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4 nough to crush any man, must be supposed to have' animated the audience of her Majesty's Theatre on Sa turday evening, when, on calling Mr. Lumley before them, they gave him a reception so cordial as to console him for all past reverses. Between the opera at her Majesty's Theatre and the opera at the Lyceum there is no necessary rivalry, because the grand opera must have a home to replace that destroyed by the late conflagra tion. OCIETE GENERALE des CLIPPERS ► 0 FRANCAIS. (En Commandite.) Capital, 20,000,000 francs, or 800,000/. sterling, in 200,003 Shares of 100 francs, or 4Z. each. COUNCIL IN PARIS. _ Vice Admiral Count Casy, Senator, and former Minister of the Marine and of the Colonies, Paris. Mons. Le Comte Simeon, Senator, Director of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, Paris. Rear Admiral T. Deloffre, former Prefect of Cherbourg. Mons. Le Comte Williams de Nienwerkerke, 104, Rue du Fau bourg St. Honore, Paris. Mons. Ernest Lafond, 9, Rue St. Florentine, Paris. Mons. S. Bellone, Shipowner and Manufacturer, 2, Rue de Buffaut, Paris. Mons. Auguste Odier, 33, Rue Neuve des Mathurins, Paris. COMMITTEE OE SUPERVISION IN ENGLAND. Colonel G. E. Pratt Barlow, Chairman of the Southampton Dock Company. Phillip Patton Blyth, Esq., Wimpole.strcet, London. John Borradaile, Esq. (John Borradaile and Co., Calcutta), Gloucester-place, London. Chas. Saunders, Esq. ( M'Calmont Brothers and Co.) Liverpool. Captain Henry Shutticworth, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, and Director of the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company. I. R. Thomson. Esq. (I. Ti. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, London. Colonel G. A. Underwood, Director of the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company., GERANTS—Graham, De Linares, and CO. BANKERS. In Louden—Messrs. Currie, and Co., 29, Cot nhill. In Paris—The Bank of France. LEGAL COUNCIL IN PARIS. Monsieur Raveau, Notary. If Petit Bergonz, Solicitor. „ Baudouin, Agree of the Tribunal of Commerce. SOLICITORS IN LONDON.—Messrs. Oliverson, Lavie, and Peachey, 8, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. OFFICIAL ACDITOIL —J. E. Coleman, Esq. ........-- -- , - STOCK-BROKERS - IN LONDON.---Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle. street. AGENTS AND SHIP-BILOR.ERS IN EN OLAND. —M essr S. Cunard, Brett, and Austen, Landon, Liverpool, and Southampton. OFFICIA IN PARIS. —2l, Rue Neuve des Captwines. OFFICES IN LONDON. —ll, King William-street, City. In accordance with the resolutions passed at a Genera' Meeting of Shareholders, held at the Offices in Paris on Sa turday, the 15th March, 185 E, the objects of this Company, which was originally formed for the commercial purposes of communication 13,3 tween France and Ports in the Indian Seas, with clipper-built Sailing Ships, have been considerably ex tended and the system of operations materially improved ; it haivng been determined to unite the maritime enterprise of the two greatest mercantile communities in Europe—England and erance—and to substitute screw steam clippers, of first rate sailing capacity, with auxiliary propelling power. The undertaking combines all the elements of success that can be contributed by each country. The newly-developed commercial requirements of France afford high profitable em ployment, and the cheap and long-established constructive skill of England provides the best immediate means ; whilst the capital, mercantile connections, and nautical genius of both countries are united in a common object of the most important and remunerate character. Under such encou raging circumstances the Company have arranged to com mence operations at once by a line of Screw Clippers, of about 2,400 tons average register tonnage, to sail regu larly from Havre to Calcutta, touching at the Ile de la Reunion (Bourbon), and such other intermediate Indian ports as may be selected. It is ali4o proposed to open a communication, upon an early day with the Brazils, and via the Brazils, with the Cape of Good Hope. The ships will call at the port of Southampton, outward and homeward, to re ceive or land goods, specie, and passengers. To open these lines without delay, a fine fleet of clipper screw steamers, of established reputation, has been purchased from the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company, viz.:— Jason. I Argo. Golden Fleece. I Queen of the South. Indiana. 1 Lady Jocelyn. Calcutta. I Hydaspes. _ _ _ _ . _ By this important purchase the Company will be protected from the loss which would necessarily follow from their capi tal lying unproductive while a new fleet was being built and equipped, and be at once prepared to open their trades with the most faithfully-constructed steam clippers in existence— possessing the prestige of their previous employment, and the very high character they have since sustained in the tran sport of the British and French Governments. A portion of the capital will be open for subscription in England and the Colonies. Each application for shares must be made in the appended form, accompanied by a payment of 25f. or 1/. per share on the number required, for which a voucher will be given. In the event of less than the whole number of shares ap,)lied for being allotted, the number paid in excess will be applied to wards the balance of 75f. or 31. per share, then payable. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the money thus lodged will be returned, free of charge, within a week from the day of general allotment. Calculations carefully made by those most experienced in the traffic of France, and the exports from Belgium, Switzer land, and Germany, via Havre, with the ascertained want of steam communication between the ports selected by this Com pany, warrant the Directors in stating their conviction that no maritime enterprise ever commenced under more favourable auspices, or with fairer prospects of yielding large returns to the proprietary. When the capital is fully subscribed, an application will be made for permission to convert this company, which is at pre sent established under the French conimereiallaw as a Societe en Commandite, into a Societe Anouyme, and the gentlemen composing the Committee or Supervision in England will be come members of the Council in Paris. . Applications for sharesaccompanied by the 255'. or 11. deposit to be made to Messrs Carrie and Co , 29, Cernhill ; to Messrs Huggins and Rowsell, stockbrokers,l,Threadnee lle-street ; to Messrs. Cunard, Brett, and Austen, agents and sbipbrekers, 150, Leadenhall-street, Loudon ; 5, lork,buildings, Liver pool.; and Canute-road, Southampton ; and at the Offices of the Company in London and Paris. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Messrs. Graham, Do Linares, and Co., Gerants of the Societe Generale des Clippers Francais. _ _ Gentlemen,—l hereby enclose the sum of , being 11. deposit on shares in the Societe Generale des Clippers Francais, and I request you will allot me shares of 100 f or 41. each, and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be pdlotted to me, and to pay the re maining 75f. or 3/. per share at the time that may be appointed. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Date Name in fu11._... Profe§sion Residence in full Place of Business HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The SECOND APPEARANCE in London these five years of Mdme. ALBONI. TO-MORROW EVENING, May 13, will be repaated Ros sini's Opera LA CENERENTOLA, Angelina, Mdme. Alboni ; Don_ Ramiro, Signor Calzolaii Don Magnifico, Signor Zuccoui ; and Dandini, Signor Beue. ventano (his second appearance). To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, LES QUATRE SAISONS by 'Mmes. Bello'', BOschetti, Lizereux, Pierron, Katrine, and M. Vanclris. Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Boschetti and M. Vandris; Pas, Mdlle. Katrine, accompanied by Mdlle. Pierre') and coryphees; Pas, Millie. Lizereux and Corps do Ballet ; Pas de Bacchante; Mdlle. A. gallon; Pas de Deus, Mdlle. Bollou and M. Vandris; Finale, Mdlles. Belton, Bosclaetti, Lizereux, Katrine, and M. Vandris, and Corps de Ballet. Applications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket.—The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. On THURSDAY next, May 15 (a Subscription Night given in lieu of Tuesday, August 19), will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLA. Rosina, Alboni ; Il Conte, Signor Calzolari ; Bartolo, Signor Zucconi; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. To conclude - with LES QUATRE SAISONS; by Mdmes. Bellon, Lizereux, Bosehotti, Pierron, and Latrine, and M. VAndris. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith: ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced :MSC El lEVOUS ANSI E. After which, CINDERELLA. To conclude with T&E YANKEE HOUSEKEEPFM. TIZZATRg ROYAL, lIA.YMARKET. the ManagPment of Mr. Buckston THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by TOM THUMB. To conclude with THE ABBE IN LOVE. LOYAL i•'''INCEB4'R Tab: ATR.E, OK:OftD-STREET. Under the Minngtrnent of Mr. CHARLES BEAM. Ttlt EvENINTO, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, TIP! WINTER'S TALE. Principal ertracters by Mr. and Mrs. C. zeal. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPai, proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster, Direatreee, Madame Celeste. TRH EVE:IVING, LIKE AND 'UNLIKE. Mesas. B. Webster. Wright, P. Re Word. C Celby, Garden ; Idadame•Celeste, i',Gas Wyndham. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with DIY PRECIOUS BETSY. ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. EVENINQ RETRIBUTION. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mangler, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS (WRIT-MONDAY) EVENING, Ist time, a N ew and Original Romantic Eq uestrian Spectacle, written exuresaly for this Amphitheatre, called. THE lIORSE OF VIE CAVERN, or the Winded Brigands of the Abruzzi, in which Mr. William Cooke's Stud of Horses, trained by him, will develope various novel and surprising situations aud effects. After which, A new series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, concluding with a TABLEAU EQUESTBE. 110 ,.„ ..t i ce °can. it :m Etcv. , :a ti!l Four. Stage Manage:, Zr.y W. West. Euuc3trl,u3 . 1 .? 1 : 9 44(e. ceok,l, dun. ROYAL SIT %REY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvria. THIS EVENING, JACK SHEPPARD. Followed by YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER, To conclude with BETSY BAKER. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY—Morn. 30 min. aft. 7—Evening 5 min. aft. 8 T )"licissovir—Morn. 47 min. aft. B—Evening 24 min. aft. 9 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66 -highest since noon yesterday. 49 -lowest this morning and during the night. 65 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.92. WIND, North-easterly.—Fresh and fine. MAY 12. 69 —highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night 58 --this day at noon. BAROMETER, 23'77—falling. WIND, N.N.E.—Light, with dull, mild weather. ( 4 : j LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1856. The Note presented by the Sardinian Plenipo tentiaries to the Governments of France and England, dated the 16th April, 1856, was read to the Chamber of Deputies at Turin by Count CAVOUR on Wednesday last. It will be found in, extenso in another part of this day's impression. It is indeed an important document, worthy of serious consideration, and. we trust that it will re ceive the attention it so eminently merits from the parties to whom it was addressed. The decided refusal of Austria to discuss a matter of such grave European interest—to shelve on a point of form, everything relating to the deplorable state of Italy, rendered this solemn protest indispensable. Sardinia, the only constitutional Government of Italy, the State which alone offers a barrier to revolution, is of course chiefly affected. She is stationed in the vanguard, and, as the im mediate champion of Italian freedom, must bear the brunt of the first encounter. But France and England must necessarily be in volved in any difficulty that may arise. We are bound, by ties which cannot easily be broken, to an alliance, offensive and defensive, with Pied mont ; and, even were there no 'express stipula tions, she could not now be deserted without a total abandonment of the national honour, which has already been too seriously impaired to bear further tampering. In such a case the boldest and most straightforward course is also the safest. The naive asserti©n of Sir BOYLE ROCHE, that "the best way to avoid danger was to meet it plump," contained a wholesome truth, which should never be lost sight of by those who have the control of our foreign policy. Had Lord ABERDEEN' remem bered and acted oa the precept, we should not have " drifted into a war," that cost England the lives of seventy-five thousand of her best and bravest children, and ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF MONEY. Had we assumed a firm and unbending attitude in the first instance—had the hints re specting the division of " The Sick Man's" assets been clearly and unequivocally alswersi, the Russian troops would never have crose.ed the Pruth, nor would a cams belli have arisen were it certain that it would be immediately acted on. Let us profit by our dearly-bouzht experience. Austria is now the aggressor. Her attempt to bring the entire of Italy under her yoke is just as unconscientious, and as greatly fraught with peril to the tranquillity of Europe, as that of Russia, against Turkey. If convinced that her insidious attempts will be steadfastly and energetically resisted she will no longer persist therein. She has not - , the brute courage that sustaine l Russia in her piratical career. But still she may commit herself so far as to render her extrication impossible until the mischief has been effected. Hitherto the suffering It tlians have had hope to sustain them. Seeing that one of their national Princes was united with the Western Powers—that Piedmont had achieved a high and enviable reputation—they rested in the belief that their condition would attract the attention of all parties, and that no peace would be con cluded that did not carry with it a considerable amelioration of their lot. That anticipation has now vanished. They see themselves abandoned and betrayed by all but the magnanimous GJ vernment of Turin, and it is impssibte to see to what lengths they may b 3 cirrie I in their just and natural indignation. They are now satisfied that they have nothing to expect from liplomacy—that they must trust to their omn right arms for liberation from the fearful bondage in which they have been placed. Revolutionary passions have been and will be excited which canno t easily be controlled. How can any patriot behold his country overrun with foreign troops, the con stitutional law suspended and military despotism substituted, without feeling an earnest determina tion that so deplorable a state of things shall be terminated at any cost or any danger ? Aus tria has put herself prominently forward as the supporter of these untoward proceedings. Her troops occupy almost all the quasi independent States, and she charges heavily for the occupation. The petty despots are encouraged to disregard the voice of public opinion by the certainty of her support. She has thus so far made herself the absolute mistress of almost the whole of Italy as to completely overthrow the equilibrium esta blished by the Treaty of Vienna, and to render her position formidable to the other great Powers of Europe. The only obstacle" to