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

POST -OFFICE PARLIAMENTARY and POSTAL DIREC 101tY, 1856, Now Publishing, price Is. Kelly and Co , 19; 20, and 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's, Strand ; and all booksellers. HER .MAJ . ESTY'S THZATItE.— it is respectfully of -gr announced that her MAJEBTYeat interest have 'S THEATRE w i l l RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements ' been effected both in Opera and Ballet, and. the beat.exertions used , to make the arrangements worthy of the Occasion. The prospectus will shortly be issued. . .. 7. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUKY.LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS E VEXING, IL TROVATORE. loc•n•ladew.ith TJE . DAYGIITER OF THE REGIMENT'. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RIEET. Vale RIO Management of Mr. 13tIckstone. THI3 EVENING, THE EVIL GENIFS. Followed by LfL GiMBUitWO; or, The Mexican Goldaeeker. Which PERE3 NEN and theioanish liancera willppßear. After which, =SD ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with A DAUGEITER TO MARRY. ROY .ILL PRINCESS'S TagATRS, OXFORD-STRZRT. Under the Management of Mr.' CRAM.= THIS FVENING, HENRY VIII. • Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Virolsey, Mr. C. Kean. After which. ?NE VICTOR VAN'QUISEIXI). To conclufle with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. illSATdd dOYAL Prlpriator, Mr. B. Webqter.—Dtrectreil, Madame Caheti. TII.IR P.STING, , ARTUFFE. To conclude with JACK AND THE BE AN sITALK; or, Harlequin and siother Goose at Horne Again. In which Messin. J. Bland, P. Redford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Alm E. Arden will ap,ear. RIYAL OLT ANC THEATRE. Lessee and lianaTer. Mr. Alfred Wigan. Tll I , EVENING STILL WATEnS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though e scesslvely old, Meloirarnstic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled DISCREF,Is PEEN 3ES.I; a-, the Three Glass Distal's. I which Messrs. 51.-ne-y, F. R0')3011, IL Cooper, Miss Marston an I Miss Ntas%ell will apposr. RoYir. strlagY TrIEkTRM. Lessees, Melirg. Shepherd and Creswlck. THI' EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled BOW WE LIVE IN THE WO iLD OF LONDON. Followed by TLIFFLEHS.VSF.M; or, The Lawyer's regend. To conclude with TEM COBBLEti TAILOa. isTL ET'S ROYAI. AMPHIttIEATR.E. Lessee anti Manager. Mr. Wm Cooke Glorious Impress of public approbation! THIS EYENINO, The most extriordinar and exc'ting exhibition that ever iv is represented—an En tlish Steeplechase, with all its Incidents, frs,m the starting to the winning post. . The performances commence w th THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAiTIIFQL SPEED. The acting hor.e, trainei by Mr. William Cooke. Diable Tltght Rope, the Misses Dacey. SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the Postman's Knock. Drame Equestre with E' GL HARVEST HOME and NATIONAL ENGLISH. STEEPLWMIASE. Box-od4ce open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Faiaastrian Director. i7t)oke. ROYAL YfARYLEBONE Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. Great suc'Atsi of the new nun 'gement and *eel, scenery, &e, THIS EVE NUN.; (Friday, April 4, 1850 the new drama of LOST, £3o,ooo,suoptrted by Messrs. Stuart, Stirling, Belford, Miss An terms, Morell, &c. After which, BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Mr. Lewis Ball, of the TWatre Royal, Sadler's Wells. To condole with a grand Ballet Divertise:nent, by Mr. Harvey, entitled, TIIE DUMB PO sTILLION. Tae ininsitab'e Charles Mathews ha, been engaged for 5 nights only, and will appear ,as Monday, April ith, 1856. E5131.t. STANIA.Y'S " SEVEN - AGES .OF WOMIN." - Second Season. This Lyric E iterta , nment has been cr Tned by the unanimous approbation of ALT. TEM LONDON JOURNALS As Vie gre hest artistica! team p'i of the day. It constitute, an Opera Co'nely, and Vaudeville. With a hist of chsract trs in Oorrect Cos. tnimes ; arid Sono in . . SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES i , Never attempted by any other artiste. , Evening performances on Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays, an 1 l'ldays, at S. Morning oerformsnees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half•past two, precisely. • Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2a. ; Back Seats, 'ls. ' SAINT M ktIfIN'S MALL, Long-acre. HATER. AT tON.I)ON. Itt OG THIS DAY—Morn. 3 min. aft. I—Erming 26 rain. aft. 1 Tel-Hosnow—Morn. 41 min. aft. I—Evening 5 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER—Sum OFFing, APRIL 4. TEIZEMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 58 bighest sine noon yesterday. b 2 -torreetthis morning and daring the night. 53 this day at noon. BAROMETER. 23'76. WIND, variable and light, from W.S.W. to W.N.W., with fine snnshiny weather and April showers occasionally. It rained for 8 or 10 hours from yesterday noon till night. f } 7. Sfr . t l : 33,41( II 1 ) 1 g, 1.1," LONDON, _FRIDAY, APRIL 4 1356. It has for some time been notorious that a mar riage had been arranged between Prince FREDE RICK, eldest son of the Crown Prince, and conse quently heir presumptive to the Throne of Prus . si and the Princess Royal of England. The tender age of the Royal victim at 'resent is . little more than fifteen years, azal the very equivocal position occupied by Prussia towards England during the progress of the War did not ptevent the arrangements for this very unwise and im politic alliance from being entered into, although the formal application has been withheld until the patching-up of the Treaty of Peace, in order to avoid the energetic remonstrances that might otherwise be offered in both Houses of Parliament, and the natural feeling of indignation that would be excited throughout the length and breadth of the land. There is, however, but too much reason to fear that the nnfortunate marriage, on which the Prince Consort is said to have set his heart for the promotion of German, not. of Eng lish, interests, may be, regarded as one : Of the causes that has led to the humiliating and injuri ous peace in which England has been made a party, and that the possible prospect of Great Britain being annexed to Prussia is the sole reward for the lives of our myria Is of gallant soldier's, and the expen diture of tens of millions of capital uselessly and improvidently sacrificed. Whether the British people will regard it as a satisfactory equivalent is another question. We should rather think not, and that the voice of public eiii n i on w ill ma k e i . self heard in the inmost - recesses' of Downing street, and even in Buckingham Palace itself. No time has been lost in putting forward , a "feeler" on the. snbjeet. In the Economist of Sunday last, the very day onwhich the Treaty " 7 " signed at 'Penis, it was stated the Prince " bad formally asked and obtained the sanction of the K/NG (of Prussia) to his requesting the hand of the Princess Royal," with a suggestion that the' 7 P tiblicity of the proceeding' is 'Supposed tj i m ply a knowledge that the English 'Court will appiove of the union proposed." There :need not be muc h doubt on this part of the case, for it is, unfortunately, but too notorious that the Matter had been arranged at Bilmoral last sum mer, at the- time of the visit of the Prince, which. was so strongly' commented on by the Engliih journals, and that it had-been: 9n the, tapls for fiie years' previously, b4ore the'youngi Prince s 1434 ,attained the : mature age of ten years. The opinion of the British Parliament will, however, probably be asked, althou4h the announcement will not be made until after the proposal has been duly accepted, and then the inforthation be . accompanied b y will probably a modest request that a suitable appanage may belprovided at the •XPreriss of the nation, to gild the bridal couch of the illustrious victim, and to render the marriage more acceptable to the good " Chlep to t.” tvist, howev e r, that the representatives of the Drit4sh people may exhibit. - some aPi)o34sike of firmness and independence in the transaction, Although they may not be able to put a stop to the marriage, they may at least button their pockets tightly, and declare that not a single shilling shall be granted to forward a match, of which every person, not affected by the, sinister and unconstitutional influence that per vades.eivery department of the State, must totally "and entirely disapprove. We have, indeed, but little reason to approve of marriages of the female members of our Royal family with the petty Princes of Germany. But bad as they are, they would be far better than that of a Princess, who personally, or whose chil dren, might . become entitled to the Throne of these realms. It is by no means a far-fetched suppo • sition