The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-22 00:00:00

NATIONAL SUNDAY LEA.GLrE and. the SUNDAY BANDS.—METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRA TION. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the large hall, St. Marlin's Rail, Long Acre, on FRIDAY next, May 23d, 1856, to adopt measures for manifesting the feeling of the people against the stoppage of the Bands in the Parks on Sunday. Sir J. V. SILEL LEY, Bart., M.P., will take the chair at eight o'clock. FOR SALE, by Auction, at the WAR DEPART MENT, Towza, on TUESDAY, the 27th May, 1656, at 11 o'clock a.m. precisely, the following stores, viz.:— Great Coati, Clothing, Boots, Waterproof Capes and Covers, Bed ding, Woollen Rage, Plasterers' Hair, old Steel and Iron, and mis cellaneous articles. May be viewed from 10 tM 4 o'clock, four days previous to the sale. Catalogues may be had at the War Department, Tower. W. 0. MANItALL, For Director-General of Contracts. War Department, Pall-Mall, 21st May, 1856. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdme. ALBONI. Madlie. PICCOLOMINI has arrived, and will appear forthwith. New Ballet Divertissement. THIS EVENING, Thursday, May 22 (a Subscription Night, in lien of Saturday, August 16), will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Mdme. Alboni ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Salviani (his first appearance) ; Bartolo, Signor Zucconi ; Basilio, Sig nor BoiHon ; and Figaro, Signor Belletti. In the Lesson Scene Madame Alboni will introduce Hummers variations. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA MANOLA. Madame A. Belton, 11idIlee. Lezereux, Clara, Katrine, Pierron, and Rosa ; M. Venefra and M. Vandris. A.9plications for boxes and stalls to be made at the Box office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket.—The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. La Sonnambula will be repeated forthwith. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Nir. V. Smitn ENGLIAH OPERA. TILTS EVENING will be produced MISCIIIEVOU3 ANNIE. After which, CINDERELLA. To con-lade wtth TUE YANTS.P.F. TIOUSEKEEPER. TkSi;A'rRE t.JYIL, ti~YKAKKF;T. the Management or Mr. Buckstone. TIII3 EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Falowel by EC. CIA1181TitS0; or, the Mer,loin Goldsooker. After whin, G3IHSHAW, BAG - SHAW, AC) BUIDSHAW. To conclude with TIIE PO3l . llAN'i K.NOCE. I nki. rmtNev.sB's VllKAritn, O:KFORD-STREET. Under the lf‘Tisgemant of 31;. CIIABLES SEAN. Tall EvY.IT.NT(4. THE VICTOI VANQUISIIED. After which Ta 1 WINTET3 TALE. Principal cluraztters "">7 Ar. and lira. C. roan. ROYAL THE I.TR% Proprietor and Manager, Mr. P. Webster. Directresa, Madam Celette. THIS EVE NII.CrG, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B Webster, Wri's,ht, P. retFor.t r geny, Garden; Malamn eel ••ste, Miss Wynnitann. A PO rTLE OF SMOKE. To conclude with lIRGENr PRIVATE AFFAIRS. RJYAI, OLY kl PIC Tri F. A.T RE. Lem: Manuer.'%fr. AlfreA Wigan. Tri EVEND.7G A WrFE'S JOURNAL. After which, 11?;TIZIBIT To conc.inde with 'STAY AT ROME. UOYAI. TFINNTE6. Lessesi, sfeslrl. Shepherd 9i 1 Creswick. THI3 EVENIZTG, JACK STIEPP IED Follow 3 , 1 by YOUR L•.Fi'g TY DAN ER. To concln.le, wi -- A I;ETST BAKER. ASTLEY'3 ItOYIL Lessee and iana:e:, Mr. 'Wm. Cc*lte. Deci.ded and an , . , ..Tilvaz.:d triumph ! TIIIS EVENING, 'flu; hizhl.7 sUceasfal Ilo;nantin T;quw.trian Spectacle, called T lI9IZ.SE OF THE CAVERN, or the 31,..unted Brlzatria of the A rnz - ,:!, hi which Mr. Cooke 'a :Horsea. trained by him, will e :titbit a nu n',er of no7el eff ,cts —tura.l.n> trio pon.lerona wheel of vie cavern. fetchin' water from the (lova the door of the guard-house; 9rf4l Erupt ion of ,VeStrvittl. Atter which., • The COl:tr.-ATM LN ACTS in the I.ltEgA, concluding with a Gem of High Art. opin fr ti 1 F01..r. Stvo Manager, Mr. IV. West.. EqueAtrian Director, Mr. Y. Cooke. inn. A.TEI3. AT TAO4 , I'..DON 1111.1 - ,DGR. DiY—Morn. 11 min. aft. 3—Evening 23 tain.aft. 3 T owl w or u. 4G cniu. aft. —iivaniiug 7 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN: OFFICS, MAY 22. THERMOMETER, IN V.HE SHADE. 68 -higbees; since noon pesters tap. 67 lowsfrtt this morning and /Airing the night. 6J —tblh day at noon. BAROMETER, f;9.69. WIND, Westerly, light and variable; now S.W., with dull, rainy weather. It began to rain last evening about 8, and so continued (luting the night. LE4iz„ Ai ,4„, A 9-4 m, - LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1856. ------..----•,....-.-..----- Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM of Prussia has safely arrived in England. He is now in com pany with his intended bride, and within a few days, or weeks, everythi:ng connected with the inanspicious marriage will be duly arranged. The innocent victim will be botuad by an engagement, entered into before she is capable of knowing her own mind, or forming a correct opinionn as to her prospects of happiness in the new state of life on which she is about to enter. It would be well to avert the sacrifice, even so far as merely personal interests are concerned, until she has attained a riper age. As we have already stated few English parents would permit a daughter to enter into so solemn a contract until she,had long passed fifteen years of age. But there p is another and far more important view of the subject. The :marriage is solely advo cated as a matter of " State policy," and every tax-payer throughout the length and breadth of the land is deeply interests din a question on which may depend the possession of the British sceptre and the futuregovernment of the country. Many concessions have already been made to Germanism, whick may in a great degree, if not altogether, be ascribed to this untoward event. Prussia was chiefly concerned in obtaining the abrogation of our neutrality . laws. She had already realised great profits, as agent for the maritime trade and cominorce of our late - Opponent, which was conducted during the War through Prussian inter vention. Without the important assistance thus afforded the CZAR would !have succumbed at a mach earlier period. lied the transit by sea been entirely cut off the sinews of war would have been wanting. He could not have maintained the contest, and fifty millions of p oun d s ster li ng, and the lives of fifty thousand British subjects might have been saved. Now, the improvident arran oe mint entered into, without the knowledge or assent of the English Parliament, will afford en onragement to future aggression, inase ae o, as n e e of the most serious difficulties in the way, not only of Russia, but of any Power that may b e i n volved in hostilities with the United Kingdom, will be avoided ; while the Government at Wash ington, the only one that could offer anything approaching to an equivalent for such an arrangement, remains absolutely unfettered. This has been ft sop to the Prus sian Cereceaus, a portion of the dower to be paid with the illustrious victim. It would indeed have been cheaper to give even the 70,000/. per annum spoken of, ridiculous as it was, than to surrender the principle which NELSON said Eng land would eupport with her last man and her knit pound. Bat sottin?, aside the welfare of the poor child, and the heavy price already indirectly paid for the dyiaastid connection, there are other matters of still graver impost to h 3 taken into consideration. We may become involved in Prussian and Ger man intrigues ; and drawn into contests in which we are in no degree concerned. We have already had bitter experience of the consequences of a Hanoverian connection, and should so far profit thereby as sedulously to avoid a similar scrape, that might involve us in serious trouble with out any equivalent, however insignificant. But "this, and these, and all" are as nothing to the possibility of the annexation of the Crown of Great Britain to that of Prussia. There are happily four Princes, whose claims are paramount to those of the intended bride. But the Royal Marriage Act is not calculated to produce legitimate offspring: Her MAJESTY is the daughter of the fourth Eton of