The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-27 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. -~- ---- RADNOR BOROUGHS. The election of a member for the Radnor Boroughs—viz., New Radnor, Knighton, Cefu- Llys, Knucklas, Rhayader, and Prosteign—in the room of the late Sir G. C. Lewis, took placa at New Radnor on Saturday. New Radnor, which is dignified with the titleoi " town" is a small village in a retired situation among the Radnorshire hills and forests, within six miles of a railway and 20 miles of telegraphic communication w ith the rest of the world. The proceedings took place in a building called the Town-hall, where some 200 persons assembled. The returning officer is the Rev. G. R. Turner, who, in opening the proceedings of the day, necessarily alluded to the loss which the nation had sus tained in the death of the late Sir G. C. Lewis, who, he said, had been recognised by all parties as a model statesman, while his kind and courteous de meanour had gained the respect of all, as was testi fied by the tributes which had been paid to his me mory by the press, of all shades of opinion. After the usual preliminaries, Mr. PRICHARD nominated Mr. Richard Green Price, of Norton Manor, as a fit and proper person to represent the united boroughs in Parliament. In re-echoing all that had been said by the high bailiff as to the late baronet, he said the sorrow which they felt in Radnorshire at his death was a sorrow felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. Mr. Price's politics were in accordance with those of their late lamented member. He would support the Government of which Sir George had been the brighest ornament► and would especially support that foreign policy which, under God's blessing, had saved us from the miseries of war. (Cheers.) Mr. CUMMING seconded the nomination, and ex pressed an opinion that Mr. Price would be found to be a thorough Liberal, and therefore a worthy successor to their late member. If they elected him they would not be putting a round man into a square hole, nor a square man into a round hole, but would have the right man in the right place. No other candidate being put in nomination, Mr. Price was declared duly elected amid cheering. Mr. PRICE then addressed the electors. He com menced his address by alluding to the great loss which the nation, and Radnorshire in particular, had sustained in the death of the late Sir G. C. Lewis. In deference to the feelings of th e f am il y at Harpton Court, he said he could have wished to defer the election of a successor, but the writ hav ing issued on Monday the election was bound to take place at once. The business of life must go on, and they were hurried on with it. The seat having been declared vacant, the next question was, who was to fill it. In some further allusions to the per sonal character of the late member, Mr. Price said he would be regarded hereafter as a great moral and political philosopher. He had been bred and born among them, and they might live ages before they saw his like again. He was a most exemplary landlord kind and amiable towards his tenantry and dependants ; and he had read in the newspapers that day that the highest lady in the land, our be loved Queen, who had herself suffered all the dis tressing bereavements which had fallen upon Lady Theresa Lewis, had communicated those feelings to her ladyship. (Hear, hear.) With regard to his (the speaker's) political opinions, he must say that on that point he had been met by the electors with one general feeling of trust and confidence. He had not had one refusal, nor had any one catechised him on the subject of his political principles. It might be supposed that he was a mere nominee—a politi cal locum tenens to uphold the Government, but he was bound to say on that score that the censtitu ency of the Radnorshire Boroughs was as indepen dent as any in the land. They would have here after an opportunity of seeing what were his votes in Parliament, and whether, in fact, he was the Liberal man he professed to be. If he changed his colours they would know how to receive him when he came down again to visit them. He did not think that at the present moment it was worth while for him to enter upon any political question. He hoped he would soon be more alive to the sub jects that would come before Parliament than he then was, but he might tell them that he had en joyed the confidence of their late lamented member, and that his opinions were, as his votes in Parlia ment would be, very mush—nay, the very same as his. (Cheers.) As to the question of civil and re ligious liberty, when it was a question between the many and the few he should vote for the many. He was a Liberal Conservative, as he had told them in his address, and he used the word Conservative in its strict sense. The verb " conserve" meant "to preserve," but it did not mean "to preserve every wrong in the constitution." (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, he would repair, improve, add to, or progrees. Why should the term be borrowed by those who seemed to obstruct rather than to im prove ? He had also told them in his address that he was a supporter of Lord Palmerston's Govern ment; but perhaps some people remark that that was not saying much, because they knew many re spectable men in the Opposition, strong Conserva tives, who were said to have a feeling towards Lord Palmerston. But he would go further, and say that he admired especially Lord Palmerston's foreign policy. And what was his foreign policy ? Liberty on the Continent. He was the friend of Poland, the friend of national liberty in Italy. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, the hon. member said he had received from the present baronet, Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, approval of his principles, and he added that, bad it not been for the family of Lewis the Rad nor Borough would not now have a voice in Par liament, but would have been placed is Schedule A of the Reform Act. Thanks to the returning officer having been voted in the usual form, the proceedings terminated. SHIP MAILS TO AMERICA. The following correspondence respecting the de spatch of letters by private ships to Matmoras was issued on Saturday evening : No. 1. MR. HAMMOND TO MR. HILL. Foreign Office, Aprill6, 1863. am directed by Earl Russell to request that you will state to the Postmaster -General that it has been represented to his lordship by persons interested in vessels employed between this country and Matamoras, that the circumstance of those ves sels being obliged to carry a ship-letter mail may ja many cases have an injurious effect on the v essels if visited by United States ships of war, inasmuch as, although the persons interested in such vessels and their cargoes may as far as matters are 'Within their control, be well assured of the innocence of both, yet they can have no such assurance in regard to the contents of mails en trusted to them by the Post Office, which, for aug ht they know, may include correspondence to which the United States, as e. belligerent Power, might fairly object. I am, therefore, to request that you will state to the Postmaster-General that Lord Russell is of opinion that, under the peculiar circumstances of the present time, vessels bound to Matamoras, either from ports in this country, or from ports i n her Majesty's colonies and possessions, should be relieved from the obligation of carrying ship-letter mails ; and if the Postmaster-General should con cur, ,Lord Russell would be glad to be informed of his doing so, in order that he may apprise the par ties by whom the representation was made to him. —I am, i:•"•, (Signed) E. HAMMOND. No. 2. MR. HILL TO MR. HAMMOND. General Post-Office, April 17, 1863. Sir, —Having laid before the Postmaster-gene ral your letter of yesterday's date, I am directed by his lordship to request that you will state to Earl Russell that he sees no objection to the pro posal made in that letter, that, under the peculiar circumstances of the present time, vessels bound to Matamoros from this country should be relieved from the obligation of carrying ship-letter mails ; 11 " orders will immediately be given that, for the present, no ship-letter mail be put on board any vessele sailing for t the commander un l e ss with the full con Iltielles oth With respect t • o vessels sailing from ports inl her Majesty's colonies and possessions, the Post master-General would suggest that Earl Russell should communicate with the Secretary (1 State for the Colonies, as, except at Malta and Gib raltar, the management of the posts in the colonies is now entirely under local control. As bearing upon the present queson, I am to add that on the 2d inst. the brokers of a steam ves sel called the Sea Queen, bound for Matamoros, wrote to this office, stating that they should be glad to take a mail by her. But on the 11th instant a further letter was received from them, pointing out that, for reasons similar to those mentioned in your letter, the owners wished to decline taking the mails for which they had previously applied. Before the receipt, however, of that letter, three mails, containing eight letters and two newspa pers, had been put on board the ship at Gravesend, and the vessel had sailed. This circumstance was communicated to the brokers yesterday, but the Postmaster-General has now directed a further letter to be written to them, informing them that if they still desire that the mails should not be carded by the Sea Queen, and will instruct the commander to put them on shore at Falmouth (where it is understood the vessel is to call), his lordship will authorise the postmaster at Falmouth, by means of the electric telegraph, to receive the mails and to return them to London.