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• BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism." --Morning Poet. Goldi _ sto 100 guineas. Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. And THE 'BOARDING SCHOOL. 'ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, to commence with MY 'WIFE'S OUT. Mr. Widdicomb and Miss L. Keeley. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. BertuCcio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravnza of THE SYLPHIDE. Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise av, K a eeley, MISS Helen Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. ADELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. W€bster. THIS EVENING, April 17, will be reproduced the popular original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART.I Robert Landry, Mr. B. Webster (who will make his 10th appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour) ; Messrs. I'. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billie ton, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (10th time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq.. of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymose., Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, 58. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL LY CEUM THEATRE.- Under the management of Mr. Wm. Brough. THIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF KIN. Messrs. Emery, S. Calhaem, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E. Travers and K. Saxon. Alter which, the burlesque of THE FORTY THIEVES. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss E.Travers, Miss K. Saxon, Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, &c. ; and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. *James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to Carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night. TR IS EVENING the performances will oommenaa with A BORDER MA RRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. C. Young. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed by a new burlesque, LITC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Scott, Cecilia Ranoc, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with ' No. 40." Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ance commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor, Mr. Wbf. BATTY. Sole Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, To commence with the immensely successful Grand Military Spectacle, entitled "nu HISTORY OF A FLAG." New and splendid scenery, costumes, and appointments, introducing the stud of beautiful horses, ponies, camels, &c. &c. To be succeeded by the Scenes in the Circle, supported by Madles. Monet, Marie, and De Berg, and Messrs. H. Williams, De vereux, Fernando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack. Doors open at half -past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS: CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LUCRE ZIA. BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lucreala Miss Russell. Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson. Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Alfonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Maclmey. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SvN OFFICE, APRIL 19, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN TICE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BA.ROMETER—Down to 30.05 ; now up to 30.12. WIND, Northerly ' • strong and squally, with occasional showers of sleet and snow. It was very cold yesterday afternoon, and during the night. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 52m.—Afternoon, lh. 9m. TO-MORROW. -Morning, lh. 26m.—Afternoon, lb. 42m, • • , . 4 * 1 14 .4. U • k . , f;2' . C Ari I 1 6). . 1 • N ' t ' \ TII E SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1860, We really expected better things of the Quarterly. That distinguished organ of Toryism, or as we must call it nowadays, Conservatism has in its latest number (but just now published) under- taken to raise anew upon a most extraordinary plea the drooping standard of the Opposition. It assumes to do this authoritatively in the name and on behalf of the Groat Party martialled in the Commons by Mr. DISRAELI, and in the Lords by the Earl of DERBY. The occasion selected for the enunciation of the astounding views to which we are about very briefly to direct the attention of our readers is that contrived for itself by (evidently) a practised " hand" among the skilled corps of the Quarterly Reviewers—namely, that of the " political" article closing the current num ber of the Quarterly, a double-barrelled criticism discharged simultaneously at the obnoxious Budget of Mr. GLADSTONE, and at Lord JOT RUSSELL'S 4‘ Poor Little Bill" for the Reform of the Lower House of Parliament. We shall say nothing what• ever, at this moment, about those important sec tions of the elaborate paper here referred to, which relate more particularly to the Fiscal and Finan cial schemes of our certainly rash and (to say the least of him in this particular), over-ingenious Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our design just now is nothing more ambitious than to concentrate our readers' regard for a few moments upon the singu lar method by which the writer in the Quarterly endeavours to excite a feeling of repugnance against what is really the one redeeming feature in the Ministerial scheme of Reform in the popular representation—namely, the extension of the elective franchise in the boroughs from the ten pound margin, as we may term it, to one embrac ing within it what the Quarterly designates (ob viously with a shudder), " the six pounders !" It is tolerably certain, we believe, that if Mr. DisuAELl's Bill had only been allowed to go into Committee, instead of being disingenuously shirked and evaded by Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S " dodging" Resolutions—that plastic and elastic mea sure of the Tory Reformers would have been so modified in Committee that it would have been enabled to embrace within it prior to its coming o n f or th e Thi r d Reading, this very class now objected to so violently and vociferously by . the Q uarterly, namely, the one but just now spe cified as th e class of the six-pounders. Of course, while writing thus, we l a l re aware that we are writing quite hypotheticay. But at any rate, we distinctly assert, that what we have here stated is beyond any manner of doubt, has been, ever since the adoption of Lord Join's trickeryimpression—ahnorst eso w u 'e • resolu tions," the prevailing might say, the' unive r s al conviction Yet— here is the gre at q uarterl y organ of the Tory Reformers, now that Lord Dra tßl e s party is in Opposition—here is the Quar terly Review, in the name of that party, de nouncing the scheme of a six-pound franchise for the Boroughs as a project (to represent its views in the very mildest terms) very little less indeed than absolutely revolutionary ! The language of denunciation, in truth, is such, as directed against the six-pound franchise, that we might conclude at once that the Quarterly reviewer has very con siderably benefitted by the broad and ample scope of Mr. BRIGHT'S favourite vocabulary. 1ft.....r.te•••••.