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NO ON THE MARRIAGE MR.. SERGEANT MANN: QUESTION. Just published, price 2s. 6d., second edition, dedicated by permissitn to Lord Lyndhurst, OBSERVATIONS on the D 1 BATE in the House of Lords, on the 25th February, 1851, upon the motion of toe Earl of St. Germans for the second reading of a Bill to make Llw!ul. Marriages within certain of the Prohibited Degrees of Affi nity ; and ma the Debate in the House of Commons on the Marriages Bill during the session of 1855 ; with Observations on the Report of Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Law of Divorce. By Jens MANNINO, her Majesty's Ancient Sergeant -at-Law and Recorder of Ozoni. London : W. G. Benning and Co., 43, Fleet-street tIER _MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE will RE-OPEN early in May. Engagtualents of great interest have (. 4 been efrecteirboth in Opera and Ballet, and the best exertions used to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. . . Tits pr9speetes will shortly be issued. *.:_ 1"7" THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENI • G,. IL TROVA TORE. 10 lode with THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. ( I • . ~: 4 ~ . TERA.TRE ROYAL, IIiYMARItET. Miler the Management of }lf. Rackstone, . : TIII EVENINVI, Trip, EVEL GENIUS. Err-GA-If PSU'i '0; or, file IlazicZn Go'dseeker. !',LLII.II.IENA. agd the Spanish Dancers will appear. :-,y:. , - -Fo!Towed by A CONCtIiT. To conclude with ONLY A liALFPENNY. ROYAL PRIM( EPS' , THEATRE. OX zOItD•STREET, Undor the Management ot fr. Crimes Kann. PHIS EvENING. The Historical Play of LOUIS XI "' ' 4 tOitis (King of France). by Mr. Charles Kean. To be followed by THE -VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOE AN HOUR. TMEA.TRIC ROYAL ADELPRI. . Proprietor furl Manager. Mr. B. Webster. • Directress, Maclaine Celeste. THIS F.VENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P. Belford, C. Selby, Garden; Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. JACK AND THE BE klf STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. , , ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alted Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After Which will be produce a New and doubly-moral, though e :cessively old, I.felodrarriatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TATE DISCREET PRINCESi; o - , the Three Glass Distaffs. I t which Sfessrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. • ;"f - ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, . Will be performed a new Drama, entitled TKiNV WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by TUE POSTMAN'S - KNOCK. To conclude with TUFFLEH.A.ITSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. WEDNESDAY, April 16tb, will be performed The Comedy of THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER. Widow Cheerly, Mi:s Fitzpatrick. Messrs. Belford, Lewis Ball, Saunders; Misses Morrell and Mars. After which, THE ICOMIII DIAMOND. Joe, Mr. Lewis Ball ; Margery! Miss Fitzpatrick. To conclude with INTRIGUE. Miss Frances Hughes; Messrs. Belford, Langton, Lewis Bali. Emcee, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gel. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHFATRE. Lessee awl !Munster, Mr. Win. Cooke. . THIS EVENING, : • ,The. Performances will embrace that startling novelty, a Real English Steeplechase, with all its exciting incidents. The Entertainments will c tnmence with TUE ARAB OF THE *ole.sEßT Ni)A HIS k'AITHFUL PEED. After which. the EQUESTRIAN WONDERS OF TILE ARENA • Trampoline, Gymnastics, &c. To conclude with a Drame introducing E VIA ANDS HARVEST RO4K eh, NATIO:CIL s fEEPI,EMIASE, with a noble Stud .40rses r trained by lir. Will am Cooke. Byx-ofticeppon fr tm,.E even till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. 1 'Equestrian Director, Mr.. s'.. Cooke, jun. "EIT:11 A. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." ' The isfanazer ,resPeetfully announces the TWO L tST MORN (1: pzitron MA NCES of this mf , st popular and amusing Enter tainment, Wednesday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 19th, at half-past two. - . Evening performances as usual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fid*ys, a t 9 q'dock. ....,,,,Adraission—Rack Seats; Is.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. . SAINT MARTIN'S BALL, Long-aere. • 'MGR . WAX it ft AT LO DONT BRIDGE. Tttls Dit--3 , lorii. 0 min. aft. 0--Evening 30 min. aft. 12 T , ...iwnattow—,Morn. 21 rain. aft.l2 —Evening 4-1 min. aft.l2 TEIE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Arau,l6. Ofslot_ THERMO:Li:TER, IN TER . SHADE. . . ~. b l ks)—higheat singe noon yesterday. 0 ,45 -lowest this morning and during the night. ~this day st noon. `LAI BAROMETER, 3010. WIND, E.N.E. to E.—Fresh, with fine, cold, sunshiny ftfttlier. j _t„,„ 44. ) LONDON; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1856, -~ --- 414 We have beard repeatedly from Septuagenarians .` t the:remai,,k,„ that they recollect no former Peace • for which there was so little rejoicing as for the , present one. Recollecting, especially, the exulta tiou Which followed the Peace cf 1815, and which • many of us, as boys, can well remember too, the totafabionee of all popular signs of gladness, the absence•even of social congratulations strikes them forcibly.. How very few of us have met one friend who' speaks of the peace with hearty pleasure. Even- Lord PALMERSTON"couId afford to be out of ' ' his 'Plebe When he should have announced it to the te:e -House of Commons—and the announcement was, .. . • in.fact, no Ministerial announcement ; it Was a • - mere answer to a common q ues ti on . N ot so did ALEXANDER and NAPOLEON HI: proclaim the fact to theii: subjects—this nonchalance could not arise, therefore, - from the non-ratification, at the moment, of the treaties. Doubtless, the only cause was, that the Prime Minister shared the feelings of the House and the nation ; he felt that he-had achieved nothing for England to rejoice io , and sympathised in heart with his fellow Sep . • tuagenatrans, whom we meet in daily life. The ni "• r nieg, expressed the general senti ment far more eotrectly than the (Yung of the Park .and Tower. .But how is thi s ? The Pr'Plilace at least, on former .occasions were always loud' in their joy • when peace was proclaim ed, They rej o i ce d even at the Peace of Amiens, y e t the millio n now as • well as the educated and reflectiv e , w i sh that we had tried another catnpaign. One hundred • liens, of mone y lost, • and lives sacrificed to the litorse•-guards by thousands, high prices and wa r taxes, yet find the people eager for another - round, and' 'sorry that such a base second as Austria has deprived them of the oppor tunity.We read of the magnanimity of • the ton= Senate never crushed by ad verse campaigns, but we think the magnanimity Of - our common people surpasses that of any other, ancient or modern. The costerrnongering Prussians 'liked thee-War because they trafficked with the • .euemY 4t the expense of the Allies.; the miserable • •Anstrians, so far as we know the sentiments of the COMMonalty, were glad to scent Peace, scentins -. hilt also-relief from conscription and - stip ", Porting extra _troops ; Frenchmen, alas, we fear • • began to wince under the demands of the tax- ~..,....._ ' gatherer, and sactifi ce d i n their exultat i ons at the . , first-hope of peace ail the honours of the Mala . ' khoff; to historians it will appear that France was l a m' beaten as a nation, though her soldiers • wire triumphant in one assztult. It is England . _ ' . (and„we ought to unite With her the noble 1 ) = gaidiaia) that refus3s to exult in the Peace. She did not want it. Not only Were her TIIE SUN, LON DON, -W-E-DN ES DA Y EV troops, spite of all mismanagement victorious, but the country was not beaten. ft was much more ready to go on than to stop. It would not desert its