The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-07 00:00:00

THEATRE-itoYAL, HAYMARKET. Lesse e, Dir. S. B. Baakstoac. • . TrrlS gll 0, the performances will oninmense with a new and original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP. Mr. tittekstone, rlr. Compton, Mr. Howe, a,c. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Charles "Young, Miss Lovell, &c. After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery and effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Commence at 7. porary consideration of the House of Commons in Committee of Ways and Means—the Paper Duty Abolition Resolutions ! After having loudly and energetically enveighed amongst various others by Lord ROBERT CECIL, by Mr. BENTINCK, by Sir L. PALE, and by Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON—it Was agreed to nevertheless ! Hence many instantly jump to the conclusion that the battle, such as it was fated to be, upon this matter has been at length fairly fought out, and that the whole question is at last pleasantly and definitively settled. There is no division —Mr. DISRAELI deprecates the notion rife among his more ardent followers, that there is to be any division —direct antagonism so far is waived for this night at least "by particular desire"—and the resolution is quietly agreed to accordingly. Hence the street posters of ou r penny contemporaries announce in conspicuous characters this morning the glad tidings —Withdrawal of the To r y Opp os iti o n to t Paper Duties ! " Wait a'wee," however—the Party Banquet is not yet over—" there be pippins and cheese to come." Hear what Mr. DISRAELI has in a quiet manner to intimate to wards the close of last night's proceed ings in Committee of Ways and Means. "As to No. 4 Resolution," says the right hon. gentle man—" No. 4, which passed in a remarkably thin House, although I was myself present, and that relates to the paper duty, I beg to say it did not pass unobserved. I said that I thought it was con venient for the House that the resolution should pass, reserving to myself or any other hon. member the privilege at another stage of taking exception to it, and it was clearly so understood by the Government. From the manner in which this resolution has been brought forward, and the mode in which it is hereafter to be presented, as I infer from the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in bringing on his budget, in the shape of a bill, this house will have fewer opportunities than usual of expressing its opinion, and at the same time, as far as the other house is concerned, their power of revitan will be entirely abolished. These are reasons why we should proceed with these measures with unusual delibera tion. It would be highly unbecoming to adopt a hurried or precipitate course, and therefore I would wish to know from the Government what are their intentions with regard to the report upon these resolutions, when they in tend to bring in a bill, and, generally, what is to be the course of business in respect of these resoluions." Whereupon, as a matter, of course, Mr. GLADSTONE explains, in answer to those in quiries, what it is he really proposes to do. He proposes, he tells us, to move the report of the resolutions to-morrow (that is to-day), and there upon to present to the House A Bill or Two Bills founded upon these resolutions. As is customary, the first reading of it, or of them, will be allowed to pass at the time pro forma. The second reading the Chancellor of the Exchequer then wants to have on Thursday evening—the Bill or Bills having in the meantime been printed and placed in the hands of members on Wednesday, i.e., to morrow. The Opposition leader will not hear of this proposition, however, regarding the suggested course as " one pressing the business into precipita tion." After something very much like a wrangle between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the ex-Chancellor, the Leader of the Opposition—the date set apart for the second reading—[Mr. Dis raeli proposing Monday next (and even that conditionally upon certain contingencies) in opposition to Mr. GLADSTONE'S request for Thurs day]—the date to be set apart for the second read ing is left undecided. It will come under the consideration of the House this evening, when we hope that for the advantage of trade, in fact for the benefit of the community generally, a medium course will be steered between the Sylla of procrastination and the Charybdis of precipitation. The nation is getting tired of this perpetual worry and delay. People want the matter at last settled off-hand and definitively. itOYA L PRINCES S'S THEATRE.— Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezfn, Shore, F, Matthews, ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq, To conclude with NIIRSEY CHICKWEED. E -N EW THATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adelphi " Census " every Eveninz. THIS EVENING, Bth time of a new Farce, entitled A TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. After which (173 d time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. D. Boneicanit, D. trisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS. Messrs. J. t.. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. norne, and Mrs. Chatterley. Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at. T. CANTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS!! Westminster-road. Proprietor........C. Morton. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera, IL CORSARO, (This opera has never been produced in this or country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de ay, other tided success which charactise 4 the most porter works , of this great Master, will be performed EVF2R, EVENINtT ; REGGl together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL MENTO, by Donizetti Principal Artistes—bliss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Drummond, and C. W. Bernard. Director, er. F The Comic Department coin . Jonglimans. ' prises Messrs. E. Marshall, A. F. Bell, W. H. Welland , and B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanc hard ' the Brothers Conrad. John Martin's '1 hree ce l e brated Pictures will remain on view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the Establishment. gioU WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAY.--Morning, 12h. 30m.—Afternoon, 12h. 38m. To-moußow.-Morning, 12h. 58m.—Afternoon, lh. 18m. THE WEATHER.—Surt OFFICE, MAY 7, 1681, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER--30. 