, or to whom the 10,0001. was owing. He said nothing about a rent-charge to himself. Cross-examined—The instructions for the marriage settlement were in writing—part in Miss De Burgh's handwriting, and part in the defendant's. She gave them to witness. No part of the written instructions from the defendant related to the Irish or Kent proper ties. Re-examined—Mr. Toker was about 65 years of age when witness was introduced to him. Mr. Justice Crompton--I thought this gentleman was a very old man, fl om your opening. .Ir. James—This was in 1854. Mr. Justice Crompton—l don't think you will call it very old when you arrive at that age. Mr. James—Not if I'm a Judge, my lord. (Laughter.) Witness—The defendant represented the Kent pro• perties as Mr. Toker's. He met Mr. Toker and Miss De Burgh at the defendant's residence, Stafford House, Maida-hill. [The deeds and documents relative to the properties and the marriage settlement were put in and read.] Mr. Henry Bathurst, solicitor, Feversham, Kent, produced a deed of settlement, dated 16th Nov., 1853, between Miss Margaret Grace Toker and Philip Cham pion Tuker. It was a voluntary conveyance of the Oakes estate fur herself for life, with remainder to Philip Champion Toker; reserving the power during her life to lease for any term not exceeding 21 years. Cross-examined—He held the deed fur both parties, who were now living. lie could not say if the parties were not friends owing to family disputes. Re-examined—He considered the outside value of the house and ground was 801. a-year, the cottage and garden let for 251., the orchard land for 601., the wood lands were in hand about 30 or 40 acres, and were worth about 201. a-year—together, 1851. a-year. By Mr. Chambers —The Feversham Railway was now (Ten. There was a difference of opinion whether rail ways improved the property, through which they passed. The property was about a mile and a half from the rail way station. Mr. Francis Ocomaney produced a mortgage deed of 13th July, 1849, on the Oakes property, between Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. P. C. Toker and his first wife, Mr. Hasler Hollis, and others. It was a conveyance by Metcalfe a prior mortgagee of 2,0001., and Toker and his wife by way of mortgage of the property to Hollis and others as security for the repayment of 1,5001. and in terest at 5 per cent., borrowed by Toker of Haig. Wit ness produced other deeds connected with the property recited in the last mortgage. The Court was occupied a considerable period in proving by documentary evidence the ownership and dealing with the Oake's property, including mortgagee, ejectments, &a. The witness said the annual interest on the two wort. gages on this property was 1251. It was mortgaged altogether for 2,5001. Cross-examined — The estate was sold in 1852 for 7,5001. to Messrs. Toker by Mr. P. C. Toker, in whose favour she afterwards made the voluntary deed. The interest was in arrear in 1856. In September of that year he believed he first received rent under the mort gage. Mr. Robarts was called, and said that he had never been called upon to pay rent to Mr. Toker or his true. tees. Mr. J. Payne, former occupier of a portion of the Oakes property, deposed that in October and November, 1855, Mr. Glover claimed to be paid the rent of the land he occupied under Miss Toker, and he paid 251. The witness was cross-(xamined as to the value of the land in his occupation. After some further evidence was taken relative to the real value of the property, the case for the prosecution closed. The defence will likely occupy the remainder of the day. PHOTOGRANIY.—The last of the series of private pho tographic portraits for her Majesty in connection with the late royal marriage were taken yesterday morning, at Windsor Castle, by the same eminent photographer, Mr. Williams. Oa this occasion the portraits of the three Princesses, Alice, Helena, and L ,uisa, were taken in the beautiful dresses worn by their Royal Highnesses in the Chapel Royal. RUSSIA AND CHINA. Whilst the European press is occupied discuss ing the Suez Canal scheme and the occupation of the island of Perim, no notice has been taken of the doings of Russia in another direction. Where the frontiers of Siberia touch the Celestial Em pire, on the shores of the Okhotik Sea, a consi derable amount of territory has lately been annexed to the Russian Empire, The district iu question embraces the entrance of that important river called the Amour, which stretches for miles into the vast section of country known as the Mantchooria. At the mouth of the Amour the Russians have constructed commanding batteries and military depots on a scale which indicates the possibility of future operations not strictly con nected with commerce, although the settlement is declared to be suggested with a view of extending trade with China and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Should it be the intention of Russia to assist the Western Powers in opening the Celestial Empire to the rest of the world, civilisation and commerce may be congratulated on the acquisition of a new and powerful ally. There are those, however, who believe the aims of Russia to bo those of military conquest ; and it is said that the French Government is in possession of important information on this subject. At all events it seems evident that the Government of St. Peters burg is inviting emigration to this new settle ment of the Amour River, and founding au important city, which will be the key to China. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The levy of French seamen from 21 to 40 years of age is going on in the most complete and strict manner. The instructions issued for carrying out this measure state that it is adopted with the ob ject of giving the fleet seamen completely formed and experienced, and who are in the full force of age and activity. A commission has been appointed to examine and report on the best system for placing the French commercial ports in a state of defence, a question in which the Government takes groat in terest. Captai❑ Dieudonne, who commanded the Mon tebello at the close of the war in the Crimea, when it carried the flag of Admiral Bruai - , has been appointed to the Algesiras in place of Capt. Tabuteau, whose term of service has expired. The Algesiras is to carry the flag of Admiral Julien de Lagraviere. BOURSE, April 9. The following wero the closing quotations :- 41 per Cents 93 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 40 Do. end month 69 65 Bank Shares 3lOO Credit Mobilier Do. Account 755 Credit Foncier Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 37 - FOR CASII. RAILWAYS. Orleans Northern New Ditto 775 Lyon and Mediteran. 813 i New Ditto 7BO Geneva Midi Western 625 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 7. According to a private letter from Paris a seri ous misunderstanding has recently arisen between the Emperor and Prince Napoleon. No details are given. The so-called Executive Commission of the German Confederation is said to be preparing to proceed actively against Danmark. One of the reforms made by the Emperor Alexander 11. is, that the Polish language is again used in matters of b business by all the Imperial authorities in Poland. During the reign of the late Emperor the Post , office and frontier entploias were obliged to make use of the Russian as the " business lan guage." The First Infantry Corps is to be placed as a corps of observation in the Goverumeats of Radom and Lublin, and the Second Infantry Corp, which comes from Lithuania, is to be quartered at Warsaw and Plock. The reason now given for this concentration of troops is the conflict between the Porte and Montenegro, and the attitude of Austria. The subjoined article, which is from the even ing sheet of the Wiener Zeitung, gives a correct idea of the feeling which prevails here towards the S irdiniau Government : _ " We have adduced a series of proofs that the Orsini Worship (Orsini-Getzen-aenst) is cele brated iu Piedmont with demoniacal passion and impious blasphemy. The state of the country is shown by the free working of those elements which the Emperor Louis Napoleon, on the 2nd Decem ber, 1852, believed he had overcome and annihi lated—elements which the French Government and mess now so energetically persecute (verfolgen). The Gazzetta Piernontese now contributes to the re volutionary agiti.tion by publishing a second letter and the last will of Orsini. The Piedmont Gazette introduces the two documents to the public by speaking of their author as a man who was driven by a love of country,' bordering on madness, to commit a great crime." SWITZERLAND. Tho Suisse of Berne gives a very prominent place to the following note "The Paris journals have published a despatch from Berne stating that the French Government had threatened to withdraw the exquatur flora the Swiss Consuls in France, in case Switzerland did not accede to the nomination of Consuls at Basle and La Chaux-de-Fonds. We can affirm that no communication of the kind has reached the Federal Chancellery." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the sth contain no news. A letter, however, says that in the sitting of the Congress the President of the Council had formally declared that the rumours current as to a fusion between the two branches of the Royal Family were unfounded, no project of the kind existing. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. The Peninsular and Oriential steamship Malabar, Captain Dundaq, has arrived with the Bombay mails. She left Alexandria March 26 ; Malta, 30 ; and Gibraltar, April 4. She brings 71 passengers, among whom are Major-General Reid, wife, and daughter, from - Delhi ; Lieut.-Col. Baker, Major and Mrs. Martin, Captain and Mrs. D'Arcy, Mrs. Mills and family, and Mrs. Halifax and family. The husband of Mrs. Mills was murdered before her eyes at Neemuch, and the husband of Mrs. Halifax died from sun-stroke when on the march from ITmballah to Delhi. The Malabar also brings Captains De Vic, Tupper, and Head, and several other officers, returning from India, in consequence of wounds received before Delhi and elsewhere. On freight the Malabar has 5001. in specie, 21 chests of orangeg, three packages of bronzes, one case of pictures, and 94 packages of general mer chandise. She had strong head winds all down the Mediter ranean, with a strong westerly gale on the Ist of April off the Seven Capes of &Tarot'', accompanied with thick weather and a very heavy sea. To the eastward of the Rock of Gibraltar she had dense fogs, and was obliged to stop some hours in conse quence. On the coast of Portugal and in the Bay of Biscay strong 'south westerly winds, with a tre mendous sea. At Alexandria the usu►l Egyptian squadron. Lord Lyons's fleet at Malta, and the Peninsular and Orient4l steamer Valetta. At Gibraltar were her Majesty's slip Curlew, the Norwegian sloop-of-war Ornen ; a Por•uguese brig of-war, and screw steamer Peninsula. Exchanger at Gibraltar, April 3, were—Loudon 50 ; Paris, 530 ; Marseill es , 530 ; G enoa, 535 . The British steamer Corinthian, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th. Major-General Williams left f or Li verpoo l on t h e night of the I st in the Euphrates steamer. The Royal Yacht Club steame r Fi re fl y, ten days f r om Cowes, arrived at Gibraltar on the ,_9th ult. The Malabar spoke the following t.teamers of the company's fleet :—April 3, the Ripon, 65 miles east of Cape de Ga'te ; on the 4 h, the Panther, 25 miles east of Gibraltar ; and at 9.30 p.m. the Alhambra, entering Gibraltar-bay ;on the 7th, the Colombo, off Cape Vilano ; on the B th , a steamer , supposed to both() Tagus, off Ushant. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. TO THE EDITOR OT THE SUN. SIR,--Thu Indian Bill of the present government is a very clever production, and very greatly superior to the arbitrary one of Lord Palmerston,—the only utility of which, and perhaps the chief object, was to get into his own hands the whole patronage of India. There seems to be a popular fallacy relative to the Government of India. India is essentially governed in India by the Governor-General, the Governors of the different Pre sidencies, the Members of Council, the Staff and Eetab lishment of Government officials ;—the chief duty of the Home Government consists in the proper distribu tion of patronage, and the appointment of the best and most competent officers for Indian service. It would be much better to appoint Governor-Gene rals and Governors to India who could be trusted to govern the country than men who require to be cor rected, dictated to, and interfered with at every move ment by the House Government. The Bill of Lord Palmerston only provided a multiplicity of governing powers for India, who, under different names, would have all been doing the same thing—governing India and performing the duty of the Governor. General for him. The chief of these Governors-Geueral would have been, no dobbt, Lord Palraereton hinise'f ; but he would fulfil those attributes much more to the advantage of the country by going oat to Calcutta and acting the part of Governor-General there instead of in London, and quelling the Indian mutiny. There is another po pular fallacy relative to ;he constitution of the Indian Council, viz., that none but Old Indians should be ad mitted : there are plenty of Old Indians in India, and holding the highest appointments of Government Mem bers of Council. High Civilians, Generals, C Aerie's, &e., why should they be able to do so much more in England than in India, where they did not prevent the Sepoy mutiny breaking out t What is required to be introduced into the Administration of India is a popular element. Men independent of Government who wi I op pogo it when necessary, and keep Old Indians and Go vernment officials to their duty; it may be unpleasant to a Government to be found fault with, or to he opposed, but it is better than losing India, or having such occur rences as the sepoy mutiny breaking out. The Govern • wants of India should be assimilated to that of Englan I ; there should be a popular element, similar to the elec tors and voters for the House of Commons ; but these should have a stake in India, and an object different from that of obtaining cadetships or appointments for their relatives, as this will render them dependent upon the Indian nabob class ; and, being connected by relationship with the official class in India, they will not be disposed to exercise the same check as if they were not so con nected. At present there is only one element in the Ad ministration of India—al having precisely the same bias —viz., nabobs and great men of high official rank, and the electors are persons dependent upon them for cadet ships and appointments for their relations ; and those connected with the official class are not the men who will keep them to their duty. What is required is a class of men who, having an important stake in India, will have a powerful interest in seeing that that stake is not injured by disturbances or the loss of the country, and will hence keg) a watchful eye upon transactions and persons in India, and keep officials to their duty. This will be best attained by a general assembly for India, composed of suitable persons. Lord Derby's bill pro duces a popular element in the Government of India, but it is difficult to see what stake in the country, or knowledge of it, is possessed by many of his voters. His giving votes to persons having a stake in India, holding commissions in the service, or being possessed of property in India as holders of East India shares, is an excellent idea ; but only distributing four votes among so large a number as 5,000 voters, gives no one any power or interest in the matter. The Government seems also to have appropri ated too large a share of nominations—nine members forming one-half the Council. The Government has ob tained a large increase of patronage at the Horse Guards, and has the nomination of all the chief appointments in India, and might leave the Council to be elected by the popular element. VERITAS. London, April 8, 1853. IRONMASTERS' QUARTE.LY MEETING, BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 8. The principal quarterly meetieg of the ironmaQi ters of Staffordshire, 'Worcestershire, and Shrop shire, was held in the Town Hall of this town this afternoon. There was an average attendance, but the amount of business transacted, although larger than by some had been anticipated, was, as com p tred with the corresponding period of last year, extremely limited. The recent shock given to the credit of the district is still seriously felt, while the American trade has not revived to the extent which was expected. There were present several well known agents for Liverpool and London houses, chiefly engaged in the foreign trade, and some few orders were given out at the rates fixed in January, and confirmed at the preliminary meet ing at Wolverhampton in the course of last week. From these there was no disposition to recede, and the general impression was that, although trade was undeniab' y dull, the probability was that the known necessities of the foreign and home markets for ma ' nufactured iron would iu the course of thespring lead to an advance rather tliarr to a reduction of prices, which now stand as follows :—Bars, 8/. per ton ; hoops, 91. ; sheets and plates, 9/. 