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rem oval of that hitherto troublesome race to the banks of the Kei ; the complete submission of the Basutos, the Tambookies, and the Ama-Galeikas, and the extinc tion of the Hottentot rebellion ; and that thus thanks to their noble exertions, where all was war and rebellion two years ago, general and profound peace reigns in South Africa ; and that, m oreover, as this state of things has been conquered b y mi g ht in the est.a ment of right, it rests on the stable basis of equity . and justice ; and unless malignant influences, unresatraisriiing be permitted to disturbi t, bids fair toprove la benefit to the community; whose deep debt of gratitude they have justly acquired." Of the rebel Hottentots who are excluded from the pardon granted to their late allies nothinpog rtehasd rece ntly been heard. The colony people is entirely clear of the roving b an ds of now re these who formerlyi nfested it, and it see they have given up all hop e of successs c ertain that dispersed or in their re bellious projects and have eitherTh totally moved far beyond the fron tier. no t w ith s tanding the rewa rd of 5001. offered offered for his apprehension, is still aook t larg home our last regular Since the Calcutta t England mail, 15 emigrant vessels for Australia have touched at Table Bay, having on board 2,309 passengers. These were the Java from London ; Fanny, from Boston ; Mary Ann, from Bristol ; Lord Metcalf, from Aberdeen ; Cherusker, from London ; James L. Bogart, from London ; Mar shal Bennet, from Plymouth ; Palestine, from London ; Adelaide, Australian Royal Mail Steamer, from Plymouth ; Harbinger, screw-steamer, from Southampton ; Royal Alice, from London ; Lavinia, from Greenock ; Baltimore, from New York ; and Susan, from Liverpool. Three of these vessels, the Java, Marshal Bennett, and Palestine, had Government emigrants on board. Since the commencement of the present year twelve vessels, formerly employed in trading on coast, have sailed for Australia, with cargoes of the value of about 40,0001. and 150 passengers. Many of the emigrant vessels which touched here from Great Britain and the United States have also taken passengers and cargo from this colony. The large demand for provisions, &c., for the supply of these vessels, has tended to keep up the price of agricultural produce, which has fortu nately, however, been this season very abundant, and in fine quality, affording to our colonial far mers a highly satisfactory degree of participa tion in th 3 profits of gold digging, without its at tenndant inconveniences. From Natal reports are favourable. Peace is there happily still preserved with the native races, and the increasing attention paid by the inhabi tants to agricultural pursuits is rapidly developing the resources of that magnificent country. The Screw Steam Shipping Company's invaluable little vessel the Sir Robert Peel returned yesterday from her eighth monthly trip to Natal, with a full cargo and seventy-nine passengers, having since August last kept open the communication along 1,000 miles of our coast, with a regularity highly beneficial to all parts of the line. ( From the South African of April 21.) CAPE TOWN, APRIL 21. Since the Sarah Sands started, on the 10th, the peace then announced to the good people of Eng lath,' has become less unpopular on the border, and p ro mises to fulfil the hope of the colonists at large. His Excellency holds head-quarters at Graham's Town, makin ,, occasional visits to the posts, where, as far as can be learned, he finds all right. But frontier weather for some generations, will be April weather, sun and shower, sometimes bright as June, sometimes dark as December in the nor th. Where two races so far asunder in colour, custom, and language as the British settlers and the Kafirs glare upon each other across a narrow stream, " permanent peace," " absolute security," are idle words, unless there be a permanent estab lishment of an absolutely invincible force to main tain a good understanding between the parties. If a saving fit abridge this force too soon, as in 1849-50, there will be such another pull at John Bull's purse strings as will be enough to bring on a fit of gout. Every wise man's son cloth know that in this present wicked world the sword is peace, as bolts and bars are security. Mankind have many good qualities, but a profound respect for weakness is not one of them. The investigation into the past and present con dition of the Kat River Settlement is in progress. The commissioners sit with open doors, in the midst of the people, whose conduct and affairs generally are the subjects of inquiry. This gives great con fidence to the well-disposed, as it is highly credit able to the good sense and foresight of the Go vernor. No particulars have yet reached Cape Town. The Natal Commission followed the same course, also printing the evidence from day to day, as fast as the press could follow them. These open, frank, and fearless pro oadings have already pro duced a most beneficial effect on the public mind. A very important discovery has been announced on the Berg River, near the main road—a deposit, namely, a bed of rubble stone, of coarse gravel mixed with clay, " which " when once inundated becomes indurated, like the solid rock." The dis covery is due to Mr. Manning ; and Mr. Bain, well known for research and discovery in South African rocks, gives it this character. The people here are looking anxiously for the Constitution, which has been so long " looming in the future," and which fell dead as the budget under the late Ministry. After the lines above were in type, the Lady Jocelyn, mail packet, arrived in Table Bay, having on board dispatches from Downing-street, and amongst them, according to private letters, the Constitution. A well-informed correspondent, under date March 14th, says " that no one out of the office can see the Cape Constitution ordinance as now sent out, until the mail leaves, as General Cathcart should be the first to know its details, yet I can guess pretty well that the only stumbling block, viz., the franchise, is disposed of by compro mise, the iigher (501.) being made the basis of the Higher Chamber of Legislature, and the lower (251.) of the Lower House, as the Attorney-General suggested, and as I have taken upon myself to recommend as most likely to satisfy all parties—at least more so than any other plan. I felt sure of this, that the Constitution any how was better than further delay, and this was the language I have invariably held. Now you have got it I con gratulate you, and must be allowed to share in the triumph which crowns our united efforts of so long duration. I continue to feel the greatest con fidence in the Duke of Newcastle, that he will carry out to the fullest extent the principles of our Colonial Reform Society, and Mr. Gladstone and Sir William Molesworth go heartily with him." As the mail starts this afternoon, and as the con stitution is not officially announced, time does not allow to say more than this—that as her Majesty's will and pleasure, declared so long as 1850, " that her faithful people, at the Cape should be put in the full enjoyment of British freedom," is about to be accomplished bylner Majesty's express command —the 24th day of May next, the anniversary of her auspicious birth, should be celebrated as an universal jubilee thl•oughout this free colony. ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS. PLYMOUTH, MAY 29. The Royal Maii screw steam-ship Sarah Sands Captain Thompson., arrived in the Sound at seven o'clock last evening ; , bringing mails from Sydney, Melbourne, and th.E,• Cape of Oood Hope. She left Sydney Jan. 29 • 11 , .1 elbourne, Feb. 15 ; and arrived at Table Bay IN/fart:ill 31 ; and, having encountered severe westerly gales off the Cape, in consequence of the boisterous i vtate of the weather! she was de tained till April 1(.1. She then proceeded on her voyage, but, in co) sequence of being short of pro visions and of cont. rary winds from the north-east, she was obliged to - put into Fayal on the 18th inst. and sailed on the `, 10th. The Sarah Sand 3 brings a very heavy mail from Australia and the 'Cape, comprising 88 large bags of letters and paper.: s. Some of these were sorted at Plymouth, and i he others were sent on to Lon don by the 6.50 1.11 i. train this morning. The in telligence from At istralia has been anticipated by the Atraiveda, an 1 that from the Cape of Good Hope by the Boss .hurus, which arrived in the morning. During her passay •;•e home, the Sarah Sands spoke, March 3, in lat. 38 S., long. 96 E., the American w haling barque Wuithrop, of Whitehaven, fourteen ra°llth% Passed a had done I yell. April 11, in lat. 27 N., m ay 2, largein Duty ;11. ship standing to westward, schooner su lat. 12 N., long. 22 W., spoke the from Sierra tea' ,of amburgh, seventeen days, 28 32 E. p ass e e r a 7, , ~ cc , in far l uarque May 8, in lat. 22 N., long. marked standing to southward when off the island re and main topsails. May 19, ship Leander, w ith,. et Fayal, passed her Majesty's board, eight days i '• Lord Ellesmere and suite on The Sarah Sam' : 11 h i a En g lan d , all well. home 250 passen ;era, s n e n : lyeargo but she brings there being none I ion]. the era all 'from Australia, number of passeng (Ts that everliapseThis is the largest Australia in one v ( ssel. , She h as „ re l t : ; llr ned from ounces of gold de F.: ;t, under the taro 0 1' r .,1 1 80 , 0 90 mander, from Mel I )ourne and Sydn e y, ' c and 20 COOL. silver from the Cape, besides a very large Oiquan tity a gold dust i El the hands of the passeilgers, iliot of whom fiver t, returning from the digging s . o. c .]'-- dust in private hands is kept The quantity of , 1)1 '0 She lots also on board the as secret as possi ~ . t wei r , 1341b5. Bozs., famous Ballarat ] i agge , , b tl , va En i two ro ), belonging to Mess rs. Green ra 'y a l ( way clerk, tors and s and another perso; a, formai 4 the nugget One e who are the fortund to owners c land last autumn .in th of the party only to J I Eng , arrived in the colony last autumn_ in the ship Lady from Lon - Mr. Falconer, do 3 detective policeman d don, was also on boar d, having cus fromy I Spriggs, the f ra udulent bankrupt, who ran off Birmingham, and for whose apprehension 1,0001. had been offered. They will leave here for London by the noon train to-day. The ship will leave on Tuesday for Liverpool. We learn from some of the passengers that after leaving the Cape they had a very good run as far as the Line, with favourable winds all the way. Almost immediately after passing the Line they got into the north-east trades, and in consequence of that, instead of the ship keeping along the coast of Africa, she was driven much to the westward, and the wind delayed her very much. Being short of provisions, she was compelled to put into Fayal, but only remained there about thirty-six hours. After leaving Fayal the wind was dead against her till within the last three or four days, but she does not appear to have fallen into the gale which the Bosphorous encountered. The ship was so light that all her topmasts were struck in consequence. A great many of the passengers had been to the diggings, and generally speaking have come home tolerably successful • but many have returned w ho have only been to the colony, and, being quite dis satisfied with the place went no further. But their dissatisfaction, said our informant, can hardly, h fairness, be set down against the colony, be wit cause they were not long enough there to judge of it. The accommodations at Melbourne are very scanty indeed, and not by any means equal to the wants of the large masses of people that are constantly pouring into it from all parts of the world. The Sarah Sands o n account of her ligh tness, the state of the weather, and of her passengers having memorialised the captain in writing, put into Plymouth instead of Liverpool. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF LORDS —May 27. SUCCESSION TAX. MAJORITY AGAINST LORD MALMESBTJRY'S MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE ON SUCCESSION TAX. PRESENT. Lord Chancellor Albemarle S y dney Hatherton Ascnsisnor. Bessborough stators. Leigh Canterbury Bruce Limerick Manners Duxxs. Burl i ng t on Llandaff Milford A rgy ll Clarendon Oxfor d Overstone Atholl Clanwilliam St. Asaph Panmure Buccleuch Darnley Salisbury Petre Leinster Galloway Worcester Pottimore Norfolk Granville salmis. Rivers Roxburgh Harrington Ashburton Say and Sole MARQUISES. Morton Alvanley Stafford Anglesey Romney Beaumont Stanley ofAlder- Breadalbane Sefton Camoys ley Camden Somers Churchill Suffield Conynghain Spencer Colborne Vaux Lansdowne Waldegrave De Manley Vivian Ormonde viscourrrs. De Tabby Wenlock Sligo Canning Duffer in Wharneliffe EARLS. Enfield Elphlustone Wodehouso Aberdeen Falmouth Foley Wrottesley Airlie, PROM:ES. - —...--- _ DUKES. Fingall VISCOUNTS. Denman Devonshire Grey Massarene Dorcheder Grafton Glasgow Torrington Godolphin Newcastle Home BISHOPS. Howard de Will Somerset Ilehester Chester den Sutherland Kenmore Hereford Holland Wellington Leitrim Manchester Keane MARQUISES. Lindsay Norwich Kilmaird Bristol Lovelace Peterborough Lovat Doneg a Morley Ripon Londesborough lltadtort. Radnor St. David's Lyttelum EARLS. Ripon BARONS. Method Cork St. Germains Auckland Monson Cottenham Stair Belhaven Rttssmore Cowper Stafford Blantyre Ribblesdale Devon Suffolk Carew dtourton Durham Uxbridge Cloncurry Truro Ellesmere Yarborough Dacre Fitzhardinge Dormer FAIRS. FOR. AGAINST. Bradford, Earl of Gosford, Earl of Dartmouth, Earl of Lurgan, Lord Lanesborough, Earl of Zetland, Earl of Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Durham, Bishop of Wilton, Earl of Byron, Lord Ayleslord, Earl of Clittlen, Viscount .Nortilw,ck, Lord .Erro', Earl of Pomfret, Earl of :Normanby, Marquis of Rochester, Bishop of 'York, Archbishop of Tusm, Bishop of Clara, Earl of Walsingliam, Lord Campbell, Lord Can'erbury, Viscount liardinge, Viscount Leven, Earl of Rosebery, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Cl'lthrock, Lord Erskine, Lord Sealeld, Earl of Portman, Lord Farnham, Lord Essex, Earl of Banjos, Earl of Glenclg, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Fortescue, Earl Tenterden, Lord Camperdowu, Earl of Lucas, Earl of Broughton, Lord Howe, Earl London, Bishop of Abingcr, Lord Bedford, Duce of Bosse, Earl of Wicklow, Earl of Wyriford, Lord Raglan, Lord Ilopetoun, Earl of Westmorland, Earl of Dighy, Earl Gardner, Lord Ilarlings, Marquis of Brougham, Lord Kintore, Earl of Ailsa, Marquis of CRICKET. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tuis DAY. At. Lord's—Marylebone Club, with three of the ground, v. Surrey Club, with three of their ground. At Rugby—l Zingari v. Present Rubmans. At Oxford—University v. Lansdowne Club. At Nottingham—Nottingham Commercial Club v, Derby Club. At Liverpool—The Eleven of All England v. Twenty. two of Liverpool. To-MoRR OW. At Lord's—The above match resumed. At Rugby—The above match concluded. At Oxford--The above match resumed. At Liverpool—The above match resumed. At Nottingham—The above match concluded. At Eton—The "Young Etonians' " opening day. At Sheffield—Sheffield Exchange Club v. Chesterfield Club. WEDNESDAY. At Lord's—The above match concluded At Rugby—The above match concluded. At Oxford—The above match concluded. At Liverpool—The above match concluded. At Oxford—l Zingari v. Bullingdon Club. THURSDAY. At Oxford—The above match concluded. At Chester—Chester v. Broughton (Manchester) Club. At Blackheath—Dartmouth and Berkeley Club v. West Wickham. At Thames Ditton—T. D. United Club v. Prince Albert's (Regent's Park) Club. At Cirencester—The Eleven of All England v. Twenty two of Cirencester. FRIDAY. At Oxford--Marylebone Club and Ground v. Univer sity of Oxford. At Blackheath—Paragon Club v. Clapton. At Chester—The above match concluded. At Cirencester—The above match resumed. SATURDAY. At Oxford—The above match concluded. At Cirencester—The above match concluded. At Wimbledon—Nelson House School v. Wellesley House. At'Holloway—Merchant Tailors v. St. Paul's Schools. AN ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. FIFTEEN OF OXFORDSHIRE. This has now become an annual