The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-17 00:00:00

CIRAND REVIEW at ALDERSHOT CAMP, "kJ! in presence of her Majesty, Prince Albert, &c , &c., &c., on SATURDAY NEXT, 19th April. A Special Train, with horses and carriages only, will leave the - Waterloo-bridge Station for Farnborough at 7.0 a.m., returning in - the evening at 6.45 p.m. Notice to provide horse-boxes and trucks must be given to the Superintendent, at the Waterloo-bridge Sta tian, on Friday. A Special Train with Passengers will also leave the Waterloo ' bridge- Station for Farnborough at 8.15 a.m., returning from Farn , bOtongi's at 5.30 p.m. Fares there and back I Is., first class. By order, . Waterlon- bridge Station, April 17th, 1836. '"ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Iris rapectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE , will RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great interest have been, effected bath in Opera and Ballet, and the best exertions used to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. The prospectus will immediately appear. 7JIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LA. 158 Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, IL TROVATORE. 7 o can:lade with THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. trader the Maaagement of Mr. Bacbt TUB EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. After which, Et. GA.MBUSIWO; or, The Meilen Goldseeker. In wh'ch PERES. NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear Followed by COURT FAVOrit. To conclude with THE POSTMA.N I 3 KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OX WORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAELIie KLAN. THIS EVENING, HENRY VIII. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. THEATRE ROT AD ELrHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UN. LIKE. Messrs. B, Webster, Wright, P. Belford, C. Selby, Garden Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which. URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with 3SOFHER AND MED ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL OLYXPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr, Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATEMS RJN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though cceislvely old, geloiranuatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled VIE DISCREET PRINT,:,'ESS; o - , the Three Glass Distaffs. I I which Mastrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston as I Miss Msskell will appdAr'. ROYir. SUIREY THEATRE. Lessees, Mestrs. shepherd and Creawick. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled 110 W WE LIVE IN TIIE WO3LD OF LONDON. Followed by THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To conclude with TETFFLEFIAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. THURSDAY, April 17th, will be performed The Comedy of THE SOLDIER'S DAUGH PER. Widow Cheerly, MI- s Fitzpatrick. Messrs. Belford, Lewis Ball, Saunders; Morrell and Mars. After which, THE RODJII DIAMOND. Joe, Mr. Lewis Ball ; Margery Miss Fitzpatrick.. To conclude NI ith INTRIGUE. Miss Frances Hughes; Messrs. Belford, Langton Lewis Ball. Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Win. Cooke. TIIIS EVENING, The Performances will embrace that startling novelty, a Rea n English Steeplechase, -with all its exciting incidents. • The Entertainments wUi c mmence with THE ARAB OF THE DEAERT N't) FITS F'AfT/IF(If. S MED. After 101eii, the EQUESTRIAN WONDERS OF THE ARENA, Trampoline, Gymnastics, To =etude with a Drama introducing EYOL IND'S 11.1RVERT HONIK ant NITIONAL SITMECHISE, with a noble Stud of Horses, Valued bj• air. Will aril Cooke. it - x.orfleeoi:ten (rim E ev.n ti 1 Fein State Manager, Mr. W Nast. Equestrian Ltireetor, Mr. 'ff. Co-Ace, jun. EMM 4. ST .i.NLEY'B' "'SEVEN AGES OF 'WOMAN." The Manaver respeetthily imuntrnees that the LtE4T motomia PER.FOII)4,I.NCE of this mast popular and amusing• Entertainment, will take place on 9atnrday, the 19th, at half•past two. Evening performances as usual, on. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and F-Idays, at 4 o'clock. Admission—Back Seats, Is.; Centre Seats, 25.; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAT—Morn. 21 win. aft. 12—Evening 44 min. aft. 12 l' , N-Slaaaow—ltorn. 2 min. aft. I—Evening 20 min. aft. 1 TilE WEITFIER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 17. TagalIOAETElt, IN THIS SIIAD/4. . hig4est eines noon yesterday. - owsst this morning and daring the sight. 51 thts dap at noon. . . • - . BA.ROMETIIR, 30'22. • • WIND, N.E.—Fresh, with figs, cold, sunshiny weather It has blown a gale for the last four days from N.E. to E. with bitter cold weather, such as in March. rWr.' 4+. f'S 4 i7.7--:*1-, ~,. ti ; := 4•.4-4,.. .i- • 111 , ! i , „....C, -,.,....:,,,,,.„-,,r7-7-• , 4,,, , LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1856„ Congress has almst concluded its labours for the time being, and it is more than probable that the several Plenipotentiaries will before the end of the week have started on their homeward journeys. It is only, however, a temporary ar r mgernent, for several Commissions have been appointed, the reports whereof may give rise to considerable discussion and diff,3rences. It is reported, on the authority of a generally well informed contemporary, that the important ques tion of the free navigation of the Danube has been referred to a Commission named by all the Powers represented at the Congress. That there is a similar Commission as to the domestic govern ment of the Danubian Principalities, and the arrangement of the new frontiers, save that Piedmont has been excluded from taking any part therein. And a third to consider the posi• tion of the Christian snhjects of the Porte. These' are matters that will require consider able time and labour before satisfactory solu tions can .be arrived at, even supposing that all parties are actulted by a bona fide determina tion to act in a straightforward and equitable manner. As, however, we cannot help feeling very serious doubts on that part of the case, we should not be greatly surprised if serious difficul ties should arise, requiring new Conferences, and possibly leading to fresh complications and hos tilities. It may be premature to dis cuss the terms of the Treaty until they have been officially conim ,_ nicated to the public. But the necessity has been occasioned by the unjustifiable and unconstitu tional mystery observed, and the attempt to d o _ Fr; re the , British Parliament of one of it s most imfortant functions. It is ridiculous to say that the People, who so cheerfully and liberally provided for all the enormous expen diture occasioned by the War, have no right to interfere in the terms . and conditions .on which it has been terminated. Before any ratification on the pert of England, every part of the case, and all its multifarious details, should be submitted to both Houses ; and the studied neglect of that imperative duty must be reprcled as a gross and unwarrantable insult to the co-ordinate branches of the Legislature--a u attempt to degrade them, and to unduly extend the powers and prerogatives of the Crown. Sufficient has, however, leaked out to enable ns to know that the stipulations already agreed on can not by any possibility be agreeable to the English People. Never, in fact, was there a more un popular truce—we cannot call it " peace "—than that which has just been patched up. We have neither gained credit for the put nor security for the future. The lives of our gallant brethren have been uselessly sacrificed—tens of millions squandered without any adequate re turn. There is even reason to fear that we have been com pletely jockeyed in the points that were regarded as indispensable—that it will be found that the so sailed neutralisation of the Black Sea has been by no means so complete as was anticipated, and that Russia will be permitted to retain a steam squadron, nominally unarmed, but quite sufficient to carry her long and fondly cherished designs against