The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-07 00:00:00

IER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JL SEASON 1858. The approach of another Season lays upon the Direction of Nor Majesty's Theatre the welcome duty of acknowledging the continued kindness and confidence by which its friends Pave never failed to supply a sure guarantee of success, and a ()militant stimulus to new exertions. The past year was distinguished by events which call for special recognition. The gracious selection of Her Majesty's Theatre as the scene of the Royal Festivities, on the auspicious occasion of the nuptials of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, has added Stew lustre to the historical distinction which the Opera House has so long enjoyed as the favourite resort of the Court and aristocracy of Britain. The Director has again to record his grateful appreciation of the noble aid munificent encouragement which, after achieving the re-establishment of the Theatre, has continued, with discriminating taste, to guide and sustain the efforts made in each successive year to maintain for the Opera of London its fitting place among the Musical Institutions of Europe. That position is now amply recognised in every Continental capital, and the approving verdict of the audi ence o f H er Majesty's Theatre is universally accepted as the hx:ghest testimonial which an artist can produce. last year has contributed to extend, as well as to elevate the influences of the establishment, and to exhibit it in the la rg est sense as a National Institution. The Subscribers, by w h o se Affective encouragement daring the Season the experi ment of a supplementary series of popular performances was Alone rendered possible, will have the gratification of know ing that they have not only secured and improved for them. selves their accustomed recreation, but have been the means of conferring upon a wider circle the refined enjoyments of the highest musical art. The Operatic features of the last season must still be fresh in the memory of all. Besides other additions to the talent secured in former years, the resources of the Theatre were enriched by the acquisition of a tenor whose artistic genius and unsurpassed sweetness of voice were instantaneously re udgment of musical connoissieurs, and by cogn ised by the j the instinctive appreciation of every lover of melody. The Direction have been fortunate enough to retain the invaluable aid of Mdlle. Piccolomini, Signor Giuglini, and all t h e v ocalists who co ntributed to p ast s uccesses ; and is able to announce, iu the approaching debut of Madlle. Titiens, even t which it is believed will distinguish the season of 1858 as the first appearance of Signor Giuglini marked that of 1857. It is seldom that nature lavishes on one person all the varied gifts which are needed to form a great soprano. A voice whose register entitles it to cl Aim this rank is of the rarest order. The melodious quality and power, which are not less essential than an extended register, are scarcely more common. Musical knowledge, executive finish, and perfect intonation are indispensable ; and to these the prima donna shoul I add dramatic force and adaptability, and a large measure of per sonal grace. mare endowments will not sufficeunless they are illumined by the fire of genius. How nearly the high ideal isapproached by Madlle. Titiens, and how much more nearly it may hereafter be reached under the same genial encouragement which has developed the powers of so many aspirants, the friends of the opera will have an early opposite ity of judging. The Director has again the satisfaction of expressing his slicers gratitude to ell his artistic friends within the theatre, for the unfailing zeal and devotion which have enabled him to record the completion of another season without a single deviation from the performances announced. The performances will commence immediately after Easter with the debut of Madlle. Titiens, and Signor Giuglini's first appearance here in Meyerbeer's grand opera of " Gli Ugo notti," on the preparation of which the utmost efforts have been bestowed to make it in every way worthy of the occasion. At an early period Verdi's Opera of " Luisa Miller" will be given for the first time in this country, when Madlle. Piccolomini will sustain the part of the heroine. The English School of Composition will be represented by "La Zingara "of Balfe. The repertoire will be selected from the works of Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini, in which Idadlles. Piccolomoni, Spezia, Ortolani, and Signori Giuglini, Belart, Belletti, Vialetti, and ethers have won the appreciation of the subscribers. The Ballet will be supported by Madlle. Pocchini (for whom a New Ballet has been expressly composed, to be produced early in the season), by Madlle. Marie Taglioni, Madlle. Bos. chetti, Madame Rosati, and other favourites, and by Madlle. Orsini, who will make her first appearance early in the Sea son. Each performance will be made as effective as possible, and the Director hopes, by unceasing exertions, to meet the con tinued confidence of the subscribers and the public. oast. Maxine. THERESA TITIENS (Principal soprano of the Im perial Opera, Vienna), Madlle. Madlle. ogroLANI, Madlle. LUCIONI (Of the Scala, Milan, and prin cipal Theatres of Italy, her first appearance), Madame GHIONI (Of the principal Theatres of Italy, her first appearance), bfadlle. SON DI NA, Madlle. GRAMAGLIA, Madame ALBONI, and Madlle. PICCOLOMINI. Signor GIUGLINI, Signor BELART, Signor MATTIOLI (Of La Scala, Milan ; Teatro Regio, Turin ; and Royal Theatre, Madrid, his first appearance), Signor BENEVENTANO, Signor ROSSI. Signor ALDIGHIERI, Signor MERCURIALI, Signor CASTELLI, Signor VIALETTI, and Signor BELLETTI. DIRECTORS OF THE MUSIC AND CONDUCTORS. —The ability shown by Signer ARDITI, engaged during the past successful Winter Performances, has induced the Direction to retain his valu able services ; and Signor BONETTI, whose talented exer tions hare given general satisfaction, has been re-engaged, and will arrive immediately after the termination of the Italian Opera Season at Paris, BALLET. Ma,dlle. POCCHINI, Madße. ANETTA ORSINI Madlle. MORLACCHI, Madlle. BOSCHETTI, (of La Fenice, 'Venice, her first I Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI, appearance in England), and Mine. ROSATI. -- Madlle. ROLLA, Madlle. ERNESTINA 810- M. DURAND, M. ALFRED CARON (of the Academie Imperiale, Paris, his first appearance). LETTI• (her first appearance), Madlle. PASQUALE. The Corps de Ballet will be composed of Pupils of the School of Instruction and others selected with care. Director of the School of Instruction and Maitre de Ballet Regisseur de la Danse M. PETIT. Leader of the Ballet M. NADAUD, An engagement has also been effected with the eminen. Maitre de Ballet, Signor ROTA. The Repertoire hill consist of a selection from the Works of Meyerbeer, Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, and Mozart. The first work t) be produced will be (first time at this theatre) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera of LES HUGUENOTS, which has been for a long time in active preparation, and will be produced on a scale and with an effect worthy of this great work. The minor, as well as the principal parts, will be effectively filled. The Scenery has been prepared with great care. The First Act will comprise a scene, drawn from nature, on the picturesque banks of the Loire, the locality of the action. The other scenes will present features of great interest. The Dresses will be historically correct. Shortly afterwards will be produced (first time at this theatre) Verdi's Opera of LUISA MILLER, the Libretto foultded on the celebllated Drama of Schiller, "Cabals mad Liebe." OtheoNovelties are in contemplation, and the engagement of Madlle. Titiens will enable the direction to resume several works that have not been given for years. To afford the subscribers the opportunity of hearing the work of the popular Engli II composer, gaffe's Opera of LA ZING&RA will be presented some time during the season. Signer Giuglini will resume the part of Thaddeus, already sustained by him with such decided success. He