The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-19 00:00:00

I yymn 34A,JrgTra T PICCOLOMINI GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. THIS EVENING (Thursday), June 19, will be repeated Verdi's highly successful Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Signor Calzolari ; Barone Dauphol, Signor Vairo ; I ottore Grenvil, Signor Baillou ; and Germont Giorgio, Signor B neventano. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement by M. Paul Taglioni, Grand Pas de Deux—Madlle. Marie Taglioni (her last appearance but three) and M. Charles. Grand Pas de Dona—Madlle Boschetti and M. Vandris, "La Seguidilla" —Mdlle. Marie Taglidni and M Charles. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. EATREA VICATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, nr. k. r. smith ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVEVING will be produced THE MOIINCAINI SYLPH. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA THEATRE ROYAL. HAPMARECKT. 'Under the Management of Mr. Rueketone. THIq EVENINTa MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER. After which PERE& XENIA aed the Spanish Danoers will appear. Followed by THE NIGHTS AND WRONTG3 OF WOMAN. To conclude with THE DOCTOR IN LOVE. IiJYAL PRI I(INNS'S TEIKATRP; OX rORD-STREET. Under the Ifsnagement of 5 1r. CRAiLEI JUAN. TIII 4 EvF;VIING, A PRIN 'E FOR AN HOUR. After which, TIE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. MIR ir.vu'vrtgiv THE FLYING DUTCHMAN'. Followed by LIKE AND UNLIKE. ROYAL OLYWNO THEATRE. Lessee and Manner. Mr. Alfred Wigan. TEIIR EVENING A FASCINA.TI:iG IKDIVIDUSL. After which, RE T RIBU lON. To conclude with CATCRIIG A 11.R114.1D. ROYAL SIIIREY TriEkTRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd Ind Creswiek. THIS EVE IN°, FORM :To conclude with A BALLET DIVER rISEMEN r. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manater, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Spectacle, THE HORSE OF 'ME CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, with Mr. W. Cooke's Stud of beautiful horses, trained by him. After which, The EQUESTRIAN EVER ISES in the CIRCLE. The GER MAN ERG ['HERS, as the Double Itnvolvinz Athletes, &c., Sec. To concluno with The New Drama, THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE; or Honour to the Brave. N.B.—Morning Performances will take place on Monday, June 231 and 30th, at Two o'clock. Box-office open (I'm F, even till Foir. Stale Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. vg. Cooke. WI. lIIGR WATER Al' LONDON BRID'I4. TiS DAY—Morn. 14 min. aft. 2 —Rvening 36 WY , aft. 2 Tg-hfonnow—Morn. 55 min. aft. 2—Evening 19 min. aft 3 THE WE .TREK—SurN OFFICE, JUNE 19. THER3fOIIETER, Iv THE SHADE. 71 —highest since noon yesterday. 55 -lowest this morning and dnrine the night. 62—this day at noor. BA.ROM ;tram— 29.63 —still falling. WIND —S. to S.W.—Rather fresh, with rainy weather. It rained heavily last night and this morning. , - .• I/11c _ LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1856. The " electioneering dodge" of General PIERCE has totally failed of its intended effect. He has been unequivocally and unanimously rejected as candidate by the Darnocratic National Convention at Cincinnati, who unanimously elected Mr. BUCRANAN for President, and, at the second ballot, Mr. JOH.N C. BREAKENRIDGE, of Kentucky, for Vice-President. This important decision was received wish unequivocal approbation through out the country. Guns were fired, and every demonstration of satisfaction exhibited, at the defeat of the man who had endangered the best interests of the Republic for the promotion of his own ambitious projects. It is another illus tration of the case of " The engineer hoist with his own petard," of an anticipated evil being prevented by the very means adopted to produce it. We gladly hail this important measure as a very decided indication of a friendly feeling towards this country, and a repudiation of the truculent and blustering policy which the PIERCE MARCY Cabinet had inaugurated. Had Mr. PIERCE unfortunately obtained a renewed tenure of office, the feeling of both peoples must have been mutually inflamed. He had offered a wanton insult to the British Government, notwithstanding the conciliatory tone of their communications, the unequivocal manner in which they disclaimed any intention of giving offence, and the candid and gentlemanly spirit in which they apologised for any matter in which the due limits had been inadvertently exceeded Any reasonable person would have joyfully ac cepted the olive branch thus freely and honour ably tendered. But this did not suit the purpose of the Candidate-President. He sought for the votes of the unquiet spirits, the Hannibal Chollops, who would be delighted with any insult offered to Great Britain. For this object, and this only, he insisted on forcing a quarrel when every possible concession had been made; and when obliged to acquit the British Government of any intentional violation of the municipal laws or national privi leges of the United States, he vented his petty Spite by summarily and ignominiously dis missing its representative% who had only too faithfully obeyed the instructions by which they were bound. For this he refused arbitration on the disputed points respecting Cen tral America, and disgraced his Government by the official recognition of the usurped authority of the pirate WALKER—and now he has not only failed in that object, but by the si n i s t er attempt has forfeited the confidence of the bette r clas s of his supporters---who refused to sanction an aggressive and arrogant policy, that soon er or later must have involved their country in an in ternecine war with men speaking the same lan guage, professing the game religion, recognising the same free institutions as themselves, in whose veins the same blood circulates, and who are actuated by the most friendly feelings towards their Transatlantic brethren. War between the Champions of Liberty and Democracy would have been madness of the worst description, but still it could scarcely have been averted had,Mr. PIERCE been permitted to follow for a protracted period the dangerous and unjustifiable course on which he had deli bezately entered. The wanton outrage may speedily be forgotten, now that its author will be deprived of the exalted position, for which he possessed few, if any, of the requisite qualifica tions. We need not now speculate on the fearful conse quences of such a conflict to all the parties engaged therein, or to the death-blow which it would have inflicted on the cause of freedom all over the world. We by no means under-value the strength of the great Republic, and it would bo with feelings of the most poignant anguish that We should have felt ourselves compelled to unsheathe the sword against those with whom we would fain cultivate the most friendly relations. But feelings of honour and self-respect might have compelled the deplorable sacrifice. We could not continue to submit patiently to a series of insults that must have degraded us from the posi tion which we have hitherto occupied in the scale of nations, and for ever forfeited the prestige which every true-hearted Englishman will main tain with his last shilling and last drop of his blood. But although the political atmosphere has been so greatly cleared by the patriotic decision of the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati, we cannot conceal from ourselves that many ele ments of disturbance still continue in operation. We cannot, as yet, speculate on the course which the successor of General PIERCE may think proper to adopt in reference to the vexatce qucestiones, or even what amount of mischief may be effected during his brief and rapidly waning tenure of office. We must oppose quiet and temperate firmness to his aggressions, not abandoning any of our rights, but forbearing