Turkey into execution, and to transport a powerful army to the neighbourhood of Con stantinople, without the possibility of interference by the Western Powers. We have already 'seen that the greater portion of the work for which the Conferences were inaugurated has been transferred to Commissioners, and it is impos sible to say what may be the results of their labours. Scarcely anything has been finally sob tied, save that France and England are to relin quish their irresistible claims to indemnities for the expenses of the War, and that Austria and Prussia have been suffered to regain the posi tions which they forfeited by their own culpable misconduct. Meanwhile there is great discontent in many parts of Turkey. The standard of revolt has been raised, and both Christians and Mahomedans are alike discontented at the changes that have taken place. The former have been deprived of the highly-prized exemption from military service. A rigorous conscription will be forced on them to which they had never hitherto been subjected, and this by way of being a privilege and a favour, just as. great a one, by the way, as the press gangs offered in the olden time to our seafaring men. They will also be deprived of the privilege of selecting their own spiritual rulers, who are henceforward to be nominated by the DivAN. The Mahomedans are equally disgusted at being, compelled to serve side by side with Christians in opposition to their religious principles. , The result will be a rancorous hatred springing up between the rival sects, that will render them ex ceedingly formidable to each other, although by no means so to any enemy against whom they may be opposed. While matters remain in this unsettled state, will it be possible for England to relax her pre parations or to receive the benefits of a real peace ? We fear not. We fancy that the heavy expendi ture will be continued for an indefinite period, until all outstanding difficulties have been over come ; while we can derive no possible benefit from any course save that of .a renewal of the War, after having surrendered all the advantages so painfully acquired. Well may the people of England be dissatisfied ; well may they look with disgust at what has taken place, which has given nothing to England save, perhaps, a Prussian husband for one of her Royal Princesses, and the possibility of the future government of the country being transacted under a German viceroy. All this may occasion joy at Coburg, but it will excite disgust and indignation in every English breast. A commemorative monument is about to be erected in the county of Durham, in grateful re cognition of the many eminent services done to the State during a long life-time by the late distinguished Marquis of LONDONDERRY. By a curious coincidence, and one in itself sufficiently significant, within the very same week during the course of which the public meeting was convened in the Town-hall of the city of Durham, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of 'raising a substantial testimonial of respect to the memory of CHARLES WILLIAM, third Marquis of LONDONDERRY, there was given upon Chilton Moor, within the limits of the same shire, by the relict of that lamented nobleman, a banquet of a peculiar kind, and one in many respects quite unexampled in its magnificence. A monster dinner, at which no less then three thousand stalwart Pitmen were regaled upon good old English fare by a lady at once their Mis tress and their Hostess, the present Marchioness Dowager of LONDONDERRY. " Imagine," says a local journal in recording the circumstance of these remarkable festivities, " Imagine a bill of fare to the extent of eight fat bullocks, fifteen sheep, a ton of plum-pudding, a ton and a half of bread, fifty barrels of strong beer, and a hundred bushels of potatoes." Imagine it indeed ! It is like a banquet in the land of Brobdignag. It was some thing worthier than this, however. It was some thing better than an occasion for so much guttling and guzzling by three thousand sturdy fellows, seated at thirty tables in a large hall, some two hundred feet by seventy in its dimen sions. It was an evidence of good-wit between employers and employed, of genial interest on the one part and of grateful attachment on the other, of a perfectly amiable and satisractory understanding between a conspi ceous representative of Property and three thousand substantial representatives of hearty and honest Toil quite delightful to con template in these days of Strikes, and Tiffs, and Squabbles between Masters and Men, residues may be of the lamentable ferment provoked a score of years ago by the abominable Tommy-shops of the ever-detestable and thoroughly iniquitous Truck-system. It rejoices one's heart to pause awhile over the particulars of a gathering like that brought about by the munificence and bene volence, the frank and hospitable magnanimity of a generous and gentle-hearted woman such as the Lady of Wynward, the Hostess of Chilton Moor, the owner of the Durham Collieries, the Mistress of these three thousand Pitmen, FRANCES ANNE Marchioness of LONDONDERRY. It was in perfect keeping, moreover,_ with the Whole festivities, that the lady-hostess herself should take a personal and conspicuous share in the en tertainment —that she herself, with her own lips ;not through any spokesman, however nearly related, not even through the mouth of her son the Earl VANE, then at her left hand, presiding over the meeting as its Chairman), bid her guests welcome, and by a few earnest words coming directly from her heart, and going straight to theirs, evidence her conscientious recognition of the heavy resionsibilities weighing upon her in her capacity as the appointed guardian of their bnirights,ei of their energ i es , o f their phy s i ca l wetl and of their social happiness. It is from a remembrance of the manner in which all these same wei g ht yresponsibilities were discharged during the period of his lifetime by the late Lord LONDON DERRY, that we cannot but regard with more than ordinary interest the very noticeable coincidence of this monster banquet upo n Chi lton Moor, taking place within the compas s o r the Same week which witnessed the public meeting in the Town Hall of the city of Durham. The meeting an nounced for the purpose, as we have already ob served, of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting a suitable public monument, commemo. rative of a gallant Soldier, of an able Diplomatist, of a daring and successful Developer of our vast national resources—resources at once Mining, Maritime, and Commercial. Success, say we, with all imaginable earnest ness, Success and Godspeed to th• project of a Tribute like this—a Tribute so eminently and undeniably well-deserved 1 - For the public services of the late Lord LONDONDERRY do, in truth, merit at the hands of his immediate survivors some such grateful and con spicuous evidence of their recognition. His gal lantry as one of the veterans of the Peninsula was proved upon many a well-fought field under the orders of WELLINGTON. His personal prowess was frequently displayed elsewhere, but never more conspicuously than during the famous battle of Fuentes d'Onore (May 5,1311), when, as theclassic Historian of the War himself records, " General CHARLES STEWART, joining in the charge, took the French Colonel LAMOTTE, fighting hand to hand." (NaPrzß's Penin. War, book xii. oh. v.) An in cident celebrated no less pointedly by the Euro pean Annalist, Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON Eur. ch. lxiii., s. 92.) As for the diplomatic achieve ments of the late Marquis of LONDONDERRY, they, too, are inscribed in imperishable characters upon the tablets of history, those memorable and romantic annals which recount the Down fall of the Great NAPOLEON. It was—ALISON himself tells us in his record of the events which marked the close of 1813—it was by reason of "the able and courteous efforts of Sir CHARLES STEWART" afterwards Marquis of LONDONDERRY, aided by those of General Count Pozzo nI BORGO, that BERNADOTTE, at -a most critical juncture, was "retained during the campaign in a course int conformity with the objects of the alliance." (Hist. Eur. ch. lxxix. s. 42.) It was through Sir CHARLES STEWART'S personal remonstrances that at, last, during that same momentous campaign, his Royal Highness the Crown Prince of SWEDEN, that same tricky ex-Jacobin, ex-Frenchnaan, ex everything good, had, and indifferent, BERNA DOTTE, was at length induced to bring his troops on the 16th of October to Landsburg, and on the 17th to the heights of Beitenfeld. An important occurrence at that period, and one which was actually brought about by a letter of remonstrance addressed to the Crown Prince by Sir CHAALES STEWART, then accredited as the British Plenipotentiary in the north of Germany— a letter "penned with respect, but military frank ness, and breathing a warm but not undeserved spirit of patriotic indignation."