GEORGE 111., and but for the ex traordinary inducement held out to princely mar riages in 1818—and which are not likely to be again offered—there might have been a total failure of the House of BRUNSWICK. There is, therefore, not merely a possibility, but even a strong probability, of a Prussian Sovereign suc ceeding to the sceptre of Great Britain at the termination of lives now in being. Can such a prospect be regarded with patience ? What would be the inevitable result ? The Prussian Viceroy, that would gladly degrade England to a third rate Power, would be speedily expelled. We should suffer under internal commotions, and endure— " Civil dissension, with its vip'rons tooth, That goaws the bowel.e of the commonweal." Surely in such a case, where the succession to the ThronUis concerned, and the future welfare and prosperity of the nation is at stake, the Parliament and people of Great Britain have a right to forbid the banns, and interpose a veto against thu in tended marriage. If it must go on, there should be a new "act of settlement" to exclude the issue, being Sovereigns 'of Prussia, from the English Throne. Even if the welfare of this kingdom did not recognise such a proviso, the interests of Europe, and the maintenance of "the balance of power," about which so much noise is made, would be sufficient to prevent "the union of the Crowns." We should scarcely approve of the amalgamation, by any means, of France or Aus tria with Russia. We aro even prepared to protest against Denmark being added to the Muscovite diadem, and surely the annexation of the 'United Kingdom to Prussia would be just as objectionable, and occasion as many serious com plications as those above referred to. Any deli cacy on such a matter would now be misplaced, and we earnestly hope that some independent Member of Parliament, if such there are to be found, with sufficient firmness, to " bell the German cat," will be induce , ' to exhibit such interrogatories to Ministers as mly obtain materials whereon to frame a new Act of Settlement, providing for the succession to the Throne in certain, by no means remote coutin gencies. " Secrecy is the parent of impunity, impunity of corruption," therefore the Ballot is grandfather to corruption ; so argues the Times, and so, therefore, believe a host of virtuous members of Parliament, of patrons of pocket boroughs, of lawyers who work the business, and of Tory squires and landlords all the country over. "Ah I I always said as much," remarks some Sir JOHN LEICESTER, as he lays down the paper to sip his coffee, " These Secial!sts who advocate the Ballot are the manifest friends of darkness and corrup tion ; they would utterly annihilate the salutary effect of a landlord's virtue on his tenants—yes, they would deliver the simple creatures over to secrecy, impunity, and corruption. I shall write to the Elitor, and thank him for his admirably article, giving him leave to insert my letter, with an order for a copy for each of my tenants, and one to lie on the table of the Rose and Crown." But when Sir Jon.); sits down to confer on Mr. Editor the honour of his baronial thanks, it may be his proud consort happens to glance at the superscription " Mr. Editor." "Do you know the man, Sir JOHN ?" " Know him, Lady LEICESTER —of course not—but h; whoever ho be, has just written a most admirable exposure of that absurd and corrupting proposal of Vote by Ballot." " Oh, yes, Sir JOHN, some writer for hire, I dare say, writing in perfect secrecy, with perfect im punity, and no doubt ready to take any one's pay —secrecy is the parent of impunity, and impunity of corruption." " Why, that is the very thing he says of the Ballot !" " Let him say it of himself too, then," rejoins her Ladyship ; " about politics I know nothing, and I care less, but I have enough common sense to understand that a person who publishes an article without a name, is not just the man to blackball another who wishes to vote without revealing his name." Of course, Sir JOHN'S pen is paralysed by his Lady's common sense, and he no doubt turns the thing over in his country brains often enough in his morning's ride ; but a solution of such difficulties is not the game which country squires can reach. Not that it is so very difficult. Their JOHNSON'S dictionary, when theyhave blown off the dust, will tell them that impunity means freedom from punishment, and freedom from punishment may be the removal of temptation, and an encouragement to virtue. Both the jour nalist and the voter may escape by secrecy the penalties of doing right. Speaking truthfully, and acting out one's honest convictions, have in all ages frequently incurred penalties of various kinds. From the earnest professor of primitive Christianity, to the denouncer of some social or political evil, secrecy has ofttimes been the only means of freedom from punishment ; but the impunity has in these cases been parent to the very opposite of corruption. If, indeed, legal or social punishment followed upon wickedness only, impunity could haire but one offspring ; but the impunity sought by the writer through the first person plural, and by the voter through the ballot box, are sought on the whole for virtuous pur poses. The journalist wishes to write free from the influence of some persons ho might not like to dis please. The elector, in many cases, wishes to do the same ; and in either case mere modesty may frequently prefer concealment to publicity. Wo are confident that our contemporary will decidedly assert that secrecy aids the independence of its writers ; why should it not aid equally the inde pendence of voters ? Our great contemporary, !however, takes its cue this time from the House of Commons, and as hon. members on Tuesday afternoon preferred their dinners to a debate on Mr. H. BERKELEY'S motion, has its?lf dismissed the subject with merely a little oracular condemnation—no one cares about, it can do no good ; nay, it will make people worse. There is, of course, no denying that a capital 1 1 13 use of C ommons speec h from and a s i ngle antagonistic speech m r . BERKELEY, a sil ent seconding of his motion E were th e w h ole of the debate, f b r y om Ge m ne r r . a p l E, and if such it eau be called ---a division and dinner and in a house of were the preconcerted tactics, 261 members the Ballot gained only 111 of th e i r votes. There is little doubt that the War, the Peace, and the Income-Tax have so absorbed the nation's mind of late that Representative Reform and the Ballot with it, has not been a practical .topic with the public, and that the House felt it might securely treat it as a question on which no business was just now to be done. Not A Mini' ster spoke on the subject. It was a duel between %one friend and. one foe, in which the argumentative victory lay surely this time wholly on one side, and the majority of votes on the other. The cause of Reform itself, of Corn Law repeal, and indeed every good cause, had many such receptions as that of Tuesday night after they became annual topics. There is, however, the great encouragement, as Mr. BERKELEY observed, that if the majority of the House was against him, the minority of elec tors for whom his opponents voted was " ridicu culously small" compared with the large numbers represented by his supporters, and adding the non-electors, who were universally in his favour, he cuuld claim a vast majority of the nation in his favour. It was, of course, difficult to advance any thing very novel, but Mr. BERKELEY contrived to make on the old subject a new and interesting speech, sustaining attention for a full hour at least. He happily diiposecl of the charge of cowardice by observing that " the Army, the Navy, the Nobility, and the commonalty voted in that way, and if it was cowardly to do so they must be regarded as so many packs of cowards." He placed the objection, too, that electors were trustees, and that their votes ought, therefore, to be open in a happy light. Admitting, for argu ment's sake only, that they were trustees, how did open voting secure their integrity ? It merely proved which way they