The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE will RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great Interest have been effected both in Opera and Ballet. and the best exertions used to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. The prospectus will shortly be issued. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS ENTITIES 0, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. I o clerludo with THE DAIFGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. THEATRE ROYAL, H tYMARKET. traer the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL G.VSIBIT3TWO; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. which PERES. NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which. LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. MULE.= KW. THIS FvENING, HENRY VIII. Queen Kathartne, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wobey, Mr. C. Kean After which, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. THEATRE ROYAL ADZLPM. troprtstor; Mr. B. Webster.—Mtrectress, Madame °sleet.. ?HZ F:Vr.NTNG, TARTUFFE To conclude with AND THE BE 1.11 STALK ; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. la. which Meant. S. Bland, P. liedfbrd, Madame Celeate; Miss Wyndlaana. and. Miss Z. Ardea will ap agar. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TRIR EVENING STILL WATERS RUN . DEEP. AMU' which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though e scessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled VIE DISCREET PRINTCESS; the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Rohm, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, anl Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY TrIEATRE. Lessees, Xessrs. Shepherd and Creswiok. THT EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled 110 W WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by 117FFLEHAITSTIII•T; or, The Lawyer's Legend. To conclude with THRTOBBLER AVI) TAILOR. ARTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Glorious Impress of public approbation! THIS EVENING, The most extraordinarc and exciting exhibition that ever was represented—an English Steeplechase, with all its incidents, from the starting to the winning post. The performances commence with THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND TITS FAITHFUL S rEED. The acting horse, trained by Mr. William Cooke. Double Tight Rope, the Misses Dacey. SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the Postman's Knock. Dram° Equestre. with ENGTAND'S HARVEST HOME ani NATIONAL ENGLISH STEEPLFZHIA.SE. Rot-ofaco open irons Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Direetor, W. rooky. Inn. ROYAL MARYLEBOYE TriftlATREI. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. Great succesi of the new mannement and pleees, scenery, &c. _ . THIS EVENIN'I (Thursday, April 3, 1e56) the new drama LOST. £30,000, supported by 3lessrs. Stuart, Stirling, Belford, Miss An 'erton, Morel!, &c. After which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Mr. Lewis Ball, of the Theatre Royal, Sadler's Wells. To conclude with a grand Ballet . Blvertisement, by Mr. Harvey, entitled, THE DUMB POiTILLION. The inimitable Charles Mathews ha; been engaged for 5 nights only, and will appear on Monday, April 7th, 1856. EMMA. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGE 3 OF W 031. 1- -- Second Season. This Lyric Erderta'nolent has been crowned by the unanimons tpprobatlon of ALL THE LONDON JOURNALS As the greatest artistical triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Come ty, and V.i.adeville. With a host of characters in Correct Co 'tames ; aad Songs In SIX DIFFERENT LA.NGITAGES! over 'attempted by any other artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Ir-idays, at 8. Morning performlnees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half-past two, precisely. Admission--Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S II A.T.L, Long-acre. MGR WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIG DAT—Morn. 12 min. aft. 12—Evening 39 min. aft. 12 rn-MoAnoCv—Aforn. 3 min. aft. 1 —Evening 26 min,sft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63 - highest since noon yesterday. 48 -lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.88 —rising. WIND, S.W.—Fresh and squally, with dark scudding clonils, charged with rain. Last evening we had a slight sprinkling of rain. 12 o'CLocK.—Slight rain ; more coming. Ti ,1..4.401,(.7(:-4,:tki • • --- ' - uTx„ LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1856. Notwithstanding the Treaty, so hastily and im providently concluded, there is more work for the British Plenipotentiaries at Paris. On Tuesday evening the Marquis of LANSDOWNE was unable to state " on what daffy the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs would ba in England !" There are, we believe, many arrangements of paramount importance standing over, which may not finally be disposed of for a very considerable time. At present, and until the signatures of the contract ing parties had been definitively attached to the all-important document, the representatives of Russia were all concession and amiability. Any reasonable request was promptly and gracefully acceded to, and they could confidently appeal to their conciliatory demeanour as the best guarantee for their future conduce. BO the motive is now removed. They may feel assured that, whatever quibbles or prevarications may be resorted to, war will not again be pro claimed, and we may therefore expect that every vexatious impediment will be opposed to the fair and legitimate results of the bases agreed on being ever obtained from the unwilling hands of Russia. It was, to say the least of it, an act of singular imprudence to surrender the hold we had on Rus sia until every matter had been finally concluded —more especially until the frontier questions both in Europe and Asia had been settled beyond the possibility of dispute or doubt. There were, however, reasons for this unseemly and injudicious haste. The people of England might become impatient, and insist on some very inconvenient explanations. The armistice was to expire on the 31st March. Th at,however, might easily be extended. But, still worse, the Easter recess would terminate on that clay, and the re presentatives of the people might possibly exhibit some very untoward and perplexing interrogatories to Ministers. It is true that up to .this time there . have not been any demonstrations of insubordination. Mtny Honourable Gentlemen, of whom better things rhig:a have been antici pated, were contented to hug their collars under the Ministerial manger, and to let the negotiations proceed as if they had no interest whatsoever in the result. But such extraordinary forbearance could not always be anticipated. The charm might be dissolved at any moment, and with very unpleasant consequences to the occupants of the Treasury Benches. Besides, according to the new-fangled German system, which is (if possible) to be substituted for the old British constitutional practice, every shadow of power was to be trans ferred from the Legislative branches to the Execu tive. It could scarcely be supposed that the chosen representatives of the peOple would have acquiesced without resistance in this abnegation of their functions, and even the hereditary Legislators had lately afforded a striking proof of their unflinch ing determination to support their own privileges against any invasion. It Was, therefore, desirable to avoid the possibility of a conflict in which Germanism might receive a heavy blow and great discouragement, and from which it could scarcely hope to ( lecaPe unscathed. We should not, there- Prep feel Barpritied if instructions l been ' '4ed to Paris to hurry on the conclusion, even At the cost of leaving many points standing over for future consideration. We trust, how evei c, that full explanations will be demanded, ayo, and firmly enforced, that neither House of Parliament will submit patiently to the contu melious treatment to which it has been subjected. The magnificent Fleet now, assembled at Spit head, complete in every respect, would have acted as a perpetual memento to the People, and have kept the irritating sore open. There are .now no less than sixteen sail of ,the line, seven steam frigates, eight steam-stoops, eight steam gun vessels, and seventy steam gun-boats, lying in the vicinity of Portsmouth, all ready for immediate action, exelusive of the formidable squadron at Plymouth. Had these gun-boats been available in 1854, or even in 1855, what might not have been effected ! CHA.R.I,IE POT would then have have bad no excuan for his inaction. A good ac count should have been rendered not merely of Bomarsund, but also of Sweaborg, and Helsing fors, of Revel, and Hango. Even the quasi impregnable Cronstadt might not have afforded adequate protection to the skulking cowards who had their blood-stained buntings under its bat teries. But so long as JAMIE. KETTLE presided over the Admiralty, and the Philo-Muscovite GLADSTONE held the seals of the Exchequer, there was but little chance of obtaining what was essential for the vigorous and energetic conduct of the War. But now that they have been obtained, cui bond ? The expense has been incurred properly, and wisely incurred, but for whose advantage ? Not that of the British People ? They see with regret and indignation the terms which they were in a condition to enforce frittered away until they have no thing but their victories and undiminished re sources as their own reward—while they have the satisfaction (?) of knowing that Russia has suffered neither loss nor humilation beyond the severe and decisive defeats which her troops have sustained on every occasion when they were op posed to the gallant soldiers of France or England. This was not what the British People bargained for. It is not a fair equivalent for the lives of their brethren so uselessly sacrificed or for the tens of millions lavishly squandered in obtaining a result in every respect so paltry and so con temptible. forty 4.r On Tuesday night the Chancellor of the Exche quer obtained leave to bring in a bill to continue certain compositions payable to bankers, who had ceased to issue bank notes. This power would cease and determine on the Ist of August next, thus clearly indicating the intention of Parlia ment that the Bank Charter Act of 1844 should not continue in operation• beyond the time therein fixed, viz., 12 months from the Ist of August, 1855. Sir G. C. LEWIS has asked for an exten sion of time, until the Ist of August, 1857. He has thus virtually bound himself to legislate within the present session, so as to be prepared to give the necessary notice of that to the Bank of England before the Ist of August next. And, indeed, as we last week pointed out, he has no possible excuse, now that the treaty of Peace (!) has been signed, for delaying that full and complete discussion which, according even to the bullionist organ, " cannot be arranged too soon." It is, therefore, high time for the Mone tary Reformers to bestir themselves zealously and efficiently. They have energetic and 'wily oppo,: nents to encounter, men who have realised im mense profits from the existing state of affiirs, and who will not, without a determined contest, relinquish the hold which they have, and the control which they exercise over the trade, corn= merce, and manufacture of the country. A con: filet is inevitable, and if they let slip the golden opportunity, many years must elapse before such another can possibly arise. It is by no means improbable that Sir G. C. LEwrs may introduce a distinct measure, without any preliminary inquiry. He has, in fact, all the materials for legislation, and, with the assist ance of Mr. JAMES WILSON, may be enabled to deal with the all-important question in a liberal and comprehensive spirit. But the latter Gentle man has, since his accession to the Treasury Benches, maintained an ominous silence on this interesting question, and even the Economist has cautiously avoided allusion to what was once, par excellence, its favourite topic. We cannot there fore judge to what extent the views of the Hon. Gentleman may have been modified by the as sumption of Ministerial glasses ; and oven if rightly disposed, as we hope and believe may be the case, it is of paramount importance that his hands should be strengthened by a distinct and unequivocal expression of public opinion. The great points to be enforced are, the, establishment of a really National Bank of Tame, and concurrently therewith, so far as practicable, " free trade in money." There is no possible reason why one of the chief prerogatives of the- Crown should be delegated to a trading and irre- sponsible" corporation, however wealthy or re spectable. Experience has proved beyond the possibility of doubt that its interests are frequently conflicting with those of the working population of the country; and it follows that the directors will look rather to the benefit of their immediate constituents :than of the community at large. Such extraordinary power with respect to the re gulation of the currency,'" the life-blood of na tional industry," should only be entrusted to parties appointed by or responsible to the Govern ment or the Parliament, and the issues of notes should be regularly decided in the House of Com mons as that of Exchequer B ills is under the existing system. There could be no ,possible question as to the security and efficiency of a Government note for all domestic purposes. They would possess the same guarantee for their redemption that Consols now have, with the additional point in their favour. that they would be receivable in payment of all duties and taxes, and every claim that ,could be Put forward on bohalf of the Government. It scarcely be necessary to exact th a t ! they s h ould woul dn one would d ream of refusing would carry w i th it . cc a constitute a legal tender, for that which purchasing power," and which any merchant or tradesra an would gladly receive in exchang e for he dealt, simply because h any commodity in which e would feel a perfect assurance that h e could at. any moment pay it away at the very ra t e or pric e at ' which he had received it. Ind ee d th e organ of the b u l l i on i sts has conceded this undoubted fact. The Ti mes of , the 26th October last contains this reMarkable passage : " Supposing this," (i.e., the paper cir culation of the country), t o be required solely for internal commerce, no necessity could exist for gold being held against any po'rtion of it. A de posit of Government Stock, or the fact of its being receivable for duties, would at all times keep it from fluctuations in value." After this unequi vocal admission cadit questio. There can be no necessity for arguing a point that has been dis tinctly conceded by the adversary. For all domestic purposes, then, the national notes of convenient denominations from V. upwards, would be all that could be required, aud all the distrese s : e44 . ioßs i #.44 sutl'erizig::994.l4.olo4 • to the people has been for a very problematical advantage to our foreign trade. The Times declares that, "as we require gold to meet balances of debt to foreign nations at periods when our exports have not been fully suf ficient