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that prineiple should be preserved. He had therefore continued the exemption of evidence contained in the confession of the party ; and in order to prevent the pas sibility of the civil remedy being taken away by the in dividual being permitted to plead the criminal liability the bill enacted that the man who made the confession should not have that confession converted into evidence against him on a criminal charge. But be had not in , cluded in that exemption the extraordinary provision of the 42d Geo. 111., and the 7th and Bth Geo. IV., namely, that if the delinquent should go and voluntarily confess in any proceeding in bankruptcy or insolvency, that con fession should exempt him from criminal consequences. (Hear, hear.) There were other clauses in the bill cal culated, he thought, to provide that the criminal liabi lity should not interfere with the civil liability of the party ; but there was a particular clause which might possibly lead to some difference of opinion. It was this, that if the civil remedy was sought before the criminal proceeding, if there were a suit by a party who had been defrauded of his property against the trustee, no cri minal proeeeding should be taken during the con tinuance of that civil remedy without the leave of the judge before whom the civil suit was taken. These were the principal provisions of the bill which he ventured to solicit the indulgence of the house to allow him to intro duce. He might state, in conclusion, that he was by no means particularly enamoured either with its language or its provisions. He had himself prepared the bill, and therrfore it might be more than usually faulty. but he was perfectly willing to receive suggestions without dis tinction of party. He should welcome every suggestion that was made, and he hoped that this instalment of re form would remove an opprobrium in our jurisprudence, that it would prevent breaches of trust, particularly as they applied to persons in humble life, where it was im portant that the injured party should have his remedy prompt and easy ; that thereby it would be the means of repressing the frequent occurrence of offences of this na ture, and place their legislation on a more satisfactory footing. (Cheers.) Mr. MALIN S said hehad listened to the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman with great interest ; he had brought forward the subject in a manner worthy of his reputation and ability. He had long held the opinion that for breaches of trust the parties should be criminally punished. The house would remember that in the last Parliament the distinguished predecessor of the hon. and learned gentleman,the now Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, bad in that house for some time a bill which bad the same object. The learned gentleman felt, however, some difficulty in prosecuting that measure on account of a doubt which was entertained by some of the most distinguished judges of the land whether it would be expedient to endanger the civil remedy by giving a criminal one ? The hon. and learned gentleman opposite was, he was glad to see, fully alive to that danger. No doubt it was a very poor remedy to afford those who had been injured by a breach of trust,to send them to the Court of Chancery. Not that that was any fault of the court ; for there was no part of its jurisdiction which was more often or more beneficially exercised. In a great majority of cases breaches of trust were committed not for the benefit of the trustee, but for those whose interests were committed to his care. (Hear.) In numberless in stances trustees were entreated by the family to sanction some arrangement which was not strictly regular, and to such applications they often, unfortunately for themselves, assented. The office of trustee was, in truth, a thankless one. It was one from which those who held it were pre cluded by the rules of the court from obtaining the least pecuniary advantage, while on the other hand they often found themselves great losers by it. He thought, there fore, that a distinction should be made between those who bad departed from the strict letter of their trust for no other motive than to benefit the parties themselves, and those who hail done so from motives that were cri minal. The bill would require the greatest possible care to render it on the one hand perfectly efficient, and on the other hand to prevent it from treating as criminal those whose conduct was not justly open to imputation. (Cheers ) He (Mr. IMalins) could not sit down without expressing his satisfaction that his hon. and learned friend had grappled with the great question of frauds by the directors of joint-stock companies. Three cases had of late been brought prominently before the public, but those who practised in the courts of equity were familiar with many others. He would mention one. A bank was established in 1344 or 1845 ; the capital was to lie 300,000/. or 400,000/. The directors borrowed more than 300,0001 on debentures, and they misappropriated the whole. The concern had been wound up by the Court of Chancery, aed the unfortunate shareholders had been compelled to contribute close up to half-a-million of money. He (elr. Matins) had been concerned as conned fora gen tleman who, relying on the presumed respectability of the directors, bad taken shares to the extent of 5001., and had been called upon to pay in respect of that 500/. no lees a sum than 10,000/. (Hear.) The public did not know all the cases of this kind that occurred, nor indeed did they know the worst of them. Such things were constantly taking place, and this showed that there was in this country, to a lamentable extent, an absence of commer cial integrity. It was true these cases were exceptional ones ; but the public could not discriminate between the high character of English commercial men as a body, and those who were effected by the disclosures which from time to time were made. There was no doubt that the country had of late been sadly disgraced. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that his hon. friend's measure would lead to a better state of things. (Cheers.) Mr. HADFIELD cautioned the home against resort. ing to extreme measures. As it was, there was often the greatest difficulty in the world to find suitable persons willing to act as trustees. (Hear, hear.) With regard to joint-stock banks, he was amazed how any body could venture to hold a share in one. (Cheers.) Mr. NAPIER wished to know whether the bill would apply to Ireland ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was understood to reply in the affirmative. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. INSOLVENT JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL asked leave to bring in a bill of a somewhat peculiar character—a bill intend ed to deal with an existing state of things, and therefore to a certain extent of a retrospective nature. It was a bill to amend the Acts of Parliament under which pub lic companies were liable to be made bankrupt ; and also to amend the Winding-up Acts. The spirit of the enact ment he proposed was precisely similar to one introduc ed last session, with the exception that it would apply to banks and insurance companies. The state of the law with regard to banks and insurance companies was this. There was a great conflict with respect to the manner of obtaining a remedy in case of insolvency, which might be done under a fiat of bankruptcy or by winding up under the Winding-up Acts. It was a most unfortunate peculi arity of this country that we did not confide to any one tribunal the duty of administering complete justice on any one single subject; but we gave to different tribunals a fragmentary jurisdiction over different parts of the same subject. If a joint-stock bank became insolvent there were, of course, two things to