06. WlND—Easterly; with cold dull weather. tcce-T _ _ 4%6 , 04; '1 I > " lois L • - • ;•-• • THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1881. The remaining resolutions upon the Budget were yesterday disposed of satisfactorily. Almost all of them if not passed nemine contradicente, at any rate without a division. The fifth resolution, the one amending and extending the act of last session, which imposed an excise duty upon licenses to all persons keeping places of refreshment, from the humblest little cook's shop to the most resplendent confectioner's, was—in deference to the storm of objections directed against it last evening, in Com mittee of Ways and Means—withdrawn altogether. The eighth resolution, moreover, the one proposing the imposition of a stamp duty upon licenses taken out by house agents (not being licensed appraisers and auctioneers), was, although not absolutely withdrawn, waived for the time being, in ' order that certain proposed modifications might be introduced in it a little later on after mature deliberation. Excepting in these instances, however, the remaining resolutions fared admirably well under the circumstances. Inso much that the Chancellor of the Exchequer must have been more than compensated for the late delays in the progress of his Budget by the accep tance (so far) of the bulk of his resolutions one after another, and the withdrawal (so far) of every thing like perverse or immediate antagonism by the Opposition. Bitter things were said last night, as a matter of course, in regard to these re solutions. Bat—they were, turn by turn, agreed to! The pill occasionally was so exceed ingly nauseous that—no wonder—the Opposi- tion made many a wry face while swallow ing it. The whole flavour of each separate bolus, moreover, coming out all the more strongly because the gilding had been clean rubbed off the salutary contents of the Budget under what may be termed, without extravagance, the triturating influence of the late energetic discussions—parti cularly after the excruciating "rub" of Thursday night's or Friday morning's division, with its Ministerial majority of Seventeen. The Op position, we suppose, must console them selves by sipping Mr. GLADSTONE'S claret— to take the taste out of their mouths as far as may be possible. At any rate—delicious or disgusting—there are the resolutions, and one afteranother these resolutions have been swallowed. Only, the House of Commons, in its elaborate pro cess of intellectual and legislative digestion, has— what with reports returned, and first and second and third readings, and considerations of measures clause by clause in Committee prior to their final stage of development into an Act of Parliament, that last stage of the third reading but just now mentioned—the House, we say, with it s i n t r i ca t e machinery of legislative digestion, has, so to speak, as many stomachs as a cow. It is essentially ruminant. And so—while it has undoubtedly, as we have remarked, so far swallowed one after another the majority of Mr. GLADsToNE'S resolu tions—it will yet again after a little while be "chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancies" with each of these half-digested morceaux ! True, it swallowed no less than seven of these resolutions yesterday. But one after another the cud of each will be mumbled again more or less deliberately. In Committee of Ways and Means the House yesterday then (to be explicit) agreed to the notablest resolution of all upon the catalogue, the one abolishing, on and after the first of October, all the duties of excise, and all allowances and drawbacks of or in respect of such duties now and heretofore payable upon paper and card b oar d of any denomination. [VS , ith what reservation this particular resolution was agreed to, however, we shall presently see specified]. In the same manner the House in Committee of Ways and Means agreed to the resolution increasing the Excise duty on ' Chicory. It agreed to th e reso lutioncharging a duty of three guineas upon an additional license to be taken out by any licensed dealer in spirits, auth or i s i ng him to sell sp i r it s by retail in any quantity not less than a quart bottle, not to be consumed on the premises. It agreed to the resolution imposing duties on houses or agreements for letting furnished houses for any term less than a twelvemonth. It agreed to the resolution reducing the stamp d uties upon licenses to hawkers and pedlars, trading in a certain manner, and under cer tain circumstances--a boon to some, at least, of the nomadic trade of the merry rogue Autolycus. It agreed to the resolutions charging a stamp duty of Is. per cent. (instead of the ad valorem stamp duties hitherto levied') upon Foreign Bills of Ex change for the payment of any sum exceeding £5OO sterling. It agreed, in fine, to the last on this motley list of resolutions—to the resolution, namely, charging a duty of ss. upon licenses to be taken out by persons selling table-beer by retail lid. per quart measure. at a price not exceeding And now, reverting to the first on this string of resolutions brovght last evening under the tem- The Americans cannot expect that the English " will stand any nonsense" on the subject of blockades and privateering. The questions put by Mr GREGORY last night, although they could not be all answered without further consideration, have been answered by the Government so far as to show that we shall expect the Americans of the Northern States who represent the old Govern ment with whom we are in direct relations, to adhere to the principles which they have hitherto enforced exclusively for their own advantage. If they see fit to blockade the Southern ports, one of their most natural means of dealing with the Seces sionists, they must not blockade by proclamations merely. They must have a sufficient force before each port to prevent all ingress and egress. If they can spare so many ships for the service, so much the better for them. But though the South has no navy ; and though its mercantile marine is of a very humble tonnage, it can grant letters of marque to adventurers of all nations ; such letters have been already we are told granted to some ships which have left Southern ports, and it is :quite within the range of possibility that American ships which have left this coantry with English. consignments on board, may be met with by an armed vessel sailing under Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS'S authorisation, which will take her into some Southern port. On one point T.ord lons RUSSELL was quite clear—the claim of the Southern confederacy to act as belligerents, and therefore to issue letters of maraue. He instanced as perfectly in point the case of Greece in 1825 whose belligerent rights our Government had acknowledged, though the Greeks were in open rebellion against an old monarchy. They had not even the claim which the members of a Confederation can better set up to sovereign and independent rights if they choose to use them. It was then laid down in what seems a reasonable way, that " the character of belligerency was not so much a principle as a fact ; that a certain degree of force and consistency acquired by any mass of population engaged in war, entitled that population to be treated as a belligerent ; and even if their title were questionable, rendered it the interest, well understood, of all civilized nations so to treat them." It is clear that if these v i e ws be not acted on privateers would become pirates in self-defence. They would consider their own occupation a just one, according to the laws of war, and if treated as pirates when captured by any nation, woe to the crews of such a nation who might fall into th e i r hands. Obviously the sooner two parties contending in civil war come to au understanding to respect the rules of civilised warfare the better for humanity. Mr. LINCOLN'S only pretext for treating the Southern cruisers as privateers; is, his own construction of their position as engaged in lawless rebellion, but Lord JOTIN RUSSELL'S observations will convince him that it will be at his peril if he should thu.s dare to break rules which have been acknowledged so long back as 1825. Most just, however, is the retribution the American Government has brought on itself. [t refused to concur in the abolition of )rivateerine . .