The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-16 00:00:00

lIER M AJ'ES TY'S THEATRE. First Night of a new Ballet, Acalista. PICCOLOMINI, GIIIGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLETTI. THIS EVENING (Saturday). May 16. LUCIA DI. LAMNIERMOOR. Lucia, Piccolmini ; Edgardo, Sib. Giuglini. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expaessly for her Majesty's Theatre by M. Massot, entitled ACA LISTA. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and mty be bad on applica tion at the Box-office at the Theatre Co'onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. LES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAME'S THE TRE. FIRST REPRESENTA TION, WEDNESDAY, May 20. —l. M'SIEU LAN , RY, Operette, 1 Acte.--2. LES DEUX AVEUGLES, Bonffon, nerie, Musicale, 1 Acte. Musique de Offenbach. —3. BA-TA CLAN, Chinoiserie Musicale, 1 Acte. Musique de Offenbach. Principal Characters by Messrs. Pradeau, Guyot, Gerpre, and Leone° ; Mesdlles. Dalmont, Marechal, Belnoir, and Mace — their first appearance in this country. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will acc , mpany these Representations, under the direction of the popular composer, M. Offhnbach— To commence at half-past 8 o'clock.—Tbis Engagement being limited to one month, Performances will be given Every Even ing.—Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. HEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, Is; Boxes, 2s. 6d., es., and ls. 61. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. Opens This Evening, Saturday, May 16. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : Madame Schap lain, Madame Neusome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delava nti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E.J.Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, ea and Marie, Misses Neusome. Montt, Delavant i, Potter, Jen nines ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, Wlls, E. Moffatt, lienrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, lions. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks perian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THE&TRE. THIS EVENING will he performed Shakespere's trigedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. TELEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buekstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING (May 15) to commence at Seven o'clock, with A LIFE'S TRIAL. After which, the Ruceessfte Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A "AL XNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which lVriss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Tertian. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestr► 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 o.'ess Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... 3, 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit . Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 PNo h4f-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHr. Lesseo—Mr. Ben. Webster. _ _ THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (fifth time), entitled JOSEPH CHA.VIGNY ; or, ilnder the Thumb. Ben. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, &c. Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Leagees, Mews. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING will be performed MATRILDE. After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny. Mr. Widdicomb, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING will be performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs Robson, G. Murray, &c. Commence at half-Nast Seven. TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mr. T. s Pavile.—THlS EVENING will he performed 111RIED DAUGHTER-1 AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Fuliowed by OVER THE WAY. To conclude with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Colicry. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. LA_ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. On TiTonday next will be produced Verdi's far-famed Opera of IL• TROVATORE ; cr The Gipsy's Vengeance, _ with ,Eptestrian.lllustrations, and supported by t h e FIRST OPERA TIC ARTISTES OF THE DAY. To be followed by a matchless routine of SCENES IN THE ARENA, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. _ _ To conc:udewith a Ri-ible Farce. CommeLee at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper B ,xes, 35.; Private Boxes, from i i., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6cl. B,x , office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, tli". West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow -517, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performa.nce of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, die., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunch, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. longhmane, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. ,Tones, J. 13: , .rker, W. Melling, P. coni Senor Antonio M. (le Solla , and E. L. Rime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs. Sam C9well, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Plauot)rt !, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, etc., until twelve o'clock. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. Open Daily Admission Is.—The sea'on of 1557 will be loan tura' ed on MONDAY neat, May 18, by a grand SAY and NIGHT FETE, which will be supported in its various alfresco character by particu lar and general talent in every de artment of this highly attractive place of amusement. Tne alterations and improvements ma e dur in; the rec.,ss will be found to c anbine artistic elegance with In creased convenience. and are calculated to advance the righ charac ter thi- establishment has for years past nurntain d. The In:laical err •ngements are under M. Bosislo, and the orchestral titre gth wit inclu le Miss G. Ellis, Mrs. A. Wayne, Mi-s Brunel, Madame Mattini ; Messrs. Ilartleman Waite- George, Ross. Fors, 4indon, and others. A new crawl Ballet will be presented, ent tled The Gipsy Girl, which, br choreographic talen% comic Incidents. and scenic sffeets, will far antvie any former effort of M. Milano. A Southern Trope of real Sable Harmonists are a'so engaged whos, talented comi cal ties as imitators and singers are admitted to be most effec tiro and amusing. The Drawing-room Perfo - mers are eel cted from gymnasts an l artistes of cantmental celebrity. A troupe or performing dogs, and the learncd dog LilY, whose sagacity has been admired by most of the esovereigns of Enrols°, has been secured. The dancing will commence at the usual hour on- the newly-dec 4. rated crystal watform, the illtmainat vo brilliancy of wh'ch is acknow lg lged to be a feature unequalled in this or any other co in ry, and the general illuminations are of that varied and effective character which inns - prove highly attractive. The pyrotechnic display, by C. Nfortram, will 'se on a scale of great ma , nitude and will take place shortly after 10. Effective Cosmoramic Views, American howl ng ."saloon, R fie Gallery, Chinese Games, Air 'sun Shooting, Hermit's Cave, Gipsy's Grotto, Statuary, River Esplanade, Sea Ele phants, Maze, &c.. &c., IMen on Sundays for promenade by re freshment. Table d'Hote at Ii o'clock, 2s. 6d. he grand Cirque onens on Whit Monday, and the elegant Pavilion for the Marionettes in the course of a fortnight. al4ll WATER AT LONDON BR,DIGis. T 118 DA!—Morn. 20 rain. aft. 6 —Evening 47 aft. 6 ~ ..s., M ^ituow—Morn. 18 min. aft. 7—Evening 55 Min. aft 7 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72 --highest singe noon yesterday. 57 -lowest this morning and during the night. 