great ally, otherwise it would rather have fought alone than draw out its gun boats merely for a naval parade. We freely acknowledge in this sense that we may feel proud of our resources, though we have hitherto squandered them but sadly. Notwith standing that stupid and reckless waste, yet here we stand unwilling to believe that peace is really concluded..: We want neither money, men, ships, nor ammunition. We have more of all than at the beginning of the War. We have put forth our strength clumsily in the first instance, but we meant to make every stroke tell next cam paign. England presents an imposing aspect by the side of her ally. She gives in to please him ; she has gone to war in com pany with a partner, and she will not press it to the inconvenience of her partner. She re tires very reluctantly. She draws back, as it were, ready for a spring. France retreats for repose. France is weary ; England can scarcely restrain her vigour. The Government, not the country, has made the peace here. There, in all probability, Imperial purposes and popular wishes were coincident in their immediate object. But the true end of the War has not been ob tained. That is the real reason why we so un willingly desist. We are a practical people, and we see that the Peace is a sham. It has done nothing for any of the Peoples of Europe ; it has merely enabled despots to swing at their ease a little longer. It is a Peace branded with the in famy of Austrian occupation of the Principalities, and with Hungary and Italy ground beneath her hated and savage rule. Worse than all, it has left the arch-enemy with his fortresses in the very bosom of civilised Europe. We hold it to be the eternal disgrace of the Paris Plenipotentiaries, that they did not lay down as their first condition—No peace till Russia withdraws from all that desires to re-unite under the name of Poland. We question, though some will smile, whether Russia and the German despots dared have resisted ; certain we are that, had France had half the courage of England, and half the love of freedom, ALEXANDER 11. mint have disgorged what it was the infamy of Europe to concede to ALEXANDER I. in 1815. Another year of war would have been ruin to Russia, and Russia knew it. There was no need to wrong her, but to right the Poles was the evi dent and the only efficient security on which the Western Powers could rely. Poland, however, remains the slave of Muscovite barbarians, and Warsaw the continental Sebastopol. England is ashamed of this. She curses, in her heart, the COBURG and RUSSELL policy with which the War began. The success of Mr. SrooNEß's motion is not one of those things in which an enlightened Eng lishman can find occasion for rejoicing. On the contrary, we believe it will be viewed with deep and painful regret by all whose patriotism and love of honesty and justice are not led astray by the blindest bigotry. To the advocates of Voluntaryism in religion it affords no triumph of principle—to the friends of the Establishment it offers no grounds for con gratulation, but rather for apprehension ; while to the liberal-minded politician it presents at best but a prospect of having undone what, in the interests of humanity and of the empire, had .been happily achieved. Had this ultra-Protestant triumph been a successful veto to an endowment proposed for the first time in a country without an establishment, or were there no special cir cumstances rendering the withdrawal of the grant to. Maynooth alike unjust and impolitic, the case would have been different, and our sym pathies would have gone in another direction. But alongside this grant to Maynooth, which Mr. SPOONER and party have so far successfully assailed, we have an Establishment which is en dowed with the wealth of a national church, and vet is the church of only a small section of the nation. This fact alone removes the grant from the rigour of abstract principle, and renders its attempted withdrawal a matter of regret. But this is not all ; the great majority of the nation is poor, and supports the ministers of its own creed with difficulty, while it regards the creed of the minority with more than ordinary dislike. In addi tion to these facts, the state of Ireland at the pre sent time offers the strongest reasons why the grant should not be discontinued. After a long period of persecution and disaffection, the people of Ireland are now, under the reign of just laws, becoming at tached to the British Crown, and present an aspect of loyalty and contentment not to be surpassed even in this country. Under such circumstances, what could be expected from the withdrawal of the grant but the renewal of those internal heart burniegs which have distracted Ireland for cen turies, and the return of that state of things which we had fondly hoped was for ever gone by ' And this danger is to be risked, forsooth, because the College of Maynooth is a Roman Catholic and not a Protestant college. As if the Roman Catho lics of Ireland had not been as ready to spill their blood and contribute their treasure in the defence of their country as the Protestant popula tion, or the Roman Catholic priesthood in Ireland were arrayed in open hostility, instead of offering their best allegiance to the Crown. Or, as if at this time of day, when religious toleration is granted to all, Roman Ct'h dies were to be ex eluded from a privilege to which, if the principle of an endowment is admitted, they have an un questionable right. As, Mr. DEA.SY in his really .admirable maiden speech, in which the policy and justice of continuing the grant were as ably as boldly enforced, remarked, " they," the House, "sat there as the representatives of an empire composed of Protestants, Catholics, Presbyterians, and other sects, and they were not at liberty to indulge their own opinions merely ; they were there as the trustees of all classes and all creeds." A rebuke, we will add, as apropos as well-merited, and which it would have been well had it had its proper effect. The practical consequences of a withdrawal of t he grant; should Mr. SPOONER and his party sue caeieladteinon, theirtruill-advised attempt, we will not now reconsider its as we do, that the House will lodgment ; but there can be no doubt it would lead not merely to a revision of the Irish Establishment, about which we have no concern, but to other results, which our bigots do not take into consideration. The Irish Roman Catholic Church would not be deprived of educated ministers, nor the people of spiritual consolation— but the Irish priesthood educated.abroad would bring to their labours sympathies not English, and the people, to a consideration of Imperial interests; those feelings of discontent and disaffection which persecution is sure to engender, and which the priesthood will be offered every encouragement external circumstances can offer to promote. And tltis.at a period when the signs of the times SO strongly indicate the necessity of as perfect a fusion of the Empire into one homogeneous mass as can possibly be attained. Hateful as bigotry s i n all its forms, it surely -never assumed one more dangerous to the best interests of the em pire than in connection with the present assault on Maynooth. The /monthly report of the National Sunday League is of an encouraging nature, since meetings, it appears, have been held in various parts of the metropolis, at which resolutions in favour of the objects of the League have been unanimously, or all but unanimously, passed. The publication of a series of tracts, too, has been decided on—three, indeed—including Lord STANLEY'S admirable speech on the Sunday question-4--have already ap peared ; a number of pamphlets on the same sub ject have been gratuitously printed and distributed by private individuals, and the Committee stand pledged to greater and more persistent effort in giving publicity to the objects and to the argu ments which may be adduced in favour of the movement. This