to press them until the inauguration of his successor in the Presiden tial chair. A collision, such as under existing circumstances may occur at any moment, is earnestly to be deprecated, and should any such unhappily take place the utmost care must be taken that no fault can be imputed to our autho rities. The American people have exhibited a decided manifestation of good-will towards ourselves by the rejection of General PIERCE, and we should show that we appreciate and reciprocate the feeling. From the beginning we have anticipated and looked for this demonstration on their part, and we can now look forward more hopefully to the future of both countries. We cannot on this account so greatly regret the abandonment of the motion of which the Member for Inverness-shire had given notice. We do not, however, believe that a calm and temperate discussion of thcr whole question in Parliament would in any degree have enhanced the existing dangers. On the contrary, it would have proved to the people of the United States, that while determined to preserve our self-respect, and vigilantly to guard against any blot tarnish ing the national escutcheon, it would still be with the greatest reluctance that we should have felt ourselves compelled to lift the gage so reck lessly and insolently flung down by the PIERCE MARCY Government. The Veteran Comedian of the House of Com mons came out in what is technically called "strong force," on Monday evening. Immediately he ad vanced from the left wings (we mean the Treasury benches) and appeared before the footlights ('hat is, we should say rather, the green boxes of office) —there were tho usual evidences of hilarity. The Farce performed was " The 3,.5001. Vote : or, The Suspension Bridge in St. James's Park"— what may be called (Adelphi fashion) a regular Westminster Screamer. It mattered compara tively nothing that the trifle had been formally "damned" a few nights previously. The thing was revived (for .me occasion only)—of course at the particular desire of a certain Gentleman of Dis tinction !—and (wonderful to relate, and con trary to all known precedent) went off (in spite of its recent failure) with considerable éclat, in a tolerably full House, and with au lihle tokens, moreover, of pretty general approbation. The cause of all which, doubtless, may be traced to the very simple device of newly casting the parts, or at any rate is discoverable at the very least in the circumstance of the principal character being for once asiurned by the chief light 'comedian of the establishment—an actor who in his time has played many parts, ranging, indeed, from that of Cupid to that of Pantaloon. The result, as the penny-a-lining race would have it, may be " more easily imagined than de scribed." Lord PALMERSTON could scarcely open his lips but what there followed at once— " laughter," " cheers and laughter," "loud cheers and laughter." He had merely to wink slyly at the proceedings of this " 3,5001. vote," and the House was instantly in convulsions ! Never was there a more unmistakeable success in absurdity. Judging of his knoWledge as a student of Human Nature—[a tolerably large branch of Natural History of which sufficient examples for the non cc are furnished, night after night, by the " Natu• rals " of the House of Commons for the advantage of any observer who may care to note their cha racteristic vagaries and whimsicalities]—Jodging, we say, of Lord PALMERSTON'S aptitude as a Naturalist by his skill in dealing with certain naturals among our representatives we might say of him as BRASS said of QUILP, with a ludicrous slip of the tongue, very appropriate in the present instance, " He's extremely pleasant ! His ac quaintance with Natural History too is surprising. Quite a Buffoon, quite !" At all times " quite so "—Lord PALMERSToN was " never more so " than on Monday evening. He fooled his hearers to the top of their bent. Cracked jokes unnum bered. Poked fun at them right and left. Pr oved, in fact, a sort of Ministerial illustration of "Laughter holding both his sides," mean ing both sides of the House of Cottamons— Whig and Tory, or rather, we ought to say more correctly, Conservative and Nondescript. Inso much altogether were the tables turned effectually by this ingenious device on the part of the Veteran Comedian, that the farce unmistakeably "damned" last week was preposterously triumphant this—" The 3,5001. Vote : or, The Suspension Bridge in St. James's Park" being announced fur substantial repetition " as soon as possible," amid the plaudits of a clear majority of twentysix in a house of two hundred and twelve. It signified little that the Right Hon. Member for alai— the very pink and pattern of good taste, any one might imagine, judging by his Parliamentary title alone, to say nothing of the positive evidence to the same effect afforded by " Vivian Grey" and and " Coningsby"—it mattered nothing, we re- peat, that the Right Hon. Member for Bucks Wisely suggested that the Scheme itself, rather than the Bridge, should, for a time at least, he suspended ! The House of Commons woltid have its flying foot-bridge over the ornamental Water, just as Society would have Mr. MERDLE'S Butler —and there it is, in consequence, wit/ be— ano th er o f t h e many or rather ther e i t extraordinary London sights for foreigners to gape at ! A fitting pendant to the vinegar -cruets on the top of the National Gallery ; to the empty receipt-file appropriately protruding from the head of the Duke of YORK'S statue ; t o t h e vacant pe destal opposite the Royal o:tle r ,( called GEORGE IV.) faking one of CHANTREY's hor ses to water ou we other side of Trafalgar-square ; to the pre _ posterous bronze queue of her MAJESTY'S grand- father in Cockspur-street ; and to that portentou s tail of the stoney Lion over Northumberland House which is reputed to wag every now and then good-naturedly for the awful delight of country cousins. Notwithstanding thn opposition of " MERCA TOR" amongst the Peers and of Lord MONTEAGLE, the House of Lords passed the Limited Liability Bill by a majority of 18 to 5. We hope, there- fore, that the bill may now be considered safe, and that none of the clauses which are of impor tance to the measure will be modified to its in jury in committee. If the animus of their Lord ships be right on a popular measure, oven we do not deny that there has very frequently been found the legal skill among them to improve the details of a House of Commons Bill. The present bill is one which peculiarly belongs to the trading and middle classes of the country, and which can scarcely ever touch the proceedings of a " noble Lord," and it seems only graceful in the Peers of the realm not to interfere with it further than by cooperating to facilitate its working. Henceforth by means of this and the Partnership Bill persons will be enabled to invest their money in business on the plan which they judge best ; they will be able as partners to share in profits, instead of taking interest, without rendering themselves responsible beyond the amount they choose to put into a con cern ; and they will also be able to form a joint stock company, limited in the liability of its shareholders, without being encumbered by the present useless but annoying regulations. In this we can but see an evident extension of the principles of Free Trade. It is " unrestricted competition" in the employment of money. Lords OTERSTONE and MONTEA GLE seemed very anxious to deprive the bill of this argument, but with entire ill success. Indeed, Lord OVERSTONE'S only argument was drawn from the li mitations still retained by the bill. Why apply its principles, he said, to more than seven, and not to seven or a less number, if it be meant to carry out a Free-Trade principle. Now, the Partnership Bill does, perhaps, suffi ciently answer this question by enabling these smaller numbers of persons to limit their