The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-05 00:00:00

THE PARSON AND THE PAUPER. LOOKS INTO LAW COURTS. TUE CONFERENCE. In this Week's "FUN." Established 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet. cap. 9. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. BONINEXS SILKS A LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer and the more perfect the production the grater is the . credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S BILKS are said to be incapable of identifies- Jon in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex os dby the very trade mark of the firm. as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manutacture de C. J. Bennet et Cie., it Lyon e a Injurieu.x." Wei,r guaranteed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-a arden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. and satarday. May 5, will be T IS EVE ‘ING ( I'LIURSDAY), per formed, for the first time this season, Meyerbcer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Vatentira, Mdlle. Pauline L cca, her fourth appearance in England. and first appear nee this sea on ; Margari a de Valois, Mdlle. it arie Battu ; Dania. d'Onore, Madame Tagliafico; Urbano, Madame Dldtee, her fir t appearance tnis season; It Conte di San Bris, M. Faure, his first appe trance this season; Narcello, Herr Schmi , t, his first ppearance in that character in Eng land; II Conte de Nevers, Signor Tagliafico ; Meru, Signor POIOIIIIIi ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi; De Uetz, Signor Failar Huguenot Soldier, Signor Luc,:hes'; and Raoul, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi 1 be supported by Mdlle. Salvicni, 31,111 e. Carmine, and 31. Despla e•. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre sta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. •, amphitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theare, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. }JER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT. THIS E VENIN a . (T HURS DAY, MAY 5). will be r peated Nicolai's celebrated Opera, FALSTAFF. Fenton, sig. Giuglini ; Sir Giovanni Falstaff, Sig. Marcello J un , ; s ign or Ford, and Signor Page (Abitantv di Windsor , Mr. Saniley and Sig. Gassier; SI• nder, Sig. Manfredi; Gar 'zone d'Osteria, 2tiariotii; Dottore Caio, Mazzetti ; Annetta Yage, Mdile. Vitali ; Madame Page, e. Betel ; and Madame Ford, 3ldlle. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Chorus of Townsmen, Foresters, ,t 7.. Between First and Second Acts, PAS DS DEUX. 3.1c111e. Catarina Baretta and Signor Ammaturo. SATURDAY N EXT, MAY FALSTAFF. TUESDA.Y NEXT, MAY 0 FALSTAP S'. Commence at Half-past Eight. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats, 10s. 6d.; Amphi theatre stalls, Is. and 7s. ; Gallery, 2s. Id. ; Private Boxes, in th Upper circle, 21s. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, where places may be secured; also at Mitcheirs,Bubb's, Lacon and 011ier's,Bond street ; Leader's, Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's street , Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's. Regent street ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, Cheapsicie ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and le. B. Chatterton. TFIIS EVENING, a F. cene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakvere's Chr.nicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those eminent artists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Waiter Lacy. Mr. A ddiso ,, , Mr. Ryder, Mr. Itobert Roxby, Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoft; Mr. ii. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wyune, M ss R se Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. fil HEAT RE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— eo!e Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buekstone. THIS EVENING, AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. wren and Miss .rt Bards. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone. Rogers, Clark, IV eatheraby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. Nellyi over, UM, Wright, 1-0 4 -ers, &c. , To conclude with A:KISS IN THE DART. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. In consequence of the immense preparation for the pro tion of HAMLET, and owing to the number of Rehearsals required to give due effect tO the Scenery, painted by Mr. W. Teibin, it is deemed necessary that the Theatre should be CLOSED until SATURDAY, May 14th, when will be pre sented Shakespeare's HAMLEr. Prince of Den mark, Mr. Fechter. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. R O YA L It INGES6'o 'l' HEATE.E.— sole Lesce and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. lierina.nn Vezin, .Nelson, D. Fisher o tc.; geklannea Hermann Vezin, C. C,rs.in, &c Atter which, THE COMEDY Or ERRORS. The Two Dromioft, by the Brotheri Webb. To conclude with DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR. AND AI: 'ICS. NEW ThE.A. AL, AILELPI - 11.— Sote Proori.tor aad Managc,l% 31:. B. Webster. THIS',EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHARE iPEARE'S 110 US E : Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips, stephemon.. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Spas Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Biiiingtou, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss 11. Simms and .0 rs. _ _ _ To oAlclude with TIE E AREA. BELLE : ,)lessrs. J. L. Tooe, P. Bedford, K. /tomer, Miss \Voolgar, and Mrs. if. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATE MAN.—L E A H.— Ein. EVENING and EVE EVENING —Miss Bateman will ap;.ear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den uttil further notice. In order o give due effect to t .is most remarkable suczesA of the se..son, e,.ire.y new sc , ,nery by the celebrat-a ymists Messrs. liansm and :.-ons, aid ThompaLn. New dr, ss, s and appo ntmepts have been prepared ior its productio:;.—r.d. In consequence of the , ireesing and numerous ,pplications ar the Box-olfi:e, ar ingements have cow been nade by which Seats m , y bs ob tained a Fortnight in Auvume. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. ~. Clarke, Mr. P+ul Bedford, Mr. F. icobinson, Mr, Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called z.N.HAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIZ : Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. At 10, OUT OF SIUHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews end Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with UND 111 R THE RO?E. Commence at 7. On SATURDAY, May 7, a new Comely, by Dion Bonci eauir, Esq , in which Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. Atter which (Bth time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, ac. ; Marie Wil:on, bimpson, etc. Followed by TURN HIM (JUT. Commence at 7. COALS.—The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL'3. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ...... 