will also re appear in all the principal par's in which be has been so favourably received by the subscribers and the public. Madlle. T tiens has arrived, and will make her first ap pearance in this country at the opening of the Theatre, as Valentine, in Meycrbeer's Opera of THE HUGUENOTS. Sigr. Giuglini will also, for the first time at this Theatre, ap pear in the character of Raoul de Nangis ; Madlle. Ortolani will appear in the part of the Queen of Navarre ; Madlle. Lncioni as the Page ; Sigr. Vialetti as Marcel; Sigr. Aldighieri as Nevers ; and Sigr. Belletti as St. Bris. Madlle. Piccolonaini will make her appearance in April in one of her favourite parts, and afterwards in a part in which she had the greatest success in Italy, LUISA MILLER. Later in the season Madlle. Spezia will appear in one of her favourite dramatic parts. Madame Alboni will arrive early in May. Sigr. Belart will arrive on the 10th April, at the close of his successful engagement at the Italian Opera, Paris. A new Ballet, by M. Massot, is in active preparation, is which Madlle. Pocehini, who has arrived in London, will ap pear, entitled FLEUR DES CHAMP. The general favourite, Madlle. Marie Taglioni, will arrive early in May, and will appear in a new Ballet Divertissement composed expressly for her. Madle. Orsini will make her debut immediately on tho opening of the Theatre, in a new Divertissement. A new Ballet Divertissement will also be produced for the first appearance of Madlle. Boschetti. The Subscription will consist of Thirty Nights, and tho terms will be as follows : Pit Boxes.. Grand Tier One Pair . Two Pair . Pit Stalls . 150 Guineas. ~ 2JO „ ~ 150 „ ~ 100 „ 25 „ The THEATRE will OPEN immediately AFTER EASTER, when will be produced, first time at this Theatre, Meyer beer's Opera of LES HUGUENOTS (Gli Ugonotti). Valentine The Queen of Navarre The Page Madlle. LUCIONI. Raoul de Nangis Signor GIUGLINI. Marcel Count of ?levers Count of St. Bris Conductor, Signor ADRITI. With scenery, entirely new and original, by Mr. Marshall ; tresses, entirely new and taken from the best authorities, by Madame Copere, and executed by M. Laureys and Mrs. Masterman ; principal machinist, Mr. Sloman ; head of the property depactment Mr. Bradwell ; the mise-en-scene and. incidental ballet, by M. Massot. DESCRIPTION OF TILE SCENERY.—Act I. Scene Ist.—Tou rain.—Saloon in the Castle of the Count de Severs. This Scene has been composed in the Renaissance style, age of Francis I. Scene 2d.—Park and Castle of Chenoueeau, com posed from Sketches made in the vicinity of Auboise. Act Paris—The PrC-aux Clercs and View of Paris in 1572, from the Etchings of S. Silvestre. Act 111. Paris—The Castle of de Nevers-- Interior. French Gothic style, with Renais saince enrichments. Act IV. Paris—Chapel of the Hugue• gs of S. Silvestre. note—A Quartier of Paris, from the Etehin T IIEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, April 6 , will be performed AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buekstone, Chipendale, Compton, W. Farren Rogers Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, Mrs, B. White, Miss Lavine;and Mrs. J. Fitz william. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Concluding with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST, Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price, s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress 80xe5,......,... 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ............... 2 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 - 0 . 1 OiGallery 0 -6 Commence it Seven. • ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented the new farce entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, The Green Business. After which, will be revived FAUST AND MARGUE RITE. Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (for thesecond time) a new farce s eentitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. by their "sayings," but by their " doings," who wish rather to exceed than to fall short of their promises, and, instead of cautiously concealing t heir intentions, place them fairly before the com munity, and invite discussion and criticism! The objects of the bills are similar. The guiding principle in both oases is to substitute the direct government of the Crown for the moribund Company, now " stretched on its political death bed." The details on which differences may arise consist of—the number and composition of the Council ; and the qualification, if any, that should be required in its members. Surely these are matters that may be temperately and fairly dis cussed in committee, without being made the topics of such virulent and incessant attacks, which may, however, defeat themselves, as they must disgust every disinterested and independent man who is disposed to consider both measures on their substantial merits. LNTEST NEWS. BERLIN, APRIL 6. Letters from Vienna of this day's date state, on positive information, that the report of the National Bank of Moldavia having suspended payment is confirmed. TRIESTE, APRIL G. The Turkish troops who disembarked at Kleck have encamped at Stolaz. It is said that 6,000 Irregulars are concen trated at Kuczko. The Rayahs have refused to obey their chief, Vukalowich. There has not hitherto been any collision. The Montonegrins remain quietly within their 'rontierP. It is said that the Budget will be introduced on Friday the 16th instant, and that on that day the Chancellor of the Exchequer will have the opportunity of propounding his financial scheme, and exhibiting qualifications for the most arduous and least popular office in the gift of the Crown. The duties on the present occasion will be pecu liarly difficult. The Right Hon. Gentleman must, as the Lord Mayor remarked, provide for " the little bill" bequeathed by his predecessor, for which he himself is in no way responsible. He will not be troubled with a surplus, the great stumbling block of Sir CHARLES WOOD, when he occu pied the position. He has succeeded to a damnosa hereditas, Insolvent Estates which he must manage so as to pay all claimants, It is not, at this moment, that there is a deficiency. As yet there is enough in the Exchequer to pay all demands. But there are matters coming to maturity that must be met, and for which Mr. DISRAELI must provide the ways and means. There will be a deficit of at least six, and probably nearer seven, millions to be made up, of which three and a half millions may be regarded as payment of capital—viz., the 2,000,0001. of Exchequer Bonds falling due in May (with an equal amount next year), and 1,500,0001. sinking fund towards the liquidation of the war debt. The Exchequer Bonds could be renewed with the greatest facility, and as wo have repeatedly pointed out, they ought to be renewed. It was never intended at the time of the "ventilation" of the GLADSTONE abortion that the stock, for which notice of payment was given, should all be re deemed in money. A different kind was ten dered for acceptance, which it was supposed would have been eagerly accepted. Even the Oxford pet would scarcely have proposed denuding the Exchequer of its balances for the purpose of pay ing off ten millions that were totally uncalled for. Nor would he, after the breaking out of the Russian war, have ventured in his place in Parlia ment to designate it as " a valuable finan cial demonstration." It was intended that it should remain a portion of the debt, and the tax-paying community of the present generation have a right to demand that the 2,000,0001., improperly paid last year, should be replaced in the Exchequer, and the 2,000,000/. falling due in May provided for by the issue of new bills. This would at once give 4,000,0001. sterling, or perhaps a little more ; as in the pre sent state of the money-market they would pro bably sell at a handsome premium, which would go far towards meeting the anticipated defi ciency. But the income-tax is also to he reduced to 5d., by which there will be a loss of 2,000,0001. to the revenue. There can be no doubt that Sir G. C. LEWIS would propose that matters should remain in state quo for the next two years, and Mr. DISRAELI might do the same, although he objected because it wai not clear that it would be required. But circumstances changed. The Indian mutiny broke out and heavy expenses were entailed on the country—expenses which occasion a consideratble portion of the deficit. But still we hope that the Right Hon. ourable Gentleman will do better. He has a glorious opportunity of carrying out that which was the great feature of the Budget of 1852—a discrimination between permanent and precarious income. Let him, then, let the latter receive the benefit of the reduction, but increase the former to tenpence. He would thus obtain an increase of about 2,250,000/., of which half would be received during the current year. With that, and a renewal of the Exchequer Bonds, he would be enabled to liquidate all de mands, and keep up the character in pecuniary affairs which Great Britain ought always t 3 maintain. TUE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, IRIS. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Royal mail steam ship Tamar, Capt. John H. Jellicoe, arrived this day, at one o'clock, with the heavy portion of the Australian mails. On the outward voyage the Tamar arrived at Malta at 11.50 p. m. 20th March, having experienced strong westerly and W. N. W. gales on the 13th and 14th ; afterwards fine weather. Sailed 21st, at 9.20 a.m., and arrived at Alexandria on the 241 h, at 11 a.m. Sailed 25th, at 6.50 p.m.; arrived at Malta, 28th, at 2.5 p.m. and sailed the same day at 10 p.m. Home the iamar experienced as , roug westerly gale in the Mediterranean, thick foggy weather off the coast of Portugal (going slow for eight hours), south-westerly winds across the Bay, and strong easterly wind from Portland. The latest dates are, Alexandria, March 25 ; Malta, March 28. She brings 91 passengers, 40 packages of specie, of the value of 126,9911. 7s. 7d.; and the following cargo-1 bale of silk, 5 bales of wool, and 32 packages of sundries. Ships at Alexandria—Her Majesty's ship Cara doc, and the usual Egyptian fleet. The Peninsu lar and Oriental Company's steamer Malabar, from Southampton, arrived on the 25th at six a.m. •, and Vec.is, from Marseilles, arrived on the 25th, at five p.m. Ships at Malta—Her Majesty's ships Royal Al bert, Conqueror, Princes Bo) al, Centurion, Tar tarus, Vulture, Cygnet, and the Prussian frigate Thetis. April 5, at five p.m., 20 miles south-west of Ushant, passed the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Colombo, steering south. NEW SOUTH WALES. The prolonged absence of the December mail from England, now some days overdue, has created even greater anxiety than usual, in consequence of the commercial agitation that was prevalent at the Ilse of the last advices. The mail f r England is now being made up at the Sydney Post-office, and the Simla, which takes it to Suez, will sail to-day. This noble ship has a full complement of passengers, of whom our colonial families alone can count 34 per sons. The seniors of them, having found the streets of Sydney as pis lific of gold as, in the day dream of Whittington, appeared those of the British metro polis, go home to enjoy the reward of their exile, and the ycung scions to obtain the advantage of an English education. Notwithstanding that commercial affairs have for some months remained in a very depressed state in Sydney, we have not to record such disastrous failures as have been experienced in the adjacent colony. The principal failure here has been that of Mr. Henry Fisher, merchant, which occurred very recently, and was occasioned by large speculations in sugar and flour. The liabilities are about 125,0001., and the creditors have been offered a shilling in the pound, which has been refused ; and, if no better proposal is made, the estate will be sur rendered to the Insolvent Court. The failure of Mr. Fisher has led to that of Purkis and Lambert, auctioneers, who acted as his agents, and endorsed his bills to a large amount. In their schedule they state their liabilities at about 100,000/., and their assets at 70,0001., leaving a deficit of 30,0001. An other auctioneering firm, heretofore in good com mercial repute and carrying on an extensive busi ness, has succumbed to the pressure from without. Another general election to the Parliament of New South Wales is just over—the third under what is called the new constitution and representa tive government. That it has not hitherto worked favourably for the colony the frequent changes of ministry testify. The last cabinet, like the pre ceding one, resigned in consequence of not being able to carry a bill for facilitating the sale of crown lands. Whether the present miuistry, with Mr. , Cowper at its head, will be able to settle the qucestio vexata, remains for the future to decide. The sub ject is a difficult one to deal with. It is argued that if the upset price of the colonial lands be fixed ' too high (11. per acre is proposed) persons oflimited means will be unable to buy ; if at low price the probability is that men of capital will monopolise it, to sell at a profit. Numerous are the devices pro posed to meet the contemplated contingencies, and as there are so many interests concerned, and the squatters (as the occupants of the pastoral lands are called) are a powerful and influential body, any ministry must find it an arduous teak to balance the antagonisms. Desirable as it is that facilities should be given to persons who would devote labour as well as a small capital to the cultivation of the fertile but now waste lands of the colony, it must not be lost sight of that the squatters are the producers of the main staple of our colonial wealth, wool and tallow, and that they have a right to demand protection for what are to them, or ought to be, vested in terests. This subject will be one of the earliest to be discussed by the new Parliament, and the settle ment is looker forward to with much anxiety. Mr. J. H. Plunkett, who has been f , r nearly ten years the chairman of the Board of National Edu cation., has just been dismissed from that gratuitous office by the Colonial Secretary, on the frivolous pretence that the board had adopted certain regu lations not strictly in ace rrdance with the Act of Council by which it was constituted. Mr. Plunkett has since resigned his seat as President of the Le gislative Assembly, and all offices which he held under the government, as, he says, " the reign, of terror has commenced." A requisition to the Mayor is in course of signature, requesting him to convene a public meeting of the citizens in Hyde-park, to protest against such an arbitrary exercise of official authority as that of Mr. Cowper. It is very likely that the result will be a resolution calling upon him to resign. Mr. Plunkett is so generally popular, particularly among the Roman Catholics, of whom he is leader, that had the occurrence taken place before the elections, Mr. Cowper would undoubt edly have lost his seat for Sydney. Intelligence was received here yesterday of an extensive forgery, cominit'ed by a Spaniard, named De Miranda. When he arrived here, which was very lately, he brought hi g hl y respecta bl e intro ductions, and represented himself as a purchaser of land for vine-growing in New south Wales, and was the agent of Baring Brotitr , , of London. He has succeeded in negotiating bills to the amount of about 20,0001., which have since turned out to be forgeries. An officer is gone to Melbourne in quest of him. The tide of emigration to these colonies has not of late flowed so abundantly as heretofore. The Tele graph arrived here last week from Liverpool with 397 government emigrants ; and within the past fortnight nearly 2,000 Chinese have been brought in American bottoms from Hong Kong. The Chinese are perseverieg, and generally successful, gold-diggers, when they adopt that pur3uit, and many of them make money by charcoal-burning, in which they excel. Four seamen, the ringleaders in a mutiny on beard an American whaler, the murder of the captain and other officers, and the taking forcible possession of the ship, have boon apprehended at Twofold Bay, and brought on to Sydney. They have undergone several examinations, the principal evidence against them being the mate, who, under pain of death, was obliged to steer the vessel to some Australian port. They