— (Signed) F. HILL. I am, &c., No. 3. MR. HAMMOND TO MR. CRAWFORD, M.P. Foreign-office, April 17, 1863. Sir,—l am directed by Eirl Russell to state to you, with reference to what passed at the interview which he had the pleasure of having with you yes terday, that he lost no time in suggesting to the Postmaster- General that, under the peculiar cir cumstances of the present time, vessels bound to Matamoras from ports in this country should be re lieved from the obligation of carrying ship-letter mails; and that he has been informed that in con sequence of his communication orders will be imme diately given that for the present no ship letter mails shall be put on board any vessel sailing for Matamoras unless with the fall concurrence of the commander.—l am, &c., (Signed) E. HAMMOND. No. 4. MR. HAMMOND TO MR. SPENCE. Foreign-office, April 17, 1863. Sir,—l have laid before Ear] Russell your letter of this day's date, requesting that instructions may be given for placing a Government mail agent in charge of the mail which has been put on board your vessel the Sea Queen, which is now at Falmouth ; and I am directed by his lordship to state to you in reply, that Lord Russell has been informed by the Postmaster-General that the brokers of the Sea Queen will be apprised that if they desire that the mails should not be carried by the Sea Queen, and will instruct the commander to put them on shore at Falmouth, his lordship will authorise the post master at Falmouth by telegraph to receive the mails and to return them to London. I am further to state to you, that at the recom mendation of Earl Russell, the Postmaster-General will immediately give orders that no ship letter mail be put on board any vessel sailing for Matamoras, unless with the full concurrence of the commander. —I am, &c. (Signed) E. HAMMOND. No. 5. MR. HAMMOND TO MESSRS. BENNETT AND WAKE. Foreign-office, April 18, 1863. Gentlemen,—l have laid before Earl Russell your letter of yesterday's date, requesting that instruc tions may be given for placing a Government mail agent on board the Sea Queen, which is now at Falmouth ; and I am directed to state to yon, in re ply, that, at Lord Russell's recommendation, the Postmaster .General will for the present relieve vessels proceeding to Matamoras from the obliga tion of carrying ship letter mails.—l am, &c., (Signed) E. HAMMOND. THE ALBERT MEMORIAL, Lieutenant-General Grey has received the com mands of the Queen to acknowledge the receipt of the Report of the Committee appointed to give her Majesty their assistance in the consideration of questions relative to the National Memorial to the Prince Consort. Her Majesty has directed that her best thanks may be returned to the Committee for the valuable services which they have rendered and the advice which they have submitted to her Majesty. The Queen very fully participates in the regret expressed by the Committee that it has been found necessary to abandon, for the present, the idea of the Central Hall, which, combined with a personal Memorial, would have appeared to unite the tribute of national gratitude with the objects in which the great and good Prince took the strongest interest, and would also have for ever associated with the Memorial the recollections of the Exhibition of 1851. This regret is, however, modified by the ex. pectation that whenever the Commissioners of 1851 may be in a position to appropriate the vacant space north of the conservatory in the Royal Horticultural Gardens to the purposes for which the estate was purchased a Hall may still form part of the build ings to be erected there. The personal Memorial to the Prince was always the first object, and the Queen never contemplated the combination of the Central Hall until that was adequately provided for. Under these circumstances the Queen is happy to see that the Committee have recommended for selec tion the design of Mr. Scott, to which her Majesty had already given the preference among the many beautiful designs submitted for her judgment. Windsor Castle, April 22, 1863. Sir Charles Eastlake. " THIRD REPORT OF. THE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. "To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, " We, the members of the Committee appointed by Your Majesty to consider the best means of giving affect to your Majesty's wishes in respect to a Memorial to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, humbly leg leave to report to your Majesty the result of our further proceedings with re ference to the matters committed to us. " In our second report, dated the 27th of June, 1862, after referring to the difficulties which had compelled us to abandon the scheme of an obelisk, and to your Majesty's wish, communicated by a letter dated the 19th of April, 1862, from Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Charles Grey, that we should turn our attention to some other mode in which the great object in view might be more satisfactorily effected, we stated that, in reviewing the various suggestions that had been made, we had become aware that a large proportion of the public appeared to be desirous of connecting the in tended monument with some institution intimately associ ated with the Prince's name. We stated that a reference to his Royal Highness's recorded declarations and views had led us to conclude that there was nothing he had more at heart than the establishment of an institution for the pro motion,in a largely useful sense, of sc i ence and art as ap plied toindustry. the question of the site an d special pur- "In h ' poses of a building applicable to such objects we co u ld not hesitate to express our opinion that the ground purc h ased with the surplus funds of the Great Exhibitionwith t and science had already been placed, under his which various establishments connected of 1851 —on • and still auspices --would be the fittest for such a building Royal Highness's port of the C omm i ss i oners f or th e Exhibition of 181, we guided by the Prince's wishes, as stated in the Sec ' on . sl Re a came to the conclusion that the most appropriate structure would be a H a ll , f orming a centre of act i on f or men of science and art, where the results of their labours could be com municated, while, to use the words of the Commissioners, it would at the same time afford 'the means of establishing the connexion between them and the public, which would secure permanent relations of reciprocal interest.' "In obedience to your Majesty's suggestion, communi cated in General Grey's letter above referred to, we then sought the advice and assistance of some eminent architects The following were those to whom we applied :—William Tite, Esq., M.P. ; Sydney Smirke, Esq., R.A.; James Pennethorne, Esq., Philip C. Hardwicke, Esq., Thomas L. Donaldson, Esq., George Gilbert Scott, Esq., LA., and Matthew Digby Wyatt, Esq. "Those architects, in a letter dated the sth of June, 1862, addressed through Sir Charles Eastlake to the Com mittee, expressed their opinion that the fittest site for the proposed Hall of Seience and art would be the vacant piece of ground at the northern boundary of the estate of the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851. We were our selves enabled to state that the Commissioners, on their part, were pleased to express their readiness to reserve, for a reasonable time, a suitable site for the Hall, of the extent required. " In the proposed general arrangements the effect of the whole, as pointed out in our former report, would in a great measure depend on the straightening of the public road, in itself a considerable improvement, but which could only,be effected by taking in a few feet from the Park. This object, trifling as is the proposed alteration, could only be obtained by an application to Parliament for its sanction. A reference to the subjoined plan will explain the nature and extent of the proposed alteration. "After consulting