24 4. per ton. Double ..203. per ton. Top 23g. „ Nut 5........ 18s. „ Deep ...... 21s. ~ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-rout, IV., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best CokP Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TRR THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," _ontaining the Latest SPORTING ENTELLIGENCE, Pa b e had eery Evening . of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, lio. 4 , Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1864, The Weather —s un Office, May 5, 1864. - - I tERMOMETER. This day at Two o'olcmk Barometer -29.57. Wind—S.B.; light breeze, and cloudy. - _ HIGH NVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 15 m , --Aft ernoon, lh. 40m. ro-xoßitow.-Morming, 2h. 341.—Afternoon. 2h. 25m. , . 3i , swt .„ .„,.,„:,, ~,,. , T • t ~- !,,:y.-,4,,- ,--- ,v ii ~,„.,, • .. ~__ , LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1664. - The long debate on Mr. Ewart's motion was vary applicable at the present time, when the conduct and management of our criminal classes engrosses SO large a share of public attention, and the cases where the ultimate penalty of the law is inflicted have given rise to such numerous discussions and conflicting statements. Mr. EWART'S sentiments on this topic are well known, and the majority of opinions both in the House and throughout the country will be against him. It is not so much with his extreme views that those who analyse the debate Nava to do, as with the more moderate ideas and extended notions that were expressed during the course of the debate by many other hon. mem bers. Those who are half inclined to agree with Mr. EWART must acknowledge that the present is a most unsuitable time to abolish capital punish ment a ttogether, for, as Mr. NEWDEGATE very forcibly remarked, we are now convinced of the inefficiency of our present system of secondary punishments, and also we are compelled to keep among us the most evil-disposed of our criminals. Certainly it seems holding out a premium to crime to baud over the murdered to the tender treatment of our modern gaolers, and to permit the man fresh from the perpetration of the worst of crimes to become an inmate of the establishments where far more comforts are permitted to offenders against the law, than are ever accorded to starving supplicants, or can possibly be enjoyed by honest poverty at home. To do this would be to deprive hundreds of the last check that seems to peotect their lives from the attacks of savage brutality, or the ile!igns of deliberate ruffianism. It is quite idle to say that the fear of death does not exercise a deterrent influence over the minds of these law less characters. It is well known that the notion of convict prisons can hold out no debarring agency, for the men have been known to laugh at the very mention of these so-called peni tentiaries, but which are really more akin to the refuges that give opportunities to the felon to recruit his strength, and when the brief time of his probation is over to go on his way re joicing to undertake fresh exploits. Lord H. LENNOX'S amendment was much more reasonable. He proposed to inquire into the justice of inflicting the same penalty in all oases, and also into the present system of commuting the sentences. This latter feature of the case is most deserving of notice. It is quite defeating the ends of justice to pursue the practice that has been lately in vogue, of acting without any fixed plan or purpose in s ; important an act as that of reprieving one under sentence of death. On the whole the suggestion of Mr. NEATE appears to be the most expedient cne that can be devised under existing circumstances. It seems to meet the requirements of the case in the most e.om prehensive style, and to give an opportunity for rectifying the blunders and remedying the defici encies that now exist. Sir GEORGE GREY spoke at some length on the question, and on this occasion displayed more savoir faire regarding his subject than he often does. There was much force in the arguments he adduced against the demands of Mr. EWART, and, altogether, he seemed very fit to deal with the question. It was wise on his part to defer so much to popular opinion on this topic as to agree to the appointment of a Commission. Nothing can be more short-sighted than to persist in putting off the evil day of inquiry until a more fitting op portunity, and such a course of policy always results in failure of the most complete character. It is high time that the wheise system of our penal servitude be thoroughly revised, and it cannot much longer be put off. It is also very desirable that more consistency be observed with regard to the infliction of capital punishment, so that there may net be the same disquiet and discussions concerning their infliction as was apparent in two or three cases last autumn and winter. It must in a great measure detract from the salutary effect that should be produced, if the diseffeeted think they have got hold of a grand case of injustice against the authorities, and where such unequal exercise of justice is displayed as was apparent last year, it will be impossible to prevent the feeling gaining ground. One of the chief points to which the Commission ought to direct their attention is the new notions that have gained ground respecting insanity. This subject should be vigorously dealt with and the most arbitrary rules laid down, so that it may be quite impossible for any mistakes and misrepresentations to occur. If once the idea becomes prevalent that the rich criminal enjoys a comparative immunity, and can alway-s at a pinch beeetaaught off by the dexterous devicas of relations who prove lunacy to be existing in the family, there will be an end of all the mejesty of justice and the solemn effects which its exercise should produce. Because the principle of capital punish ment is upheld, there is no reason why the advo cacy of that theory should shield the errors that have crept into its practice, and which materially detract from the Efficacy of its working. To con found the uses and abuses of a systna is a fatal error, and has caused the ruin of many a cherished scheme and the downfall of many a goodly social structure. Mr. ROEBUCK very properly exposed the fallacy of Mr. GILPIN'S argument, that innocent persons were likely to be convicted. This is never now the case, and all the mistakes are made on the other side. There are hundreds who are always on the alert if a criminal is sentenced to undergo the extreme penalty of the law, but very few trouble themselves to consider the claims of those who are the victims of these barbarians. Surely their case is the most deserving of the two, and they have a more righteous cause to advocate. It is satisfactory to reflect upon the solution of the difficulty that has been arrived at in the present instance, and it now remains for thosii interested in the matter to watch the progress of the Commission, and to trust that they will exercise due care and vigilance in the exercise