The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-14 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW, May 15 (a Subscription Night given In lieu of Tuesday, August 19), will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DE SIVIGLA. Rosins, Mdme. Alboni ; Il Conte, Signor Calzolari ; Bartolo, signor Zucconi ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. In the Lesson Scene Madame Alboni will introduce Hum mers variations. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, LES QITATRE SAISONS; by Mdmes. Bellon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Pierron, Katrine, and M. Vandris. Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Boschetti and M. Vandris ; Pas, Mdlle. Katrine, accompanied by Mdlle. Pierron and coryphees; Pas, Mdlle. Lizereux and Corps de Ballet; Pas de Bacchante, Mdlle. A. Bellon; Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Bellon and M. Vandris; Finale, Mdlles. Bellon, Boschetti, Lizereux, Katrine, and M. Vandris, and Corps de Ballet. Applications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket.—The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, rir. K. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. fIIIS EVENING will be produced CINDERELLA. To conclude with THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYDIARKET. the Management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by GRISISHAW, BAGSHA.W, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with TOM THUMB. RWAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KLAN. THIS EVENING, THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, THE WINTER'S TALE. Principal characters by Mr. and Mil. C. Kean. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPIII. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Direotress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. TEE GREEN BUSHES. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. THE SUN; LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1856. ROYAL OLY'APIC THEATRE. Leuee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TUTS EVENING RETRIBU riON. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMP El IT HEAT RE . Lessee and Manager, Mr. Firm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, 3d time, a New and Original Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, written expressly for this Amphitheatre, called, THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi, in which Mr. William Cooke's Stud of Horses, trained by him, wilt develope various novel and surprising situltious and effects. After which, A new series of SCENES in the C MOLE, concluding with a TABLEAU EQUESTRE. R .x-offlce open from Eievan till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. jun. ROYAL SUIREY TrIEATRE. Lassoes, Messrs. shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, JACK SHEPPARD. Followed by TOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. To conclude with BETSY BAKER. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T F/IS DAY—Morn. 59 min. aft. 9—Evening 33 min. aft. 10 T )-MOEROcv—Morn. 5 min. aft. 11—Evening 30 min. aft.ll THE WEATHER—Sux OFFICE, MAY 14. TliEnstoxirrEn, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.62. WIND, S.—Light, with rainy weather. NeL, 1 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, 11A.Y 14, 1856. According to notice duly given, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was yesterday "at home " to meet all persons desirous of nibbling at " the New Loan." Many capitalists attended for the purpose of exhibiting interrogatories to the Finan cial Minister, and thus eliciting information which should properly have been afforded to Parliament in the first instance. It is, however, a part of the system now in operation to abrogate, so far as possible, the constitutional functions of the soi disant guardiaus of the public purse, and to de grade them into the mere registrars of financial ukases issued by the Government. The arrange ments were artfully constructed with that view, so as to prevent any Parliamentary interference or remonstrance. The Budget was postponed until after the Whitsuntide recess. No informa tion could therefore be obtained until after that period. The Premier gracefully acceded to the request of "many honourable members " to pro long their holidays by having the Friday clear. Although affecting to regret the loss of time, he suggested that the Government should be allowed "to make up the eight lost hours by being permitted to carry ox public business after 12 o'clock at night." This demand for an equivalent was a skil fully-designed scheme to exhibit an appearance of making a sacrifice, when he was really promot ing the objects of the irresponsible head of the ' Cabinet. The affectation of reluctance to give up so much valuable time had the desired effect, and Hon. Gentlemen, who are generally as anxious for an extension of their leisure hours as a parcel of schoolboys, fell into the trap so cunningly laid for their reception. They grasped at the addi tional holiday, without considering that by their own act they were precluding themselves from any opportunity of questioning the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to his financial policy until after the loan had been concluded, when they might be informed that it " was too late" to make any alteration in the Ministerial scheme. The amount and conditions of the loan were only announced on Friday afternoon. We believe that we are justified in stating that The Sun was the only public journal that com mented thereon previous to the recess. The in vitation to competing capitalists —a mere humbug, for a virtual monopoly h as been established in that line of business—was for the following Tues day, and the loan is to be contracted for on Mon day, th e 19th inst., not only before the opening of the Bud g et, but without allowing any opportunity for Parliamentary questions. Thus has the inter ference of the House of Commons been averted, and nothing now remains for the representative s of the People but a mere veto—a power that is eldom exercised, and which must inevitably pro duce very injurious results to the country. From what fell from Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS yesterday, it appears that the Loan now proposed is calculated to cover the entire of the estimated service of the year with the exception of 2,000,0001., and that for raising that additional sum be pro poses to take powers to issue Exchequer Bonds or Exchequer Bills, as the condition of the Money Market~ at the precise period may admit. But this will not be required until the last quarter of the present year, or within the first three months of 1357. The vote will, however, be taken, and selon les regles, everything left to the discretion of Government, so far as the House of Commons is concerned, although " the capitalists" have a pledge that there is to be no funding of Ex chequer Bills, and no sale of Savings Bank Stocks unless necessary for Savings Bank purposes. The bands of any future Financial Minister will thus be tied up, in consequence of the gratuitous pro mises of Sir G. C. LEWIS, and his contumelious treatment of those who ought to resent such conduct. The accuracy of the views which we put for ward on Fridaylast, immediately after the publica tion of the Notice, have thus been established. It is manifest that no relief will be afforded during the present year to the over-burdened taxpayers of the United Kingdom. The savings, that might be applied to so many useful purposes, will also be appropriated; and 2,000,0001. of Exchequer Bonds or Bills, will be charged on the current revenue, in addition to any further imposts which the Right Hon. Baronet may think proper to propose, and which the House must agree to if they wish to maintain