—(Hist. Eur. ch. lxxxi., s. 48.) A letter so bold indeed and out spoken in its language that BERNADOTTE, in the true fashion of a Gascon, could not help resenting it a short time afterwards by thus gasconading with a vapoury flourish as they encountered—" Com ment, General STEWART ! quel droit avez vous de m'ecrire ? Ne rapellez vous pas que je suis Prince du Suede, un des plus grands generaux de Page ? Et si vous etiez ama place, que penseriez vous si quelqu'un vous ecrivait comme vous m' avez ecrit ? " In fine, it was in consequence of the vigilant and sleepless watchfulness of the English Military Plenipotentiary, Sir CHARLES STEWART. (who again employed very successful and most energetic remonstrances to the end that BERNADOTTE might not play false to the Allies at a juncture of extraordinary emergency) that the PRINCE-ROYAL of Sweden was, in spite of himself as it were, compelled at last to abandon alto gether the project of allowing DAYOUST and the garrison of Hamburg the opportunity for escaping by means of a capitulation. " And thus," says ALISON in recounting this latter circumstance, " the same eminent and patriotic officer, who, by his moral courage on the eve of the battle of Leipsic, had gained for the Allies the decisive advantage of bringing the PRINCE-ROYAL'S army up to the charge on that eventful day, now rendered to his country the not less important service of preventing a capitu lation which, by restoring twenty-five thousand veteran troops to the standards of NAPOLEON, might have entirely changed the fate of the War next spring in France."—(Hist. Eur., ch. lxxxii., s. 39.) Such, in brief, are among the more conspicuous achievements recorded in regard to Sir CHARLES STEWART, afterwards third Marquis of ]LONDONDERRY, in his twofold position - as Soldier and as a Diploinatiat. The Peaceful Labours which marked the latter portion of Lord LONDONDERRY'S lifetime are—we cannot but think it—yet more memorable, yet more remarkable, yet more eminently entitled to some public tribute of grateful and honourable commemoration. They were achievements so re markable, and we believe we do not exaggerate when we add, so entirely unparalleled as the achieve ments of a single individual, that they elicited some years back from no less important a person age than Sir ROBERT PEEL, speaking authorita tively as the Prime Minister of England, a pane gyric in every way very notable. What were a few of these home enterprises, of these purely pacific and industrial achievements ? They in clude the digging out of a Harbour upon a barren and rocky coast, and the building up of a Town now numbering within it very nearly five thousand inhabitants—the town and harbour of Sealtain, henceforth Lord LONDONDERRY'S most enduring monument ! They include, moreover, these peaceful labours towards the close of his career, the daring project of an entire Railway —a passenger line—a work unexampled before or since as the undertaking of a single individual, as an enterprise from first to last his own pri vate property—the railroad for goods and pas sengers now uniting Seahana with Sunderland. Besides all this, the princely originator and promo ter of these gigantic undertakings had to conduct the working of a Colliery Property known to be the largest anywhere in the possession of a single family, a property extending over an area of some 12,000 acres, producing upon an average 1,000,000 tom of coals per annum, and neces sitating the disbursement every year in wages alone, exclusive of contracts, of no less a sum than 135,0001. sterling. With an earnest view to the social and intellectual well-being of the thou- sands of " families" thus employed in connection with the Harbour, with the Town, with the Col lieries, with the Railway, schools have been erected, churches endowed, everything that in genuity could well devise or munificence rapidly accomplish, Durham has witnessed, long since set on foot by tho late Marquis, and very re cently in several instances happily completed by his relict the Marchioness Dowager of LONDON- DERRY. Hence—remembering all these things, remembering the exploits of the Soldier in Holland and in the Peninsula, on the heights of Busaco and in the hand•to-hand en counter of Fuentes d'Onore ; remembering the brilliant successes of the diplomatist in 1813 in regard to the eve of LF)ipsic and in reference to the garrison of Hamburg ; above all bearing in mind his mere beneficent and, in every way, more remarkable achievements of a pacific character—the town and harbour of Seaham, the railway from Seaham to Sunderland, the col lieries, the schools, the churches, those products at once of daring enterprise and personal munifi- celaea—vre cannot but deem the late lamented Marquis of LONDONDERRY one who, 112 truth, "deserved well of his country" in very many particulars. we cannot but regard his memory as an object very worthy, indeed, of a public - - monumental commemoration. AMMIICAN MAIL. --The steamer Ericsson sailed from Livetpool for New York yesterday morning with teri paeaeogere and a fair cargo, besides the usual mails. LATEST NEWS. THE CONGRESS. PARIS, Amu. 16. The sittings of the Congress terminated to-day The members were occupied with questions of de• tail in reference to— 1. The free na'igation of the Danube ; 2. The interior regime of the Principalities, and the arrangement of the frontiers ; 3. The situation of the Christians in Turkey. For these purposes three commissions are ap pointed : 1. ♦ commission, named byall the Powers repre sented at the Congress, on the subject o the Danube ; 2. A commission, named by all the Powers ex cept Piedmont, on the frontier question ; 3. A commission, named by all the Powers, with the addition of delegates from the Divan, to consider the position of the Christians. PARIS, THURSDAY, Arun 17, 8 A.M. The Moniteur announces that the Congress of Paris has terminated its labours. The closing sitting was held yesterday at the Hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affiirs. After the signing of the treaty, the Plenipo tentiaries had still to occupy themselves with different questions of a nature to consolidate and complete the work of peace. The ratifications will be exchanged at the end of the month. Immediately after the promulgation of the general treaty the protocols will be published, and will make known the labours of the Congress in their detail. INSURRECTION IN BULGARIA. PARIS, APRIL 16. A telegraphic despatch announces that an in surrection has broken out at Belgradchick, in nul garia, near the Servian frontier. A Bulgarian, formerly an officer in the Russian service, professes an intention to expel the Turks in the name of Russia. He is at the head of two or three hundred men. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. SEBASTOPOL, April I.