The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-20 00:00:00

::,_._ w~ _ ~ ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOVANNI. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, May 20, will be pre. Rented Mozart's chef DdON'ceuvre, GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens • Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani ; Zarlina, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Don Giovanni, Sig nor Beneventano (his first appearance this season); Leporello, Signor Relletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; II Commend:a tore, Signor Vialetti ; and Dan Ottavio, Signor Giugliui. Conductor, Signor Bonetti. To conclude with the new Ballet, FLEUR DES CHAMPS The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at 3 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box Office, at the Theatre. .HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piceolomini, Ortolani, Belletii, Beneventano, The following arrangements have been m tde :- - THIS EVENING, May 20—Extra Night—DON GIO VANNI and the new Ballet, FLEUR DES CHAMPS. Friday, May 21— IL TROIATORE and Ballet. Saturday, May 22—LA TRAVIATA and Ballet 1 1 , Friday, May 28—Grand MOrning Concert, in which all the artistes of the establishment will appear. Monday, June 7—Grand Morning Performance. In answer to numerous communications, it is announced that, for the convenience of the gentry' residing in the envi rnno, a Grand Morning Performance will be given on Monday, June 7, in which all the artistes of the establishment will pertc,rm, including all the artistes of the ballet. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), May 19, will be per formed (for the third time this season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE4 HUGUENOTS. Valentina, MadanTo Gr si ; Margarita di Valois, 3lallie. Marai ; Dama d'Onore, Madame Tagliafino ; Urbana, Maille. Didioe ; Marcell.", M. Zelgor ; Il Conte di San Bris Signor Polonini ; Il Conto . di Nevers, Signor TAgliafico ; Meru, Sig. pierini ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi; Huguenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; aad Raoul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mullle. Delochanx, Madlle. Esper, and M. Desplaces. Doors open at half-past . 7, the OperA to commence at 8 • o'clock. Pit, 1 Os. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. •THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mophistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. THEATRI4 ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Lady Teazle, Miss Rey nolds ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Wilkins. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSER PINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). Gs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. 0. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes._ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Ptt • • • Gallery ,: 0 6 T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be prenntocl. JANET PRIDE, in which Messrs B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, Selby, and Madame Caleste will appear. To conclude with THAT BLESSED BABY, in whic% Mr awl Mrs. Keeley will appear. Commence at Seven. STRAND TLIE3TRE.—Les3ee an , l Dire3tres3, Miss Swanborough. Evening; will be presented MARRIAGE A LOTTERY, supported by Messrs. Emery, Ray, Belford, Mesdames M. Oliver, Portman, Victor, and Selby. _ _ Followed by TIKE CARE OF YOUR POCKETS. Miss Turtle and Messrs Swanborough and Ray. After which, the new burlesque of FRI DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D:ayelo, Miss Swan. borough ; Beppo, Mr. C. Young. CANTERBURY HALL, We3tmin3ter-rowl.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engAged for the pc-for-mance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &e., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunch., Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonhmana ' Mr. Henshaw, S. Joaez., J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hhue, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard Messrs. W. T. Critchield, John G. Porde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil ilieks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtney ; Director, Herr F. Jongbmans. Commeuee at Seven o'eloek precisely. Suppers, Ins., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "L\. DAIE BLANCHE" (TIE WIIITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond. Ryan, Esq. THE WEXTHER—SON OFFICE, MAY 20. ILIEM.IO3INTER, IY THE StIADZ C 5 —highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.11. WIND, Westerly ; light and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. %is DAY—Morn., 22 rain. aft. 7—Even., 58 min. aft. 7 To-liontcw —Morn., 37 min. aft. 8 —Even., 13 au. aft. f szi -rt (41-1 Apt_ a 0 ,0,4 11. 4in LONDON, TEEIIRSDAV, MAY 20, 1353. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM INDIA. SPOLIATION OF DUDE. SIIN OFFICE, 3 P.u. Just as we are wing to prods, a rumour reac!iEs us, in which we have every reason to pllce entire confidence. It is said that important communications have been received from various officars holding the highest positions in her 11l ijast,y's service, in which the CANNING Proclamation is unreservedly condemned, awl the worst consequences are anti- cipat©d from its promulgation. We are unable to state whether these conitnu- nications are of a private or of an official charAc- ter, but Nve must express our earnest hope that their substano; at leas, my be- at once counnu- nichtzd to the country. Mr. VERNON SMITH, in answering the question fairly asked by Mr. CRAWFORD on Tuesday even ing, as to " whether Lord CANXING'S proclama tion had been issued in obedience to instructions sent out from this country," declared, with the sua vityand politeness for which ho is celebrated(!) that it was " so o'iriously ridiculous" " that it scarcely required an answer," And that " the firLt inti mation which he had of the proclamation was -from the letter, the substance of which he had stated to the House." We are bound to believe the Ex-President of the India Board, but merely as to the lit.ifal meaning of his words. He has, unfortunately for himself, and the party wit!' whom ho was associated, proved himself to be a skilful special pleader, capable of suppressing the truth, and creating a perfectly false impression as to tho actual state of affairs—the true facts that ought 0 iefluence Parliament and the country. Had he been in the 7ittiesenbox, with a skilful cross-examiner before hirn,.the real state of the case might have been It would have been disc)vered whether he had suggested t h e pol i cy i n di cate d b y t h at re markable• document ; or whether he had approved of, and sanctioned it, on being interrogated tbrourrh a communication. pseudo- " i va t e 7 onel FRANKS ' recently a General in India, and w h o i n that capacity gained verdant laurel, has stated that, from con versations with Lord CANNING, he inferred th a t the proclamation could only haft been the result of instructions from home. The circumstances were certainly of a very extraordinary character, and must have fully justified that gallant officer in arriving at such a conclusion. One who had ac• gaited so high a reputation would *scarcely risk by ventilating such rumours, unless there weX ample grounds to rest on. It might have been but a "general impression," and the Hero who achieved two glorious triumphs in a single day by his brilliant