The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-01 00:00:00

2 vols. Bvo., 283., T HE RUSSIAN EMPIRE ; its Peogle, Institutions, and Resources. Ry BARON TON HAXTHAUSEN, Author of " Transcaucasia,* &c. Translated and issued under the immediate sanction of the Authe .r. Next week. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 2 ♦ots. post 8,0., 215., HENRY LYLE ; or, Life and Existens le. By EMILLi MARRYAT. May sth. London : Chapman and Ball, 193, Piccadilly. 3 vols. post THE HEIRS of BLACKRIDGE MANOM A Tale of the Past and Present. By DIANA BUTLER. Loudon : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Post Bvo., 10s. 64., THE BORDER LANDS of SPAIN ; with an Account of the iteptiblie of Andorre. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. PIIHE BITRDON (WOOLER) CASE AGAI/i. 1 —Refusal of Mr. Wooler to pay the Doctor—Extraordicn ry Scene in Court —Compulsory Vaccination—Pretest of the Britt sh College of Health and of Hygeists against the infamous measutse The Medical Bill—Death of Five Children from Scarlet Fever in el le Family within five weeks, &e. Read the HYGEIST and MEDICAL REFORMER for MA Y, containing the above. May be had at the British College of Health, New-road. Lond 0 n ; or of any duly authorised agent for the sale of Morison's Veget. 1,1 ale Universal Medicine. Price Id., or 2d. by post, II ER MAJESTY'S THEATR E. SEASON 1856. It is respectfully announced that the OPERA SEAS') N will COMMENCE on SATURDAY, the 10th of May. On resuming the performances which have been suspends 1 daring the last three years, the Director of her Majesty 's Theatre is anxious to assure the patrons of the Opera an d the public, that no exertion shall be wanting to secure fa r this establishment that high position it so long maintained ; and he trusts that the renewal of the enterprise under mot e prosperous auspices will be accompanied with that favera r and support which no frequenter of the Opera needs to 11 3 reminded were for so many years accorded to a brilliant al successful management. The secession, in 1847, of many of those performers wit e had long been attached to the Opera House was the ma 1- ruencement of a long and arduous struggle to maintain #1 e fortunes of the old house ; and it was not till the wealth • of four successive competitors had been fruitlessly lavished upa .n the rival theatre, that Mr. Lumley was reluctantly compelli d to retire from the contest. From that time to the present Mr. Lumley's efforts ha. ,e been unremitting to re-open her Majesty's Theatre upon a permanent basis, and to restore the Opera to its annie nt home. He has received liberal encouragement from ewe ry aide, and, effectually aided by noble and generous sup p art from a quarter where the refinements of art and taste n ei - er fail t o find a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to anno su ice the immediate resumption of performances. At the present moment there are vocalists, of an excerler ice seldom surpassed, who have never been heard by an En gt ish public. Of these the elite have been secured for the pr est int s iason. Her Maje7ty's Theatre is marked out by its size, its na tion, and its convenience of access, no less than by old.: and interesting associations, as the appropriate seat of the Cep 3ra. In the acoustic properties, so essential to the effectiveb 1 mo duction of the lyrical drama, it is acknowledged to s ar: )ass every other stage in Europe. In consequence of some ha ppy accident of con , truction a result has been attained that S , S, mce has failed to explain, and that no architect could engs.gt ) to reproduce, by which the faintest tones and the most deli sate vocalisation penetrate with unimpaired clearness to th( re motest recesses of the vast edifice, _ _ _ The arrangements completed and in progress, both in 0: ?era and Ballet, will, it is confidently hoped, be thought *we rthy of the former reputution of the Theatre, and of the just , ex pectations of its distinguished supporters. In consequence of the late period at which it was rest dyed to open the Theatre, the arrangements, satisfactory as it is hoped they will even now be found, are not yet fully , •corn.- pleted ; and negotiations are in progress from which "irc,por tant accessions are expected. THE THEATRE Will open on SATURDAY, the lOru MAY, When will be produced Ros,ini's Opera of CENERENTOLA. Madame ALBONI. Sigtor CA.LZOLARI..„ Signor ZUCCONI. and Angelina. Don Ramiro .. Don Magnifico _ Dandini After which will bl presented an entirely new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES QUATRE SAISONS, Founded on the Ballet Divertissement of that name by M. Petite►, In the Opera of LES VEPRES SICILIENNES, Principal Parts by Mdlles. Bzllon, Boschetti, Liserean, and Katrine. TIMATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lease% Mr. R. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING wilt be peodnced YEA DIA.VOLO. To con lndo with VIE YANKEE 110U8EKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Erwier the Management of Mr. Baclotone. TUTS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by ET, GAIinUSTWO; or, The Mexican Ooldseeker. In which PERgA. NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, G NESITAW, 7 ::IGiiIA Ar,. AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with THE POSTMA.N'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caiitus KEAN. THIS EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with THE WINTER'S TALE. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPMI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. MIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? ROYAL OLYITPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wtgan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though xcessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TUE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY TEIEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by SXRAH'S YOUNG MAN. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Grand Spectacle, Lord Byron's I'ifAZF,PPA and the WILD HORSE, in which the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's highly-trained horses will appear. After which, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES In the CIRCLE. Miss Kate Cooke on her mlik-white charger, Snowdrop, in her ele;ant Act of Manage de la Haute Ecolc. To conclude with ENGLAND'S HARVEST HOME and NATIO NAL STEEPLECHASE. Immense preparations are in progress for Whit-Monday. I Thz-oftlee open from Veven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. Equestrian Director, Air. W. Cooke, jun. EMMA. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Eveninz performances as asual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at a o'clock. Admission—Back Seats, ls.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T 2118 DAY—Morn. 12 min. aft. 11—Evening 41 min. aft. 11 T s.lonaow — gorn. 0 rain. aft. 0 —Livening 8 min. a ft. 12 .. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MA.y 1. THERNMIIETER, IN THE SHADE. 5 4 —htglest since noon yesterday. 43 --tow. , ”; this morning and during the night. 47 —t4l4 day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 58. WIND, N.B.—Fresh, with dull, rainy, cold weather. .q 4) §Ailt LONDON, THURSDAY, MIY 1, 1856. " The Precious Tr:-aty" has already been sig nalised by the criminal and unauthorised surren der of one of the chief sources of the maritime supremacy of Great Britain—of that "incontest able right" which, by enabling us to destroy the commerce of any enemy, rendered England really formidable to its opponents, and caused any atti tude which the ponclam " Queen of the Ocean" might deem it expedient to assume to be respected. VOl/3 ChangOnS lout eels, and we may, ere many ars, possibly months, have elapsed, hare deep se to regret the culpable weakness and uncon- e 0 cass stitutional assumption of authority by the British Ambassador. But there has also been another and scarcely less formidable attack on the British institutions, which, although nominally directed against Bel gium, is really aimed agaiust this country. A crusade has been directed against the freedom of the Press, and the principles enunciated by Count WA.LEWSKI, if recognised, would lead to the subversion of public journalism, and the right of affording sanctuary to political exiles, so long and so steadily maintained by many successive Administrations in the United King- I dom. The startling assertion put forward by the re presentative of the Emperor of the FRENCH was to the effect that, although there was no com plaint against the Government of a neighbouring country—although they had every reason