further with the architects referred to, we decided that the memoral itself, with which the proposed hall was to be associated, should be placed opposite the centre of the area to be occupied by the hall, but en the higher ground north of the Kensington-road. "Having thus endeavoured to reconcile the original and primary object of a Memorial with the erection of a build ing in its immediate neighbourhood applicable to those especial objects which his Royal Highness the Prince Consort had been anxious to promote, we proposed, iu our second report, to invite a certain number of architects to furnish detailed designs for the Memorial, with sufficient indications (as we afterwards explained) of the relative position, extent, and character of the hall., " Your Majesty's ' entire and cordial approval' of the scheme above described, and of the course proposed to be adopted, was communicated in a letter dated the 18th of July, 1862, addressed as before, by General Grey to Sir Charles Eastlake. " The architects whom we invited to furnish designs were the same whom we had before consulted. Two of the number—Mr. Tite and Mr. Smirke—having declined the invitation, we addressed ourselves to Charles Barry and Edward M. Barry, Esquires. Those distinguished archi tects having accepted our conditions the proposed number of candidates remained unaltered. " The architects originally consulted by us did not omit to observe, in their letter dated the sth of June, 1862, that ' the sum available for the Memorial is supposed to amount to between £50,000 and £60,000, which probably would not be more than sufficient for a work of art worthy of the na tion, including the coat of forming a site to receive it. " On our part, in our invitation bearing date the 19th of July, 1862, to the seven architects, five of whom had affixed their names to the letter above quoted, we adverted to the same condition by reminding the candidates that one im portant consideration would be ' the amount of the fund which may be available for the cost of the memorial itself, for that of the proposed straightening of the public road, for the arrangement of the area in Hyde-park with its decorations, and, if possible, for the hail on the south side of the road.' " The various designs were submitted in February last to your Majesty's inspection. "The ability, ingenuity, and taste displayed in all the designs are such as to prove the wisdom of the course sug gested by your Majesty, and we trust that on future occa sions, in questions relating even more directly and exclu sively to sculpture, it will be found advisable to consult those whose studies and practice lead them to regard mo numental works with reference to the site they are to oc cupy, and in relation to surrounding objects. "At the same time we are aware, on the one hand, that designs for statues or groups of sculpture by architects, can only be required to indicate the position and dimensions of such works, leaving the sculptors themselves uncontrolled in all other respects ; and, on the other, that the judgment ought not to be influenced by any defects of detail in such necessarily vague representations of sculptured forms. "In proceeding to the onerous duty of pointing out designs, one of which might, subject to your Majesty's ap proval, and with due modifications, be chosen for execution, we had to bear in mind the amount of the funds subscribed as compared with the estimates of the candidates. As re gards the Hall, we had, in our second Report, before referred to, stated that we could do no more than express our earnest hope that sufficient funds might be provided to insure its completion. What effect the announcement of a definite scheme and chosen design may produce we cannot anticipate, but we are bound to state that at this moment the amcunt subscribed barely exceeds £60,000. We have to add that the estimates which the candidates have sub.. mitted for the Memorial, irrespectively of the Hall, are with one exception, larger—in some instances considerably so— than that sum. " Before submitting our opinion on the relative fitness in other respects of the designs we prefer, it may be necessary to advert to the general question respecting the durability of statues in the open air in this country. We observe that those architects who propose that the principal sculpture they have introduced should be of white statuary marble have placed such works within a building. Bronze, with or without gilding, and in some cases Sicilian marble (which latter it is assumed is durable even when exposed to the atmosphere), are the materials selected for external decorations in sculpture. We are of opinion that in any case, even including architectural details, the surface of the Memorial and its accompanying decorations might require to be cleaned from time to time ; and that, assuming bronze to be preferred, a light colour might be adopted, and by such precautions might probably be preserved. "Next to the apparently indispensable condition of au estimate for the Memorial within the means hitherto con tributed, we were disposed to consider the designs with reference to the important question of due connexion with the site and proposed structures on the opposite or south side of the Kensington-road. The ground gradually rising from the south points out a commanding site for the Memo rial, and suggests a definite termination not only to the por tion of the site in the Park, but to the whole area on the south side of the road, with the buildings now or hereafter to be comprehended in the estate of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. The Memorial, we conceive, should, in an architectural sense, be in intelligible relation and connection with that estate, in itself a monument of the Prince's efforts for the promotion of Science and Art; and, as occupying the highest point in the ground, considered as a whole, should, in its mere plan as well as in due eleva tion, have the character of a boundary adorned with a fit ting monument. "We are of opinion that, in its general conception, the design by Mr. Philip C. Hardwick exhibits an especial at tention to these requisites. " In considering the general character of the different designs for the Memorial we find admirable suggestions for structures partaking of the nature of a mausoleum. But we conceive that the Memorial in the neighbourhood of in stitutions which, with regard to their present and proposed objects, exemplify the labours of the Prince for the public good, should rather convey the impression that it is a pub lic tribute to his great qualities ; and that, while the pro posed Hall of Science and Art would represent in the most general form the useful objects which his Royal Highness promoted, the Memorial itself should be essentially a na tional testimonial. " We, therefore, recur to the idea, that has been promi nent at all times among civilized nations, of a statue in a conspicuous situation, sufficiently large to form, in refe rence to that situation, a commanding point of attraction, and with becoming accompaniments at different heights to enrich the mass and sustain the impression intended to be conveyed. " These conditions appear to us to have been carefully borne in mind by Mr. Hardwick; and, as regards the im portant question of expenditure, his is the only design ac cording to which the Memorial itself, irrespective of the Hall, could be executed at a coat within the amount sub scribed. At the same time, we are of opinion that the Hall forms so essential a feature of his general plan that its omission would greatly detract from the merits of his de sign. " We now proceed to notice, as especially worthy of your Majesty's favourable consideration, a magnificent design, by Mr. Scott, for a Gothic Cross, the statue being within the structure, but open to view, and, in a great measure, open to the air. " In the letter of the architects, in reply to our first in vitation that they would favour us with their advice, among various kinds of monuments which were by them considered objectionable the Gothic Cross, if approaching the slender proportions of an obelisk or column, was included. We advert to this only to remark that, in the first place, Mr. Scott's design does not come under that particular descrip tion of structure ; and, secondly, that in a letter dated the 9th June, 1862, referring to the opinion above quoted, he claimed for himself perfect freedom of choice in the style of his design. " While admitting the somewhat sepulchral character of what are called Gothic Crosses, we cordially appreciate tha feeling which led Mr. Scott to adopt in his design, to use his own words, the style . , of the most touching monu ments ever erected in this country to a Royal Consort,' and to give to an architectural structure the character of a vast shrine expressive of the value