The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

OUTHWARK ELECTION. To the ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK. GENTLEMEY,—I hasten to return you my grateful and sin cere thanks for the di , tinguished honour which you have conferred upon me by electing me one of your representa tives in the Commons House of Parliament. __ • It shall be my earnest endeavour faithfully to discharge the important trust thus generously confided to me by so inde pendent and influential a constituency, whose varied interests shall at all times command my best attention. The kind reception which I have met with from the whole body of Electors demands the expression of my most grateful feelings.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, _ JOHN LOCKE. 22, Chester-street, Belgrave-square, March 31. R OYAL LYCEtM TEtEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. ,THIS EVENING (for the Thnefit of Mr. C. Dillon, and last night of the season), RICHELIEU. Richelieu, Mr. C. Dillon ; Mrs. Charles Dillon. Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole. To conclude with BELPIIEGOR. Mr. C. Dillon. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burlcigh-street. 11) OY AT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ..I—M THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's trigedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. K.an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. lIIHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil. ham, Ere. After which, MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER, To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS. T HEATRE ROYAL. AD ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright. Followed by a new and orizinal domestic Sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Pan' Bedford, &c. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. 1310YAL SURREY THEATRE IA) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, the celebrated Play of MONEY. Eve lyn, Mr. Creswick. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. Stanley Jones, Mr. Eucketone. To conclude with THE WAITER AT CREMORNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lectsee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e. The new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES I THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. .Robson, G. Vining, drc. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP KITH EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (the last week before Ea=ter`, Shaks pere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with Mr. Wm. Cooke's equestrian illustrations. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Kr. J. W. Anson. After which, the SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP in the ARE NA. To conclude with FORTUNE'S FROLIC. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Ilexes, 4s. ; Upper Roxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 25.: Galley Is.: U- -••Gall, - 6d. , 40. , , , pper Gallery, . Box-ofrice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A New Grand Military Spectacle will be produced on EASTER MONDAY. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster -road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engage d for the performance of f elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, dre., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. long - hmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Hackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dtc., until twelve o'clock. »It t 7 WATER. AT LONDON BRMGE. Tim DAY—Morn. 13 min. aft. 7—Evening 51 mid. aft. 7 rn - llaßnow—Morn. 38 min. :it. B—Evening 29 rdia.aft. 9 THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 2. TIII:RMOMETER, IN TIM SNARE. 58 —highest since noon yesterday 4g —lowest this morning and during the night. 57 —this day at noon. RA ROVZTWR, 29'17. WIND.—S.W. Light, with dull, cloudy weather. Mnro rain in the night. AFTERNOON.—Fine, sunshiny weather. Barometer rising--up t 0•29.30. ci~}3l LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1857. Scarcely a hundred Members now' remain to be returnel to the New Parliament. At the very least five hundred have been already elected by their constituencies. Supposing, however, that, without regarding the fragmentary additions dropping in continually to interfere with our calculations, supposing we direct our att3ntion for a moment to the positive Returns now lying before us actually catalogued. What do these Returns show ? Why, if they show anything at all, they certainly show this distinctly --that out of 481 Members, there are 59 Liberal Conserva tives, 148 Conservatives, and 274 Liberals or Reformers. To put it differently—clubbing Con servatives and Liberal Conservatives together (though we might for that matter go a trifle nearer the mark by "splitting the difference giving half of the Liberal Conservatives to the supporters of Liberalism and half to the sup. porters of Conservatism) there are :•-- Government Members Opposition Members 207 Yielding a clear majority of sixty-seven already in favour of the Ministerialists ! Descending, however, from generalities to particulars—it is interesting to note the b'alluce of loss and gain to the Administration. The Losses out of 481 being no more than thirteen, while the Gains are only two short of SIXTY ! Now—as to the losses—they are losses of one at Bury, of two at Cambridge, of one at Carlisle, at Cirencester, at Gloucester, at Knaresborough, at Leeds, at Maidstone, at Northampton, at Stoke, at Tewkes bury, and at Windsor. While the gains are gains of TWO at Manchester, at Norwich, at Penryr, 'and at Sandwich, and of ONE at each of the fol lowing places :—Southwark, Andover, Bedford, Boston, Bridgewater, Bridport, Brighton, Buck ingham, Bury St. Edmund's, Cardigan, Dart mouth, Derby, Devizes, Devonport, Dover, Dud ley, Grantham, Great Grimsby, Harwich, Hert fordshire, Honitou, Huddersfield, Leominster, Maldon, Newark, Newport, West Norfolk, North Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxford, Plymouth, Preston, Reigate, Retford, Ripon, Ro c hd a l e, Rochester, Shrewsbury, Tavisto c k, T ruro, Ware ham, Weymouth, Wigan, Yarmouth, Aber deen, Clackmannan, Falkirk, Wick, Ath lone, and Coleraine. Altogether, as we have said, out of 481 members, 13 losses and 58 gains to the Ministerialists. This, observe, is without making any note of returns in any way at all doubtful—returns, for example, like those of Sir ARTHUR. ELTON for Bath, and Mr. BOTTIELD for Ludlow. Although, in point of fact, we don't think there can be much doubt, as to the fact of those two newly elected members being to all intents and purposes Palrnerstonians. Another circumstance beyond what we have already mentioned in our analysis of very nearly 500 returns may not be unworthy of some passing observation. Without one soli tary exception all the boroughs of Scotland have returned Liberal members to the new Parliament. For the which —Glory say we to old Caledonia ! Another thing, again, worthy of note may be briefly alluded to— y namei—, the fact that our Ministerial gains in England are not • by any means through the cities and boroughs ex- ] elusively. We can count uplosses to the Opposition 1I Act, qr,-11 IL-, THE SUN,' LONTON, IMURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1857 noble men were many of theta too. Then Mr. DISRAELI himself owns that France, as a nation, prefers, at least for the present, an Imperial regime ; hence the indifference to the dismissal of the Assembly. Had the Assembly and the Presi• dent appealed to the country on equal terms, however, the indifference would have appeared 'much less. It was awkward to vote against kalf a million of soldiers when their master held the ballot box in one band and the keys of a prison in the other. But the last step is the greatest ; that what France did England would do. Indeed ! —would Louis NAPOLEON himself say so ? Could the best usurper, could even a CROMWELL, get a majority here by fair means ? Dictation—as