match, although in the present instance it was not The Eleven, but an eleven got together by Pilch. Upon the arrival of Pilch's forces at Oxford, in which city the contest was to be fought, on the Christ Church ground, he discovered that there were two defaulters. These vacancies he consequently filled up with Willsher and another Pilch. The match occupied Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes day, but the score, by some accident, did not reach us. There was some unusually fine batting exhibited by Mr. Armitstead, who obtained and maintained for a considerable time a complete mastership of the bowling, and, therefore, he frequently did just as he p leased with the ball, vastly to the chagrin of the excellent bowlers by whom he was opposed. Hence the large contribution, 71, of this gentleman. Hurst played well to the tune of 18, whilst Mr. Colley carried out his bat with a score of 48, and Mr. Willes offered 28 to the general amount, which eventually was not less than 200. The Eleven were very unsuccessful, and only placed 72 runs upon the paper, of which total Caffyn presented 29. The Eleven were thus called upon, in pursuance of the 46th law of the game, to follow their innings. This they did, and upon the occasion effected a score of 184. This sum was principally made up by Chatterton's 46, by Grundy's 27, by Parr's 24, by Guy's 22, and by But tress's 17. The County was now to go in for 58 to tie, or 59 to winAwhichilatterinumber they achieved with the loss of three wickets only. The ultimate state of the score was this. OXFORDSHIRE. W. G. ArTaitstead, Esq., 1 b w, b Grundy W. Hurst, run out Hon. E. C. Leigh, b Grundy... 4 A. Faber, Esq., c Buttress, b 7 not out Grundy H. M. Aitken, Esq., b Buttress 4 0 0 H. Colley, Esq., not out 4B E. Balfour, Esq., b Grundy H. Phillips, Esq., c Lockyer, b 4 not out . Caffyn W. Packer, Esq., c Lockyer, b Caffyn o W. Ridding, Esq., b Caffyn 2 A. Cazenove, Esq., b Grundy 0 A. Ilankey, Esq., 1) Caffyn 9 E. Wiles, Esq., b Buttress 2B R. Clement, Esq., b Grundy 0 C. Marsham, Esq., b Grundy 0 Bye, 1 ; legs, 7 ; wide, 1 Total .200 Total ....• ~ THE ELEVEN. Chatterton, c Balfour, b Caze novo Lockyer, b Balfour Pilch, ru n ou t 8 c Hurst, b Balfour . Willsher, c and b Ca.zenovc Guy, b Caul:love . ti 2 I c b c w az , b nov ham 92 Parr, b C azenovo ... ... .... 5 s Ridding, b Marsham 24 _ C affYn, c Leigh, b BaiaUr ... . ...... 29 e Hank.ey, b Marshall' 0 e ßa e lf , ou b Mars Sampson, c B a lf our, b Cazenove 1 b Marsham Grundy, b Cazenove.• .. % 0 c Hurst, b Aitken -. ...... R. Pilch, c Marshani b Balfour '2. b Willes . l3 Buttress, not 0ut..,,;. ...... ...... 5 b Marsham . Byes, 9 ; legs, 3 ; 4 wide, 9 Bye, 1 ; Wide, 3 ...... ....._.. Total 72 Total And so Oxfordshirq gal ped the day by 11 wickets 'lB4 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY . EVENING, MAY 30, 1859. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Bucket One. THIS EVENING, MAY 30, Will be performed ELOPEMENTS IN FIRM LIFE. By Messrs. R. Sullivan. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Buckstone, Rogers, and Compton; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Misses Reynolds and L. Howard. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-SVREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, MAY 30, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Characters by Messrs. T. P. Cooke, Wright, Meadows, Manvers, Graham, Eve rett F. Cooke, and Saker ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. Eve- ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, MAT 30, Will be performed THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, H. Butler, and Rosiere ; Madame Vestris anti Miss Mason. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Romby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. After which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAT 30, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha racters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Parselle, G. Honey, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, It. Romer, Cullenford, and H. Bed. ford ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley, Cullenford, and Alfred Wigan Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Ferret'. THIS EVENING, MAY SO. Will be performed WILLIAM TELL. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren, H. Marston, Diddear, G. Cooke, Kinloch, Bender, Clifton, and F. Charles Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Adams. To conclude with MACBETH. Supported by Mr. Samuel Mac beth, Mr. F. Robson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLIIY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ASTOUNDING NOVELTY.—Arrival of the celebrated and intrepid M. ALPHONSE TIIEVELIN, the First Gymnaslarque Arden of France, and Inventor of the Cybistique Games ander the French and Belgian Balloons, who will make his First Appearance in this Country TO-NIGHT. SECOND JUYENILEE EQUESTRIAN MORNING PER FORMANCE Will take place on WEDNESDAY, June 1, commencing at Two o'clock. By kind permission of Sir Charles Adam, and by compli mentary invitation or Mr. W. Cooke, the boys of Greenwich Hos pital School, with their Band, will attend. THIS EVENING, MAY 30, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Dsama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, or LIFE ON THE TURF — illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be followed by M. Alphonse Thenlin in his incredible Per formance of TES JEUX CYBISTIQUE ; or, The Four Trapeze — with the wenderfol 'Vaalting Traverser ,Erien of 130 Feet from the Back of the Stage to the Centre of the Ring, for the First Time ut Europe. To conclude with brillant Scenes in the ARENA by the most talented Artistes of the day. isox-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TIIIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CIIUSAN. Splendid Menagerie, including Six Elephants, Fou Lions, Two Tigers, TWO Giraffes,Camels, Leopards, Llamas, &c. Grand Military Baud, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and histrinnen tal Concert ; Two Songs by Miss Cecily Nott ; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Nuille, and Cornet a Piston, Mr. Phillips ; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Explosion of Ckinese Fireships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open from 9in the morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire works half-past 9. Admisson Is. THE WEATHEIL—Sox OFFICE, Mir 29. THERMOMETER, IN Via SHADE. 74 —highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 60— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'95—going up rapidly. WIND, N.N.W. - Light breeze, with heavy showers of hailstone and rain, thunder and lightning—sunshine occasionally. MAY 30. 64 highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. -- - - - • BAR,OIefETER, 30 . 06. WIND, N.to N.N.E.—Light breeze, and cloudy weather, with sunshine and partial rain. tjt -'`..zAA,n, c ...f.. .- cT .-- . 