•••• ..rm Referring distinctly to the six-pound franchise for boroughs—forming the chief, and, as we have already ventured to call it, about the one only re deeming feature of Lord JOHN'S " Poor Little," weak-eyed, weak-voiced, and otherwise addle headed " Bill " for the Reform of Parliament—the article in the Quarterly endeavours at once, as a last resource, to excite a feeling actually of alarm against this sufficiently moderate project of extend ing the elective franchise to the sixpounders ! Considering the extravagant character of the epithets applied to this project by the uarterly —this project of a six-pound franchise for the boroughs—we are left in utter be wilderment as to what additional strength of epithets could by any possibility be applied to a really " Big Bill" instead of a " Little one"—a Reform Bill, let us say, that should go the length among other things of proposing the adoption of the Chartist principle of Universal Suffrage. After the adjectives here applied by the Quarterly to the projected " six-pounders," the reviewer may be literally said (in reference to the proposal of uni versal suffrage) to have " beggared description !" As affording very readily proof positive that we are not, in saying this, by any manner of means speaking at random, we will just quote a few of the polite allusions made by the Quarterly to this Ministerial plan of extending tie privi lege of the franchise to the six poinders. Quoth the Quarterly then, in sepulchral accents of warning :—" The leap which the House of Com mons is taking with such philosophic calmness is a leap absolutely in the dark. We are humbly carrying our homage to some new king, but we know neither his name nor character. When the transfer is effected, when the new reign is opened, when the old rulers are irrevocably dethroned, then the veil shall be drawn aside, and we shall see the form and lineaments of the now unknown Power which will thenceforth dispose of the fortunes of England. Until this interesting revelation is made, it is scarcely worth while to speculate. Some say that the publicans will be our masters ; others declare that it will be the trades' unions. it is a blessed choice between debauchery and crime. On the whole, we pray for King Publican and his merry rule. If the sceptre is to be wielded for the benefit of one, and that the hun griest, class, the weaker the hands that it falls into the better. Anyhow Elagabalue is more tole rable than Caligula. All the evils that we inveigh against in the constituencies where freemen pre vail, the chronic corruption, the sickening de bauchery, the wide-spreading fraud and wholesale perjury that adorn the working of our represen tative system in such places as Berwick and Norwich would be ill exchanged for the strong, steady, deadly gripe of the trades' unions. These bodies have shown a tenacity of purpose, and a pliability of organisation which would make them redoubtable antagonists if they were actuated by morality and guided by the most enlightened wisdom. But the stupid barbarism of their economical creed, the ferocity, with which their secret conclaves pro nounce the doom of a horrible death against all who thwart their projects, the readiness with which they find instruments to execute their murderous decrees, warn us that, if ever England should really pass under their power, WE SHOULD WELCOME THE MILITARY DESPOTISM THAT SHOULD RELIEVE US." The expressions we have here taken the liberty of emphasing with italics, and especially the closing sentence, which we could only fitly quote in small capitals, will be accepted by our readers—cannot fail to be so accepted by them—as ample justifica tion of every phrase above applied by us to this as tounding denunciation of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S " Poor Little Bill" by the Quarterly. Epithets so applied, are, surely, something equivalent to the discharge of a park of artillery at a cock sparrow ; or to adopt the famous metaphor in POPE'S Satire, he breaking upon the wheel of a butterfly. Every now and then the subject of game preser vation is forced on public attention. Sometimes it is by the terrible monition of a horrible murder, as it is termed, and horrible enough it is, yet wanting after all in the worst incidents of a murder—the waylaying with intent to kill. Game murders, which so awfully remind us of the existence of game laws, are rather duels between persons whose occupations make them bitter enemie's to each other. Occasionally, also, a pamphlet, like the one now before us,' serves to keep the subject before the public. Mr. CORBET'S essay was originally read at a meeting of the " Central Farmers' Club " this spring, and is very properly printed in this form, being too long to appear fully in the daily press. It specially invites attention to the evils of the " over preservation of game," and takes a view of the fair use of game which ought to content any reasonable man. Amongst Mr. GLADSTONE'S money-squeezing tricks, one is a modification of the game licenses, in which he proposes to cancel one of the most practi cally useful of the gamo preservers' concessions, by making rabbits game again ! Probably this ill advised proposal may have suggested to Mr. CORDET taking up the subject just now. And, though to townsmen the rabbit-killing license may not seem much worse than a stamp on every letter which is to make a bargain binding, it will prove, in the country, a cause of the most wanton annoy ance. To the farmer all the furred game are the most odious of ♦ermin. Hares do an incalculable amount of damage. They cannot, like a flock of sheep, be penned and required to consume an assigned portion of food—they roam over a field of turnips, bite far more than they eat, and thus * Over Preservation of Game. By Henry Corbel London : J, Ridgway, expose to the rotting effects of frost, perhaps twenty times the weight of, m r o o r o e t o sr , eequait site to susta in them. Hares, Ter, the young grain crops which sheep are, of course, never allowed to do ; they also, being rodentia, seem to take a p leasure in nibbling off the blades for the pleasure of nibbling. Worse vermin on his farm than hares the farmer cannot have. But next to these come Mr. GLADSTONE'S rab bits. They too are great eaters of green crops, but they do not ramble so far as hares. They keep in the neighbourhood of their burrows. In their vicinity they are as mischievous vermin as hares themselves. But, as if to compensate for moving in a smaller circle, they do far more damage within it. They destroy banks and hedges by their bur rows, and have been known to cause endless trouble by stopping up costly under-drains. To the farmer both hares and rabbits are as great a Nuisance as rats and mice. The charge against Mr.GLADSTONE i 3 that one of these pests having been degraded from the rank of game, Mr. GLADSTONE, for the sake of thumb-screwing a trifle out of the farmer, proposes to make them game again. We hope some inde pendent member will notice this shabby little trick. Will not some of our county members do it ? They retain, we suppose, as their motto—" Farmers' Friends"—will they not look out for the farmers ? If they consult their gamekeepers, the latter, who always regard the rabbits as their perquisite, will give declared t he in twenty reasons why rabbits should be game ; but if they ask their tenants they will bid them declare rats game next, and Mr. THE SUN, LONDON, TaURSDAY EVENING, APRIL - 19, IE6O. GLADSTONE might quite as reasonably require farmers to pay for a license to kill rats as for one to kill rabbits. There can be little doubt that " over preserva tion " is the cause of the worst results of our game aws. To this, more than to anything else, is due ,he great