71. —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.18. Wan), W.N.W; light, with fine weather. ‘, ".s.J4W4L.K, 1 - • "-%'" LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1857 not merely as to matters of fact, but to questions of law, to declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm. Now that is simply a matter of opinion. We know that such pre-eminence and autho rity, is not only actually claimed, but ex ercised, and although we ourselves may not recognise it, it is effectual with a numerous body of our fellow-citizens. It is, therefore, something more than a mere oath of supererogation, and we regret that Lord PALMERSTON should have in grafted it on that which he proposes to retain. There can be no possible difference of opinion as to that portion of the oath that refers to the descendants of the " Pretender," as he wal formerly termed, or in other words, the son of JAMES 11. It is notorious that there are no such persons in existence ; and, as Lord PALMER- . STON remarked, we might as well " for all prac tical purposes abjure our belief in the Heptarchy." This is, indeed, " frivolous swearing," and every honourable gentleman who has been called upon to pledge his faith to such absurdities, must be desirous to abate the social nuisance. We should have been better pleased if Lord PALMERSTON had proposed altogether to do away with oaths. They are, in fact, merely snares for tender consciences. Those who may be excluded are precisely the very men whose services would be most valuable to the community at large. Tie title of our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN to the sceptre which she wields with so much credit to herself and advantage to the community at large rests on too firm a basis to require such props, and we believe that no person who dared to contem plate any disturbance, either to the present occu pant of the Throne or her lawful successors, would be deterred by such "airy nothings" as the pre sent forms. There are, unquestionably, matters in which oaths are indispensible ; and since the leading case of OMICEIIIND V. BIRKER, it has been wisely held that they should be taken in the form which the party declares to be most binding on his conscience. He who invokes the DEITY to witness the truth and accuracy of his statement would, if an honest man, detail the matters within his knowledge on a simple declaration, and if a dishoneSt one would merely regard the temporal penalties attached to wilful and corrupt perjury. But whatever value may be attached to the adjuration, it is obvious that it must be diminished by constant repetition. There is much truth in the copybook aphorism, that "familiarity breeds contempt ;" and what is almost of daily oceurrenco ceases to exercise any fnfluence over the imagination. We all know the utter failure of what were designated as Custom house oaths. The swearing did not in the slightest degree interfere with the illegal traffic, which flourished the more because the impious forms were substituted for more salutary means of repression. The Coast Guard has done more to check smuggling than all the oaths that ever were framed. And landlords may repose far greater faith in the various powers granted by law for enforcing their rants, than if authorised to administer an oath to each tenant that he would duly liquidate the demand on each successive quarter day. The Jew question has been long since ex hausted. It is manifest that those who possess such large stakes in the welfare and prosperity of the country-, would be the last to encourage, or sanction any disturbance that might depreciate the value of their property. They have been tried in almost every capacity, and not found wanting. They have been exemplary jurors and magistrates, good husbands and fathers, and per formed their parts in the social drama with credit to themselves, and benefit to the nation. When the exigencies of the Exchequer required pecuniary aid, it was a Jew that came forward and placed his vast wealth and almost boundless resources at the service of the State, and contracted for the loan on more favourable arms than could other wise have been obtained. Away, then, with the cant of bigotry and intolerance, which, under the mask of caution, pre tends that such men can't be trusted. Setting aside "the Oaths" question—and that alone should ensure the success of the measure—it ought, as a matter of jthtice to our Jewish fellow-subjects, to be carried - by acclamation, sa that, as far as civil and religious liborry is con cerned, the last blot (save one—that of marriage with a deceased wife's sister) might be removed from the national statute-book. An important meeting was held yesterday in the Mansion-house of the City of London, in re ference to Sir GEORGE GREY'S new Bill in regard to Penal Servitude. It was a meeting which was considered by all present to be one of such icr portance that (unusual though it might be under the circumstances) it was brought to a temporary conclusion by an adjournment. The Lord Mayor, as a matter of course, was the Chairman. And almost equally as a matter of course there appeared conspicuously among the number of those who addressed themselves to the consideration of the vitally important subject under discussion, two men who have long been labouring more strenu ! ously, perhaps, than any other to work out the problem to its solution—Mr. CHARLES PEARSON, the City Solicitor, and Mr. DAVENPORT HILL, the Recorder of Birmingham. Elsewhere in our im pression of this evening will be found a detailed report of yesterday's proceedings in reference to this new Measure, which is now in rapid course of being transformed into an Enact ment. A mere evasion of the difficulty, we have already in these columns shown that new measure to be—so obviously a mere evasion, that it may be described with literal accuracy as an almost unconditional transference of the enormous existing responsibility from the Legislature to the Home Secretary. Therefore, clearly and undeni atly a legitimate subject for extra-Parliamentary scrutiny, before so very vague and hastily con cocted a project shall have been passed through its remaining stages in the Legislature. The avowed objects of the meeting as expressed in the very terms in which it was convened, were to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to introduce into Sir GEORGE GREY'S new bill on Penal Servitude, clauses materially altering the effect of its operation. Clauses, firstly, " To confiscate and apply to productive uses, the labour, skill, and industrial powers of all criminals, during the full period of their sen tences :" To empower the Home Secretary - , in cert4in ease!, to substitute for fixed periods of imprisonment and transportation, a proportionate number of hours of labour, to be performed by convicted criminals in this country , Lord PALMERSTON has gracefully apologised t) Lord JOHN RUSSELL for taking out of his hands an important question with which his name has been peculiarly associated, and to which he has devoted much time and attention. The great fa cilities possessed by the G - overnmeut for carryinr , any bill to a satisfactory termination, are, how• ever, so notorious that it scarcely required the recognition of the Noble Member for the City of London, to be assured that he would willingly transfer what might almost be termed his " right," to the Premier! Mr. nENRY BERKELEY would feel grateful for a similar act in reference to " the ballot," and even thankfully relinquish his paramount claims on that important point. In like manner we may venture to speak of the Marriages Ailluities Bill and others which have obtained a locus standi in Parliament, and been repeatedly sanctioned by large majo rities in the representative branch of the Legisla ture ! The Honourable Gentlemen whose re spective names are cratably connected with those various propositions wiil unhesitatingly surrender their leadership to the tried and expt - rieneed general, whose very name will give an assurance of , complete and signal triumph. It le not, however, merely a " Jewish Relief Bill " which Lord PALMERSTON has introduced. or in the colonies, as considerations of economy Ho intends to remove a serious stain from and expediency may dictate :" thirdly—" To the National Statute B)ok—to abolish un- provide in all cases fur the moral and religious necessary and almoit impious forms ! We are instruction of each criminal, with an allowance of told on the highest authority that "The LORD will j food, bodily comfort, rest, and recreation, corre not hold him guiltless, who taketh his name in sponding in character and amount with his con vain 1" And yet that awful name is wantonly duct and industry in confinement, so as to excite invoked. Persons are required before they can motives, powers, and habits of industry, self-re discharge the important duties confided to their liance, and self-control, .and thus render criminals charge, by th© deliberate choice of influential and the voluntary instruments of their maintenance, privileged bodies of their fellow subjects, to swear punishment, reformation, and release." These boldly indicated and clearly expressed suggestions really and truly contain within theta the gist of the popular aspirations in relation to the whole scheme of our criminal legislation. Rapidly hinted under theses three headings, they were aft rwards elaborated in four well-considered re solutions, proposed by Mr. DAYMPORT HILL, and seconded by Mr. GEORGE CRIIIKSHANK. The adoption of these resolutions, we are satisfied, was only postponed by the ad journment. That adjournment, we believe, will prove to have been only preparatory to their more earnest and cordial acceptance ; for the resolutions themselves are, in truth, most dis tinctly expressive of thoughts and hopes long cherished upon this vital question in the Popular Heart. They mean—only they express their meaning in mere conventional language—precisely what a very blunt and a very snubbed amend ment (proposed yesterday, but not seconded) de clared to be its meaning, point blank !