attached to the statue which it protects. "We, therefore, do not dwell on the objection, likely to to be urged, of a certain want of originality in a monument of this kind. because we believe that the beauty of this example, if it could be carried into execution without sacri ficing the richness and completeness of its effect, would abundantly compensate for any actual or imagined resem blance to other structures coming under the denomination of a Gothic Cross. "It will be observed that Mr. Scott's proposed monu ment is not essentially connected with any present or, pro posed buildings on the south side of the public road. But, inasmuch as it would correspond with the central line of area on that side—the statue, of course, fronting in that di rection—we conceive that the required connection might be sufficiently attained by the arrangement of the imme diately surrounding ground ; and, although the isolated and independent character of the structure in itself would seem to fit it for any open situation, we by no means consider such a circumstance of sufficient weight to open again the question of site. o o nf some already judagsseisgn, ed for " t A he GMoetmhiocrimalomnuigmhetn, tininthethoepipnoiosniti in volve as a consequence that the ball, if ever to be built, should be similar in style to the Memorial, and consequently again dissimilar from the bindings already in existence on the estate of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. We think, however, that the intervening space might be a Sufficient reason for some change of style, if desirable, in the hall. • ing`u‘ : l e a r: i b n ie g d n iffi ot e izd tie t s h , e w se a g e e o n m er e a t l o b a u m t, as ch w objection—the co s t o f M r. Scott ' s proposed Memor i a l , a ft er reducing the h e i ght from 185 to 148 feet—an alternative than To the atmboeuanatdsendbtshacritt proposed in his printed description —and not without some um e o c re on fo s rm ide i r d . n ab o le t other changes, c annot, we fear, be estimated at mull less ' " calculation is made for THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1868 the cost of laying out the ground (in this case an indispen • sable addition), nor for that of straightening the public road. " Under these circumstances we still think we are bound to submit our opinion, in the first place aQ to the relative merit of the designs. That opinion, after a careful and re peated comparison of those designs, considered irrespectively of cost, is in favour of that by Mr. Scott. The difficulties which present themselves in regard to the estimate can only be met, first, by abandoning for the present the project of a hall; and, secondly, by such an addition to the present available amount as would secure the completion of Mr. Scott's monument without sacrificingits chief characteristics. " It is not without extreme regret that we regard, even as a possibility, the indefinite postponement of a project which H.R.H. the Prince Consort appeared so earnestly to contemplate. In relinquishing the objects of utility to science and art which the hall and its accompaniments woull. have unquestionably promoted, and in recommending the adop tion of Mr. Scott's design, we have the consolation of re flecting that we in some measure revert to your Majesty's original intention in propo,ing the erection of a monument, in the usual acceptation of the word, with groups of sta tuary round its Lase " But, we repeat, even for the execution of such a monu ment alone the sum contributed will be insufficient. It would be unbecoming on our part to offer any suggestion as to the means by which that sum might be augmented ; but we venture to think that the liberality of Parliament would not be appealed to in vain ; and that by the aid of the House of Commons the m( nutmeat would assume a cha racter in all respects national, and thus be worthy of the Prince to whose memory it will be dedicated. "We beg leave to recommend that all the designs should be submitted to the inspection of members of the Legislature, and ultimately to that of the public. " We humbly subjoin, as an appendix, various papers re ferred to in this report. " DERBY, " C. L. EASTLAKE, "CLARENDON, " WILLIAM CUBITT. " Westminster, 25th March, 1863." MINISTERIAL CHANGES. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SPECTATOR.—The vacancy created by the death of Sir C. Lewis has been filled up by the selection of Earl de Grey ; his appointment has been given to the Marquis of Hartington ; and his again has been accepted by Mr. Stansfeld, an independent Liberal. The arrangement, though accepted as inevitable, has not given uniform satisfaction. Earl de Grey has earned his promotion, but it is not usual or plea sant to see the heads of three great departments in the peers; while the rapid promotion of the 51ar quislof Hartington is an affront to all whom he supersedes—that is, to one third of the Liberal side of the house. Mr. Stansfeld's adhesion is a gain to the Government, and will be a great one, if his chiefs will only allow him a place in debate, often refused to subordinates. To himself his accept ance is most creditable, for he has, in fact, risked his career by accepting a post which silences him, but which will train him for others in which his ability may be of more direct service to the country. The Secretary for War, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and First Lord of the Admiralty, are now all peers. The three most important departments of the State, possessing the largest patronage,exercising the widest influence, and expending one-half the revenue of the country, or three-fourths of all taxes not impropriated for the maintenance of national credit, are now represented in the Commons by under-secretaries, men who can only utter what their absent chiefs may dictate. At a time when politics and foreign affairs are synonymous, when a European war seems imminent, when a maritime war may break out at any hour, and when the en tire fleet is under reconstruction. the representa t!ves of the people have nor among them a Cabinet Minister who can sign a despatch , or raise a regi ment, or authorise the smallest change in dockyard administration. That is the only. objection to the selection of Lord De Grey, but it is one of which were the house in a less quiescent humour, the Go vernment would yet hear enough. It is something to see a man under 36 appointed Secretary of state, to feel that England is not to be governed like Rome, by an endless succession of half-worn out capabilities. The men of 1815 have ruled them till Englishmen half forget that the greatest rulers of earth have been young, half fancy a man of 40 must be deficient in ripe experience, are half in clined to believe that the faculty of keeping alive is itself a proof of brain. If we were to have a peer, best of all Lord De Grey . ; but the condition of ajain i which made him inevitable i s by no means satisfactory. The House of Commons it without sadly re duced when it is necessary to leave without direct control over the three great departments, when it is actually wise to treat it as a body entitled to an initiative only in matt ers of trade and taxes. It is vain to say that the under-secretaries are as re=pon- Bible to the house as their chiefs. They cannot, to begin with, make promises, or even effect to " bow to the evident sense of the house." The will of Earl Russell individually affects the affairs of the continent, but who cares about the will of Mr. Layard, or what is the use of scolding Lord Har tington because a regiment has been destroyed by favouritism or the Cape flooded with needless troops ? It is not the fault of the Premier par ticularly. It is the fault of the party he leads, which, by persistent and dangerous negligence, is throwing executive power once again into the hands of the peers. The evil is not unavoidable, for the Tories do avoid it. They have men enough in the Commons, young men " coming on," posts for all who show the capacity which will help them up to power. If it were not that able men can seldom continue Tories—the only reason for the permanent failure of the Tory press—they, the party who do not need wisdom or eloquence, would sweep the house of its keenest brains and cleverest tongues, and leave their antagonists only the conviction of right they have not the power to explain. For the past twenty years whom have the great Whigs brought forward, except Mr. Lowe, and he is practically shelved by the present super cession. But Mr. Stansfeld ? Lord Palmer ston desired, very wisely, to conciliate the inde pendent Liberals, who were getting visibly tired of the cavalier style in which he sometimes appeals to his enemies for support agai ns t his friends. A seat in the Cabinet is, however, greatly too much for people who " are to stick to the last," so, in defiance of the precedents which leave one of the three great department in the Commons, the only peer of the party is selected to fill th e vacanc y. That left the War-office still to be represented in the Commons, and as that office is important not in itself, but in the position it accidentally confers, it is filled by a future duke only just received in the Government. And then the office he leaves, which represents nothing, and whose occupant ought to be overridden by the Parliamentary secretary, who himself is only a subordinate, is offered to Mr. Stansfeld, a man of twice Lord Hartington's Parlia mentary standing. There ought to be fair play on all sides, unity between the great sections of Libe rals, not a condescending patronage of one by the other. The Whigs must offer alliance, not simply chuck us a bone. Mr. Stansfeld is an acquisition, but he might have been a greater one, had Lord Palmerston been more careful to avoid the appear ance of slighting the very men whose alliance he asked, or throwing the balance of power so com pletely into the hands of the Peers. SATURDAY REVIEW.