to pay for our imports, -we must have some means of converting our circulation into this material." And this is, in fact, the sole argument that can be urged for our complicated and ruinous monetary system—a foundation that will by no means sustain the elaborate superstructure that has been erected thereon. We contend that this provision would be adequately made by leaving the supply to private enterprise, and rendering gold, as it ought to be, purely an article of mer chandise. Of course, the National Bank, for the purpose of sustaining the value of its notes, would, although not required to do so by law, keep a certain supply of the pre cious Metal in its coffers, or, possibly, what would answer the purposeof keeping the exchange 'falrourable to England just as well, might hold a certairi amount of securities easily convertible at the principal foreign exchanges. But in addition, there would be capitalists always ready to deal in a matter that offered a reasonable prospect of gain. The contracts for the purchase of foreign co'fnmoditieimight, if necessary, be made payable sq maty ounces of gold or silver bullion, or in money coined for the expreSs purpose of foreign trade, and the purchaser would have no greater risk in calculating the premium, if any, which he might be compelled to pay, than he would at pre sent, -to estimate the possible increase in the mi nimunt rate of discount, on the enhanced difficulty of obtaining money on any terms whatever. The fact is the foreign trade is a mere " raw head and bloody bones," a bugbear raised for the mere purpose of " frightening the isle from its propriety," and inducing the people, who will not take the trouble to think for them selves to commit their interests into the hands' of the currently quacks, who reap golden harvests from their credulity and apathy. -- It is time that a stop should be put to this system, and that a National Bank, with National Notes of 11., 21., and 31., should prevent that fluctuation in the value of money, and in the rate of interest, which has been " more injurious to the nation (teste RICHARD COBDEN) than the failure of all the Banks of Issue that have ever yet stopped payment." Let the Monetary Re formers give for this all-important point " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," and they may be assured of speedy and complete suc cess, that will place the welfare and prosperity of the nation on A firm and enduring basis. The French'Fire Insurance invasion, to which we so early called attention, 'has compelled the defenders of the national revenue to appeal at last to the House of Commons'. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was very confident at first that Englishmen would not rely on a French guarantee against ." loss or damage by fire." Experience has taught him better. The War and the Alli ance have at least . given us increased confidence in ourneighbour ; and, with reasonable reliance on her business associations, it is not in human nature to pay 125 per cent. morn, for the same advantage, to an English than to a French com pany. Amongst our own circle this, at least, is not the case, for we have known of Lady-day poll ; cies being taken in LA FRANCE. 'We cannot doubt that, if the present duty were continued, and the French companies' operations in England not ren dered 'illegal, it must issue in our largest insur ance companies dissolving themselves, and be. coming reconstituted as French offices. It will be, however, matter of regret if the affair does not bring the subject of Fire Insur• ance Duty fully under consideration. The pre sent rate of the,tax is absurdly exorbitant ; fully 200 per cent. on the first-class risks !-1 rate of duty wholly at variance with our present com mercial and fiscal principles. We do not, deny that •equal taxation for insurance on English property, whether the insurance be granted by an English or ,a French Company, is a fair free-trade arrangement, since it specially favours neither, country ; but the other great principle of oommercial taxes that of moderate duties, as distinguished from duties which seriously check consumption, is fligrantly contravened by such an anomalous Govern ment charge. The only. Secretary of a Fire Company, so far as we remember, who has a seat in the House of Commons, denied, indeed, the probability of a large increase of insurance busi- ness by a reduction of 'the duty from three shil lings to one shilling per cont. Insurers in his office will probably think the worthy Secretary had an eye rather to the five per cent, received by his office from Government for collecting the duty than to ihe interests of the assured. A worthy' Tory of the last generation, a kind of Insur ante ELDON, his experience of byegono time: bears but little upon the views and habits of the present day. The two facts that in France, where there is no duty, seven-eighths of the pro perty is insured, and in England only one-third, are clear evidence. of the effect of the duty, for it will never be, asserted, we presume, that English men are less provident than their volatile neigh bours. The injurious working of the duty is very much due to the -fact that Fire Insurance is a dead charge ; in the vast majority of cases, not a penny of what is paid comes back to the insurer in any shape. If he lays out his money in life insurance he receives it again in the reversion .he secures for those most dear, t 9 him ; if he invests it in articles of com- coerce which pay duty he still gets a profit upon then). But Fire Insurance is simply provision against a loss—a loss which, it is true, if it oc curr,ed, might beggar him—but a loss which it is, say; thirteen hundred to one whether it will occur in a first-class risk, and perhaps a hundred to, one even -in the most hazardous risks. Home thou sands will not p a y ' an exorbitant Oovernment duty, for mere protection against, a possible loss. The office charge is so small that' any one would rather incur that than hazard the possibility of a serious loss. It is the provoking - extortion ofthe Chancellor of the Exchequer which persons resent, and too frequently - to their own embarrassthent or even ruin..- As we observed very recently, the unfairness of the tax, as a class tax, ought also to be insisted on. Laud and landed produce wholly escape it. Owners of combustible property, farmers excepted, pay the whole of the insurance duty. The lords of the soil, as such, enjoy either natural nr legal immunity for the soil and its produce. The en tire idcidence of the tax falls where it is hardest to b 0 borne, Landlords save by this a sum more than equal to the entire fire insurance duty. We would call the attention of Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. Wflacnisorr, Mr. HANKEY, and all the members who represented the interests of the non-agricul tural community on Tuesday night, to , this im portant consideration. 'They should ask that landed property be subject 'to an annual charge of 3s. per cent. 