Manchester and London are witnesses—is just the last thing an Englishman will stand. Had Louis NAPOLEON tried his experiment here he would have been assuredly blackballed from John of Groat's House to Land's End. No, au Englishman, as tho rule, is a very common-sense man when he comes to act, and to act from his own judgment alone, no one compel ling him. Jomc B!TLL'S instinct is very strong against all that is unfair, but give him fair play, and ho is the least revolutionary mortal upon earth. Our belief is that the Ballot would make too little difference,—that so strong is the practi cal preference of the many for " their betters" that property and intelligence would, even under the Charter itself would keep much about its present political position. Mr. DISRAELI and his coadju tors would still be members for Bucks. The Sir JOHNS and Sir HARRYS would still represent the counties, and commercial ability would be the qualification for our large towns. We can easily imagine the astonishment which an intelligent French gentleman must have felt at witnessing an Election scene in England. His first impression would certainly be that " they manage these things better in France." In his own country there might be some degree of bustle and excitement ; but there would be none of the gross personalities or insulting allusions to an un popular candidate. The authoritie's would afford ample protection to every person in any de gree concerned, whether as candidate, elector, or spectator. But such protection could not be required. "The Ballot," enabling every elector to record his vote without being subjected to any improper influence, would suffice. It would not be the interest of any person to indulge in vitupe ration, or to insult others. It is not a French theory that the Non-Electors, who are not them selves deemed worthy of the suffrage, should con trol their more fortunate fellow-citizens. M. ALEXANDRE D URA S, jun., gives a graphic description of a Metropolitan Election. He ought, however, to have gone further, and to have wit nessed a contest in some provincial borough, where an infuriated mob made themselves masters , of the position, and the authorities were utterly incapable of protecting her MAJESTY'S subjects from violence and outrage. In Southwark the police were sufficiently strong to arrest any person committing a breach of the peace : noise and badinage were the only means re sorted to. Bludgeons, brickbats, stones, tisc., were used in other places by some of those who did not consider " their sweet voices" sufficiently potent to give expression to their displeasure. In 'Kidderminster, the Gentleman placed at the head of the poll by a triumphant majority, was brutally assailed, and severely injured. He might have been murdered, with several of his friends, but for the shelter afforded by a gentleman in the neighbour hood, who fearlessly admitted the fugitives, and shut out their fierce assailants. It is positively asserted that during the polling, the non-electors were informed that the only chance of success for their favourite depended ou their excrtions ; in other words, on their intimidating the voters from acting in obedience to their own conscientious impressions. We believe that proceedings, at least as unjusti fiable as those at Kidderminster, took place in other districts, and that the local authorities candidly confessed their inability to afford protection to parties desirous of appearing at the hustings— that scenes of "lynching" occurred that might put to shame any of those recorded in the Slave StAtes of America, it not being deemed sufficient to warn off the party without inflicting consi• derable violence. We certainly cannot speak highly of the " Eng lish Institution," that leads to such results, or admire the system. It is true that the country goes on without revolution. Bat surely such atrocities are not the " safety valves" that have preserved the State machine. We should endea.. your to get rid of the reproach to which the British name has been subjected, and with too much reason. Nor should we allow despots and the friends of despotism to point to such scan dalous scenes as adequate reasons for maintain ing restrictions inimical to freedom. Liberty may be enjoyed without its degenerating into licentiousness. Nor should a reckless mob be permitted to set aside all the ordinary decen cies of life. Candidates and parties are afraid to put the law into operation lest they might become unpopular. But the magistrates should take care to prevent anarchy, or even excess. The freedom of election cannot require or justify insult or in jury to a - ey of her INlAJzsTr's subjects, or any strangers who may be desirous of witnessing an English Election. 1857. The followicg is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year enmirg, viz, : • Sheffield Neav FOR e, G OVERNORS. , Governor. Banamy Dobree, Esq q.., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Kirkman Danl, Hodgson, Esq, Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. Henry Lanneelot Holland,Esq. Travers Buxton, Esq. Jno. Gollibmnd Hubbard, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq, Robt. Wigram Crawford, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. John Oliver Ha nson, E sq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Thos. Matthias Weguelin, Esq. *N.B.—The gentleman against whose name an asterisk is placed is a new candidate for the Direction. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 14th April, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 15th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. MR. COBDEN FOR ROXBURGHSHIRE.—A meeting of the Liberal electors of Ilawick was called in the Town Hal on Monday, at five o ' c l oc k , for the purpose of ex pressl ing their disappointment at the Manchester and Huddersfield constituencies rejecting the free-trade can didates, ar.d for the purpose of inviting Mr. Cobden to come forward for E',oxburglishire.—Edinburgh Express. FT.NSBURY ELECTION.-At a numerous meeting of el:lotors of the borough of Finsbury, it was moved that the requisite steps be taken for prosecuting a petitilm before the House of Commons against the return of Mr. Cox. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the me et i ng of the Court of Examiners on the 27thult. : Messrs. G. Wallis, Cambridge ; J. Tatham, Burton in Lonedale, Yorkshire ; J. G. Blackall, Exeter ; R. J. Sprakeling, Canterbury ; T. Jones, Pencoyd, Hereford iire R. Goodall, Seabridge, Newcastle, Staffordshire ; R. Knaggs, Huddersfield; A. Whitefield, Devon ; J. J Beer, Deal ; H. Rees, Carnarvon ; W. Croome, army. The following gentlemen were admitted members on the 30th ult.:—lVlem9rB. I. D. Ward, Clifton, near York \V- L. Baker, Newton Abbot, Devon ; J. Littlewood, liampole, Doncaster; A. Ardagh, Barrie, Canada West; 3:_li_V.etKhe.rl3inaultlonan L ore, Falmouth ; J. H. Barnes, Westminster Urihthaltaic Hospit a l ; R. D. Bluc k e , B r i g ht on ; and J. -- 4 mPlugh-hall, Cumberland._ LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We (Times) have received our private corres pondence from Bombay of the sth March ; Cal cutta, 23d Feb. ; and Hong Kong,llsth Feb. CHINA. HONG KONG, FEB. 15. The steamer Cadiz arrived here on the Ist inst., brin g ing English news to th e 10th o f D ecem b er. Via Calcutta, we have telegraphic news from Eng land to the 26th of December. The Cadiz leaves to-day with the outward mails. Since we wrote to you on the 30th ult. occur rences have been unimportant. Allum's trial commenced on the 2d instant, and, after an investigation which lasted five days, he obtained a verdict by a majority of the jury of " Not guilty." The evidence is given at full length in the local papers. It was chiefly circumstantial, and although it did not prove sufficient to lead to a conviction, a strong feeling exists as to the guilt of the principal parties tried. The case was ably conducted on the part of the Crown by the Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr. Anstey. On the prisoners leaving the Court-house, they were re-apprehended