faith with the public creditor. The Precious Treaty has terminated the War, but the ' war taxes will still be maintained, although the illusion that the national honour or interests will ba promoted thereby, have been completely dis pelled. The question now remains—Will the House of Commons submit to this very cavalier treatment ? There was a time when it would be resented, but we confess that we have but little confidence in its independence on any great constitutional point. Hon. Gentlemen may occasionally "run amuck" on trifling matters ; but minorities on such points, although they would formerly have occasioned a change of Ministry, are now disregarded. They are tolerated for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the several constituencies, as a pretext for th© independence that has been relinquished on topics of greater magnitude and importance. It is, however, right that the feeling of the country should be clearly understood—that the waiters on Providence should have the opportunity of " see ing themselves as others see them." If they sub mit to the red-tape fetters by which they are bound, they may do so with their eyes open, and the certainty that very stringent explanations will be required by those whose interests and consti tutional rights and privileges they have so greatly betrayed. Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will be found another " slashing" letter from Mr. MORRIS MOORE—modulated, this time, to a tone of sarcasm from one of invective and vituperation. Any one who, from coming recently to the contro versy, might be tempted to ask " Who Mr. MOR RIS MOORE is ?" may be readily enough answered. Mr. MOORE is a connoisseur of paintings, possess ing, in London at least, a very considerable and extended reputation. He is the owner, besides, of a picture which is reputed to bo the most pre cious, and in every way the most remarkable, Raphael in England—" Apollo and Marsyas." Besides this, it is observable that Mr. MOORE was about the most important witness examined before Lord ELcno's Select Committee in 1853—the Committee appointed by the House of Com mons to inquire into the management of the National Gallery—or, rather, as it ought by right to be called, its notorious and glaring mismanagement. Add to all which our thoroughly out-spoken correspondent assumes a separate kind of semi-official position among art-critics in his self elected capacity as Censor of those Twins of the Hour, here, there, and everywhere—Jobbery and Germanism. Mr. MORRIS Moonu has no faith at all in the competency of Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE as the Director of the National Collection. He has the greatest scorn imaginable for the incom petency of Mr. R&Lru Wonyom, as that Director's coadjutor. H© cherishes a sort of an inextinguislf, able derision for the utter lack at once of taste, tact, and judgment by which the travelling agent of the Gallery, Herr OTTO MUNDLER, is especially and undeniably distinguished. Above all, and as having direct reference to his later communi ' cations to the world at large through ourselves, Mr. MOORE is the Arraigner before the bar of public opinion (upon matters of art and, let us add too, of etiquette likewise) of the Honourable Gentleman the biographer of " CHARLES the FIFTH," and the Knight Representative of Staf fordshire. Eh, voila tout ! Enow of rel.- sons, moreover—these—we conjecture, for our correspondent's last earnest and elaborate communication. The three columns and upwards of acidulated comment, bearing more or less severely upon the names of EASTLAKE, WORNUM, MUNDLER, and STIRLING. A pleasant and appetising treat for those observers who have latterly hungered for some more bold and explicit phrases of repre hension than are usually audible upon the Siamese Vampires of the day already alluded to-- i via., Jobbery and Germanism. Perhaps the most telling hit in all this " fast and furious " onslaught—is that particularly ob servable where our correspondent writes—" In the debate on the National Gallery, Mr. Stirling starts up as the advocate of his, unfairly, used MUNDLER, whom he had heard mentioned by se veral artists in Paris, two or three years before (remarkable credential !)" exclaims Mr. MOORE in parenthesis, " as a person remarkable—for his knowledge—of Art ? No—for his honesty and integrity !" "Are we English then," asks Mr. MORRIS MOORE, in a very natural outburst of in dignation and amazement, "Are we English, then, such rogues that we must hire German honesty and integrity to look after us lost we purloin our owa money ?" This—we take it—is something quite delicious in its way ; particularly treading as the query does so hard upon the galled kibes of that abominable DO about the spurious PAULO VERONESE ! Again we say what we said in so many words on the 18th ultimo—" Mr. MooRE is decidedly, undeniably, distinctly, glaringly in the right." He has home truths to tell and he tells these home truths with uncom promising explicitness. Opposed successively to Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE, to Herr OTTO MVNDLER, and to Mr. WILLIAM STIRLING, he lays about him with astonishing energy and astounding inde pendence. Insomuch thetas we mark his successive disappearance from the scene, contendiug man fully with one combatant afteranother, it is to LIS for all the world like one of the latest glimpses of the crowned and uncrowned Thanes of Scotland ; where we read (with the old stage directions) in Shakspere : " Macbeth. . . . Before my body I throw my warlike shield ; lay on, Nfacduff ; And damned be he that first cries, Hold, enough. (Exeunt, fighting. Alarunts." Only —very unlike his momentary prototype_ Mr. MORRIS MOORE continues to the last signally triumphant l And so—signally triumphant— bearing them down before him one after another a t his pen's point, exeunt, successively—Mr. MooRE and Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE, Mr. MOORE and Herr MuNDLER, Mr. MOORE and Mr. STlR lJNG—fighting : with alarums. Great is the rejoicing in the Sabbatarian camp over the signal triumph they have just achieved. The " intolerance of Popery-abroad " topic, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY'S alarming communioa ti Ai respecting the insidious spread of German rationalism among whilona "evangelical" pulpits, are for the moment alike forgotten. It is not to be wondered at. While revelling in so great a triumph of intolerance of their own, how stoald they be expected to remember to find fault with the intolerance of their neighbours ? While hold ing a feast of fools, German rationalism was surely a topic that might be allowed to sleep. It would be better, perhaps, for the interests of liberty and religion if Sabbatism were a trifle less rampant, and tyranny abroad were assailed by other than tyrants at home. Better (if we may be allowed to suggest) if the progress of German rationalism were not facilitated by a scrupulosity obviously idolatrous, absolutely unfeeling, and far entered into the regions of burlesque. Complaints are made of the lack of able preachers in the ranks of Dis sent as well as within the pale of the Establish ment. How can able preachers reasonably be looked for, types as such men are of active men tal vigour in the community to which they be long, when such glaring inconsistency is almost everywhere apparent ? Eloquent declaimers on the subject of toleration, and impatient of re straint, you find, perhaps, the majority of Dis-. senters in relation to the Sunday question unsatisfied with toleration for themselves, striving with vindictive energy to with hold toleration from others. Hundreds of thousands—millions, we believe / of the popula tion, see no harm in Sunday recreation ; the Dis senter, however, steps in and says " If you don't, I do—and believing that the