4 LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1853. Turkey is secure of support both from the French and from the English Government. Of this there can no longer be any doubt whatsoever. After the explicit declarations made in the House of Commons by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and in the House of Peers by the Earl of CLARENDON, there cannot be any further uncertainty as to the policy now being carried out in the East by the diplo matic representatives of her Britannic MAJESTY in concert with those of his Imperial Majesty NA POLEON 111. That policy is distinct and obvious. It has been clearly defined by the virtual Prime Minister of England. It is dedicated to the maintenance of existing treaties and to the con servation of the :integrity of the Turkish dominions. So plainly indeed has this been avowed that the future is easily conjgcturable upon certain contin- gencies. According to the lates t intelligence, the re newed and (this time) confidential negotiations carried on until late on the night of the 21st -22d instant between the DIVAN and Prince MEN SCHIKOFF—had been so definitively and so alt ruptly closed, that early on the last-mentioned date, namely on the morning of the 22d of the present month of May, 1853, the Russian Ambassador hastily took his departure from Constantinople. It was added that the rest of the Legation was preparing to follow his Highness immediately afterwards to St. Peters burgh. From this it is manifest, of course, that amicable relations have positively ceased between the SULTAN and the AUTOCRAT. It remains to be learnt what will be the course pursued under these circumstances by the latter Potentate. It re mains to be seen whether, stung by the disap pointment of his ambitious hopes, irritated by the decisive conduct of ABD-UL-MIDJID, enraged by the summary rejection of his ultimatum, and beside himself with remorseful wrath at having thus broken faith to no purpose with the majority of the Allied Powers of Christendom—the Emperor NICHOLAS will, for once in his career, throw aside all c onsiderations of prudence, and evince a determination to develope, at all hazards, the daring scheme upon which he has recently adventured. Supposing him thus egregiously to belie his whole reputation, supposing him thus to forego, by one insensate enterprise, the whole of his past credit for cautious, wily, and astute statesmanship in the direction of the affairs of his vast and. irresponsible Government—there can not now, fortunately, be any doubt as to the immediate consequences. Directly the CZAR manifests openly any warlike antago nism to the Sul te—e will find him aime Por self opposed not oigy by the united pati iotism of the Osmanli population, but by the simultaneous support accorded to the SULTAN by the French and English Government*. That may be looked upon, we think, as a positive and reliable certainty. The Cabinet at Paris and the Cabinet at London are of one mind as to the course tobepursued under any such lamentable contingency. They are mutually pledged, in fact, to obstruct by force of arms any warlike aggression upon the European dominions of AI3D-UL-MEDJID. The integrity of the Turkish Empire is to be maintained by them .. 9 . 16 16 .. ~, 61 46 6 6 5 at all risks, and the conditions of existing treaties are to be enforced at first by their associated diplomatists, and ultimately, if necessary, by their combined armaments. Should the sword be drawn by Russia, the united fleets of France and Eng land will at once appear at the mouth of the Dar danelles. Indignation may prompt the CZAR to strike a blow for the European diadem of the Sultan ABD UL-MEDJID. But prudence will doubtless remind him of the folly of thereby provoking an unequal contest between himself and the majority of the most powerful Sovereigns of Christendom. Am bition may goad him on to attempt the seizure of Constantinople. But reflection will probably assure him of the little likelihood there is of his succeeding in that endeavour, opposed as he would inevitably be forthwith, not merely by the prowess of the armies of Turkey, but by the formidable armaments, both military and maritime, of Queen VICTORIA and the Emperor NAPOLEON. Added to all which considerations, there would yet remain another of a rather terrible and obtrusive character. It cannot but be remembered by the Czar NICHOLAS in his calmer moments of medita tion, that, in the question at issue, the right is altogether on the side of ABD-UL-MEDJID and his allies, the great Western Sovereigns—the wrong, the infamy, the dereliction of duty, the violation of principle must be his own exclusively, his own the enormous crime of breaking at last with the curse of an atrocious war the blessing of a prosperous and protracted tranquillity. Although England has latterly seen the most gifted, the most skilful, the most patriotic, and the most experienced of her Statesmen removed by the oddest of all the freaks of the Coalition from the Foreign to the Home Department, she has nevertheless had reason, within the last few days more especially, to exult in the circumstance that the present Ministry has been in any manner leavened by the genius of Viscount PALMERSTON. Shortly after the formation of the present 011a podrida, or Hotch-potch, or Pot-pourri Cabinet, we took occasion to exult in the fact of our foreign policy being at any rate guarded from the possibility of degradation—the obvious secu rity being the acceptance of office, even though in a new and unexpected capacity, by the most illus trious of our Foreign Secretaries. We regarded the one redeeming point in the last Whig Ministry during the first five years of its existence—to be the fact that Viscount PALMERSTON was at the head of the Foreign Department. We have con sidered all along the one redeeming point in the Coalition Cabinet—to be the fact that the same eminent Statesman has a seat in the Councils of the Government. The last few days have, in regard to this, proved clearly enough the correctness of our opinion. But for the resolution shown by Lord PALMERSTON, the foreign policy of that excellent ABERDEEN would have been once more in the ascendant. The power of England would have been made to sub serve the interests of Russia. British diplomacy would have been made to succumb to the arro gance of the ambition of the AUTOCRAT. Happily for the honour, the influence, and the repu tation of our Government, the Premier was in this Turkish question placed in a minority in his own Cabinet, and the manly, the bold, and the patriotic foreign policy of Lord PALMERSTON has been definitively selected as the foreign policy of the existing Administration. Whatever events, therefore, may now transpire in the East, English men may rest confident that the wisest, because the noblest and the most chivalric, course will be pursued, in concert with France, in antagonism to Russia, and in support of Turkey by her MAJESTY'S Government. There was no portion of the Common Law of England in which, before the desire for legal reform became universal, so many evils had sprung up, so many deficiencies were apparent, as that relating to the Evidence by which the matters at issue in any suit were to be substantiated or dis proved. These evils had arisen, these deficiencies been occasioned, by the almost ludicrous fidelity , with which certain rules established for the ,pur pose of eliciting the truth were followed, although the over-stringent and slavish adherence thereto but too frequently defeated the objects for which they had originally been framed. The letter was regarded rather than the spirit of the law, and the most absurd decisions were arrived at under the influence of regulations which, although they would have made useful servants, became very exacting and despotic taskmasters. No exception whatsoever was tolerated. The substantial merits of the case were disregarded ; while the most re fined and casuistical arguments, tending to the exclusion of straightforward and bond fide testi mony, and thus calculated to bring the administration of justice into contempt and disrepute, were listened to with respect and admiration, and especially favoured by the various tribunals. Every witness who had any interest, however infinitesimal in the result, or against whom a verdict or judgment could at any future time, or under any circumstances, be given in evidence, was carefully excluded, until the state of affairs arose which has been so graphically described by the Commissioners, when the witness, " however small and insignificant the amount of his interest, was presumed to be incapable of re sisting the temptation to perjury, and every judge and juryman was presumed to be incapable of dis cerning perjury committed under circumstances peculiarly calculated to excite suspicion and watchfulness." We can easily conceive how great an amount of injustice must have been perpetrated under this system, " not only in cases brought into Court, and there wrongly decided in conse quence of the exclusion of evidence, but in num berless cases in which parties silently submitted to wrongs from inability to avail themselves of proof, conclusive, was in law in awdhmicihss,ibtllleo.u”gh morally It is almost unnecessary to say that a system leading to such results