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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9,1855 k office for persons not included in the families, whether a reasonable chance of winning distinc tion shall be afforded to those who justly deserve it, although placed beyond the limits of the family circle ! The mere catalogue of the Cabinet, as at present constituted, supplies an irresistible argument in favour of Administrative Reform, and a complete change in the obnoxious system. We do not by any means assert that because a man holds a hereditary title he should, ex necessi tate, be considered incompetent to fill an onerous and important situation. But it is, indeed, a very singular circumstance that thirteen out of the fourteen Members of the Cabinet should have what our maritime brethren are accustomed to designate as "handles to their names," and that the fourteenth should be the husband of the niece of a Marquis, who possesses great influence among the family ; that he should, in right of his wife, be the representative of an extinct earldom, and that his son should have married the daughter of another earl. That all these—the chief prizes in the political lottery—should have been distributed within such narrow limits, leads to a suspicion of not very fair play towards their competitors. We see that genius, experience, and industry cannot insure promotion, while others are pitch forked into places for which they are wholly in competent, and when, on closer examination, we find that the former are merely " men of the people," without any recommendation beyond their own acknowledged merits, and that the latter belong to the favoured caste, that the administ, ative " ichor" circulates in their veins, or those of their wives, we must believe that the latter cause has alone led to their selection. Look, for instance, to Sir CHARLES WOOD. He has already presided over three of the most im portant departments of the State. As Chancel lor of the Exchequer he had the control and management of the national finances. We need not now refer to his universally admitted incapa city in that position. At a time of profound peace and universal tranquillity he produced a monetary convulsion that brought the Exchequer to the eve of bankruptcy, and eventually he brought about the overthrow of the RUSSELL Ad ministration. But he was one of " the QUEEIeS bad bargains," who, from his family connexion, could not be shelved, and therefore, when far better men were excluded from office, we find him, on the formation of the Joint-Stock Cabinet, placed at the head cf the India Board, the salary and position whereof were, by an ingenious piece of legerdemain, materially enhanced to meet, not his deserts, but the wishes of his brother-in-law. In like manner he was translated to the Board of Admiralty at the time when efficiency was most required in "the First Lord." In each and every position he has afforded the strongest illustration of the defects of the vicious system that could tolerate such a man in such a place. Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS may be regarded as another striking instance of the rule of nepotism. We have seen in his Budget conclusive proofs of his incapacity, and yet he is allowed to waste hun dreds of thousands—aye, millions—while better men are scrupulously held aloof. We might adduce other cases, but why multiply examples 7 The nation must indeed be apathetic that can submit to such cases. With our con temporary the Herald, who has rendered import ant services to the good cause, by directing atten tion to this untoward, this scandalous state of affairs, we declare that "our first duty must be to get rid of this family alliance ;" that to do so is " the cause alike of the Throne, the nobility, and the people." " The insolent pretensions of a family coterie" must be completely disposed of, and all must join in the just demand—" The right men for the right places." TilE DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG GOT IA. His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe C 'burg arrived at Buckingham Palace, from the continent, at twenty minutes past ten o'clock last night. The Duke was m.A at the London•bridge terminus of the South-Eastern Railway by Captlin Du Plat, Equerry to Pnnee Albert, who attended his Royal Highness to the Palace, where the Queea and Prince Albert received their illustrious relative. M U iN Ai A E T .AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed with much excitement, and prices of Ameri can are ; Id. to id., and Surat id. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 20,000 bales (2,50 t of which were taken for export, and 13,000 on speculation), comprising 600 Pernam and Maran ham at sid. to Old., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to Bid., 2,000 Surat at 3d. to 6id., and 70 Sea Islands at 9d. to Is. 10d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was extremely inactive, at about the prices of Mon day last. The pubic sales of indigo commenced yesterday afternoon, and the quantity is stated by Messrs. Layton, Hulbert, and Co., to be 10,859 chests that has to be offered. There is a moderate attendance as Messrs. Jewesbury and Co. inform us of both home and foreign buyers. The early lots of the catalogues comprised broken parcels of old Bengal, and a few small marks of Madras and Kurpah, which were chiefly bought in and withdrawn for want of competition. Later in the day more important marks of Bengal, Benare and Oudes, of the old and new crop, engaged the attention of the room, and sold with fair spirit. Bengal, Oude, &c., at Is. 3d. to 7s. ; Madras, Is. I.d. to 4s. sd. ; Kurpah, at 2s. 3d. to ss. 6d. 5 and Bimlipatam, at 3s. sd. to 35. 10d. per lb. There were 483 chests sold yesterday, 455 bought in, and 280 withdrawn. The statistics of the tea trade show the total stocks in the United Kingdom to be much larger than at this time last year, viz., 76,000,0001b5. In referring to the condition of the dried fruit trade, Messrs. Witherby and Hanson state that the consumption of currants in this country hay this year been 50 per cent. above that of 1854. Present stocks are expected to be exhausted before the new crop comes to hand. The bill for legalising and preserving the restored standards of weights and measures has been brought into Parliament, and is intended to carry out the recommendations of the scientific commission which investigated this subject. The portion of the Act of George the Fourth, providing that the standard yard should be restored by reference to the length of a pendulum, and the troy pound by the weight of a cubic inch of water, is to be repealed, at there are doubts if those methods give suffi cient accuracy ; and the troy pound no longer to be the standard, but the pound avoirdupois, all other weights being derived and computed therefrom. A grain is to be 1-7,000 th part of such pound, and 5,760 such grains are to be deemed a pound troy. No inter ference is intended with 'the existing laws, which render valid the pound troy as a weight, although it will no longer be the standard. All copies of the old standards will continue to be legal where they have been compared and verified. The accounts from New York represent the stocl market as being buoyant and active, owing to the news received from Europe, and which was con sidered more favourable. The banks were curtail ing their operations, however, and the fast weekly return showed a diminution in every department. Money was expected to be easy. The price of bar silver has risen to os. lid. per ounce. The amount of bills drawn during the last fortnight by the Hon. East India Company is 21,203/. The Stock Market has been in rather a listless condition, but with a little more firmness in the quotations. The testimony borne by