voted, but not from what, motive they voted, while in the motive the whole question of coruption lay. He also showed satis factorily, from documentary evidence, the value attached to the, privilege of secret voting in America, and the efforts now made to make it really secret. The Ballot, however, has but one argument against it which weighs in the houss—the pocket borough, and tenant-at-will argument. The power :of patrons in snug Whig and Tory family boroughs, and of the landlords in countie3, would be imperilled, if men could vote without fear of vengeance. All the world knows that every other defence of the present system is mere special pleading, without a trace of c)nviction in it. No one really believes that it is un-English and cowardly to do at elections what we all do everywhere else. No one believes that it will be a mask for corruption, or multiply electioneering lying. No one believes that candidates will bribe more than ever, and electors be converted into hypocrites—but every one does believe that a majority of Honourable Members sit in the House by the corruption or the slavery of the electors, and that buyers do not want to lose their market, nor alaveholders the power of the lash. M. B.MEDICT'S CONCERT. Last evening M. Buedict gave his . annual' grand concert at Exeter Hall, of which the chief attraction was the presence of Madame Gold selitni(l-, Lind among the performers. The canceri. commenced with the "Jubilee Overture," by - Weber, admirably performed under the direction of M. Benedict. The first appmrance cf Madam( Goldschmidt was in a duet with Signor Belletti, " I Montonari," on Styrian melodies, arranged by M. Benedict. Her execution of this was sa suc cessful as to elicit an unanimous enc)re. Her next performance was at the conclusion of the firsi part, when she rendered R,ossini's seem, aria, "Squallida vests e bruna," front "It Turco in Italia.," with admirable skill. Tile clear ane brilliant execution of its intricacies merit tin highest encamiumq. But her chef d'oeuvre M.eyerber's duet "La Mere Grande," in which she was ably seconded by M idame Viardot, This "net is en3ecially calculated to display Mad aint , Lind's peculiar powers of vocalisation to the highest xdvantage. The delicacy and finish of her execution ~ f_the trills and cadenzas with which it allounds, and the exquisite softness of the long, low shakes which she introduces delighted the audience. I is to be regretted, however, that seme persona chose this very inappropriate time to leave th e hall, thus greatly interfering with the enjoyment of others. Madame Viardot acquitted herself •,vith her usual success in Handol's air of "Verdi prati." Herr Reichardt, who is rising in repu tation, distinguished himself in the tenor part of a se'eetion from the " Minnesinger," which occu pied the chief part of the second part. The sone of "Life's a dream," which he sung with spirit, is likely to become popular. Herr Roki tanski took a part in this selection, but though possessed of a fine voice, his enunciation of the words is so indistinct as to interfere with the effect. The instrumental part of the concert was highly meritorious. Herr Ernst performed a rondo of his own with his usual dexterity and expression ; and Signor Piatti rendered a concerto of Molique's with success. There were two duets for two pianos—one by Mr. Otto Goldschmidt and M. Benedict, and the other by Miss Susan Goddard and Miss Williams. The first of these was, of course, the most artistic. It was finely played. The hall was crowded, though not in conveniently, as the arrangements were most judi cious ; and M. Benedict may be congratulated on having afforded the public ono of the most suc cessful concerts of the season, ARRTV4L . OI? H.R,R: PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OP PRUSSIA. DOVER, WEDNESDAY. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia arrived at Dover from Ostend in the Belgian Government-packet Topaz at midnight. His Royal Highness was received at the landing-place by Colonel the Hon. Francis Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to Princa Albert, his Excellency Court 13ernstorf, the Prussian Ambassador, and Captain M`Dwair, the naval superintendent of the port, by whom the Prince was conducted to Birminglia:n's Royal Ship Hotel, where h( will stay during the night. His IZ-iyal Highness wil leave Dover for Portsmouth en route for 0 •borne by r special train at 8.30 a.m., and will arrive at Portsmouth at about 12.30 p.m. The usual military honours will be shown to the Prince on his departure in the morning. PORTSMOUTH, WRDPIESDAY. At a quarter before twelve this morning the Fairy, tender, eptietly glided into harbour, having on board tlre Queen, the Prince, and Royal f;:ni!y. There being n, standard at the main no outward demonstration wa• made, and the good folks were somewhat taken by sur prise. In a few minutes, however, the Royal. barge was lowered, and . P . rince Albert quickly landed at the new step entro.nee.of the dockyard, where the Royal carriage WM in waiting to convey his Royal HighnePs to the railway station to welcome the arrival of the Prince Wit Ham. of Prussia ; and but few minutes elapsed hefor the return of •the Royal party, attended - by the L'eut.- Governor (Major-General Breton) and staff: The PrincaAlbert and Prince William *ere received by the ComMander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, the Reaf-Admiral Superintendent Mar tin, and Fl T:Lieutenant Brandreth, and Lieutenant H W. Hall, director of police, who stationed his men as a guard of honour.on the landing. Their Royal High nesses entered the barge, the Prussian -standard war hoisted, and the Prince cpeedily got on board the Fairy. The Queen and Princess Royal immediately saluted the Prince of Prussia; The Royal standard was run up at the main, the Prussian at the fere, and jack at the mina, A double Royal salute commenced from the shore batteries and ships of war in the harbour, and at Sp:thead. The whole manned yards and cheered, having the Prussian 43g at the , • The Prince is an exceedingly fine-looking young man, 'in height about five feet vine inches, and apparently 20 years of age. His deportment is exceedingly dignified and gracetul.. Ho acknowledged the compliments paid him, by frequently bowing and taking off his hat. fl has a slight moustache, auburn coloured. A (71,1.,r4 of honour was on its way to the dockyar I, hot the Royal move.ner,ts were so rapid as to prevent: their attendance in time for the embarkation on board the Fairy yacht. • HER MAJE3TY'S THEATRE.—Hi4 Highness the Ralab of Coorg, his Highuesq Prince ,Jd.fe(r, his Mo( nsl ee Mirza Ali, and Prince Hatiz Babado or , w . ll h onour h er Majesty's Theatre this • veniog with their r ras once. 'SACRED HARNONIC SOClETY.—Nendel4sobn'i Eljal& will be performed at Exeter-hall on Fr'day, the tidi of June, the prine , nal vocalists being Madame Clara No velle, Madame Viardct Gal c:a, Mr. S ms Raeveta, and "Herr Formes. The beautiful testimonial recently pre sented to Mr. C zsta by the i riningliatu Fostival co ri mittee in commemeratir n of the production of bid ura torio, Eli, will be on view, and may he seen on appliCit two, at the society's rooms, No. 6, Exeter-hall, to-day and to:roorrow (Friday), from 2 until 8 o'clock. LATEST FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. To-morrow M. Hubner will present his creden tials as Ambassador from the Court of Vienna to the Emperor of the French. The presentation will take place with all the ceremony usual on th e reception of an Ambassador from a great Power newly arrived. He will be conveyed to Court in the Imparial state carriage, and the troops will be under arms to receive him. The day for the baptism of the Imperial Prince is not yet fixed. The 14th or 15th of June has been more than once spoken of, but it is doubted whether the Empress's state of health will permit of her undergoing the fatigue of the eet emony, and then attending the banquet and the ball at the Hotel do Ville the same evening. It is possible that a postponement will take place. The Emperor