—The wintry weather, which was exerting its retarding influence on many mat ters in the camps when the last mail left, has not yet ceased, notwithstanding the advanced period of the season. The extension of the armistice has been formally announced in General Orders. No date for its duration is mentioned ; the suspension of hostilities is to continue until further orders. The French hare constructed an enormous salts danser in the Balaklava valley, between the Fe dioukine heights and Ca , nrobert's-hill. .It is in a convenient situation to be approached, near the Woronzoff-road as it turns to ascend towards the position of the Sardinian encampments and Ka mara. The opening ball is to take place to-night, and invitations have been issued to all the English ladies and English officers in the Crimea. Colonel M'Murdo has returned in good health and resumed the command of the Land Transport Corps. Among the recent arrivals- is also M. Soyer. He came by the Ottawa, three days since, after a very stormy passage from Constantinople. It is ru moured in the French camps that the Russians have received news of the peace negotiations having been brought to a favourable conclusion. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3.---The news of the conclusion of peace, although by no means unex pected, did not fail to make here the impression which the news was calculated to produce. Every one begins to turn his attention to the consequences of the great news ; and the thought of these conse quences has considerably modified the feelings with which the news of peace was received by the dif ferent fractions of the motley population of Constan tinople. The Turks took the news of peace very quietly. As for the British army, no doubt, the idea of home makes many a heart beat fast ; but to say that peace is generally popular would be incor rect. Last week 500 recruits for the Turkish Con tingent were embarked for Kertch. They form part of the 2,500 men which, according to the standing arrangements, have to be supplied yearly to make up for casualties. It is but fair to state that the Turkish Government behaved very well in this respect. Not only did the men come forth at the appointed time, but they were all provided with new clothes and were picked men. The men themselves seemed in excellent spirits in general ; the Contingent, which was in the beginning viewed only with horror, is now rather popular. The letters sent by the officers and men of the Turkish Con tingent have given such a satisfactory account of their state that the Turkish soldiers begin to per ceive that they can only gain by the change. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our advices in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are : Calcutta, March 10 ; Bombay, March 19. The following is from the Bombay Times of March 19 The past fortnight has been newsless. Lord Can ning reached Calcutta on the 29th of February, and was immediately sworn in Governor-General. The Marquis of Dalhousie left on the 6th, carrying with him a larger measure of respect and regard than has perhaps ever before attended a retiring Governor-General. The Sonthal insurrection has closed ; 14,000 Son this have sought and found work on the railway passing by their hills. - Peace and prosperity universally prevail. Everything continues quiet in the kingdom of Oude. The troops have tendered their services to us to a man. A portion of them for a short time hesitated, under the apprehension that they might be compelled to shave ; on being assured that the bushiest of beards were no objection, they enrolled themselves at once. The villagers seem to experi ence equal astonishment and delight at receiving ' prompt and punctual payment for everything re quired from them for the public service, and at be ing permitted to give or to withhold whatever they please. We have heard nothing within the last month in reference to the proceedings at Herat, or threatened hostilities with Persia. The capture of the former is matter of supreme indifference —war with the latter about as unlikely a thing as can be conceived. The money market is somewhat tighter than it was a fortnight ago. There is an improving tone in our markets for most descriptions of grey goods. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, March 18.—Our money market during the last fortnight has become slightly tighter, and the banks in consequence have not reduced their rates of interest ; but it is generally supposed the present pressure will be only temporary. Government Securities have given way in value. Imports—The demand for cotton piece goods of al most every description is very fair, and at prices more favourable than have prevailed for some time past. There is little doubt that this state of matters will be further improved on the termination, a week hence, of the Hol ee h o lid ays. Grey Shi r ti ngs o f 40 i nc h es h ave a d vance d 1 t o 2 annas per piece, and are in good inquiry; the same re• marks apply t o 45 i n. 7f an d 81b.. ; a ll o th er d escr i p ti ons remain at former quotations, but are in demand. Gcey Madapollams have slightly advanced, and all descrip tions are in good inquiry. Grey Jacconets are also in fair inquiry. Grey Long Cloths are in moderate inquiry, without any improvement in prices. Grey Domestics are very dull of sale. In Grey T Cloths all descriptions are in good demand. Cotton Yarns—A fair amount of business has been done, and prices have advanced on both water and mule, excepting on 40 of the former, and 50, and 90, and 100 of the latter, which remain at former quotations. Dyed orange and Turkey red are both dull of sale. Woollens—Although ladies' cloth is in moderate in quiry, the market generally is dull. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool —The market has been tolerably steady. The arrivals of the new crop have been free, with the exception of Broach, Surat, and Jurablsen, which are coming in small lots. Our present quotations are— For Broacb, Rs 99 to 100; Oomrawatte, Rs 98; Dbo Kandeish, RS 88 ; Old Cowpta, Rs 85 Mangalore, Rs 75 to 77. Hemp is difficult of sale. The market f6r opium is quiet, and we may quote Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,315 per chest. Exchange—The rate of the day we quote 2s 2 5-16 d to 2,2 g 1 for credits, and 23 2Ad for documents. On China, GO days' sight, Rs 219 ; Calcutta, GO days' sight, Rs 99A. Freights—For cotton to Liverpool and London the rates are 4/ 5.1 to 4/ 7s 61, and for seeds to London 4/ 17s 61 to Si per ton. A large amount of tonnage has lately arrived, but the whole has been freely taken up. CALCUTTA, March B.—lndigo has been in good in quiry, and there has been some cmpetition for snveral lots at an advance of about 6d per lb on the October price. Raw silk has also engaged good inquiry, conse quent on the news from home and China. In imports a fair amount of business has been done in mule twist, coloured cottons, grey shirtings, and jacco• nets. The market continues inactive for all other de scriptions of cottons, woollens, and metals. The paCific aspect of politics has made no great effect in the money market. In the Bazar supplies are pro curable as reported in our last review, on more reason able terms than those of the Banks. Government Se curities have slightly improved, and are readily dis countable at 5 and 6 per cent. per annum. The Bank of Bengal bas reduced 1 per cent. on discount of Go vernment acceptances. Exchange.—After the departure of the last mail, the exchange had gone up a little ; but it has since taken a downward tendency, and it is now difficult to procure first-class (six months) paper at better than 2i 21d to 2s 2kd ; and these rates are not likely to be maintained, as far as we can judge from present appearances. Freights, on the first news of peace, were for some days almost at a stand still, but after a while some transactions were entered into which established a de cline of 10s to 15s per ton. Lately some heavy arrivals have made shippers hold back again, and at closing business is very dull at our quotations. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, APRIL s.