General Canrobert to the restoration of the British army in the East to a state of efficiency equal to that existing before the severe losses at Inkerman and by the trials of the winter campaign, is calculated to excite increased confidence in our ultimate success before Sebastopol, should no inglorious peace arrest the siege. The price of Consols was 881 1, and is now 88a I. Bank Stock has been quoted 2101, and India Stock 230, being about the previous rates. Exchequer Bills are ss. to Bs. premium. Foreign Securities are a shade higher, although there is not much doing. Turkish Bonds have risen to 7 3 and '74. Sardinian are 85/. Russian 5 per Cents. have been quoted 981, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 91.1 to 92, 1 . The Spanish Certificates have been dealt in at 31 to 4, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. at 421. The following are the nominal prices of foreign .itocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6k; Mexi- An, 204 to 21 ; Peruvian, 67 to 69; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., ti to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; ditto Three per Cents., 361 to 36/ ; ditto Certificates, 3 to 4, 1; ditto Passive, 51 to 4. Very few transactions have been recorded in the English Railway Shares, and the quotations are supported in most cases, and in some instances are slightly higher. The Canadian Shares have been about 10s. higher. The Scinde have advanced and the East Indian Extension are better. The French lines look firmer. The Foreign Mines are heavy, the Banks in re quest, and Crystal Palace dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL; ( From the Official List. J_ Ripiness done sank Stock ... ..... .• 2lOl 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B7a )., 3 per Cent. Consols An nuities N.• i ow 3 per Cent. Annuities ' onc Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 180 India. Stock ........ . ..... . 2 3 .0 c,olsols :or Account, 10th May BBA Exchequer Bills, 24d. 5ma11........................................ . 5 8 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3 per Cent. 99i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO:111. Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent 983 Ditto New, 1843 lOl Grenada Bonds, 13 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. St 984 iardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3i 4 p o tarkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account. EMYldends on the above payable In Londo• - Linteh Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 63A Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALP•PAST TWO. Consols BB3 Ditto, May Account LLOYD'S SHIPPINT-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 9.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S. to W. ; pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. SHEERNESS, May B.—The Wave, from Shields to Bala klava, put in here yesterday, leaky, and must partly dis charge to repair. COWES, May B.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Coral Isle, from Bahia; Adam Ross, Havannah. OFF THE WIGHT. --Thos. Blyth, from the Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, May B.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Corn wall (s.s. transport 25). from Scutari. Sailed—Cornelius Gunnel, for New York; Tynemouth (s.s. transport 102), for Deptford. FALkourH, May B.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Commo dore, from Rio Janeiro ; Pearl, Rio Grande ; Anna Cecilia, Pernambuco; Adeline, Havannah ; Norden Now Orleans, for Gothenburg. Sailed—Amalia, for Quebec. Off Port —Louisa and Leonide, from Mazatlan, and sailed for Hamburg. OFF DOVER, May B.—Condor, from Rio Grande. SOUTHAMPTON, May B.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—F. Yates, Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Lloyds, for Adelaide, S.A. PENZANCE, May B.—The Adeline, from Cette to Dun kirk, went to pieces near the Land's End last night ; crew landed here. MILF3RD, May B.—A Portuguese brig came on shore at Freshwater last night, and will be a total wreck ; crew saved. SWANSEA, May B.—Wind, N. Arrived—Wm. Marsh land, from Coquimbo. (pm ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind, W. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Arrived— Celerity, from Leghorn ; Ark, Tarragona; Julien, Bremen ; Speculan, Trienstadt ; Joshua Wadding. ton, Iquique. Sailed—Loebmaben Castle, for Quebec. QIIRENRTOWN, May 7. Wind, W. Arrived—Bussorah Merchant, from Manilla; Felicita, Alexandria. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Moniteur of this morning publishes des natches from General Canrobert of the 28th ult. in writing to the Emperor he says : " I announce with happiness to your Majesty that the English army, al ways so reliable (si solide), has now become as fine, as numerous, and as healthy as when it arrived in the East ; and that it is daily receiving reinforcements of in fantry, cavalry, and the means of transport. I continue to live on the most cordial terms with Lord Raglan ; and the two armies are closely united." BERLIN, MESDAY, MAY 8. A despatch from St. Petersburg, dated the 7th inst., has been received here. It says : "On the night between the Ist and 2d the .nemy, having concentrated 10,000 men, took possession of the lodgments in front of Bastion No. 5, and captured nine small cohorn mortars. "On the 2d the enemy opened a heavy can nonade on Bastions Nos. 4 and 5, and on the tdjoining lines. The damage which they did was repaired during the night. " We fired with success five mines against the suemy's approaches." VIENNA, MAY 8. The departure of Generals Hess, Craufurd, and Letang is still uncertain. From Constantinople of the 3d inst. we learn ~ hat Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's absence had Facilitated the overthrow of Reschid Pacha's ministry. The cholera at Maslak is increasing. THE BALTIC. BERLIN, TUESDAY, MAY 8. Our Minister at Copenhagen has given notice to the Danish Government that from the 28th of April the entrance to the Gulf of Finland is block aded from Hango Udde to Dagerort. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (From the Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, April 25. Last night the French had a very smart affair on the left, in an attack on an extensive rifle trench. This work enfiladed one of the Russian advanced batteries, on the extreme left, near the Mud Fort, and annoyed our allies considerably. But the serious nature of its mischief was not fully appreciated until the French began, like our selves, to push forward approaches for a still more advanced battery. The working parties en gaged in this were incessantly harassed, and at length, as they approached the trench, lost so considerably, that its capture at all risks became absolutely necessary to the continuation of the parallel. A strong party of Chasseurs and volunteers were last night told off for this purpose. They proceeded to the spot ; but, instead of charging the trench and closing instantly, beg m their operations by trying to dislodgo the riflemen with a skirmishing fire. This continued for nearly half an hour, and in such a contest I need hardly say all the advantage was on the side of the enemy, who were almost completely screened, while the assailants were totally exposed. The French suf fered rather severely, but at last succeeded in getting on the flanks of the trench, where they maintained such a fire that the Russians were compelled to abandon its useless shelter, and, as they retired to their batteries, nearly all were either killed or wounded on the open ground. The French took possession of the trench, and, in spite of a heavy cannonade which the enemy directed on the spot, kept their ground, and pre pared to fill it in. They had half