10s. There is no doubt that in some instances contracts may be entered into for deliveries at lower rates ; but it was stated at Wolverhampton yesterday, as well as in Birmingham to-day, that there is less undersell ing going forward at the present time by solvent or existing firms than has been known for some years past. The forced sales now in course of pro gress under bankruptcy arrangements . are chiefly of pigs and inferior qualities of manufactured i ro n, and will, it is thought, have little effect upon the future prices of " best brands." It is somewhat remarkable, however, that, notwithstanding the numerous failures which have recently o ccurre d i n South Staffordshire, pig iron keeps up it s pr i ce, an d that best fo r the hot l blasts as t few weeks, quot e d at 3/ . 10s. p i g s were to-day, as th ey have been par ton. Pig iron seems to have found its level, and cannot - , it is said, be made lowe r , t o a pro fi t, with ores at their present prices. Cacieed s t one is quoted at 17 s. per ton, the price vary iug with the price of delivery. Stone of the district, of good quality, at 16s. 6d. to 179. per ton. The demand for coal, as might be exp ec t e d i n th e present circumstances of the iron distri c t s , s t i ll con tinues only moderate, but prices notwithstanding are well maintained. The colliers have generally re turned to work at the reduced scale of wages , b u t sill many are out of employ in consequence of th e comparatively small demand for fuel required at the works. The agitation for a strike appears to have subsided, and the colliers seem inclined to wait for better times before they insist upon a re turn to their old rates of remuneration. From inquiries made to-day it was gratifying to be informed that, although the iron and mining districts are still suffering from the late commer cial disasters, confidence is gradually return ing, no further failures of any i mportance are anti cipated, and that trade is apparently assuming a healthier condition. The quarterly meetings do not, however, terminate until Saturday, and until the concluding assemblage at Dudley on th a t day it is impossible to speak with certainty with re spect to the general result of the customary quar• terly settlements. The attendance of Birmingham merchants and factors in the Town-hall to-day was numerous. Complaints were made of the general slackness of business, but engagements upon the whole were understood to be satisfactorily met. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing-street. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Ilardwicke, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl if Maltneebury, Lnrd Stanley, Gen. Peel, the Earl of Ellenborough, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Lord John Manners. DEPARTURE of THE COURT FRO! WINDSOR.--Her Majesty the Queen junior m em b ers o f the Royal family and his R oya l Hi g hness . the Prince Consort, with the and suite, will take their d e p ar t ure from the Castle for Buckingham Palace, on M on d a y next. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort will return to the Castle at the latter end of May or the beginning of June, to dispense their hospitality to the numerous illustrious visitors who are expected to arrive at the Castle on the let, 2,1, 3d, and 4th days of June —the days of the Ascot races. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs and other gentlemen of the Court, will leave Windsor Castle t••-day, on a tour through Ireland. DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCE OF SAXONT.----Southanlp ton, April 2.—Prince Geor ge of Saxony arrived here by the 10 o'clock train this morning, in the Royal mail steamship Tyne, Captain Sawyer, which sailed in the afternoon for Lisbon, Madeira , and the Brazils. The Prince was attended by Count' Vitzthum, the Saxon Mini.ter ; Lieut.-Gen. Ri-ichardt, Capt Von Thielau, Dr. Cairns, and Lieut.-Col. Ponsonby ( e q uerr y to the Prince). H. M. steam tender Sprightly , Master Com mander Allen,whic h bad come round fro m Portsmouth for the purpose, conveyed the Prince from the dock wharf to the Tyne, which was lying in the river. The Saxon Minister and Col. Ponsonby returned to London after tke Prince's departure. Tne Tyne takes out the newel mail', 127 passengers (includirife, besides the illus trious p,rsOnagos named above, the Hon. Win. Stuart), 11,1701. in specie, jewellery voice 17,900/., and a fell cargo of merchandiee. This is the last of the Brazilian mail steamers that still touch at Madeira and Tenerife on the outward and homeward routes, the call of the vessels at these islands being discontinued for the pur pose of accelerating the transit of the mails between Ecgland and the Brazil . The Countess de Montijo, mother of the Empress, arrived in Paris yesterday, and alighted at the Hotel d'Albe, in the Cbatnps Ely sees . A Madrid letter says that she left very suddenly, and countermanded a ball at her house, f r which car d s wer e out. The Couetei-s de Persieny, who has been indisposed for some days past, is much better. The counte s s , we believe, intends v siting one o f the watering places on the south coast before retu rn i ng to France The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queer's Ceensel,.