to imagine that, at no very distant period, the thrones of Great. Britain and Prussia:might bedtime - united, and that we should be governed by a Prussian Viceroy, or, under tbe most favour able circumstances, by a Sovereign, who, like the First GEORGE, did not understand our laaguage, and 'who was not actuated by a single feeling in Common with those whom he was called on to It is a very different matter to give the Prin. cesses of nations placed under the Salique law in marriage to the Sovereigns of first-rate States. No claim to the Crown can, under such circum stances, be put forward by the Consort. It would, however, be very different in the present in stance ; and we merely ask what would be the result of the union of the Crowns of Great Britain and Prussia 'I A calm and deliberate considera 7 tion of the inevitable ,consequences that must fol low such an uittowarc event Will be quite suffi cient to convince every disinterested and unpre judiced person of .tie vital importance of the transaction, and of the urgent necessity of oppos ing, while there is yet time, the inatspicious . marriage. It is said that the circle from which a choice can be mde is limited in the extreme—that it has for the most part been limited to the petty Protestant Princes of Germany. But why ? Because, forsooth —marriage with a subject is as sumed to be out of the question ! This is a mere petitio principii, a literal begging of the question. It is the absurd and ridiculous prejudice that the Divine ichor which circulates in the veins of Princes could not be commingled with the puddle of the lower classes, even of the most ancient members of our nobility, It was this delusion that destroyed the happiness of the brothers and sisters and children= of GEORGE Hi., that has rendered the legitimate descendants of GEORGE 11. so limited in number. We trust tkat it may not be persisted in, and that, the happiness—per haps the morality of—another fine family may net be sacrificed to the same most unfortunate pre judice. The thanks of the public are due to the Earl of ALBESIARLB for his motion in the House of Lords last evening. Anything more revolting than the act of atrocious cruelty to which he drew attention it would be difficult to conceive, unless it be the fact that it was part of a systeM in vegue under British rule. Only fancy.fourteen poor, lank, and -feible Indian weavers dragged, at eight o'clock in the morning, before a petty Go vernment collector of taxes, for arrears ; and, in default of payment, subjected to torture; and such torture ! First, the spinal column bent inward ; next, ..a native executioner and a 12lh. weight suspended from their necks; and compelled to stand in this constricted position for twelve mortal hours ! Human nature sickens at the thought ! Flow-far, however, are the dimensions of this atrocity from being revealed. Oa., their heads began to pour the fierce rays of a vertical sun. Thirst, as a Matter of course, assailed them.. ," Water ! water !" was their cry, J, Water was refused them. Blighter still shone the sun, and their whitened lips ' vainly strove to . give'utterance to their prayer. Still no water. Their drooping spirits sought refuge in unconsci ousness from the burden of their tortured frames. Even that boon to suffering humanity was denied them. A second, executioner was at the side of each to aid his colleague in pinching to renewed consciousness the tcrtured frame. And this from eight in the morning until eight at night ! Even then a disgusting indignity must be thrown in to: increase the nausea with which they regarded the refreshment , offered then. The infliction 'was diabolical, but it served the collector's turn. The wives of the poor victims had no money.wherewith to discharge the pitiful amounts of taxation owing ; but, like most Eastern arid Sotne Western women, they had ornaments, dear to them almost as life; and so, when they knew to what sufferings: their husbands had been. exposed, they tore those ornaments off to s we them from further oritrago, and the claims of the Indian Government were satisfied, ,but only for a time.. Even in India, however, there is a public opinion, and the cJI• lector's master, Mr. SIIIIBRICK, an Englishman, collector and magistrate for the district, was com pelled to entertain a complaint against him. The Indian monster was sentenced—to what does the reader think ? some severe punishment doubtless —to pay a fine of—ten , shillings ! That was all. Let it be remembered India is a long way. off ; and if Government must have its taxes, whether the people can pay them or not, it won't answer for the collector of a diStrict to be too severe on a servant whose chief fault, in his eyes, is over -7400.1.! Noir, it will not do for the Indian.,Go vernment to say that this was merely an arbitrary stretch of authority by a reckless official. Toia is only ono instance out of many, and they know it. Nor will it . do, for them to say they have' done their best to discountenance such a system, but have no power to • extirpate it. They have not done , their best ; and the proof is, though their attention has long been called to it, it still prevails--and they have the power-to put a stop to it—such power being notoriously vested, in the Legislative oJuncil at Calcutta. With what face do they depose the worthless tyrant • of Oude for his crimes, and suffer atrocities like these to be '*)lnteitted by native' officPals in , their employ Or h ow can they loo k for a perpetuation of their power at the; hands of the British public, when they 'suffer deeds like these to bs perpetrated, revolting to every feeling of the British heart, and disgraceful t o the national fame. Look for it, however, they will, and the wrongs of India l , k lik o e ther thos n e l i o s f cle: ti e :: a p n r t o s , vinces, will go unredressed so long as the peeple f.,rget that the honour and glory of the country are, or ought to be, in their keeping. FREgCH CIVILISATION. Punch has been seized in Paris for th e fi rst ti me f o r several mouths. Its offence was the picture representing the Emperor standing by tb e cradle of his infant, while a figure of. Liberty says, " Please may Ibe godmother ?" The Sun was seized on Tuesday, in consequence of its appearing with a black border as a token of mourning ,for the peace, which it considers disastrous and dis graceful for England. The Daily News and Morning Advertiser were also seized. We understand that the rectory of Sf. George Bloornetury, vacant by the elevation a ,the Hon. and R ev .. a M. Villiers to the see of Carlisle, h4s,bces given toibe Rev..E:"ZayleY , vicar of - Woburn, !fedi. - - MUNIFICENT DONATION. - The Gnic,re' Clinpany lesterday preiented to the Royal Free Hospital a dona ion of 1001., in addition to f firmer donations amounting to 1551. Tile bankruptcy of Sir Robert Price has been super eded. - The creditors have agreed to a proposition to my a composition of 54. in the pound. The Monacar o' yesterlay, in an account of the grand -eview of the previous day, - records conspicuou,ly that the Emperor only wore one foreign decoration, that of the Order of the Garter. • DEATH OE THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE ROBERT DAW BON.--We are sorry to hear of the death of the Right Hon. George R. Dawson, deputy-chairman of the 13,Thri )f Customs, which has just taken place' after a painful illness: A testimonial of plate, subscribed by Sir Joseph Pax 'on and season ticket-bolders of the crystal Palace, has been given to Mr. Henry Schallehn, in acknowledgment ~ f his original formation and management of the Crystal Palace Band. ASSAULTING A REPORTER.—A t the Norwich assizss yesterday, Richard Ferris'', sen., an I Richard Ferrier, jun., were charged with unlawfully assaulting John Williams Da Cans, a newspaper reporter. The case was settled by an apology. Sr. MARK'S HOSPITAL.--The annual festival o St. Mark's Hospital, in the City road, was celebrated yes terday evening by an elegant entertainment at the Al bion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. A subscription of 7001. was afterwards announced. Emil Devrient, whO appeared for two successive seasons, irfeW years ago, with th e Gmnany Cornpany; at the St. James's Theatre, in London, is about to retire finally from the stage, which he has, first as a singer and' then as an actor, adorned forsix-and-thirty years. The principal item of news from Ceylon here is the. visit_ of his Excellency Sir H:. Ward to the north eastern provinces. Sir Henry had been received with greaten tlusium at Trincomalee,' .and ' had visited the Cut- . cherry, Fort Osnaburg, and the - dockyard; The French army will, it is said, return from 'the Crimea in-bo lies of 20,000 with corresponding ihateriel. About six month's; will'he occupied in the evacuation. It will begin in May, aad last over October. A despatch has been received . froui .Marshal Pelissier, which .an;. nounced an improvement in the health of the army. CITY Or LON D ON SCHOOLS.