The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

HER' MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ALBONI—ALBERTINI. 'GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW (Thursday), June 12, will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, 3fdrae. Alboni ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Salviani ; Basilio, Sigior Nerini (his first appearance); Bartolo, Signor Zueconi ; and. Figaro, Signor Belletti. After which, a Divertissement, by Madame A. Bellon, Mesdlles. Katrine, Rosa, Clara, Lisereux, and Pierron. To be followed by a Selection from the Fourth Act of IL TROVATORE. Including the celebrated "Miseriere." Leonora, Madame Albertini ; Manrico, Signor Baucarde. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Mdlle. Boschetti, M. Charles, and M. Vandris wilt appear. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at he Box-olilipp of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. 'TdEA.TRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. R. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced THE SWISS COTTAGE. After which, IL TROVATORE. To conclude with MY FELLOW CLER THEATRE ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. r rider bke Management of Mr. Eackatone. THIS EVENING, SINGLE LIFE. Followed by THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN. To conclude with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Underthe Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN'. THIS EVENING, TEE VICTOR VANQUISHED. After which, HE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVMNING, THE FLYING DITTO tIMAN. Followed by A BOTTLE OF SMOKE. To eon:lade with GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTILON. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leuee and Manager. sfr. Alfred Wigan. Tal4 EVENING A FASCINATING lI7DIVIDUAL. After which, RETRIBU lON. To conclude with STAY AT HOME. ROYAL SIVIREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd sad Creswiek. THIS EVENING, YORATA. After which The National Anthem, To conclude with A BALLET DIVER rIBSEMEN r. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mankter, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING Will be acted, the highly successful, new and appropriate Drame Patriotique, the Festival of Peace. The performances will c , mmence with the Equestrian 4pectacle, THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the Abruzzi. After which, The GERVAN BROTHERS, as the Dout4 Revolving Athleta3. The ACTS in the CIRCLE. Te conclude with THEI FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or Honour to the Brave. Box-altos open trim F.leven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 51 min. aft. 7—Evening 22 min. aft. 8 T 14f MutOw—Morn. 56 min. aft. 8 —Evening 25 min. aft. 9 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 11. THEIMOISETER, IN TEE SWAIM 73—highest sines noon yesterday. 55 —lowest this morning and during the night. 73 —this day at noon. RAM:METER— 30 . 16. WIND—S. to S.S.E.—Light, with fine warm summer weather. 2.4. x t ") t - 4 WO LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1856. It is an extraordinary, but undoubted fact, that the English Government is always the last to receive important information on matters in which it i$ concerned. There is not a single person throughout the length and breadth of the land who doubts that Mr. CRAMPTON has been sum marily and ignominiously dismissed by the PIERCE MARCY Cabinet from the position which he had previously occupied, as representative of the QUEEN of Great Britain to the Government of the United States, but Lord CLARENDON has no official intelligence whereon to act. The American journals are not only unanimous respecting the painful occurrence, but are filled with elaborate arguments as to the probable results when the matter becomes gene rally known on this side of the Atlantic. " What will they say in England ??"—is the question most anxiously canvassed in every part of the Union. Some fancy that we shall swallow the unpleasant leek with edifying humility, and be only anxious to induce Messrs. PIERCE and MARCY to nominate a new Minister and new Consuls, whom they would be willing to receive. Others do not reckon quite so largely on English forbearance. They recognise the reckless insolence of their own Government, but still think that, because the respectable citizens condemn the electioneering " dodge," we should make no corresponding movements, but should retain DALLAS, although CRAMPTON has received his "walking paper." A large proportion of the electors—for whose most sweet voices President PIERCE has made so great a bidding—naturally anticipate a total suspension of diplomatic inter course, and are; already speculating upon the pro bable consequences thereof, while so many vexata qucestiones are still under discussion. These are the leading divisions ; but as to the minor_ sections into which the country is split their name is "legion. Unfortunately, those who think right, are apathetic and indifferent, and will take no trouble to impress their views on the Cabinet or the people. They thi n k that we should submit to the arrogance and hauteu r o f those who, they declare, do not represent the opinions of the better class of citiz en ,. But, i n are by no mean s so satis. such cases, " sayings " factory as " doings," and we should greatly pr e f er a nzodieum of action, to any possible amount o r speaking er writing. England has, as we have already explained, gone to the utmost length of her tether. She has offered every honourable explanation and apology, if there had been any unintentional injury. The arnertde was ample and complete, and those who have refused to receive it as such, have placed themselves in a false posi tion—far worse than England would have been in if all that has been alleged against Mr. CRAMP TON could be clearly and unequivocally established. It is said that Mr. MARCY has been compelled, malgre to acknowledge the completeness of the defence put forward by Lord CLARENDON to the unwarrantable imputations which he had pre viously raised. But the :canvassing exigen cies required a victim, and therefore, while ad mitting that there was no cause of complaint in reference to the enlistment question, personal objections are raised against the qaondam, British Minister. " We have no proof—abuse the op posite attorney," is a well-known instruction from pettifogging litigants to their counsel. In the present instance, however, the parties are enabled to add serious injury to the unwarrantable insult. They have treated Mr. CRAMPTON, and other English gentlemen, as convicted criminals, on the most tainted and worthless evidence, and seem to think that we are patiently to acquiesce in the grievous wrong thus inflicted on meritorious public servants. But at the very moment when they were acting so stringently towards Great Britain and its re presentatives, they supplied a powerful illus tration of their own laxity and indifference. Never was there an instance in every re spect so remarkable of " blowing hot and cold" at the same time. Just when Mr. CRAMPTON'S expulsion had been resolved on, there was the official recognition of the Envoy from the piratical Government of the buccaneer WALKER, He had been guilty of all that was alleged, but could not be proved against Mr. CRAMPTON. He was himself enlisted in the United States, and seduced his companions to violate that "fundamental law" of the Republic on which such stress