is precisely what was wanted.. Sabba tism may fairly be regarded as a hideous incubus that must disappear with day-light. The middle classes and a portion of the lower have been brought up in the observance of Sunday with a superstitious and wholly unwarranted reverence— as a day to be kept holy after the fashion in which Saturday yeas observed by the Jews, under peril of eternal destruction. Their minds need disabusing of the myth which priestly and puri tanic domination have imposed on them, and to do this effectually a true notion of what is really obligatory with regard to the observance of Sunday must be given them by means of discussions at public meetings, and also of tracts, those little messengers which often find their way to understandings that might otherwise have been closed to the evidence of truth. The League must not deceive itself. The work will be uphill work, and many months' labour, hard and strenuous, may be required be fore .uccess is attained. The greater need the League should be supported. We sincerely trust, therefore, the contributions which have already been received will be 'far exceeded during the ensuing month, and that all who are desirous of a rational observance of Sunday, tending to a more general and acceptable worship of the CREATOR, and the greatpr happiness of the labouring population will do their best to coun tenance and further the movement. While referring to the progress of the League, it may not be amiss to notice the expressed opinions of a few great authorities ou the ques tion, the greatest of all authorities, though, to our thinking, His pronunciation against Sabbatism was of the most decided nature, not being in cluded. LUTHER, we suppose, is somewhatjof an authority among Protestant Dissenters. What does be say on the Sabbath Question ? "As for the Sabbath," says LUTHER, "there is no necessity for its observance, and if we do observe it the rea son ought to be—not because MOSES commanded it, but because nature likewise teaches us to give ourselves from tins° to time a day's rest in order that man and beast may recruit their strength." Is LUTHER objected to? What says CALVIN? Having pointed out that the Christian, though free, will find it convenient to pray and rest at stated times, CALVIN goes on to say, "In this way we get rid of the trifling of the false prophets who in later times instilled Jewish ideas into the people, alleging that nothing was abrogated but what was cere monial in the Commandment (this they term in their language the taxation of the seventh day), while the moral part remains —viz., the observ ance of one day in seven. But this is nothing else than to insult the Jews, by changing the day, and yet mentally attributing to it the same sanc tity, thus retaining the same typical distinction of days as had place among the Jews ; and of a truth we eee what profit they. have made by such a doctrine. Those who cling to their constitutions go thrice as far as the Jews in the gross and carnal superstition of Sabbatisin." Let us turn to CRANMER, and what is his teach ing ? Why, that "we Christian men are not bound to the commandments of MOSES' law con cerning differences of times, days, and meats ;" and in his visitation articles he requires the clergy to teach the people that they would grievously offend GOD if they abstained from working on Sundays in harvest-time. LUTHER, CALVIN, CRANMER, three great authorities with Protes tants, dead against Sabbatism ; while pious tracts are in circulation among Protestant Nonconfor mists, distributing, prospectively, Sabbath-breakers —i.e., people who take recreation on Sunday s— into the hotter departments of what SHAIESPERE calls " the everlasting bonfire !" Where shall they go, it may fairly be retorted, who neglect a Jewish observance equally as obligatory, and hardly as Sabbatarians spend their Sunday more painful ? SUDDEN DEATH OF EARL COW u. —We deeply regret t announce the sudden and premature death of the above respected nobleman, eldest son of Viscount F. rdwich. Tan melancholy event occurred at Mail, stone, while the noble lord was on his way to his seat at Wingham. Tileie Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary honoured the establishment of Mr. Hancock, of Bruton street, yesterday, with a visit. The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington arrived in Hill street, on Monday evening, from Enville Hall, Staffordshire. Louisa Countess of St.afield and Captain Godfrey Massy have arrived at Chapman's Rotel, CAvendish sqoare, for the season. Field Marshal Viscount Harding° entertained his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a distin guished military party at dinner, on Monday evening, at his residence in Great Stashepe-street. The guests included his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, General Baron Smola, Count Karolyi, C dnnel Wurnub (Austrian service), Captain Wissaik (Lust ian service), General Knollys, Sir Henry Bentinck, General Freeth, General Dupuis, Sir James SCarlett, Sir Charles Yorke, Colonel North, Colonel Wetherell, Colonel 13-ownrigg, Colonel Mackenzie, Colonel Palliser, the Equerry in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge, and Major Addison. Vim OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE CHATHAM HOSPITALS —Yesterday morning intelligence was received at Chatham garrison, by C Eden. that her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, would pay a visit to the sick and wounded at the Chatham hospitals to-day. Her Majesty and suite will leave Buckingham Palace this afternoon at two o'clock, and proceeded to the Bricklayers' Arms station, from which she will travel by special train, arriving at the Stroud terminus of the North Kent Railway at half-pa-t three o'clock. Orders have been issued by the command ant of the garrison for a guard of honour, composed of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, and 80 rank and file of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, with their band and colours, to receive her Majesty at the station. On the arrival of the Royal party at Strood they will enter the Qaeen's private carriages which have been sent from London for that purpose, and proceed to the supplemental hospital at Brompton Barracks, and on their arrival at the draw bridge a Royal salute will be fired frOm the Spur-bat tery, and the Royal standard hoisted at Fort Amherst *as a signal of her Majesty's approach. At Brampton a guard of honour, composed of 100 men of the Royal have derTedhetdbie .;ieacptipvesrsorthdeNsloinuetrhs.,Ewasiltlerraecßeiavielwhaeyr Majesty. usual preparations to be made for the reception of her, Majesty and the Prince. RUMOURED ABDICATION or KING LEOPOLD.—The Belgiati journals are openly alluding to the abdication of his Belgian Majesty. Is it a canard? Very likely. Yet there are circumstances that lend to the rumour a certain air of probability. His Majesty is Protestant, and u!tratnonta.ne reaction is dominant and rabid in Belgium. The Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent, is .a bigoted Roman. Catholic, and bas lately been courting public attention to an unusual degree. If Leopold re si,oe the Crown of Belgium to young and less tolerant hands, the friends of freedom in Europe may have rea son to regret his Majesty's abdication. The proscribed will see the rights of refuge circumscribed still more stringently, , and the Belgian people will feel more sen sibly the pestilent rule of Jesuitism.—Morning Adm.- ,tiser. The large amount of dollars brought by the Mexican packet, and which had been on the market for several days, were disposed of yesterday at 60d. per ounce, ci e i , ,fiy_for shipment to China. This price is a decline of ifomthat realised for the last arrival. BERANGER TO THE STUDENT& (Translated from the original French.) By WILLIAM CHARLES KENT. Poor children ! what ! you still believe We yet may cry "Live, Freedom, live ! " And 'neath the glorious Tricolor Hail him who lifts it high once more ! My wicked lines you love so well— Forget them :—Fame not now belongs To truths my tongue no more may tel— Forgive the Singer and the Songs ! Are these the visions of my rhymes, The day-dreams of the grand old times ? The hope of one who taunts could fling Alike at Emperor, Lacquev, King? If I have sung the Great Man's Name 'Twos when he sank beneath his wrongs, While clouds were darkening 'round his Fame.