'on its.valne;if the fire insurance duty be retained,' anct"of course that farming pro perty ohould pay tho clutypid by an othox pro perty. We believe fully as much inc;.ndiarism, on the whole, occurs in regard to other property as in regard to fanning stock, and there is not, there fore, any excuse for permanent exemption of landed produce on that score. Now, therefore, is the time to petition. Every one who has a hundred pounds' worth of property is interested in doing it. MI who are actually insured, constituting as they do the great body of the electors, are of course directly concerned in the repeal, or large reduction of, this semi-bar barous duty. Insurers in other countries are not disgraced and punished for prudence in this way. Were insurance here, as it ought to be, duty free, and were it heavily taxed in France or Russia, we may imagine the self-complacent - censures our Hon. Members and Chancellors of the Exchequer would deliver on the rude fiscal devices of those countries. As it is, even Mr. GLADSTONE and Sir C. LEwrs must own that their compeers in Paris and St. Petersburg can still teach them something. THE MISSING STEAMER PACIFIC. A letter received at Lloyd's; to-day, from their agent at Figueira, dated 24th March, says " The Skipwith, arrived here from Newfound land,, fell in with ice to the distance of 200 miles from the laud, and saw the lights of a steamer in "the ice.' " The Skipwith. left St. John's, Newfoundland, 13th February. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (Meeting This Day.) The board of military officers appointed to inquire into the conduct of those officers inculpated in the report of Sir J. M'Neil and Colonel Tulloch, actually commenced their duties this morning in the Great Hall, Chelsea, which had been conveniently and comfortably fitted up for the accommodation, not only of the persons more immediately connected with the inquiry, the officers whose conduct is to be inquired into, and, the witnesses to be examined, but also the pubic. The arrangements for the press are excellent. A. body of police was present, under Superintendent Gibbs; to maintain order and prevent inconvenience, should eager crowds assemble to witness the proceed ings. The inquiry was fixed to commence at 11 o'clnek ? but, probably owing to the many times the public have ' been disappointed 33 to the exact day when the commis sion would sit, the small number of persons present this morning is to be attributed. At half-past 11 o'clock the following general officers, forming the board, dressed in fu!l regimentals, and with their various decorations, entered the hall, and took their seats at the table :—Sir. Alex. Woodford, Lord Beauchamp, General Rowan, Sir John Bell, General Peel, M.P., General Kcollys, and General Sir George Berkeley. Sir Alexander Woodford took the chair, as president, of the Board of Inquiry. The Judge-Advocate (the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers; M.„P.) read the Royal warrant appointing the Board; and stating the purposes for which it had been con4tid, tuteil; and, next, a letter from Lori Paltherston' ' tO Lord Pannaure, informing him officially of the appoirat ment of the commission and the scope and nature of.tlati inquiry. , The President inquired of the Judge-Advocate if he . could inform the Court the names of the officers who had been inculpated by the report in question, and who had complained in consequence ? The Judge-Advocate said that, before ho received the Royal warrant, he applied to the Commander•in-Chief` for the names of the officers whose conduct had been in culpated by the report, and who had complained to him, in consequence, and also a similar letter to the horse Guards, and he received in reply the names of Earl Lucan, Earl Cardigan, Sir R. Airey, and Lieutenant Colonel Gordon. The President handed to the Judge-Advocate the form of proceedings for the Court. The Judge-Advocate then read the regulations, whichH stated that the proceedings of the Board wou!d be con- ducted, as near as possible, with the practice of ordiaary military courts of inquiry. Evidence might be given in writing or orally. The Court was not empowered ,to ' , xamine witnesses on oath. Every military witness would be at liberty to decline making any statement that ,eight afterwards be made the subject of a charge fora court-martial aga;nst him, but that having done 4o it might be used against him. Toe cases of 'persons whos conduct hid to be inquired into would be taken Siva . - rately. Tire. Judge-Alvocate then asked the Beard to c3n sider what documentary evidence they wished to, be brought before them ? General Berkeley asked if any summonses had been: issued ? The Judge-Advocate replied no, because summonses could only be issued under the direction of the Beard. Toe officers whose names had been mentioned had had no official notice of the meeting of the Board that day' communicated to them. They c mild only know of the meeting officially by the :summonses, which would be issued to them under the direction of the B General Berkeley—Are all these officers in to wn ? The Judge Advocate could not say. He thought that ->y Monday next there would be time enough for every person interested in this inquiry to be summoned. The Board then decided that copies of all papers that hai been laid before Parliament relating to the officers' In question should be laid before the Beard. The Judge-Advocate sail tlitt all papers bearing on This inquiry, if forwarded to the Judge-Advocate-office, hpuld be laid before the"B mrd. The Beard, after a short consultation, decided that the Earl of Lucan's case should be taken first, and di rected that summonses should be forthwith sent to hi m and his witnesses, requiring his attendance on alaulay. next. The Judge-Advocate asked if the Board would require, n the first instance, the narnev of the witnesses to be examined ? The President replied in the affirmative, alai aided. that the officers who 'wished to call witnesses haft setter have them in readiness upon. 0 be produced when called The Judge-Advocate said —Then, it is decided tha 'Ms inquiry shall commence on Monday next with the ease of the Earl of Lucan, and proceed afterwards with ,he officer next in rank to him, and observe'tbat course [roughout the sittings of the Court ? The President—Yea. The Ju9e-Advocate—Tben, do I understand the Board to direct that no summonses shall be issued to no other persons than those whose names I have read The President—Yes. The Judge-Advocate said-z-Then the Board will wait `or fresh applications from persons who think they ought ,0 appear before the Board ? The President—Yes. The Jndge•Advocate—Until other persons appear complaining, you are unwilling to issue summonses to . them t The President—Yes, The Judge Advocate—ls it your wish, as a matter of courtesy, that some notification should be made to Sir J. M'Neil and Colonel Tutloch, that their report is to be called into qu , stion by this inquiry. I atu not aware where they aro to be found, but I suppose there will be no diffioulty in finding them out by applying at the Horse Guards ? The President--Y e a. • The Board the❑ decided that the court would sit daily after Monday next from eleven a.m. until four p.m. The court then adjourned td Monday next at eleven o'clock, when the court will proceed with the case of Earl Lucan. The Earl of E&inton entertained a large party of officers of the 1-t L'fa Guards, and other friend, on Tuesday evening, i n St, Ja,(nes's square. Ther e w ere present Viscount rowerscourt, "Viscount Elmley, Vis count anti Visnuntess Ingestre, Sir A. Hay and the Misses Hay, Col. Parker, Col. Hogg, Capt. 13ateson, Capt. the !t,n. W. E. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Biddulph, Capt. Wyndham, Mr. Patten, Mr. North, Mr. Grosve nor, Capt.be Winton, and Mr. K. Fraser, &o. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley are expected in town to-day from Knowsley. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney are expected in town to-day from Frognal, Kent. Laly Mary Wood has issued cards for a reception on Wednesday, the 9th inst , at the Admiralty. The marriage o f the Lady . Rachel Russell with Lord .Tames Wandesford Butler• is fixed to take place this morning, at St. Peter's alurch. The Right Hon. R, Vernon Smith, M.P., gave a dinner, last evening, to his colleagues in the Cabinet, All the Ministers attended except the Earl Granville and the Earl of Clarendon —the latter being absent in Parisi,. and the former, we regret to learn, too unwell to attend. Col. Sir H. Rawlinson, K.C.8., has been appointed . to succeed Gen. Sir G. Pollock as one of the nominatel Directors of tho E t * X 40,4 Compapy. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. S&veraCorthe London papers deny on authority that Miss Charlotte Cushman has taken the lease of the Haymarket Theatre. All the gasconade 0 - a City paper in connection with this subject- has been thrown away. Among other felicitous things it was stated that Miss Cushman intended visiting New Ydrk for the purpose of making engagements —the artists here being far superior to those in London.' On the strength of this item all .the little varieties of the profession have been airing themselves, and commisserating the London .ma nagers in a truly ludicrous manner. No one f - miliar with the EngliSh.stage need, be told that the statement, is 'siMply ,ridiculous. There aro some eicellent actors here, but they can be counted up on the. tips •of the fingers, and are driven into obscurity by :the mention of Such - names . , as Conyton, . Benjami n W e b s t er , H owe, BuCkstone, Keeley, — Leigh Murray, Harley, _Chippendale, Farren, W. _Lacey, Robson, Wigan, C. Mathews, and Wright; or, amongst the ladies, Miss Rey nolds, Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Stirling, or the neN Lon don actress, Miss Blanche Fame, and a score. of others we could mention. SOme very bad samples of English actors. have arrived in this country, it is true, but the reason is obvious—really good artists are better paid there than here. Now, if Miss CuShman really did want to.make arrange:- merits in thiS city, she could only.fiad three,gentle men?who would make an• impression on a London audience. We refer to John Brougham, harry Pladtde, and William Burton, actots - so adniirable and so infinitely ahhve airy other artists, comic or sentimental, in this 'city, that rwe are , almost ashameCto drag - . them into a- •discussion of this character.—From, a Few York -Paper •of Tuesday, 18th March last. • THE PRECIOUS PEA.CE! TO.THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - SIR,—I am glad to 'see the tone you have taken on this premature and dishonourable peace ; at least that one member of our press stands up for what is true and honest—not that I expect that anything can turn our countrymen to what is due to themselves. „Germanisin as you call it, iaparaliount. The influence behind the Throws is all the more powerful because it can act in the most profound secresy, and si ithout the slightest, respon ! sibility. There has doubtless been a secret itnderstandinfi for some time past between our Court and Louis No- . poleon, and the p re s sure th a t th e C o b urgs cou ld not and dare not bring 'airectly upon our Cabinet in the matter of peace, terms, &C., has been done through Leuis Na poleon, speaking in the name of France. The Gorman alliance, has : been the curse of this country. If the Queen had not gad a German' husband, Aberdeen would never have been Premier. If Aberdeen had not been Premier,. we should not have had the Russian war, so that the• matrimonial connection with Germany ' has cost the: country in the last two years thirty thousand precions lives, aof 50 millions of money. But John Bull is a' contemptible animal ; he will stand anything. If You, want a proof, look here: By an overwhelming majority, of the House of Commons Aberdeen was ousted, and stigmatised as the author of our calamities. Within two mouths or that time Abt rdeen, branded by the House of Commons and public opinion, is rewarded by Germanism with the Order.of the Garter. The House of Commons say nothing, and the country hardly murmurs. I almost begin to fancy that Bright was right after all ; and, as I th , war was n ver intended o advance either the honour of England or the liberty of the a or:d, it would haVe been better to have saved our sons and our money. Al coding to the ri s mes we are to have the pleasure,.of pay ieg the income tax for two years longer. As for the country not standing it, tha,t's all nonsense ; 'they will stand anything. • . •• : We are now, it seems, also to be involved in an addi tional Ce•man tie• by the Prussian marriage. . Another hope for John Hull ; so that if the reigning fairlily'pl Prussia get into trouble we shall be called on to defend them, not in the':name of the Princess Royal- 7 no, crafty dogs—it will be'for the &fence of Protestant iprit'ciples attacked iii 4 the person of Prussia; but as a natien We deserve it without a murmur ; .we accept the dictum that no Eog:ishman 4s g•,od enough for any of the - Royal fa-oily. • • For the present Aberdeen's views are carried out, and we shag have a truce perhaps for 20 years ; but thereare those prob a bly living.who will remembe r a nd fue the day when, to use your own expres-ive Words, ‘c The'fight that was a cross , was — closed by a Peace that was a Sell," Altno.,t in shathe I beg to subscribe myself, yours,,,&c;; Al' ENGLISHMAN.. Ail,~ 185 G. THE DEATH OF A MISER. 'TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, your paper of the 28th-of February, an arti cle appeared, headed "Self-Starvation—Death of a Miser," wherein it was stated that nearly the whole .of his property had been left to the Bookbinchrs' Alms houses. I beg to inform you this is an error, the society being much in debt, it may possibly mislead, and cause parties to whom it is indebted to think the society in a position to liquidate their claims (which, unfortunately, it is not). A correctioa of the error in your valuable journal w 0 greatly oblige the Committee of tlle,Book binders' Avlurn Society, • - T. JEFFREY, • Secretary: LATEST NE WS. HAMBURGH, APRIL 2. The English Government has transmitted orders . . by tlie telegraph to Commodore Watson, to quit the Baltic and to return to England with. his squadron. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 1. An Imperial manifesto bas been published to announce that peace has been concluded—the 9bjeck of the war having been attained, by the guar,antee of, the recognised rights of the Chris tians. The manifesto adds that it will be necessary to readjust the frontier-line of Bessarabia, in order to avoid all risk of collision. : BERLIN, APRIL 2. The French, English, Sardinian, and Turkish diplomatic agents yesterday visited the Russian Ambasiador. On Saturday a grand fete will be given at the Russian Embassy on the occasion of the conclusion of peace. All the diplomatic corps have been invited. Our advices from the Danubian Principalities state that the Russians bad allowed 163 vessels which had been detained in the Danube to leavo. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, in the Siec/e, dwells on the opposition which, it declares, is made by all classes in that city to the Hatti-Scheriff of the 18th Yeb. " Tito Turkish functionaries," it says, "join very freely in this opposition, at the head of which is a mau who has played an important part in .the history ofthese late years, and who has 4 pap§edin the eyes of Europe for a reformer. -I altatle tO . the ex-grand vizier Richard Pacha." A letter front Constantinople of the 20th, in the Post Anyt Gazette, says :—" The Porte has it in conteniplntion to send in a ghort time to all the friendly powers a memorandum relative to the at titude which Montenegro has hitherto assumed to wards Turkey, and in which note she threatens to again send troops to vat ious points round Monte ' negro, as was done in 1852. This plan is said to be -p. , 4tvpur4e,one of Omer Pacha." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received answers from the King of Wurtemburg and the Swiss Confe deration to the notification of the birth of the Prince Imperial. By decrees in the goniteur the Emperor has made py7 9 promotions to the rank of officer and 14 nominations of Knight in the Legion of Honour, and granted -13 military medals to officers, non commissioned officers, and privates for distinguished services, principally in Algeria. Aali,,Vaßha- will give a grand b a ll on th e 10 t h , which theEuiperor of. the French, it is thought, will honour with his presence, as the Sultan did the ball of M. Thouvenel, at Constantinople. The invitations; 800 in number, will be' issued, on the model of those of the Empress at the Tuileries. Count d'Appony, the new Austrian Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, has-paid his diplo matic visits previous to his departure for London. BOURSE; April 2.—The following were the clos ing quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. ii per Cents. 93 75 —f. —O. 3 per Cents.; 72 70 73 53 New Loan. . . 6 " 73 59 Bank Shares ....,3,500 Roman Credit M0bi1ier....„1,660 -- A.ustrian Belgian fives. .. ',..... 971-- Spanish Threes — Piedmontesi (5),..... 94 Home Debt ... 40 , RAILWAY/3—rog CASH. , Orleans '' 1,307 53 Western... 903 7 i Northern Lyons .,,,:'1,275 ..--. New Ditto B3O itediterranean 1,575 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BO3 Testo Cotte AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 29th ult., in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says : " The Emperor, on the 16th, sanctioned the regula tions of the mortgage-section created in the National Bank of Austria. This section will commence opera lions on the Ist of July. Forty millions of florins (100,000,000 E) in bank notes and all the sums resulting . from loans upon security form its capital. Lo ans ' w ill onlybe . effected upon half of the property mortgaged, .and may be paid either in . ready money or in certdi caretra Man, as may be agreed on by the parties. The, amount of interest and mode of repayment are also left to private agreement. The mortgage-section may issue certificates of loan to five times the amount of its capi tal, turn total of certificates issued must not ex ceed that of the Mortgages. The National Bank is an thorised to discount the certificates, and to advance money upon them. The'certiflCatea may be quoted and sold at the Exchange. The directors of the Rink are to fix the interest of the sums which they advance." . . 4 TIER 11AJESTeg THEATRE. -- We tinclerstane that Mr. Lumley, weirt is now at Paris, has secured the " Cer saire," etch has had a greater success than any ballet for the last 20 years, and still c mtinues nightly to at tract cro vded houses. Madams Rosati, the heroine of the " Corsaire," has been engaged for. her. Majesty's Theatre. . Mr. Buchanan,: formerly American Minister in Lon don, is at present-at -the Hague, where a great dipl6 . - matic dinner was given in his: honour by M. Behnonti the American Minister in Holland. MADRID AND SARAGoSSA RAILWAY. —The Thidr4 Gazette says that the Grand Central Rail way CompOay of . France has ceded half of its concession. of the, Nadrid tea -Saragossa Railway to M. Weiswiller and M. Bawer. -;,- On Tuoiday night (April 1) Cardinal Wiseman en tertained a numerous party of the Catholic clergy at hiii house inArork-placa: Thirteen English Catholic bishops were.preserit. Piece, the blind Sardinian minstrel, was engaged to perform there. • AUSTRALIA.—By way of Panama aid New York, accounts are said to have been received from Sydney,' . New South Wales, in 45 days. Tne Australian markets' were (lull and provisions heavy. In Melbourne nii less than 8,000 tons of fl eir and wheat had been s t ore d: for Want of sale, whilst .several caries were on . the way.. The import trade of Melbourne was dull. - . ~ The Anglo-Californian Gold- Mining Company hart' received advices tip to the 19`,11 February, 'accompanied by a remittance of". 120 oz. of geld 'obtained from civarti 'which was selected as the worst, and . .Staniped up ftiF the purpose of giving solidity to the beds 'of the e - EGYPT. • - stamps rather thati with a view to - obtain gold. The 23. :, i ALEXANDRIA, MARCHMARCHrnochiuery worked admirably. Two ECLIPSES.—There w ill b e two ecl i pses The India and .China''inailS arrived at S uez 01 , thia month, one of the sun (tot I) o n S atur d ay next, the 5t2 the 18th, and at Al exan d r ia on the 21 s t. Th e imt., and the other of the moon (partial) en Sunday, the Enxine, with the Southampton mail of the 4th of 20th inst. Beth will be invisible at Greenwich; - --` Matfett, arrived off this harliour on the morning of NEW PfIibIIARSIONIC 80CIETY.—This socletycom.: the 20th ; but ,in consequence of very stormy wea meneed their fifth .sea-son Aast . night, at the franover tiler, did not get in before the 21st. square It Joins. • The programme included two new-and • The Alhambra„-with the overland mail of the important works by 111,z irt, never b t d ore he a rd in 'thil 10th of March, d ue h ero from Marseilles on the country, Beethoven's symphony in B flat, Mendelssolin'S 19th, has not yet arrived, and the steamer at Suez pianoforte celiceetoain G minor, and several other werki is awaiting her arrival. bf the highest Merit. Tne principal: vocalists - were Madame and Miss; l ,Baderallorff, Mr, G. Ferree, Herr !' A Frenc4 steamer Mavis to-day for Malta and Marseilles "''' Gregorie, and Herr Rotitanski ; the solo instrumen- ; (re_ • ' talists M. Sainton4,"Mr, H. Blagrove, and Herr 11a114; .1. ue Viceroy Said Pasha has gone up to Cairo to and Dr. Henry Wylde was the conductor. - . take possession of a palace on'the Nile he has just ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentle - bought faini one of his`nephews. men, having undertone the necessary examinations' for ; The deepening of the bed of the canal which con-. the diploma, were admitted members of the college at netts Alexandria with the, Nile, and which was to the meeting of the C-curt of Examiners on the 31 s t ult.: have been done in February, has by order of the . -Messrs. W. Powne, Fowey, Cornwall ; E. Davies Viceroy been put off ind e finit e ly, a lth oug h i n t h e Wrexham ; C. Willi ams , ' Dulgelly, North W a l e s ; G. beginning of, this month several thousand Egyptians Temperley, Nerthumberfand ; W. Abbotts Smith, had been. collectea there and the necessary prepara- Southam, Warwickshire-; J. G. M. Tyaick, Mauritius ; tions made to carry out the work. The plea given D. T. Edwards, Cardiff ; C.- Langstaff, Andover, Hants; for this sudden change is that is still too much and S. G. Johnson, Stepney. . water in the canal, and that it w ould cause great The subscriptio n i n b e h a lf o f th e Mi sses B ran d on i s , mortality among the peopleworking at it ; but this we are happy to hear, receiving many kind contributions, the Duke of Bedford having sent 10'guineas in aid of- might = Jia r ve ; , been foreeeen, and, if 'really a good. the fund. These ladies, the daughters of the late well- reason, the peasants sbOuld not have been dragged known James Brandon,. who for a period of furry years away from their own-field-work just at the time of _ tva - s - treboxke-per of Cov e nt-g a rd e n Theatre, h ave l os t gathering in their crops, and made to bring their their entire property -by the late calamitous- fire. Mr. own provisions from great distances, to be -told Suratini.7thiel'of the proPtietors of thd theatre, Mr.' that they were 'now to return to their villages as Mitchell, and Mr. B ar tl ey , bane kindly undertake n to' Well as they oan, and that . they will have to come receive subscriptions, which at present, we hear, amount,. back to the Canal in the course of the summer. to 270/. It is ;hoped this sad case will receive much- - The canal in , question is of vital importance to nrther aids ; : .. Alexandria and the trade of Egypt, as by it all the • , `:7'I;%THE AItENiCAN MAILS.