succeeded in their object, when a strong force of Russians made their appearance, fo- the purpose of retaking the post. After a short but severe contest, in which the enemy twice charged with the bayonet, they were totally repulsed, and driven back to the town in complete disorder. The French then continued their work of filling up the pit, in which they were no further molt: steel by the batteries, proba,bly be cause the Russians were aware that many of their wounded remained upon the spot. The trench was completely filled in, and its parapet levelled in the course of an hour, when both French and Russian wounded were removed without hindrance. Our allies in this affair lost upwards of 100 men and officers killed and wounded. One officer and 47 men, it is said, are among the former. The Rus sian loss we can only conjecture, but it can be little short of double that of the French. They left about 30 dead and 10 or 15 wounded upon the ground. The rest they succeeded in carrying off. It is rumoured that another trench, which has not yet been used by the enemy, still exists near the same spot, and in a much more difficult position to attack—so that, in the course of a few days, as the French parallel approaches it, theyfmay look out for another contest like that of last night. Last night the Montebello, 120, French screw liner, was near falling a prey to the enemy in a most inglorious manner. During the dark nights, as I have already informed your readers, some one or other of our vessels were ordered to steam in towards Sebastopol, and fire a couple of broadsides at the sea forts, and, perhaps (as it sometimes would occur), into the town. Last night the weather being rather thick, the Montebello was told off for this duty. She was to go in as near as possible, fire two or three broadsides and then steam out with all speed—a rather inglorious method of fighting for the allied fleets, but one which, in harassing the enemy, answers its purpose uncommonly well. The Montebello accordingly went in to within half a mile of the sea forts, and, in the course of a minute, gave one tremendous broadside of her 60 heavy guns; but, unfortunately, as she did so her boiler burst, at least blew out the steam-pipes, and left her helpless in the water. The wind was dead on shore, and the instant the propeller ceased to act,she began drifting steadily broadside in to wards the sea forts. Sail was set and every effort used to back her off, but, as the weather was thick and she was already in shoal water, there is little doubt how the affair would have terminated had not one of our steam-frigates and a gun-boat, which were cruising near, observed her imminent peril and hastened to her assistance. By these her head was towed round, and in a few minutes she was pulled oat of all danger, having had on the whole as narrow an escape of being captured as any ves sel which has been out here. Had the Russian forts been fully manned, there is little doubt but that she would have been almost cut to pieces, perhaps even sunk outright. APRIL 26. Early this morning Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, accompanied by Lady Stratford and her three daughters, the Hon. Misses Canning, Lady George Paget, Miss Macdonald, General Vivian, and seve ral other distinguished passengers, arrived at Ba laklava in the Caradoc. One hundred and fifty tons of shot and shell,and one hundred and twenty tons of powder, were for warded to camp to-day, with 12 more guns, taken from the Leander. I mentioned in my journal of yesterday that the French had taken one rifle pit, but that another, still stronger, was more than suspected to exist a little further on. The existence of this one is now placed beyond a doubt, the Russians having occu pied it this morning, and commenced a smart fire. But this is not all. The enemy have repaired all the chief portions of the works which were damaged by our late cannon ade. Their works facing those of the French, near Inkerman, are incomparably stronger than any of our allies have to oppose to them. Throughout the whole of our last attack these batteries maintained a decided superiority over the French, but this was a matter of less moment, as the allies only wish to engage, not to destroy the Russian works as this portion of their defences. The Mamelon has been almost entirely renewed, and mounts as many guns as ever. The same may be said of the batteries round the Malakoff Tower, which still look as solid and well proportioned as ever. Tho Redan ap parently is entirely restored. Th e Flagstaff seems the only outwork which has really suffered irreparably. Sebastopol at the large breach. On reflection, however, it was calculated that the troops would have been too much exposed to a cress fire, whilst 1 the breach itself was not sufficiently complete-•-- that is, not sufficiently on a level with the earth to justify the attack. The idea, therefore, was given up ; and the breach, adds the report, has since been repaired by the enemy. There are no further ministerial changes talked of for the present. • It does not seem to be true that Marshal Vaillant tendered his resignation, as was reported ; but. there is some greund for believ ing that Admiral Hamelin, the Minister of Marine, showed some signs of discontent, which are now looked on as quite appeased, so ends this Ministe rial crisis. We read in the Moniteur :—" The Patrie, the Constitutionnel, and the Pays, on the 6th and 7th, announced news from the Crimea, said to have been received by telegriph. The Government has not had any such accounts. The last despatches that reached the Minister of War are dated mid night of the 6th, and only contain details of military service. All news received by the Government, and which can be published without detriment to the operations of the war, are immediately inserted in the IVloniteur. The other journals only publish on their own private responsibility." Marshal Magnan, Commander-in-Chief of the army of the east of France, yesterday reviewed the first brigade of the first division, commanded by General de Geraudon, near the Polygone of Vin cennes. After passing along the line, the marshal caused the troops to go through a number of move ments, which were executed with admirable pre cision. Tne Nonvelliste of Marseilles contains a letter from before Sebastopol of the 24th ult., which says :—" As the French troops are occupied in mounting a battery of 30 guns at about 40 yards from the Flagstaff Bastion, they only fire in order to prevent the Russians from re-establishing their embrasures, but as soon as this new battery is ready I expect that the fire will re-open with more vigour than ever. We skall then occupy the Central and Flagstaff Bastions, and if we do not enter the town by assault, batteries will be erected, which will demolish the whole of the southern part. The sanitary state of the army is very satis factory, there being very few sick." 1 letter from Kamiesh Bay, of the 24th tilt., says :—" Tho Jean Bart, screw-ship of the line, and the Megere, screw advice boat, left yes terday for Eupatoria with troops for Omet Pacha. The vessels of the line Trident and Turenne, towed by the steam corvettes Phle geton and Laplace, arrived here this morning, all bringing troops and ammunition. A new detachment of marine artillery has been demanded by the General-in-Chief, and is shortly expected— the services of the portion of that force now before Sebastopol having been found very valuable. Our situation may be thus summed up :—ln the Crimea there are two armies in presence ; one, which ad vances constantly, and the other, which, though defending itself well, has not ceased for a single day to lose ground, foot by foot and inch by inch. It is easy to see with which eventually the advan tage must remain.." Letters brought from Constantinople by the Indus, just arrived at Marseilles, state that a rumour was prevalent of the formation of a camp of 200,006 men at Varna. There is some talk of an attack on the Russians in the open country north of the town. Advices from Athens state that Prince Galatzin is busily intriguing there in favour of Russia, and distributing considerable sums of money among the Russian partisans. BOURSE, MAY B.