himself has not as yet fixed on any day. Prince Napoleon will, it is believed, go as far as Civita Vecehi, to meet the Cardinal who comes to represent the Pope on the occasion, and the Abbe Coquereau will act as Chaplain. Prince Oscar, who appears greatly pleased with his visit to Paris, will probably wait for the baptism, unless it be post poned for too long a period. He will in the mean time pay a visit to the sea-ports. The violence of the sentiments entertained by the Assemblree Nationale, towards England becomes daily more and more undisguised, The following is the latest characteristic outburst of the fusionist organ ‘Vnat cares Englanq.for the popularity of the King of Naples, or for the glory of the Holy See ? What she de dres is clearer than daylight ; she wishes per fas et nefas, to extend hex domination and that of Sardinia in Italy. Genoa no longer-suffiees • she would possess to day Ancona, Civita-Vecelna, Alesana, and Palermo ; and later she would desire Trieste, Leghern, and Venice. We do not wish to assr; that England wishes to pant the Britannic flag in all these spots. No ; her u r es a are n i more e as u ( t f l and discreet. . She does not e to territory, but to arrive at a ncre s b teminetion without a rival; it suffices for her to ea , 'abli-b, where isEe would reign, that chrene and morbid anarchy which has delivered up to her; for a long time past, the republica of the New World, Spain, and Portegal.- This is what England would fain tiftet. 'She wishes to strike Italy in the heart and the heed by destroying the temporal power of the Pope. When the Papal Power shall have been abased, Italy will become an easy prey, and revolutiopists will have speedily delivered up the bleeding remains to the savage avidity of the London and Liverpool merchante. Italy will have descended to the last rank among nations ; hu; the Parliaments of Westminster anl of Turin will sing praises of her liberty and independence." The Moniteur de l'Arrnee announces that the evacuation of the Crimea by the French army was proceeding with the greatest activity. The division of General de Failly, composed of the 10th, 57th, 61st, and 85th Regiments, landed in France on the 27th April and the following days. The three Regi ments of Z naves embarked at Kamiesch on the 21st ult., for Algeria, have already reached that destination. Finally, between the Ist and 15th May, seven companies of engineers, the Ist bat talion of Foot Chasseurs, and the 6th, 7th, 27th, 30th, 31st, 64th, and 82d regiments of infantry arrived at Marseilles. The Archduke Maximilian visited Notre Dame and the Jardin des Plantes on Sunday morning, and returned to St. Cloud about noon, in time to attend Divine service, which was celebrated, in presence of the Emperor and Empress, in the chapel of the cha teau by one of the chaplains of his Majesty. The Emperor and Archduke after breakfast went in au cipeu carriage to Versailles, but they did, not visit the Palace and Museum, having fixed that visit for this day. The Archduke yesterday continued his visits to the principal monuments of the capital, and went to the Louvre, and examined its contents in rat detail. In the (evening the Prince expressed desire to dine with his suite in some restaurant , )f the Patois Royal. Count Bacciocchi, First Chamberlain to the Emperor, ordered the dinner tt the Trois Freres Provencaux, and was invited by the Archduke to partake of it. In the evening the Prince went to the Grand Opera, where tly-J Col.:mire wag performed. BOURSE, May 21.—The following .were the last quotations : Cash. fr. 4. • End of Month per Cents 94 59 —f. 3 par Cants 75 20 75 55 New Loan 76 70 Bank Shares 4 on ft naln ... ...... ...,.. 92 Credit Mol , i 'der 3,970 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Si)lnish Thrf , oi -- Piedmontese (5) 9l ilotn Debt ...,—.. 431 RAILW IFS —ZOB Cada. ir. c. fr. , °Oman ... 1,4T5 We5:t0rn........ < .... 982 50 .. Northern Lyons ....... 1,520 New Ditto blediterrane xn ...xd1,733 50 Grand Central Lyons Genova 325 Taste - Datte 825 Austrian C0in....... P 57 50 PIEDINONT. The editor of the Espero, convicted of a libel on the Emperor of Austria, was sentenced to six days' imprisonment, and a fine of 100 livres. The public prosecutor hid pressed for a month's imprisonment and 500 f. fine. The Chamber of I),3pu,ies of Turin, in its sitting of the 17th, commenced the discussion on the budget of the department of Foreign Affairs. Iu the course of the debate Count Cavour said :—" I will not pretend to say that the work of the Paris Conference will last perpetually, or that the East ern question will not, at some future period, raise new European difficulties, but we may consider it solved for somo time to ()m.o. Our relations with Spain have increased in importame. The Spanish Government professes opinions similar to ours, it is founded on the same principles, Arid ig t to a certain extent, exposed to the same perils ; it bas adver 4aries of the same cast as ours. (Laughter.) We tmve, consequently, strengthened our friendship with Spain. This course I have been further con firmed in by the intimacy I contracted at saris with the distinguished diplomatist who represents Spa! at that Court. Hence we have sent a man of libe ral opinions to the Court of Madrid. Our amicable relations with Russia have been re-established— witness the visit of Count Stackelberg to Turin. Should our diplomatic relations not be renewe 1 with Austria, I would recommend that we should send an envoy to Frankfort, in order to keep up our friendly intercourse with the secondary States of Germany, and keep us informed of political events. To show the opinion that is entertained of our country in Europe, I may state that the Nethe rlands have now considered it necessary to send different representatives to Rome and Turin, in stead of uniting the two missions in one parson." SPAIN. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated yes terday, announces that the democratic party iu the Cortes proposed a vote of censure on the G-Avern ment for their conduct in the disturbances of Valen cia. The motion Was supported by M. Figueras. Al. Joseph Olozaga (brother of the Ambas=sador in Paris)availed himself of a personal allusion to make -ome few but eloquent observations in defence of the Progresista party and of the union of the two Marshals, Espartero and O'Donnell. General Zabala do fended his conduct in Valencia in a man ner, to exc' e the warmest approbation of the house. General Espartero declared that General Zabala had only executed the measures agreed on by the Council of Ministers, and that the entire Cabinet was satisfied with his conduct. Finally, the pro position of the vote of censure was rejected by a majority of 175 to 18. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. The Government (t - tv Cc announces that the Queen has created Knights Commanders of the Order of Michael and St. George Sir Peter Brai'a, President of the Legislative Assembly, and Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner. The new knights, were in vested with the insignia of the Order at the Palace of Corfu on the 10th inst.,' by the Lord High Commissioner, empowered to act for her Majesty on this occasion by a warrant under the Privy Seal. Letters from Corfu state that th. 3 Olive crop has been abundant during the last season ; and that it .is expected that the use of sulphur will remove the disease which has blighted the currant vines in Zante and Cephalonia for the last four. years. The islands are perfectly tranquil, and their com merce and trade are reviving afi or the depression caused by the war and the failure of the crops. The Ist Lancashire Militia have been re ca ll e d t o England, w hi c h l eaves the .garrison composed o f five regiments of English militia and three com panies of Artillery. It is expected that regular trcops will shortly arrive from the Crimea, to re place the Militia, whose' general good conduct on the station has left nothing to desire. SUICIDE OF A SOLBIER:—a. r.rivate in the 25. th Regi meat of Infanfry, at present stationed in the Salford Barracks, nan ed William Thomas. having been absent without leave since the 16th April, was reports-I a, 'a deserter. On Saturday week we went to lodge with R man named Williamson, in Mill-s!reet. He lay in bed nearly the whole of severa' day?, and looked so sad tl at Mrs. Williamson thought be was not in his right mind. At two o'clock on Saturday last she went to his room to urge him to got up, and go to the barracks ; on entering the loom she found him standing, as the thought, with his farm to the wall, but on looking closer she perceived that his feet not touch the fi.)or. She gave an alarm, but i.e was then dead. An inquest was held on Monday by Mr. Herford, city coroner, when the jury returned a Verdict of Temporary insanity.", ~ ~ ', ~ y ~4.