The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-07 00:00:00

nu MAJESTY'S THEATRE. DON GIOVANNI. O n TUESDAY next , May 11, will be prese nted Mozart's thof d'oeuvre, DON GIOV NNI. Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens • Donna Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani ; Zerli na Piecolome this season ini ; Don Giovanni, S ello, ig yor Beneven t a no (Ids first appearane); Lepor Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Signor Aldighieri ; II Commenda tore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglini. To increase the effect of the majestic finale of the Ist act, Including the chorus, " Viva In liberta," all the principal artistes of the estab ishment have consented to lend their assistance. In addition to the music restored last year, Madlle. Titiens will sing the grand aria, " Crude le. Ah no mio bone," hitherto omitted. On Thursday, May 13, (Extra Night), will be repeated IL TROVATORE. Leono - a, Madlle. Titiens; A zucena, Madame Alboni (her ild appearance this season) ; Maurice, Signor Giugliei ; Fer nude, Signor Vialetti ; and Il Conte di Luna, Signor Aldi- Oise. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, by Si. ltassot, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and X. Durand. Friday, May 14 (Extra Night), DON GIOVANNI will be repeated. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S TH.EATRE.— LES HUGUENOTS. BY DESIRE. TO-MORROW (Saturday), will be repeated Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LEi HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Matidle. Titie ns ; Raoul di tries, Signor Giu g lini After which, will b 3 produced the new Ballet, by M Minot, entitled FLEUIR , DES CHAMPS. The principal parts by Madlles. Pocchini, Annetta, and M Durand. The Opera will commence at half•past 7 o'clock. A limited number of boxes have been reserved to the pub Prtee 21e. and 31s. 6d. each, which may be had at the Bei-office at the Theatre. --------- --,"'.---- THEAT L RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET essee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with Skakespere's co. , •dv of TUT L , r 1 - ni rr TarrAurn. a.... ,--,.., ~ 4.5.-cooes, Mr. : uckstone ; Viola, Mrs. Charles Young. After which a C'assical Extravganza,, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Concluding wit's JOHN JONES. 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 Boxes 3 6 Upper Boxes. . . _. ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 rt . ..... • Gallery I.IOYAPLpr.Rt IN or, mi ?E ch SS' I S s T K HEATR E ean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the new farce, entitlea SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be presented (for the third time at this theatre), the romantic musical drama of GUY MANNERING. Meg Merrilees, Madame Celeste ; Dandle Dinmont, Mr, B. Webster. After which, the second act of THE CALIPH Or BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedfod, J. Bland, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. STRAND THEA.TRE.—Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening wi►l be presented the COUNTRY SQUIRE, sunported by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Charles, F. Seymour, Me ►greson, Misses M. Oliver, M. Ternan, Portma , , and Messrs Selby. After which, the new burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO ; or, The Beauty and the Brigands. Fra D avolo, Miss Swan borough ; Beppo, Mr C. Young. -Followed by a new Ftrce, YOUR LIKENESS, ONE SIILLING. Messrs. Charles Young, Ray, and Miss M. Terms. riANTERBURY HALL, Westminner-road.— V) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the pe-formance 0 . Salections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS. drc., viz.:—Miss Russell, Kra. Badzey. %figs Brn ,ell Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; lorr F. Jonghmans, Mr. cieushaw, J. Barker W, Melling, Senor An onio, E L. Him°, Mr. Badzey, Mr . Edwards, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and %fr Ber.iard • Messrs. T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchqeld, John G. Forde, and E. Mackley. Piano:orte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master illiams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans, rommence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dre., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening. Mr, WOODHOUSE (by permission of Ch tries Rean, Esq ) will have the honour of introducing, every evening. his highly successful Performance on tho now REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN Onnoic, MAY 7. lIVERMONETNII, IN THE &lAD& Vk---'lo3W'ts4 Win uzuruaug atm austus 51—this day at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. BAROMETER, 30.41. WIND, EaAterly ; fresh and cold, with cloudy weather, en I sunshine occasionally. Tsts DAY—liorn., 6 min. aft. 8 -Even., 59 mtn aft. 8 TO•MoRBOW —Morn., 26 min. aft. 9 -Even., 1 min. aft. 10 r_F:r C Qi 14 ,v • - c-§4 4 84 .v - 4,4? LONDON, F RIDAY, MAY 7, 1858. It appears that the independent Liberal Mem bers of Parliament are by no means disposed to be marched through Coventry with either Lord PALMERSTON or Lord JOHN RUSSELL. They feel, bitterly feel the contumelious neglect exhibited towards them personally. And they see that the measures to which they attached great importance have a much better chance of success under Lord DERBY than under either of the Whig leaders. Tney have no extraordinary desire to restore the old cliques, consisting of members of the lucky families. They are by no means anxious to have Sir CHARLES WOOD at the head of the Exchequer, the Admiralty, or the India Board, to give L ,rd CLLRENDON the opportunity to serve petty conti nental despots, or to enable Sir G. C. LEWIS to grind the over-burdened tax-payer in order to maintain a sinking fund to pay off old liabilities. The influential meeting on Wednesday, at which 120 gentlemen attended, proved that the Liberal party are no longer to be misled by specious fal lacier or pompous platitudes. They will hence forward look to " measures, not men," and give all parties the fair play to which they may be entitled. It was the Whig Cabinet that " baffled" the attempts at reform. Lord DERBY has at once given up the property qualification, one of the most vexatious and indefensible abuses of the old law, and there is every reason to believe that a large and comprehensive measure of reform will be introduced next session, far better than that which was promised by Lord PALMERSTON, but no inkling whereof was suffered to ooze out ; and which, indeed, it was admitted, had not even been prepared by the Government twice pledged to its introduction ! The Liberal members have now elected a Whipper-in, Mr. FORSTER., M.P. for Walsall, and another gentleman will doubtless be found to assist him in his labours. This is a movement in the right direction,—one indispensable to the effi ciency of the united band. The old fable of the bundle of sticks might have taught these gentle men the propriety of such a step, long since, and, now that it has been adopted, we may reasonably anticipate that the Independent mem bers w.ill carry with them far greater weight and influence. They will now teach a salutary lesson to the old " family" parties, and show them the necessity of infusing new blood into any Government that may henceforward be consti tuted. It will ne ver again do to merely shuffle the old pack and produce the same names in different offices. The Whig Leaders may be well assured that if they do ED AV" they will speedily have t o cut from Downing-street and its pleasant offices. The Liberal party acted wisely in not insisting o n any specific mea sures. Their first dut y is t o estab that ha s lish a proper organ isation, and when teen effected all other points will follow in its train, $5 sooa as they have discovered the true value c f judicious combioation. One thin', at lealit is certain, that the thunder. ings of the Times, and the shrill squeakings of its puny followers, will not induce those deserving of the name of Liberals, to enter on a factious course, or to sacrifice the interests of the country in order to reinstate Lord PALMERSTON in Down ing-street. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, MAY 5. The Pressc d' Orient says that the Porte persists in its resolution not to allow the treaties to be sub mitted to the Greek tribunals, but that it does not threaten Greece with any rupture, even a coma er- Never was a Peerage more fairly earned than hat which is about to be conferred on Sir COLIN cial oue. ----- ------ __ CAMPBELL for_ his pre-eminent services in India. The addition of such a member will confer even more honour on the House of Lords than on the victorious General. It is owing to his indefati gable energy and unflinching bravery, combined with the utmost prudence, that the Indian Empire has been saved, and the British supre macy completely re-established. He followed in the track of able men. HAVELOCK and 017 TRAM, Letters from Persia, of April 3, state that 30,000 Pt rsians bad beaten the Turcomans, and were laying siege to their capital. The English envoys were expected. VIENNA, MAY 5. The Turkish frigate Feizi-Bahri, with Fuad Pacha on board, arrived at Trieste yesterday. He is expected at Vienna to-day, on his way to Paris, to take part in the Conferences. WILSON and GREATHED, NICHOLSON and NEILL, and many others, were efficient pioneers who paved the way for his brilliant triumphs. But had there been any mistake or failure on his part, the fruits of their indefatigable labours and in domitable courage might have slipped from our hands. But he was fully equal to the emergency. He did not leave the smallest opening for censure to the most captious critic. One of his highest claims to distinction was the wise economy of his soldiers' lives, while he omitted nothing which ought to be done, and did nothing that ought not. Wbe done. He regarded his soldiers even more than himself, and was less chary of his own existence than of that of the humblest soldier under his command. Such a man was natu turany raoliseu oy nis followers. They would go anywhere with the man in whom they had implicit confidence. There was nothing too desperate to be undertaken, for they could not fail under his auspices—the word "im possible" being erased from their vocabulary. His very name was worth "ten thousand men, armed all in proof,"—for while it inspired our men, it struck terror into the rebels. It is right that such a man should receive a suitable reward ; and a peerage, with a handsome pension, which will doubtless be added, is a step in the right direction—an instalment of the debt, which will eventually be fully liquidated. But there is another honour that ought to be conceded. Why should not our best general be elevated to the highest military rank ? Why should not Sir COLIN CAMPBELL be made a Field-Marshal, with alt the pay and allowances belonging to the posi tion ? Since the time of the Iron Duke there is no man who has better merited the distinction. Lord DERBY is entitled to just credit for his prompt recognition of these inestimable services. He has not procrastinated until death has intervened, and deprived the tribute of respect and admiration of its value. We earnestly hope that the Hero of Lucknow will be spared to enjoy the honours and rewards that will be showered on his head ; and we are convinced that every man throughout the length and breadth of the land, while admitting that "he won them well," will j9in in the fervent aspiration that "he may wear them long." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moniteur, in its official columns, publishes a long list of new appointments in virtue of the recent measure of Gen. Espinasse, Minister of the Interior. These new appointments include seven secretaries-general of prefecture, 19 vice-prefects, and 32 members of the Council of Prefecture. The Emperor yesterday presided over a Council f Ministers at the Tuileries. Priace Jerome was present at it. " The idea is still said to prevail," says the Tou lonnais, " of placing Prince Napoleon at the head of the French Mediterranean colony, only with out the title of viceroy, as was at first stated. He will be named Governor-General, Lieute nant of the Emperor. His Majesty has ap pointed a commission, composed, it is said, of two Councillors of State, of General de Salley and of M. Chaix-d'Est-Ange, Procureur-General a.b aie p.....;barged to draw up, a decree on the subject. The , object or rrince Napoleon, in proceeding to Algiers in quality of lieutenant of the Emperor will be to impart in creased activity to agriculture, to give an impetus to railway works, and to direct toward Algeria the tide of emigration which has been fur some years running towards America, Rio Janeiro, and Texas. ' The following is the text of the bill on the illegal s.seumption of titles, as adopted by the committee of the Legislative Body and the Council of State: — "Art. 250 of the Penal Code is modified as follows : Any person who shad publicly wear a costume uni form, or decoration to which he has no right, shall be punished by imprisonment of from six months to two years. Any one who without right, and with the view cf attributing to himself an honorary distinction, shall publicly assume a title, or shall change, alter, er modify the name assigned to him in the public registers, shall be fined from 500 fr. to 10,000 fr. The tribunal shall order mention of the judgment to be made in the margin of the deeds or registers in which the title shall have been unduly taken or the name have been altered. In all the cases provided for by the present article, the tribu nal can order, at the expense of the condemned, the in sertion of either the whole or part of the judgment in Ruch journals as it may designate.' " Three printers were yesterday tried before the Tribunal of Correctional Police for contraventions against the law. M. Craig was condemned by default to 1,000 f., for having omitted to deposit a copy of a number of the journal Eclairage au Gaz ; M. Aubusson, to 2,0001. fine ft r nut having depo sited numbers of the .Moniteur des Voyages and Plustracion Hispana et Americana ; and M. Langlet to 2,0001., for omitting ihe deposit before princtng off a bolero entitled Zarah. The official account of the masses celebrated at the Tuileries, the Invalides, &c., in commemora tion of the death of Napoleon 1., appears in the Moniteur. BOURSE, May 6.—The following were the closing quotations :- 4} per Cents 93 25 Credit Foncier Do. end month 93 30 Belgian 41 - 3 per Out. ..... ... 61 55 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month 69 85 Roman 9l Bank Shires . ...... 3425 Austrian Credit Mobilier ... 782 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 785 —; Home Debt .. '— RAILWAYS.• Orleans Northern New Ditto 770 Lyon and Mediteran. 782. New Ditto , Geneva The " property qualification" is doomed. The Government has gracefully assented to the intro duction of Mr. LOCKE KING'S bill, and cordially concurred in its aject. " The mockery and de lusion" will thus be abolished, even during the present session. The specious pretext of waiting for a general measure was not insisted on. It was notorious that any person could get a ready " cut and dry" qualification at a certain price, 1001. for a knight of the slake, and 501. for a citizen or burgess. Any man could easily pro cure this colourable independence, not one shilling -FOR CASIL Midi Western 6lO Strasburg Grand Central Ssrainian Austrian SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 2d have reached us in due course. The &nate had at last adopted by 57 votes to 24 _the bill relative to the erection of proceeded to discuss the bill relative to the levy of 25,000 men. In the Congress, the Minister of Fi nance in answer to a que•tton said the Government would have no objection to crantnuoicAte to the Chamber .he paper s relative tothe convention with the Holy See for the restitution of the property of the clergy. It was said that Queen Christina had resolved to make a valuable present to M. Cur tins, as a recompense for his services in defending her. • •• et 1• his creditors in the event of his bankruptcy or insolvency. It was only conscientious men who would have been really useful members, and who were too high-minded to perjure them selves, that were excluded. The regulation had palpably failed in effecting the object for which it was created, and, according to the time-honoured apothegm, "cessante ratione, cessat lex," the rule itself should be abolished. AMERICA. Besides, there should not be different laws for different parts of the United Kingdom. In Scot land no property qualification is required, yet the members for Scottish constituencies are fully as respectable as any others ; and we believe that there is not a single one of the number who could not produce a bona fide qualifi cation. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, • --- - - - LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The City of Washington, screw steam-ship, Cap tain P. C. Pe , rie, now carrying the American mails, arrived in the Mersey this evening, with New York dates to the 24th ult., bringing 221 pa.sen gers, but no specie The Royal Mtil steamship Canada was at Hali fax on the 231, and the 6.+x»iia, 'row. hamburg and Southampton, arriv: d on the 2Oih. Ajo nt res ion had been introduced into Congress, authorising the President to take mi a sures to obtain frJm Paraguay reparation for the forcible seizure of the steamer" Water Wi.eh. This s'ep is c ursicler ed an authorisation to declare war against Parguay. The Kansas Conference Committee have for warded their rep ,rt. It makes the admission of Kansas in•o the union under the Lecompron Cot:- stitution dew nd on the a cceptance of a land ordi nance to be submitted to a popular vote. In the event of the rej-ctinn of the proposition, provision is male for the foundation of a new constitution. The instructions to the Aniercau Minister in China have b-en published. They show that the extension of tlaeir commerce and the pro , eAton of their citizens are the objects aiined at. Mr. Reed is auttionsed to co-operate with England as far as necessary. Latest advices from Mexico state that affairs were much the same as previously reported. The revo lution in Ven,zuela had been completely successful. The people were debating what to do with M nagas, who is accused of robbing- the Treasury of 17,000,000 dollar a. The members for the 'Universities are similarly situated, and surely no one would say that the representatives of Oxford, Cambridge, or Trinity College, Dublin, are not fit and proper persons to occupy seats in the House of Commons. The (Hest sons of Peers, and even of persons having 20,0001. Government Stock, were eligible, while a barrister or physician, merchant or banker, although fairly earning and paying In come-tax on ten or twelve thousand per annum would be excluded. This palpable absurdity will now be abolished, and it is worthy of n. tice that it is by the Government of IDrd DERBY that the first point of Parliamentary Reform since the modern Magna Charts has been granted. After all, the privilege really belongs to the constituency, and not to the individual whom they may select as a suitable exponent of their wishes and opinions in the popular branch of the Legislature. If any man can, without resorting to corrupt or undue practices, obtain a mijori ty of votes, he should be entitled to take his seat ; and even if two or three Ultra-Radicals (as they are called) or Chartists should find places, it would be far better that they should do so than that they should be enabled to propagate revolu tionary doctrines out of doors. In the House they would speedily find their level. Their sting would be extracted, while outside they might be really dangerous, Money at New York most plentiful. Stocks were doll, but not lower. Exchange same as last reports d. The Cotton market had advanced three-quarters to seven-eighths of a cent., vnd at New ()Heine, on receipt of the Arigo's news, one-half cent. The Canada's arrival bad checked sales awaiting her ad vices. The breadstuffs m trket was affected in the ma we manner. Tne provision market was buoyant. Freights unchanged. ROY AL YACHT SQUADION INTELLI- GENOE. There is but little danger that the aristocratic members would find many fustian coats, or fianm.l jickets, " coming between the wind and their nobility." Men must have more valuable quali fications than the nominal possession of 3001. a year to obtain a majority of the suffrages of an independent constituency, and if they can fairly obtain the " most sweet voices" of the voters, they should not be excluded for any other cause. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 6. The annual general meeting of the members of the Squadron will be held at the Th:►tched-house Tavern, on S tturday, when there are 12 noblemen and gentlerren to be elected members, and the different sailing matches to he settled for the com ing season. There are a number of yachts fitting out, but we have only four in the Roads at preseur, viz. : The E.lrl of Yarborough's schooner yacht Zoe ; R. Stephenson's, Esq., schooner yacht Titania ; -- Wyse's, Esq., !Urania ; F. D. P. Astley, Esq., Camilla. _ _ MR. HOWARD GLOVER'S ANNUAL CONCERT. The following yachts are fitting out and about Mr. Howard Glover will give hie annual mornin Columbine, b Capt. the station ;—The Gipsy Quetn, Sir H. Bold Hoghton, Bart. ; Rattlesnake, R. Duff, Esq, ; concert for the people, at Drury Lane, on Wednesday g next, May 12, and the goodly array of names entered on B 'ring ; Wiqz'ar;d, R. H. Smi.h Barry ; Eugenie, rd Frankland, Esq. ; Lavreck L )rd Colville ; his list of artistes leads us to believe that the performance Aurora, G a ee, Le s Marc e hant Thomas, gq. ; Gloriana, will be of that superior and popular class which tends J. Sir John R _ ,yi,y, s i f vß rl , cp t.e L pii ie ,i ti d t. , -C E o g l g o . n ; el N C y h i.n ar p l i e ) : to charm the senses and elevate the taste, without taxing members lia r v e e am visit G ec; one superfluous funds too extravagantly. Mr. Glover E B th e e n s t t q u l c i a k .. , Eq. Yarborough, has already secured the services r f Miss Dolby, Madame ri ( 1 1 . ,: ; M u n:, th F i . s R w„ M kc a :_ ge rr u h is e , E. N. Harvey, Es Rudersderff, Madame Weiss, Miss Louisa Pyne, Sims dro„11"HfO)11"itig k) l ; . , hin lEi h au t li e lton, R. Reeves, Mr. Weiss, Herr Reichardt, and numerous other Eons , nby, Lord Dal co.,q , Bart., powerful auxiliaries—the instrumentalists comprisiog keith, Lord Colville .' FaPPt.. Cep'. Radcliffe, Esq , Miss Arabella Goodard, M Swinton, Signcr Mandeg- G. Bentiuck, Esq., AL p , E‘q., and C. Alexander, ger, and th e a bl e Cmduutor M. B3ne&ct. Aeon; the Fraulslan I, E , q., Sir Tht;mas d most interesting events t f the morning will be th- first , -- Wyse, MARRIED.-011 the stii inst., at S. Mary ' s appearance in public of the Muses Rowcroft, daughtt.rs Church, Weet Cowes, by the Rev. J. B. Atk mol of the late Mr. Charles Rowcroft, who was we'! known ' E. D vim, Esq., of Swansea, to Eliza Jane Caroline ' as a talented and indti.tr . • iota worker in the paths . a eldest dauguier of P. F. Blued, Esq., of Grant! light literature. While by these thereverseof fortuneex erienced P ham House, Cowes, and late of Badeumbe Court, young ladies may excite our sympathy, we have just reason for bel i eving D evon here. 1 that their sterling qualifi - THE SEASON.