to be satisfied with its efforts to mitigate a state of things "which it is unable to alter," brute force might be resorted to in order to compel a modifi cation of its fundamental laws. Tbis is, indeed, a startling claim. It cannot for a moment be argued that there are not ample means for re straining the licentiousness of the Press in Belgium any more than in England—that persons who abuse its liberty may not be severely punished for their misconduct. But that does not satisfy the French Government. They manifestly de sire that a censorship should be established, that there should be domiciliary visits, and a power of suppressing any publications that may not suit the taste of the dominant party. Surely the onslaught of Russia on the independence of the Ottoman Empire was nothing to this. It is neither more nor less than saying—Your representative system and free institutions are not in accordance with despotic authority. They may cause some degree of inconvenience to Autocratic Powers, and, therefore, you must change them, or submit to the inevitable consequences. Every other law may be dealt with in like manner, and if the principle bs for a moment sanctioned, all nations may be called on to change their con stitutions, under the force of "remonstrance'," which may " greatly resemble threats." We have heard of critics " damning by faint praise." There is a similar course—that of sur rendering by a weak defence. Lord CLARENDON was guilty of the latter dereliction of duty. He did not indignantly protest against the unwar rantable and outrageous demand ; but, in the mildest terms, " admitted its importance," al though, as the representatives of a gantry in which a free and independent press is, so to say, one of the fundamental institu tions, the Plenipotentiaries of England could not, associate theiuselves to " measures of coercion against the Press of another State." It was quite sufficient, however, that the mild spoken representative calmly surrendered Belgium to the tender mercies of the other members of the Congress, in a matter whore, doubtless, King LEOPOLD desired to have his hands strengthened against the Democratic principle, and virtually assented to the exercise of French coercion over the Belgian Chambers, by tacitly admitting the accuracy of Count WALEWSKI'S summing up that " all the Plenipotentiaries, and even those who considered themselves bound to reserve the principle of the liberty of the Press, had not hesitated loudly to condemn the excesses in which the Belgian newspapers indulge with impunity, by recognising the necessity of remedying the inconvenience which is so greatly abused in Belgium." What can the really English representatives and the English people say to this indecent and humi liating truckling to despotic principles ? What answer can be made when the precedent established with regard to Belgium is attempted to be fol lowed to its legitimate results against Great Britain ? How can we protect those whom it may suit a foreign potentate to term " the ene mies of social order," or refrain from modifying the fundamental laws of the kingdom, by suppressing publications which it is thought proper to desig nate as so many implements of war, directed against the repose and tranquillity not of a neigh bouring country, but of its despotic Government.. Let it not be supposed that we are defending excesses which all must condemn. Far from it. Let the offenders be brought to exemplary punish ment by all means—but let " the freedom of the Press," the great palladium of national liberty, be strictly maintained let not the inde pendence of other nations be sacrificed by enforcing enactments to which the legislative bodies will not and cannot assent. The blow is manifestly directed against England, and all Eng land should emphatically and energetically protest against the insidious attack. We are, thank GOD, not yet bound by any German code. We will not submit to the insolent and unwarrantable menaces of any other State or States. We will defend to the last drop of our blood and our last shilling the time-honoured Constitution of the nation ; and the unanimous answer of every true-hearted Eng lishman to such unjustifiable demands will be-- "ilo/umus leges Anglice mutari." There shall be war to the knife before we surrender our cherished independence and indefeasible right to self government. The public are now in possession of the defence of LORD CARDIGAN as well as that of Lord LUcAN, and, unless we are grievously deceived, must have arrived at the conclusion that never were gallant troops placed at the mercy of more shiftless, presumptuous, and otherwise incompetent commanders. To which of them the palm of demerit is justly due, it may b 3 difficult to decide. Lord LucAx, however, being the superior officer, and having displayed least dis cretion in his defence, stands, we incline to be lieve, the best chance. For our part, w 4 have never shown an inclination to do him injustice, and shall not stand in his way on this occasion. The Gallant Earl, it must be confessed, has blown his own trumpet and beplastered his accusers with sufficient energy. With what effect remains to be seen. Self-praise, says the pro verb, is no commendation, and mud, it may be added, is harmless that will not stick. Surpassing as he conceives his merits to be, and heinously wronged though he describes himself by the Report of the Commissioners, his assertion of the one tiradopcinn om io pl , aint of the other have only tend e d, to show how grievously in both respects he is deceived. Right-thinking men will not accept his self-laudations in the teeth of established facts, nor be much inclined to give the benefit of a doubt to one who has shown himself so disingenuous and lacking in self-restraint. He has not shown that he did all he could, nor any thing approaching to accommodating wit nesses, notwithstanding—for the shelter of th e horses in the Crimea ; and his disingenuous deal ing with Col TULLOCII'S vindication leaves, in our estimation, that officer's allegations, and, conse quently, conclusions, intact. His Lordship may or may not have been more successful in his accusation of the Minister of War and the Secre tary to the Treasury, but if they deserve the pillory, Lord LLICAN must be content to be pil loried between thew. Lord CA.RDIGAN, a better appreciator of the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1856, maxim that discretion is the better part of valour, has not committed himself like his brother Earl, but his success in impugning the Report of the Commissioners has not been much, if any, greater. For the life of us we cannot discover anything he did towards the sheltering of the cavalry, while the testimony of Mr. CRUICKSHANK convicts all three of an incapacity to conceive of an ordinarily obvious expedient —we mean, meet ing the Commissariat half way in the carriage of forage to the camp when the Commissariat was unable to transmit it the whole. One item of intelligenoe, however, the public are indebted to him for. That is, poor Lord RAGLAN was vic timised by the French Commander—a fact sug gestive of the expediency of joining such an ally for the future on more equal terms, aid the adoption of a more decided tone in dealing with him ; but, above all, of sending out more able— physically as well as morally and intellectually— generals. To Lord LIMAN the public owe a similar obligation, his item being, that his subordiaate officer was relieved from his command by Lord RAGLAN, because of their disagreement— thus showing that two first-class, arrogant inca pables should never be required to run in couples. In conclusion, the public have had to bear the loss of their cavalry. They had the Noble Lords before, and so cannot take them in exchange, were even their Lordships' estimate of their own merits the true one. What shall be done unto the men who lost that cavalry, and with it the lives of so many of our gallant countrymen, must therefore be the question. The public may have, if they choose, some voice in shaping the answer. AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—The Fantome, with 8,000 ounces of gold, sailed for England on th e sth of February ; the Indemnity, with 7,367 ounces, on the 7th ; the Sultana, with 13,026 ounces, on the 12th ; and the Stebonheatb, with 61,957 ounces, on the 16th ; making a total value of 361,400/, ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—Yesterday the anniversary meeting of this society took place at the offices, Hanover-square, Sir G. Clerk, Bart., in the chair. The report, together with that of the auditors, was unanimously adopted, and, after the usual routine business had been transacted, the meeting separated. TESTIMONIAL TO JOHN DITNN, ESQ., OF AUSTRALIA. —Messrs. Hunt and Roskell have just completed a handsome and costly silver dinner service, commissioned by the proprietors of Commercial Bank Stock in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, which is intended to be presented to Mr. J. Dunn, the late manager of that bank. THE PROCLAMATION OF PEACE.