—Livni , GoL, \Veda( s lay.— 'produce is brought down from the interior. It h as The United Stater,C:mail steam•ship Baltic, Capt. James: . now been virtually closed _since_January, b u t st ill ceinStoek,:gailed from the Mersey this mo r nin g a t ei g ht . Said Yasha - dies not fieem to think it of any cense- O'clock, for i%TewerYork; with the usual Mails for quance, nor does ho_ consider the suffe r i ngs h e thus United States a 0 British NorthArnerican possessions;' bps up - dn.' -ihe ' poor inhabitant s . T here is no d übt that the work might hav e been effected just 5'3 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight-, _9ea. The 'United States mail steamaihip 4ermeam, Capt.l l g-. ... gins, and the Fiench steartier Barcelonne, Capt. Mbran,. : .now, and thit with a littl e precaution and some the former for BreMen and the latter for Havre, were attention to the wants o f the men • there would to leave New York on the 22d- ult. The Hermann will- not have been any particular mortality among passengers,. and- them. The .works-of the nail at Southampton to land ,. mails and Will likely arrtve there on I riday. The- next ontward'i - ~ line of railway from . Alexan dria to Hareotis 17 miles in the Desert to the Mails will haeoaveyed by Africa, t. Shannon, - ' westwarg of the town, have -been begun. The of hick will sail from this port on _§a g f. s u t rd; :ja t P lornin , next " Y l l it a fir:broke ' 1 ANOTHER EXTENSIVE FIRE. I, engineer of the Cairo and Suez Railroad and some Out on the premises of Messrs. Mari n brough . and,Co. of his staff have been ordered 'away from that im -1 t ; Swe Agents , •No. 4, Ave-Maria Lane, toe e X ..1111 t .11 13., e Th e premiloi : were totally d estroye d ; but hav i ng a portant line to attend . to the Mareotis Railway, etrong roolh,iall their account-books are saved, and by which will. never be of use to the country, and will n extraordinary effort-all their parcels were got off by- in all probability be abandoned on Said Pasha's. the morning malls r And the business will be carried on, death, as it leads to an uninhabited, - uncultivated, linti4the-buji - rllngs are restored, -at-their other extensive and useless spot. It is thus that a large sum of premises, No. 30,, Gracechurch-street, money will be literaliy thrown away, while his i A SHIP'DESTROTED - BY FlRE.—Advices were recei ve d at Lloyd'syesterday of the total loss by fire of the ship has cut down by Highness, on the plea, of a deficiency of revenue, one quarter, the -salaries of all * . onpareil, Cipt. S c i re ll, o f D a rtmoeth, whil e on h e r . voyage rroin London to Balaklava with a cargo of patent .those who are iii his service. : .-.. has been taken here as yet of tna fuel. The disaster took place on the Bth ult., 06 . ': the ...l o o ffi p c u it ldic notice . aooptants by the Sultan of the proposi-, fessel being about'9o tnilis off Cape Matapan. - All the ~,tions in . 4 the fburth porn;:of the Peace Conferences endeavours of. the. crew to stop the fiery element wero , _,, without avail. - : Under these circumstances they werelmperial decree of the 18th of February. and of the . that it may be oft'- . clompelled to take; to the -boats, and- were fortunately - Perhaps.‘ said'PaSha is waiting deen after discoieied by the ship Jessie Miller, Capt.: „ciaily c ommunicated to - him from Constantinople, Taylor; . whiOh . vetsid immediately bore down, teek theni • M e h e met Ali in his time had the thatintelligence to see cu Wed , end Aided them at the Pinta cla the 19th ult,- .1 his ezi4tence - aud ege d ill a groat .._. - - t p owe r de p e nde d PRUSSIA. At the sitting. of the Chamber of Deputies of Prussia bn• the - 29th ult., the affair of the stolen devatches was brought on the tapis, (2 propos to the vote for the expenses of the secret police. The Left demanded teat theecredit should be re duced by one-half, but this proposition was nega- Lived. M.:do Garlach, the chief of the Extreme Right, has lately made strong complaints against the conduct of the police, voted with the 14:-..ft on theAccasion. As to the complaintS of M. de Gerlach,. they will perhaps' be never fully known, for the report current at Berlin is that the breach of - trust- coMmitted to his detriment will not bo mad'e:,the subject. of any criminal sprosecu tion, whateVer may bo the wishes.of.the principals' i:uterestecl. , K.~x I measure upon the g o o d o pi n i on of E urope, and t h e I general principles hid down in the Imperial decree have long been tacitly recognised in Egypt. The Christians have not been subjected to more rigorous laws than the Mahornedans, and many of them are in the army. No difficulties have been made with regard to the possession of landed property by Europeans, though the latter hitherto have felt some uncertainty as to their titles. Christian churches have been raised in Egypt wherever they were required without molestation, and Mehemet Ali generally made a gift of the ground far their 'erection. The English Protestant church oceepAes 'a most prominent position in the great square of Alexandria, the Roman Catholics havetwo churches, and the Greeks have just completed a very fine large church, and all toll their own bells. The English Consul of Alexandria, backed by our Consul-General, has recently refused to marry . 0 Protestant English girl to a Mahomedan Egyptian, though both are anxious to be united. The plea given is that the Egyptian is not subject to the authority of the British Consul, and therefore by the laws of his own country he might divorce his English wife the day after marriage, or take other wives besides herself, and the Consul would have no power to protect the girl. But independently of this reason our Consuls are animated with the desire of discountenancing the marriage of English women with natives of this country, for they lead to misery and disappointment on the part of the wives. The Egyptians who are sent to England for their education are generally taken from the lower classes, and, though liberally provided for while in England, on their return to this country they have to begin life on a very low scale, with 0' pittance of seldom more than 601. yearly. Some parents in England, seeing the Egyptians Own' dantly supplied with everything, imagine they must hold high rank in their own country, and do not hesitate in giving them their daughters in marriage. But these marriages, though binding on the p a rt of the women, are not binding on the part of the Egyptians, who are subject only to the laws of their own country ; and the men, though they may bar" imbibed some civilised ideas while in England, soon return to their natural propensities, and ne glect their English wives, or do not hesitate to make additions to their harem, and the wives bit terly regret the step they have taken. M. Alphonse de Rothschild, of Paris, arrived here from Constantinople on the 13th, and through the influence of the French Consul the Viceroy had placed a steamer at his disposal to visit the upper country. _ _ Most of the travellers who have spent the winter in Upper Egypt have returned to Cairo, and are leaving for Syria, either by way of the Desert or.b9 se t from Alexandria to Jaffa. Lord Portarlingtba: has been making a protracted stay at