as suspicious characters under a late Government notification, and Allum, we believe, is to be detained in the meantime. At Hong Kong all remains quiet. The addition to the forces that has lately taken place has allayed any uneasiness that previously existed in case the place should be attacked by the Chinese. The pri vate steamer Sir James Brooke arrived here on the 31st ult., taken up by the G overnment o f Singa pore, and brought on from the Straits about 210 men of the 29th and 38th Regiments Madras Native Infantry (Major Cazalet, Commander), and some gun Lascars and Madras artillerymen. Her Majesty's sloop Elk, 12 guns, and brig Camilla, 16 guns, arrived here on the 10th inst. The Company's steamer Auckland is also here. The United States steamer San Jacinto and sloop Levant are still in harbour. The French mail steamer Catinat has gone on a cruise. The Virginie went out, we believe, in coi sequence of advices being received of a disaster to the French ship Anais, with Coolies on board. The vessel loft Swatow on the 29th ult., bound for Ha vanuah. The following day the Coolies rose, mur dered the captain, mate, and supercargo, and ran the ship ashore near Breakers-point, where the re mainder of the crew landed. They were taken charge of by the authorities, and would be, we hear, forwarded to Swatow. Admiral Seymour left this on the 6th inst., in her Majesty's steamer Barracouts and came down for the mail la s t even i ng i n the Niger. There is little to report of occurrences that have taken place up the river. An attempt was made at the end of last month to burn her Majesty's ship C-omus, which was near proving successful. Two junks wore sent down upon her. They were on fire, and alongside very quickly. One cleared the vessel without doing much injury ; the other was got clear with diffi culty, and at one time the danger appeared immi nent, the flames being over the fore part of the ship. No serious damage was done. Numerous junks still keep in the proximity of our ships ; there are no means at present of follow ing them. Two small river steamers have been fitted up with guns, but these even will sca rce ly prove of sufficie n t light draught of water to allow them to follow the junks. The comparative impunity with which the junks have fired at the steamers on one or two occasions apparently induced the Chinese to act with less caution on the 10th inst., when her Majesty's steamer Hornet, Captain Forsyth, and a small river steamer under charge of Lieutenant Dent, were attacked by a fleet of about 200 junks. Cap tain Forsyth anchored the Hornet abeam of the junks, and opened fire, which, we hear, was very precise, and must have done a great deal of damage. A Chinese rep rt of the affair, previously re ceived, stated the junks suffered severely. Night coming on the fleet could not be followed up the creek. One large junk was cut out by the Hornet's boats, two sunk, and two blew up. Pekin, Gazettes to the 6th Jan. report several en gagements gained over the rebels, and the retaking of some of the towns in the province of Hopeh. The retirement of the rebels from some of their poets to reinforce their body at Nankin, where dis order still continued, is stated as the origin of these reported Imperial successes. Yu-Yaou, a town about 30 miles from Ningpn, is said to have been taken by the insurgents, the head mandarin killed, and about 300 of the Impe rial soldiers. The Gazettes do not contain any allusion to the troubles with foreigners at Canton. The report is correct of an edict having been issued to the high officers of the coast provinces not to interfere with the quarrel at Canton. Yeh is said to have orders to establish peace, but nothing is said of opening Canton. It is said that the Emperor has expressed the highest confidence in Yoh's ability to deal with foreigners, and although recommending clemency, yet that failing, the barbarians ate to be driven into the sea. Yesterday ac counts were received from Canton to the effect that under Yell's direction the ploughshare had tra versed the site of the late factories, irhizh the com missioner had sown with salt. At Ningpo considerable excitement prevailed to wards the end of last month, and the missionaries left the place ; but at the last date, Ist inst., all was quiet. The cause of the apprehensions ap peared to be a permission from the Intendant to the Canton men to make an attack on the lorcha men. The permission, however, was withdrawn, and disturbance took place. Shanghai adviees are to the 7th inst. Our relations with the Chinese authorities there continued amicable. Trade had not bean renewed since the Chinese holydays-26th of January. Previous to that date a large business had been done in imports ; but the settlennts of produce had been small, owing to short supplies, and the high prices asked. The currency remained in the same unsatisfac tory state. _ Longeloths.---Greys quoted 1.78 dollars to 2.05 dollars; whites, 1.3:5 dollars to 1.90 dollars. Sup plies heavy. Silk—About 2,500 bales settled at an advance of fully 10 dol. per picul. No. 3 Tsatlee quoted 375 dol. to 380 dol. ; No. 4, 360 dol. •; Taysaam, middling to fair, 290 dol. to 310 dol. ; inferior to middling, 250 dol. to 280 dol. The total export from China since Ist July, 1856, to date is 69,000 hal ez,. Tea-12 chops of new Ning Chow had been settled, after considerable competition, at about 3 taels advance on last month's prices. There were on the market eight chops of similar tea, of same quality, held for 18 to 20 taels. About 25 chops Ning Chow, yet to arrive, would finish the season's crop. The export from China shows a decrease on that of last year to the same time of 4,000,0001 b. Exchange-6s. 7d. on England for Sycee silver, at 110 dol. per 100 taels ; on India, 302 r. Freights 11. 10s. to 21. for tea, and 4/. ss. for silk. Foo-Chow advices are to the 4th inst. Quietness prevailed there. A further advance had taken place in the price of teas. Stocks stated at 3,000 ; a few chops more of Ning Chow were expected. Commonest kinds of Congou quoted 11 to 12 taels ; Ning Chow Congou, 25 to 39 taels. Four vessels had left for Great Britain, and one was loading. The authorities were endeavouring to induce the bankers to take Mexican dollars. Amoy dates are to the 4th inst. Business had been resumed. The prices of cotton yarn were higher, and 290 bales, mostly 16-24, sold at 24.50 dol. to 26.10 dol. Grey shirting., 1,350, pieces, 61 catties, sold at 2 dol. About 2,200 bales of cotton sold at 8 dol. to 10. The Samson was at Amoy. Nothing was seen of the pirate Hest of which she was sent in search. At Canton, we learn f rom Chi ne se, great di s t ress prevailed, and rice had gone up in price to 31 dol. to 3i dol. per picul. The authorities had taken possession of a large quantity of rico stored in the Chinese packhouses belonging to foreigners, and we understand other goods were sold and the pro ceeds paid into the Imperial treasury. At Hong Kong little or nothing is doing in the way of trade. Rice bas advanced to $2.90 per picul, in consequence of the demand for Canton and the neighbourhood. Exchange on England, 4.7 i to 4.8 i • on India 216 to 217 rs. To nnage is abundant. ilany ships have left seeking, and a large number have been taken up for emigrants to Australia and California. 