—The Lord Mayor has appointed to hold a Court of Common Coun cil on Monday, for taking into consideration an address to her Majesty on the establishment of peace. His lordship has summoned the members of the corpo ration to assemble at the Mansion-house on Sunday, for the purpose of proceeding to St. Paul's to return thanks for the restoration of peace. PROCLAMATION OF PEACE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednes day.—This day, at half -past 12, the sheriff, Mr. J. White, with the town clerk and a very small attendance of the council, assembled at the Audit House, and the town clerk read from the balcony the proclamation of peace, and that of the thanksgiving-day on Sunday next. The assembly outside was very trifling, probably owing to no notice having been given of such a procla mation. The mayor, Sampson Payne, Elq., was not able to attend on account of serious indisposition. PROPOSED WIDENING OF GREAT TURNSTILE.- -The Board of Works for the Holborn District have adopted a memorial to the Metropolitan Board of Works, urging, among other improvements in this district, that the houses on one side of Great Turnstile be take down, and a carriage road made from Holborn into Lincoln's-inn fields. Mr. R. B. Seeley, the member for the district, has given notice of his intention to bring the subject before the notice of the Metropolitan Board of Works at their next meeting. THE AMERICAN , HAILS.—LIVERrooL, Wednesday.— United States mail steamship Atlantic, Captain James West, sailed frov the Mersey this afternoon for New York, with' the usual bi-weekly mails for the United States and Canada, thirty passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. Prior to her sailing Messrs. Willmer and Smitb, of Liverpool, placed on board the Atlantic copies of the various London journals of this date, for the press and public institutions of the western continent. The royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain E. G. Loft, will sail on Saturday forenoon for New York, with the United States mails and passen gers. . _ - SINGULAR ACCIDENT.---A singular accident happened to the Simla steamer, which went to the naval review last week. As sbe passed the station of the middle buoy in the Solent the buoy was found to be missing. The Simla arrived off Southampton without anything appa rently the matter with her; but while at anchor she did not swin g with the tide. Sounding s were ma d e , an d it was foul there was plenty of water to enable her to swing. A diver was sent down to examine her, when he found the chain of the middle buoy coiled round her ecraw. She is unable to proceed to the Crimea until she is docked in consequence of this accident. THE FRENCH OFFICERS AND THE NAVAL REVIEW.— r Majesty's ship Porcupine, Lieutenant Commander G. M. Balfour, was placed by the Government at the disposal of the French Admiral during his stay at Ports mouth. After taking the Admiral from the French corvette to the royal yacht, she carried during the whole of the review the officers whom the Emperor of the French had deputed to represent him. The Porcupine kept close to the Victoria and Albert. Our gallant allies expressed themselves highly gratified with the grandeur pf the spectacle and the excellent arrangements on board, which enabled them so well to appreciate it. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An accident, which teaches the necessity of extreme caution with regard to having the doors of railway carriages properly secured, occurre I this morning on the London and North-Western Rail way, at the Broadgreen Station, near Liverpool. The wife of a working man was on her way from Liverpool t) Warrington, where her husband was working. She had three children with her, one a little boy about three years of age. As the train was passing Broadgreen station, this little fellow puAlied against the door, and as it had not been securely fastened, he fell out of the carriage, and between the step of the latter and the platform. The train was stopped as seon as the acci dent was known, but both the child's legs were so severely injured that amputation will be necessary. The little sufferer lies in a very precarious state at the in firmary. APPALLING DEATll—Considerable excitement was caused in the town of Lewes on Thursday. morning by a rumour that a young man named Matthew Gladman had met with his death by falling into the soil of a water closet, the evening before, on the premises of Dr. Smythe, High-street. It turned out to be too true. It appears that the poor young fellow incautiously went to the watercloset in the dark. He found that the door was fastened with a rope, the boards having been taken up preparatory to the cesspit in connection with the closet being cleaned out. That rope he appears to have un tied, and to have tumbled at once into the soil below. The body, on being extricated, was wiped dry, and gal vanism applied, but in vain. It is the opinion of the medical attendant that asphyxia by the sulphuretted hydrogen gas caused instantaneous death. —Sussex Ad vertiser. THE LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS AND THE BOARD OF TRADE._----Yesterday (Wednesday) the Liverpool Ship- _ . owners' Association held a meeting to discuss the merits of the dispute between the Board of Trade and the Local Marine Board, which led to the resignation of eight out of ten members of the latter body. After a protracted discussion, the meeting (the most numerou,ly attended of the kind ever known) resolved, with one dissentient, that the conduct of the Board of Trade was highly blameable, that the Local Marine Board had acted very properly in resigning, and that they should be recommended to the Liverpool shipowners for re election on the Bth inst. A petition requesting the members who resigned to allow themselves to be put in nomination, was also placed in the Exchange News room. SHIPPING DISASTER, AND Loss OF FOUR LIVES. WHITBY, Sunday Evening.—We regret to record the loss of the schooner Eugenie, of Calais (150 tons). This vessel left Blyth for Bordeaux, coal laden, at six o'clock yesterday (Saturday) morning. At noon she sprung a leak. At 7.30 p.m. the water had gained so much upon the pumps that the crew, five in number, abandoned the vessel, about ten minutes after which she was seen to founder. The crew rowel until five this (Sunday) morn ing, and about a mile to the northward of Whitby the surge of Upgang Rock dashed against the boat and caused all the poor fellows to be thrown into the sea. All were drowned except Kerignard, the master, who clung to the boat, and ultimately swam through the breakers to the shore. He was taken to the Castle Inn at Upgang, where he now remains, and has received prompt attention from Captain Bickford, of the Coast Guard, and his men. STRANGE DISCOVERY AT LANCASTER.—Messrs. Willan and Cleminson, of Market-street, are about converting the house immediately behind their shop into a ware house. On Friday afternoon, as a joiner was removing a portion of wooden flooring on the ground storey, be struck against something immediately under the boards, which he at first supposed to be a box. On taking it up, however, he discovered that it was the portion of a skull, which be had broken in pieces. On examining the spot more particularly a second lower jaw was found, with some skull bones. A broken knife, the blade of which was thickly coated with what appeared to be blood, and a cloth upon which there were evident blood stains, was also picked up, and ever all it seemed there had been placed a layer of lime. It is evident that these remains are the telltale of some deed of violence which is now beyond all reach of investigation. The premises in question, we understand, formed part of a public house known, 200 years ago, as the White Lion.—Lan caster Guardian. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPER As- SOCIATION.