&ce, at his 1 irdehip's residence, In Eaton-square, on Thursday next, the first day of Easter Term, at twelve o'clock. DESPATO INDIA. (Front the London Gazette of Nat Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 9. The Secretary of State for War has received the follow ing nominal list of casualties in the Royal Artillery serving in India : Calcutta, Feb. 22, 1858. December 4, 1857, Gunner and driver J. Coulter, 3d Co., Bth Batt., died of wounds at Cawnpore. December 17, 1857, Corporal J. Bird, 6th Co., 13th Batt., died of wounds at Allahabad. J. E. DUPUIS, Major-General, Commanding Royal Artillery in India. INDIA BOARD, APRIL 7. The following papers have been received at the East India House : No. 1. Brigadier Sage to Col. R. J. H. Birch, C. 8., Secretary to the Government of India in the Military Department. Head-quarters, Saugor District, Fort Saugor, Dec. 19, 1857- No. 684. Sir,—ln eontinnation of my letter, No. 6.;2, I have the honour to forward a copy of Capt. Finch's letter, dated the 17th inst., but not received until the 18th. Ensign Sutherland is an enterprising zealous young officer, from whom much good is to be expected.—l have, &e., W. SAGE, Brigadier, Commanding Saugor District Force. No. 2. Captain Finch to Major Lamb, Deputy Assistant- Adjutant_•General • Bangor District, Fort Saugor, Dec. 17, 1857. Sir,—ln the hurry of writing my report to you of the action that took place at Bhepul, I omitted to bring most prominently to the notice of the Brigadier Commanding the gallant behaviour of Ensign Sutherland, 42d Light Infantry. It was that officer that led the 80 men referred to in paragraph 4 of my report; and I trust the Brigadier will make favourable mention of him to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.—I have, &c. H. FINCH, Captain, Commanding Detachment in Field Force. No. 3. List of Casualties, by Death, &c., among the European Commissioned Officers of the Honourable Company's Army, in consequence of the Mutinies in Northern India, that have been reported to this Department from the 26th of January, 1858, up to this date. 10th Regiment Native Infantry—Captain Francis David Gordon, killed June 7, 1857. Shot at Jhansie by muti neers. 43d Regiment Native Infantry—Ensign Robert Charles Allem Stuart, diod Jan. 21, 1858, of wounds received in action on the 20th of Jan., 1858, near the village " Mandwar" Malligaum. F. S. GABB, Major, Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army. Adjutant-General's Office, Fort St. George, Feb. 11, 1858. Nominal Roll of a Man of the Sappers and Miners wounded at the Relief of Lucknow. Nov. 19, 1857-207, 2d Corporal Samuel Baillie Brittain, very severely. F. S. GABB, Major, Deputy Adjutant-General of the Army. Adjutant-General's Office, Fort St. George, Feb. 11. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. For the time of year, the supplies of fruit and vegetables continue extensive, and a fair buEiness is doing, as follows : FRITIT. Filberts,per 100 lb 30s to 40s Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Od Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to 00d Walnuts, per 100 Oa to Oa Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Strawberries, per ounce . is 6d to 2s Od Gooseberries, per half sieve Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. h. sv. Os Od to Os Plums, per do. Os Od to Os Od Green gages, per h.sv.Os to Od Raspberries, p.potl. Od to Od :TABLE!). Pine apples, per I b. 780 d to lOs Colonta I do., ea. Os Od to Os 01 Grapes, per 1b......158 to 30s Foreign do 2s Od to 3s Od Melons, each Os Od to Os Od Peaches, p. doz. Os to Os Od Nectarines, do. ...Os to Os Od Apples, p. h. sv. is Od to 2s 6d Pears, per doz ...3s to 6s Od Oranges,per doz.. 6d to is 6d Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 280 d Apricots, p. doz. OsOd to Os Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od VI Gr. Greens,p. doz. bun. 6s Od to 8s 1 Cabbages, do. Os Od to Os Od Savoy do.,p. do. Os 2d to Os 4d Cauliflowers, do.ls Od to 48 Od Brocoli, p. bun. is Od to is 3d Potatoes, per ton 60s to 1506 New do., per lb. s 6d to 3-3 Peas, per punnet 3s to 4s Od Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Carrots, per bunch... 4d to 7d Cucumbers, each 2s to 3s Od Garlic, per lb 6d to Os 8d Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Spinach, p. d0...4s Od to 5s Od ' Brussels sprouts, per half do 3s Od to 4s Od Onions, p. bush Os Od to 03 Od New do., per bunch Od to Od French beans, per 100............2s 6d to 3s 6d Leeks, per do 2d to 3d NEWGATE ANI Shallots, per lb Gd to 8d Horseraddish, p. b. Is6d to 4s Parsley, per do. 4d to 6d Celery, per do is Od to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. Od to Os Od Small salad, p. pun. 4d to 6d Mushrooms, p pt1.200.1t02s Ed Artichokes, per doz 6s to 8s Lettuces, per doz. is 6d 2s Od Endive, per scr. 2s 6d to 4s Radishes, p. d.bun. Os to OsOd Tomatoes, per hay. Os to Os Od Walnuts per 100' od to Od Chillies, per 100 is 6d to 2s Od Capsicums, per 100 Os Od to Os Rhubarb, p. b. is Od to is 6d Asparagus, per blind 4s to 9s Seakail,perpun .2s Od to 3s 6d Turnip greens, per bush Os Od to Os Od D LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4it Od to 8s Od ; Poults, Os Od to Os Od; Geese, 6s c d to 7s 6d each ; Goslings, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; Duck, lingo, 2s Od to 4s 6d ; tame rabbits, 1 s Od to ls 9d each wild do.. 8d to is Od ; Pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s; barn-door do., 2s 6d to is Od; Chick ens, 4s Od to 63 per couple; Capons, 3s Od to 4sod ; Hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; Pheasants, Os Od to Os Ad ; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; Woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od; Snipes, is 2d to Es6d; Teal, is to is 6d; Wild Ducks, is 9d to 2s Od; Widgeons, Os 8d to is Od; Plovers, Od Od to ls Od each; Guinea Fowls, 2s6d to 3s; Roasting pigs,ss Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., is ld to is 4d per lb. ; English eggs, 6 s 6d to 7s Od; French do., 53 9d to 6s 6d per 120 ; Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Od to 48 4d ; lamb, 53 Od to 68 Od; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per Sibs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 03 to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3■ 2d to 4s 01 per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s sa to 15s ; Brills, is Od to 5s each; Salmon, is 6d to 26 Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 23 Od to 78 each ; Soles, 4d to 23 Od per pair ; Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s Gd; Whitings, 3s OA to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, 40s to 503 per Issh. ; Mackerel, 60s to —s per 100; Smelts, is to 2s Od per doz. ; skate, Os to 6d per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ; Bloaters, 4s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, Os Od to gs per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel; Doreys, is Od to 7s each; Haddocks, 4s to 15; pe; doz. ; Pike, 6d; Sturgeon, 6d per lb; Prawns, 5s Od to 68 Od; Mullets, is Od to is 6d. each; Plaice, 4d to is each; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to is ; Carp, is to 5s ; Tench, is to 5s per brace; Gurnets, 4d to ls. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 34d ; 6416 to 721 b, 34d to 3:5,1 ; 721 b to 801 b, 3.',d to 3/c1; 8016 to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 381 b to 961 b, 4d to 01; 961 b to 104113, 44d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 8s Od to 03 Od ; Calf skins, light, 2s 6(1 to 3s 6d ; ditto full, 5s 6d to Gs Od ; Polled Sheep, 7s Cd to 8s Od ; Kents, 63 Od to 7s Od; Half-breds, 6s Od to 7s 0,1; Downs, 4a 6d to 5s Gd ; Lambs 2s to 3s Od ; Shearlings, 10d to 11d. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from ad to 7d ; of household ditto, 4;d to 6d per 4 lb loaf. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ 4s clover 3/ 10a to 51 Os; and straw. 1/ 5s to 1/ 10s per load. A. full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 5s ; eloyer, 3/ 103 to 5/ Os ; and straw. 1/ 61 to 1/ 10s per load Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 4s clover, 3/. 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw. 1/ 55 to 11 103 per load. We had a slow trade, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day. LoNDON, April 10.—Wind this day at noon, E,; mo derate breeze and fine. DOUGLAS, April 9.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—lsabella, for Hueloa. TROON, April 10. —Wind S.E.— Sailed—Elizabeth Ann, for Pernambuco; Jane, Quebec. KINSALE, April B.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Joseph Dester, from Cuba ; Countess of Seafield, Palermo. QUEENSTOWN, April B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Hiber nia, from Moulmein ; Australia, Callao ; Alma, ditto ; Cambria, Monte Video ; Lucia, Rio Grande ; Midas, Paraiba ; Agnes Anderson, from Cardiff for Quebec, leaky. PLYMOUTH, April 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Dover Castle, from London to Melbourne. CARDIFF, April 9.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed--Bacchus, for Quebec. MILFORD, April 9.--Wind S.E,— Arrived—Catherine Stewart, for Sierra Leone. OFF PORTSMOUTH, April 9.—Arrived—London, from New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind E., showery. Arrived—Maria, and Havre (s.), from Havre ; Gipsy, Llauelly ; Courier and Atalanta (s.), Jersey ; Malaba r (s.), Alexandria ; Alma, Sunderland. Sailed—Tyne (s.), for Brazils; Alliance (e.), Havre; Dispatch (s.), Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. ROYAL C REMORNE - GARDENS.—THE GUN TRIAL. — The gun trial, which has been announced for some time back, commenced yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock in the Ashburnbarn pavilion adjoining the gardens ; the objects of the trial are to record the comparative shoot ing of the newly-introduced breech-loader and the old muzzle-loader, in the three following points, viz ;-Ist, The driving power of each at 40, 50, and 60 yards, as tested by the number of sheets of brown paper [demi(' by them at the ab)ve distances respectively. 2d. The regularity of delivery of the shot at erch f the.e dis tances, within a circle 30 inches in diameter. 3rd. The amount of recoil, both when clean, and after thirty dir, charges, as measured by a recording spring attached to the fixed rest, from which all the target shots are to I e fired. Twenty-eight guns, the work of different make) s in London, Birmingham, Gloucester, and other tov n , were entered ; of these 11 were breech -loading. T i e entire arrangements were under the control of Mr. Walsh, editor of the Field, assiited by six inspector , , chosen by the exhibitors. TOOT e were a large number f gentli on the ground during the day; amongst othe: o,, ' the lion. Capt. Talbot, Col. Astley, Mr. Reilly , Mr. (BY SUBMARINE GRAVESEND ANDRITISH TELEGRAPH.) B Ortin, and M r . 