of their arduous endeavour. It is never very difficult to make the worse ap. pear the better cause so long as you have all the argument yourself, and accordingly Professor GOLDWIN SMITH, in setting forth his views upon the American question,* finds it easy enough toide monstrate to his own satisfaction the immense supe riority of the Nortb, to exhibit their patriotism, morality, humanity, self.devotion, and high prin ciple of the Federals, individually and collectively, and to paint in darksome colours the tyranny, the cruelty, the treachery, violence, and insolence of the South. He is arguing on paper, and it is very easy to take assumption for evidence, and opinion for fact, under such circumstances. Indeed, it is to be qaestioned how far either fact or evidence;would influence the opinions of a gentleman who gravely informs us, while recapitulating the virtues cf the North, that humanity has a foremost place among them. He confidently assert that this civil war has so far been, on the part of the North, without exception, the most humane in history. Such a theory has, at least, the merit of originality, the doctrine not having beon hitherto propounded, and the submerged wastes round Vicksburg, the bomb shells thrown on the hospitals of Charleston, and the dictatorship of General BUTLER are to most persons convincing arguments to the contrary. The famous proclamation of the latter, Professor GoLD WIN SMITH cites as evidence in support of his case. Had there been great actual cruelty, he says, there would never have been such a fuss about mere word s , what can be said when we have to deal wi t?' se able a special pleader that he makes his adve rsary ' s case support his own. Oar author is not, ho wever, above the common raaource of per plexel advocates, and is very ready to point his moral with wholesale abuse of his own country and her dominant classes. He would have us believe that we hold Irela n d - as a conquered State kept under by the sword. Re would have us think that our upper clas ses are i pendence, becau se o f the A favour of Southern inde ir dark and secret hatred to freedom in all its forms, 11e Say s th at th e Ame rican crisis "ha s ki n dl e d among the r eac ti o nary party in this count r y a passionate and almost fran tic excitement of ' feeling such as has not • tt Letter to a Whig Member of the Southern Indepen ssociationi" d e uce A By Goldwin Smith , Macmillan. been witnessed among the same party since the war against the French Revolution ;" and what did that feeling arise from ? He is very ready to enlighten us. " History will not mistake the meaning of the loud cry of triumph which burst from the hearts of all who openly or secretly hated liberty and progress, et the fall, as they fondly sup posed, of the great republic." History, before she . expresses an opinion as to its origin, must first hear the loud cry of triumph, which is not yet audible to English ears. In truth there is little enough to triumph about. The American war has, thanks to the partiality and pusillanimity of Ministers, been henceforth productive of a good deal of humiliation to England, but very little triumph. Neither have English sympathies been enlisted so warmly on either side as to call forth a passionate, much less a frantic excitement. It was a considerable time after the breaking out of hostilities before the English public, closely as they watched the war, took part with either combatant. The origin of the war is too vague, its object too indistinct, to awake the sym pathies of a peace-loving people, who would have warmly entered iuto a struggle whose motto on either side was pro arie et focis. As time went on and the character of the conflict was better under stood, Englishmen realised the idea that commer• cial self interest was at the bottom of the Union fervour of the North, and that the South, after long chafing under the democratic dominion, was deter mined to try her fortunes for herself. They grew gradually to sympathise with a gallant resistance in an unequal struggle; to feel that the men who, without army or navy, trade or agriculture, held their own with such indomitable resolution, were truly of kindred blood, and became disgusted with the faction, the greed, and the hypocrisy of the North. If there are Englishmen so averse to free government as to rejoice in American troubles, they had better seek their source of enjoyment North than South, rather in the cells of Fort Lafayette than at Richmond or Charleston. Professor GOLD WIN SMITH, with his singular gift of representing as virtues the very vices that claim our censure, tells us that in the North " persona: liberty has been secure to a degree unequalled, I venture to -assert, in so fearful an extremity, to a greater degree than it was here ueder PITT, in an extremity far less painful." That history, upon whose veracity the Professor reckons so much, must certainly have been strangely careless in recording important facts, since we cannot recall an instance of Fox's followers being sent over to Paris, VALLANDIGHAM fashion, or being summarily expelled from Parliament for the expression of in convenient opinions; though, if report be true, such an event occurred in the American Congress not many weeks since. Yet the Opposition of those days was certainly not backward in declaring its views. England is, however, out of favour with our author, and he attributes to our landowners the darkest political vices of the feudal age. They have no sympathy with freedom, no respect for a country where all classes are fairly represented and share in the benefits of government alike. Their feelings are all on the side of the haughty slave holder who tramples his fellow creatures under his feet and boldly proclaims his crime. "He was," says Professor GOLDWIN SMITH, " sagacious as well as bold, and knew that a fierce denial of the Rights of Labour might touch a fibre of latent sympathy in revolutionary hearts." If we contrast this with the picture of " Freedom and Slavery grappling in mortal struggle for the possession of the New *World," we have the summing up of all the arguments adduced in favour of Northern supremacy. Unfortunately for the success of all this eloquence tlitr.3 is a sturdy common-sense cha racteristic of Englishmen, common alike to peer and peasant, which cannot be convinced that it is virtuous to countenance a thing when it is in your favour, and to denounce it when it turns to your disadvantage. Englishmen cannot see the disinte restedness of proclaiming abolition just in those quarters where it cannot be enforced, and being conveniently blind to the iniquity of slavery so far as loyal Unionists are concerned. They cherish a wicked suspicion that if Northern ports were once more to be made the medium of Southern produce, or, what Professor GOLDWIN SMITH calls " the fell alliance between the slave-owning aristocracy of the South and the Democratic party in the North," were reinstated in full force, we should hear very little more about the horrors of