be effected. There was the payment of its creditors ; and there was also the task of deciding the pro portion each individual share holder should contribute to make up the deficiency. He (the hon. gentleman) should have imagined that all that might have been committed to one tribunal ; but as it happened, if a public bank became bankrupt, the duty of winding up the estate might belong to the Court of Bankruptcy, and that of deciding on the proportion to be contributed by the individual shareholders might, devolve upon the Celia of Chancery, render the Acts passed in the year 1848 and in the year 1849. Sup pose a company had failed, and one of the shareholders bad been called upon to pay 20,0601., while another had been called upon to pay only 2,000/. The question would thus arise how the 18,000/. was to be male up to the person who had paid the larger sum ; and, in order to solve that problem the Winding-up Acts had been passed. A conflict had in this manner arisen between the two jurisdictions of Bankruptcy and Chancery, of which the community had lately had a most painful and distressing illustration in the case of the Royal &hide Bank. In that case all the separate courts of that great tribunal, the Court of Chancery, had been occupied for a considerable time, not in determining the rights of the creditors or the liabilities of the shareholders, but in determining the conflicting &aims of the official manager under the Winding-up Acts, and of the official assignee under the subsequent fiat. (Hear, hear.) In the case of the British Bank the creditors were 6,000 in number, and the shareholders 300 ; and such was the state of the law that every creditor had a separate right of action against every shareholder ; and there might thus be 6,000 times 300 suits. The shareholders were aggrieved by this state of things, and there was no corresponding benefit to the shareholders. (Hear.) He (the hon. gentleman) held in his hand a list of the actions which bad actually been brought ; and he found that one creditor, for a sum of less than 1501., had brought no fewer than 25 actions. (Hear, hear.) And what bad been the practical results ? He had another list of shareholders who had fled the country ; and another list—a very long one—of shareholders who had become bankrupt ; and many others had made set tlements of their property or arrangements with regard to their effects, in the hope of evading the claims to - which they were liable in the present state of the law- (Hear, hear.) It was, of course, utterly impos sible, when there were 6,000 creditors and 300 share holders, that anything like a mutual arrangement could be made ; whereas common sense would recom mend that somebody should be empowered in the inte rest of the shareholders, and somebody else empower e d to repre sent the rights' of the creditors • and that then some arrangement should be come to' by which the shareholders 'night at all events be rescued from the ac cumulated costs of the numerable actions which mu s t now be added to the original lose. (H ear , h ear .) H e pop would therefore a remedy of the following de scription ; Let an ad vert i sa e entbe inserted i n th e p u bli c prints, calling the shareholdersr together, and enabli ng them to appoint one or mor e of their number for the pur pose of reeking some arrangement with the persons to whom they were liable, and for the purpose of obtaining the amount of c ontribution s from the shareholders that that might be requisite for the payment of the debt. Imme diately after that a dvertisement appeared, he proposed to protect the shareholders from their p resent liability to actions, provided that they submitted themselve s to such , terms as the court might think right. At present the shareholders were placed in a position of great difficulty, f ,r, while the property of the company was taken a way from them by bankruptcy, they were liable for the company' debts. He, therefore, proposed that the ceinneissioner should have power to give protection to the shareholders. Under: the existing la s a creditor for a very small amount had it in his power to defeat ar rangements, by bringing 'actions asainst the individual shareholders. One provision of the bill was, that 3 cor tain proportion of the creditors should have power to bind the whole in accepting any composition, and that when such an agreement was come to, the shareholders might apply for and obtain protection from individual slits. These provisions would be applicable to all exist ing as well as future companies. They supplied an im portant omission in the bill of last year. Mr, M.LINS referred to a similar bill which he had brought in last year, and which, if passed, would have saved the public from great calamity. In the case of the Royal British Bank, shareholders had been obliged to flee the country, not because they would not pay their proportion of the liabilities, but on account of the multiplicity of actions brought against them. He would suggest one improvement in the measure submitted by the Attorney-General. The process under the Winding-up Acts was an exhausting process. He would suggest that the moment a company was brought under the jurisdiction of the court the right of the creditors to bring actions against individual share holders should immediately cease, as in the case of an or dinary bankruptcy. To prevent shareholders absconding to avoid their liability, he would provide for stopping them by a judge's order, as might now be done with an ordi nary debtor. Had not the right of suing shareholders existed in the case of the Royal British Bank, the whole affair might have been wound up, the calls made, and the debts discharged long ago. The bill he introduced last session would have provided for this ; but, as there was then a feeling against the bill, the government had not the moral courage to support it, and it was thrown out. Now the government was obliged to come forward and do that which he would have done for them last year. Mr. DEASY approved of the bill, and said that if it had been law last year, the creditors of the Tipperary Bank would have got lOs. in the pound. Unfortunately, they were not likely to get one-fourth of that amount. There was no greater delusion than that creditors of joint-stock companies derived greater security from un limited liability. (Hear.) Mr. WYLD hoped the Attorney-General would not adopt the suggestion of Mr. Matins. In the case of the Royal British Bank nearly 70,000/. had been expended as costs in actions brought against individual share holders. Both the creditors and shareholders of that concern were indebted to the hon. and learned gentleman for bringing forward this measure. At least one-third of the wealthy shareholders were abroad ; had this mea sure been passed a year earlier, they would have re mained and have met their liabilities. He hoped no time would be lost in passing the bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he thought the bill would carry out t'le view expressed by his hon. and learned friend (Mr. Marius). Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know how the At torney General meant to deal with the fees. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he hoped no long time would elapse before a measure would be brought in on the subject of bankruptcy and insolvency, by which the question of fees would be dealt with. He did not venture to deal with that matter in the present bill. The house then went into commitee, and agreed to a resolution far the purpose of founding a bill upon it. The house having resumed, The Chairman reported that the resolution was agreed to, and the bill was then read a first time. PUBLIC CONTRACTS. On the motion of Mr. MARJORIBANKS, that the com mittee on public contracts do consist of seventeen mem bers, and that Mr. Monsell and Col. Gilpin be added, Col. BOLDER() objected to the addition of a fourth Government member on the committee. He thought fifteen members were quite sufficient. If any addition were to be made to the committee he should prefer to have the hon. member for Frome placed upon it, who, from his knowledge of the subject, would be able to afford useful information. (A laugh.) Lord PALMERSTON said he hoped, although 15 members were quite sufficient for a committee on gene ral grounds, that the house would not object to the addi tion of two members who were acquainted with the subject under discussion. After a few words from Mr. Moffatt, Sir C. Napier and Lord J. Manners, The house divided, For the motion Against Majority —s3 Mr. Monsell and Colonel Gilpin were then added to the committee. CHATHAM LANDS, &e., BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ELECTION PETITIONS. The CLERK at the table announced that petitions had been presented against the returns for the following places :—Peterborough, Beverley, Sligo, Queen's County, Portsmouth (two petitions), Taunton, Ipswich, Chatham, Lymington, Sandwich, Bridport, Gloucester (two peti ti , ns), Newcastle-under-Lyme (three petitions)—(laugh ter)—and Staffordshire (North Division). It being the last day for pr-renting election petitions. The SPEAKER read the order of the house to that effect, and then directed the Sergeant-at• Arms to go out any i❑quire if there were any more election petitions to be presented. Ths Sergeant•at•Arms left the house for that purpose. After a short absence he returned, and having advanced to the centre of the house, informed the Speaker that there were no more election petitions. The announcement was received with a hearty burst of cheering from the members present. The house then adjourned at half-past 11. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAIY EVENING, MAY 22, 18 5 7 H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING. ALBONI, SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, and BENE. VENT ANO. First Night of Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. Leonora, McMe. Spezia; Azucena, Madame Alboni. Manrico, Sig. Giuglini. After which will be prodaced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expresslyjor her Majesty's Theatre by M. Massot, entitled only two of the party had sufficient fortitude to listen to the verbose and dreary oration. Poor Mr. SPOONER ! It was indeed a painful but of false and fraudulent misrepresentations, induce too credulous parties to part with their money, or who keep false accounts, salutary lesson that he received, and we trust that he will profit by it, so as to avoid similar humiliation for the future. The dining-room possessed metal far more attractive for Noble Lords, and Right Hon. and Hon. Gentleman. BELLAMY'S was thronged, while the House was deserted. We really think that the worthy pro prietor ought to establish a " SPOONER Plate" to be run for by popular representatives. The dis tance is certainly rather short. But that enabled even the most thick-winded specimens to exhibit their powers during the " spurt." Well, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the able chef had reason to congratulate himself on the cause which gave his supporters ample time " inwardly to digest" the creature comforts, which he supplied with liberal and unsparing hand. Two Derbyites listened to his speech. Some seventy or eighty were solacing their inner men with postprandial enjoyments, ready, at the first signal of the division bell, to hasten to the lobby and record their votes, so as to satisfy the expec tations of their constituents. make false entries, or declare unearned dividends out of fictitious capital, will be made amenable to the criminal law as well as the assignees of bank rupts and insolvents, who appropriate the funds which should belong to the general body of the creditors. These are, unquestionably, great im provements, and we heartily thank the Attorney- General for the enlightened and comprehensive spirit in which he has dealt with a great social evil, and which we hope and believe will have the effect of materially restraining, if it cannot altoge ther prevent, frauds of the most distressing and atrocious character. The Attorney-General has fully and faithfully redeemed the pledge which he had given. He has brought in a measure to amend the law relating to Joint Stock Companies, more especially so far as banking and insurance companies are con cerned. The cases of the Tipperary and Royal British Banks will no longer serve merely " to point a moral and adorn a tale." The notorious grievances to fair creditors and innocent share holders which have been so painfully developed, will be removed. It will no longer be possible for sharp practitioners to obtain undue advan tages, or to crush those desirous of fully and fairly meeting their responsibilities to the utmost extent of their power. Nor will there be a conflict of jurisdictions to squander in liti gation the means that might be applied to a far better purpose. Under the present system there is a scramble for the assets. `" FirSt come first served "is the principle acted upon, and the creditor can choose his victim, or series of victims, who, by the cruel costs, are debarred from acting fairly towards other creditors. The effect of this scramble, generally speaking, is to send solvent shareholders into exile, and others to the bankrupt and insolvent tribunals. The simple fact stated by the Right Honourable and Learned Gentleman, that one enterprising attorney purchased a debt due by the Royal British Bank, and forthwith issued some 200 or 300 writs for its recovery, clearly indicates the magnitude of the evil and the nature of the re quirel remedy. We are too fond of permitting men to take the law into their own hands. When property is seized in execution, and it is clear flat the defendant is not capable of satisfying all his liabilities, the proceeds should be appropriated to the general body of the creditors. The rapa cious should not be benefitted at the expense of the indulgent and forbearing. The whole law of debtor and creditor requires complete revision. It is even more essential for the protection of credi tors than of debtors. It would, in fact, be equally beneficial to all parties concerned, giving a fair division of the assets, in place of permitting the sharp practitioners to accumulate useless costs and appropriate the entire spoil to their own purposes. Sir R. BETHEL also announced that "no long time would be suffered to elapse before some comprehensive measure would be introduced on the subject of bankruptcy and insolvency." We thank bim for the intimation. Both codes should be amalgamated, and the standing reproach to the British nation of the present system of impri sonment for debt removed. He has made an excellent beginning, so far as the shareholders in Insolvent Joint-Stock Companies are concerned. The great object is to have some party capable of representing the general body of creditor 4, and sanctioning arrangements that would give all that could possibly be obtained to bona fide creditors, without wasting it in wanton and unnecessary litigation, while those anxious to do what was right would be saved from a cruel ag gravation of their original loss. The Honourable and learned Member for the county of Cork declared that, if the proposed measure had been passed a few years since, the creditors of the Tipperary Bank would have received at least 10s. in the pound, where they will not now receive a fourth of the sum. We yield implicit credence to the statement, and we likewise believe that in many private cases, where not sixpence in the pound is obtained, there would be fair dividends for the creditors. Let Sir RICHARD BETHEL per vere. If he carries out the judicious principles which he last night enunciated, he will deservedly obtain a high place amongst legal reformers, and his name will