—The young wheats, oats, and cations. an vocalists • dially wieh, tlieeae , :i . i . c a l a i m our support, and we cor- barley lo,)k well ; the grass pr MiSO3 a good crop ; career they have entered on ia the ardueus profeesional the fruit trees arc loaded with. blossom; and there i is.every prospect of heavy crops of all sorts, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY E V ENING, MAY 7, 1858. ROYAL ACADEMY. (SECOND NOTICE.) As the absence cf Messrs. Millais and Goodall from among the ranks of the Associates, and of Sir Charles Ea4tlake, together with Messrs. Dyce, Herbert, and Maclise from among tho, , e of the the Royal Academicia s, cannot but be most deeply regretted in the midst of the otherwise almost. un alloyed pleasure derived from the present remark able and superb Exhibition, it is but just to add at once that for the regrets excited by their collec tve omission from the Catalogue of Exhibitors, we are wondrously consoled, we had almost said amt ly compensated, by the extraordinary development of the genius, or rather, it should be mere accurately expresse,l, perhaps the as onishing advance made in its revelation, in the instance of one or two other Associates, and in that of several others, of the Myra Academicians. Beyond all question, to our thinking, the Picture of the Exhibition is Mr. Frith's great painting of " The Derby Day." It is undeniably his master piece. It is as undeniably a grand national work of art—reflecting the "living manners as they rise," reflecting them as in a glass, the very mirror of genius held up to Nature, avivid representation of " Ye Manners and ye Customes of ye Englishe" in this nineteenth century. It is worthy of a coun tryman of Hogarth, worthy of an artist who wit nessed the closing scenes of the life of Wilkie, worthy of an observer who enjoys with the rest of us the delight of being a contemporary of Charles Dickens and Makepeaca rhackeray. Here, on this comprehensive ctsnvass of William Powell Frith, R.A., future times will find pourtrayed vividly, exquisitely, the English as they actually are now-a-days. The persons introduced upon the scene are of all chases and ranks iu the soci 1 scale —fiom the nobles and the peeresses in their embla zoned carriages, to the squalid gamins de Londres on an "out" upon the great day of the Isthmian or Olympic Games of the Briton—from tt:e Lord Verisophts and Ethel Newcomes of High Life, to the Rough and the Sharper, the low nlackguard and the itinera.nt. menntehank. In the background is tb 0 Grand Stand, with itt inclined plane of well-packed sightseers. Scattered about on the right are the barouches, and the landaus, and the stanhopes, the britzsc has, and chariots, and phaetons of the ell-to-do, not for getting glimpses of— their pastime—bewildered as they glance round MEETING OF M.P.'S TO FORM A LIBERAL at the interruption—startled probably by a scream I PARTY. and a fall when the young nio her casts herself at her wronged husband's fe-t, on seeing in his tremulous grasp the evidence of the sud en reve lation. There is a note to the number of this triple picture in the catalogue. It is this, appa rently an entry in a diary ;--L." August the 4th— Have just hsard that B-- has been dead mote than a fortnight, so his poor children have now lost both paren , s. I hear she was seen on Friday last near the Strand, evidently without a plate to lay her head. What a fall le'rs has been." The companion picture on either hand of the " Past," represents the " Present." There the wretched mother, an outcast, squalid, degraded, abandoned, is dying under one of the gas lit arches of the Adeiptti ! There the orphan chil dren in their sleeping-chamber, one seats d, one kneeling in her night dress by the window, mus iug, we , ping, prayerful ! An alternate glance through the window, through the archway, shows that the moment chosen is identical ! You see this by the night sky—the acme strip of cloud hangs silvered under the moon—the same moon light showers down on either scene, the chil dren's grief and the mother's degrada , ion. It is a poet's thought, and a true painter's realisation of it. Mr. Egg holds us defore his canvass spellbound. As the wedding guest listens to the Ancient Mariners, so we needs must look— mastered by the pathos of the artist's refined and sorrowful imagination. There is a genuine patk's, also, in an earlier picture in the same apart ment, No. 310, by P. F. Poole, another emi nent Associate. It repre,ents the last scene in " King Liar," a scene in which the old King hangs in an agony of woe over the all but lif- less form of Cordelia. Again, in this latest work from his easy!, Mr. Poole shows him self to be a perfect master in his way as a colourist. Another notable Ass.:ciate, Francis Denby, coir ri butes three characteristic pic urea to the Exhibi tion—No. 239, "A Smug I, , r's Caare" (not one in the smuggler's own acceptation of the phrase) ; No. 290, "The Death of Abel," the whole land scape glimmering under a ghastly obseuration ; and N o . 5'21, "fTlysises at ihe Court of Alcinous," with the sun shining through the foliage like a gigantic phosphoric star. Conspicuous though he is always nowadays among the Academicians, E. M. Wa; d, R.A., does not by any means satisfy us this season —a tractive though two of his large paintings an in their subject, and bold, even daring, though the treatment of each undeniably is. In both Nos 35 and 254, the face of the French Emperor ap pears to be of the c,lour of mahogany, and in the latter picture H. R. H. the Prince of Wales is assuredly anything but flattered. The Empress Eugenie is the principal figure, and the one most successfully painted in the Installation scene at Windsor ; while at the tomb of Napoleon the Great the most marshal figure is oddly enough his Royal H geness the Prince Coosert, who, radiantly clad in scarlet end gold regimentals, is grasping his sword hilt as th ugh he were going to ch urge an army ! Mr. Ward's other painting, No. 488, pour trays the "Concealment of the Fugitives by Ali e Lisle after the Battle of Sedgeinour, in the reign of James [I." T. Faed is droll this time, instead ot, as formerly, pathetic. His version of "A listener never hears gude o' himsel' "—No. 272, is capital throughout. It is delightfully humourous—to the cat wi h her tail "magnified" hythe rave-dropper's cur snarling at the upraised back and the—phitz spitz ! Mr. Faed has three oth -r pictures in the Gallery this year, but the one already noticed is beyond ,ioubt. his principal contribu ion. There are two c.meparatively small bu very admirabh works from the hand of All ed Elmore, R.A. ; one in many ways remarkable, No. 120, the artist's diploma work (illustrative of an incident in The Two Gentlemen, of Verona) deposited in the Aca demy on his election as Academician—the other, No. 8, the realisation of a far-famed inci dent in the life of Dante Alighieri. Among the rising contributors, W. 0. T. Dobson is gain ing ground again after his undoubted failure of last season. Small and in a manner unpretend ing though his three pictures are in their character, they are nevertheless very charming indeed in their treatment. No. 59, " Fairy Tales"—a sweet lit , le puss of a fair haired elfin girl, sitting with her doll, engaged in the enjoyment of one of the dear oh! wonderful stories of childhood. No. 415, " The Holy Innocents ;" and No 446, " Hagar and Ish mael." Another young artist, full of very rare promise, to wit, R. Carrick, advances yet further, though by but a single stride, towards a very different reputation. N. 300, " Weary Life," is ttie le of his one remarkable contriburion. The wonderful litter of straw in the foreground proves it to be what is called in treatment pre-Raphaelite —but the picture has a charm `that pre- Itsphselite pictures seldom, if ever, have yet had—it is in n( way repulsive, it is in every way beautiful. Tt,e colouring is resplendent, but at the same time ex mountebank, h little urchin acrobat, have fallen asleep together iu a field by the wayside. A country lass, leaniuy upon a pitchfork, has paused to look at them. That is tie whole story. Yet in the telling of it the young artist has, by a nice ob ervation of na tine, and by a delicate perception of what is beau tiful as well as truthful in its portraiture, produced a painting that commands admiration. A vetera, in art, crJwned ve,th accumulated le mours, Thom.s Webster, R. A , has shown himself this last season more than usually industrious. His three pictures are worthy of him, and are really astonishing in their life-like naturalise=s. No. 334, "Grace Be fore Meat," is the tttle of one. No. 60, " Sum mer," that of another ; and the third is No. Ll 9, "A Sunday Evening." the most ambitious and the meet el tb trated. The mere brick floor of that cottage interior is something marvellous to look at ; but the characters, old and young, scat tered ab ut the house-room, are each and all of them studies—chief among these life-like face. being that of the mother who is hushing the