— Forgive the Bard, Forget the Songs ! Shall Nisard captivate mine ears? Leverrier track for me the spheres? Friend of dread silence and of night— Shall Belmontet entrance my sight? My Type of Power, so mild, so good, Is it the sway of pikes and thongs? Is it what awes th' Aventine brood ? Forgive the Bard, Forget the Songs ! Yes ! sang I through th' heroic horn The old blue garb by Victory worn— Yet 'twas for democratic sons O'erthrowing barriers of thrones ! But are these fops with jingling spur, Who'd stab us to crush past our throngs, My braves ! It Ibnobhing at the bar ? Forgive the Bard, Forget the Songs ! To Poland's Right, Italic's Good France owes a holy debt of blood : The cannon roars —on ! on !—Alas ! Too near us grows their blood-stained grass. Away—to other climes removed Glories for which the helot longs : Nations, behold your b on d s b e l ove d ! Forgive the Bard, Forget the Songs ! Kensington, April 15, 185 G. [The following are the original verses, recently.written by Wronger, and said to be now circulating in manuscript in Paris.] "AUX ETUDI ANTS. • " Panvres outwits ! quoi ! vons croyez encore Won pent crier, Viva la liberte !' Et sous les plis du drapeau tricolors Peter celui qui l'a ressuscite ! Mes mechants vers dont Tons gardez memoire, Oubliez-les ! je viens les renter : Si j'v crovais, je maudirais ma gloire, Ah ! pardonnez an pauvre chansonnier ! "Par quell cotes ce temps peon fait revivre Ressemble-t-il aux jours raves par moi ? Moi gni jamais Wei cesse de poursuivre Laquais, flatteurs, Enipereur, Pape, et Roi. Si j'eus des chants pour un grand capitaine, C'est qu'il etait sans sceptre et prisonnier Brumaire etait puni par Sainte Helene. Ah ! pardonnez au pauvre chansonnier ! "Pour moi Nisard sera-t-il l'eloquence ? Et Leverrier un second Arago ? Suis-je I'ami de la nuit, do silence ? Et Belmontet me tient-il lieu d'Hugo ? Enfin, mon Dieu si clement, si bonhomme, Est-il le Dieu du shire et du geolier ? Est-il celni qua l'on prote;e a Roma ? Ah ! pardonnez au pauvre chansonuier ! "Oui ! j'ai chants l'epopee herolque Des habits bleus par la victoire uses ; C'EStaient les file de notre Republique Battant vingt ans lee Rois coalises. Mais le soldat bien brosse qui nous guette, Qui nous tnerait pour passer otficier, Est-il le mien trinquant a la guinguette ? Ah ! pardonnez au pauvre chansonnier ! "A la Pologne, a. la noble La France doit rine (lotto de sane; Le canon gronde—en avant !—Mais, folio ! Si pre.; de nous le terrain est glissant ; Allons porter plus loin l'independanca Au Tare, (WWI so faire un pen prier. Peoples, voila votre salute alliance ! Ah ! pardonn , z ail pauvre chansonnier ! " Passy, Mars 20, 1856." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The Lyceum opened last night in its capacity of the loyal Italian Opera house. Tne theatre has undergone a great internal change, and has indeed assumed quite a new aspect. There are two tiers of boxes, besides pit boxes on each side. The pit is thrown almost entirely into sta'l4, etch stall being a separate chair, as at the St. James's daring the French Ways ; and what is pro perly the pit is limited to two or three rows at the back —these and the gallery being the only unreserved seats in the house. The draperies of the boxes are dark red, like those of Covent-garden ; and indeed the whole theatre looks like Covent-garden in miniature. It is exceedingly elegant, brilliant, and cheerful, and wants only size t beat complete and pretty an opera-house as one could desire to see. The orchestra, to be conform. able to the size of the house, is reduce i from its former number of between 80 and 90, to about 50. The dimi nution, of course, is ma le in the ripieao stringed instru ments ; the wino instruments necessarily remaining as Were. Costa was at his post as conductor, and all the eminent men, to whom we have been accustomed, were in their usual place. 3. Ia truth, the orchestra is much improved by its numerical reduction. It har; loft none of its real strenzth, while it is m ire smooth and quiet, and pays greater attention to the delicacies of accompa• inent. The opera was the "Trovatore," cast in the same manner B 3 last season, with only one difFerencs of any importance. The character of Azucna. the szipsy, so admirably sustained last year by Madame Viardot, was now performed by Madile. Didids. It demands greater trag;c powers than this very agree able performer possesses ; but she exerted herself to the tuna :St, aid with nn small suciess. She seemed t i have taken Aladaine Viardot for her model, and to have copied her reading of the part. Her singing was beautiful throughout. Her tine contralto voice is im proved in strength and quality, and she showed much taste and feeling. Madame Ney's Leonora was in all respects a magnificent performance ; splondid in voice, brilliant in execution, and full of impassioned expression. Her acting, too, was that of a mo,t ace nnplished tra gedian. Tamberlik's performance, both dramaic and vocal, in the character of Manrco, was not Ia striking. The part of the Count de Luna was excellently sung (it affords small room for acting) by Signor Graziani. His principal air, "Il balen del sue sorriso," was beautiful, and obtained the only encore of the evening. The opera, notwithstanding the comparative sma'lness of the stage, was superbly got up. Some of the scenes, particularly the gipq retreat in the mountains, and the Count de Luna 's camp, with the stage covered with animated groups of gipsies, peasants, arid soldiers, were extrem e ly pic'uresque and beautiful. Ai to the opera itself, though it contains (especially in the last act) seine of Yerdi's best music, it is not calculated to give much pleasure. The libretto is poorly written, conftPed, and sometimes scarcely intelligible, and the subject is gloomy and revolting without creating interest. You are roused now and then to applaud particular passages, and then the applause is directed to the actor or singer, not to the piece itself. Hence we should think this opera must be generally performed to a cold audience, as was the ease last night. The house was filled, but not crowded. The Queen and Prince Albert occupied the royal box. Tile royal. suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Miss Stanley. the am. Miss K .rr, Lord de Tabley, Lord Alted Paget, and C 'lone! Francis Seymoar. The Duke of Cambridge also honoured the per formancee with his presence. MATTING OF THE CREnITORS OF MR, TV. 0. YOUNG. At an adjourned meeting yesterday of the creditors of Mr. W. 0. Young, ship awl insurance broker, who failed on the sth inst., it was agreed to take the neces sary steps for placing the estate under the administra• Con of bankruptcy—a course stated to be requisite in consequence °t.-ate liabilities arising from the under writing branch, which it is a'leged involve risk to the extent of near'y 2,000,000/. The outstanding pre miums of insurance average from 15,0001. to 20,0001., but allowance will have to be male for bad debts, while there is already from 3,0001. to 4,0001. owing on the ac count. Under these circumstances, no estimate could be given of the probable result, even presuming that the transactions of the late Mr. Beckwith, of Newcastle, may constitute a partnership, as indicated by the fol lowing communication reoeived by 'the chairman from Messrs. Pitcairn and Stephens, who were appointed to investigate the question : "Sir,—ln conformity with the. request made at the meeting of Mr. W. 0. Young's creditors on the 10th inst., over which yon presided, we have examined the letters re lating to the alleged partnership between Mr. Young and the late Mr. Beckwith in the underwriting account, and we are of opinion, as mercantile men, that such partner ship is established by Mr. Beckwith's letters of the let of April, 1853, 2d of May, 1351, and 4th of May, 1854.