strategy, might be unwilling to com promise a friend by disclosing the particulars of their confidential conversation. But the interests of Great Britain and of India imperatively demand that Colonel—he ought to be General—FßANKS, and Mr. SMITH, formerly of Cannon-row, should be examined before the House or a Select Com mittee, before a decision be taken. It is a matter of such magnitude myth vital importance to the community at large, that the verdict should not be delivered on inadequate or possibly erro neous premises. We have, therefore, a right to demand that there should be a stringent investi gation into all the circumstances, and that every w itness who could throw light on the subject should be examined, and that before the final division. What will be the result of that division ? What will be the course adopted by the independent and really liberal members ? It is in their hands that the issue depends, and heavy indeed will be the responsibility if they should disregard the vitally important duty that now devolves upon them. The recognised leaders of the party, Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. BRIGHT, have justly supported not merely the Government, but the policy of Lord ELLENBOROUGH. They well know that thepoliey of confiscation—the policy that must prolong the conflagration in India, originated in London, and that, though Lord CANNING is the party really responsible, Mr. SAIITH is the one that should endure the censure. He feels that he winces under the unpleasant truth. But still ho must bear the consequences of his own wilfulness and fatuity. The vote of last Friday in the Lords was either way of little consequence. Had it been adverse, its only significance would have arisen from the singularity of a majority in the Upper House against a Conservative Ministry. It has not been the custom, of late years, that a Ministry enjoy ing the confidence of the Commons should resign because of a hostile vote in the Lords. At least, it has not been the practice of Whig Ministers, and therefore Conservatives would not be abso lutely bound to abide by the decision of the Con servative House itself. However, a majority of ten decided in their favour, decided that they were not called upon to censure her Majesty's Ministers for the pronaettre sending of a despatch, when the Minister who sent it had already resigned, and the Chief of the Ministry had expressed his regret. that it had been sent. Lord SHAFTESBURY might, if he bad chosen, have applie 1 the cen sure to Lord ELLENBOROUCHI only; and, probably, as opinion then stood, his resolution would have passed. That, however, would not have suited his purpose. He knew that Lord Eeeze- BOROUGH was just the man to cere nothing about the censure of a majority of the Lords or of the Commons either, if he had done what he thought a right and bold deed ; and the Ministry would not in that case have been affected by the vote. Lord SHArrEsuuafs object, however, as we believe, notwithstanding his repeated appeal, in a politi cal squabble, to the awful name of the Most High, was neither more nor less than to oust Lord DERBY, and to reinstate his favourite Bishop-maker. Perhaps, indeed, we do Lard SHAFTESBURY injustice after all. He does not regard bishop-making as political work, although bishops aro nominated by the political chief of the day, and expected to vote with him. His appeals to the Great name, by which we swear, probably meant, that the Searcher of hearts well knew that he had nothing at heart, but getting Bishops of his own sort into the Church of England. Well, be it so. To get. Evangelical Bishops into the State Church, arri to keep Jews out the State Legislature, are, doubtless, in Lord SHAFTESBURY'S opinion, Chris tianity—not politics ! We are free to admit, however, that the small ness of the majority in the Lords on Friday las: was received by many as a rather untoward circumstance. Since then, indeed, opinion hat. rapidly changed, and the effect of the debate itself on the country has been greater than that of the decision. The factious nature re Mr. CARDWELL'S . ...motion—it ought rather to be called the Cambridge-house Sunday motion — has become every day more apparent. The fair majority, however, in the Lords, was twenty-six. That was the majority of votes, though a majority of sixteen in the proxies reduced the recorded majority to ten. But, though it would not have affected this case practically, is this system of almost unlimited voting by proxy reasonable ? Is it fair to the country ? Is it fair to the House of Commons ? The only excuse for the Lords voting by proxy that we know of, is that the questions which come before the Upper House have generally been well dis cussed both by the press and the Lower House. Of what passes in "another place" the Lords aro technically and conventionally supposed to be in blissful ignorance ; bat even if we permit then- noble sticklers for form and ceremony the benefie of knowing what they are only tchnically unac quaioted with, ought proxies to avail when a • motion, or business in any shape, originates in the Upper House ? Is it not discreditable beyond con ception to find that on a motion like Lord SHAFTESBURY'B the proxies were more than half as many as the votes ? One hundred and fourteen Lords thus voted on a forepae conclusion, They had heard neither Lords SHAFTESBURY and GRAN VILLE on one side ; nor Lords ELLENBORDUGH aud DERBY on the other. These must all therefore be set down as simply party votes. The noble lords had heard no arguments on the subject whatever. Information satisfactory, even abso lutely conclusive against their proxy view of the question, might have been furnished at the eleventh hour, They may reply, set have read the debates, and our opinion is unchanged. And we may rejein—Bat how, unless you were inspired, could you be sure that reading the debates mig,ht not have induced you to change your vote ? If it is replied to this the! the Noble proxy-voters never irtk we now mightntheir opiniotie to be changed by any debate,.cl • in return ask, then why not dispense with such useless time-wasters as debates altogether ? Iu Committees of the Lords, proxies are net available, on the alleged ground that, ou details, a decided opinion cannot well be formed by-those who are abeeet. Bet surely the rule ought at least to be generalised, and proxies not allowed on any question which the voter has not hoard fully discils3cd. Our judges might with equal, or oven greater propriety, decide pints of law without hearing the arguments of counsel, since the sta tutes and legal decisions are as open to the judge as to the barrister. The whole system, however, is bail. Prc.xies are, as the rule, only a device to enable the indo lent to vote without trouble, or the antiquated partisan to effect his purpose through those who sympathise with his prejudicea. The votes of men too old and infirm to be more than relics of other times and circumstances, of men too fond of sport, or of rustic quiet, or of town dissipation, to be an their place while the nation s business is proceeding, are not the votes which ought to decide a question or even to add weight to the votes of those who were present. If the country tolerates hereditary legislators, it ought not to tolerate idlers, or drones, as legisla tors. To put the matter in its best light, what would the country, what would the Lords, think, if it were propossd to give proxies to commoners, on all bills which came down to thorn from the Upper House ? The