011 ar d. F rom the number of guns ,Saturday Morning. ' entered it was impossible to conclude the tria l in one Wind E ; tide four hours flood, fre s h an d f in e. , Mog day, and the firing wa3 resumed at 10 o'cloc k this morn- ' Arrived, April 9. - Garland from from Ditzam; Reform, Ni ce ; Nonpar ador ; Heffon n g , eil, St. Michael's ; ilig• Active preparations are now b-irg made in the Emmanuel, llookseil ; Remda Greetsvl.l : Alice, St. gardens fvr the ensuing season : all the arrangements Michael; Elizabeth Roe°, Zanzibar; Fiduca, Ditzata; are m uc h more f orwar d t h an at th e tam e period in ' David Mello:, Moulmein; Emma, Heiligonhaten. former years, and it is hoped that the opening will take DEAL, Saturday Morning. place much earlier Vian usual. Wind E. by N,, fresh. Wind E.S.E. Arrived—Fair Light, new ship, from Jersey, in tow of the steam-tug Resolute. The steam tug Fury sailed yesterday afternoon for the War Cloud in Dandrum Bay. The Marco Polo, from Liverpool for Melbourne, was abreast of Bardsey at 6 a.m. on the 9th, wind S.E., mode rate gale. WEXFORD, April 8. The schooner Pearl, from Liverpool for Cork with coals, is on shore at Glascarig Point, and is likely to become t: wreck. DUNDALK, April 9. The War Cloud was riding in Dundrtun Bay at 10 thi s morning, with main and nnzen masts cut away. The steamer Independence will proceed to her assistance in the morning from this. MILLFORD, April 8. Part of a wrecked vessel is reported to be floating about the Channel, mid a large quantity of timber has also been seen. MANCHESTER CHAM. TBE FUTURE GOTTA 3ER OF COMMERCE ON 'RNMENT OF INDIA. (From the Timm.) The views of the Manchester Chamber of Com merce on the future government of India, and not les the language in which those views are expres sed, stand iu happy contrast to the wild grasping at power and libellous garrulity of the Court of Directors. The merchants of Manchester are not claiming for themselves a monopoly of knowledge, of philanthropy, of virtue, of honesty, and of wis dom, and the consequent right to a monopoly of patronage and power. So it is not their business to denounce the rest of their countrymen as ignorant, selfish, hypocritical, foolish, and, consequently, unlit for a voice in Indian affairs. Indeed, as good men of business, they sly nothing about the people of England, about the House of Gimmons, or even about the Directors. They go to the point at once —which is the proper government for India ? Their suggestions ace simple, sensible, and free from that ambition of cleverness and originality which is sure to molest such discusduns. they do not propound an elaborately-selected and neatly balanced Council, which may or may not turn out a masterpiece of political machinery ; on the contrary, they ask for an Indian Minister with a competent staff. Now, we are quite sure that a 3 n merchhnt, any country gentleman with much business on his hands, anybody with political ex perience, who had only to consult his own judg ment ou the point, and consider how he could best get through what he had to do, would desire pre cisely what the Manchester people propose. No reasonable person held responsible for great and difficult affairs would wish to find himself sur- rounded by a multitude of advisers and assistants, selected on the principle of representing antago nist interests, different classes, various experiences, and conflicting opinions. It is an intolerable hardship and a positive fraud to hold a man re sponsible, and yet not only deny him instruments of his own choice, but put into his hands weapons certain to baffle, to wound, and to thwart him. A tradesman can do nothing unless he selects his own servants ; a general chooses, or ought to choose, his own staff, and suffers if he has people put upon him not of his own choice. The responsible head of every depart ment in the public service has one or more assist ants of his own selection or approval to carry out his views and act between him and the fixtures of the office. So it is obvious, if - these analogies are worth anything, that the Minister for Indian Affairs ought to have about him the men of his own choice, or at least chosen in the general dis tribution of offices which brings him to power. It happens, however, that the Minister for India will have to preside over not one department of long-settled, united, and well-governed empire in the metropolis of which he resides, but all the departments of an empire six times greater in size and population on the other side of the world. Hence he will require more than one func tionary of a superior class to share his labours, and assist on terms of intimacy and something like equality. Accordingly, the Chamber of Commerce propose that besides a Parliamentary Under-Secre tary there shall be four permanent Secretaries out of Parliament for the different departments of the Indian Government, with salaries to command the services of the best men. They put this liberally at 2,0001. a year—twice as much as was proposed for each of the eight Councillors in Lord Palmer ston's Bill. We believe this to be a matter, not for con stitution-mongering, but for plain common sense ; and the common sense of the affair is, that when you have found a good man for the office you should strengthen his hands, give him elbow-room, andthe conviction as well as the fact that all rests with him. In theory an Indian Minister will be respon sible enough as the member of a responsible Go vernment, always liable to give account of itself to the British Parliament. All attempts to make him further responsible to any other body have only ended in enabling and even encouraging him t 3 evade the responsibility due to his first masters. We are told on the highest authority that a man cannot serve two masters, and the maxim never received so signal a political illustration as in the successive attempts to make a Minister equally subservient and complacent to the Imperial Par liament and the East India Company. This is by. necessity a case