slavery, and the " domestic institution" might go on much as these evil-minded Southerners liked. So far as the steam rams are concerned, which our author regards as a matter of such serious import that their escape from the Mersey will involve England in an American war, the question as it at present stands is rather an awkward one for the Federals. Possibly, when this pamphlet was penned, the author was unaware of the singular revelations as to certain documents connected with the rams. The evidence which shook Earl RUSSELL'S nerves, which winged Mr. SEWARD'S fury, and which " in the simplicity" of his heart an English law officer accepted as genuine, has been proved to be decidedly, unmis iakeably, inconveniently false. If only the mistake had not come out until after the trial ! But as it has so inopportunely come to light, perhaps the advocates of the North had better let the matter alone, at least until an English court of law has examined into it a little more closely. Meanwhile the Federal cause has certainly gained an enthu s:astic advocate—only, unfortunately, eloquence and earnestness will not always gain the day at the bar of public opinion, when the whole weight of the evidence is on the other side. We lately alluded, in a leading article, to the present state of legal education for students about to become barristers-at-law, both as regards the recent examination lately appointed prior to ad missioa as a student, and the present examination, or rather mode of allowing students to be called to the bar without undergoing an examination at all, or else running into the opposite extreme, and ex pecting too much from those who aim at honours and distinction, and who have the energy and in dustry not to be satisfied with a nine years' atten dance at lectures, or else in a barrister's or pleader's chambers, as the case may be. About nine years ago, as we all know, there was established the system of appointing civil servants of the East India Company by free and open competition, not at tempting Eto regulate, ibut absolutely excluding the principle of patronage altogether. After well nigh ten years' experience of the said examination, we can speak most favourably, and we also see that this examination ,has had the most marked and beneficial effects upon the general state of education, inducing a spirit of rivalry among our universities unknown before, and laying the foundations for exertions which must result in the elevation of the intellectual standard of each, in remedying de ficiencies, and placing education in the hands most competent to conduct it. The scientific departments of the military service have also been thrown open to free competition with results equally beneficial to all schools and all universities throughout the king dom. In the last century examinations were com pletely at a discount, and in fact were almost like gas, the metropolitan police, and railroads, things wholly unknown and concealed in the womb of time. The great change between the present and the past generation consists in this, that the former is lenient to the school ben', and spares the rod, but inflicts great severity on tle young man, and spares not his nerves; the latter while it was over indul gent to the young man, soared not the extremities of the school boy. Merit, is the only ground of ap pointment-And examination as the only test of merit, are now admitted princip es. This being the state of public feeling and opinion, the representatives of the Inns of Court procuce, three times a-year, their system of examination. They also, like the East India Company, the Secretary at War, and the public departments, have something to give away. They have been intrusted wigi the responsible and honourable duty of admiting those whom they shall think worthy to practise in the courts of law, and to undertake a vast number of cffiees of fieness, for which their certificate of admission is the only test. The ssmo ohiigatien which binds a bishop to lay hands suddenly on no men extends to these bodies, to which is committed the power of admission—a high and responsible office. We ourselves know an instance, about half a century ago, of a young man getting ordained by simply telling the bishop.he was the nephew of a dignitary of the Church, and had been educated at a public school where his uncle, the aforesaid dignitary, had been head master. It would be worse than idle to ask if such a state of things would be tolerated in these days. But it all tee more tends to sweep away the last vestige of a bad state of things belonging to a corrupt and bygone age. It is not very difficult to point out how scandalously the benders of the four Inns of Court negleot their duty, and how utterly unfit they are to have the power of calling men to the bar. The system of the Inns of Court is to pro pose to those who choose to submit to it what we doubt not is a fair and searching examination, and even—as we pointed out in a recent leading article —too far in many respects, but to have it entirely optional to candidates whether they will be exa mined or not. In order to induce them to be exa mined bribes, in the shape of studentships and re missions of terms, are held out; but if these induce• ments fail it is quite competent to the student, by attending a certain number of lectures, or even this latter he may now since the commencement of the present year, Hilary Term, 1864, escape, if, as we have already pointed oat, he chooses to pass a year in the chambers of a barrister, conveyancer, or special pleader. We can imagine no scheme more discreditable or more inefficient than this. An examination is not a good thing of itself, not an end but means to the attainment of that end. Far be it from us to assert that the man who comes out highest at an examination either at Oxford, Cam bridge, the London University, the Inns of Coact, or Trinity College, Dublin, will make the best practising Barrister either at Chambers or in Court, but examinations are adjuncts and very useful and powerful adjuncts too. The use of an examination previous to a call to the bar would be to ascertain that every student, before being called, possessed at least the minimum of qualification which may be reasonably expected from a member of a learned profession. To the highly qualified student the examination is a mere form, but to a student of inferior qualification it is a serious bat most useful ordeal. To be of any use at all an examination must be universal, for otherviie it does not succeed in its main object, that of fixing the standard of The pro fession, and ascertaining a point below which no man's qualification who has once been admitted into it can possibly fall. Apply these principles to the practice of the inns of Court. If a student be highly qualified, that is possessed of much more than that amount of qualification which would justify his admission into the profession of a Bar rister, if, in fact, examination would be to him a mere useless form, many inducements are held out in order