The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. IL DON GIOVANNI. Madame Alboni.—First App earance o Signor Belart. J THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, J U NE 23, LA SONNAM.BULA. Amina, Madame Alboni ; Elvin°, Sig. Belart ; Count Rodolpho, Sig. Corsi. After which, will be produced an entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled LES ROSES. Principal dancers--Madlle. Boschetti (her 2d appearance this season), Mesdlles. Salvionl, Morlacchi, Karliski, Pas quail, and Signor Baratti. For particulars, see bills. limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box - office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. ?rice One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. IL DON GIOVANNI. Plecolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Belletti, Beneventano, Corsi, Vialetti, and GingHill. The following arrangements have been settled : THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, 23d., LA SONNAMBULA, First appearance of Signor Belart. To-morrow, Wednesday, 24th inst., Benedict's GRAND CONCERT. Thursday, 25th, Extra Night, DON GIOVANNI. Saturday. 27th, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. MONDAY MORNING, 29th, to commence at one and end at five o'clock, DON GIOVANNI, Divertissement, and Last Act of L SONNAMBULA. Tuesday, 30th, IL TROVATORE. On each occasion a Ballet Divertissement, supported by the principal Artistes of the establishment. LA TRAVIATA will shortly be repeated. Prices for the morning performance as follows : Boxes—Pit and Ono Pair £4 4 0 1 Pit £0 8 6 • Grand Tier 55 0 I Pit Stalls ll 0 • Second Pair 33 0 1 Gallery Stalls. 05 0 ~ Half Circle ..... 111 6 Gallery 0 3 0 To be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. 1113- ENEDICT'S GRAND MORNING CONCER T, at her Majesty's Theatre, on WEDNESDAY, June 24.—Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolaui, Alboni, Giuglini, Berralt, Beneventano, Corsi, Belletti, &c.; Miss Arabella Goddard, Messrs. Lindsay Sloper, Benedict, Bazzini, Piatti, Pezze, and Bettesini will all perform. A selection from Glnck's " Orfeo," the part of Orfeo by Mme. Alboni. The grand finale to " Don Giovanni," with all its scenic effects; and Madlle. Piccolomini in Balfe's popular Ballad, " I dream'd that I dwelt in marble halls." Boxes (to hold four persons), 2,3, and 4 guineas ; pit stalls, it. Is. ; pit, 7s. ; gallery stalls, ss. ; gallery, 2s. 6d. ; to be had at the principal mnsicsellers and libraries ; of Mr. Benedict, 2, Manchester-square ; and at the Box-office at the Theatre. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. Last Week but One of the Season. Notwithstanding the great success which has attended the performances of Les Bouffes Parisiens, Mr. MITCHELL begs to announce that, owing to engagements entered into by M. Offenbach with Lyons and other large towns of France, and being compelled to re-open the Theatre des Bouffes, in the Champs Elysees, Paris, the present engagement in London must unavoidably terminate at the end of next week. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), June 23, the entertain. rents will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of (for the 2cl time) L'ORGUE DE BAR BARIE. M. Caillat, M. Leonee, M. Cnarlea Petit, Madile. Mareschal. • After which, Operette-Bouffe, in un acto, LES PANTINS DE VIOLETTE : M. Pradeau, Mdlles, Mareschal and Dal mont, and M. Antognini. To conclude with Buffonnerie Musicale, en un Act, 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. Boxes stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T HEATRE -ROYA 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. 6c1., 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 Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delava n ti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen ming§ ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mona. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann ' Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks paxia.n Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, 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 GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Bnckstone, ke. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DI ANA! After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATALANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen'Ternan. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may bo retained the whole of tho evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Segond price. s, d. Dress Boxes 5 17/Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ....,... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Tipper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIi Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS.EVENING, will be performed IRELAND AS IT IS ; or, The Middleman. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, OUR GAL. Mrs. B. William. To conclude with BARNEY THE BARON. Mr. Barney Williams. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. John Douglass.—lmmense Success. THIS EVENING, Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in his entirely New Magical Drama, A NIGHT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery. Produced on a scale of grandeur far surpassing anything that has yet been attempted on the stage. The magnificent Paraphernalia of the most elaborate description Between the parts of the entertainment Mr. J. G. Fordo will give his Original Monologue, descriptive of LOVE AND LAW.—No advance in prices. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE 17L. AND OPERA. HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Last Week of the Engagement of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY, June 23), and 25th, and 27th, Wallace's admired opera of MARITANA, with Equestrian Illustrations. TO•MORROW EVENING, WEDNESDAY, June 24, and 26th, Bellini's charming opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhouse Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Ellen Thirlwall. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company —Mr. Augustus Braham. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's incomparable SCENES in the ARENA. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booki ng; Pit, 2s. ; dallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice—During the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage IV:a/lager, Mr. W. We: t. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke,, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING,—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Felections from all the popular Operas, Madr; gals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, (ire., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, nrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, B. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corgi, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corgi; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Maekney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock •preeisely. Suppers, dm, until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THUS DAT—Morn. 29 min. r.ft. 2 —Even. 55 min. aft. 2 To•Moznow—Mom. 40 min.. aft. 12—Even., 9 min. aft. I TUE WEATTIER--Sum OFFICE, JUNE 23. THERMOYSTER, IN Ti SHADE. 60-14-weat thin m orni hest Blase noon esterday. y Ind during tlae night. 