Sabbath (Sunday !) should be kept holy, the law, if I can control it, shall prevent you from profaning the Sabbath by what you call innocent recreation.' Englishmen owed a good deal to Puritanism for the aid it in former times lent to the cause of civil and religious liberty ; that debt, we regret to say, is now fast being cancelled, and the masses are likely to look for friends elsewhere. Dissent may yet need aid from the people. Will it have the courage to ask aid ? The time seems almost to have arrived when in what is called, but is not Evangelicism, the labouring population will recognise their worst foe. That cannot be a Gospel for them which involves cruelty to the poor, and violence to the rights of man. The victory of Exeter Hall we make bold to say will be found worse than barren. It is not the feelings of the helpless masses alone that are outraged by it—though that may turn out a matter of more importance than is supposed. Christianity is scandalised by it, and mode rate men are prompted to exchange endurance for active antagonism. The grounds on which Sab batism is defended are so wretched and palp ably shifting that the number of those who won der however they came to be so imposed upon as to the natuie of the institution is daily increas ing. Exeter Hall has lost more in this way than a dozen successes in Parliament would compen sate for. Another result of its victory is—the evi deuce thus afforded of the impotence of the mil lion against the few. The great body of the population will not be satisfied now with a trivial extension of the franchise. How should they when as matters go a few fanatics can overawe a Prime Minister and deprive the working population of recreation on the Sunday ? LONGFORD ELECTION-(THIS DAY). DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. Mr. George Hughes, ex-Solicitor General, has been returned without opposition in the room of Mr. Fox, deceased. THE CASE OF MILITIA CAPTAINS. The following statement just received from a valued correspondent is entitled, we cannot but think, to immediate and serious consideration : From what has been stated in the Houses of Par liament, it does not appear that any officers, except the subalterns and assistant-surgeons, are to receive any gratuity. Now, the captains have, certainly, as much right to a bounty as others, seeing that their duty is more onerous and troublesome ; the whole business devolves on them. If a soldier deserts, or runs into debt, or a death occurs, the captain has all deficiencies to make good, and very many other contin get,cies. The same expense of clothing is borne by the captain as well as the subaltern, and while many subal terns procured commissions in the line but very few cap tains did ; and also but few subalterns, in comparison to captains, have served through the whole period of the war. Very many have but lately joined, and why should they receive this reward for which the captains are excluded ? It has been said that the captains are country gentlemen, but although it was the case years back it is not so now. More than halt of the captains of militia are at this time either offi cers on half•pay or have served in the line or East India service, and nearly all of them joined thinking something permanent would accrue for their future benefit. Many of these officers are but slenderly provided for, and would be thankful for this small consideration. The foreign troops who have served, and many of them have not done any duty, are all to receive this mark of bounty ; and because militia captains once bad to be qualified to hold a commission, it has been taken for granted all must have two hundred a year; but this qualification has by a late act of Parliament been done away with for offi cers who have served i❑ the army, marines, and East India service. The subalterns in some regiments of militia are better off than their captains. Prince Frederick William of Prussia will, it is said, come to London, so as to be present at our Court on the anniversary of the Queen's birthday. Madame Schumann had the honour of dining with the Earl and Countes of Westmoreland on Saturday last, with a distinguished circle of amateurs and artistes. It is now looked upon as certain that the Prince of Prussia wi.l be deputed by the King to be present at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander in Moscow. A bazaar in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Con sumption, at Brompton, will take place on the 3d of June and two following days, in the Regent's-park. Despatches from the Governor of Canada were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial•ofpice. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official resilence in Downing-street. The Council of King's College, London, have ap pointed Mr. James Swift, of the City of London School, Assistant Arithmetical and Writing Master. The Maine Liquor Law has been condemned in the State that gave it birth ; the Maine Legislature have passed an act repealing ita prohibitory provisions. Lablache has been unwell in Paris, but has now re covered, and will arrive in London next week to' appear at the Royal Italian Opera. It is expected that a new dock, to ba called the Swain son Dock, which is being constructed in the pushing, thriving town of West Hartlepool, will be opened for trade early in June. The eteam-ship Pacific, W. C. Thompson commander, arrived at Malta on the sth inst., in eight days, from Portsmouth, having experienced very rough weather during the passage. She was to leave Malta in two days for the Crimea. Mrs. Smith O'Brien and family, • says a Limerick paper, are at present sojourning in Kilkee. Mr. Smith O'Brien, along with his eldest son, is travelling in Greece. He intended, in the course of the year, to visit America. He ►nay be expected in Limerick in the course of a fort night. Place OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille premium (according to the last tariff), wbich, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.29 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.371, it follows that gold is about 0.32 per cent. dearer in Lon don than in Paris. By ad vices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 a ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.61, it follows that gold is 0.53 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The cruse of exchange at New Ycrk on London for bills at 60 days' eight is 109 T, per cent., and, the par of exchange het Neon England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.30 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. ARRIVAL OF LORD DALHOUSIE.—PORTSMOUTH, May 13 —The Tribune, 21, screw-frigate, Captain Edgell, having Lord Dalhousie, late Governor-General of India, and family on board, arrived at Spithead to-day, at noon. She saluted the flag of the Commaeder•in-Chief, which the Victory acknowledged. The Commander-in- Chief went to Spitebead in the Fire Citroen, and paid his respects to the noble lord. The health of his lordship is reported to have improved of late, although he is still exceedingly weak, requiring to be moved in a cot. At four o'clock this afternoon the Tribune came into har bour, but his lordship did not land till near six o'clock. He then proceeded with his family to the George Hotel, Portsmouth, where he will remain a few days. On leav ing the Tribune her crew manned yards, and as the barge in which his lordship and family were brought on shore passed the Victory, that ship fired a salute of 19 guns. His lordship was immediately carried to the carriage of the Commander-in-Chief, which was waiting, and drove to the George. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, MAY 12. The India mail has arrived. Five generals of the army of the East, among whom are . generals Vinoy, Puy buscpe, and Wimpfen, have landed here. The Tourville, Duquesne, and Jean Bart, line of-battle ships, are at anchor at Endouine. The landing of the 6th, '7th, and 31st regi ments of the line has commenced from them in large barges towed by a steamer. The roadstead presents a most animated ap declaration made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was clear, distinct, fl n d categorical, and which has been perfectly understood by the Chamber and by the country. a " The Minister of Foreign Affairs said the Cabinet to which he belonged would never propose a change in the constitution. "He was not questioned, nor did he give any ex planations, on the intentions of the Ministry relative to the law and the press. If such a question had been put the Government would have but one answer to make—namely, that it intended to reserve to itself within constitutional limits its full freedom of ac tion to submit to the Chambers when it might deem it advisable such modifications as it might seem to it necessary to introduce into the laws on the press. " We must congratulate (continues the Paris Moniteur) the Belgian Government upon the care it has taken not to allow its language to be mis stated, or its intentions misunderstood. As regards the French Government, all that it had to do was to point out the evil and its consequences ' • it is the duty of the Brussels Cabinet alone to seek, find, and apply a remedy ; what the Government of the Emperor is concerned about is the efficiency, and not the nature, of that remedy." BOURSE, May 13.—The following were the last quotations : 4i per Cents 94 3 per Cents 75 New Loan 75 10 k Shares 4,000 Roman pearan ce. The Darien, Assyrien, and Labrador are land ing their troops is the port of La Joliette. The quays are crowded with people, notwith standing the bad weather. The Albatross and Canada, which had arrived here with troops, have proceeded with them to Ile Hyeres. The flag of the 7th regiment, riddled with ball, was loudly cheered as it proceeded along the Cannebiere. The Malta papers of the Bth state that a colli sion took place on the sth between a portion of the Italion legion, the police, the English troops, and the native population. AY inspector of police was killed, and a nava: officer wounded. By order of General Pennefather a few Italians and Maltese had been arrested. On the Bth the legion which had mutinied had ntrenched themselves in one of the forts. Troops were being sent against them, and i. was expected they would lay down their arms. BERLIN, MAY 12. According to accounts from St. Petersburg, Prince Galitzin has been named grand marshal and Count Bosch grand master of the ceremonies for the Government of Moscow. All the mar shals of the nobles of the empire have been con voked on the occasion of the coronation at Mos cow. A Sardinian subject, named Giudici, na turalised in Russia, has been attached to the ministry of foreign affairs—a fact which has caused a very great sensation. MADRID, MAY 12. Espartero arrived yesterday at Saragossa. lie was received with great enthusiasm by the army, the national guard, and an immense concourse oi the population. Preparations are being made at the palace to receive King Ferdinand, the King of Portugal's father, who is expected on a visit, FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Union adds to its detailed notices of the French budget an examination of the supplemen tary and extraordinary credits for the three past years, from which we extract the following : "Government has laid the supplementary and extra ordinary credits for the years 1854, 1855, and 1856, to gether with some additional credits relating to earlier periods, before the Legislative Body, and has introduced a bill on the subject. We extract the following from the exposé des motifs : The supplementary credits of 1854 amounted to 87,611,907fr, Extraordinary ditto 420,412,260 Total 508,024,167fr. Deduct forsums turned to anotheraccount, or paid by savings on other items 1,175,195fr. Ditto for BUMS annulled 494, 552, 748 fr, The supplementary credits of 1855, de ducting 43,842 tr. annulled, were Those of 1856 are 159,979,242 Total of credit to be voted 1,382,554,160 fr. Most of these expenses have been incurred for the war ; the extraordinary credits allowed to the departments of War and Marine amount to 1,212,138,4751 They are to be met by the loans of 1854 and 1855, amounting to upwards of 1,500,000,000 f., about 300,000,000 f. of which will remain in hand for the winding up, as we may say, of the war. Of the 170,415,685 f: of credits not applied to the war, 120,989,272 f. fall to the share of 1854, a year of great distress, in which the Government was obliged not only to afford aid to the charitable establish ments, but also to give the greatest impulse possible to public works. The works of the Louvre and Tuile ies absorbed 18,000,000 f. ; communal works and subventions to charitable establishments, 10,000,0001. ; the annexes of the Valais de 'lndustrie for last year's Exhibition, 3,000,000 f. To these items must be added the payment interest on the loan of 250,000,0001. ; and on the float ing debt, 22,500,000 f. Treasury expenses, the collec tion of taxes, premiums on exortation, subventions to railways, called for 50,000,0001. The year 1854 would thus show a deficiency of 100,000,0001., were it not that an increase in the receipts is likely to reduce it to 70 millions. The year 1855 being under the same baneful influences as the preceding one, the presumed deficiency was stated at 160,000,0001 r. But the increase of taxa tion authorised by the law of July 14, 1855, which pro duced 33 millions, then an increase of 32 millions more in the indirect taxes, and of 4 millions in the direct taxes, as also 8 millions resulting from the sale of wood of the state fore,ts, lead to the conclusion that about 81 mil lions out of the 160 will be paid, and, by further annul ments, they may perhaps be reduced to 50 millions. Total of deficit to be covered, 120 millions for the 2 years, at the lowest. There still remain to be regularised by a vote 3,439,192 fr. of credits for the years 1850, 1854 ; 247,997 fr. more for accounts expired (exercices perimes), and 1,566,059 f. for the Greek loan. Greece now owes France 16,500,0001 r. The bill proposes, for ways and means, to sanction the decrees of 20th June, 1855, and Ist May, 1856, authorising the Minister of Finance to raise the amount of the Treasury :Bills to 350,000,0001 r. for the years 1855 and 1856." General de Failly has been appointed Aide-do• Camp to the Emperor, in the place of General Canrobert, promoted to the rank of Marshal of France. The Moniteur publishes a decree reducing to 100,000 the number of men of the class of 1856, which, by a bill recently adopted by the Legis lative Body, had been fixed at 140,000, to be called out in 1857. Decrees in the Moniteur promulgate a number of laws recently adopted by the Legislative Body and sanctioned by the Senate, relating to matters of local interest. The Moniteur contains the following :—" The Universal Prize Cattle and Agricultural' Show of 1856, which will open on the 23d inst. at the ex hibition palace, will be the meet complete, both as regards animals, agricultural productions, and im plements of husbandry that has ever been pre sented to the attention of the public and to the study of agriculturists. All the declarations from foreign countries have not yet reached the Minister of Agriculture ; but, notwithstau ding, the inscrip tions already amount for the bovine race to 1,314, both bulls and cows. In the abovenumber, France stands for 488 head ; England, 132 ; Scotland, 174; Ireland, 54; Austria, 100 ; Switzerland, 184; Belgium, 53 ; and Holland, 35. Denmark, Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, the Grand Duchies of Baden and of Luxemberg; supply the rest