proposal might be worth making by way of exposing the unfairness of allowing proxies in the Lords. Now, if ever, is the time for the independent Liberals to become a power in the house, and in the country to. The " ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY" who have openly seceded from mere Whiggism, who have so far organised themselves as to name a convener, or, in the elegant phrase ology of Parliament, a " whipper-in" or a " whip," have now an opportunity which may not soon occur again. It is indeed remarkable that, almost immediately on their profession of a better, a more decided political faith, a testing case is put before them. Will the "hundred and twenty" be consistent ? is the question anxiously asked, not only in the house but out of it. Will they again throw incense on the altars of PALMERSTON to escape political martyrdom, so far as the Whigs can inflict it ? or will they stand firmly to their new creed, and found a political party which shall either permeate with its influence the ranks of Whigs and Tories, or in no long time supplant them ? We confess to deep interest in the answer which the division lists shall give to these votes. We saw with the highest pleasure the prospect of a union of really independent members to free themselves from subserviency to sham liberalism. We can there fore but feel a corresponding solicitude for their consistency. We do not know that we have any reason to doubt that they will be consistent—that they will veto in a compact body for Mr. DILLWYN'S amendment. Still they will excuse us if, em bodying as they do by their secession the views we have so long maintained and urged, we state our reasons for entreating them to support Mr. DILLWYN. His motion, to all of us without, goes much further in up• holding Lord CANNING's needful authority in India than the " previous question" would do. He himself, till the promised explanations trrive, can hardly ask more than that we should pronounce no opinion on the proclamation. We may allow to each other that there may be fair .ground for difference of opinion ; Lord CANNING ~ vould allow it; it is, therefore', all lie ceuld ask of the House, to abstain for tile present from either censure or blame. With commendation for Lhe pact, which his friends should think sufli cient, and which his opponents, for the sake of fair parliameatary co-operation, are willing to concede, it should decline b pass any judgment either on the proclamation or on the despatch. We need hardly argue that the independent Liberals are not required, by the " situation," to censure the despatch, or rather its premature publication. The writer and sender has resigned, his chief has acknowledged his imprudence ; that, for reasonablti men, is practically atonement la - nigh. That the country generally would think it mere partisanship and faction to inflict further punishment on a Ministry, we are pretty confi lent. The universal opinion out of Parliament —surely iu Parliament too—is that broadly as serted by Mr. CAIRNS and Mr. Rozaucx, that Ar.CAILDNVILL motion is really intended neither to uphold Lard CANNING'S authority in India, eor in the intcrost of India itself, but simply and aarely to unseat Lord DERBY and put Lard PAL XIERSTON in office. The entire Hence knows, and the speeches on both sides show it, that the mere technical misleneanour condemned by the Whig resolution, is not its real object. The whole dis mission has t tken a much wider range than that. Will any one deny that the division of Friday eight will be simply and purely on the question whether .DEUDY or PALMERSTON should be in a ninority ? It is a battle for the premiership—a struggle fir office. Every Member will vote nei ther for CANNING nor Indi 1, but for DERBY or iALMERSTON. AIM of sense will surely, like the jury on BERNARD'S trial, turn a deaf ear to all the sophisms of special pleaders, and all , -,he constructive criele-makin;Y, of judgee, and vote en the real issue, DERBY or PALMERSTON . . As the Government has accepted Mr. DILLWYN'S resolution, the course f.ir the "hundred and twenty" is surely then clear. They commit them selves by it to nothing, except to the object of their own published resoluLiya : they will refuse to be parties to r,)instating hollow, untrustworthy liberalism. With the constituencies, we are certain that this course will be the popular ono ; and, ;hould a dissolution ever come of it, will be safe. ['hey cool I not have a better account to give at the hustings than that they refused to restore to office the author of the Conspiracy Bill, the en._ lorser of Lord CLIIt'ZNDW3 anti-libered foreign policy, the Premier who slighted Sardieia in favour of A.astria, and who allowed our fellow countrymen almost to rot or go mu' in a Neve litan gaol. There is not a liberal constituency which did not exult ~ vlyzn the confederates with WALuWSNI against English honour were cashiered, and when the Pre vier who coul 1 p strenise a 3EINktICARDS and give the go-by 0 11)Form, was sent to the "113format)ry School" of opposition. jrievel, indeed, would liberal elee,ore be with a vote which should take the ox-Premier from that school Infers lie had learned. what Liberals mean by reform. From all we can gather, nothing can prevent a lissolution but giving a majority to the Glynn rnent. Lord PALUEMTON cannot iu any case command a sufficient majority to make it unrea sonable for Lord agnia . to dissolve ; and ha will, therefor( , , cart tinly do it. Now ava put it to the Endepandent Liberals—how could a digs Autioa servo thcir objeutg ? First —lffeontod as the coun try now foals with L)rd PALIIEII3TON, and dis gagtod at his factious struggles for office, the alvanc3cl Liberals would be in danger of losing many seats in favour of more conservative mon. the issue pr seated to tlio c3uutry would be so coafugod that liberal objects would be very mach hidden from sight. The quarrel would be 3,3 it WAR, too mach, last year, about 131311 more than abeat measure:;, and this tiaa 3 Lord DER B Y is in office, au 1 with Paris F mg - z)N in the back w,roand, appear s nuques ti l nably to great advantage, 03:nplrel with what he did last year. jor l3 ity l' af:rf L al lr l i p p ) a ss t i v hi s li a tias, surall that of a out a dissolution, place -3 11 1 i: imiritolait uude3irahl3. • Uncontrollabl e before, he would be in mffirable restaregl by sue'l mauls. If after hay.. inj„ jilted every claia of raformarg, ha no AT found them voting for him, he would think all nothing th ; 3 past cendoned. Of gratitude he would know Church Rate Abolitiouist4 wadi main fins that they had come from ail parts of the I.leit3l King dom only to be joked, and to learn that the falsahoodi of L)rd SHIFZENBIJItY'S committee of Laymce's It9port, had more weight than all the fuOds of abolitioois'.e. So it would be with all reformers who meant business. As to Parliamentary Reformers they would, of course, be told to wait for a grand bill—which, again, after Easter would be found literally blank paper. According to our last advices, however, we re peat that we regard the alternative as really being —a dissolution, or the carrying of Mr. DILLW YN'S amendment. We do not write thus merely to in timidate. If we thought the occasion worth a dissolution, we should be among the first to say vote for the right, and let the Government dissolve or not as it pleases ; we cannot, however, think the occasion one which justifies an appeal to the country, or that the country will think so. We could notblame Lord DERBY for trying the