will be sent to America for trial. The electric telegraph between Liverpool and Sydney (22 miles) is now in working order, and there is also a communication between the Ex change and the Heads. In one day last weak about 6,000 persons were ad►nitted to witness the opera tion of the machine. The ne - v lighthouse at the Heads (where the Dunbar was wrecked) is nearly completed, and will be shortly ready to receive the lantern. Among the new structures that are making pro areas in Sydney, are St. Andrew's Church of Eng land Cathedral, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathe dral, St. Philip's Tower (to receive a peal of eight bells given by Mr. Johu Campbell), splendid build ings for the Bank of Au , tralasia, the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank, and the Oriental Bank, an observatory, and the bridge to the suburb of Pyrmout, now separated from the city by Darling harbour ; the opening of this last will take place in about a fortnight. The railway extension line from Liverpool to Campbell-town is being industriously proceeded with, and will be completed in a few months. Our railway communication will then be about 36 miles, a very respectable beginning. Henry Watt arrived in Newcastle on Friday night by the Government train from the south. He will stay for some time, it is said, at the house of his parents in Argyle-street. iIIE WILL OF A MILLIONNAIRE.—The Evening Mail states that the late Mr. Q.Jintin Dick, who was privately interred in Dublin ou Saturday, died worth considerably over a million of money. will directs that all secu rities standing in the public lands and elsewhere shall be turned into cash, and the vast proceeds invested in the purer ase of land in Ireland. To his only sister, Mrs. Hume, of Fla woo'', be has left a life intsrest in the property thus to be acquired, and after her death, her son, Mr. W. F. Hume, one cf the members for the county of Wicklow, is to inherit the whole, subject to the payment of a few trifling legacies. The will bears date upwards of 14 years since. A million sterling, in vested, say, in land, ought, in the present state of the market, to produce something like 50,0001. per annum. The &carved had plainly more faith in the stability of Irish property than the late Sir Robert Peel, whose memorable caution t‘.) his tru,tees against in vestments in Ireland formed a curious ftature in the will of the great statesman. "But not in Ireland " are words that denoted misgivings which in the present state of the country seem a little out of place. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING will be presented the drama of THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr. B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform. After which, a new operatic spectacle, THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. The characters by Mr. Rolfe, Paul Bedford, J. Bland, and Misses Roden, Keeley, and Arden. TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directress, 0 Miss Swauborough. —This Evening will be produced the new comedy, by Stirling Coyne, Esq., called NOTHING VENTURE, NOTHING WIN. After which, a new burlesque, FRA DIAVOLO. And a Farce. Supported by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Ray, 11161 fort, Kinloch, Seymour, C. Young ; Mesdames M. Oliver, Ternan, Leigh Murray, Selby, Victor, Portman, and Swan borough. fIANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of lih'notions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dm., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunel', Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, and Miss Montague ; Herr F. Jonghmaus, Mr. Renshaw , S. fonec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. T. Maelagau, W. T. Critchfield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. - - - - Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening, Mr. WOODHOUSE (by permission of Ch irles Kean, Esq.) will have the honour of introducing, every evening, his highly successful Performance on the new REGULATION DRUM. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 41--lowest this morning and during the night. 45 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.84. WIND, E.S.E.; moderate, with dull cloudy weather, and some rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. am DAY—Morn., 17 min. aft. 7—Even., 54 min aft 7 To-Mom:tow --Morn., 44 min. aft. 8 —Even., 30 min. aft. 9 e7 l-1 r f• c.____-..C.! ,., ,., -..,..,-,._-. ~--,. ~.. §itla, (..„,,,,.,,,, - .... ...,_,, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1858. It seems to be now generally understood that the first great battle between the " ins" and " the outs" will take place on the Government of India Bills, the rival projects of Lords DERBY and PALMERSTON. We confess we wish that it had been otherwise, It will not give the people of India a very favourable impression as to their prospects under Parliamentary Government. When they learn that a matter of such vital im portance to 150,000,000 of her MAJESTY'S sub jects in the East, and involving so many important interests, both at home and abroad, should be made the ground of a factious opposition against the actual occupants of office, and of a merely political con tesf. The object of 02/ persons, without exception, should be to render the measure that must be carried as efficient as possible, and for that purpose, to work harmoniously together, selecting the best parts of each scheme, and gracefully to yield points of minor importance. But such, unfortunately, is not the case. Thero is no subject that has been so incessantly attacked by the Times, and its servile flock of imitators amongst the public journals, by the Times led— men who, unable to think or reason for themselves, swallow with implicit faith all that the Times is pleased to enunciate ex cathedra, or by the small politicians of the House of Commons and the clubs, who look only to men, and are profoundly indifferent to measures, caring only that the dis tribution of patronage should be in the bands of those from whom they might hope to obtain something for themselves or their proteges. These onslaughts are too systematic to be accidental. Day after day, the Leviathan hurls its ponderous missiles, deserting the principles it once professed, and varying the attack in every possible way ; while those who derive their inspiration from it, columns re-echo its arguments, and with ominous nods, assert that " the Government scheme can never work I" As an instance, we may refer to the first leader in the Times of Monday, which clearly indicates the character of the opposition offered. The thunder is directed mainly against what it is pleased to term " The New Democratic Consti tution for India." The representative principle which professing Liberals were once accustomed to boast of as the best and most eligible that could be devised, must now, according to the oracle of Printing-house-square, be regarded as a mockery and delusion, something altogether antiquated and obsolete, and by no means suited to the spirit of the age. If large constituencies are entrusted with elective powers, there must necessarily be a breach of trust. It is not men of high character and unblemished reputation that will be selected, but broken-down merchants—persons bankrupt alike in character and pocket, who will, by the simple process of popular election, be pitchforked into places of trust and emolument for which they would be by no means qualified. It is certainly not complimentary to the electors of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and Belfast to suppose that " fire Micawbers" could by any possibility be " introduced into public life under the auspices of the Ministerial Bill." It de dares that " a thousand a year and little to do is the very thing for the turning up' of which this amiable class are continually waiting ;" adding=" Indeed, we rather think that the bene volent mind of Mr. DISRAELI must have contem plated these very persons as the object of his bounty." Aud again, after proceeding to show that no prosperous trader, or retired trader iu good circumstances, would think of accepting the office, sums up in these terms —" It seems, then, that