to persuade him to undergo it. Candidates are likely to have recourse to it just in proportion as such recourse isannecessary. Those who arc examined are not thinking of their call to the bar, but of their schoiership or remission of terms. Wherever the tut is applied it wi!l be in a case in which it might be dispensed with, but by mixing up the studentship with the examination, and making the examination optional, the benchers have in fact provided that the student is not neces sarily the best man of his year, but only the best of those who are willing to compete. Take now the case of the inferior student, the person against whom the professicn and public ought to b e pro tected, to whom the test of an examination i s a for midable reality —an o bstacle requiri ng t h e strenuous exertion of all his faculties to overcome. For men, supposing them to be gifted with the most ordinary degree of self-kno wledge, there will be no examina tion at all. To what end should he submit himself to be examined. H e has not by the supposition the remotest chance of obtaining a studentship or any other distinction, and all he can possibly hope for is the questionable honour of being plucked, and that in an examination to which he was not called upon to submit himself. Is is the public interest that such persons should be strictly examined. It is their private interest that they should not. What worse can be said of a system than that it put s p u bli c an d private interest in opposition to eac h other, an d leaves every interested party to decide the question for himself. We once more take the liberty of warning the depositaries of this public trust thus scandalously abused, that they are presuming too far on the patience and anathy of the puulic. We would entreat them t o ca ll to mind the days of GEORGE IV. I n t h e days of GEORGE IV. Lords and C ommons t hen held with fancied security the absol u t e con t ro l o ver the representatives of this country, Th e an nual motion for Reform in Parliament had come to be a mere form; but they were suddenly ioescd from their false confidence, and almost before the smoke had drifted away from their burnt rick yards they were forced to strip themselves of their long cherished power of nomination, A n d so w e would ask the benchers of the Inns of C our t , w h e ther they flatter themselves that that page of history must stand without its parallel. Can you cheat yourselves into the belief that political privations are less endurable than ignorant b arr i s t ers, t h a t though a rotten borough could not b e en d ure d, the Inns of Court, in their present most di sgrace ful condition, can ? Thinking men h ave , w i t h ma rvellous unanimity, come to the conclusion that the deplorable state of law and jurisdiction amongst us arises from the narrow and imp er fe c t e d uca tion of our lawyers, dis qualifying them a lik e f rom l a ying down sound prin ciples, or applying th e m, when laid down, in a congenial spirit. For this the Inns of Court, who have been trusted wi:b, and have grossly abused the care of, legal education, are mainly, if not en ti re ly, responsible. Legal difficulties may prevent the restitution of their vast revenues to the purposes to sehich they were de signed, and from which they have been diverted to the purposes of architecture and gastronomy ; but, assuredly, no long ti me w ill elapse before a board of Legal Examiners, u nconne cted with the Inns of Court, is appointed, without whose certificate no one shall be allowed to practise at the bar, and who shall merit by their ability and integrity that public confidence which the lons of Court have so justly forfeited. When stripped of the power of calling to the Bar, and reduced to the position of the keepers of taverns and boarding-houses, the governing bodies of the Inns of Court will probably become alive when too late to the dangers of their position, and perceive how impossible it will be to retain in their owr, hands any longer those reve nues, of the last excuse for retaining which, the superintendence of education, their own misconduct has deprived them. L ATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE WAR IN JUTLAND. COPENHAGEN, MAY 4. The, Daublade of to.d ty says : ° The enemy is placing Fredericia in a state of defence, and the town is being strongly garrisoned. "The enemy occupies lialo and A beltoft." THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT AND GARIBALDI. TURIN, MAY 4 (Evening). In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Minister of the Interior, in reply to speeches from several members of the Opposit:on, stated that it was not for the Government to declare its intentions respect ing General Garibaldi and his party, but that it was, above all, necessary to know how the general and his party intended to act. The Minister defended the policy of the Government, and proved the neces sity of seizing the arms and money in order to pre vent painful occurrences. After the j)urney of Garibaldi to London, after the eulogy bestowed by Garibaldi on English institutions, and the respect paid by the English ❑ation to the Queen and the laws, the Minister hoped that nobody apart from the King and the Government would speak in the name of the country, or pursue a policy differing from that of the Government, and in opposition to the constitution. The speaker then explained that the policy of the Government was based upon an alliance with the Western Powers. He demanded a vote of confi dence in the Ministry—a vote confirming their policy, and reserving the initiative in accomplish ing the Italian empire at Rome and Venice to the King and the Parliament. SPAIN, MADRID, MAY 4 (Evening). The Government has received information of fresh victories of the Spanish troops in Saint Domingo. The Enoca says—" The Government has no wish to put down political banquets, but it will ener getically suppress all excesses contrary to the laws." THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. The following telegram, addressed to the Secre. tart' of State for War, was received early this morning from her Majesty's Consul at Alexan- dria : " The following despatch has this day been ro ceived from Lieut.-General Cameron, dated head quarters, Teawamuta, Feb. 25.: "A force under I..eut.-General Cameron made a flank march on the night of 30th February, by which the whole of the native strongholds, con structed with immense labour to oppose his advance, were successfully turned. They were immediately evacuated by the natives, who fell back on a strong position in front of Rangiawahia, their principal source of supply. "Oa the 22d Gen. Camcrln attacked this posi tion, which was most gallantly assaulted and carried by the 50th Regiment. We are now in possession of the rich country between the Waipa and Waikato rivers as far es ilangiawahia, from which the natives have retired. There were three officers severely wcunded, viz,, Lieut.