of the contingent. The exhibition of the bovine race will not include less than 1,268 rates and ewes, and by adding to the above figures I'l4 pigs which have been already inscri bed, it makes up a total of 2,756 animals. There are also 503 lots of poultry. As to implements of husbandry and agricultural productions, the number of declarations which have already reached the Minister amount to about 2,000 of the former, and more than 4,000 of the latter." The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing : " We read in the Moniteur Beige :_. "The Journal des Debats, and most of the Paris newspapers wh ch have reached :Brussels this mornirg, contain a telegraphic despatch, couched in the following terms : " BRUSSELS, Wednesday, May 7. " 'ln the Chamber of Representatives the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to questions put to him, sa id that Count Walewski's speech in the sitting of the Con gress of the 8;h of April had not been officially c.mimu nicated to the Belgian Government. " When that notification shall, have been made the Governmmt has a reply preparefd which will energeti cally maintain the rights of Belgium as an independ en t nation. No power (added the Hi nisterj ever requested (a jamais reclame) a modification of the law on the press in Belgium, and the country would: never submit to such a pretension ; no, never !' " This despatch completely When the sense of the End of Month. —f. —c. 75 25 Cash. ft'. e. Ban , Credit Mobilier 1,850 Austrian Belgian Fives. 95 Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) . — Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. _ fr. c. fr. o. Orleans Northern 1,132 50 Strasbufg Lyons. ....1,460 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,700 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Bl7 50 Teste - Cette Bl5 Austrian Com. 942 50 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received five days' later news from the Cape of Good Hope, viz., to the 20th March, in clusive ; but it is destitute of general importance, as it relates almost entirely to matters of a colonial interest. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Sultan, Captain Cook, with the Penin sular mails, we have dates from Gibraltar, May sth ; Cadiz, 6th ; Lisbon, 9th ; Oporto, 10th ; Vigo, 11th. The Sultan brings 39 passengers, 1,5671. in specie, 'and 1,616 half-chests of oranges, 792 ele phants teeth, &c. There is no news of importance by this packet from Lisbon. The cutter Spider, belonging to the Royal Yacht Club, arrived from Cork on the 7th inst. The Royal mail steamer Avon, expected with the Brazil mails, had not reached Lisbon when the Sultan left, nor the French steamer Cadiz, also expected from Brazil. The Lisbon exchanges for three months are quoted this mail at 54g on Loudon ; Paris, 520 ; Amsterdam, 431 ; Hamburg, 49g ; and Genoa, 517. Transactions were limited to Paris, Hamburg, and London, and upon the latter bills remained over at 54i, takers requiring 541. The Stock Market was very dull at 404 to 41i ex div., for Three per Cents. ; Bank of Portugal shares, 500 to 502 ; Oporto Bank Share; 18 to 20 per cent. premium. The weather at Lisbon had improved, and, after seven months of continual rain, there appeared some chance of summer. The Deputies had not voted the bill respecting Portuguese bonds and the projected new loan. Intelligence from Gibraltar reports that the Ame rican barque Elizabeth, of New York, in attempt ing to beat out of the Straits, had got ashore en the rocks off Cabrita Point, but was afterwards re leased with the loss of a portion of her cargo. THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND, THE NAVAL REVIEW. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. A court.martial was held to-day on board the Victory, flag-ship, to inquire into the causes that led to so much complaint in the House of Lords in reference to the de lays caused by the inattention to the engines, by allow ing the fires to get too low, &c., of her Majesty's steam troop-shlp Transit, Commander Charles It. Johnson, on the day of the great naval review, and owing to which their lordships were detained on the water an unreason able length of time. The inquiry was thrown into the following charge against Mr. William Collier, acting assistant-engineer of the third class on board the Transit _ _ —" For that he, the said Mr. W. Collier, doing duty on board on the 23d of April last (the day of the review), was in a state of drunkenness, and unfit to do his duty." _ . The Court consisted of Captains H. J. Codrington, C.B. (president), Sir T. Maitland, C. 8., G. R. Mundy, G. A. Eliott, J. E. Erskine, J. Robb, G. Ramsay, C. 8., U. Lyster , the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., W. J. E. Clifford, R. Harris, R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., J. H. Cockburn, and Mr. H. J. Hellyer, Deputy Judge- Advocate of the Fleet. Commander Johnson, of the Transit, was the prose. cutor. Charles Graham M‘Gregor, first lieutenant on board the Transit, deposed that the prisoner Collier was em ployed on the 23d of April last as acting assistant third class engineer on board that ship. Ile appeared to have been drinking, and was certainly not sober or fit to do his duty. Between eight an I ten o'clock in the evening, about half an hour after the company bad left the ship and landed to return to town, the com mander sent for all the officers to assemble on the quar ter-deck, and severally asked them their opinion of Mr. Co der's sobrie'y and fitness for duty. Witness replied— " I do not consider him sober." In reply to the Court, witness farther stated that he had not seen the prisoner previously, on that day, to the assembling of the officers on the quarter-deck. The offi cers then present were, besides witness, the second lieu tenant, the master, and the chief engineer. The second lieutenant gave it as his opinion that the prisoner was not fit to do his duty, or words to that effect. The mas ter also said in effect he was of opinion the prisoner hal been drinking, and was not fit to do his duty. The chief engineer, to the best of witness's recollection, said be thought the prisoner had been drinking. The prisoner talked thick, and his appearance at the time was cer tainly that of a man who had be -n drinking. In reply to the commander, prisoner denied having been drink ing. He walked and stood t o l era bly s t ea dy ; still wit ness considered prisoner was in a state of drunkenness. The Transit was at anchor at this time. Did not receive any report during the day concerning the prisoner. In reply to the prisoner, M'Crregor swore that when they were on the quarter-deck, the first named was not sober. The day in question was one of extraordinary excitement, and all the engineers had been on duty the whole of the day. But witness did not think that this excitement and fatigue would give an appearance of having been drinking. Prisoner's character previous to the day in question had been very good. W. C. Robinson, second lieutenant of the ship, de posed that when he was asked by the commander, on the quarterdeck, as to Mr. Collier's sobriety he consi dered he was not sober or fit to do his duty. Prisoner was sent below under arrest. In reply to the Court, the witness further stated that the ship came to an anchor about eight p.m. He had not seen the prisoner on that day before the officers were assembled on the quarter-deck. The prisoner did not speak very clearly 'to Commander Johnson. Witness was not aware that anything had occurred during the day to induce a suspicion that the prisoner was not sober. The prisoner had no question to put to this witness. Mr. James Thomas Davis, master of the Transit, also deposed to the prisoner not being sober or fit for duty when the officers were assembled on the quarter-deck. In