has been laid. Their cherished neutrality was indeed seriously violated by his proceedings, but in place of condemning they recognise him at the very crisis of his fate, when without that aid he must have fallen, and tacitly sanction and connive at the fitting out of "Filibustering" expeditions in his favour. They have put forward conflicting pleas, and thus de liberately exposed themselves to the danger of being tossed on the horns of a very unpleasant dilemma. The simultaneous movement in such opposite directions was altogether owing to the electioneering exigencies. Some voters might be caught by the recognition of WALKER, others by the insult to England, and both must have their price, notwithstanding the imputations to which the candidate President must thereby be exposed. Our course, at all events, is clear. As we have already stated we have not offered, and must not submit to, any insult. The official intimation of the expulsion of Mr. CRAMPTON must be the signal for the departure of Mr. DALLAS ; and we must be prepared to act de cidedly and energetically in repelling any aggres sion on States under the British Protectorate, whether it be offered by sympathising freebooters or by American Citizens, by WALKER'S gang, or the Army or Navy of the United States Govern ment. The country, it is to be hoped, will know how to appreciate the gross neglect of Parliamentary duty of which the House presented last night so signal and farcical an example. When hon. mem bers display so little regard for the great interests confided to them, and such gross disrespect to our representative institutions, there can be no valid reason for surprise at the approaches that for years, and more especially of late, have been made towards a system of bureaucracy. Ministers have contrived to diminish the time allotted for motions by private members to one night in the week ; yet, notwithstanding this, curtailment, so lax is the attendance that, no matter of what importance to the welfare of the country motions of this kind may be, they have in general no difficulty, if they feel so inclined, as they often do, to stave them off by a count-out. Occasionally, it is true, motions are introduced on these evenings suffi ciently crude, unimportant, or malapropos to ex cite no great regret for their untimely fate ; but, as a rule, the country is the worse for the exer cise of this Ministerial dodge. Motions that may have but little chance of being carried may have reference to measures of pressing necessity, or embody principles which require only the ventila tion afforded by debate to meet with the accept ance of the country, and ultimately be adopted by the Legislature. We say nothing of the egregious lack of self respect the non-attendance of which we complain so markedly displays. Members must be sup posed to know beat their own worth, but we must enter our solemn protest against a practice which lays the axe to the root of our representa tive institutions, exposes them and us to contempt abroad, and is the source of infinite mischief at home. The evil has really reached such a pitch that longer silence would be a betrayal of duty on the part of an independent public journalist. Last night, as the reader may have already inferred, was one of the few nights for private members. On the list of motions stood Mr. HEYWOOD'S motion for a select committee for the advancement of science Sir ERSKINE PERRY'S resolutions respecting the Law of property as it affects married women, and Mr. CHAMBERS' motion for a select committee on the law of Artistic Copyright—all motions of public interest and importance, and to which hon. mem bers were bound to give their presence and atten tion. A perusal of the debate on Mr. HEYWOOD'S motion will show how they discharged their duty. When the hon. member sat down, not more than 29 members were present ! A count-out was attempted. Then the fun, miserable as it was, commenced. Some twenty individuals rushing in from the lobby, the smoke-room, and the kitchen, averted the catastrophe, and demonstrated the truth of the aphorism, nemo repente turpissimus est. Unable as yet to reconcile their 'cep sciences to an utter neglect of duty, they undertook the task of being within hail, and ready to respond, on an emergency. The fine practical character of JOHN BULL ac quired a fresh lustre at their hands. The raw material they were ready to work at. But science in the abstract, bah ! that was their aversion. So instead of listening to Mr. HEYWOOD, and countenancing his motion by their presence, they talked, like the practical philosophers they arc, of Ascot and locomotion in the lobby, experi mented on combustion and the virtues of nieo- Gana in the smoke-room, and only regarded with less interest the chemistry of the gridiron than I the savoury result on the steaming trencher and beneath the sacrificial knife in the kitchen. The tones of the warning bell reach their ears. Off dash the Lobbyites as if on a start for the Cup. Away fly odoriferous Havannahs to the bosoms of unin sured and much enduring' gentlemen in black, while tight-neckclothed fathers of families are to be Witnessed in the agonies of asphyxia, from mis placed confidence in the inossiferous qualities of a morsel of hurriedly bolted chop. The bell ceases t o r i ug "all in to begin ;" the House is counted, and no sooner counted, than back Honourable Members repair to their cheer ful Studies—just as at 13 ICHARDSON'S ono set of performers returned to the platform a oeielabourinss booth the in front, or slipped into teonacaedr:y ou the perfor leavingthe re moment their t e a o sk rnp e a va n s y only with thi s re mainder of the mance to its legitimate conclusion, important difference, that the latter only left the stage when their part was played. Perh aps i t is undignified in us to complain, superfluous to insinuate that tutnblers and mountebanks, dra matic roarers, et id genus ainne set members of Parliament a lesson they are not honest enough to follow. The present House of Commons, we admit, is a great Farce, and has proved itself a very expensive one, by no means to be laughed at. Our indignant protest, however, is not in tended so much for hon. members as for the country. We aro heavily weighted, and are being more and _more so, in a very close race with young and vigorous competitors, and our social condition is not of that description which can be contemplated with pleasure. There might have been a full attendance of Members when motionslike the abovewere to be introduced. As a people we are no great things at science, while it is to science we are to lodk for that sus tained energy, that top speed and endurance, necessary to carry us successfully through. Yet last night—we'll say no more about last night. Let the facts speak further for themselves. One thing we must do, and that is, inquire how long are these nineteenth century praise-GOD-BARE BONES to go on unchecked ? Is there never to be a dissolution ? How long will the Lords fight the Commons, and keep the key of the people's House ? The Jew question is now become one of simple wilful ness, and we wonder any man could he found to inflict a long speech on the House of Commons upon its merits. That House has settled it again and again in the ways which Lord JOHN RUSSELL would permit. His vanity alone prevented the House from taking the course the Lords have adopted in the case of Life Peerages, and deciding the whole affair by a resolution, as they might easily have done, that the Jew should take the oath in the form binding on his conscience. 