The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

~'. ~V ~i f boi 41 Vti ~c''~ removal 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, moreover, as this state of things has been conquered by might in the establish ment of right, it rests on the stable basis of equity and justice ; and unless malignant influences, unrestrained, be permitte 1 to disturbi t, bids fair to prove a lasting benefit to the community, whose deep deb t of gratitude they have justly acquired." Of the rebel Hottentots who are excluded from the pardon granted to their late allies nothing has recently been heard. The colony is now reported entirely clear of the roving bands of these people who formerlyi nfested it, and it se mssein that they have given up all hope of succe in their re bellious projects and have either totally dispersed or moved far beyond the frontier. Their chief Uith a alder, notwithstanding the reward of 5001. offered for his apprehension, is still at large. Since the Calcutta took home our last regular England mail, 15 emigrant vessels for Australia have touched at Table Bay, having on board 2,309 assengers. These were the Java from London ; F Mary Ann, from Bristol ; anny, from Boston ; 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 Loudon ; Lavinia, from Greenock • Baltimore, from New York ; and Susan, from Liverpool. Three of these vessels, the Java, Marshal Bennett, and Palestine, Lad 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 abo u t 40,0001. an d 150 passengers. Many of the emigrant vesse l s w hi c h t ouc h e d h ere f rom Great Britain and the United St a tes have also taken passenger s an d cargo f rom thi s co l o ny. The large demand for provisions, Sic., 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 p:ofiti 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 ladd has become less unpopular on the border, and promises to fulfil the hope of the colonists at large. His Excellency holds head-quarters at Graham's Town, making 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 north. 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 doth 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 proceedings 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 higher (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 w as th e l anguage I haveinvariably 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 princip',es 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 byherMajesty's express command —the 24th day of May next, the anniversary of her auspicious birth, should be celebrated as an universal jubilee throughout this free colony. ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS. PLYMOUTH, MAY 29. The Royal Mail screw steam-ship Sarah Sands Captain Thompson, arrived in the Sound at seven o'clock last evening, bringing mails from Sydney, Melbourne, and the Cape of Good Hope. She left Sydney Jan. 29 Melbourne, Feb. 15 ; and arrived at Table Bay March 31; and, having encountered severe westerly gales off the Cape, in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather she was de tained till April 10. She then proceeded on her voyage, but, in consequence of being short of pro visions and of contrary winds from the north-east, she was obliged to put into Fayal on the 18th inst. and sailed on the 20th. _ -__ The Sarah Sands brings a very heavy mail from Australia and the Cape, comprising 88 large bags of letters and papers. Some of these were sorted at Plymouth, and the others were sent on to Lon don by the 6.50 a.m. train this morning. The in telligence from Australia has been anticipated by the Ai r.iveda, and that from the Cape of Good Hope by the Bosphurus, which arrived in the me ruing. During her passage home, the Sarah Sands spoke, March 3, in lat. 38 S. . long. 96 E., the American whaling barque Winthrop, of Whitehaven, fourteen months, had done well. April 11, in lat. 27 N., passed a large Dutch ship standing to westward, May 2, in lat. 12 N., long. 22 ~ spoke the schooner Susanna, of Hamburgh, seventeen days, fro • from Sierra Leone. May 8, in lat. 22 N., long. 28 32 when off the; . E., passed a barque standing to southward mark e d ~ 0 ~ • • in fore and main topsails. May 19, board, ship Leander, island of Fayal, passed her