3,000 Chinese emigrants have gone to Australia since the commencement of this year, and the ves sels on the berth will take about 7,000 more. Dr. Parker, the United States Minister, addressed Yeh, asking him to allow Americans to remove their property from Canton. Yeh replied that all approaches to the city were commanded by the British vessels, and recommended that Americans should move to the other ports to trade. The Hon. Mr. Mercer, Colonial Secretary, is a passenger for England by the Cadiz, on leave of absence. The acting appointment has been con ferred on Dr. Bridges, with permission to continue his private practice as a barrister. Manilla advices are to the 4th jut. Clean Mexican dollars were quoted 23 per cent. premium. Exchange oa England for six months' sight bills, 4s. 21d. Cur latest dates are—from England, 2Gth. De cember ; Calcutta, 24th January ; Bombay, 221 January ; Singapore, 2d February ; Sydney, 11th November; Melbourne, Ist December; Manila, 4th February ; and Sbaughae, 7th February. in their Etronglials, that is to say, among the county constituencies. As, for example—Mr. PULLER'S return for Hertfordshire, and Mr. GURDON'S for West Norfolk, and Mr. DENISON'S for North Northamptonshire. It rests entirely, however, with the Noble Lord at the head of her MAJESTY'S Government, whe ther his good fortune in thus winning over so con siderable a majority of Liberals to his side will be to his own advantage or to his own destruc tion. His " measures " will decide his " men " whether they will or will not support his Go vernment. His " men "—the men thus flocking together under his popular standard—will, on the other hand, decide the character of the "mea sures" ultimately destined to triumph in the Councils of the new Parliament. Upon the Prime Minister himself devolves the responsibility of declaring whether MLNISTERIALISTS shall really and truly, after all, mean PALMERSTONIANS. Accordingly- as the Noble Viscount shall pro nounce for or against Liberalism—so inevitably, and at once, will follow the interpretation. If For, then the names will be synonymous. If _Against, then Ministerialists ipso facto will signify others than Palmerstonians. The game is at this moment in the hands of the First Lord of the Treasury. The ball is at his foot. He has had the deal—he has very nearly dealt—What will be his Trump Card ? Happier than the mere Whist player—the choice of that card at such moments rests with the Administrator himself, instead of being dependent simply and solely upon the Chap ter of Accidents. The Political Deal of 654 nominally of 658—is now rapidly drawing to a close. The country is in the very agony of ex pectation. What will be the Trump Card ? Will there be any trump at ail, or will it be a misdeal, requiring a fresh shuffle of the cards and a change of partners ? Or will the trump card be—as the nation wishes it to be—Reform ? All this rests at the present moment entirely at the option of Viscount PALMERSTON. The most hopeful sign for the Ballot is, that its more distinguished Parliamentary opponents now argue the subject with the electors. Till very lately it was sufficient for a Whig or Conservative candidate to meet a question on the Ballot with a simple and a contemptuous "No." The hustings at this election have told a better tale. Mr. DISRAELI, for example, gave to the electors of Bucks his reasons why they could not be trusted to vote in freedom from external influence ; and, but a few days ago, we saw how " RUSSELL Brothers" deemed it prudent to soften down the rather positive expressions of the head of the firm. We fei 1 great pleasure in meeting such a worthy antagonist as Mr. DISRAELI. One would think that, if the best he could say against the Ballot may be fairly met, we have not much more to ac complish. In the first place, to do him justice, he abandons all the cant about its being un-Eng lish, and argues fairly from its consequences— such consequences, at least, as he thinks must follow from it. The power to vote is, he says, a privilege, and, therefore, like all other privileges, should be enjoyed in public. He denies that it is a right or trust. Next, the concession of the Ballot necessarily implies the concession of a very extended suffrage, say Household Suffrage, and this would require that the man of 50,000/. per annum should have a thousand votes, and his groom but one. Lastly, the ballot in France gave a Parliament of undistinguished men, of men whom the nation did not care to sustain, and it would do the same here. This, we believe, the great Conservative Leader of the Lower House would acknowledge to be the essential points of his argument. In regard to the first point, we should say, that a vote is the "right" of all subjects and tax-payers; and, that if a privilege to those who now enjoy it, the reason is, that they are the select seventh of the adult population who have as yet gained their right. We must, however, profess ourselves to be too obtuse to discern the necessary connec tion between the possession of a privilege and publicity in the use of it. The great value of the privilege may be in its secret exercise. The simple truth is that civil privileges should be used for the advantage of the State, and is it for the advantage of the State that the power of voting should be controlled by the inspection of those to whom it is now open. Mr. DISRAELI will not deny that it is from above, not from below, that influence is now brought to bear on voters. The aristocracy, not the non-electors, control the middle-class voters. Is it fair that the aristocracy should have the House of Lords all their own, and by their control over yeomen and and tradesmen, and all below them, have a House of Commons all their own also? We can see no privilege, indeed, in the power of voting under the eye of landlords, employers, mortgagees, (47,-c., it is slavery rather than privilege ; and better by far give all the votis to the men who cm coerce or bribe the electors. Mr. DISRAELI'S second argument, that under an extended suffrage the rich must have votes in proportion to their riches, was answered by the audience. "Is not the man who earns but 501. a year a man, as well as ho who inherits 50,0001. a year?" We freely concede that we have always, with all Reformers, coupled the ex tension of the Suffrage with the Ballot. The rea sons are too obvious to need repetition now. But we wish to extend it to men ; to men be cause they are citizens, and who ought therefore to give their consent to the laws by which they are governed, and the taxes necessary to uphold the Government. What need has the rich man of more votes than the poor man ? lle has a defence in his money ; and, if anything, needs, less than the other does, the protection of a vote. Is it not as important to the poor man to protect his little all by law as fur the rich man to protect his wealth ? Has not the poor man as good a claim to vote on the taxes which affect his necessaries or his few comforts as the rich man to vote on the taxes which touch his luxuries ? "But do you mean," exclai ms M r. DISRAELI, " that property is to have no influence on the election of Members of Parliament ?" We reply, let it have its natural influence, but not the infl uence w hich must always attach to pro perty when use d as it ought to be, and also the influ ence which belongs to all the persons who have littl e or no property. Besides, the incomes of the many who cannot be deemed men of pro perty may, on the whole, equal those of the few who are h e ld t o be so ; and why, therefore, should not the co ll ective property and their num bers together, entitle them to independence of the rich few ? Let property fulfil its duties, and it will have its rights even under Universal Suffrage and the Ballot. But France—what are we to say to Fra nce ? Why, that the Ballot, as is now generally co la _ fessed, brought out the mind of France. Yes, but rejoins Mr. DISRAELI, it sent to Paris a Parlia ment of incapables, and so would the Ballot de here. But what a number of assumptions are in cluded in these sentences. Unfortunately there were but few men, if any, in France at the time who could long " exercise much influence on pub lic opinion." It is not denied that France sent to her Parliament as good men as she had ; meot, and its battery will shortly receive an important reinforcement. —China Mail, Feb. 15. THE PERSIAN WAR. We take the following description of the brilliant affair under General Outram near Bushire from the Bombay Telegraph of March 6 " The Victoria, which arrived from the Gulf on Monday afternoon, brought intelligence of a rather smart engagement having been fought between the British and Persian troops at a place called Koosh ab on the Bth ult. Sir J. Outram, learning that a large body of Persians, under the command of. Soojah-001-Moo]k in person, was hovering around Bushire, resolved