The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

MR. WILLERT BEXLE begs to announce that he has entered into an arrangement with Mr. W. H. RUSSELL, the Special Correspondent of the " Times" with the British Army in the Crimea, for the delivery of a PERSONAL NARRATIVE of the GREAT CAMPAIGN of 1854-55-56. The scenes and operations of which Mr. Russell was a spectator comprise every event of importance, from the departure of the army to the evacuation of the Crimea, including—The Battle of Alma, the Bombard- • ment, the Battle of Balaclava, the Battle of lukerman, the - Winter Sorties, the Trenches, Death in the Camp, the Expe dition to Kertch, the Assault of the 15th of June, the Battle of the Tcliernaya, the Final Assault, and the Fall of Sebasto pol. Amid the scenes of daily excitement in which he was placed, obliged, as the correspondent of a great public journal, to record at the instant Ilia impressions of the snore momentous events around him, Mr. Russell was compelled to leave un noticed many circumstances which appeared of insignificance when they occurred, but which subsequent experience showed to be of great interest. He had no time to describe the little world in which he lived, or the actors who moved in it ; but be has now the oppo tunity of recalling more minutely the particulars of all he saw and heard, to sketch as it were the private life and interior economy of the ann.:es, and of the camp, and to enter upon the description of subjects which, during the war, it would have hem injudicious :ma impolitic to have communicated to the world. The Narrative will consi , t of Three distinct Parts, and will be delivered at WILLIS'S ROOMS on - Part I. MONDAY EVENING, May 11. Part 11. THURSDAY EVENING, May 14. Part 111. SATURDAY EVENING, May Id. To commence at Half-past Eight o'clock. Subscription to the series, two guineas ; single tickets each. Cramer, Beale and Co.'s. 201, Regent-street ; Sams', 1, St. James's street : Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street ; and all the principal libraries and music:sellers. ill ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THURSDAY, APRIL 30. In consequence cf the Death of her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of GLOUCESTER, the Theatre is CLOSED THIS EVENING, by command of the Lord Chamberlain. The performance announced for this Evening is postponed till To-Morrow Evening, FRIDAY, May 1, when will be per formed Verdi's Opera of LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdfle. Piccolomini. Ballet—LA ES.I.ERALDA. La Esn - Pralda, Mdlle. Pocchini. For pgrticulars see bil!s. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have boon specially reserved for tne public, and may be had on ap pli,,,atio - a at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. All Tickets issued for this Evening, Thursday, April 30, will be available for To-Morrow, FRIDAY, May 1. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Second appearance of MlAlle. ORTOLAN'. GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, BELLETT.I, POCCHINI. ON SATURDAY EVENING, .fay 2 (the second time these seven years), Bellini's Opera of I PURITAN'. Elvira, Madlie. Ortolani (her 2d appearance in England); Arturo, Sfg. After which, the Third Tableau of LA ES NIE RALDA. In which will be introduced an entrcly New Divertissement. La Esmera'da, Pocchini Fez particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and miy be had on applca tion at the Box-office. at the Theatre Co'onnade, Haymarket. Price Oae Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. ROY A L PRINCESS'S Til EAT RE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD TUE SECOND. Kin; Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. rIZEIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF A Dmissice.st. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new ania of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter. Fitzwilliam, After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A lALA.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with LENT) ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole o: the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second pi ice. s. d Dress Boxes. 5 11 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ... 3 0 Upper Box: 5... Pit.... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery Upper. Gallery 0 ONo half-price to Upper Gallery. 91111EATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI Lemee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TIT'S EVENING, will bo performed LIKE AND UULIK E. Ohara ters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, &c.; Madame Ce!est°, Miss Windham, &c. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. l'aul Bedfcrd, &c. Ilp-OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lf , q9ees, Meg4m ShophPri and Cr9stwick. THIS EVENING will be performed Bnurcs. Brutui, Mr. Cr,:swiek. After whic'i, 01311, NELLY. Miss Poole. FolPmed by TIIE DLINITI SAVOYARD AND HIS MoYK EY. Tho Monkey, Mr. Floxmon. Nelly Bell (with songs; 0Y A L OLYMPIC TiIEATII,E. .0 Le9see, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will e p2rforrad a new drama, called D vD.Dt" ITAII,DACM Mr. &c. Tie yew 411,1111 , 1, by To'n Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP 1)i wor,rs CLOTHING. conclude with THIEVE!! THIEVES ! Messrs. F. Roli3on, G. Tn 7 n7. Cor.imence at Ita:7f-past, Seven. STLEY'S ROYAL A NIP ENTRE, Les,e© and Mauager, Mr. W. Cooka. ` TINS EVENING (c , fatinuel Suecl.s the hizbly sic:tessirtil Militety Spectacle, called TIIE FRENCI4 IN ALCIIERS ; er, The Battle .4 Cnn , ta,ntine. Novel amil Inctiyo situations by Cooke's beautiful II srse3. traiacl by him. oAfter vtlich, the inimitable SCENES > ti the L • E..IE, in trotileing `firs Kat.; Cooke on her b-autiitil chard •taciv.. d op. The performance of Signor Conn and Family, To conclude with A !III,THFUL FARCE Gnumez..co at seven o'clock. Dress rbxes, 45. ; Upper 30iel, as. ; Privato I;ja^s, from 11., no &iar,,gfi for booking ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, (id. ''oa•ordce open from Eievon till Four. Stage Manager, M. W. West. 14:4jacstrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CA NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-rni,d OPEN EVERY EVENING.—Tho fulls in,* co npany of Vocalists ir•e engaged for the performance of Soloet , ons from all the popula7 Operas, Madrigals, Ceorues, Glees, Duets, &c., Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Ca.nlfield, Miss Ernnell, Miss Sr.mrnsrs, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Toughmans, R. Grover, T. Farraut, ,;ones, .1. Barker, W, Melling, P. corri Senor Antonin M. de Solla, and E. L. !lime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Meusrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, raid E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. C..cii Hicks; harmonium, J. C,anifield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro• oisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. AIG:1 WATER AT LONDON BRIDG2. Tlrg Ail—Morn. 5 min. rift. 6—Evening 35 min. aft, 6 rn 7 3lo7oow—Alorr. 6 min. aft. 7 —Evening 4 i min. aft. 7 THE WEATFIEF.—SUN °male, APRIL 30. THFRIKOMETIIII, IN THE SIIADE. 53 —highest since noon yeEterd - . 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 3011. Vi r TNP.-IV. to N.N.W. ; light, with doll colt weather. A change is impending. We had some slight sprinkling last evening. 1 1, , , , LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1857. mated. A very brief int.:rval now must bring us face to face with the realty. Is will then be manifest whether this most popular of all the Statesmen of Lis ago is s..t heart worthy of his popularity. We are sanguine that it may eventually prove so. LA us still trust that our expectations in this matter may not be doo:ced to disappointment. Nevertheless, even supposing that they are after all deplorably falsified—the remedy of that mel tncholy evil will be, upon the instant, within the grasp of the new Parliament. An immediate change in the Premiership would in that contingency become inevitable. A more vigorous Reformer would have to replace even the popular PALMERSTON. It is not conceivable, however, that a statesman so eminently sagacious can wantonly scatter to the winds the brilliant hopes and aspirations. which have latterly accumu lated about his unrivalled reputation. It is not probable that an administrator of such rare dis cretion will wilfully leave this "fair field" of Reform to " batton on this moor" of ultra-a,n servatism ! It will not be consistent with his own hitherto certainly vague, but still, at the same time unmistakeable promises of Progressive Im provement ! It will not be in keeping with the very recent programme of " Change" put forward within the last week by the great morning, and afterwards by the great quarterly, organ of his Go vernment. The Times has more than "hinted" Reform. The Edinburgh has more than " hesi tated" Progressive Improvement. _ Both as the recognised organs of the Prime Minister. Both officially. Both authoritatively. The former notoriously inspired by Lori PALMER STON'S —Vice-President of the Board of Trade, The latter by Lord PALMERSTON'S—ChanceIIor of the Exchequer. There cannot in reason be any Tells to bridges, etc., will be enhAnced in a simi hr ratio, and every