— Yesterday a meeting was held at the London Tavern to adopt inta-zures to pre vent the falling off in' the - revenud of the above !chalk A. subscription list was opened, and it was resolved that a clergyman and some laymen should canvais the city fur support. _ A. deputation, to lay before the Government the great frauds of the bay tra le, bad an interview with Lori Stanley of Alderley and the Right. Hon. Robt. Lowe yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con sisted of Messrs. Ra‘hbone, Argent, Hasker, Rogers, Wilson, Boyer, W.Nainara, Willing, Hudson, Hayman, Hartley, Hawes, and Reddin. • FINE ARTS.—To show that the announcement of peace may, even at this early period; have bad a favourable influence on the fine art - trade, we may . notice that, at a sale of the engravings, drawings, &c., of Messrs, Her ring and Remington, which took place this week by Messrs. Southgate and Barrett, a copy in water colours, by Lewis Hagbe, of David Robert's wand picture ot the Destruction of-Jerusalem," was sold for 2001. ; and the stock and lithographic stones of the same work realised - 700/., while the other lots - in the same sale brought good prices. COLLISION ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.--416 acci dent, which might have been of a more. serious nature, occurred on Monday, evening on. the .Caledonian. Rail way. The mull express trim fr London on arriving at thelMotherwell viaduct bridge, about 12 miles from G:asgow, came in direct collision with a goods train, causing both engines to be con , iderably damaged, and also several of the wa,ggons and carriages, and causing many contusions and shocks - to the passengers by coming in contact with each other ; but fortunately no limbs 'were brAcen or lives lost. THE PROPBSED METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.— Yesterday a deputation waited on the Hon. Mr. Cowper, President of the" Biari of. Health, and urged upon the hon. gentleman the desirability of the site of Sm7thfield being-appropriated to the dead-meat market. Mr. Cow per listened attentively to the arguments of the deputa tion, which consisted of Mr. Vene,blee, Mr.'Butler, Mr. BOnsor, Mr. Thomas Taylor, Mr. Firmie, Mr. King, and Mr. Potter; all extensive meat salesmen in Newgate market, and promised the subject due consideration. THE MAILS.- , -LIVERPOOL, April 3.—The British and North American mail steam-ship Africa will take her departure hence for New York on Saturday, when let ters and papers will be received at the Post office at 8 a.m., with late fee at 9 a.m., and at the landing-stage at 10 a in. The Australian mail sailing-ship James Baines will sail from Liverpool for Melbourne on Sun day, the letter 7 box closing at 8 a.m. ; but letters and papers will be received with late fee- until 9 a.m., and at the landing-stage at 10 a.m. THE •REPRESENTATION OF CHIPPENHANL—Mr. John Neeld, brother of the' late "representative for Chippen ham; 'having declined to come forward, Mr. -Robert P.rry Nisbet, of Southbroom-house, near Devins, bas offered himself as a candidate. Mr. Nisbet 'his long been a resilent in_ the county, and some few years ago he' served, with much .credit,to himself, the office of High Sheriff. His political opinions are Cous2rvatiye. As'yet. no other candidate has appeared. . FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S. -- Yesterday - morning, 'shortly bet ,re four o'clock, a fire brAce out at Mr. John , Madden's, the Three ' COmpasses TA'ern, - White - Hart street, Drury-lane. The inmates were `arritised"by a strong smell ot fire, and on proCeeding down stairs discovered the bar-parlour in flames. An a'arm was instantly raised, when. the fire-engines from Chandos-street, Holborn, and King-street were shortly ,on the spot,.and with a good supply of water got work, but the bar and - bar-parlour were burnt out. Cause unknown, Insured in the Sun. HIGHLAND' ROADS AND BrunGEs.L—From the 42d re- port,. j.r-t issued, it appears that the steatitic of charge in 1855. under the act for,maintaining and keeping in repair certain roads arid bridges'made,in Scotland for the pur pose of military communication, &c., was 14,277/., and the amount, of,dischargs 13,1631., leaving a balance in the commissioners' hands of 1,1131. Since the disastrous season of 1848-49. the works under the charge of the corm noissinners have enjoyed . a remarkable iretmunity, frpm heavy casualties, and the last season was unmarked to any injury to the works beyond the ordinary wear and tear until the sth of Fabruary last, when a storm, lasting two day 4, on the western shore of Argyleshire, did serious damage to the roads on Loch Fynne. CAUTION TO MARINERS.—SUNKEN ,ROCK.—A letter -received at Lloya's Irons their agent at Smyrna contains a (retry of a deposition' of Captain Boyle, of the Falcon stet mer, of London, which sank on the 17th of February in 10 fathoms of water, near port Ketone, on the we e / side of the island of Ma telcne, after touching upon a rock not laid down. in Admiralty charts. The rock, is visible above water to the eastward' of Cape Vourgas. Che atreet states that in the course of the last year four veesel4, French and Austrian, were lost near the same, the masters'of which speak' of rocks not laid down in their charts. His states further that it is not safe for Vessels to enter Port COlonna, by the old charts and sailing direcione. It is - supposed That the violent earth quakes which took pace in Mytelene, and, particularly on the west side of the island, so ne two years since, are the cense of the appearance of these rocks. The Falcon, it is said, is still standing with her• masts up, and her topmast bead just above water. REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS bill has been introduced by Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Liddell t amend the node of committing, crirnisral and vagrant children to refOrrnatory and iticlustriil ec'slioole It enacts, that "it shall not be necessary for any ,court, proceeding under the act 17 and 18 Vic., cap. 86, to name the particular school to which any youthful offender is to be sent at the time of passing sentence upon him,". but that such court mar make an order with the name of the school left in blank,. to be filled up with in one month after sentence has been passed ; this ar rangement, however, must not lenethen the detention of any offender in any prison beyond' the time 'specified in ih: original sentence. Orders may be amended within a month,, so as to substitige one reformatory foranother, to which the culprit wiirthen be transferred., Young persons must not be sent to any schools to which their parents, on religious grounds, object., The power of the Secretary of State to order removals, tee:, is not dimin tithed by this act. The expenses of removal are to be de frayed by treasurers of counties and cities (under the act already recited), and, under the act 17 and 18 of Vic., capw 74, by the parochial boards of parishes. The Trea sury will pay for removals ordered by the Secretary of S'ate. THE REV. G. C. GORHAM AND HIS PARISHIONERS.— The Itev. G. C. Gorhsm, rector .of Brarupfcsrd. Speke, hear Exeter, whose controversy with .the Mason of Exe ter is so well knotve„ has hada violent. rupture . with a large, number of his parishioners, the . result of which is that they have commended procsedings against the red: gentleman for " brawling in.church." It appears that *vane of the principal farmers, in- the parish objected to' a certain inscription on the ofgan which has recently-beer, erected in the church, and this was inserted in a notic e convening a parish meeting as one of the subjects for consideration. Mr. Gorham objected tesign'the notice in the elespe, pre , erited .to him, , and the churchwarden, Mr. Carter, ju.ne affixed it to the church door without his signature. On ,Sunday me.rning, previous. to com mending Divine sery eic the rev. gentleman went to Mr: Carter's pew, and, as it is alleged, asked him how he dared to put up the_ notice without his signature, and peremptorily ordered him-to take it down and bring it to him- in the . vestry. For this conduct Mr. Carter, en couraged, by a large number of his parishioners,- has in stituted proceedings against the rev, gentleman for " breeding." THE SADLEIR PERPLEXITY—MR. WARLEY'S Ex- PleteraTtriss.