extent of poaching. The temptation is so great—the crime regarded as no crime at all, and the prospect of food or of profit so enticing. We have expressed long ago the views indicated by Mr. CORSET - that battue - shooting is an inglorious, unmanly sport. It may be all very well for a heavy, inactive Ger man Prince, or Graf, or Herr Von—but it is not the sport for an English gentleman. He ought to seek his game on the saddle, or on foot, not to stand watching a woodside, an opening, or a run, whither men are driving the hapless victims whom he will murder close at hand, as fast as servants can load guns for him. Battue shooters are not the stuff that good volunteers or regular soldiers are made of. Old XENOPHON taught us, when we were boys, how much in the chase was kindred with the art and practice of war. And this is true now of fair sport, though none of our game be lions and boars ; but think of a colonel or field-marshal keeping his hand in for actual service by standing to shoot preserved creatures driven to his gun's muzzle. And yet it is for this unmanly amuse ment that landlord perpetuate a practice which is the cause of the greater part of rural crimes ! We need not now enter on the general question whether there ought to be laws at all which make wild creatures property. Our readers indeed know our views on that point ; but we are pleased to see that Mr. CORBET points to what we have always held to be the best of game laws—the law of good feeling between a landlord and his tenantry and peasantry. We speak what we have known when we say that a landlord may keep all the game he needs on a very large estate by behaving liberally to farmers in regard to furred game, and making the mowers and reapers his friends by donations at hay and harvest time, which did not amount to a tithe of the cost of a gamekeeper. We have known the men muw round a sitting bird, leaving the grass to shelter her and her eggs ; and have seen them deeply grieved at having accidentally cut off a pheasant's head with a scythe. On an estate, where the landlord takes the right course, he may have a gamekeeper in every farmer and farm-labourer, and make the place too hot for any poacher. That course, how ever, includes the utter renunciation of battue- shooting. Landlords will do well, both in the interests of good farming and of social morals, to bethink themselves seriously of setting the game laws to rights. They are a remnant of feudality—of the time when half the kingdom was wood, common, waste, and marsh—and are wholly unadapted to the present state of society and of agriculture. Their funda mental principle is ♦icious, and we may be sure that artificial and revolting protection for game cannot long survive the death of all other kinds of protection. The speech of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE to his con stituents, at Liskeard, is one of the ablest that the hon. gentleman has delivered for some time. Mr. OSBORNE 13 well known as one of the cleverest o our Parliamentary debaters, his speeches are always shrewd and telling, and his animated style and sarcastic humour always secure him the ear of the House. Sometimes he has allowed his wit to de- generate into flippancy, and his sharp thrusts have lost their 'point from their personality. On this occasion, however, he made one of his happiest efforts. The tone of his speech throughout showed a calmness and moderation that did credit to his judgment, and his views on the ques tions of the day are distinguished for their sound sense. After remarking on the im- portant subjects that had been brought before Par liament since the commencement of the session, he proceeded to consider the measures on their indivi dual merits. The first question, he said, in which he had taken part, was Sir JOHN TRELAWNY'S Bill for the Abolition of Church Rates. Mr. Os- BORNE, like many of its supporters, disavowed all hostility to the Church. He was a Churchman, he said, and he believed it to be the best safeguard against intolerance on the one hand, and delusion on the other. He was aware that many Dissenters were not unwilling to subscribe in support of the Establishment, but they objected to have their money forced from them. After further expressing his views on this subject—views which we have always supported— he proceeded to consi der the Treaty and the Budget. On these points we differ somewhat from his- opinions, although, notwithstanding his strong advocacy of the treaty, he supported it rather on general than particular grounds. He expressed an earnest hope, which all must share, though we fear it is somewhat un stable, that the importation of light wines might diminish that frightful consumption of spirits which is the bane of our country. In Paris, he said, there were in 1851, 30,000 cabarets, or low wine shops, yet drunkenness was so inconsiderable a vice that it had not a place in the category of public offences. At a rough estimate of the re turns of the spirit duties in Great Britain and Ireland he calculated that the quantity con sumed allowed to every Englishman, 21, gallons ; and to every Scotchman, 11 gallons ; and to every Irishman, 31 gallons. With regard to the refreshment-houses, Mr. OSBORNE supported the proposed amendment. Unfortunately, how ever, the excessive regard of interested parties for public morality has disposed of the question. Mr. OSBORNE, in analysing the Budget, expressed a very general opinion when ho said that he very much doubted whether this were the proper time to take off the paper duty. It certainly must appear somewhat singular that a year of such enormous defi cit and so heavy an increase of direct taxation should be selected for the removal of a tax which presses I m o partiesoakr marks s po onn whichwith the et its h o a u b b o tli unfortunatet a i oni and is Rsuessfupopircpmi suspicion. supposed Bill, e severely on no class, and whose removal the very Ins fh b r e i .s n e r fi e d Os- BORNE was very happy. He expressed his regret that the advocates of Reform had placed the matter in a false light. Amid the laughter of the audience he compared his friend Mr. BRIGHT to the celebrated foreigner who had lately visited this country—the famous Benicia Boy. The combative propensities of the hon. member for Birmingham are certainly strongly developed in his provincial orations, however his eloquence may collapse when he enters the Parliamentary arena. The tendency which we have often commented upon in Mr. BRIGHT'S speeches to foster and exa cerbate class dissensions was very sensibly de nounced by Mr. OSBORNE. He observed that reform should be advocated on its own merits not by abuse of any particular class ; particularly when it was a class like the English aristocracy, which any man of industry and talent might aspire to enter. Mr. BRIGHT has, no doubt, injured his cause with many sober-minded persons by the vio lence of his views, and the injudiciousness of his advocacy. Men of moderate opinions and tempe rate principles see him stirring up anew the old fires of class antagonism and prejudice which are happily dying out, and they shrink from throwing a great increase of power into the hands of the masses if the leaders who represent them will support such theories. It is not by setting class against class, and increasing the bitterness and sus picion which difference of social position is always apt to engender, that the principles of reform and ' progress can most fully and fairly be advanced. It is by breaking down the artificial barriers, by