the very object of Mr. DISRAELI'S bounty must be the unfortunate trader, and that we have in this part of the Bill a clever expedient for neutralising the injustice often done by BAnk ruptcy Commissioners, and sometimes, we grieve to say, by juries, to gentlemen who have been unfortunate in business, and we cengratulata the great constituencies, who are to elect five of the Councillors upon the qualification of members, which leaves them so fair a. prospect of a saectiou from the noble army of bankrupts." Reader, the above extracts are not from the , Ifoniteur, or any acknowledged organ of a des potic Government. Nor an they taken from th os e whose business an d pleasure of late have been turning into contempt and disrepute the time-honoured institutions of the United King dom. They are from the Times—the pro• fessedly liberal Times ; and the object is t bring back a professedly liberal party to power in the place of those who offer " a new democratic constitution t) India," and recog nise the principle of representation ! What really consistent Liberal can be led astray by such flimsy pretexts—such shallow devices ? What sincere Radical can support a party with liberality on their lips, but unalloyed Toryism in their hearts, against men who desire to be judged, not THE PRIVI COUNCIL. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Her Majesty the Queen held a Privy Couneil at half past three o'clock this afternoon. It was attended by Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harawicke, the Earl of Darby, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, Lord John Manners, the Marquis of Exeter, Earl Dalawarr, and the Duke of Beaufort. At the Council Mr. Mowbray, Judge-Advocate- Genera], and the Earl of Donoughmore, by command of the Queen were sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council and took their places at the board. _ Her Majesty having been pleased to app&nt the Right lion. William Earl of Sefton to be Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster, his lordship was sworn into office. Lord Sudeley was sworn into office as Lord Lieu tenant of Montgomerphire. The Earl of Donoughmore was appointed by the Queen Vice-President of the Board of Trad'. The Education CornmiLtee was re-appointed. Mr. G. Grerille was the Clerk of the Councilin waiting. Tile Earl cf Derby and the Marquis of Salisbury bad audiences of the Q leen. The Earl of Sheffield and Lieut.-Col. F. Cavendish were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Lord Chance!lor, the Marquis cf Exeter, the Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hard ,vicke, Lord John Lammers, Lord Stanley, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Right HOD. J. W. Ilealey, the Eld of Donoughmore, the Earl of Sefton, Lord Sudeley, Mr. Mowbray, and Mr. C. Grelille, travelled from town to Windsor by a special train on the Great Western Rail way. The ministers returned to Paddington by a special train, after attending the Queen's Privy Council. The Countess de Persigny was prevented, by indispo sition, accepting her Majasty's invitation to Windsor Ca4le. _ _ The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince George of Saxony, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, the younger members of the royal family, the visitors staying at the Castle, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household, witnessed Mr. Rarey's whole sytem of subduing the horse, this morning, in the Riding-school f the Cantle. Lady Churchill has succeeded the Countess of Caledon as the Lady in Waiting to her Maje.sty, and the Earl of Shtffield and Lieut.-CJI. F. Cavendish have succeeded Lord Raglan and Major-Gen. Berkeley Drummond as Lard and Groom in Waiting. Highne.s the Prii:ce of Wales will shortly cecupy the White Lodge, the Ranger's Lodge, Rich mond-park. S:oce the death of the Duchess of Glou ster. the rangership of Richmond-park has been en trusted to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, on, we believe, the understanding that on the Prince of Wales a taining his majority the royal duke will trans for the rangerenip to the prince. The lodge has under gone a thor mgh repair and embellishment preparatory to the Prince of Wales taking up his establishment there. It is said that the Queen and the Prince Consort pur pose, during the residence of the Court at Buckingham Palace, to occasionally pass Saturday and Sunday nights in privacy at the Lodge. Count de Morny, at a meeting of the shareholders of the Mines de la L'‘ire, Lek] a few days ago, caused it to be announced that he resigned the chairmanship of the board cf di rec t ors — t h e only post of the kind he had re'.ained. Mr. J. J. Munn' was unanimously elected alderman for liiwe•street Ward this day. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. A bill is, by order of the Emperor, to ba pre sented to the Legislative Body for granting pen sions to the families of the persons killed in the last attempt, on his Majesty's life, and to the per sons who were injured. It proposes pensions of I,ooof. a•year to the widows of Dablen, garde de Paris ; Ilaaz, tradesman ; Raffin, hotelkeeper ; Mme. Riquier, widow of the intendant of the household of Prince Jerome ; and Waleau, a con cierge ; and others of 600 f. to each of the three children of Haaz, three of Riquier, and five of Waleau. To the fathers or mothers of Batty, Clia,ssard, Dussango, and Giraudon, who were killed, it accords pensions of 600 f. To Channoine, who lost a limb, it gives one of I,ooof. ; and to Ducally, Hebert, Lavenne, Leandro, Martin, Odin, Franck, Planque, Mozig, Peyrot, Pontal lier, and Zinkernagel, who received various in juries, it grants pensions of 600 francs each. The committee of the Legislative Body on the budget has terminated its examination. The go vernment had demanded credits for paying the increase of salaries granted to certain categories of employes of the ruinistries, but the committee de clares that it does not think them necessary, and it proposes that the increase granted to persons who receive 1,500 francs salary shall ba taken off, and that that accorded to inferior functionaries shall not exceed 150 francs. The committee besides strongly recommends that the number of function aries shall be considerably reduced, as it exceeds what was fixed by decrees in 1851 and 1852 ; also that the formalities observed in transacting busi neqi in the Government offices shall be simplified. The committee also calls for the suppress on of the augmentation granted to juges de paix and their clerks. It proposes to adjourn the proposed exten sion of the section of disputed matters in the Mini‘tfy of Foreign Aff s; to reject an increase of 180,000 f. in the salaries and allowances to receivers of finances, one of 210,000 f. in allowances to tax-collectors, and various others in the salaries of clerks in the direct and indirect taxes, do mains, and waters and fares's. The committee likewise rejects the indemnity proposed to be granted to functionaries of public libraries and scientific establishments for having been deprived of their lodgings in buildings of the State. The committee, moreover, complains of the disburse ment of 500,000 fr. for works and repairs in the Ministry of State. The committee only recom mends one increase, and that is of 62,500 fr. for additional religious aid in crowded parishes. BOURSE, April 6. The following were the closing quotations per Cents 93 3 D r o. er en c d eu m t o . nt . ... .. —69 45 — Do. end month 69 55 Bank Shares ..... 3135 Credit Mobilier ..• 750 Do. Account 750 Credit Foncier Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) 9O Roman B9 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt . 37 RAIL' Orleans Northern Now Ditto 775 Lyon and Mediteran. 815 New Ditto ........ Geneva Midi. Western 6121 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian A Vienna letter, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that the rumour which prevailed of the intention of the governors of the Lombardo-Venetian and Hungarian kingdoms to resign is quite incorrect. The Archduke Albert, governor of Hungary, will, however, take a long coup in the courEe of the summer. The Boerseithalle of Berlin states that the com mission for the revision of the regulations relative to the navigation of the Eibe is to meet at Ham burg at the beginning of June. According to a Berlin letter, one of the first communications which will be made by the Prussian cabinet to the chambers after the Easter holidays will be relative to the health of the King. The delegation now held by the Prince of Prussia expires on the 23d of this month, and it will probably ba prolonged for six months ; if at the expiration of that period the King be not recovered, it is thought that a permanent regency will be established. The Mad] id journals of the 2d have arrived. Those of the liberal party vehemently attack the talked-of fusion of the two branches of the royal family, but in doing so they declare that they do not consider it probable. The government was about to present a bill relative to the sale of eccle siastical property ; it is based, it is said, on the arrangement come to between M. Mon and the Papal government. THE BRITISH BANE DIRECTORS.—The Mayor, Alder.. men, and Town Cenucil, bankers, professional men, tradesmen, and inhabitant householders of this city, have signed a petition for presentation to her Majesty in be half of Mr. Kennedy, one of the British Bank Directors, who, without !saving overdrawn his account or partici pated in the fraudulent scheme, was sentenced to nine months' itnprisonment in the Queen's Bench prison. The prayer of the petition is for the reversal of that santence ; and it is sincerely hoped it may be heard and granted.— Hereford Times. PRICE or GOLD. — The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille discount, and the short exchange on London is 25.10 per 11. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31 17e. lOid. per ounc3 for standard gold it appears that gid is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 31 per U. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 107 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is against England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre.. sent rate is just low enough to admit of the exportation of gold from this country. ItAILWAY TUNNEL Al THE DOVER HEIGHTS.—The tunnel now constructing by the East Kent Railway Company under the heights is in rapid proeress, the workmen being at present employed in bricking the arch and sides as fast as the miners remove the chalk and earth from the tunnel. A clear passage through has been for some time effected ; and about three fourths of the comrleted tunnel have been constructed, so as to require little more than the ballast and rails to be in a working condition. The entrance from Canter bury is on the Folkestone.road, which ere loMe will be lowered 11 ft. The length of the tunnel is about 680 yards ; the clear breadth 31 ft. 6 in., and the height from the rail to the keystone of the arch 21 ft. 6 in., all of well finisb - ed brick-work 18J ft. thick. The greatest depth from the surface of the heights to the rails is from 270 to 289 ft. IMPROVEMENTS IN PARIS —The embellis'unent and substantial improvement which Paris has undergone for the last five or six years are truly marvellous. Absent yourself from a cell-known place a few months, and on re visiting it you will look round and fancy that y have just arrived i n th e c i ty f or th e first time. Th e l ong familiar lanes a n d a ll oys have disappeared ; opEn spaces or wastes have been filled up ; splendid edifi3es have risen where you only knew crumbling masses of de cayed stone or dead walls enclosing abominations. There are entire quarters of this c i ty which the Parisian him self would hardly recognise. Some of the finest, most spacious, and commodeau3 hoties may indeed be found in parts which, a few 34 irs ago, were the most miserable. The buildings that have been constructed in the vicinity of the Faubourg St. Antoine and the Bastille, the Fau bourg St. Denis, and parts adjacent, are quite as fine as any in the quarter of the Madeleine, which, until now, was regarded a the most elegant of Paris. All difference in this respect is, in feet, disapp:arin j—evality in street architecture is advancing rapidly, and what is nicknamed the " nolle faubi urg"' hes long been left bel.ind. SHOCKING OecumititNcg.—Within the la , d few days a very pair ful excitement has taken place in the establish ment of Lord Dufferin, at Highgate, in consequence of the violent death of one of the domestics, under circum stances of a very extraordinary and melancholy nature. It appears from the evidence that was brought forward at the inquest, which was held on Tuesday, before Mr. Wakley, that the deceased, Wln. Fallow, who was 17 years of age, held a situation at Dufferin-lodge. On Saturday night last, between 8 and 9, the deceased was eating oysters, when one stunk in the thorax. The un • fortunate youth ran about in the gr. atest agony, and at length fell. Mr. Mangle, a surgeon, promply arrived, but all human aid was unavailing. On a of , et•mortero examination the oyster was discovered is the air tubes, completely checking respiration, and causing suffucatior. The jury, after lamenting the sad accident, returned a verdict, "Accidentally suffocated." 'AYS. T. 11 1 ,; CAG 14.1 A The Debats publishes the following as a very full summary of the memorandum On the subject •.,f the Cagliari, which the cabinet of Turin hp.s gent to its agents abroad to be c mmunicatt.d to the diffeent coin is at which they are accredited : "The document is dated the 30th March. Count de Cavour begins by calling to mind the importance of the question ; it is, he says, an international one, which closely concerns the security et the maritime commerce of all nations, for it relates to the flagrant violation of a law cowmen to all, and from which no State can withdraw itself witeout incurring the risk of ueder going all the consequences which might resret from a voluntary deviation from the principles of the law of nations. The explanations which have, up to the pre sent time, been exchanged between the two cabinets of Turin and Naples, not having led t any result, a serious dispute is imminent, for the Government of Sardinia has ' a right to reparation, and has decided on obtaining, either by reprisals or in some ether manner, satisfaction for the insult offered to its flag, and complete justice fur its violently despoiled subjects. (Here follows a state ment of the facts, already known.) The committee on diplomatic disputes at Turin has declared that the capture was illegal, and that Sardinia had a right to demand the restitution of the ves-el, and the release of the inoivi uuals arrested on board het, notwithstanding the judi cial proceeding- commenced at Naples, because all the acts posterior to the capture were radically null, This decision is founded on the most incontestable principles ; no right existed for the capture of the Cagliari while in the open sea, unless she be onged to a hostile power, or was engaged in acts ef piracy. Tho Cagliari did net come unoer either one or the other of these conditions. The question is evidently internatiot te' ; tor as regards Sardinia it in volv.e the protection due to her flag, to her maritime commerce, and the property t f her subjects. Hence the claims of the Sardinian Government, as set forth in the despatches of the 16th Jan. and 18th March, an nexed to the memorandum, with the Neapolitan des patch of 30th Jan. The memorandum points out the consequences of the system of defence adopted by the Cabinet of Naples. It would follow from it that vessels of war had a right to seize merchant vessels in the open sea and in time of peace, without their baviug been guilty of any criminal or hostile act ; it would also follow that the accidental fact of the revolt of some passengers on board a merchant vessel against the authority of the captain would give a right to foreign cruizers to chase and cap•ure her and make her a lawful prize, even when the rebellion is at an end and order re-established. these consequences are monstrous. The author of the memorandum denies the rule invoked by Commandant Caraffa, and according to which the capture of the Cagliari would come exclusively within the competency of the ordinary tribunals, and therefore