her designs is presented by Sardinia. It is, as justly re presented by Count CAvOUR, " the coun terpoise to her invading influence," and, at the same time, " the impassable barrier to the revolutionary spirit." VICTOR EMANUEL is the true champion of order, and if his power were lessened, the results may prove far more serious than the conspiring Courts imagine. While the Germanism that fawned on Austria still prevails in Downing-street, we cannot expeet much from the English Govern ment. But the question may be ventilated in Parliament. Truth must be benefitted by dis cussion. As we have already pointed out, there is a systematic effort, or rather series of efforts, to deprive the representative branch of the Legislature of its constitutional functions. We trust, however, that even a few men may be afonudnato asserttoprotest against the insidious attempt their own independence. The Sar dinian protest offers an admirable opportunity for so doing —an oretunpiartyli which, Parliament e nt shall \va again meet m w e i e l t l not be neglected whenow for the despatch of business. The boon of music in the public Parks of the me tropolis on Sunday afternoons is eagerly welcomed by all classes, and promises if continued to be of the greatest service in the promotion of th e moral and social as well as the physical well-being of population. Gratifying as the spectacle presented in Kensington Gardens has always been, the spec tacles witnessed in the Regent's Park and Victoria Park yesterday were s till moro s o, From crowded THE SUN S LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1856. tenements in confined areas, from streets and dwellings rarely visited by pure air and never free from unwholesome taint, from cellars, " sky parlours," and three and four pair backs, came a vast army of labour, with their wives and chil dren, clean washed and decently attired, and made their way to one or other of these scenes of promised recreation. Of probably the majority of the males it might be safely predicated they had previously been accustomed to waste their day of rest listlessly or sottishly at home, in the streets, - or in the demoralising pothouse, never entering a place of worship--there being no room for them if they had the inclination to enter— and unvisited by those influences which tend to raise oppressed humanity from its degraded con dition. Remarkable, however, to relate, and con vincing proof of the wisdom and mercy of Sir BENJAMIN HALL'S measures, instead of trespasses on decorum being numerous, never was there witnessed more orderly behaviour than was ex hibited by these hitherto uncared-for slaves of toil. A pic-nic party of Sunday-school teachers or a band of Sunday scholars could not have be haved better, and it is very likely would not have behaved so well. Scattered about in groups, or collected in numbers, their demeanour was all that could be desired. No fighting,, no quarrelling, no outrageous mirth was to be observed. Better dressed citizens, of course, may readily be found ; but none more orderly. Their sallow faces were lit up with pleasure as, standing or seated on the grassy sod amid the verdant foliage, they at once drank in the delightful strains of the band and the invigorating air in almost its natural purity, while the very defects of their apparel seemed to show what preparations they had made to fit themselves for association with their betters, and to illustrate the soundness of the policy which brings even human weakness to bear towards hu man elevation. It were a great thing to bring the reluctant population of an over-crowded metro polis out of their holes and corners into the sight of nature, to drink in her lessons, and fortify body and soul against the depressing influences of unwholesome toil. How much greater to offer the opportunity to do so to a population who have evidently been longing for it, and whose need for it is otherwise extreme. The spectacles presented yesterday in the above Parks could not, however, be witnessed without a feeling of bitter regret by way of alloy to the general satisfaction. It was really painful to think that so deserving a population should so long have been victimised by a cruel and relentless bigotry. That " the com mandments" of ignorant and presumptuous "men " should so long and so effectually have been incul cated as "the doctrine" of the CREATOR. That every agency human ingenuity can set afoot is about to be brought to bear on the Government, to put down Sir BENJAMIN HALL, and effect the with drawal of the boon. A newly-consecrated bishop, fresh from expressing his reluctance to become a bishop while in the course of being made one— a prelate from whose lips had just issued the nolo cpiscopari necessary to the making of a bishop, has declared that Exeter-hall, i. e., the Sabbata rians, will put down this Sunday recreation, and the organs of Sabbatism are everywhere calling the members of that idolatrous creed to arms. Perverting the Gospel, perverting history, per verting facts, slandering the population, and blaspheming the mercy of HEAVEN, these organs pronounce the Government guilty of a crime against GOD and the Constitution, for sanctioning these entertainments, and the population not guiltless, who attend them—and declare that they can only conduce to the worst licence, and ought to be abolished in the interests alike of religion and morality. Abominable as this is, there are many thousands who, believing or not believing these men will sigu the petitions they are now recommending to be got up, and the floor of the House of Commons will doubtless pre sent a similar spectacle to that witnessed a few weeks ago. We call on the 258,513 individuals gathered together yesterday in the Parks to bestir themselves if they would preserve the boon which they evidently so much prize. If they chose to do so—if they use the influence they possess with their neighbours —more signatures will be found in favour of the continuance of the music in peti tions from the metropolis alone than the Sabba tariau party can obtain from the entire kingdom against it. Government will have to contend against the most powerful influences, most un scrupulously employed, and nothing can be more unwise and ungenerous than to leave them to do so unaided. The Sunday League will no doubt lend every aid, and petitions other than Sabbata rian will no doubt be forthcoming from the coun try. Let the working population but display re solution and energy, and they will break the yoke of Sabbatism at once and for ever. Thou sands who stand personally in need of no Sunday recreation will help them if they only help them selves. Cannot they arrange meetings through out the metropolis, where the idolatry of Sabba tism may be exposed, forms of petition agreed on, and individuals appointed to obtain signatures in their respective localities ? THE HEART THAT LOVES. [FOR MUSIC.] The heart that loves with warmth and truth Outlives the bloom of Spring, And fondly keeps the grow of youth 'Mid all that Age can bring. Oh say not that Old Time can dim Life's deep and mystic cup, While Feeling sparkles on the brim, And Nature fills it up. The heart that springs on earnest wings Will soar with eagle-flight ; And, mounting through the clouds of gloom, Will still fie(' realms of light. The heart that worships holy things Can always meet a shrine ; And, like a smiling cherub, sings A song that's half divine. It yearns with faith to kindred forms, It throbs when night winds sigh, 'Tis held below where daisies grow, And linked to stars on high. The heart that loves with warmth and truth Will always find some bliss, Aud gain a light from words more bright Td cheer its path in this. MARCO. CABINET COUNCIL—A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office, Downing•street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord 'Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat three hours. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND COURT FOR Os- BOBNE.—Ou Saturday afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, the Pi incesses Helena and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, left Buckingham Palace and proceeded in six of the Queen's carriages to the new station at Wandsworth, escorted by a detachment of the 3 , 1 Liglit Dragoon Guards ; and, on arriving, proceeded by Sc ecial train to Gosport. r •l' HE BANDS IN THE PARES.—The number of visitors Yerderday was al follows : Kensington Gardens .. 80,830 Regent's Park 92,492 Victoria Park 85,191 ' T0ta1..., . ..... 258,43 LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, SUNDAY, MAY 11. The steamer Australia arrived here this morn ing at 9 30 a.m., in 106 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 6th inst. The Indian mail was to leave Alexandria on that day, with advices from Bombay to the 16th of April, and Calcutta to the Bth of April. The prospects of the indigo crop are favourable. The money market has improved at Bombay, but not at Calcutta. The banks of Bombay have reduced their rate of discount 2 per cent. The import trade is good. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. 2id. ; at Bombay, 2s. 2d. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY, MAY 11. The Tamise bas arrived with advices from Con stantinople . of the Ist of May, and from the Crimea on the 22th of April. She brings 450 men. Despatches leave at 10 p.m. The Fleurus mai-of-war, the frigates Darien, Magellan, and Panama, and the steamers Assy rien and Mentor, have arrived with 4,500 troops from the Crimea. COPENHAGEN, MAY 10. In a protocol signed yesterday Russia and Sweden formally adhered to the mode of capital ising the Sound Dues proposed by the Danish Government. TURIN, MAY 10. Count de Cavour has presented to the Cham bers a second note on the affairs of Italy, and has communicated .it to the Governments of England and France. It states that the Austrian; by occupying the Legations, usurp the power of the Pope, and im pose a continual state of siege. And it adds a proposal for secularising the Legations for internal affairs, by which means the foreign occupation of the - Roman States would be no longer necessary. BERLIN, MAY 10. Intelligence has been received from St. Peters burg that Prince Gortschakoff has communicated the treaty of peace to the Senate. The son of Count de Nesselrode has been ap pointed Chamberlain to the Emperor. The official announcement has been published of Count Chreptowitsch'e appointment as Russian Minister to the Court of St. James's. The Empress Dowager has arrived at Berlin. VIENNA, MAY 10. The !Austrian Correspondence announces that the treaty of the 30th March was communicated on the Bth to the Germanic Diet by the Repre. that you have done my never-to-be-forgotten father and myself. The extensive duties of Minister of War have been considerably increased in the course of the war, and, as I have been daily a witness of your labours, I cannot do otherwise than render full justice to your in defatigable activity and incessant care to bring every thing into the desired state of order. In the firm con viction that I shall find in you a zealous executor of my views and wishes, I have in the recent general orders nominated you to be General of Cavalry, as a mark of my special favour. "ALEXANDER." TheWarMinisterhas decided on deputing officers of various arms to visit foreign armies for the pur pose of learning their tactics and foreign languages. It has also drawn up a plan for the systematic or ganization of their studies. The commanding officer of each corps proposes three officers from every arm, and the Minister of War has to procure the Emperor's confirmation of his own nomination of them. There are already three Russian officers arrived here in Berlin, who have entered the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards at Potsdam, for the pur pose of learning officers' duty according to the Prussian school. It is also understood here that a further number of officers will soon reach here, either for the purpose of entering this service (and that chiefly in the administrative department), or of passing through to other countries. It is said that amour , them are some naval officers, who are to obtain admission to serve on board our fleet. The disbanding of the irregular troops that have ately been serving under Prince Gortschakoff in the Crimea is now being arranged in Moscow. A UIS T R I A. A letter from Vienna in the Cologne Gazette says : " The honour which the municipal council of Vienna has paid to Count de Buol, of conferring on him the diploma of ho norary citizen, has since 1848 been conferred only on six persons—viz., Marshal Rade'zky, Baron Haynau, Baron Jellachich, Baron de Hess, and the Princes de Schwartzonber,g and de Die trichstein." A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Ger man, Journal of Frankfort, says " The Archbishop of ()blintz, Landgrave of Fursten berg, left yesterday for Chemnitz. The Prince Archbishop of Schwartzenberg will proceed to Prague on the Bth. Count Colloredo, the new ambassador to Rome, will leave next week for his post. Count Lenzoni, the Tuscan ambassa dor at Vienna, has returned after a long absence. M. A. Berenyi, the dramatic author, was killed yesterday in attempting to spring out of a carriage, the horses of which had become unmanageable." The Austrian, Gazette states that the Emperor has appointed Count Clam-Martinitz president of the Government of Cracow, in place of Count Mer candin, who returns to the council of the empire. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 7th inst. General Zabala was shortly expected from Va lencia, where order was completely restored. The Government had invited General Villalonga to await further orders at Valencia, and it was gene rally believed that he would be reinstated in the government of the province. The Duke and Duchess of Alba had returned from Paris. The drawing of the conscription took place at Saragossa without the least opposition. The Duke of Victory was expected in that city on the Bth inst. The last accounts from Barcelona state that some agitation prevails! among the labouring classes. Several persons convicted of having published a Socialist pamphlet, which was distributed in pro fusion throughout Catalonia, had been banished from Barcelona. sentatives of Austria and Prussia. The Ost. Deutsche Post, speaking of the treaty concluded on the 15th April last between France, England, and Austria, to guarantee the integrity of the Ottoman territory, states that by this treaty the alliance of the 2d Dec., 1854; is maintained. TURIN, MAY 9. The Russian general Stakelberg, charged with a special mission from :the Government of St. Petersburg to that of Piedmont, has arrived here. FRANCE. The following is the letter of the Times Paris correspondent, dated yesterday (Sunday), 6 p.m.:— It is reported very currently iu Paris that serious explanations have been or will be demanded of the British Government by Russia as to the treaty of the 15th, signed between Austria, England, and France only 15 days after the signature of the treaty of peace by all the members of the Congress. The conversation that has taken place between the Russian Envoy and the French Government was probably of a less official character, inasmuch as the Moniteur has not published that Treaty, while it was presented to the English Parliament by Lord Clarendon with that of the 30th and the Protocols. Perhaps excessive importance is given to the former document, but there are parties who hold that it, to some extent, annuls the latter, instead of being its complement or corollary. It was at first supposed that there was a secret article ; now it is suspected that instead of an