The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-23 00:00:00

H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI. TO-MORROW EVENING, (Saturday, May 21), will be produced (first time in England), Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIA.TA, Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolomini (her first appearance); Flora Bervoi c, Mdlle. Borgaro; Annina, Mdlle, R. Baillou ; Alfredo, Signor Calzolari ; Barone Danphol, Signor Vairo; Dottoro Grenvil, Signor Baillou ; and Gormont Giorgio, Signor &lie ventano. - To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA MANOLA. Madame A. Bellon, Wiles. Clara, Lezerenx, Marine, Pierron, and Rosa ; M. Venefra and N. Vandris. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. Bellini's Opera, La Sonnambula, will be repeated forth with. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI. GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT, WEDNESDAY, May 28th, a combination of attractions, inclading the New Opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mademoiselle Piccolomini. On THURSDAY, May 29th, there will be no performance. On FRIDAY, May 30th, a GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT, with a variety of entertainments in Opera and Ballet. Applications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRT-LANE. Lessee, NI r. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced MISCHIEVOUS ANNIE. After which, CINDERELLA. To conclude wjth. DIE YANKEE HOU3EKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the Management of Mr. Buckatorm THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed 1)5 , EL GAMBITSINO ; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. After which, BAGSIIA.W, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Kr. CIIARLES KEAN. EvENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, TILE WINTER'S TALE. Prlnctpal characters by 31r, , and Aka. C. Mean. ROYAL THEkTRa ADELPIII. ?reptleer and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. Turi EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Masers. B. Webster, Wright, P. Re Ifori. el Reny, Garden; Madame Celeste. Miss Wyndham. A BOTTLE OF SMOKE. To conclude with URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. ROYAL OLYNteIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manazer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TEM EVENING A WIFE'S JOURNAL. After which, RETRIBU !lON. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. ROYAL SU3REY TrIEA.TRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswlek. THIS EVENING, JAC;C SIIEPPIED. Followed by YOUR LIFE'S Iti D "kN IER. To conclude with BETSY BAKER. ASTLEY'S run - AL .AMP ELITIIEATICE. Le.,3ee and Mana.ler. Mr. Win. Cooke. Decided and unequivocal triumph ! - THIS EVEITMG, The highly successful Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, called THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the ll4tinted Brigands of the Abruzzi, in which Iffr. William Cooke's Horses, trained by him, will exhibit a number of novel °ff.:etc—turning the ponderous wheel of the cavern, fetching water from the well, kicking down the door of the guard-house, &c., He. Awfal Eruption of Vesuvius. After which, The EQTTESTRILN ACTS in the ARENA, concluding with a Gem of High Art. illx-ofilee open fr E'even ti'l Foar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, iun. Inca WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT—Morn. 4fi min. aft. 3—Evening 7 min. aft. 4 T NAtoan.ow—Morn. 27 min. aft. 4—Evening 43 min. aft. 4 THE WEATFIER—SUN OFFICE, May 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64 —highest since noon yosterday. 51 —lowest this morning and during the night. 65 —this day at noon. BAnowrrn, 29.63 WIND, S.W.-Light, with dull, cloudy weather, slight rain occasionally, sad sunshine. I c_l: , ~,,,..3.,,,,---_, ("4 -11 ' , 1 1 t, , , , y--; , , , ,,..... : ) 7 •„42 4 ----4, -- ....,. - _ -t: , - ;-7,.. - -;:zz-, , r ,-- -- - _,-.,-- , ... §un. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1856. CC The miserable CL ARENDON capitulation of Paris"—the gratuitous and unconstitutional sac rifice of the maritime supremacy of Great Bri tain on the shrines of the continental Powers, was last night brought under the consideration of the Upper House. But, unfortunately, the resolutions brought forward by Lord COLCHESTER were negatived by a majority of 54. That un questionable law of nation; for which our most honoured Statesmen and Admirals zealously con tended, has thus, so far as the hereditary branch of the Legislature is concerned, been surrendered, and the conduct of the British Plenipotentiaries, in so unnecessarily signing away the rights of the people, has received a virtual approval. The Commons have, however, yet to speak ; and although we cannot repose any great de gree of confidence in the independence of the present body, we yet trust that its decision may be more in accordance with British feelings and British interests. If hot, we shall be inclined to exclaim, with MERCUTIO, " A plague o' both your houses." Whatever disappointment may be felt at the division must, however, be materially alleviated by the admirable speeches of Lords COLCHESTER, CARNARYON,,HARDWIeKE, and DERBY. The latter Noble Lord never spoke with greater power. h was a thoroughly English address, that must pro duce considerable effect on the national mind. Lord DERBY was never more felicitous than in de nouncing both the manner and the matter of the Convention. The Government may have the un controlled right to declare war, to make peace, or to limit the manner in which the war may be con ducted. In every instance they will be responsible to Parliament for their conduct. This privilege, or prerogative as it may be termed, is justified on the score of necessity, simply because the negotia tions might be impeded if any public discussion could take place while the matter remained in suspense. But that prerogative by no means extends t o the abrogation of the acknow ledged principles of international law, or tile surrender of the rights of futur e Sove reigns of G rea t Britain. Could it s legality be sustained, it must be regarded as a gross and flagrant perversion of the power something similar to that which CHARLES the 2d exercised, in charging the hereditary revenues of the British Crown with large pensions for his illegitimate off spring, for the redemption of a comparatively small portion whereof no less than 213,0001. was last year paid, notwithstanding a deficit of nearly 24,000,0001. sterling. Strictly speaking, the question was coram non judice. It was not brought under the considera tion of the parties assembled at the Conference. The Pl en i potent i ar i es o f R uss i a and of Austria were completely taken by surprise. They h a d no authority to act on such a point. They were therefore obliged to consult their respective Courts, although there could be but little doubt as to the answers they would receive, or the eagerness with which the sacrifice so foolishly tendered by England, would be accepted by those who were so deeply interested in diminishing the power that rendered 119 really formidable to Military States, sari enabled us to maintain our position against " a Nv , Drld in arms." Lard CLARENDON was not sent, or, at least, the People of England did not suppose him to be sent, to Paris for the purpose of frittering away, or surrendering what have been truly termed " our inalienable rights." He went merely to determine what securities should be given by Russia for her good faith, and against a repetition of her previous aggressions. The Pre cious Treaty had been signed. It was on the tenth day after its conclusion that the subject was noticed. Great Britain had not even the credit o making a voluntary sacrifice. We " followed in the wake of France," which led the attack against the freedom of the Press—and that which mainly constituted the maritime supremacy of England. Our Plenipotentiary asked not a mo ment for consideration. He