letting each side know and understand the other better, by letting them feel that they are country men in common, and therefore have a common inte rest and common sympathy. As the member for Liskeard observed, if they read history they would i find that the HOWARDS, the RUSSELLS, and the STANLEYS had been quite as forward in advocating the liberties of Great Britain as the BROWNS, the JONESES, and the ROBINSONS. He would not depreciate either class, and he deprecated the intro duction of such rivalries and antagonisms into the consideration of national measnres. The hapless Reform Bill ho could not say much for, indeed he expressed his intention of proposing an amend ment. Though not quite so cordial in support of the Ballot as we could wish, he said he was willing to give it a trial, which would certainly be the readiest solution of the difficulty. If its opponents are really sincerely convinced of the certainty of failure, why do they not allow the experiment to be made ? It would furnish them with new arguments, which they stand much in need of, and a proof a little nearer home than the worn out examples of America and Australia. Do they really think the Decline and Fall of the British Empire would date from the introduction of secret voting, or is the possibility of its success a more alarming anticipation than the fulfilment of their dismal prophecies ? LATEST NEWS. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moniteur of this morning states that the pam phlet La Coalition serves as a pretext for Bourse mo.nouvres, and endeavours to maintain a feeling of uneasiness in the public mind. The law does not give the Government any right to stop the publi cation of a pamphlet containing no particularised offence, but the Minister of the Interior has brought under the notice of the Minister of Justice the Bourse manoeuvres on the occasion of the publica tion of the pamphlet La Coalition, and a judicial inquiry will be held. MADRID, APRIL 18. Ortega was shot this evening. BERNE, APRIL 18. The Federal Council has received favourable news. The signs of a favourable solution of the pending questions are increasing, and existing fears will, without doubt, soon be removed. CHAMBERY, APRIL Is. M. Laity arrived yesterday at Aix and Annecy. At the banquet given in the evening by the Go vernor of Annecy, a toast was drunk to the Em peror and France. M. Laity appeared at the balcony of the Gover nor's house, and read a despatch announcing that the Emperor and Empress will visit Savoy in May or Juno next. Several houses were illuminated. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 18. France will make the Porte responsible for the damage caused by the Greeks on Friday last. CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY MAILS.) The China with the above mails, has put into Plymouth for coals. Strong gale from E. She would leave about 4 p.m., and may be expected at Southampton to-morrow (Friday) morning. The Massilia which left Southampton on the 12th, arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of the 17th instant, and continued her voyage to Alexandria at 3 p.m. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, WEDNESDAY, The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamer Bohemian, Capt. Grange, from Portland, Maine, on the 7th April, has arrived. She landed the Irish mails only. The Kangaroo and the Canadian had arrived The Bohemian spoke the Megvera on the Bth Stretton of _Ringwood Chace. A novel. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a light and easy story, which furnishes some pleasant reading, and the plot is ingeni ously arranged, the double mystery being very cleverly disclosed at the last, Some of the persons met with are sketched in an adroit manner, and of these, perhaps, Mrs. Stretton is the best depicted. We seem to behold the very impersonation of a proud woman, yet also a very sincere and upright one. She had never rested till she had redeemed the estate of her ancestors, where she ruled with sovereign sway, feared, yet beloved. She had to endure a bitter mortification in finding out that, after all, the property really belonged to some other members of the family. The passage which refers to Catherine's suddenly turning out to be the heiress is very dexterous, and is one of the best points of the story. The family of Mr. Stretton, to whom we are at first introduced, is a pleasant prospect to dwell upon, and there is something fresh and genial in all we afterwards hear of them. Edward, the son, has a good deal to contend against, but he has a very fine character. Mabel, the heroine, is:of a very peculiar style, but still one cannot fail to become attached to fier. She was very unfortunately placed, for one of her susceptible tempera ment and affectionate disposition, for no sooner had she become attached to any or found a friend in any place than she was called upon to change and depart. She seemed destined to feel the truth of the warning that here we have no abiding city. However, she seemed at last in a more pros perous state ; and we leave the young friend whom we have watched through so many trials in the sure, hopeful, confident expectation that some years of happiness are in store for her, and that a brighter meridian will succeed to the cloudy morning of her day, and a softer atmosphere surround her onward path than the dark storms which had lowered over her young footsteps. Without being in any way remarkable, this work may be thought of favourably, for it fulfils to the uttermost the prospect and pro mise of its opening pages. The whole course of the complicated events, and all the different persons in troduced, bear entirely on and are intimately con nected with the fortunes of Ringwood Chase. That fair and goodly inheritance which had been held in pride through long lines of worthy representatives was in a state of abeyance, but it is satisfactory to find all things arranged in a quiet manner at the last, so that there was none of that " civil bickering and debate " which so often occurs in families, and which jars so painfully on the feelings. The high sense of honour and the great sym pathy for the feelings of others which seemed to be the inalienable birthrights of the Strettons would have done honour to tke first family in the land, and each great and glorious attribute would have outshone in splendour their parade of titles, and dimmed in its lustre their most smiling possessions. There was none of that race who was not a worthy member of society, and an honour and a credit to their family. There is something interesting to all elevated and refined intelligences in the attachment that clings tenaciously to the roof-tree of some old mansion that to vulgar eyes may be a dilapidated ruin and a dreary wilderness, but which to the family must ever remain a hallowed spot of sacred remi niscences and the holy shrine of their household deities. The spirit which will live on in such a ruin has other and finer qualities to distinguish it. In these days of levelling denouncers and utilitarian demagogues it is the fashion to sneer at such themes as effete and ridiculous, but human nature is the same now in its tears and its griefs as in the days of feudal laws, the eras of chivalry, and the reign of romance. There is much of the clinging feeling that will hover round the spot that gave one birth infused into this story, and it has so many other claims on notice that it may in confidence be recommended to the reading public. " The Stret tons of