reply to the Court, this witness further stated that he had seen the prisoner in the engine-room at about five in the afternoon, but not remaining there longer than to inquire if the commander was there, he had not time to notice what state of sobriety the prisoner was in at the time. Neither did witness notice if any other persons were in the engine-room when he entered it. Shortly after, witness went down a second time, as they wanted more steam, the vessel having been going very slow. He asked the chief engineer if they could not get a little more speed. He replied, "We shall go on directly." She did go faster immediately. The fires had been allowed to go down. The prisoner's incapacity to do his duty, at nine o'clock, evidently arose from drunkenness. In reply to the prisoner, the witness said that the former's character, prior to the day in question, had been good. Mr. John R. Johnson, chief engineer of the ship,—cle posed that at about 5 p.m. on the 23d of April the fires got very low. The commander went into the stoke ho'e at about that time, and placed the pr;si nor, whose duty was there, under arrest, for being drunk and unfi, for duty. Witness had not an opportunity of judging then • whether prisoner was drunk or not. At 9 o'clock the same night he believed prisoner was not sober. In reply to the Court, the witness said he did not think prisoner was fit fer duty. At about an hour before prisoner was placed under arrest, he (witness) saw him in the stoke hole at his duty, and there appeared no rea son to find fault with him. Subsequently, and shortly before the arrest, finding how the fires were getting, witness sent the first-class assistant-engineer to the stoke hole to get the steam up. It was the prisoner's duty to keep the fires up. After a little further evidence, the prisoner made a brief defence, and cared Commander Johnson to give him a character. It was a very good one. The Court found, at four o'clock, " That the charge was proved, but, in consideration of the previous good conduct of the prisoner, did only adjudge him to be se verely reprimanded, and dismissed her Majesty's ship Transit." The expenses of the cel9btated " Dyce Sombre" cas in the Court of Chancery have already amounted to 80,0001., and the case is not yet concluded. The proceed ings connected with it have extended over 12 years. At its last meeting, the committee of Drury-lane Theatre came to the resolution of not permitting enter tainments of the bal masque class to take place again in the building. LITERATURE Travels in the Sandwich and ,Society blands. By S. S. Hill, Esq., author of " Travels in Siberia," &c. 1 vol. Chapman and Hall. This is a very agreeable volume of travels in a spot very little known to the civilised world, its chief claim to the notice of European scholars being the unenviable distinction of having been the locality of the massacre of Captain Cook. He was the discoverer of these islands in 1778, and met his death in Karakakooa Bay, in the island of 0-why-hee, in 1779. The natives at that spot, it is satisfactory to know, express great regret for the murder committed by their fathers. On being questioned by the travellers whether the spot on which they stood was the one on which Captain Cook fell, they all hung their heads, " and looked as sad as if they had been the perpetrators of the deed, and we the first of Cook's countrymen that came to visit the bay since the event." Lono is the name by which he is known among them—a word which signifies a god or hero. Captain Cook was not the only great navigator who visited these islands, however, for Vancouver paid them several visits, and gave much useful advice to the King and his councillors, besides being the first to intro duce cattle and sheep to the islands. The unfor tunate La Perouse also anchored in the strait be tween Mawhee and Molokai, in May, 1786. The most remarkable feature in the political history of these islands is perhaps the share which two Eng lishmen have had in it. In a dispute that arose be tween the islanders and the crew of an American vessel many of the natives were destroyed, when, torevenge themselves, they boarded another vessel which followed it, under false pretences, and mur dered all save one seaman, who was taken on shore wounded. At the same time the first vessel had reached another of the islands without being aware of the disaster that had befallen their com panions, and sent some of her seamen on shore to trade, and was preparing to leave when the news arrived at the bay of the fatal encounter. One of the sailors, named John Young, was still on shore, and the king refused to send him off for fear the captain should murder the crew of the canoe that took him in revenge. As it happened the captain was ignorant of the catastrophe, and, after waiting some time, departed. These two white men, Isaac Davis and John Young, entered the service of the king, and acquired great influence over him and over the inhabitants generally. They were rewarded with large estates and honours, and their advice was of great service to the king on many occasions. But, notwithstanding the consideration in which they were held by the natives, they longed to escape, and made several endeavours, which were frustrated. 'Vancouver, however, on his visits tried to reconcile them to their lot, and advised them to remain where they were. Re formed a high opinion of their good sense and hu manity, and was so favourably impressed by the character of the king that he departed from his usual rule, and supplied him with firearms and in structions kow to form a guard. This king, whose name was Kamehameha, appears to have been a very remarkable person. Ha subdued the whole of the islands, and established many excellent laws. He was the father of the king who died during his visit to London. The next great event in the history of these islands was the arrival of some American missionaries, who were favourably received by the king and people. It is much to be regretted that the elements of re ligious dissensions were introduced in this retired community by the subsequent arrival of somo mis sionaries of a different creed. The simple islanders, who were already changinc , their old religion for a new, were perplexed at the new doctrines promul gated by the last corners. It would seem, in this case, that the interests of Christianity would have been best consulted by the first party, to whatever denomination they belonged, remaining in undis turbed possession. The natives seem, from the account of the author, to be a simple, lively, and hospitable race, of very good capabilities. The pro• gress made at some of the native schools astonished him. They were in every instance most amicably disposed towards the traveller, who appears to have readily gained their regard and confidence. His volume opens with a narrative of his voyage from Kamtschaka to the Sandwich Islands, which was a most stormy and dangerous one. For two nights they were in imminent peril, but happily they weathered the gale, though the oldait sailor on board gave it as his opinion that they would not. He spent four months in surveying the islands and their curiosities, the greatest of which is the volcanic mountain of Kilauea, the largest active volcano, he informs us, iu the world. He gives a very interesting account of his journey to this vol cano, and the dangers he and his tehow traveller encountered from their imprudence. The whole of the islands exhibit many traces of their volcanie origin, and the peculiarities of their geological features present some striking . points to the attention of the scientific on the sub • ject of the formation of the tropical islands. Oa leaving Woahoo the author proceeded to visit the Society Islands, of which Otaheite is the chief. Whether it was from the fact of his