long be remembered with thanks and gratitude throughout the entire kingdom, as having secured all that could under any circum stances be obtained by creditors, and affording protection to poor but honest debtors, who are unable through unavoidable misfortunes to satisfy all the pecuniary demands for which they are responsible. In all his sufferings poor Mr. SPOONER found one point for self-gratulation I " His arguments were altogether unanswered 1" It was not, how ever, because they were unanswerable, but because they were not worth answering. Learned judges frequently disappoint ambitious aspirants for forensic honours by thinking it unnecessary to hear their elaborate arguments. The opposing counsel has not established his case, and therefore there is no necessity for discussion. The discre tion of the House last night was displayed in a s imilar manner. They simply voted, and for this session at least—would we could say permanently —put a practical extinguisher on the SPOONER light that was to have illuminated the " collective wisdom." The precedent is truly valuable, and we trust that it may be duly observed on all similar occa sions. These are questions that may be much better answered by votes than by speeches. The most severe castigation that could be administered by an opponent was far leas than the total and unbroken silence, the impressive, the contumelious taciturnity that prevailed ! It was indeed a memorable circumstance that will not speedily be forgotten. The Honourable Gentleman stood crestfallen—galled to the quick—Quantum muta tatus ab illo Spoonere, who erst obtained a majority on the very point thatnow banished friends and foes; effectually clearing the House of nine-tenths of its occupants, and acting as a sleep-compelling soporific to the few who remained I There were few who last night envied the new Speaker the distinguished position to which he had been ele vated by the unanimous vote of his fellow-repre sentatives. He was the victim who could not escape the persecution. One good result was, at all events, obtained. Much valuable time was saved to the country, and really important mea sures were brought forward, despite the Spooner ean eloquence and the Exeter-Hall whippers-in. "It's only a breach of trust." Such was the defence (!) too frequently put forward for the robber of the widow and orphan—the mis creant who had appropriated to his own use the fund confided to his charge by a departed friend as a provision for his helpless family. Only a breach of trust ! What offence connected with property could be greater ? What villany could inflict greater suffering on the innocent victims ? The property painfully accumulated, and carefully invested by the deceased husband and father, swept away in one fell swoop, and the sufferers, who might have enjoyed competence and indepen dence, involved is all the horrors of destitution, possibly consigned to the tender mercies of the union workhouse. What ought to be the greatest aggravation of the crime, was considered a auffi• cient answer to the charge, and the unblushing criminal escaped, because he added to ordinary guilt the crime of treachery and deception of the most unpardonable character. Thanks to SIR RICHARD BETHELL, this monster grievance is likely to be speedily and completely redressed. Fraudulent trustees will no longer escape with impunity from the penal consequences of their misconduct, and those who have appro priated to their own use the property which they have received for others will receive the punish ment they so eminently merit. This is indeed a great amelioration in the existing law, and every legal reformer will feel grateful to the Right Hon. and ' Learned Gentleman for having effectually grappled with the evil, and provided efficient remedies for the most flagrant grievances, which were previously irremediable. It is obvious that sending parties who had been plundered of all they possessed to the Court of Chancery for redress, and treating the robbery as a mere debt, was but adding insult to injury. The machinery of the law could not lie set in motion without ample funds, and the original loss was but too often largely enhanced by the costs to which the sufferers were subjected in the vain attempt to obtain redress. We know of one case, where a person occupying a high po sition in society received payment in a single day of three sums of 10,0001. each, ou which three families were dependent, under the pretence of investing them in securities bearing a higher rate of interest. He absconded with all the money, and went to reside in affluence in another land with the proceeds of his threefold crime. There was no unexpected misfortune. The money had not been previously squandered. It was wilfully and deliberately taken from those to whom it belonged—the three daughters of a deceased friend, and relative, and yet the miscreant could only be treated as a debtor when ever he might be caught I This is no stretch of the imagination, but a deplorable fa c t. A n d surely the anomaly should be removed that afforded the law's protection to such an offender. The case, however, requires delicate handling. The office of trustee is one of a peculiarly harras sing and vexatious character, and if parties were made criminally responsible for unintentional losses, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain persons willing to act in that capacity. The honest trustee should be protected in his office—while the highest secondary punishment should be inflicted on the dishonest one. Sir R. BETHEL has, therefore, provided a certain impedi ment to vindictive and unfounded prosecutions, The sanction of one of the Judges of the Superior Courts, or of the Attorney-General for the time being, must be obtained before an indictment can be preferred. This will, neceesarily, be an ex parte proceeding, similar to that which takes place in procuring - a Judge's fiat for the arrest of an absconding debtor, under the act for the abolition of arrest on mesno process. It will effectually pre vent prosecutions being instituted merely for the sake of annoyance, while it will not impede any bona fide and straightforward case from being thoroughly investigated before the criminal tri bunals. A most interesting ceremony took place yester day in the Court of Common Council, at Guild hall, in the presence of the Lord Mayor, and the assembled magnates of the Corporation. It was nothing less than the presentation of the Freedom of the City of London to one oflhe most humane and enterprising of all modern Travellers—Dr. LIVINGSTON ! And the manner in which that pre sentation was announced, or rather commented upon, through the eloquent speech delivered im mediately afterwards by the Chamberlain of the municipality must, we are fully satisfied, have been exquisitely gratifying to the distinguished philanthropist, of whose great public services the occasion itself was designed to be the emphatic and signal recognition. The earnest and touching harangue, addressed to Dr. LIVINGSTON yesterday afternoon by that city functionary, was altogether conceived in the happiest strain of mingled eulogy and encouragement. It was a truly oratorical tribute of admiration, offered in the name of the representatives of the capital of. the Empire, to a noble-hearted Englishman, who has spent Fifteen, Years of the very prime of his life in a laborious and perilous journey of Eleven Thousand Miles into the interior of the Great African Continent. An undertaking ad ventured upon, as Sir JOHN KEY admirably ex pressed it, addressing himself to Dr. LIVINGSTON —" for the honour of your country and the moral elevation of mankind by the peaceful triumphs of the missionary, by the expanding influence of scientific discovery, by preparing the way for that intercommunion and commerce between alienated races, the tendency of which is to make a corporate guild of all nations, to unite all the tribes of earth in a bond of universal brotherhood." That was the elevated aim, those were the elevating prin ciples actuating this brava Traveller at the outset, and sustaining him manfully to the close, of his memorable enterprise. At the same time that we recognise the accuracy and the force of every sentiment that fell from the lips of the City Chamberlain yesterday afternoon, in reference to the particular object of his encomiums, we cannot but think that he was entirely mistaken in speaking of what he termed the " contented ignorance" in which we have allowed ourselves to remain in refe rence to the interior of the vast southern continet , t of the Eastern hemisphere. Ignorance, there has been, but not contented ignorance. Valuable There are other breaches of trust of no less dangerous a character, that will be fully met by the contemplated enactments. The directors and managers of public companies, who by means PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MAY 21. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Motion made, and Question put, " That this house do resolve itself into a Cemmittee to consider the Acts for the Endow ment of the College of Maynooth, with a view to the with drawal of any Endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due regard being had to vested rights and interests." The house divided : Ayes, 21, Noes 125. AYES-91. Anderson, Sir J. Arbuthnott, Gen. Ball, E. Barrow, W. Baxter, W. Beach, W. Bentinck, G. Bernard, T. Blackburn, Peter Bramley-Moore, J. Bridges, Sir B. Butler, C. Caird, James Campbell, R. Carden, Sir R. W. Cheetham, John Child, Smith Cobbold, J. C. Jollier, R. P. Coningham, W. Cowan, C. Cranford, E. H. J. Davies, D. A. S. Davison, R. Dobbs. W. Doke, Sir J. Dunbar, Sir W. Dundas, F. Dunlop, A. Dutton, R. Ellice, E. Elphinstone, Finlay, A. Gard, R. Goddard, A. Greenall, G. Griffith, C. Grogan, Edward Our ney, J. Hadfield, G. Hamilton, G. A. Banbury, Robert Harris, J. Hay, Lord J. Hopwood, John Horsfall, T. B. Hotham, Lord Joliffe, H. Jones, D. Keating ,11. S. Kendall, N. L . King, E. Langton, H. G. Lace, T. Mackie, J. Matheson, A. 111111er, T. Miller, S. B. Mills, Arthur Morris, D. Mowbray, J. R. Nnntz, G. Napier, J. NOES-125. Nicol, D. Packe, C. Pevensey, Viscount Pigott, F. Platt, James Rebow, John Robertson, P. Rolt, J. Roupell, W. Rust, Jantes Salisbury, E. Stapleton, J. Steuart, Andrew Start, C. Tite, W. Tollemache, J. Vance, J. Vaneittart. W. Verney, Sir H. Walcott, Admiral Warren, S. White, J. Whiteside, J. Williams, W. Willoughby, J. Wise, J. Wyla, James TELLEI9. Spooner, R. Newdegate, C. Adeane, Henry Bagwell, John Bailey, C. Baines, Rt. lion. M. Barnard, T. Beamish, F. Bethel], Sir R. Biggs, J. Black, Adana Blake, J, Bland, L. Botfleld,B. Bowyer, G. Brady, J. Bramston, T. W. Briscoe, John Brown, W. Buchanan, W. Buckley, Gen. Buller, J. W. Bury, Lord Cal att, M. Clark, J. Cogan, W. H. F. Cowper, W. F. Conyngham, Lord F. Corbally, M. E. Cotter ell, Sir H. Cox, William Dalglish, R. Davey, R. Dea ,, y, It. Da Vere, S. Dovereux, J. T. Dillwyn, L. Drummond, H. Dunne, M. Elt m, Sir A. Ennis, John Esmonde, J. Evans, T. W. Fagan, W. Farquhar, Sir W. Fenwick, H. O'Brien,'J. Ferguson, Sir R. O'Donoghoe, The Fitzgerald, J. O'Flaherty, A. Fortescue, C. Ogilvy, Sir J. French, F. Paget, C. Garnett, W. Paget, Lord C. Grace, 0. Palmerston, Viset. Greer, S. Pease, H. Gregory, W. Philips. J. 11. Greville, Col. F. Pinney, W. Hackblock, W. Potter, Sir J. Harcourt, G. Power, N. Ilassard, E. Ramsay, Sir A. Hatch 11, J. Roebuck, J. Heard, J. Russell, LJrd J. Henchy, D. Russell, F. W. Herbert, 11. Schneider, 11. Hope, I. Scholefleld, W. Ilornby, W. Somers, J Howard, Lord Stuart, Lord J. Ingram, 11. Stuart, Colonel Jerinyn, Earl Sullivan, Michael Kinglake, A. Tattered, H. Kirk, W. Thompson, Gen. Knatchbull-Ingessen Thoruely, T. Langston, J. 11. Tollemache, Fred. Levinge, Sir R. Townsend, J. Lincoln, Earl of Trefusis, C. Locke, J. Trelawney, Sir J. Macarthy, A. Turner, J. A. M‘c ann, J. Tynte, Col. C. MacE voy, E. Waldron, L. M s Ciintock, J. Warre, J. MacMahon, P. Westhead, J. Magan, W. H. Williams, E. Maguire, J. Willyams, E. Manners, Lord J. Winnington, Sir T. Merry, James Woods, H Moore, G. Worsley, Lord Neate, C. Norris, J. O'Brien, P. O'Brien, Sir T. TELLERS. Hayter, W. Mulgraye, Earl of I'S MOTION ABOUT THE 'II GRANT. FOIL. AGAINST. Ur. Stafford Mr. J. Brown Sir C. Burrell Sir F. Thesiger J.II. Hamilton Mr. Pritchard Mr. Repton Fir W.Williams Hr. Shirley Lord Stanley Mr. Ayrtm Mr, Gladstone Mr. H. G. Sturt Sir T. Burke Lord Burghley Mr. Greenwood Sir W. Galewy Sir E Parry Mr. Greaves Mr. G. G. Glyn Lord Newark Mr. Bathurst Col. Somerset Mr. W. Stirling Major 'ibthoro Mr. Tottenham Mr. Bennett SirW.W.Wyan Lord C. Hamilton Mr. Ifeadlain Mr. J. B. Smith Mr. Moffatt Mr. E. Egerton Col, Herbert Lord A. Lennox Capt. Darner Hon. G. Noel Capt. Berkeley Lord Curzon Ld.Grosvenor Mr. Colville Lord Advocate Mr. G. DundaS Mr. Western Mr. Brocklehurst MrC.Cavandish Mr. Neeld C of Exchequer Lord Ashley Sir Robert Peel Captain Archclall Mr. Foley Mr. Morgan Col, LAVatkins Mr. Pilkington Mr. J. Greene Mr. Smollett Mr. Lockhart Mr. Fergus MrA.Fortescue Col. Gilpin Mr. H. Russell Sir J. Shelley Mr. C. Legh sir W. Verner Lord Sandon Mr. Palk Mr. Whitbread Mr, Farnham Mr. W. Forster Hon. H. Cole Mr. Foljambe Sir J. Carnac Mr. Beaumont Gen. Windham Mr. Steele Lord Ossulston Mr. Ridley Mr. Adderley Mr. K. Seymer sir H. F. Davin Mr.Labou ellen Mr. Beresford Col. Ferguson Mr. Macaulay Mr. Ingha:n Sir W. Fraser Mr. Liddell Sir M. S. Stewart Hon. E. Ellice :Lord V. Tempest Mr. Grenfell Marg. Blandford Lord lt. Cecil Mr. B. Woodd Mr Bass 'Vise. Galway Lord Goierieli lir. Ewart Mr. J.O Ewart air. Kinnaird Ld. Castlerosse Vansittart Mr. Monsen Adm. Duncombe Mr. Clay _ _ _ \lr. Christy Lord Melgund Ur. C. Bruce Sh* J. Rarns,len Colonel Taylor I ord A. Paget Nir. Whitmore Sir G. Grey PAIRS ON MR. SPOONER MAYNOOT FOE. AOAISST. SirGMontgorneryMr. G. Duff C. A. Moody Lord Ebrington Sir J. East Sir E. Deriag Sir J. Walsh Mr. Cayley Mr. Hardcastie Gen. Wyndham Sir E. B. Lytton Lord Elcho Mr. King Mr. G. Clive Mr. Cooper Mr. D. Norreys Mr. G. Langton Mr. Wrightson Mr. Knightley Lord Cavendish Mr. Kliatchbull Mr. Wyvill Mr. Percy Sir W I leathcote Lord Bective non. 0. Stanley Mr. Du Pre Col. Bidduiph Mr. Alcock Mr. Heneage Mr. Close, 51r. Slaney Col. Maxwell Mr. Denleon Mr. Malins Sir C. Coote Mr. Afacartney Mr. Fitz william Mr. Dn Cane Mr. Warburton Lord E. hill Mr. CAllusitin. Mr. R. Hill Lord Althorp Col. Fore Mr. Palmer l[arq. of Stafford Mr. Horsinan Mr. Dod Mr Marsh Mr. Cairns Col. Sykes Sir J. Trollope Mr. MT. Smith Mr. Miles Mr. Kinglake Sir F. Smith Gen.Codring,ton Mr. Kershaw Capt. O'Connell Col. Lowther Lord Maestri° Mr. Pugh Mr. Mangles Lt.-Cel.Kingseote Mr.J.S.Ricardo Major Knox Hon.o .Iloward Mr. T. Mills SirJ.Johastone Mr. S. W. Taylor Mr. ger Sir F. Kelly Mr.H.lierkeley Col. North Ll.RGrosvenor Col. Forester Lord Eustnn Mr. ilildyard Mr. Divett Sir. P. Egerton Mr. Calcraft Sir H. Meas. Mr. Rich Mr. Nisbett Mr. C. Forster ?fir. Bovill Mr. Crawford Mr. Traill Mr. Gunton Mr. Long Mr. Herbert Sir E. Kerrison Lord Milton Mr. Egerton Mr. Gregson Mr. Laurie Mr. J. Loclle Col. Pakenham Mr. 0. Ricardo Sir J. 'Matheson Mr. Ackro,d ii,n.o.Duncontbe Mr. W. M irtyn Hon. E. Yorke Sir F. Baring Hon. W. Clive Mr. G. Glyn Mr. Palmer Mr. Hugu: - ?,sson Mr. ,v addington SirJ C Jervoi.e Col. Freestuu Sir G.B.Pechen Welby Lord H. Vane T% M: _ne _ .on. Gordon, whosa approa:hing marriage with the lion. Ashley Poneonby has been announced, is daughter of the present Lord Henry Gordon, and not fatlierlw, as reported in this journal of the 19th jut, ACA LISTA. FIRST TABLEAU—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista, 'Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle. Michelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti; Amyntas, M. Baratti. SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).