had doubtless re ceived his instructions, and was ordered to aasent to what would be introduced by C)unt WALEWSKI. Even Counts ORLOFF and Bum. were astounded at the magnitude of the sacrifice—although it was no part of their duty to stand forward in defence of English interests. The surrender was, therefore, made, although, as we believe, illegally and unconstitu tionally, and by no means binding on future Go vernments. The United States are not in any way bound by these stipulations. Should we unfortunately be involved in war with the Transatlantic branch of the Anglo-Saxon race, we should recognise a principle which they could repudiate, and should permit the free pas sage of their goods in neutral bottoms, while they might stop our trade and commerce conducted under similar circumstances ! We believe there can be no second opinion as to the impolicy of this most unwise concession. It would, of course, have been open to any future Go vernment in time of war to have relaxed the restric _ tions, and abated a portion of their unquestion able rights, if it could be done without serious de triment to the national interests. But the attempted alteration in the jus gentium, the declaration or quasi stipulation, that under no circumstances should these rights be enforced, was a gra tuitous and uncalled-for sacrifice of that which might have proved a tower of defence in the hour - of danger—for which the parties responsible should be not merely censured, but subjected to a much heavier punishment, and which the guardians of British interests should emphatically repudiate at the earliest possible moment. The deep-rooted dislike always entertained by Londoners to Sabbatarian tyranny is every where passing—where it has not already passed —into the most intense detestation. The auda cious but successful resistance of the Sabbatarian party to the opening of the British Museum and other National Institutions to the people on a Sunday, followed up by Lord ROBERT GROSTENOR'S infamous Bill, contributed a good deal to the existing acerbity of feeling, but in no sort of pro portion to what the interference with the recrea tion of the people in the Parks has done. This is felt to be the most wanton piece of tyranny of all, and every circumstance attending it has but had the effect of adding to the general indigna tion. From being offensive, Exeter Hall has now become intolerable. It is felt that the do mination it has attained, and is perpetually strug gling on charitable pretences to increase, is becoming incompatible with the rights of free men and with the interests of religion, and that in common manliness and honesty its tyranny must be met by an effec tive repression. Every succeeding meeting testi fies more strongly to the existence of this feeling ; and the Londoners, we are persuaded, have but to persevere to enable them to place Exeter Hall on its right footing, or deal it a mortal blow. They cannot be too plain spoken or too decided in the resolutions they adopt. The animal they have to deal with needs some cudgelling, and magnetism would not be thrown away on it A decided ex pression of opinion by her MAJESTY on behalf of the Sunday recreation of her poor subjects would charm not a few oily and fashionable hypocrites into quietude. Court favour is a thing which those who can tolerate music in Kensington-gardens on the Sunday for the rich, and not music in Regent's and Victoria Parks on that day for the poor, are likely to appreciate. On this ground we are glad to find that memorials are to be addreassed to the QUEEN, as well as deputations sent to address Lord PALMERSTON. They are very likely to do good. Her MAJESTY rows in the same boat with her subjects in the matter. A band plays at Windsor on Sundays with her countenance. She is an admirer of both music and the drama, and has not yet to learn that if she made the slightest concession to Exeter Hall, it would not be long before the more honest idolaters of Sunday would take her to task for going to the opera or theatre on Saturday night, or indeed on any night at all. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, over whom she is spiritual and temporal head, will have hard work to persuade her that that can be wrong and undeserving of countenance in England to which the Protestants of the Continent have re course without offence. In all these memorials it will be well to insist not only on the beneficial tendencies of music in the Parks, in drawing the morally as well as physically debilitated popula tion from their unwholesome dwellings and the neighbouring pot-houses to the healing daylight and bracing air of heaven, but also on the mis chievous consequences of every Sabbatarian triumph in implanting a repugnance in the minds of the population to religion itself. So far as Lord PALMERSTON is concerned, we trust the deputa tions will not mince matters with him. He has confessedly suffered himself to be befooled if a more active r4te may not be assigned to him. He was afraid of offending the Sabbatarians. They might turn him out on the first favourable division. That was his real reason for yielding to the request of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY " in the name of the whole Christian community," including the musico-ticklish Mr. BAINES. His Lordship may be reminded that the anti-Sabbatarian party might possibly find opportunity to do the same thing, and also that it is a growing power which, in the very nature of things, must ultimately be successful. If the Noble Lord refuses to re scind his resolution, it may be well to ask him whether he objects to the performance of bands engaged by the people or not ? So far as ownely aknczted,his Lordship's unwise resolution was to apply to the military bands over which Lo rd PANMURE, a Scotch Sabbatarian, known to Exeter Hall as Fox Maim; had power. Tyrannical edicts ihould never be interpreted liberally by those against whom they are directed. One thing may be relied on ---th e more reso l ute the people are, the oftener they meet, protest, and petition, the more assared will be their success. The Marquis of Dalhousie and family have left Clariege's Eotel for Brighton, where his lordship h as engaged a suite of apartments at the Bedford Hotel. Tia BALLOT.—We are requested to state that Mr. S. Ricardo voted f.r Mr. H. Berkeley's motion. By some mistake his name did not appear in the official list. EXTRAORDINARY STATE OF THE WEATHER.--The tops of several mountains in the Dublin and Wicklow ran g e have, within the last few days, been covered with EDO W. THE - SION. LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN-1-Iv-C4-,---MAY 23, 185-6. PRESENTATION T') W. F. DOBSON, ESQ., EX MAYOR OF GRAVESEND. On Wednesday the inhabitants of Gravesend and its neighbourhood presented to W. F. Dobson, Esq., who has filled the office of Mayor of that borough for the last two years, a magnificent can delabrum, manufactured by Messrs. Smith and Nicholson, of Duke-street, Linzoin's-inn fields, and to Mrs. Dobson a portrait of her Husband, painted by Brigstock. The presentation took place at a dinner of the subscribers at Wates' Hotel ; the Right Honourable the Earl of Darnley in the chair, supported by W. Masters Smith, Esq., M.P. for the county, the Clergy of the town, the Mayor, and about one hundred of the leading gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, and the principal tradesmen. The candelabrum is 33 inches in height. The base supports three female figures, the first representing " Liberality," with one hand resting on a cornucopia, the emblem of hospi tality, and supporting in the other hand a tablet inscribed " Dispensary and Infirmary," of which institution Mr. Dobson has been a most earnest supporter ; the second, Justice supporting an exact model of the splendid mace of the Corpora tion, and holding the scales ; the third, Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom. From the base rise stems of the vine, breaking into six branches for candles, and three pendant arms supporting