filth girl into eile cc with an upraised finger, and an ex pression half grave, half -omused. Enough, how ever, as to our second survey of these glowing walls of the Academy. We pass out again from the porzliway with our tastes chastened— " I nuns, argentum et marmor vetus, asraque et artes Suspice; cum gemmis Tyrios mirare adores." A meetit•g of independeur. Liberal members of Parlia mwnt gas held on Wedesday iu ore of the committee rooms of the House of Cotn - mone. It bad been sum- mooed by circular, emanating, as we understand, frt certain repre.ew eaves who are dissatitfied with the past And prEsent condition of the Liberal party in the house. About 120 members were in attendance, and Hr. Head- lam, the representative of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was in " whisky, buggy, gig, or go-cart, Outride or tandem," indulged in by the less ambitious participators in the great national holiday. Above the heads of the motley concourse are caught peeps here and there of the satinjacketied jockeys guiding their high-mettled racers off the course—tiow that the race of the day (of the whole year) is over. An antic tumbler in his spangled doublet, on one knee, with his arms outstretched, bawls to his little tinselled acrobat of a sou to run to him along the outspread strip of carpet on the ground and begin the performances. The boy acrobat is, perhaps, the prettiest figure in all this marvelous picture — although elsewhere among its crowd of characters may be seen grouped about, in most admired dis order, some ot the loveliest ofthe blooming maidens of Mayfair. :The little mountebank is the merest chili—the child, too, of the great, coarse, open mouthed tumbler, who waits there, roerine to him to " come on !" His eye has been caught at the moment of hisintended run for the coming summer sault by the good things emptied out upon the damask table cloth, half opened, hard by him on the turf—the cold grouse, the perigord-pie, the scarlet lobster, the lit - er of lunch-rolls, the very bundle of knives handed out of the magic hamper by the dapper groom, who is getting ready the least for the carriage occupants. °stoning a sight of these good things, the poor child stands there f, r the moment spell-bound—with a look askance, though we know for certain that in another minute he will he heels-over-head, balance 1 in mid air on the upraised hands of the brawny paternal acrobat. Further back the little sister mountebank, on stilts, is being indulged with a draught of her "First Champagne" by a hatless exquisite, whose towzled hair shows that he him self has quaffed over much of the singing nectar of Moe - . or Cl cqnot. Immediately to the left is the gaudy boo , h of the "Reform Club," before the porch of which has been set up for an instant by particular desire the peripatetic table of a gang of Thimble Riggers—unobserved by a neighbouring Peeler, whose attention is absorb d in mopping his blowsed face with a cotton handkerchief. The magicians of the pea are veritable types of their class—of the turf, turfy, their cenve•sation (as you can somehow tell from their very boots and neckcloths) lying evidently in the slangular direc tion. A comely, ruddy-faced, blonde-whiskered, yoUng countryman, whose lass tries in vain to lure him away from temptation,. has hooked up the Vr - e - e l Aes ice era', Ir a li a i'v itil"a i glance l. of ci rnTer i e L g o o over his shoulder, is evidently muttering, "I'm longed if Oi couldn't foind thu pea younder !" And yet there, close beside him, face to face with us as we look at the group—there, with his hat pushed gabyly back on his forehead, his slatternly waist coat unbuttoned, both his hands thrust into his pockets, but obviously with a different purpo.e— his face in every line of it utterly blank and stopi fied—stands a ponelittle "gent," green and callow in his very whiskers, who has risked everything, and been thoroughly "cleaned out." Yonder is the bare footed, red-coated card-touter, with his big hand up to the side of his jowl, bellowing thd " C'rect card of the Races," so that one feels half-3eafened to look at him. Further along there are two of those extremely popular gentlemen, the Refuge es— hoo led, braided, bearded—specimens of the genus facetiously described by Mr. Albert Smith under the generic designation of " Mussoo !" There they are, in the throng but not of it—looking about them less gratified in any way than utterly hewil dered and uncereprele neling. Leaning with li a back against , a carriage door is a slightly exhausted ex quisite—lazily puffing his cigar fumes from under the covert of that dandy moustache, as he glances down, with a sort of ineffably careless wonder, on the gipsy girl aceisting him—doubtless with an eye to the first elementary trick of ciiiromancv. A love scene is there by the door of anoth er c,:r riage—a love scene it might be betw e en Cli ve an d Ethel, between David and Dora, at their best and youngest, with the first down on the lip, and the . earliest empties, in the crinoline. Close beside them are some lustrous exemplars of the genus, Seell—to a costernionger's eye supernally equipped and divinely handsotne. Such a pict ure as i t i s altogether ! A painting so full of life, of character, of fun, frolic, and animation, so tr ue , so real, so ac tual, so all but living and breathing --that all we h a ve here eaid about it can be only described as afford ing the merest glimpses of the motley an d marvel lous whole. There s one Hogarth of the pencil among us who will assuredly revel in the cent em pletiou of it, who will thoroughly enjoy a n d appre ciate it : meaning no other, of course, than John Leech, of the London Charivari. Here, indeed, is a picture enough of itself not only to make a repu tation, but to make a great reputation. It is, beyond all the other pictures in this splendid exhi , hition, the principal attraction, the source of uni versal amusement, and the object of Universal admiration. Mr. Frith has contributed but this one painting to the collection, but it is one which is in itself a veritable microcosm. It is numbered in the catalogue No. 218, but as a success its real number is undoubtedly No. I.A. As undoubtedly as that the B. ought to be applied to a triple painting of marvell ,us power and exquisite feeling from the easel of a distin guished Associate of the Academy—who will assu redly not have to wait long upon the next vacancy for his enrolment as an Academician. The picture we refer to will have been recognised upon the in stant by those who have already visited the gal lery as—No. 372—as far as any title is concerned, a blank in the catalogue. It is the production of Augustus Leopold Egg, A.R A., who has another work, also of great merit, in the collection, No. 19, " Se-rne from Thackeray's History of Henry Esmon d,E-q.":—to wit, an illustration of a merne rable incident in that charming fictitious autobio graphy—" Kneel down," says Mrs. Beatrix, "we dub you knight with this," and she waved the ' sword over his head. A picture mellow and radiant in colouring, tender and natural in sentiment, graceful and unaffected in composition. But No. 372 is Mr. Egg's greatest triumph in art—as yet his masterpiece. Hew can it be described 7—this painting which is a tragedy in one glance ; a mourn ful riarrative of sin and domestic sorrow told iu a minute, the minute consumed in looking from one to the other (I the three pictures inekitie the sad total of this terrible London Trilogy. The centre painting is a glimpse of the "Past." We rye look ing into an elegant drawing room, among the pic tures on whose walls we recognise Stanfielii's nobie painting of the "Abandone i"—word of eignific abt and evil omen ! The le them travelling-bag, um brella, atse., littered in one corner of the foreground tell us that the Master of the House has but just returned home. He is seated at the round table— ' pale, haggard, dejected—en open letter grasped in 1 the hand that re s ts upon his knee : his lady wife stretched upon the carpet at his feet, her f i ce burie l in her clasped hands, her hair dsshevelled in , an age ny of sudden shame, the-ugh, ae the s quel tell, not of contrition. There is a touching little episodical group in the barkground. Tire children of this ill-fated pair —two sweet little girls—are playing with some cards upon the cushion of one of the chairs. They have place d a volume (it is ' a volume of Belzac, by the way !) upon tire sear, and on that weird foundation they are building up a house of cards. They are startled from MARKET NEWS. —(Pins Day.) CORN EXC tiA. NOE. the chair. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to explain the origin of the Meeting. It was convened, he said, in courrquence of the Ascontent which generally prevails in the Liberal ranks, a discontent that was inseparable from the condition in which the Liberal party found itself. It was n t to be supposed the meeting was called to support A ny pal ticalar statesman. Those who bad summoned it Were not anxious to serve personal purposes of Lord Pa'meraton or Lord Jobn Russell, or indeed of any othi-r claimant to the position of Liberal leader in the House of Commons. Nor was it called in order to alvccate any special measures. Nor was it intended they should bind themselves to any formula. Toe real object of the meeting was to express the genera feeling which be believed to prevail, that of late the Liberal party had not been fairly treated—that, in fact, it had rather been betrayed—that no zeal on behalf of the measures to la hich they attached im ,ortanco bad been shown by the Governments that bad recently been supported by the Liberal party. Se with respect to administration. No disposition had been shown to urge on measures of reform in this department of the State, and army amendments for reform w. re especially resisted by the War and the Foreign offices. But we bad now arrived at a critical period ; and although he did not wish to disturb the present Government, yet it was probable that, beftre long, a change of Ministry would take place, and be thought they should be prepared to take advantage of any circumstances that might occur. He insisted that the whole Liberal party had not been justly dealt with in past times, for nearly the same names, neatly the same men, were found in every Whig Government ; and k.e long experience of these officials in Parliament gave them great power to baffle all attempts at Reform. He gas convinced he spoke the sentiments of the meeting when be said tbat office ought not to be in possession of a clique or a few families, and that a wider basis for con- . dotting the affairs of the empire was absolutely necessary. Mr. BASS (Derby) moved a resolution to the effect— 'Tnat this meeting cannot express satisfaction with the Governments that have heretofore relied upon the Liberal party, and that no future Government will be Nor:by of support which does not manifest earnest zeal cud sincerity in promoting measures of improvement and Reform." Mr. BAXTER (Montrose) seconded the motion. He, vith the bon. chairman, complained that our Govern ments were too exclusive, and were little better than a artvate clique or a family party. He thought it would to the Whigs good to be out of office, and he would not vi vise any step far the overthrow of t he present Govern- . (neut. The resolution was unanimously adopted by the 'fleeting. Mr. CLAY (Hull) moved a second resolution :—" That coy Government wishing to have the confidence of the Liberal party should be established on a wider basis." He remarked that the new Government was weak, but ie did not see how at the present time, any ,, ne could l. , rm a strong er. Lord Palmerston had forfeited the confidence of a large portion of the Liberal party, so ',itch so, that that confidence could not be restored. Toe house was now really tired of the old Whig blood, cud he thought the country had been tired of it long ago. Mr. FORSTER (Walsall) seconded the resolution just uoved, and repeated that the object of the meeting was .tot to settle wko sh.,uld be leader, but to give strength co those who might truly call themselves the Liberal 'ay. y. The second resolution was also unanimously adopted. Mr. AYRTON proposed that the Liberal party should upon the adoption of Jewish Emancipation, the .al of Church rates, and the passing of a new Reform Bill. air. LOCKE opposed this proposition, and contended bat the ballot was of very great importance. Reform without the ballot would be but a blind. Mr. EwART urged unanimity, and felt that the reso lutions that had been passed were enough. Mr. W. J. Fox said the new proposal expressed too much or two little. Sir A. ELTON (Bath) concurred with Mr. Fox, and -p-ike about putting in claims for a purer distribution of patronage. The proposal of Mr. Ayrton was withdrawn. Mr ASPINALL TURNER (Manchester) was in favour of j not operations. It was necessary that the Liberal party should be informed of what was really going on, and for this purpose he would have a regular whip appointed. lie, therefore, proposed that two gentlemen should b. ..ked to send circulars to the Liberal members, appris leg them of what was in the wind, and he named Mr. Forster as one, and he had no doubt Mr. Forster would us able to find a colleague, who would assist him in his iabours. This proposition was adopted. Mr. J. LOCKE (Honiton) moved the thank. of the neeting to the Chairman, which was carried with ap• I plause, and the meeting then separated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This_Day.) Fresh up to-clay, coastwise and by land carriage, the ar rivals of English wheat were very moderate, consequently the show of samples was limited. Good and useful quali ties sold at Monday's currency, but the demand for them was by no meaus active. Low and damp parcels moved oft slowly, at about previous currencies. . . . For foreign wheat, the supply of which was tolerably good, we had a slow sale, but no quotable change tack place in value. Floating oasgoes of grain realised full currencies. The supply of barley was less extensive ; nevertheless, most kinds moved off slowly, on former terms. Fine malt sold steadily—other kinds slowly, at late rates. LONDON, May 7. —Wind this day at noon, E. ; moderate breeze, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, May 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, from Woolwich, with a 4unly , at. BRISTOL CHANNEL, May 6.—Wind E —Arrived—Fen ..ie, from Havana. Sailed—Edward Cobston, for Africa ; Lionesse, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, May s.—Wind N.—Sailed—Ellerslie , for Barbadoee. PLYMOUTH, May 6.—Wind S.—Arrived—Wild Flower, from Gioja. Sailed—Phoebe (es), for the Cape of Gocd Hope. SUNDERLAND, May 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Shanghais for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N. Arrived, May .—Mignon, from St. Michael's. A. rived, May 7.—Falcon, from Alexandria ; Creecenris , i,tol. _ _ Oats, owing to the increased supplies, were dull, bu not cheaper. Beany, peas, and flour sold at Monday's currency. ARRIVALS TRIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. English 1,610 40 3,960 Irish. — Foreign 11,400 5,560 -- Oats. Flour. 280 1860 8,440 -- 28,020 2040 sk.. brle NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Sailed, May 6.—Don Limaoa Primero, for Lisbon ; Lim*, t. Michael's ; Auguste Laura, Bordeaux; Alpha, Sti• Pet• rsburg ; Victo►ine, Ostend. Sailed May 7.—Black Priace, for Ceylon. The supplies of meat on sale here to-day were seasonably extensive. On the whole, a fair average biriiness wa transacted, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. e. d. s. d. deer, interior 2 10 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do. prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 Pork, large 3 2 3 8 Lamb, bs s. (t. s. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 ( Do., prime 3 10 4 2 1 Veal. 4 2 4 10 I Pork. small 3 10 4 4 id to 6s id. (BY SUBMARINE AN BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide, hours' ebb • fresh and cloudy. Arrived, May 6,—Hesperus, from Aaolborg ; Lagnagi l f Dantzic ; Falcon, Stettin ; Halcyon, Frederickstadt Prince Albert, Nieu Dieppe ; Dorothea, Resborg ; Mellt Konigsberg. Arrived, MaY 7.