„ at the time of the treaty of Paris. It now finds that every vessel belong ing to the Northern ports whie,h may be at Shanghae or at Canton, at Liverpool or London, may be seized ere it reaches home by its own cherished device. Nay, an agent of Mr. DAVIS might secretly give letters of marque to a vessel in any of these ports, which might leave in com pany with the Northern vessel, seize her at once on , the high seas and sail off with its prize. Before the burning of the Merrimac and the other ships, the United States Navy List comprised seventy eight armed ships, besides tenders, &o. Of course, many of these were ships on the List only, yet a considerable , proportion of them were in commission, or could easily be fitted for sea: There were ten ships of the line, all but the Pennsylvania, which was 120, of 84 guns. Ten frigates of 50 grans each ; twenty sloops of from 22 I to 16 guns ; three brigs of from 6 to 4 ; seven first class steamers, with the Merrimac at their head ; sex second-class of from 13 to 14 guns; and fifteen third-class of from 9 to sguns; besides seven paddle wheel war steamers. l‘\Tany of these were on distant stations protecting American trade there; and now, if JEFFERSON sends or hires privateers all over the world, it is not easy to see tow Mr. LINCOLN can recal them all. He will probably need them at home, especially the smaller vessels, to make his blockades effectual, for his heavy ships of war will be but of little use against the nimble craft, whom alone he will have to fear. He will have to en counter not broadsides, but the " rakish gull-like craft" which can break his blockade, and smuggle in arms, ammunition, and supplies, or foreign goods, or overtake with ease the heavily laden trader. In regard to the land struggle Mr. LINCOLN ought to have every advantage if it be carried on in Virginia, or any of the approachable States ; not only is all the power to manufacture arms and am munition almost exclusively with the North, for Harper's Ferry in Virginia, now destroyed, was the only arms manufactory , of importance in the Southern States, but he has vastly the superiority in men themselves. The following are the latest militia returns from the d SLAVE. STATES. Alabama .. 70,6621 Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia 78,699 Kentucky 88,979 Louisiana 91,324 Maryland .. 46,864 Mississippi Missouri North Carolina fiou t h Carolin 9, Tennessee 71,252 Texas ' 19,796 Virginia Total . . 962,298 Lifferent States:— FREE STATES. California 207,730 Connecticut 51,605 Columbia .. 8,201 Illinois Indiana 53,913 Maine Massachusetts 57,868 Michigan 97,094 Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey 81,984 New York Ohio Pennsylvania 350,000 Rhode Island Utah....., 2,821 Vermont .... 23,915 Wisconsin Total LAI EbT NEWS. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING, The ship Southampton, 971 tons register, Capt. Bryant Tonkin (belonging to Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons, London), has passed up Chan nel, 105 days from Melbourne, having sailed January 20. She has 20,000 ounces of golddust, and a cargo of 2,063 bags copper ore, 564 cakes and 2,723 tiles of copper, GO casks tallow, 54 bales leather, and 1,235 bales wool. A few of the free States have not sent returns, but they are of trifling importance. The above num bers, it may be said, are on paper chiefly, but they are not more so for one side than the other ; they are moreover in about the ratio of the-popula tion, and we should expect that the present tremendous excitement would rather increase the numbers than otherwise. What the North wants is a General. The Veteran SCOTT is more fit for the Council of War than the field. He and JEFFERSON have a bitter personal hatred for each other ; but the latter has, we believe, years on his side. He has at least shown hitherto the greater promptitude. Probably, Mr. SEWARD'S peace-at-any-price counsels embarrass Gen. SCOTT. The time is passing away, however, for hesitation. Either a short sharp war, or an immediate settle ment, are the most desirable altenatives for both sides. The Southampton brings 140 steerage passengers and four in the cabin, viz,, the Rev. Father 111‘Don ald, Dr. Dukes, and Messrs. Ormond and Joseph, some of whom landed at Dartmouth yesterday. In lat. 55.30 S., and from long. 146 to 120 W., many icebergs were seen; from Melbourne to Cape Horn, which was rounded February 26, calms and light variable winds prevailed; from the Cape to the South-East Trades light northerly winds; south east and north-east winds from April 21 to May 2; since which northerly. The Line was crossed April 1. The Southampton spoke, March 3d, the barque Melrose, 40 days from Portland Bay, for London ; 27th, ship Berkshire, 40 days from London, for Bombay ; April Ist, ship Empress of the Sea, from Melbourne ; 4th, barque Albinoes, 14 days from Maceioo ; 21st, barque Castries, 30 days from St. Lucia, West Indies ; 25th, ship Tasmanian, 16 days from Savannah—all four for Liverpool; 28th, ship Lydia, 24 days from New York, for Antwerp ; May Ist, brig Caroline, 32 days from New York, for Cork ; 2d, at 6 30 p.m., lat. 50.20 N., long. 13.12 W., the steamship Great Eastern, steering to the westward, under paddle and screw ; also on the 2d, barque Pratt, 109 days from Bengal, for Falmouth; and the bark Roseberry, steering to the westward; 3d, ship Britannia, from Liverpool, for Montreal. At 8 o'clock on Sunday evening the Southampton was off Dartmouth under whole sail, working against a light easterly wind. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ALICE.—The Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstait, who is to be united in marriage with her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, is the son of Prince Charles (brother of the reigning Grand Duke) and the Princess Elizabetb of Prussia (daughter of Prince William, uncle to the King', and was born Sept. 12 1837. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrived at their residence is Stanhope• street 3 esterday evening, from Kimbolton-btreet, Huntingdonshire. The Earl of Dudley has arrived at Dudley House ; Park-lane, from Scotland. The Countess Dowager of Glasgow and Miss Catherine Sinclair have arrived at 18, Chesham-place, for the season, TURIN, MAY 7. The Chamber of Deputies, in its sitting of yester day, approved the Government Bill for raising 36,000 men in the Neapolitan provinces, to be fur nished in two levies. The anniversary of Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily has been celebrated at Genoa. Perfect order prevailed. The military movements in Venetia continue. Signor Torrearsa has been sent on a mission to Sweden and Denmark. Sir Clifford and Lady Constable have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Bill ton Constable, Yorkshire. Major-General Basil Brooke and Mrs. Brooke have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Ireland. ROME, MAY 5 (via Marseilles). The address of the inhabitants of Rome to the Emperor Napoleon, requesting him to withdraw the French garrison from Rome, already bears thousands of signatures. The sheets which have been signed lie at the French Embassy. On Thursday last the Pope gave a grand dinner to the French and Pontifical Generals. By order of the Pope, the Catholic Club, which had been established by a society of Frenchmen, has beeen dissolved, VIENNA, MAY 7. The Official Wiener Zeitung of to-day announces that the Emperor has granted an annual pension of 3,000 florins to the widow of the late Minister of Finance, Baron von Bruck. The Austrian Gazette of today publishes a letter from 'Herr Toll Piener, the present Minister of Finance, in which he testifies to the honesty and integrity of the late Baron von Bruck in the dis charge of his official ditties. Married, at St. Mary's Church, on Thursday last, Mr. Maclean, of Upcott House, and Freethy, county Somerset, grandson of the late Colonel and Lady Mar garet ➢✓Maclean, to Grace, daughter of the late William and Maria Ashburner-Brodie-Marshall. The Tuscan Zt[onitore announces that the Em peror of the French has sent the public library of Grosseto, which has just been opened, a copy of his works elegantly and richly bound. The Regno d' Italia announces that the Neapo litan clergy are signing a petition to the Pope, praying him not to persist in the fatal path in which his Government is engaged, and to renounce his temporal power. DR. LIVINGSTONE. Accounts have been re• ceived from the African coast to March 3. Dr. Living stone and Bishop Mackenzie had gone up the river Rovooma to endeavour to find a passage by that river into tha interior, which would occupy about three months. The others forming the mission remained on the island of Johanna. Her Majesty's ship Wasp had been wrecked near Tongo Bay. PESTH, MAY 7. The congregation of the district of Fiume has unanimously adopted a resolution rejecting, for the third time, the request of the authorities of Agram to send deputies to the Croatian Diet. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 7. The Union Company's mail steamship Athens, sailing hence for the Cape, takes out in sovereigns £20,000. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, sailing hence for the Peninsula, takes out in sovereigns for Lisbon £3,022. BERLIN, MAY 6. In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, M. von Vincke's question with reference to the affair concerning Capt. Macdonald was discussed. M. von Fincke expressed his regret at what he termed the tirades pronounced by Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston. He spoke of the esteem in which Prussia had always held the English alliance, and recalled its historical tra ditions. He continued as follows :—" The alli ance with Prussia is likewise a necessity for Eng land on account of the positions taken up by the other great Powers." Baron von Schleintz, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, thanked M. von Vincke for having afforded him an opportunity of stating his own views on the subject. Baron von Schleintz said that the impres sion produced in Prussia by the words of Lord Palmerston with reference to the affair was of a most regretable and painful character. He con tinued as follows : THEATRICAL ,PERFORMANCES IN MUSIC HALLS. —Yesterday afternoon a special session of the magistrates of the Kensington district was held at the Holland Arms, Kensington, before Robert Tubbs, Esq., chairman, Sir G. E. Hodgkinson, the lion. E. C. Curzon, Colonel Elsey, Captain Hensler, and a full bench of magistrates, when the application was made by Mr. T. B. Simpson, the pro prietor of Cremome-gardens, for a license for theatrical performances, or stage plays, in accordance with the terms of the 6th and 7th Viet., cap. 56, to twe erections in the gardens, well known as the Marionette-theatre and the Ballet-theatre. Mr. Powell, solicitor, appeared on behalf of Mr. Simpson, and handed in a petition, which was read by the °Jerk to the magistrates, and from which it appears that Mr. Simpson had during his occupancy of Cremorne gardens, for years past, been duly licensed for music and dancing, and during that period he had been accustomed to exhibit for the amusement of the public certain perform ances in two buildings or erections known as the Marionette theatre and the Ballet-theatre. These performances had been of a very harmless description, and the petitioner had never given nor attempted to give any regular theatrical exhibition or stage plays, but he was advised that in con sequence of certain proceedings recently taken at the in stance of some of the managers of the metropolitan theatres against persons holding musiclicences, doubts had arisen as to the legality of many of the performances that had been heretofore given under the impression that the terms of the music license authorised the same. For the purpose of protecting himself against an infringement or violation of the law, he now applied to the magistrates for a licence under the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 68, for theatrical performances, or stage plays, to extend to the two buildings known as the Marionette Theatre and the Ballet Theatre, but he further stated that he had no intention of availing himself of the licences for any purposes other than those of the class of amusement heretofore given at the gardens. The Bench, after considering the matter, unanimously granted the licenses, and after disposing of some other busi ness the court adjourned. THE ALLEGED INNOCENCE OF THREE OF THE DiLwonur BURGLARS.—We have already stated that an investigation is being made into the alleged innocence of three of the men—Jackson, Barnes, and Maudsley—who were convicted at the late Liverpool assizes along with two other men, Haydock and Corbridge, for an outrage and burglary committed at the house of Mr. Bourne, farmer, Dilworth, near Ribchester. Mr. Dean, solicitor, of Black burn, who defended Jackson at the trial, visited Kirkdale Gaol on Saturday, and was engaged five hours in an exami • nation of llaydo3k and Corbridge. He examined them separately, and each corroborated the other in almost every particular. The statements thus made by the two convicts who admit their guilt, are so strikingly confirmatory of the statements made by the three men, who assert their inno cence, that the friends of the latter are very much encou raged to persevere in their efforts to got up such a represen tation to the Home Secretary as may lead to an investigation by the authorities, which may result in the men's innocence being established. One of the men, in the course of his examination on Saturday, also made a con f ess i o n with re spect to the West Bradford robbery, for whi c h o ne Charnley was convicted at Wakefield, and sentenced to 12 years' peual s erf4t4de, - -- -4 / 4 itcheMi . awinfian, " Lord Palmerston does not recognise in a neigh bouring nation of equal rank with England the same noble and just conscientiousness with which he directs the destinies of a great nation. Without underrating the value of an understanding with England, I may say that Prussia, thank God, need not in any way sacrifice her independence for the friendship of any Power." Baron von Schleintiz then communicated to the Chamber a note which he had addressed to Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador at London, and which Lord John Russell was to receive yesterday. In conclusion, he expressed a hope that the good understanding which was necessary to all Europe would not be disturbed. FR AN CE. PARIS, MAY 6. BOURSE, May O.