of imperium in imperio. We can not help that. Then, let the Minister have all the power we can give him, as the nature of the Indian ! people and the Indian Empire undoubtedly requires —that is, as regards his secretaries and servants— only responsible, as he is the organ by which the superior empire deals with the inferior. The sug gestion of the Directors, that a despotic Secretary, able to insulate himself from his Council, may send out a despatch which any judicious adviser would stop on the way, but which, once sent out, would do irrevocable mischief, is worth about as much as a similar apprehension respecting a Colonial or a Foreign Secretary. Every year promises to accele rate our communications with India, and we have now something like the prospect of an electric tele graph. At the worst, however, the character and position of the Governor-General, the Governors, and other members of the Indian Administration constitute some security that no one presiding in Cannon-row will send out an order for the decapi tation of ten thousand Sepoys, for the forcible con version of the Brahmins, for the destruction of the mosques, or any other suggestion of a despotic fancy. Parliament will watch more narrowly than heretofore the man whom it feels itself compelled to trust, and will withold its sanction from a Ministry in which the Indian Secretary is too Indian for the British taste. Should there be any such mishap, once or even twice, we cannot think it will often recur, a n d we need not weaken and embarrass the permanent administra tion of India merely from fear of a Minister doing a foolish thing two or three weeks before we hear of it at home. In accordance with the proposal of a strong Government at home, the Chamber of Com merce very properly wish the Governor-General and the Governors of the inferior Presidencies to ee strengthened in their own governments, and in vested with certain new powers. This would operate to some extent as a check on the orders from home, supposing them to fall for a few weeks to the level of eccentricity or fatuity, or to rise t• the dizzy height of a preposterous ambition. The other suggestions of the Chamber of Com merce are very much what we have often heard from the same quarter before, but not the lean important to be considered at this juncture , wh en we are told by the screaming viragoes of Leaden hall-street that no Englishman, except a holder of India Stock, has a right to vote, speak, write, know, feel, or think anything about ; India ; and that the interests of England and India are absolutely incompatible, as well as the nature of the two races irreconcilably hostile. It is a downright libel on the whole human race, and nothing short of blasphemy to an overruling Providence, to dispute that much remains to be done, and can be done, and ought to be done, in the social and material improvement of India. R ow far this is to be done by a direct and immediate application of the local resources, before toihueeystaigor:• thrown into the abyss of the Treasury, is a to be considered apart from the India Bill. There is only one suggestion of the Chamber of Com merce which we are obliged to protest against, as savouring too much of that constitution-mongering which the Chamber has otherwise judiciously avoided. Much as we should wish to see the different European classes in India drawn nearer to one another, and readily as we might admit that the gaps between them are a great bar to improvement, yet we could expect little good from a rule compelling one member of Council in India to be selected from the mercantile or other indepardeet class. The rule would, of course, often operate to the exclusion of a good man,—as honest and judicious a friend to the mercantile interest as any of their owu body. Would the merchants, the bankers, the indigo-planters, and others themselves be always better satisfied with a representative from one of themselves, with his bias in favour of one interst over others ; with friends, with speculations, with localiti es, with habits and opinionsof his own class ? Nobody can deny,—it is really so patent, so confessed— that trade of every kind has a tendency to narrow the mental scope and to warp the judg ment. With all the talk in this country about business habits, we have not yet come to wish for a Cabinet of merchants, and there is hardly any one in the country who would not rather trust his pclitical interests to the care of a gentleman wholly independent of trade than to that of a merchant, tradesman, or banker in a different line from his own, or in tho position of a rival. Trade is one thing, government another ; each cf them special matters, with their proper education and training. Lst the selection be left quite open, and then, if there should be such a man as the Chamber o Commerce appear to contemplate, we trust the time will soon arrive when his independence of the Com ,' party' service or his mercantile character will be no bir to his serving in the Council ; but do not im pose a rule which may even defeat its own pur ose Orsini's children have arrived in London. The Psis correspondence of the Independence of Bru,,sel. says :—" S une Russian officers wno are a' out to 4ccomp,-,uJu es Gc:rf.rd, the lion killer, in bie gramd tinting r xe,r ion in Ati Ica, entertained bimaud same .the gi-u , letnen at dinner at two (-la) s back ; Nhon ch, I rt vvas placed on the tatle, Mr. Leon 13- r• t 'and, one of the guests, brought in a ycung she-prntiloll belonging to him, which is so t tme that she allow!, hop self to be ph.yed with like a cat," linct Ab ou Tt km l ave Otto Agri 11)i s , Not esti take bee excl Lo t Tht 13h t, Di tib , U