74 " 414 dal UOOD. BANAMTEB, 30.27. WIND ' " 4.8 * light, with fine summer weather. ~1) § ttil , LONDON ' :TUESDAY, (TUNE 23, 1857. Sir CHARLES BARRY wad again hauled over the coals, last evening, i n the Lower rion3 " - of Par liament. Aa usual to no practical good p urpose whatever in the way of diminishing the old ex travagant expenditure complained of, loudl y ._ but still persisted in, pertinaciously ! It is th e old, lamentable, muddling, intolerable story all over again : -- -Parliament grumbling and paying, and Sir CHARLES BARRY all the while (down to the very end of the chapter) entirely unsatisfled. The only possible solution to this bewildering problem, the only credible explanation of this otherwise inscrutable mystery, the only conceivable Clue through this most involved and intricate of labyrinths must, we take it, be the very one hit upon last night by Mr. MALINS, when ho said that "this story, in fact, like every other he had ever heard of, has two sides to it 1" Beyond all doubt, that is the only imaginable loophole of escape left to us out of all this whirl of " confu sion worse confounded." And, as affording direct corroboration of its easily-conceivable accuracy, we find floating, as it were, upon the very surface of the squabble the following particulars : Parliament is indignant with Sir CHARLES BARRY because he has already received 54,7531. — whereas not more than 25,0001., at the very utmost, had been originally fixed upon as the amount of his remuneration. Sir CHAS. BARRY, on the other hand, is indignant in his turn be cause, while other architects (as a rule) are paid at the one average rate of 5 per cent. upon the outlay—HE, the architect, not of an individual, but of the Imperial Legislature itself, is remune rated with a beggarly 3 per cent, instead—con trary, as we have said, to the customary scale in his profession. Yes—there are, without doubt, two sides to this story as to all other stories. Mr. MALINS was in the right. The Honourable Gentleman has, we repeat, hit it. This, after all, is the only explanation. It is nothing more than a new illustration of a very old comedy—All in the Wrong. Parliament and Sir CHARLES BARRY are both enormously to blame—and yet, at the same time, shamefully illtreated. The architect (for the most part) has received only a paltry 3 per cent, upon the outlay—amounting, it is true, already to the respectable aggregate of considerably more than 50,0001. sterling. And the Treasury at the same time has had to bleed (to " drop its blood for drachmas ") to the extent of—well, the sums really are not very easily calculable ! At any rate, with a view to give some faint idea of these enormous disbursements, let us say that one simple estimate, under 300,0001., was originally voted by the House of Commons for this purpose some years back—when it was first proposed to erect the new Legislative Palace at Westminster. Truly " one simple estimate" under 300,0001. ! For in lieu of that sufficing as a maximum— a minimum of 2,000,0001. has already been exceeded ! Then —as we have said nearly 300,0001. was voted as the necessary sum for the construction of the new Houses, or, rather, Palaces of Parliament. In 1854 there was ano ther estimate of 284,0001., just to finish with according to the assurance then given to Parlia ment by the late lamented Sir W. MOLESWORTH. Nevertheless, in 1855 there was also voted and spent (beyond that 284,0001.) a huge total of 1,700,0001. And now, in 1857, Ministers have taken another vote of 162,0001. addi tional ! And even this won't be the last by any means—we may be sure of it. It would be the extreme of the most ridiculous credulity to imagine it. At any rate there are two or three reflections that come in to our aid— in the midst of all this lavish expenditure—by way of consolation. It is consolatory to remember, for example, that while we are (no doubt of it) paying for the luxury beyond all anticipation— we are building up for the admiration of future times one of th© noblest monuments this age Aill leave of its splendour, of its wealth, and of its munificence. It is immediately consolatory also for ourselves—forgetting posterity, that is to say, and thinking only of ourselves, of this present generation—it is immediately consolatory to remember that we have an able and conscientious administrator at the head of our public works department —a man who is resolutely bent upon steering a medium course between the extremes of parsimony and extravagance. It is not yet quite two years since Sir BENJAMIN HALL first occupied his present delicate and responsible position—the right hon. baronet having been appointed to the office on the 24th of July, 1855—and already he has extorted a panegyric from the honourable Member for Lambeth (the recognised successor of Mr. JOSEPI HUME, as the Economical Auditor- General of the Public Accounts), " Wiscount Wimems," as Punch calls him—W. W. the Incorruptible ! Quoth Mr. WILLIAMS, last even ing in the House of Commons, " The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir B. HALL) is, in fact, the first Com missioner of Works who has offered any decided check to Sir CHARLES BARRY." Surely that is saying a great deal—that is giving us some con solation, some immediate and substantial consola tion ! Sir BENJAMIN is our " check" upon Sir CHARLES BARRY. But while we say this do not let us forget, in extenuation, or, rather, in expla nation, of the conduct of the last-mentioned— the Great Architectural Delinquent and Adorner of the Age—that he (Sir CHARLES BARRY) has had to work onwards, as best he could, through all the grand conglom merated obstructions of our system of circumspec tion ! He has had to act under all sorts of con flicting Committees, and Boards, and Commissions! Under a Committee of Taste, and a Committee of the Fine Aits !—a Committee of Inquiry and a Committee of Supervision !—a Kitchen Com mittee, and a Committee of we don't know what other department ! Consulting now with the Treasury, and now with the Board of Works, and now again with the Treasury —and so on almost interminably. So that if we will have our Go vernment conducted upon the principle of circum locution—very well, in that case, we Must con sent to pay the penalty ! The first fruits of the labours of the Statute Law Commissioners, were last night laid before the House of Peers in the shape of Eight bills, conso lidating the laws with respect to larceny (including burglary), malicious injuries to property, forgery, offences relating to the coinage, the game laws, libel, and the laws relating to tho accessories to offences. They are not, it appears, merely conso lidations, inasmuch as the amendments suggested by the Criminal Law Commissioners have been embodied in the different bills, as if they had already received the Legislative sanction. This is in accordance with a very judicious resolution of the Upper House in 1854. It is to be regretted, however, that the bills only relate to the Statute Law, leaving untouched the Common or unwritten Law. The great object of o bt a i n i ng the whole law in relation to a particular subject in a si ng l e statute, so clear and intelligible that any person may know what ho is required to do-- and what he must leave undone, with the nature and extent of the penalties to which ho will be liable, in the event of a wrongful act either of omission or commission, will not bo completely attained. It will, however, be a decided step in ad vance, a movement in the right direction, from which we may anticipate further improvements that will eventually place the criminal laws of England in as satisfactory a position as that to Which those of France were elevated by the Code Napole on . A t present the English lawyer is compell e d to examine some 50 volumes, of gigan tic di mensions have been repealed,— a large prop or ti on o f which others may be regarded as obsolete, while in many instances there are con flicting enactments. All those matters must be c onsidered, and, if