—Th e mar ket continues firm, and the prices of Saturday have been well main tained, with a fair amount of business doing. Threes, for the Account, are now at 69f 45c. Railway shares also firm. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 96 35 Credit Foncier 9BO Do end month.... 96 35 Belgian 4/ — 3 per Cents Do. end month G9 50 Roman Bank Shares 2899 ' Austrian .. 6B/ Credit Mobilier 718 75 ' Spanish Threes.... 49 Do. Account 720 Home Debt THE 0 rrHE STTN, LONDON, TUESDAY' EVENING, MAY I, 1861, MAIL. These papers have reached us from Bombay to April 12, but their contents, of which eve subjoin the summary of the Bombay Gazette, are singularly unimportant : The English Mail of the 4th March arrived in Bombay 28th ult. The intelligence received from England of the charges which had been made affecting the charac ter of the Financial Secretary of India in connec tion with the Great Western Canada Railway Com pany, has produced a painful impression on the public mind. The result of the inquiry into the circumstances, promised by the Secretary of State for India, is looked for with much anxiety. India is quiet, and the best interests of the Em pire are in a state of progress. The great evil, with which the material welfare of a large portion of the people of the land has so long been pressed, remains unabated. The Famine still prevails and extends. The distress has not yet come to the worst. The European resources have been nearly exhausted, while th!: wealthy natives, as a class, have as yet lamentably failed in their natural duty towards their famishing fellow countrymen. There has been a pretty general fall of rain in the North-West. _ The system, which has bean tried and proved a success in the Punjaub and Oudh, of admitting native chiefs and gentlemen of rank and influence to a share in the administration of the Govern ment, by entrusting such of them as may be deemed qualified by their general character and their intelligence with magisterial and revenue powers, has been introduced into the North Western Provinces by the Lieu enant Governor. It will have the effect of restoring the aristocracy of the country to their true position. The Indian Penal Code, which was to have come into operation next month, has been postponed till next January. This postponement is in consequence of the present stage of the criminal Procedure Bill, which has to pass its third reading, and which con tains several sections that are not likely to pass without much discussion. Everything is settled in Sikkim, and the troops were expected back by the end of last month. The country is still kept in ignorance of the details of the amalgamation scheme, except as these are revealed in the radical changes which are very gradually and cautiously being made in the mili tary service. The committee's report went home by the last Calcutta Mail. The branch of the public service which is trem bling most in view of its apprehended fate, is the India Navy. The service is considered doomed, and as suspicions are like bats which fly in the dark, all sorts of rumours are afloat as to its pro bable fate. One of the Mysore family of State Pensioners, Prince Kootoobudeen, was most barbarously and brutally murdered on Sunday evening the 31st ult., at his house in Garden Reach, Calcutta. Our celebrities are at Mahableshwur : His Ex cellency the Governor, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Lord Bishop. The weather is certainly hot, and every one is justified in leaving Bombay whose duties admit of it. Our community has been considerably agitated by the summary dismissal by Government of Mr. F. Hutchinson from the office of Collector of Bom bay, and from the public service. He has been 42 years in the uncovenanted service of Government, and was the fist of his class to hold so high an office as that of Collector of Bombay. There has been some misunderstanding about remissions of valuation in cases of encroachment where the land has been occupied for more than 20 years, remis sions which have been going on under a number of collectors before Mr. Hutchinson bec tme chief of the office ; Government think they have lost revenue in consequence, and Mr. Hutchinson's explanations have not been deemed satisfactory. He has, therefore, been summarily dismissed. This treat ment of the head of the uncovenanted service is regarded as a severe blow to the service. There has been a disruption in the Bombay Chamber of Commerce. Thirteen of the oldest firms have seceded. The secession, in point of num bers, is a small minority ; but in point of respecta bility and influence, is very powerful. As they are considered to have acted unwisely, it is believed that they will reconsider the step they have taken and return. It seems very unjustifiable at the pre sent time to weaken the influence and diminish the strength of such an important body without very valid reasons for doing so. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1361 25 .. 1362 50 Northern New ditto 9OO .. Lyons and Mediterranean 933 75 • • 935 Geneva 415 .. 416 25 Southern 576 25 .. 576 25 Western Eastern Sardinian 3BO • • 505 Austrian Lon-bard , . 49G 25 .. 497 50 THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBNY AND THE JOCKEY CLUB.—The Arazi6ne of Florence states that the jockey club of that city has effaced the name of the Mar quis of Norm anby from its list of members, as a mark of their indignation at the hostility whielihis lordship evinees tewaLd* the uatia,Bl thlik,Ve CHINA. The following is given by the Bombay 7inies from its rorreSpOndellt at Shanghai, dated March s: Our news this mail is most important. The Admiral has been received in the most friendly manner by the Taepings at Nanking, who have declared their willingness to throw open the whole country under their sway to our trade, but opium they will not allow. They have already taken Kew-hang and Chin-Keang (the two ports where we intended to have left consuls), and Han Kow they say will be in their possession before our men-of-war arrive. In fact the whole valley of the Yangtse Kiang is theirs. If our merchants are only allowed to trade with them by our own Government, you may look for such a trade in British manufactures as the most sanguine China merchant has never contemplated. Again, if the opium trade be really stopped, and teas and silk be obtained for about half their present price (in tea this is by no means unlikely, as the present price is high solely on account of the exorbitant duties, or " squeezes ' as they are called here, paid in tran sit to the shipping ports) the importer of manufac tured goods would get such a high rate of exchange in his remittai.ces that he might sell his shirtings at present prices and still secure a profit of some 50 cer cent. So much for the opium trade, about whi,ab. the good people in Liverpool and Manchester are so ignorant. At Nanking they are building on all sides, and trade is springing up, while in Chin-Keang (lately occupied by the Imperalists, in fact, I am not, sure that by last