—Seville.— Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls. Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli ; M. Massot. Spaniards. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for tho public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Piccolomini, Giuglini, Vialetti, Belletti. EXTRA NIGH V. THURSDAY EVENING; May 23, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Piccilomini ; Edgard°, Sig. Giuglini. To concude with the entirely new Ballet, by M. Massot, entitled ACALISTA. oe particulars see bills. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have oeen specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. aER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. MONDAY, JUNE 1. Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Reichardt, Bottardi, Beneventano, Belletti. To meet the many applications that have been made, and to accommodate the numerous families. resident in the en virons, a GRAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE will take place on MONDAY MORNING, June 1, when will be performed Verdi's opera, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Piccolmini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini. Germont Giorgio, Sig. Beneventano. To be preceded by (arranged in one act), Rossini's opera, IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Alboni. This Evening, May 21—LA TRAVlATA.—Piecolomini, Ginglini, and Beneventano. SATURDAY, May 23— IL TROVATORE—Spezia, Alboni, Giuglini, Beneventano, and Vialetti. " Lucia di Lammermoor" will be repeated the following week. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. Between the Operas a DIVERTISSEMENT. Morning Dress only will be necessary. Doors open at One, to commence at half-past One, and end at half-past Five. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS-St. JAMES'S THEATRE. - THIRD REPRESENTA TION, THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), May the 22d, the entertainments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock pre cisely, by the production of (for the first time in this country), Operette, en un Acte, LE DUEL DE BENJA MIN : M. Guyot, M. Jean Paul, and Mdlle. Mace. After which (first time) Operette-Bouffe, en un Acte, LES PATINS DE VIOLETTE : M. Pradeau, Mdlles. Mareschal and Dalmont, and M. Anthonini. To conclude with (third time) Bouffonnerie Musicale, en un Acte, LES DEUX AVEUGLES. M. Pradeau and M. Mesmacer. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. This Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given EVERY EVENING. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and Is. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. -• First Equestrian Artistes in the World :--Madame Schap lain, Madame Neusome, La Petito Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Neusome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. E. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks perian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series/of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Bucks - tone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING (May 22) to commence at Seven o'clock, with A LIFE'S TRIAL. After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATALA.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. To conclude with AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0/Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. I THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama, entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY ; or, Under the Thumb. Ben. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, &c. Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, Ac. OTRAND THEA.TRE.—Manager, Mr. T. Pavne.—THlS EVENING will be performed THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. Messrs. J. Neville, G. Lee, W. Suter, Howard, Wilstone, and Miss Cuthbert. After which, ROLFE'S G )SSIPING CONCERT. Followed by OVER THE WAY. Mr. Kinloch, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Craven. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; 6d. iSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE L AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Mr. WILLIAM COOKE begs to announce that THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), will bo produced, for the fifth time at this theatre, Verdi's far-famed Opera of IL TROVA TORE ; or, The Gipsy's Vengeance. The whole of the Recitatives and Music as performed at the Italian Opera, with Grand Equestrian Illustrations, Now Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. The following celebrated Artistes are engaged : Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss Marian Edwards, M r . B roo khou se Bowler, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Francis Kirby, and Mr, J. A. Leffler, and Miss Fanny Huddart. Mr. Borrani. Composer and Direqtor—Herr Meyer Lutz. Manager and Director of the Opera—Mr. Augustus Braham. To conclude with Peerless and Classic SCENES in the CIRCLE, by the First Artistes in the World. Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice—During the Opera Season Half-prioo will take place at 9 o'clock. B )x-offlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING..--The follow ug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel', Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. .Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corgi, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corgi; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; Erector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. cisely. Suppers, dtc., until twelve o'clock. •iIGEI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tas DAT-'Morn. 11 min. aft. 12—Even. 35 min. aft. 12 " ORROW- -Morn. 0 min. aft. I—Evening 24 min. aft. 1 TRE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 22. THERMOMETER, IN THZ SHADE. 72 highest since noon yesterday. 55 lowest this morning and during the night. 53 -this day at noon. 3ABOVIITER, 29.90. WIND, N.E.—Fresh, with rainy weather: 40 4 ) • LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1857, We congratulate the House of Commons and the country I The Maynooth bore has been got rid of for the present Session. Tha annual in fliction has been patiently sustained, the dose of Spoonerism duly swallowed, The Hon. Member for North Warwickshire has had his.field-night, and he had it all to himself. He was literally " left alone in his glory," abandoned alike by friends and foes. There was not even a staunch Tory with a word to say on the petition, and lives have been sacrificed in hitherto fruitless researches—in endeavours t penetrate into Cen tral Africa, such as have proved utterly futile, time after time, until the fortunate advent upon ,he scene of those great labours of the Rev. Dr. LITINGSTON. He has at last accomplished in regatd to Central Africa, what has recently been effected by Captain Sir ROBERT MACLURE, in re ference to the North-West Passage. He has proved its penetrAbility ! And lie has not only done this, but he has demonstrated the still more im portant fact in regard to the interior of the African continent, that when penetrated, it is really found to be worth penetrating. He afforded to his hearers yesterday new and most entertain ing illustrations of this most important truth, in reference to the results of his Fifteen Years toil- some journeying over eleven thousand miles of the African Continent. He observed for example, upon this point, that the tribes in the interior of the country are " totally different from those on the coast." And, furthermore, he described the former as always evincing eagerness to have inter course with Europeans. Adding—was it in bitterest satire, Dr. LIVINGSTON ?