—The nineteenth anniversary festival of the association was celebrated on Monday, at the Free- masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's•inn fields, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Kennedy presiding, supported by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, and many other in fluential friends of the institution. In proposing "Pros perity to the Association," the chairman drew particular attention to the satisfactory progress it had made and the large amount of which had accrued from the ad ministration of its funds. An institution having such undoubted claims to support wad deserving of increased encouragement, and his opinion was that every member of the troths for whose advantage it was de signed ought to enrol himself amongst its subscribers. The worthy alderraan made a most urgent appeal to the company for additional contributions, and the result was that upwards of 1001. was collected, the chairman him self giving 10/. 10d., and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose 51. sa. It appeared that 10 pensioners were now receiving the bounty of the society, and the amount of its funded property was upwards of 3,0001., whilst the receipts for the past year had been 4931. 24. 7d. The musical arrangements were entrusted to Mr. Edney, and Mr. Higgs was the toastmaster. THE TRIAL OF W. PALMEE.—The Central Criminal Court will undergo some considerable alterations pre paratory to the trial of the Rugeley poisoning case. The Old Court, where the trial will be held, is not capa ble of giving accommodation to more than 600 persons, a capacity totally inadequate to the requirements of this Occasion. In onler to give more accommodation to the bar, the circular table round which the barristers usually sit has been removed, and in its stead cross benches and desks will he erected, and these will afford accommodation to about thirty additional barristers. It is also intended to erect seats by the side of the dock similar to those that were put up on the occasion of the trial of Oxford for shooting at the Queen, and that of the Mannings. It is the opinion of the officals connected with the court that if the original arrangement be per severed in, it will he found impossible to proceed with the ordinary business of the session, and the remaining cases will have to be postponed until the conclusion of the trial of Palmer. What has been suggested is, that the whole of the ordinary business of the session, and the remaining cases will have to ba postponed until the conclusion of the trial of Palmer. What has been sug gested is, that the whole of the ordinary business of the sessions should be disposed of, and as this would proba bly be brought to a close on Friday afternoo-, the court might be adjourned to the Monday following, for the purpose of trying Palmer's case. Messrs. Stone and Rose, the under-sheriffs, have, it is understood, been in communication with the Lord Chief Justice upon the subject, but no final arrangement has yet been come to in reference to it. LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, APRIL 30. Advices from Constantinople of the 24th of April have been received here. A deputation had arrived there from Circassia, to request the recognition and the guarantee of the independence of that country by the Porte, England, and France. Dervish Pasha will represent Turkey in the Bessarabian Commission. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave a public audience to Count Orloff, who presented to his Majesty a letter of congratulation from that sovereign on the birth of the Prince Imperial. The Moniteur says :—" The Constitutionncl, in its number of the 25th, we know not in what interest, stated that at the review of the Ist April, Marshal Narvaez had not received any direct invi tation from the Emperor, and that he did not ride a horse belonging to the Emperor's stables. The Constitutionnel has been on every point ill-in formed. The Emperor, without interfering in the internal affairs of Spain, honours all the eminent men who have had friendly relations with France, and when these men have fallen from power, he is happy to meet with opportunities of showing them by acts of courtesy marks of esteem which ought not to offend any one. We once more repeat that the Moniteur is the only official organ of the Go vernment." BOURSE, April 30.—The following were the closing prices : Cash. 17. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 50 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 73 .93 73 75 New Loan 74 20 Bank Shares — Roman Credit Mobilier 1,730 Austrian Belgian Fives 931 Spanish Throes — Pieclmontese (5). 93 Some Debt ...... PICTURES BY ENGLISH ARTISTS. Invited, moreover, to a private view at the gallery, 54, Pall-Mall, on Saturday afternoon, we found everything there in the most dire confu sion. No one to receive the ticket of admission. Anybodyempoviered to saunter in from the streets, including a crowd of street urchins, cap in hand, gaping with wonder down the avenue of pictures di;played upon the walls of the suit of apartments. Not a catalogue to be got for love or money. S )mebody snipping away with alarge pair of shears at bits of card "numbered" with " numbers" actually Rot yet distributed among the various water-cllour drawings and oil paintings constitut ing tl e vary miscellaneous collection. And all this, too, after having had to return to the Gal lery a second time—having been denied admit tance the first time, because of everything not being duly prepared. Prepared !--we Lave already enumerated some few among the agreeable items of this very ingenious and elaborate prepa ration. All the more tantalising, it must be confessed, where we could not fail to recognise the merit of very many among the remarkable productions collected together in the gallery for the purpose of being scattered to-day and to-mor row by the inexorable hammer of the auctioneer. A Maclise, admirable for it's dramatic vigour. A. Frank Stone exquisitely pathetic and touchingly beautiful. A Frost, lovely awl classical—with the nymph dancing on the green sward of the meadow, freckled with the golden bloom of the cowslip. A sauce making one's mouth water with admiration over fruit luscious and juicy from rind to pith—overshadowed with autumnal vine leaves— " Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red," and interspersed with precious cups in gold and silver, such as might have been fashioned by the marvel-working hand of Bsiivenuto. And all these, and with these many other inimitable pro ductions, were we debarred (by the lack of a little simple forethought on the part of those in trusted with the arrangements of the Gallery), from the privilege of examining with any degree of comfort and deliberation. To say the least of this—it was, we may venture to repeat, tantalis ing. GOLD IN WALES. Our notice last week of the interesting experimental trials by which this fact was verified has brought us a letter, attacking, in no measured terms, our veracity as journalists, and the character of all parties concerned. We have little doubt that its publication might subject us to an action for libel. Were it not so, the distinct in- sinuation that we are to be believed, when speaking from personal knowledge, only upon our oath, precludes our publishing statements for which we have merely the word of a party who cannot implicitly rely on ours. COLOSSAL BUST OF THE QUEEN.. After repeated sittings, with which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to honour the artist, Mr. Noble, of Bruton• street, has succeeded in modelling the colos sal bust of her Majesty which is about to be placed in the Town-hall at Manchester. The bust very happily unites the feminine expression of the original features with the dignity of Royalty, and is a very perfect por trait. The difficulty of preserving in a colossal bust of a female head identity without exaggeration has been surmounted, and, though the bust is of very large dimen sions, the relative proportions having been successfully attended to, the portrait has all the delicacy of a minia ture. The treatment of the hair and the diadem, which latter is taken from a diadem of the ancient Saxon shape and character in possession of her Majesty, and the fashion of the dress, which is Saxon, give an air of origi nality to the bust which is pleasing.—Times. THE POSTHUMOUS GUN-BOATS. Our facetious contemporary, Punch, in this week's number, admirably hits off the popular sentiment with regard to the fleet of gun-boats got up for the late naval review. Britannia is exhibited seated on a cliff, between a mortar and a cannon—the latter reversed, with a scroll, on which is legible the word "Peace" over the touch-hole—overlooking, in a mood of mingled sorrow and indignation, the passage of the said gun-boats, and exclaiming "If you had been only Hatched a Year ago, what might have come out of your Shells !" What, indeed ! Certainly not a dishonourable peace. A. Cabinet Council was held on Tuesday at the resi dence of Viscount Palmerston in Piccadilly. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Pawl:lure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stan ley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. The Council eat an hour. THE QUEEN'S CONCERT.—The Queen gave a concert last evening at Buckingham Palace, at which the fol lowing assisted, viz., Mesdames Novello, Viardot, Bosio, and Didi6e, Signori Gardoni and Ronconi, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Herr Formes. The foreign Ministers and a party of the nobility and gentry were invited to the number of about 370. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House, Piccadilly. The Marchioness Dowager Townshend and Mr. James Laidler have arrived in town for the season. Lady Hotham, widow of Sir Charles Hotham, has arriv at Claridge's Hotel, from Australia. Mr. and Lady Isabella Stewart have arrived in Bel grave-square for the season, from Ireland. His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg is expected in Paris on Saturday. His Majesty will occupy the same apartments in the Tuileries as those which accommodated the King of Portugal and the King of Sardinia. His Majesty will remain 11 days in Paris. Yesterday was solemnised, at St. George's, Hanover square, the marriage of the Rev. Harry Vane Russell, and Miss C.,roline Frances Meyrick, daughter of Col. and Lady Laura Meyrick. SALE OF \IR. FAIRRIZ'S ANCIENT AND FOREIGN PICTURES.—This portion of Mr. Fairrie's gallery realised the sum of 3,0001. THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SAMUEL ROGERS.— The sale of vases continued yesterday, and produced a large sum—several realising high prices. It is stated that two French divisions, and also some English troops, will remain some time at Corstantinople after the evacuation of the Crimea, with a view to the reprassion of a rising against the Christians. GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOISE.—Last evening a splendid entertainment was given by the Lord Mayor to Lord Brougham and the members of the Society for the Amendment of the Law. About 200 ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner. CITY SEWERS.—A court was held yesterday ; Deputy Peacock in the chair. Dr. Letheby, the City medical officer of health, presented a report on the returns and verdicts of coroners' juries, which was ordered by unani mous consent to be printed. WINE DUTIES.—In consequence of the desire expressed by the Government to take the adjourned debate upon the capitulation of Kars en Tuesday last, Mr. Oliveira postponed his motion for a reduction of the wine duties till the first open day, Tuesday, 27th of May. Maputo, April 28.—The Princess of the Asturias is about to enter into a state of convalescence. Marshal Espartero is warmly received in the provinces. The fetes on the occasion of the inauguration of the Valla dolid railroad commenced yesterday with enthusiasm. RAILWAYS-FOB Cd.sa. fr. c. fr. c Orleans - Northern: 1,078 75 Strasburg - Lyons 1,440 New Ditto (x d) 887 50 Leditorranean 1,660 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BO5 -- Teste Catte RUSSIA. In St. Petersburg they are already beginning to talk of warlike expeditions to be undertaken in the summer, a portion of the Caucasian army, under the command of General Khruleff, is to operate towards the Tschetschnaia, while other troops that will by that time have been set free from the Crimea are to act against the Abehasen (?). It appears that, carefully as all news of the facts have been kept from the knowledge of the Western press, these mountain tribes had availed themselves of the Russians being perfectly occupied with their more imposing foes to harass them in a variety of ways, and to have encountered them in a variety of skirmishes, not always without success. The first use their implacable neighbour the Muscovite intends to make of the leisure that the present peace has procared him is to subdue and subjugate these tribes, and then to rebuild the frontier fortresses for the purpose of perpetuating that subjugation. The supplies that are to be contracted for to be delivered this year sound enormous ; the infan try alone require 2,223,000 pairs of boots ; 168,000 ells of regimental cloth are to be forwarded from Tamboff to Astrachan by water ; 200,000 ells from Tamboff to Moscow ; 590,000 ells from Sim birsk to St. Petersburg ; 415,000 ells from Kaso.n to St. Petersburg; and 300,000 ells from Kasan to Moscow. The new organis ttion of the military force is going on rapidly ; the Caucasian army has been strengthened by two fresh regiments of in fantry, to be called "Crimea" and "Sebastopol ; " and two regiments of dragoons, "Seversk " and " Pereiaslaff." The Guards have got an addition of two new battalions of rifles. The Bsschkir army is also to have a new organisation ; it is to be qua; - tered in 28 cantons, the population of which amounts to about 1,000,000 of B tschkirs and Mes chtscherages. Generals Dannenberg. Schubert, Manderstern, Kupreanoff, Offenberg Suchosandt, Knorring, and Buturtin are mentioned as the authors of this new organisation. TURKEY. By intelligence from Constantinople, under date of the 21st, it would appear that discontent pre vailed because of the quarantine of 40 days im posed on vessels arriving from the Russian ports of the Black Sea. In Magnesia hostile intentions against the Christian population have been mani fested. A letter from Belgrade of the 20th, in the Augs burg Gazette, says:—" Thrce days ago an insurrection was very near breaking out in a district of Bulgaria, on the Servian frontier, where one Dimitri, of Silis tria, had assembled about 200 men, and was exciting the population to rise against the Turks, and to drive them out of Bulgaria. The European powers, he said, would soon send troops to the aid of the insurgents ; then Servia was also to join them, and so on. These false representations, however, were believed but by a few, the Turkish autho rities having effectually succeeded in convincing the people of the absurdity of such fables. Yester day we received a telegraphic despatch announcing that Dimitri's band had been broken up, and that he himself had. made his escape with five of his partisans only. Dimitri is a merchant ; two years ago, when he was in Servia on business, he was in danger of being expelled through foreign influence, but was taken under the protection of the Paella, and allowed to remain ; and now this is the way he acknowledges the favour done to him by the Turkish authorities." SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 29th.—The committee of the Cortes have approved of the proposed treaty be tween Spain and Naples. General tranquillity prevails. The Madrid Gazette of the 25th, publishes the following autograph letter, a dd resse d by th e Q ueen to the Duke de la Victoria : " Espartero---Go into Castille and Aragon, pre side in my royal name at the inauguration of the works of the Northern and Saragossa railways, and make known to the Castilians and Aragooese the ardent wishes which I form for the aggrandisement and future prosperity of the loyal population who are beloved by their Queen. ISABELLA. " Palace of Madrid, 23d April." The Chamber of Deputies at Turin, in its sitting of the 27th, passed the bill approving of the new frontier line agreed upon by France and Sardinia on the 16th November, 1854, between Laissand in Savoy and Chassareillan in France. A letter from St. Petersburg states that the journey of the Emperor Alexander to Warsaw is fixed for tho 18th May. " Everything," says the letter, " indicates that the monarch will be re ceived with enthusiasm, the population being in great joy at the relief afforded them by the conclu sion of peace. The King of Prussia has returned to Berlin from Dresden. A grand gala dinner is to be given at court to celebrate the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor Alexander. ATe Daum was sung on Sunday last at the cathedral on the occasion of the signature of peace. All the court were present. TIDE MORNING MAILS.—The following additional places have been added to the list of morning mails, by order of the Postmaster-General, viz. :—Llangollen, Honiton, Redcar, and Mansfield. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. —"Lucia di Lammermoor" and the new Yankee farce were repeated last night ; and the two American artistes, Lucy Escott and Mrs. Florence, were, if possible, more successful than on Monday night. The house was crowded ; and amongst'the beau monde we perceived his Highness the Rajah of Coorg, the Am bassador Abdoolah, Prince Hafiz Bahadoor, Miss Lewis, and Dr. Lewis, the Rajah's physician, who occupied the Royal box. LINOOLN's-INN April 30.