---Yesterday Mr. Wakley, at 'an inquiry held at Camden, Town, alluded with a smile to the• ex traerdinary- rep - orte respecting the alleged deception pradtised oh the public by Mr.Stelleir, observing, "The wan wire invented the"stery could net have known that Ilenew.Mr.. Sadleir—l might Say personalli—fer several years that be occupied a seat in Parliament; and as to the rumours which. have got about respecting:a change in the features of the deceased at the period the body wag viewed by the jury, the surmises are quite counten i n a ce q , ui e re rr n o t n , as t lyl eenshere wag tures of th e d e c ea sedh , the unfortunate man being appae riot the least change in the lea aent d s e s e a p w . nlorathmeinseldig'inhtdessttcautiously the countenanc e , and saw not the slightest ,clange in I ndeed; I wag so minute as to ()Pen' the lips and look at the teeth ; I likewise .opened the eyelids, and lestly, I turned the hair off the.forehead,,remarking, as I did so, that the d eceased was remarkably free from baldness. It is, therefore, a very ridiculous and - foolish rumour which has got abroade and one that.thersectanortt be.the slightestthe efantof n iy foundation for, even t a king into consideration bei ng mys e lf so intimately acquainted . with the deceased' appearance, and then niy examining . 12!,s countenance F!ti . clo2ely, •it puts all such fooliSli, stitniibeei" . , LATEST NEWS. STETTIN, APRIL 2. The Emperor Alexander and the Grand Dukes Constantine, Nicholas, and Michael, arrived at Fredericksham in the morning of the 22d. After having inspected the troops, the Corps of Cadets, and the batteries, the imperial party left for Helsingfors, where they arrived on . tbe 23d, and inspected troops and the fortifications, and visited the hospitals and the churches. TURIN, APRIL 3. The Bureaux of the Ministry of War are ac- tively engaged in arranging the measures relative to the return of the S trdinian army at present in the Crimea. Vessels are preparing to sail from Gsmoa for she purpose of bringing back the troops. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 3. The Supreme Council has adopted, and read a first time,, the proposal of the Holstein Deputies, far submitting the general constitution to 'a spe cial assembly of the Diet. A squ'adron of American:ship3 of war is crdered to cruise on the coast of Spain, pending the Anglo- American dispute. FRANCE. PARIS, TiltutslitlY EVENING' Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador, had the honour of being received by the Emperor yester day, and delivered to his M►jesty the reply of his Sovereign to the notification of the birth of the Prince Imperial. Count Buol Schauensiein; Aus triaa Plenipotentiary at the Congress, was also re ceived by the Emperor', - to deliver a similar, reply, as well as a ptivate and autograph letter from. the Emperor of Austria. Baron de Manderstrom, the Swedish Minister,. was, afterwards honoured With an audience, to present an autograph letter from his Sovereign, and one from the Prince Royal of 1 Sweden. The Paris correspondent of the Independance• of Brussels states that two regiments of marines, three large vessels armed eit fide, and some light vessels and gun-boats are now at Toulon ready to start for a purpose connected with the expedition to Madagascar. . The Pays , alluding to the sitting of the Congress on Wednesday (in which, notWithstariding the an nouncement of their departure iu" several journals, Lord Clarendon and M. Manteuffel took-part),.says it has reason to think that .none of the matters.re mailing to be discussed will give occasion to any new protocol or additional treaty. "in a won), ' the Pay 3 says, " the treaty of Marcia 30 is as com - plete in tenour as in form, and will require no.iiew or supplemental signature on account of any of the points with which the Congress is at this moment occupied." The Debats contains a long article on the ;pro ceedings of the Congress up to the date of signing the Treaty of Peace : • " Of all the points on which the Conference bad to pro nonnce itself, that which has excited the greatest difficul ties and will continue so to do is the new political Consti tution of the Danubian Principalities. The futureof these provinces occupies the att-ntion of all the nations of Etirope. The interests of all the neighbouring or distant Statek may not be the same, but they areequally pressing. We believe too that the question of the Principalities - gave rift in the heart of the Congress to long and very animated debates. It appearsthata num berof systems were proposed more or less- irreconcileable with the fundamental rife established from the commencement, which decreed, that no breach of the rights of the Sultan or of the int i egrity Of the Ottoman empire should be permitted. If we are to believe certain repm ta which have obtained suffkcient credit not to be disdained, come members of the,.Con . ference had Wished to uniie these two.principalities into one : independent State, to be , proclaimed nett a'; and to be entrusted to the rule cf a prince chosen. irom-aintmg the reigning houses of Germany or Italy. This ciiiribi ; nation implied a division of Turkey, and was contrary to the object of the war. The Conference consequently rejected it." The next statement of the Debats is that— • "The Conference has decided that no portion of the Turkish territory is to be occupied by the Allied armies under any pretext whatever, and that those armies will evacuate the points on which they are established iiurne diately alter the ratification of the treaty. According to tbk, when the treaty of the 30th, March shall hex° ac- Timed, by the ratification of the Sovereigns,, the, per tain character which it does not possess at present, the armies .ot France, England,,and Sardinia will aban ,don the Ciiinea and Constantinople, and return to their.cvuntry, while the Austrian :armies will , quiff the Danubian Principalities. Some foreign journals lave scatted to the contrary, but we believe them to be badly informed on the subject. Their error' may be in any rise easily explained. The'Allied PoWers, anti cipatinga'eontinuation ofthe war and its development 'on 'a larger "scale, have accuntilated immense, supplies in the Crimea and around Constantinople. It will take a long period to transport the immense mateHel again ,into the stares of England, Fiance, and mar diula, and, the year 1856 will probably not suffice. It is evident that the ma.iriel must remain guarded:by :the allied tr mps in those distant countries until Ito .re mo vat has been effected. It is, perhaps, this indispensable act which has been taken for a temporary occupation, of the Turkish territory by the allied armies." , The Debats next describes the regulation of tlie fourth point, which , refers to the Christian subjects , of the Porte : ' Abdul Medjid has acted spontaneously, and in virtue of his own authority ; the immunities now enjoyed by the Christian subjects of the Porte are the concessions of their Sovereign ; the new rights of the Christians - ion ly repose on acts of internal administration, which do not bind the Sultan nor (above all) his successors. Seine members of the Conference conceived doubts with re spect to the stability of the Imperial decrees, and de sired to annex • them to the treaty of peace, or •to embody them in that treaty. This gave rise to ade bate, in which the Sovereignty of the Sultan and the dignity of his crown appeared to come in contact with the must respected rights of the Christians. It is assured that the Congress has, adopted 'a medium course. The decrees of the Sultan will remain as they are ; they will be neither annexed to nor embodied in the treaty, but an article of the treaty will allude to these new acts and to the new concessions of the Sultan in terms which will result in the engagement of the Sultan not to dit.avow his - acts, and in a' guarantee to the Christians by all the contracting powers." • The Debuts next alludes to the proposals ad vanced by M. de Cavour in the Congress : , . " Necessary reforms in 'ltaly' were 'spoken, of in the Conkress, and it was asked if it were not wiser and'inbre p litic to give satisfaction, which might be limited, fe4ly to, nations, than to, by .exposed to revolutionary moYe ments which are daily becoming more difficult. to strain. It is assured that these grave questions have been, debated in the Congrest, and-that it has proposed to revert to them." The following passage characterises the part taken by Lord Clarendon in the proceedings of the Congress :-- "Lord Clarendon, who took a grand part in the dis cussions of the Conference 'aud who is justly Considered as one of the princip a l authors of the. treaty, had already traced out its prog'rarrisne in a speech w.'Ainh he.' pre nOtincsil before the House of Lords an the 31st Jana4ry, in reply , : to the address proposed in answer to the Queen's, speech.. Matters have passed as desired by the Minister, of the Queen of England. . The . tin peror Alexander, who ; in-accepting the' cotididone proposed • by Austria, had .rer-ignert himself to a rain- ful sacrifice of the antoo-propre of Russia, bas adhered honourably to the letter and spirit of the conditional He gathers to-day the 'faits of this conduct, frill Of bonpur and ability ; not onry . luta ho rendered the condbisiop of a peace easy, but he has allowed the Allied Powers to subscribe to conditions wbich, give to Europe ,the gua rantees of security,ib.required. without wounding,the honour and dignity of Russia." The Congress.met yesterday at 2 o'clock at the Hotel of l'oreian, Affairs for the settlement of clif firent minor points. It is expected that a mofith will be taken up in this work. The Plenipotenti aries are nut to leave Paris before the exchange of the ratifications. BOURSE, April 3.