—For the efficient adminis tration of the War-office, the appointment of Lord de Grey is perhaps the best selection which could have been nirVe. The new Minister enjoys the unusual advantage of understanding the business of his department from the first, instead of learning it by experience, or, in other words, by failure. His energy and practical cap ac ity h a v e be e n displayed in his management of the volunteer force, which has been from the first entrusted to his superintendence. His ability must have merle an extraordinary im pression on the Prime Minister and on any of the colleagues whom he may have consulted, when it was determined to entrust one of the highest offices of the State to a functionary still under 40. It had been supposed that Sir Charles Wood would be transplanted from the India-office to learn one of the few branches of public business which he has not yet enjoyed an official opportunity of mastering. Lord de Grey is one of the few who have asserted the capacity of the generation below middle age to take a prominent part in public affairs. None of his contemporaries has thus far made a better use of great opportunities. At an early age, his vigour and sincerty in the advocacy of a slightly paradoxi cal Liberalism made him, with the assistance of a powerful family connection, member for the West Riding. If he had remained in the House of Com mons, he would have become a political leader, and when he was excluded from the more active sense of contest by his removal to the House of Lords, he wisely took the first opportunity of ac4uiring . ad ministrative experience. Neverthless , it is conveni ent that the House of Commons should exercise a certain censorship over the professional eccentricities of military management ; and if the Minister knows his business, he will carefully keep his hold on Parliament for the purpose of counterbalancing, in case of need, the power of his less responsible colleague. The dignified supervision of the House of Lords produces a l ess w h o l e some impression than theirritable watchfulness of the Commons. Lord de Grey would probably have united all suffrages if he had still been member for the West Riding; but it is certainly inconvenient that the Govern ment should be weakened in the Lower House at a time . when it has li tt l e s t re ngth to spare. Lord Hartzngton has scanty experience either in office or in debate ; and a lth oug h h e h as given some promise of ability he mu s t f or t h e presen t rely on the indul gence of the hous e an d on t h e a id of more experienced colleagues. It is, perhaps, not unnatural that the dispensers of preferment should welcome the faintest prospect of an heir to the Whig succession. If Lord Hartington makes himself useful as Under- Secretary of the War office, he will find the doors of the Cabinet open, and perhaps be may hereafter be come a political leader. The Reformers of 1832 scarcely foresaw the aristocratic results of a system which practically excludes from Parliament all but the sons of powerful families at the time of life when the trade of statesmanship is most easily learned.. The younger nobility might almost rule the country if they were not early absorbed in the House of Lords. Lord Palmerston would have done well to make the vacancy in his Cabinet an occasion for more extensive changes. In the House of Com mons he now relies almost exclusively on himself and on the brilliant and dangerous support of Mr. Gladstone. Sir Charles Wood and Sir George Grey possess vast official experience, bui, from various reasons, they have ceased to exercise any consider able influence in Parliament, and Government is injuriously affected by the weariness of the house, which has scarcely seen a new face on the Treasury Bench for half a generation. It may possibly be the fault of circumstances, and not of Lord Palmerston, that he has been singularly unfortunate in the se lection of younger colleagues. Lord Derby has trained a certain number of competent successors, but in the House of Commons there is no prominent supporter of the Government under the age of fifty. Sir Robert Peel has, after several years, only suc ceeded in establishing a reputation for a certain rhetorical skill, and Mr. F. Peel, who is useful in managing the details of office, has not secured the ear of the house. The appointment of Mr. Stansfeld to the vacant Lordship of the Admiralty is, however, a creditable innovation on recent practice. Few of the younger members of the house have displayed equal rhetorical ability, and extreme opinions are advantageously tested or corrected by official expe rience. If Mr. Stansfeld succeeds in his new career, he may perhaps hereafter find his way within the mystic precincts which have seldom been violated by any alien intruder unconnected with the ruling caste. In the meantime, he is well employed in learning the details of business, and in accustoming himself to the indirect responsibility of enforced silence. OBSERVER.—The official arrangements rendered necessary through the lamented death of Sir G. CornewsllLewis have been made in such a manner as to give general satisfaction to the country. Earl de Grey, who succeeds to the Secretary ship of State for War, has made himself master of the details of the department over which he will now preside as chief during his somewhat protracted incumbency of the subordinate post of Under Secre tary. He is undoubtedly the first and foremost for special aptitude for the office he is called to fill whose name would rise to the lips ; and he is, more over, by his possession of all requisite qualifications, fully entitled to become a Cabinet Minister. Earl de Grey brings with him to the higher position he now assumes an element of popularity deservedly gained by his conduct both as a politician and an administrator ; in the latter capacity especially by the hearty support he has given to the development and organisation of the volunteer movement. The necessary representation of the War Office in the House of Commons is secured by conferring the Under Secretaryship upon the Marquis of Harting ton; and in filling up the junior lordship of the Admiralty thus vacated, there was an opportunity that it would have been unwise to pass by, of strengthening the popular element in the Govern ment. That opportunity could not have been better used than it has been, by offering the office to Mr. Stansfeld, an eloquent and able member of the advanced section of the Liberal party; and the honourable gentleman's acceptance of the offer is creditable to himself, and will give gratification to the public. Mr. Stansfeld last session made an attempt to check the undue increase of naval and military expenditure. In the office he has accepted the details of dockyard expenditure particularly will fall under his notice, and in all probability he will be able to show that in this direction large savings may be effected, without imparing in any way the efficiency or strength of the navy, which cannot in these times be trifled with. There have been too many examples of professed, and doubt less sincere, economists, who have confined their efforts to limit the public expenditure to an occa sional participation in a debate, and have shrunk from the labour and responsibility of office, where they might have had the means of giving some practical effect to their views. As an inde pendent member of Parliament, Mr. Stansfeld has fully earned official position, and he deserves the public thanks for not having hesitated to take it. For the Government, therearrangements strengthen its power in debate, and draw closer its relations with the' broad Liberal party outside of the old family and exclusive influences, LONDON REVIEW.