could not give rse to any civil action or be made the subject of diple matic representations. The Sardinian cabieet, on the contrary, maintains that the question is one of purely national law, and which cannot be usefully discussed except through the medium of diplomacy. It affirms that the Neapolitan Government h es incurred a very serious responsibility, and that it cannot be admitted, eitlet r de jure or de facto that it should shield itself under the Jude pendence of its tribunals, or entrench itself behind the tree action of the magistrates, when th point in qut rion is an omitted by the cruisers of the Royal Navy of Can Sicilies and a decision come to by the Prize Court o f Naples. The cruisers of the Royal Naey are coin mis,ioned by the King, and the Prize Court was formed for the express purpose declaring the validity of the capture. It is therefore the Neapolitan Government etnich has applied ti a state of peace laws and in. Taal ions only made for a state of war. Tne memorandum then sets forth the consequences of that contusion. Tee sovereign who commissioned the crui-era is thus made, whatever may be said, the true judge of the validity of any prize made by them. What guarantee then remains for foreigners whom it may be wished to despoil of their property ? Teis is a state of things which war, strictly speaking, mi g ht excuse, but which is incompatible with peace. A Prize Court can only be considered as an instrument of force ; it is rarely and with great difficulty made one of justice. Foreigners compelled to be subjected in time of peace to such a jurisdiction, imposed by force, would find no guarantee in it, and thence arises the obligation for the Government of those foreigners to interfere for their protection, and in case of need to have recourse to re prisals. The memorandum invokes in support of those doctrines the authority of Grotius in his ' Law of Na• tions,' and of Wheaton in his ' Elements of International Law.' It is for all these reasons that the Sardinian Government wishe , before proceedin g further. to make an appeal to all its friends and allies, and partieulitrly to the maritime powers. The Sardinian Governmeint, in resisting the pretensions of Naples, not only defends its own interests, but also the cause of all mercantile navies and the salutary principles which received a solemn ratification and fresh developments at the Con gress of Paris. Would it not be strange that Europe, after having proclaimed the principle that the flag covers the cargo, even in tone of war, should tolerate the pretensions of a government which will not allow the flag to cover the persons on board in time of peace 1" - The Debats then remarks as follows : " M. de Cavour, it may be seen, does not ask for the intervention or the mediation of Europe or any Euro pean power ; he confines himself to pointing out a state of things which may lead to a dangerous conflict. It is a skilful and prudent proceeding, and we persist in thinking that, in one way or another, the two courts will in the end come to an understanding, and the spirit 4 , f conciliation which now animates the British government on this question adds to our confidence. Lint govern ment has already obtained a concession from the King of Naples, and we hope that tha sovereign will advance a few steps further in the path on which be has entered." THE LEVIATHAN.-THE LATE GALE. It was not until early yesterday morning that the bow moorings which failed of the Leviathan steam ship were replaced, and the huge vessel again secured. Owing to the continuance of the strong north easterly wind, which set right on the port bow of the ship, the tugs had to he kept hauling the vessel out until late in the evening, fir had her stem canted in shore, and remained any time, with the falling tide, the consequences might have been most disastrous. Much credit is due to Mr P►owse, who h•td charge of the ship in the absence of Captain Harrison, for the tact and skill he displayed in getting the ship out of her difficulties. On Monday afternoon, just on the point of sitting down to dinner at Liverpi.ol a telegraphic message was put into his hands, and just four hours and a half from that time he was reading t e decks of his Leviathan charge. A quick survey assured him that all the bow or stem fastenings had parted, and that those at the stern were intact ; fortunately some old craft inshore acted as a fender to the fore part of the ship, and upon this state of things a 12-inch hawser was immediately ordored out and made fast to toe Dreadnought's (hospital ship) moorings. Soon an anchor and chain followed to the opposite shore, and these together effectuelly stayed the ship from touching the ground, or crushing the crazy old ships so opportunely found in-shore undergoing repairs ; so that a fivepound note will about cover all the damage done ou Monday, except the re placement of broken moorings. This, however, is steadily progressing. Captain Harrison is not likely to trust the safety of his ship to City or Governmeut moorings again, but will at once proceed to lay out his own bower cables, to be made fast to Trotman's anchors, which have never failed in the hour of need. The force and pres sure of the gale on Monday upon the ship's side must have been prodigious, to snap asunder no less than five cables, exceeding an aggregate of 500 fathoms of 21 inch stud-link chain, the Admi ralty proof of which is 1124 tons upon each length or cable. Captain Harrison will not leave the ship till all the work is done. MEDICAL REFORM AND THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. We have been favoured with a report of the pro. ceedings of the Medical Reform Committee of the British Medical Association, of which the follow ing is the substance : The committee met on the Ist inst. The mem bers present were—Sir Charles Hastings, M.D. (Worcester) ; G. Bo tomley, Esq. (Croydon) ; Sir J. Forbes, M.D. (London); G. W. Hastings, Esq. (London) ; Alex. Henry, M.D. ; Edwin Lankester, M.D. (London) ; T. Nuuneley, E.g. (Leeds) A. Prichard, Etiq. (Bristol) ; B. W. Richardson, M.D. (London) ; J. Stedman, Esq. (Guildford); and G. Webster, M.D. (Dulwich). The bills of Lord Echo and Mr. Cowper were taken into consideration. It was m ved and seconded, " That Mr. Cowper's bill be taken into consideration by the committee, with a view to amend it." It was also proposed that Lord Elcho's bill be taken into consideration." The original motion having been carried,, the committee pro ceeded to consider seriatim the clauses of Mr. Cow per's bill. After discussion, the following iesolu tions were adopted : " 1. That a preliminary examination in general know ledge should he established, which ail who enter the profession mast pass. "2. That the following words should be ir. , serted in clause 4, line 33, alter the word 'condition, ,wring tha'; such qual,fleations and testun , ,i.ials should as far as practicable be uniform throughout the United Kingdom.' "3. That the words, Provided always that the name of no person shall be erased l rum the register on the ground of his having adoptcd any thecry i n th e practice of medicine and surgery,' be omitted. " 4. That it is the opinion of the committee that each member of the general council should hold office for a term not exceeding five years, but should be capable of re-election." Several verbal amendm-nts having been kfir-ed to, the committeeadol , ttdthefollowiva resolu . ions : "5. That Mr. Co xper's bid havin g been considered, eiations proposed, and Ow tor6uoing the committee recommend it with alterations to the association at large. " 6. That the alterations suggested be forwarded to the Right Hon. Win. Cowper?' CRIMINAL COU'ilT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Befoze Mr. Juqift Crompton and Mr. Justice Byler, THE HAYMARKET MURDER. It was expected that the trial f Giovanni Lani, charged with they did murder of Ileloise Taubin, would be proceeded with this toornin w , but an application for a postponement of the trial until to-morrow, was assented tt, by the court. MR. GLOVER'S CASE. An application was made to th. 3 court to fix a day for the proct-tdiag with the.charge against Mr. Glover, for unlawfully making a fal,e declaration of