liability ; but the truth is, that if there is to be a distinc tion between partnerships and companies, for which we by no means contend as a matter of principle, then the numbers which define the boundary must be fired arbitrarily. Certainly this bill has avoided rigorous precision. Up to seven, persons are to be considered partners— from seven to twenty they may c institute a part nership or a company, as they please, and above twenty must form a company. It is at least a fair attempt to define as far as the nature of the case admits. The truth is, Lord OVERSTONE and his fellow capitalists are money monopolists, and like the Landlords, West India proprietors and Shipowners, they wince at the introduction of unrestricted competition into their own trade. They dare not at this time of day decry free trade, but somewhat ludicrously endeavour to prove that letting a man do what he will with his money is not free trade in capital. When pinched to prove their assertion, their arguments are much the • same as if the landlords had objected to the repeal of the corn laws because a shilling duty was still retained. So exclaims Lord OVERSTONE, banks and assurance companies are excepted. It is true this was done in deference to the recommenda tions of a committee, and the latter at least limit, themselves without the help of Parliament. But it is not for those who oppose the change to plead against it that their own party will not suffer it to be complete. For ourselves we have all con fidence in letting people take care of their own money. Lord OVERSTONE has no occasion to deal with a company which he thinks will be a bubble one, and the public must learn wisdom for them selves in using them as means for the investment of capital. The opening of the new wing of the Royal Free Hospital, yesterday, is one of those events which make little noise in the world, but over Ti hi oh the reflective and the benevolent find abundant cause for rejoicing. So many more thousands of the miserable victims of disease, accident, neglect, and exposure will find a good Samaritan at their elbow in their extremest hour of need, and, for a while sheltered from the storm and rescued from want, will experience all theaid professional science and art cm render to the wealthy and the power ful. So many more heartfelt expressions of grati tude from ashy lips, better than most priestly bone r dictions ; anti from vigorous manhood and active womanho)d rescued from the life-long endurance of a cripple's fate. So many more responses to the sacred claims of humanity—so much more zeal and devotion. All this is involved in yesterday's opening. Beyond this we have the effects of a striking example of benevolence, enterprise, and perseverance, honoured with increasing success. Planets know, or may be supposed to know, the length and breadth, the height and depth of the space iio which they roll, or through which they extend their influence ; but no man knows how great a sphere is his. He may be confined all his life in a village, and before half a century is over millions may be under obligation to him for his example.. The story of the R )yal Free Hospital is of a very gratifying nature, and from the example of its found-r, and the success which has at tended his efforts, important lessons may be learnt. Some thirty years ago this benevolent individual, Dr. MARSDEN, discovered a poor girl in the last stage of destitution and disease, au outcast in the streets. On inquiry he found no hospital was open for her reception, the wretched woman not being possessed of a very unlikely thing for one in her condition to have, viz., a ticket of recom mendation from a Governor. A bright thought— the adjec ive is especially good in the connection— struck the mind of the Doctor—Was it not pos sible to found an hospital to which the misery an hospital is intended to relieve would be a sufficient recommendation f The reply must have been in the affirmative, for Dr. MARSDEN was speedily to be heard of with his subscription list, and ultimately the Royal Free Hospital was founded. Year by year it grew up, extending the sphere o its usefulness, until last year the number o patients had increased to 40,000. The Hospita, needed elbow room, and a sum of 1,6001. having been subscribed for a memorial to the late Duke of SUSSEX, Grand Master of Freemasons, it was determined that the extension of a benevolent institution would be the best memorial, and that the Royal Free Hospital had peJuliar claims for he preference. Henc3 the SUSSEX wing, at once a memorial of a benevolent prince and an addition to the much-prized resources of a truly popular hospital--80 additional beds, in short, for the destitute sick and afflicted. may be included. A good work can never be ►ided too soon, and contributions towards it are praiseworthy in every stage of its progress. We confidently look, therefore, to long years of in creasing prosperity to the Hospital, assured that whatever features of its management have com mended it to public favour will c , ntinue to be presented in increasing proportion. To this ground of satisfaction must be added the convic tion that the utility of the Hospital will be further witnessed in the foundation of institutions abroad as well as at home of a similar nature en the like great principle, and also that in other fields of benevolent enterprise the example and success of Dr. MARSDEN will be found to have exercised a directing influence. We are not of those who delight in thinking evil of human nature, as mani fested at home or abroad, nor on the other hand would we attribute to it any very close approxi mation to perfection ; but we entertain a profound conviction that more faith may be placed in its charitable impulses than is usual, and that those who do so will be rewarded like the founder and the directors of the Royal Free Hospital. It is surely a great pity Doctors' Commons should he enriched as it is, while the owners of superfluous wealth leave so many of the sick and the afflicted sons and daughters of poverty behind them ; and the sanitary movement which would prevent so much sickness continues at a standstill. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. It appears from the official report in yesterday a Moniteur that in tile sitting (if the Senate on Tues day, the President of the Council of State read the preamble and text of a project of s enatus-consultum, having for its object the organisation of the re gency. _ The Senate is a body whose deliberations are conducted with closed doors. Sufficient has tran spired to say that the project in question proposes the Empress as Regent in case of the Emperor's demise, assisted by a Council of Regency, named l y the Emperor in a letter which is to remain closed until that event. In case of the Empress's demise the nearest relative of the Emperor to be Regent, hut only until such time as the Senate shall have named a Council of Regency ; but the Emperor still reserves the right of a previous nomination which will supersede that of the Senate. The Legislative body sat yesterday, M. Schnei der, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. The Imperial decree which extends to July 2 the pre sent session was presented, as was a bill according ten millions to repair the damage caused by the inundations. The M oniteur publishes a decree, on the proposition of the Minister of State, promoting the Duke de Trevise, senator, to the rank of commander in the Legion of Honour ; the Mar quis de Larochejaquelein, the Marquis de Boissy, and Count Le Marois, senators, the Count de Kergolay, deputy of the Legislative Body, the Duke de Tarente, chamberlain to the Emperor, and six other persons to that of officer ; and nomi nating M. de Lezay-Maru6sia, chamberlain of the Empress, Baron de Pierres, equerry to her Majesty, and 20 others, knights. On the occasion of the baptism of the Prince- Imperial