—Tho following were the elos lig quotations •—= Cash. fr. e. End °Month. 4i" per Cents I ' 4 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 73 10 73 63 New Loan 73 1,0 -- tfank Sh 3 ares 559 Roman . , Credit Mobilier 168„ Sustiian Belgian Fives. ..... - 9;— Spanish Threes —. Piedmontest (5). 94'._ Home Debt .... - . ,I,`i RAIL , WA YO-1011 CASH. ----- jr. .... _ _ fr. c ... Orleans .., 'l.' o. ......... 1,3 5 Westoru 9lO Northein - Strasburg Mediterranean ...... Grand Central Lyons Geneva .... 810 'Testo Cede TOO Austrian Com. 925 TURKEY. Accounts have been received from Constantino ple to the 25th ult. Seven different proposals for forming banks have been submitted to the Porte by different capitalists. 'The Moldavian deputa tion which had come to ;Constantinople to,opirse. tWriadkgitte aolited by me lospodar for the en frauLbisenient of .the gipsy tribes have left Con `ataatitioPlo withOtit obtaining any results. -A fresh shock of earthquake has been felt at Broussa. A. re IJeum was sung at the .French embassY on the 23d - on: the occasion of the birth of the Prince Im perial. • • The dealers at , Balaklava have decided on raising the price of their merchandise 20 per cent. The European merchants established in the Crimea are waiting fer the conclusion of peaCe,to convey their merchandise to 'Odessa and the Principalities. The thermOmeter at -Sebastopl ... had fallen as low as 17 degrees below zero (nearly at zero of Fahrenheit), so that - the • troops remained. shut up in their quarters. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 25th, in , the Emancipation of Brussels, says :—"The coronation will not take plies before the month of August, on account of the extensive preparations which are re quired. The 31st is Mentioned as the day. ,The health of the Empress-Mother requiring a visit to some of the baths of Germany, it is possible that she will not be Present. Tha ceremony will lie perfqrmed with the greatest pomp. The costumes worn on the occasion will resemble as closely as ; possible-the ancient ones, of Russia. - The armorial bearingS . to be displayed on the occasion have been all submitted to the examination of persons expe rienced heral lry. Eighteen carriages, richly gilt, have been ordered for the grand cortege. A letter from Cronsta , lt of the 21st, in the Moreiteur de la Flotte, says :—" A. piece of news ay.liic_h has produced a great sensation here, is an kikder to get ready a squadron composed of five vessels war, all steamers, to be prepared to put out to sea in the midclle'of May, namely, a screw frigate, two screw -corvettes, and two .smaller ves s As. Admiral Lutke is to take the command oftthis the idea is that these vessels are to solve -for a-voyage of the Emperor and one of his brothers to the southern parts of Europe: The frigate' and the two corvettes are all new and uncommonly fine vessels, and 'rapid in their rate of going. A signi ficant fact in connection with this 'matter is that instructions - have been sent to engage pilots well acquainted with the coasts of England and France." SPAIN. MADRID, April 2.—Government has bestowed the order of the Golden Fleece on the Imperial Prince of France ; a high functionary is to carry the insignia to Paris. The rumour of Gen. Concha having been removed from the , government of - :Ouba is unfounded. Tranquillity is general.. The iAjudication'of the railroad frnai Xeres to Seville has been liostponed in consequence of doubts on the legality of some of Op biddings. - • The Madrid Gazette of the 29th ult. contains an account of the disturbances at Badajoz. It appears that on the 23d some of the inhabitants and Na tional Guard began quarrelling and fighting in a wine-shop, and that, cries of help being raised, a corporal and four men from the nearest guard house were sent: to re-establish. order ; the, soldiers • were attacked and two of Ahern wounded ; a-large body of soldiers- who were sent were repulsed,' and then a detaehment of 40 - men was'marched aff.ainst the rioters, who were immediately dispersed, aid had two Of their ringleaders arrested. The cap tain-general :and other authorities hurried to the spot, but no further attempt at disturbance was made. , GREECE. Antkicr,. - March 22.—The Court and Govern ment of Athens are alarmed at the rePresentations which the Envoys of England and Franco- have lately made;:and public feeling is somewhat excited. The First Seeretary of the RuSsian Embassy, M. de Neclondoff, has, been sent to Germany' and St. Petersburg,on a special mission.. M. Eundouri, whom AdMiral Dundas once designated in his de spatch as a spy of the Queen of 'Greece,- is to, ViJit .London and Paris' to plead, it is •said, the :royal cause. M. Tricoupi, the Greek Ambassador at London, and M. Rogue, Secretary of Ligation at Paris (who published the celebrated letter of Gene ral Kalleigi), have been changed by the Cabinet of Athens to afford every assistance to this gentleman. All this is'verrsignificant, and worth watclqog.: LITERATURE. Gleanings aft "Grand Tour" , ists. B mworth and Harrison. The author-of - these pleasant,' if somewhat diffuse, pages is not' on% of those people who ''Vlie` - Pver they travel fincleverything barren and cannotgetnp a sensatiOr:, On good terms with liiinselfe,,atid party, and determined to make the -best of , wh4 came across'him, we find him pursuing his way p the length of Italy; ," chasing, as it were," to lir his own language, "the summer with its Successiou of fruits and flowers before us, from thn strawberries of a sunny March at Naples, until we u fondthein at the edge of the yet unthawed .snows of.Jutie do the Upper Cffisonsi" making, in truth, - "a progrehs in the sun'' in all its stages, save (shall we sair) where he Comes iu contact with What' :isOffe,nsive to good Prokestant eyes, when 4 little ohscuratiOn comes ovbr wiihout, however, materially affectiqhis-gond temper and inclination tow4rds epigram, Versification, and, inn ocen t fun. V tit* Napleh of nurse 119 pays a visit to Vesuvius, and when 'tfiere, has by no means, as a matter Pf course, "a momentary glithpse -of -the aetua,l bottom." lilt -is ithus described For a few seconds theft; was ,a complete cessaiioh of :vapour and I could 'discern:a dark, profound deepening at the bottom to a.dull red heat; over which a lighter flame seethed ta. flicker. I called all to look,b4t as I spoke it was gone !" Toe stones of Piestuin suggest the " Why has not Riskin : beeii here?" On that curse of Italy, mfi/aria - , some sensible remarks. His mode of dealing with it could-do no harm - , and in all probabilitywould be effectual. It is "to open up the outfall drainage oii the 'West:Coa St of Italy,' for which a few.:iegi inents c,f "navvies," under scientific direetioi, would suffide. Of its effects on children extiosefil to its influence we have ; this description As we looked on their sea-green faces, swollen 1)01E4, and spindled limbs, we received so forcible aPropf of the poisonous nature' of the air theyilived in and we were` inhaling, that we determined to 'loiter no longer in this pestilential region." -r Ar'rived it Naples, the'." Carnp6 S4l to Di PoVerr gives, (air author an opportunity to, exercise his. descrlptiVe powers, Which he does with effect,- while in the hydra of lazzaronism and 'the towering situation of St. Elme, which commands every street in the town, he dispovers,how it was the King of, the Two Sivilies regainee his.absolute ascendancy ; over the revolted pecple of his capital. The " of St. Peters, at Rome,-are graphically prodnceil;" and irf' - a visit to the Vatican by torchlight,"aid more especially "Ad Cttacumbas," the anthipr gathers the,Oaterials fgt the most iuterestind pqr , tion of his work. Some of. the inscriptions on the tombsitil the early' disciples of the - Christian faith, which he describes, are irresistibly 4ffet ing from tl+ truly;_enristian spirit thoy rc'Yeal, full of inspired Dope and childdike, but well-grountlnd faith. Of ? Ate consolidation _of the Italian Mates he expresses little hope, .yet here and there we have indications : that the old Roman spirit is not extinct even in quarters where its 'existence Would not be looked for: . A curious story is told . in een nectiiiV With- the visit , . of the late Czar Nicholas: to Rome, ,when it would appear on one occasion none but scruples of violating the Popp's safeguard stood between Jilin and the veng!fance bf n Poliah'soldier, who had fled from thelpe,rseeution of his faith in White Russia to the servrfe of „Pio Nono. Of. this Pontiff we have a briefiglimpse,' the result-of which is at least confirmatory of his sincerity. The author's love!of Pasquinage leads him into an adventure of rather excititig.description. The catastrophe. of the story is sufficiently -appalling and instructive, showitig, as it does, how the "red arm ",,of pcivite vengeance Still holds its own in Roane.; Bol~'igrta, Venie theTasFiei tg , 'Otliavonna, and Spl ugh en, and the Righi,, by morning and evening, each fiirnis'les usatbir : for pleasing d e scription' and comneeut— thb!ridleauinp".;44,a whole, let us ,say, in cenclu sion, constituting-,a.W'el.come store of, information andmidert f ajnmeet even to those'who have appro. % priated Vlliflharvest of the Grand Tourists." THE, F.SA4';IONAr4..GALLIMY.