at once to bring matters to an issue. The troops, consisting of the 3d Cavalry, the Poonah Horse, the 64th Foot, the 2d European Light Infantry, the 78th Highlanders, the Sappers, and Miners, the 20th Native Infantry, the 4th Riffles, the 26th Native Infantry, the Beloochees, 3d Troop Horse Artillery, 3d and sth Light Field Batteries—numbering in all 419 sabres, 2,212 European Infantry, 2,022 Native Infantry, and 18 guns, marched from Bushire on the evening of the 3d Feb. They were without tents or extra clothing of any sort ; each man carried his greatcoat, blan ket, and two days' cooked provisions. After a march of 46 miles in 41 hours, during which they were exposed to the worst of weather, cold nights and deluging storms of rain, they reached the enemy's intrenched position on the morning of the sth, but found it abandoned. The enemy on hearing of our approach had evacuated their. intrenchments so precipitately that their tents and camp equipage and ordnance magazine were abandoned ; the for mer were being rapidly carried off by the village plunderers operating for some hours before we arrived. Every exertion was made to intercept the retreat of some bodies of the enemy's cavalry still in sight, and some little skirmishing with a few horsemen took place, but eventually they all made off. After occupying for two d4s the position the enemy had evacuated, and hearing that they had succeeded in getting the guns which they carried away into the difficult pass of Mhak, the troops commenced their return march on the night of the 7th, carrying away the large stores of pour, rice, and grain which the Persian Government had col lected for their army, and destroying their magazine, found to contain about 36,0001 b of powder, with small-arm ammunition, and a vast quantity of shot and shell, thereby crippling the future operations of their army; some of the guns are supposed to have been cast into wells, and, as their wheels fell into our hands, cannot again be used. At midnight an attack was made upon the rearguard by the enemy's horse, and parties threatened the line of march on every side ; the troops were halted, and so formed as to protect the baggage and resist the horsemen in whatever direction they might attempt to chare. Before this was quite completed four of the enemy's gum of heavy metal were opened upon the force, but the darkness of the night prevented any steps being taken to capture them. At break of day the Persian force, amounting to between 5,000 and 6,000 men, with five guns, was discovered on our left rear, north-east of our line of march. The ca valry and artillery immediately moved rapidly to the attack, supported by two lines of infantry, a third protecting the baggage. The fire of artillery was most excellent, and did great execution, the cavalry also twice charged with great gallantry and success —indeed, upon these two arms fell the whale brunt of the action, as the enemy moved away too rapidly for the infantry to overtake them. By 10 o'clock the defeat of the Persians was complete. Two guns were captured, the gun ammunition, laden upon mules, fell into our hands, and at least 700 men lay dead upon the field. The wounded, the number of whom must have been considerable, had been carried away, the remainder fled in a disorgan ised state, generally throwing away their arms, which strewed the field in vast numbers, and nothing but the paucity of our cavalry prevented their total destruction and the capture of the re maining guns. The troops bivouacked for the day close to the battlefield, and at night accomplished a march of 20 miles over a country rendered almost impassable by the heavy rain which fell incessantly. After a rest of six hours the greater portion of the infantry continued their march to Bushire, which they reached before midnight on the 9th of February, thus performing another harassing march of 44 miles under incessant rain, besides fighting and defeating the enemy in its pro gress, within a short period of 50 hours. The cavalry and artillery, with infantry escort, - readied camp on the morning of the 10th ult. The result is most satisfactory, and will, Gen. Outram thinks, have a very beneficial effect on our future opera tions in Persia. We subjoin the despatches 1 " NOTIFICATION. "POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. "The Right Hon. the Governor in Council has the highest satisfaction in publishing, for general informa tion, the following despatch, received from Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Outram, 5.C.8., commanding the Persian Expeditionary Force, dated the 10th of February, an nouncing a decisive victory, obtained on the Bth of the same month, by the British forces, over the Persian army, at Shoosh•ab. "The Right Hon. the Governor in Council directs that a Royal salute be fired from the garrison of Bombay at noon this day in honour of this victory. "By order of the Right Hon. the Governor in Council. "H. L. ANDERSON, Sec. to Government. "Bombay Castle, March 3." " FRO3I LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR JAMES OUTRAM, COMMANDING EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, To HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR H. SOMER SET, K. 0.8., AND K.H., COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, BoM BAY. " Camp near Bushire, Feb. 10. " Sir,—l have the honour to report for your Excel lency's information that the Persian Expeditionary Force obtained a signal victory over the Persian army com manded by Shooja-001-Moolk in person on the Bth inst. " 2. The enemy's lose in killed and wounded must have been very great. It is impossible to compute the amount, but from the number of bodies which strewed the ground of contest, extending several miles, I should say that ful'y 700 must have fallen. Two brass 9-pounder guile, with their carriages and horses, ei e ht mules, laden with ammunitien, and several hundred stand of arms were taken ; and the Persian Commander-in-Chief, wiih the remainder of his arm', only escaped annihilation, owing to the nume ical weakness of our cava,try. " 3. The loss on our side is, I are happy to say, com paratively small, attributable, I am inclined to believe, to the rapid advance of our artillery and cavalry, and the well-directed fire of the firmer, which almost para lysed the Persians from the commencement. I have, however, to regret the loss of Lieut. Frankland, 2d European Regiment, who was acting as Brigade-Major of Cavalry, and was killed in the first cavalry charge ; Captain Forbes, also, who commanded and most gallantly led the 31 Cavalry, and Lieut. Greentree, 64th Foot, were severely wounded. " 4. Returns of the killed and wounded, and also of the ordnance stores taken, are annexed. " 5. I myself had very little to do with the action, being stunned by my horse falling with me at the com mencement of the contact, and recovering only in time to resume my place at the head of the army shortly before the close of this action. " 6. To Major-General Stalker and Colonel Lugard, Chief of the Staff, is the credit due for successfully guid ing our troops to victory on this occasion. " 7. The circumstances preceding this satisfactory ter mination of a brief but arduous campaign I now proceed to detail for your Excellency's information. " 8. On the 27th ult. I landed at Bushire and assumed the command of the army. The vast preparations of the Persian Government for the recovery of Bushire then came to my knowledge. Shooja-001-Moolk, who com mands the Persian troops, had assembled a force, said to amount to 8,500, and subsequently found to be 6,900,* at the town of Burazjoon, 46 miles distant from Bushire, and intrenched his position. This army was well sup plied with food and ammunition, of which considerable magazines had been collected. It was intended that this force should form the nuclus of a very large army to be assembled for the recapture of Buahire. " The First Brigade, Second Division, which arriv e d on the 31st ultimo and Ist instant, was landed by the 2d, and on the evening of the 31 the troops, amounting to 