Ringwood Chace" will delight the lovers of the mysterious, and really in some parts the story reminds one of the old romances that went on from one generation to another, and were attractive exer cises to the brain and memory with their genea ogical marvels. Conquest and Colonisation in North Africa. One Vol., pp. 246. By George Wingrove Cooke. Blackwood and Sons. Mr. Wingrove Cooke has here contributed another apparently fugitive, but really valuable addition, to our continually widening historical literature. As in the instance of his delightful volume upon " China and the Chinese" in 1857-1858, so it is now in 1859- 1860 in the instance of an equally interesting and readable book upon the "Moors and Morocco." Both works are revised reprints of " letters" there upon, in their collective publication re-christened " chapters"—originally given to the public piece meal through the columns of the Times newspaper ns the effusions of a Special Correspondent. They are productions consequently that have already obtained the meed of an extended popularity, and that have severally received the timbre of popu lar approbation. Written throughout not only curreate calamo, but with a pen that, while flying over the rapidly-turned pages of the traveller's note-book, leaves upon every scribbled leaf the vivid and graphic impress of the voyager's innate keenness of observation, and of his practical skill in its manifestation—the volume possesses some what of the charm appertaining to one of the most famous of the children's story books of Hans An dersen, the one entitled (as this might really have been without any risk of a misnomer), " A Picture Book without Pictures." The series of papers here reprinted from the Times will be found to have been considerably enhanced in value to the student of history and of geography, by two comprehensive additions in the form of an Introduction and a Supplement—an introduction and supplement containing the most recent information derived from French and other sources, in reference to the Moors and Morocco. It appears from Mr. Cooke's explana tion as to his recent wanderings in North Africa, that he proceeded thither simply with an eye to recrea tion, and that the correspondence was in truth a sort of after thought—the unpremeditated result of one of those long vacation rambles,which," says he in his introduction, " I have for many years annu ally indulged." He appears to have been, accord ing to his own account, so profoundly impressed during his peregrinations by what he picturesquely calls " those wonderful vestiges of a popula tion passed away; those great silent plains s trewn with the broken tablets of history," that he writes, " I changed my recreation into a study ;" adding simply—" As I went on, I composed a series of letters, and the conductors of of the Times thought them worthy of publication." Hence this very curious, and valuable, and, we may add, singularly attractive volume of "Pencillings by the Way" anent the Moors, and the Arabs, and the Kabyles, in respect to Batna and Lambessa, in re gard to Setif and the Metidja, above all, in relation to the past, present, and future of Algeria and Morocco. The work is no mere pr im and flimsy compilation, but the bold frank record of the results of a series of sustained an d searching . per sonal observations. It has the merit of minute truthfulness belonging to a succession of stereo scopic photographs: TEE CENSUS. The following are the chief provisions of the bill for taking the census this year : " The several registrars of births and deaths in England shall make and return to their respective superintendent registrars a list containing the names and places of abode of a sufficient number of persons, duly qualified according to instructions to be prepared by or under the direction of such Se cretary of State [one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State], to act as enumerators within their several sub-districts, and such persons, when approved of by the superintendent registrar, shall be appointed by him enumerators for taking the census, subject nevertheless to the approval of the said Registrar General ; and the registrar, with the approval of the superinten dent registrar, shall assign a division to each enu merator, and shall distribute to the several enume rators in the sub-district the forms and instructions which shall have been issued for that purpose by the Registrar-General, and shall personally ascer tain that each enumerator thoroughly understands the manner in which the duties required of him aro to be performed. " Schedules shall be prepared by or under the direction of such Secretary of State for the purpose of being filled up by or on behalf of the several occupiers of dwelling-houses as hereafter provided, with particulars of the name, sex, age, rank, pro fession, or occupation, condition, relation to head of family, religious profession, and birthplace of every living person who abode in every house on the night of Sunday, April 7,1861, and also whether any were blind, or deaf and dumb; and the registrars in Eng land shall in the course of the week ending on Saturday, the 6th day of April, 1861, leave, or cause to be left at every dwelling-house withi n their resective sub-districts one:or more of the said schedules for the occupier or occupiers thereof or of any part thereof, and upon every such schedule shall be plainly expressed that it is to be filled up by the occupier of such dwelling-house (or where such dwelling-house is let in different stories or apartments, and occupied distinctly by different persons or families, by the occupier of each such distinct story or apartment),and that the enumera tor will collect all such schedules within his division on the Monday then next following; and every occu pier of any dwelling-house, or of any distinct story or apartment in any dwelling-house, with or for whom any such schedule shall have been left as aforesaid, shall fill up the said schedule to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, so far as relates to all persons dwelling in the house, story, or apartment occupied by him or her, and shall sign his or her name thereunto, and shall deliver the schedule, so filled up, or cause the same to be delivered to the enumerator, when re quired so to do ; and every such occupier who shall wilfully refuse, or without lawful excuse neglect to fill up the said schedule, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, or to sign and deliver the same as herein required, or who shall wilfully Make, sign, or deliver, or cause to 'be made, signed, or delivered, any false return of all or any of the matters specified in the said schedule, shall forfeit a sum not more than £5 nor less than 20s. " The enumerators shall visit every house in their respective divisions, and shall collect all the sche dules so left within their division from house to house so far as may be possible, on Monday, the Bth day of April, in the year 1861, and shall complete such of the schedules as upon delivery thereof to them shall appear to be defective, and correct such as they shall find to be • erroneous, and shall eopv the schedules, when completed and corrected, into books to be provided then for that purpose, and shall add thereunto an account, according to the best infor mation which they shall be able to obtain, of all the other persons living within their division who shall not be included in the schedules so collected by them. " Every enumerator shall also take an account