his qualification as a member of Parliament. The court fixed the case for Friday morning. POST OFFICE ROBBERY. A young man, named Goodfellow, pleaded guilty to stealing a letter. The Learned Judge, in passing sentence, said the stealing of a letter was a very serious offence, but from what he had heard, it appeared that he had hitherto borne a good character, and therefore he should pass up"' him a light, yet severe, sentence, which was that he be kept to penal servitude for f , ur years. PRISON NREAICLN4. Tnotnas Greenfield was indicted for feloniously assist ing a man named Wilkes to escape from the Holloway Prison. Mr. Bodkin said the facts of the case were rather singular. The prisoner, it appeared, a short time ago was sentenced at the Mansion-house to 21 days' im prisnrinient, and was afterwards taken to the Lock-up to await the arrival of a prison -van. While he was wait ing in the room Wilke , , who had been sentenced to three mom hs' imprisonment, asked if there was anybody pre sent who had a light sentence, and prisoner said he had got 21 days. Wakes then said if he would take his place and answer to his name when the van arrived to convey them to the City Prison at Holloway he would give him a sovereign and his suit of clothes The bargain was concluded, and on the van arriving th• prisoner answered to the name of Wilkes; the result being that Wilkes, who had been sentenced to three months, only underwent 21 days, and the prisoner, who had been sentenced to the shorter term, remained in prison for three months. If the prisoner thought proper to retract his plea of guilty to the felony, and plead guilty to the misdemeanour, he should have no objection. The prisoner then withdrew his plea of guilty to the felony. The Learned Ju3ge sentenced the prisoner to three roonLbs' imprisonment, but without hard labour. UTTERING FORGED NOTES. Luis Daumond, a Frenchman, was indicted for felo mon ,ly uttering a forged 101. Bank of England note, with intent to defraud. He was also detained on three othtr charges. Air. Giffard appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner wa , with-fended. Mr. Thomas Mansell, an assistant at a hosier's shop in Regent-street, said, on Tuesday, the 23rd February, the pris.ner came into the shop, and asked to see some gloves and shirts, and made a purchase which came to 21. 18g. 9d. He tendered a 51. Bank of England cheque in payment. This was taken to the cashier, who, after some hesitation, refused to change it. I asked if he had any smaller change, he said be had not ; and I then told him I would send the articles to hie residence, if be gave me his address. He then said he lived at the Queen's Hotel, opposite the General Post-office, and his name was Delaine. Clark, the ca-hier at the establishment, corroborated the evidence of Mansell. The note was a forged one. Mrs. Thompson, residing in Finsbury-place, said the prisoner came to her house and took apartments. She asked him for a deposit, and he said he would leave a week's rent, 9s. He gave her a five pound note, for which he received the change, and then left the house. The note turned out to be a forgery. Another case was then proceeded with. A forged five pound note having b3en tendered at the shop of a 'jeweller in payment for a gold watch chain, The Inspector td notes to the Bank of England said the notes were all forged, but they were sufficiently good to deceive a foreigner. The prisoner, in h►s defence, did not deny the tendering of the notes, bat said he received them from a stranger n change for foreign money on board the steamer which brought him to England. Mr. Justice Crompton having summed up the evi dence, Thejury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentznced to five years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Solomon Parker, a general dealer, was indicted with feloniously receiving 101 blankets knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner. From the evidence it appeared that some months ago Mr. Johnson lost a large quantity of blankets, and the day following the robbery the property was found in the possession of the prisoner, who was a general dealer is Hounsditch. Witnesses proved that the blankets found in the pos session of the prisoner had undergone the cleansing pro cess to which tee blankets in Mr. Johnstone's store house bad been subjected, that the bundles were tied and folded in a peculiar way, that they were tied with a particular kind , of str►ng, and that amongst the pro• perty stolen was one dirty blanket which had a red stripe, and one blanket of this description was found in the possession of the prisoner. Mr. Ribiou having addressed the jury for the prisoner/ called, Judah Word, residing in Whitechapel. He said he was in the habit of attending Government sales of stores. had frequently bought hundreds of blankets of the Same mark as those now produced as stolen. About sii months ago he sold the prisoner upwards of a thousand blankets bought at a Government sale. He bought the blanket he sold to the prisoner, at a sale that took place at Deptford Victualiing Yard about six months ago. He had no doubt that amongst the number sold to him a great many had the particular mark spoken to by the witnesses for the prosecution. He sold the goods to the prisoner as he bought them. The Government never washed the blankets before they sold them. He had often bought clean new blankets amongst those sold. Joseph Myers, a licensed victualler and dealer in Go• vernment stores, said he knew the prisoner to be a dealer in blankets. He had seen the prisoner attending Government sales, and purchase blankets like those hi was now charged with receiving as stolen property. The Recorder, in summing up, said it was a curious fact that the property was lost on the 22d or 23d of Feb., and on the latter date it was found in the posses sion of the prisot er. But he gave an untrue account of the way he became possessed of them, and it would, therefore, be for the jury to say whether the property was the same as that stolen. It was also very extra• ordinary that precisely the same number of blankets stolen should be found, directly after the robbery, in his possession, and that string, like that used by the prose• cutors, should be found near the property. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of receiving the property, knowing them to have been stolen. The Rec ,rder sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. THIRD COURT. (Bd re the Common Sergeant.) The court was occupied the whole of the morning in trying Miut cases, noueof which possessed the Elightest interest. MARKET NEW s.--(m Day. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer here to-day, coastwise and by land carriage. For most kinds we had a steady, but by no means active demand, at fully Monday's currency. These was a fall average supply of foreign wheat on offer. Importers, generally, were somewhat firmer in their demands, but the business doing was very limited, at un altered quotation'. Barley moved off freely, at very full prices, and malt was in somewhat improved request. Oats were in short supply and steady request, at ex treme quotations. Both beans and peas moved off steadily, at very full prices. The flour trade was firm, at extreme rates. AlitalVALS Tuts WUK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,12 J I 760 12,980 English Irish Oath. Fl o ur. 1,440 940 2,990 -- Foreign.. 696 1 15,680 3 ,010 1650 ebkriii BOROUi; i Al t , „ There is very little business doing in our market, and last week's prices are barely supported. WRITECHAPEL. For each kind of meat we had a fair inquiry, at full quotations :—Beef, from 33 Od to 4s Od ; mutton, 33 2d to 4s ; la , uh, ,s 6d,, to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. THE CASE OF MR. HODGE —We are enabled to state that tite Fr< nco (I..vt, has abandoned its claim up in the Sardinian GoverniLent fur the extradition of Mr. 'lodge, and that be will be sot at liberty immedi ately, Tb Etocl can, ditto 45 4 per ( Jc inael terec Join R~] are the cipi it I am are; imp ate] the con the acre ores wit' en r, port Al trans but 1 i pei Itaak $ p er 3 per No India Ia . CoLs Es PR I , Linen Chili Porn EIDT; Di Di T ark / ten - c Duw