occasioned loud and general complaints. Many energetic attempts were made to obtain a relaxation of some of the most strin gent rules ; but it was long before any success, however trifling, attended their disinterested exertions. Persons who witnessed the serious inconveniences of every-day occurrences—the re peated failure ofjustice, through their operation, were cognisant of the extent and magnitude of the evils—clung to the abuses with a desperate fidelity ; and any attempt to improve the admi nistration of the law was regarded as an assault upon the venerable fabric, built up during succes sive ages, and " reform" and " destruction" were regarded as synonymous in " the good old times," when GEORGE the Third was King, and Lord ELDON occupied the woolsack. At length, after the passing of the Modern Magna Charta, and the abolition of some of the nomination boroughs, the first step was taken— very limited in extent, it is true—but still in the right direction, and operating as the admission of the sharp end of the wedge, and thus leading to the more important concessions that have since been made. At first all that was allowed was that the testimony of persons against whom the verdict or judgment in the cause might be given in evidence, should be receivable ; but any direct interest, however trivial, if amounting to the value of the smallest coin of the realm, still remained an insuperable bar. Ten years subsequently further progress was made, and it was provided by the 6th and 7th Vie., cap. 85 (commonly called Lord Denman's Act), that " no witness should be excluded from giving evidence, either in person or by deposi tion, according to the practice of the Court, by reason of any incapacity from crime or interest, with the exception of the principals themselves ;" and that " in Courts of Equity any defendant might be examined on behalf of the plaintiff, or on be half of any co-defendant, saving just exceptions." The value of this enactment was speedily acknow ledged ; but still there were to be found cavillers who objected to the salutary provisions, asserting that one of the chief bulwarks of the Constitution had been assailed, and predicting that the time would arrive when even the parties themselves would be heard as witnesses in the Courts of Common Law ! An atrocity that made the very hairs of those sages stand on end with horror. These predictions were to a great extent verified. The new code for the more speedy recovery of small debts—which constituted tribunals having a mixed legal and equitable jurisdiction —was based on the principle that there should be no exclusion, but that every person who could, by any possibility, cast light on the subject in dis pute should, although a party to the suit, be not only admissible, but compelled to give evidence. This privilege was, however, restricted to cases where less than 201. was claimed—the parties being still rigorously excluded in the Superior Courts. The good effects of relaxation speedily became apparent. Unjust claims were discouraged when the plaintiff might be compelled to substantiate their validity on oath, and the defendant might solemnly deny the justice of the demand. It was equally effectual against unconscientious de fences where the debtor refused to satisfy righteous demands on the supposition that they could not be established in law—the deficiency of proof being, perhaps, occasioned by the mistaken confi dence reposed in his own honour and integrity. The beneficial results of the new system being thus partially established, it could not be sup posed that any restriction could much longer prevail in the Superior Courts, or that what was good to the extent of 201. could be bad when a larger sum was at stake. The jurisdiction of the County Courts was enlarged from 201. to 501., and a new Law of Evidence Act (14 and 15 Vic. c. 99) was enacted, by which the parties to the suit were rendered eligible witnesses on their own account, and might be compelled to appear, if called on by their opponents. This further con cession was received with great distrust, and it was asserted, even from high quarters, that it would have a very demoralising tendency, hold ing out a strong temptation to false testimony, and perplexing juries by an almost incessant clashing of evidence ; and this murmur increased to an outcry, when some four or five prosecutions for perjury had been directed. A greater expe rience as to its practical working has, however, removed these erroneous impressions, and now, after it has been eighteen months in operation, we are truly told by the Commissioners, that " ac cording to the concurrent testimony of the bench, the profession, and the public, it is found to work admirably, and to contribute in an eminent degree to the administration of justice." In one respect, and one only, was there a defi ciency in the new Act. There was some degree of obscurity on the point as to whether the wife could be examined for or against her husband. Her testimony could clearly be received if she was a joint plaintiff or defendant, but doubts existed as to whether she could be heard under other cir cumstances. It was the duty of the Learned Judges to interpret not to make the law; and, after mature consideration, it was decided by a majority that the wife of either party was not a com petent witness. This produced considerable inconvenience. There were many cases in which the wife had managed the entire transaction from whence the litigation had arisen —where she alone could throw light on the sub ject, but where her mouth was closed from the defective working of the enactment. In some in stances her evidence was admitted by consent ; but this was a dangerous practice, inasmuch as, if tendered and objected to, it would naturally create a strong prejudice in the minds of the jury. This was so clearly perceptible that several Judges refused to sanction the examination of the wife even by consent ; and it was stated upon high authority that " there was something even of greater importance than eliciting the truth, namely, the preservation of domestic peace and tranquillity." Much discussion has since taken place on the subject, and the general opinion seems to be in concurrence with that at which the Com missioners, after a careful and critical examination of the various arguments adduced on either side of the question, have arrived, viz., " That hus band and wife should be competent and compellable to give evidence for and against one another, on matters of fact, as to which either could now be examined as a party in the cause, but that all communications between them should be held to be privileged." This appears to place the matter, so far as the examination of witnesses is concerned, in a clear light. No person can now _ . be excluded. A wife has no further or other privilege than that belonging to a legal adviser. No person can object to the extent of this privi lege, which is essential to the sanctity of domestic confidence, and which could not be invaded with out a serious injury being inflicted on the most sacred tie that can exist in this world ; while there is nothing to prevent a wife from relating that which has come to her knowledge in the or dinary course of events, and which was not re vealed by her partner in consequence of their close and intimate relationship. We intimated last year that Dissenters and Liberal Churchmen had more to hope from the late Premier in the matter of Church Rates than from the one whom he succeeded. And if the views of the heir of the House of DERBY may be considered as representing those of his father, we did not mislead our readers. Lord STANLEY did not speak in the debate of Thursday night. He did better ; he committed his views to - the press a few days before, in a pamphlet which Hon. Mem bers who spoke acknowledged they had read, and which evidently affected considerably the tone of the discussion. We may take another oppor tunity of noticing the pamphlet itself. It is sufficient to remark, in justification of our last year's observation, that Mr. MIALL, probably the most uncompromising Dissenter in the House, spoke of it as dealing with the subject " in the kindliest and most candid spirit, and manifesting a bona fide desire to relieve Dissenters from their most unfair burden." Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on the other hand, condemned severely a statement he extracted from it, " that it was wrong to call upon men to pay for the propagation of opinions in which they did not share." This principle, his Lordship averred, was fatal to Establishments. It may be so ; but, if it be, we are pretty confident that Lord JOHN and Establishments are destined to succumb long before such an obvious dictate of justice can be erased from the hearts and minds of honest Englishmen. Lord JOHN may re fine logically as he pleases, but he may be assured that tens and hundreds of thousands of Church men, as well as Nonconformists, are ready to en dorse the statement of Lord STANLEY, and the similar statement of his Noble Father also, when he said—" I am ready to acknowledge that Church Rates, as they stand, form to the Dissenters a serious and substantial grievance." On a serious and practical question, therefore, of Religious Liberty, it is to the House of DERBY, not to the House of BEDFORD, that Dissenters have to look I We need not say that we go heart and soul with the former on this question. We have always regarded Church Rates as equally a grievance to Dissenters and an injury to our National Church. It is pretty evident, that if Dissenters choose to agitate on the question, they might soon obtain a sufficient majority to carry entire abolition. The number of Churchmen in the House of Commons, as well as out of it, is rapidly increasing, who deem it a stigma on the Church of the wealthy and of the aristocracy that they should be repre sented as unwilling even to keep their own churches in repair. If Catholics in Ireland, Free Church men in Scotland, and Dissenters in England, both build and repair their places of worship, they think that Churchmen, not being burdened like them with the support of their ministers, could just keep their sanctuaries wind and water tight. We really think so too. We confess that if we have ever said our best for such imposts, it has been with the feeling that Dissenters put us to shame. We have wished inwardly that Church zeal could be trusted as safely as Dissenting zeal. But times have altered, and we are confident that now it might be safely trusted, and that deing so would relieve all the better part of Churchmen of an unpleasantly humbling sense of pecuniary in debtedness to the far l ess wea l thy Nonconformist body. It is, indeed, mortifying enough to reflect that we cannot raise an average of 201. or 301. per Church, without being beholden to those who reject our worship, and who entirely support their own. We know that there do remain a few bigots, such a strange compound of pride and meanness, that they consider these it 10. id. exac tions from the TIOROGOODS, BIDWELLS, BAINESES, and other Church-rate martyrs, as a pepper-corn tribute to the Apostolic superiority of their Church. Of course it were as reasonable to argue with these ecclesiastics and country squires as with the in mates of St. Luke's ; but other persons who go to Church have heard, on Apostolic authority, that " the Lord loveth a cheerful giver." If, however, Lord Joing and Sir HARRY INGLIS, the par mobile fratrum of Thursday night's debate, cannot bring themselves to trust to so small an extent the liberality of their brother Churchmen, there is the grand resource of wasted Church pro perty to fall back upon. In Ireland the effect of abolishing all direct payment to the State Church from the mass of the people has been most salu tary. It is, indeed, almost horrible to contemplate what must have been the result had Tithes and Church Cess remained unaltered there. Why, then, cannot all the episcopal and capitular pro perty here be placed in the hands of Commission ers, the Bishops and needful Cathedral dignities paid what the State decrees, and the remaining surplus be appropriated to the repair of churches ? Or if, as Mr. TRELAWNEY has suggested, the ad vowson s in the presentation of the Lord Chan cellor be sold for that purpose, a most ample fund might be raised. We, however, would employ that money for better purposes. We would use it only as a last resort. We would appeal, first of all, to the actual worshippers in our churches. The necessity of the case would be before their eyes ; they would feel it to be their own case ; it would be, in fact, one of the easiest, because one of the most rational, grounds of application for a voluntary contribution, and the same honourable rivalry in contributing to a clearly good object would be awakened amongst Churchmen, as now exists so conspicuously among the unendowed sects. Sir HARRY INGLIS declared that more than 3,000 petitions in favour of Church Rates had been presented to the House ? Signed, we suppose, by the parson and the clerk. He described them, however, as praying " that the petitioners might be allowad to maintain their own religion !" Why, that is all that Nonconformists ask. They only object to being forced to maintain the Church man's religion too. They certainly do not wish to oppose the prayer of Sir HA RRY'S petitioners. The same alter ego of Lord JOHN, in this debate, declared his "great respect for honest convictions, but could not profess much respect for the con science which resided in a breeches' pocket." No doubt the worthy Baronet would deem Noncon formists very uncharitable who thought his own conscience, on this question, had nestled in the same part of his dress. Why they should not think so with equal right it is hard to see. Lord JOHN was much less delicate—" I want," says he, "to keep 300,0001. a-year, if I can ;" I want the " breeches' pockets" of Churchmen saved to that amount, at the Bost of Dissenting " breeches' pockets." It is impossible not to feel humiliated at such a tone of speaking from the mouth of the staunch advocate of Test and Corporation Act repeal, in contrast with the present courage of Lord DERBY and his son. We have hardly left ourselves room to advert to the rival propositions—Mr. PHlLLlmonn's, for Dissenters being released from Church Rates by merely signing a declaration of their being Dis senters ; Mr. CLAY'S, for the abolition of Church Rates, and substitution of pew rents, and improved management of Church property. The first proposal is perfectly fair to Dis senters.. All the arguments against it are founded on what reads like a bitter satire on Churchmen, namely, that for the small amount of a rate persons would declare themselves Dissenters. As to its engendering between the exempt and the non-exempt, we must think the very reverse would be the effect. We have stated, however, that we prefer entire abolition, and so far we should rather go with Sir W. CLAY ; but, at least, we should concur with Mr. HUME in advising that pew rents should not be enforced by law. Church property is a far better and sufficient source to look to. Mr. BitiouT, indeed, who on this subject, if on any, is entitled to a hearing, seemed to carry the House with him in asserting that " the funds for repairing the fabric of the (lurch must come either from a better manage ment of Church property, or from the voluntary contributions of Churchmen." Indignation at the late disclosures of Epispocal rapacity dispose many to pounce upon the former resource ; self-respect inclines to the latter. ASYUT'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—A morning per formance will be given at this popular theatre on Wed nesday, for the gratification of the juvenile world. The entertainment will consist of a variety of " Scenes in the Circle," and the boys of the Greenwich Hospital School, with their band, will attend. THE CHANNEL FLEET.—The Sarah Sands, on her way to Plymouth, saw the Channel fleet, at daybreak, on Saturday, near the Bay of Biscay. All the ships were in full sail, near together, and presented a very imposing sight. PLYMOUTH, May 29.