possibl e , reconciled. " The glorious uncertainty of the law" is thus produced, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY_ EVENING, JUNE_ 23, 1857, and it is clearly impossible for any man who does not devote his life to the study, to understand the duties imposed on him as a good and faithful subject. And yet by one of those legal fictions, still tolerated, even the most illiterate person is supposed to be thoroughly informed on every point, to have the laws of England at his fingers end, available for his information at any moment. We are told that, in all, 65 statutes have al ready been prepared, of which those which have just received the first reading may be regarded as fair specimens, and that nine others are now in the hands of the commissioners. This is certainly doing a great deal, and affords a reasonable hope, that, with equal industry, the work may are lon g be finished. , We want, however, codification., as well as consolidation, and, to our judgment, it seems as if the operations could proceed simulta neously and with little additional labour. The people should be able to know what they were bound to obey, and it is notorious that the whole duties of good citizens are by no means contained in all the statutes, voluminous and elaborate though they may be. The Statute Law gives the mere skeleton, which has no vitality until that which has been handed down from time immemo rial, and been affirmed by the judicial wisdom of all ages has been fully and fairly incorporated therewith. It can scarcely be anticipated that even the present limited number of bills can receive the legislative sanction during the present session. The Judges will depart on Circuit within a few weeks, and their advice and opinions may be of paramount importance, besides; there should be ample time for mature and attentive conside ration, which cannot be bestowed, during the busy portions of the year, but which may be given during the recess. We should therefore rejoice if all of the 65 bills now in readiness were introduced and laid before the country, while the work of active legislation may be properly postponed until the commencement of next session. It would be well also, if care were taken that new bills should be so framed as to occasion but little trouble in the way of consolidation. Criminal procedure has, it appears, been post poned, until a decision can be arrived at respect ing the address of . the last House of Commons, for the appointment of a Minister and Department of Justice. The appointment of Crown prosecu tors, properly selected, will be indispensable to the administration of the Criminal Law, now about to be consolidated, and, we earnestly hope, codified. At a late hour last night, or rather an early one this morning, Mr. LowE carried a resolution through a Committee of the whole House, whereon to found a bill for the regulation of Joint Stock Banks, or rather to extend to these establishments the benefit of the Act of last year. Jt is intended to remove the existing difficulties in the way of the formation of such companies, to ensure a pro per register, which will at once show the contri butories, in the event of any winding-up, and to stop actions against individual shareholders whenever the winding-up process has been insti tuted. So far so good. There is nothing more important to the trade and commerce of the coun try than the possession of banking facilities. Without these indispensable adjuncts Joint-stock Banks can not be properly conducted, and yet under the exist ing laws they are discouraged in every possible way. Almost insuperable obstacles are interposed in the way of the formation of a new company, and when these have at length been overcome, after enor mous trouble and expense, a mere license to trade is all that is granted. They cannot issue a single Rote, however ample the securities they might be prepared to offer. The law is, in fact, almost prohibitionary; and, notwithstanding the inviting and ample field for competition, the restrictions and liabilities are such that few capitalists will be prepared to embark in banking speculations. One of the most mischievous provisions is that which renders a man liable, both in person and property, and in the latter both to the last shilling and the last acre, and that although he may be the holder of but a few shares, and did not in any degree participate in the management. We regret to say that this evil is to be perpetuated. The well-known views of Mr. LOWE have been appa rently overruled,' . and that, although the experience of the British Bank would show that the unlimited ',lability was equally injurious both to the creditors and shareholders. Mr. WYLD, whose efforts in fa vour of the creditors of that unfortunate concern have been of the most efficient and energetic character, pointed out the inevitable consequences. Those who would gladly pay a reasonable and definite sum, when they found they were to be stripped of their all and reduced to beggary entered into arrangements to dispose of their properties and go into perpetual exile. It is indeed difficult t o understand how any wealthy capitalist will face unlimited liability ; and there is no reason to doubt that the same principle that prevails in other cases should be made applicable to the sh are holders in Joint-Stock Banks. This defect in the measure may, however, be amended in committee, and then the Bill will prove of real value to the community. The unfortunate and innocent shareholder has also been placed within many fires. He has been proceeded against, simultaneously, in Chancery and Bankruptcy ; and, as if the con current jurisdictions of these tribunals was not sufficient, he might have his goods seized in execution, by any creditor. Nay, more, the same process might be multiplied a hundred fold, so that the original debts, due to the sharp prac titioners, would be far more than quadrupled. This will henceforward be ameliorated ; but until the principle of limited liability is introduced, and the privilege conferred of issuing (on unquestionable security) notes of convenient denominations, banking will not be placed on a sound or satisfactory foundation, bene ficial alike to the shareholders and the com munity at large. As we ha- a a l ready stated, the measure is good, so far as i t goee, but a conside rable addition must - - be made before it will be ex tensively acted . on, or the existing void properly filled. -.er Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Thursday next, the 25th inst., at Buckingham Palace. Tull FROZEN DEEP.—Her Majesty has commanded a private representation of Mr. Wilkie Collins's drama of "The Frozen Deep." It will be given on Saturday week at the Gallery of Illustration, the characters being sustained by the original corps of amateur ladies and gentlemen who played in it at Tavistock Melee. ADELPIII TBEATRE.--Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams last eight returned to this theatre for a limited engage ment. No novelties were produced on the occasion. DISTRIBUTION OP Tu ORDER OF VALOUR. —Notice has been i ssued that persona applying for tickets of ad. mission to th e reserved seats, to witness the ceremoty of the distrib ut i on e the Ord er o f V alonr, should send in their applica3ions to the geartermaster-General, VALOUR. —Notice Horse Guards, o n or before Wednesday morning. Ailey d ress b all, under the immediate pa- THE GRANn CALEDO NIAN FANCY DRESS BALL,— Tr h on e a a g n e n o u f a b l . f e i r Majesty and members of the Royal family, for the benefit of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and the Royal Scottish Hospital, wa s g i ven at Wißooms, King-e'ereet, St. James's, and although it could not be said to be the folle6t, it was one or the best balls we have witnessed during the last three years. The specie from America yesterday includes 50,000/. Mexican dollars. Of the sold 50,000/. will be sent to the Bank of France, and 40,0001. has already been pur chased to an to the continent for silver. A consider able por tion of the remainder will, perhaps, be taken to he Bank, LATEST NEWS. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. SUCCESS OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. CAVAIGNAC, CARNOT, AND GOUDCHAUX RETURNED FOR PARIS. The following estimates of the results of the Paris elections hove been made up in haste, and may probably be modified by the official &dark, tion orthe ballot : FIRST CIRCEMSCRIPTION. Delalain 10,070 Laboulayo 4,676 Reynaud 1,682 Majority for the Government candid tte 5,394 SECOND CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Devinck Bethmont 9,070 Majority for the Government candidate 1,402 THIRD CIRCUMSCRIPTION. General Cavaignac .. . 10,315 Thibaut ... 10,108 Majority for the Republican candidate 237 FOURTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Varin E. 011ivier Gamier Pages ... Majority for the Government candidate 2,891 FIFTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Carnot 12,031 Monin-Japay 8,426 Majority for the Republican candidate 3,608 SIXTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Goudchaux 13,042 Ferret 10,464 Majority for the Republican candidate 2,578 SEVENTH CIRCIIMSCRIPTiON. Lan queti n Darimon 6, 826 Bastille Majority for the Government candidate 3,783 EIGHTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Lepelletier 13,820 Vavin 9,033 Jules Simon 2,268 Majority for the Government candidate 3,787 NINTH CIRCUMSCRIPTION. Konigswater F. Lasteyrie Majority for the Government candidate 4,541 TENTH CIROIDISCRIPTION. Dr. Veron 15,417 Eugene PeHaan Majority for the Government candidate 8,197 In the first, the fourth, and the seventh circum scriptions the elections will commence again on Sunday, there not being an absolute majority for one candidate over both the others put together. The third circumscription, which has elected General Cavaignac, consists of the quarter of the Palais Royal and that of the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, with the faubourgs Montmarte and St. Denis. The fifth circumscription,' for which M. Carnot is returned, comprises the quarters of the Porte St. Martin, the Temple, St. Martin des Champs, and a portion of Belleville. MARSEILLES, JUNE 22. The steamship Blidah has been wrecked at the mouths of the Ebro. The passengers were saved. News from Egypt, due on the 13th instant, has been received. The harvest is abundant. In Persia, the Minister of the Shah has caused the Affghan Prince of Herat, who had been taken prisoner, to be decapitated ; he also wished to exe cute the brother-in-law of the Shah, who was ac cused of holding a correspondence with the English Minister during the war ; but the French ambassa dor succeeded in obtaining a commutatim of the sentence, by pointing out that these condemnations were a violation of the stipulations of the treaty. THE PENINSULAR MAILS (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Peninsular anl Oriental Company's steamer Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, has arr i ve d w ith Peninsular and dates from Gibralt ar , J une 6 ; cdl m ails, Lisbon, 19 ; Vigo, 20. 1a She brings 61 passengers, specie value 2,4651., and cargo of oranges ; eggs, lemons, potatoes, &c. Gibraltar Exchanges, on the 13th, were quoted London, 50i ; Paris, 5 37 ; Marseilles, 5 38 ; Madrid, 1 dis. Off Cape Roca, oa the lt9h, she passed the steamer Vasco de Gana, for Lisbon. j; The Peninsular anl Oriental steamer Sultan left Vigo, for Lisbon, on the 20th. Off the Start, on tie 22d, the Alhambra passed the brig Vesta, the Pltrician, and the ship William Pierre, of North Shields, with loss of figure head and part of cutwater, wishing to be reported. The American barque Nevada, with the first of the 100 guns from ;he American people for the fortress of A-lessandzia, i n S ar di n i a , arr i ve d at Gibraltar ou the 12th, and left on the 16th for Genoa. Tho screw steamer Hydaspes left Lisbon for Brazil at daybreak on the 11th, The Royal Mail steamer Avon arriv©d at Lisbon, and left for Brazil, on tho 14th. Exchanges at Lisbon, for three months on Lon• den, 53 ; Paris, 5 34; Genoa, 532 ; Hamburg, 47 ; Amsterdam, 411. Stock continued at the same prices as by the previous mail, but with a slight tendency to prove, The loisbon House of Deputies had agreed to place 22,0001. at the disposal of the King for his marriage expeuseo, and to settle GO (onto (about 13,500/.)upon the Queen per year, The debate on the Bndget wits expected to be closed on the 20th. The Cortes were to be pro rogued till the 30th Juno, COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—SOUTHAMPTON, Mon day. ---The European and American Company's steamer Queen of the South has arrived from Bremen, on her Way to New York. She ran down the brig Atalanta, of Southampton, in the Channel last night. The Atalanta sunk. All hands on board of her were saved, with the exception of one boy, who was drowned. The Queen of the South sustained no damage. VISIT OP THE ARCHDUKE FIIRDINAND MAXIMILIAN TO PORTSIMTIL—Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, his Imperial Highness the Archduke Maximilian arrived at the Royal Clarence-yard, and was received by the usual authorities, naval, military, and civil. His Imperial Highness witnessed shell, shot, and congrevo rocket practise from the Excellent, against targets placed at various ranges. The divisional and broadside practice gave the highest satisfaction. The rockets were not well laid nor their range accurately adjusted. His Imperial Highness, having inspected the dockyards, returned to town by special train. CRICKET.—tHE UNITED ALL VNCLAND V. SIXTEEN OF Tig UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—Tbis match was commenced at Lord's yesterday, and the fallowing will !die* tht result of the first day's play :—Cambridge, first innings, 128 ; United, first innings (four wickets stand ing), 70. SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, William Bushell aged 50, a mariner, who resided at Leman-street, Goodraan's-fields,Whitechapel, swallowed arsenic with i n t en t to commit suicide, and expired a short time after his admission to the London hospital. INFANTICIDE AT CAMDEN TOWN.—Yesterday the in quest on the body of the child who was found dead on the towing-path of the :Regent's Canal wa,i brought to a close. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Mary Madden, the mother of the child, who has absconded. LITERATURE. The Tao Aristocracies. A Novel. By Mrs. Gore. 3 vcls. Hurst and Blackest. In this work Mrs. Gore has displayed her usu , ' knowledge of the world, but in this instal— ...at al - so ''; tI2O es; very wide scope is presented for the • manyith _ : stration of her - .40t only to the spark powers. We are introduced . ling sketches of high w hich her former the otherse noersm tikl. of 3aYtaufa,cturer, Mark B writings abound, }- world. The chief object of in arneson, whose t tl: r e es w t o i r s k carecr is traced, from his first entry as a junior clerk, to his subsequent reception as a partner in the firm of Lambert, then one of the moat im portant in the country. The principal point in this work is the description of the war that arose be tween the rival classes —the pride of wealth against the pride of birth. This peculiar feeling is very ably traced in its many ramifications. Mark Barneson himself was an honest, upright man, one not inclined to bear malice or hatred, and not dis posed to let his interests clash or interfere with those of others separated from him in the social scale. However, circumstances, to which all must succumb, forced this man of the people into the circles of hav,t ton. Although alien to his nature was the contact, he maintained his native dignity of deportment, and, by disclaiming, rather than seek ing, advances, he left no room for the most censo rious to call him upstart or officious. He did rot escape unharmed from the conflict notwithstand ing, for what he shunned for himself had become necessary for his daughter. In the intercourse with their wealthy neighbours they had met the Mar quis of Ullesmere. One of his younger sons, Lord Bernard Vere, and Barbara, the only daughter of Mark Barneson, had formed an attachment to each other. Atfirst, by the mutual consent of the elders of the circle the idea of a union between such opposite interests was negatived, but as time passed on, and Mr. Barneson discovered that in spite of change of scene his beloved Barbara drooped and pined, a change took place. In a spirit of princely magnificence he formed his plans, resolved that his daughter should enter the family of the Veres, gifted with a dowry that would eclipse in splendour the marriage portions of the noblest houses of the land. For a time all went well. The Marquis of Ullesmere was delighted, and although depressed by the line of demarcation that would henceforth be drawn be tween himself and his child, Mark rejoiced to see light again sparkle in her eyes, and hope reanimate her drooping spirits. The plan was not fated to be happily realised; various untoward events occurred which, at first trifling, gradually assumed a form of greater consequence, and presented an aspect of the darkest dye. It was thus rendered impossible to the worthy manufacturer to pay down to the trus tees the sum agreed upon at the time of Barbara's marriage. The junior partner of the firm of Lam bert was a man of a most evil nature. Partly from being Of an unsuspicious characterhimself, and partly from being sometimes bewildered by family affairs, Mark Barneson had permitted too much latitude to this man. Ferrier, as he was called, was the last being in whom such a trust should have been reposed. He speculated with the money he ab stracted during the absence of the master, which was discovered only when heavy losses of another sort obliged au im me di a t e an d unexpected super vision.. Fortunately, by the assistance of friends he had made during his long and upright career, the establishment of Barneson was saved from ruin; but great were the difficulties he had to undergo. Although relating to the details of trade, the strug gles he underwent, and the various attendant inci• dents, are possessed of great interest, and may not be deemed unworthy of attention iu the pages of a novel, which are usually dedicated to the history of a romantic existence overshadowed with senti mental sufferings. The character of Rhoda, Lady Arden, is very well pourtrayed. She was the eldest daughter of Matthew Lambert, the original proprietor of the firm. It was by her ambitious marriage that the intercourse with the higher classes was begun which subsequently led the unfor tunate Mark into so many difficulties. Her life was a most unhappy one, chiefly through her own faults, and her constant struggles with pride and passion, her fear of her husband's discovery of the dark secret connected with her family, and her rage at learning that she had a rival in his attentions, are all traced with a skill and energy that arrest attention. A striking contrast was her sister, "poor pretty little Lattice," who was the wife of Mark Barneson, and whose early death rendered him doubly devoted to their daughter. " The Two Aristocracies" may be expected to rival in favour the former productions of this popular authoress, there being many materials to work from, and great skill employed in the labour. The Professor. By Currer Bell, author of "Jane Eyre," &c. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. A new work by a writer of remarkable powers and singular succev, must always excite in the minds of its readers an unusual amount of interest and expectation. In the present instance the inte rest is increased by the mournful circumstances attending its publication. Though the first work that was really intended for the public, it is the last that they will ever receive from the Land of its gifted authoress. This combination places it in a manner beyond the pale of censorious criticism. It would be unfair to expect from her earliest produc tion of any importance, the same finished styl e or developed p owers that meet us in " Shirley" or " Villette ;" and while thus claiming the indul gence due to a first work it would be impossible to criticise with severity, or censure with harshness the latest publication of a genius so original and vigorous, of an author tried by so many disappoint ments and shackled by so many cares. It will be remembered by those who have read the interest ing memoir of its lamented author, recently given to the public by Mrs. Gaskell, that the three sisters having each prepared a tale for publication, tried to obtain a publisher. After many delays the two youngest were successful, and " Wuthering Heights" and "Agnes Grey" were accepted by a publishing firm ; but " The Professor" was not so fortunate. It went a weary round of unsuccessful applications, and the author was at length forced to lay it aside unpublished. In her preface she attributes these failures to the unro mantic structure of the narrative. "I said to myself that my hero should work his way through life as I had seas r:al living men work theirs —that he should never get a shillinc, he had not earned —that no sudden tu rns s h ou ld lift him in a moment to wealth and high staticn ; that whatever small compe tency he might gain, should be won by the sweat of his brow ; that before he could find so much as an arbour to sit down in, he should mas t er at l east h a lf the ascent of "the Hill of Difficulty;" that he should not even marry a beautiful girl or a lady of rank. As Adam's son he should share Adam's doom, and drain through. out life a mixed and moderate cup of enjoyment. "In the sequel, however, I found that publishers in general scarcely app rove d of system, but would have liked something more imaginative and poetical—some thing more consonant with high wrought fancy, with a taste for pathos, with sentiments more tender, elevated, unworldly. Indeed until an author has tried to dispose of a manuscript of this kind, he can never know what stores of romance and sensibility lie bidden in breasts he would not have suspected of easketing such treasures. Men in business are usually thought to prefer the real ; on trial the idea will often be found fallacious ; a pas sionate preference for the wild, wonderful, and thrilling —the strange, startling, and harrowing—agitates divers souls that show a calm and sober surface." We are informed in a note by Mr. Nicholls that this preface was written by Currer Bell, with a view to the publication of the work shortly after the appearance of Shirley ; but that, being dis suaded from her intention, she made some use of the materials in Villette. As the two stories are, in most respects, unlike, it has been represented to him that " The Professor" should not be withheld from the public. As its name implies, and as the reader may divine, it narrates the fortunes of an English teacher in a Belgian school. The story, which is told in the form of an autobiography, opens by in troducing us to its hero in the capacity of clerk, in the counting-house of his elder brother. His mother, a member of an aristocratic family, had mar ried a man engaged in trade, to the disgust and anger of all her relatives. Both died young, leaving two I sons. Edward, the eldest, followes his father's profession and amasses a fortune. William. Creems worth, the hero, is educated by his uncles, who offer him a profession which he rejects, and angry words ensue. Irritated by their contemptu ous allusions to his father, he declares he too would be a tradesman, and joining his brother accepts a place in bis counting-house. There he meets with tyranny, insult, and neglect, although performing his duties with industry and credit. By the inter vention of a Mr. Hunsdon, a wealthy merchant, he leaves his brother and goes to Brussels to ob tain employment. He secures the post of English professor in a selgian boys' 'school, and subse quently in a young ladies' establishment. After various minor incidnts he falls in love with a sub: teacher, half-Swiss half-English, named Frances Henri. After some delays they are married, esta blish a school, realise a competence, and come f* England to spend their days in peace. Such is the plot of "The Professor," in which it will be seen the authoress has rigidly adhered to her determination of avoiding the romantic and extravagant. But her great power has always been shown in strik ing the spark of romance from the cold steel of daily life, in investing the plain and unattractive with all the interest of heroes and heroines, in rousing the co mmonplace from its mediocrity, and painting life not as it is to the many, but to sen sitive,: earnest, and, reserved spirits like her own. The Professor evidently partakes of her character ; he may not have been intended to do so, but in- , cidental touches, and occasional descriptions prove the similarity b Edward, the elder brother, is one • of those Unmitigated characters that the Bronte sisters loved to paint ;—without the slightest trace ( 2 1 !natigiti feeling, unrestrained by any social proprie ties, and alike devoid of heart and destitute of prin ciple. Mr. Hunsden, the manufacturer, is the most original character in the book, though scarcely the most successful. He is a compound of contradic tions ; he does William Creemsvvorth many services but adds to them such vulgar taunts, and officious comments on his personal affairs, that they can scarcely be regarded as benefits. He bears some resemblance to the Yorke family in Shirley, and perhaps was drawn from the same prototype, as those singular g beings. His name, Yorke Huns den, would seem to indicate an intentional simi larity. As for the foreigners pourtrayed, Miss Bronte had the right to be a good authority, and a correct portrait painter, having lived for se veral years, both as teach er an d pup il i n a Belgian school, but it can only charitably be hoped either that she was particularly unfortunate in her asso ciates, or that she has unconsciously drawn them a little darker than life, deepening their levity into vice, their lethargy into stupidity. There is a whole gallery of foreign portraits, and but two are not unfavourable. These exceptions are M. Tanderhuten ' a good-natur e d qu i et G erman, an d Mlle. Henri, before alluded to. The boys' school are stolid and stubborn, their master is dissipated and treacherous. The girls' school is even worse, and their mistress, though shrewd and clever, is not troubled with much principle. Mlle. Henri is a pleasing, yet spirited character. She is one of Caner Bell's most attractive heroines. The tale is told with clearness and vigour, its actors are de picted in a few strong touches, sometimes hard, sometimes bitter, rarely gentle or soft. The style, as the style of the author always has been, is earnest, powerful, and sincere. A strong truth telling spirit that spurns the subterfuges and deceit of conventionalisms and hypocrisy is evident in every page. But she has not learned to sheathe the iron hand in the velvet glove. Words and phrases occur; which a more cultivated taste would have rejected, and give a shade of coarseness to a page that has no need of such artificial strength. Recalling the incidents of its author's troubled existence, the reader will not marvel at the dark and gloomy thoughts and views of life so often traced in its pages. Doubtless the worst characters we meet with were drawn from thelife—not from the writer's visions. They showed her all that is good and noble and attractive, which otherwise she could scarcely have pourtrayed. Trouble and suffering have ended for her now ; the noise of the world's approbation no longer meets her ear ; it only remains for those she has so often thrilled and gratified to receive with con sideration and kindness the last offering of a genius so rare and powerful, fettered by every obstacle that natural temperament and individual circum stances could oppose to its progress. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day. LONDON, June 23.—Wind this day at noon, E.; ligh breeze, and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Juno 23.—Arrived—Alhambra (s.s, from Gibraltar, dre. PLYMOUTH, 'Juno 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ma riner, from Sierra Leone for Sheerness. FALMOUTH. June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dee Brant, from Scala Nova ; Agile, Macao. , On FALMOUTH, June 22.LArrived—San Fernando, from Cuba. SWANSEA, June 22.—Wind E. —Arrived—Jeune Henri, from Rochelle; Wm. Nicholson, Cuba; Nolant, Gibral , tar. Sliled—Dolphine, for Cape of Good Hope. FoNvEv, June 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Plover, from Singapore for Dordt. QUEENSTOWN, June 22.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Scott, from Callao ; Refuse Alexandria. CLYDE, June 22.—Arrived—St. Eire°, from Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, June 23.—Wind W.—Arrived —William Brougham, for Shure Leono. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 10 a.m, Wind calm, and fine. Arrived—Poulton, from Llanelly ; Fanny, Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning TV bad N.W. Arrived—Saxon, screw steamer, from Hamburg , Eugene, Ostend ; Fama Senna, Bordeaux. Off—Ann Martin, Anne Jane, Ann Bridson, Eliza Stewart Hudson. Saila—Confidence, for Messina ; Mai:e, Elsinore ; Orion, War Cloud, Calcutta ; Vanguard, New York. QUEENSTOWN, June 21. Wind S. Arrived—Ariadne, from Matanzas, Liverpool; Refage, from Alexandria. CROOKIIAVEN, June 20. Arrived—Lord William Bentiack, from Africa. DUBLIN, June 22. Arrived—Florence Nightingale, from Stettin. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Calm; tide one hour's flood ; fine. Airived, June 22—Leo, from Frederiza; Paris and London, steamer, Par's; Planet, steamer, Hamburg ; Ellen, Jamaica; Alliance, St. Vincent. _ Ariived, June 23—Furet, from Gravelines; Paris and London, steamer, Gravelines. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m. Wind N.E. ; light. Passed—Alfred the Great, from London, for Liverpod DOVER, Monday, June 22.—1 t is reported that' a large steamer, the Durham, of London, for Sierra Leone, went on shore at an early hour this morning (at about 1 a.m.), during the fog, near Dungeness. We are no'.; aware whether any serious damage has re sulted from the accident, but from the absence of in telligence respecting her it is probable that she has succeeded in getting off, and has proceeded on her voyage. CHILD MURDER IN HYDE-PARS.—SAGACITY OF A Do G. —Yesterday Mr. Bedford the coroner, received informa tion from the police of the murder of an infant, which had that morning been discovered in the Serpentine River by a large Newfoundland dog, which dragged the body, conhined in a bundle, to the bank of the river. THE TEA TRADE June 22.—The deliveries in Lon don, estimated for the week, were 681,323 W., being a decrease of 7,0091 b. compared with the previous state ment. The Lisbon letters of the 15th state that the House of Deputies had unanimously approved the bill presented by the Finance Committee for placing 100 contos (22,000/.) sterling at the disposal of the King of Portu gal, for the expense of his Majesty's marriage, and of settling a dowry of 60 contos (13,0001. sterling) per annum upon the new Queen—a very liberal sum for a country like Portugal. TILE Moons.—Throughout the winter grouse have been in fine condition—their plumage glossy, flight vigorous, and the well-known crowing of the cocks loud and clear. On all low moors the young broods are strong, counting from eight to ten in a covey. A. sports man, well known for great feats on the moors and in the deer-glens, writes from his shooting-quarters on the 4th Of June :—" Grouse are quite healthy, and stags are getting very forward in condition. I expect better herds this season than we have seen for the last three or four years."—lnverness Courier, I - The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard as application for the prolongation of patent (" Warlich's Patent Fuel"). Present—Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Dean of the Arches Court, Sir J. Patteson, Sir W. Maule, and Sir E. Ryan. HARBOUR OF REFUGE AT THE CAPS.-By advises received to-day from the Cape of Good Hope, it appears highly probable that the proposition to construct a Harbour of Refuge at Table Bay will be carried out. The intended works, which meet with the approval of the home Government, will cast 1,000,000/, which the colony appears desirous of repaying, by an .amended tariff of wharfage rates on goods landed or shipped in Table Bay, in preference to any duty which might tend to affect the trade of the port. _ _ A WARNING TO SIMPERS.—With reference to the fire which broke out on board a lighter in the St. Katha rine's Docks, by some bottles of nitric acid in one of the packages becoming broken, proceedings it is understood have been commenced against the shippers by the Cus tom-house authorities, the Dock Company, and other parties. A culpable and highly dangerous infringement of the Customs' regulations has been committed, which might have been attended with the most serious conse quences both to life and property. • BOXIANA.—The contest for the championship, which came off on Tuesday, between Professor Sayers and Tipton Slasher, Esq., has set me thinking about the na tionality of the pastime, and bow easily it might be proved that an Englishman was thoroughly a "boxer," independently of his pugilistic pretensions. When he is first spoken of as a little "chatterbox," or " saucebox," boxes of toys, and, of 'course, a Jack-in-the-box, furnish his amusements. In boyhood the summit of juvenile felicity is attained when he becomes sole proprietor of a " boxer" peg-top, obtained, perhaps, from the faces tious uncle, who speaks of his head as a "knowledge box." A musical-box delights his ear, and for bringing it down in his school-box, and making it play when ho ought to work, many a box does the same ear get in consequence. His first start from home is likely to have been made on the " box-seat "of a coach, by the side of a driver in a "box-coat," and using a box-handled whip, and to economise his pocket money ho has frequently contrived to "box Harry." If ho goes to sea, he must box the compass ; in the army, he will learn how much depends upon the cartridge-box," and in the medical profession upon the " pill-box ; " while his fame as a lawyer might often be traced direct to the " witness-box " and the jury -box," when the recognition of, his success is made by presenting him with a " box " of some kind or other. His prosperity puts him in possession of an " opera- box," a " hunting box," or a 4 6 shooting - box," in the vicinity of Bexhill, or Boxmoor, or• reached by rail through the Box Tunnel. The respectability of a neighbourhood depends upon the amount dispensed in " Christmas Boxes" (authorities Turncock and Postman), and the true people's holiday is "Boxing-night." The ballot-box is believed to be the panacea for all political grievances, and the band-box is generally the source of all domestic ones. Out of ,the " 'bacco-box" and the "snuff-box" man derives his consolation. The happiness or misery of each depends upon what he finds in his " letter-box;" and the troubles that perplex his life only cease when he is boxed up." Who, atter this, will doubt that all the World's a box, and all the men and women merely boxers? Certainly not The .2144 4014 Town., THE FOUNDFR OF THE -ANGLO-INDIO EMPIRE. On this very day one hundred years ago the magnificent Empi re o f B r i ta i n i n t h e East to founded by the genius and daring of a single 0 13 ' To that man, after this lapse of years, it is 11 proposed t o erec t a monument, and a meeting lill this morning be held to put the design iu Prel, train. Our w or d s are not overcharge d . Be doubt the valour and abilities of thousands 113' been expended on the maintenance and ex' e— il l os of that dazzling s t ruc t ure of power valieh,,tso risen on, the Ganges ; beyond doubt we owe J! the unceasing efforts of ou r s t a t esmen an d sollle rs that this marvellous fabric of conquest has r e 4 steadily consolidated and enl arge d. O u r Pas' o pcould only have been prese rve d b y t h e same op which acquired it ; but, if ever a mighty re oo tion could be attribut e d t o a s i ng l e man , the was Robert Clive. ,y the In the year 1757 th e p o t en t a t e k no wn Great Mogul was still enthroned at Delhi, uer tat his power been curtailed by any encroachraea t p s f er those of his own vassals. These vassals, Ile, f ;sia were established in independent sovereiguti, e ,'' 2 , t of of still sovereignties the most splendid was w o e Bengal —a province to this day retaining a s itbe macy in dignity and wealth. The residence ° f at Nabob, or virtual monarch, of the territory or ie3 Moorshedabad.; it was only in some f act ore near the sea that a few traders, less than even the Briti s h merchants at f /4 In - , represented the interests of Englaute. off er the province of Madras the British P os h was more assured an d d eve l ope d, t there cnly through th e self-same 3gs'elice which were soon to establish it in Bengal. a the had gone out to Madras as a clerk, had feon, t a by enemies of England in th e ascen d an t, a nd note a series of military exploits, in which the l os s and defence of Arcot st oo d b r illi ant l y co ns Pie 91 1 retrieved and exalted the credit of our arias' the India was not t o b e won i n M a d ras. It was 3 s°4 Ganges that the great prize was to be gain s e "' the to this famous scene o f romance and rieme",,,llo calamities of his countrymen soon 811111111 Clive. WO Surajah Dowlah, th e N a b o b of Bengal, s . youth about 20 year s o f age, w i th more tIPO average follies and vices of Oriental RoyaltP ire liei of caprice, or wantonness, or malice, he Il i . ', t o from his capital with a powerful force agal,a"„ g o, little settlement at Fort William, and tino`P a y , ' Clive in the garrison, carried the place and a'„vlo it. This was on the 20th June, 1756. In the " e 'se which ensued occurred that dreadful trageO f now related with h orror , when upwards °vole. Englishmen we re smothered in the Black - g est. while the Nabob was repos i ng a f ter his 0,°11`,.10 The capture of the settlement and the ut iee el . , the British were com mun i ca t e d w i t h all ari3O r* d 5 the superior power th en es t a bli s h e d at s but it was only in th e fi rs t wee k o f Aug'',' , intelligence —now transmissible in a dozea -01 11 '1 —reached Fort St. George from Fort jo' s i The alacrity of the authorities, however, s e ;g sts, o be surpassed in the present ay, for in L e `',,, for` jr forty hours it was resolved to despateu n , - , o o l ' o to the relief of the sufferers, and in v 7,jroc es i Calcutta witnessed the arrival of 1,00 0 V ia - l e j soldiers, 1,500 Sepoys, and Robert Clive. "" ss - r i te' s days the Commander had recovered the ''' ry fr fil retrieved our position ; but such a vi e i t° o toe e 's insufficient, and to the mind of Clive it diar 1/P j extravagant to project the dethronement osa li a 0 10 who ruled over 30 millions of subjects O l t fairest provinces of Hindostan. With ait force he marched towards Moorshedabad, fste ° followed that momentous crisis in which the it India was to be det erm i ne d. Surajah Dowlah h a d a d vance d from Pr s, g , ri" as far as Plassy— a t own l y i ng a f e W east of the Soorool station on the East Int"`;1011 1- way. A river separated th e t wo arm i e s, al l , uncertain of his positio n , an d suspec ting tr e l dee l in those who had promised treason, had ! s e n le 1° 1 ;1, whether he would s t a k e th e li ves o f his W'', lsni s and the very existence of British power 111 ; ro oks a with an adversary p ossess i ng 50 times liiol,.ogetY,Li The Nabob had 40,000 i n f an t ry, no t ga ll, ignorant of European di sc ipli ne, 15,000 1 1 ii cavalry, composed of the same material fr°' o f we raise.our own irregulars, and 50 VP ° n t,,. t calibre. Clive had a s i ng l e English Regleo Pi 39th, mustering som e 900 men , a bout 1 ,ilor s, pean Artillerymen, h a lf a s m an y British P - o se i , and some 2,000 Sepoys. It was a terrible o o f for no man then knew the relative prow -0 0 0:e lish and native troops, and it was for Clive f bet' the discovery at the hazard of hi s all. NeV l3 ,.",4ts , that time, or after it, was h e k nown to but he now called a Council of War, was still more extraordinary, he concurre d natural resolution of such a meeting But after the Council broke up he retired ff 4.o tent and communed in solitude with a W o es viser—his own daring spirit. The result a llto presently in a decisive order that the awl pass the river. red There was nothing but this decision The mountain vanished as he approached o o , j r was no fight, no struggle—scarcely allY i bT e fo r l ,s! He had taken the leap in the dark, and b is P - 11 himself, firm and unassailable, &upon ri * With a loss of 20 men on his own side a iie t, t . 500 on the side of his antagonist, he bad they dominion of the 'Viceroy and transforme d iptv o s lish from tenants at will of Fort r WI ) r not t 0 00 vernors of Bengal. From that hour el l r 0 1 0/ 0 , position in India was changed, and a ear e , e distO r sel quest was inaugurated which difficulties re f eset have occasionally c ' attended, but which of t bs has ever checked. The great Empire c' se d d o e was opened to us by the victory of this d 3 i f , by the audacity and discernment w hich l e I , o ll°o, talon against a host, which detected th. e t t s 0 7 6 01 ness of a barbaric show, a n d colnted 111 0 sql s l ife H deuce on the British bayonet. M an y ha l i ke 011 since, but Clive led the way. Others, f ee, Of' lesly at Assaye, like Lake at Laswal re cl Gough at Chillianwallah, have encounv e ,,sPs more terrible realties, but Clive first adva l ,, l ; sP a ' s e rageously against a monster on the peiil°l 3o ter o s lation of finding a phantom. He founded t., 0 0 e 08 tation of the British arms, and with this f e r t i i oo the Empire of the East. It was not 051 p o t rich province of Bengal pass e d i n to our ha t cOl it s gave us at once territorial di gn ity a nd ra°, e o - e? r s power, but the example had been set and ol ° marked out. ,Clive has had many noble so re, but the honour due to a founder is his al ori 0 01 1 .4 , And what is that he has founded ? tir r t i dominion from which we may import at ° of d „, sure almost all the precious commodities f : 4 ! world, but an empire in which thousands f or ds' s lish men of every generation can find scope' enterprise and recompense for their toil. r e s e it , colonies, and commerce h ave no t b een o f 0 04 vice to us than this famous land, - which d ° , it is true, pour forth gold and diamonds, 1 0 ; $0 't by providing for the natural expansion c" . O /1 4 . j venturous rase, effects more than the mirlea, io o rjt could accomplish for the rosTe ss of the na', o .ll o the happiness of the country. We need ne' cs I for revenue from India. No tribute that fe4 " 3 1 fl i ` paid by one State to another would be 11 ,,, f° in value to such a field of advancement ; (0 0 00 supplies, and at this very time, indeed, yo I) ° , o s I the latest exertions of our legislators h 3 os btlt j occupied in stimulating the honourable ' s of youth by a better prospect of those priz e 1 4 1,0 Clive first opened to Britain a century age' a il ° : 1 1 ; e England then needed in the East was a w t 0 1 ` bo could so far outstrip his contemporaries al io , f or a true measure of Englishmen a n d Asia' o feio could extend his views beyond the horizo l er io o o cantile contentment, wh o cou ld d a re 0 1 4 o s before daring had been found safe, and WP„,o, t ,st realise by the inner vision of genius a ell i stPio wonderful as to surpass ordinary belief. tb i ` e et was forthcoming in Robert Clive, and a ll nation owes to a founder of empire and 3 .p. of glory is due from us to his memory.--4/ MARKET NEWS.—(This DaY,) HAY MARKETS. c lov er , SIGTHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 Cls; et 3/ lOs to 51 Oa ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 10 0 P A t : Alnoderato supply , and a sluggish trade. 01° (1, CUMBEIMAND. — Meadow hay, 21 1.2 s to 4/ 40,; t fur do., 3/ 10a to 51 Os; and straw, 16 6s:to 11 103 r ict Trade steady. c l° o 4 WIIITECIIAPEL—Moadow ha , 21 104 to 41 do., 31 lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 11 6s to 1110 3 r A fair doraand. f COLONIAL cnTEA.—The market is very quiet, no transaca°l3se,le,o 1 c o rtia rt n . cf_b p a b v e in d g e b al e i e b n reorted„ and pricer ar t o li u ;ye e re . very limited, and there w gs er: for home use or for exportation. Prices gene r 'her e 6' l by n oppsrpaievrcianutgle speculative pw r u a er c eci: ihitvo:srev vp to slight downward tendency. large quantities announced for public sale. - 1 - t,,s' market is quiet at barely former quotations. r10,13,,et COFFEE.—The demand still continues active ft 9r 0 1 '.'iti , Lion Ceylon, and full rates are readily realised. col e' descriptions are also in request at high value s,,n o nr standing large quantities are announced for pubil° 0 tition. '0 , p o ~,, RlCE.—There is very little business doing. J 3 .7 ono contract dealings have taken place at about forme r v go RUM.—The market is very quiet, with no Gil t ' , } fi e prices to report. onv t, There is an active demand for p r°s , see livery, and full paces are current. P.Y.C. on th i 10 131 , 6 61s. Gil. to G2s. ; last throe months, - 's7s. 9d. ; i"c r o melted, 58s. per cwt. The stocks at the present ti : o r , about 8,000 casks less than at the same period last 9 A se" large advic mark depei Honk easy obtai. 93; 4 Redu 18 1- Banli Bu quiet price the 4 are 65g. ill poll slim if-Igs opei anc hay of tl of Si heal but varii Circ last the s 110 M there Oct., Re. day i June rater Ti the disci eons Thui prom exist cons] placE affaii therE the g eerta by merc tion oxcej atior Norf Wes . 55., prey Grea and cult tion Ban' , Sire New Loaf Cone EA oow PEI Eciu Bard i) Tar] D 1) Dut Tr: in( 1G