chance of strengthening his party in the Commons by an appeal to the electors, while his rival was de servedly unpopular ; but we should blame the " hundred and twenty," and all considerate libe rals, if they gave him the chance of doing it. THE SUN, LONDON, T.HU:RSDAY EVEN I'N G, MAY 20, 1858. THS SUNDAY CABAL.' We have reason to b2lieve that the Earl of Shaftesbury has consented to act as whipper-in for the Palcaerstonian faction in the House of Lords, and that in the event of Lord Palmerston being called upon to form an Administration, his noble son-in-law will b 3 appointed " Master of the Buckhounds,'' an office recently held by the Earl of Bessborough. The Jesuitical character of the C trd.well resolu tion has been frequently noticed, although it has not yet been explained. In our opinion the wall knomn PUSEYIS3I of the Right Honourable Cantle man will suifiliently account for the tortuous and disingenuous form; of the resolution which he has submitted to the house. Mr. Cardwell so signally failed in his opening speech, which called forth the well-merited sat casms of Sir Robert Peel, that we were for some time at a loss t) coac:,ive how it came to pass that the Cambridge House place-hunters ever en trusted their cause to the Right Honourable Gen tleman. We are now informed that the object of the conspirators was to establish their intrigue upon a wide ba3i3, and that as an Evangelical Peer was to advocat.3 their cause iu the House of Lords they tiloug'at it prudent to select a notorious Pasegite as their champion in the House of Commons. PA M'S PR leD ICA MENT. The 'CMQ Bottleholder and Letter withholder Perused the DaspAtohes of CANNING ; With quite as much honour the letters of Connor Were conned by the late Mrs. MANNING. The difference is this, bAwaen them and the wh—, Who swung from the Old B tiley rafter, Th'lt she cut th 3 throat of her victim b3fore, While, they cut their own throttl4s after. LA.TEST NEWS. THE AUST2ALIAN SHIP RED JACKET. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. It is reported iu the Underwriters' Room that the Red Jacket is on fire. Three days since, a fire having been discovered among the wool, a portion of it V 1.13 taken out and the hatches battened down, but the smell caused apprehensiou. She is now at anchor in the Mersey, and her gold is being got out. TRIES PE, MAY 18. Private letter 3 from Ragusa announce that the majority of the Montenegrins returned to their homes after dividing thei booty. Ode band, commanded by Vakulowitz, and assisted by the inhabitants of Grahovo and the neighbourhaod, pillaged and burnt several Turkish villages and blockaded Klobuck. It is positively stated that Hussein Pa. , 311a has iu his possesion an original declaration of the agent of Dsni!o, which leads to the belief that the attack of the Montenegrins on the 13th ,was nide during a suspension of arms agreed upon, and when the Turks were retiring from Grahovo on. lilobuck. BERLIN, MAY 19. According to the Zeit, the Porto has shown itself disposed to accept the proposition of Prussia, England, Franca, and Russia to settle the affair of Dtiontancgro by an amicable arrangement, and to submit the question of fixing the line of territory to a commission of the five Powers." MADRID, MAY 18. An accident has occurred on the Aranjuez Rail way, and the Minister of Public Works received s;.ane injury. Tae Marquis do Turget has taken leave of the Qieen, being about to proceed to France." FRANCE. PARTS, WEDNESDAY. The return of Count iiiigeon for the dvArtinent of the 119.ut It'Au is confirmed. The illonitear says that the Municipal Council of Paris has decide I that a medal commemorative of the birth of the Prince Imperial shall be given as a prize at the varioth public schools. " This gift," says the Government jortruatl, "has boon every where received with the liveliest gratitude. Tao principal &ij of the anis ion of NI. M tiro vich, adjutant to Prince Danilo, to Vienna is to endeavour to induZe the Austrian Cabinet to accept the Anglo-French proposition of haviaig, the conflict betwe m the Peat° and Montenegro arianged by the great powere. It was believed in Vienna that the Austrian Ca binet would not oppoSe the project provided it obt lined the support of the Porte. It is also said that M. Makovich is t endeavour to obtain par , mission for the Archima'idrite Nicanor to proceed to St Petersburg to be consecrated bishop. Nica nor was archimandrite at Zara • ho is an Austrian subjecl - ,, and the Governor of Dalmatia refuses him his passport, and requires him to be consecrated by the Patriancia of Garlowitz, in Croatia, where pre• vices Vlalicas of Montenegro uncLwent that ceremony. The success of M.,Migeon, who never dreamed that ho was a man of so much importance, is felt in every official quarter as vexatious and humiliating in the extreme. No Paris paper has ventured to allude to it ; and the illamitetcr it 4elf passes it over in complete silenc.% Toe thing is unprecedented since the establishment of the E npire. Verve is a man of no political weight or influence whatever, prosecute I by the Governnalmt on various charges, found guilty only on oie, viz., the unauthorised wearing of a decoration, which was an act of puelile vanity rather than a moral offence, just released from prison, foilha-dy eeough to start as candidate with th t whole of the form;dable machinery of the G overnmerat arrayed against him; Marshal Can robert stqoping into no field and summoning the electors of the district compriselin his Command to vote for his opponent; the Prefect issuing his ukase against him, tin sub prefects and mayors cajoling or intimidating ; am], greatest of ell, the military Minister of the Interior dictating his will to the department, and, rather inilec treusly it must to introducing the LIalTl3 of the Sovereign. himself; not to speak of the clergy, whom the Unieers and the Rsh 'p of Strasburg call upon to join the good c tuie;—yet M. Migeon defies, and blabs them all. This result is more serious than it the whole of the Depuuies electei for Paris blonged to the Mountain. It is now said that M. 11Zigeon incans to resign in at favour unrie rt, oa o ft f the s M. ma gentleman migeeodriep named aetil,i Gros, df avh bhith ici ei: case, utohtr,r be without taking his scat, the Government will pro bably start th) first equerry or crder:y officer they can conveniently lay hands on against M. Gros, though w . th no better chances of success. It will not be a matter of surprise if the defeat of the Go vernment candidate was avenged on the unfortu nate Prefect. BOURSE; May 19.—The following were the closing quotations 4 per Cents 93 - Credit Foncier I5o: end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 69 GO Do. end month 69 60 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier Do. Account 632 50 Belgian 4 Piedmonteso (5) -- Roman 931 Austrian - Spanish Threes Home Debt 3B RAILWAYS.—Fort CASH. Orleans Northern New Ditto 755 Strasburg Lyon and Mediteran. 747?