—Said Pasha has during the last few days been rushing about the country in the most fanciful manner. His Highness first started from Alexandria at the utmost speed of the railway to look at his new toy, a palace on the banks of the Nile, which he has purchased from one of his nephews for 150,0001. sterling; thence he proceeded to the barrage of the Nile, where he is erecting extensive fortifications, which can never be of auy use ; then he came down the Nile to Cafr-el-Ais, whence he summoned, by electric telegraph from Alexandria, an accession of troops to the 2,000 cavalry and infantry he al ways takes about him. At Cafr-el-Ais he expressed his intention of going to the great fair of Tantah, in the Delta, which was then taking place, but changed his mind, and went down the Nile to Atfeh, where some measures are finally to be taken for the deepening of the canal. From Atfeh he re turned to Cafr-el-Ais, and went to Tantah, where he spent a couple of days, and had the dancing girls to perform in his presence. Suddenly he gave orders to take down all the tents, and, mounting on horseback, he started in the direction of the railway station, where prepara tions were hurriedly made to receive his highness, but he said he was not going by the railway, and proceeded down the line. The train started, and soon overtook his highness, who immediately called out to the engine -driver to stop. The viceroy dis mounted, and, on the plea of unwillingness to dis turb the passengers, ho gets on to the locomotive, sits on the coke, and is now in Alexandria. The working of the railway between Alexandria and Cairo is often interrupted by Said Pasha's hasty movements and the constant conveyance of his troops. Delays and disorders frequently occur, and the only reply that his Highness makes to any observation on the subject is, that the railroad is entirely his own—that he must be served first, and the transit afterwards. Several robberies of specie and of goods have again occurred, and the com plaints of the lack of system and vigilance are•loud and frequent. The Mahmoodich Canal being closed to navi gation the railviay is almost the only means the merchants have of bringing their goods to Alexan dria, and though the charges are enormous, no care is taken of their property. Last weak a train that was bringing to Alexandria 20 trucks, with 1,100 bales of cotton, caught fire, and the whole was com pletely destroyed, the cotton being placed on the trucks without any precaution to save it from the sparks of fire from the engine. Lord Dalhousie, late Governor-General of India, arrived at Suez, in the East India Company's steamer Feroze, on the 2d inst., and will proceed to Europe, on the 7th or Bth inst., in her Majesty's steamer Caradoc. SPAIN. THE INSURRECTION AT VALENCIA. The Madrid journals of the 9th and 10th of April contain details of the insurrection at Va lencia. In the morning of the 6th, whilst the munici pality was proceeding to draw for the conscription, a numerous body of insurgents rushed in, crying : " Down with the authorities l No conscription !" and, amidst threats of death to the members of the municipality, proceeded to break the urns. The alcade, M. Eszeibe, who attempted to restore order, was fired at several times, and was miraculously preserved by a serjeant of the civil guard. The insurgents were h ea d e d b y fi remen and national guards, but were for the most part labourers from the railway. After expelling the mayor and his colleagues from the building, the insurgents pro ceeded to the Plaza San Francisco. The captain general, hearing of what had taken place, published a bando, but as it produced no effect, he marched against the insurgents at the head of a column of 200 infantry, 50 cavalry, and 4 pieces of artillery. The insurgents, who were in the balconies and windows, received him with a sharp fire, which caused him some loss, and he fired his cannon against them ; but the insurgents resisted despe rately, and bands of them spread over the city and attacked several guard-houses. After three hours' combat, in which the cavalry took part, the insur gents were dislodged from the houses, and were compelled to retreat. The number of killed and wounded on both sides was about 40 ; and it is now said that amongst the slain were six —not, as at first stated, three—seldiers and a lieutenant. This account differs in some respects from the following, given in a Barcelona paper, the Pro gresso, of the 10th. This paper says that the in surgents erected a barricade in the Calle de Carni ceres, and that 300 of them defended it with such energy that it was not carried without "great loss," both amongst them and the troops. It says also that their rallying cry was "Vive Espartero ! Vive liberty !" General Villalonga, the captain general of the city and province, published, on the 7th, an address to the National Guard, exhorting them to co-operate with the troops in preserv ing order. O n th e B t h a military commission wasinstituted, and 130 insurgents captured with arms in their hands had been taken before it. The greater part were sent to the fort of Murviedo; the others were detained to be otherwise dealt with. Troops arrived in' the city from Barcelona on the 9th, and others had been despatched from Madrid. The last telegraphic accounts published in the Gazette announced that tranquillity continued, but that groups, displ ay i ng considerable agitation, persisted in remaining iu the streets. The Gazette publishes the decree, dated the 9th, which, as stated by telegraph, removes General Villa longa, from the captaincy -general of Valencia; and another which appoints General de Zebala, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the post, with the powers of a special commissioner of the Govern ment, Marshal O'Donnell, Minister of War, being charged with the administration of the foreign de partment during his absence. A report was cur rent in the capital that the troops of the garrison of Madrid had been kept in their barracks owing to the fear of disturbances ; but the Epoca says that it was not true. A grand review of about 39,000 of the garrison and National Guard of Madrid had been ordered. ARI APRIL 15 The garri son of Valencia has been D, reinforced.. A Council of War takes cognisance of the per. sons who have been arrested. The operations of the Conscription are to be pursued tc-day without interruption. Tranquillity is re-established. The Cortez have approved the law on the retire ment of Ministers. THE NATIONAL GA LLB RY-LO RD PAL M ERSTON AND THE `DIVISION." T 3 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Among the items which on last Monday night helped to swell the majority in support of awarding a three-thousand-pound s ' premium to jobbery and misma nagement at the National Gallery—for, audacious as it may appear, our profligate and servile House of Commons has awarded to the purchasers of the "Adoration of the Magi," out of the taxes extorted from an oppressively taxed people, an increase of 3,0001. above the estimates of last year, a fact known to but few—there is ono item of that majority, I say, upon which I wish to offer a few remarks. That item is Mr. William Stirling, a member of the Select Committee on the National Gallery of 1853. Ou the 6th of May of that year the committee adjourned from the House of Commons to the National Gallery it self, for the express purpose that I might be challenged to point out in detail upon the nine pictures which, in my public letters, I had alleged to have been injured by the authority and with the approval of Sir C. Eastlake during the immediately preceding vacation, the damages which I had denounced. I was the only person thus questioned. My attacks upon Sir C. Eastlake were not, as it has been mendaciously intimated, "anonymous;" mendaciously, for to affect ignorance of me on this question is mendacity. In every instance since 1850 my attacks were authenticated by my own proper signature and address. I reiterated them with redoubled emphasis throughout my evidence. Wasthat evi• dente "anonymous ?"Whether they were "un worthy" attacks we shall presently see. Before the committee I replied un reservedly to upwards of five hundred questions upon the cleaning, some of which were of so invidious, so disgrace ful a nature, that a t l as t a member, prompted, perhaps, by