—We are, sir, your obedient servants, "..TOtiN PITCAIRN, "THOMAS STEPHENS. " To Mr. D. Dunbar, Rte." In the course of the afternoon a petition in bankruptcy was issued against the e•tate, which will be wound up before air. Commissioner Tiolroyd, Mr. Lee being the official assignee. FIRE IN ALB kNY-STRICir -Y esterday (Tuesday) fore noon, about 11 o'clock, the inhabitants of Albany-street, Regerit's.park, were alarmed in consequence of the out break of an extensive fire on the premises of Mr. Samuel Clarke, wax chandler and oil merchant. In the space of 10 minutes alter the first alarm was given the flames bad entered the front warehouse, which contained an immense amount of inflammable matter, and proved to be such a powerful auxiliary to the flames that they broke through the front windows and stretched across the res.', almost as far as the opposite houses. By dint, however, of great exertion on the part of the firemen they at length had the gratification of seeing the flames diminish and finally yield to the great quantity of water thrown upon them, but not until Mr. Clarke's premises and all they contained were destroyed and the following premises severely damaged by water and heat—viz., Messrs. Bell and Co., hairdres , ers ' No. 54 ; insu re d i n the Westminster Fire-office ; Mr. Francis, sculptor, No. ,56, not insured ; Mr. Limebeer, the proprietor of Dorset House, No. 108, insurance unknown ' • No. 109, k nown as Berlin House, in the occupation of Mr. Capon ; No. 110, Mr. Pittman, fruiterer, and No. 111, belonging to Mr. Jones, confectioner. The last five or six are severely I scorched, but very little damage has been doge to the pooteuts, PARLIAMENTA.Ry DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF CONIMONS.—APIIIL 15, MAYNOOTII COLLEGE. Main question put : The house divided—Ayes, 159 ; Noes, 133. AYES-159. Agnew, Sir A. Farnham, E. 3lontgomery, Sir G. And .i son, Sir J. Fergus, John Morris, D. Arbuthnott, Gen. H. Ferguson, J. Mo4tyn, E. Arehdall, Capt. M. Ferguson, Sir J. Mowbray, J. R. Bailey, Sir J. F oyer. J. Mundy, W. Baidock, E. H. Forster, Sir Geo. Na,ler, J. Karnes, T. Freestun, Colonel Napier, Sir C. Barrington, Viet. Gardner, R. Newark, Viscount liateson, 1. Gilpin, Col. H. Newdegate, C. Baxter, W. Greaves, E. Noel, G. Bell, J. Greenali, Gilbert North, Col. J. Bentinck, G. Grogan, Edward Ossulaton, Lord Beresford, Rt. Hn. W. Guinness, R. S. Parke, C. Heiman', Viet. Gurney, I. H. Palk, L. Bignold, Sir S. Gwyn, Howel Palmer. Robert Blackburn, P. Haddo, Lard Follett, A. Boldero, Col. li. G. Hadtleld, George Percy, J. Bram/ay- ‘tuore, J. Hamilton, Lord Claud Phiilimore, J. G. Brocklehurst, J. Hamilton, R. Pigott, F. Buck, Col. Hardy, G. Pilkington, J. Baler, ni r J. Mastic, Alex. Repton , G. Iturell, Sir C. nestle, Archd. Robertson, P. Cairns, 11. Hayes ' Sir E. Bolt, P. Campbell, Sir A. I. Hill, Lerd A. E. Rust, James Carnac, Sir J. R. 11.11,11ey, C. Seymour, W. D. Challis, TT. Hotham, Lord Sibthorp, Major Chambers, M. Irton, S. Smith, J. B. Cheetham, John Johnstone, J. Smith, W. Child, Smith Jolliffe, Sir W. Smith, Abel Chulmondelev, Lord Jolliffe, 11. Srnollett, A. Clive, Hon. R. W. Jones, Admiral. Stafford, A. Cole, B. A. Keating, 11. Stanhope, J. Cowan, C. Kendall, N. Stracey, Sir H. Crautual, E. H. 3. Kersluw, J. Stuart, Captain Crook, J. Kiug, L. Strut, 11. Crossley, F. King, J. Thompson, G. ()axle, Sir 11. R. F. Ki una i r d, A. Tite, W. Davies, J. Knatchbull, W. To Ile mache, J. iravi,on, R. Laing, ii. Traal, G. Dod, J. Langton, W. 11. P. G. Trollope, Sir J. Duckworth, SirJ.T.B. Langton, H. G. Vance, .John Duke, Sir J. Lockhart, W. Vansittart, G. Duncan, George Luce, T. Verner, Sir W. Duncombe, Hon. A. Mackie, J. Vys,t, Col. R. Dancombe, 0. MacGregor, James Waddington, D. Dunda ~ F. M'Gregor, John Walcott, Admiral. Dunlop, A. McTaggart, Sir J. Warren, S. Du Pre, C. Westerman, J. Wise, A. East, Sir J. Matheson, SirJ. Wo3cid, B. Egerton, Sir P. Maxwell, J. Wynne, W. Egertean, W. Malt, E. Yorke, E. Egerton, Edw. Milligan, It. TELLES.% Ellice, 8., jun. Mills, T. Spooner, R. Bwart, W. Michell, William Bruce, C. L. C. NOES-133. Acton, Joseph Grey'lle, Colonel F. Oliveira, B. Antrobus, E. Grosvenor : Earl Palmerston, Viscount Atherton, W. Raiford, Sir Henry Paxton, Sir J. Ilailey, C. Hall, Sir Benjamin Peel, Sir R. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Hankey, T. Peel, F. 'sail, J. Harcourt, G. G. Peel, Gen. Baring, Sir F. Hay ter, W. Perry, Sir E. Beamish, F. Heard, J. Philipp, J. Beaumont, W. Henchy, D. Pinney, W. Berkeley, G. C. Ileneale, Geo. F. Power, N. Biddulph, Col. It. M. Herbert, H. Price, W. Black, Adam Heywood, J. Pritchard, J. Blake, M. J. ' Higgins, G. 0. Ricardo, 0. Bond, J. ' liolfo,i, R. Rice, E. B mbarn•Carter, J. Horsmau, E. Richardson, J. Bowyer. G. Howard. C. Rid!ey, George Brady, J. Howard, Lord E. Roebuck, .1. Brand, H. B. W. Hughes, W. Russell, F. C. Brotherton, J. Hutchins, E. Russell, F. W. Burke, Sir T. Ingrain, 1.1. Scholefield, W. Byug, G. 11. C. Kenn,dy, T. Scull', F. Clintod, Lord R. Kirk, W. Beelly,V Cockburn, Sir A. J. E.Labouchere,Rt.Hon.ll s , yiner, H. Cocks, T. S. Lennox. Lord 11. G. Seymour, H. Coote, Sir C. H. Lewis, Sir G. C. Shea, Serjt. W. Deasy, R. Littleton, E. Smith, R. De Vere, S. E. 3lacEvoy, E. Steel, John Dev;3reux, J. IPCann, J. Strutt, Hon. E. Dili wyn, L. L. MacAtalion, P. Sullivan, Michael , G. Maguire. J. F. Swift, R. Dunne. A. Manners, Lord J. Tancred, IL Dunne,Colonel Martin, P. Thoniely, T. Emlyn, Viscount Massey, W. Tottenham, C. Ewait, J. Mea4her, T. Vivian, 11. H. Fagan, W. Monck, Vis. Waterpark, Lord Fitztlerald, Sir John Moncr,itf, J. Watson, W. Forster, Charles • 6lonsell. W. Whatman, J. French, Fitzstephen Al owat t, F. Whitbread, S. Gladstone, Capt. J. Mulgrave, Earl of Wilcox, B. Gordon, A. Murro ug h, J. P. Williams, W. Gower, Norreys, Sir D. Wilson, J. Grace, 0. North, F. Wyvill, M. Graham, Sir J. O'Brien, P. TELLERS. Greene, John O'Brien, J. Castlerosse, Via. Grenfell, Charles O'Connell, D. Wilkinson, W. In the Committee. Motion made, and question proposed, " That the Chairman be directed to move the house, that leave be given,to r.ring in a Bill to provide for the with drawal from the College of Maynooth of any Endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being had to vested rights or interests." The committee divided— Ayes, 159 ; Noes, 142. AYES-159. Adderley, C. Ewart, W. Agnt w, Sir Andrew Farnham, E. Anderson, Sir J. Fellowes, E. Arehtlall, M. Fergusson, Sir J. Bailey, Sir J. Floyer, J. Baidock, E. Forester, Col. Barnes, T. Forster, Sir G. Barrington, Viscount Freestun, Col. Bateson, T. Gallwey, Sir W. Raster, W. Gardner, K. Bell, J. Gilpin, Col. H. Bennet, Capt. P. Goddard, A. Bentinck, U. Graham, Lord W. Seresford, lit. Iln. W Ureaves, E. Bernard, Vbs. Greenall, G. Bignold, Sir S. Grogan, Edward Blackburn, Peter Guinness, IL Boldero, Col. H. G. Gurney, J. Bramley-Moore, J. Gwyn, H. Brocklehurst, J. Hadfield, G. (tuck, G. Hamilton, Lord C. Buller, Sir J. Hat ly, G. Burrell, Sir C. liastie, Alex. Cairns, 11. II atie, Archd. Campbell, Sir A. Hayes, Sir E. Carnac, Sir J. lii! , Lord A. E. Chamber:, H. Johi.stone, J. i 'heethain, John Jollitte, Sir W. Child, Smith Jolltre, H Cholmondeley, Lord Jones, Adm. Clive, Hon. B. 11. Keating, 11. S. Cole, ti A. Ke.idall, N. Ooles, 11. B. Kerrison, Sir E. C )wail, C. Kershaw, J. Craufurd, E. 11. J. Kin:, J. Croak, J. Kintiaird, A. Crossley, F. Knatchball, W. Davie, Air li. R. F. Laing, S. °ivies, J. L. Lam.,tori, W. Davison, It. Lockhart, W. Dod, J. W. Lushinzton, C. Duckwor,h, Sir J. T. Mackie, J. Duke, Sir J. Macgregor, Jas. Duncan, G. M 'Gregor, John