—The undermentioned gen tlemen were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn—viz., Thomas Key, Esq., Frederick Thomas Curtis, Esq., Joseph Wil liam Chitty, Esq., John George Smith, Esq., Christopher Cheevers McDonnell, E,q., Cholmeley Austen Leigh, Esq., John William Church, Esq.. Reginald John Cust, Esq., Bruce Lockhart Burnside, Esq., William Edward Baker, Esq., John Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq , and Samuel Elgar Sloper, Esq. MIDDLE TEMPLE, April 30.—The undermentioned gen tlemen, called to the degree of the utter bar, were pub lished in the Middle Temple Hall this day :—James Prendergast, Esq., William Frederick Ward, Esq,, Samuel McCulloch, Esq., George Greenway Little, Esq., and George Collier, Esq. GRAY'S INN, April 30.—At a pension of the Hon- ourable Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, the Rev. W. G. Watson, of Caius College, Cambridge, M.A. formerly vies principal and chaplain of Putney College, was elected assistant reader of the society, in the room of the Rev. T. H. Greene, M.A., resigned. CALLS TO TIE BAR.—April 30.—The undermentioned gentlemen have this day been called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple—viz. :—William Em merson Laslett, Esq. ; Edwar i Headlam, Esq., M.A, ; Robert Harcourt Chambers, Esq., B.A. ; Henry Smith, Esq. ; George John Shaw Lefevre, Esq., B A. ; John Walker, Esq., B.A. ; James Edwin Cole, Esq. ; Ford North, Esq., B.A. ; George Wells, Esq., B.A. ; Henry Casson, Esq., B,A. ; and Elbert Baron Templer, Esq., Naval. and Military intelligence. The Colossus, 81, and the white division of gun-boat flotilla has left Portsmouth for Sheerness. The Cressy, 81, the Captain Warren, the Russell, 60, the Captain Scott, and the Harrier, 14, Commander Der. riman, have left the fleet for the eastward. The Perseverance, naval steam troop transport, Comman der M`Donald, has left for the Crimea to bring home troops. The Brunswick, 81, Captain Yelverton, and the blue division of gun-boat flotilla, has left for Plymouth, the Sanspareil, 71, Captain Key, and the light division in company. The iclagicienne, 16, and Conflict, 8, have sailed for the westward. The Vesuvius, 6, has sailed for the eastward. The James Watt, 91, Captain G. Elliott ; the Exmouth, 91, Captain Ey res ; the Ajax, 60, Captain Warden; and the Driver, 6, Commander Gordon, have left for Plymouth. The Dragon, 6, Commander Stewart, has left for the East ward. The Royal George, 102, Capt. Robinson ; and the Horatio, 8, Capt. the Hon. A. Cockrane, have lett for Sheerness. The HaWke, 60, Capt. Ommanney ; the Vul ture, 6, Capt. Glasse ; and the Gorgon, 6, Commander Crawford, have sailed for Plymouth. The Nile, 91., Capt. Mundy, weighed for the westward, but anchored again. All the coast-guardsmen in the fleet have been sent to their respective stations on the coast. The fleet at Shithead is gradually being dismembered ; already many ships have left, and now whole . squadrons are ordered to different ports. Capt. Codrington's division (the red) of gun-boats will be quartered iu Portsmouth harbour : Capt. Keppel's (the white) goes to SheerneSs ; Capt. Yelverton's (the blue) goes to Plymouth. The Mean der, Capt. Millie, left the fleet on Monday evening for Plymouth. The Centaur, 6, paddle-frigate, Capt. Clifford, C.B.,was towed into Portsmouth yesterday by the Bulldog, her machinery having broken down. The Tartar, 21, Capt. Dunlop, also went into harbour last evening to re-coal. The Bulldog, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Gordon, left Ports mouth yesterday morning for the eastward, towing a float• in battery. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—G. H. Mansell to be Lieutenant (additional for disposal) to the Calcutta ; T. W. Hallowes to be Lieu tenant (additional for disposal), to the Calcutta; John S. Compton, to be Second Master (confirmed), to the Cen taur; Rawdon M. Lightbody to be Assistant-Surgeon (con firmed), to the Amphion ; Alex. M`Bride to be Acting As sistant-Surgeon to the Alacrity. A General Order has been issued from the Horse Guards, dated April 28, encloping a revised schedule, showing the age, standard, and levy-money allowed for the enlistment of recruits for the cavalry and infantry of the line, which having received the approval of the Field-Marshal Corn manding-in-Cbief, will be substituted for all orders and re gulations hitherto issued with reference to recruiting, and take effect from the sth of May. The order states that en listments for the limited term of 2 years are to be discon tinued. Tho regulations regarding the re-enlistment of men are to remain iu force. THE NAVAL REVIEW. (Front Punch.) Of Commons and of Peers Sing the terrible break-down, When on Southampton's piers, Though invited by the Crown, They were left, all to fume, fret, and frown To accommodate the band Not a tender was at hand, And the noblest of the land Were done brown ! "Three miles off afloat Lay the steamers on the brine— The hour to sail for the Review The tickets said was nine. But 'twas twelve that April morn by the chime Ere they drifted on their path, Dusty and tired to death, And Roebuck in his wrath Was sublime ! Even Wood himself had blusher]. To have looked upon the scene : In the harlequin were crushed Bishop, and Duke ' and Dean ! " It's a joke," Lord Granville cried—when each gun Heard afar, with " hip, hip, hips," Told the Queen had passed the ships, And Lord Campbell's solemn lips Said " We're done !" Again, again,—again ! And the Transic.'s pace grew slack ; She can't go on, 'tis plain, 'Tis a doubt if she'll go back : Even Granville's mirth is changing into gloom, He a boat contrives to hail, Lest his brother Peers assail, And consign him to the pale Stoker's doom ! A hail the Transiteers Tho Perseverance gave ; " We are Commons, ye are Peers ; But all privilege we'll waive : Wood to grief to-morrow night let us bring; The thing's a sell complete, We've soon neither Queen nor fleet, And we've nothing fit to eat-- Not a thing !" On the Admiralty's chief What blessings then arose, Round tough chickens and bard beef As Peers and Commons close ! And so they cursed their fates, and made n) way; While folks, with no invite From the Government, delight In the sunshine and the sight Of tho day ! Now the railway let us praise— Tell how, that day and night, The trains went wrong all ways, And the engines stopped outright. How from Southampton's, Portsmouth's shore, Through the station gates there sweep Of nobs and snobs a heap, While some, more luckless, sleep - - Round the door. Brave hearts ! 'Tis Britain's pride, When she bungles, to outdo All the bunglers that have tried What mismanagement can do. There's some excuse for all who misbehave : Lucan, Airey—injured souls ! Called unjustly o'er the coals, Each with bullied Wood condoles— Let them rave ! STATE OF TRADE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MANCHESTER, MAY 1. The trade circular of Maguire, Hyde, and Co., of Man chester, issued to-day (May 1), furnishes additional facts, if any were needed, of the satisfactory state of the textile ma nufactures of Lancashire. Reviewing the mouth just ex pired, they say—" Throughout April there has been an in creasing inquiry from the chief foreign markets, as well as for the home consumption, although the restricted condition of the money market, which has experienced no relaxation, has remained unfavourable to the development of commer cial enterprise. The production, vast as it is, has been steadily counterpoised by demand, and as stocks have had no opportunity to accumulate to a u y considerable extent, spinners And manufacturers have felt themselves in a position to enforce higher terms, or reject the offers made, if below their views. The circumstances of the country have con tinued eminently favourable to the importers of the chief staples of the United States of America— cotton and corn. The former has steadily advanced in value, in the face of what is believed will prove the largest crop on r,:c3rd, and the rates at present ruling hero for the latter, and which for some time . are likely to continue, indicate that this country is and will be a valuable market to the agriculturists of America. From a Parliamentary return, recently issued by the Board of Trade, it is shown that the consumption of cotton in Great Britain has been nearly doubled within the last 17 years, and yet the increasing development of the trade appears to have been unchecked, even by the intervention of la war of no inconsiderable exhaustive capacity. Compared with last year, the stock of cotton in Liverpool