~c. • AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The ship Eagle has arrived, with advices from Melbourne to the 28th of Feb. She also brought 66,464 ounces of gold on freight, and 106 passeng ers. The Medway, for London, was announced to leave on the 2d of March. The price of gold was quoted at from 3/. 16s. 3d. to 3/. 16s. 6d. per ounce. The demand continued brisk. Sydney advices of the 23d of Feb. report more activity in wool. Tallow looking upwards in con sequence of short supply. The import trade quiet, without change. Hobart Town advices, to the 231 of Feb., state that rumours were current that gold had been found in the neighbourhood of Lauceston sufficient to claim the Government reward. P LYM 'JUT If, WEDNESDAY. The ship Indemnity, Captain Sayres, has arrived in the Channel with dates from Melbourne to Feb ruary 6. She rounded Cape Horn on the 15th of March, and crossed the line on the Ist of April. The Indemnity brings 6,000 ounces of gold on freight, 7 passengers, and about 700 tons of wool and hides. She passed several icebergs south of Cape Horn, which much retarded her voyage. She spoke on the 13th instant, the Archibald Macmillan, from Trinidad, 20 days, bound for London. THE PBOPOS"D MEMORIAL CHURCH AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The subjoined document has been recently published by the lion. Secretaries, who have given their aid to the proposed scheme : " During the continuance of the late war the sym pathy of the English people fur their gallant country men in arms was exhibited by the mo,.t genuine and substantial tokens of liberality and good-will. Toe hearts of all alike, from the highest to the lowest, were stirred, and contributions were freely sent to provide for the wants of the soldier in the field, and for his comfort in the hospital. " A tend of unexampled a-runlet was gathered from the whole British empire, fur the solace and support of those whom war might leave widows and orphans. " That war is now, by God's blessing, at an end ; but one duty remains Ltd! to be performed. It is to erect a monument to the gallant meu who have fallen in the service of their country. That monument, it has been decided, shall be in the feria of a memorial church, to be erected at Constanti nople—a church which, while adapted to the solemn worship of Almighty God, accorling to the English ritual, shall, by its architectural style and character, be worthy of the people who have raised it, and of the dead whose memory it is designed to perpetuate. "A site of ample extent has already been granted by the liberality of the Sultan. "It remains for a grateful people to do their part, and the appeal may be confidently made to all in the name of our common country. It will make its way, however, more directly to the hearts of some than of others. ' "1. It will be felt and acknowledged at once by the compauioes•in-arms of those who have fallen, whether in the field or on the deck. No sAdier or seaman will refuse to raise the rac)rding stone' to a fallen comrade. • "2. The many, alas ! who have lost dear friends or kinsmen in the war, will readily and thankfully avail themselves of the opportunity to honour their memory by a fitting expression of sorrow and affection. " 3. A still larger class, learning that the memorial is not to be a mere monumental structure, but a Christian Church, will regard it as the worthiest thank offering to Almighty God for the preservation of a father, husband, son, or brother • from the sword or the pestilence, and for the restoration cf peace to the world. " 4. All Christians alike may fairly be called upon to lend a hand in the erection and endowment of a church which, if God favour the design, may be the means of bringing under pastoral care and superintendence a con siderable number of our countrymen, for whom at pre ,arit there is no available house of prayer, and who, reckoning the crews of the ships lying in the harbour, and the traders awl agents on shore, are, to the extent of many hundreds,* practically without the ministration of religion. "For this large and increasing class it is intended to maintain two chaplains, who wilt be selected by a board of examiners nominated by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of ',Oudot! (according to Bye- Law Pi of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), and licensed by the Bishop of Gibraltar. One clergyman so selected and licensed (the 11 , .v. Chas. G. Curtis, late As sistant-Master of the Charterhouse) has already commences his labours at the port of Constantinople: " EDMUND LYONS, Admiral, G.C.B. " F. E. CHAPMAN, Colonel, C.B. H on , " G. It. GLEIG, Chaplain-General. Sees. " ER:TEST HAWKINS, B. D., Sec., S. P. G. * The Bishop of Gibraltar estimates the number of En glish residents at Constantinople, previous to the war, at 500 or GOO, and the number of seamen visiting it during the year at 2,000 ; but a large increase in the number of both classes may now be expected. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 21. UNIVERSITY PRIZES. —The annual award of the un: versity prizes were made this ... morning as follows : CHANCELLOR'S PRIZES. —Latin Verse—" Mors Socra tis"—Mr. Hemming Robeson, scholar of Balliol College— First class in Moderations, 1853; second class, "In Literis Humanioribus," Michaelmas Term, 1834. English Essay —"The Reciprocal actien of the Physical and Moral Con dition of Countries upon each other"—Mr. Samuel Harvey R.3ynolds, 8.A., Fellow of Brasenose College, first class in Moderations, 1852 ; gained. the Newdigate prize, " The Ruin of Egyptian Thebes," 1853, and in 1854. was placed in the first class, " In Literis Humanioribus," at the se cond public examination. Proxima Accessit—Mr. Henry Hill Lancaster, 8.A., Snell's Exhibition of Balliol College ; gained a first class, " In Literis Hutnanioribus," in 1833, and in 1854 the Arnold Prize, " The Benefits arising from the Union of England and Scotland in the Reign of Queen Anne." Latin Essay—" Scientiaruna Phypicarum Pro gressus"—Mr. Edward Charles Wickham, Fellow of New College, first clAss, " In &hob, Litt. et Lat.," in the Moderation School, Michaelmas Term, 1854. SIR ROGER NEWDIGATE'S PRlZE.—English Verse— " Alfred the Great contemplating Oxford University at the present Day," Mr. William Powell James, scholar of Oriel College. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOTITH-ISAsTima RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending May 17,1556 £19,194 12 0 Corresponding week last year 16,10 6 6 Increase in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending May 17, 1856 D 14,441 14 10 Corresponding week last year 14172 6 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 229,845 9 9 Total of the halfyear to this date,lBss 210,011 10 0 GREAT NORTHEIIII 11AILWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending May 11, 1856 . £21,249 10 3 Corresponding week last year ~ 19,5.5 2 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAO.VAy.--Traffic re• tarn for the wcek ending May 11, 1556 !'