Majesty's with Lord Ellesmere and suite on The Sarah eight% has no Was Sands England, all well. home 250 pasße n n 8 assengerliglae Cape. cargo, but she brings there beinc, none 4e o re, nearly all from Australia, number of'p This is the largest Australia in one vessel. t has ever returned from ounces of gold dust, under S has on board 80,000 mander, from Melbourne arncte care of the com in silver from the Cape, b es i de S s Y dn eY, and 20,000/. tity of gold dust in the hands of Je t ? large quan tity of whom were returning from teliPelengers, The quantity of gold dust in private hands is as secret as possibla. She has also on bear'dketbt famous Ballarat nugget, weighing 1341b5. sem, belonging to Messrs. Green, Evans (two brothers), and another person, formerly a railway clerk, and who are the fortunate owners of the nugget.. O ne of the party only left England last autumn in the Great Britain, the other three having arrived in the the ship Lady ead. colony last autumn in _ . Mr. Falconer, the detective pc) Loma from Lon. don, was also on board, having in his custody Spriggs, the fraudulent bankrupt, who ran off from Birmingham, and for whose apprehension 1,000 1 . 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, arid generally speaking have come home tolerably successful ; but many have returned who 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, with fairness, be set down against the colony, because 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, on account of her lightness, the state of the weather, and of her passengers having memorialised the captain in writing, put into Plymouth instead of Liverpool. PARLIAMENTARI' DIVISION. HOUSE OF LORDS—May 27. SUCCESSION TAX. MAJORITY AGAINST LORD MALME4IIIJRY'S MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE ON SUCCESSION TAX. PRESENT. Lori Chancellor Albemarle Sydney Hatherton ARCHBISHOP. TICSSbOPOLIgII BISHOPS, Leigh Canterbury Bruce Limerick Manners DUXES. Burlington Llandaff Milford Argyll Clarendon Oxford Overstone Athol' Clanwilliam St. Asaph Panmure 13uczleuch Darnley Sffisbury Petro Lei ster Galloway Worcester Poltimore No folk Granville BARONS. Hirers Roxburgh Harrington Affiburton Say and Selo MARQUISES. Morton Alvanley Stafford Anglesey Romney Beaumont Stanley ofAlder 13readalbane sefton Camoys ley Camden Somers Churchill Suffield Conyngham Spencer Colborne Vaux Lansdowne Waldegrave Do Manley Vivian Ormondo VISCOUNTS. DC Tabley Wenlock Sligo Cann.ng Dufferin Wharncllffe EARLS. Enfield Elphinstone Wodehouse Aberdeen Falmouth Foley Wrottezley /drink PROXIES. DUKES. Fingall VISCOUNTS. Denman Devonshire Grey Mascarene Dorche•ter Grafton Glasgow Torrington Godolphin Newcastle Home armors. Howard de Wal- Somerset I lchPster Chester den Sutherland Kemnure Hereford Holland Wellington Leitrim Manchester Keane MARQUISES. Lindsay Norwich Kinnaird Bristol Lovelace Peterborough Lovat Doneg d Morley Ripon Londesborough He ad i ort. Radnor St. David's. Lyttelton EARLS. Ripon salmis. Methuen Cork St. Germains Auckland Monson Cottenham Stair Belhaven Rossmore Cowper Stafford Blantyre Ribblesdale Devon Suffolk Carew Stourtoa Durham Uxbridge Cloncurry Truro Ellesmere Yarborough Dacre Fitzhardinge Dormer PAIRS. 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 Aylesford, Earl of Nerthwick, Lord Clifden, Viscount Erro', Earl of Pomfret, Earl of Normanby, Marquis of Rochester, Bishop of York, Archbishop of , . Tuam, Bishop of Clare, Earl of Walsingham ' Lord Campbell, Lord Canterbury, Viscount Bardinge, Viscount Leven, Earl of Rosebery, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Clonbiock, Lord Erskine, Lord Searleld, Earl of Portman, Lord Farnham, Lord Essex, Earl of Bandon, Earl of Glenelg, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Forteacue, Earl Tenterden, Lord Camperdown, Earl of Lucan, Earl of Broughton, Lord Howe, Earl London, Bishop of Abinger, Lord Bedford, Duke of Rosso, Earl of Wicklow, Earl of Wymford, Lord Raglan, Lord Bopetoun, Earl of Westmorland, Earl of Digby, Earl Gardner, Lord Hastings, Marquis of Brougham, Lord Alias, Marquis of Kintore, Earl of CRICKET. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Tins 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-MonnoNv. 