-Col. Nixon, Colonial Defence Force; Lient, Pagan, 65th Regi ment; and Ensign Thveton, 50th Regiment; and four men killed and 24 wounded." (By telegraph from Suez.) MELBOURNE, MARCIE 24. According to the latest advices from New Zea land, Piko Piko and Paterangi have been aban doned by the natives. General Cameron attacked their redoubts on the 22d Februrry. The Maories fled with the loss of 50 killed and wounded. 150 laid down their arms. FRANCE. The following information relative to the inva sion of Jutland is given in the France :—" On the 27th ult. 8,000 Prussians entered Viborg. Ac counts from Horsens state that the troops which have arrived there are quite young soldiers, well dressed and newly come from Silesia, but their arrogance and effrontery know no bounds, They enter the shops in parties of ten or a dczen, and lay hold of anything that strikes their fancy without thinking. Sometimes they even add raillery to their pillage, telling the poor shopkeepers ',that the King of Denmark will pay for Ni hat is taken.' If by chance they find a door shut against them, they break it open, and in some houses they have even assaulted the inhabitants, when the latter have not immediately given them what they ask for." The Cologne Gazette Et stes that the first trial of the new bridge erected over the Rhine, at Coblentz, took place on the 27th ult., by sending a heavily laden railway train over it. The proof was con sidered quite satisfactory. The Prince Imperial is to give a fete on Sunday next in the gardens of the Tuileries to the children, members of the Society of "Pr e:s de l'Enfance au travail." The gates will be opened at one o'clock, and the proceedings last from two to five. Mem ber's cards will, serve as tickets of admission. The Figaro Programme says :—" The directors of the different theatres of Paris have received a circular from Marshal Vaillant, Minister. of the Emperor's Household, in which they are called on to adopt the necessary measures, in order that the evening edition of the itioniteur may be henceforth sold inside tl:le house." BOURSE, May 4.—The market continues heavy, and Stock having been offered the business done shows a further decline. Threes, for. the Account, are now at 66f. 45c. Mobilier have also receded, the present quotation being 1,150 f. Railway Market without animation. The market again rallied before the close, and left off as follows: 41 per Cents. .. 93 55 Italian Loan 6B 65 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 70 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 65 Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier....1157 nO Russian .. - Do. end m0nth....1161 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3371) Spanish Threes.... Credit k onoier 1260 home Debt ...... Roman RA IL WATS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and. Mediterranean 930 .. 94U New ditto Southern Western Eastern •• . • Sardinian Austrian Lew h , ,rd North of Spain Saragossa 555 .. 555 Ditto to Barcelona ITALY. A letter from Turin, dated 28th ult., says— "The O?icial Gazette publishes this evening a decree of the Minister of Public Instruction, order ing the closing of the Universities of Turin and of Padua, in consequence of the tumults and disturb ances occasioned by the students iu those two cities. The cause of the disturbances was a circular issued by the Minister, which reinstated a more strict code of regulations for the doctoral examinations. The students maintained that such a step should have been taken at the commencement of the year, and not on the very eve of the ext:ruinations, which would render their studies much more laborious. "The Garibaldi party continues to agitate, but less openly than it has done recently. Mysterious preparations are going on in nearly all the principal towns in Italy. " The Minister of Foreign Affairs has received somewhat alarming news concerning the revolt in the Regency of Tunis. An Italian squadron, under the orders of Admiral Albini, has been ordered t o Tunis to act in concert with the English and French fleets already there. " Cardinal Morichini, Archbishop of Jesi, in the Marches, has been sent to prison for having refused to give the sacraments to the Mayor of Ancona, unless thnt functionary would disavow his oath of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy." BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, A..Ly 5. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Magda lena, Captain Woolward, with the above m ,i's, has arrived. Sho brings 178 p7lsengers, amongst whom are Lady Marion „A_lfoz.d and friends, General Lockwood, Rev. Mr. liesgham, Assist.. Surgeon Foster, and Mr. Knowles, from Lisbon ; also ten naval invalids, and seven distressed British subjects. The Magdalena brings specie, value £12,297 ; three packages of diamonds, 781 bales of c3tton, 688 bags of coffee, 112 roils of tobacco, 50 do. of ippecacuhana, 40 barrels of tapioca, 50 boxes of potatoes, and 142 packages of sundries. During the passage the Magdalena experienced strong heed winds to St. Vincant, then moderate weather to within two days of Lisbon, when it blew strong gale from the north, from Lisbon light winds and fine weather. On the 16th ult., in lat. 2.58 S. long. 31.28 W., the Magdalena exchanged colours with the British ship Eglin Hounds, from Cal.ao to Liverpool, 62 days cut ; on the 22d exchanged colours with the English ship Thompson, outward bound, to Mara caibo ; on the 24th exchanged colours with a Bremen brigantine, showing 164 on a white flag; on the ht May, cff the Tagus, signalled the Doke of Suther land's yacht Undine, steering southerly ; on the 23, off Finisterre, passed the screw steamer Melbourne, homeward bound; on the 4th, off the Start, passed the Dover Castle steering up Channel. The English squadron were in the River Plate. The Alecto left Bahia for Monte Video on the 31st March. The E;mont was at Rio Janeiro. BUENOS AYRES, March 27. Nothing of importance has occurred since the sailing of the French packet; although at peace our selves the revolution in the Banda Oriental con tinues. The currency has slightly improved, which is mainly attributed to the rumour that the new Finance Minister proposes burning the paper InencJy as hitherto. The news from Europe per last packet has had a rather unfavourable effect upon the market as many of the merchants regarding a Europe In war as in evitable, have contracted their business. The port of Buenos Ayres Is crowded with vessels, and freights have fallen to an extremely low figure, and the ship brokers are unable to find cargo for one-half the vessels. Business is dull, the weather very dry, and another drought feared, merchants jooking fcr,vard with the greatest anxiety to the news by next packet: Rolsa shares have suffered a depreciation of five per cent. San Juan Mining shares still move. Money is in good demand. Wool and hides fi:m. The department at San Juste, Cordova, was in vaded by the Indians on the 10th ins`. who swept the whole country before them ; upwards of 30 persons were savagely murdered by the invaders. The Cordovese Government