% 29 , 227 18 11 Corresponding week last year 3.9,587 13 11 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic ret: n f° !, the week ending May 11, 1856 £5,74t 3 id'orresponding week last year 4,806 17 3 Irrereaso in 1856 ... £937 5 9 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--Traffic turn for the week ending May 17, 1856 £5,771 11 10 corresponding week last year 5,655 0 4 Increase in 1856 £32l 11 6 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending May 18, 1856 £633 4 0 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns fur the week ending May 1 7 , 1859 £9,417 14 7 %SHIPPING STATISTICS.—The number of ships and their tonnage measured in London during the year ended 30th April, 1856, Was 432 vessels, admeasuring 126,768 tons. In Liverpool, during the same period, 431 veseVs, almeasuring 200,868 tons. ACTIVITY IN THE EMIGRATION OFFICII.—Sinca the , igning of the peace, this office has been very Lusily En gsged in the despatch of emigrants, and the 'follown g vessels have lately sailed :—The Herald, from Liverpool, with 300 ; the Hooghly, with 218 ; the Bermencl.ey, 192 ; the Omega. 279 ; the Eliza, 280; the Aliquis, 384; the Lloyds 372 ; and the Shanghai, 80 emigrants. Most of these' vessels belong to London owners, and take on board' their emigrants at Southampton or Pis - mouth. With the benevolent intention of adopti, g every precaution possible for the lives of the hundreds whose fate is thus for the time cast upon the waters, the commissioners have had, since the loss of the Josephine Willis, two bontil of each of these chips fitted with C.if ford's plan for Instantly lowering and detacl ing them from the ship in the event of accident. The Mont morency, the Alacora, from Liverpool ; and the General Hewitt, Lady Macdonald, and Blundell, are the next on the list. _ SIR COLIN CAIIPBZLL'S PRESENTATION SWORD.— A m 'eting of the subscribers to Sir Colin Campbell's pre sentation sword was held on Friclay aftornorn in the Sheriff's Chambers, Glasgow, to receive the sword from t`ie banes of the manufacturer. Mr. D. C. Ealt, jeweller, Bucbanan-street, Gla. , gow, produced the sword, a beau tiful piece of workmanship, elegantly mountcd, and adorned with jewel. The basket hilt is of silver, gilt with the Glasgow arms, and the Campbell crest and motto, "Be mindful," and beneath S:r Incrri• g apb, "C. C." On the b'ade there is an inscription, e`,ovving that the sword was pre=onted by upwards of 6,000 of his fellow-wontrymco in Glasgow. The cost of the whole is about 2501. Sir Archibald Alison, Bsrt., who occupied the chair, stated that he learned from his son, at present serving uudsr Sir Colin Campbell, that the Highland Division, and their commander, might be expected home in about two months.' The officers of the Highland Division had arranged to enter'ain Sir Colin to a grand banquet before leaving the Crimea. Sir Archibald stated that the Highlanders in Newcastle pro posed to visit Glaskow on the occasion of the presents,;' tin to Sir Colin, that they might at. the same time pre sent him with their gift. Sir Archibald stated that the story in the Morning Advertiser about Sir Colin Camp bell having demanded his recall was without foundation, —Ugrian. _ ..474t' .1: s','•'• 4 V • • • Navat and Military intelligence. Her Majesty's screw-corvette Cruiser, Capt. the Hon. G. Douglas, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday, and her general service men sent to the flagships of differept ports. Her Majesty's steam-despatch gun-vessel Mohawk, Commander Francis Close, was taken into dock yester day at Portsmouth for repairs. 'The Germania merchant-steamer arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. Her Majesty's steamer Arrogant, 47, Captain Lyster, returned to Spithead from the Southampton Water on Tuesday morning.. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Sampson, Captain Hand, left S?ithead on Tuesday for Hong Kong. Her Majesty's steatu-,loop Gorgon, 6, left Spithead on Tuesday afternoon for the Eastward with three mortar vessels in tow. Her Majesty'it steamer Euryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ram say, C. 8., left the fleet at Spithead on Tuesday for the North AmPrim and West India station. Her Majesty's steamer Harrier, 17. Commander Der riman, has been taken into dock at Pottsmouth for re pairs. . . . The transport schooner Wells is discharging 100 tons f shot and 20 tons of guns at Woolwich, from the Low maor foundries, to fill up portions of the contracts which have been rejected. The iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel Trident, 350 horse power, late from the routh•east crest of America, was yesterday unornin4 paid off at Woolwich, whence a num ber of the crew took passage to Davenport, as supernu tnertries fur the flee, by the steam-transport Rhada rnantbus, which sailed thence yesterJav morning with steam gear and boilers for, the western yards. Four mortar-floats, received at \Voblwich from Messrs. Scott Russell's and Messrs. Mare's, were at the same time ad mitted into the inner basin. The f, Hoeing appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant R. W. D. Abercrombie, to the Atalanta ;.,Lieutenant S. Tuke to the Euryalus ; M. Norma - , to be Master to the Atalanta ; G. A. Brett, to be Mate to the Virago ; F. Be Bloxall, to be Sur geon to the Vigilant ; li.. Stevenson, to be Surgeon to the Mermaid convict ship • A. Jewin, to be Surgeon to the Mohawk ; W. H. Clarke, to be Surge:in to the Osprey ; W. S. Whittaker to be Assistant-Clerk to the Pioneer ; Thomas Marsh, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Victor ; F. A. Co d, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Coluette ; Jahn to be Assistant-Clerk to the Vl:Aleut ; G. B. Westeett, to be Assistant-Clerk to the C raament ; W. E. Reinsy, to be Assist ant-Clerk to the Wanderer ; Thomas J. ,T. Wood, to be Assistant- Clerk to the Osprey ; W. H. E. Mitchell to be Assist ant-Clerk to the Sdrprise ; Wm Lovely, to be Assistant;; Clerk to the Mohawk ; C. R. Rodhaln to be AssistaLt- Clerk to the Lapwing ; 11. Cx. Biakensbir, to be Assist ant-Clark to the Ringdove ; B. R. A. Prichards, t be Assistant Clerk to the Intrepid ; Alfred H. Piddel, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Sparrowbawk ; S. S. L. Needbaea, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Flying Fish ; Martin J. Hay, to be Assistant Clerk to the Assurance. Captain Sir Edward Belcher is qhave the good ser vice pension variant by the promotion of Captain Henry F. Greville to his flag. The 17th Lancers who arrived at Cahir last week from the Cricnea m ha.ve already received notice for a chanze of quarter , . They will be replaced, it is said, by the Bth Hussars. Captain Gravillo's No. 2 company of the 6th battalion Royal Artillery arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from Leith Fort, having been relieved from that station by Lieutenant-Colonel Hainley's Company, in charge of Mr.j.ir Dickson. HONOURS A.V.I) PENSIOSS FOR (100.1) SERVICE. WOOLWICH, MAY 19. The Feld Marshal Commanding in Chief has, by au thority dated Horse Guards, 17th May, 1856, awarded medals and gratuities for long service and good conduct to the undermentioned non-commissioned officers and men of the Rayal Artillery, for the year 1356 7, in con formity with the Royal Warrants of 24th May, 1847, and 13th 3 pril, 1854, viz. : Meda l s, with a gratuity of 151. each. Staff Serjeant George Marvin, Royal Horse Artillery Staff Serjeant Chas. 