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 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 Oxfori—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 Cireneester—The Eleven of All England v. Twenty two of Cirencester. _ FRIDAY. At Oxford--Marylebone Club aitd 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. AtlHolloway—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 pleased 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 Afr. , -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 24, by Guy's 22, and by But tress's 17. The County was now to go in for 58 to tic, or 59 to win, whichilatterinumber they achieved with the loss of three wickets only. The ultimate state of the score was this. OXFORDSHIRE. W. G. Armitstead, Esq., lb w, b Grundy 7l b Caffyn W. Hurst, run out Hon. E. C. Leigh, b Grundy... 4 A. Faber, Esq., c Buttress, b Grundy 7 not out 9 H. M. Aitken, Esq., b Buttress 0 H. Colley, Esq., not out 4B E. B a lfour, Esq., b Grundy . 0 b Caffyn ~ H. Phillips, Esq. , c Lock y er,. , Caffyn 4 not out W. Packer, Esq., c Lockyer, b Caffyn u W. Ridding, Esq., b Caffyn 2 A. Cazenove, Esq., b Grundy 0 'A. Haukey, Esq., b Caffyn 9 E. Wines, Esq., b Buttress 2B R. Clement, Esq., b Grundy 0 C. Marsham, Esq., b Grundy 0 Bye, 1; legs, 7 ; wide, 1 Total Total .200 THE ELEVEN. Chatterton, c Balfour, b Caze novo 46 Lockyer, b Balfour 4 b Marsham Pilch, run out 8 c Hurst, b Balfour ... 6 Willsher, c and b Cazenove Guy, b Caz enove 2 a Cazenove, b Mars ham Parr, b Cazenove 5 s Ridding, b Marsham 24 Caffyu, e Leigh, b Balfour Sampson, c Balfour, b Cazenove 1 b Marsham (41-Lindy, b Cazeuove.. ........... 0 c Hurst, b Aitken R. Pilch, c M arsham, b Balfour 2 b Wiles . l3 Buttress, not 0ut........, 5 b Marsham . ~ 17 Bye, 1 ; wide, 3 ............... 4 Byes, 9 ; legs, 3 ; wide, 9 Total.,, ...... 72 Total 184 And so Oxfordnhiro stanod the dal by 11, wickets, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY *EVENING, MAY 30, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MAY 30, Will be performed ELOPE NIEITS IN 'HUH LIFE. By Messrs. R. Sullivan, Chippendale, Howe, W. Farrell, Buckstone, Rogers, and Compton ; Mrs. Filzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Misses Reynolds and L. Howard. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR SASWs. To be followed by THE BO HIDING SCHOOL BALL. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 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, Mainers, Graham, Eve rett, F. Cooke, and Saker ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, MAY 30, Will be performe 1 THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, H. Butler, and Rosiere ; Madame Yestris and Miss Mascn. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, P. Ni atthews, and Rozby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. After which, A B X LLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager . Mr. Barren. THIS EVENING, MAY 80, Will be performed WILLIAM TELL. Characters by Mes rs. H. Farren, 11. Marston, Diidear, 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. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ASTOUNDING NOVELTY.—Arrival of the celebrated and intrepid 31. ALPHONSE THEVELIN, the First Gymnasiarque tErien of France, and Inventor of the Cybistioue Games ender the French and Belgian Ba'loons, who wit make his First Appearance in this Country TO-NIGHT. SECOND JUVENILEE EQUESTRIAN MORNING PER FOR AIANC E Will take place on WEDNESDAY, .June 1, commencing at Two o'clock. By kind permission of Sir Charles Adam, and by compli mentary invitation of 51r. W. Cooke, the boys of Greenwich Hes• pital School, with their Band, will attend. THIS EVENING, 3fet 30. And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Deama, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE ON THE TURF — illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be followed by M, Alphonse Thevelin in his incredible Per formance of TE$ JEUX CYBISTIQUE ; or, The Four Trapeze— with the wsuderful Vaulting Traverser .Erien of 130 Feet from the Slack of the Stage to the Centre of the Ring, for the First Time in Europe. To conclude with brilliant Scenes in the ARENA. by the most talented Artistes of the day. Box-of lice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stags Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, MAY 30, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—W., strong breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—W.