- ; Grand Central — New Ditto 745 Sardinian Geneva RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of. the 10th says : " Official communications between the Cabinets of St. Paaisburg and Naples are just now very ani mated. They have been caused by a letter addressed by the King of Naples to the Emperor on the sub ject of his relations with the Western Powers, and particularly with Sardinia, with regard to the ques tion of the Cagliari. The reply has been sent off to NapleF, and it is stated that the Emperor Alex ander has recommended a policy of conciliation." SWEDEN. A letter from Christiania of the 9th says :—" The Government intends to request from the Legisla ture authorisation to contract on th 6 best conditions possible, either at Hamburg, London, or Paris, a loan of from 22,000,000 francs to 25,000,000 francs to pay off the money borrowed in England for the relief of Norwegian commerce in the late crisis, to buy up mortgaga bonds issued - by the State, and to construct railways. The government also intends to bring in a bill for allowing the import free of duty of all materials, timber excepted, which will be required for the rebuilding of parts of the towns of Moss and Christiania,- which were destroyed by fire. The Morgenbladet of this city publishes a table which shows that the financial situation of Norway, this year, is much worse than it was last year. The same journal states that several new bankruptcies have taken place at Bergen." AUSTRIA, A letter from Vienna in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin says :--"The deliberations relative to the affairs of Italy have been brought to a close. It is stated that the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian has obtained a triumph for his views, and that his personal power will be increased. Ho will thus be enabled to decide on many questions without pre viously referrin g to Vienna." M..Photino9,Chancellor of Moldavia, has just arrived at Vienna, said to be charged with a mis sion from Prince Vogorides relative to the desire of the latter to be nominated II ospodar of Moldavia ; and he had been received by Count Baol, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Giornale di Boma of the 12th announces the arrival of the King and Royal Family of Naples at Porto d'Anzio, as already stated by telegraph. It alto mentions the interview between those h•gh personages and the Pope and the presence of Don Sebastian, but it differs from the telegram in one particular, as it does not confirm the assertion that Queen Christina was present. METROPJLITAN COUNTIES AND GENE RAb LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. .~. The annual meeting of the shareholders in this prosperous undertaking was held on Tuesday after n on, at the Company's oflioes, Regent-street— H. P. Fuller, Esq., iu the chair. - Mr. CAmaoux, the manager, having read the notice convening the meeting, then read the follow ing rope: t : " The Directors of this Society have to report to its members, at the close of the tenth year of its operations, a continued steady progress of the business, notwithstanding the unfavoarable cironmstaaces which, during the past year, have affected all Assurance Societies. They have issued during the list twelve months 214 policies, assuring the sum of 80,9101. and producing an annual in come of 3,0501. 10 +. 10d. ; which* raises the annual income of the Society-to 19,57'21. 17s. tl. Twenty proposals have been declined, amounting to 9,65 Y., and there are now accepted and waiting completion twenty-two proposals for the sum of 8,975/. The ratio of the claims from the death of parties assured to the tot d income of the Society, con tinues of a satisfactory character, an .1 proves the soundness of the principle upon whick its operations have been con ducted, namely that of avoiding business of a speculative character, and assuring only healthy lives carefully selected: At the same time, as the Society grows older, the amount of claims paid must nec)ssarily increase, Daring the past year they have 'ism to 5,119/. 181. 6d. making a total paid since the commencement of the Society of 29,9721. 18s. Id., of which 3,500/. has boon covered by re-assurances. While your directors are perfectly satisfied of the healthy condi tion of the business of the Society, they are fully aware of the importance of giving every legitimate extension in their power to your operations, and with this view they have especially applied themselves, during the last six months, to increase the number of your effective agents. Tao measurea which they have adopted for this purpose have added very considerably to the number of agents employed by you, and from the influential position of many of these gentlemen, your directors anticipate a con siderable inerease in your business through their exertions.. The diminution in the number of competitors for Life As surance business, through the disappearance from the Sell of many of the societies which commenced their operations about the same time with y‘nir Society, or soon afterwards, is an encouraging circumstance to rte for the extension of your business, and can scarcely fail of being productive of advantage to you. In connexion with the exertions thus making to extend more widely the benefits of the Society, we would advert to the question which has bean raised in consequence of a recent legal decision, as to the effect of the death of an assured person within the days of grace allowed for payment of his premium, but without having paid it. The directors feel confi lent that they express the general feeling of the shareholders and other members of the Society, iu the determination to which they have come, to treat a policy under such circumstances as still in force, and pay the sum assured as in the ordinary course, deduct ing the amount due for the premium unpaid. They aro satisfied that the true interests of an Assurance Society are inseparably boun I up with 1110 confidence of the public, that no advantage will be taken. of accidental omissions to the prejudice of the assured ; and in order ti remove all doubt on this subject from the minds of your policy-hol ders, they intend to propose to you to-day to sanction by formal resolution the course which they have a lopted. Your directors have filled up the vacancy in the direction caused by the death of Admiral the Hon. George F. Hothatn, by appointing Charles Frans, E of th e l ions, 8 of Lords ant Commons, whose name will be submitted to you for approval according to the provisions of the Deed of Settlement. Henry Peter Fuller, E , Edward Van sittait N e eale, Kist., and Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, retire by rotation as directors, but losing eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly. Henry Peach Buckler, Esq an d John Soper Streeter, Eq., the audit ors o f th e Society , also rotire, but being eligible for re-election offer them selves accordingly." Th e CHAIM/AN, in moving, ttie reception and adoption of the report, reminded the elder m embers of the society then present, that when he had the honour of being first called upon Li 11;1 the c hair, some years since, he info med the mem bers that he had the greatest confidence in the undertaking, and was ce:tain it would ultimately do well, because the directors had started wieh tbe de'ermjgation Oat whether they acquired business sl )wly or quickly they would do .it in a manner that should lay the founda, deh of an Lusurance-office of a permanent and nourishing characte-. L ist year he informed the share :cars that he_ considered the society must go on nut only pregrwsively, but in an ,n -creased. ratio ; but neieher ho nor any one then present c3uld by possibility have anticipated The cloud of troubles that subsequently enshrouded they and commercial matters, both in this coun try and generally throughout the . civilised world. He was, however, proud to be able to infirm the shareh Aden and these who were insured in the Wile—, that the society had paesed through that., Clout of troubles with a continued' course, of prosperity, tho' not in that ratio he had anticipated, and which in all probabili y wou!cl have been the ease had it not been for the peri el of depression to which he had referred. _Choy ha 1, he was happy . to sly, passed through the crises safely and wet, and they might now look forward with confidence to future prosperity. (Hear, hear.) - Without ex iggaral.on, but speaking in the plainest way possible, ho could safely state that their prospects were essentially good, and they had learned one thing which they would constantly terry out--the recess ty of being more and mere c ireful of had lives. (Hear, hear.) The directors of the Metropolitan Counties and General Tele Insurance Society had always been extremely jea lous of bad lives, and thA course .of conduct heel been increased this 'year. Ploy intended en • all occasions to refuse. bad lives whatever mightbe the temptetioa held oat to them •: - ,o takt them--(ho ,r, hen ).