retailer will require five mils where the penny now answers, or the cent. or 2d. 2.sths, where he is now satisfieil with 2d. The working man, who changes his shilling will thus practically lose 2,1. in every shilling, or 3s. 4d. in 11. sterling—a very serious injury, and far too high a price to pay for the crotchet of the moneyocracy. longer the smallest doubt that Reforms are really Intended by the PALMERSTON Government. It now only remains to be seen whether those Re forms will be, in themselves, Sufficient. At any rat;—as one positive and indubitable step towards that long and anxiously looked-for disclosure—we have now arrived at the actual day of the first assemblage of Queen VICTORIA'S Fifth Parlianuent,—A day already rendered me morable in the annals of the British Legislature by the election of the Right Hon. EVELYN DENISON to the distinguished dignity of the Speakership. All who experienced the effects of the cbange of currency in Ireland in the y ear 182 G, must remember the complaints of the labouring classes, when they received but 12d. in place of 13d. for the shilling. Many intelligent persons declared that in consequence of the abolition of the ten penny, they found in all small transactions, the shilling only went as far as the tenpenny had pre viously gone. The results will be of a very similar character if the pound unit be adopted at present ; whereas by taking the franc or florin of 20d. (not of 25.), they will, if anything, gain by the tran saction, and our currency systom will be more closely assimilated to that of other countries, and have a much better chance of being adopted at any "Congress of Nations" that may be held for the purpose of introducing a uniformity of coinage, or rather of denominations of money, throughout the civilised world. A desperate Forlorn Hope is now in active course of preparation. A last Arctic Expedition in search of the brave Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his heroic companions. This final enterprise being courageously adventured upon at the per sonal instigation of that dauntless lady with whose name the memories of the missing navigators have become long since indissolubly associated. GOD speed this last daring project set on foot by Lady FRANKLIN—and aided, our heart rejoices to know, by the aotive sympathy of so many competent " men of mark"—professional men, navigators, and philosophers. It will be remembered that the smallest ad ditional assistance has been positively and peremptorily reused to Lady FRANKLIN by the Government. Mistakenly and deplorably refused we cannot but think—refused most cruelly and most ungenerously Refused, however, so expli citly and so definitively, that it were only waste of time, and words, and energy, to complain one moment longer of the course pursued in this mat ter by the Administration. We have, at least, to thank Ministers foe letting us know the worst at once, unmistakeably. The Admiralty not merely decline sending out any supplement try expedition to the Arctic Seas in quest of the Erebus and Terror—but absolutely (in addition to this) return the most decided negative t ) Lady FRANKLIN'S two final requests. First of all, for the Gift of such stores from her MA JE,TY'S Dockyard as are available for this special service only—gifts hitherto granted to her in all her former private expeditions. Secondly, for the Loan of the Arctic ship Resolute, recently restored in perfect order to our QUEEN by the Ame rican Government. It matters nothing that the dt tires asked for must—now that they are decline 1 to be given up—remain idle and useless in her MAJESTY'S Dockyard. Neither does it matter anything that the Resolute, now grudged to the (presumed) widow of FRANKLIN by the Admiralty, has been restored to the possession of her MAJESTY by the unexampled magnanimity of a friendly Government. The Gift and the Loan are alike refused to the sorrowing but still heroine hearted petitioner. Lady FR iNKLIN, left thus entirely to herself in this last afflicting emergency, resolves, like a true wife as she is, to dedicate the last remains of her own all but shattered fortune to the fitting out of A Forlorn Bops of R-,seareh for her long-lost husband and his missing companions. Will England permit this ? Can Englishmen remain unmoved spectators of any proceeding such as that ? We cannot believe it. We cannot re gard any public apathy so base, any national in difference so degenerate, as in the smallest degree probable. There is " golden" proof already, thank GOD, that the mere notion of an apathy so base, and of an indifference so degene rate cannot be entertained for one moment among right-minded Englishmen. Elsewhere, in our