—namely, that with a view to constrain men into habits conducive to self-denying industry, and to deter them from robbery and violence, Criminal Disci pline should be based on these two •Principles— Firstly, "in respect of food, clothing, and all bodily comforts, they should be made less desirable than those which honest men enjoyed—who sup ported themselves and families by labour ; and, secondly, that the practical result of all that had been done for the criminal was to . place him in a better condition than the self-supporting labourer; and, therefore, the encouragement given to crime was attended with the most disastrous results, and disgraceful to a Christian and civilised nation." Just a trifle too plain spbken, Mr. ELLIOTT—onIy too plain spoken We all of us believe precisely what you say—but it won't do to say so in plain terms and without a little amiable and courtly circumlocutiOn. Wherefore—of course—as we have said, the amendment was not even seconded; but was coolly allowed to pass sub silentio. For tunately, the original resolutions enunciated, however, the very same truths in other Words= words not so rudely exact perhaps, but quite as s i g nificant. It could hardly have been otherwise, in ftcl - , for the feeling upon this subject through out the country is earnest and all but unanimous. The Earl of MAL3IESBURY actually grudges 12,0001. or 16,0001. expended in the improve ment of St. James's Park, but with admirable consistency cannot find it in his heart to regret 76,000,0001., or call it in round terms, 100,000,0001. sterling squandered—to no avail whatever—upon the late sanguinary war with Russia ! The Noble Earl, when he talks as he talked last evening in the House of Lords, is nei ther extending his popularity nor elevating his reputation. He was a vast deal better as Foreign Secretary, than he is now under the weight of his self-imposed responsibility, as Censor of the Minister of Public Works. It is very waggish, but at the same time very churlish, to sneer at Sir B. Uii.i, as BENJAMIN the Magnificent I It is sclrely fair to create a pother about 1,0001. hav ing been wasted upon the cleaning of CHARLES L's statue at Charing-cross, when, as the President of the Council explained in one brief sentence imme diately afterwards, 501. covered the whole expense of that very requisite operation ! But "to return to our mutton"—about St. James's-park, and the projected (some of them the partially-completed) improvements ! Lord MALMESBURY wants to know the precise object of them, and, beyond this, their probable cost when finished. Well, he has his answer. The probable cost will be " under" 11,500/. The precise object of the works in progress, as their designation has inti mated from the first, is that of " Improvement." A. most legitimate object, we say—and a most moderate expenditure. Really, -if we went. upon the old cheese-paring system to which Lord MALMESBURY appears desirous to see the nation revert—we should then, if you like, talk as the Noble E trl Wks now, about waste of the public money , and extravagance of expenditure. For in that case we should have a very fair prospect of wit nessing the erection of another National Gallery, surmounted with vinegar cruets and pepper castors ! And we should probably see some new statuesque abomination take its stand upon the vacant pedest sl in the north-west corner of Trafalgar-square—a monstrosity from some stone cutter's yard, worthy of vieing with three of the • Lou ion Royal St dues, which (thank Heaven) are nowadays nowhere to be found " frightening the id) from its propriety" in our public thorough fares ! I. The statue of CHARLES 11. that for merly stood in the centre of a " charmed ring" of dead cats in the middle of Leicester-square-- and which the Member for Bodmin has been so extremely good-natured as to re move out of public sight ! 11. The statue of GEORGE IV., formerly straddling, with his feet very wide apart, at King's-cross, to the hOrror of all the more discerning omnibus horses traversing the purlieus of Battle-bridge 111. The statue of Her Most Gracious MAJESTY, once disloyally erected in Victoria-square, Pim lico, in close contiguity to the town palace of the very Sovereign that treasonous bit of masonry caricatured ! Sixpence spent upon statues like those, or upon public edifices like the present National Gallery, or upon the " things" in front of it, the squirts of water having the extreme impudence to call themselves fountains s i x p e nce expended upon Works such as these, we do call waste of the public money, and extravagance of expenditure. But we do not, by any means, apply the same phrase to an odd million or so spent upon the New Palace of the Legislature 'at West minster ; or to a fifty pound note paid for the cleaning of CHARLE3 ra equestrian statue near Northumberland House ; or to a few thousands sunk in such improvements 'as those which are now going on in St. James's Park, one of the principal pleasure-gardens of the people of Lon don. We call this a rational and judicious em ployment of the public money, not a squandering of it. Her Majesty held a Privy Conuoil this (Saturday) afternoon, at Osborne, Isle of Wight. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Sir Richard Airey, left town yesterday morning for Hiderehot, where the troops encamped had a grand field dav ; after witnessing which his Royal Highness returned 0 London. No notice having been given of the field-day, few civilians were present. His Excellency the Ambvsador of France and the Countess .Persiguy return to town this evening from Paris. Tilz LATE DUCHESS OF GLOCEBTER. —A supplement to Tuesday's Gazette was published yesterday containing an official account of the ceremonial observed at the in terment of the remains of the late Duchess of Glooester at Windsor on the Bth inst. Toe Marcpis To rinihend and Viscount Raynham have arr►ved in town for the purpose of attending to their Parliamentary duties. The Marchioness will not return to town this season. Frances Countess Waldegrave has issued cards for a concert on the 29th inst. - Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, Brook-street, for the season. Lady Sykes' ball takes place on Friday, the 221 inst., to which day all invitations for Monday, the 18.1 inst., are transferred. Sir Glynne and Lady Welby and family have arrived at ther residence in Upper Be!grave-street, from Denton Hall, Lincolnshire, for the wagon. The Earl and Countess of Portariington arrived in town a few days since from Emo Park, Ireland, for the season. His lordship has taken a house in GrOsveuor- street. THE DtrKE DEvoNsaua.—We are gratified to have it in our power to contradict the statement freely circulated by many of the jsurnals, that the Duke of Devonshire is suffering from impaired health. His grace is in the possession of excellent health, and we rejoice to say is almost daily receiving select dinner parties at his palatial villa at Chiswick. Indeed the noble duke has never, since his attack of paralysis a few years back, been in more perfect health. INDIA-ROUSE.