4,653 men, and 18 guns,± marched from this camp, without tents or extra clothing of any sort, each man carrying his great coat, blanket, and two days' cooked provisions, the Commissariat being provided with three days' in addition ; the protection of the camp and town of Bushire being duly provided for by a detachment of troops under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Shep hard, reinforced by a party of seamen from all the ships in the harbour, which the senior naval officer was so good as to place at my disposal. " 10. After a march of 46 miles in 41 hours, during which the troops were exposed to the worst of weather, cold nights, and deluging storms of rain, they reached the enemy's entrenched position on the afternoon of the sth, and found it abandoned ; the enemy, on hearing of our approach, had evacuated his entrenchments the previous night so precipitately that his tents and corp equipage and ordnance magazines were left be hind. The former were being rapidly carried off by village plunderers operating for some hours before we arrived. I endeavoured to intercept the retreat of some of the Eilkhanee's' Horse, who had held the camp dur- , ing the night, and were still in sight, and a little skir mishing to o k pl ace, but eventua ll y they made off. "11. The enemy having succeeded in withdr awing ' their guns t o th e strong P asses , where I did not deem it prudent to f e ll ow t h e m, a nd being satisfied with the moral effect of our occupying their position for two days, I decided upon moving tee troops back to Bushire. The TWO DAYS LATER FROM CHINA. We have been favoured, with a copy of the Hong Kong Register of the 17th of February, brought by the Fiery Cress. We extract the following : "The Auckland, with the Eaglet in company, ran down to outside Ling•ting on Saturday last. The steamers found no vessels at the anchorage. They ran round out side Ling-ling with equally bad success, and then re turned to the islands south of Lantao. Commencing at Chung-chow, they ran down both sides of the islands, but found nothing suspicious. About 3 a.m. on Sunday they fell in with a lorcha off the western end of Lantao, which proved to he the armed Portuguese lorcha Ama zona, escorting some other lorchas. They had seen nothing. At daybreak the steamers went northward, the Eaglet going to the western, the Auckland to the eastern side of Inner Ling•ting. They ran rp a little beyond Deep Bay, into which they looked without seeing a vestige of any of the fleet. Seeing clearly the birds had flown, they were returning, satisfied no more was to be done. When off Toong-Chung, they sighted four large heavily armed mandarin junks, which, it is said, have been intercepting provision and other boats coming to Hong Kong. The steamers saw the boats were heavily armed and manned, and they, therefore, ran into them. The Auckland, unfortunately, got ashore on a bar, but the Eaglet ran in with the boats. The junks opened fire, and continued it very briskly, but without doing any damage ; the steamers and boats returned the fire, and the junks were captured and burnt, and the boats then pushed for shore. Oa land ing they captured a battery mounting 16 guns, which they spiked, and as far as we could make out, set fire to a village near it. The place is at the bottom of a bay, of which the western side is formed by an island called Cho 100 cok, which approaches near to the mai❑land. There were extensive fortifications perceived to the west, and it was not deemed prudent to attao't on that side. The casualties were—one man shot dead through the eye, and four wounded, belonging to the Auckland. The Eaglet hal 20 men of the Gaol Brigade —we are told they behaved admirably. The Eaglet ex pended all her ammunition, and returned yesterday afternoon to report the state of affairs. On the 16th the Niger got under weigh and went out, and the Eaglet is to follow (she may have left ere this) as soon as she could get coal and ammunition, and ,send the dead and wounded men on shore. On her way here the Eaglet passed a very heavily armed and manned snake boat, and was glad to sneak past, not having a single charge of shot to fire." Below are extracts from the summaries of the Mail and Register : THE EMPEROR'S VIEWS OF AFFAIRS AT CANTON.—We understand that a paper has been forwarded hither from Canton as well as from the North, purporting to be a decree of the Emperor. It directs . the high authorities of the coast provinces to be on the alert, but not to alarm the people ; expresses confidence in Yeh's knowledge of the barbarian, and his consequent capacity to settle this affair wits the British, on whom, if their loss in the en gagements reported, viz., of 400 men, including the admiral, bas discouraged them sufficiently to cause a cessation of hostilities on their part, Yeh is not be over severs, but they are not to be met half-way, lest a con cession in the present case lead to a demand for other concessions. That is to say, it must not be supposed that the Government of China is not ready to resist bar barian encroachment, but, with rebellion in the land, warlike preparations in the provinces might be turned against it. It has enough otherwise on band now to talk of exterminating the barbarian, and doubtless Yeh will be able to settle this quarrel, which is as yet local, and the Emperor desires may continue so. There will, of course, be no sign of yielding, so long as Canton main tains its character as a city not to be taken.—China Mail, Feb. 15. ATTEMPT TO BURN THE COMUS.—On Monday night, the 26th of January (the first night of the China New Year, and the favoured period for their desperate but futile efforts), an attempt was made by the Chinese to burn her Majesty's ship Comus by means of fire-rafts. A sharp look-out had been kept on board every ship in the river, in anticipation of some such attack, but the extreme darkness of the night prevented anything that approached being seen until within •40 or 50 yards distance. About midnight, two large junks, which had been well prepared, crammed with fern, faggots, and all kinds of inflammable materials, well saturated with oil and besprinkled with gunpowder, were sailed up Elliott Passage towards the Fatshan Creek—a strong breeze and flood-tide in their favour. The Comus was here moored head and stern in the main branch of the river, one broadside commanding Elliot Passage, the other Fatshan Creek. The guard-boat, which had just left the ship, observed them, and im mediately hailed ; finding no answer, she opened- fire, which was quicky followed by the hip, and this warn• ing caused the Chinese to fire their junks instantly, and escape. In a few moments they were in a blaze, and re taining their weigh, came up heavily on the Comus, one taking her astern the other on the bow. The sternmost one fortunately carried away the spanker boom, which acoident took her clear of the ship without giving further annoyanae ; and the other, which by this time was in a furious blaze, was kept some little distance off the ship by her fire boom, yet heavily pressed by the strong flood tide. So soon as the stern raft was borne clear, the chain cable forward was blipped, enabling the ship to swing round to the flood, and avoid the fire raft, which they succeeded in anchoring. I hear the Comue's forerigging bas been damaged, and her foreyard and bows slightly burnt. Notwithstanding the junks were perforated with shot boles, even under water, this did not sink them, or prevent the several explosions taking place. The Coro mandel was very prompt in her - assistance, having run down from Macao Fort to tow th e Comus out of nger if necessary. The officers and men of the Comus behaved manfully. The following 'day the Chinese fleet shifted its moorings well up the Fatshan Creeks, having been annoyed by the Niger's shot, which took a mast clean out of one of the junks ; and since then the Coromandel and Forbes were sent down and destroyed the village in Elliot Passage, off which the fleet of war junks had been anchored. The Encounter arrived on the 26th, and took the place of the