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 50 93f. 50c. 3 per Cents 6B 40 68 40 6-edit Mobilier 7BO Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives Spanish Threes — Pieamontese B5 75 Home Debt RAILW A Y —FOR CASH, n c. fn , Orleans Western. .. 646 25 Rouen Cette Mediterranean lO2O -- Havre 550 -- Northern GOTHA, and thus the Minister of Austria. If this be indeed the case, our readers will see that he has now full opportunity to consult personally with his principal, " his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe -Coburg having arrived at Bucking ham Palace from the Continent last night." We do not for one moment imagine that our be loved SOVEREIGN has one wish, so far as she under stands the case, but for the honour and dignity of the ;mat country she governs; neither can we believe that she would consciously sacrifice a fraction of England's interest to the ties of affinity. It is impossible, however, to see one Premier after another humiliated to the base level of German policy, without fearing that her advisers are under some un-English influence. SAXE- COBURC,,-GOTHA has a Belgian uncle of no ordinary ability, selfish ness, and craft—is married through that uncle to the detested dynasty of Austria—while that so sagacious a senior should subordinate to his ser vice the whole mind of his nephew seems but too natural. Who can tell what English Premiers may thus have to encounter ? They may have to struggle with Austrian influence as secret ad visers of the Crown, while they are professing to defend the policy which they reluctantly, and with shame, adopt. They cannot, however, be excused at a crisis like the present for yielding to any influence whatever. Adminis tration after Administration will be bowled out contemptuously by popular indignation till one is formed of materials strong enough to kick all Germany out of the scales in the present dispute. She ought to weigh for nothing, and she must weigh for nothing. Let her throw her whole strength into the cause of Russia if she pleases, and we believe that France and England, aided as they would be by Hungary, Italy, Poland, and the German peoples, could more easily flog the three despots United than Russia alone, with Prussia and Austria as neutral breastworks which may not be touched. Is there no Member of Parliament who can take up our Austrian and German policy, and move for a vote of censure on it ? The country is heart-sick of it. Vigorous support would be certain, especially if Poland were made prominent at the same time, and Prussia also received her due ; from the latter, however, we have not re ceived so much positive disgrace. It is the Im perial relative of the Coburgs which has so un blushingly dragged us through the mire. Is Lord PALKIIRSTON now paying the penalty of Bankside ? The excellent resume which appeared in our columns yesterday of the operations of the Balaklava railway, and the description of the country, taken from a report addressed to Messrs. PETO and BRASSEY, must have been perused with deep interest, and considerable, though certainly Rot unmingled, satisfaction by our readers. The triumph of engineering skill and perseverance, shown to have been achieved in the formation of the line, together with the vast benefits conferred by it, in extricating our gallant army from a con dition of almost unparalleled helplessness and hope lessness, and in facilitating the siege operations, could not but be contemplated with pleasure, a feeling that would by no means be diminished by the reflection, that to the existence of the rail way the present high and hopeful tone of our troops and whatever comforts they enjoy were largely owing. On the other hand, it was impossible for them to read without indignation of the conduct of Commissary-General FILDER. While every other official has given proof of being more or less penetrated with shame for the late general mismanagement and neglect, and has striven to redeem the past by active and intelligent exertion, this officer, apparently superior to so human a weakness, and incapable of being taught by ex perience or stimulated by philanthropy, has main tained as far as he dare the status quo. Though some 112 tons of provisions are re quired to be sent up every day to the front, and the roads, as every one knows, are none of the best, this self-willed and incorrigible official will not, we are told, condescend to use the rail way save to a limited extent. The consequence is the arrangements for issuing provisions and groceries al head quarters are not completed, and this occurs despite the repeated entreaties of the writer of the report and the strong recommendation of Lord RAGLAN. What matters it to Commissary- General FILDER that the army is deprived of needful comforts, and the wishes of au entire na tion are thereby- subjected to disappointment ? Of far more importance to this worthy would ap pear to be his own ease and that of his men. To send off the waggons twice a-day instead of once would involve too much trouble, and possibly lead to the exhaustion of the corps ; so the men con tinue drowsily to set to work at eight, and cheer fully to go home to bed at half-past five as before. FILDER wills it, and FILDER is omnipotent. How long is this to last ? How long is such a spectacle as that of a Commissary-General who " will not put himself out of the way one step to forward the comfort of the army to which he is attached " to continue to be presented 7--that army, too, one that cannot march out of camp save over the bones of their famine and disease stricken com rades ! If Lord PANIIIIRE cares one jot for his order —if his political career has not left him devoid of humanity and shame, he will speedily withdraw an officer like this. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1855. Like all our fellow-countrymen we desire some thing practical, yet interested men are not to frighten us from an important principle by sneer ing at it as " too abstract for them." The real meaning of that expression is that they dread the true statement of their misdoings, stript of all circumstantial dressing up. Two of these abstractions have just now become most irritat ing realities. The War has made them unbear able facts to us all. However vague and shadowy some may affect to call them, loans, taxes, and a half-destroyed army are very plain matter-of-fact results. Administrative inefficiency, and a hate ful subserviency to German despots, are the two "abstractions " which have unquestionably placed us where we are. The former we will for the moment leave in the hands of Lord ELLENEOROUGH, Mr. LIYARD, and the merchants of London. Supported by the vigorous aid of the last, the Peer and the great Commoner will surely know how to do their part. They shall have our heartiest co-operation. Mean time the latter "abstraction" must be kept fully in sight. We should but half remedy the mischief were we to succeed in banishing favouritism and routine from the public service, and in substituting merit and living inventiveness. It would be little worth our while to wield the most efficient administra tive implements we could fashion, in the service or interests of the odious Governments of Germany. We do not want our Administrative Reformers to turn aside from their work for a moment, but it is well for them to be fully awake to the equal indispensableness of a reform of our foreign