—ani he could not bel . eve that any one connected with the society would th'n% the directors hid c 'me to a wrong co elusion ie that respect. (Hear.) Measures hid been taken dur ing the past year for inere tsiug the staff of .k;ents in tile country, and there was no do lb. - , that at t c next annual meeting ie wool!! be foun I they had made au advanced st towards grea ter prosperity. Still it should b e bone in mind that notwith standing the increased number of agent , , tho-' connected with the society should not remain idle or, supine, but on the conerary . continue t ir!e every exertion with their friends to induce them to insure in this office. The dice :tors would con tinue to use their utunz.t exeitiens among their friends, and the shareholders might calfident)r d the same, 13,c.iuse the soci , e.y was thoroughly and firra!y est tblish , d, and those who now j eined them would benefit by the bonus to be declared in about two years' time, which there was every reason to believe would be a very good one. (Hen., hear.) This was not positively what was cllled a mutual office, but it might be made so in the sense of every member mutually as sisting each other in advancing its prosperity and advantages. Mr. KING had much pleasure in seconding the motion, and also in cordially seconding what had fallen from the chairman a 3 to the extreme caution the directors had on all occasions manifested . in the management of the affairs of the company— .(hear, hear)—which was fully borne out by the results of 10 years' working. (Hear, hear.) Tire claims during this year had been exceedingly mo derate, being only a little over 5,0001., which was a cenvincingproof of the caution displayed by the direc tors in selecting heallhy lives for insurance. It was impossible for them last year to have foretold the commercial crisis that had undoubtedly affected every insurance institution—in many cases decreas ing the business 30, 40, and 50 per cent—that when he found that notwithstanding that crisis this society had done such a respectable amount of busi ness within the year, he ha 1 cause to congratulate the shareholders, and hold out hopes that in more prosperous times the amsunt would be doubled and trebled. Ho was happy to find the directors had the courage to spend a little money in the appoint ment of new agents in different parts of the country, because whether doing a great or a small business the house expenses were comparatively the same, and he congratulated himself to find that those expenses were now distributed over 20,0001. worth of business, instead of 5,0001. or 10,0001., when he first joined the society. Were they to increase their business to 50,0001. or 100,0001. the increase of expenses would be but trifling in comparison with the magnitude of such increase of business. He was convinced the company was so respectable and substantial that it only require i to be made known to become one of the first of its kind in the metropolis. The report was then unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the meet ing to a resolution about to be submitted to them for confirmation, relating to the non-repudiation of policies in the event of the premium not being paid within thirty days of grace. In point of fact, the resolution was unnecessary, because not ,one of the present directors would have attempted to have repudiated a policy under such circumstan ces ; but in order to satisfy the public, the direc tors had thought it right to propose the following resolution for the consideration of the meeting : " Resolver], that where an assured life shall die within the 30 days cf grace allowed for the payment of the re newal premium on a policy without the eai•l premium having been paid, the policy shall remain in f3rce, and the amount of such premium in arrear be deducted from the sum assured." Mr. VANSITTA.RT NEA.LE seconded the resolution. The effect of it, as stated, wasto give an assurance to the public in order to prevent calumny or doubts being cast on the intentions of the directors, as was too often the cass with regard to young and enter prising officers. It was therefore thought desirable to ask them by a formal resolution to sanction the course of policy which the directors' had hitherto adopted. (Hear, hoar.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said the society had greatly to regret the loss by death of the services of Admiral Honourable G. F. Isfahan], one of the di rectors. His loss they ail greatly deplored, but, as far as pcssible, it had been com pensated by the election by the directors of a gentleman to fill his place, who would in every respect be a benefit both to the board and the shareholders. That ,gentleman was Mr. Frere of the House of Lords and Commons, and he (the Chairman) asked the meeting to confirm that ap pointment. , Mr. G. CHAPMAN Eeconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. . _ Mr. G. CHAPMAN' said the next business was to e'.ect three directors in the room of those retiring ; and as those gentlemen were eligible for re-election, he galled upon the meeting to mark their sense of the manner in which they had hitherto discharged their onerous duties, by unanimously re-electing them. Theso directors had carried the society safely through ten . years, and as they were all satisfied with the • manner in which they had done it, he thought they could not do bat•er than re-elect them. • The affairs of the society wore admirably conducted, but yet, at,thi risk of being considered a grumbler, he mud; make a remark on eno point, mid that was the only point upon which he thought it possible for any one to raise a question. The CHAIRMA.N—Thu directors invite explana tion. • They are much pleased to see sliareholders feel an interest in the pr,ogress of the society. Mr. G. CHAYMAN—What he objected to was the large amount of money said to be in the hands of agents. - The CHAIRMAN explained. The amount Men tioned in the hauls of the agents did not repre sent that amount of actual money in their hands. The accounts Were made up monthly, when the receipts for the premiums wera forwarded to the different agents, they being immediately charged with them ; but it might be, and no doubt fre -quently was, the case, that the whole of the money had not bean collected by them when the accounts for the year were made up. There was no other way of charging it but as money in their hands. Mr. G. CHAPMAN considered the explanation per fectly satisfactory. He had much pleasure in proposing the re-election of the following gentle men :—Henry Peter