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STRooD—W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—Ni., light breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.W., calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—fine. LANCASTER—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. WHlTBY—Calm—principally clear. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAD—S., calm—very cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock HASTlNGS—Calm—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWlCH—Calm—partially cloudy. STROOD—W., calm—foggy. SWINDON—N., light breeze—cloudless. LEIGHToN—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. CAMBRlDGE—Calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD—N., gentle breeze—fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taos DAT —Morning 43 min. after 5 Evening 10 min.aft. 6 To-Moaßow—Morning 38 rain. after 6 Evening 7 min.aft. 7 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, MAT 29. THERMOMETER, IN TICE SHADE. 74—higlicst 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. e—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'06. WIND, N. to N.N.E.—Light breeze, and cloudy weather, with sunshine and partial rain. ~a dim ak, L. 4' t at ll t ni t U14443/4 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 conjecturable upon certain contin gencies. According to the latest 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 scancorF—had been so definitively and so ab ; - 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 Ann-UL-Mznan, 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 considerations 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 Sublime Porte—he will find him self opposed not only by the united patriotism of the Osmanli population, but by the simultaneous support accorded to the SULTAN by the French and English Governments. 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 to bepursued 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 ABD-UL-MEDJID. The integrity of the Turkish Empire is to be maintained by them. 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, pr Hoteh-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 fivo 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, which, though morally conclusive, was in law in admissible." 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 exer ti on s. Persons who witnessed the serious inconveniences of every-day occurrences—the re peated failure of justice, 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 fith Vie., cap. 85 (commonly called Lord Denman's Act), that " no witness should he 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 plaintif f , 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. Maze 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 satihfy 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 ♦arious 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. MIA LL, 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 ! 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 doing so would relieve all the better part of Churchmen of an unpleasantly humbling sense of pecuniary in debtedness to the far less wealthy 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 ls. 10id. exac tions from the THOROGOODS, 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 JOHN and Sir HARRY INGLIS, the par nobile 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 vowsons 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 allowed 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 HARRY'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 cost 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. PHILLIMORE'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 ill-will 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. Hui&n in advising that pew rents should not be enforced by law. Church property is a far better and sufficient source to look to. Mr. BRIGHT, 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 Church 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. ASTLEY'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 Erie, 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, Mr. Alder man and Sheriff Carter, Mr. Sheriff Croll, the High Bailiff of Southwark, and a large number of gentlemen connected with the Common Council. Full choral ser vice was per ormed, and a sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, 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 the forthcoming 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 OHATHAH.