accounts they did not still hold it) only one house remained standing, and, as it was bitterly remarked to me the other day by a friend of the Taepings, "it was supposed that that would be taken for Lord Elgin's Foreign Custom House." The Taepings are organising a large force to take Hangchow, and it is also believed that both the Northern rebels who have defeated San-ko.lin-sin, and the Southern rebels, in Qaang tung, are under the command of Taeping-Wang. We hear that at Nanking orders have been given to build 18 churches. Several Protestant mis sionaries are there now, and have been most cordially received, some living in the Palace itself, and presented with yellow gowns (a mark of Im perial favour). The 'Taepings have expressed their i nte ntion of sending to England for competent engineers to construct railways, &c., and to build steamers. In fact, we may consider now that China is fairly " opened." In Shanghai I am sorry to say things do not look so bright. The French seem determined to keep what they have already got. Romish cathedrals are springing up, and a large number of native boats are collected in front of the French ground with flags with crosses on them. The tricolour flag floats from the French fligstaff, and also from the s pire of the Cathedral, and French soldiers with fixed bayonets keep guard. How different, from the English ground, where not a soldier is to be seen. Our Sikh regiments, I am sorry to say, still garrison the city in con ;unction with the French to keep up the Tartar power. A good deal of interest has been excited lately by a trial at the Consular Court of an Eng lishman for selling arras to the Taepings some dis tance up country. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 5,000 dollars. This seems rather severe, when we consider that arms may be sold to the Tartar Government for use against the Taepings. It strikes me as strange that it should never have dawned upon people at home, who talk about the "only milk of human kindness in China being found among murderers in a Tartar dungeon" (this was in allusion to the kindness of the Chinese pri soners to poor Anderson and Norman) that the said " murders " were nothing more nor less than poor rebels er Taepings who were being tortured by the mandarins. A report has reached this from Nagasaki of a disturbance at Kanagawa. It is said that several Japanese officials, follow ers of the Prince of Metuga, went on board one of H. M.'s ships disguised as merchants, and before they were discovered suc ' ceeded in cutting d ow n several of the officers and wo unding about 30 of the crew, but it certainly does not appear likely. It is ver y possible, how ever, that some attempt at murder may have been made, as a report is rarely circulated at Nagasaki regarding affairs at Kanagawa that is not founded upon fact. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—The parish church of St. George's-in-the-East, so long known for the disturb ances which took place there week after week, seems to have been completely handed over to wha t, in clerical phraseology, is called " the low church party." Mr. Mu guire, of Clerkenwell, has been preaching there, and next P ossession of Sunday Mr. Ryle, of Heliningham, is to ha ve the pulpit. Mr. Bryan King's leave of absence will expire in July, but it seems to be doubtful at present whether he will again enter upon the active duties devolving upon him as rector of the parish. There is a rumour in the neigh bourhood that a change of benefices, with 14 clergyum n ear Colchester, is in contempl4tiQu, AMERICA. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND MARYLAND. The Secretary of State at 'Washington has ad dressed the following letter to the Governor of Maryland:— Deportment of State, April 22. Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your communi cation of this morning, in which you have informed me that you have felt it ie be your duty to advise the Presi dent cf the United States to order elsewhere the troops off Annapolis, and also that no more be sent through Mary land, and that you have further suggested that Lord Lyons be requested to act as mediator between the con tending parties in our country, to prevent the effusion of blood. The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of that communication, and to assure you that he has weighed the counsels which it contains with the respect which he habitually cherishes for the chief magistrates of the several states, and especially for yourself. He regrets as deeply as any magistrate or citizen of the country can, that demon strations against the safety of the United States, with very extensive preparations for the effusion of blood have made it his duty to call out the force to which you allude. The force now sought to be sent through Maryland is intended for nothing but the defence of this capital. The President has necessarily confided the choice of the national highway which that force shall take in coming to this city to Lieutenant- eneral Scott, commanding army of the United States, who, like his only predecessor, is not less distinguished for his humanity than for his loyalty, patriotism, and distinguished public service. The President instructs me to add that the national high way thus selected by the Lieutenant-General has been chosen by him upon consultation with prominent magis trates and citizens of Maryland, as the one which, while a route is absolutely necessary, it is further removed from the populous cities of the state, and with the expectation that it would, therefore, be the least objectionable one. The President cannot but remember that there has been a time in the history of the American Union when forces designed for the defence of its capital were not un welcome anywhere in the state of Maryland, and certainly not at Annapolis—then, as now, the capital of that patriotic State, and then also one of the capitals of the Union. If 80 years could have obliterated all other noble sentiments of that ago in Maryland, the President would be hopeful, nevertheless, that there is one that would for ever remain there and everywhere. That sentiment is, that no domestic contention whatever that may arise among the parties of this republic ought, in any case, to be referred to any foreign arbitrament, least of all to the arbitrament of an European monarch.