buncombe, lion. A. Masterinan, J. Dencombe, 0. Matheson, Sir J. Dna las, F. Maxwell, J. Dunlop, A. Mall, E. Da Pre.C. .Miles, W. East, Sir J. Mtiligan, Robert Egerton, Sir F. Mills, r. Egerton, W. Michell, W. Egerton, E. Montgomery, Sir G. Ellice, E., Jun. Morris, D. Mo3tyn, T. Mowbray, J. R. Napier, J. Napier. Sir C. Newark, Viscount Noel, G. North, Col. J. Ossulston, Lord Packe. C. Palk, L. Palmer, Robert Peacocke, G. PeHatt, A. Percy, J. Phtillinore, J. G. Pigott, F. Pilking ton, J. Repton, G. Robertson, P. Rolt, P. Ilu 4t, James Seymour, W. D. Sibthorp, Major Smith, J. B. Smith, W. Smith, Abel Smollett, A. Stafford, A. Stafford, Marquis Stanhope, J. Stracey, sir H. Stuart, Captain Stull, N. Thompson, G. Tite, W. Tollemache, J. Tomline, G. Tr Trollops, Slr J. Vance, J. Vausittart, G. Verner. Sir W. Vyse, Col. Waddington, D. Walcott, Admiral Warren, E. Whatmln, J. Wickham, li. W. wise. A. Wound, B. Yorke, E. TELLEI9. Spooner. R. Bruce, C. NOES-142. Acton, J. Greville, Col. F. Paget, Lord A. Antrohus, E. Halford, Sir H. Palmerston, Vlsct . Atherton, W. Hall, sir B. Pixton, Sir J. Bailey, C. Hankey, T. Peel, F. Baues, Rt. Hon. M. Harcourt, Col. F. Perry, Sir T. B ,11, S. liaytor, W. Philipps, J. !taring, Sir F. Heard, J. Pinney, W. Beamish. F. Iletichy, D. Ponsonby, A. Beaumont, 'W. . Bei - wage, Geo. F. Portal, M. Berkeley, G. Henley, J. Power, N. Biddulph, R. 3f. Herbert, 11. Price, W. Black, Adana Heywood, 3. Pritchard, J. Blake, M. J. Higgins, G. 0. Ramsden, Sir J. Bland, L. Holton!, R. Ricardo, 0. Bond, J. Holland, E. Rice, E. Bonham-Carter,J. Horsman, E. Richardson, J. Brady, J. Howard, C. Ridl y, G. • Brand, 11. B. W. Hughes, W. Roebuck, J. Brotherton, J. Ilutchias, E. Russell, F. C. Burka, sir T. lngham, R. Russell, F. W. ' Byng, G. Ingram, H. Schokfleld, W. Castlerosse, Viscount Kennedy, T. Szaliy, F. Clay. 'dr W., Bt. Kirk, W. Scilly, V. Clinton, Lord R. Labouchere,Rt.llon.ll Seymer, 11. Cockburn, Sir A. j. E. Lewis, Sir G. C. Shee. Serjt. W. Cocks, T. S. Littleton, E. Smith, R. Deasy, R. Inwe R Steel, J. De Vern, S. MacEvoy, E. Strutt, E. Devereux, J. T. M'Cann, Sullivan, Michael Dillwyn, L. Mac Mahon, P. Swi,t, R. Duff. G. Maguire, J. Tancred, IL Dunne, M. Manners, Lord J. Thornely,'. Dunne, Col. Martin, P. Tottenham, C. Ellice, E. Massey, W. 'Uxbridge, Earl Emlyn, Vis. Meagher, T. Vernon, G. F,,, art, J. Moffatt, G. Villiers, C. Fagan, W. Monck, Viscount Vivian, H. 11. Fltifgerald, J. Moncreiff, J.. • Waterpark, Lord Foley, J. - Mouseil, W Watson, W. Tors' er, J. Mowatt, F. Whitbreal, 4. Fortescue, C. 3lulgrave, Earl of Wilkinson, W. French, F. Murrough, J. Willcox, B. .I:ads:one, Capt. J. Norreys, Sit D. Williams. W. Gordan, A. North, F. Wilson, J Gow e r , P. O'Brien, C. Wyvill, 3f. Grace, 0. O'Brien, J. Graham, Sir J. O'Connell, D. Greene, John 01veira, B. Greaten, Chas. Otway, A TELLER/. Howard, Lord Bowyer, G. The following were the minority for Mr. Black's amend ment : Byng, A. 0. Jack so n, William Scobell, Captain Craufurd, EH. J. Laing, Samuel Stanley, W. 0. Dillwyn, L. L. Martin, P. W. Strutt, Edward Fergus, John Piiillimore, 3. G. Whatman, James Forster, Charles Pigott, Francis Williams, Wm. Gardner, Richard Pilkingt , m, James TELLERS. Grenfell, C. W. Price, W. P. Mr. Black Hindley, Charles Ricardo, Osman Mr. Edward Ellice PAIRS. For ' Apinst. Zr.A Ferrer Sir J. Johnstone Gen. Wyndham Mr. H. Berkeley Sir 111. B. Lytton Mr. Edw. Ellice (Coventry Mr. 'H•tr,li, ge Mr. J. A. Smith Lord Blandford Mr. M. Gibson Mr. Moody Mr. Dant Mr. Follett Mr. Gladstone Sir E. Gooch • Lot I Shelburne Mr. Bell Mr. Littleton Sir W. Gallwey Mr - . adsorne Mr. Bennett Mr. Wrightson Mr. San,lays Mr. Fen wick Mr. Rtird Mr. Brown Mr. Werner Lord Elebo Sir J. Tyrell Sir G. Grey Mr. G. Butt Mt. Rich , Xtr. Mills Sir W. Clay Lord Chelsea Mr. E. Denison Col. Forester Mr. S. Ricardo Mr. Wickham Mr. Ingham Mr. G. Hamilton Lord Jermyn Sir G. Berkeley Lord Raynham Mr. B. Coles Mr. Gregson Sir J. Walsh Mr. Moffatt Lnrd G. Manners Mr. Otw.Ly Mr. Peacocke Mr. B .flew Mr. Christy Mr. J. Forster Lord Stafford Mr. Vernon Mr. Soott Sir R. Bethell Mr. H. Nisbet Lord Gifford Mr. Deedes Mr. Heathcoat Mr. Divett Mr. Fuller Mr. A. Bruce Mr. T. Chambers Mr. Mr. Whiteside Mr. P. Urquhart Mr. Leslie Mr. Strutt Mr. Alexander Mr. Rumbold Mr. Whitmore Mr. Goodman Col. Lowther Sir R. Price Mr. H. Waddington Colonel Clifford Mr. J. H. Hamilton Mr. Fllberty Sir T. Winriington Lord Galway Hon. J. Elliot Sir T. O'Brien Mr. H. W. Wickham Mr. R. Ingham Mr. Tomlin° Mr. Fortescue Sir H. /deux Lord E, Bruce -N-I -N 0, APRIL 16, 1856. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. In consequence of the heavy gale in the Channel two French mails are now due. AUSTRIA. The Times (Second Edition) Vienna correspon dent, dated April 12, says :—" The evening im pressions of the Presse and Oesterreichische Zeitung of yesterday were confiscated, because they con tained the substance of the leader of the Times, of the Bth, on the state of Italy. As the offending article had to be removed from their columns the pipers in question did not appear until an un usually late hour. According to advices received here yesterday from Paris Count Buol expects to be in Vienna on Sunday, the 2Gth. A Vienna correspondent of the Breslau Gazette, who is usually well-informed on all matters con nected with the Roman Catholic Church, writes that all the Austrian bishops, before they met in council, " were obliged to make a confession of faith in strict accordance with the canons of the Council of Trent, and to confirm the same by .a solemn oath." Count Thun, the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, has made to the Synod pro positions on the following subjects :-1. Matrimo nial laws. 2. The regulation of matters con nected with schools and advowsons. 3. The ad ministration of the religious and educational funds. 4. The means of indemnifying the bishoprics, convents, and rectories for the losses caused by the abolition of the droits de corvee. 5. The jurisdic tion over ecclesiastics. Men who have been used to sit in the confessional must be as well able to keep a secret as lay diplomatists, and therefore nothing is likely to be known of what has been done in the Synod until its resolutions have been sanctioned by the Emperor and the Pope. The Civilta Cattolica, a High Church paper published at Rome, denounces a history of Brescia which is now being published in that city. After the first two volumes had ap peared, the author was obliged by the bishop to de clare that nothing which he had wiitten was " in tentionally hostile to the R nnan Catholic Church and its dogmas." In the fifth volume the talented and learned writer attache] the word martyr to the name of Arnold of Brescia, anti the consequence is that the work is to he placed on the Roman Index, or list of prohibited books, Arnold or Arnoldo, of Breseiaovas one of the most distinguished men of the ,12th century. His great eloquence made him feared by the priesthood, whose vices he denounced with equal courage and perseverance. The end of the career of Arnold, of Brescia, the first reformer, was, that he was burned alive at Rome in 1155, and his ashes thrown into the Tiber. As the Austrians assert that they are to re• main in the Danubian Principalities until they, the Principalities, are re-organised, it may riot be out of place to ak whether the State of Moldavia and Wallachia is such as to justify the maintenance of the state of siege. As soon as Baron Hess crossed the frontiers into the Danubian provinces he in troduced martial law, and he had some excuse for doing so, as Moldavia and Wallachia teemed with Rusisn agents and Greek spies. It is probable that thtl Austrian Government would not object to the abolition of the state of siege, but it has little or no power in such matters. Marshal Radetzky did not obey the late Prince Schwarzenberg, and it is doubtful whether Count Coronini would pay very great attention to the wishes of Count