—It is certainly not to the credit of the party which acknowledges Lord Pal merston as its chief, that no one could be found in the House of Commons fit to assume the place of the late Sir Cornewall Lewis. The Prime Minister is notorious for his aristocratic predilections; but seeing that the Foreign Secretary, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the President of the Council, are all members of the House of Lords, it is difficult to believe that Lorrl Palmerston can have had any other reason for placing Lord de Grey at the head of the War Department, except that in his opinion no man could be found in the House of Commons capable of filling that office. Even in despotic countries, where it is thought expedient to establish the forms of constitutional government, it seems to be considered essential that the responsible Minister should have the opportunity of explaining his views to the assembly w hi c h i s ca ll e d upon to sanot i on his measures. It must be remembered that the army and navy absorb some three millions of the annual revenue. The H ouse o f C ommens i s a l one respon sible for this enormous estimate. It is therefore not unreasonable to insist that the Ministers upon whose responsibility they are voted should be in a position to explain the grounds upon which the public are called upon to contribute so largely. It is no doubt true that during the reign of the late lamented Minister, Lord de Grey did all the work. It is notorious that Sir C. Lewis took little inte rest in the department over which he presided ; its duties were not congenial to him, and he was, there fore, content to leave them to be discharged by his subordinates. Notwithstanding this, however, it seems to be admitted that the late War Minister efficiently performed the functions attached to his office; and therefore the conclusion would appear to follow inevitably that a single Minister is quite competent to discharge the duties of the War-office without the aid of an Under-Secretary. If Lord de Grey as Under-Secretary, could conduct the affairs of the War Department without the active co-ope ration of so able a man as Sir Cornewall Lewis, it is difficult to understand the public advantage of en cumbering the department with an Under-Secre tary. If, on the other hand, Lord De Grey has of late been overworked, and some of the duties of the War-office have been neglected, it is equally diffi cult to understand bow the Minister's hands will be strenthened by those of the Marquis of Hartington. The rapid promotion of this young and ardent noble man is one of the mysteries of the day. The world acknowledges the justice of putting the young en gineer officer who saves a fortress, or an orator who defends a Minister with brilliant effect in Parlia ment, over the heads of others. But what has Lord Hartington done to justify his advancement ? He cannot be said So be unknown in Parliament, for he brought forward the motion which was the occa sion of bringing in the present Ministry; but since that period he has taken little part in public busi ness. However, wealth, rank, and leisure are dan gerous ; and possibly the most useful purpose to which such offices as Junior Lordships of the Admi ralty and Under-Secretaryships can be applied, is to furnish some employment for gay young noble men of tolerable ability. EXAMINER.—The Ministry has this sign of a good constitution, that its wounds heal kindly. In some respects a successor of the lamented Sir G. Lewis cannot be found, but it is not as a War Minister that this loss is irreparable, indeed that of his predecessor was far greater, and the interests of the service have been well consulted in the appoint ment. of Lord de Grey, who has excellently proved his efficiency in the department, and obtained the confidence and liking of the army. The only ob ijection to the arra ngemen t i s P ar li amentary, that it places another Secretary of State in the House of Lords. It is understood, that to avoid so overload ing the Lords, and undermanning the official bench of the Commons, and at the same time to give a thoroughly efficient, hardworking Minister to the War Office, the place was offered to Mr. Cardwell, but declined for reasons sufficing to himself. We believe that he is the only man who could have any doubt of his own fitness for any important office re quiring indu s t r y, j u d gment , an d fi rmness . It is satisfactory, ho wever , th a t th e o ff er was ma d e , as it shows the appreciation of a statesman who bas risen high in the public confidence by sheer modest merit. For the s ike both of himself and the public service, it is well that Lord Hartington's abilities should have employment as Under Secretary of War. Mr. Stansfeld will not have much range for his talents in the Admiralty, but he will bring an ac cession of debating power to the Treasury bench which is wanted, for too much of the stress falls on Lord Palmerston. The choice of Mr. Stansfeld is good in otherarespects more important than clever speaking. He holds opinions liberal, we believe we may say, to Radicalism, and is for the economy which grudges the fair price for nothing really wanted, and consents to nothing unnecessary, cheap or dear. Altogether the arrangements have given very general satisfaction ! Even party opponents have admitted there is nothing to Wed, an d that Lord Palm erston has done well in compounding for some Parliamentary inconvenience in order to glue the most experienced, efficient, and professionally popular head to the War Department. THE PRESS.—Perhaps the individual who feels most aggrieved by the appointment of Earl de Grey and Ripon to the seat in the Cabinet rendered vacant by the lamented death of Sir G. C. Lewis is the un fortunate Mr. Lowe, who believes that his claim to enter that charmed circle stood second to none. Our principal objection to the appointment is that another Secretaryship of State is thereby tempora rily lost to the House of Commons. In the present state of affairs this cannot fail to create dissatis faction. The War Department is represented in the Lower House by a Marquis whose chief merit con sists in political services render ed to a party the influence of which is on the decline ; the Foreign Department is represented by a time-serving poli tician who first obtained notoriety by repeated at tacks upon Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, which it is now his mission to defend and eulogise ; and the Colonies aro represented by Mr. Chichester For tescue, whose connections, rather than commanding abilities, secured his elevation to this post. To say the least of it, this is not treating the faithful Com mons with due respect ; and we are not surprised that on Tuesday last this view of the question was discussed. To the elevation of the Earl De Grey and Ripon we hive no particular objection. Though not by any means a statesman. he has hitherto shown himself diligent in the discharge of his duties, and moreover enjoys the advAntage which his fellow Cabinet Ministers, if the Premier be excepted, cer tainly do not share with him, of being popular with the service over which be is called upon to preside. The appointment of the ultra-Radi cal Mr. Stansfeld to be a junior Lord of the Admiralty, we commend to the attention of those Conservatives who give a qualified support to the Administration, because they consider its policy Conservative. Lord Palmerston is skilful at uniting extremes. He has induced Sir Bounden Palmer to act with such men as Messrs. Layard and Stans feld, and no one will deny that did politicians pay the least regard to their professions or manifest the slightest allegiance to their principles, this would be no ordinary achievement. The appointment of Mr. Stansfeld is perhaps not so difficult of explana tion. As the Government have adopted all the finan cial reforms recommended by the Conservative party, the enforcement of which, when brought forward by Mr. Walpole last session, the Premier declared would be fatal to his Administration, they could scarcely do less than reward the politician who created the opportunity. Last session Mr. Stansfeld advocated a reduction which no Government could adopt, and since Ministers have followed the course urged upon them by the Conservatives, who assisted them in defeating Mr. Stansfeld's motion, they this session reward the last-mentioned gentleman by making him a Lord of the Admiralty. They hold his principles in abhorrence, but, fearing the man, they endeavour to load him with what Byron terms " splendid chains," and thus render him a political nonentity. " It is particularly noticeable that in the long string of names given in the Times of to-day, no less than in the Morning Post, under the heading of "Lady Palmerston's Assembly," among the names of the many distinguished guests received on Saturday at the Prime Minister's residence, in Pic cadilly, app ear th ose o f th e Ri g ht Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and Mrs. Lowe. THE QUEEN.