—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 valuable property. So fierce 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 beets 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-door to the bed room, which would have escaped from the wound, neigh bours, nd,yet not one drop was to be- found. The opposite t g . t h. b u o rba urs n, ein the or anybody passage else,• onthe never nighthe a r d of thethe s slightest s n d a l s and up to the present time the matter remains a mystery. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, MAT 30, Will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Cha raete. s by s.le.Srs. B. Webster, Keeley, Leigh Murray, Parselle, G. Honey, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford. It. Romer, Culictiford, and 11. Bed ford; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Mary Keeley and Miss Woolgar. To he followed by TO PARENT.; AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley, Cullenford, and Alfred Wigan Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCH MAN. 'ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN. Splendid Menagerie, including Six Elephants, Fou , Lions, Two Tigers, Two Giraffes,Camels, Leopards, Llamas, &c. Grand Military Band, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert ; Two Songs by Miss Cecily Nott ; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Wuille, and Cornet A Piston, Mr. Phillips ; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Explosion of Chinese Fireships ; Grand Tableaux. Doors open from 9in the morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire works half-past 9. Admisson le. ELECTION OF CHA.MBERLAIN. ___,......._ STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAY. HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK. Sir John Key 2802 Mr. Benjamin Scott 26 55 --- Majority for Key HALF-PAST ELEVEN. Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott ... 107 ~ 2879 275 7 --- Majority for Key 122 TWELVE O'CLOCK. 2925 Sir John Key 277 9 Mr. Benjamin Scott Majority for Key HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. Sir John Key Mr. Benjamin Scott Majority for Key ..................... 176 Sir John Key ... ONE . O'CLOCK. ... 3,03 5 Mr. Benjamin Scott ......................................... 2,832 Majority for Key .................... 203 TWO O'CLOCK. . 3 06 Sir John Key .... Mr. Benjamin Sco . t . t . ..... ............................................. 063 Majority for. Key ........................ 233 ELECTIOIP COMMITTEES.--(THIS LIVERPOOL. The committee re-a ssem bl e d thi s morning) Ivb :e Mr. Sergeant Kinglake proceeded to open o f tile for the petitione r s. Th e case , h e sa id, was one of greatest importance with regard to the r e P res e c 05 1; system of this country. The question befor e t binercial mittee was whether the voice of the greatest eemprliA' town of this country should be truly heard t° 5 of ment, or whether it was to be stifled by general system of b r ib er y, corru ption, en° which had for a l ong ti me ex i s t e d i n Liverpool, a 00 in full operation at the last election. Ile tilst .-i e clO te the result of this inquiry, however, would be to ' 3 ' . o'o the evil. The peculiar facts of the case intricate and involved. T soc o The nomination took place on the 6th of un-P e e:" polling was held the day after. The nu mbers Turner 6, 693 Mackenzie 6,367 Cardwell 5,247 E ward 4, 910 fit oa It was alleged by the petitioner that this Inkt - fote i behalf of the sitting members was gained by t: e fre e ; of the freemen of Liverpool. The numb of tbe; number +ba t j men was about 1,500, and it was well known,"„ g ii o : e were 000 held the balance of the election, and any one 1 " - 19 0 ' . 