sojourn being very limited, or from a slight feeling of jealousy of the rival Government, his impressions of there islands and their inhabitants are not near so pleas ing or satisfactory as those left by their neighbours. In leaving Otaheite he sailed for Valparaiso, which he reached safely, after a most magnificent view' of sunrise over the Andes. In the appendix an ex planation of the principles of the constitution are given, which, far from betokening their savage origin, might some of them be followed with ad vantage in more civilised countries. Some of them are as follows : " No law shall be enacted that is at variance with the Word of the Lord. " All men, of every religion, shall be protected in worshipping God according to their own under,tauding. "No man shall be punished unless his crime be first manifest. "No man shall be permitted t) sit as jud.o on his par ticular friend or enemy." Many other laws and regulations are equally judicious and well-founded. Oa the whole the volume may be regarded as an interesting and profitable work, not only affording instruction respecting a part of the globe of which very little is generally known, but also showing the capabilities of the natives, their character and prospects, and the benefits and evils they have derived from the immigration of the whites. To all desirous of extending their geograph . cal know ledge, as welt as of perusing an agreeable volume, these travels may be commended. The Red River Settlement. By Alexander Ross, Author of " Ear Hunters of the Far West," &c. Smith and Elder. This work eminently fulfils the promise that is prefixed to it—that of giving a detail of the rise, progress, and present state of the Red River Set tlement, with some account of the native races, and its general history to the present day. The author commences by informing us that the subject of this volume is an isolated spot in the wilds of North America, distant 700 miles from the nearest sea port, and that port blockaded by solid ice for ten months in the year. It will naturally suggest itself to the mind of the reader that it is by no adventi tious advantages of situation, and by no fortuitous accident of climate, that the place has become at all civilised and refined, bat that stern and uncom promising activity, resolute industry, and bold de cision have alone achieved the results. The patience and perseverance, which distinguished and charac terisedthose hardy sons of another hemisphere, who created themselves a new home in an adopted land is worthy of all respect and attention. The writer remarks in the preface that, being debarred from intercourse with the literary world, he prefers no claim to "the ornaments of diction or the embel lishments of imagination." Nevertheless the style he has adopted is the most suitable and appropriate for the subjects. The facts speak for them selves, and are of sufficient importance to arrest the attention, and lay claim to the interest, without the aid or intervention of auxiliary attractions. So far back as the year 1811, the Earl of Selkirk purchased the Red River Settle ment from the Hudson's Bay Company, for the purpose of planting a colony th ere . Th e bounda ries of the grant are Lake Winipeg, the Assiniboine River, and the land which separates Hudson's Bay from the Missouri and Mississippi. The Red River is one of the feeders of Lake Winipeg. In reading these names of the places where the white men have pitched their tents, the truth of the poet's assertion is verified, that the banished race yet speaks, in the native denomination of their usurped strongholds. "Their memory liveth on your hills,; Their baptism on your shore, Your everlasting rivers speak Their dialect of yore. One curious circumstance is recorded in the course of this history of the settlement, that the calamities are in decades. In 1816 there was a massacre, in 1826 a flood, the crops failed in 1836, and in 1846 there was an epidemic. The account does not reach a sufficiently recent period, to enable us to hear whether this year is to be the exception or the rule. The social condition of the people may be deduced from the following remarks made by a friend of the author, who had been for some time among them and studied their customs, man ners, and modes of life:— " Although we dwell on the outskirts of Christendom, bolding as it were a middle course between refined civi lisation on the one hand, and gross darkness on the other, we live in all moderation and good fellowship in our semi-barbarous and semi.civilised state. The ex pressions used by my fellow-traveller when we reached the Forks, may be taken as fair representation of the state of society amongst us, viewed at its best. hare,' sail he, travelled much in my time, and have tiVell many countries ; but, under all circumstances, I have seen no part of the world where the poor man enjoys so many privileges, and is more happy and inde pendent than in Red River, and I regret I cannot pro: lon, my stay to inform myself a little bette r o n the sub jectn of your laws and institutions ; but judging from what I have seen,' you seem, said he to me, 'to live almost without laws, and yet enjoy in that primeval condition more real happiness, comfort, and content ment than any other people I ever saw ; but I must hasten my departure, and take my leave of you, assuring you, and all my friends behind, that wherever Provi dence may destine my lot, I shall always cherish with fond recollection the kind and hospitable people of this c any.' My friend and I then parted." Elegant Arts for Ladies. Ward and Lock. _ . volume is likely to be of great service to all who desire to become proficients in the " elegant arts" of the day. It gives full and clear instructions in twenty-two different arts of a useful and ornamental kind. Calisthenic exercises and the art of hair-dressing must be numbered among the former, while leather-work, bead-work, and similar pursuits may be reckoned among the latter. Ornamental needlework is not included in the volume, which is indeed entirely devoted to more elaborate arts and those which require some taste and skill in the artist. Among these we may reckon wax flowers, flower paint ing, and the imitations of ivory and leather. The favourite amusements of Potichomanie and Diaphanie of course find a place. Some remarks are added on the rules of etiquette, which may be useful to the uninitiated. We are informed in the preface that the work is not the production of one, but of many, for that each par ticular art has been described by those best in form,d in it, and we must not omit to mention the numerous engravings which materially aid the explanations. All who wish to find the means of disposing of a leisure hour in an elegant and lady like fashion will find this little volume afford them every assistance in the acquirement of the various branches of ornamental art. The Illustrated Webster Spelling-Rook. The Royal Picture Alphabet. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street. These are two very pretty and attractive books for little people. The first is a spelling-book, with numerous woodcuts, which conducts the pupil from words of two letters up to the formidable seven syllables of incombustibility and latitudina rian,i and even giving an analysis of the so unds n the English language, and a page of translations of words and phrases from foreign languages in common use. Numerous reading lessons are intro duced, and the whole is profusely illustrated with landscapes, figures, animals, and all kinds of little amusing objects. It is therefore entitled to rank above ordinary spelling- , books, and is suitable for the instruction of several classes of scholars. " The Royal Picture Alphabet" is chiefly in tended for the amusement of its juvenile readers, an object in which it can hardly fail to be success' fah The brilliant colouring of the letters and their accompanying illustrations are sure to be at" tractive, while the poetical definitions and morals at the conclusion may serve to convey some useful lesion under the guise of entertainment. It is* very acceptable gift book for little folks. MILITARY RIOTS AT MALTA. MALTA, May B.