—l have the honour to be, with distin guished consideration, your Excellency's most obedient servant, 'WILLIAM H. SEVARD. Thomas H. Hicks, Governor of Maryland. IHE INSURRECTION IN POLAND. (From the 2imes Correspondent.) WARSAW, APRIL 27. As if it had not enough to contend with in the strong national feelings of the Poles, the Govern ment, or M. Wielopolski as its chief adviser, has ven tured upon a most needless and impolitic attack on their religious feelings. My last letter was dated Saturday, the 20th, and in that I mentioned that communications had been made by the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs to the Archbishop on the subject of certain religious hymns, which were sung during the time of Divine service in the churches, and which the people made use of as an expression of their patriotic wishes and prat era. On that very day an official prohibition of such hymns appeared in the local papers, accompanied by some clever special pleading by the Minister (all that he writes is clever enough), as to the abuse which evil dis posed persons made of religious services to excite popular passions. In the abstract it n:ay be true enough that politics under the garb of religion is an abuse; but when a people has no other way of expressing its longings, no representative assem blies, no free press, no right of access to its rulers, no power of peaceable demonstration, not even the unwatched liberty of colloquial discussion, is it a wonder that it uses its very prayers and praises, pro tected as these are by the ceremonial of religion and the sacredness of the sanctuary itself, as the only means of utterance for its heart's dearest wishes ? Surely there is much to palliate such an abuse under such circumstances. It appears that in reply to M. Wielopolski's communications, the Archbishop informed him he could only give a definite answer after conferring with the ecclesiastical tuthorities. He summoned together, therefore, all the rectors of parishes and heads of conventual establishments, and their unanimous decision was that they could not interfere with what the people sang during the time of Divine service; they would adhere to the ritual themselves, but they could not compel their congregations to do so ; and so the Minister took upon himself the prohibition of these hymns. But to what purpose? Next day (Sunday) I am in formed that there was hardly a church in the town in which they were not sung, some member of the congregation commencing them at some momentary pause in the middle of the service. Several students were arrested in consequence, and the same prohi• bition has since been repeated in the papers. But this is not the only ground of contention and angry feeling. Prince Gortschakoff has addressed a letter to the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs—in other words, M. Wielopolski, the private adviser of the Prince, has written to M. Wielopolski, the Minister (for the Prince is said to be reposing on the laurels he won on the evening of Monday, April 8, and to have entirely given up the civil government into the hands of M. Wielopolski and M. Piatonow, who has been sent from St. Petersburg as his adviser), a letter which he commences by saying that " it has come to his knowledge that certain Roman Catholic priests have mixed up politics with reli gious offices," and in which he proceeds to declare that " the Government would bri lg disgrace upon itself if it delayed t o t ake the necessary measures prescribed by the law to put an end to the hatred thus systematically excited against it." He then bids the Minister call the attention of the bishops to the conduct of the clergy, warning them that " the civil and military governors hare received an order to arrest every ecclesiastic, without distinction of rank or dignity, who shall be guilty of the offence named, in order that he may be punished with all the rigour of which the laws admit. Now, there can be no doubt that the Polish clergy have very strong na tional sympathies. They are better patriots than churchmen, for the most part, having very little ultramontanism in their body. But their chief offence has been that in the country parishes they have endeavoured to thwart the measures of Go vernment, to set the peasants against the proprie tors. lam told upon authority that I cannot hesi tate to receive, that by means of the soldiers quar tered in the rural districts, who have talked freely of the Emperor's goodwill in emancipating the serfs in Russia, the Government has endeavoured to spread the notion that it wished to abolish the pre sent system, whereby the peasants pay rent for their holdings in compulsory labour, and to give them the freehold of the land in their occupation, while the proprietors were opposed to these measures. The clergy, then, whose influence in an uneducated country is naturally very great, have tried, and in ' many cases successfully, to show the p e asantry the re al state of the cas e — name ly, that in the discus sions and by the resolutions of the Agricultural Society the proprietors themselves bad taken the initiative in this . matter. Su e ndeavours on the part of the cl e r g y may have their political aspect, but they certainly may be the side of truth a n d charity.viewed also from Individuals among the clergy may have even given s trong expression to the warm feelings of patriotism within them ; but surely such conduct could hardly warrant a Government in stirring up the acrimony of religious animosity by an announcement that " orders had been given to arrest every ecclesiastic guilty of such an offence, without distinction of rank or dignity." It must be remembered, too, that the Government is of a creed regarded as heterodox by the Polish nation, of a church whose pretensions are rival to those of the Church of Rome. Among the official measures and announcements of the last few days I must not omit to mention the withdrawal of that measure of freedom from censor ship which the press enjoyed during the few first days of M. Wielopolski's administration of office. The French and German papers have many of them been entirely suppressed since the occurrences of the 8111, The Times of the 17th was given rut with two-thirds of the ninth and tenth p ig( ., ruthlessly shorn off by the censor's sci•,sors, ant, that of the 18th with its second leading a r ti c l e iudelibly effAced with printing .1;1—i• The refkfiQD assigned for this in a notification by authority in the local papers is that " the foreign press has not yet grown tired of propagating falsehoods about the events of the Bth." To this is attached a reiter ation of the statement that only ten persons were killed on that terrible occasion. Several of the public schools have been closed for certain acts of insubordination on the part of the boys, in Warsaw, at Kalisch, and at Radom. The work of disor ganization is easy enough, but will that of reorga nization be as easy P Already, lam told by those who ought to be well informed on the subject, the Marquis Wielopolski finds difficulties is the way of his efforts in this direction, difficulties not only such as might have been anticipated from the position of affairs, but those arising from the fact that the Viceregal Government does not enter into his views in certain matters. Another important occurrence deserving of mention is that after the draughts of the organization of the various new Councils had been prepared by the Government, the Prince sent for Count Andre Zamoyski, Count Thomas Potocki, Count Ostrowski, M. Weuglinski, and I believe also M. Lewinski, - separately, in order to read over the draughts to them and secure their ap proval of them before they were sent to St. Peters burg for final ratification. All that took place on these occasions has not fully transpired, some promise of silence having been exacted from those summoned; but this is known, that some refused even to read the draughts, and others refused to express any opinion upon them, on the ground that they should thus put themselves in a false position. How much better would it have been for the Go vernment to have taken into its counsels, with a view to prepare the draughts, men of such mode rate views, and high characters, and a