Ipsataboul• in Nubia, excavatin g an ti qu iti es. L ord G. Pau l e t is gone to the Crimea, on a visit to his brother. Lady Pirie embarks for Jaffa by the French steamer to-morrow. Trade is particularly dull in Alexandria. VW, sels g ) away empty, or get miserably low freights---', 3q. to 4s. per quarter--as there is little or no pro-, duce in the place for shipment; the canal being closed, none can be brought down. Cotton is the only article in tolerable abundance, as it ic brought down from Atfeh and across from Roseto. on camels' loacks. Exchange keeps up at 100 t piasters per pound, sterling, and, the sovereign being worth 1011, does not answer to import specie, the expenses which amounts to 21 per cent. Letters from Jerusalem state that the new Pasho' of that province is animated with the most liberal sentiments, and is thoroughly carrying out the prinCiples lately adopted at Constantinople of rality towards all creeds and denominations ef; people with a desire to ameliorate the condition CL the inhabitants. The Pas'ia of Jerusalem h an d hi s suite attende d-'; diVine . service in the English church on Epiphani, Sunday, and visited the English hospital and the: English school; leaving handsome donations Or; each. Some disturbances, attended with bloodshedt'' having occurred in the district of Nablous, say consequence of the Governor of the district being' very obnoxious to the inhabitants, the Pasha elf Jerusalem deposed the Governor, who was a Turk!, and installed a native in his stead, which has given general satisfaction. The Pasha has been visiting the villages and towns under his authority—a thine which was never done before by any of his prede — + cessi ry. A good deal Of rain had fallen in Syria, so that the crops will not suffer so much as was anticipated," from the drotght in the early part o f th e winter:, TI e Greeks. are cultivating land to a great eV" tent ii and about Jerusalem, planting olive anal mulberry trees, and building silk-mills. They have lately made a very good road to the Convent of the Cross, which has been almost rebuilt, and where. they have a college. Almost all traveller: now succeed in visiting the' Great Mosque of Omer, the site of the Temple! though they have to make largo presents for A, privilege. The Jews, however, are still unwillinCi to enter the Temple, from fear of defiling it, be' cause they believe that the Ark of the Covenan4 , containing the two Tables of Stone, was buried on'' that spot by Jeremiah when Judah was carried,, away captive to BAbylon. The excavations under' the city of Jerusalem are also frequently explored'; but the entrance, being exceedingly narrow 814, low, is very difficult. These excavations are o f great extent, an d, are f orme d i nto vast arche d chambers, which seem to have been used as - a, quarry to supply the materials for the walls of tbe Temple. LLOYD'S SEIZPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 3.—Wi n d this day at noon, 11 ft; fresh breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, April 2.—Wind Scourge, for the west Coast of Africa; Protector (s.), Riv Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, April. 2. Wind S.S.E. S.S.W.--fire rived—lda, from New Orleans ; Eak, Sheet' ness ; H.M.Str. James Watt, Devonport ; H.M.Stt. Hecla, westward, with two gun-boats in tow. Sailed --, v H.M.S. Resolute, for the Crimea; H.M.S. Magicienuff Milford. FALMOUTH, April 2.—Wind S., strong.—Arrived---; , Castine Segundo, from Monte" Video ; Lamest°, Bahia, both for Havre ' • Unicorn and Selina, New O r l eans . CORR, April I.—Wind s.E.—Arrived—Jessy, froiU Barbadoes. COWES, April 2.—Wind S.—Arrived—Petty and / 01 hanna, for China ;-Masonic, New Orleans: PILL, April 2.—Wind S.E,—Sailed—Danbrotly, for, Quebec:: . LONDONDERRY, Ayrill.—Wind S.E.--Arrived--Arer, times from New Orleans; a brig, with mahogany, St. Po:0 mingo. LOWESTOFT, April 2. —The Robert and Mary, of snag.' from Sunderland, has put in with damage from collision': with the Leo, of Jersey. SWANSEA, April 2.—Wind S.—Arrived—Sans. Ogilbf! from Coquimho. HULL, April 2.—Wind S.W. Arrived Princes Royal, from Rio Grande. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S Arrived —Kestrel, from Islay; Imperial, Mobile; Blellgt Chirique ; Mary Stewart, Alexandria; Magician, Puerta Cabello ; York, M o bil e ; ratnaulipas, Malta; Redbreastt Diaz tgan ; Lotus, New Orleans; Quiz, Jersey. QUEENSTOWN, April 1. Wind S. Arrived—Pandaro, from Alexandria; Rothsay, rot nambuco; Chase, Paraiba; Jesey, Barbados; Starligbt.' Manilla ; Lizzy Brindley, Rio Grande; Choice, Port° Rico; Eleanor Grace, Syra. ( ST SUBMARINE AND BRITIM TELEGRAPN.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.34 LIZ. Wind S.W., tide half flood ' • fine. Sailed --Black Friar, for Ma dras ; Marionpol, Constan buretinople ; Euphemik . Fullerten, Genoa; B marten, Haw g. DEAL, Thursday, 10.22 a.m. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed.—Adelaide, from Terceira ; Chtirles 'Kean, Rio Grande; Avalanche, Colombo • Madam:asks. ; Africa, New Orleans ; Linda, New York; Lady OLP therine Barham, Jamaica ,• Lloyd's and Nile, from Calcutta; Runnymede and Foam, from Wharepos • Star of Peace, from Bicleford; St. Michael, from St. KIWI, all for London; Bradore, London, Jersey; W. B. Ecrantoz, Charlestown, Bremen ; -Seraphim), Pernambuco, Brawn* • Vulture, screw-steamer, London, Cardiff. Anchored—Penope, grow London, for . Genoa. 'ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THB EAR.- - Yesterday the annual melding of this institution was held at• the dispensary, Dean -street, Suho ; the Rev. T. Davis Lamb in the chair. The report stated that daring the past year 1,089 patients had been admitted on the books, 376 were discharged cured, 184 were relieved by Mr. Hawey, the surgeon —consisting of clerks in office, domestic servants, artisans, soldiers, and police. The funds were inadequate for the increasing number of ap plicant•. The report. having been adopted, the thanks of the meetinn were given to Mr. Hawey, the surgeon, and to the chairman, and the meeting separated. At the Liverpool assizes yesterday morning John Fergusson was indicted for the wilful murder of Sally Drummond (the cou-in of his mother), with whom be cohabited, in Prince William-street, Toxteth-park. The crime was committed on the 21st January last during * quarrel and struggle on the floor, and the prisoner Cut her throat with a knife. The prisoner was found guilty - of manslaughter, and was sentenced to - transportation for life. THE TICKET-OF-LEAVE SYSTEM.—Yesterday a return ordered by the House of Lords was issued, showing the operation of the ticket•of--leave system. The informa tion afforded is of, some importance at the present period. The number of convicts who since the passing of the et , 16 and 17 Viet., c. 99, have received orders of licence is 5,152, of which 447 have, after receiving such orders, been convicted or charged with subsequent offences. The number of licences revoked is 179, and the number of convicts whose hoence t chave bees refused or withheld " for 112i40013dUct is 04. .~.~ K ~. ?~ t~~ s r ~~y .. :s.~ MI hayei 'bow ies b urg, sam e . they pi and re There for Pub] Nicest cu accounts Market ars 94 Jane Ei the Bon' tlide r 1 . -I The F. there is ] Per'Cent 1 Per C A C euta, a b be 96 Fwd Meg Th e f c Mocks :- 44 n, 21i 8 4'56 ; 6 • Pit Spanish 44 ? C e Th e '4 te.thi e d Greet w Alo r th. Ny Booth-NV ` .44 .0011 . treat Ltiee„ hi R anchesl Dristol ai C hester a 144 st L4l s t adon ,gllnb u uraat SCin le 14 4 e% realised Ia eye eli rred . 110131 e °tl 1 4 ' 4 All §] Con biti THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING) APRIL 8, 1856.