'harry, Ist battalion Staff Serjeant Wm. Shepherd, 2d. battalion Staff Serjeant Thos. Glover, 3d battalion Staff Serjeant Henry Penson, 31 battalion Staff Serjeant John Williams, 4th battalion Staff Serjeant Thos. Moore, 13th battalion Staff Serjeant Chas. Phillips, 14th battalion Serjeant Collar-maker Thos. Froggart, Ist battalion Seijeant Farrier Thos. Wanton, 4th battalion Serjeant Bryan Rooney, 2d battalion Serjeant John Neill, 4th battalion Seijeant James Kinnear, sth battalion Serjeant William Whitley, Gth battalion Serjeant David Cochrane, 7th battalion • Sarjeant Thomas Buckley, Bth battalion Serjeant Charles Lee, 12th battalion Serjeant John Fyffee, 13th battalion S.rjeant Michael Flynn, Pith battalion Serjeant Samuel Colhoun, 13th battalion Serjeant James Coffey, 2d battalion Serjeant Thomas Walsh, 21 battalion Serjeant tames Smith, 7th battalion Serjeant Abraham Boyd, Bth battalion Serjeant Patrick Meehan, Bth battalion Serjeant James Murray, 7th battalion Serjeant James Logan, 10th battalion Serjeant; John Wiallart, - .llthb:kttalion Serjeant John Branden, Invalid detachment Serjeant Samuel Sloan, Invalid Detachment Serjeant Daniel Sheban, Invalid Detachment Serjeant Samuel M`Murray, Invalid Detachment A Medal with a gratuity of 101. Corporal Wheeler Wrn. Johnson, Royal Artillery. Medals with gratuities of 51. each. Corporal Josiah Martin, 14th battalion Bombardier David Goss, 4th battalion Shoeingsmith James Uran, Royal Horse Artillery Gunner Henry Holden, Royal Horse Artillery Gunner James Welsby, Royal Horse Artillery Driver Samuel Foggart, Royal Horse Ar tillery Driver Henry Macey, Royal Horse Artillery Gunner and Driver John DaVies, lat battalion Gunner and Driver Michael Feighley, Ist battalion Gunner and Driver Wm. H tmmond, let battalion Gunner and Driver James Couby, 'st battalion Gunner and Driver James Penny, Ist battalion Gunner and Driver Edward Tighe, 2d battalion Gunner and Driver Jas. Harpwood, 2d battalion Gunner and Driver Henry Combes, 2d battalion Gunner and Driver Henry Frood, 2d battalion Gunner and Driver Samuel Nevard, 2d battalion Gunner and Driver Joseph Smith. 2d battalion ' Gunner and Driver George Harris, 3d battalion Gunner and Driver Philip Dew, 3d battalion Gunner and Driver Thos. Mitchell, 3d battalion Gunner and Driver John M`Kale, 3d battalion Gunner and Driver Geo. Wallace, 4th 'battalion Gunner and Driver Joseph Cowan, 4th battalion Gunner and Driver Jacob Byron, 4th battalion Gunner and Driver Wm. Chest, 4th battalion Gunner and Driver Theophilus Perryman, 4th battalion Gunner and Driver John M`Kitterick, 4th battalion Gunner and Driver Thos. Moyes, sth battalion Gunner and Driver Isaac Weekes, sth battalion Gunner and Driver David Harbottle, sth battalion Gunner and Driver George Meggs, sth battalion Gunner and Driver Edward Kelly, sth battalion Gunner and Driver Thomas Moore, 6th battalion Gunner and Driver James MlMahon, Gth battalion Gunner and Driver Richard Ledsam, Gth battalion Gunner and Driver Chas. Andrewes, 7th battalion Gunner and Driver Robt. W. Brown, 7th battalion Gunner and Driver Geo. Colman, 7th battalion Gunner and Driver Henry Woodley, 7th battalion Gunner and Driver James Elmslie, 7th battalioa Gunner and Driver Wm. Craig, Bth batt a li on Gunner and Driver Dennis Kelly, Bth battalion Gunner and Driver Robt. Gourley, Bth battalion Gunner and Driver Thos. Way, Bth battalion Gunner and Driver Ed ward 'looney, Bth battalion Gunner and Driver Jos. Mole, Bth battalion Gunner and Driver Andrew Edmonston, 84h battalion Gunner and Driver Geo. Richardson, Bth battalion Gunner and Driver Win. Tilley, Bth battalion - lanner and Driver Chas. Ashley; Bth battalion as- • and Driver Thos. Burke, Bth battalion Gunned Tlriver Jas. Whealor, Bth battalion Gunner arm-- a Wm. Waddell, 9th battalion Gunner and Drive- wn Steel, 9th battalion Gunner and Driver Gt... V alentin 9th Wt.] . Gunner and Driver Robt... ' wn J Gunner and Driver Jan, Black, 9th ri battalion battalion. Gunner and Driver Geo. Burgess , na. • alion Gunner and Driver William Riribton, t, tahon, Ginner and Driver Henry Doubleday, 101 h Gunner and Driver Thos. Drew, 10th la:Malian Gunner and Driver Jas. Knight, 10th battalion Gunner and Miser Wm. Boakes, 10th battalion Gunner and Driver Jog. Wellband, 10th battalion. Gunner and Driver John Lamb, 10th battalion Gunner and Driver Thos. Sikh, 11th battalion Gunner and Driver Hans Marity, lath battalion Gunner and Driver Daniel Tyler, 13th battalion Gunner and Driver James Wilton., 13th battalion Gunner and Driver Robert Orr, 13th battalion Gunner and Driver Dickson Beaton, 14th battalion Gunner and Driver Samuel Smith, 14th battalion Gunner and Driver Henry Gamble, 14th battalion Gunner and Driver Findley Cameron, 14th battalion Gunner and Driver Alex. Moir, 14th battalion. Gunner and Driver Jas. Dalgleish, invalid detachment Gunner and Driver John Boyce, invalid detachment Gunner and Driver Mark Priest, invalid detachment Gunner and Driver Cyrus Btanuard, invalid detachment Gunner and Driver John Seed, invalid detachtnitnt Gunner and Driver James Graham, invalid detachment Gunner and Driver James Falshaw, invalid detachment Gunner and Driver Nniel Sharp, invalid detachment The orders for the investment of the above gratuities in the Regimental Savings Bank will emanate from the department of the Secretary of State for War. CRICKET. —The match between the Marylebone Club and Ground against the Oxbril University was com menced on Monday on the Magdalen Grot nI, Oxford,. and brought to a conclusion on Tuesday. The score stood as follows :—:Marylebone, first innings, 139 ; second innings, 124 ; University, first innings, 125 ; second innings, 112. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting will be held on Monday next, the 25th inst., at one o'clock p,m., when the president, Admiral Beechey, will present the Founder's Gold Medal to Mr. Dallas, the American Minister, on behalf of Dr. Kane, of the United States ; and the Patron's Gold Medal to Dr. Phil. Barth, of hamburg'. The president will then deliver the annual address on the "Progress of Geogra phical Science and Discovery." The a nniver s ary dinner will take place in the evening, at seven o'clock precisely, at the Freemasons' Tavern. Letters from Teneriffe of the 3d of May mention that the Cadiz, an iron screw steamer of 1,800 tons, built by Laird, and bslonzing to the French• American Company, had arrivtd in 21 days from Rio, Bahia, Pernambuco, and Gorse, with 115 passengers, en route to Havre. She took also 17 passengers at Teneriffe, and 450 bags of cochineal. "These vessels," it is said, " will witt ■ draw many passengers from the Royal Mail Company. The Bra,,z , lian and French passengers, besides preferring the French system on board, have the choice of two rates of fares." In Moro they will touch at Madeira, not M Gorse. THE LIVER PLA7'E. The following, received by the last mail, gives the latest particulars of the condition of affairs in the River Plate. In Monte Video the influence of Oribe seems again' to threaten continued misgo vernment ; but it is satisfactory to find that an arrangement has at length been enforced of the loug-pending claims of English merchants, althougft it still falls-short of what the dignity of this country should have demanded. At Buenos Ayres a re newal of hostilities with Urquiza is apprehended as a not remote possibility. The news of the tertni7 nation of the Russian war came unexpectedly, and will cause losses in tallow. Nothing is said with regard to the proposals of the Buenos Ayreaa Government for the settlement of their foreign debt : " Some attempts have been made to introduces the reforms alluded to in my last, but the uncon stitutional and domineering influence of Oribe and Flores render good government next to impossible. Everybody gives the new President (Pereira) credit for the best intentions, and probably he does his best, but his power is limited. In defiance of law, General Dias, Colonel Tagis, and some others have been sent out of the country on suspicion of intrigu ing to overthrow the Government. Louis Lamas, a senator, and one of the best men in the country, finding himself obnoxious, and possibly consid e ring himself in danger from military influences, has soli cited his passport, and intends, it is said, to leave the republic next week. .Senor Lamas had manfully ex posed in the Senate some of the late abominable abuses of military domination, by which the public revenue has been anticipated for some time. Dr. Ellauri is no longer Minister for Foreign Affairs. His tenure of office was short"; he has been succeeded by Don Joaquin Requena. The office of General . . des Armas, wThich was abolished, has been re esta blished. It was stated in my last that the Govern ment intended selling half of the Customs duties, with the privilege of administration. This privi lege, I added, had been demanded by Mr. Thorn ton, her :Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, on behalf of the merchants, who granted