policy. Many individuals in both Houses have hinted at the unaccountable imbecility of our course with Austria and Prussia. This subject, however, presses just now most urgently. It has become quite clear that we have but just escaped from a most effeminate and make-shift peace—one which Russia must have been as mad to refuse, as we were weak in offering. Indeed the probability is, that she was emboldened to refuse by the very cowardice of the offers. She saw that the West ern delegates at Vienna would sacrifice almost anything to coax Austria, and Austria, she knew, dare not refuse to ask what her instructions from St. Petersburg required of her. We are clear of the Four Points however ; and we may The snug family party in Downing-street now begin afresh. Is there no one in should lose no time in setting their house in either House to denounce the past as it order. The dominant caste, the • administrative deserves, to trace the evil to its fountain, and to B ra h m i ns , w h o h ave hi t h erto monopolised the rouse the country ere anoth er summer's cam- chief places of trust, emolument, and power, can as yet scarcely conceive the possibility o f an in paigns are thrown away throu g h base trucklin g to the mean policy of the German despots ? vasion by the Pariahs of legislation of what they What can be the reason that the Allies consent have hitherto been accustomed to regard as their to the degradation of being repeatedly paraded at own exclusive privileges. That any man uncon_ Vienna before the whole civilised world as the netted by birth, or marriage, with that respectable hangers-on of Austria ? Louis NAPOLEON owes old lady Sarah, Duchess of BEDFORD, should her nothing ; unless, indeed, for compelling him aspire to a seat in the Cabinet appears to these to - give up a burdensome German princess for a votaries of nepotism to be an act of sacrilege, Ivn taan fitted i n , h ear t and person for the wife of which can only be expiated by the most strin an Rraperor. And here in England, infatuated gent penalties. Some stirring men may be allowed with, German and R u s s i an despotism as too many occasionally to partake of the crumbs that fall o f our aristocracy are, it is hardly conceivable from the Ministerial table ; but, save under very that they willingly submit to be dragged at the peculiar circumstances, they cannot be per tail of Austria as they have now been for this mitted to participate in the banquet. An inter two years. The position of o its dealings with Austria o ur Government in l o p e r must, it is true, occasionally be tolerated. rainious conceivable , n surely the most igno- Th ere is, for instance, no macadamised road to u ring her in every - the woolsack. The greatest influence cannot in thing, tolerating her assumption of Imperial au- the judicial bench to one of the hority in the provinces, "en to i , sure a place on the Turkish autho rities, and com roandinc , mprisonina• f d avoure race. They must therefore, perforce, be the in s of one who has contented to accept the service habitants at the i r Peril to obey their orders I I and we are waiting for this selfish been the architect of his own fortunes as even now and as- jkee per media tor to get us terms of p e ace from i of the Royal conscience. Sometimes also fuming course, exclusively for Austrian tis advisable to muzzle a soi-disant patriot, or to Russia—terms, of bolste r • Such dirty work can hardly be talent, up aristocratic stupidity with plebeian advantage. alent, that blemen. However ruth- d o • may help the duller members of the relished by English no that clique. leanly Lord PAL- I The va r ia t i ons, • But exceptio probat regulam. leasly Lord Jomq, and subseq uently fe to the HAPS-W and rare, only exhibit the arsasTox have sacrificed Hungary _general _ rul e i n a stronger 11 " as; and the noble KOSSIITEC to the contemp- " clannish" • • light, and establish the prin cip l e tibia V acted " nAlleis +Jos they e t must inwardly members of the C a hi on in the selection of loathe the • 24.11 ' Position which in words they defend. dispute or difficulty, net beyond the possibility of 'We can but think there must be a secret cause The question has at len g th be e n at work. Lord P n fairly mooted A.LltUrt now cannot well be " the whether this state of affairs in 31in4ster of Russia. o r continue— the Minister of Austria ;'' , whether talent, efficienc y, an - 4 tout he may be the. Bu n i,4 • •- • • integrity of SAzz-CosvEa. may • not pie - the- - PalsPiit • ARRIVAL OF THE TAGUS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, a.m.—The Tagus has arrived, with the heavy portion of the Indian and China mails. Her dates are :—Alexandria, _April 21 ; Malta, 26 ; and Gibraltar, May 2. . , She brings 75 passengers and 910 packages of silks and sundries. The Earl of Clarendon has issued cards for a full-dress banquet to the whole of the f)reign ministers on Satur day, the 19th inst., to celebrate her Majesty's birthday. The Count Flahault's new re-idence, Coventry-house, is undergoing partial embellishment, preparatory to the ni , ble count and countess and family taking up their abode there. M. Titoff, who, with Prince Gortschakoff, represented Russia at the late conferences, has just lost a son at Se bastopol, where be was serving as a lieutenant. DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL C. STRACHEY.—We regret to announce the demise of this gallant and venerable flag officer, who expired on Saturday last in the 77th year of his age. The gallant admiral entered the navy about 60 years ago, and had greatly distinguished himself, being in the receipt of a medal for his services afloat, and had the order of St. Vladimir conferred on him by the late Emperor Alexander of Russia. He, when com manding the Jalouse sloop, white in company with the Immortalite and Cruiser, fought a gallant action off Cape Blanc Nez, and captured a brig and schooner of war in 1803. He al-o assisted at the defence of Dant zic in 1807, being then in the command of the Dauntless Praam. The commi-sions of the deceased admiral here d4te as follows :—Lieutenant, 15th May, 1798 ; Com mander, 29th April, 1802 ; Captain, 28th June, 1814 ; and Rear-Admiral, 21st June, 1850. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—The Queen's box at the Royal Italian Opera was occupied' last evening by the Earl of Elgin and Miss Wemyss, the Hon. Mrs. Charles Greig and Miss Phipps and party. Among the fashion able company present in the theatre we remarked his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington and Lady Emily Hay, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis of Bath, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Marchioness of Hastings and Lady Bertha Hastings, the Marquis of Stafford, the Marquis of Northampton, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Bessborough, Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Countess Constance Grosvenor, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Dalkeith, the Earl Cawdor, s c e t i o the Count ess B rownlow and the Ladies Cust, the Earl of Wilton, the E ar l o f A nnesley, the Earl and Countess o f B v u e nt an c d he t ea dy , Virginia Sandare, the Earl Cowper, 1 7 M.P., Viscount Sydney, Viscount Grey de Wilton, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Cran bourne, ViscountessVilliers, Viscount Castlerosse, M.P., Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Misses Ellis, Lady Wm. Powlett, Lady Harriet Corry and Miss Corry, and the Hon. H. T. Corry, M.P., Lord and Lady Pol titnore, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Chas. Bruce, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Bulteel, Lady Wallscourt and the Hon. Miss Blake, Lord Forester, Lady Louisa Mills and Mr. Mills, Lord and Lady Suffield, Lord Milford, Lady Southampton, Lady Caroline Maxse and Miss Maxse, Major-General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Col. the Hon. Jas. Macdonald, Hon. Geo. Lascelles, Hon. F. Byng, Sir Wm. Clay, M.P., Sir Wm. de Bathe, M.P., Sir Robt. Peel, M.P., Sir Geo. Wombwell, Sir Geo. Armytage, Sir Alexander Cockburn, M.P., Sir Frederick Arthur, Col. Malcolm and Mrs. Malcolm, Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., Col. Tyrwhitt, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Capt. Clayton, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, and Mr. W. Rose, Miss Talbot, Mr. H. B. Baring, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Williams, Mrs. Frere May, Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Murray, the Misses Ogle Hunt, Mr. A. K. Oom, Mr. Chas. Clifford, Greville,Mr. Bligh, Mr. Newton Mr. John Towne- Ti Sc . ott, Mr.. Leopold Redpath, ley, M.P., Mr. Wynne , M r . Bentii M.P., Mr. Van smith, sittart, Mr. Higgins, Mr. S ebastian GRAVESEND, May B.