additional clause there is a secret treaty, of which no hint whatever has been as yet given. I cannot say how far this suspicion is well-founded. It appears that the Governments have resolved not to communicate the declaration annexed to the Protocols respecting maritime law, particularly the abolition of privateering, to any other Governments except the parties signing, aware that the Govern ment of the United States would not accept it. It was rumoured, but I believe without any good fouidation, that the Treaty of the 15th would have the effect of retarding, if not stopping, M. de Morny's mission to Moscow. It is certain, how ever, that the Russians are still greatly irritated at it; and I doubt whether Count Orloff would so soon have signed the act of the 30th had he known that of the 15th. RUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 8. The Emperor of Russia has issued the following manifesto on the subject of his approaching coronation :-- " We, Alexander IL, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, King of Poland, &c., make known by these presents : " When we ascended our ancestral throne of Russia, and Grand Duchy of Finland, and the throne of Poland, which is inseparable from it; in the midst of severe trials, both for us and our country, we resolved in our heart to de fer our coronation so long as the thunder of arms was not silenced within the limits of our realm, and the blood of our glorious Christian warriors, who had signalised themselves both by deeds of rare courage and self sacrifices, had not ceased to flew. Now that beneficent peace is restoring to Russia her former tranquillity, we in tend, in conformity with the example of the former pious Emperors, our predecessors, to be crowned, and to receive the prescribed anointment, and at the same time to have our dearly beloved consort, the Empress Maria Alexandrowna, participate in the same. While we thus make known to our faithful subjects this our intention, which, with God's help, shall be carried into execution in the month of August of this year, we invite them at the same time to join their prayers to ours that God's blessing may descend on us and on our Go vernment ; that God may help us, while placing on our head the Imperial crown, to take upon us the oath and vow to live solely and alone for the good of the nations that are put under our rule ; and may Almighty God enlighten all our thoughts and inspire all our acts by the bestowal on us of His Holy Spirit ! "ALEXANDER. "St. Petersburg, April 29, 1856." The Journal de •S t. Fete rsbourg of May 2, con tains all the official announcements of changes in the Government. Count Nesselrode retires at his own request from the management of the foreign affairs, retaining his post and dignity of Chancellor of the empire ; his adjunct, M. Seniavin, though no longer occupying that post, remains in the ser vice of 'the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is nominated member of the Council of the empire. Prince Gortschakoff, late Minister in Vienna, is nominated Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Tolstoi his adjunct. Prince Dolgorouky is relieved of his functions of Minister of War, and Ganeral Suchosanet, late commander of the army of the South and of the maritime service in Nicholaieff, is nominated to that post in his stead. The following is the Emperor's rescript addressed to Prince Dol goronky on the occasion of his retirement : ":Prince Wassili Andrejewitsch—ln relieving you, at your own request, from the office of Minister of War, I look upon it as my most agreeable duty to express to you my hearty gratitade for the ezeraSaq and faithf>ll9erliceti SARDINIA. The following is the " Note," or " Protest," presented by MM. Cavour and Villamarina to the Governments of France and England, dated April the 16th, 1856, and read by Count Cavour in the Chamber : "The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the Bing of Sardinia, full of confidence in the senti ments of the justice of the Governments of France and England, and in the friendship which they profess for Piedmont, have never ceased since the opening of the Conferences, to hope that the Congress of Paris would not separate without taking into serious consideration the state of Italy, and deliberating on the means to be adopted for the re-establishment of its political equili brium, disturbed now by the occupation of a great part of the provinces of the Peninsula by foreign troops. Cer tain of the concurrence of their alließ, they could not think that any other Power, after having testified so lively and so generous an interest in the fate of Eastern Christians of the Slave and Greek races, would refuse to interest themselves in the people of the Latin race, who are still more unhappy on account of the advanced degree of civilisation which they have attained making them feel more acutely the effects of bad government. "This hope has been disappointed. "Notwithstanding the goodwill of France and Eng• land—notwithstanding their well intentioned efforts, the persistence of Austria obliged the discussions of the Con gress to be strictly bounded within the sphere of the questions marked out before its meeting, and is the cause of this assembly, on which the eyes of. Europe are fixed, being about to dissolve, not only without having effected the least amelioration for the ills of Italy, but without giving a ray of hope for the future to the other side of the Alps calculated to calm the minds and make them bear the present with resignation. " The peculiar position occupied by Austria in the Congress perhaps rendered this deplorable result inevit able. The undersigned are forced to acknowledge this. Also, without addreseing the least reproach to their allies, they believe it their duty to call their serious attention to the sad consequences that this may have for Europe, for Italy, and especially for Sardinia. " It would be superfluous to trace here an exact pic ture of Italy. What has taken place in those countries is too notorious. The system of repression and violent reaction commenced in 1848 and 1849—justified in its origin, perhaps, by the revolutionary disturbances which had just been suppressed, continues without the smallest relaxation. It may even be said that, with few excep tions, it is exercised with redoubled vigour. Never were the prisons and dungeons more lull of persons condemned for political causes ; never has the number of exiles been greater ; never has the police been more vexatious, nor martial law more severely applied. What is taking place at Parma only proves this too clearly. " Such means of government must necessarily keep the populations in a constant state of irritation and re volutionary ferment. "Such has been the state of Italy for seven years. Nevertheless the popular agitation appeared recently to be calmed. Italians, seeing one of their national princes coalesced with the Great Western Powers for the sup port of the principles of right and justice, and for the amelioration of the fate of their co-religionists in the East, conceived a hope that peace would not be made without some relief for their misfortunes. This hope kept them calm and resigned ; but when they know the negative results of the Congress of Paris, when they learn that Austria, notwithstanding the good offices and benevolent intervention of France and England, refused all discussion —that she would not even enter into an examination of the means proper for remedying such a sad state of things—there can be no doubt that the dor mant irritation will be awakened among them more vio lently than ever. Convinced that they have nothirg to expect from diplomacy and the efforts of the Powers which take an interest in their fate, they will throw themselves with southern ardour into the ranks of the revolutionary and subversive party, and Italy