0 the favours of the freemen had the greatest chance t ot or d ing the election. H e h a d no h es i tat i on i n saying Iyo of the chief allegatio ns o f th e pet iti on wa s nin fe e . direct bribery of the great mass of the fLire This was not the fi rs t ti me th a t t h e con duct c4 billy' o f pool had been impugned. In the year 1832, f. a 0 0 ,e introduced into the house to disfranchise the 'ilo e f A i ", that town, which did not pass ; but in the:b e g . , year a petition was presented, and an inquiri, 4 .. „ d r result of which was that it was proved t°, 3 " t ber:, last election, 261 freemen had been bribed. ' li /4n following another bill was introduced to dis it i- og e ° the freeman, which was thrown out in the , Lords. The co ns tit uency o f Liverpool exceeden,'''ot° The mode by whi c h th e freemen ere c orrupte ° l3 l a regular system o f b r ib ery an d treat i ng ried out by sub-committees, Each freeman revs' il i n g c and was treated indisc r i m i na t e l y , d ur i ng the P ° 76ir, f , The result of this infl uence was th a t ou t of e" for ) 1 '; men, 1,030 voted for M r . T urner an d 1.01 6 - c eeP Mackenzie. The learned counsel was still pr o e when our report left. io A map of the town of Li ver p oo l was exhibit ed ocor: committee-room, divided into ward s , w ith the w° t be mittee-rooms, and the public-houses opened t r ot tt ' tpe' ting member d ur i ng th e e l ec ti on , t o the nulitho marked upon it, b u t on th e sugges ti on o f the not' it was ordered to be closed up during the tim° evidence was being taken. COUNTY CLARE. t e et, The committee re-assembled this morning v e o o'clock, when the cross-examination of Ms. - I ' 6° proceeded with. PETERBOROUGH. The evidence in this case was proceeded with' of an entirely unimportant character. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-( THIS kill (Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) oo o 4 IN RE ASHTON AND SPRIGGS.--UAPTURE or A. ,{ BANKRUPT IN AUSTRALIA. These bankrupts, it will be remembered, 1 111 ;WIR on business as warehousemen in the City, anu 445 5 absconded to Australia with considerable prorbrA gh i was pursued to Port Philip, apprehended, and br qj back to England in the Sarah Sands. He W te a up from Plymouth this morning, and it is ex1: 0 oit" undergo an e x a m i na ti on thi s a ft ernoon, an d be et?' to Newgate. COURT CIRCULAR. of 13 04 The Hereditary Grand Duk e an d Grand D" , c iine ° , 4 Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and th e D uc h ess Car Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, visited the Queen 3e lp a lse? Albert on Saturday afternoon, a t Buckinghavi„oe 4 ,,i His Royal Highness Prin ce Alb er t ro de 00 I n - pet ' on Saturday morning, att en d e d by Li e ut.-Cc' Hen. Alexander Gordon. e Al l ' e , i o Her Majesty and his Royal Hi g h n ess Prie c Trio j ',i accompanied by the Princess Royal and til e ptur",, , Alice, took a drive in a carriage and four ori a Lie afternoon. Colonel the Hon. Ch ar les Grey 11 1 1 / , ,r Col. the Hon. A. Gordon attend e d on horse The Queen and Prince Albe r t, a ttended b-Y 4 d, 40 ,1 countess Jocelyn, the Hon. Flora Maeckt,ider` r Somers, Colonel the Hon. C. G re y, Colonel 1'. 7 t he r t e ,e , Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. G or d on , honoured 9 0 1 formance of the French Plays, at St. Jaw es ;jis S l id, with their presence on Saturday evening. v irilde d eo Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colone l bolt ° 'oor Lieut.-Colonel the H on . A. G or d on , afterwalwe in the Earl of Rosse with a v i s it a t hi s residen - 0 , naught-place. 0 1 The Duchess of Cambridg e a nd the Prin .-,,a0 ° of Cambridge visited the Queen on Saturday 1 0 1 - o n. ' t o The Hon. Caroline C aven di s h an d the ."'lorr l ia Macdonald have su ccee d e d th e H on . Lucy ia reel the Hon. Mary Bulteel as ma id s o f honou r ' ,rt, to her Majesty. v Alb` t he ~;00 Yesterday morning the Q ueen a nd . 