—A telegraphic dispatch was received here this afternoon from the Admiralty, sum moning Admiral Sir John Ommanney to proceed to London with the utmost haste, in consequence of which the Sprightly steamer was ordered to be got ready imme diately to take him to Portsmouth. Sir John struck his flag on board the Impregnable, and left at six o'clock. STATE VISIT OF THE JUDGES AND CORPORATION TO ST. PAUL'S.—Yesterday being the first Sunday in Trinity term, her Majesty's Judges and the Civic Cor poration attended divine service at St. Paul's Cathedral. Shortly after three o'clock a procession was formed in the body of the church, and moved into the choir. It consisted of Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erle Mr. Justice Tal fourd, Mr. Baron Platt, and Mr. Baron. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Manning, and three other Sergeants-at-law, Mr. Alderman Hunter, Mr. Alderman Musgrove , Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman Sidney, M r . Alder man and Sheri ff Carter, Mr. Sheriff Croll, the High Bailiff of Southwark, and a large number of gentlemen connected with tke Common Council. Full choral ser vice was performed, and a sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Tilliers, M.A., Canon Res dentiary of St. Paul's, and Rector of St. George's Blooms bury. At the close of the service the procession was re formed, and moved out of the cathedral according to the order in which it entered. Mr. John Goss con ducted the musical arrangements. INDIAN REFORM SOCIETY.—A meeting of the Indian Reform Committee was held on Saturday last at the Society's Rooms, 12, Haymarket, with Mr. H. D. Sey mour, M.D., in the chair. Amongst the gentlemen present were the following membeis of the House of Commons : —Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Mr. Blackett, Mr. Biggs, Lord Goderich, Mr. Bright, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Oliveira, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. French, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bell, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. J. G. Phillimore ; Messrs. W. Harcourt, J. Crawford, H. Ashworth, and J. Dickinson, jun., were also present. The chief topic of discussion was the course to be pursued in connection with th e f or thcoming proposition of the Government, and it was the unani mous feeling of the meeting that nothing short of a total abolition of the system of double Government, and of the creation of a really responsible home administration for India, could be entertained or supported by the so ciety. It was suggested and agreed to that further steps should be taken to enlist the co-operation and subscrip tions of the manufacturing classes, and especially of the cotton trade, in the objects and labours of the society. Some additional subscriptions were received, and much spirit was shown in the determination to prosecute the great objects for which the society was formed. DISASTROUS FIRE AT CHATHAM.—Yesterday morn ing, shortly after one o'clock, a terrible fire broke out in the Ordnance Tavern, Middle-street, Brompton, near Chatham, and has resulted in the destruction of a large quantity of valu a bl e property. S o fi erce was the fire, that it was seen from all parts of Chatham and Roches ter, and some thousands of persons flocked to the scene of conflagration. Captain Peter Richards, superintend ent of the dockyard, was most active in directing the men under his control to prevent the spread of the fire, and the military who were called out rendered great assistance in keeping back the vast mass of persons who were attracted to the spot. The engines from the bar racks and dockyard arrived within a few minutes after the outbreak of the fire, but in consequence of the scar city of water, they were of little use, and the fire raged comparatively speaking uncontrolled. The Ordnance Tavern was burnt to the ground, the houses on either side were partially destroyed, and several houses in the rear were more or less injured. Great losses have been sustained by persons ill able to bear them, and none of them appear to have been insured. THE LATE MURDER AT HOLLOWAY.—Yesterday nu merous persons visited Pleasant-passage, Holloway, the scene where James Walsh, the shoemaker, was stabbed. The woman, Mary Fitzgerald, who was with the de ceased on his son's arrival at home, at one o'clock in the morning, has been taken ill, and removed to the work house, where she now remains. Although the most active and intelligent officers of the police have endea voured to trace blood from the street-doortooutnhde bed room,yet which would have escaped from the wound, not one drop was to be found. Theopposite t dis turbance eigh bou or in on n tez night r of heard t the h e ell l ght Bth es inst., and up to the present time the matt er remains a mystery. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, MAY 30, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following daces at nine o'clock Saturday morning. The stations tr . ° arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON - - W., strong breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. T U NBRIDGE—S . E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE— N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREEN WIC H—W.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Swr ND ON—W., light breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Y A RMOU TIT—S. W., calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—S.IV., gentle breeze—fine. LANCASTER—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. WHITBY —Calm—principally clear. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAP—S., calm—very cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the•state of the weather on Friday morning at nice o'clock : HASTlNGS — Calm — cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TuN /MID GE—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE--N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GunEriwrcn—Calm—partially cloudy. STROOD—W., calm—foggy. SWINDON — N., light breeze—cloudless. LEW ItToN—N. W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CAMBRlDGE—Calm — cloudless. HOLYHEAD—N., gentle breeze—fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rat , DAT —Morning 43 min. after 5 1 Evening 10 min.aft. 6 To-Nloanow—Morning 33 min. after 6 1 Evening 7 min. aft. 7 ELIICTIO. :ERLAIN. STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAT. HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK. Sir John Key Mr, Benjamin Scott Majority for Key HALF-PAST ELEVEN Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott Majority for Key TWELVE O'CLOCK Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott Majority for Key HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott Majority for Key ONE O'CLOCK Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott Majority for Key TWO O'CLOCK Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott ▪ 2802 • 2691 Majority for Key. 107 2879 2757 122 .. 2925 2779 2,989 2,813 3,035 . 2,832 309 6 2863 ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS D4l'' LIVERPOOL. The committee re-assembled this morning, when c oo Mr. Sergeant Kinglak e p rocee d e d t o o pen the tile for the petitioners. The case, he said, was one greatest importance with regard to the represen c o' system of this country. Th e ques ti on b e f o re the .4 mittee was whether the v o i ce o f th e grea t es t ce llll3l ,5w town of this country should b e t ru ly h ea rd in of ment, or whether it was to be stifled by rneen s general system of brib er y, corru pti on , a nd tre!,,o which had for a long time ex i s t e d i n Li ver pool, en," t ioi in full operation a t th e l as t e l ec ti on . H e trate'" to the result of this inquiry, however, would be to era e lo the evil. The p ecu li ar f ac t s o f the case were som e* • intricate and involved. t y The nomination took place on the 6th of July, polling was held the day after. The numbers were Turner 6,693 Mackenzie 6,367 Cardwell 5,247 E ward 4,910 os It was alleged by the petitioner that this majoritY behalf of the sitting members was gained by the 9 0 . of the freemen of Liverpool. The number of these hey men was about 1,500, and it was we ll k no wn that '.' held