—The er.timates tor the Natro9al Wailery Will be laid before he HoUse of com mons this evening. We trust. that hon. members will take care *to see that the abuses in this establishment are thotottithly gone into before the , votes are granted. 1144W1 fIE PEACE HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN SARDINIA. --WestearnArom accounts -which arrived in town 4'4 night from Sardinia, that the intelligence of the signing of the Trfatz of Peace' has been received io that country with thO eteepest disappointment and dis:ati , -factiAl. The Govekninent acrd the inha')itante equally feel that the pepcei which has been concluded is one which is not hunquiole-to the Alliea, and that it will not assure the future'tranquillity of Eul'ope. HORTIOU4TURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—A.t a special general meeting of this society held this week in Regent street, Sir P. Egerton, M.P., in the chair, on the inotion of:Wri .GreA seconded by Mr, Evelyn DenisOn, M.P., it Ai; resolved - unanimously:—" That the Council 'be autherised to te:iminate the tenancy of the' Garden at Chiswick A 4 soon as' the lease will permit, and that the property ther e i n be,sold, ,unless such a sum as the.coun cil may req . uire,,foi :maintaining the garden, shall have been subectibed.:before the let of May." . I The shim - neat of fpecia by the Peninsular and Orien• tal steaniea Pera atio,tint to 41-7,1441., of which 102;55b1, is gold, fur Alexan'lria, Ceylon, Calcutta, Siogap4e, anu . Mug . Kong ;- and 354; 5851. Banab4yi Madras, Singaporerliong Kong, Canton,'Eind IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. THE YEW LAW APPOINTMENTS. •,Tlye . announcement of the vacancies in the loO r iiinglis i - of Athlone and Ennis reached Dublin this morning, and thus put an end to a world of specu lation au'''to the successor of Judge Torrens in the Court of Common Pleas. It is believed that no. opposition will be offered to the re-eleCtion of the' new Attorney-Generp,l, whose populaiitY with his . constituents is . something beyond the cummon. Of course it is not yet known who will be the candi date for . Athlone—probably that most restless of seat-seekerS, Mr. John Reynolds, ex-member for le cityiof Dublin. A IT,ewry paper gives the following account of the last fiThrhents of Mr. Justice Torrens " On Easter Sunday the venerable Judge Torrenv at tended Divine worship at, the cathedral at Derry, and there partook of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. He afterwards was- overcome with faintness, and was carried opt by the Mayor and others. He, however, rallied soilh after, and was able to attend to his judic;al functions ~on, Monday morning, and finished the bu4iness of the ,s.ss,izes. His Lendship then proceeded to his re-, siclenci.,'Wear Tuber:llore. OaWednesday he wrote his reply to the address of the grand jury, and was L-o well on Friday. that he shaved himself and dressed. On Saturday he again took unwell, and expired calmly that evening." 'THE SADLEIR FRAUDS. The extraordinary diclesnres partially made in the eifidende•(riven by Messrs. Kennedy and Mor rogh before the Mister in Chainiery have, if it were possible, added to the surprise created by the con clusion of the career of the giant swindler, the extent r2Q - o,h9s . e,frands, great as they were, is even yet imPerfectly known. A . few days more may, probably, further enlighten the public With respect to John Sadleir's transactions in the Encumbered Estateiteburti as the documents promised , to be produced by the solicitors above, named cannot fail to afford-fullinformation upon . this . chapter of the suicidp's history. The Freeman' s Journal, commenting upon the revelations of Tuesday last, observes appears from the examination of Messrs. Morrogh and Kennedy, before Master Murphy, that the hope in which the. depo-itors indulged was delthive, and that not one singfe:peich, of the land pqcl'ased -by Mr. Sadleir with :their money has been in any way charged with the sums' so advanced. The London and .0 linty Bank has pt no less than 20 assignmenthi of Irish property Pur chased by. Mr. John Sadieir, no. doubt, mostly by toe moneys alvanced by his brother, Mr. James Sadleir, out of the coffers of the Tipper4ry aink ; but, so , far as we can gather from the facts elic.ted at the Master's- office, on Tuesday, the shareholders of the Tipperary Bank,,haye rtceived no security of any kind against the lat:ds purchased in the Irish court, and ,ire shut out from all claim on them by the Llindaii and County Banff;; . „Thse who frequentNl the &let:inhered Estates Court - on auction days, or who perused the lists of put- chasers, will remember that at a very great sale the name of Sadleir appeared as the purchaser of the prime lots. The vast sums so iuvesteol in his name excited prise at the time. Those only, however, who were in the secret knew that it was a vast scheme, in which specula tion and fraud were so commingled that even now it is difficult, -with .the aid of all the light thrown on these events by the suhsequent di,c'osures, to say, where one bligari:aud,viliere the other ended. In every case it would anpear that the Tipperary Bank supplied the funds. Mr. Norris's name was to be used in a transaction of over 10,0001., the mysterious character of which hasyet to be unravelled, ;and the Tipperary Bank supplied the cash. The mortgage affords no clue to this fact—the deed dis closes no . trust on the face of it ; it is yet .nocertain whetherthe Mortgage was bona fide to Mr. Norris indi vidually .or to Mr. Noce.s in trust for the bank, but Mr. Morrogta.gives the creditors of the bank the benefit of his memory and impressions, and both concur in show ing that the money came from the coffers of the bank. We must admit that the purchases maie by Mr. Jawcs Sadleir seem to'require as much explanation as those made by his late brother, and that gentleman will have, in defence of his own reputation, to di.close with great minuteness - the circumstances which caused laird to have the property legally vested in that other party, at a time when no pecuniary transactions with the Let:- tious buyer aud. no family arrangements seem to have requil i eyl that Clincealinent. The Cause of the conceal mentos involvCd in mystery. ;The facts already known to the public suggest but one explanation—that the money wtih, which-the property was purchased was the money of the Bank, not Mr. Sadleir's, and that-for some as yet unexp'ained motive he was desirous not to ap pear to have had snob Command of capital. Mr. John Sadleir's plunder of the Tipperary Bank amounted to 200,000/. There are other two hundred thOnsands unac counted for. The Glengall Mortgage; if Mr. Morrogh's impressions be correct, accounts fur 10,0001. The Kin connell estate seems at present to, account f0r.12 or 16 other thousands ; but it is hardly possible to be!ieve, if this Kiri66nnell property' was really purchased ; with the money of ihe bank, that the manager who attempted to conceal the fact of his having purchased that property . 4 and who, when the bank was more than insolvent, t fabricated and circulated a report representing the Oat,' on the year as 9 per cent., has not effected some other concealments', the - aiselosing of whie'l will lessen the calamity which hielmanageiiient of the batik has brought on b 0 many ; innocent -. victims,. We may,he , yirong io .sor-soirmises, but no person can have read the proCeed ings on Tuesday '• stwithout feeling that we are at least • . --- 441;14.fi4gl in,belieYitz that, so far as the ruin of the Tip perary Bank is concerned,. Mr, JaR.