will again become a hotbed of conspiracies and tumults, which may perhaps be repressed with redoubled vigour, but which the least European commotion make burst forth in the most violent manner. So sad a state of things, if it merits the attention of the Governments of France and England, equally interested in the maintenance of order and the regular development of civilisation, must natu rally preoccupy the Government of the King of Sardinia in the highest degree.. The awakening of revolutionary passions in all the countries surrou.iding Piedmont, by the effect of causes of a nature to excite the most lively popular sympathies,, exposes it to dar,gers of ex , e give gravity, which may compromise that firm an moderate policy which has had such happy resu!ts fur the in erior, and gained it the sympathy and esteem of enlightened Europe. "But this not the only danger threatening Sardinia. A still greater is the consequence of the means employed by Austria to repress the revolutionary fermentation in Italy. Called by the Sovereigns of the small States of Italy who are powerless to repress the discontent of their subjects, this power occupies militarily the greater part of the valley: of the Po and of Central Italy, and makes its it fluence felt in an irresistible manner even in the countries where she has no soldiers. Resting on one side on Ferrara and Bologna, her troops extend them selves to Ancona, the length of the A.driatic ' which has become in a manner an Austrian lake ; on the other, the mistress of Piacenza, which, contrary to the spirit, if not to the letter, of the treaties of Vienna, she labours to transform into a first-class fortress, she has a garrison at Parma, and makes dispositions to deploy her forces along the Sardinian frontier, from the Po to the summit of the Apennines. "These permanent occupations by Austria of territo ries which do not belong to her render her absolute mistress of nearly all Italy, destroy the equilibrium esta blished by the treaty of Vienna, and are a continual menace for Piedmont. " Surrounded in some degree on all sides by the Aus trians, seeing developed on her eastern frontier, com pletely open, the forces of a Power which she knows not to be animated by friendly feelings towards her, this country is held in a state of constant apprehension, which obliges her to remain armed and to take defensive measures which are excessively burdensome for her finances, already tasked by the events of 1848 and 1849, and by the war in which she has just participated. "The facts that the undersigned have exposed suffice to make appreciated the dangers of the position in which the Government of the King of Sardinia finds itself placed. Disturbed within by the action of revolutionary passions, excited all round by a system of violent re pression and by the foreign occupation, threatened by the extension of Austrian power, it may at any moment be forced by an inevitable necessity to adopt extreme measures of which it is impossible to calculate the con se.,guences. _ . The undersigned do not doubt but that Anoka Mate of things will excite the solicitude of the Governments of France and England, not only on account of the sincere friendship and real sympathy that these powers profess for the Sovereign who ab.ne, among all at the moment when their success was most uncertain, declared himself openly in their favour, but, above all, because it constitutes a real danger for Europe. " Sardinia is the only State in Italy that has been able to raise an impassable barrier to the revolutionary spirit, and at the same time remain independent of Austria. It is the counterpoise to her invading influence. "If Sardinia succumbed, exhausted of power, aban doned by her allies—if she also was obliged to submit to Austrian domination, then the conquest of Italy by , this power would be achieved ; and Austria, after hav ing obtained without its costing her the least sacrifice, the immense benefit of the free navigation of the Dan ube and the neutralisation of the Black Sea, would ac quire a preponderating influence in the West. "This is what France and England wouldnever wish : this they will never permit. " Moreover, the undersigned are convinced that the Cabinets of Paris and London, taking into serious con sideration the state of Italy will decide, in concert with Sardinia, on the means for applying an efficacious re medy. _ "C. CAVOUR. "DE VILLAMA.RINA. "PAris, April 16, 1856." SARDINIAN NOTE ON THE PAPAL STATES. The following is a translation of the " verbal note" presented by the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries to the Ministers of France and England on the 27th of March, 1856 " At the moment when the glorious forces of the Western Powers tend to assure the benefits of the peace to Europe, the deplorable state of the provinces under the - Government of the Holy See, and, above all, of the Legations, calls for the special attention of the Governments of her Britannic Majesty and of his Ma jesty the Emp ,, ror of the French. " The Legations have been occupied by Austrian troops since 1849. -The state of siege and martial bzw have been in vi g our since that time without i n t erru ption. The Pontifical Government only exists in name, since above its legates an Austrian general takes the title, and exercises the functions of civil and military governor. Nothing evinces that this state of things will terminate, since the Pontifical Government, is as convinced of its impotence to preserve public order as in the first days of its restoration, and Austria asks for nothing better than to render her occupation permanent. Here, then, are the facts which present themselves—a deplorable situa tion existing always in a country nobly peopled, and in which conservative elements abound ; impotence of the legitimate Sovereign to govern ; a permanent danger of disorders and anarchy in Central Italy—extension of Austrian dominion in the Peninsula beyond what the treaties of 1815 had provided. "The Legations before the French revolution were under the high Sovereignty of the Pope ; but they en joyed privileges and franchises which rendered them, at least in the internal administration, almost independent. At the same time the clerical dominion was even then so antipathetical that the French army was received in 1796 with enthusiasm. "Detached from the Holy See by the Treaty of Tolen tino, those provinces formed a part of the Republic, after wards of the kingdom of Italy until 1814. The organi,,ing genius of Napoleon changed their aspect as by enchant ment. The French laws, institutions, and administration in a few years developed wealth and civilisation. For this reason, in those provinces, all the traditions, all the sympathies are fixed oa that period. The government of Napoleon is the only one that survives in the memory not on yof enlightened classes but of the people. His memory recalls an impartial justice, a strong adminis tration, a state altogether of prosperity, of riches, and of military greatness. '• At the Congress of Vienna they hesitated a long time about replacing the Legations under the govern ment of the pope. The statesmen who sat there, although p - e-occupied with the thcught of re-establishing the an cient order of things above every other, felt, neverthe less, that they were thus leaving a hot-bed of disorders in the mitht of Italy. The difficulty i❑ the choice of a Sovereign to whom to give those provinces, and the rivalry which might be brought f rth by their pessts sion, made the balance preponderate in favour of the Pope ; and Cardinal Gonsalvi obtained, but only after the Rattle of Waterloo, this unexpected concession. " Thz-Pdntifical Government, at its restoration, took no account of the progress of ideas and the profound changes that the French regime had introduced in this part of its States. From this a struggle