the manifest disgust of the public present, remembering that there was such a virtue as decency, suggested that the examination should assume a less questionable character. On the 13th of May, after my second and last examina tion on the cleaning, the same Mr. William Stirling, who now votes in support of Eastlake and Vandalism, Ger manism and daubs, accosted me near the western door of the Rubens-room,' and volunteered the highest compliments upon that evidence. He went so far as to say that I had made out my case ; and to cap all, " As for old Uwins," said he, " he's an ass." Mr. Uwins is a Royal Academi cian. Nor was this the only time that Mr. Stirling so ex pressed himself. I may here mention, incidentally, that my evidence on the cleaning extorted from other members of the committee, commendation as explicit as that of Mr. Stirling, with the same, or a similar, refrein in honour of Uwins. Among those members were Messrs. Raikes Cur rie, Wm. Marshall, Lord Elcho, and Col. More, the chair man. Lord Elcho pronounced my evidence on the clean ing, but fer one exception, "perfect ;" while Col. More, with more sedateness, as became his years, though not less emphatically, passed a general encomium upon it ; and, strange to relate ! seized upon Lord Elchu's " im perfection" as the "great toe" of that evidence. At a later period of the inquiry, the chairman virtually, and Lord Elcho literally, begged of me not to "kick Sir C. Eastlake—because he was down ;" not to " kick" that " thorough gentleman," Mr. Vernon's " gentleman above all sordid considerations," who pockets the people's money while conscious of being incompetent to discharge the duties for which he receives it; but of whose "talent," Jupiter , or that as "mysterious influence" to whom Cupido —not he of Jupiter and Venus—in daily orisons mumbles, "ti bacierd clove root," has decreed it "presumptuous" even so much as "to speak !" As though the fellow countrymen of Sydney, and Hampden, and Milton, and Cromwell, were sunk so low as to accept as law a Royal certificate of merit ! I resume Mr. Stirling. Mr. Stirling's commendatory remarks upon my evidence on the cleaning were uttered at the sixth meeting of the committee. That " select" body met, publicly, 25 times. The result-of the examinations on the cleaning was, that out of a hundred and fifty-four decisions delivered upon that subject, exclusive of my own and of those of the par ties impeached, one hundred and forty supported my charges. Among the witnesses were seven Royal Acade micians. With the exception of Mr. Uwins, who main tained (Uwins' E v id ence, 3 , 1 74-80) that "if the glazing had been removed from the ' Rebecca' Claude, it was very much for the benefit of the pi c t ure ," an d th at " rea l ly Canalette'S mode of painting water was so absurd, that if it was all rubbed out, it would be so much the better ;" with this solitary- exception, the Royal Academicians examined also endorsed my charges. For even Sir C. Eastlake himself, although, as a Trustee, he had " resolved that the pict ures ev i nce d an i mproved appearance" in consequence of the cleaning, never theless, as, a r.:itness, found it expedient to con fess (Eastlake's Evil., qq. 4,590-2, 4,718 23-4-5) that some of them had been "ill and tastelessly cleaned," and were "now out of harmony;" that "the softness of outline in others might have been destroyed by over-cleaning ;" that all " do very much want some of the dirt they had before;" that " if you were to take a little dust and rzb over the picture of the Annunciation,' he had no doubt it would be much improved"—for " dirt" gives "gusto," &c. The six other Academicians phrased their sense of their Presi dent's achievements thus : "injured to the extent of the original work of the master being rubbed off ;" " rawness and want of tone very disagreeable ;" "genial and plea sant warmth very much damaged ;" "distinctive attri butes of the master gone ;" " scumblings, and even paint removed, so much so as to destroy the whole harmony of the picture ;" "scrubbed to such an extent that the paint is taken off altogether;" "no"w all raw and disjointed ;" " nothing can ever remedy" the damage ; " features re membered formerly, removed by the late cleaning ;" " very much shocked indeed at seeing the alteration th t had taken place ;" " harmony and tone destroyed ;" "frightful alteration ;" "tortured —must say that, speak ing candidly ;" "DONE FOR," &c.* I have quoted thus freely from Royal Academicians, not that I value the opinions of other witnesses lest, but because Royal Acade micians, at least, will never be suspected of prejudice in my favour. On ono occasion Sir C. Eastlake recounted to the Committee that he bad had "a hunt through Han• sard." This was to fasten upon the late Mr. Hume a mean sentiment which at a former examination it had suited his purpose to impute to him. "It is a very labo rious undertaking," said Sir Charles, " to hunt through Hansard, but I think it right to say that I have searched in vain for anything of the kind in the papers." (Eastlake's Evil. , q. 6,575.) Equ a lly " l a b or i ous " and equally successfu would his search be were he "to hunt " through my public letters for expressions more damning to himself—more " violent," if he will—than those flung in his teeth by his own colleagues and subordinates. I have now established that, sebsequently to Mr. Stir ling's commendation of my evidence on the cleaning, nothing occurred to warrant the slightest modification of his opinion. A man's vote should. be the genuine reflex of his conviction.' Under what category, then, shall we place Mr. Stirling's vote of last Monday night ? Is it not sug gestive of a lamentable analogy to his friend Herr Mond lees " Cuireggio ?" but with this advantage on tee side of the German, that it is less discreditable Co possess such a " Correegio," than to have given such a vote. With respect to Mr. Stirling's ignoble and underhand, yet obvious attack upon me, I shall have sufficiently, punished him by positively declaring, that, substantially it was a direct contradiction to the sentiments which he once expressed to mo in my own room, and which he has repeated elsewhere. His inability to perceive how Herr Miindler's attempt to sell U 3 a daub, at the in icebf a Cor reggio, should affect that "vaulting" German's eligibility to a post of 1,000/ea-year at the National Gallery of Eng land ; his rebuke to Mr. Otway for the " unfair terms used by the honourable member for Stafford, with regard to Mr. Otto Miindler," that is, for having exposed the " Cor regio" imposture, and so, the aggravated character of the Miindler job---" because" forsooth! the Mfindler "gentle man was not present to defend himself;" but, above all, that he should have administered such a rebuke at the very moment when the " hon. member for Perthshire" himself had on his own lips an unwarrantable and " unfair," be. cause a disingenuous attack upon another, who, though "present," was as much deb a rred from making a defeece, as could be the absent owner of the spurious Correggio— denotes such weakness of understanding, as to afford Mr. Academician Uwins a triumphant case for a retaliatory to quoque. And now a word with you Lord Palmerston I I will not degrade a noble theme by discussing with a trifler like yourself, its mighty influences. Your brain rankling with intrigue, your lips reeking with ribald an;l inane jokes at the agony of a nation, agony to which you, and such as you, had caused it to "drift," what fztcultiee could you bring to the contemplation of a Raphael, a Mi chael Angelo, or a Phidias ? A joke—to raise a laugh " from an obsequious audience. Just imagine ycorself, Lord Palmerston, face to face with the Pediment of the Parthe non ! I will confine myself then to what you can under stand. You can understand that on the 22d of April you asserted in the House of Commons, that "no appointments had hitherto taken place with respect to any offices at the Na tional Gallery," and that "the whole of the arrangements were still under the