is yet about 135,000 bales less, and prices are withi n a s h a d e as hi g h , as after the extraordinary speculation which followed upon the announcement of the demise of the Czar of Russia. Indeed it is mainly owing to the advancing value of the raw staple that the trade here has been kept within moderate bounds. The extended consumption of British cotton manufactures, as already said, has created a demand that keeps fully em ployed the present extent of our mechanical agencies, which no doubt will be comspondently enlarged when money be comes cheaper, and the rate of profit on manufacturing enter prise more encouraging than it is at present. " As regards the prospect of the future, all present ap pearances seem favourable to an increasing demand upon the industrial energies of the clothing districts. The price of bread-stuff, although still high, have a drooping tendency, and it is confidently expected that increasing imports from the United States and the Italian and Levautine Ports will bring the cost of food down to reasonable limits, even before our next harvest, which thus far is extremely promising. A cessation of the heavy drain for foreign loans and expenditure which has latterly prevailed, it is expected, will ere long give increased case to the money market ; and as our operative population are well employed at good wages there can be little doubt that a considerable revival in the home demand for manufactures will ensue upon the return to a state of peace. Whilst money continued high, taxes increasing, and the future uncertain, our drapers and wholesale houses in the country trade kept their stocks as bare as the exigencies of their business would admit. They now evince a disposition to act with greater freedom, and their operations of the past month have been on a more liberal scale. The advices from India and China are more favourable to an improvement in the demand for those important outlets for the productions of this neighbourhood. Confidence is being re-established in Australia, and trade is recovering from the excessive shipments of two years ago, whilst the exports from those colonies (especially wool) which have con siderably increased, find an excellent and remunerative mar ket iu the mother v country. A very large amount of shipileg will soon be gradually released from the transport service, and come into competition in the general carrying trade, from which it may be inferred that an additional stimulus in the shape of low freights, will be given to the export trade of this country. These considerations combined lead us to be lieve that we shall witn ess , as th e y ear a d vances , an i n creased activity of demand, and a somewhat higher range of prices than rules at present." In reference to Yorkshire goods it is remarkedtbat the con dition of the Bradford market is quite abnormal.. The high and advancing rates of wool render it a matter of the greatest difficulty to quote prices with accuracy This staple is scantily supplied, arising partly out of the deficient clip of last year's native growth, and partly out of the competition of continental buyers at our Colonial sales. Wools, which last November barely obtained 124 d per lb. have, during the pa,t month, been eagerly bought at 17Ad., an d higher rates arc still hoped for untill after next clip. Yarns for export have again advanced, making arise of fully 3 per cent. within the month. Spinners are mostly engaged for about two months t o come. Piece goods are bare in stock, and prices continue steadily advancing. The rise on Orlean s and Coburgs is, on the aver age, fully 2s. 6d. to 3s. from the lost point, whilst lastings are as much as 65., and rnoreens and damasks even mo re ad vanced in value. These extravagant prices have checked con tinental operations ; but American orders, together with the Australian and Homed mand, keep all the looms fully em ployed, and we- see no reason to anticipate a speedy re action." THE NAVAL REVIEW.---A number of persons got on board her Majesty's steamer ffirullaYat on the day of the great naval nview, with forged tickets. It appears that tickets to get on board the steamers were forged in London, and regularly old. v, t 44 POST-OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS. Of all the branches of the civil service the Post-office performs the largest amount of work, possesses the most perfect organisation, and obtains the largest share of public interest. Not to dwell on the fact that the post man's knock is connected in our minds with a thousand associations, there is something pleasant in thinking of a great public service executed as never was public service before—all the intelligence of a mighty nation astir, and noiselessly conveyed from point to point. Some idea of the work may be formed nom the circumstance that it gives employment to 22,030 pet sons—a greater number than that of the Customs and Inland Revenue Depart ments put together-and that the letters carried during the past year amounted to 456,600,000. The work, too, is annually increasing in magnitude; last year it waa [3,000,000 more than in 1854, 46,000,000 more than in the• year before that, and 374,000,000 more than in 1839, when. the old system of postage was iu force. The labour thus ra pidly multiplying on their hands, the Post-office system is not allowed to sink into a dead routine ; every year calls for increased exertions—new hands, new arrangements,. more post offices, more pillar-letterboxes, more mailearts, more deliveries. The object is not simply to dispose of an increasing number of letters ; it is much more ambi tious—it is to dispose of them with even greater speed than before. Hence a growing preference for railways, hence travelling post-offices, hence the apparatus for ex changing mailbags, hence the amalgamation of the two sAs of London lettei-carriers, district and general ; hence the use f perforated stamps and many little contrivances to facilitate the work. And the Postmaster-General, in his second annual report, announces still further improve ments as in progress. It is even proposed that model lodging-houses shall be erecte 1 for the sorters and carriers in the neighbourhood of St. Martin's-le-Grand, so that they may be at hand for any emergency, and that the health of the men may be insured—an important p o int at all times, but especially so in the midst of epidemics, to which the carriers are peculiarly liable from their constant exposure to the weather. But theprincipal points which the. Postmaster-General d scusses relate to the more rapid deli very of London letters, and to the cheaper conveyance of the mails by railway. London has grown so vast that it has at length become ne cessary to break it up into several towns, each with its oven post-office. It is to bo divided into ten districts, each of which will collect and contribute its own letters. Thus, in stead of a letter from Cavendish-square to Grosvenor-square being taken to the city and then back to the West-end, in four milesone way and four miles the other, it will pass in a direct lino throughthe Cavendish-streetpost-office to its destination. When it is known that on an average no less thr.n one-filth of the London district letters are intended for delivery /war to the place of posting, the advantages of this scheme will be duly appreciated. Its object, however, is of more i';han local importance, for it is proposed that the con Mt/ as well as the town letters shall be sorted in these post-offices, and distributed directly from them. This will not only insure au early delivery of letters, but alSo a better supervision of the letter-carriers. For the carrying out of this scheme the Postmaster-Ge floral appeals to the public for co-operation. The assistance 130 expects from them is in getting their letters properl3 r di rected. It seems that in the first morning delivery t here are not less than 481 letter-carriers, each with a sew irate walk. As it is impossible to divide the letters at once among the 481 carriers, the practice has long been to sorb them first according to districts, and to subdivide these again according to the walks. Now, what is wanted is that the public should assist the Post-office to assort Itil* letters according to the ten districts into which the metre' polis is to be divided, so that, for example, a letter tended for Hill-street, Berkeley-square, shall be directed simply " W." (Western District). In tide way an immense amount of time may be saved. All the London letters may bo arranged into districts, partly ati the larger provincial offices, and partly on the railw.kys, before even the mails reach town, and the bag' may at once be