of the occupied houses, and of the houses then building and therefore uninhabited, and also of all other un inhabited houses within his division ; and shall also take an account of all such particulars hereinbefore mentioned as by the forms and instructions which may be issued under this act they may be directed to inquire into ; and in the book into which he shall have copied the householders' schedules and other particulars, as hereinbefore directed, each enumerator shall distinguish the several parishes and places maintaining their own poor within his division, or Su eh parts thereof as shall be within his division, and shall also distinguish those parishes and places or parts of parishes and places within his division which are within the limits of any city or borough returning or contributing to return a member or members to serve in Parlia ment, or of any incorporated city or borough, or of any ecclesiastical district, and shall deliver such book to the registrar of the sub-district, together with the householders schedules collected by him, and shall sign a form or declaration to the effect that the said book has been truly and faithfully filled up by him, and that to the best of his know ledge the same is correct, so far as may be known ; which form of declaration shall be prepared by or under the direction of such Secretary of State, and issued by the Registrar-General with the forms and instructions aforesaid." It is in contemplation to restore the chapel of Netley Abbey, situated on Southampton Water, for the. purpose of performing divine service in it. The rains of Netley Abbey are now surrounded by a large population , owing to the military hospital which is erecting in the neigb bourhood, and which will be the largest building in Eu ro P ° ' Some idea of the antiquity of the ruins of the abbey maY formed from the fact that the floor of the chapel is cover ed by 16 feet of earth. in which gigantic trees are rooted. he chapel is of immense size, and was originally a beautif structure. A portion of the eastern window still remairli' DESTRUCTION OF FARM PRODUCE BY Yesterday morning about two o'clock great consternatil was caused in the quiet town of Barking by the outbreak °, a fire, which in a comparatively brief period laid in rni n o property valued at some thousand pounds sterling. „, scene of the misfortune was the Manor Farm, belonging 0 ' Mr. Biggs. Building after building kept dropping to t o ground, and at last the whole of tho barns, the granarYt a cow and horse lodges, and the ricks of hay, stray'', ""t wheat were destroyed. There is an insurance of a b° ' £1,200 in the Atlas Fire-office. A FIELD FOR ENGLISH TERRIERS.—The Mayo seilles journals represent that rats have lately increased much in that city, in spite of the attempts to destroy then by means of traps, poison, &c., as to have become a sericn nuisance, infesting the streets at night, and even invadral kitchens and larders in the daytime. The journals say tn cats, apparently from fear, do not attack them, and th e ft commend the employment of English terriers; one o ft dogs having completely exterminated or driven swat, . horde which had taken up its residence in one of the p rw cipal hotels. rite BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, WEDNESDAY.- -- '"„f only West India sugar offering this week was a cargaZi, Demerara and Nevis, just landed, of which about 250 lib,n e iwnefireeas floating steadycargoes. rates. There has Some sales been have more also doingbeen n fll; of. principally Demerara, and prices have slightly given A PEEP INTO THE BACK STREETS OF LOND° I ; " I was still under the influence of the fatal spell, en d i ll constrained to follow where the Jew led. Throng,' vie monotonous piles of brick-work we passed along•__A to glided rapidly through streets where shell-fish apP e° 7:r be the 8010 sustenance of the inhabitants—indeed, as e .pt they were concerned, and from what I saw, I should b in to to name periwinkles as the staff of life—passed o ut no , more lighted quarters, where the inhabitants dealt in tical instruments and glass beads. I could now coraPrv e ir how it was that the soft desires of the dwellers in the it te e , nosian Archipelago were satisfied. Establishment siderable importance were devoted to the sal e of 7001 sugar, yellow and red, and a thriving business was ev' se d th • driven in mutton-pies and cranberry - tarts. We Pas o f o'l establishment of Moses and Son—the Taj t ezi , ' quarter. It was, indeed, a glorious vision, resplendeamo noods of gaslight, while a banner from the top tifstri' defiance of all opposition.—From " The Science o f mony," in Once a- Week. I rreL EG° THE EFFECT IN LIVERPOOL OF THE 0 0 , AB OUT HEENAN AND SAYERS' 0 011 1 0 Wednesday Afternoon. The various telegranr r e d z oo" to the fight between Heenan and Sayers occastso2-_,,,,e?! excitement in this town yesterday, from noon until,n t ai r to: than did the promulgation of Mr. Gladstone's bnageit intelligence of the loss of the Itoyal Charter 1 d had Pl' o'clock the 'Change flags were half deserted, annrogre; telegraph wires been communicating to us th c f tetW ee e t of an engagement off the Great Ormshea eag er an English and a French line of-battle -ship, In;.',o,rte:, faces could not have been exhibited as to the late-6'2-'OT; ilaartegl y t — ra i n n sm a i r t e te m d a . rka T b h le ere de w gr a e s e epveirdeeenpttliyblea usetrre_i_on6q,:tpPer:, venting officious county in this instanceeonstab ale breach say that men who are known to be deadly oPp,°°_, lt ietaLi t t contests, seeing that such interference woul!l_r t be Iry prove abortive, had a sneaking sort of wish tion ia d . ar if would of show thepeace;less eliaroLteollit;i would be allowed to come off, and those inert _ f the 0,1,",et share in yesterday's excitement. The otfices° impart newspapers were during the afternoon besean uld l ' o lo' cdn te applicants, to whom the succeeding edition supplied with satisfactory expedition. An __,,,„ in .„,iy related to me this morning of Peaf Burke, 7, 1 ;', 5 . year 1838 (I think it was), visited the United +7 4 1, informant learning that Burke was in evening 000 e, would be at a certain public-house on an 0 ,6 _0 0 ai da o determined to go and see him. He went, and Power.ut I°oo4 an American, as he was then called, a url ° boo t man, without any preliminaries went u p to . _ ow • re , challenged him to fight. "What (lost thou t ero arl A $ o fighting ?" inquired Burke. The ambitious , ea il l itn, ti e e u el o plied that, whether or not, he would fight otoe anxious was he to do this that he followed .; and greatly annoyed Burke, who, at last, at In d u s 0 0 0 11 f o r . of his friends, consented to meet the raan,a le d tiP ° deo' inhabited island in Long Island Sound was 't t wa e e" jo cet the combat. On confronting each other, oft the 13 1 11 4 ‘ e ' to all assembled who knew anything n e _ , , e e! that the Yankee had net the remotest c han . , were o c e oto d handeda ft e r parrying returns. T b h l eo deafvs lit tho r lied' that he should give his foolish adversary ,__ ll he r or e ishment, and so end the burlesque ; wn' h shortlY , th 9g , " Does thou want me to kill the lad Id et ' IP° i' 3i" advice, and remove an impression which t ot ; gentleman'sh om b a c bankerw ha t it became plainly necessary that ho s hoult opt o ground in the minds of the American e radiiien i the. tu n e r og o e; him ° vex ' really the better man, and in punished him severely, but tumbled la not ow- hintwits en you that