—that they had scarcely any knowledge whatever of anything relating to the Europeans. Supposing them to have known something about the Europeans, supposing them to have known, fur example, that time was, as Sir JOHN KEY remarked yesterday in the course of his eloquent harangue, when " every year some 150,000 of Africa's sons were trans ported with ruthless violence to other climes to furnish victims for fraud and cupidity !"—would they then evince the same anxiety to have inter course with the Europeans ? Nay, but supposing that they knew something in addition, supposing they knew, for instance, that among those white men there is a nation which has ex pended, as it were, at a single opening of its hand, 20,000,0001. sterling, on the abolition of the slave trade throughout its own vast domi nions, and that yet further dedicates annually since then a quarter of a million, year after year, in the suppression elsewhere of that odious traffic in human blood and human lives ! Supposing them to know THAT, perhaps, after all, those central tribes of Africa might not evince any abatement in their anxiety to have intercourse with the Europeans ! At present—however this may be—they have that anxiety Dr. LIVINGSTON tells us : so that there is " welcome" for the white men in Central Africa, when Central Africa has at last been reached ! Aud as to its fertility —mark what Dr. LIVINGSTON said yesterday about travelling there through grass " so high that when sitting upon an ox it quite covers the head of the person so sitting l" Among the hitherto unknown vegetation of those unexplored regions being, for example, a substitute for flax mentioned yesterday in the Guildhall by the Great African Traveller as worth, upon a reason able calculation, from 501. to 601. per ton. To say nothing of various kinds of fruits totally un known in England, in reference to which fruits (said Dr. LIVINGSTON natively), "I cannot be a very good judge of what they are, because gene rally I was very hungry when I got them —but certainly they were very much better than the crab-apple, from which we suppose our own apple to have come, or the sloes, from which have come our plums." Speaking of the merely commercial importance of the Discoveries brought to light by this adventurous Englishman, Sir Jourr Km - had previously exclaimed :—" What, sir, has been elicited in the course of your laborious journey of 11,000 miles, through the damp morass and arid desert, across roaring torrents and under scorching suns, in feverish sickness and with wasted frame ? Why, that instead of a waste and howling wilderness, there is in the heart of that unexplored continent a mine of ma terial wealth ; that nature has scattered there with lavish hand the choicest of her products ; that roots are embedded in that soil of highest value to the healing art ; that the indigo plant throws out its spreading leaf in wild and useless luxuriance ; and that tusks of ivory which would be well bartered for the best commodities of European merchandise lie rot ting in the rain or bleaching under a torrid sun." Important results—these .alone—of a daring and brilliantly successful enterprise. But not by any means the sole results—not even the most important ! For penetrating into those fruitful regions by the broad current of the Zam besi River, the white races may now hope to carry not merely the " benefits of knowledge," but with those benefits the " blessings of reli gion"—not merely Civilisation, but with Civilisa tion, Christianity ! The Earl and Countess of Abergavenny and Lady Caroline Nevill have arrived at their house in Portland place, from Birling Manor, Kent. Lord and Ldy Kingsale and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jertnyn-street, for the season. Lady de Lisle and Dudley will arrive in town to-day, for the season. Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick entertained at din ner, on Wednesday, at their house in Curzon-street, the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Lord and L./dy Rivers, Lord Castlerosse, Lord and Lady Alvanley, Lord Ravensworth, the Hon. G. Heathcote, &c. _We understand that a marriage is arranged to take take place between the Right Hon. Frederick Peel and Miss Shelley, only daughter of Mr. John Shelley, of Avington, and niece of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, M.P., entertained at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at his house in Hyde Park-terrace, the following members of the House of ,Commons, viz.:—the Earl of Mulsrave, Lord Alfred Paget, the Attorney-General for Inland, Mr. Knatch bu tl Huesselly Mr. Baxter, Mr. Hatchell, Mr. Kirk, - g Mr. Black, :gr. Dodson, Mr. Beamish, Mr. Thorn ely, Mr. Puller, Mr. Steel, Mr. Hardeastle, and Captain Genet. The Right Hon. T. W. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Fitzpatrick, and suite, have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor place, from Ireland, for the season. Sir Richard Bulkeley's eldest son has married Mies Baring in Paris. THE LAMBETH ELECTION.—In the Southwark County Court, yesterday, a cabman sued. a Mr. Gray, one of the agents for Mr. Williams, M.P.,. for the amount of his cab hire for the day of the election. Toe cabman said he had applied several times, and could get no set tlement. The judge said he had no remedy ; he should have applied within seven days, and then gone before a magistrate. The plaintiff said be thought it a very hard case ; he had been told to go to the County Court, and now he was told he had no remedy. The judge said he would order him back his hearing fees ; that was all he could do. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box was occupied by Lady Elizabeth de Ros, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Rus, Col, and Lady Macdonald, Capt. Peel, etc. Amongst the distinguished company honouring the theatre with their presence, we observed the Duke of Wellington, Vi,countoss Palmerston, Frances Countess of Waldegrave, the Marque-= of Aileebury, th e Mar quis of Kildare, Lord Ward, the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Countess Granville, the Countess 01 Bee tive, the Counteso of Shaftesbury, the Countess of Cork and Orrery, the Countess of Wilton, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Suelburne, the Earl of Bec tive, Viscount Doneraile, Viscount Powerscourt, Vis- Sidney, Viscount Villiers, Sir Henry and Lady Oxen den, Lady Harry Vane and Miss Southwell, Lady Molesworth, Lady Dormer, Lady o , way, and Lady Locock, Lord James Stuart, Colonel the lion. James M‘Donald, C. 8., Lord Charles Bruce, Lord Robert Clinton. Sir George Wombwell, Mr. and Lady George Balfour, Mrs. Petre, the lion. Mrs. Nortor, Lady James Stuart, Lady C. E4ertan, Lady Nichol son, Sir A. and Lady Woodford, and Mhs Wood ford, General Monteith Douglas and the Misses Doug las, the Hon. Mrs. CM, twe lion. Mrs. O s b orne , Cal. gby, Colonel Challoner, Major F ow l er , Mi ss Tr a ff or d Southwell, Mr. John Towneiey, Mr. Croombie, Mr. Bebb, Mrs. Adolphus, Mr. R. Dick, Mr. Tr, lawn , Captain Bateson, Mr. and Mrs. 8.-aite, Mr. and Mr.. D unit:lond, Captain and ,Mrs. Macdonald, Captain Winders, Mr. Pugh, Captain Thellusion, Mrs. and Mrs. Campbo;l Wyndham, Captain Lyon, Mrs. and Mies Butiez, Mr. Lucas, Hon. Mr. Grey, Mr. Alfred Meet. gantry, Mr. Manning, Mrs, Vivian, &c. trfFS l l. l NE 9 . 'v S. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY, 10 I. 3ii• The Australian Auxiliary Steam-ship CompaDY s mail ship Istamboul, Captain Coles, the first of the line from Plymouth, arrived this morning fr ol3l Melbourne, having made the passage in 79 day s ' She left Port Phillip Head March 3; rounded CSP B Horn April 2 ; and crossed the line April 37. s he has 120 passengers, and brings about 45,000 ounce g of gold, 1,290 bales of wool, and sundries. 