is very feeble and does not exert itself in the least towards repelling the Indians. The sales of Saladero ox cowhides during 15 days are 5,000 oxhides at 991 to 40 reals ; in stock Mata. den salted hides, cow 33 meals; ox, 33 meas. Total sale of dry hides for the fortnight are 61,000 ; stock of all classes on hand unsold 41,000. In Exchange for the packet about £120,000 stem ling hive been takeri at 606.6 d. to 70i. The last pricy of best wool is 105301 e. to 1153015. Good Mestiz 1, 92 dolls, to 102 dais., second class, 73 dols. to 90 dols., third class, 62 dols. to 75 dols. The Japanese Ambassadors at Paris, Oe Tuesday the French Emperor and Empress received in public audience at the Tuileries his Excellency Jkeda Tsikouzo no Kami, of the family of the daimois Jkeda, Frst Ambassador of the Tycoon of Japan ; his Excellency Kswatsou Jdzou no Kami, former governor of Hokodadi, Second Ambassador of the Tycoon ; and his Excellency Kawada Sagami no Kami, Third Ambassador. Their excellencies were accompanied by the councellors and secretaries of the embassy. Their Majesties were seated on the throne, hay. inn with them the Prince Imperial, and were sur rounded by the great officers of the Crown and the chief officials of the palace. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was present. His Excellency Jkeda Teikougo no Kami ed dressed the Emperor as follows, speaking in the Japanese languege. His words were first trans lated into Dutch by the Japanese interpreter, and then into French by M. Blekrnan, secretary and interpreter to the French Legation at Japan :-- "By the order received from his Majesty the Tycoon of Japan to give proofs of his sincerity and good-will, we have the honour, as ambassadors, to respectfully hand your Majesty autograph letters, wishing happiness to your Majesty and prosperity to your subjects. " Since a treaty has been concluded between the two empires rriendship has extended from day to day ; but on account of great changes in our old habits there have been some disorders in the ne• tional sentiment. Every possible effort has been made to take measures to appease these disorders, but at present success has not been obteined. " In fact some Japanese have fired with cannons on one of your Majesty's vessels of war, and have even assassinated one of your military officers. His Majesty the Tycoon has ordered us to express to your Majesty his deep regret at these accidents, and, to prove his goodwill and his friendly senti ments, has ordered us to unite in conference with one of the high subjects of your Majesty, in order to give the necessary explanations, so that the good relations on both sides may externally continue. His Majesty the Tycoon prays your Majesty to have confidence in us, for we have all three been chosen by him." His ,Excellency the First Ambassador then handed to his Majesty the letters written by the Tycoon of japan. The Emperor replied as follows :—" I am grate ful to the Tycoon of Japan for having recognised the necessity of giving me explanations as to the difficulties in the execution of the treaty concluded between us, and respecting the attack made on a French officer. I sincerely desire to se© cur rela.. tions extend wore from dey to day ; but to insure this your Government ought in the first place to cause international laws to be respected, and to cm vines itself well of the understanding between Europea❑ Powers to defend their honour and their interests in distant countries. The steps you have taken is the proof that your Sovereign regrets that which passed, and I se© you amonget us with pleasure." The ambassadors were then conveyed to their hotel with the customary formalities. It is ex pected that they will leave Paris for Holland in a few dep. THE CORNISH MACKEREL FISHERY.—Last wcek'e catch of mackerel compared very favourably, both in resp7ct to quantity and quality, with that of any week since the commencement of the season. On Friday night the Newlyn boats fell in with a shoal of remarkably fine fish, and took from 700 to 5,C00 per boat, which sold at from 25s to 30s per six score. Some boats had from 2,000 to 3,000 " over day" fish, which were ti•ery small, and sold at irons 14s to 15s per six score, The St. Ives boats went out on Thurs day, the lowest catch being 100, and the highest upwards of 3,500, 14s to 30s. On Friday the hauls were from 5,000 downwards, prico 14s to 16s, On Saturday, from 1,000 downwards, 15s to 17s per six score. Tho quantity of fish sent off to the London and other markets durirg the past few days has been very large. The retail price at the Cornish markets is from 2d to 21d per fisb, or six or eight for a shilling, 47,5)7:F . , _ HER, MAJESTY, OSBORNE, May 4. The Queen and Princess Louize walked and drove out yesterday. Her Majesty held a Council to-day, which was attended by Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset, and Sir Charles Wood. Mr Helps was Clerk of the Council. Earl Granville had an audience of the. Queens and re mained at 0.-bernt, The Duke of SJuir..: , et had an audicnco of the Qacen. --~-- _ The Prince aid Princess of Wales, The Prince of Wales rode on horscht:ck yesterday, at tended by Major Teesdale. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey. Their royal highnesses had a dinner party in the evening. The company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess d'Aumale, Comte de Paris; and Comte d'Eu, the Prince Lowenstein •Wertheim, the and Duchess of Wellington, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Sparish Minister and Madame Comyn, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess Russell, Earl of St. Germans, Earl Cowley, Viscountess Palmerston,, the Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley, de Clinchamp (in attendance on the Duchess . d'Aumale), the lion. Mrs. William Grey ; Litut.-Greneral. Kuollys, and Majar Teesdale. The Royal Visit to Cambridge, It would now appear that all will not go so smoothly in the matter of the Royal visit to Cambrdge as might have been hoped and anticipated. It is evident that some little jealousy has arisen between the university and town; butt the jealousy is oZ a loyal nature, the point at issue being; who shall be first to practically evince their loyalty to the illustrious guests. A rumour had arisen that the university authorities, on the ground (universally admitted) that the vide was iEtendcd primarily, if not solely, to honour the university, objected to the first approach to the royal pre senc:e being made by the corporation of the borough by the presentation by the municipal authorities of an address to the illustrious visitors upon their arrival at the railway station, or immediately upon their arrival in the town. At a town council meeting on Tuesday, whereat the•. Mayor (Mr H. H. Harris) presided, his worship, addressing the council, said they would be aware that their Royal 17lighnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales intended paying the university a visit during the ensuing month. Whether or no the town would take part in the celebration of the occasion it was not for him then to say, but he begged to move that a committee be appointed, and lowers dele gated to them to make such arrangements as might be found necessary and proper. Mr. Alderman Brown seconded the motion.