dishes for flowers, the whole being surmounted by a basket with glass bowel for flowers or fruit. The stems and branches are richly decorated with hops, en twined with the vine leaves and grapes. On the panels of the base are the arms of Gravesend, Mr. Dobson's arms, and the following inscription " Presented by the inhabitants of the borough of Graves end, and its neighbourhood, to William Francis Dobson, Esq., in acknowledgment of his valuable services as Mayor of that borough during the years 1851 and 1855, his general courtesy, kindness, and hospitality, and his liberal support and encouragement of all the charitable and public institu tions of the town ; and in testimony of the esteem and regard in which he is personally holden." -- - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last night the new tenor, Signor Salviani, made his debut with great success as Il Conte Almaviva, in "Il Barbiere di Siviglia." We never heard a tenure robusto with such a flexible voice, his leopiture are always in the purest and most artistic school, and his taste is unex ceptionable. We congratulate Mr. Lutuley upon this valuable addition to his already splendid company, as we have heard a professor (upon whose judgment we have implicit reliance) say that he is the best Prophete he ever heard. Madame Alboai was the Rosini, and she displayed all those wonderful fetes of vocalisation in " Una voce poco fa," in the duet " Dunque si son," and in Hummel's variations to a Swiss melody, for which she is so justly celebrated. The new ballet, " Manola, or Love's Stratagem," was moat brilliant. We under stand it is by the principal danseuse, Madame A. Bellon, who has already established herself as a favourite with the habitues or the Opera. The pas de quatre was in imitable ; the graceful Katrina surpassed herself, and shone lik e the bright planet Venus amongst her sister stars, the beauteous Rosa, the piquante Lizereux, the charming Clara, and the diamond-toed Pierron. The house was crowded with a very fashionable audience, and the Duke of Cambridge's box was occupied by his Highheigs the Rajah of Coorg, Syed Abdoolah, ambas sador, Mrs. R. Rogers, Miss Lewis, and Dr. Lewis, the Rajah's physician. ROYAL ITALIAN' OPERA. Last evening Verdi's " Rigoletto " was given for the first time this season, and with great success. Mario was in full possession of his unsurpassable powers, and sang dirinely throughout the opera, winning the cr.s tumary honours fur those pieces which his genius has rendered generally popular iu this country. Ronconi's acting as the court•jester was as fine as ever, and Ma dame Basio sang the music of CT'ilda irreproachably. In fact, the entire performance was so admirable that we shall endeavour, on a future occasion, to give it another and a longer notice. The house was crowded in every part. A DELPIII THEATRE. An amu , ing little original farce, entitled a " Bottle of Smoke," was introduced at this theatre last evening for the first time ; the characters of which were ably sustained by Mr. Wright, Miss Wyndham, and Mrs. Stoker, who succeeded in keeping the audience in roars of laughter. The piece, which was put on the stage in the usual Adelphi style, was eminently successful. THE BANDS IN THE PARK. The following correspondence has taken place between Sir Benjamin Hall and Mr. Broughton the polize magistrate :--- .. .. .. . ... . . . __ .._ " 9, Great Sta.nhope-street, May 21 " My dear Sir,—According to returns which have been made to me I find that on Snuday, the 11th of May, 80,830 persons assembled in Kensington Gardens, 92,492 in the Regent's Park, and 85,191 iu Victoria Park, making a total of 258,513. I am informed that not a single case has been brought before the magistrates for disorderly or improper conduct its the Parks on that day ; but as the largest num ber of persons which covregated together assembled in that district in which you leave jurisdiction has a stipendary magistrate of the metropolis, I shall feel particularly obliged if you will inform me if any cases were brought before you and, if so, how many. _ _ " I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, "13. HALL. "R. E. Broughton, Esq." Police-court, 31arylebone, May 21. " My dear Sir,—ln answer to your letter of this date I am happy to have to state that I sat in this court on Monday the 12th, the whole day, until a very late hour at night, and that not one case for disorderly or improper conduct in the Parks was brought before me, In the Regent's Park, which is in this district, the number congregated together was cer tainly very great, but the meeting was quiet and orderly during the whole time they were assembled on Sunday, May 11. There were a few idle boys who made some trifling dis turbance, but no one was taken into custody. " I am, my dear Sir, faithfully yours. " R. E. BROUGHTON. " The Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Bart." THE MARITIME LAWS. The following Peers voted in favour of Lord Colchester's motion ; PRESENT. DUKES. Hardwicko i Cashel (Bishop) Montrose Harrington. - BARONS. Manchester Longford Bayning. MARQUISES. Lonsdale Berners Exeter Lnean Balematt Salisbury Macclesfield Colchester EARLS. Mayo Colville of Cul• Bantry Mal inesbury roes Beauchamp M tnsfield Delamer° Cadogan Fowis Forester Cathcart Po infret Feversham Clancarty S.indwich Grantley Carnarvon Shadbroke Kenyon Darnley Wilton Polwarth lielawarr Redosdale Derby VISCOUNTS. Sondes Desart Bangor Southampton Donoughrnore Combermere Walsingham D trtmouth Dungannon Willoughby de Eglinton Doneraile Broke Ellenborough Lifford Wynford PAIRS. Fon. AGAINST. St. John Bedford Nelson Aylesbury Bath Campbell Jersey Lincoln, Bish. Glengall Waldegrave Manvers Grafton Ely Strafford Rayleigh Portman Kinnoul Gainsborough Ha.warden Sudeley Bradford Carrington Howe Norfolk,Duke Exeter, Bish. Lovelace Douglas Wicklow Fon. AGAINST. Beaufort Somerset Egmont St. David's, B St. Leonards Bolingbroke Farnham Devon Ravensworth Clanricarde Cardigan Conyogham Drogheda Monteagle Kilmain De Freya() Warwick Stourtown Clonbrock Ribblesdale Mountcashel Holland Down shire Atholl Hopetoun Arundel Waterford Shrewsbury _ Norihumber- Harding() Middleton London, 818 11 land Orkney Gosford Lyndhurst Abercora Tenterdon Cawdor Plunkett Crewe Dnniandle Durhani,Biab. Sidmouth Errol Shniford and Clifden Lanesborough Brougham De Boa Radnor Warrington Talbot Massereene Templemore Milford I Strathmore Wrottesley PROXIES IN FAVOUR. DUKES. Ferrers St. Vincent Marlborough Guildford BARONS. Richmond Huntingdon Ahinger Rutland Lauderdale Blaney MARQUIS. Leven & Melville Berwick Ailsa Orford Crofton EARLS. Onslow ClOncurry Abergavenny Poulett Clatina Aylesford Ranfurley Castlemaine Bandon Rossiya De Lisle Beverley &afield Dynevor Buckingham. Tankorville De Saumerez Chesterfield Vane Grey Crawford and VISCOUNTS. Hawke Belcarres Exmouth Northwith Erne Hill Rodney Enniskillen Melville Sinclair Hobart Town advices, to the 23d February, state tbat rumours were current that gold had been found in the neighbourhood of Launceston sufficient to claim the Government reward. THE PEACE REJOICINGS ON THE 29TH /NST.—Yeater day, at a court of Common Council, the Lord Mayor, in reply to a question by Mr. Besley, said that the public buildings in the City and metropolis generally would be illuminated. The commercial companies intended to follow the example, as did many of the large trading establishments. He (the Lord Mayor) had no suggestion to make respecting private dwellings. He had placed himself in communication with the Bank of England and the City banking houses, and found them disposed to keep the 29th inst. as a close holiday, if the Govern ment would pass an act relieving them from liability as to cheques and bills of exchange. The dock companies and the leading commercial firms were also, he found, willing to make a close holiday of the day, and to act net only considerately, but generously, to those em ployed by them. He had therefore thought himself jus tified in applying to the Government on the subject, but as they did not think it advisable to pass such an act as he had men ti one d, he, having done everything which he thought it his duty to do, would leave every one to act according to his own views on the subject. w hipeud. the same day by MAjor Beis4, formerly the Union, whom he had insulted. In the New Ysrk money market bills on London ere firm at 109 i to 110 ; Paris, 5 17.1, to 5 16k. The cotton market had improved, and prices were firmer. Wheat was not so active. Oats moderate. Provi sions easy. Freights for Liverpool moderate. For other ports the shipments were light. At New Orleans the cotton quotations were 101 c. to 101 c. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE EAGLE AND THE INDIAN QUEEN. LIVERPOOL, THUM DAY. The clipper ship Eagle, Capt. Murphy (belong ing to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. of this port,) arrived in the Mersey last night from Melbourne, from which port she sailed on the 28th Feb., with 106 passengers, and 66,464 ozs. of gold, value about 265,8561. The Indian Queen, Capt. J obson, of the Black Ball line, arrived this morning from Hobart Town, with 60 passengers, but no specie. She left Hobart Town on Feb. 21, and has thus made the passage in 90 days. The Eagle brought 1,247 bales of wool, 94 bags copper ore, 68 kegs paint, 14 cases of hardware, 4 casks spermaceti, 7 bales coburgs, 7 bales merinoes, 1 screw propeller, 117 bales rags, 7 bales sheep skins, 3 casks drugs, 2 bales cloths, 1 case saddlery, 4 cases shawls, and 1 case fine goods. The Eagle passed several large icebergs, from 20th to 21st April, lat. 58 to 57 S, long. 400 to 76 W. April 9, lat. 38 S, long. 33 W, encountered a very heavy gale; split sail, itc. May 12, lat. 43 N, long. 42 W, saw another large iceberg. She passed the Viscount Canning, from London to Port Philip, in Hobson's Bay. The dates by these arrivals are—Melbourne, Feb. 28 ; Sydney, Feb. 23 ; Hobart Town, Feb. 23 ; Launceston, Feb. 23 ; Adelaide, Feb. 19 ; New Zealand, Jan. 26 ; and Western Australia, Nov. 16. Gold at Melbourne was quoted at 31. 16s. 3d. to 31. 16s. 6d. per ounce, the latter figure having been given in some instances for choice samples. On the 25th of February the Beechworth gold escort arrived, fetching 12,690 ounces and 13,9771. in sovereigns. At Hobart Town a bill to regulate public execu tions passed through the Legislative Council, and received the assent of the governor. On the 19th of February the first execution under its provisions took place, two culprits being strangled behind the gaol. The accounts from the gold fields are favourable. The Sydney Chamber of Commerce have voted a sum of 2,0001. for the purchase and eutfit of a suit able hulk for the establishment of a nautical school, together with an annual grant of 1,0001. on condi tion of a similar amount being raised by private subscription. The Government emigrant ship David Mclver, from Liverpool, arrived at Sydney, Feb. 22, and was ordered into quarantine, chicken-pox being discovered amongst the passengers. In commercial affairs iu Melbourne there was no change to notice since the Ocean Chief sailed. At Sydney affairs remained in much the same state. There was more activity in wool. Tallow was looking upwards in consequence of short sup ! plies. The import market is quiet, but without any material variation. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat this week, coastwise and by land carriage, have been limited, and the show of sam ples in to-day's market was very moderate. For most kinds we had rather a slow sale, yet Monday's prices were sup ported. Only 2,100 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand. Good heavy samples sold at full quotations, but all other kinds were very dull. We had a very slow inquiry for both English and foreign barley, at Monday's currency. Malt moved off slowly, yet prices wore supported. There was a good demand for oats, at very full prices. Beans, peas, and flour sold on former terms. •amvsba THIS WEISE. ' Wheat. I Barley. Malt. Oats. ~ ;Moor. Lnglish .. 1,870 1,930 1,520 20 i 1,4 0 [fish •• • • 3,050 1 Foreign I 2,100 1 1,630 I 1 1--aks 5,310 ; 8290 brls THE RUGELEY POISONINGS. TRIAL OF 7 ATILLIAM PALIVIER. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY). NINTH DAY. This morning the entrances to the court were densely crowded as early as eight o'clock, and in a few minutes after the doors were opened the Qourt became crowded. The interest exhibited to-day decidedly exceeded that of yesterday, and as the case approaches a termination that interest becomes more and more excited and intense. The bench was very fully attended, and among the not ables present were the Duke of Wellington, Sir J. Pak ington, and the Mayor of Bristol. _ _ The examination of the medical witnesses for the de fence was continued, tr4d the first witness called was Mr. John Ross—l am house-surgeon to the Lon don Hospital. I recollect a recent case of tetanus. It was brought on the 22d of March to the hospital about half-past seven in the evening. It was a male, aged about 37, and the patient had had a paroxysm in the receiving-room before I saw him. • He had a rapid but feeble pulse, his breathing was laborious, his jaws closed and fixed. and an expressive anxiety about the countenance. His features were sunken, arid he was Unable to swallow. The muscles of the abdomen and back were somewhat tense. He had another paroxysm which lasted about a minute. He was then quiet for a few minutes. He then had another and died, having been in the hospital about half an hour. There was an inquest held on the body, and a post-mortem examina tion took place, but no poison was found. I attribute death to tetanus. There were three wounds in the body—two on the back of the right elbow, each about the size of a shilling, and one on the left elbow, about the size of a sixpence. The roan told me he had had the wounds from 12 to 16 years. They were old chronic indurated ulcers, circular in outline, the edges thickened round them, and covered with a:duty white coating, without any granulation. I cannot say what was the origin of the wounds. I have seen old dawn's syphilitic wounds like those I have mentioned, but they were on the legs of the body. Those wounds were the only thing that would account for tetanus. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—Poultices had recently been applied to the wounds a day or two before the man was- briiught to the hospital, and the application of.a. particular poultice had been objected to by the patient. It was made of linseed meal. The jaws were firmly closed when he was brought to the hospital, so it was impossible to administer anything by the mouth. The man said he had been so taken at his din ner, at eleven o'clock. Tetanic patients can speak, although they cannot open the jaw. There were symp to ns of rigidity about the abdorrotal and lumbar muscles. The man did not say bow long he had felt the rigidity. Another medical man, I believe, had seen the case before it was brought to the hospital. I have no doubt that the disease had been coming on the whole of the morning. They were ugly sores, of a chronic character, and integument connected the two, and they were confluent. There were no signs of heal ing, and they had the appearance of being old neglected sores. They were near the ulna nerve. It is a sensitive one, near what is commonly called the funny bone. I believe the man had bad paroxysms the whole of the afternoon before he came to the hospital. There was no convulsion of the legs and arms. The particular tetanic symptoms were spasm, lock-jaw, the muscles of the abdomen and back being rigid, and pains in the stomach. I did not hear the symptoms of Cook's case described. Mr. Grove—Was not strychnine suspected in this case ?