Buol. This morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the Car dinals, Archbishops, and Bishops waited ou the Emperor, and presented an address, in which they thanked his Majesty for the Concordat. The ad dress is in the Latin l anguage . Wh en t h e P apa l Nuncio is not present at the Conferences Cardinal Prince Schwarzenberg, the Archbishop of Prague, presides. - Count Colloredo arrived here yesterday morning from London. On the sth April, the Russians announced that foreign vessels would be permitted to enter the port of Odessa on the conditions imposed before the war began. Already, on the following day, two mer chantmen anchored in the quarantine port ; the one vessel was Austrian, the other Sardinian. The Oest. Zeitung has received a highly interesting communi cation of the 6th of April from Odessa. On the 30th of March, the Governor of Odessa learned by telegraph that peace had been concluded. The Commander-in-Chief received the despatch in the theatre, and the news it contained was at once made public. The orchestra played the National Anthem, and there was a grand jubilation. On the 31st, two English steamers, which were cruising off Odessa, hoisted a flag of truce, and stood in towards the port. A Russian boat was sent off without delay, and returned with the message that, as peace was concluded, the British ciptains were willing to salute the Russian flag. General-Adjutant Such°. zanett replied that he should be happy to return the compliment, and on the 221 the ceremony took place. The two steamers cast anchor at about 500 yards from the shore, and each fired 21 gulls. Time Russian batteries answered shot for shot. The ships hoisted the Russian as well as the English flag, and the red flag of England floated over the strand batteries, near the white one of Russia. At the request of the captains, their steamers were supplied with 200 lbs. of meat, 100 fowls, and 600 loaves of bread. The crews received permission to visit the city, but the quarantine regulations were not to their taste. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 16. —Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; fine, and blowing a strong gale. PLYMOUTH, April 15. Wind N.E.—Arrived—lmpe ratrice (s. tpt. No. 150), from London, for the Baltic, with Russian prisoners; Koning William 111 , Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Orestes, La Guayra, for Bremen, with loss of bowsprit. Sailed— Devonport, Roslin Castl l e o , w a i n n d g tess of London, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH-, April 15.—Wind E.N.E., b —A. rived—H.M.S. Imperieuse, from the Baltic ; Syd ney (a s. tpt. No. 76), Channel Island. Sailed—Dona Fran cisca, for Africa. FALMOUTH, April 15.—Wind N.N.E., strong breezes.— Arrived—Colonist, from Callao, and proceeded for Swan- sea. • Sailed—Eagle, Quebec ; Neptune, New York ; Rose and Charles Chaloner, Quebec ; Gefion, Ri o G rande. DOVER, April 15.—Wind N.—Arrived—Union, from Shields, for Ghent, leaky. NEWPORT, April 15.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Antolne, for Sierra Leone ; Juno and Neptune, St. Thomas. MILFORD, April 15.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Caroline Brown, for California. CORK, April 14.—Wind . ,for St. John's, N.B. LErrH, April 15.—Sailed--Sir Charles Napier, for Val paraiso. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Atalanta (s.), from Havre; Le Coq, Cher. bourg ; Belford, Nancy, At a l anta, and Cheater, Sunder land. Sailed—Ondine (s.), for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Miming. Wind R. Sailed—Eleanor, for Newfoundland ; St. George and Donegal, Newfoundland ; Mystery, Harlingen ; Roseland, Mary Ann, and Grace, Newfoundland ; Good Intent, Rotterdam ; Redbreast, Corfu ; Dart, Harlingen ; John Bell; Lirna ; Jacobus, Riga ; Drie Aulelius, Amsterdam ; Ismyr, Balaklava ; Spartan, Dalhousie ; Alva Cora, Lisbon ; Pontida, Malta ; Ellwood, Walter, and Ericsson, New fork, Allen, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, April 14. Wind N.N.E. S tiled—Quickstep, for Bremen ; Chase, Hamburg ; Boreas and Urania, Quebec. (BY AtTBMARTHP AND liitITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Wednesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind N.E., strong ; tide, three hours and a half's flood. Arrived, lsth—Windensrninsden, from Christiania; Flora, Sarpsborg ; Simpson, Gothenberg. Arrived, 16th—Victoria and Eucharis, from Frederick stsdt ; Fi.ilucia, Ditzurn ; Active, Haabet, and Richard Cobden, Christiania ; Tro Broilers, Stromstrad ; Amphi trite, Krageroe ; Mutes, Stalthell ; Aeger, Fahrsund; Lan vig, Gothenborg. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.18 a.m. Wind E.N.E. ; very strong. Passed— Genova (ss), 6,1;05, second pendant, from west ward, for London. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCITANGE. The supply of English wheat in to- lay's market was limited, yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at Mon de:ea fail in the quotations. Foreign wheat - the show of which was moderate—moved off slowly, and prices were almost nominal. Floating cargoes of grain coin mandcl verylittle attention. There was a good demand for barley, at very full prices. The malt trade was steady. In the (plot tions no change took place. Good sound oats were steady, but other kinds ruled very dull. Beans, peas, and flour changed hands slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEIR. • Wheat. Barley. .. 1,620 ; 640 2, 70 110 660 Irish • • _ 50 6, 1 ;00 F oreign 1 4,340 I— a 1 ° 2, a 2 t 5 q 0 . 1211.410"bks: BOROUGH HOP. We have a slight improvement in the demand for most kiuds of hops, at full prices. WHTTECTIAPEL. Each kind of meat sold steadily, as follows :--Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s. 2d; mutton, 3s 2(1 to 48 4(1 ; lamb, 5s 6(1 to 6s 6d; real, 4s Od to 5s Od ; perk, 38 2d to 4 s 8(1 per 81138., by the carcase. A YAWN BY A READER.—A Scotch paper states that the booksellers have " entertained" Mr. Adam Black, 1V1.P.. It is a long time since they have entertained any body else.—PunCh. Naval and Military Intelligence. The fleet shift d berth on Monday, and stretched fir; ther east and west acrsiss the anchorage. To-day it Wit' be augmented by the Iniperieuse, 51, and the other Yes' Eels which lately went to the Baltic. The Despirate, 8, Commander White, arrived at Spit' head yesr.erday evening. The Meteor, 14, eteam-battery, Captain F. B. F; Seymour, went out of harbour on Monday evening lieu rejuio(d the fleet. - The Grappl3r, 4, gun-boat, Lieutenant Silverlock, g" rived in the night from the Thames. The Ajax, 60, Captain Warden, C. 8., rejoined tbl fleet last night. The Flying Fish, 6, Commander Dsw, went out of harbour yesterday afternoon and anchored among the gun-boat flotilla at the Motherbank. The Bulldog, 6, Commander Cordon, and Hec'a, Commander Aplin, were under orders to leave Spitheil last night for the eastward, to convey back mortar-vessell and gun-boats. In order that the general public who may not b e able or willing to go afloat on the day of the review Mg hava a good and uninterrupted view of .the spectacle , the War Department, in concurrence with the Lieute: uant-Governor and the Commanding Royal Engineer ° Portsmouth garrison, have granted permi ss i on , on the application of 11r. manuel, of Ports mou th, f or a cory tnittee to erect a gland stand or stands, with safe so suitab'e accommodation for some thousands of spectators, nn Southsea-common, abuttinc on the esplanade frogs Hollingsworth's-room to Southsea-castle, which latter will be one of the fortre. , see to be attacked by the gun" boat flotilla. These stands will have retiring and refresh' ment rooms attached to them, all under the regulatiore of a respectable committee, who will be answerable that no drunkenness or other excesses shall be suffered ; deed they will be places for respectable persons oniff and at a moderate charge. Some of the Lords of