—Mr. Wagstaff said there was a public; rumour that the university objected to the presentation of an address by the . corporation to the Princess at the railway station. Was that so ?—The Mayor said that the visit was to the university,—Mr. Wagstaff said that he heard en in timation had been made to the Mayor that he might present the corporation address under an awning to be erected in Peterhousd Lodge after the arrival of the Prince and Princess there, and that the Mayor had declined to aceedio to such mode of presentation. Ho (Mr. Wagstaff) thong,: at credit was due his worship for such refusal, as tendir rg to maintain the honour and dignity of the borough,—T: ae Mayor replied that it was with a view to future arrange merits that he moved for the committee.—The Mayor, AI - dermen Henry Smith, Ekiu, and Brown, Councillors Deck , Fitch, and Wetenbell were appointed of the committee, and the subject dropped. In the university the younger_ spirits are all agog for a ball on a grand scale, and a memorial, signed by several members of the senate, was presented to the vice-chancellor, requesting him to ascertain the opinion of the members of the senate as to the desirableness of giving some enterta in meat on the part of the university generally to their ro yet highnesses, and suggesting a ball as the most appropriate form of such entertainment. In compliance with this requisition, a private meeting of members of the senate was called in the arts school on Tuesday, and it was agreed tlult a ball would corm a fitting feature in the entertainment. The majority of those present were in favour of the ha 11 being given in the Fitztvilliam museum; but there was a strong minority in opposition to this, and whether or no the locale shall be the museum will be decided in congri!ga ticu on Saturday next. Prince Alfred, Wo learn by telegraph that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred left Berlin yesterday morning for Weimar, whence his royal highness intended to proceed to Coburg and Darmstadt, previously to going to Marseilles. On Sunday the King of Prussia conferred the Order of the Black Eagle on his royal highness. Afterwards the Prince was at Potsdam with the Crown Princess and the Queen cf Prussia, where, after service at the Garri; ton Church, a parado of the regiments of the cavalry of Ithe guard took place before the King in the pleasure grounds. In the afternoon the King and the royll family returned to Borlin, and were present at the funeral of .General von Itaben at the Church of the Invalids, and in the evening the Court was present at the Garrison Church, where the oratorio, " Israel in Egypt," was performed for the hem fit of the Crown Princo Institution. On Mo eday morning Prince Alfred went to Potsdam with the King of Prussia, the Crown Princess, Princes Charles and Alexander, and Prince Augustus of Wurtem berg, where, as is customary on the anniversary of the battle of Grossgorzeben, the Ist Regiment of Guards were exercised, and afterwards an inspection of the Jager batta lion of the Guords took place. Later in the day a dinner took place at the palace: of the Crown Princess, when Prince Alfred and the princes; of the Prussian royal family where present. Sir Alex. Buchanan, the gnglish. Minister, was amongst those invited. RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR.—Tier Majesty and the junior members of the royal family are expected to leave Osborne , on Monday next, and return to Windsor Castle, where,they will ranaiu but a few days. About tomorrow (Frida;,7) week the Court will remove to Balmoral, where, it is understood, her Majesty will pass the summer months. The Marquis and Marchioness of Do vvnsbire entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Belgrav•e•square. Viscountess (Selina) Milton and Mr. Foljatabe arrived on Tuesday at their residence on Carlton-heruse terrace, from the family seat in Nottinghamshire. Lord and Lady B trners have arrived at the Palace Hotel, Buckitgli.am-gate, front Keythorpe Leicestershire. W e are informed that a marriage is arranged between the Hon. Ellen Stuart, second daughter of Lord and Lady Blantyre, and Sir David Baird. We are also able to announce a eimil ar event between Lady Constsince Murray, second sister ot• the Earl of Dunmore, and Lord Elphinstone ; also bei;ween Lady Constance Villiers, eldest daughter of the I dlarl of Clarendon, and tae lion. Frederick Stanley, secon d son of the Earl of Derby.--The Owl. The Hon. 11. Prendergast Vereker, LL.D., has arrived at Westbourne-place, Eaton-square, for the season. We understand that Air. Yea eker will not resume official duties in Brazil until ou r diplomatic relations with, that country are ra-established . The Right Hen. E award Cardwell, M.P., and Mrs. Cardwell had a dinnr. ,r party yesterday at their houso in Eaton-square. Lady Cross, relict oft lie late ion. Sir John Cross, Chief Judge of the Court o f Review in Bankruptcy, expired at Bath on Monday last, ai ;ed 82. THE CO NFERENCE. The Pienipotentiarit 1,9 met at one o'clock yes terday, at the official .esidence of the First Lord of the Treasury, iu Doc vning-strect. All the mem bers of the Conference attended. The question of the armistice was res umed, and discussion lasted until half-past two o'c lock ; but it terminated, we have reason to believe, , vith the declaration of tho representatives of the G erman Powers and of Den.. mark, that they must gf ;ain refer to their Govern ments for further ins! ructions. Probably there is less reluctance to avtait those additional com munications, since it is understood to be the fact that at this moment hostilities are already sus pended; and it is no t expected that they will be renewed in the interva. t before the next assembling of the Conference. That meeting stands for Monday next. DESPATCH OF THE IN DIA AND CHINA MAILS.— SOUTHAMPTON, May ~ t.--The Fenineulor and Oriental Company's stearosLip Syria, Captain Jamieson, sailed this afternoon with the mails for Gibraltar, the Medi terranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India (except Bombay), and China. The Sria took out 2:•,t first and 16 second class passengers, arid on freight 543 boxes of specie, value £156,675 10s., for the following- poi ts :—for Madras, rove £7oo, geld thread, £591; Calcutta, bar silver, £20,000, jewellery, £1,168; Pena: tg, dollars, £20,800; Singapore, dollars, £A4OO, g - 31 , 1 ratches, £200; Hong Kong, dollars, £4 1 ,77' 2 10s., bar eilve r, amber heads and watches, £777 ; Shanghai, cloila rs, .C 11.400, watches, &c., £16,000, also a full care of eneral merchandise, Amongst the passengers by the Syri a are Staff Surgeon Smythe, Captain S4uire, Captain Tre!i.lett, Ensign Cooke, and Lieut, Semple, R,N. i A in T 1 C,