all the troops in Paris, as well as in the departments, received an extra ration of wine and a day's pay. Letters from Tenedos state that the young son of the French consul had been assassinated by some of the inhabitants. For some days past letters addressed from Paris to ,foreign journals have spoken of arrests which have been made in the South of France. A letter from Lyons of the 16th has the following on the subject : The Royal Free Hospital, it is true, is not free 'rum debr, and the additional beds entail an addi "At the moment when we heard on every side ex pressions of the warmest gratitude for the zeal and the devotedness displayed by the authorities under the ad mirable initiative of the Emperor to repair our disasters the administrative police were warned that the secret society called aLa Matianne,' the tendencies and abominable programme of which are well known, was on the alert. Serious indications denounced persons in high positions as forming part of it. Nothing has transpired as to the actual projects which the society had in view, but, whether the facts appeared serious or the government was determined to strike a blow at the very heart of the association, so subversive of every honest principle, warrants were issued at Saint Etienne, Rive de-tier, Vienne, Macon, and Lyons. Forty persons have been arrested. Among the number is M. B-, an advocate, at Vienne, and a member of the con stituent ; and M. u-, a medical man of the same place. They were taken into custody on Thursday last, and on Saturday were lodged in the prison at Roanne. The preliminary examination, which has been entrusted to M. Baudrier, is geing on with great act vity." THE BOURSE, June 18.—The following were the closing quotations : ion al expenditure. Its entire history, however, fr. a. End of Month 41 per Cents 93 25 —l. —O. 3 per Cents 7O 70 71 15 New Loan 7l 40 Bank Shares 4,050 Roman Credit Mnbilier 1,755 Austrian Belgian Fives. 97 Spanish Threes Piedmontese(s) _ 92 50 dome Debt .......- is full of eneouragemPnt—a trustworthy pledge, in fact, for the money being forthcoming. The benevolent individuals who have already contributed t owar d s it s f un d s are not lik e l y to forsak e i t, now that its sphere of usefulness has been enl arge d ; on the contrary, their inclination to contribute more largely must be greatly stimu lated ; others will feel disposed to manifest their appreciation of the enterpthe, benevo lence, and perseverance of its spirited founder, by promoting still further the success of his RAILW A Yti-ITOIL CASH. 'r c. fr. c Orleans ... ..... 1,365 Western 925 ~orthorr, Lyons ..,... 1,470 Now Ditto . ..... ... 850 xl.rxiiterninoxn l,t 75 Grand Central Lyons Geneva ...... 780 T a ste Caere 760 Austrian C0ra....... 885 RUSSIA. Admiral-General Prince Menschikoff, who had retised into private life and quiet at an estate he possesses near Moscow, has been unexpectedly summoned to St. Petersburg by command of the Grand Duke Constantine, and arrived there on the 10th inst. He has since then had several audiences of the Grand Duke, and it is believed that their conferences have reference to a military expedition soon about to be undeitAken. handiwork—a succesg, by the way, in which the liberalisation of the rules of other institutions THE SUM. LONDON,. THURNDA,If - EVENII44, JITVE 10. 18110; ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. " Nusquam Dormio" may fitly be assumed as a motto by the enterprising manager of this, popular establish ment, whose efforts are apparently inexhaustible in pro viding for the entertainment of its patrons. In com pliance with a widely-expressed desire, Mr. Cooke has announced two mid-day performances to take place on the remaining Mondays of the present month, the 23d and 30th. The cream of his equestrian resources will be displayed on those occasions, each programme com prising an " elegant equestrian bouquet," in which the chief beauties of the art are to be delineated and defined by accomplished artistes. It will prove a great conve nience to many families to be thus enabled to recreate their juvenile pleasure seekers with a spectacle of the most pleasing nature without incurring the fatigue con sequent on late hours ; and this last " new move " bids fair to redound largely both to the popularity and profit of the manager. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE NAPOLEON IN THE TYNE.— SHIELDS, Wednesday, 12 Noon.—Prince Napoleon and suite arrived at Tynernouth Castle this morning in a team-yacht, and immeniately landed at Prior's.haven. They proceeded to Newcastle by the 8 o'clock train from North Shields, and will examine Messrs. Stephenson and Co.'s, Messrs. Hawthorn's, Messrs. Armstrong's, and other large works in that town during the day, and will proceed thence to Edinburgh. The yacht is cruising off the bar, and it is supposed will go north this evening. This visit is quite usexpected. Major-General Sir William Fen wick Williams bad the honour of being presented to her Majesty by the Earl of Clarendon, at the ball on Tuesday evening. FOLKESTONE, June 18.—The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Gibraltar and family have arrived at the Pavi lion Hotel, Folkestone. The Earl and Countess of Erne have arrived in town from the Pavilion 'dote!. Lord Lincoln has left the same establishment for the Conti. aent. THE MAILS.—The Canadian Mail Company's steam ship North America sailed yesterday from Liverpool for Montreal, with 147 Passengers, and a fair c , +rgo. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, June 18.— The United States mail steamer Hermann, Captain Hig gins, sailed to-day with the German, French, and Eng lish mails, about 150 passengers, and an average cargo. The election of Sheriffs for the City of London will take place in Guildhall, on Tue day next, at 12 o'clock. The only candi , aces are Mr. J. J. Psfechi, the Governor of the Unity Bank, and Mr. Alderman Eagleton. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The hearing of Longmaid's patent (alkali) was resuined. The lords present were—The Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Sir W. Maule, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E Ryan. BRIGHTON.—The town is gradually filling, and the demand for houses increases daily. Among our arrivals are, the Right Hon. Lord Berners, the Earl and Coun tess of Suffolk, the Countess of Carnarvon, Earl Jermyn, Lord Melgund, Lady Caldwell, Mr. and Lady H Rams ,fen, Col. and the Misses Rawley. &c. —B righton. Gazette. SUNDAY BANDS AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE —From 20,000 to 3/,000 persons assembled on Newcastle Town Mooron Sunday afternoon to hear the performance of a hand which had been provided for the occasion. Their conduct was most orderly, and at, the close of the per formances they separated quietly. —M anchester Guar dian. WESTMINSTER CRIMEAN MEMORIAL —Field Marshal Viscount Combermere, G C. 8., has consented to preside, at a meeting, to-day, of "Old Westininsters," whi c h is to be held in the schoolroom, Little Dean's yard, for the purpose of c insidering what memorial shall be raised to former scholars of that celebrated school who died in their country's service during the late war. AMERICAN PEACE DEMONSTRATION. -- LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—ln consequence of the expresmed desire of Government to avoid a rupture with the United States, ind settle the disputes without resorting to warfare, a large number of captains commanding Ameri c a n s hi ps Ito ie port displayed their satisfaction by dressing their -hips,in their gayest ountiog, both in the docks and in the river, thus giving the former a very animated ap pearance. The Rev. Thomas Palmer, brother of the unfortunate William Palmer, writing to a contemporary, says that ho is not the author of the pamphlet called "A Letter to the Lord Chief Jug ice Campbell, containing Re. marks upon the Conduct of the Prosecution and the Judges ; with Strictures on the Charge delivered to the Jury, illustrative of its dangerous tendencies to tie 1.'12g-enjoyed Rights and Privileges of Englishmen," nor was the same published with his sanction or authority. CAPACITY OF THE COMMERCIAL DOCKS —A favour able illustration has just occurred of the capacity of th e Commercial Docks and their system of despatch. the Minnebaha, a vessel of more than 2,000 tons, from Now Brunswick, drawing 22 feet water, and carrying a quant,ty of deals equal t 1 170,500 pieces of 12 feet 'ong by 9 inches broad and 1 inch thick, entered the dock on Sunday, the Bth, and was entirely discharged and ready to leave in seven working days. THE REGISTRATIONS IN MIDDLESEX, &C.