Ful'er, Esq., Edward Vausit tart NealP, Eiq., and Sir Thomas Newby Reeve. Mr. J. OLIVER seconded the motion, and the retiring directors were unanimously re-elected. Mr. ICING considered the balance in the agent's hands a very moderate sum for the amount of business the office was doing. He had seen the balance-sheets of two insurance societies doing a small basinev, where the amount in the agents' hands was 2,5001. in one case, and 5,0001. in ano ther ; and he knew of a large company where the balance amounted to 12,000!. , He mentioned these circumstances to show that their agents held only s moderate amount in their hands. It was impossible for them to transact their business without allow ing some to be in tiJe hands of agents. He moved the re-election of the auditors, and the usual remu neration of 20 guineas for their services for the past year. Mr. °HAI:WAN seconded the resolution. He had - every confidence in the a,uditors. Tile motion was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN congratula ed the society on having secured the valuable services of two gen tlemen as auditors who would not deviate from the strictest examination of the .ac counts. The directors were happy in having such gentlemen appointed, because they desired that the accounts shou'd be unreservoJly audited. Mr. STREETER, one of the auditors, acknow ledgtd the compli men t. H e h o p e d th e auditors would be found to dischirge their duty as satisfac tory the -text ten years as they had done cluing the past. Mr. CHAPMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the directors, generally, for the great care they had taken in conducting the affairs of the cimpany. He hal loam connected with it sin.c3 its formation, and, could speak with confidence t) their abilities and desire to promote the interests of the society. Under-their direction it had prospered, and he had no doubt it would continuo t) prosper. • Mr. HAY se.3onded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. • The CHAIRMAN, in return, thanked the meeting for their renewd,expressien of good-will toward,* the dite:ctors. hal studie r the interests of the shareholders and policy-hollers, and had looked upon those interests as one, and that course they should continue to adopt. Every year's experience gave them an insight into lives they should and should not insure, which they inrend.ed to act upon. They wouli endeavour to enlarge the sphere of their operations cautiously arid safely ; in proof of which they had not appointed egents in those parts of the kingdom with which it was not considere 1 desirable to be connected. The shareholders might rest satisfied the; every director would use his interest to promote the .prosperity of the society, and give the shareholders and policy-holders satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. FULLER proposed a vote of thanks to the manager and officers connected with the so ciety. The manner in which they disch arge d th e i r respec ti v e duties refleeted Vie highest credit on them, and tended not only to raise the society in the ostinir&on cf th public, but to increase its usefulness. _ _ Mr. STREETER had gr,•at plea:inn) in second ing the motion, and spoke of the satisfact manner in which the accounts were kept. The resolution was ca ,- ried unanimously. Mr. CAmaoux returnel his sincere thanks and those of his brother cfficer3 to the nveting for the very kind manner in which the resolution had b3en proposed and received by the meeting. The last time he had the .honour of aldresiing them he expresel a hope that they should have made m .re rapid pro4ress titan they had dme during the pa,,t year; but it, was to the circumstances that had arisen in c :n uection with the commercial world that it hal not b2e.irealiied. He, however, frus!ed they might this y , qtr be more successful. He felt certain ifthey had ten times the amount of busi rpss to transact, it would be readily and cheerfully done by the officers in connection with the society. A vote of thanks* to the - chairman teaninated the proceedings. It is n) means unlikely that the secceim of the Mon tenegrins, who are said to be about 15,000 strong, will inducj the C3ristiai:e in the Ilerz.govina and Bosnia to rise en mane against the Turks. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Obis Day.) THAMES. STEALING A SHIP'S LIGUTNING CONDI:MTGE.—John Mahoney, an Irish labourer, of No. 9, Harris's-court, Brook-street, Rateliff, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with dealing 1 lb. and 14 ounces of copper wire, part of the lightning conductor of the ship Harriet, lying in the West India Dock. Cnarles Douglas, a dock constable, said he stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the dock at the principal gateway yetrerday morning, and found 1 lb. 14 ounces of new copper wire. Tne prisoner said he picked it up, and that was all the information he could get from him. Mr. Williant Langley said he represented the owners of the ship Harriet. Tie wire produced was part of the lightning conductor of the ship. The whole of the conductor was gone, and it was worth 301. Mr. Selfe—Thcre is no evidence whatever that he took the remainder of the wire. Mr. Cangley—l believe he has taken it away piece meal. There were 50 yards of it, and the ship is now without a lightning conductor. Mr. SElfe—How came the prisoner on board the Harriet ? Mr. CangToy—He way employed on board as a labourers at one guinea per week. Mr. Seife—HOw much is owing to him. Mr. Cangley—Only three days wage p. Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had committed a very mis chievous and dishonest act, and fined him 20s. for the unlawful possession of the copper wire found upon him, and in default of payment 14 days imprisonment. Mr. Cangley asked if he was bound to pay the three day's Rages awing to the prisorer ? • Mr. Selfe—No, you are not, he has committed an act of dishonesty. MARKET NEWB.—(This Day.) lIETROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Although the supply of beasts in to-day's market wag very moderate, the demand for all breeds ruled very lase' tive, at Monday's quotations. There was a fair show of sheep, and the mutton trade was rather heavy, except for the primest old Downs, at unaltered currencies. We had a dull sale for lambs, the supply of which was by no means extensive, at a decline of 4d per 81b3. From the Isle of Wight 320 head came fresh to hand. Thera was an im proved sale for calves, at very full prices: Pigs and milch cows were dull, but not cheaper. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. a. d. I a. d. 8. Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Prime Sonthdown 4 4 4 6 Secend qiutlity....3 4 3 6,Le.rge crse. calves 4 0 , 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 O'Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, doe. 4 2 4 4 Large hogs Inferior Shoop ...3 2 3 6 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 3econd quality ...3 8 4 o,3xzekling ealves 19 0 23 0 Prieto erse.-wlled.4 0 4 21Quarter old pigs 10 0 22 0 Lamb, 5s 8d to es Bd. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 912 Sheep and lambs Calves ,.... 380 Pigs 3lO FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts 6O Sheep and lambs .. 2OO Calves 250 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The demand for 00 011 kind of meat ruled inactive ' as follows : —Beef, from 3a Od, to 4s 03 ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5a Od, to 0 0 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 83 ; Pork, as 2d to 4s 2d per 81ba by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 19.