- Sadleir was more guilty than even John Sadleir, a.Jd he 'is.'the'party to whom the shareholderh and the depositors principally owe the eaunitouß e,hdition to Which they have been reducid. Ltindnn and C,,unty Balk have obtained fr.im Mr. Ji tin Sadieir 20 assi,nwents. Mr. .J.Fee.i-fs Sadleiq, who actid on behalf of ~the Tipperary Bank. and who advanced to' his brother over 200,009/. of the moneys of thlt bank, does not appear to have..,btained even thi7semblatica ofa securi.y for these advances, and unless the Itirielmnelrestate 'affair be sati,factoiily ex plained the ;sl , arehol4s and depositors will be disposed to cOrichi'de ttit their money 'was concealed behind, the name ofifie and that arrangements were de.iberately made for glidingipietly into the enjoyment of that estate by a proliess which it will be the duty of the offi cial manager to ascertain and to expose, bat which at present we do not desire to characterize." NOW OR' NEVER ! Thfi Obit of Aprilis not ~far off; and, albeit .ne cessarily for the last Aim°, an 1 at the eleventh hour, we venture upon giving the Proprietors of East Intlia Stook orje final reminder as to the duty, which is owing alikii-to themselves and 'the 'inte rests they represent, at this hi - Ira - hat crisis. werqt!re;first openly-to avow and make Public,' die doctrine, that in proclaiming a house-list, and in combining to assure the re-election of the out going five directer§'as one man, the parties so com bining did in fact 6fispire to nullify the law of the laud. This view of the case: (a view that must na turally have occurred to maby of the electors at rthe very outsetYnOw' stands confirmed byan overt act on the part of Government—namely, the non reappointment Of a ministerial nominee, who' va cates the Direction at the, expiration of his allotted term. In an advertisement which appeared in the Times of Saturday'last, "A Proprietor" (ono evidently a man of mare amongst his fellows) expresses his sen timents in the follbWing terms have carefully canvassed' the respective merits of . the candidates, and have come to thei conclusion (at which I trust the proprietors 'generally will. also arrive) that we elect on 4 of the, new candidates, ,Mr. Maria, 'upon this ground alone—that there is not a single Madras Civil -Servant in the. direction." The ground assigned (in addition of-course to Mr. M.'s admitted qualifications for office) is Oita un exceptionable ; yet, strong'as it may appear, it is hardly so eonchisive as the reason. Urged by us in the Indian. News of the 3d, ult. Vote for Morris, because, with your aid, he has the best °fiance of success ! . This is the one practical ,reason, that phoAld (1,4 weigh ail otheni. For were, reasons plenty 'Asvtlaitberries, very certain that, there.is, or should be',- ; QIIO.. only all r important object in .con stant view of every independent proprietor at this .moment; and that Object is—to win, - if' possible, the battle that must eoine off on the 9th inst. > Mr ,gorris is perfectly awake to the nature lof his chifwes, whether Of successor defeat. lie tells' ; his friends plainly.that—it is in their power t o re turn him; if they are== his friends in earnest they do hilt support him in the spirit of friendship, he is safe' to succeed.' 'But those 'Who pretend to `irtiiiiii'Nfr.'lgoro3's success, and then proceed to nsur his defeat by frittering away votes upon inewbefts of the Coalition, could hardly insult their ostensNy ;favoured candidate more grossly, even by spittingin his face ! that Mr. Mlrris has Wi) do not mean to state expressed himself quite 'so strongly n his last p u bli s h ed ' address. But we most adv i sedly express our own opinion in the, strongest €9rrns ; hoping that some, Who yet vacillate, m a y b e thereby induced; to pause and reflect ere th ey commit. an act of self-stultifiCa tion. A Pronaisbs made to. the Coalition (as many no doubt hav):; been Ale) under studiously fostered roinonceptions,-are in all honour. null and void. It.is sacred duty . to breakup the House-clique ; Nosy and " No - or Never !" is the word. We should be ehlyAdo glad to believe that there was room for the SUCCCB3 of two outsiders; but this is ectireely to be hoped. Aild, such being the case, we do most sincerely hop that all the popular candidates who have up absolute expectation of being returned,, will withdraw from the contest ere the day of bal lot arrive. .;• By aiopting this generous course they would Veaiii golden opinions amongst the unfettered portio9. O of 'the proprietary.,' they might still be partas ip , a4l honeurable!, victory, even on the• presenroccasion ;And they would retain the dance of being able - to tight - for 'their own hand's Sltecess fully, at some futurt+ opportuLiity,—Adiato kietatil THE WiNB LUTiRS ftEDUCTION: A nurn , rous and influential deputation waitsll upon Viscount Palrnerbton at his residence in Piccaditly,.yes terday, by appointment, on this subject. Amongst the gentlemen present were—Mr. -Benjamin Oliveira, M.P., Mr. John Macgregor, M.P., Mr. A. J. Otway, M.P., Mr. William Scholefield, M.P., Mr. W. H. a Lani Ont A deputation, consisting of IVlessre; Wm. White (pre sident), Heery Buxton, Ch ar l es Hackney, and Benjamin Bamford (secretary), from the Anglo-French Fred Trade Association of the Staffordshire Potteries, also attended. Mr..oetvEntA, M.P., who introduced the deputation, referred to the various steps that had been taken upon the question within thdla,t few years.. In 1852 a com mitted of the House of Commons was \ appointed to in vestigate the:whole subject, as affecting revenue, moral and social c msiderations, and international results. That committee sat . for seven weeks, aid collected a vast amount of valuable information, proving, first, that the existing duty was far too high, and .probibited the in troduction to this country of many excellent wines; that a lower duty would promote a vastly increased consumer Von, and in a very short . time produce a mile* augmented revenue. That the experiment of introducing the use of wines amongst the , humbler classes by retail was emi nently successful, and drunkenness from the excessive use of spirits consequently diminished; that'a diming tion of the import duty upoa foreign wines would sti mulate the commercial relations between Great Britain and the -wine-growing countries of Europe, and lead to more intimate and extended transactions to the obvious advantage of all parties concerned ; and that a reciprocal loWerieg of the tariff in those:countries would, be the ulti mate; _ and not distant, result. Having formed. these conclusions, he brought .the question under the conside• ration of the _House of .Conamens early in 1853, wren Mr. Gladstone, while admitting many of his arguments, still thought the time inopportune, its he was eftectiog many reductions in other. and more pressing matters. ' The motion was then withdrawn, and again brought forward early in the session of 1854, with a large amount of fresh information, but the' Apprehensions then enter tained that war with Rummy was inevitable, induced Win not to debate the question. During last session he placed a notice on the jourrala of the house, immediately that the meeting of the Conferences at Vienna gave some hope of peace; and on visiting the present Chancellor of , the Exchequer, on the 20th March, be made use of the follo,ii.g expressions :—‘• He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) hoped that Mr. Oliveira's anticipations of the result of too Vienna Conferences would be realised, and then the question of the reduction of the wine.duties would be a .subject for discussion." Upon a suhse• quent occasion, Mr. Glad-tone, speaking in the Heuse of Commons, used the following words :--" tr , " doubtedly there are some duties in our tariff Which partake in a limited degree of the principle of protection ' _but the bun . gentleman gave my right hon • friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad advice when, instead of selecting the, articles best able to bear midi clonal duties he enCrely declined to discriminate, and recommenced my right hon. friend ti take the wine duty, which is already the scandal of our tariff, and probibito nine tenths of" the wine of Europe." Towards the'end -of last session he (Mr. Oliveira) had a conversation with ilia lordship upon the subject of his motion, when his lordship admitted that it was one , quite worthy of die. cussion. A treaty of 'peace having now been signed at Paris, it appeared that the period was particularly favour" able to its consideration. From the close alliance which the war had brought isetween France and Great Britain , and the advances which the French Emperor had already made in the principles of free trade, there was no doubt that in both countries the prosecotion of every measure tending to strengthen that, alliance would meet 'with oniversal