forwarded to the district post' offices, and the distribution bo everywhere complete" before 9 o'clock. In carrying out this object, however. the Post-office authorities expect the co-operation of tb 0 , Board of Works as w e ll as o f th e public. The Board 4* Works has power to change the names of the streets Athe* these aro more than one of the same name in the metro' polis, and the Postmaster-General is anxious that it she .1 11 a, act up to its powers. It i s ra th er perp l ex i ng to choose co' of thirty-seven King streets and twenty-seven Qut streets, and, judging from the report of their recent 1 pro ceedings, we suppose that the Board of Works will s Oen direct our street-makers to be a little less loyal and a li 0 16 more practical. The increasing expenses of the postal system the and h° - titles are anxious to diminish by lowering the rates g men railways. The argument which they urge against the railway companies is very ably put and, if the facts Iv° ii 4 htly stated, seems to b e sufficiently cogent; but ' l ° should like to hear the other side of tie question, and O . pecially when we find the Post-office needlessly overstat the case in its own behalf. Complaints have been m:1 41 , that railway companies are un d erpa id f or conveyance 0 mails—the Inspector-General of Mails declares that thel are overpaid, and so very much overpaid that the Awl ° disbursed by the Post-office for the use of ouli, a fraction of the train exceed the whole cost running by from 60 to 260 per cent. Mr. bases this calculation upon a statement which b e attributes to Mr. Robert Stephenson, that the cost of t ' lOl , !ling a train may be assumed in most cases to be ab 01 Rd. per mile. If Mr. Stephenson made that statement . 10 can only say that his word is of great authority, but t ? itt it happens not to agree with th e p u bli s h e d accoun t s o f : those railways that have announced their working el . penses per train mile. The expenses of the Great North era are 2s. 2d. per mile ; of the London and Brightola 2s. 10c1. ; of the South-Eastern, 3s. 4d. ; on which last 1010 the Post-office pays for the carriage of the mails 2s. 3..3-° mile, the average rate which is charged to it on all the tual ways being only 10,1. But, apart from this special ph wad ing, Mr. Page brings forward some facts that tea 16 his favour, and it is certainly strange that a cyst of travelling which, for the public at large, has very c on' siderably reduced the cost of the conveyance of passenl ;erg and goods should have precisely the contrary effect as re• girds the conveyance of mails. The fact is, that Par lie' ment had the foresight to stipulate for certain model •stA charges for passenger conveyance, while no provision 'W made for postal carriage, and the result is that, even w'llon, a hundredweight of mail has b een f orwar d e d i n c h arge 01 the companies'= not the Poet-office—guards, and by s° ordinary train, the rate demanded has been as much as. a mile.—Tintes. THE MOON'S MOTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As this subject has received both consider able comment and discussion, each correspondent maintaii iiDe with surprising tenacity his own version and theory in attempting to elucidate this perplexing and intri c ats question, the subject will most probably remain for t,.. 136 present in statu quo, each writer failing to produce si cient plausible reasons from which satisfactory rein might be deduced. To me it appears to rest solely on an appropriate &DJ distinct definiti on o f t erms d epen d ent and charactbristil the attaining of which Mr.Simmon's appears to be strivin at. An analysis of the above gives us a formula upiro which we may base operations. It is an undeniable trr rtb that the days and months of the moon are nearly equ p ,l ' between two successive conjunctions she takes 29 d: 0 .1 12 hours 44 minutes to complete her revolution round t 11.1 earth-27 days 7 hours 43 minutes being her period ron nd her own orbit. This difference may be accounted for 0 1 follows : that while the earth advances 29° in the eclipt ie, the moon must advance the same plus th e revo l u ti on ron :0 0 her own orbit ; requiring an additional 2 d. sh. 1 m. 4 0 be again in conjunction with the sun on completing b 4 , 01 own periodical revolution. Ergo—This of itself must sir> stantiate a ready solution even to the greatest sceptic ; resultant incompatible, if such were not the case. Again, the moving face, although to us unchanged 30 appearance (during her orbit and centrifugal motions), le still subject to considerable irregularities from angul e t variation, termed libration; but libration both in latitu cre and longitude must ensue, or the above theory is untenabl!o , Casual observers will have noticed that prior to full moot' her disc inclines alternately towards the poles, showi a 4 that the line of suspension is not at right angles to t plane of her orbit. This produces libration in latitude, hied angular variation extending merely to that of longitude 1 1 such were not the case ; this again resulting from her to.o• tion round her own orbit being both accelerated and re' tarded, small arcs occasionally appearing and disappeari vg on those sides parallel to her polar axis, syruboli eel of the above terms, thus accounting for her almost imp er ceptible variations as observed from her face. Another peculiar quality no generally recognised,i that from the moon's libration in latitude we infer that she has little or no seasons, a simple illustration that this moon is uninhabited. Our earth as viewed from the moozi. from the foregoing remarks (respecting her face) must as natural consequence produce similar results, although in reverse order, for while our ear th i s invisible to the moons she appears full to us, and at new moon, our earth an viewed from her becomes distinctly visible. Apologising for having trespassed rather lengthy in na,/ observations,—l am, Sir, Yours obediently, ROBERT CRAM PLEY.. Scarborough, April 26th, 185 G. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 1, 1856, made up from the Returns of tb Inspectors , in the different Cities and Towns in England and Walla per Imperial Quarter. WULAT. BARLEY. OATS. RTE. BEANO. TRAP. 67111 d 39s 111 23s 41 4o' 3d 41s 41 39s 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I HASLET. OATS. I LIE. BEANS. I PEAL 63s 81 38s 81 23s 7d 43s 7d 41s 2d 385 11151 QUANTITIES OF SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 97,938; Barley, 37,921; Oats, 11,267; Rye,32 ; Bunn, 5,888 ; Peas. 705 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The demand generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s $d ; Veal, 48 Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHA.LL, April 30.—We bad a very slow sale for beasts, lambs, and calves, at barely last week's quotations. In other kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s id ; Lamb, 5s Od to 68 Od Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3a 4d to is 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 30.—The trade generally was inactive, as follows : -Beef, from 3s Od to 48 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 58 Od to Gs Od • Veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; Pcrk, 3s 4d to 4 s 6d p er Sib s . 4uarter-old Store Pigs, 21s to 27's each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31103 to 5/15s ' • clover do., 4/ lOs to 6/ 10s; and straw, 11 6s to 1/ 11s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 15s to 51 15s; clover do., 4/ 8s to 6! 8s ; and straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load.. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, 3/ 106 to 5/ 12s; clover do., 41 10a to 6/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lls per load. Trade inactive. MR. LINDSAY, M.P., AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.—In consequence of the great increase in the trade of the Tyno the Board of Customs have considerably added to the staff in the Custom-house of Shields. A portion of the appointments were given by the Treasury to Mr. Lindsay, M.P., who, instead of using them for party purposes, has intru-t(d them to a committee, consisting of merchants 'v,ft :crn,ri of ali parties in the town inttlebted in ttIC trade of the putt. Several deserving persons have thus been placed in respectable situations. —Afoncltater (onk% xale an , CoE QUeb4 RA; haven Coi Sierr a Ca( Prine STe from don, f being :i *tea : for and men th e Sena Corm made Call a ha s tr ea t tin e a rail soon Th comp Year, Ail atrucl came Ar Anne Sai Wi Ar Santi Sai Coral lez, Philo Blanc colon ton; Rich steal) Ar phi& W At Rue rant aze Ke lair. at