—On Wedesday last, the 13th inst., a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when Captain George Greville Wellesley, R N., C 8., was sworn in Commander•in-Chief of the Indian Navy. LIVERPOOL, May 15.—The auxiliary screw steamship Royal Charter, Captain Taylor, WAR cleared by the emi gration officers to-day, aed she will take her departure at an early hour in the morning for Melbourne, with 460 passengers, a large cargo of valuable goods, and a ship letter mail on board. THE TRIAL OF MISS MADELINE SMITH.—We learn that the trial of Miss Madeline Smith on the charge of poisoning M. L'Angellier will not take place during the sittings of the High Court text month, and that, owing to the difficulties attending the investigation, it is pro bable that the case will not come on till July.—Scotsman. SALE OF A HIGHLAND ESTATE.—The finely-situated Highland'estate of Muirton, in Rose-shire, the property of the late W. Mackei:zie, E.q., bas been purchased by R. Ainslie, Esq., of Elvingston, a sportsman well-known in the Highlands.—The purchase price, we believe, was 20, 5001. —Inverness Advertiser. A CURIOUS MISTAKR.—A crowded audience assembled in Dundee, a few evenings ago, to hear Mr. Henry Mayhew lecture upon the " Oddities of the London streets." Mr. Mayhew did not appear ; but, late at night, a telegraphic message was received from him, in which he said, "By mistake I have come to Aherdeen." MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.---0 a Ttlu rsday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for Eist Surrey, held an inquest at the Marlborough Arms, Camberwell, on; the bodybf Thomas Dale, a boot and shoemaker, carrying on business at No. 4, South-street, in the same parish, who committed suicide by hanging himself in the back kitchen. Verdict—lasanity. TIE FAILURE II SOUTIZNYABIL—With regard to the failure mentioned on Thursday of Messrs. Barker and Co., of Southwark, it is stated that, although they were de scribed as timber and stave merchants, they have not been in that trade for more than two years past, their business having been then purchased by Messrs. H. and It. Fowler. Messrs. Barker's liabilities, it appears, amount to 70,0001. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—On the let of June next the postage open letters conveyed either by packet or by private ship, between the United Kingdom and the Cape of Good Hope, will be reduced to the following combined British and Colonial rates :—For a letter not exceeding 4 oz. in weight 6 1., ditto, exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. ls., ditto exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz. 25., and so on, increasing ls. for every additional ounce or frac tion of an ounce. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, May 15.—The mar. ket has shown little, if any, improvement this morning, the sales of cloth having been on a very limited scale and prices being maintained with difficulty, though there is more steadiness than last week. The difficulty of making sales applies to nearly all classes of cloth. In yarns there is rather more business. There are no important sales in any one class, but the demand applies to most kinds of mule and water, both for home con sumption and export. THE LATE OXFORD CITY ELECTION.—A large and influential meeting of the friends and supporters of the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell was held yesterday (Fri day), at the Star Hotel, Oxford, to decide upon the pro priety of presenting a petition to the House of Commons, complaining of the return of Mr. Langston and Mr. Neate, at the late election. A committee, consisting of seven of Mr. Cardwell's principal supporters, was ap pointed to superintend the drawing up of the petition, which must be presented to the Mouse of Commons on or before Wednesday next. "UNITED STATES AND BRAZILIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The Royal Mail steamship, Arabia, Captain James Stone, will sail to-morrow afternoon for New York, with the usual mails and passengers. Lettters must be posted here before noon, with late fees until 1 p.m. and the receiving house on the landing stage will finally close at 2 p.m. The screw steamship Celt, Cap tain Cook, will sail to-morrow afternoon forPernambuco, Bahia, and Rio Janeiro. She will carrry_ a sealed mail, letters for which must be posted here before noon, and with late fees before 12.30 p.m. to-morrow. A review of the D Division of police took place yes terday in Regent's park. The different companies were drilled by their inspectors •, Messrs. Jackson, Macleod, Branscombe, O'Brien, and Grant, and each company went through the drill process of "Stand at ease," "Attention," and "As you were ;" and after this they formed into close column, open column, and then in line, &c. The whole of the movements, as stated by some of the Chelsea Pensioners, who bad been under drill in an other part of the park, were done in a very creditable manner. SECONDARY PIINISHUENT.—Yesterday, a public meet ing was, on the invitation of the Lord Mayor, held in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house, for the purpose of con sidering the provisions of Sir George Gray's Transporta tion Bill. The Lord Mayor presided. Resolutions to the effect that it was desirable to introduce clauses into Sir G. Grey's Transportation Amendment Bill, now before the House of Commons, empowering the Secretary of State for the Home Department in certain cases to substitute for fixed periods of imprisonment and trans portat on a proportionate number of hours of labour to be performed by convicted criminals in this country or in the colonies, as considerations of economy and expe diency may dictate, were, unanimously agreed to. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The powerful company of the establishment has been marshalled in the follow ing manner for next week :—Oa Monday, May 18th, alt the artistes appear at Mrs. Anderson's Grand Morn ing Concert. The artistes include Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, and Alboni; the famour tenor, Giuglini; Vieletti, the great basso ; and the two favourites, Bel letti and Beneventano. On Tuesday, 19th, the " Figlia del Reggimeuto," with Piccolomini as the fascinating Maria, and Belletti as the Serjeant. Thursday, 21st, " La Traviata," with Piccolomini as the heroine, and Giuglini and Beneventano. Saturday, 23d, "I 1 Trova tore," in which Spezia, Alboni, Giuglini, Beneventano, and Vialetti will appear. And on each night the new balletwillb phalanx. egiven, with all the resources of the Terpsichorean NARROW ESCAPE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP Ex- MialeTll.—About 10 a.m. on Tuesday last, there being a very dense fog, her Majesty's ship Exmouth, 92 guns, with 800 men from Lisbon, was slowly sailing up Chan nel with a south-west wind. Off Gewgrease, or Soap rock Cove, between Prarlanack Head and liCyzence (not far from the Lizard) she came so close to the land that the crew fired several guns for assistance. Although the ship could not be seen, the guns were heard by S imuel Hitching, a crabber, who went on board and gave teem valuable aid iu a position of great danger, as the ship was not far west of the "Stag" and " Man-of War" Rocks. After an hour's getting up of steam the ship proceeded on her course, leaving her anchors behind, and having, it is said, struck the ground several times, ' but without injury. It is reported that the captain left a letter with Hitchens for the Admiralty, who, see deubt, will reward him for his services. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Yesterday this boarct was informed at its meeting, by a letter from the office of the First Commissioner of Works, that the three gentlemen appointed by him to consider on the main drainage scheme of the Board of Works will not be able to present their report before the end of next month. The reasons assigned for this delay are'the large number of plans to be examined, the variety and extent of data to be collected, and the necessity of prosecuting original experiments, as well chemical as bydronamic. After the reading of the communisation conveying this intelligence, it was moved that the letter be entered on the minutes, and that Sir B. Hall should be thanked for sending it. To this an amendment was moved that the communica tion be simply acknowledged. A warm discussion took place, Mr. H. L. Taylor denouncing the course taken by Sir B. Hall as " the unprincipled conduct of the most unprincipled man in Eogland." On a division the mo tion was carried by 17 to 14 votes. THE CASE OF STARVATION AT RATCLIFF.