—The supplies of stock hero to -dap were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled inactive , as follows:—Beef, from 3s 4 I to 43 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 61; Lamb, 6s Od to Gs 8d ; Veal, 3s 81 to 4s 103; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 01 per 81bs, to sink the offal. • ROXFORD, May 19.—We had a steady trade here to' day, at fall prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mat' ton, -3; 4d to 4s Gd; Lamb, 6s 01 to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s 01 to 6s 01; Pcrk, 3s 81 to 4s 4d per Slbs ; Store Pigs, —s to ; Milch Cows, 141 —s to 171 —s ; Lean Cows, —1 to —i; Suckling Calves, 17a to 213 each. HAY MARKETS SMITEIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 108 to 41 0.1; clover, 31 10a to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 Ss per loao. A dall trade. CIISIBERLIND. —Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 2s ; clover, 3/ 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 6s to 11 93 per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. WHITECKAPEL.—Meadow, hay, 2/_ 10s to 41 Os; clover, 31. 103 to Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8a Tor loaf• Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. LLOYD'S ERlF'Piliti'.--(lVs Day.) LONDON, May 20. —Wind this day at noon, W.' light breeze and fine. FALMOUTH May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Edgool a Ablasund, for Havannab, with foretopatast and jibbooat carried away. OFF QUEENSTOWN, May 19.—Arrived—Alice, from Demerara, and proceeded for London. QUXENzTOWN, May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Falcovf from Callan ; George Rivers, Callao; Templar,from B 4 1" badoes. CHATHAM', • May 19.—Arrived—Abboylaud, from COWES, May 19.—Arrived--L. von Loolandorff, frora CARDIFF, May 19. —Wind N. W.—Sailed—Rober t B.►rker, for Panama. DARTMOUTH, May l9.—Wind W.—Arrived—J( l ° l.e ' from Sierra Leone. Sailed—City of Manchester, for Gi b : raltar and Algoa Bay. MILFORD, May 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Patona, Liverpool, for Honolulu, with mate disabled, and havia been struck by a heavy sea the same day, off Waterford ; Flora, ditto, for Bombay, with master sick. CRONgTADT, May 15.—The ship Burgeimeister Peterset from Newea,itles, got on shore on th e Northern Reef, 011 Tolbuken, and is in a d angerous p os iti on , b u t s till tight' An agreement has been entered into to get her off. LIVERPOOL, May 20. Wind W.—Arrived—Ea a a Jacket, from Melbourne, with 46,000 ounces o f gold a ° 2;,030 sovereigns. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOZL, Thursiay Morning• Wind W. Arrived, May 19. —Rome, from Saavnnah Bri tish Queen, screw steamer Havre; Scamander, screw steame r ' Alexandria; ; Juno, Pillau; Pelican, screw steamer, 1 0" terdatn; Emilie, St. Übes. Arrived, May 20.--Ilatokah, from Savannah ; Charl es Thompson, Charleston ; Spey, Licata ; A g l ae , Seville Poca Holitas, New Orleans. "SJUTHAMPTON, Thursday Wind W. Arrived— Swanazo; from Swanage ; Despatch steame r, Jersey. S.iled.--Ocean, for Newport ; •Alli ance , s t ea met,. o f f Havre; Courier, steamer, Jersey; Lewellyn, Cardiff. --- (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning' Wing W. ; tide three-hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, May 19—Ide, from Leghorn. Arrived May 20.—West Charton, from Faro ; ; Cesar, Terceira; Oriental, Bassi en ; K ate , Snlyri; Wave, Dantzic; Schiedam, and Earl of Au c kland, 10 . terdat.n ; D3rwent, steamer, Palermo; Holland, Oaten' BaronoJy, Antwerp. DEAL, Thursday Morning' Wind W.N.W., mod rate. Passed—James Holmes, and FtHefty, barque, for 14 ° 11. don ; Wilton, Jamaica. Sa, , lad—Lord Ashley, Chester, Alma, Wave, Emerfad° Mizab, Northern Light, Western Cnief, Constanti n e t Porisins, Palestine, Seltice, Millicent, with nearly l b whole of the outward bound. The French naval squadron in the Pacific is about t: be reinf ced. The command of the squadron has.P . been givers to Commander Saice t. Instructions have been sent from Paris to B a ron'Ore in Chins, to treat with the Imperial Co mm i ss i on er wit h ' out going t >Pekin. The Chinese C omm i ss i on er holu• pr t m h o Og e e ran r eti a opo nk vroyet re , ef nt to the Prince, ivaptrpihelesi eddt andi ogdignity with citoymamol lfutnhticonsequentlyect,ael)t necessary e a: gsi i ait t i rhoyhwhi and not yri b r e ee o d e, s : The Impetueuse, F renc h s t eam -f r i ga t e , left power s. Touon O n 17th for Alicante, to escort Qv:ten Isabella duria her voyage to Valencia. The St. Petersburg Gazette of the 15th inst. announce: that the navigation at Cronstadl, at Narva, and Ry bi° l (on the V,Age) is now open. It is not yet decided that the Paris Conferences 0 111 meet on the 20th as proposed. tbe C tent Walowaki and Lord Cowley are amongab - .0 earliest invited to Fontainebleau. The court circle Rill be bnaley: Pyrenees-Ori e ntates eoenmased f_hEotyTshl considerable. Da t ia e h uot n e tutaais 2 vi ie 2 oei isg d H . ll. •BA, d, t l ao a rj ahi t lmo e r - s ,ha S izo T po t e ° h ,d : es Riviera. The iiurnal adds : An idea may be forio' i s of the quantity of hail which fell at Perpignan wh e ,:to r lz 0 r in nei t i h h e a ff e i is stated that it required more than ten large 031* do m carry away what uas swept up in the small Plac e zapultiati.lartat—tr, particularly ,!ae days st h asutgroaor vie tpt: d ivico_ ti Col ego." DEATH or ANOTHER HArRLoCIL—We regret o f to record the death of Lieutenant C. W. Haveloc i k, oo . the Ghoorka Re g iment, n e phew to th e l a t e Major ( 1 00 , rat Havelock. He belonged to Sir E. Legard's c o l which marched to the support of Azithghur some 6 00 , time ago. It appears that on marching out ofJaill' Sit a large body cf rebels were on the pi vine to atta r Edward in the rear on his approach to Azinaghtif; bias caused the Col:inel to alter his plans, and compell." W wle before proceeding further to disperse this body, su' ir . wal hunting up these fellows poor Lieutenant Havel° ° , - o at ."- shot from a hut in an Obscure village. Havelock of Goruekpore and Azinaghur at the time of the Inu7i'boe• •; he 12th Irregulars, of which he was adjutant. has been before went up a volunteer with his uncles n o reti been before Lucknow ever since. His fate is ( f t pito by all who knew him. Hie remains were Jaunt ore and buried there.—Delhi Gazette, Acrivio. LOUD CANNING'S EXPLANATION OF THE C° l4 ciou btt TION CLAUSE.—Determined to leave nothing in m eat he Governor-General has instructed the Gose!,* ll do Secmary to address to the administration cf u.:i, 1 0 c hs. despatch explanatory of his Proc'amation. t u =patch we ate told—lot, That "this proclamation„ dressed to the chiefs and inhabitants of Oade• „iio o With respect to those who are free from the,:ufy,booo of having put to death or injured Europeans; " :that .nen their lives are guaranteed and their honour; ..t ei is, in native acceptation, they will neither be trausr,bo .-terosa seas bor placed in prison." 3d. That these s, ' o u t surrender and give security for their peaceable bei,lls9ioo may be allowed to go home ; but that " the res to return to their homes mast not be considered a . ; fo r ostblment of them in the possession of their lands 'will the deliberate disposal of which the Government preserve itEel unfettered."—Daily News. 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