—The Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is exciting some attention. The diminution of the Income-tax upon all incomes up to £l5O is perhaps the only real public boon that results from the surplus. The removal of the five pence on tea has received a practical comment by the immediate rise in the price of tea in Mincing lane, whilst the retail grocers are busily advertising tea at two shillings the pound. Save us from such tea! Experience teaches that no fiscal reduc tion on articles of consumption is to the ad vantage of the consumer. Such reductions are purely a bribe to the shopkeeper, who takes advantage of the altered duty to adulterate a little more la vishly than before, and then pretends to give the consumer the benefit of the alteration. But what shall we say of the tax upon clubs ? Taking the country all over, it is estimated that the tax of £l7 upon a private club will not amount to more than £3,000 a-year to the Exchequer. It cannot be the hope of profit, then, that has inspired Mr. Glad stone. What then P There is no logical reason for the tax ; for clubs do not stand in the same category as public-houses. Public-houses are shops for the sale of liquor at a profit, such profit to benefit the shopkeeper. Clubs are nothing of the kind. They supply provisions a n d accommo d at i on at a l oss, an d the defic i t has to be made up out of the subscrip tions of the members. We must confess that it passes us to conceive what Mr. Gladstone may mean by this fantastical alteration. Some say that it is a mere specimen of his favourite hair-splitting; others, that it is a scheme to bring the clubs under the supervision of the police ; but the latter sugges tion is met by Mr. Gladstone's very peculiar decla ration that the tax was not to be accompanied by " any annoying consequences, such as the liability to police visitation." This, from a minister, is cer tainly un peu fort. If the visitations of the police are merely "annoying," we do not see why those who use public-houses should be subjected to them any more than the frequenters of the club smoking rooms. COURT JOURNAL—The policy of the English Government at the present moment seems unac countable, for they have had more than ten times the period sufficient for deliberation, or for ascer taining the opinions of the law officers. We are glad that, in spite of the opposition offered by the " peace at any price" party, and the obvious unwil lingness of the Premier to meet the direct question which two days before he had promised to answer, Mr. Roebuck persevered with his interrogation, and though there is no doubt that he did not measure his words in a diplomatic manner, yet their severity was not altogether un called for, and certainly has a doubly telling effect when coming from a man whom ex perience has taught a very different lesson to the ideas of his former political life. There was at one time no more ardent politician than Mr. Roebuck, and his enthusiasm was, above all, great for the illustrious modern Republican institutions, which were apparently productive of anything but perfect freedom. As in many other things, so in this, has Mr. Roebuck lived to witness the destruction of those notions and principles which in his younger days he so eagerly espoused, We may well pardon the bitterness of his words, for we thoroughly know that they would never have been uttered had not the fullest cause been given for them on the part of the nation against whom they were directed. We trust that Mr. Roebuck's spirited remonstrance, together with the undoubtedly strong feeling on the subject entertained not only by the Houses of Lords and Commons, but by the entire country, will in duce the Government to vindicate the honour of England, and to protect her interests as efficiently and boldly in this case as they did in the parallel eircumstances connected with the seizure of the Trent. THE LAW TIMES.—The decision of the Full Court in the case of Cbmpbell against the Saturday Re vtew is of very grave importance. There can be no doubt that it has seriously curtailed the liberty of the press. As defined by the Court of Queen's Bench, the right of free commentary upon the pub lic conduct of public men is practically destroyed. The rule as now laid down may be thus briefly stated : you may criticise the public acts of public men, but you may not impute motives. This seems as first sight a rule as reasonable as it is simple ; but all who have had any experience in writing articles for newspapers on men and things, which must be treated of with a rapid pen and no time allowed for deliberation, will know the almost impossibility of observing the distinction between acts and motives, so that it shall not be a question for the caprice or prejudices of i a jury. Extreme cases illustrate the nsufficieDcy of rules. Let us see how this alarming one would work when stretched to its limits. According to th e new decision, you may say that Palmer killed C oo k e, b ut you must not say that he murdered him, unless you are prepared to prove by positive evidence that it was a murder. You may say that B. broke into a house, but not that he did so with i ntent to steal. You might say of Sir John De an P au l that he sold the debentures intrusted to him, but not that he did so wrongfully, because that wou ld b e to impute a motive, which is a libel. You may say that a mini ster gave a good place to an M.P., whojimmediately thereupon crossed th e fl oor of the House, and from being an opponent b ecame a supporter o f t h e Minis try ; butif you say that the place and the change of party were ca use an d e ff ect, you i mpute a corrupt motive, and that would be a libel, unless you can prove the existence of the motive, which is of course impossible. If the law is to be as it is now inter preted, the words " job," " corruption," "bribery," and indeed the entire list of political offences, must be banished from the political dictionary; no news paper will dare to risk them, how ever gross th e offence, or great the public interest in the denuncia tion of it. Not the least of the unhappy conse quences of this decision is, that it will restore th e detestable practice of criticism by inuendo. ATHEN.ZEUM.—A remonstrance should be made against exhibiting the designs for the Albert Memo rial in the Royal Gallery of the Houses of Parlia ment. Entering this hall, on one side of which Mr. Maclise has painted the "Interview between Wel lington and Blucher after Waterloo," while on the other he is now engaged with " The Death of Nelson," we found it blockaded by screens in tended to bold the designs in question during their public exhibition. Behind these rises the first named picture, one of the very few wholly satisfactory works resulting from the infinite labours of the Royal Commission of Fine Arts. It will scarcely he believed that this noble painting, upon which the artist has expended several of the best years of his life, has been actually covered up with clothe, in order that its colouring may not mar the effect of the architectural designs! Thus it hag been for some weeks, and thus it is proposed to be for some weeks to come. On Saturdays the pub'iic is admitted to see the paintings in the houses, while now the most important of them is covered up. Good taste and respect for the artist should have prevented this thing. Independent of the slight thus offered to him, a serious annoyance must be inflicted upon Mr. Maclise, if the designs are ev hibited as arranged, by bringing crowds of persons and their accompaniments of dust and noise, for weeks together into an apartment which is actually his studio, where he is working for the nation daily and all day long. The authorities ought to remove the designs into Westminster Hall or Burlington House. THE BOMBAY MAILS. The Peninsular and Orient — al Company's screw steamship Pera, Captain T. Jameson, arrived at Southampton on Saturday, at 6.30 p.m., with the heavy portion of these mails in charge of Mr. F. White, of the General Post..offiec• She I , rought 109 passengers (viz., 40 first class, 38 second class and servants, 16 children, and 15 deck), among whom were Commander Forsyth, R.N., Lieut. Semple, 8.N., Major and Mrs. Shakspeare, Gen. Farrell, Colonel Cooke, Colonel and Mrs. Blunt, Captain Tupper, and Captain and Mrs Francis. On freight she had £lOO in specie, 23 pack" ages of elephants' teeth, 47 cases of shawls, 10 cases of bloodstones, seven cask of wine, a horse and six dogs, 181 empty casks, and 149 packages of general merchandise. The Pera left Alexandria on the 13th inst , Malta on the 16th, and Gibraltar on the 20th. She had fino weather as far as Gibraltar, strong northerly winds along the coast of Portugal,and north easterly winds across the Bay of Biscay. The following vessels were spok en on th e passage :—April 17th, at 6 a.m., off Pantellatia, the steamship Arabia steering S.E.; 23d, at 4 a.m, off Finisterre, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poona, steering S.W.; same day, in lat. 44 10 N., long. 9 W., exchanged signals with a British ship showing numeral pendant 5,078 bound for San Francisco ; and in lat. 44 20 N. long. 8 50 Wo exchanged signals with the British ship Tinto, standing S.W.; wished to be reported, all well. The usual Egyptian fleet, the Sultan's yacht Faid Gihaadf a Turkish man of-war, and a French frigate were lying at Alexandria. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Queen, Hibernia, bra' gicienne, Edgar, Shannon, St. George, and Cradoc were eC Malta on the 16th inst., and th e Vi rago , T r id ent, P rocr lo and Redpole at Gibraltar on the 20th. The Trident, Co'' mander Balfour, arrived on the 12th from Casa Bianca. Th e Virago, Commander Johnstone, six and a half days frn e ! Plymouth, arrived out on the 14th, having been sent to that station by the Admiralty upon the receipt of intelligenc e of the troubles in the vicinity of Dar-el-Baida, i n order that the protection of British interests on the Barbary 0 04 might under any circumstances be effectually provided for' Advices had been received at Gibraltar from Dar-el-Baid e to the 17th inst., which happily report a cessation of th e hostilities that have been so long waged among the tribes is the vicinity. After some negotiations an arrangement Wini come to on the 17th, and it was expected that the M e dioons tribe would decamp from the neighbourhood of Dar-el' Baida the same night. The reconciliation of the belligeren ts was a source of great rejoicing to the inhabitants of the town, and corn and water, of which there had been gre et scarcity, were again brought in in abundance. Previous ec counts reported the pres en c e o ff t h e coast o f the Spaniel/ steam frigate Berenguela, the Portuguese steamer Sad e Bandeira, and the English ship Trident; but the tgA former returned to Tangier and the latter to Gibraltar . * While lying off D ar - e l-B a id a a b oat of her Majesty's ell Trident was upset in the surf with 14 han'ls on board' officers and crew, but fortunately no loss of life attended the accident. The Sada Bandeira saluted the garrison at 0 11) : raltar with 21 guns at 10 a.m, on the 20th, which coraP ll. meat was returned from the saluting battery. The Berea' guela, Capt. A Franco, arrived at Cadiz on the 17th. The bpanish scre w s l oop C oncor di a, 2 , Li eutenant G. ne Campo, put to sea from Cadiz on the 12th. The French Imperial yacht Jerome Napoleon, Capt. d i e Buisson, arrived at Gibralt ar on th e 1 4th, from Havre, an d left at 1.30 p.m. on the 15th for Marseilles, where she is t° remain at Prince Jerome's disposal. The French Gayer° . meat steamer Phcsnix, Capt. Peralo, from Cadiz and Tan" gier, arrived at Gibralt ar on th e 15 t h , and left again a t a.m. on the 16,h. The following British m erc h an t s t eamers had arrive d at 3 Gibraltar :—April 17, th e D e lt a , C apt, J . Weeks, 5 dos A hours from Southampt on , an d procee d ed for Malta an d Alexandria, after exchanging mails, &c. ; 18th. the Su James Duke, Capt J. G re i g , 20 d ays f rom Cardi ff an d 6 from Havre, for Malta and Alexandria; 19th, the Cell* Capt. H. Bonfellow, 6 days from Liverpool, for Genoa, 10 ' ; the Britannia, Capt. J. Mullett, 7 days from London; the Dom Pedro, Capt. H. H ar di e , 13 days from Glasgow an d 2 from Lisbon, for Valencia ; and the steamtug Czar, CeP t " H. Hudson, 13 days from London and 2 from Lisbon, is ballast, for Galatz. The British ship Maid of Glasgow, westward bound, spoken off Tarifa on the 16th inst., by the Lion Beige; the bark Dorothy, 50 days out, from Constantinople, for Bri,,r land, all well, on th e 16th, o ff E uropa Point, by the gal.; Hughes ; and the sc h ooner M orton, on the 9th, 90 mild east of Cape de Gatte, by the screw steamer Neptune. Exchanges at Gibraltar were as follow on the 18th:-". London, 90 days' date, 50x; Paris, ditto, Of 30c; li fir ; seines, ditto, 5f 31c ; G enoa, di tto, 5f 32c ; Madrid, eig ht days' sight, k pm. ; Cadiz, ditto, to dis. ; Seville, ditto, dis. ; Malaga, ditto, par; Barcelona, ditto, I pm. COUNTRY MARKETS. . ►.-- NORWICH—SATURDAY. #rm There was a fair supply of wh ea t t o -day, and the ie was firm, at the prices of last w ee k ; i n some instaneeo9l -„ deed, quotations were a sh a d e hi g h er. Only a sample or ~.‘ two of barley offering, and prices nominal. In beans,,l o ' - ' and oats little doing, at former rates, 0 368 o White wheat. o 37 I 455 to 46- 1 R e d w h eat 410 t Malting barley ...38 s t o 40s 1 Chevalier barley... t Distilling d 0..... 33 8 to 35s 1 Oats.. .. 24:- to 2 7 Flour, 318 6d to 338 Od per sack from the miller' GR ANTHAM —SATURDAY. Ast.; New white wh ea t, 48 s to 51s; red, 45s to 48s per 3-,i - 0 0 malting barley, 38 s t o 4 3 s per qr • grinding, 28s to old oats, 23s to26 s ; b eans, 35s to 38s; peas, 348 to B' N OTTINGHAM—SATURDA.Y. h att This corn market to-day was fairly supplied with sv-e ce• which realised a b out l ate rates. Barley was very 8c6L1:190. —White wh ea t, f rom 43s to 538 ; red wheat, 42s W t 0 nA go Barley—malti ng , 32 s to 41s ; grinding, 27s to 295. old, at 25s t o 31 s O d; new, 22s to 275. Beans sold at ' to 468 per qr. Flour, 31s to 408. YORK— SATURDAY 2 0 Wheat, red 40 s to 44s SATU oats.... 2os t° 4 oo White do .45 s to 50 6 Beans 38, to .....4 Barley . 28 s to 366 Peas .._,, to 3 e ; Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; r y e , 34 s per qr flour, to 38s per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. M ing, Old white wheat, — 8 to —s ; n ew , 44 s to 608 stone. Old red, 48 s t o 528 per 36 sto ne . Barley, nutet new, 34s to 39s per qr.. grinding, 27s to 30e ; 0 1 . d 00 0, 27s to 30s; new oats, 22s to 28s per 24 stone. new, 35s to 398 ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. NORT HAMPTON —SATURDAY. 9.0 New wheat, 45s to 50 s; re d, 42 s to 465. Bar l e y, 00 to 40s per qr. New oats quoted at 20s to 28, ; 01d, 4 ; t 0 to 30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 35s to 388; new, 34 365. Peas, 33s to 44s per qr. [ADVERTISEMENT],—HoIIoway's Ointment and P 1 o bla The scrofulous an d consumpt i ve will find in these shiell remedies the means o f cas ti ng ou t t h e had humours wh ea t originate and prolong their sufferings. The °int', should be well rubbed twice a day upon the skin, O A 00 as possible to the part affected. It will penetrate 110 7 1 . 1 0' most wholesomely and energetically on the diseased 0 ,..,', 3 10, ture. It manifests a wonderful power in removing a, ll „ l as from the blood, and consequently in cork. g a mui t ti a bLe' chronic ailments which seemed to be almost irreine""filir In all constitutional complaints, Holloway's purifyillg oo di should be taken, while his Ointment is being used. „or remedies will rapidl y b r i ng about a cure of scrofula) bul]c eruptions, and ulcerations. Births. MooN.--On the 22d inst., at Fetcham Rectory, Su the wife of the Rev. E. Graham Moon, of a daugul"" PAINS.—.On the 23d inst, at 36, Gloucester-crescent, Ili park, Mrs. Paine, of a son. a rrf PARR. — On the 23d inst., at Clifton, the wife of • rr • r Esq., of a son. al ° SMTTII.—On the 23d inst., at 9, Church-road, Briito wife of T. E. Smith, Esq., of a son. Marriages. Ahllo4 NELSON—BURRARD.—On the 21st inst , at 1 , 9%, 31 119,' the hods Horatio Nelson, Commander ' R.N., t ° " - r ot° four ughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles 133- Bart., of Holmefield, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. e' of THESIGER— HANDCOCR—On the 23d inst., at St.ar s r cerf Hanover -square, Major the Hon. Charles W- Tf e s fort i ' Inniskilling Dragoons, second son of Lord elle'% o ocki to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Hon. G. San of Merrion-square, Dublin. Deaths. ASHTON.—OR th e 22d inst., Al exan d er Fredk• Esq., of 2, Pelham-crescent, Brompton, aged 49 ' B orn , BOURN.—On the 21 s t inst., at Bristol, Cha..rar 35. s Esq., C.E., o f Pendleton, South Carolina, aged vieldt FIELD.—On the 24th inst., at Lewisham, Esq., aged 68, b , ate, HARPER.--On the 25th inst., at 12, Hyde-Par -- , ag e Kensington, Eliza, wife of Lieut.-Colonel Harp 64. Par ker ' PARKER,—On the 22d inst" at Plymouth, Lady Da rt., Parker' widow of Captain Sir William George F R.N. ara PENN.—On the 21st inst., at Richmond, SurreY,_, Penn, Esq., great grandson of William Penn, °I Sylvania, aged 80. William J. London : Printed and Published byWILLIA3I ANDItEII of ro. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Sox Office' et Strand, in the P r e c inct of the Savoy, in th e Cow • 1111 t1Eileiles.—Mmlay. April 27. no&