between the Government and the people was inevitable. The Le;,a tions have been the prey of an agitation more or less secret, but which at any opportunity may break out into revolution. Three times - Austria intervened with her armies to re-establish the authority of the Pope, con stantly repudiated by his subjects. "France replied on the second Austrian intervention by the occupation of Ancons., on the third by the taking of Rome. Every time that France has found herself in presence of such events, she has felt the necessity of mo derating this state of things, which is a scandal for Europe and an immense obstacle to the pacification of Italy. "The Memorandum' of 1831 proves the deplorable state of the country, the necessity and urgency of admi nir,trative reform. The diplomatic eorrespondence of Gaeta and Portici carry the impression of the same feel ing. The reforms which Pius IX. himself initiated in 1846 were the fruit of his long sojourn at Imola, where he could judge with his own eyes of the eCfects of the deplorable regime imposed on those provinces. " Unfortunately the counsels of the Powers, and the good intentions of the Pope, were destroyed by the ob stacles which the clerical organization opposed to any species of innovation whatever. If there is one fact that is clear from the history of latter years, it is the difficulty, or we should rather say the impossibility, of a reform by the Pontifical Government responding to the wants of the time and the reasonable desires of the population. " The Emperor Napoleon 111., with tbat true and firm coop d'mil which is his characteristic, has perfectly affirmed and clearly indicated in his letter to Col. Ney the solution of this problem, Secularisation and the Code Napoleon.' " But it is evident that the Court of Rome will com bat to the last extremity, and with all the means in its power, the execution of these two designs. It well knows how to accommodate itself by apparently accept ing civil and even political reforms, sure of rendering them illusory in practice ; but it also sees that secu larisation and the 'Code Napoleon introduced into Rome itself, where the edifice of its temporal power has its foundations, would bare it to the roots and cause it to fall by cutting awey the principal support— ' clerical privileges and canonical right.' Nevertheless if it cannot be hoped to introduce a true reform exactly in that centre where the union of the temporal authority with spiritual power is so interlaced that it is im possib'e to di-connect them without running the risk of destroying them, it may at least be realised in those parts which show themselves less resigned to the clerical yoke, which is a burning torch of turbulence and cor ruption, which furnishes a pretext for the permanent occupation of the Austrians, excites diplomatic compli cations, and disturbs the European equilibrium. " We are of opinion that it is possible, but on the con dition of separating. at least administrative, those parts from the State of Rome. In such a manner an apos tolic principality would be formed of the Legations, under the high dominion of the Pope, but ruled by its own laws, having its own tribunals, finance and army. We consider that renewing as much as possible that order of the traditions of the Napoleonic kingdom will be sure to produce soon considerable moral effect, and will be a great step towards re-establish ing tranquillity among those pepulatione. With out flattering ourselves that combinations of this nature can last eternally, we consider, however, that for a long time it would be' suffieient for the end proposed to pacify those provinces, and give satisfaction to the wants of the people, and thereby assure the temporal government of the Holy See without the aid of a permanent foreign occupation. " We will indicate briefly the essential points of the project, and the means of giving them effect : " 'l. The provinces of the Roman State situate be tween the Po, the Adriatic, and the Appenines (from the Province of Ancona to that of Ferrara), although remaining subjects to the high dominion of the Holy See, shall be completely secularised and organised a , regards administrative, judicia', military, and financial matters, in such a way as' to be separated from the remainder cf the State. Nevertheless the diplomatic and religions relations will remain exclusively the con cern of the Court of Rome. " '2. The territorial and administrative organization of this Principality to be established in the f ,rm in which it was under the reign of Napoleon I. until 1814. The Code Napoleon to be promulgated, except the ne cessary modification in the titles regarding the relations between Church arid State. " 3. A lay Pontifical Vicar to govern these Pro vinces, with Ministers and a Council of State. The position of the Vicar named by the Pope to be guaran te--id for 10 years at least. The Ministers, the Counsellors of State, and all the Government officers to be named by the Pontifical Vicar. Their legilative and executive powers never would extend to religious matters, nor to mixed matters that will be previously determined, nor in fine to whatsoever regards political international rela Lions. " 4. These provinces to contribute a fair proportion to the maintenance of the (Court of Rome and to the service of the public debt actually existing. 5. An indigenous army to be organised immedi ately by means of the military conscription. " 6. Besides the communal land provincial councils, a general council to be formed for the examination and regulation of accounts.' Now, if the means of execution are considered they will be found not to present so many difficulties as at first might be supposed. In the first place, the idea of an administrative separationlof the Legations is not new at Rome. It was proposed several times by diploma tists, and even advocated by some members of the Sa cred College, though in terms more restricted than those necessary to make it a serious and durable work. "The irrevocable will of the Powers and the determi nation to put an end without delay to the foreign occu pation will be two motives that will determine the Court of Rome to accept this p'an, which in the main respects its temporal power and leaves intact the actual organ isation of the centre and the greater part of its States. But, once admitted as a principle; it will be neces sary that the execution of the project should be con fided to a high Commissioner named by the Powers, since it is most clear that if this task should be lcit to the Pontiffcal Government it would find in its traditional government the means of falsifying en tirely-the new institutions. Now it cannot be con cealed that should the foreign occupatin coo with, out these reforms being frankly executed, and without a public force being established, there would be every reason to fear a renewal of seditious, quickly followed by the return of the Austrian army. Such an event would be the. more deplorable, inasmuch as the effects would seem to condemn beforehand every attempt at improvement. It is, therefore, only on the conditions above enunciated that we consider the cessation of foreign occupation possible which might be effected in this war. " The Pontifical Government has actually two regi ments of S 'miss and two of natives, altogether about 8,000 men. These soldiers are sufficient to maintain order at Rome and in the provinces not comprehend in the administrative division above mentioned. The new indi genous troops, organised by means cf the conscrip tion in the secu'arised provinces, would assure tran quillity there. The French might leave Rome and the Austrians the Legations. Nevertheless, the French troops returning by land to their own country might, in passing, halt temporarily in the detached provinces. They should remain for a time previously agreed upon, and strictly necessary fur the formation of the new in digenous troops which would be organised with their assistance." A letter from Constantinople of the 27th ult. says :—" Several officers of the French staff em barked here to-day on board the Turkish steamer Vacita-i-Trajeret for Trebisond. Their object is to make a scientific excursion in the eastern part of Anatolia. They are accompanied by Rifaat Bey, chef d'escadron and professor at the military school." AMERICA. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. This day, at 1 p.m., the Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, arrived in the Mersey, with the mails from the United States and British North America. Her letters will be forwarded by this night's mail for first delivery in London to morrow (Tues day) morning. BANDS IN THE PARKS ON SUNDAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Some apprehension has been excited from a report, which as yet we cannot positively authenticate, to the effect that the Archbishop of Canterbury is going to stop the bands next Sunday. We hope, fer the sake of that right rev. prelate, if such an insane phantasy should have entered his mind, that he will proceed in person to carry it into execution, attended by the Earl of Shaftesbury and Lord Robert Grosvenor, who have yet to learn that the days of Cardinal Wolsey are passed, and that if the Queen's deputy, as head of the Protestant Church, attempt to become Pope, that the sooner he goes to Rome the better. A deputation to Lambeth, then, has been led by the Earl of Shaftesbury, but we heartily trust the archbishop is not yet bitten by the round heads. If he is, no time should be lost in orga• nising meetings, letting memorials pour in from the hundreds of thousands who are thus to be robbed of liberty of conscience and of the enjoyment afforded last autumn and this spring. Of course this will be only a first step to still further compelling a priest observance of the Sabbath, and every steam-boat, omnibus, and cab will be forbidden by Church interference with the State. What will become of Lambeth Sunday fair I Perhaps the income derived from it may have blinded the archbishop to its existence under his very windows. If we are to become Jews, and if liberty of conscience under the Christian dispensation is to be annihilated by a bull from Lambeth, let it be comprehensive, and not aimed only at those who are supposed to be below ap• preciating the loss of the refined pleasure which has begun to take the place of drinking and mere animal gratification. We consider stopping the bands to be criminal and immoral. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day). The May session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Right Honourable the Recorder, Aldermen Sydney, Sir F. Moon, Farncomb, Sir B. Muggeridge, Finnis, and Wire. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 90 prisoners. The Recorder made a very brief address to the grand jury, and he said he was happy to inform them that, the ordinary cases of the session were not of a cha racter that would be likely to present any difficulties, in the consideration of them. There was one very im portant case that would be the subject of a very long and anxious inquiry (that of W. Palmer, for the Rugeley poisonings), but as the grand jury of Stafford had already returned true bills their attention would not have to be directed to it. The prisoner is thus described in the calendar Liam Palmer, 31, surgeon, superior education, for the wilful murder of John Parsons Cook. .Also standing in' dieted for the wilful murder of Anne Palmer, Also charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of Walter Palmer. Samuel Cheshire, 35, stationer, is also committed, by order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to give evidence against the prisoner. That the excitement caused by the extraordinary trial which commences upon Wednesday will far ex ceed anything that has previously occurred there can not be the slightest doubt ; even this day great num• beri of persons, besides those actually engaged in the cases for trial, assembled to witness the arrangements which have been made for the occasion. The utmost precaution has been taken to prevent any inconvenience which may arise front over-crowding. At the foOt of the stone steps leading from the yard of the Old Court into the court, strong barricades with lifting brackets are placed, and at the avenues which lead from the New Court double erections of a similar character have been constructed. The passages be tween the Old and New Courts have had a barrier erected the entire length, with wickets to prevent any pressure at the two doors opening from there into the Old Court. As to the arrangements inside the court, as far as its limited space will allow of, everything has been done ; but still it seems far from likely to be at all adequate to what will be wanted. The table, which originally stood in the centre of the court, has been removed, and in its place four rows of seats, with desks, have been erected, so that the counsel will face the jury. At the front of the bench is erected a table for attorneys. This morning the Attorney-General has visited the court, and expressed his opinion that the alteration was a decided improvement upon original arrangements. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. The annual distribution of prizes to the students in the medical department of this college took place on Sa• turday, under the auspices of the Archbishop of Canter bury (who occupied the chair) and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The list of prizes and honours was as follows : WINTER SESSION, 1855-56. Scholarships—John Way, senior scholar ' • Morris Tonge, second year scholar ; John Easton, G. F. Atch ley, and John Harley, junior scholars ; R. W. Hewlett and William Cayley, Warneford scholars, first class; and R. S. Belcher, second class. Divinity—Pr]zes, Arthur Ernest Sanson, second year; R. W. Hewlett, first year. Warneford Endowment—Edwin Edmund Day, first prize ; Charles M. Russell, second prize. Leathe's Endowment—John Leigh, first prize; Alfred Fleischman, second prize. Gill Prize—William Cayley. Anatomy—Prize, William S. Watson ; certificates o honour, second year, E. E. Meeres, J. T. Gray, and C. B. .Rendle ; first year, E.' S. Thompson. Physiology —Pi ize, W. S. Watson ; certificates of honour, second year, E. E. Meeres ; first year, E. S. Thompson, R. W. Hewlett, and James Horton. Chemistry—Prize, E. E. Meeres ; certificate of ho nour, W. S. Watson. Medicine—Prize, Alfred Meadows ; certificates of honour, C. M. Russell and F. E. Anstie. Surgery—Prize, E. E. Day ; certificates of honour, W. Groom, Antony Whitford, and Samuel Craddock. Clinical Surgery—Prize, Antony Whitford ; certificate of honour, Arthur Chester. Clinical Medicine—Prize; John Way. Medical Si. ciety's Prize.—R. R. Siccama. SUMMER SESSION, 1854.55. Botany—Prize, W. S. Watson ; certificates of ho nour, Morris Tonge and A. E. Manson. Materia Medica—Prize, Morris Tonga ; certificates of honour, E. E. Meeres and Henry Banks Spencer. Practical Chemistry—Prize, Samuel Soratly ; certi: ficates of honour, John Way and Antony Whitford. Midwifery —Prize, C. B. Rendle ; certificates of ho nour, Alfred Meadows, R. E. Pearse, and Samuel Spratly. Forensic Medicine—Prize, R. R. Siccama and M. J. Sturges, "Eq. ; certificates of honour, R. E. Pearse and Richard Hughes. Comparative Anatomy—No prizeman. Clinical Medicine—Prize, F. J. Dowling; certificate of honour, A. T. M'Cowan. Clinical Surgery—Prize, J. F. Straker. His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Viscount Palmerston left town with Viscountess Palmerston, after the Cabinet Council, on Saturday' afternoon, for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. 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