—The in quest on Patrick Driscoll, who, it was alleged, had died from neglect and starvation, was resumed yesterday morning. It was given in evidence at the former in ' quiry that Mr. Stephenson, the medical officer, refused, or neglected to give, the starving man an order for meat. After a very prolonged inquiry yesterday, the jury re ' turned the following verdict :—" The jury are of opinion that death was caused by bronchitis, and that, accele rated by the exertion he (the deceased) used in proceed ing to the workhouse while in a state of great t xhaus time, gauged by the order of Mr. Stephenson, one of the medical officers of the Stepney nnion ; and the jury are of °pink n that Mr. Stephenson was guilty of great l neglect in not visiting the deceased at his own home instead of sending him to the workhouse while be was in a state o f prostration, which was highly reprehensible and dose rving of censure; and the jury are also of opi nion the t the circumstances of the case should be laid before t he board of guardians of the Stepney union, and that the summoning officer is deserving of great credit." A Foy KILLED BY LEECHES.—At the village of Ment!.gny la Mare, near Paris, M. Languid, a drug gist, 'lately established a nursery of leeches, for medical purposes, in a marsh or pond, where he was accustomed to fried them by diiiing an old worn-out horse, pure charred at a knacker's yard, every morning into the mu ddy water, and allowing the leeches to fix and gorge theemselves with blood at , the expense of the horses's lel V. His son, a boy of 13, used to ride the horse into the pond ; but a few days ago, the boy having gone al me upon that errand, the family were terrified by the h• nee coming back without its rider ; its legs were bleed ireg profusely and covered with leeches that stuck to their prey. People went to the pond to look for the c hild, aud found him immersed there, struggling feebly 4. o extricate himself Irons the mire, and to defend hims'elf f nom the hundreds of voracious creatures which had trawled under his clothes (for he wore no shoes or stock ings), and bad fixed upon every part of his body. He had probably been thrown off the horse's back by the restlessness of the tormented animal. The poor boy 'was quite exhausted and speechless when he was got rout, and died in a few hours. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY E I. NG, MAY 16, 1857 A 17.1.17: 4 1 S 1 1 NT 1 7 Q CLA..c3... ..1.4 .!„ 1r KJ THE TREATY WITH PERSIA. A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, via Trieste, states that - the treaty of peace signed at Paris between Lord Cowley and Feruk Khan arrived at Teheran on the 4th of April, and was received with satisfaction by the Shah and his people. The disturbances which have taken place in Persia are attributed to financial embarrassments. The following paragraph appears in the French Ministerid journal, the Pays : "We learn from undoubted authority, by a private letter from VienTia that news had been been received there by the electric telegraph of Neriman Khan, tho bearer of the treaty of peace, signed in Paris, having arrived at Teheran. We shall, con7equently, soon know the true opinion of the Persian Government with regard to the treaty, and the course to be pursued by the Shah. A courier despatched by the Governor of Fars had communicated some days previously the capture of Mohammorah. This news circulated at Teheran at the moment it was known that active negotiations for the conclusion of a treaty of peace were being carried on in Paris, has produced an immense sensation at Teheran, and it was feared for a moment lhat the fanaticism of the population would prodUce violence. Tranquility, however, had not been disturbed." THE CAUCASUS. A -telegraphic despatch from Constantinople an nounces that the mountaineers of the Caucasus, commanded by one of the sons of Shamyl, had de feated 4,000 Russians near Sbalisch. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Moniteur says,—" His Imperial. Highness the Grand Duke Constantine took his farewell of their Imperial Majesties on Thursday night, at ten o'clock. "The Prince will stay two days more in Paris, and after having made an excursion to. Creuzot, will go to Bordeaux, where he will embark on .board the Imperil yacht La Reine Hortense, to visit the principal naval establishments on the Atlantic coast. He will devote several days to these interesting visits, and on quitting Frauce he will repair to Osborne, Isle of Wight, the residence of her Majesty the Queen of England. "Their Majest es took a long ride in the forest to-day, favoured by splendid weather." It is thought that the tour of Prince Napoleon will have a happy influence on the affairs of Neu chatel, and that the Conferences, which are to be shortly resumed, will bring about a solution of the difficulty. BOURSE, May 15.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 35 69 55 Bank Shares 4,450 Credit Mobilier 1,297 50 Roman Do. Account 1,294 75 Austrian Belgian 4i Piedmoiatese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. tr. C. tr c. Orleans 1,475 Western Northern Lyons 1,485 -- New Ditto 1 — Mediterranean 2,010 Grand Central i — Geneva 4 Midi - Austrian Com. ...... 710 THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says :—" Several conferences have been held this week between Prince Callimschi and Count de Buol, at the last of which Sir Hamilton Seymour was present. In spite of the agitation in the principalities, no fear is entertained here with respect to the success of the partisans of the union, and the Cabinets of Vienna and London are en gaged in drawing up, in concert with the Porte, a reform of the institutions of the principalities which may satisfy the legitimate demands of that party. We learn, in fact, that Lord Clar endon and Count de Buol have come to an und- r standing on a very liberal project, which, while maintaining the separation of the governments of the Principalities, will provide for a joint military, judicial, postal, and customs administration. Above all, it is necessary to obtain the consent of Turkey to this plan, and she will not probably reject it." HUNGARY. The last accounts from Pesth state that in the eTening of the 10th the Emperor and Empress of Austria attended a ball given by the municipality of Buda, and that the day after his Majesty re ceived deputations, whilst the Empress visited the creche, the children's hospital, and the charitable establishments of Pesth. His Majesty has given 35,000 florins to the Catholic Bishop of Grosswar dein to be invested, artd the interest to be employed partly in developing elementary instruction among the Poumain population, partly in supporting charitable institutions. A letter in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" We learn from a good source that the confiscated estates of the Hung zrian nobility will be restored before long. SPAIN. In the Spanish Senate on the 12th, after the real ing of the letter by which (as announced by tele graph) Marshal Espartero gave in his resignation as senator, the president remarked that the step thus taken was so extraordinary a one that it would be advisab!e to nominate a special committee to report as to what should be done with respect to it. Gen. Cologne asked if the document in question had been communicated to the Queen, and if any resolution respecting it had been taken by her Majesty 1 The President of the Council (Narvaez) said that the answer to the first question was in the affirmative, and to the second that it had been decided that the Senate should be consulted. It was then deter mined that the Senate should in its bureaux pro ceed to the nomination of a committee. The draft of the address, in reply to the speech from the throne was then read, after which the Senate adjourned. The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on the 11th were unimportant. The Madrid journals of the 12th coatain no news of political interest. Ina circular to the military authorities, the Minister of War had made known that as great inconvenience had arisen from un authorised persons reprinting ordonnances, regu lations, and other documents respecting the army, or extracts therefrom, such publicaqons should be prohibited. Seditious proclamations of a demo cratic character had been widely circulated both in the provinces and at Madrid ; they, however, only bore the signature of one Comara, who is not much known. The Government had authorised the establishment of a bank of issue at Santander, with a capital of 5,000,000 reale. A Paris letter in the Independance Beige states that, according to recent despatches received from M. de Courcy, ; French charg6 d'affaires in China, the Government of Pekin appears disposed to afford satisfaction for the murder of the Abbe Chapdelaine, mid that a commencement has been made by the fact of the mandarin who was responsible for the murder having been disgraced. The letter adds that the Papal Government is organising religious missions for China in anticipation of the success of .the French expedition. MINES.