14 however, the Lords are pertinacious this time, we trust the House of Commons will show their Lordships that they can do without them. If they pass the bill, adding again the objectionable words, the House of Commons ought at once to assert its posi tion. We should say, let the Commons hold over the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill, and if the Lords continue their insulting wilfulness towards the people's representatives, let the Commons drop that bill for the session. If they do, in all probability common sense will at no distant period deprive their Lordships' House of their much prized honour of being the final court of appeal, and with infinitely better reason than the Lords deprive the people's House of a member elected by one of the largest popular constituencies in the kingdom. If it be somewhat of a liberty with the Lords for the Commons to let in Jews with out their leave, we submit it was an equal liberty with the prerogative of the Crown to keep out Life Peers by a mere resolution. The object sought by both Houses is good ; but one has as good a right as the other to settle techni calities by a resolution. Technicalities, we say ; because no one pretends that the half-dozen words in dispute were a part of an anti-Jewish Act of Parliament. It will, we think, however, be to the last degree discreditable to the Lords if they continue longer so undignified a contest. The Commons have taken a decided stand ; the busi ness belongs to them. The Lords have shown their wish in the affair ; but it is unseemly in them to do more than check hasty legislation- Hasty it could not now be called, after so many years ; and to remain in annual conflict with the nation is not, we submit, the constitutional posi tion for the Lords. We do not know tkat it has been mentioned, but on one point unwisely dwelt upon in some of the speeches, we may remark, that probably no educated Jew now deems our LORD to have been an impostor. The educated Jew is a Unitarian, and in many cases has as high an opinion of the moral character of our LORD as a Unitarian or a Deist, both of whom easily enter the House, though he refuses to consider Him the founder of his faith. It is not right that men in a position to become members of Parliament should be held answerable for the bigotry or fanaticism of the illiterate of their community, and it should ba remembered that they have always shown all respect to the religion of the country. All the theological members in the House, we wish they were fewer, would assent that on the point in question a Unitarian did not hold " the true filth of a Christian"—if not what means their pet A thanasian Creed ? It is high time, however, to efface the last stigma of intolerance from our representation. THE SUN, LONDON. _ .WEDNESDAY E' EN iv. a: RIFF OR MOORISH PIRATES AGAIN. We revret extremely having to record another case of piracy within so short a distance of England, and where it might reasonably have been supposed, from the fre qnencv of such atrocities, some of her Majesty's cruisers would b 3 found. But is there, it may be asked, such a thing as one of her Majesty's cruisers in existence, and has the Government no idea of what is due to so great a country as this, that piracy and murder is so frequently committed, and yet nothing done either to repress such fearrul crimes, or punish the guilty. It appears that the Elymet Smith, of and from Liver pool for Ancona, was attacked and boarded in the waters of Botoya, on the Riff coast, by Moorish pirates, who plundered and partially destroyed the barque, leaving her a total wreck on the beach, about three leagues east of Cape Quilate, carryin4 into captivity all the crew ex cept four, who were rescued. A guard had !been fur nished for the protection of the stranded property, and under the superintendence of the Governor of Melilla. Tho COURT.—IIer Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, accampanied by the Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the royal family, will, it is understood, return, t) Buckingharn Palace on Friday night. Their Royal Ilighne'sses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Priqcess Nlary honoured the performances of the Royal Italian Opera (Lyceum) with their presence !a=t evening. General the [lon. Charles Grey, and his A.D C., Captain Fletcher, arrived in town on Saturday evening, fro:n Warsaw, after having accomplished their mission from her Majesty to the Emperor Alexander of all the Ru Tile Hon, Mr. Wentworth, from the Conservative Cub, St. James's-street, is in the field at Leicester on the C )oserv4tive interest. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, accompanied by the youthful Marquis of Worcester, left Ba.dininster yesterday for town. His Grace has been doing duty with bis regiment, the Gloucestershire Yeomanry Ca valry, at Cheltenham, where the regiment was reviewed on Friday last. and dismissed the following day. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AT RlGA.—Mercantile letters from Itiga of the sth inst. state that the Emperor Alex ander had arrived at that port and would remain for a few days, during which business would be almost sus pended. The weather was exceedingly fine. The Royal mail steamer Avon has sailed for Brazil with 78,6501. NEW SEDGEANTS-AT-LAW.—Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry, the well-known Old Bailey barristers, and of the Home Circuit, were this morning, having been previously raised to the rank of Sergeants at-Law, invested by the Lord Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas with the coif, according to ancient forms and ceremonies. INUNDATIONS AT LYONS.--We learn with pleasure that the visitors to the coffee-room at Mr. Jay's, Mitre Tavern, Downham•road, Kingsland, have originated a penny subscription towards the relief of the sufferers by this calamity ; and we trust that the good example set by them will be speedily followed by others. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mies M. Oliver has been en- gaged by Mr. Buckstone, and will shortly make her ap pearance at this theatre. Mies Oliver will undertake the characters hitherto filled by Miss Reynolds, who, we regret to learn, is seriously unwell. Mis s Oliver will rejoin Mr. E. T. Smith's company on the reopening of Di urv-lane, REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION.—Yesterday was pub iished the first report of the Select Committee on Trans portation, which contains merely the minutes of evidence taken by the said committee. These fill a space of 180 pages. The witnesses examined included Mr. H. Wad dington, Mr. T. F. Elliott, Captain D. O'Brien, Captain J. S. Whitty, Colonel Jebb, R.E , C. 8., Captain W. Crofton, and Earl Grey. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF TUE DIME OF RUTLAND.— We regret to learn that the Duke of Rutland is in a very pr-carious state of health, at Belvoir Castle, the family seat in Leicestershire. " The duke's health, for some months past, has been very delicate ; but about ten days since a decided change for the worse took place, and ince that date his grace has been in such a state as to cause the deepest anxiety to his family. The Marquis of Granby, M.P., Lord John Manner , , M.P., and Lord Georg e Manners, M P., have been in constant attend ance on their revered parent. Mr. Andrew and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, Lady Adelizi Fitzalan Manners, and the R,,y. Mr. and Lady Adeliza Norman, have also asAemblel at Belvoir Castle. We (South, Eastern Gazette) regret to announce the death of s r Alexander Crichton, which took place at Grova.house on Wednesday last. The deceased gentla mat,, who was i n his 931 year, was r many years physician to the late Emperor of Russia, Alexander, and, we are informed, was in the receipt of a pension from the lati6ian Government at the tints of his death. De. ceased will be in'erred at the Norwood Cemetery. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY. The Mersey has arrived with advices from Con stantinople of the 21 inst., and from the Crimea of the 31st ult. She has brought 485 men of the Artillery. The 14th, 21st, 48th, and 57th Regiments left the Crimea on the 31st ult., by the Coyle, Thames, Etna, and Robert Lowe. The army is healthy. There is a daily ration of fresh meat given to the men. It is said that 70,000 masons are to rebuild Sebastopol after our departure. The weather is hot and stormy. VIENNA, JUNE 1.0. Accounts from Constantinople via Bucharest state that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had received the congratulations of the Porte on the anniver sary of the birthday of Queen Victoria. Some agents of the Credit Mobilier had arrived at Con stantinople from Paris, to make arrangements relative to banking operations. M. de Roths child had left for Paris. BERLIN, JUNE 9. Count de Nesselrode, accompanied by M. de Seebach, has arrived at Kissengen. Count Goltz, the Prussian Ambassador at Athens, but now on leave of absence, has also proceeded thither. The Prince and Princess Charles Bonaparte Gabrielli have arrived here. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid announces that the new Portuguese Cabinet has been formed as follows : Marquis de Louie—Minister of the Interior and President. Sada Bandeira—marine and Foreign Affairs. Lou reiro—War. Silva Sanchez—Finances. Souza—Justice. THE OVERLAND MAIL. MALTA, JUNE 5. The Caire, French postal steamer, which arrived here yesterday evening from Alexandria, which port she left on the Ist inst., brings accounts of the arrival at Suez, on the 29th of May, of the Bom bay mail of the 12th, and, on the 30th, of the Cal cutta mail of the 4th of May, the Bombay steamer bringing a large cargo of China goods for England, which would not be leaving Alexandria in the Pera for Southampton before the sth of June, and consequently the intelligence will be fore s t a ll e d by this French mail for Marseilles. The Indian journals are barren of interest. Peace, prosperity, and hot weather prevails, with indications of an early monsoon. The Bombay Railway disturbances are put down. The Governor- General remains at Calcutta, whence Sir James Outram took his departure for Suez on the 4th of May. The demand for British manufactures con tinues limited, but the cotton market is active, without any change in the money market, save a decline in the rate of exchange. Freights are steadily maintained. From 4/. ss. to 41. 7s. Gd. are readily obtained for Liverpool, with a decline of 2s. Gd. on these rates for London. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY MARKETS. PROM THE 281211 OF APRIL TO THE 11TH OP MAY. The banks have reduced their rates of interest oue per cent. all round. A slight improvement in Government and other securities is observable. Imports.—ln the cotton piece goods market the transac tions have been very limited, there being, contrary to what is visual at the season of the year, little demand for any des:ription of manufactured goods. The prices of grey goods have:declined. Bleached Goodr.—There is no improvement in value. Several sales of mulls have been effected at very low prices. All descriptions of bleached goods, with the ex ception of satin spots, which are in fair inquiry, are diffi cult to put off. Of fancy goods, dhoties alone are in fair inquiry. Cotton Yarn.—Mule has been somewhat sought after, and business has been done to a limited extent et ad vanced rates. Dyed mule, both orange and Turkey red, dull. Metalp, though in tolerable request, have scarcely re. alis od former rates. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool.— The market has been active, and prices have advanced slightly, and we now quote 100 r. for Broach and Surat, 95r. to 9dr. for Dhollera. Oil Seeds.—ln linseed nothinc, has been done, and our quotations are purely nominal. nothing is scarce and has ad vanced. Niger is scarce, and rape has advanced. Shoop's Wool.—The stock is reduced and prices remain firm. Freiglats.—Tonnage is readily taken up, and we quote to Liverpool, 4/. ss. to 41 7s. bd. ; and to London, 2s. 6d. per ton lower. Exchange has fallen to 2s. 13d. far first class paper ; and local credits and documents have gone at 2s. lid. to2s. on Calcutta, Court bills, 990 r. ; China, 60 days' sight, 221 r. ; Madras, 30 days' sight, 9911 r. THE BRITISH ARMY. (F ma the Second Edition of the Times.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MAY 27. The process of disintegration is going on rapidly with our army. More than 3,000 horses and about 20,000 men have already been embarked, and each day witnesses the departure of a regiment. The health of the army continues to be excellent ; in deed it would be somewhat surprising if there was any unusual amount of sickness among the men, considering that they are placed under conditions most favourable to health, with the sole exception of their being soldiers. MONDAY; I A sirocco wind, which is still blowing, brought with it one consolation this morning—the mail with London letters and papers up to the 13th. How -1 ever, there is no news relating to the army, and the fate of the Laud Transport Corps is still presumed to be "under consideration " on the part of Mr. Frederick Peel. The 4th Regiment will embark to day, and the 44th will quit the Crimea to-morrow A Russian engineer officer, who diced in my com pany last night, told us some interesting facts con nected with the siege, which showed that there is the usual jealousy between the various branches of the Russian service which exists in our own. Todtleben, who is now at Cronstadt, where he was summoned to superintend the defences, never could get men enough from Prince Gortschakoff to carry out his plans. The Russian engineers says Todtle ben always predicted that the fall of the place ITOU:d begin to be an.lomplished whenever they were obliged to abandon their counter-approaches, and that the exact moment of its occurrence then be came a matter of calculation. The capture of the Cemetery of the Quarantine by the French was regarded by the Russian General as a symptom of decadence, and he succeeded in inducing Gortschakoff to assault the French on three suc cessive nights, in the hope of driving them out and recovering their lost ground; but these attempts failed, although the contest was so fierce that on the last night the works changed hands nine times, and the General would not renew the fight. Their last attack cost them 1,200 men. Todtleben is not regarded as an engineer of scientific attainments or originality of idea by officers of his own branch of the service, but he is admitted to possess great au dacity, vigour, and enterprise. Their idols are officers whose names we never heard before. As a proof of the pressure of the siege upon the array,. I was assured by an engineer officer that he had only 20 men allowed him to make the road to the Beloek from the north side. The bridge across that river is made of oak, which was