—lt was. Examination continued—The nerves of the tongue are very delicate. I heard the case of tetanus described yesterday, and am of opinion that it was idiopathic te tanus, arising from cold. Mr. Mantel', house surgeon of the London Hospital— I had the case just referred to under my care, as well as Mr. Ross, and the description given by him is quite correct. The patient died from tetanus caused by the old sores. Dr. Rightson examined by Mr. Kennealy—l was pupil of Liebig, at Giessen, and am now an analytical chemist at the school at Birmi❑gham. I have made poisons my study, and amongst them strychnine. I have been employed by the Crown in the detection of poisons. I think most decidedly that strychnine may be detected. I have discovered it in pure and compt matter. Mr. Kennealy—What class of corrupt matter? Witness—Bilious matter and putrifying blood. I have turned my attention to the tissues, and have found it there. 1 found it in a cat poisoned, and in the blood of a dog poisoned by strychnine, and also in the nerve of another dog poisoned by strychnine. lam of opinion that strychnine does not decompose in the act of poison ing, or in entering the circulation ; in that opinion I am decided. It might possibly change into a substance in which it would still be able to be detected. We have had such cases. The most minute portions of strychnine might be found, upon an analysis, in the case. Where it was found in the blood of the dog two grains were given. When found in the urine of the dog. one grain and half. A grain was tried to be given to the cat, but a great portion was lost. I should have no doubt in saying, generally, that strychnine given to a man should be found upon analysis. Mr. Sergeant Shea—You say generally. Have you heard the discussion of the particulars in the case of Cook ? Witness—l have ; and from that description, should say certainly, that if strychnine had been taken, it would have been found upon an analysis. By the Attorney-General—lf the entire dose taken be absorbed is it finally deposited in the blood or tissues upon reaching the point at which ,it kills ?—I cannot say. Attorney•Gieneral—lf the whole was absorbed in to the blood would you expect to find any in the stomach ! —Certainly not, unless some clung to the coats of the stomach. I should search for it in the blood and tissues, and I should expect to find it in each of them supposing a minimum dose had been taken and absorbed in the systems. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee—lf I had known a man had had strychnine administered to him one hour and a half before death it could have been detected in the stomach ; if administered in the shape of pills I cannot say if it would have been all absorbed by that time. Not knowing the dose administered, and the power of absorbation, I cannot say, with absolute cer tainty, if it could have been detected in the coats of the stomach, but I should think it probable. I cannot give any decided opinion as to the quantity of strychnia that muse have been administered to cause death in an hour and a half after the first paroxysm. Lord Campbell expressed - his admiration of the man ner in which this witness had given his evidence. Witness recalled—By Mr. Baron Alderson —I cannot give an opinion as to the exact effect of strychnia on the system before it kills. It ought to be found in the blood. Mr. Partridge, examined by Mr. Grove—l have been many years in practice as a surgeon, and I am Professor of Anatomy in King's College. I have heard the evi dence of the symptoms in Cook's case, and as to the post mortem examination, The spine should be exa mined shortly after death. Granules, such as I have described would be, in my opinion, likely to cause in flammation of the membranes. I have no doubt such inflammation, if it existed, would have been found on an examination of the of the part shortly a f ter d eat h. Cases of granules producing tetanic convulsions are on record, but I have never seen such a case. Meningitis inflammation of the anachroid produces sometimes con vulsions and sometimes not. I cannot form any posi tive opinion from the evidence I have heard of the cause of Cook's death. No conclusion as to the cause of death can be drawn from the contracted state of the body after death. If I found a body dra en back and c irved after death, I should be inclined to attribute it to the con :ul - form of death. There are a varieties of degrees of rigidity which succeed a natural death. The clenching of the hand and the arching of the feet is not unnatural. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—l under stood the granules were on the inner surface of the spi nal cord. The granules are not generally found. They can exist with health. Arachnitis producing convul sions never came under my observation. This disease would not affect the brain by sympathy before death. Where granules have produced arachnit s they save varied in size. I never knew of a singlecase of arachnitis where a patient died of convulsions. Icannot say whether it would affect the general health. I do not t'unk a man would be well between the intervals of.cenvulsions. I should expect that there would be pain ; the muscles would be unusually convulsed. I should not expect freedom from pain and convulsions 24 hours before death. I do not think the symptoms exhibited by John Parsons Cook before his death arose from arachnitis. I never knew a case where the hands were so firmly closed from natural causes that the fingers had to be vio lently forced open. The arching of the feet is common in death. I have not known them to be so much arched as Cooks. I have n o d ou bt b ut t h at from the position in which Cook died that death was occasioned by tetanus. From th e d escr i pt i on g i ven b y Jones, and the evidence I have heard, some symptoms are consistent and others are i ncons i stent w i t h d eath from strychnia. I am of opinion that from the convul sions of the . muscles, th e th roa t an d l egs, t h e b en di ng of the body into a bow, and the difficulty of respiration, that those are consistent with death from t etanus. I have never known traumatic tetanus terminate in death in less than three oe four days. I have never known, in all my experience, such symptoms as those exhibited by Cook to have resulted from natural causes. Re-examined by Mr. Grove.—Sickness before death is not consistent with strychnia. I also consider the beat. ing the bed clothes as inconsistent, and also the want of sensitiveness, the sudden cessation of convulsions, and apparent complete reo,very, silo se very apparently an absence of muscular agitation making it irreconileable with strychnia. Convulsions arising from injuries to the spine are very various. I know an intermission of symptoms does sometimes occur in traumatic tetanus. The granules described are more unusual in young than in old. I cannot say whether it is more i n di cat i ve o f disease. I should not feel myself justified after so long a time in stating that the spine was not free from disease. I do not think that after nine weeks the spine would be in a sufficiently /perfect state to arrive at any positive conclusion as to the absence of disease. Dr. John Guy examined by Mr. Gray—l am.a fellow of the College of Surgeons, and for 18 years surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital. I had under my care a case of traumatic tetanus in a boy. That was in 1843. The boy was 8 years old. He wa s b roug ht i nto t h e hos pital J u ly 23, and died upo n th e 2d o f A ugust. T he accident bringing it on had taken place one week before. He had great pains and stiffness about the neck. Could not open his mouth. Upon the first night he started up convulsed ; and this occurzed upon tl.e following night. The muscle of the neck and back got stiff during the night, and those of the face were in state of great contraction ; and upon the third day were in the same state. Upon the morning of that day the muccidar rigidity relaxed, and later was able to open his mouth and speak ; and later felt qui te recovered. He had no return of the spasm till half past five the following day. He then asked the nurse to change his linen, and as she was about to do so A violent spasm came on, and he died in a few minutes. About 30 hours elapsed between the last convulsions of which he died and the preceding one. The last paroxysm continued two minutes. The rigidity befor e that had been completely relaxed. I gave the patient ori the second day a small dose of tartar emetic, containing antimony, which prodeced vomiting. I increased it i 3 quantity on the third day, but I did not repeat it aft er that day. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General.—The teta nue arose from a stone falling on the mdddle toe of the patient, completely smashing it. The wound had be; come very unhealthy. I amputated the remaining parte' the toe. When I saoe the boy the wound was almos t closed. The jaw was closed when I administered tarta r emetic to him. On the 29th the rigidity relaxed ; the ,nor cles of the chest, back, and abdomen continued rigid. P ur i ire; the time there were no convulsions whilst administered tartar emetic. I have no doubt the rigid it y of the muscles of the chest and stomach would go 13r r. prevent sickness. I suppose the boy would vomited but for the rigidity of the muscles. I expect,'" he would have done so from the large dose I adrailp e. tered. The symptoms began to abate on the 4th daY; and gradually subsided for some time. The synipts ul ; were reproduced by the nurse s etti ng th e b o y up in be The cause had not entirely gone before that irritatiesi roust have been set up in connection with the sPi n3 d cord, and the original seat of the wound that produc e spasms. Re-examined by Mr. Gray—The causes of i r ritatie u producing spasms may be various. Supposing dea th occurred accompanied with tetanic symptoms, and the medical man had no knowledge of the cause except t h , e , irritation of the spinal cord, I thi n k it is extreme' ) difficult—probably impossible—for him to ascribe it t° any particular cause. Dr. 111`Donald said—l am a licentiate of the Esl ; College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. I have been J r/ f practice for a number of years, and have had cases e , traumatic and idiopathic tet anus . I h ave seen t w o cee e ; of idiopathic. I have also m a d e ex p er i ments . Tetael l ' will proceed from slight causes. Any internal alter 3 4. tion of the secretions will produce it. E x p osure to CO' would produce it. Mental excitement will a lso ca use tetanic convulsions. Sensual excitem e nt will produ ce d tetanus. Graeules in any part of the body connat e . ° with the nervous structure might p ro d uce it. Tetal,,, causes are produced by means yet u n di s c o verable human science. These is some obscurity a b o ut t"„ disease. Many post mortem examinations have take; place in cases of death by tetanus, and no cause of disea, a , has been discovered. Strychnia is easily discovera b '': In the case of Catherine Watson I wa s f or t u nate to c ur , her, and she is at present in court. [The wit l3 l o here read the minutes of the ca se w hi c h h e had ta 3 a . at the time]. In that ease there was a lock jaw ; i5 bis cuffed about the middle of the attack, but she vies 11 i1 to speak. In acute idiopathic cas e s it is a late Wolin; is have had a patient, named Cop e l an d, w ho had ~w:r o attacked with idiopathic tetanus u n d er my care ; tua was no external cause. Death took pla ce in soraecem' o f less than half an hour. I have made a nurnhera experiments on animals with respe c t to stryes" t o' puisine, and have found the post mortem examias tl S ) very generally to concur. The mem b ranes o f the ht'a are highly congested, the sinus gorged with blood; 313 0 in one case I had hemorrhage from the nostril. I , l° a out through the substance of the brain and founa,he nserous red spots ; these are the general results. ' O . lungs of those animals had been either collapsed or e° gested, the heart invariably filled 'on the right side 31 :4 very often on the left. The liver has been t onnes t a l and the kidneys normal ; the spleen in a pa e tti :ss condition. The vessels of the stomach I r e , also found congested on the outside sur iii itli On the mucous or inner side I found them filled ' l ' o l I blood, the vessels of the membrane of the spinal into congested, also with sometimes red points cutting the spinal cord. The appearances of post mortem e t b, minations are always a true test of the cause of d°,,,b , I have experimentalised in a great many cases of stri, n a nia. If you kill an animal with a pain of stry e ," its you may discover traces of it that is evidence ( " t ill presence. The 50-1000th part of a grain ac' kill, and. that can be found if in the body. I 110° ,4, tually experimented so as to discover that Ous u '' r e The theory of the decomposition of s trychnia, asp pounded by Dr. A. Taylor, is quite new. The first I ever heard of it was in the Court. There is no e l founded reason, in my opinion, for such a thearP b ei have proved it by numerous experiments. I hair° r t , of the blood of an animal poisoned with two gr,s 4 . n br ol strychnia, about the least quantity that would u e ' l iefe it, and have injected it into the abdomenal ',ll of smaller animals, and have destroyed them wi i tb abil the symptoms, and post mortemappearances of as' - o ld by strychnia. It would make no difference, I 611° e d , think, in finding strychnia, how it was admirds,'' e ale If the pills containing it were hard, and not visa j t, solved, it would be easier to find. I differ from D . , l* * 1,0 Taylor relative to his colour test.. I b e lieve theai l d be reliable tests for finding strychni a . I h a ve f c) ,,ai• it invariably in urine that has be en e j ec t e d b y the " t y mals that have taken it, part of it is thrown off hYdd watery excretions. Strychnine cannot be co nfoue r o with salacine or anthyne. Au increased flow of r . o l cil is a very marked symptom, so is su sce ptibility of Word in all cases. A slight touch, or a sharp o ir will produce violent convulsions. They are Woe nised as chronic convulsions, a stiffenieg arms. A man who had taken strychnine, 133 o is, his neck rubbed before the paroxysms cau l ? 0 3 would be likely to be thrown into convule'sed, the first symptoms of poisoning bad cornm en v erf, It would not give him any relief. I think ft of improbable that a man under the influels se w eb strychnia, could pull a bell violently. I agree Dr. Herapath that strychnia could be foun,4d, have heard the symptoms in Cook' s cas e dese4 s o but do not attach much impo r t ance t o th em , as t does seen symptoms developed from other causes. Id set strong enough to destroy lif e a t one paroxysm vg dl e . , rot take an hour and a h a lf t o man if es t it se lf. - 1.- v/ iP opinion death arose from epileptic convulsion s g ill tetanic complications. The post mortem appearas c ;o o Cook's case being s o diff eren t f rom th ose w hich ~, po t observed in cases of strychnine poisoning that I . ope suppose that a dose sufficient to destroy life J n el e o paroxyism could not, so far as I am aware, requil po ose, an hour to manifest its affects. The ir.terval 1. 70' from Monday to Tuesday was, in his opinion, i(uP,• ° „ a l ; as to the epileptic nature of the convulsions, as 'boo' lepsy the recurrence of the fit generally comes on s po re the same hour. Any of the causes which I bay% the heard described, such as cold, the excitement uP d - o ce race course, and the vomiting, might have pr ° e d the symptoms and death which has been describ Cook's case. The Court here adjourned. Upon the re-assembling of the Court, esS. The Attorney-General cross-examined the W l t°- p [The witness was under examination when we u r is press.] METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was somewhat extensively supplied with beasts, and the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at a decline in value of 2d pet 81bs. Among st the supply were 100 oxen from Oporto. We were welrsupplied with sheep, in very middling condition, and the mutton trade was depressed, at 2d to 4d per 81bs leas money than on Monday. Lambs, the show of which was good, sold heavily, at 2d per Sibs decline. About 600 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. We had a slow sale for calves, the value of which gave way 2d per Slbs. Pigs were dull, and lower to purchase. • Mulch cows ruled heavy, at from W. to 191. each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offala. s. d. a. d.l s. d. N. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4,PritneSouthdown 5 2 5 6 Bocend quality.... 3 6 3 8i Large erse. calves 310 4 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 21Prime small do 410 5 4 ?rime Scots, 'Sze. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 inekliug ealves 23 0 30 0 Prime erse.-wlled.4 6 5 oj4uarter old pigs 22 0 28 I, Lamb, 5s 21 to 63 2J. - - TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. • ........... •• • • 1,554 ..... . 300 Sheep and lambs • • 11,890 Sheep 140 Calves ..•......• •• •• •• .. 212 I Ca1ve5,.................•• ISO LEIDENHALL. at drooping prices. the carcase. NE WGATE AND We had a very dull trade, Per 81bs by s. d. s. d. s, d. s. d Beef, inferior 2 8 2 10 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do. prime large.. 3 6 3 8 Do., prime 4 0 4 4 De. , do. small ....3 10 4 0 1 Veal 3 8 4 10 Park, largo 3 2 3 8 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 Lamb, 4s 81 to 5s Sd. BOROUGH HOP. The show of fine hops is very moderate, and the demand for them is steady, at full prices. Most other kinds move off slowly, on former terms. This week's imports aro 5 bales from Havre, 33 from Rotterdam, and 50 from Ham burgh. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 53 to 6/ Gs per cwt ; Weald of Kents, 3/ to 5/ ss. ; Sussex, 2/ I.Gs to 4/ 15s. COLONIAL. TEA. —At the public sales of this article during the week considerable competition has been shown, and prices gene rally ruled firm. Common congou advanced to 9d and 9id per lb. SUGAR.—The market having been less freely supplied the business done has been very limited, purchasers being unwilling to give the present high rates. Mauritius good to low yellow 41s to 4 s 6d, mid to good yellow 42s to 42e 61. Bengal mid to good white 45s to 45s 6d por cwt. The refined market has been quiet, but good continues scarce and high prices consequently have ruled, brown lumps 53s to 53s 6,1 per cwt. COFFEE.—This article has been dull of sale, and prices generally have been rather easier. Fine Jamaica realised 60s to 61s. Plantation Ceylon fine fine ordinary mixed pale to good mid coloury, 58s to 648; peaberry 65s to 71s, and triage 52s to 57s per cwt. Native Ceylon, good ordinary old, 518. Cocoa.- There is no alteration to notice in the value of this article, there having beeu scarcely any business trans acted publicly. RICE.—The demand continues limited, and prices have rather given way. Bengal mid rather broken, 9s 641 ; mid to good pearly 12s ' • Courga low mixed to good, is 6d to 8s 6d ; Ballam, 789 d per cwt. RUM.—The market has been quiet, but some few trans actions have taken place in Jamaica at 3s 8,1 to 4s 2d per proof gallon., The inferior descriptions have been quite neglected. • SPICES have ruled rather cheaper ; business, however, has been dull. Pimento, mid coarse, realised 4d to 4.1, and said greyish 40 t 041.1 per lb. Pepper is :also about is 8,1 cheaper ; Singapore good 4id to 4id, grey 4?,,d to 40, and damage] 4ld to 44,1 per lb. Sumatra clear 434 to 4ie per lb. Cassia. Vera, ord to mid coarse, sold at 14s to 203 6,1 per cwt. Ginger, good and fine bold coloury, rea lised 85s to 100 s per cwt. SALTPETRE.--The market has been exceedingly dull, with no transactions of any amount to report. English refined, in bond, 37s to 37's 6d per cwt• COCHINEAL.—Fine qualities have met a fair demand at about previous rates, inferior descriptions are, however, different of sale. Honduras silver Cs 8d to 4s, and Tene rife silver 3s 8d to 3s 10d per lb. TALLOW.—The market has been remarkably quiet. P.Y.C. on the spot, 45e 9d to 465, and last throe months 45s to 45s 3d per cwt. GREEN FRUIT.—The favourable change of weather has improved the demand, and some parcels of oranges, per steamer Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of 2s to 3s per box. Lemons without alteration. Barcelona Nuts are is per bag lower. Black Spanish almost finished. The shipments of West India pine apples are likely to be early this season. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this company was summoned for yesterdaj, at the offices, 9, Broad-street-buildings, hut in consequence of the number of shareholders present being less than was re quired by the company's charter, Mr. Lyall chairman, after waiting an hour, adjourned the meeting until Thursday, the 12th of June, when the business can be legally proceeded with, however small the attendance of shareholders may be. TIE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The United States Mail steam-ship Ericsson, Captain Low her (placed for the present in lieu of the Pacific), with advicec from New York to the 10th inst., is now fully due, but as she is small, and does not possess the same horse-power as the other ocean steamer, her arrival is not looked for before to-morrow. The Royal Mail steamer Persia, Captain Judkins, with advices from New York to the 14th inst., will probably arrive as soon as the Ericcson. The Cunard Royal Mail steam ship Niagara, Captain J. Leitch, will sail on Saturday forens na for Boston and Halifax, with mails and pas sengers. Letters require to be posted in Liverpool be fore 10 a.m. on Saturday, with late fees until 11 a.m., and at the landing stage until noon on that day. LATEST N E WS. PARIS, FRIDAY, MIY 23, '1.30 A.M. In presenting his letters of credence yesterday M. de Hubner addressed the Emperor as follows : Sire,—The Emperor, my august master, being desirous of drawing closer the bands of friendship which unite him to your Majesty, thought that the re-establishment of his embassy at Paris might add still more to the intimacy of the alliance so happily existing between the two Imperial Courts —of an alliance which is a pledge of order and security for all, and which has so powerfully con ' tributed to restore the blessings of peace to the world. Your Majesty entertained the same idea, and the two embassies, which had been suppressed in the subversions of 1848, are re-established on the morrow of the pacification of Europe. His Imperial, Royal, and Apostolic Majesty has deigned to nominate me his Ambassador to your Imperial Majesty. I dare to hope, Sire, that you will continue to the Ambassador the confidence and goodwill with which during seven years, and in times often eritical, you constantly honoured the Minister of Austria. I have the honour to present to your Majesty my letters of credence." The Emperor replied by a few words, full of kindness. A despatch from Lyons announces that General de Failly's Division made its entrance into that town at 4 p.m. yesterday. Its march through the tewn was a regular triumph. The population shouted "Vive VEmpereur!" and " Vine Armee 1" and showered flowers upon the officers and men. The houses were decorated with flags. GRANITZ, MAY 21. The Czar will arrive at Warsaw to-morrow, and will take up his residence at the summer palace of Suzienski. KCENIGSBERG, MAY 21. The King of Prussia arrived this evening at Grunbinen, and will leave to-morrow to go and meet his sister, the. Empress Dowager of Russia. COPENHAGEN, MAY 21. In consequence of the Grand Council of State having declared in favour of a reduction of the War Budget, by a majority of 46 to 15, the Minister of War, M. Luttichan, has tendered his resignation. HAMBURG, MIY 22. The new English steamer Tyne, bound to Cronstadt, has been wrecked on the island of Oesel, in the Gulf of Finland. Cargo all lost. MADRID, MAY 21. Funds have been already provided both at London and in Paris for the payment of the half• year's dividend. The grand cross of the order o Charles IR. has been given to Count de Morny. Perfect tranquillity prevails. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. A Council of Ministers was held yesterday fore noon at St. Cloud, at which the Emperor presided. The generals commanding the military divisions have received a circular from the Minister of War, informing them that by a decision of the Minister of Marine the soldiers of all ranks of the class of 1849 belonging to the marines and marine artillery are to be immediately sent to their homes to wait for the period of their definite liberation from the service. The Tame decision applies to the volunteers of the same year who may apply to be placed on the reserve, before the expiration of their legal time of service. Those soldiers of the class of 1849 belong ing to the above-named corps who are now at home ou furlough will therefore remain there until their discharae. Lord Gough, formerly Commander-in-Chief in India, has arrived at Marseilles, where he is about to embark in the Caradoc for Constantinople on a special mission. BOURSE, May 22.--The following wore the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. 4i per Clouts 94 50 End of Month —f. —c. 3 - per Cents 75 30 75 40 New Loan 75 30 Bank Shares 4,000 Raman Credit Mobilier ...... 1,945 Austrian Belgian Five 5......., 97 Sps.uish Throes Pied.montese(s). ..... 93 75 Home Debt ...... RAILWAYS-POE CASH. fr. c,. fl. o. Orleans Northern 1,160 Strasburg l,OlO Lyons . .. . 1,512 50 Now Ditto Mediterranean ...id 1,760 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 825 Taste Cwtto The Malta journals of the 13th have reached us. The island was quiet and no recurrence of the dis turbances in which the An,gio-Italian legion was engaged had talc:n place. Tim Italian corporal Antonio Longati, who drew his bayonet on a boat man for refusing him a passage, was tried and sen tenced to two months' imprisonment. Four Mal tese, who had been arrested by the military for being foremost amongst the crowd who maltreated the Italian officers, were also tried, and, not being clearly identified, were set at liberty. It appears now to be scarcely beyond a doubt that the only reform to be hoped for in Italy is that scanty measure which France and Austria—now intimate allies—are agreed to ask for. It is repeated in many quarters that an identical note has been, or at least is on the point of being, sent by France and Austria to the Pope, demanding a certain de gree of secularisation in the Administration. Let ters from Vienna state that Count Buol has re cently had several interviews with the Pope's nuncio, Monsignor Viale-Preta, on the subject, and that the interviews have not been satisfactory, the Court of Rome showing little disposition to concede what is asked, AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. By the Vanderbilt line steam-ship North Star, Captain Hunter, which arrived this morning from New York, en route to Bremen, we have dates to the 10th inst. _ . The ,Nortb Star brings 140 passengers, and a moderate amount of cargo. On the 12th instant, in lat. 40.40, long. 69.15, passed the British barque Chance, of Goole, steer ing west. Between long. 48.0 and 26.0 saw large and numerous fragments of wreck and broken spars. The Hermann, City of Baltimore, and America had arrived out. The House Committee on Foreign Relations at Washington have had the recent Panama difficul ties under consideration, and contemplated some measure of legislative co-operation with the Execu tive, to prevent the recurrence of difficulty upon the Isthmus. A meeting had been held at Now York for the purpose of sympathising with Gen. Walker, which was numerously attended. Great enthusiasm pre vailed. A fearful railway accident occurred o n th e Mis sissippi and Missouri Railway on the 7th inst., by which 12 persons were killed and a large number wounded. Other rumor accidents had taken place, A severe storm, which unroofed several houses, had occurred at Bangor. News received from the Havannah reports sugars are higher and molasses scarce. An affidavit had been filed at the State De partment in Washington by the capt a i n o f th e steamer Orizaba, which set forth th e " inter ference" of the British frigate Eurydice at San Juan del Norte in forbidding all passengers having tickets for Nicaragua leaving the ship. Evi dence was also presented that the British force forbade the American passengers who came d own the rivor from communicating with the shore at San Juan, and that the British boats exercis e d a s t rong surveillance over all Americans while there. Secre tary Dobbin said most decisively that such out rages could not be permitted to pass unrebuked. A waiter at an hotel in Washington was shot by a Mr. Herbert, member from California, on the Bth inst. the editor of the Star newspaper was severely 92A 92 451 43 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This DO) LONDON, May 23.—Wind this day at noon, 5 ' ; breeze and fine. fl"( 3, PORTSMOUTH, May 21—Wind S.W.—arrived.' Amphitrite, from South America. Sailed—lrieli° o' tpt.)„ for Malta and the Crimea. a 0 POOLE, May 22.—Wind S.—S a il e d—J o hn an d 0, mas, for Labrador ; John Thompson, Queb,,c. CORK, May 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—W. I °' from Baltimore. OFF CAPE CLEAR—Sultan, from New Orleans, 0 , verpool. ° - 04 SHIELDS, May 22.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—W. B. ton, from New York. LUBECK, May 21.—The Tyne (a., from Griro bi eV i ere Cronstadt, which was stranded on the island of °7lO ll the 14th May, will be lost, but the cargo, cotton, i 9 t be saved. GIBRALTAR, May 15.—The Countess of DurheO L o Malta to Quebec, was in conta c t with a schooner I 14th inst„ and received some damage. Pe r t 4 CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12.—Three vessels, 0 4 0 to be British, have been wrecked, within the last 00 1 two and a half months, near Armastrea, on the side of the Black Sea. (PER ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) , fo iDg i LIVERPOOL, Friday Ito' Wind S.S.E. CO / Sailed—Kendal Castle, for Dunkirk; Nora, O r stadt ; River Exe, for Alicante. ..,,,,, f 0' Wind S. W. QUEENSTOWN, 2-1- " . 0 % la° °l Arrived—Thecla Schmidt, from Maracaibo ; Star, from Matanzas; Mary, from Buenos Ayres. (BY STJBMAEINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAeg J 00 , GRAVESEND, Friday, 94 ' a f Wind W., tide, six hours ebb, cloudy. d f ° Arrived, Mey 22.—Betty, from Caen; Julius 611 fe ° from Dantsic. Arrived, May 23.—Venus, from Agger ; Rai ) f o ig' Cadiz; Breeze, from St. Übe's ; Ostsee, from 'M I " 1 11 ' n "0 6 " DEAL, Friday, CS ain Wind W.S.W., moderate. Anebored.—The Josephus, from London, for P.° Early Bird, from London, for Bordeaux ; Pant" — it London, for C a l cu tt a. die' of Passed—Fantome, from London, for Jamaica; poi London, Naples; Choice, London, Genoa; Igai° reported last to Lloyd's. mie A NEW ENTERTAINMENT.—Mr. George JJ- 1 :" ., ,, already known in this metropolis and the province" iie" inusical lecturer of considerab'e ability, will canl ra tr e eet on Monday next, at the Regent gallery. Reg en i t :bar tic ; a series of entertainments, of a varied and novei:rsotiv" ter, and such as promise to prove exceeding l 9 to the many who patronise such undertaking s. , not t h P, - niunces in this programme songs and scenes J r " to r "Tempest," with illustrations by living „woe followed by a characteiistic buffo song, burle 6 'l ,istv" country inelodrarva. In the singing he will be ' l %OO ar tists ; . of la te e niaei by Miss Clari Fraser, a vocalist who has much progress in her profession. Considerable elPora• we hear, has been incurred in the necessary P re ' , _Tile a°' tions. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICII.,„, 11)e° Joarned inquest on the bodies of the unfortuna"lwicbg who lost their lives by the recent explosion at '. 1 , 700 te , co l wa3 yestereay brought to a close before Mr. ua r . - i r e pt` roner, when the jury brought in a verdict of Lo ci ' t heil . death in each case, at the same time expressing roil :atislaction that those departments in which da" 0 : 0 0 ) operations were carried on were shortly to be rc out of th© arsenal into the marshes.