—From the ship Monarch, which arrived last night and anch ored in the Lower Hope, the following passengers were la nded hero and proceeded to London :—Col. Home, of the 43d Foot Colonel Grant ; Captain Crawford, o Reynolds, widow of Captain Reynolds , of the Queen'sO theFo o , t B ; th L ; ie a u n t d er Alainrst: e w ai n tli, w d h i o e ' d 'Donn his s e w 2 a ith h o o f nl January, leave Monarch sailed from Calcutta. With Mrs. Reynolds w ere her two children. Several other passengers from the same seven of absence for ill days after the ship and from the Anglesey, which arrived this morning arc} anchored off the -town, were also landed here this adiernoon. Both ships belong to Mr. Green; (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10,39 a.m. Wind, W. ; tide, half ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, May B—Aleeste and laene, from Port Adelaide. Arrived, May 9—Poregrund, from Frederickahold. DEAL, Wednesday, 10.26 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. • light, and fine. , p a uck.. : Bryn-y:Mor, from Africa, for London. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. No important official intelligence has reached Paris from the seat of war. Detailed reports have arrived of the late bom bardment! There certaisly was kperiod when the allied generAlti had decided :0i storing a Plat Of METROPOLIT.A.N RAILWAY COMPANY, 27, Great George-street, Westminster. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Metropolitan Railway Company will be held at the London Tavern, in the City of London, on WED NESDAY, the 23d inst., at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely. WM. MALINS, Chairman. JOHN HENCHMAN, Secretary. May 9th, 1855. S ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The DIRECTORS of the BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA do hereby given notice that the YEARLY GENERAL MEE LING of Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, on Tuesday, the ith Jane next, at the Office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, at I o'elock precisely, whPn the Election of Three Directors, in the room of those going out la:: the provisions of the Deed, will take place. By order of the Court, C. M`NAB, Chief Clerk. London, May 8, 1855. THEATRE ROYAL HA.YMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstene. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the new Play, entitled THE ACTRESS OF PADUA. To be followed by a GRAND CONCERT. After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAS' MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ------ LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuestas KEAN. THIS EVENING, WM be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne' , Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principa character by Mr. C. Kean. T o conclude with the p o p ular Romance, in two a cts , entitlee THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrea, Madame Celeste, THIS ETENING, w in be performed the comedy of PAUL PRY. Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Selby and Wright; Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. L. Hurray, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES or MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIe THEATRE. Lease a➢d Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS ETENING. Will be Performed TIT FOR TAT. Attar which, THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Tetuan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DW &RP AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE, To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. The successful Equidrama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke, the Pearl of the Arena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world'ls wonder, will appear. Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Dwarf Elephants will perform. To conclude with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATE KEARNEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. Anew Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT 'LONDON }MI MI,: T DAT —Morning 57 min.after 6 1 Ev - ning3s min. aft. 7 To-lifinaow—Storning 17 min.after 8 1 EveniLg 3min. aft. 9 THZ WEATHER.—Sus Onus, May. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day, at noon. BAROMETER went up to 30'09, now 3006. WIND. S.W.—Light, with very fine sunshiny weather, with a cloudy sky. This morning the sky was s clear as a blue Italian sky. _ ; 4174 1131 g i b t RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia, by a ukase promulgated on the 28th ult., has, in order to expedite the de spatch of business in the Ministry of Marine, de creed the dissolution of the General Intendancy of the Fleet, and the Committee of Accounts and of Naval Constructions of the division of St. Peters burg, and has placed the Commissariat and the Naval Constructions under the direct control of the Minister of Marine and the Council of Admi ralty. • The German Journal of Frankfort contains a letter from Vienna of the 4th, which says :—" Intelligence has been received from Sobastopol, via alessa, to the 28th ult. The Russian army celebrated the an niversary of the bit th of the Emperor Alexander by a solemn service. The fire of the allies was suspended during the day. A letter from Bucharest states that Russian agents were endeavouring to excite distur bances in the principalities. Insurrectional pro clamations had hem], found in the frontier villages of Moldavia. The official journal of Bucharest again calls on all Greek subjects, probably in con sequence of that circumstance, to present them selves to the authorities within 30 days, and to furnish the necessary guarantees. This is the third time that a delay has been accorded them. Such persons as do not comply will be considered ill-intentioned, and be forced to at once quit the principality." A letter from Vienna of the 3d, in the Boerhen salle of Hamburg, says :—" The extensive prepara tions for war, lately made by Austria, have, it is said, produced a strong impresssion on the Russian diplomatists. It is positively stated that Prince Gortschakoff has received new powers from St. Petersburg, so as to be able to make the utmost possible concessions when once Austria lays down her ultimatum." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette, of the 3 , 1, contains a royal decree by which the Queen sanctions the bills for establishing cemeteries for the interment of persons not belonging to the Catholic religion, and 'that for the sale of the property belonging to the clergy and the State. The property specified in the latter consists of—the rural and urban domains and pos sessions, awl the rents and privileges of the clergy, the Military Orders of Santiago, Calatraix, Alcan tara, Montesa, and San Juan de Jerusalem, reli gious communities and associations, chapels, the sequestration of Don Carlos, communes, charitable institutions, and generally all possessions whatever held iii mortmain. The Archbishop of Toledo had presented a protest against the bill, but it was couched in moder.te and dignified terms ; that of the Pope's Nuncio had not been presented. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10 1. per ounce for *land ard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 20, it follows that gold is about o'l2 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris., By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425? per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 'lo,id. per ounce for standard gold, gives au ex change of 13.5 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13'6j, it follows that gold is 0'53 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0'42 per cent. in favour of England; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The first sum mer meeting of this society took place yesterday in Re gent-street, and till a late hour in the afternoon the rooms were thronged with visitors, among whom were Lady Dorothy Nevill, Lady Bridport. the Hon. Mrs. Vernon Harcourt, Miss Parry, the Earls of Ducie and' Cawdor, Lord Ravensworth, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Hon. Lord Murray, Sir W. W. Wl.nn, Bart., M.P., Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., Sit G. Carroll, Bart., &c. The season for Chinese Azaleas having arrived, the tables were as if on fire vivid masses of scarlet and crim son, and deep rose tints. Three large piles of their blos soms from the garden of Mr. Archdale Palmer especially commanded admiration. To these succeeded, but at hum ble distance, banks of pelargonitTins, cinerarias, and won derful pansias, holding up their yellow and purple and variegated heads with as much consequence as their betters. Rhododendrons, too, gave variety to the tables ; there were great crimson heads from the open air in Kent, which this cruel spring had not succeeded in harming ; a crimson gem, half rhododendron, half azalea, called azalea ammna, from the Bagshot nursery, and many of the rare sikkim species, among which R. Dalhousieanum and Erigeworthi were most especially admired. Mrs. Lawrence contributed fine greenhouse plants and orchids, of which few others appeared ; but her plants arrived so late that no better place could be found for them than a small mite room. Grapes were presented in abundance, the prrz , s for which were won by Mr. Clements, of Barnet, the gardener at Trentham, arid Mr. Mitchell, of Brighton. Pines, strawberries, and raspberries, from the Duke of Norfolk and others, contributed to the beauty of the desert. The most remarkable part of thi s p or ti on of the exhibition, however, was two dishes of pears, in the most perfect state for the table, from the Duke of Rut land and the Speaker ; the sort was the Beurrti Rance, and on this occasion the right hon. gentleman was dis tanced by the noble Duke. Of vegetables supplies came from the Duke of Norfolk and Rutland, the last nol,le roan contributing prodigious mushrooms. On the whole, this must be regarded as the finest exhibition ever col lected by the society in Regent -street. We understand that great preparations are making for next week's gar den exhibition At CiortlQUle, ~r ~'~ STATE OF TRADE. the MANCHESTER, MAY B,—The continued activity in cotto-market at Liverpool, resulting in a sale o f 20,000 bales" yesterday and a large business again to•day, With a gradu a l ad v ance of prices, has led to rather more activity here both in yarn' and cloth. I n y arn spin have ore asked id. advance, and in some instances haveoh tained id. p er lb. more than last quotations. 'While the anticipation of a rise, however, has w ade buyers anxious to place such ord ers as they may ' wish h to execute , there,.bedes been considerable hesitation i n acceding to th e terms'o• raw speculative m ateria i by sellers. At last rates it was evident a large business, c , uld have been done, but there is a general distrust oat, the the while maeY Partie° would be willing to escape possible future inconven Tenet spit at it L iwvehricpiLils, and up the rates t advances taking goods at last rates, they follow the constan " alicen innhiniz, with great unwillingness, helief that a reaction must; ensue. Hence it is that the " 13 ,; ness this morning, though greater than last week, u°"' fallen short of what was anticipated at the opening of the market. In cl, th there has also been an inereas of business, especially where sellers have been willing:o tal, e last quotationsgsnerally speaking, an ado e „ co b to is sought with some firm ' - ' done ness, and this has check operations. 1 th• Co. report o . Messrs. John Slagg and f the cloth. market : to f " The' e has been a moregeneral dorna.ndlor glncl° day tnan we have had for gseveral weeks, and linVersfnit all kinds of goods are anxious to place their ordert the rates currAat last week, but it is only "k er° ,, t t be e y find stocks on hand—and the cases are rare o f - es of cotton, succeed. The gradually advancing . prices tionet° however, compel manufacturers to a sk a propor runt of advance, and this materially outtalk the e'ret higher business, as it is only in very few instances tha prices are conceded." Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. say:" o f the " The cons aptly active and advancing state effect market latterly has not been without some little:ucro on our market to day, as regards hardening the olcet of spinners. TM re is also a somewha t stronger 0 3 0 re . for India fabrics. Generally, howeve r, there je n n t of sponse on the part of buyers, and bu t little Ote .. • ' business h _ .. a consequently taken place." ors h i l eft:l.-- LEEDS, May B.—A moderate attendance of hi' Lk the oloth.halls this morning and a fair amount:4oo of has cliaeged hands ; so that, to use the word s 41 ' 00 0/ the clothiers, the Market has been as good It 0 1 - eh° Tuesday for the last two months'. The differenit ..lif Or of the woollen cloth manufacture are still grau e- be tter proving, and dyers, presserg, and finishers 3re employed than for sonic time past. T x dS ° ZI A . Although the supply of wheat at the ei 8 . 4 10 0- market to-day was small, there was but a doh " 4. -- bi,4 all wheat is quoted 2s. per lower than 09 " quarter week. • • *—...isseet COURT CIRCI7L.A.R. r , ;nboOgofh The Queen, attended by the Countess of sig,., l ,basS and Major-General Buckley, visited the v s , o o, Gloucester yesterday afternoon, at Gloucestero° roisgs Prince Albert rode on horseback yesterdaf 'n° His Royal Highness presided in the aft attended by Captain Du Plat. a ° a es ao p e atr osje meeting of the Royal Commissioners of the - 0 , - iota' Fund. The Prince arrived at the Palace att en l 7o/ is t shortly before 3 o'clock, attended by his ''' ci se--•""1. 1. ; , S T -4 1 d o n r d e Waiting. The other Commissioners present we,: gigs• Corry, o r or e nr y .y , yCHolecrhbeesrtet,r,mL.por)dthSet.RLigehetn7irdosn,. joltu.ni3O;rtl, the Right Hon. Sir John Plr• M 131.• the I Sit - a..ington, • , oa rs , M.P., the Right Hon.' R. Vernon Sraitb, 090. Colonel Lind-ay, Sir Samuel Morton Peto, t"." ./ s.,Csr John Burgoyne, and Mr. J. Wilson Patten, .L u is A., the tain Fishbourne, R.N., and Captain Lefroh li; o keiliP Honorary Secretaries, attended. The meeting at a quarter before 5 o'clock. l'cl intli. Prince Arthur and the Princesses li e lenS g 1 The took a drive in a carriage-and-four. log' of Her Majesty Lad a dinner party in the eve° 0 00 0 i company included the Duchess of Kent, the Fr de 1111° Hohenlobe Langenburg, the Princess Ade 16,1,010,04 Prince Victor of Holienlobe, the Duchess of ..o ,Sn' u lei r tbe the Belgian Minister mai Madam Van de " e pigg sn ' Marquis of. Lansdowne, Lady Anna m a ria r s al Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess faro{ Col the Earl of Mu grave, Viscount Torrington, 9n the the Hon. C. B. hips. ed in The band of t P he p Ist Life Guard s attend „,i the Palace, and played during dinner. CoTunhetesCsooufutle,esssarotfa?doraiesbLoarodyugihn I;saiting t e o eu iN fie F aicc her ssstv. s son d Lord Camoys and Major-General Berkeley PrriGois have succeeded Lord Dufferin and Mr. B. °il' 0 . 