19f Australian intelligence is anticipated. The Stamboul experienced a succession of lig ht winds, and had no south-east trade winds. She was under steam 18 days. On the 16th of Mayshe spoke, in lat. 42 32,1011g' 30 50, the Bosphorus, from Callao to Londonio days out. • The Stamboul will leave for London when li ef mails are landed here. BERNE, MAY 2 0 ' Tne Grand Council has voted the Constitutio d principle unanimously, 45 votes were given for t 1 1 .6 immediate revision, and 25 for it, after a ce rt3/ e l delay. In a wool near Berne, the body of Co loll o Govret, ex-commander of the foreign legion, b been found. He had blown out his brains 0 11 pistol. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY 11 EvENl 56 '. This being Ascension-day, th e B ours e and all public offices are closed. d o , The Emperor, the Empress, and the .1 8 - 113 f i i Bavarii, left the palace of Fontainebleau yestet afternoon about three o'clock, and went in a i c „ 11 , 1 1 , a-bane to the rendezvous appointed for a stagn"• s The lateness of the hour and the heat not all 4 i; the sport to take place, their Majesties, af te. o short collation, took a ride on horseback forest, and returned to the palace a little b e nine o'clock. Prince Napoleon, on the 17th, after 133 visited the new museum of Dresden, att 4l l Divine service at the Roman Catholic JO, On his return to his apartments, his Imperial ness received the whole of the diplomatic body' afterwards dined with Baron de Forth Rou'l l i t, the French legation. At seven o'clock the 1- 9, went to Pillnitz to take leave of their IVlatl' and passed the evening with the Royal family' the morning of the 18th, after again visitie6 ferent collections of art, the Prince left by • press train for Bautzen, to which place horse, s : been previously sent from the Royal stab le .o o order that his Imperial Highness might TO remarkable points of that field of battle. 0 Prince was to return to Dresden in the ev e and to leave the next morning. BRUSSELS. Prince Alfred of England, second son of mild Victoria, aged 13, arrived from Cologne at 1 3r , 0 ' the day before yesterday at half-past threa afternoon. The Duke de Brabant and the p; de Flandre, in plain clothes, with some oft' t their suite, went to the station to meet ht t T. W. Waller, English Secretary of Legati e t li acting as Chargé-d'Affaires in the absence 0 '0) Howard de Walden, was likewise at the ° te ll. The Princes embraced each other affectioll e 4 military band striking up " God save the , The Princes proceeded at once to the Pa ls ,6u, in the evening there was a grand dinner ev, i in honour of the young visitor. Afteriv3,.,,r"co King and the Royal family returned to ) ',, r ) Prince Alfred remaining at the Palace at f 3c i e o l The next morning the Prince went to La ub pay a visit to his Majesty. THE PRINCIPALITIES. ' 5‘ 4 5 1 ' A. letter from Odessa, in the Sizele, ~ " The question of the organisation of the ff i g' lities excites great interest here. A circ°,l l ) been communicated to the re s id en t Wall'S containing the principles of the constitutioili ho ill alter its adoption by the Di van s, will be to the approbation of the foreign commi s ` This circular contains the following : te o " Chap. I, Art. I. The sovereignty of the Pe r cognised in virtue of treaties contracted with o' oo l The government is independent both at b° abroad in virtue of laws and their guarante 3 g . . 0 0 The union of the Moldo-Wallacbian an hereditary prince chosen from a reigning I d' Europe. His successor must be brought up is pies of the Greco Oriental faith. Art. 4. The 'Toe vernment will be representative ; the person 0 1 0 0 of the State is sacred. Ministers alone are reef F o Art. 5. Abrogation of all intervention of foreig n in the affairs of the principalities. Art. 6. All f° are subjected to the laws of the country. 1 4 - 1 ; bed, property and revenues reserved for f ore i g n uhulf, , ' he administered by the principalities.—CbsP , bj 1. Wallacbians of all ranks and positions are g" e' to the same laws, and co n tribute equally to tr o : diture of the State. Art. 2. All Wallaclo 3 to aspire to places in the administration according e Sr capacity. Art. 3. Liberty is given to all 0 0 , and publish their opinions, provided the 161 i of spected. Art. 4. The liberty and independen , payers are guaranteed." All these articles are founded on treaties, t l/6 of which are joined to the circular. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in tb© of Brussels, says CC tti t ge• The two young archduchesses are no pidly well. The Princess Giselle, who vie 4 te taken ill, is in full convalescence, and the 1 0 , ff t d elder sister is satisfactory. The Court is livi l3 Tpt tired at the Palace of Pestb, and almost all the 0 6 have already quitted that capital. The P terday the Emperor received two Envoys froP4 Alexander Carageorgevitch of Servia, and the)/ Belgrade, sent by the Sultan to congratulate b 1 14,1 on his arrival. These personages afterwards n i t the I atp-3ror. Their Majesties will remain I/ 0 until toe 22d, and proceed on their tour. Tbf ? „,f f i i is expected at Vienna to be present at the cen""s 4 of the military Order of Maria Tneresa. The i. d a rd is said to be well satisfied with the results of t',:j f i tural exhibition which ha s j us t c l ose d, an d 115 5 " t to the Prince de Liechtenstein, the preside°6 Agricultural Society, a very flattering autogO,o j containing the expression of his satisfaction tool ligent efforts to render the exhibition so geneloe, , as possible. Tho numerous foreigners who o V, attracted to this capital by the exhibition ar e t ir°, leave. Prince Charles of Prussia, who passe" here, has left for Berlin. On the eve of his deP dined at the Russian embassy." A , (1 1 f V' wen _ secon. Letter Atom Union, says :—" It appears positive 0 1 Emperor will not confine his measures opPli mency in favour of Hungarians to the 0 4y granted to political prisoners and reft ls l .oV will also restore them their landed pro,,,P e fiscated after the revolution, and act' ) since that period by a special comniissit 0, 1 1 1 stated that tables are being drawn up iii ce tries of the interior, finance, and jtist ! "pg property situated in Hungary and other „ 1 13 0 ?) the . . empire belonging to persons concl.el's9 political offences. According to statisues 5e4; of faith, the value of the landed proP ert l i eg t il l tra . te . d in Hungary amounted in 1850 to ~- 0 9 million francs. Since that time the wal u- it t e, has increased. One family, that of the O, Colonel de Kiss, who was shot after t -h ei tU of the Austro Russians, alone had Pr°13,05. fiscated to the extent of 10 millions of fr s o ° l' sister of Colonel Kiss, who, ptevionslY ,- volution, occupied a high position at titre, Vi▪ enna, is now in the United States, compelled to obtain a living by givii 3 g,:•/ ii F, suns." Another letter from Vienna 63 '. 7- e ;r . ilei portant sums have been granted this Y o 1) 0 1 navy budget, and Austria will soon Pes se cOY There are at present in course of ecu strtl 4 o o l Venice, Trieste, and Pula, eleven sere tape of various sizes. The government b a !, e 4 „,j its employ the former commander of 141 VicY fleet organised in 1849 at Bremoihav eil l mir• al Browning, who has been placed of the Admiralty-offices in Milan. f t ' r ote that a Ministry of Marine will soon be G,". 4 SWEDEN. The accounts from Stockholm confirra 11.10 that the Kin of Sweden has recove red fr° 00r, illness. He now presides at the c°lefo ministries, as he was accustomed to cl° " was talien ill. t or - A letter from Stockholm state s that th e y et the Bourgeois and the Peasan ts of tlie. a decided that the four o rders shall wit' . flit" a th ss e embly for the discussion of the budged„, te lf; r four orders have always voted er,.-tlJe'li recent law allows them to assembl e the that nhat of certain laws, and to this toffs time t the regulation is about be 0 ,0 1. 4 execution. The vote, howev er, will $ till "' separately. lo•