approval. His 'convictions as to the polio/ and wisdom of an early settlement of the question were 'fortified and strengthened by th e proofs he bad that under the present duty there was no perceptible increase of revenue, that the public was imposed upon by, the substitution of adulterated wines at an extrava s n! charge, and an important commercial interest was OP in a state of suepense. His object in placing these JAR° before him-was, for the. purpose of ascertaining how isi he, as the head of the Government, might think the sub' ject worthy of his support, and whether there might eros be interests of sufficient magnitude involve(' in the quer don to render it desirable to deal with it as a peewee/ auxiliary to the Peace Conference in the extension dal. commercial and international transactions of the. Euro peen Powers. The objects of the deputation were also strongly urged by Mr. Ashworth, of Manchester, Alderman Copeland , the Mayors of Leeds and Bradford, Mr. Hadfield, and several other gentlemen. • .._ - Lord PALMERSTOY, in reply, said that thee was no reason to impress on him the general principles on which they sought for , the reduction of the duties in question, c >nvinced as he was of the advantages of the trade. indeed, every man who had turned his attention to the matter felt that duties ought only to be levied for O. purposes of revenue; and not in any degree for the pro tection of particular branches of trade ; but, while theY, levied duties for the purp9ses of revenue, they shoul d take care that they did nut do so in such a mann e r as t ,tl ° cripple the industry of the country. lie would add, too, that most wen who reflected on thejsubject, know that commercial, treaties, as far as they regulated national tariffs, were freqw•ntly evaded. There had bees frit• queutly an understanding between England and cond . , 'nental countries that where they thought that W° charged too high a ddty on some use of their pr.:Wane', rib undertook to lower it on n3ndition of their receiving in return some of our prothicts at a lower duty doll hitherto. Such arrangements had ne ver woik.e4 well,' as there were al - ways local prejuiices to 0 4 terfere :with them. The question of. adulteration WO not a neW one, for it had been notorious fora 104 time. , His own grandfather, the Earl ,of Pembroke , used to tell. his own , guests that he could 0 0 1 give them the assurance of his wine merchant with re spect to the purity of his champagne, claret, and other wines, but that fur the port he could hinaself. answer, he was the person who made it. lie (Lord Pallaristoio had the receipt still in his poSses: , don, but ha bad to 33 1 that he should be , very reluctant to try . it. It was 4 * well known fact that there %as never a gooirchampagP° year iu France but there . ivas also'a: 'good apple haws"' in Normal.dy. The . question wheth e r th e d u ti e s were too high, or wrongly put on, bad engaged the attentie3 Mr. Gladstone, and it was that 4entiiimaa'a epinl 6 l that there were a great many di ffi culties-in the way . 13 ' their making an ad valorem, duty, while thatat preSeer levied did not on an averag, amount to more than 2 " per cent., or abo.ut-ls.- per bottle ; and that could tak e litle effect on tha consumer. It could scarcely inter: fee with the Importation of the cheap wines, as it would only raise the r price from is. 6d. to 2s. 63. a 1300' Now, suppose they were to reduce it one half, 6i.' Wa g so small in proportmo to ss. or 6s. a bottle paid for th e wine., or to the 2s. 61. a bottle paid for the cheap ODA that there would be a very small , increase in the'coO' sumption while the revenue wonld- be ' - tery much re' duced : ;' 'While as there was no such thing as a ',annual , it was evident that eventliat,partial-inere,asein the Pc iv ~samption of %sine. would. chepiacs.some.other heverai, at present in use, and from whiclt . conbiderahle revenu e was derived:.: The deputation having thanked, his lordship for the attentioxi with-which he had listened to the expositioo of their views, retired. COWES, ISLE OF WIGIIT.-April 3. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)_ LAUNCH OF ANOTHER STEAM GUN-Bo.o2.—The A1 1 );' core, of 232 tons, was launched from Messrs. White's shipyard this morning. They have,several others in 11 very forward state. ,Tfig ROYAL REviEw.—Sixteen ships of the line, fifty gun-boats, and a number of other ships are already 0' ambled inside the . Wight. The number is' daily W creasing, and, in another ten day", one of the most powerful fleet% ever seen will be assembled in these waters. NoRTRWOOD CEMETERY.--It having been found is" possible to get the chapels erected by the Ist of next, the day fixed kr closing the burial ground' at West Cowes, application was made to the Privy Council to extend the time to the Ist of September, which WO been done. The ground has been drained to a depth of eight feet • the roads and paths ea-a nearly complete, sot a is the boundary wall. The ground is tour-aud.a hall acres in extent, the population abuut 6,000. MON CJi~'l~ The Livf very steaail American N ties gel per week. All sales were 3,000 on sp Maranham 6/d. ; 500 4 1( 1 . to 4,14 2s. per lb active, am slight declii The Col( have been hag taken I been a goo Per cent. fi in rather I as OCCUITI dealings, Rum has 1 much atte: ruled i nac i per lb. T lraportancl colli T ztlis r o.ir a cif, d ea6 e re2a a ct i lc brisk, witl n ivbich is d 1 a Americ at 3 3fis. 5( wet e sold Taßioca wi w hil:e cinE bro , glit 2f tont% durit 3,393,829 f 605,894 f. against 6, Year. The vi e bouraei op this rnontl of the Ti On the fir Pared wii Austrian Railway S hew H yp , more a b u alone m e t a 1 . 5 now in. 18 110 anir Funds are %fits. There h ket fo r P vanes of ai 82 i to 931 have eine 8 pram. Eaebeque and the E Foreigt quotation have rise! are 102 tc are flat at Stock is Nrian 4 p 10 0, and Cents. ar The fo' Stocks : can, 214 54 56 ; 1 6 per G Spanish 5i ; ditti Messr: the west been ilia Illinois C not Clot Michiga n N. York t -IT. 'York Fund.. ?snails). Pennsylv The firm er Aberdel and Sec ,the For Yrt3 and 10s. hi g Bank Share s 21. 105. vairril twtr (1 ( ila ct. ilk St Consol Ezelu tit £5 • Ditto tßieß It*coil Ditto Ditto Peruvil 'Mit; Rusial DM ( hardini ?boo t . Ditty Ditt, Vitt, Ditt t ut e l i Dit,t NEWPORT. DESTRUCTION OF THE "MILITARY Anate-4. fire wile discovered in this building on Sunday morning, WOO after two a.m. The fire bell was rung, and the fire• engines were soon le full play, there being a plentiful supply of water; but the fire was not - got under till the building was destroyed, LAMBETH PARISH AND SIR B. HAWS .ntl' tneroini meeting of the ratepayers of Lambeth was held et the vestry hall on Wednesday evening;Mr:Churoh wee der' Stratton in the chair,- to express an opinion upon th e bill brought in by the Attorney-. General, to explain Certain I eli t i st s of the Metropolita,n Locaf Management Act; The two members for the borough, Messrs. Wilkinson and Williams, and Mr. Muirough, , M.P, for B,idp.ort, were preseq. The chairnian, in explaining ilia object of the mee ti n g, said that no one could have imagined that when the Liberal Sir -B. Hall :brought. inAis Local Management Bill he bad a secret design of depriving the ratepayers* ef their privilege of .electing church• wardens. and everseers. Mr. Giles moved a resolution expressive of the indignation of the' meeting at the at' tempt on 'the part of the reformed House of 'Commove to take away their authority in the common law Tee' tries to elect- churchwardens, overseers; and' g oer parochial officers, contrary to the express' etipulation given by' Sir B Halt when his bill was passed. 'Mn.. Muriough proposed an addition to the resolatioe. " That if the Attorney-General proceeds with, ,the Metropolis Local Management Amendment . Bill .the members of this borough be requested to use .their utmost endeavours to get a clause inserted for preserv ing to the rAtepayers o f t h e metropolitan parishes all the duties, powers, and privileges which before the passing of the act had been performed and exercised by them iq vestry, relative to the election of church waidehs and overseers lor the poor, or the. manage merit and .relief of the poor, :and the administration o their property applicable to the :relief the poot.l Several gentlemen having given their opinions Avon the subject,- the original resolution proposed- 6y bir• :Giles was carried umininrously amidreat cheering. The rider proposed by Mr. Murrogh was' also carried - as 3 flustatitivis motion. After addiessiisiram Mr: Wilkin son and lAr: Williams, a' committee'Wea appointed to prepare a petition to. the lioasaef coninionefoundo4 On he resolution. and Tbo Fi'i Bar A Cs: . ,~. Cy g 3 THE SUN. lON DON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1856;