fh° Admiralty arrived at Portsmouth last evening, and pill to-day (weather permitting) put the ships through the movements contemplated for this day week. The cot' poral m of Portsmouth applied to the Admiralty for steamer to be placed at their disposal, to ensb'e them to witness the review; but the application has been re' fused, the Admiralty not having a vessel available for such a purpose. A letter from Captain Watson's ship, the imperieuEr. dated Kiel, April 11, says : " The welcome news of peace reached us at Fal l Sound en the sth, and after collecting the different shili! of the squadron, th e y were a l l fa i rly under way towart'' Kiel by Monday ,evening, but fogs, which are so Pre: valent at this time of th e y ear, d e l ayed them, and it w", the afternoon of the 10th b e f ore they had all macho" Kiel, the senior officer's ship (the Inoperieuse) with tib. ° exception of the Cuckoo (which arrived at 2 this 111 00' ing), bringing up the rear ; at daylight the Aniphi° ° ' the Falcon, and the Harrier left ; the Euryalus and tbe Pylades left about 7 ; th e F ire fl y and the Cuckoo wrl, leave when coaled, and by 9 a.m. the 'flying squadrea will be on their way back again, and we hope to he i ll time for the review." The Prometheus, 6, steam sloop, Commander liorst and the Driver, 6, steam sloop, Commander Gardner , arrived at Spithead on Monday, with a mortar ♦essel is tow of each. The Basilisk, 6, steam sloop, Commander CroftoN went out of harbour on Monday, and anchored at spiP head. A Dutch man-of-war schooner arrived at Spithead UO Monday with a number of officers to witness the or proaching naval review. A cumtnitteee has been sitting at the Admiralty, I°l the purpose of drawing up an amended plan of edueatiu ti for candidates for the Royal Navy, as well . as for tivir gesting suitabl e exam i nat i ons for those who, having 41' ready entered the service, await their subsequent minations for promotion. The committee, which bg l ' just brought its labours to a close, consisted of Captain Ole Hon. F. Pelham, C. 13, (chairman), the Rev. P r ' Chambers, head master of the Royal Naval School , New-cross, the Rev. G. Fisher, Chaplain of-the Green' with Hospital Schools, and two naval instructors. M. KOSSUTH AT LIVERPOOL.-013 Monday night it" Kossuth delivered the first of two lectures "On the probable effects of the Coucordat recently concluded be• tween the Pope and Francis Joseph of Austria, on HO" gary in general, and the Protestantism of Hungary in particular." Th e l ec t ure l ast evening took a gene survey of the question, including the political bearid and origin of concordats, an exposition of the indepen d. ent spirit of catholic Hungary, and concluding by shO ing the importa nce o f H ungary in the case. The b.,si as crowded i n every part, and the reception of Di' Kossuth wa , most cordial. Three times three cheer° greeted the illustrious patriot at the close of the lecture' —Liverpool Post. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TIU WEEK. (Front the Report of the Regietrar-Generktt) In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths 01 1,115 persons—via., 555 males and 560 females, were registered in London. The average number in the le corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 was 1,07 9, and if this is rai s ed in a certain proportion according to increase of populati on it b ecomes 1 , 187 . T he deaths °` , last week are therefore less by 72 than the rate of mar' tality which ruled in c , irrespundiog weeks would bib" pro iuced. The deaths arising from diseases of the organs of respi' ration, which under the infhence of cold weather i°, March had incrased to 281 in a wee k, did not exc eed last week 218. Bronchitis . has declined to 115. Plithiel caused 122 deaths ; in four previous weeks it range° above 140. Ilooping cough was rather more fatal they it had been f o r some tr ue prev i ous ; 62 child i en die d o` , it, besides 8 that died of croup., The, mortality of zyrnotic disease in the aggregate at present very near the averags. Eleven children s°' adults (one an aged female) died of smallpox ; meas l 7 ezhiiiits a tendency t o i ncrease, and was fatal to .3' children ; scarlatina to 28 childnn, and one person more advanced in life. The deaths from typhus and cornm° ll fever were 46, rather less tt.an in previous weeks. There were 13 from typhus in the east districts, and 6 in th e south. As regards hooping-eough the proportions wer e different, for there were 8 from that complaint in the former division, and 23 in the latter. Five infanta We re destroyed by syphilitic disease. Among other causes of death may be mentioned Cloy cer, which was fatal in 27 cases ; epilepsy in 10 ; diseme of the spleen in one ; diabetes in one ; scurvy' in one i yellow f ever i n one . T hr e e persons died the victims °, intemperate habits ; and th ree c a ses are also • recorde° in which the cathe of death is stated to be deliriut° tremens. La.t week the births of 882 bop and 823 girls, in Ai l, , 1,684 children, were reg i stere d i n L on d on. In the 1' corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the averegd nurribtr was 1.463. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the m ean height of the barometer in the week was 29'272 in. TO highest reading in the week was 29'56 in. on F r idal• The mean temperature of the air was 47.1 deg , which 2•3 deg. above the average of the same week in Se years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean teur perature of Sunday the 6th was 42 . 3 deg. ; that of Se' turday 51 .1 deg., having increased almost continuousif throughout the week. The highest reading was 61 4 deg., and occurred on Saturday ; the lowest was 36 deg.' and occurred on Monday. The mean dew-pint tete' p rature was 41.5 deg., and the difft-rence between this and the mean air temperature was 5 . 6 deg. The mese temperature of the water of the Thames was 49.6 deg, ; its temperature ranged from 46 9 deg. to 52'5 deg. The direction of the wind alternated between south-east and south west. The rain measured by the gauge was 041. in., which f e ll, near l y a ll, on S unday, Wednesday, and Thursday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL °AXIS= RISOISTENE O IN THE WEEK RNDING SATURDAY, APRIL 12. Zymotic Disease s Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses - 146 Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels 37 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration.. ..... 9ls Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, B ones , and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations . . Premature Birth and Debility ..- 2B Atrophy 26 Old Age .•••• 61 Sudden 3 Violence, Privation Cold, and Intemperance........ 41 Causes not specified' DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in Co..rm Deaths Enumerated. spondlng week In the 1551. of Ism, West. West Districts North Districts 490,396 ...... 245 ......, 281 Central Districts 393,256 ..... 207 ....... 172 East Districts 485,522 ...... 259 ....... 241 South Districts - - Totals Males .............................. Females. 564 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ' Males.. Females.. 8612 82 1,1*4 Total . THE OATH OF ABJURATION BILL AND THE PhOTESI',4 NT SUCCESSION. In committee on the ab Jve bill, Lord John Russell , will move the following clause : "That in all cases in which the oath of abjuration would be taken were the present law to remain in force, the following oath shall be taken 44 , I, A B, do faithfully promise to maintain, *support, and defend, to thy most of my power, the succession of the Crown, which succession, by an act intituled "Au Act for the further limitation of the Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject," is anal stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electrees of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants. So Itelp me God.' 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