1- solt i1 co" with the Prince of Wale the Princess the pr tr ice Princess Alice, the Duche s s o f K en t, and 4, 0 se e Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended Di v- Th e , in the private chapel of Bucki ng h am Pal3e e ' eV and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. the A doh ladies and gentleman in waiting, an pri: household, were also present at tho servic e ' e ss " 03 °,' The Duchess of Cambridge and the FrnyieD is e the Hereditary Grand Duke and Gran'Aise l b . , Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, and the Duchess Gl i , '; ei ce'" the Duchess of Kent on Saturday at Ci ° ' ce os'' # A of St. James's. „ fe . de . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of P - A deP: al oP, panied by her Serene Highness the Prineel e ar ia • tice Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Ann 3 ,. r forl ii „ A tt ifd iel and Sir George Couper, honoured the 1 3- „ a e' , the French plays with their, presence - _,icl ' evening. loo t roluiti Her Royal Highness the Duchess of rda y I° 6, visit to the Duchess of Gloucester yest e ditatilits. of cester-house, and also visited the il ere i r Str e 6 1 Duke and (rand Duchess of Mecklenburg a, brut ii cl,,° ° His Royal Highness the Duke of Ge n e is e i tto w- f the King of Sardinia, is expected to arr' v " ea ab l o ° o on Tuesday evening, the 31st, •so as to lo on the for il! o present at her Majesty's Drawing Roene p re h ard meg hi.4 next month. Apartments have been,. P a is ucl P o Royal Highness at Mivart's. The 3- ` 3l .'to ate- ig has been summoned by the Duke to Pa ri f s ro n r , Royal Highness during his journey PI NP s, London. ,m 0 1) p/i The Duke is accompanied by two aide 10 17 11 • 1 quis S. Marzano and Count Della • 3 1 C NN t i ter f ::o , Highness's stay in London will be abou t d a n 1L.,!,, 0r e, `0 M. Muslims, the Turkish Minister, 0. 4 t he x , with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday a lif.x.,; „ w e, 4 1P office. lifr. 11.11 o f X' oe A Scotch deputation, headed by em bers lee s Sir James Duke, M.P. and other l i i . l of A bel' r v et . ment, had an interview with the Ett i i . ,, a ing's Opt Saturday at his official residence 10 Ear, Qt., Co A mp d a e n p y ut i a la t d ion an fro in m te t r l v ie ie G w en on er s a l at S u o r,2 r i e l ' e i e ri ll e h e o cl o c .to f o d r A: Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of . -Lr ~ gr. _, a , , fo t athntdionMcro.nAsiisatregdetosfon:m(rd.irEelcltisor(,c?:.mirrnr.n„vee, , 3 O'Blinie. e,,. p 010,,,, i e r c in Villi t a h Tn t e :I°lo Fri e '''' ' ni, fit :eP , briAdgedsephuatdatainonintueprvoniewthweitshubsj . Building. te r b .,, at the office of Works and Publi.c. . John i__,! r s o r . et , l; day. The deputation consisted 74 . - 5 .„ 1 . 1. • gr. I _ l :, is uitit Ot. M.P., Mr. Benjamin Oliveira, ; .r„k iato 11_1, , aa ci vi.A M.P., Mr. George Legg, Mr ... ,, 1 : 1 ;,. siighv sa il , e ra M.P., lu l l: , , r iato il e, b ,9 , ,r, R D . en iT h . a H m o N od orr (se e c y r s e , ta ß r a y rt a . n , Railway), i I J v a a y m ) , e James . a s c g . r iv e i g . o p r , e t M o d ; e P g n . g y i rcE a ., ,,, i tf r r rijj . ' ii 3 J 11 :ol i S o t 0 1 ? . eg li s b e' ' e b V i s o ' t on Seymour. M.P. - town •isii s v ot r-. 1 0 1 0 l, The Duke of Newcastle arriv ed M.P., swift Mmr..pJ.,ammesr.Wlyvl.d,l33.lr. J . uFdrdo,ncia:: nd 31, tiro a morning t The he Cathedral a ffi f t r c h o e e n d l irhnailspCsaeoramiti am C m i l s u e s n n i l o t b i . i s e t r b r T l 4: : : ll :p o e rn e e t : o e n u f : lt , 01 -:,,, h b r e y l:: s t ot t i l :s , thethe A E rc a b t re o ii . ro lo s iot r sy t t r , ae ct Marquisbi bishop f B Bland Canterbury, ford , dsou S ir SO Bishop of Oxford, Sir John Do: can on the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the it v O r the Rev. Richard - - -- .:,--- ------rinnnaTAlTCside CfCiti RE-OPENING Jones, ..."."--."*......."----- '''''''OF ST. rAUL : S e I Ir-Y t • h e ( f ) :l l e:it t' i day morning the carriage way 7 „ o rde ! - ,() o f tb,. ° t,lio Paul's Cathedral was re-opene '-'? v orto, c ilitor s iir 11, . lec tilf °l3g IctiberougliWseoon ,'bolt t i ' ° t h Commissioners. asbeen general traffic of this important cos AS otl' - hp'l much improved, imTphroevpeadV:anngdof .t l h i is great ly _isi it, l er Bibletended : L o urdegpaatvee. street, t t r h e e e t, followingL ud g hill, h rough ilreo Temple-bar, and other leading t- ° the city of London.