he amongst his friends, who however N t it was then discovered for the first Wu' Irishman l the nest LATEST FROM MEXICO. inst. The Liberals defeated the 4th Regiment of Cavalry, belonging to Miramon, on the sth ult., near Jalapa. Gen, Villalba (Liberal) defeated 500 Reactionists at San Martin, near Puebla, taking seven pieces of artillery, arms, and ammunition. General Publitta (Liberal) was besieging Le garde at Huyabam, 60 miles north of the city of Mexico. Puebla was threatened. It was reported that the city had been taken, but the statement lacks confirmation. San Francisco advices to the 16th of March are unimportant. NEW YORK, APRIL 6, EVENING. Stocks irregular. New York Central, 78} ; Illinois Bonds, 88. Cotton steady. Sales, 1,500 bales. Midland uplands, 119. Freights, ashes and molasses unchanged. Flour and corn firm. Sugar firm and active. Coffee firm, but dull. ORLEANS, APRIL 6. Cotton dull and less firm on receipt of the Kan garoo's advices. Middling, 10ic. to 11c. Sales of the week, 50,000 bales ; reeeipts, 26,000 ; exports, 51,000; stock, 441,000 bales. Sugars dull. Freights and exchange unaltered. MONTREAL, Arun, 7. Flour inactive. The bark Fanny Holmes, at Apalachicola, for Antwerp, was burnt to the water's edge on the 3d inst. Her cargo, consisting of cotton, was totally destroyed. _ . The Kangaroo arrived at New York on the 6th nst. The Canadian reached Portland on the 7th inst Breadstuffs firm. Provisions dull. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 6. Sales to-day, 5,000 bales. Increased receipts at all the Sdhthern ports, 767,000 bales. QUEENSTOWN, THURSDAY. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's screw steamship City of Washington, Capt. Jeffrey, from New York on the 7th inst., has arrived here. Her advices have been generally anticipated. At New York shares were active at an advance of Ito 1 per cent. State stocks steady. Railway bonds in good demand. Exchange moderate at previous rates. Money unchanged. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. PLYMOUTH, THUUSDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer China, Captain Joy, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta and China mails, put into this port short of coals, having experienced very strong easterly gales off the coast of Portugal and in the Bay of Biscay. She left Alexandria April 4th; Malta, Bth; and Gibraltar on the 13th, and proposed to start for Southampton at four o'clock this afternoon. She has 176 passengers, and a valuable cargo of silks and other produce. The screw steam frigate Doris, 32, Captain Heathcote, and the sloop Lapwing, 4, Com mander O'Reilly, were the only British ships of war at Gibraltar. Mr. Lindsay's steamship Tynemouth was in the bay. The China spoke the brig Janet Muir off the coast of Portugal, and the bark Albatross in the chops of the Channel, where there were several homeward-bound vessels. The Massilia, which left Southampton on the 12th, arrived at Gibraltar on the morning 'of the 17th inst., and continued her voyage to Alexandria at 3 p.m. REPRESENTATION OF BERKSHIR E .-- The intelli gence of the sudden dea th of Captain Leicester Vernon, the Conservative member for Barks, was received at Abinkdon. on Monday morning, and was the subject of much sym pathetic discussion in the market held that day, the gallant captain enjoying not only the confidence and respect of his political supporters, but . having, by his u r b an it y o f man ners, and by his esprit public and social matters in the country—good fellowship in the hunting-field, dining v ith the farmers here, and lecturing there, quite won the likings of all parties. So much, indeed, was this the sub ject of conversation, that little was said as to the filling up of the vacancy thus created. The hopes of the Conser vatives, however, are undoubtedly di rec t e d t o C o l one l Loyd Lindsay, o f L oc king Park, to who m , we h ear , th er y Ivan. intention of getting up a requisition. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The farewell performances of Mdlle. Piccolomini, pre vious to her retirement from the stage, commenced last evening. "La Traviata" was the opera selected, the fair vocalist appearing as Violetta, a part admitted by all her admirers to be one of her best. Upon Mdlle. Piccolomini making her appearance she was most enthusiastically re ceived, and during the whole of the performance she was greeted with loud and prolonged applause. It is perfectly unnecessary to dwell upon r iccolomini's performance of the part of Violetta, further than to say that the beauties were as effectively produced as ever ; none of the old points were lost, but reproduced with greater effect, if such be possible, than before. The house was very full, and presented a scene of gorgeous and dazzling splendour. PRINCESS'S TILEATRE. Last evening Mr. Phelps appeared for the first time at this theatre, as Bertuccio in Tom Taylor's play of " The Fool's Revenge." His performance throughout the play elicited immense applause, and we have no doubt that it will become as popular at the Princess's as it was at Sad ler's Wells, where it was originally produced. Miss Heath and Miss Atkinson appeared in their original characters — parts which they have made their own by the intensity and pathos of their acting. The piece was produced with all that care and attention that se greatly distinguishes the efforts of the talented lessee—Mr. A. Harris—the scenery, dresses, and decorations being entirely new, and of the most splendid description. At the close of the second act and at the termination of the play Mr. Phelps was called before the curtain, and the same compliment was paid to Miss Atkinson and Miss Heath. The house was very fully and fashionably attended. LYCEU,3I THEA T.RE. The success of the capital burlesque of " The Forty Thieves" continues nightly to increase, and we are re• joiced that the spirited determination of Mr. E. Faulkner to open the house chiefly for the reproduction of this bur lesque bids fair to be highly remunerative. Mr. Calhaem too has also great cause to congratulate himself en the suc cess he has achieved in the part of Morgiana. This gentle man some time ago formed a portion of Mr. Dillon's com pany, at this theatre, but during that engagement never once had an opportunity of displaying his ability, the whole, or very nearly so, of the season being devoted to production of plays suitable for the lessee. Mr. Calhaem has fortunately had an opportunity of showing his versatility of talents, and they have been hailed with the most remarkable success. In addition to the attraction of the burlesque, Miss Lydia Thompson nightly appears in the character of Harry in the lively farce of " The Middy Ashore," and delights the audience with her sailor's hornpipe. Owing to the arrangements for the giving of French plays at this theatre, Mr. Faulkner's season is but of very limited duration; to those intending to visit the Lyoeum during the representation of the burlesque, wo can safely assure them that they will pass a very delightful night with "The Forty Thieves." sr. JAMES'S HALL. The enterprising conductors of the Vocal Asso ciation last night devised a new means of enter taining and gratifying the members and the gene ral public. A conversazione was held, in which art, literature, and their admirers met togetheit An attractive collection of works of art and sub jects of interest had been contributed from various sources, and included pictures, statuary, photo graphs, and curiosities of all kinds. The visitors were busily engaged in the examination of the col lection, whieli was skilfully arranged in the area and galleries. 