—Yesterday were posted on the doors of the various churches and chapels, by the overseers of the several parishes, the usual notices to voters who have votes for the election o t, f .,i m ou em gh b s ers of p in it l e a a r parliament e t n h t for the e,rattent c i o o u n n t t a to pay pi ti t qd all llayssaeru assessed axes and the poor-rates due on the sth of Jan. last, on the 20th of the next month. Should they not be then paid electors will lose their votes, and will not be en titled to the franchise for one twelvemonth. EXPECTED MARRIAGE There is a rumour that a young nobleman, holding office in the Royal House hold, is a suitor to a beautiful widow, also holding office about the person of the Queen. Her ladysh;p 'ost her husband some two years ago under very dis tressing circumstances, and has since Ilved in complete esclusien, her Majesty :laving kindly relieved her from all attendance to her duties since her widowhood. Should, however, the noble aspirant for the lady's fa vour be successful, one of the brightest stars of the Court will ere next season be restored to the royal circle. THE ALLIANCE BANK.—A meeting of a section of shareholders of the Alliance (English and French) Bank took place yesterday, when a resolivion was passed authorising their legal representative to take the neces sary measures fir recovering the deposit of 51. Otber shareholders, who have paid 101. per shire, and who profess to be satisfied with th e p r ogress of business, were in attendance, but it was stated that the discus sion interested only those who refused to remain non. nected with the Bank. The grounds on which it is t s h o e llg c h o t nt t contract ct recover an(i of the the money arrangementsare alleged indicated violations b yt h o e f original prospectus. The council have issued a circular stating that they contemplate convening a meeting at the earliest possible date. TALLOW.—According to a statement prepared by Mr. John Clare, jun., of Liverpool, the average import of tallow into united kingdom in the 10 years from 1844 to 1853 was 60,692 tons, of which 44,800 were Russian. In 1854 and 1855 the respective totals were 37 996 and 47,761 tons, showing an aggregate falling off iii the two years of 35,636 t rns. In relation to this it is observed :—" The great difficulties arising from inland carriage and from all the horses being required for war purposes were the causes o f so muc h t a llow remaining in Siberia and in distant parts of that vast country. I will, consequently, if the deficit of 1854 and 1855 re mains in Russia, and there should be average year's production of new tdiow, be fair to anticipAte that the _t0t . 4.1 imports of 1856 will show a considerable increase ' It is to be remarked, however, i;CalthouLfhtbis fer rime may be reasonable, the actual state of the ca-e in respect to the suppositions on which it is founded is en tirely open to question. At the pres4ent moment specu lation in tallow is so active that no calculations should _ be entertained without great cautio n . _ SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY IN LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The anniversary of the various tick :tale within the borough took place to-day. The scholars of 48 public schools walked through the different streets in procession, several of them carrying flags and banners. At 11 o'clock all the children assembled at St. Peter's Church, where a sermon was preached to them by the Tenerable Arcl.deacoi Jones, rector of Liverpool. The forenoon was very tine, and the sun shone brightly, but in the afternoon rain fell heavily. The pr.ices.ion was a very pleasing and interesting Night, and, although the number of children present was very large, no at client of a serious character aLas reported. The number of daily scholars attending these schools is 6.862 males and 6,310 f ema l es , s A bi&i, if we add 1,233 boys and 1,497 girls additional on Sunday, and 5,141 infants commenc ing, we find 21,048 chilOren educated in the public Pro testant schools in Liverpool. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Juno 14.J-R.deFonton, the Russian ambassador at Hanover, arrived here yester day to see his wife, who has been somewhat indisposed, and he will remain here for some weeks. The Grand Vizier Ali Pacha also arrived here yester day, accompanied by the Ottoman charge d'affaires I lam 13,337 ; he will probably remain ten days or a fortnight in Vienna.. Baron de Bourqueney arrived in Vienna this morning, and was received at the railway station by the whole of the staff of the French embassy. The Wanderer has received a letter from Trieste, in which it is stated that the English company has not been able to come to an understanding with the Austrian Government about the construction of docks in the bay of Maggie. The correspondent of the Wanderer is evidently no admirer of that spirit of enterprise which is innate in Etigishmen, for he states in plaintive language that British companies have formed the following plans for annoying the Austrian Lloyd :-1. To obtain entire possession of the trade between Liverpool, the lonian Islands, and Trieste. 2. Ta establish a new line of steam navigation between London and Trieste, and to let the vessels call at some of the Mediteiranean ports. As a considerable part of the colonial goods con sumed at Trieste is obtained from Marseilles, there is a project for establishing a regular steam commu nication between the two ports. It is a settled matter that the exclusive privilege of the Danubian Steam Navigation Company is to be done away with, but the question of indemnification to be given by Government is still pending, and is likely to remain so for some time to come. GREECE. ATHENS, June 11.--=ln consequence of the late acts of brigandage committed on the road from the PH -Deus, the Government has ordered a rigid inquiry, which has put the authorities on the trace of relations which appear to exist between the brigands and different personages at Athens. The Ministry have expressed their determination to punish the gailty. The Moniteur Grec denies the account published by the Morning Post, that Lord Palmerston had been burnt in effigy, and states that this is not the first time that journal has been led into error by its correspondent. SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 17.—Shares of the Credit Mobi lier Company will be issued at the end of this month. It is hoped that the harvest will turn out finer than was at first expected. There is no truth in a rumour of a Ministerial crisis, which had been current. A letter from Trieste of the Bth says :—" Count de Merlin, sou of tho Archduke John, while yes terday taking an excursion in an open boat, was upset by a sudden squall. Fortunately the boat man was a good swimmer, and was able to keep the count above water until a boat came to their assistance." Accounts fram Broussa mention that the corn in the neighbourhood of that place promises to yield an abundant crop. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The Medway, of Scarborough, Capt. Kennedy, from Melbourne March 6, with 127 passengers, 600 bales of wool, gold dust and specie weighing 42,000 oz., landed 30 passengers and two small mail vags here this evening. The. Medway rounded Cape Horn on the sth of April, called at Ascension on the 6th of May, and left oq the Bth. Spoke April 23, the Nle, Captain Sinclair, all well, from Lon don for Calcutta ; May 5, the Sir A. M'Nab, 70 days out, from Manilla for London ; June 14, the Markham, from Cork, nine days out, quite tight, for Quebec ; June 15, the French ship Tigre, of Havre, June 17, the ship Scindian and the Kos suth, from Calcutta for . London, the schooner Wyvern, from Mogador for London, and the Run nymede, with convicts, from Piytnouth for Swan River. . . At Ascension were her Majesty's ships Plumper, Tortoise, acid Devastation, and the store-ship Tyne, and the barque Limehouse, from Rangoon for Lon don. Mr. M'Sorley, chaplain of the Tortoise, has come home is the Medway. BRISTOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Morning Star, Captain Allen, from Mel bourne, arrived off Pill last night, and came up to Bristol by this morning's tide. She brings 44,682 ounces of gold, 60,000 sove reigns (principally for the Bank of England), and a general cargo of wool, bark, bides, skins, tallow, tin, ore, rags, and 137 passengers. Her advises (to the 19th of March) have been anticipated by the Overland Mail. AMERICA. LIVERPO3L, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 18. The United States' steam-ship Baltic has arrived with advises from New York to the 7th inst. She has brought 203 passengers, and $1,620,047 specie on freight. At noon, on the 15th inst., the Baltic passed the Atlantic in lat. 49 16, long. 26 31, bound West. The Niagara, hence, had arrived at Boston, and the Washington, from Southampton, at New York. The Democratic National Convention at Cin cinnati had terminated its labours by electing unanimously on the 17th, by ballot, James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, President, and John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Vice-President, on the second ballot. • The news of the nomination of Mr. Buchanan caused considerable commotion among the Demo cratic politicians in the city. Guns were fired in the park in half an hour after the result was known, and during the day salvoes of artillery. Similar demonstrations were made all over the country. The .New York Journal of Commerce, comment ing upon Mr. Buchanan's unanimous election by the Democratic party, says : "Its prompt selection by a unanimous vote of a can didate for the highest dignity in the Republic indicates an agreement of opinion in the great Democratic party of the country that would hardly have been thought to exist by those who listen to the noise of popular tumult, and look only at the surface to discern the tendencies of the national mind. The ballotings in the Convention indicate no divided councils 'nor any conflict of interest among its members or the constituencies, whom they represent, and they show no such tenacity of personal preference in favour of one candidate or the other as will ne likely to damp the ardour or cool the enthusiasm in the canvass of those who yielded their predilections in deference to the majority. The Convention was unani mous in the declaration of principles, fez. the mainten ance of which they appeal to the voters of the Republic, and they have selected a man poss ssing views and qualifications such as to commend him to the confidence of the peaple, and as, on the whole, the worthiest ex ponent and the abl es t an d mos t reliable champion of the great doctrine of constitutional right, republican equa lity, and popular sovereignty." It concludes thus : "The appointment is well received by the public gene rally. Mr. Buchanan's elec.ion will be considered a guarantee for domestic quiet on the basis of the consti tution, for friendly relations with foreign Powers. We think we can promise him a liberal support from the commercial community of this city." Mr. Breckenridge was a member of the last Con gress, and is designated as a strong man. He is said to have been nominated as Minister to Spain, but declined the honour. He was first elected to Congress from a Whig district in a contest with General Leslie Coombs • he is a nephew of the celebrated Presbyterian clergyman, the Rev. Robt. J. Breckenridge. The Washington correspondence of the New York Herald states that the nomination of Buchanan was hailed with great enthusiasm by the democracy there, and that President Pierce bore his defeat with beoming grace, and that he accepts the votes he received from the south as a sufficient assurance of the nationality of his Administration, and eulo gises the nomination of Mr. Buchanan as safe for the democracy, and a deserved compliment to the nominee. It attributes the unanimous election of Mr. Buchanan to the withdrawal of his name by Judge Douglas. The New York Herald ignores the election of Mr. Buchanan, anticipates one of the most exciting, tumultuous, and revolutionary political contests in all the history of the Republic. It puts in italic the following : "We have no doubt of the fact that a vast majority of the American people in the present distracted condition of the country are opposed to the Democratic party, as debauched and detheralised under the malign iiifluences of this Pierce Administration, and to believe that there would still exist a majority of the American people op posed to the ratification of the debaucheries of this cor rupted party, even if they should nominate as their re presentative an angel from heaven." The same journal has an article on relations with England, headed " Peace or War." It says : " It is a standing disgrace to the civilised world that England and the United States, the foremost nations in trade, in all that can secure blessings to the human should thus higgle and quarrel about matters con cerning which the people of the two countries feel no possible interest. It argues little to the credit of their negotiators that they have contrived some how to fish up from the dirty pools of diplomacy matters of continual dispute. So far, indeed, has this bastard work pro greseed, this decoy system of negotiation, that honour able and well-disposed men in both countries begin to feel that it has no higher origin than that of stock jobbing and fortune-hunting." It concludes— " If we consider the utter baseness of the subject-mat ter about which we are contending with England, it would not be too much to expect the protest of other nations against its further continuance, thus disturbing the commercial peace of the world by irritating strifes and jangles about that which in the hands of any two rational and well-disposed men would settle in an hour." The New York Journal of Commerce, in its cor respondence from Washington, publishes the fol lowing : "Count de Sartiges received through the Post-office a letter from a Washington correspondent, treating of the settled antipathy of foreign Governments towards the United States, as now manifested by the conduct of foreign representatives in their intercourse with society and our public men, and which letter was superinduced by alleged indecent and insulting language against our Government, and especially against the Secretary of State, at a dinner recently given by the Count de Sax , tiees. The envelope enclosing the letter in question bore the seal of the State Department. " On Saturday Count de Sartiges called on Mr. Marcy, indignant!yr complaining of the insult, and demanding that the suspected author should be punished, intimating that, in the event of failure to do this, he would de mand his passports. Mr. Mercy, of course, disavowed all knowledge or responsibility concerning the letter, and exi ressed regret that anything had happened to oc casion offence. " Here was a quandary, but Count de Sartiges was apparently satisfied, and the Secretary