thorough knowledge of the country as the five I have named. But to summon them to give their imprimatur to draughts already prepared, in order that the coun try might be informed that they had the approba tion of its own foremost men, was unworthy of a Government professing to carry out " in all good sincerity" the promises of the Imperial ukase. On Thursday, being St, Mark's Day' certain pro cessions were usual, and certain special services were prescribed, in the Roman Catholic Church. There was considerable fear lest these should be made the occasion of further demonstration. In deed, the Government had troops in readiness in order to disperse any crowds, and had made all pre parations, I am told, for the removal of the wounded in case of extremities. Happily, however, all passed over quietly. In the principal parish churches, at an early hour, processions did take place, but the numbers present were• comparatively few, and there was no breach of the peace. I cannot conclude without mentioning the official announcement of the promotion of Col. Trepow, the late Chief of Police, as Major-General; and of the removal of General Zablockoy, the General who gave the orders to fire on the 27th of February, to the Ministry of War at St. Petersburg. I leave the facts to speak for themselves. THE BARON DR BODE. How far the House of Commons represents the feelings of particular classes may be a matter somewhat difficult to specify, but on all questions involving the good faith and sense of justice of Great Britain, there is generally a fusion of parties and a degree of unanimity highly honourable to the representatives of an enlightened people. We have observed that Mr. Denman has given notice that he will this day move for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the case of Baron de Bode. In 1854, Mr. Montague Chambers, without having moved for a preliminary investigation, called upon the house to resolve:—" That the national good faith requires that the just claims of Baron de Bode, established atter protracted inves tigation, should be satisfied." The case has been so fully discussed and so powerfully supported by the press, that Mr. Chambers was justifi e d in supposing its merits well known to every member of the house; the result, however, proved that he was mistaken, for the speakers against his motion, used, and used only, arguments which had been, , before all other tribunals, shown to be quite fella ' cious. The facts stand thus :-- The Baron's father, a British subject, had his property confiscated during the French Revolution. At the peace of 1814, compensation was, by a convention and treaty between England and France, provided to be p iid by France to British subjects so injured. Commissioners were appointed to inquire into their claims, and after many of them had been proved, and after 70,000,000 f. had been advanced by France to meet them, 60,000,000 f. more were, under a new convention, advanced to cover all additional claims, total about £5,500,000 sterling. Baron de Bode's claim was regularly made ; but whilst engaged on his proofs, the Commissioners demanded a particular (quasi preliminary) proof, and, whilst his general proofs were thus delayed, the report was made excluding him. It has been since repeatedly decided, and is now admitted, that the particular proof required by the Commissioners was not necessary, and thus the baron was excluded by the mistake of the Commis sioners. By a petition of right, the Baron's case was inquired into before a jury in the usual manner, and by their verdict they affirmed all the facts ; and it was afterwards brought before the Court of Queen's Bench, and the previous verdict was con firmed in every particular. But it was ultimately decided in the House of Lords that, inasmuch as the 59th Geo. 111. enacted that the balance of the compensation money, after paying the claims allowed by the Commissioners, should be handed over to the Lords of the Treasury—that act barred the rights of the Baron, clear as they had been pro nounced by the highest tribunals known to the law of England. Three Lord Chancellors (Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, and Truro), and three Peers, who had held high offices under the Crown, were amongst the committee of sixteen, who, L a most able and elaborate report, expressed a perfect coin cidence with the verdicts of the two juries; report ing that every part had been found, and concluding, in terms almost without precedent in the records of the house," that the case was one of great hardship and injustice." From the observations made during the debate in the House of Commons upon the Chancellor's motion there can be little doubt that a committee to inquire would have been acceded to; indeed, it would have been flagrant injustice to have refused it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Glad stone), who opposed, complained, and not without grounds, that members of that house, so mum engaged in mighty matters, were " invited not to declare that there were appearances in this case, and presumptions arising on the face of it, which would justify further steps of inquiry, but to come that very night to a peremptory deci sion that in their opinion these claims were valid and incontrovertible." The hon. gentleman added that "the members of that house were asked at once to come to a decision , after listening to the speeches of that evening, which had not b een h ear d by more than a very limited proportion even of the small auditory which he had the honour to address." Mr. Gladstone was speaking after all the leading m embers in favour of the motion had spoken ; there is, therefore, on record a very frank admission on his part that the speakers supporting Mr. Chambers had been heard but by a very limited portion of the house, and as that house then proceeded to a divi sion, and rejected the motion for inquiry, there are just grounds for expecting that it will be granted on the present occasion by an attentive auditory. THE WEATILER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, .etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. 1L s. 9 a.m. _ _... Nairn 30.15 40 36 N.E. 6 8 o. 4 Aberdeen Leith .. Berwick 3O 01 52 48 N.N.E. 5 9 o. 3 Ardrossan 30•;1 48 41 I S.E. 2 4 c. 2 Forty, sh Shields Galway Scarborough 30.03 47 41 N.N.W. 3 8 c. 4 Liverpool Valentia 3o*, 1 55 54 N. 2 7 o. 1 Queenstown... 30•07 163 52 N.V. 2 2 c. , 1 Yarmouth.... 30 i 0 j 47 45 iIs.N E. 5 4 c. 1 5 London 30.02 i 48 41 N. 1 9 o. 1 Lover 29 99 18 46 N•W• 2 7 o. 1 1 Portsmouth Portland Plymouth ... Penzance 30'05 55 52 N.W. 2 2 b. 1 2 Jersey • ••• ••• EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected' and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing a b ou t 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 leg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. -:xposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for vapiration and dew-point). D. Dir e ction of wind (true -- -- n (1 to 12.-estimated). C. Cloud i to blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; 9) I. Force_ b , fog. ; li,. hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, much rain, S. Sea dipturb- Ace (1 to 9). de; ata cer ni( So So an SO 13 atti she Ch sul do Ba 3p No Ind Tn. an th , so ac he (1i