'I he musical portion of the evening's entertainment was, as might have been anticipated, of a high order. Mr. Benedict superintended with his accustomed ability and judgment, and a length ened and varied programme was fulfilled most sa tisfactorily. Madame Rudersdorff and Herr Becker, the violinist, were among the performers, whose abilities arc popularly known. Prominent among the novelties was Madame Strossi, an Italian vocalist of celebrity, who attracted great attention, and received warm encouragement from the audi ence, notwithstanding the rival fascinations of the conversazione and art collections. Many other singers acquitted themselves with credit,while stholeochoruses, part songs, &c., given by the mem bers of the Vocal Association possessed all their usual merits. The hall was crowded by a brilliant assembly, and we have no doubt that the success of this first attempt will induce a recurrence of these pleasant artistic gatherings. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official robidonco a the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street—all the Ministers were present. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney arrived in Cleveland-square yesterday from Frognal Lodge, Foots cray, Kent. Lord Blantyre has taken a mansion in Grosvenor place for the season, and will shortly remove with Lady Blantyre and family from Stafford House, St. James's. The Right lion. the Speaker and Lady Char lotte Denison have removed from their mansion on Carlton House •terrace to the right hon. gentleman's official resi dence at the New Palace, Westminster. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady Georgiana Hamilton arrived at Chesterfield House yesterday, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Lichfield at Shugborough Park, Staffordshire. _ _ _ The Marchioness (Louisa) of Waterford and Lady Stuart de Rothesay left town yesterday for Paris, and after a brief sojourn in that capital will go on a tour in Italy and Germany. _ _ _ THE REFORM BlLL.—Yesterday an influential deputation from the borough of Guildford, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. J. 11. Piper), the Hon. G. C. Norton (Re corder), Mr. R. D. Mangles, Mr. J. Stedman, Mr. J. Hop ley, Mr. I'. T. Freakes, Mr. Do - wlen, Mr. Austen, and Mr. M. Smallpiece (town-clerk), had an interview with Lord John Russell at the Foreign-office, in order to urge upon his lordship the claims of Guildford to retain the member proposed to be taken from that borough. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Bolin, M.P., Mr. Onslow_ , M.P., Mr. J. J. Briscoe, M.P., an d M r . G. Cubitt, M.P. Mr. R. D. Mangles having made a statement of the views of ' the deputation, Lord John Russell, in reply, said if they asked his opinion he should say that the test adopted in 1832 was a fair test, and, as they bad said, he relieved Guildford even from partial disfranchisement, but it was necessary the measure should be brought into such a shape that the House of Commons could not bring against them the charge of unfairness. The late Government had adopted the test of population, and no one objected to it, and it had seemed to the present Government the best test to take in bringing the measure into the House of Com mons. It was impossible to pick out a certain number of boroughs ; the only way was by the adoptionof some simple test such as that of population. After some observations from Mr. Mangles the deputation thanked his lordship and withdrew. SOUTII-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Captain Mangles and Mr. Archibald Scott arrived in Poole, accompanied by Mr. H. I). Seymour, to ascertain and hear the claims that the inhabitants had for better railway accommodation to tko town, and which they have so long urged, but hitherto unsuccessfully. It is stated there is every probability that steps will shortly be taken by the South-Western Company to bring Poole on their main lino.— Wietlitire Mirror. DIPLOMATIC TRANSLATIONS. The German translation of Baron Schleinitz's de spatch to Count Bernstorff has just appeared in several German journals. It is strange that in this translation Lord Bloomfield should be represented as having misinterpreted the substance of Baron Schleinitz's conversation with him, as reported in the published despatch to Lord John Russell, num bered 92 in the Blue-book. This representation is in total opposition to the French original, the sense of which has been distorted by mistranslation, as the following examples will show : .... " Vous remarquerez," says Baron Schleinitz, "Monsieur le Comte, gull y a entre ce que je viens de dire, et less ex pressions dont Lord Bloomfield s'est servi dans so.depeche, une nuance tres sensible qu'il m'importe do faire ressortir." This passage is rendered into German : "Es wird Eu. Excellenz nicht entgehen, dass zwischen dem was ich eben gesagt, and der Ausdrucken deren sich Lord Bloomfield in seiner Depesche bedient hat, eine sehr bemerkbare Abweichung besteht, auf deren Hervorhebung es mir ankommt." There is a very wide difference between " une nuance tres sensible" ("nuance" being literally " a shade") and " eine sehr bemerkbare Abweichung" (" Abweichung" literally being "a deviation"). Such a rendering can only have proceeded from a spirit of malevolence, and cannot be laid to the charge of ignorance. Again, in the passage— s'etait Lien plutot attache a signaler a son Gouverns!- ment le caractre general do nos appreciations, tellea quo je les avail indiquees au representant do l'Et.opereur Napo leon, qu'a rapporter avec precision lo detat . l . de , s , observa tions puisees dans l'histeire de l'anne e derniere, &c., . " Rapporter avec precision" is ren dere d " mvoller Genauigkeit"—a far stronger expression. APPEAL TO THE PAPAL AND NEAPOLITAN TRooPs.—The " National Italian. Society" of Turin has issued an address to the soldiers of " The Bourbon of Naples" and of the Pope,. calling on the Italians among them not to " second the imp rage of mercena r i es , th e scum of the populations of Switzerland and Austria." The address goes on to say :—" Your cowardly tyrants make use of you as vile instruments for keeping your brethren in slavery; they seek to excite y.?u against us. The ultimate result of this fratricidal war is known to everyone. You must look for a shamful defeat ; not that you want courage or discipline, but because free Italy has only to put forth her hand to overthrow the tottering thrones of Pope and Bourbon ; because we fight for our beloved country, whilst you fight for masters justly despised and hateful," NON A fa Money gated VictoriE next f e l ceased, creased willing to neg raoreov £95,001 eeived be spe , satisfac who, a Zillion the Bai exciters tamed broken Old sysi A rai 11 1 the bales hi Share doWnw The Ceylon £463,4 India r £267,51 Govern 450,001 The has iul 'when ii ing cur doubtfu dividen 1859 F IE to p a y: togethe the yea on the tors an( elnune Bath In the Er ittive Per cen fully n tolerabl money, kt i a Per Cen India E 10611 ; ditto 51 benture 1 2a. pn A CO] Poreigi per Ce Sardini 1 6, and iniprov 9 1, and The Prom. ; toria L Mess sa the 1 united Q. 5 pe ,_arylan Alassael Bondi rennsyl _ bam sentucl „ullio 6 ,renneyl tellneSP Virginia Virginia koston The to this West( North to kidis the G York the G Great In have nada Cey] beet Wet BRI 3 , pei pei NOM Diii Lord Cor Ind