relieved from his unpleasant position, by the author, who was a Govern ment employe, but who did not Pend th , - letter to Count de Sartiges, promptly resigning his office." The effigies of President Pierce and Preston S. Brooks had been hung in front of the State-house, at Concord, New Hampshire. Indignation meetings in reference to the Brooks outrage continue to be field throughout the States. ' Advices from Kansas reported that orders had reached Fort Leavenworth, placing the command of all the troops in the territory with General Harvey. Lawrence is reported quiet. The correspondence of the New York Tribune says that— " A hun'lred armed men left Westport, Mobile, last Sa turday, to scour Southern Kansas and make the country, as they said, 'too hot for the Free State people.' Guerilla parties were scouring theterritory, and the collisions were occasionally occurring ; but the general di,positiop of the free people is to remain quiet and pursue their farming. Settlers were coming into the territory in considerable numbers from Indiana and Illinois. The quarantine re gulations at Norfolk have been revoked. Vessels arriving from any port in the West Indies or in the Gulf of Mexico, on the coast of Central America, or Brazil, would be required to anchor at the quarantine ground and remain until insp-ction." The steam-ship Black Warrior had arrived with dates from Havannah to the 30th ult. A. good deal of excitement had been created by the,report of the official recognition of the Walker-Rivas Go vernment. There was no news from the Spanish expedition against Mexico since the day it sailed. The steamer Pizarro had been detained to act as a despatch ship between the commanders of the squadron and General Concha. It is said if Presi dent Comonfort should not settle the claims of Spain immediately a second division of the fleet, consist ing of eight war-vessels, with several transports, conveying troops, will be despatched to operate against him. A number of new steam-boats are t o be put on the Havannah and Cadiz line, and the vessels now running are to be turned into vessels of war. A good deal of activity was observ e d i n the military departments of the Island. Savannah was reported healthy. Exchange had not improved ; at New York, 61 to 71, and offers at 7 discount ; dull ; L on d on, 3} to 4 premium ; Paris, 81 to 8i discount. A serious collision bad occurred on the Nicara gua Falls section of the Central Railroad. The dismissal of Mr. Crampton and the three Consuls had created considerable sensation in Canada. In the New York money-market the supply was abundant, and the demand light, with a small supply of prime paper, which was wanted at 7 to 8 per cent. The stock-market showed a general rise. The rate of exchange was unaltered, at 9 to 91 on Lon don ; sf. inc. to sf. 161 c. 60 days, and sf. 12ic„ ; short sight, Paris. Guarantees are scarJe. The market closed steady ! for pork ; the demand was moderate ; mess had advanced 37ic. to 50c. ; other kinds, 121 c. Beef steady, with a fair demand, and light stocks of mess. Cut meats lower. Bacon firmer. Lard, lc. lower. Butter and cheese in moderate request. Turpentine quiet. Common rosin rather better. Tea dull. Freights firm, with continued large offers of breadstuffs for Great Britain. The cotton-market had gained strength slightly under the Niagara's advice& The demand for the low and medium qualities for export was moderate. The accounts from the growing districts are in the main satisfactory • the receipts at the Gulf p orts slightly falling off; the increased demand for State and Western flour had not been maintained. Low grades were a turn easier. THE DEMOCRATIC OONVEttrail CINCINNATI. The following is the manifesto in which the Con vention at Cincinnati re-affirms the Baltimore Platform of 1852, adding to it the following reso lutions : " And whereas, since the foregoing declaration was uniformly &looted by our predecessors in national con ventions, an adverse political' and religious test has been secretly organised by a party claiming t o be exclusively. Americans, an d it i s p ro p e r that the American democracy should c l ear ly d e fi n e its relations thereto, therefore first res o l ve d Abet the foundation of this union of States having b een l a id in its prosperity , expansion, and pre-eminent ex am pl e in free Govern went, built upon entire freedom of matters of religious concern, and no respect of persons in regard to rank or place ot birth, no party can justly be deemed national, constitutional, or in accordance with American principles which bases its exclusive organisation upon religious opinion and accidental birtbp ace, Second, that we re iterate %sail renewed energy of purpose the well-consi dered declarations of former conventions upon the so' tional issue of domestic slavery, and concerning the re served rights of the St ates , th a t we m ay the more die' tinctly meet the issue, of whi c h a sec tional party subsisting exclu-ively on slavery a g it a ti on , now r e lies to test the fidelity of the people, nor th an d s outh, to the con stitution and the Unio u . Third, resolved that, claim ing fellowship with, and desiring the co-operation of, all who regard the preservation of the Union under the constitution as the paramount issue, and repo' dialing all sectional parties and platforms concerning domestic slavery which seek to embroil the States, and incite to treason and armed resistance to law in the territories, and whose avowed purpose, if cOO. summated, must end in civil war and disunion, the American democracy recognise and adopt the princi• plea contained in the organic laws establishing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the only sound and safe solution of the slavery question upon which the great national idea of the people of this whole country can repose in its de' ternained conservatism of the Union—non-interfere nca by Congress with slavery in States and' territories ; that this was the basis of the compromises of 1850, confirmed by both the Democratic and Whig parties in n ational. eenventions, ratified by the people in the election of 1852, arid rightly spdliel to the organisation of tertitorise in 1854, that by the uniform application of this demo' cratic principle to the oraani , stion of territories, and the acni-sioe of new states with or withuut domestic slaver'', as they may elect, the equal of all the States will be preserved intact, he original compacts of the consti tution main-ained inviolate, and the perpetuation and exi patision of this ion insured to its utmost capacity of embracing in peace and harmonyevery future American State that may he constituted or annexed with a repub lican fotm of government. Fourth, resolved tbat we recognise the right of the people of all the territories, including Kansas and Nebraska, acting through the - fairly-expressed will of the majority of actual residents, and when, ver the number of their inhabitants justifies it to form a constitution with or without domestic slavery, to be admitted into the Union upon terms of perfect evality with the other States. Fifth, re' solved that the Democratic party recognises the great importance in a p o liti ca l an d commerc i a l point o f view, of a safe and speedy communication within our own territory between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of thi- Union ; and it is the duty of the Federal Govern ment to exercise promptly all its proper constitutional powers for the attainment of that object. Sixth, re s )Ived finally, that the condition of popular iestita tions in the Old World, and the dangerous tendencies to sectional agitation, combined with the attempt to enforce civil and religious disabilities against the rights of ace quir:ng enjoying citizenship in our own land, a hig h and sacred duty has devolved, with increased responsi bility, upon the democratic party of this