—Shortly after the arrival of ,the Anglo-Italial. Legion, some one or two of the soldiers were brought before the policy and condemned to Ser prisonment for uttering blasphemous language in the streets, and lately there was a case of unprovoked as' sault upon a friar of the Carmelite order. UnhappilP however, the conduct of these troops has, during the past few days, been the cause of great alarm to the population and the local auth naties ; and yesterday and the day preceding the tragic scenes of the streets ca Parma have been acted in broad daylight in the streets of La Valetta, in the lower part of which city, on the sth of May, a soldier of the 3d Italian Regiment stabbe d a comrade with a stiletto while aiming a blow at a po' lice-constable, who, having received information of the man's having this weapon concealed on his person fro° a woman whom he had just previously threatened, wa s quietly.endeavouring, to induce him to g with him t° the station-house. The constable stepped aside, and t he blew of the assassin fell on his own comrade, who wa s carried dying to the hospital. The miscreant was ial" mediately arrested. On the evenin g of the 6th, towards sunset, mon b er a of soldiers of the Legion—some say full 100—encourage d by the presence of several nen-commissioned officers' appeared in the streets of th e c ity, s i ng i ng s ongs liberty, demeaning themselves in a riotous and disorderly manner, using language insulting and menacing t o the natives. On reaching the chief police-station i n the Palace of Justice in the Strada Motile, the inspector, Mr. Caruana, fearing that a conflict might ensue,.ex. ported the crowd of Maltese collecting round the military to disperse, and was quietly leading these latterfrom the main street in the direction of their barracks at Fort Manoel and the Lazzarete, when, all of a sudden, under the windows in Strala Santa Lucia of the Imperial Hotel, the Italian soldiers made a rush at the people with their unsheathed bayonets, and some men drew froth under their tunics stiletti. At this moment Mr. Caruana was seen to put his hand to his back, and to run in the direction of the main guard for the purpose of get" tiog assistance, when he fell to the ground, and on being lifted blood was found issuing from no less than four mortal wounds, and within a few minutes after he er pired in the police-office. The miscreants fled in the panic and confusion which prevailed, dealing blows o a several unoffending persons who happened to be in the streets as they passed, and seriously maimed the boat' men who pulled them across the harbour to their bar' racks in the Lezzaretto and Fort Manoel, where, 00 the following morning, the regiment being drawn up' Lieut.-Colonel Burnaby, commanding the Legion, e d• dressed them on the enormity of the crime committed on the preceding evening, and expressed an earnest hoPe f that, as th e assass i n cou ld not b e k nown to many e, his comrades, they would give him up to justice. Thil address was rece i ve d b y th e o ffi cers w i t h t h e wav i n g °, their swo r d s an d by th e so ldi ers w i t h t h ree c h eers ; .but op to this moment .he murderer remains unknown to the authorities, though it is said tbat two English s°', diers, who saw the blow stru c k, d ec l are th a t th e y ha. sufficiently remarked his features to be able to identify him. Scarcely had this address been made than a CO n ,' teen-keeper of the barracks, on asking p a y men t of a . so' dier for some provisions, received in reply the thrust off. stiletto with "Take this; for this is the coin with whie ls a the Italian pays his debts." Luckily the man behia the canteen-counter drew back, and the wound inflicted was not a deep one. Another canteen-keep er 'hail previously got his head broken. On the afternoon of the 7th, one of the band getting into an altercation at the Marina with a t 6 native, dredrew, stiletto, which was wrested from his graap by a )Y 1 : tish naval officer passing by,—not, howev er , w ithonv this latter cutting his hand. Oa the same afternoon , at about 1.30, other disturbances la.tween the Italian s and the Maltese took place in different parts o f the city, and in one of them an Italian officer had the nn .. prudence to draw his sword, which drew from him fb shower of stones that injured him in the head. On beam ing of these acts, the men in barracks vowed vengeance , took to the ferry-beats, crossed over, and made an at" tempt to pass into Valletta, through the Marsamuscett o. gate ' where, under orders fr o m Si r J o h n P enne fatbert the General Commanding, a small party o f British artillerymen brought them t o a h a lt w ith th e po int °f the bayonet, and after the drawbridge was lifted, streeg pickets sent round the to wn , th e guar d s were d ou bled' extra sentries posted, and 300 English infantry- d e. spatched towards the suburbs of Floriana and the Porta Bombe, to protect, against any attempt of the Italian: to enter at the Porta Reale. Engiish artillerymen w er e placed in charge of the guns at Fort Manoel, whence ta' stock of ammunition has been removed, and in the ever ing her- Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship the Hannibal , having on board Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart) was towed round by the Spiteful steamer into MOO: inuscetto harbour, and anchored in such a position e' to command the Fort Manoel barracks arid the Italia n encampment along the shore opposite Slierna. The whole of the afternoon most of the town shop s were kept closed, and much alarm continues to prevai l ' The indignation of the populace has been considerab l y excited against the Italians by the admission of th e public to see the mangled remains of the inspector, wh o has left a widow and seven children, for wh om a sill' , scription is on foot. It is to be hoped that no time will be lost in removing the legion from the island, before any more serious con' sequences accrue. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. We had °lily a moderat e supp l y o f E ng li s h whose. - 0 sale in to-day's mark e t, y e t th e d eman d for all kinds W in a sluggish state, at Monday's quotations. Foreign wheat--the show of which was good-4°13; mended very littl e a tt en ti on . I n pr i ces, howeve r, "- change took place. Floating cargoes of grain were unaltered in velum. We had a very dull sale for barley, at barely eta ti .O prices. No change in malt. ere There was very little inquiry for o a t s , y e t prices - ..ff supported. Beans, peas, and four, as on Monday. AILIW7ALS THIS WISER. Barley. Malt. I Oats. rot' 4SO 1,710 70 1 0 I 620 160 2 t. 0 br Arraign • I i 3,170 1,710 10,440 2 ,7 1 0 l ir, •-• Wheat. 1,260 Engllah .. BOROUGH HOP. Fine hops are in fair request ) at full price s , b u t 13 ilf°riot kinds are very dull. WEUTECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d:; l a te 43 10d. to 5s Si; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; pork, 30 4s 6d por Sibs., by the carcase. el THE Moons.—We unde rs t an d th a t th ere ar e ei - r o lent indications of good sport thi s y ear on the I 11°- ig of Touch, Sauchie, and Earl's•hill. In fact, the Sze t every reason to expect that there will be a gr' la r - a t abundance of moor fo w l th an h as b een w itnessed '- some seasons.--Stirling Observer. A.grE A.tht Titte Prin Xert T 1 firm: Were It valu gres feats Bal Sank 3per poi Long 1 4013 g Ind f Cons Ex Di PRI Brat Bani Mexi Russ Elv ai i3p9.1 lull leh 1