the balance of the election, and any one who gt w iri o• the favours of the freemen had th e grea t es t c h a nce of ° l-7- 1 :0 ing the election. He had no h es it a ti on i n sa ying that . Tl °, l ofthe chief allegations of th e p e titi on was m aterial P - 0 . direct bribery of the great mass of the fre e . r t e r This was not the first time that the conduct of - 1 -' / 0 pool had been impugned. I n th e y ear 1832, a b ill of introduced into the house to disfranchise the freemenog that town, which did not pass ; but in the folloWity year a petition was presented, and an inquiry held, o f result of which was that it was proved that, at 0 1 last election, 261 freemen had been bribed. In the t o following another bill was introduced to disfran c ,7 o l the freeman, which was thrown out in the Iloa s. 00. Lords. The constituency of Li verpoo l excee ded 17, 0 by The mode by which the freemen were corrupted Wa s a regular system of bribery and treating conj oined,, ; ried out by sub-committees, Each freeman r eceive " a,„, f , and was treated indiscrimin a tely, d ur i ng th e polling 7 6 . The result of this influence was th a t ou t o f 1,80 0 l ir. men, 1,030 voted for Mr. Turner and 1,016 for id A Mackenzie. The l earne d counse l was s till procee' when our report left. tl l ° A map of the town of Liverpool was exhibited j a committee-room, divided into wards, with the words COw mittee-rooms, and the public-houses opened by the 49, ting member during the election, to the number of to marked upon it, but on the sugges ti on o f th e conlra it t o it was ordered to be closed up during the time that evidence was being taken. COUNTY CLARE. The committee re-assembled this morning at ele o s o'clock, when the cross-examination of Mr. Searle proceeded with. PETERBOROUGH. if ° The evidence in this case was proceeded with, bu t of an entirely unimportant character. --------------------------- - BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) 11 4$ IN RE ASHTON AND SPRIGGS.—CAPTURE OP A /VG' BANKRUPT IN AUSTRALIA. These bankrupts, it will be remembered, had 0 111 . '4 on business as warehousemen in the City, and SPI absconded to Australia with considerable property , „hi was pursued to Port Philip, a pp re h en d e d , an d brotleiA back to England in the Sarah Sands. He was 10 0 101 up from Plymouth this morning, and it is expected, o l undergo an examinati on thi s a ft ernoon, an d be eomill" to Newgate. COURT CIRCULAR. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Dtiob es ? of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and the Duchess Caronlc li ci Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, visited the Queen and Albert on Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham 139 1,4 His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horse, t io on Saturday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colon s ' Hon. Alexander Gordon. Vitt A the' Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince..._ln.e accompanied by the Princess Royal and the r `r o jdof Alice, took a drive in a carriage and four on Se tt " V afternoon. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and - Col. the Hon. A. Gordon attended on horsebacM, 1 10: 1 The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by br countess Jocelyn, the Hon. Flora M a oclonalat Somers, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured ,„ 1 , t116 001 formance of the French Plays, at St. James's ".L' oe ir j with their presence on Saturday evening. 1 1 1d0,7 Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel wlh o ar' Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, afterwards h l ll CS' the Earl of Rosse with a visit at his residence naugh t-place. Ode, re lo ry The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Cambridge visited the Queen on Saturday. 1 1°r° The Hon. Caroline Cav en di s h an d the -Lo t t.- 4 ' tjog Macdonald have succeeded the Hon. Lucy if iti the Hon. Mary Bulteel as maids of honour le to her Majesty. Al be t bo Yesterday morning the Queen and P.. l l, e v el, with the Prince of Wal e th e P r i nc ess D' e i. r inc7„, Princess Alice, the Duchess of K en t, and th e s erv - ,,, Adelaide of Hohenlohe, a tt en d e d Divi ne/10 1 0-i in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace- 0 and Rev. Gerald Wellesley o ffi ciated. dolo eob The ladies and gentleman in wa iti n g, and th e household, were also present at tho service- Dtb ir '' e f The Duchess of Cambridge and the Pri lh ' - ebe°, ,, 3 the Hereditary Grand Duke an d Grand D et rioi" - , Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the Duchess Carellowle i ' the Duchess of Kent on Sat ur d a y at Cler en St. James's. F.er Royal Highness the Duchess of --- --e rd e lsi- e O O panied by her Serene Highness the Princess •`:. poo 4 Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna ge f r „ l : e ace_ e ‘ ,l and Sir George Couper, honoured the Per'''sette the French plays with their presence o n a evening. nt pie Her Royal Highness the Duchess of t ‘-^ 0 ' visit to the Duchess of Gl ouces t er yest e s ry cester-house, and also vi s it e d the fleredi gtre lits... Duke and Grand Du c h ess o f M ec klenburg h 'breth el doo His Royal Highness the Duke of Gee ed l o L e t ° , 1 1 the King of Sardinia, is ex p ec t e d to arriv e na hled,;a on Tuesday evening, the 31 s t, s o as to be e " the r present at her Majesty's Dr a wing Room e r are d P e p/ next month. Apartments have been P r e p is d'AVI3 O Royal Highness at Mivart's. The Mar ( 1 1 : 0 A tten . has been summoned by the Duke to Par i L o Royal Highness during his journey 0 " y oe i London.de" n11)01 S " P The Duke is accompanied by two al Os quis S. Marzano and Count Della Valle. en do s. Highness's stay in London will be about au ititefiipe M. Musurus, the Turkish Minister , h ad the Fe'' with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday e ' office. •y Nfr A Scotch deputation, headed by o Sir James Duke, M.P., and other teem A berde e t. ment, had an interview with the Earl °"-.13,...5tree.,..„eiet Saturday at his o ffi cial residence in IN )vi g te ;ra SelAgb A deputation from the General cry w ith ti le Off Company had an interview on Satu„ , Tb . l OO 5OP Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board Of .1 7 . o d or , tation consisted of Mr. Ellis (chei rrean , f a vee, and Mr. Margetson (directors), M r ' 'etre!' rw - O'Blinie. f the 01- iessf e t e A deputation upon the subjlect,3.oliata bridges had an inter view with Wl' vv .,, a ildirigs ° P o ol at the office of Works and Public P gas , 0 1,1 day. The deputation consisted of Mr.. 1 02. m M p P , Benjamin G eorgGeor g e Legg,Ol ive ra m , rlq.., W illiam, 'F g3hlti,vs yl cl ic ) # Denh'am Norreys, Bart., MY. , Br i g hton cpstg oo R. J. Hood (secretary and engine!eaan saut,tieglegw, Mr. James Macgregor, M.P. ( 11 .4:1 1 .' J o hn 31- gr. 1) 4 m ßa . i p lw ., a m y), r. M .T r a . m S e . s M w . Swift, M.P., Mr. W. B. JuU ci l s A ter ° Seymour, M.P. e fo yPldet,°kmr:FnP".l-cis..?:;g1:11• I*,:y tuts, g r id morning from his seat Clum a vie w* the th e The Cathedral Commission haat. p r esellkiel‘, t t l e at the o ffi ce in Parliament -stree...son a f 0 _ The Duke of Newcastle a b n e i r v r e ,, d ar in ks or, bishop of Canterbury, the .Arch. l3l l. r ilarret a ite the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Lie' - ` B M i ar sh cl o u p is of O of xfo ß r i d a , ll S d i f r °r J d o ' h t n h D e e Edaserin ' ° f ,° -! r -O l e °. -DP S elwr---.11) the Rev. Richard Jones, secret ar y _ _On Kt"' d REOPENING OF ST. PAUL'S CLIIIBCIIO.Csid.O Catcor ay morning the carriage way on the order f the KAI Paul's Cathedral was re-opened by order ° f tbe '0 Commissioners. The paving of this portio,ll °opts is' has been much improved, and will gr eatly r'‘ ,4- it le of general traffic of this important thoroughfrOe'on as f 0 tended to repave the following Piec es 215 SCI t-Str e t 0 1 $ sible : —Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, Fleeturp4 Temple-bar, and other less thoroug l .A farCi - the city cf Lotion. Ve: Cal 101 a./. of - 4 , -- Z ftna ever