—Tbe market this week has taken a decided turn for the better, as regards the extent of general business transacted, and the more confident feeling ex hibited. Share have fluctuated a good deal in some mines, with a downward tendency, but in others a great demand has been kept up, with advanced prices. We fully expect to see a still better tone in the market, for, although money may keep tight for a few months, the fine weather, giving promise of good crops, will have a tendency to counteract its effects, and make mining business brisk. 0 sing to the decline which has taken place in several shares during the season of depression, many good shares can now be purchased to pay 20 per cent —Mining Journal, of this day. FBIGHTFL ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND HERE FORD RAILWAY.—On Thursday, about noon, an accident of a fearful nature occurred upon the above line, at the Marshbrook station, about 15 miles from Shrewsbury, whereby a man and a woman lost their lives-. At this station is a level crossing on to the turnpike-road leading to Church Stretton, at which place a pleasure fair vi as being held. Among the persons who were waiting - to cross was an old woman named Bright, who was very deaf. Just before the express train came up, and which train does not stop at Marshbrook, she attempted to cross. While on the MR. LESLIE'S CHOIR.—Mr. Henry Leslie last ni g ht line the train came dashing along ; the driver sounded gave hisfirst subscription concert, iu which th e athuir tbe alarm signal, but she appeared not to hear it, as she able choir of lad'. s and gentlemen that goes by his name proceeded leisurely. Seeing her imminent danger, a gave great delight to a large as,ernbly at the Hanover labourer on the line, a flue young fellow named Wil. square Rooms. The applause was frequent and cordial, !jams, rushed forward and et . 'emPted to drag her out of and was liberally awarded .by a highly fashionable aud, the way of the speeding train. His gallant and humane ence. The remaining concerts are fixed for the 29th effort was without avail, for the train dashed upon thew, inst. anti the llth of June, and doubtless they will prove killing them upon the spot. Their remains were con- as attractive to all lovers of this truly ell English portion of music as they did last season. veyed to the Station Inn to await tne coroner's inquest. _. ~ _. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 10, P.:`,S. The new steamship Vanderbilt, Captain Wilcox, arrive.! at Cowes this evening with three days' later advicet from New York ; she sailed on the after noon of the sth, and has thus accomplished the voyage in less than tm days. She brings mails, 201 passengers and $400,000 in specie for South hampton and Havre. She encountered very foggy weather from New York to the S.E., ed-r of the banks of Newf ., amdland, And strong gales from N.W. to N.E., with lii h scai thence tai the longitude of 11 degrees. .Pase.l a large iceber g in ht. 43.45, long. 43. The Vanderbilt sails. from Cowes for Havre at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. In tat. 48, long. 10.30, she passed. the British East Indiaman Princess Royal. The steamship Indian, from Liverpool, arrived at Quebec on the 4th. The trial of Mrs. Cunningham for the murder of Mr. Burdall commenced on the 4th inst„ and will last several days. She was on. her trial alone, she and Eckel having been charged on separate in dictment s. News from Mexico was to the 18th of March. The Archbishop of Mexico and several priests had been arrested on a charge of being implicated in a late attempt at insurrection, and the Archbishop sentenced to banishment. A despatch from Washington of the 4th says that the ,rumour of the rejection by Great Britain of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty was confirmed by the re ceipt of a letter from Mr. Dallas to the President. Lord Napier was expected shortly to communicate the fact officially to the Government, when the subject would be considered by the Cabinet of Washington. Advices from Fort des Moines, lowa, to the 27th ult., received at. St. Louis, state that a band of 500 or 600 Indians had crossed the river near Foit George. An attack on the fort, which was very weak, was feared. The recent heavy rains had caused most destruc- five freshets in th© Delaware and Lehiu,rh livers. The Delaware andEaston had risen 23& feet, and were still slowly rising, causing a great destruction of property. - • a _ _ The disturbances on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were newly over. Instructions have been issued by the navy squadron to the East India squadron to proceed to Formosa and investigate the circumstances attend ing ihe wreck of the American ship Highflyer and the supposed murder of her crew. At' New York, on the 4th, the stock-market opened and dosed heavy. The tendency of prices was downwards, and at the close lower rates ruled througiout: At the first beard La Crosse and Milwaukee' declined A per cent. ; New York Central Railroad, ; Erie, ; Readin g , ; Michigan, Southern, 1 ; Michigan, Central, ; Panama, -A ; Illinois Central Railroad, 4 ; Cleve land and Pittsburg ' 1 ; Galena arid Chicago, ; Cleveland and Toledo, 1; Chicago and Rock Island, At the recond bard lower prices ruled all round. Reading fa' off I per cent., Cleveland and. Toledo, 1 ; New Ycrk Central, 4 ; Erie' ; Michi gan, Southern, 1. After the board a ' further de cline was realized, and the market closed very heavy. The cotton-market was rather quiet on the 4th, attributed in part to the inclemency of the weather, while sales were confined to about 1,000 bales, without change in prices. A private telegraphic despatch, dated New Or leans, May 2, gave receipts at 10,000 bales ; sales, 19,000: defieiency of receipts at all the Southern ports, 446,000 ; middling, at 14c. Market firm and crop amounts unfavourable. Flour was firm, especially the higher grades, though the marke . ; was less naive without change of moment in prices. Wheat was firm without sales of moment. Corn was firm with moderate sales. Pork was unchanged with sales of mess at $23 50c., and corn ; mon utunspected. at $22 75c. The rainy weather checked sales of sugar, which were limited, while prices continued firm ; coffee was in good demand, and embraced 1,800 bags Brazil, and 1,300 di to St. Domingo on private terms. Freights exhibited more tone, while engagements were moderate. NEW ORLEANS, MAY 1. Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day 2,000 bales, at 14c. for middling ; sales of the week 19,000 bales, receipts of the week 8,500 bales, stock in 'poit 160,000 bales ; decreased receipts; as compared with the same time last year, 198,000 bales. Decreased receipts at all Southern ports, 4511000 doll. Sugar active at 11c. ; flour advanc ing ; yellow corn 750. ; white di.to 80e. Pork steady ; lard firm. Freights stagnant. _ _ _ MAY 2. Cotton quiet, awaiting steamer's advicei ; sales to day 1,000 bale{ , receipts 950 bales. Ohio flour is selling for 6 dols. 87c. ; coffee quiet, at 111 e. for priwe "Rio ; sales of the week 1,600 bags, stock in port 81,000 bags. — PHILADELPHIA, MAY 4. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Long Island Railroad, 121 ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 48i; Morris Canal, 15 ; Reading Railroad, 401, DEATH OF GENERAL Sltc JAMES MAC- DOEBLL, G.C.B. We regret to announce the demise of General Sir James Ma,cdonell, who expired last evening shortly before 8 o'clock, after a protracted illuette. The gallant general entered the army in 1796, and was appointed Lieutenant in the 101st Foot. He afterwards entered the Coldstream Guards, _and saw much active service with that gallant corps— fact it wa; while serving in that regiment that he derived his greatest honours. He first took part iu the expedition to Nap e; and Calabria in 1805-6, and after entering the Guards pursued a brilliant career in Portugal, Spain, France, and Flanders. It was at the Battle of Waterloo, however, that he chiefly distinguished himself, being then a Lieut.- Colonel in the Guards. tie was in the 24 brigade of the Ist division under General Sir J. Byng (now Field Marshal the Earl of Strafford), and on the evening prior to the memorable 18th of June it was decided that Lieut.-Col. Macdonell, with the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, should have charge of the building of Hougoumont, while the late Lord Saltouu should hold the orchard and the wood. It is a matter of history how the gallant officer held his position against the impetuous and almost overwhelming force of the French, and how w.th his int:epid body of guards he successfully withstood the repeated artacks of the enemy on that important point. He was applauded by the Duke of Wellington, for his emi nent services on that occasion. The gallant general was decorated with the order of tit-3 Bath, and, after taking the intermediate grade of K.C.B. 1838, was, in 1855. created a Grand OzOFS of that military order of knighthdod.. In 1837 he was made a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian order of the Gaelphs. In addition to the Waterloo medal, he had received the gold medal for Maida, also the silver war medal and four clasps for Sala manca, Vittoria, Nivetle, and the Nive. He was decorated with the order of Maria Theresa, and • was a Knight (4th class) of St. Vladimir. In Feb ruary, 1849,• he was appointed Colonel of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot. His commissions bore da'e as annexed—Ensign, Jahuaty, 1706 ; Lieutenant, 2d of Feb., 1796 ; Captain,loth Sept., 1803 ; Major, 17th April, 1804 ' • Lieutenant- Colonel, 7th Sept., 1809 ; Colonel, 12th August, ' l lBl9 ; Major-General, - 224 July, 1830 . ; Lieuten ant-General, 23d November, 1841 ; and General, 20th June, 1.854. The late General was third son of Mr. Duncan Macdonell, of Glengarry, and was born at the family seat in Inverness-shire. THE SANITARY COMMISSION BREAD COMPANY. (From the Lancet.) Although Parliament may neglect to legislate for preventing the 'atrocious practice of adulterating the Bread of the People, yet it was impossible that the disclosures of the Analytical Commission, con firmed as they were by the labours of a Committee of the House of Commons, could remain unproduc tive of important results. Accordingly, in this in stance, as in many other, while the legislature remains passive, privata capital, energy, sagacity, and enterprise promptly advance for tile protection ofthe public health and interests. The half-poisoned inhabio ants of this metropolis will rejoice to learn that a new and powerful company has been formed, under the Limited Liability Act, for the manufacture and sale of perfectly genuine flour and bread. A mill of enorunous capability has been already secured in an admirable situation, and the disgusting and. un cleanly practice of kneading the dough by hand will be entirely obviated bj the inttoduclion of a beautiful system of machinery, exposed to public view while in full operatiOn. The new in , ticu ion is entitled the Sanitary Commission Bread Com pany. All the analytical arrangements will be under. the immed:ate personal supervision of Dr. Hassall, who is one of the directors. A capitalist, an experienced miller, is so confident of the com mercial i;uccess of the company, that he has engaged to embark iu it no less a sum than 50,000/. THE ROYAL BRITISH BAYK. (From the Times ) After the declaration of Nis. Gmiinissioner'Holroyd, it is difficult to conceive that S:r Richard Bethel., the Attorney-General, can sl canplalely set at nought, the obligations of his office as to resist the_ appeal which has been made to him , upon the R >yal B:itish Bank. Mr . William Coningham plainly put the question laAt night to the. Attorney-General, " Is it your intention to in- stitut'n cr,minal proceeding; again3t, these great cri minals ? Ay or n ?" From Sir Richard ththea's an swer it is &11 - Inuit to gather what his real intention may be. Now, what can be the m..it,ive of t`iis reluctance ? Ii is simply puerile to suppose that a man of the pro tessional eminence of the present A.ttorney•Gan,ral can nave any personal object ti answer which shoul 1 induce him to stay proceedings in so serious a matter. Sir It. Bothell as forty years of high character at his back; we dismiss any such supposition as unworthy even of a ' inorrient's discu,sion. But acquitting, as we do most en tirely acquit. the Attorney• General of any such imputa tion, it is difficult to understand why lie ,hould for a imp inent hes:tate to 1.. e the pwers which are placed in his hands for the pull° :ecurity. A man of his great ability can never give a mo:nent's ,kredence to the a,sertion which he nitm,elf made 134 night :—" My reluctance will be due entirely to tho reports and etvements which I find repeated day by day in the public newspaper , , which would render it, almost iinpo , sioV., where persons ire indict d for an offence so ill-defined and so elastic as that for which these persons can alone, according to my personal apprehen,ion, be indic ed, that they can be fairly trial while the pohlia mind remains in it , pre• sent excited state." Does our whole judicial ma chinery, then, break down in the moment of trial I Of course, a great crime, or even the imputation of a great crime, will always inspire a great measure of public indignation, and God forbid that It should be otherwise, or in what a country should we bo 'ring? But, accord ing to the Attorney General, an offender is not to be brought to trial because the crime wherewith Le is charged is such as to tou•si the emotions of all honest men to a keen inspection of the proceedings. Let Sir Richard calm his mind aud dismiss all apprehensions of an undue decision. The difficulty here is not one of fact, but one of law. Now, the fifteen judges aro not men' peculiarly liable to he swayed by transitory smut onR, and the question is whether the Directors o the It .y.l British Bank have violated the law ? The 1-gal point is one rather for the Bench than for the jury. The Attorney-General should remember, too, that if he mero mote chargeshisconiscience with the responsibility of. deferring this inquiry, practically he standing alone and setting his jud Y ,- ment or his timidity against the conviction anti the resolution of the best criminal lawyers in the king , dorn acquits these criminals. Now Sir Richard Btthell •is not the, first criminal lawyer in the kingdom. His fame depends upon Lis pre-eminence at the (quill bar—surely enough to content the pride of any man. Why, then, Should he shrink froth acknowledging tba; - , the prosecution of criminals is a matter with which he has not been conversant. lie needs but to give an intimation of his decision, and he can nornmaed the assistance of the highest professional ekill w hi c h the country can afford. We repeat once more that this i one of the two or three occa•ions in a man's life when his fame is made or marred. It is one of the occasion s on which the Attorney-General must do his duty at anY cost. His answer to Mr. William ConinJiam last nigh! was shifty and flimsy in the extreme '• it shou l d be react by the side of Mr . Commissioner Ilolroyd's judgment , —Tiincs. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT MANSELL.--MAIDSTON S t Frida .—Tho i-xtontion of this murderer is fixed 1"1. Monde) , next, the 18th inst., and up to this evening n°, respite has been received. It is very generally believe d that kis life will be spared. BRITISH FISHERIES.—Last night's Gazette contains a° order in council prescribing regulations for carrying out the convention with France, and the Act 6 and 7 Viet. , cap. 79, respecting fisheries situated between the coaets of Great Britain and France. ~., - THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.--Among the el'‘ tinguished visitors to the Ex iibition on Wednesday were Lord John Russell, the Duke of Argyll, the Doke of Northumberland, Sir Jahn Maxwell, and Lord D ud ' ley. The general-attendance was not very large. PARLIAMENTARY BILLS.—It, appears', from a r eturn issued yesterday, that the sum total paid to draftstoc e ° by the several public departments during the year I S 6ut for settling the drafts of parliamentary bills, amounts t ° 6,3341. 7s. 2d. . CRYSTAL PALACE.—OPERA CONCERT DAY,--AD: 5 ; SION SEVEN SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE.—FRIDAY, ak' 15.—Admissions on payment, 1,008 ; ditto by 80 8 ° 11 ickets, 3,212 ; total visitere, 4,220. f t e TILE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF CHINA.—Some 0 , - b a Chinese news we have ittidy got from Paris is od ." enough, but the oddest of that kind seems to be this:, , "the Cniuese prince and princess, who have been I ° , some time expected at Paris, arrived to-day (Wednesdai, last). The prince is two feet high, and the princess a o ° 4 and a half. They took a promenade along the Boulevarja to-day in a carriage ala Daunzont, the carriage aa f horses being of a size corresponding to the stature 06 ' their highnesses.' They will give audience to visit Sol every day whilst they remain at Paris, imposi ng a el l ': tribute in return for the honour of a d m i ss i on to the ir presence. DEATH FROM SLEEPING IN A BOILER Room.--At 0% 11 , on Monday, a boy discovered a man named Br a e ., bury lying asleep on one of the boilers at the SP ° 7 O field Mills, Salford, and on arousing him found a was drunk. Between five and six o'ciock he a -0 b e e in a beerhouse in the neighbourhood, still drunk. ' 0 next morning he did not appear at his work, and user a search being made he was discovered in a dark hor a e i ° of the boiler room, close to one of the boilers , tl a g, dead. His body was dreadfully burnt in several PlOp and the flesh dropped off the bones when touched , , to was stated by one of the witnesses that the heat At 104 spot where deceased was found was so great, that it , c,, impossible for any person to exist there for ten cnion te , o The verdict was, that the deceased died from suffocai ll whilst in a state of drunkenness. EMBEZZLEMENT OF B,oool.—Thomas Fix Li P , s°' cashier to Messrs. Kershaw, Lees,, and Co., reiten, i 'fy turers and merchants, Manchester, charg e d on elee";11 last with embezzling money t i a large amount, °j i , brought before the magistrates yesterd a y f or re-e or o t don. In addition to the 2,0001. pr o ved to be defie' e p o in one amount on Monday, several others were go into. There was au entry in the bank 1-dger iii ga d handwriting of December 27, 1855, of 3,0001, reo ,l er o from the Manchester and Salford Bulk, but th a el was no entry in the cash-book in which he sb. ° o have accounted for it, and ho had never, ie fact, pwd the money. There was another sum of 1,2001., ree el oe from the Bank of England, and entered into the 1) ,,e , pass-book ; but there was no entry of it in the cash -b° of The total deficiency in his cash is stated at upwa r lel 8,0001. The prisoner has not lived ext r av aga ntly , e s appeeis to have lent the .greater part of the raohloi' I 0 U's and promissory notes to a firm carrying oil w o es ness in Salford, so that there is some hope that a e; t teJ of it will be recoverable. The pawner was coma:" for trial. f .. of THREE RIVERS SETTLEMENT —This vast trA c . „ - „, 0 0 country-50,000 square wiles—is destined at no r e 'r„ et period to become of paramount importance, not othf f if the lumber merchant, lent to th i setil .r. A 031 '00 ' this hitherto terra incognita is * being engraved t °l. oo o Crown Lands Department, and the world wil l f e e be beUer able to judge of its magnitude. Oos io g , ; tore of this tract of country is it numerous I /1 e t W hen the lumberman ascends a tree to " prosei el his eye is dazzled with the glitter all around, 0 ;0 ( saute localities be may count froise one point 01 , -1 1.10 as many as 50 lakes. These lakes are filled wi t ' fo ili finest flab, flora the perch to the muskinonge, ort l ' e P o - ref' weiehing 50 lbs. BeAdes the abound; black bass, ' o ri white fish, and salmon trout I have seen some sold in the Three Rivers market , Ic ie et,' have been caught only 40 miles north from this P 0' weighing 341 b. These fi'h are taken by the li a° c fl l l hook, generally baited with a young chub or pieced' 0 l pork. When the arms of the fisherman grow voiol'i ; heeling out his prey, he adopts a plan for hi' relief cyl,oo. I question, never entered the brain of Izeak NV 3 pie , • Ele bends downs young meting, either beech or nifiad, which he finds growing near the water's brink , tit ei ° attaching his line to the tapmost branch, throws ° t eel / baited hook, which no sooner touches the surfa° ° l aid it is seized upon by some hungry cruiser ; the °b ° ' is allowed to rebound, and the captive is landed cvaldiei I jerk.—Three Rivers Correepondent of the Cal/ News. ' •9 D sl?ei THE EXHIBITION OF GOVERNMENT O FFICE .--,..%i i e , AT WESTMINSTER-HALL.—The fact that the v. rig tt j Buccieuch possesses a mansion immediately adinia i l , 0 site to be treated, about to be enlarged or reetia"gort that . Mr. Burn is his architect, may lead some to a 0 00:: by and by, that predilection for certain arrahe e ac t , :, affectingpersonal convenience haS weighed in lto d sion, All, th e jud g es, however, are understoc oitl i , nten of the hi g he s t inte g rity, and if they fail in aj e t ai r , • a correct sel e ction, it will not bo through wan t ' c o l' ii ,, i to do w h a t i s r i g ht. The task is one ht g r io vo l e . • spone i bility, and, properly performed, will re er d . immense labour. Let us hope that the judg es a 01311,, pared to give that patient attention to the mat te t r be ts 9 o f it demands. When we talk of the difficulty nf • t lr i oo 1 we speak,from personarkuowledge ; none can J ste r " l e it but those who have made the attempt to ni" l eil'o various propositions set forthwith pen and oen cl ag e , l A re I various competitors. The intimation in Our P e ei e e l 1 week, that we should be glad to receive copies °fo u s ~, ports sent in with the designs, has brought I. 2 l ) , ls t bec_ i . l overwhelming pile of papers, to say nothing °I. o l' 0 i I respondence on the euhject. We alluded e la . o of : • vious article to the fact that the autholllic p oc c i e L large number of the designs was perfectly sell ea t e h ef since then, the anonymous late been for them tht* tx til d ; labandoned ; competitors of any position felt _ h oe , b e were disadvantaged by reinainal unknowea r eit e : f ie works of contemporaries were mentioned ,".tbron2",e, , names of their authors ; and the result is '' tha ehe alitu et ij 1 out the Rall reserve has disappeared, and . _ .1.10 0 _ l5 O 1 ship of nearly every design of note is a a d'of publicly recognised. Thus to Lame ha lt ye ih e fe noticeable designs to which we sha ll not a?':,(.o to "tt course/of the present nrticle--No. 69 is g 1 ,1ipg1, 9 ,0 6 Knewlee, 76 to Mr. Lamb, 77 to Mr. G:t gr . 0" , Mr. E. M. Barry, 112 to Mr. Kerr, 116 t eie . r. , 0 el, 144 to Mr. Cockerel', and SO On.-- The -BU",:.o4erbj,t Ot No'Pew RENTS.—A new Baptist chaeela, 0 , co:,,elt accommodetuie 1,000 persons, and e rected '' A e a; :':, ; 1 4,0001, was opened at Bradford yesterelse';., pew 1 ,1, 1 0 0: nitre are pews in the chapel, there will ogee", be ieg .. 0e ,,, ,. Ithe voluutary prieciple, "pure and eirn , ,P D ivine s e _ j a l o n ' ( to be adopted for the mainteeance i ' Braaten', a pps I 1 The experiment is altogether new in . 2 „ sec ti " working will be watched with interest by a' 1 Christians Th e met al s . Ti full ra 'uPPI3 sur e oi bita t t ( !as, uetaar. quiet, Put tion, The Exche awl Ad A fi Turku th e p r are lc Per c L( Mar app e The Shar a sli 'A week rum s fea•.o ere as With aeon' gold aorbe deale Thre, will Part n en erlt ditio t rectl 3 total Miilk there but gi discos holl e not li 2,00 0 kent Crem e to tL Act tuli Oth, Sev( Oth f N o t A , . th e insta l L ane `West P, alt e: deei