consideration of the Government ;" and you can understand that at the vary time you were uttering those words you knew that the whole of the ar rangements were completed, you yourself having ordered the " warrants" for all the appointments to be made out, as they now stand, a month before. Your own Treasury , Minute of the 27th of March convicts you. I might like wise quote your admission on last Monday night. that upon succeeding Lord Aberdeen, you had "no hesitation in con curring" with that " antiquated imbecility's" " previous determination, that Sir C. Eastlake should bo director," though that admission is partly false ; fcr you did " hesi tate" while " concurring." The consummation of a job so audacious made even you pause. You can also understand that, on the 22d of June, your Secretary of the Treasury —the same who, on the first of August, when defending your " arrangements" and " ap pointments" of the 27th of March, stigmatised the entire people of the British Empire as beneath the purchaser of the " Adoration of the Magi" in the appreciation of art, for "undoubtedly, if any Englishman had been equally , eligible," said he, " he would have had a prior claim ;' you can also understand, I say, that your Secretary of the Treasury, by your orders, again denied those appointments. What manner of men can they be who twice thus submit to be publicly repudiated, passes my understanding ! Your mind may be so perverted by the prescriptive evasions of office, as not to realise the true characters of such denials. In Ethics, their nomenclature is short and startling. Such denials degrade the country which, presumptively, you, represent. On the 27th of August, in a public letter, not " anony mous," which I know you read, I suggested that the " pil lory for Ministers who adulterate truth" sh ou ld have pre cedence over Commissions of Inquiry into all other adultera tions. Your covert, buts ill-disguised, attack upon me on Monday night, I accept as the reply to that suggestion. That attack, again, was virtually a d e fi ance of fact through out. It is farse, Lord Palmerston ! that you believe Sir C. Eastlake " undoubtedly fit to hold the office entrusted to him." Your "individuals with whom personal resent ments have greater influence than the interests of truth or the welfare of the community," your "disappointed corn , petitor," was levelled at me—a slander as gross as your "anonymous" and " unworthy attacks." Seerch the Treasury, and show, if you can, that directly or indirectly I have sought this Directorship. " Competitor !" I ac cept the term as th e involuntary recognition of a debt. The Treasury, it is said, has been beset by secret appli cants for that office; and I know that Germans and semi- Germans have been the round of the town begging for tes timonials —even from an Eastlake—to shed a ray of light upon their blushing merits, and I know that such testimo nials have been .printed for "priefre circulation!' But such men do not make attacks upon officialism, even " ano nymously." They fear detection. Secret beggars for office, presumptively incompetent in "virtue" of their calling, dread retribution. They bide their time. Like the fox in the fable, they lie in wait to purloin the prize won by nobler animals. they man of spirit would be other than a public candidate for a public office. A man of refine ment might shrink even from that, and wait to be c a ll e d . It was a compound of insincerity, vulgarity, and insolence, to insinuate arias motive, " disappointed competit ors hi p, " except against 'rejected and incompetent applicants, convicted of "anonymous attacks." Had you the feelings of a gentleman, or the spirit of a man, where you offered the affront, there you would make retraction. But I give you credit for neither. I have delayed this apostrophe, that contempt, not indignation, might speak. Your a ttack on tho rrearimon the "Allennma now% papers"—might pass for boldness, did we rot know bow you can cringe—did we not know how you can sacrifice a nation's interests and a nation's honour—how you can squander a nation's treasure and a nation's blood—how you can carry on a war of "connivance" for the extinction of right and liberty everywhere, to propitiate " influences" which every Englishman, not. a Germanised sycophant, re pudiates. Already the Czar's " Manifesto" flouts us for the mischief and disgrace you are hatching for us. I leave it to the Press, to the " anonymous newspapers," to settle thefr account with you. Some of them have already taken up the gauntlet. I trust that the rest will not be so lost to self-respect and to their own best interests as not to fol- low suit. To "swallow the leek," from you, were base ness indeed. Reflect upon this, Lord Palmerston, that those " anonymous newspapers"—the Press of Euglantt-- which you hold so cheap, have only to issue their fiat to hurl you from that position whence you insult and defy both them and the nation ; and that it rests with the " an, nyrnous newspapers" to keep you, during the brief space that remains to you, what you have before been- a " disappointed" intriguer for place. 27, Soho-square, April 13. MORRIS MOORE. * Hart, Dyce, Roberts, Stanfield, and Landseer's Evidence, Min. of Evid. before Select Committee on the National Gal lery of 1853—questions 3,263.80-91, 3,496-8-9, 3,508.9, 3,6!'3-5, 4,136, &e. BERANGER'S LATEST. A Dutchman through papa, A Scot through grandmanama, And English by the peace, he Comes to clench, clench, clench ; A young Spaniard through his mother— 'Twould be pleasant to discover That this child of France Were just a little French, French, Frenob H. W. H. GRAND SURREY DOCKS AND CANAL COMPANY.-At the ordinary meeting of the Grand Surrey Docks and Canal Company, held on Monday, the profit of the year 1855, viz., 9,9231. 6s. 11d., added to a balance from 1854 of 2,9451. 19s. ld., made a total of 12,8691. 64., which was thus appropriated:—To reserve fund and ex penses of mud-raising, 2,0001., and to dividend of 4 per cent. 6,084/., leaving an undivided surplus of 4,7851. 6s. The meeting regarded this as a more secure course than that of increasing the dividend in the prospect of an immediate enlargement of the capital foe the extension of the decks, for which purpose the directors stated their intention of shortly issuing a portion of the new.;;; per cent preference ohne. .HER MAJtSTrS ThEATRE. We have lien cfficially informed that this establish ment will open on the 6th of May, on which occasion Madame Alboni will make her first appearance these five years. She will be speedily followed by Mdlle. Piccolowini in the Traviata of Verdi—not htherto heard in this country. Mdlle. Albertini, another prima donna of considerable continental note, has also been engaged, and will make her debut in the Trovatore, as Leonora, in conjunction with Alboni in the part of Azucena. A Mdlle. Fenoli and a Mdlle. Giudetta Rizzi are also promised. The tenors will be Signor Salviani Of repute at the Pergola), Baucaide, and Calzolari ; the baritone Signor Benevantani, great as Den Giovanni; and the basses Signors Vairo and Zucconi ; besides others with whom engagements are still pending. The ballet will comprise Rosati, and debutantes of the names of Baschetti, Lisereux, and Rosa ; besides the Russian celebrity K.atinka. One of the foremost produc tions in this department will be the Corsaire, now so popular in Paris, the libretto of which is attributed to no less a personage than the Empress Eugenie. There are other arrangements of great interest in pragress. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Her Majesty the Queen has signified her intention to visit this popular place of amusement this evening, when the new drama of " Like and Unlike," in which Mr. Webster, Madame Celeste, and Mr. Wright) have won golden opinions from ail sorts of people, will be per formed ; to be followed by two of those pieces peculiar to the Adelphi, in which Mr. Wright puts the visible faculties of the audience under such severe contribution. This will be the second time within a brief period her Majesty has honoured the performance of the new drama with her presence, a fact reflecting the highest credit on the enterprising proprietor and manager, and the dra matic corps. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. There is nothing which money can procure that is wanting to testify the gratitude of the enterprising lessee.. to his kind and liberal patrons. Mr. T. B. Simpson has spared no expense and no exertions to render the en tertainments of the very highest order, and to insure that every viitor shall go away not merely satisfied, but delighted, with what has been accomplished for bie amusement. He is now about to make a further move ment in the right direction, by giving to his Sunday visitors the advantages of an excellent band, thus judi ciously following the precedent set by the Government at Kensington-gardens. A very large outlay has been made annually in increas ing the interest of these gardens by the best landscape gardening, by a succession of beautiful flowers, by archi tectural embellishments, rural arbours, classic sculptu ary, ancient vases, talented paintings, and artistic deco,- rations, and though on every Sunday the sun has scarcely set ere every avenue, nook, and corner becomes brilliant with innumerable illuminative features, yet it has been evident that there was one thing wanted to in crease the pleasure of the multitude, and render their Sabbath recreation complete, which one thing English custom and English authorities had not sanctioned.: Fortunately a new era has commenced, and a liberal policy being in the ascendant has determined that the elevating strains of music shall be enjoyed by the poorer and the many 33 well as by the richer and the few. This boon to the public Mr. Simpson has for some dine been desirous to grant, but he waited to see the Cieverninent experiment fairly tested ; and conceiving that on Sunday lait the stamp of public approbation was unmistakeably set upon it, he no longer hesitates to giro — on every Sunday afternoon not only music, but music of the best character that can be obtained. The pro grammes will be arranged from selections and oomposi. tioes by the most talented ancient and modern maiterg. We have on many occasions alluded with much pleasure to former spirited efforts of the lessee in reference to the public; we are desirous not to omil; a record of the pre sent, which we think is a move in the right direction. We understand the new pavilion in the Ashburnham ground is in a very forward state, and that its enor mous size, peculiar construction, and decoration, will render it an object of great attraction in itself, indepen dent of the uses for which it is designated. This i as it should be, and it requires no extraordinary claim to vaticMatien to predict that Mr. Simpson will receive the legitimate rewards of his zealous and indefa tigable efforts to gratify his visitors. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert leave Backingbarn Palace to-morrow, to visit the damp at Aldershot. There is t., tee a grand review of the whole of the whole of the troops encamped there, and a strong force of the R , .yal. Artillery are ordered to assist at the military spectacle. THE REVIEW AT SPITHEAD.—The Duchayla, which will represent the French Navy at the Review at Spithead, will bo commanded by RearAdiniral Jurien de la Graviere, and will be manned principally by officers chosen from the different ports. We regret t ) hear that Sir J. W. Deans Dundas, G.C.8., has met with another severe domestic affliction in the loss of his eldest son, formerly M.P. for the Flint boroughs and a captain in the Coldstream Guards. The gallant officer died very suddenly a few days since, at Edinburgh, while doing duty there in a regiment of Gloucestershire militia. PAUPERISM IN IRELAND.—A. return moved for by Mr. Grogan, M.P., shows that in th e y ear en d e d on the 29th of Spt. last, the total number of paupers relieved ire the 51 unions of Ireland amounted to 30,692, of whom 30,162 were relieved in the workhouse. The total number relieved in the year 1854 was 27,120. The ex penditure for the maintenance of these 30,162 paupers was 46,8071.. against 43,736/. in 1854. This is exclu sive of the salaries of medical officers (20,9541) and all other "establishment expenses" (12,1961.) THE LATE EARL COWPER.—The noble earl, whose death we announced in The of yesterday, was eldest son of Peter Leopold, fifth Earl Cowper, and the Hon. Emily Mary, eldest daughter of Penistor, first Viscount Melbourne (now Viscountess Palmerston). He was born June 26, 1306, and married October 7, 1833, Lady 'Anne Florence . De Grey, eldest daughter of Earl de Grey, by whom the noble earl leaves issue Viscount Fordwrch scow Earl Cowper) and a youthful family. The late earl was formerly in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, and for several sessions up to his succeed ing to the title on the death of his father in June, 1837, represented the City of Canterbury in the House of Commons. He was for a few weeks in 1834 Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, but on succeeding to the earldom he relinquished all active share in poli tics, although he uniformly gave his support in the House of Lords to the Whig party. In December, 1846, he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Kent, on the resignation of the late Lad of Thanet. The late peer is succeeded in the family honours and extensive patrimonial estates in the counties of Kent and Hertford by his eldest son, Francis, Viscount Fordwich, who at tained his majority in June last. WRECK OF AN AMERICAN BARK NEAR DEAL.—Dur ing the past few days a complete gale has been blowing from the east and east-by-north, amid it is feared that many casuaities have happened round the coast. One vessel (an American) has been wrecked in the imme diate vicinity of Deal. Between 7 and 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning signals of distress were observed from a vessel off Kiragsdown (about three miles from Deal), and a boat immediately put off to her assistance ; but it was then too late to be of any service, as she was fast drifting on to the shore. In a few minutes afterwards the vessel was blown right on to the beach; to the north of Kingedown church, on her larboard side, with her starboard broken in. As soon as she struck the captain ordered her masts and rigging to be cut, which was quickly accomplished. Her name is the Blanchard, Captain Lawrence, of Yarmouth, United States, 598 tons register, from Charleston for Bremen. She is laden with cotton. She had on board (in addition to 9 men before the mast and the captain and mates) a man, woman, and child as passengers, the whole of whom have been saved. It appears that she left Char leston on Good Friday, and has experienced very indif ferent weather. She was off Dover on Sunday night, amid was riding with two anchors down, when one of them parted, and she drifted about until she struck on Tuesday morning, where the is now lying. The crew, with assistance, have been endeavouring to get out the cargo, but it is 60 swollen that it is with difficulty they approach her. The Blanchard is a fine strong-built vessel, about 8 or 9 years old, but it is believed that the next tide will break her up. The wind is still Wowing strong from the east-by-north. The water is out on the marshes in this district, awl it is reported that consider. able losses have been sustained by the graziers, and that many ewes and lambs bave been lost. PUBLIC HEALTH.—A numerous meeting of noblemei and gentlemen was held on Tuesday last, for the purpose of electing two medical officers of health for the parish of St. George, Hanover-square. It was generally bee !loved that there were 39 candidates for these appoint ments, but eventually only 10 went to the poll. Dr. Aldis numbered 55 votes, amid Dr. Druitt 47. The chair man, the Rev. H. Howarth, announced the result to the successful candidates, who thanked the vestry for the selection which they had made. 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