—Lindberg, from Odense ; Active , Aaolborg ; Nimrod, Wybog ; Sutton, Antwerp ; Louise, arid Peter Ji ls, Konigsberg ; Ann and Rosetta, Bruges; Mystery, Antwerp ; Clio, Christiana ' • Maria, Stralsuiad ; Cathanka, Christiana ; Oxenbnrg, Li bau ; Symmetry, Sat ksborg ; Edi Catherine, Aalborg ; Glory, Aarhuuo Henrich Theodore, Rostock ; Dolphin, Dantsic • Marie, Stettin ; Aurora, Frederickstadt ; Danebnrg, Randers; Haabet, Skettker ; C ,tharina Josephine, Helsingborgj Herman Wilhelm, Aalborg; Charles Tennant, GbeD" Auguste, Stockholm ; Laura, Griefswalde ; Line, Gothen burg ; City of Hamburg, steamer, Rotterdam. Sailed, May 6.—Beatrice, steamer, for Dort. Sailed, May 7 —Norwood, ' for Bombay ; Mowe, steamer, Bremen ; Landwurton, Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Friday Morning. BOROUGH HOP: We continue to have a steady, but by no means active, demand for good and useful hops, at fall quotations. There is no disposition to accept lower rates for other kinds, but the inquiry for them is heavy. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 112 s ; Weald of Kent do., 51s to 665;• New Sussex do., 50s to 60s ; Year lings, 21s to 50s. Wind N.E., moderate. Passed in tow—Connecticut, from Callao, for London. Passed—Sylpb, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; F411 013 t Jamaica ; K usington, Calcntta ; William Simpson, BAta.: via—all from London ; Nile, brig, from the North, , the Westward. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF PORra . GAL.—Her Royal Highness Stephanie of Hohenzollern, the Queen of Portugal, arrived at Dover yesterday from Ostend, in his Majesty the King of Portugals nest steam corvette, Bartolomeo Dm, on a visit to Bucking' barn Palace. At the Bricklayers' Arms station the Prince Consort received and conducted her Royal High ness to Buckingham Palace. The directors of the South; Eastern Railway made preparations for the reception 01 her Majesty that reflected the greatest credit upon their judgment. itsPRESENTATION OF GMIENWICaL—Last night an pen air meeting, which was attended by upwards Of 1,000 of the supporters of Mr. Townsend, M.P., wag held in the pleasure-grounds attached to the Lord Nel* son Tavern, Trafalgar-road, Greenwich, the o bj ec t beings as stated in the handbills, to enrol members for the Townsend League. Mr. W. Wallis, of Regent's-park' a gentleman recently returned from A us t ra li a , occupie d the chair, and announced his intention to stand by M r ' Townsend with his purse if he found that the coneti• tency would co-operate in the Came manner. Mr. hi I t ° donnell, Mr. Mead, and ether eectors addressed the meeting, and a loud cry was raised for Mr, Townsen d ' A. deputation from th e meeting then proceeded to te residence of Mr. To wnsen d, who shortly atterwar ss arrived, and was received in a most enthusiastic manne r ' He addressed the meeting at some length, and the Pr cr ceedings terminated at a late hour. HATMARKET THEATRE.—" Twelfth Wight," was Pr, duced at this theatre last night, with Mrs. Clew!. Y ung in the character of Viola, a part which wayed with grace and spirit. The audience was fashl°% l able and numerous, area the performances passed e" with te gr:,att st clat. 0f the NATIONAL LIFE - BOAT INSTITUTION. —A meeting Itiyat Na t ional Lite•Buat Inst.tution was held yesterdflP a , . the building of the society, in John-street, AtleiP l2l ; Tooreas Chapman, EA., in the chair. There were P ico sent Admirals Sir T. Herbert atd M‘Herdy, CaP tg vr Peake and Perrot, and Capt. Washington, hydrogrsP of ttie Admiralty, G. L 3 all, Esq., M.P., and other fefor tlemnen. Medals and pecuniary rewards were vote d It various services rendered to shipwrecked Perge, Dg e ' o ati was reported that during the past month new ll' god had been sent to Winterton, Norfolk, Dover, 10 0 Hastings. 7001. were ordered to be paid f or sal' of life-boats and their appurtenances, and the peas Norwich was elected a member of the committee• w ith b t io ll INDIA AND CHINA NEWS.—The Colombo, Calcutta mails of the 24th of March and th e , C a ea mails of the 15th of March, is expected in Engectigned to Sa,urday On the same thy the Benares is exp , uo arrive home with the Bombay mail of the 91li ult. Colombo has the long lost Ara'e wails on board, a nd bt Benares is believed to have the A ustralian mail brotita by the Etneu. If so, they will be landed in Erig 00 one rted. The next Indian telegram will be due Sunday next, • COLONIAL. TEA. - The market remains very steady, with very little alteration to report in prices. Common congou is quoted llitl per lb., with the usual prompt. SUGAR. —There has been less activity in the market, but prices are fully maintained for the better descriptions. In the Refined Market a steady amount of business has been reported, and at fully late quotations. CorrEE.—The demand for good qualiti es o f p l antat i on Ceylon still continues active, and at public eale the whole of the q uantity_ bretight for ward fo un d b uyers at full values. Other descriptions were inactive at about pre- vious rates. RICE.—A moderate business baa been transacted at firm p r i ces . Bengal qualities, at public sale, sold readily at a slight improv ment on pi ovious values Rult.--There has been a good inquiry for fine Demerara at the late decline, but only a few puncheons have changed hands, holders demanding higher Wiles. SALTPEERE.—Btpiness in this article is nearly sus pended and prices are quite nominal. TALLOW.—The market continues fiat. P.Y.C. cn the spot is quoted Hs. 31l.; June delivery, 133. 6d., and last 3 mouths 51s per cwt. FATAL CCIDENT •TO ME. JAMES EVANS, EDITOR OF THE " UNIT :D SERVICE GAZETTE."—The 'outer Mercury records a fatal accident on Tuesday ou Womb ion -hill, near that town, to Mr. James E , ans, of L9ndon, editor of the United Serrice Gazette. The unfortunate gentleman was returning Iron a fishing cxcurrion in a phaeton, when the horse took fright, and he was thrown from the vehicle and killed on the spot. THE DANUI3. lIPALITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. SlB.,—Last Monday the members of the Euro pean Commission officially took leave of his High ness the Prince Caimacan. Sir Henry Bulwer, as President during the last month, spoke kind aid thankful words to the Ca,maican, who received the commission among all the civil and mil tary authorities of the town. At the end of this week all the commissioners will leave the country. Lady Bulwer departed last Saturday. At this moment it may be of some interest to contemplate the conduct of the Wal lachian Government during their residence at Bucharest. Nobody can deny that the Caimec in's position was particularly delicate and difficult. It is said to be a bad thing to bet e weep two chairs. What must it be, then, to be between seven ? for seven chairs, seven political chairs, surrounded Prince Alexander Ghika. It must, therefore, be looked upon as a sign of remarkable prudence, and of purely legal proceedings, that the Caimacan succeeded in keeping the esteem,' or rather the friendship, of all of the Ciimmisi,ioners. These diplomatists arrived in this country at a very critic d moment, when the whole population was m a state of great excite ment, which was, however, considerably increased by the attitude of some of the m-mbers of the Ocerimission. They found the Caimacan actually surrounded with intrigues ; his position equally ruined by the treacherous accusations of the friends de Vander regime (who urged to make, under the command of the former nospodars, a too well orga nised opp )sition), and by the imprudent acts of an ultra-patriotic and national faction which endea voured to c ompromi-e the rather libel al-minded Prince. Under such circumstances, the Caimacan showed a great impartiality, left the groundless accusations unanswered till their falsehood was naturallydetected, and succeeded in moderating the as his measures. The elections fouque of the national party in giving a just occa sagust Divan ad hoc took place ion to for complaint the without any illegal participations of t he lioncaal veryati tnitie authorities and if th e Divan proceeded imprudent manner, it cannot be imputes to the Caimacan to have either encouraged or sus tained their doings. Since the dissolution of this assembly, the Caimacan continued to conduct the government in a respectable and lawful way, so that nobody can accuse him of showing any immo derate condescension for any of the existing parties Such was and is Alexander Ghika's conduct in the political circumstances ; let us equally look upon the Prince's interior administration. Notwith standing the etat provision of the Government, which made any important reform almost impos sible, a good many things have bean done. The foundation of the National Academy was effected, a military hospital built, the old metropolis, which was ma shameful state, repainted. The pavement of Bucharest is proj e cted. At Ibraila, a society forincreasing the export was formed, dec. If one considers with how many diffimlties the Government bad to fight, if one knows how few were the pecuniary means they had at their disposal, one must c infess that they really showed a serious intention of bringing the country into a progressive way. It has, therefore, been very painfully remarked that in one part of the European pi ens accusations against the Caimacan have arisen, which are of too grave a character to remain unanswered. Tile lmparttal de Smyrne and the Gazette de Franefort began to bring articles against the honesty of the Government, and accused them with having committed numberless abuses dui ing the last farming of the land estates of toe monasteries. The Impartial de Srnyrne calcu lates the amount of these Wanes to be 176,000, and the Gazette de Francfort 900,000 ducats. I should not mention these accusations, the authors of which are well known at Bucharest, ha I not the cone spondentsof the above-mentioned papers found a friend and companion in the Daily : ews' own correspondent. An article in the Enelish press is a serious thing, and must be considered so. Every body knows th tt the two above-mentioned journals receive direct communication from Pens, Stirbey, and Bibeseo ; but it is, indeed, a pity to see a re spectable organ of England's free and independent press actually publishing correspondence of such an importance fir the hour ur of a respected man, without asking further and decisive proofs. The Daily News' con-spendent estimates the defalcation at 700,000 ducats. How well in formed those three accusators are, who all three profess to have special and accurate informa tion ! One fixes the sum at 176,000, the other at 700,000, and the third at 900,000 ducats. Who is right of the three 1 lam able to give you an exact and authentic account of the alluded to farm ing=in biers conventucsis ; but to-day I will only sketchtheoutlines ‘ of this result. In the quiu -5,678,795 piastres ; Tor Itie -- a t- ctliiir l- p' er - ioir, -4- an - ci through the pretended abuses, they bring 6,128,793 piastres more, i.e., a total rent of 1.1,807,590 piastres ! Facta loquuntur. A FOREIGNER IN WALLACHIA. Bucharest, Aprill6. ALLEGED REFUSAL TO ADMIT A DEPU- T ITION OF RATEPAYERi TO VIEW ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE. Yesterday at the the weekly meeting of the vestry of Sr. Pancras, which was of a very stormy character Mr. Churchwarden Attenborough in the chair. On the question of electing a director of the poor who was not a member of the vestry, in consequence of Mr. Wyatt, late churchwarden, being put up as a candidate, and which is alleged to be illegal, a considerable dis cussion ensued, and at its, conclusion, the next order of the day being carried, Mr. HUDSON said be had in reference to the work house to bring forward a very serious matter. A corn• plaint was male out of doors avid in i.ul;ic in.eticg, that a deputation of ratepayers had been refused admission to the workhouse, and the master was alleged to have !stated that he had special orders from the directors to refuse to admit deputations, although ratepayers, to g over the workhouse. (Gear, hear, stud Oh, o h.) Mr. DYKE moved, and Mr. GOODWIN seconded, a motion that he master be called in at once. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he should decline to put such a motion ; but Mme . Dyke could give notice. (Cries of Shame, and uproar.) After considerable confusion, it was insisted upon that the master cf the workhouse should be called in, and Mr. WINSLOW, the master appeared, and in answer to questions put to him by Mr. Hudson, said ha bad no order from the directors not to admit deputations of rate payers. A deputation did come to the workhouse, and understanding they were going to bold an investigation in the workhouse, he refused to allow them to cam. , in and do so without an order from the directors. He sent the parries to Mr. Hibbard, the clerk to the directors, and he told diem that the master bad no right to allow then , to do 80. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear," tram the directors.) Mr. DYKE said that shout of "Hear, hear," came from the same men who two or three years ago entered and ransacked the workhouse at all hours of the night, to try to get up a case against the then authori ties, and now they themselves feared investigation. (Cheers and contusion.) He de:oanded of the master to know what was the investigation the deputation re quired to make. The master taid it was in relation to a man being em ployed to pull a roller about the garden. (Shouts of laughter from the directors of the poor.) Mr. HUDSON said this indulgence in laughter by the directors did not speak much for their inhumauity.• was . Dr. KIRBY moved that the master retire, which seconded amidst shouts of "Shame" and gallery, and great uproar, and carried on a division by the_ vestry by 4,2 to 27. Mr. FINCIIAM said the directors w ere afraid of in quiry, and the f act was th a t th e poor man so was doubly rupture d , an d was i n a mos t dreadful employed con• ditian, So much for humanity. (Great uproar. ) The ballot fur directors stood thus :--Mr. W yatt 46, Mr. Paroles 29, Mr. Thornton 1. ANOTHER MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL. --A third Medical Bid, has been brought in by Mr. T. S . Dun. combo, M.P. It is to he called the " Medical Pro fession Rights Act," and to comm ence on the Ist of O s ' etc '` D er• Every member cf the profession may be registered if he think fit, and every practitioner qua htie t before the 1-t cf December, 1858, will be en title,' to be registered on prodccing the document tit l e testing hi s qu alifi ca t io n ; or, if he be a psrson actually practised medicine prior to the let of August, 1815 a declaration to that effect will be sufficient. Thu (been is empowered to extend t he p rivilege of granting dipl omas to new medical bodies of 500 and up wards, rovided t,el.36,.ting examining bodies do wit provide means to e.nabie the public to real . Ze with certai , ty that the exam:nation by these e 3 eats suffi ciently the knowledge required fer the saiety of the public." Foreign physicians may be regi-tered under this Act if they can produce a testimonial signed by 12 mem bers of the pr. fessi in (registered un ler the Acit)t at they. have gained a degree or dipluma, of er examina. tion, equivalent to thoeee which are enforced by the co: Leges in this country. The registration 3vi I be ciArried ~u t under th Re;istrar.General. ther,gistered persons will be dirqualified from haling certain offi.ns, and re gistered praCitioners may sue for and recover reason able charges fur professional a id, advice, visits, and the c lest of Medicines and appliances. The act is not to pre- judi e chemists and dmTo4s. A BOY DECAPITATED IN A FLOUR MILL—A fright ful accident occurred on Wednesday u the 6 b in -t., at Lenton, a village one m Nottingham. A.bsut nine o ' c l oc k a b o y named RowlAnd, seven years of age, went t o t h e Old Anne) fl l ied by Mr. Kinchin, aid became entangled by a <h tin con nected with the waohinery, which being at work at the time, dragged the uufrtu , ate boy to the ceiling, prai sing his thr oa t t o Q uo i, an t 2cent that, when txtricat, the bead literally ielil rom the body, and both thighs were broker. 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