Niger off Macao Fort, and the Niger has since occupied the cruising ground in company with the Bar racouta, between the barrier and second bah ; but they have not been fortunate enough as yet to have a crack at the imperial fleet. Had either of them a chance, they would, I doubt not, give a better account of war junks than the Samson seems to have done. A few small chop-boats have been stized by them for the purpose of sinking in Hamilton Creek, near the Barrier. Macao Fort has been rendered impregnable to any assault by the Chinese, having 8 guns of heavy calibre mounted, beside field pieces, ands strong small-arm party with rifle muskets. A few days ago a shot was thrswn from one of the guns in the Macao Fort at extreme range into the Shameen Forts, a distance of 3,400 yards. On the 10th Feb., H.M.S. Hornet, Capt. Forsyth, left the barrier off Hamilton Creek, and proceeded down the river for the purpose of visiting the vicinity of the Second Bar ; and on approaching Escape and lezekee Creeks, the two divisions of junks that have been for some time annoying ships on their way up and down the river moved to the entrance of these creeks to meet her, numbering in all about 100, accompanied by numerous row boats. The Hornet first approached the divi sion in Iszekee Creek, and, anchoring within 800 yards of them, opened a rapid fire of shot and shell, with some charges of grape. When the attack commenced, the junks appeared crowded with men, but in a very short time, from the rapidity of the Hornet's fire, the Chinamen to all ap pearance deserted the decks. Having silenced the divi sion in Iszekee Creek, she weighed, and stood in to attack the division in Escape Creek, about 50 in number, at about the same distance, and kept up a sharp fire of ricochet shot, until the flood-tide made, when both the divisions moved back in the utmost confusion, scarcely a man being visible on their decks; and had the gun boats of the squadron been there, a great number might no doubt have been destroyed. One junk, 16 guns, principally English, grounded on a point in Escape Creek, and was gallantly cut out by the Hornet's boats, under command of Lieutenant Brock, notwithstanding the pinnace and cutter had been injured by round shot during the action. To show how completely they were beaten, they made no attempt to defend the grounded junk. About 360 rounds of shot, shell, and grape were fired by the Hornet, and, being within 800 yards, almost every shot must have told. These junks, it will be remembered, attacked the Samson some time back and killed her pilot ; they were the terror of this part of . the river when the small steamers were running to and. from Hong Kong. The Hornet remained off Escape Creek during the night, and next morning, with the captured junk in tow, joined the commander-in-chief at the Barrier, Hamilton Creek. The junks in the morning were seen three or four miles up the creeks, but had not their usual amount of flags and steamers flying, showing evidently that they had had a good drubbing. This little affair will no doubt have the best effect, and teach them to keep for the futuro at a respectful distance. Three men were found dead on board the captured Junk, one apparently of rank. The Hornet escaped with small lo•s, considering the force opposed to het at such close quarters ; she had only one man wounded, and cue or two shots in her hull; her boats however were rather severely injured by round-shot. The Hong Kong, under command of Lieut. Dent, joined during the action, and opened fire upon the junks in Iszekee Creek. Besides the above particulars supplied by our corre spondents we learn that the Niger and Barraconta have visited Whampoa. Bamboo town remains untouched, but New Town, together with all the foreigners' houses, workshops, &c., on shore, have been levelled. Mr. Cowper's fine new house had been set on fire, and only a portion of the walls left standing. Die piles of the various docks have been burnt, and every vestige of the immense stock of planks and spars removed. The stone work of the upper portion of the granite dock had been dug up by the Chinese ; and as they could not remove the cassion, they bad spitefully perforated it with shot holes. Ten thousand dollars will scarcely make good the damage already done to this dock atone. Sundry puny attacks have been made on the Teatotum or Macao Passage Fort. Captain Bate commands in this, and by common testimony maintains the character for conduct and vigilance always accorded him i❑ China as elsewhere. Part of his garrison, viz., GO men, under Captain Bushe, of the 59th Regiment, have returned to Hong Kong ; 30 of the 50th still remain. The defences of the fort, we understand, Are in process of improve. * Guards, 900 ; two Karragoozloo Regiments,. '1,50); Shiraz Regiment, 200 • four regiments of Sabra', 800; Arab Regiment, 900 : Khashkai, 800- 5, 1 00 ; SufengehePs, I,ojo ; Cavalry of Shiraz, 300 ; Eilkhanee, 500— 800. To- i tal, 6,900; Gins (said to be), :F. -I- .3d Cavalry. 243; Poonall noise, 176-119 sabres; 64th Foot, 780 ; R , r°1 1,,,, T 18, 093: 78th Highlanders, 73)- 2,212 European Infantry; Sappers, 118; 20th Native In fantry, 442 ' • 4th Rides 523 ; 26th Native Infantry, 479 ; Belooehees,46o-2,o22 ' Native Infantry. Total, 4,653. 3d Troop Horse Artillery, 6 ; 3d Light Field Battery, 6 ; sth Light Field Battery, 6—Total, 18 guns. Camp-376 Eu ropeans; 1,466 Native Infantry; 1 company of European Artillery; and 14 guns, return march was accordingly commenced on the night of the 7th, first destroying their magazines, found to contain about 40,0001 b. of powder with small-arm am munition and a vast quantity of shot ,and shell, and carrying away large stores of flour, rice , and grain, which the Persian Governme n t h a d been collecting for a long time past for their army, thereby effectually crip pling their future operations. Some of their guns are supposed to have been cast into 'wells, and, as their wheels and axles fell into our hands, it will be impossible they can be used again for the present. " 12. At midnight an attack was made upon the rear guard by the enemy's horse, and parties threatened the line of march on every side. The troops were halted, and so formed as to protect the baggage, and resist the horsemen in whatever direetion they might attempt to charge. Fdur of the enemy's guns of heavy metal opened their fire upon the column, while - the dark ness o f th e night prevented any steps being taken to capture them. " 13. I should here state that, on abandoning their position, Soojah-001-Moolk, with his force, had taken the direct road to Shiraz by the Mhak' Pass, and the Eilkhanee with his horse had retired by the one leading to the 'Soft Moons,' and from information subse quently received, I learn that they had planned a com bined attack upon our camp the night we marched ! Indeed the explosion of their magazines gave them the first intimation of our departure, when they hastened after us in the expectation of being able to attack us on the line of march, and possibly create confusion and panic in the dark. " 14. At daybreak the Persian force, amounting to be tween 6,000 and 7,000 men, with some guns, was disco vered on our rear left (north-east of our line of march) in order of battle. "15. Our artillery and cavalry at once moved rapidly to the attack, supported by two lines of infantry, a third protecting the baggage. The firing of the artillery was most exaellent, and did great execution ; the Ca valry Brigade twice charged with great gallantry and success ; a standard of the li-ishkai Regular Infantry Regiment was captured by the Poonah Horse, and 'the 31 Light Cavalry charged a square, and killed nearly the whole regiment; indeed upon the cavalry and artil lery fell the whole brunt of , the action, as the enemy moved away too rapidly for the infantry to overtake them. By 10 o'clock-the defeat of the Porsians was com plete. Two guns were captured, the gun ammunition, laden upon mules, fell into our hands, and at least 700 men lay dead upon the field. The number of wounded could not be ascertained, but it must have been very large. The remainder fled in a disorganised state, gene rally throwing away their arms, which strewed the field in vat numbers, and nothing but the paucity - of our ca valry prevented their total, destruction and the capture of the remaining guns. " 16. The troops bivouacked for the day close to the battle-field, and at night accomplished a march of 20 miles (by another route) over a country rendered almost impassable by the heavy rain which fell incessantly. After a rest of six hours, the greater portion of the ir.