brought into the Crimea with infinite pains and labour, and at an enormous expense. There is to be a railway from Moscow to Odessa, with branches to Nicolaieff, Perekop, and Sebastopol. The common remark now is, " Where would you have been last year if we had had a rail road ?" They evidently expect great results from ' their iron ways, but I regret to say that their [eyes are turned rather to the military than to the social consequences of the introduction of this system into Russia. They are intent on a new armament o f t h e i r so ldi er y, and o n th e extensive introduction of the rifles with which the American manufacturers are largely supplying them. The Liege r ifl e, m ade by J. P. Malherbe their favourit e weapon, b u t it i s ra th er expen sive, and it was not easy to obtain supplies of these during the war. "The peace will not last—in ten years, aye, in two, we shall be very differently pre pared from what w e w ere ." Like ourselves, they attribute to the valour of the private soldier, and to I his intrinsic excellence, the lengthened defence of Sebastopol, and declare that they had no general with a spark of military genius, although Menschi- I koff had a rapid ey e , and quickness of deterinina tion, and Gortschakoff is possessed of unshaken fortitude, resolution and industry. To cheer up ' her soldiery and give them a little pleasant ex citement after the monotony of the siege, Russia is about to organise a brisk campaign against the Circassian tribes forthwith, and the f;ur render of Kertch and Yenikale will enable her very speedily to march troops to Anapa, and to re-occupy her old stronghold on the coast. Apropos of Menschikoff, here is a storiette : When the news of Kornileff's death, and the cir cumstances attending it, was reported to him, he exclaimed—" What a fool the man was to go and stand in an embrasure in that manner." A few days after, he visited the bastion, and asked where Kornileff was hit, and to th e great amusement of those who knew the story, he got into the embra sure and looked out, mying, " Oh, this is the place, is it?" FRANCE. PARIS, TOESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur of to-day states that the Em peror. reached Angers at half-past six p.m. on. Monday, and proceeded immediately to inspect the slate quarries of Trelaze. The Mortileur, in alluding to the projected sci entific voyage of Prince Napoleon to the North Sea, states that his Imperial Highness will go to Havre on the 12th to personally superintend the arrangements now being made on board the Reine Hortense and the Cocyte, and will return to Paris on the following day in order to be present at the baptism of the Prince Imperial, at the con clusion of which ceremony he will return again to Havre, and embark in the morning of the 15th. This voyage, during which the Prince will remain strictly incognito, will last about three months. Cardinal Patrizzi, the Papal Legate, arrived in. Paris at five o'clock yesterday evening. A railway carriage, richly ornamented, had been sent down to Lyons expressly for the accom modation of the Legate and of the persons who accompanied him. The Count de Vauichier, and MM. Gustave, de Rothschild, and Chapron, directors of the company, were in waiting at the station to receive his Eminence. The Cardinal, who appears about 57 or 58 years old, wore a close fitting skull cap, and a scarlet silk dress. His Eminence, on his arrival, was received by the Duke de Cambaceres, Grand Master of the ceremonies, accompanied by an Equerry of the Emperor. The Minister of Public Worship, the Archbishop of Bordeaux, and the Archbishop of Paris were also present, as were the Bishop of Adras, chaplain of his Majesty, and the chaplai n s o f the Imperial chapel. Six of the Court carriages were in wait ing. The cross-bearer of the Legate with the cross entered the first, and the Legate and the other high personages present the others, and proceeded towards the Tuileries, escorted by a squadron of of the Guides. The Ist regiment of the Voltigeurs of the Guard were drawn up at the station. The cortege followed the Rue de Iron, the Rue St. Antoine, and the Rue de Rivoli, where a numerous crowd had assembled. THE BOURSE, June 10.—The following were the closing quotations : - - Cash. Cr. s. t per Cents 93 25 3 per Cents 7l Now Loan 7l End of Month. —f. —O. 71 50 Bank Shares 4,050 Raman Credit Mobilier 1,817 50 Austrian Belgian Fives 97k— Spanish Threes Piedmontesc (5). 92 25 Home Debt RAILWAYti—rou CAM. f'r. c. ft. f+ Orleans ........ Northern Lyons ..... 1,495 Now Ditto .........875 Mediterranean 1,700 Grand C en t ra l Lyons Geneva BOO Taste Cette 775 Austrian C0in....... 887 50 RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 31st ult., in the Debats, contains the following :—" According to what is generally said on the Bourse, nothing is definitively known hero on the subject of the loan, more or less considerable, which the Russian Go vernment proposes to contract abroad, nor on the subject of establishing in some of the great com mercial towns of the empire privileged banks, in shares, or financial institutions of credit mobi her. As it is usual with us to proceed prudently and deliberately in all matters, it is not proba ble that any important financial decision will be come to before the return of the Emperor here from Riga and Revel. Nevertheless, the Minister of Finance receives daily from a number of foreign companies the most favourable propositions for the establishment of banks under denom'rtations hitherto unknown in Russia. At all events, it is thought that if the Emperor consents to grant bank chasters to foreign capitalists, it will be on the condition of a simultaneous establishment of banks at St. Petersburg, Mcscow, and Odessa, which are regarded as the great centres of the commerce and industry of the empire. Hitherto our capitalists and rich landed proprietors have displayed no eagerness to interest themselves in these institutions of public credit ; it is possible that, once the impulse given by foreigners, it will spread rapidly from one extremity to the other of this vast empire, as experience has shown us in other matters. Accounts from Stockholm report that the Swedish Cabinet is engaged in selecting an Ambassador to our Court in place of General Nordin, who has left Rus§ja. It is expected that another military man, Maj#General Peyron, will be chosen, and this selection will be approved of here, where he is much respected, as likewise in his own country. The loss sustained by private individuals at Sebas topol and Kertah has been valued at no less than three million roubles, which is the sum demanded as an indemnity by the inhabitants. The indem nity granted will not exceed a third of that sum." A letter from St.. Petersburg of the 30th ult. states that the Emperor Alexander before his de parture for Germany ordered the ship of the line the Bosphorus, now in course of construction at Nicola,ieff, to be called the Sinopo, and the line-of battle ship ordered in the United States, the Em press Marie. The same letter says :—" The Rus sian Government is endeavouring to promote com mercial relations with foreign states. The firm of Rafalowitch, of Odessa, has lately received permis sion to establish a house at Berlin ; and M. Schwebe, of Revel, has been authorised to found a firm at Antwerp, the permission to exist until the 31st of December, 1860." PRUSSIA. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin states :—" The passport regulations which had been re-established in Russia with all their severity will shortly be modified. They had been re-established only be cause the new dispositions bad excited a certain confusion, which it is wished to avoid for the future." A letter from Berlin, in the Post Ampt Gazette, states :—" The Piing and Princess of Prussia will leave for London in the commencement of July. The solemn betrothal of Prince Frederick William with the Princess Royal of England will take place during their stly in that country. Prince Adal bert, Grand Admiral of Prussia, has selected in the island of R ugen a spot for the establishment of a military post." The Bourse Gazette of Berlin states that the hopes entertained respecting the important modifi cations in the Russian customs system are prema ture. The modifications will consist, it says, only in insignificant reductions of the tariff. M. de Westphalen, the Prussian Minister of the Interior, published an ordinance on the 7th pro hibiting the editors of all the political journals of the capital from publishing any account of the de liberations and resolutions of Cabinet Councils, as such. accounts, he declares, must either be pure invention or obtained by the guilty indiscretion of an employ 6. SARDINIA. The Sardinian Minister of War has addressed a circular to the officers of the army, informing them that, her Britannic Majesty having been pleased to award a number of medals to the Sardinian troops that served in the East during the late war, it is necessary they should send in lists of the men under their command who may be entitled to the distinction. None are to be recommended but those who were in the Crimea before the 9th September last, stayed there all the time, and distinguished them elves by good behaviour. All the officers, all the Royal Carbineers, all the troops engaged on the 16th August (the battle of the Tchernaya), or on th e BthSepember, are entitled to a medal ; for the other troops only a certain number of medals is prescribed, to be distributed according to merit. A list is annexed to the circu lar, showing the number allotted to each corps in the latter class. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the stlt contains a report from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Queen, recommending that the minister plenipotantiary of Spain at Paris should be raised to the dignity of Ambassad or , i n or d er t o p l ace hi m on a footing with the major part of the representatives of Eu rope, on the occasion of the baptism of the Impe rial Prince. The Epoca says :—A deplorable affair has taken placa at Valencia between an officer of the staff and the vice-consul of England. The latter was run through the body with a fencing sword, and there is little hope of saving him. The officer was also wounded, but slightly." The Infan to Dona Atualia, who is to marry Prince Adalbert of Ba varia, is to receive, a dowry of -4,000,000 reals in addition to what her royal father is to give, and to a magnificent set of diamonds which she received by lot in the division of her mother's property. The Queen is also to present her Royal liiiihUeS4 with a magnificent parure in diamonds. The sales of national property up to the sth amounted to 400,850,039 reals, and that sum was more by 262,989,368 reals than the upset price. Accounts from Melilla.of the 23d ult, state that an English vessel, the - Zeinfu, from Liverpool, had fallen into the hands o£. pirates, who pillaged her, and took away iuto captivity the captain and the crew of fourteen sailors. Sidi Muajand, an authority of the country, had interfered in this matter in con junction with the Spanish commander of Melilla. He had succeeded in obtaining the release of the prisoners, and a guard has been placed over the stranded vessel. The district in which the pirates resided has been fined 6,000 reals. The Moors implicated in the question assert that the pillage was an act of revenge addressed to the British consul of Tangiers, who had placed one of their chiefs in confinement. Prince Gortschakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia, passed through Dresden on the sth, on his way from Berlin to Vienna ; as did, the same day, the Sardinian General De la Dabormida, on his way home to Turin. The Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria, consort of the Archduke %axles Ferdinand, gave birth to a prince on the 4th at Seelowitz in Moravia. AMERICA. THE CRISIS IN KANSAS. DESTRUCTION OF. LAWRENCE CON FIRMED. (From, the New York Daily Times of May 27.) We received last night, the following highly im portant telegraphic dispatch : " Chicago, Monday, May 26. " The Chicago Tribune publishes an extra, based upon intelligence brought by three men directly from Law rence. They state that a company of mounted men made their appearance near L'aeyirence on Wednesday, the 21st ult., where they halted until reinforcements had increased their number to 400 men. They bore flags and banners, with various mottoes and devices, but no United States flag. "During the forenoon the Committee of Public Safety of Lawrence despatched a messenger with a note to Marshal Donaldson, who headed the force, assuring him that the citizens would make no resistance to any pro cess he might wish to serve, and asking protection for their lives and property. The marshal made no reply, but at eleven o'clock - he sent a deputy' marshal with a posse of ten men into the town. The deputy sum moned ten of the citizens' to assist in making arrests, and took G. W. Deitzler and J. W. Smith prisoners. "The deputy marshal having thus tested the willing ness of the citizens to respect his authority, went, with his posse, to the Free State Hotel and dined, after which they removed the prisoners without molestation. " Soon after this Sheriff Janes made his appearance with 18 men, and demanciid that all the public and pri vate arms in the town he given up, giving the people five minutes to accede to his demand, and threatening, in case of refusal, to storm the town. He did not attempt to make any arrests, but said he came for the purpose of obtaining the arms. " One piece was given - up in !answer to the de- mand, but the citizens refused to surrender their private arms. " Jones then left, and in half an hour after returned with an overwhelming force and two pieces of artillery, with which he commenced cannonading the Free State Hotel and the Herald of Freedom printing-office. "The inhabitants commenced leaving the town, and the informants of the Chicago Tribune also left before the work of destruction was completed ; but the hotel was burned, and the press and the type of the Herald of Freedom destroyed before their departure ; and they proceeded but about 15 miles when (at eight o'clock in the evening) they saw a large volume of smoke and a great light in the direction of Lawrence, and they have no doubt of the destruCtion of the town. Another messenger, who left Leavenworth just be fore the departure of the boat, says that several men were killed by Jones' party. It is feared that General Pomeroy has been hung by the mob. " Governor Robinson is at Lecompton, in the cus tody of the authorities. EX-Governor Reeder is sup posed td be in a place orsafety, and is daily expected in Chicago, by way of Nebraska and lowa. "Threats have been made to hang Robinson, Brown, and Deitzler. The Free State men will make a stand at Topeka, ancl„are,now gathering at th a t p o i n t . " Ex-Senatoi Atchison is in the territory. " Ther United States troops are not allowed to move from their quarters, manyof the soldiers being anxious to prated the settlers. " St. Louis, Monday, May 26. "The' Lexington (Mo.) Express publishes an extra, which was received here to-day, confirming the report of the destruction of Lawrence on Wednesday last. When the messenger left, the artillery was still firing, and the fire spreading to other portiops of the town, but up to the time of his departure bttt few lives had been lost. The Express is a pro-Slavery paper. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE MERMAID. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The. Royal Maiiship Mermaid, Capt. Edward Davy, belonging to the White Star line of Austra lian packets, arrived in the Mersey last night, from Melbourne, after a voyage of 88 days, having left Port Philip Heads on the'l3th March. She brought 120 passen g ers, 40,000 oz. o f go ld ( o f the value of 190,00010,1,000 bales of wool, and other merchan dise. The Mermaid has performed the voyage out and home in the short space of six months and 19 days, including a detention of 30 days in Mel bourne.. The news per the Mermaid, though not so late as received by telegraph by the overland mail; are 10 days later than those to hand by the Roxburgh Castle. The Mermaid reports the arrival at Melbourne, March 6, of the Chimaera, from Liverpool ; on th© 7th of the Ocean Eagle ' from Boston, and the Man darin, from N ew York. The dates of the Mermaid are—Sydney, March 5 ; Adelaide, March 5; Hobart Town, March 6 ; Launceston, March 5 ; Perth, W.A., Feb. 2 ; and New Zealand, Feb. 20: The George Marshall was to sail from Melbourne March 15, and ViscOunt Canning, 21, for London ; the Marco Polo, for Liverpool, March 25, and the Morning Star, for Bristol, March 12. The Lord Raglan arrived at Adelaide, from Plymouth, Feb.. 7 ; Albemarle and Investigator, from London, ar.d , Athlone, from Liverpool, 18th ; Navarino, from goiithampton, 21st ' • Ferozepore, from London, 28th ; and Duchess of Northumber land, from Southampton, 29th. The Norma Sailed from Adelaide, for London, Feb. 14, and the Vi6toria Regia on March 1. The Legislative CounCil was occupied for three nights last week, in addition to one in the previous week, in debating the very important question of the mode of dealing with the gold which may hap pen to lie hidden under the surface of lands already alienated by the Crown. Four nights' debate ! But this reminds me of the necessity of explaining what constitutes a "night's debate" here. The Council meets at 3 p.m. The first hour is either wholly or nearly consumed by petitions, notices of motion, notices of questions to be put to official persons, and any other preliminary matter ; so that it is usually 4 o'clock before pre-appointed business of the house, such as the " orders of the day," is entered upon. The Council generally adjourns at 7, sometimes a little earlier, and sometimes, but rarely, extends its sitting to 8 or half-past. On this occasion the four nights' debate occupied a trifle under 11 hours—no more than a single night's work for the House or Commons, or, perhaps, a night and a-half with Mr. Brotherton's aid. Dur ing these 11 hours 33 members spoke out of a house of 45 members, exclusive of the Speaker. In the debate three sets of resolutions were pre sented to the house. The first set, Mr. Pyre's, affirmed the propriety of mining on private lands " under suitable regulations," and the inexpedi ency of giving to the owner of purchased lands a right to the gold beneath. The second set, Dr. Owen's, upheld the same principles, but they were obscure, complicated, and very ill-worded. Th e third, Mr. Snodgra s's were the conv erse o f the first, deprecating the right of the diggers to mine on purchased lands, and .asserting the expediency of conveying the gold with the land sold ; but Mr. Snodgrass With - thew reiolutions in favour of those of the Government, 'which were as follows (abridged) - " L That all gold'is the property of the State," &c. ".2. Gold in waste lands can only be mined for by permission of the State. 443. The duty of 2s. Gd. per ounce is the con sideration.now accepted by the State for the right to acquire' gold. "4.. The considerati on f or perm i ssion to mine is the miners' right'=:i. e., 1/. p er annum. " The sth and 6th .1 gave at length : ,4 5. The owner of lands purchased from . the State should be permitted to mine therein for gold, or to grant the privilege of mining therein for gold to such persons and on such conditions as he may think fit. "G. Gold so acquired is subject to the export duty or t o any consideration for the acquisition o f gold which the State may substitute therefor." There was no objection to the first four resolu tions of the Government.- They might well stand, whether the house agreed . to establish a right in the miner, to dig upon private lands, or agreed to let the gold go with the land in past and future land sales. The fifth resolution was intended to pave the way for the latter rule, though it was vaguely and covertly worded. There were six di visions on these ~ several resolutions, and certain amendments subsequently proposed. Mr. Pyke's first resolution, framed to establish the right "under suitable rognlations" to mine on private lands, was negatived by a majority of 11 , the num- hers being 28 to 17. Dr. Owen's resolutions were then negatived by a majority of 31—numbers 38 to 7. Then came the Government resolutions. The fifth and sixth were rejected by a majority of 3—numbers, 24 to 21. An amendment of Mr. O'Shanassy's in the following words was then put : "1. That this Council is of opinion that to transfer the gold, now the property of the public, to the present owners of private lands without any equivalent, or to confer upon such - owners the ex clusive right to mine for such gold, would be op- posed to sound policy, injurious to the general welfare, and may be regarded as a violation of a public trust. " 2. That this Council is of opinion that in future sales of public lands the exclusive right to the gold which they may contain should not be sold to the purchaser." These were rejected by a majority of 7—num bers, 26 to 19. Then Mr. Pyke moved his third resolution, namely : " That this house refuses to sanction any mea sure having for its object the sale of the gold with the land, inasmuch acs such a course would cause the alienation of an incalculable portion of the na• tional wealth—a proceeding unjust in principle and mischievous in tendency." This passed with out a divisi( n. By these several divisions the Surveyor-General' (Government) first four resolutions stood, with the last resolutions, cited above, of Mr. Pyke. Then, when the Speaker put the five resolutions together, "That this house is of opinion," &c., one of the city members moved the previous question, and the formal question "That this question be now put," was negatived by a majority of 1, the num bers being 23 to 22. But of the majority 12 were Government officers and non-official nominees, whereas of the minority of 22 21 were represen tatives. The question involved in this discussion is no doubt one of very great difficulty. The Crown grants are silent as to any mineral reserve on the one hand or concession on the other. Hence the grantee takes with his land all minerals except gold and silver. The precious metals remain in . the Crown. The owner of the soil cannot take them because they are not expressly conveyed to him. The miner cannot take them—first, because his " miner's right " only gives him power to mine on waste lands of the Crown, and, secondly, be cause he cannot trespass on the land of another. The Crown, by its representatives, does not take them, because the Crown does not embark in any productive enterprise. Hence the gold under pri vate lands is practically " no man's gold." The bill for regulating the manner of conducting elections, and the bill to prevent bribery and re- • duce the expenses of elections—the latter based on the English act, the former introducing vote by ballot, will pass into law this week. The supply of gold during last week was 60,370 ozs. without the Ovens, or about 67,000 with the same. A few days before the sailing of the Mermaid one of the Government surveyors, while on duty on the Werribee, six miles south of Mount Blackwood, and near the Pentland Hills, found a nugget of , gold weighing 83 ounces, on the surface. This in-41.1 formation is from a source that can be thoroughly depended on. " The Hard Hills contiguous to Buningong are at present quite the rage. There is a large popu lation now round and about, and a report says generally successful. "In the Castlemaine and Bendigo districts, in addition to their alluvial workings, rich quartz reefs are being wrought, and a good deal of atten tion is directed thereto. A great deal of mechanical and scientific skill is now brought to bear on the matter, and it must prove an important interest. 4i The Ovens quarter is going ahead ; the popu lation is increasing on the various fields, and their success is so general as t o i nsure its being a fa vourite district for the season." MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1816. "Another rise in the rate of exchange has taken place this week of 1 per cent., as was surmised, showing that not even the strongest•backed bank is capable of carrying on le trade in the face of such a loss. The price of gold has gone up to 775. 3d. " The quantity of gold from the different fields is stea dily on the increase, Ballarat taking the lead this weeki showing an amount of nearly 2,000 oz. over Mount Alex ander and Bendigo. Number of persons arrived 409 Number that have left / r , , i i Addition this week 192 and year 3,631 " The escorts have brought from— Ballarat, including Geelong 28,473 oz. oz. Mount Alexander and Bendigo 26,624 Mary borough Avoca Daisy-hill 1,178 Amount this week Gold shipped in 1856 Per steamer to L aunceston Per steamer to Sydney 2,131 Per Roxburg Ca s tl e t o L on d on 39,771 Per Medway to London. 611,521 ' Or 26 tons 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lb. 1 oz. at 82,5.... £2,346,034 " Exchange on London.—Draughts against gold pnr• chased, at par. " Freight.-44 per oz., delivered at the Bullion•office, Bank of England. London. Insurance 2 per cent. "EDWARD KO HLL, Bullion•broker. " 69, Collins-sfreet west." THE EMPINE OP BRAZIL. Hislmperial Majesty Dom Pedro 11. opened the Brazilian Chambers ou the 3d of May last in the following speech from the throne : " August and worthy representatives of the na tion—l congratulate myself with you on our pre sent re-union. The epidemic which in the course of last year prevailed in some of the provinces of the empire and in the capital has further extended itself. The sufferings caused by this affliction have profoundly afflicted me, but I trust that Almighty God in his infinite mercy will listen to our fervent prayers for the speedy removal of the sad affliction from our country. My Government has neither spared, nor will cease to spare, every effort to assist the population attacked by this calamity. In general my people have given proofs of resigns• tion and courage, and their numberless acts of charity are worthy both of my special love and of public recommendation. Our agriculture has suf fered considerable loss in its labour, and every day it becomes more urgent for us to acquire in dustrious colonists to cultivate our fertile land and to extend its productiveness. Immigration, how ever, does not depend solely on the powers of the Government, it also requires the spontaneous assistance of our landed proprietors, and I depend on your patriotic exertions to convince my subjects of this truth. " I watch with solicitude the progress of the na tional interests, and I am confident that you will give my Government the means that may be re quired on their part, to promote so great an ob ject as a large addition to the free population of this empire._ " The public revenue, notwithstanding the un favourable circumstances of the last two years, is superior to the anticipations of the Government. The increase of our revenue has indeed been so large that were it not for the great public expenses consequent on a great rise in price of materials of all kinds, we should have a very large surplus of income over expenditure. Being about to make considerable reductions in our tariff of import duties, it will be prudent for you to put my govern ment in a position to sustain the equilibrium in our receipts and expenses, which there is a reason to apprehend may for a short time be disturbed by those reductions. "In contravention of the measures taken for the repression of the abominable slave trade, some desperadoes have dared to venture on new specu lations, but the vigilance of my Government, sup ported by public opinion, has completely frustrated them, as I hope it always will. The administration of justice, army, and navy requires still further attention, such as I have before recommended to you. "Our friendship with other powers, the incessant object of my zeal, remains unaltered. In accord- • ante with arrangements with the Government of the republic of Uruguay, I have withdrawn the assistance of our army from that state. I saw with pleasure that the conduct of our troops - while there deserved all the congratulations they received, not only from the government of that republic, but also from the nation itself. The stipulations which for a long time have joined us to the Argentine republic have been confirmed by II friendly treaty of commerce and navigation, nege" tiated on a sound basis. Between my Govern ment and that of the republic of Uruguay a treaty has also been made, by which the questions of trade, navigation andfluvial intercours e h a ve been settled, the question of boundaries being kept for Si better opportunity, within, however, the time specified in the same treaty. " August and worthy representatives of the nation, — "Our internal order and tranquillity become every day more consolidated, in consequence of the calmness of our political discussions and also of the desire of my people for the improvement of the country. This result is due in great part to the policy my Government has pursued—a policy which justifies the continuance of the frank and decided support that is has always deserved. I hope, therefore, that having in view the necessities indi cated by my Government, you will accede to the measures proposed by them, in order that thereby the increasing prosperity, and the welfare of the country may be still further advanced. " The session is now opened." teo - COl Th e L 14 4 , 4, Bete esti] .l e° Dapri ‘v• ; 801 4, to mak' du Th e r `,, L. 0 th a ' Caul kg) , d l''ket i s le r ecent ip Ll and ,7in w }awn L 'lB. e °nSe ! I 'd to ,ante ° pea $ DI( 41 k, al ha s lg, bi aht si Nit e • 1,71, a] ~ttli ll . l 4 ? Ig :" ° n i th are e qUer kd i k 9 gl °rejgn ge atte: l eed L ti . a 'ltith 6 99- 4 "an y ieall t, e ll 4 78 eliah deed , i t ib%dy. 1 4 1 Gres li tiea a ~3g ~