0 as the Lord and Groom in waiting to the (2 0 ' .. e c o o bo i , The Duke of Saxe Coburg arrived at J 3 ,` 1 1 00. 10 , t) ,. Palace, from the C intlnent, at 20 minutes Prcioirbriii last night. The Duke was met at the LcZ a ptain ''':„! Terminus of the South-Eastern Railway ag e d h i s it.7_;, Hi shness to the Palace, Plat, Equerry to Prince Albert, who atte so d PP" - o s f ,, K er e n n ,i t al rig the Pr ' ince c s h s e d ss e Albert ri csived their illustrious relative. a ass ,1 A A nn 111 3 The Du Dawson • • ' ' ,CI 2 ", ,v, . , visited t , Duke and Ducbeg" . 1,0. 0- hf• t TvA c— ter S" e A deputat'eti _ .. so 1 on the subject o f.th."',,„„ P vrer t° 1 ,,, of yawet:tt'eeenrredd aed:bly,,.(21:::::111,b es 7 : l e a rte r n id, .s 1 Linc , drishire lia•1 • 13110 . " d PI P-- . 1 / ~r Hire Vessels) had an interview' "ay '. b Lord ,veruk, Alderlev and t' .e Right w it / rite Y .-- f the at the Beard of Trade. Tr' E. P. 8 00 co „isted .° 3fr following members of the eitputatiifinconlow . sr. Cobden. Mr. Bralit, Mr. Broti i i i e s r e t o , liiir• F,,rihe:;ooll: l-Tadfifld, and Mr. Hindley ; and"M rs. 'd i , — 'OOP Stand, Gamble, Lees, Chaplin," S 011" Walker. I and the Mayor of Grimsby. lc I/ nati ss The Governor and Deputy-Governor of tlie „o f Or England lia , l an interview with the Chanc ellyr P filv . 0 9 Exchcquer yesterday, at his official residency; 1 „ e st, mg-street.isseavos t The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, •'-' - ptr -11 „1 Boring-. arch ns, ye , terday. The Commis:ionvrtiod - were—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archv i,o oll York, the Earl of Harrow by, the Bishop . 0 4 id,f l. the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev. ''''',se es ' Gera, Sir John Dohson, Sir John Patteson, ' s d P." Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon SelvvVot n Henry Kingscote (secretary) ...amwavassataassacs d Pt, THE LATE LATE DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.--PLT'7 h re ' B.—Her Majesty's steamer Avon returne" h'lsborgoid. eyei,ing, with 51 of the John's passengerA, ill t i , 1 16 0 1 of Li ut. Carew, Government emigration ge n ip ; t n i s tier of passengers saved-74 ; crew ditto , o f 10 . $ saved, 93 ; ,total drowned, 194. A verdieteogslOri' slaughter was, on Monday, at midnight, re in. e , .t i ti T Capt. Rawle, who is in custody at Bodinin. f tb° also strongly strongly expressed their disapproval 010 vie being sent to sea unprovided wi'h night signe.oolt6isi THE REBELLION AT LEWES.—The triniews" o rs n o ls Russia', this rebellion among the O A P,. 0 0 0 a matter of uncertainty, It is asserted, an Ol i o with some degree of foundation, that the gr° l ",, st' t he shown by the public who have visited the Plilsiectiss liberally paid for the flimsy toys, and the V° io r i ot prisoners have enjoyed, have had some e ffect 0 01 00 1 ing this feeling of insubordination among th, e : l , l ' P l ' OS they have actually been treated " ton well. del re 0, hundred - pounds, it is said, have been exP en „ bal 4 purchase of these toys, and nearly all the ifigi' t ;do, # .4 vided themselves with watches from the pas tols'ept source of gain will now cease for a time, ag ' P c € !, o t he t i e° as their tools, are token away, .and for , t he P none are to he admitted within the walls c'' t ier. ors except .‘ strictly on business." —Suss s4d rer o ast sir THE CHEAP PRESS.—For some mo ntbe jo r a moss 0 0 has been a publication called the 0/.0,0 1 " bleb ;te j culated monthly, the nominal price o f " W arc pow* penny. It consists of 12 pages, Bof whif h ,„tand , ,,,(l bi t in London, and sold wholesale, we 1 1 " e ' e ra, S w ipe * farthing. . Any printer may purchase O a w ith isc ,l adding either two or four more piges 6 . .„ 11 : 00 6 .40 1 1 . 1 matter and advertisements, issue the sa" — t he ailo paper. Thus, in raality, that which forins the y sof' Journal is also the John 0' G mat, s Gaze tte, ye dl o ol End Courier, and, for aught we know, ttl e t s , PI of Advertiser. We have before us the CrO reslie',lo for May, the local newsoof which is a mer e loe sl I ' l o i the news that for a month previous has aPP o n et sting s e wile r l Surrey News and Surrey Standard, annoyds the O,'V it put together that one would almost fa &lasi° i r was labouring under " the malt licln ° • a ief ie South Eastern Gazette. „ faal soi Ye .90 ip DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.-----, ioe l;, P le 0 , ing, between the hours of 6 and 7 % c o t he `g,' ail woman named Catherine Gardner,_agni i5t,14111,0 cabman residirrr at Ni). 7, Three Sings-00f th e Jo bs precipitated herself from the first reee SB %eirt i°l3 s li g 1 arch of Blackfriars-bridge. After great e,14,009.,ate4 Ware, the night pierman, who has freque°,%Jf she 7 : 000, under similar circumstances, got her ont Ate r eef; 1 , and she was conveyed on a stretcher toA e se 0 . 1° , 4 0 0 house, the Glaziers' Arms, Water-lane, 7 p i rr?.; sli k promptly attended by Mr. Hutchinson, °L er , ill ,b e 8 07; street, who succeeded in resuscitating her, o f LA, was taken to the union-house. The ca , t 2 i. bus at e act she stated to be the ill usage of m e a s ef 0 i d o tit 8 whom she has been married between siS a n to 0 0 ja tvs and who, when she asked him for snon e Y bas be ell t'o% ° self, assaulted her with his whip. Sh e ,'",; I. 6 habit of earning a scanty livelihood li- , s oli er soldiers' clothes. ov 13°: e d I s MAYNARD'S COMBINED THRASIOO oOtr io ri ll ,r , I MACHINE.—A new agricultural mac iatr effecting the better separation o the en, beenbrime; from grain and straw as thrashed, h" I f:r e d C3 l 0 t i t duced by Mr R. Maynard, of Whittle:. _ we 'd nu_ 0 0, 0 The plan which Mr. Maynard bas f 217011vV:e v p,.vo new design has been copied from that i 0 tom alt_se, ear every hand-tasker, who, when he •wighe_befflivueso.o; corn so as to produce chaff fit for theftuer d on l io 0 ' is his riddle from the rough heap, an d ) % o p ~,co rPr e. returns and sifts out the remaining " se t ill t" . .0 is .... heap, instead of continuing the Pr'itehe rotigbc„.oo,s clean sifted out. By this m ethod. free 0.06,13,feis sifted, and the chaff left in the corn is ~c i jo D' vio p , s'oe This is precisely the principle em boo7 oite 4 doe o f re , machine, in which, instead of sifting. 1 . nr o,. 110,ith done in most machines, VrdY the t , !, 5 ,.." t ': s ebic°,,l7„ , riddles is subjected to the dressing pin y , a 00, , i,Ff_r e ci minder is continually being return" 1"0001000,19ste a wl the 111 e the fresh proceeds of the drum ; enera tea °o ration of the chaff as perfect as is . g_ ~seven th at s t io • from hand sifting. This machine alf, 0 i1, 44 00 , of corn with the chaff, by roturning t." 70, shv' o rov ioo 6 tion which is blown out with, aii.c'.__ o f th e ;is uoo chaff, and submitting it to a repetinressiv4o old By this means the whole opeition, _ ' coo to ' s c OS without permitting any portion of in' 4 , 9 ,etinit o oli l ell ground, and it is finally delivered by 5%03, pingra ~ 0, 0 , into sacks. This machine is Pee!' ,_.,, ar,.00t:101 action ; this r esult being silitaine,t other'by rorioo_tp making the two riddles balance each lo gic ,li i si ° Jonas, the well-known Cambiidgegn' s s a blf q iskS P s ir adopted the new machine, and spe . --PrOka AfeCitginin:lo/4:10% __ _____ A