- fantry continued their march to Bushire, which they reached befora midnight, thus performing another most arduous march of 44 miles under incessant rain, besides fighting and defeating the enemy during its progress within the short period of 50 hours. The cavalry and artillery reached camp this morning. 17. The result is most satisfactory, and will I trust have a very beneficial effect upon our future operations. (618. The greatest praise is due to the troops of all arms for their steadiness and gallantry in the field, their extraordinary exertions on the march, and their cheerful endurance of fatigue and privation under circum stances rendered doubly severe by the inclemency of the weather to which they were exposed without shelter of any kind ; and I cannot too strongly express the obliga tion I feel to all under my command for the almost in credible exertions they have undergone and the gallantry they have displayed on this occasion. "19. To Major-General Stalker and to Colonel Lu gard my especial thanks are due. "20. To the heads of the several departments, as well as to every officer belonging to those departments, and to my personal staff (including Lieutenant-Colonel. Lord Dunkellin, who volunteered his services as aide de-camp), lam much indebted. From all I received every possible assistance, and, although I do not now specify by name the department and personal staff and other officers alluded to, I shall hereafter take an oppor tunity of bringing them individually to your Excellency's notice. Indeed, when all have behaved so nobly, it is difficult to specify individuals. " 21. The rapid retreat of the enemy afforded but little opportunity for deeds of special gallantry. I have already alluded to the successful charges made by the 3d Cavalry and Poonah Horse, under Captain Forbes and Lieutenant-Colonel Tapp, and to the very efficient ser vice performed by the Artillery under Lieut.-Colonel Trevelyan. The Brigadiers commanding the infantry brigades—Wilson, Stinted, and Houner,—with the several commanding officers of the regiments, and indeed every officer and soldier of the force, earned my warmest approbation. " 22. To the medical officers of the force I am under great obligation for their untiring exertions throughout these arduous operations. " 23. I cannot conclude without alluding in strong terms to the valuable assistance I have received from Major Taylor. whose services were placed at mydisposal by the Hon. C. A. Murray, C.B, "I have the honour to be, &c., " J. OUTRAM, Lieutenant-General, "Commanding Expeditionary Force." "Total Kilted—Europeans, 3 ; Natives, 7. "Total Wounded—Europeans, 31 ; Natives, 31. " Grand Total.—Killed, 10 ; wounded, 62-72. "Died of Wounds, since the action.-3 Europeans and 3 Natives. "M. STOVELL, Superintending Surgeon. "Ist Division Persian Expeditionary Field Force." "The following is the return of Ordnance captured on the morning of the Bth inst., at Bivouac Kboosh-ab :-- "One brass gun, Persian inscription, vent good, -9- pounder, length 6 feet, bore 4.2, of Persian manufac ture. " One ditto, ditto, . spiked, 9-pounder, length 6 f ee t, bore 4.2, of Persian manufacture. "These guns are in good travelling order, mounted on travelling field carriages, each limber fitted with a limber box to contain about 30 rounds of ammunition. One gun was taken with three horses, harness, &c., complete. "The carriages are of block trail constructions ; the cheeks of one require to be replaced. "Eighteen rounds of ammunition and some food were in the limber boxes. " Besides the above were 262 rounds of gun ammuni tion, which I destroyed before leaving the bivouac on Sunday evening. The mules, eight in number, which carried it, I have brought into camp. I have 350 stand'of arms, and I think fully treble that number must have been taken by camp followers and others. "One gan was spiked by our Horse Artillery, /IR they had to leave it when following on in pursuit. I have since removed the spike. " E. K. FINNIMORE, Captain, "Field Commissary of Ordnance, P.E.F.F." The name of the officer killed is Lieutenant A. C. Frankland, of the 2d European Regiment and Act ing Brigade Major of Cavalry, .Field Force. Among the officers wounded were Capt. J. Forbes, 3d Light Cavalry, ball through right thigh severely ; Capt. R. Mockler, her Majesty's 64th Regiment, contusion of calf of right leg from a round s h o t ; Lieutenant J. Greentree, her Majesty's 64th Regi ment, seriously, by a round shot, whi c h cause d . loss f left foot ; Ensign Woodcock, 2d European Regiment Light Infantry, slightly, gun-shot, left shin ; and Assistant-Surgeon J. M. Barnett, 26th Regiment Native Infantry, slightly, by spent ball, right arm. INDIA. The following is the letter of the Times' Bombay correspondent, dated March 5 : " The Madras Exhibition of Arts and Manufac tures, was opened by Lord Ha rr i s on th e B t h o f February. The Governor-General of the French settlements in India was present on the cocasion. In the course of his speech Lord Harris referred to the success that had attended the Exhibition of 1855, as encouraging the committee to attempt a re petition. It was true that, on a former occasion, they were greatly indebted to a fine collection pre pared for the museum in Leadenhall-strcet, which they exhibited on its way to England ; and they had for many relsons been disposed to doubt Whe ther any farther attempts of a similar nature could be made with success. Feeling, however, that to produce permanent good effects their efforts ought to be continued, they determined to persevere, directing their attention mainly to procuring specimens of raw products and models of articles likely to be useful to the natives of the coun try ; and the result is, that The collection of raw far superior to th a t o f 1855, and the specimens implements and of ar ti c l es of use in industrypoduets is and art are much more numerous, while at the same time the exhibition is not wanting in fabrics equalling in richness any displayed on the previous occasion.' " From Pegu, so long tranquil, we hear of a comthotion, to which the imposing appellation of rebellion has been affixed. A robber chief, by 'Janie Min Loung, of the Kareen tribe, had got together a party of desperadoes to the number of several hundreds, at the head of whom he infested a whole district, robbing and murdering travellers, and rendering life and pro pei ty generally insecure. His culminating offence was the torture and murder of a party of seven native merchants, followed by the burning of a village. A detachment, consisting of three compa nies of her Majesty's 35th and a company of the 48th Native Infantry, were sent to capture or extir pate him. The robber was found to have stockaded himself in a jungle. An attack by the troops took place, and according to one account Min Loung was driven from his lair, while another report avers that the assailants were repulEed. At any rate, it appears certain that whatever may have been the loss among his men, the chief himself was not taken or otherwise disposed of. The 35th had two serjeantg, the 18th two privates, shot dead, and in each detachment these were a considerable number of w.ouwed. Farther arrangenaents, of esul;;, I /nay be able to tell you in my ilex', were beir.g made to crush the rebel be fore his proceedings should Lave time to prove cc 1. tagious. l'ne establishment of a university at Bombay, under instructions from the Supreme Government, has been notified in the Government Gazette. The Govemor of :Bombay is appointed Chancellor; Sir