country, a ° the party of the Union, to uphold and maintain the rights of every State, and thereby the union of the States, and to sustain tbe advance among us of consti tutional liberty, tiy continuing to resist all monopolist and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many ; and by vigilant and constant ad' herence to those principles and compromises of the constitution which are broad and strong enough to em' brace and uphold tbe Union as it was, and the Union as it shall be, in the full extension of the energies and capacities of this progressive people. Seventh, resolved, that the questions connected with the foreign policy of the country are inferior to no domestic question what* ever. The time has come for the people of the United States to declare themselves in favour ot free sell and progressive free trade throughout the world, and by solemn manifestations place their moral influence by the side of their successful example. Eighth, resolved, that our geographical and political position in reference to other States on this continent, no le, s than the inte rest of our commerce, and the development ofonrgrowing power, requires that we hold sacred the principles involved, in the Monroe doctrine and their binding import, which admits of no misconstruction, and should be applied with unbending rigidity. Ninth, resolved, that-that which the vtreat highway of nature, as well as the States most immedi ately int erected in its maintenance, has marked out for free communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, constitutes one of the most important achievements; realised by the spitit of modern times and the nncons querable energy of our people. That result should be secured by timely efficient exertions and control with the governments of the States within whose dominions it lies. We can under no circumstances surrender our preponderance in the adjustment of all questions arising out of it. Tenth, resolved that in view of such commanding interest the people of the United States cannot but sympathise with the efforts which are being made by the people of Central America to regenerate that portion of the continent which covers a pa-sage across the oceanic isthrnts. Eleventh, resolved that the democratic party will ex pect of the next Administration that every effort be made to insure an ascendancy in the Gulf of Mexico, to maintain a permanent protection to the great outlets through which is emptied into its waters the products raised upon our soil, and the commodities created by the industry of the people in our western valleys and die Union at large." The Knownothing National Council, holding a session at New York, had decided to abolish sec recy iu their meetings. SATURDAY HALFOHOLIDAY.—Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, wholesale newspaper agents and publisheree have arranged for the relief of half their staff weekly, on Saturday afternoon. In order to insure efficiency Is the performance of the work, certain regulations are to be strictly carried out by the firm and those in their erne ploy. The work of the day is to be taken alternately by two divisions. The re-pective divisions each take the, half-holiday subj ec t t o t h e f o ll owing conditions :— Ah persons who are five minutes after their fixed time twice, cr ten minutes once, in each week, or who take the same excess over the time allowed for meals, forfeit their next tur i to the Saturday half-holiday. Two hours are allowed for breakfast to all who commence at 5 o'clock, and each person is expected to take it, as soon as the mornins's work enables him to do so. One hour is allowed for dinner, viz., from one to two. As the con tingencies of the work do not admit of a fixed time being named fur leaving on the part of those remaining to execute the work on Saturday afternoons, the whole must remain until the papers are entirely despatched. If any one forfeits his half-holiday the corresponding person in the other division takes it instead, in addition to his regular day, should he not also have forfeited it. Those whose turn it is to have the half-holiday, and who may not have forfeited it, leave at one o'clock for the remainder of the day. NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The fifth New Phil harmonic Concert took place fast night, at the Hanover square Rooms. It was upon this occasion that the promised (appearance of Madame Jenny Lind Gold schmidt was redeemed, and the rooms consequently presented an unusually large assemblage of visitors. The lady sang three times, but without obliging the hearers with any novelty. Her first performance was the "Softly sidle" of Weber, which she gave with bar usual finely dramatic and picturesque feeling ; her Se' cond the " Squallida vesta," from the " Turco in Italia" of Rossini, one of her pet bravura displays ; and the third the Mazurkas of Chopin, transcribed for the voice by Mr. Otto Goldechmidt, of which we have already spoken. It is useless now to dwell upon the vocalism of this most p , polar of artistes. The audience of last night, as upon all other occasions, were ravished with the booty of her voice and her unrivalled skill, and ex• pressed themselves with their accustomed energy—their enthusiasm reaching its highest pitch when they beard the ventriloquial exploits incident to the mazurkas. The overtures were '‘Ruy Blas," "Oberon," and " Masa. nielio." This concert terminated the present series. They are Renounced to be resumed in April next. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF DR. T. S. HOLLAND, OF i'U CRIMEAN ARMY.—Yes erday afternoon Mr. William Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held a long inquiry at the Hope Tavern, Bird-street, Walcot-square, rela tive to the death of Thomas Seward Holland, Esq., M.D., aged 29, who returned only on Saturday last from Renskioi Hospital, in the Dardanelles, where the unfortu"ate gentleman was aesistant-physician. Mrs. Clara Flora Lincoln dep -Fed that she was the wife of a commercial agent residing at No. 7, waleot ,quare. Some few days back a lady took two rooms in her house, stating that she was the sister of Dr. Ladd, of Walcot-place, and that she should occupy the apartments with her husband, who, however, wished to sleep there on the Monday night. On the Monday night deceased came 'to the house, and im mediately retired to bed, requesting to be called up before eight o'clock the next morning, which was done ; but, on entering the room, witness found Dr. Holland lying on the bed face downwards, apparently quite dead. Mr. Theodore Edward Ladd, M.D., deposed that the deceased was subject to epileptic fits, and witness was of opinion that while in such a fit he had turned on his face and died. The jury, after some further remarks, returned a verdict in accord. ante with the medical opinion of Dr. Ladd. A REACTIONARY ITALIAN PRELATE.—Moe signor Gressel ini, the right hand o ICerdinat Antonelli in the reactionary intrigues at Rome, in 1849, is to be elevated to the cardinalate in the text consistory. Monsignor Grassellini is by birth a Sicilian, and curiously enough gave the first ostensible impetus to the lad revolutionary movement in his native island. When Pio IX. began his career as a Reformer, Grassellini, who did not believe himself safe in Rome, retired to Palermo. His country men, as soon as they heard of his coming, prepared to receive him in the way they thought he deserved. The first time lie appeared in public he was saluted with im precations and showers of pebbles from an immense crowd. Tranquillity thuS disturbed was not restored ; one disturbance succeeded another, and the revolution began. ~~~: as COm] 0 4 kr CBI t: 1"1°11 liit t!t ; 3 f tw 4:44 o th e Pre r t4t!otti:, why t 4 vi z . 10 iv • ory ° D " 4 0 a e . 14 er „ 4011 t4 b, %h a • ‘ l llo lB ' 1 ; 1 '4 11 , 4 l ' o el 444.0 the th e of g P YI ar A e t :ltt p a 14: 4 era Nee l e: