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lIEn MAJESTY'S THEA TRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September IS, and Saturday, September 19, with Pieeolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Benaventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES : Belem to azeommodata four persons, Grand Tiei,;•PitrTier, and One Pair.. 22 2 0 Two Pair, 1 1 0 Three Pair .............. . 0 1 0 Pit Stalls 0 10 6 Pit Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery 0 2 0 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — ITALIAN OPERA, at Playhouse Prices, EVERY EVENING. GRIST, ALBONI, GASSIER, MARIO, FORMES, REICHARDT, DRAI ;ONE, And other Eminent Artistes. THIS EVENING—LA TRAVIATA. Saturday —IL TRO VATOR E. The Op :ras for next week will be duly announced. i?OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ' Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Madame Gassier; Annetta. Mdlle. Baillon ; Rora, M .11e. Gramaglia; Germont, Signor Dragonc, his first appearance in England ; Barone, Fig. "iccini ; Marchese, Sig. Kinni ; Medico, Sign,r Gastone, Sig. Annoni; Giuseppe, Sig. Gabussi ; and Alfredo, Sig. Mario. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Yiss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, Sze.. will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED US IN. William, :fir. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ... 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 CNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS . EVENING, will bo performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, And Madame Celeste. Followod by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley. &c. To conclude with SLASHER AND .CRASHER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leßsees, Messrs. F. RobAon and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A. SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by R ,bert B. Bronsh, Esq., called MASA.NIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Coolie, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Tlairlwall, liugtes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed EXTRE'IELY ?ECU LI kR, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Robertson, and Miss E. Webster. After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. With other attractive novelties. A STLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mlnager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Ifer Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Nlbert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand 0 iental Spectacle of EL HY 'ER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph: The intense'y interest ing and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which tliii splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with incr,ased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, awl during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Eque4trian and Oriental Spec tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER • or, THE CHIEF OF THE GIIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyd , ,r, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an nnapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported 1)7 the popular and talented Artistes of the establish ment, inzludin; Madlle.Mos. To conclude with Sakspear's KATFIARINE AND PETRUCHIO, with Equestrian, Illustrations. Commsn.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Roses, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 2A. ' • Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking,; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upp3r. Gallery, 6d. H tlf-price at talf-past Eight. Box-Wee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Ecte.triaa Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBU RY H Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The fonotr lug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from. all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Goes, Diets, .etc., viz. : Miss E, Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jeune, Miss Leglie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. 'o..ee. J. Barker, IV. Melling, P. Corti, Senor An tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Aibyu ; Master Cbrri; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Ricks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Soven o'clock precisely. Sa2- pers, 4c.. until tweve o'clock MH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Mrs DAT—Morn., 51 min. aft. 6 -Even., 14 min. aft. 7 TO-3fowitow--Morn., 46 min. aft. 7—Even., 26 nin aft. 8 THE WEATHER-SON OFFICE, AUGUST 23,, - THIMIONIETER, IN THE SHADE. 75 highest since noon yesterday. 62 -- lowest this morning and during the night. 69 - this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.85. . Wait, Northerly ; fresh, with fine weather. 44A V G'Z NVll=-V/ ft o 4 A LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1857. The session of Parliament which has this day been brought to a close was in some respects one of peculiar interest to the community. There bad been an appeal to the nation—Lord PALMERSTON had fearlessly gone to the country on a question ; of foreign policy, and confidence or no confidence was the great issue on which a verdict was to be return'. Never was there a more decisive response. The Chinese policy of the Government was euiphatically c3nfirrned, and many popular members were rejected in consequence of the oppositu)n they had ogered to Ministers on that interesting topic. The " lirehites" were rejected by the almost unanimous voice of the people. Those who escaped the fate of many of their brethren did so, not in consequence, but in sp;te of their peculiar opinions on that subject. The Peelites, who took a leading part in the discussion, were all but extinguished ; there were a few leaders, but no followers, the rank and file were cut off without a solitary survivor remaining to receive the commands of their generals. There wore a vast number of new members, a larger proportion indeed, than were returned at any time since the election after the passing of the 1 "d1t Magna Charfa, the Reform Act. Two teats only were required, viz., that the candidate should he ee a supporter of Lord PALMERSTON, and a Pratatlilg reformer. The former because the mainte "'awe of the national honour nu ler the ex;etine eirentnetenees was of paramount imper• e au ce, ear beyond anything else th could arise. The le ,ter in respect cf the promised Reform Bill, ti)at was t) be introduced neat session, and which whatever might be its fate, would render the present Parliament b ut short-liver', inasmuch, as if carried, tlere would cer tainly be a disseluticn in order to e b t ,i u a representation in accordance with the regula tions which were approved of by the n aloe, Ikl and afro, if rejected , as Lerd PAL ERST ON would then appeal, on the question of Reform, before surrendering the Government to other bands. Thee could certainly, at first, be no grounds for Ministerial comphints respecting the doe; lay of the junior representatives. Whatever Mutts tem as.ked was carried by an overwhelming majority.' Subsequently the nod homilies be came less manageablo, and sundry Ministerial defeats were sustained, just to show that they had not everything their own way, and must respect the popular will. The Jew Bill, which was to be the great event of ' thc Session, was sent triumphantly to the Upper House, but was contumeliously rejected. 13 N :%4 0 F TLT A. large number of representatives were inclined ~c) take the matter into their own hands, and to adopt the course which ought to have been taken in the first instance, ten years previously, viz., passing a resolution that Baron ROTIISCEULD should be admitted to his seat on taking the oath in the form most binding on his conscience. Unfortunately, more timid counsels prevailed, mainly on the advice of the " Calm JOHNNY," who once more contrived "to upset the coach." He first promised to introduce a bill which would bring the recalci trant peers to their senses. Then, when time was his most formidable opponent, postponed the matter for the appointment of a committee which contrived most effectually to shelve the question for the present year. One question was carried with perfect ease—the Princes:.-Royar e Annuity Bill—the virtual tribute to Prussia for a matrimonial alliance, intensely displeasing to the nation, received the legislative sanction, and though some few members boldly and manfully resisted the obnoxious grant, they did not receive the support to which they were SO justly entitled—and toadyism was completely in the ascendant. As a con trast to this sycophancy, we may say that the Coburg job, the removal of the National Gal:ery to Kensington Gore, was energetically resisted and effectually crushed. This was the great redeeming feature of the session, that 1 which was entitled to and received the unequivc- cal approbation of the community at large. Then were also some expression of feelings against local Expenditure. The grant to Finsbury Park was re jected, and the 25-inch scale map of Scotland met a similar fate. The committee on the currency separated with out making any report, and that all-important question was alldwed to remain in abeyance for another year. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was eventually carried, after a severe struggle, in which, both in the Lords and Com mons, every nerve was strained to the utmost. But there was a matter of far greater im portance than any domestic question. It was during the session that the intelligence of the dis affection and insubordination of the Bengal army, and of the horrible atrocities perpetrated by the mutineers was communicated to the Parliament and the people of Great Britain. The deplorable accounts received by each successive mail should have stimulated the Government to greater activity, and the energetic remonstrances of the veteran, Sir DE LACY EVANS, and his coadjutors should have been more strongly supported. Lord PALMERSTON virtually admitted that there would be no objection, on the part of Egypt-, to English troops proceeding to the scene of action via Suez. There ware triflin z difficulties in the way, but they could easily have been overcome. There were many troops stationed at M .lta and other Mediterranean garrisons which could easily have been replaced by militia regiments, and brought to the scene of action in a comparatively brief space of time. But red-tapism prevailed. Nothing was done, probably in order that Lord PALMERSTON might be enabled to enunciate a fe►v platitudes respecting the advantages of a despotism in foreign affairs. But he and his prompter, the party who, at a certain memorable banquet, as• sorted that the British Constitution was on its trial, may rest assured that the People are not disposed to surrender a single one of ti.eir Constitutional privilevs—that in answer to any insidious suggestion of the kind they will repeat the inspiring watchword of the Barons at Runnymede—"Nolitmes leges Anglite mutari." They well know that these oh tructions may be overcome, these impediments removed, if the mini,ter efficiently discharges his duty, and boldly grapples with the diffi culty. The fetters by which they are restrained are simply made of red tape, and they may be shattered by a more act of the volition. The old proverb, " where there's a will, there's a way," was never more applica ble than on the present occasion. The soldiers from the Cape should also be ordered out despite the scruples of the Governor, Sir C. GREY. He may like to keep them, but they are more wanting elsewhere. The Cape has the German Brigade, who it appears are s:ill under arms, receiving British pay and allowances ; and, if they are good for anything, the Englishh, troops cannot also be required, unless indeed it is to take care of these German pets. There is also to be a creation of Peerages. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE is to be made Duke of KERRY, an honour which no one will grudge to the veteran Statesman. And Llrd ROBERT GROSVENOR is be created a Peer. God knows for what reason, save that he has already two brothers and many connections in the Upper House, and that he contrived to offend the great body of the People, probably mote than any other member of the House of Commons. But for the leg:4l expenses of the election, he would have been strenuongy opposed at the last election, and probably rej acted, not withstanding his immense family influence. He clearly perceives the prudence of not risking an other contest for the metrop litin county, and is Iherefore pitchforkel into the Lords, to whom we wish much joy of their bargain. Mr. BYNO, M. P., for Tavistock, on the nomi nation of the Duke of BEDFORD, has addressed the electors as his successor. The question naturally arises why he did not come forward in March last, when the represent ►tion of Middlesex was literally going begging ? It would appear, however, as if it were to be disposed of by an aristocratic clique without any cDnsideration for the wants and wishes of the great body of the electors. It certainly onght to be elevated from the position of a nomination county, bound to act iu accordance with the views of its quasi patrons. Who is not interested in Omnibuses ? Of course all ought to be, or the name is a mistake ; but no one living in the vast area of the metro polis would deny the fitness of the name. A small part of our two or three millions, tenants of Belgravia, perhaps may never use an omnibus— the lady tenantr certainly not—but the exigency of the hour may have placed even " My Lord," or " Your Grace," among the twelve inside, the tour in front, or even on the knife-board ! If the Great Falk, however, do not voluntatily deseF.,ll(l below a Hansom, it is, cut lin than nuine -1 roux members of the Great Man's establish 'rut rejoice in Vie Company, or the sixpenny ride "...It the way." Probably there is not a in the whole metropoli3 some member of which- h as never ridden in an omnibus. As t the great reultitudo o f L ui d oners , it is a daily necessity. Now tti irmi, : tt se he , City is be come the mere counting or factory of the suburbs—that London is the suburbs omnibus is and the subu rbs Loudon— sin the p, a m Fa the ilb i s essential to our d stair case to our daily meals. We mast wa.lk. down t,, breakfast, and we must rile up to the city ; and we ride, the vast mfijority of us by the long lum bering- vehicle which passes our door, or the end of our street or terrace. A few railways Lie con- veniently for some of DS, but the omnibus, faith ful to its name, runs conveniently for all. A hearty interest do we therefore take in all that concerns our daily conveyance, above all in the improvement of its character, quality, and accommodation. We have so long enjoyed the room generally accorded U 3 on a railwajr, (the speed we know to be out of the question) that we are become more than ever intolerant of the jam- ming and squeezing to which we are daily sub jected, in the six, sometimes seven on a side, to which we are constantly subjected. It is most amusing, certainly, to witness how coolly the first five, of old stagers, contrive to spew a side full (a thing very easily done) to the now corner. At last be selects one side—a scant opening is made for him, a smile for good luck passes along the opposite side, and arched eyebrows on the afflicted side, as good temperedly as may be says, ";" we are done." Presently smile kinsman of DANIEL LAMBERT, or some Alderman's lady, whose bulk is something more subst tntial than crinoline, arch the eyebrows on the hitherto en durable side, and again looks say, " and we are done now with a witness." We must leave it to friend Punch, however, to exemplify all the plagues of the regular old omni bus. The hot weather plagues, and the cold weather plagues ; the plagues of wet days in an omnibus, and the plagues of dusty days in an omnibus; the plagues of the night omnibus, and the plagues of the day omnibus ; the plagues which afflict your knees, your toes, your sides, the crown of your own hat, and the gown of your anxious wife ; the plague of your neighbour's elbow as he reads the newspaper, and the plague of trying to get at the city article in your own. Above all, the plague of your own umbrella when dripping wet. The plague of getting in, and of getting out ; and the plague of getters in, and of getters out. " Necessitas non habet legs," says HUDIBRAS, and certainly could the necessities o f City business but find us a fresh pair of legs when we got there, we should frequently use our subur ban pair to escape the plagues of the omnibus. The provoking thing is that all this was lat aly to be remedied ; a large and powerful company was to supplant the private proprietors, and we should see the difference—alas, we looked for it long, and looked in vain. The crazy, ugly, lum bering, close, yet drafty vehicles ran on as usual. The omnibuses remained as unreformed as the House of Lords, not to speak of the humbler House. At length an effort is made ; prizes were offered, new omnibuses were exhibited, but none were adopted, though an inventor complained to us that one of his inventions was pirated in some new built ones without acknowledgment. Of course, we could not verify the justice of his com plaint, and told him we only waut-id improvement somehow. At last a real and great advance was made. The Saloon Omnibus was invented, built, exhi bited, and finally several built on that model were put on the road. The superiority was unquestion ab!e. Half the plagues were banished, and the other half moderated to a very bearable degree. You had the grand desideratum—room—in the first place ; and the quarrels of knees with oppo site knees, and with the getters in and out, were exchanged for "ample room and verge enough.' Your corns were safe from compression ; you were nowhere one of six or seven ; your wet umbrella found its proper place; for the first time, in a word, you could ride at ease in, and out teo, of an omnibus. A public want was met. Nothing was needed but that shares in sufficient number should be taken in.tlie new company, to enable all the otuoibui.-titling population t) travcl in a style unknown before. There was first-class accommo dation in the omnibus, at every-class lire. The monopolists, however, took the alarm. They first endeavoured, by placards covering many feet square, and staring us everywhere in the face, to discredit the new company. Notwithstanding this the omnibuses got unto the road. Then com mences? the "nursing nuisance." An omnibus was put on before, and another behind, each of the new ones, to anticipate passengers, or even to prevent a passed one from getting in; to stop with the offending omnibus, and to go on, as the offender went on. Of course collisions, break• ages, and danger to passengers followed, and on Wednesday—not for the first time—the parties appear in the police court. The monopolists charged the saloon omnibus driver with breaking his windows. It turned out that the reverse nearly was thb truth. That the " nursing" omni bus broke its own windows in attempting to ob struct the other. The judge pretty plainly inti mated that such conduct wouldlay the monopolists open to indictment for conspiracy. It ought to do so. The Saloon Omnibus Company is nut an underseller.• It merely supplies a public want. It is open to the proprietors of the old vehicles to make fair terms with the new company for their omni buses. The people ought to have the full ben fit of the vast improvement now effected, and if the old company will not apply its funds to providing us witli the realised improvements, and that very quickly, we trust the puldic wilt enable the new company put its vehicles adequately on every road. THE QUEEN'S D PART URE FOR• SCOT LAND. This morning at 8 o'clock, the Qieen, the Prince Consort, the Piincess Royal end several other member of the Royal Family, left King's-cress Station, en route fi.r Scotland, by the Great Northern Rail way, accon pulled by the Hon. Miss Gray, Lady Churchill, the Hon. Miss Kerr, and other mem►:era of the Royal suite. The Royal party was received at the station by Mr. Denison, chairman of the Board of Directors, and several of his colleagues, three of whom, Mr. Asteil, Mr. ck, and Mr. Packe, proceeded in a train as far a 4 York, the extent of the Great Northern line on which her M 4j ,sty and Royal party will have to travel. Her Majesty who appeared in excellent health an d spirits, and to have derived great benefit from her Chan nel cruise, was enthusiastically received by a large con course of persona who had assembled in the neighbour hood of the station. _ Oa the departure of the train, her Majesty and Royal party were greeted with another outburst of popular enthusiasm, which was repeated on the train's paasing various points in the suburbs, where numbers of her Maje,ty's loyal su ,, jects had congregated to catch a glimpse of the train as it proceeded on ita journey. Their Royal HiAnes:es the D iche4s of Canabridge and the Princess Mary have arrived at the Duchess's chateau at Ru npenheirn, from a tour in SwitX!rland: The r R tyal Highnesses are expected to return to this country the second week in the ensuing month. Tne Prince do Furstenberg and suite have left Cia rPge's II tel for Brodick Cast!e, I-le of Arran, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton. The Doke and Duchess of Argyll and their youthful family have arrived at Inverary Castle, Argyllshire, from their viol:. at Campden-hill. Tue Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda have gone on a cruise in his lordship's yacht. Tne Earl of Aberdeen has arrived at HAilo House, Aberdeenshir .. Lord and Lady Haddo, Colonel the Hon. Alex. arid Mrs. Gordon, and the Hon. Arthur :lord .m, are staying with the noble earl. The Countess of Wilton and Lady Katherine Grey Eger ton have arrived at Heaton Hail, near Manchester. Tne node earl has lift Cowes on a cruise in his yacht. The Earl Fitzhardin.le continues in the same hopeless c mdition, bis lordship's medical attendants giving no h-pee of his ultimate recovery. Vice-Admiral the Right H. n. Sir Maurice F. F. B:rkeley is still staying at. 13,rke!ey Cs-tle. Cunt Kar lyi returned a few days since to Chandra Efethe to rei-unie his diplornaCc du• ies. The count d - 1 c :urges the duties of charge d alrairel during the tempo ' raey atri.ence of his Excellency C iuut d'Apponyi. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel and his newly married b ol ; i.N);),ratath:netnial,yobi Northumberland ar a nu t ,iin ßi ad d t e tti l he l e a ß : ai e gra n h , et C ap a l r ao u ene w ..s a l i l d . 0 8 y T The e r D b eurktet PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. (TEES DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament was this day prorogued by CommisPion. At about a quarter after one the Lords Commissioners, viz., the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Granville, Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Pantnur,. hating taken their seats, commanded the Usher of thi Black Rod (Sir A. Gifford) to summons the Commop to their lordships' house. In a few minutes afterwards the Speaker, Lord Pai merst.m, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Vernon, Sir C Grey, th , Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. M. T. BE.ines, Warren, Mr. Cranford, Mr. B ,wyt.r, Mr. Ayrtcm, ttp Hon. C. P. Villiers, and a great number of member" appeared at the bar. THE DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The Royal assent having been given to this bill. The Lord Chancellor then read HER MAJESTY'S SECH. " MY LORDS AN . D GENTLEMEN, " We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from further atten lance in Parliament, and at the same time to express to you her Majesty' , , cordial ackn)wledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have performed your important duties du-ing a session which, though shorter than usual, has, nevertheless, been unusually laborious. " Her Majesty commands us to express to you her satisfaction that the present state of affairs ia Europe inspires a well-grourudel confluence in the continuance of peace. " Tne arrangements connected with the full execution of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris have, from various causes, not yet been completed ; tut her Majesty trusts that, by the•earnest effo'ts of the contracting parties to that treaty, all tha' remains to be done with reference to its stipu lations may era lon?; be satisfact)rily seAled. "Iler Majesty commands us to inform you that the extensive mutinies which hwe broken out among the native tro3p3 of the army of Bengal, followed by serious disturbances in many parts of that Presidency, have occasioned t) her Majesty extreme conce-rn ; and the barbarities which havt been inflicted upon many of her Majesty's subject in India, and the sufferings which have been endure], have filled her Majesty's heart with th , deepest grief ; while the conduct of many civil an(l military officers who have been placed in circum stances of much difficulty, an I have been exposeo to great danger, has excited her Majesty's warmest admiration. " Her Majesty commands inform you th:st she will omit no measure calculated to quell these grave disorders ; and her Majesty is confident that, with the blessing of Providence, the powerful mean , at her disposal will enable her to accomplish that end. GENTLENIEN OF TILE HOUSE, OF COMNIONS, " Her Mjesty commands ui to thank you for the liberal supidies which you have voted for t!le ser vik:e of the present year ; and for the hssurances which you have given her, of your reailiness to afford her Majesty what ,ve ,. supp rrt mty be mc,:ssary for the restorttion of trahquillity " Her Majesty has been gratified to Find that you have been enabled 0 provide the amount re quired to be paid to Denmark for the redenapt:on of the Souud Dues, without on that, account add ing to the na'ional delr. " My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " Her Mje4y commands us to convey to you her heartfe't ac'inowledgmeuts for the provision which you have made for her beloved daughter th, Princess 'Royal on her approacelin; marriage with his Royd. l , Highness Prince Frederick William oi Prussia. " Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she has seer with satisfaction that, although the present sessiou has been sLort, you have been abl to pass nawiy Acts of great itUpor aucc, and t which her M,je3ty has given her c assenr. "The Acts for establishing a more efficient juris qicti.ui for the proving of the wills in En 4 land and Ireland, correct defeats which have for many years been complained of. " The Act for amending the law relating to Divorce and to .1119. t immial Causes will remedy evils which have bug ben felt. " The several Act 3 for the Punishment of Frau dulent Breaches of Trust ; " For anu:n dug the law re7ating to secondaty punishments ; "For amending the law cm - lc:emir:lg joint stock banks ; " For consolidaing and anunding the law re lating to bankruptcy and irtiolveacy in Ireland ; "For the better cAre ant treatment of pauper lunatics in Suotlaud ; tnisa'ioa of the county police i " Together with o ther Acts of less importance, "For l i s a c ip ,t r i o a v i i t e d g ; the ore but likewis3 ten,ling to the progressive improve ment of the have metwith ha. 'Majesty's reaiy. assent. _ _ " We are co Tll %tided Ly her M a j es ty t o ex p ress to you her confiden ce th it on your return to your several that influence w you to the wel fareieh so counties jiistly be 3: o o l) u. g trill to o m and happiness of her loyal an 1 fait.xful people ; and s':ie prays that the blessing of A'mighty God may at , A-nd a•AI prosper your e)4:avour3." Tne Lori CI;A.NCELLOII thee in the weal manner &claret! tie Par,i.atoent prizogued to Friday the 6 , ,0 Nov , mber. The only peer present on the G.)7erntnent side ~ f the houso wae L rd Fo The opp !sittou htn , ...hes were en irrly deserted. There were but a few ladi3s pm=ent, al I the whole affair went off in the dullest manner imaginable. nOUSE Of COP/11710143—(This Day.) The SPEAKER to9l+ the chair at 1 o'clock. NEW mar. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, a new writ w: s ordered kr Tavistock in the rolin of Mr. G. H. Byt:g, who has accepted the office of Steward of the Manor North Wick. DECIMAL COINAGE. Mr. INGRAM asked the Chatic,l'or of the Excl e quer, why tha rcplies to Lerd Overt , ne's questions upon the decimal c ,inage, which have been setae time in print, are not delivered t. this hue 7 The CHANCELLOR of the EX')ll EQ LJE It said that the reilies rtferr, d to were in the hands of the com mittee, bur, the Government had not yet received them. As soon as the c ,n - ntttee r • ported them they would be laid on the table of the hou4e. TELEGRA.PHIC CO NI I,t UNICATION `Aura INDIA. _ _ Mr. BRISCOE aske(l4 - hat arrangements had been made by the Government with reference to telegraphic comrnunicatioo with India I L ,, rd PALNIERS LON said the Euphrates line of telegraph had been trid.r• aken by a private company, wits some contingent arrangements with the 1.1,;m-... and In.lian Governments, but her Nl.j.,sty's Government had been informed that the Turkish Government Lad refused its sanction to tue scheme. With regard to the Suez and RA Sea line there .sae, he beli red, a priva'e company contem plating such a scheme, and, as far as the Government cool 1, without the assistance of parliament, they would give it every encouragement. SUFFER,ERS BY TilE INDIAN munNi2s. Sir 1)E LACY EVANS ad:ed whether the widows and orphans of those persons connected with the civil and military service in India, who had lost their laves in the mutiny, would be provided with the ineaus of re turniu4 to this country free of all coat ? L rd PALMERS ro:c said 119 arrangement coul I be made until more dettilA accounts bad ueen received from the G.v. ram -General. Mr. MANGLES sad that the Indian G ivernment ha I been ins' ruc.ed by the Court of Directors to give the most ample a3,1-tarice not on:y to the civil and inilitars but all el t , ses of sullen rs by the mu iny. THE PROROGATION. Sir DE LA.CY EVANS rote. an • was abut to cal: atteation to some remark:4 made in the II .use of Lords in connection with him, and t'le report on purcha.e in tle army, when S.r A. CLIFFORD. U Aber of the B:ac!i Rod, appeared t the table in tie H u-e, and sum ooned the Soealtcr .nd members of the House t ) the Ilmise of Lor Is to ear the C.)mmiA , ioLe:a lead the It , yal Speech, andpro rogue Parliament. 0.1 weir reeuro the iletiltor read the Royal S ; ca.:eh the table, ft , r whiei sse L - TV rep ,rt. The members then retired, Parliament was acco:rd gly prorogued till Fridoy 6,h, Nov, mber. T Eurapean mad steam*: Lai brought 50.077/. fr ita Atitralii, but this will pas, he received t,ll mxt w,ek. TiN4 - AUG C, 8 r LATEST NE W THE INDIAN MUTINIES. MARSEILLES, AIIG. 27. The Vectis arrived at seven this evening. The following are amongst the killed at Cawn- Jore :—Brigadier Yack, Colonel Williams, Lind 'ay, Prout, Sir George Parker, Quin, Redman, iupple, Halliday, Reynolds, Prole, Smith, Eck 'ord, Dempster, Jervis, Challcrin. Before the Neemuch mutineers attacked Agra ,hey received large reinforcements, which brought heir number up to 10,000. Oar force was Ibliged to retire with a heavy 1088. Among the officers killed in the action before tgra were Mtjor Thomas, Captain thyly, Lieu tenants Lamb, Pond, and Fellowes ; and of the civil service, Messrs. O'Connor, C. Horn, P. Horn, Carlton, Smith, Jordan, Prendergast, Whiteray, Black, Buvdbrank, Freeze, Outram, o:dfield, and Deedes. At Sealkote, on the 9th of July, Captain Bishop, Dr. Graham, and the Rev. Mr. Hunter, with his wife and child, were massacred ; Briga dier Brind was wounded. At Meerut, General Hewitt has been removed from the command for supineness. _ At Setzpoor Cul. Birch,*the Christians, Gavins, Snell, and Bax were killed. • The Queen's sth Fusiliers and 90th Ligh Infantry had safely arrived at Calcutta. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING . A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. BOURSE, Aug. 27.—The following were the List quota' ions _ Cash. fr. c. End of Month. ti per Cents 3 per Cents 67 66 95 Bank Shares 2,795 Credit Foncier 550 - triredit Mobilier .. 957 50 Roman - Do. Account - Belgian 44 ..... —•— Spanish Threes - - Fiedmontese (5)...... 89:1-- Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOB CASE. tr. c. fr C Orleans 1,155 -- Western - gorthern . 872 i Strasburg -7A - Lyons and lied...—. 897 A— New Ditto New Ditto 8421— Grand Central - 3eneva ... Gill Sardinian - Aidi - SARDINIA. The Opinion of Turin gives an account of the reception at Genoa of the splendid piece of ordnance sent by the ciizens of Bo , ten to the people of Pied mont fa. the wails of Alessandria. Gen. Dura,nde, commandant of the division of Genoa, and the oivic authorities proceeded in Aate to the gates of the port, were the gun was sol m ly delivered to hem. It was then conveyed to the Piazza Nuova, accAnpaniei by a band of music and by a detach ment of soldiem It remained there until the Mon day following, to be viewed by the population, and was then sent off to Turin. The Indipendente of Turin states that - on the night of the 24:th several hous:s were searched and some persons arrested, 8i multaneously both at Turin and Genoa, fox political matters. MALTA. " Admiral Lord Lyoos's squadron," says the Ma to Times, " was off Cape de Gat: on the night of the 4th inst. It consisted of three line-of-battle ships, a frigate, and two gun-boats. The P. and 0. Co.'s steamer Ripon, which arrived here from. Gibraltar on the 14111 inst Ant, also signalled the quadron off the siral vessel, arrived this m on the 12th proceedini Vlahon, Tunis, Tripo tioned port it expect unless„ which , XlO 8 - crew troops to India. After remaining some three weeks M.ilta, accc•rding t.) pres-nt atranwments, the squadron is to proceed to the lonian Islands and Greece, returning to Mara by the middle of Oct. The Osptey is to proceed to Constabt nople t) be pli)cefl at - the disposal of Lord Stratford do Red cliffe."—The Sardinian me - lals for the officers and men of the Malta garrison were presented t ) the troops on the 18th by Lieuttmant-General Sir John Pennefather on the Floriana. parade-ground. 111,1)%111i, . ‘as ,tts. The O. rey, steam g i ni.- L't _ norning, leaving the sin rdron Albyn, uGarles ig to Gibraltar, T,tuantral comic 0 )li, and Mala; which last- , urkia ted to reach by t.Le .ici h is by t 3 ualikjAy, • t.rt, -- - mttiß.marme to cony, , nd jt SWEDEN. A letter from Sockholm says :—" The King is not any longer' confined to his room, takes sea-baths and walks at Sceroe. The S ati.) Committee of the Diet has concluded' in favour of Cue increase of Ministers' salaries, demanded by the Government. The salary for any person tit the head if a ministe rial department will, for the future, be 15,000 thalers a year ; and that of Ministers without port folio, 12,000 thalers. Too upper hou,e has thrown out the bill having for object to restrict the- right of the sovereign to negotiate and conclude treaties with foreiiin powers. Some notable merchants of Denmark - have lately arrived in this city with the view of concerting measer =s calcu-, lated to extend the commercial relations of the Scandinavian kingdoms. The subscription for shares in the New Bank of Norway is being filled up most rapidly. The smallest places have contributed their. mite. The village of Ham it has subscribed tip the ex7i.nt of 14,000 rix dollars, and the subscriptions of 13.;rgen amount to 100,000 rix dollars." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. The Gazette publishes a royal decree thus worded : —" Without pr-judice to any julicial proceAinga against such p.rs nis as mLy have unduly thrown into circulation the 3 per cent. stock arising from the amount deliverei by he Spanish treasury to M. Recur, is a guarantea of thH negotiation co:1- elude I with hiot on April 4, 1855, the amount of the riivid , md-wariaats of he said stock, whi .11 may have fdlen du., shall be paid on p;est-ntation, either by the offic-rs of the treasury at MadrA or by the Spanish office at Paris." The other jour nals do not contain a line of interest. An order of the day issued by the Austrian Go vernment reducFs the army of Italy to the extent of 2 ),000 men: This reducti.in will be carried out after the grand rt:views in the autumn. A letter from Rome aatel that there will be gre:tt rejoieiugg Clue on the Pop 's return. Four tr u:nphal arch- s t ► tm erected ; one at the I ), nte Mole, two miles from Rome, alo her at the Porta del Popolo, a third on the Corso,•- and a fourth on the Piazze San Pietro. Ti!e Capitol is to be decor-dot), and a cantata is to be sung there by the Phi kirmouic Academy. THE ENGLISH AT CAWNPORE. —A. Southampton cor respondent says —" Samuel Jellicoa, Esq., Admiral Marna, and Captain Brydges, all of Southampton, had relative: , at Cawnpore ; the two former had a son each there ; Nothing has been heard of either of them since Ilse 31st of May last. Mr. Jelliooe's son was married, and had bis wife with him," SUGAR REFINING COMPANY (BESSEMER'S PATENT). Yesterday, at Garraway's Coffee-honse, C nrnbitl, Mr. A. Smith offered to public auction the premises of the above-narned company, situate in Mill-street, Bermond sey, with the machi , ,ery, plot, and utensils, together with the right of using Bessemer's patent for sugar re fining. Tne premises, it was stated, had been entirely rebuilt at a cost of 5.0001., held for an unexpired term of forty years and a half, at a rent of 3501. a year. Not a bid could be obtained for the property, and it was withdrawn in order that the premises may be sold sepa ratelyosnd the plant ifeceinsal. MELANCHOLY CASES OF DR)WNING.—A few days ago a gentleman named Bateman, who was fraying with his family at Teignmisatb, went to bathe with a friend. He was a good swimmer, and swam a considerable distance from the shore. He was seized with cramp and imme diately cried out for assistance. Three men courageousty swam out to him, but they wore too late to save hi 4 life. At Bade Haven, on Monday, a young gent'eman named Bray, from Launce•tou, went out to bathe with a friend ; he also was seized with cramp, and before assistance could be rendered he was carried away by the under current, and his body has not yet been re 7 covered. _ _ _ THREE DEAD BODIES FOUND. —Yesterday iLifOrMa tion was given to the police that no fewer than three male persons had been discovere i dead. The first wa• the body of a young man, about 30, found on the Great Northern-Railway, at Strandgrsen, respectably dresse in black, and having a meerschaum pipe and a latch-kry in his pockets. The second body was that of a mat, about CO, found on 'Wandsworth-common, linen m rked "A. B." The third was an elderly man, a' , out 70, found in Slade's-court, Bermondsey, about five feet t, n inches high. These make about 40 bodies found by the police in and near the metropolis during the present. month. pe • AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LivEßrcoL, Friday Morning. The United States mail steamship Baltic, Comstockcommander, has arrived with advices from New York to Sun day, the 16th inst. She has brought 841,100 dols. specie on freight. On the 16th inst., at 5 p.m., the Baltic passed the packet ship Liverpool, bound in ; on the 16t1 ►nd 18 , h, passed two large screw steamers, both bound west ; on the 23,1, in lat. 50.35, long 42.34, passed the British ships John and Montreal, both hound west ; and on the 27th, at 2.30 p.m., passed he ships Valetta and Mitchell, outward hound. The Belgian steam-ship Leopold 1., from Ant werp and Southampton, arrived at New York on the 14th inst. Fifteen laves bad been lost near Ne v York by a steam-boat collision near that port. A powder magazine had exploded at Halifax, destroying a considerableatnount of property. Lord Napier was said to be urging , the United States Government to increase the naval force on the African coast. Advice from Nicaragua report that all was quiet. At Havannah a money panic had occurred, and a run on the banks took place. The Spanish Bank of Havannah suffered severely, but was promptly aided by the Captain-General, who lent the sum of 2,000,000 dols. to its coffers. General Concha ad vised and empowered the Spanish Bank to issue 6,000,000 dols. of deposit certificates, is small and large sums, to suit the general want, at interest, for 6,8, and 10 months; to be received at public offices as gold. It was rumoured that a Spanish cruiser had cap tured a slaver off Cuba. • The Royal MAil steamship Trent was at Aspin wall on the 3d inst. An insurrection had broken out at Santiago, on the south side of St. Domingo, and engagement• had occurred with the troops. It was reported that Cesta Rica and Nicaragua had made a treaty, Nicaragua having, all her old boundaries, except one side of San Juan River, from Fort a-twill° down (92 miles) to the harbour of San Juan del Norte, taking in Punta Arenas, which included all the buildingsi of the CoMpany. The New York commercial advices report that there was a healthy feeling in mercantile circles, and a good fall trade was confidently expected. The crops bad come forward in abundance, and, if not so cheap as at former periods, were made more accessible to traders of limited means than they had b.!en during late years. The money market remained easy, with a fair de mand. First-clas , paper was quoted 9 to 10 pet cent. and second-class ditto 101 to 12 and 15 per Cent. The stock market for the week closed witli much excitement and depreseiion. - The t •ndency railroad shares was downward, and holders felt compelled in some instances to sell at a large sacrifice. State loans were quoted at lower fignies than for some time pact, show ing a decline of 4 2 to 1 per cent. on the whole li , t, compared with the close of the previous week. The 'market for exchange was firm, but the businCs3 was only to a moderate extent. Rills on Loudon were 9i / prem.; on France, sf. 17Ac. to sf. 161 c.; and on Hamburg, 361 ff. F!oui - continued du'l. Th receiets were increasing, though quotations indicated no i Illpiovetre'nt or t, hange. For Canadian flour a fair demand prevailed, at $6 50c. to $8 75c for comm •n to prime. In wheat there was little doing for ex port, and prices had slightly receded. The port; market was firm, but beef, butter, and chee , e were unchanged. The iron market was steady ; 300 tons of Scotch pig had been sold at $29 to $3O, six Months. Freight umtinued dull, though there was 11 0 material change in ra'es. Tobacco was quoted but the feeling had improved, owing to advices from New Orleans. The Moneolia, hence, at New York ; and the Pretecter, hence, at San Francisco. The brig Roberts, of London, Captain Cowling, from Cadiz for Now York, with a cargo of wine, went ashore on Thursday, the 13th inst., two miles east of South Hampton Village. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. (From the Times.) We extracted at length in our impression of Wed nesday last a communication. made in the form of a regular despatch to the .Nord of Brussels from its " own correspondent" at Madras. The opinions expressed by such a functionary and circulated in such a journal respecting the position and prospects of the British in India assume a greater interest just now tletn might perhaps intrinsically pertain to' them, and we are bound to say that, upon the whole, the description and concluSions given in the report are less perverted and more impartial than night have been anticipated. India, it is true, is not '• a theatre of the most horrible crimes and atrocities from Cape Comorin to the foot of the Elirnalayas." for over the larger portion of this ter gory the authority of the British Government has tither remained unassailed or been successfully as erted ; but, though the c tse is so far exaegerated, he procedings of the insurgents are justly charee erised, and not extravagantly considered. In an ouncing the result of his observations, the wteer puts aside altocether the defects attributed to the organisation of the Bengal army, and ascribes the outbreak to causes which, with one exception—the licentiousness of the native press—he derives from :he systematic policy of the Indian Government. He alleges, as a principal explanation of the Indian rebellion, that we have treated native princes with, in ustice by annexiug their territory to our own and dis carding the claims of their widows and repressnta dyes, and that we have grasped with too unscru pulous an ardour at the hoards which these petty chieftains occasionally accumulate. This, in point of fact, forms the substance of his accusation ; for, though he charges the authorities with bad faith eewards the sepoys in two, and only two, instances, he evidently relies ueon our acquisitive propensities, as furnishing the gravamina required. • We may be excused, under the circumstances, for alluding, in the first place, to the charges which this indictment does not contain. We are not ac cused of mill-administration, of oppre-sing the people by taxation, of being indifferent to their wants, or disregarding their welfare. Not a syllable is said in disparagement of the general relations maintained between the Indian Govern ment and its subjects, while it is freely admitted ;bat the native press abus , cl its privileges by' traducing and reviling the au thorit ies of the country. Although our rule is that of conquerors, we are lot charged with any tyrannical use of our power, excepting on the points referred to, nor ig it in any way intimated that the hundred millions of liindoos subject to the sceptre of Britain have any reason to be discontented with the dominion tiler which they live. These omissions in. the mouth of a censor convey, we think, no faint praise, and may serve to convince the world that he onslaught we are now resisting, though it may' have been facilitated by errors of policy, has not been provoked by misrule. On the subject ef our alleged encroachments, we venture to say that the territorial distribution of India still actually existing is sufficient to,rebut the barge, at the same time that the known circum stances of the revolt imperatively forbid us to attri bute its outbreak in any degree to calist-ts deduced (Tom ,such assumptions. For a whole century We eave now been the strongest Power in a country where Might has for aces been esteemed equivalent to right, and where the t:oeure of all dominion was so precarious that 50 years' possession was thought to constitute a notable inheritance. For a long •itne past we have been absolutely supreme--se supreme that our will was law, while our acknow ledged position as Sovereigns paramount enti led is to the rights of suer. many and reversion over all the territories of India. Yet, with :hese chalices in our favour, and with the stimulus incessantly 4risiug from the spectacle of misgoverned pre vinces, and the convictions of mis aken policy, eve have not only tolerated but have even UN' tected against the retributive wrath of their owe subjects scores of Princes whose titles t., demi' eion were founded in many instances either on recent usurpation or violeet conquest. Until the escheat of Nagpore, a short time time, the w hole centre of the Peninsula was absorbed by the IVlahratta States and the dominiens of the Nine/. The spacious districts of Rajpootna are still studded, with Hindoo Principalities, and many a Rajah of whose very name Englishmen are ignorant lives under the aegis of British supremacy in a pomp and affitieuce which might rank with these of Europeae SoYereigettee. If at last we terminate misrule ill Oude by the depes,tion of a Prince whose ancestor we ourselves had crowned, we make b Id to that under no Government but ours would a Slate so situated and. so characterised have been tole rated so long. An Oriental Envoy once, on observ ing the riches of gold and jewelry displaee.i in ,the shops of the metropolis, remarked to his attendant that our Queen could have very little power, im plying that meter a Gtevernment of his own conch p= tien such t mpting treasures would have been. proMptly appropriated by the Menerch on the throne. To Asiatic eyes our rule in India must offer analogous teemples of forbearance, and the very catalogue of 'Rajahs and millionaires for ',eh e'e hoards we are said to be gaping ought to speak for the justice of that Government under which, for the first time in Indian history, such acquisitions have been permanently secure. In refutation of the statement that the rankling," of injustice in the breasts of deposed families hay° created the insurrection now raging, we need 01111 point to the notorious fact that the great land holders and chieftains, as a b tdy, have stood aloo f from the rebellion. That Asiatics, whose very hie s intrigue, and who revel with all the sensations (), luxury in the turbid waters of a revoletiou, should abstain, in every must once from,partic p t ion in the troubles now pending was never to be imagined ; ' but the instances of def, ctien have been so few' , and the examples of fidelity—on whatever motives grounded—so numerous, as to prove beyond tbe possibility of doubt that the revolt neithsr nated with this class of mer, nor meets with their sum_ ort. Here and there, where the su,t,cessee of 3 , mutinous soldiery have destroyed for a motive" the authority Of the Government, a native chief tain may eyed himself of the opportunity w hich others have created for him , but that tires! Princes, where they hate risen at all, have follows," the revolt, and not led it, is as plain a fact as eel' dense can constitute. Little, indeed, would a wealthy Rajah gain by the proclamation of 3 Mahowedan Emperor under the auspices of a ra venous army ! When we turn to the remedial measures which the correspondent, of the Nord conceives te be re' quired for the settlement of India under that resto re ion of our supremacy which he pl-enty reg ads as incontestable, we discern still more, distilictli how little can really be alleged against us. W° are not toll to reform our Administretien, to re model our Government, or reconsider our syserl l of taxation as affecting the natives at large. We are not even advised to observe greater m 'aeration in dealing wi:h the Princes o f t'l° country. We are simply told to maintain a some" what larger European force, to clevelepe railleeYt' arid other means of utter communication, and t°, organi-e, both provin c i a lly an d mtrnicieally, ago' , body of police. It is not imprebahle teat the neer sures actually adopted ,may coincide with the comm-relations here given, but to refer to them s' indica ing the policy tequ red for tee future trail: quility of India is equivalent to an adoission that there fee no graver errors of Government to 1 0 rec:ified. We have kept too small a number , European troops in India, beyond a doubt ; we hav ° , not push! d on railway euterpzise with silt:Udell . ' vi our, and the police of litudostan might, be' assi milated with great advantage to the l o ice if the Punjab ; but, if these are the on'y points on whiebl of er a century's possession of Ada•ic empire, are called upon to amend our ways, we do De" think teat either England or her Indian aduriells" tretors Lave much to be ashamed of. EXPOSURE OF INCAJX-TAX PAPER —With referen ce to ti.ie improper sale of iucome-tex schedules in Leed e ' the foloA lug letter has been addressed to Mee,ri - Beckett and Co., bankers, one of the firms whose scb t " dule was thus exposed :—" R-venue, S ,merot• r papers house, London, W.C., Aug. 24, 1857 . — Gentlemen , ' " The Board of Inland Revenue direct me to thank y oll for your communication of the 221 ins tant, encloAug a copy in reg ard to the disposal of income -tx schedu le ° to a shopkeeper at Leeds, and to interim, y o u tha t, ofa let teriet, w hi c h has appeared 'Ere Leeds nesc concurrently with your note, they received a report from the surveyor of Leeds as to the cirournstanc, s. It ape pears that the returns and papers alluded to were in possession of Mr. Nichi,Loo, the c erk to the Distrin; ClB on that his widow gave directions that tu h " i m i o n n is t s li i s o nt ago r et ; Taxes, at th e t i me o f hi s d ea th, ab cumulation of old pap ers re l at i ng to the taxes, which; hal been in the o ffi ce of her deceas e d hasband, s hould w i ; :estroyed, for that p ur p ose su p er i n t en d e d i e per'(-it the removal of them from her house int.', the stone-.‘ of the cem e t er y a t W oo d hou , e, w hi c h yar d i mme diate/5 r 4dj gins her he us e , t or t h e p ur p ose o f b e i ng bur n t. I , l ft .stone - yard' is stated to h e a place) suited for tufo purpose, bug detached and surrounded by a wa it o f te.,t in height. It appeared tha , dur;n the prog' o ' burning Mrs. Nicholson walked ba :kw ands and ft rvcc r a between her house and the yarn of the cemetery , a n o tt at in the Lit. real, of her aosence an opportunity las aken by the Eoxkji of the c nut .ry, in conjunction Who ihelnasons employed there, to remove a quantity °I ; ea gapers out of the stone-yard. The sexton acknowleogg. t ist this was done without the knowl oge ut be Nicholson. Toe sexton substcp_ently disposed of .. aa papers about 12 months ago to three tradesmen ; a n d they have d, livered up the p , rtion'of then: u ndisPo, b o9o of, The recovered are papers 0f tie year 1842. The 13 ' 2 _0 papers relating to the ine,,ro(-Ipx aw oug W ar d understa.,d that the carnrnission'eta of the district !to about to institute a fui thr investigation into the In°A l l 3 ,, I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Thos. ' 3()14 Messrs. Beckett and Co., Old tank, Leeds." STRAND THEATRE. The benefit ref Mr. T. Payne, the lessee, took place last evening, when the entertainments were not only varied, but of a highly attractive nature,. as will be seen from the following list of the artistes who gave their valuable services :—Madame St. Victor, who made her first appearance at this theatre, Miss Harriet Gordon, Tempest, and Miss Anna Maria Qeinn ; Mr. St. , Mr. Ayesiey Cook, Mr. Charles Forde, Mr. F. !s, aed Mr. James Foster. The novelty was a c.pera from the French, adapted by Mr. Leicester igham, entitled "Jeannette'. Wedding," the music ;tor Masse, in which thtre are but two charac peasant and a peasante3s, Jean (Mr. St. Albyn), tannette (Hiss Harriet G ,rdoo). The pl necessarily simple, but worked out with urnestake able Gallic ingenuity. Jean is about to be married to Jeannette, but wnile the wedding is being eolemnieed before the Mayor, on the notary handing him a pen to sigh - the marriage contract, he repents his bargain, and runs away from the church, He is pur-ued to his cottage by Jeannette, who reproaches him for his con duct, and on her informing him that her father is loading a bluederbass, and cJming after him, he be comes terrified, and signs the contract. It is now in the power of Jeannette to treat him in the manner in which he has treated her, her name not being ap pended to the document, but as she has a real affection hr him, she also signs the deed of marriage. Some diu m ,rous scenes then occur, in which Jean is represented as a woman, or rather wife, hater, considering marriage as the greatest of curses ; but the affectionate ways of his fond wife, and the domestic comforts with which she surrauuds him, induce him to change his opinion, and regard marriage as a man's beat condition, and sn alt ends happily. The piece is Fxravagant enough, but answers its purpo-e of being amusing. Its greatest chaem is the music with which it is interspereed, the re citatives and airs being exceedingly pretty, and they were dul;ghtfully rendered by both Mr. St. Albyn ane Miss Harriet Gordon, who were encored in an exquisite duet, acid at the end of the piece called befere the cur tain. Toe other performances coniestei of a pas de deux by Mr. Itigletcn and Miss Macreeby ; the farce of "Tne Actiese of All Work," in which Miss Anna Maria Quinn sustained six characters and danced "La Matrla ;" a _ _ pas de caractere by Miss Kate Mandelbert ; Dibdin's comic opera of "The Q 'Aker," in which Mr. Aynsley Cook sang and acted cleverly in the character of Steady ; and the farce of " An Irish Engagement," in which Mr. and Mrs. James Foster appeared, and which, from the laughter it created, seat home the audience in good hu►"our. Lord Stlnley of Alderley has Laft town for Alderley Palk, Con.4letnn, Cheshire. THE NEW PEERS.—TiIe new title of the Marquis of Lansdowne is to be the Duke of Kerry. He will be the first duke bat has been created by her I . 4l4jesty. The E of Fifa is to bs made an Rig Hall peer—and Lord Rob rt Grosvenor to be pr:imoted to an EnJiati barony REPRESENTATION OF MIDDLESEX.—Mi Henry Byr g, captain add lieutemant-colonel in toe C.ddstrea'n Guards, has publicly addressed the electors, announcing his brothr, Mr. George 13)nz, as a candidate for the vacant seat, in the room 01 Lord Robert Grosvenor, at the in stance of some of the lea Aug members of the Liberal patty. REPRESENTATION OF NIANCIIESTER.—A report has teen gotug the rounds of the metropolitan papers to the effect that Sir John Potte,r intended to 'retire from the representation of Manche - ter, owing to his late 'evere illness. We have authority to state that Sir John has almost coinplately recovered his health, and that he has no intention whatever of resigning the honour so hand somely conferral upon him by the electors of.Manchest ter. — Liverpool Chronicle. TILE MAILS, etc.—Tne Peninsular and Oriental Cam pariy's steatusotp.Tege-e Capt. E. Christiae, left S uth atupton yesteidsy afternoon with the Peninsular 33 first and 20 seated class pasJeng. re (anion.; whom are the Viscount and Viscount,s C ndeix-t, for Li,bon), 2,0001 in bar goiti for Ca tiz, and a full cargo. The screw steamer Aomegavar, Capt. Moth's, also left for fla%re and the Sdartieh ports, with five passengers and general cargo. NEW CAN.ADIAN BISHOPRIC.—The Indian, steamer, has brought news of the formal foundation of the nee bishopric of London, in Canada, of which Dr. Cronyn has been ,appointed the first bishop. The consent of her Majesty's Government has been transmitted to the Bishop of Toronto and the Governor of Canada, and with it a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in his capacity of metropolitan, authorising the Bishops of Toronto, Montreal, Qiebsc, and Nova Scotia to proceed with Dr. Cronin's consecrations The ceremony will take place at Toronto. RELIC OF THE SPANISEI ARMADA.—On Saturday last a fisherman, while out trawling, drew up in his trawl an anchor, which, from the decay of the iron by the action of the sea, must have been in the waver some ceuturie , ; and it is fair to infer, from its make, that it might have been an anchor beloogiiig to one of the ships wrecks' upwards of three centuries ago off the coast of Lyme, irt, the eel orated Spanish Armada. It is in the possession of Clayt .n, EA., collector of her Majesty's customs a'. this port. RESCUE OF SEVENTEEN PERSONS FR,-01 DROWSING —FILL (BRISTOL), Aug 25. —Yesterday, eb abtert one m. one of our pilots' steps, th e n at anchor off Cleve don, descried a boat, and a nu mber of people in leer. driving towt;rds the South-west Patch Sand, the wind blowing strung from 85W, and they immediately hove up tit it anchor and made towards the.ii, and were just to Litue to t , avu ti:em hieing driven on the sands, w h eft no human aii would nave been of any avail. Terowin i: . them a roo they .Succeeded in towing them off, 2 ,,, ! brought them to Port head, which place they left in the HMO, fot.lish manner, under the fellowiug cirt•umstatices : —Th ee females and 14 men and boys, w who ha t ( o l vv c :r in i: in , ro Bristol to Portshead with some other exalt sinuists . cinbtaermaerdtaurr,iangbettihte l ior fif e e n e o t o l n o , ng, and rowed when it was flue, the ids then being a strong ebb, which carried hem out of sight of the landing-place, and the wind fretilening from the south drove them about 10 mi.es towards the above patch, when the boat became unmanageable, and fright overcame the party, in which state they were providen tially rescued. c AAA mark e t d pric de ar , r. 1,000 N a y hl Germ an On, ; abov e thro ug h There but r ao , Sugar an acti% au adva Transf l Baul 3 pei New LonE Ann , D, PeJ Per I e' er Zzzl t'cv Pfti i 'itt b drqv Diu to t•; 300.( f 4 r , trIAT