a loan to this Government under the guarantee of the British and French Ple nipotentiaries, in 1845, on that ex p ress con diti on and, on the 2dinst., he concluded'an arrangement by which the loan contractors are to take possession and administer the Custom-house department until they' are paid the amount due to them by retaining au eighth of the net product of the revenue. This arrangement has the sanction of the contractor; residing here, who feared that if they let this op portunity pass, they might have to Wait a few' more years before they touched a portion of the heavy sum duo to them ; but they do not consider . the arrangement a just one. The account was made up to the end of the past month, and from tha t date all interest ceases. By the January agree ment of which I wrote last month as having been cancelled iu consequence of this Government not having complied with it by paying the first instal ment, the account was made up on the same princip!e as the present, and interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was to be paid periodically. Why Mr. Thornton should not have exacted the interest after the Government had acknowledged it to be due ono is unable to understand. The contractou s are entitled to it, or they are not. lf they are not entitled to it, how cam© Mr. Thornton to demand it ? I have said the contractors here have sanctioned the arrangement, but they have not done so willingly, and they doubt whether it will meet with the approbation of their confreres in England, who own about half the amount of the loan ; they entertain some hopes that Lord Claren don will insist upon the interest, which, for this country, is low. " The news of Russia's acceptance of the condi tions of peace has taken everybody by surprise, and the dealers in tallow will, no doubt, sustain heavy losses. In Monte Video, however, we shall not suffer so much as on the other side of the river, whence shipments have been large. Exchange 41d. " Buenos Ayres struggles on. They talk of lighting the city with gas the latter end of nest mouth. The elections have just terminated, nc t,. however, without loss of life. Th e t rea ty en ters 4 into with the Argentine Confederation has not been ratified by Urquiza,. It is feared hostiliti es will commence before the year is out. It is Is ported the Indians desire peace, but, until tb ey have been punished, it is difficult to believe e Lis when they have had their own way. The Gover nor is somewhere in the country, but his who: to al outs not exactly known. All the Estancieros the borders have sent their cattle to market, to preference to running the risk of having it &total by the Indians. " The province of Santa Fe, the moat thinly populated in the Argentine Confederation, is (WI assuming more importance. Houses have :been erected in considerable numbers, and land; bas greatly advanced in value. The difficulties be' tween Paraguay and Brazil are said to be se,ttled amicably ; but that republic is likely to have / :tore serious difficulties with France, in consequent., e of the ill-treatment of some French immigrants." THE SYSTEM OF ,CORRUPTION IN FRANCA [By the Paris Correspondent of the Manchester' Guardian.] Before I go further, let me open a parenthesis, and tell you an anecdote, too illustrative of thin resolute system of denial-4nd bc lief in the e 13i 02 " ciousness . of falsehood, to be passed by. Just .after the Emparor's marriage, a grocer, possessed of it verf handsome house at Versailles, in which Ma etalne de Montijo and her daughter had o ccu pi e d th e fife ,, floor for some weeks, very innocently went a bct"; saying to every one h e me t :—" O n l y think ;'f INt.demo,selle de Montijo beinrf the Emp erer 6 wife ; see lodged in my house, and I saw her go in and out every day." No great harm, you wll. l Flt But the grocer was sen t f or t o th e pre f ecture, a nd thus addressed :—" So and so, :you say the nil" press lodged in your house?" " Yes, sir, with her mother, at such a date." "So and . so, the Emp 40 -7 never lodged at your house--" "But, sii - 1 ! assure you--" "I tell you her Majesty ne vie set her foot in your houso ; nor did you ever see. her. You had best become quit e conv i nce d o ft bos fact ; for if you should ev e r ag ain re p ea t your 0 1 ; 1 . invention it will be much the• worse for you. Upon this the grocer, frightened out of his life , retreated, and with visions of Cayenne in his h eadig went about Versailles swearing gratuitously %.hat he never saw the Empress in all his life. The thfa, got about, and I know men in my own persot acquaintance who used to delight in invading the wretched grocer's shop, and saying to him—" You don't remember me, but I used to visit constant the Mesdames de Montijo, when they lodged in t be first floor." The agonised grocer would go into f iW of terror, declare that the ladies in question nes , er lodged there, et cetera, and sometimes end by ( claiming—" For God's sake, don't betray me--I undone if you do." Now, this is merely au alto . tration of Louis Napoleon's belief that a fact tsuffi# ciently well denied ceases to have ever existed. What harm, in the first place, was there in Mdlle. de Montijo's having lodged in a very handsorie house, the proprietor whereof was a grocer ? At id next—how, when a whole town, like Versailles, could witness the thing, was it to be effaced frc as public memory ? Still, the use of the denial w.i so thoroughly admitted, that the denial was asse rOci and maintained. This little anecdote, for whiolt , and many, many others, can vouch, just shows the spirit of this government on some points, and th ere icre I relate it. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 2i. It is a remarkable sign of the times that at tILe term, which commences to-morrow, the 22d inst there is not oven one application to the bar, a cie cumstance which has not occurred before durivg the present generation. Several properties were disposed of yestercKay . ill the Incumbered Estates Court, and in more ) 71 ' stances than have occurred for some time the rat 0 were below 20 years' purchase, several lots haviJ g been withdrawn for want of competition. It probable that this indicates a turn in the tide 01 " the value of Irish land. In the case of the late frightful boiler accident on board the Nimrod steamer, in Cork, a coroner 0 • jury returned the following verdict yesterday "That Hugh Connolly and Timothy Meany,respeo:' tively, came to their death by injuries recei ved' from a steam-boiler explosion, on board the steamy .hip Nimrod, and we further find that said e Ki)10- sion was owing to the safety valves not having t properly attended to by the engineer in charge " the engine-room, whose duty it was, and who has duce died." SINGULAR DEATH AT SIIEFFIELD.—,On Monday 84 inquest wa.S held at Sheffield, on the body of Jas. Steer, labourer, Attercliffe 7 who died suddenly on Sri an'ai• The deceased, who had been a brewer, and who wiis 45 years of age, called on Sunday at the Norfolk Brewer.Vl belonging to Messrs. Greaves and Co. , and a sked oto " the brewerymen, named John Brackenbury, to alio° him to look round, as they had been making some iii"" rations. Brackenbury, contrary to the orders ot 1 ,14 omploers, permitted him to do so ; and while be v3l leaning over the "barn squares," which are placed ove n 3 l t i the vats of fermenting liquor to catch the bar, fe forward. His face did not touch the yeat, but wb , i b d e . was raised up immediately afterwards he was quite &ea A. poetmorten3 «xamination of the body was madee , Ari u , nrgeons found that death bad re,ulted from the in:: qt,lation of carbonic acid gas, gene..ated by the f erment log liquor, acting upen the deceased's heart, and 0 ,1 % 0 1 instant stoppage of its pulsations , The jurY the.r4" returned a verdict to that effect. ' 73,17 . t; Ti Th e 500 0 550 Bahia Th e l day's At the Rhea to 791 kilos. 2,843 0 and advic ( Th e °lneet "nee; Th e h as in at tb e i 4 aditic th e tie t- run Th e to this, Ai„ a s a of quot a , 1 8 1 , totnh t ar stead, rti tri THE SUN'. IMNDON, THURSDAY EVE Ni MAY 22, 1856.