advertising columns, will be found a preliminary list of subscriptions towards defraying the expense of th's las; heroic expedition. A screw-yacht (the Fex) h as been already purchased, and is now lying in pre paration at Aberdeen. The command of .this vessel has even now been awarded to the gallant Captain M‘CLINTOCK, an experienced sailor, already distinguished among our Arctic Navi gators. The Programme of the whole expedition is epigrammatically sketched in a single sentence of this persuasive Appeal to the candour and mag nanimity of the population, where it is said— " We hold to the opinion that it is the duty of Englishmen to examine that limited area whence the traces of their missing countrymen were de rived, which, though it lies to the south of well searched tracts, and has been approached by vessels that returned without loss, has never yet been explored." Observe—those few words thrill with Hope—" never yet explored." And they are words confirmed by the appended signatures of such men as Admiral BEAUFORT, and General SABENE, and Sir RODERICK MustemrsoN. The second of these three giving twenty-five pounds, the first fifty pounds, the third one hundred pounds towards this noble aggregate of subscriptions. There is another single gift of 1001. upon the list, and one of even 1501. I May the donations spread and multiply. The project has our warmest sym pathy, and again we wish it "Gon—speed I" Remember—there still is, Hope. The likeliest spot of all in those Arctic regions has " never yet been explored." Captain Aus- TIN, of the Royal Navy, would not per mit Captain PENNY, not of the Royal Navy, to penetrate further in that direction, as he desired. Captain M'CLINTOCK may now (being himself so far untramelled) be enabled to realise at last the baulked intentions of his adventurous predeces eor. More fortunate than Captain COLLINSON, may he yet bring us news of the long lost naviga tors. Sir E. BELCHER returned homewards from those Arctic seas virtually empty-handed. Sir R. 111‘CLunE brought back with him the barren glory of having at last demonstrated the existence of a North-West Passage. May a yet happier fate than even the memorable one last mentioned, com pensate, sooner or later, - for all his terrible respon sibilities, the heroic Leader of the Forlorn Hope in search of the FRANKLIN Expedition ! Lord OVERSTONE, as one of the three cora• missioners appointed to report on the decima: currency, has issued an elaborate series of inquiries to draw forth an exposition of the difficulties and objections that may be considered to stand in the way of an alteration in the existing system. We cannot conceive why t'ae Noble Lord Lord has thought proper to act separately from his fellow commissioners, Lord MONTEAGLE and Mr. HUBBARD, who were selected as his asso ciates by the Government. It would cer tainly seem more courteous if he hall in vited the participation of his associates before putting forward a series of interrogatories that seem to indicate that the mind of ono of the Judges is already made up, and that so far as he is concerned the result may be regarded as " a foregone conclusion." We have already had bitter experience of the practical operation of some of Lord OYERSTONE'S monetary theories, and are certainly by no means disposed to follow blind fold in the path on which he has entered. Ho has already, in one matter of vast importance, ex hibited an unflinching resolution " to stick by his order," and to promote the interests of " the few at the expense of the many." Any project emanating from that quarter must therefore be strictly scrutinised in all its details, and Ps probable, and even possible, effects on the interests of the less wealthy classes accurately cal culated, .before it can receive public support. Tho great merchan!s and bankers are those who would chiefly profit by the introduction of the decimal coinaEto ; and if any inconvenience is to be sus tained in the process, it is only fair that they should sustain it, and not transfer it to those who have but little interest in the matter, beyond that of seeing that they are not victimised by the means adopted. There can be no dispute as to the advantages of a well devised decimal currency, but as the Right Hon. GeLtleman, the Member for Kidderminster, declared, the question at issue is the modus deci aaaudi, so that the greatest good may be achieved at the minimum inconvenience. The whole mat ter in fact turns on the selection of " the unit of account," and, as we have repeatedly explained, that should not be such as to affect the daily ope rations of the less wealthy classes, whose dealings are conducted in " terms of pence." The fact of getting bt.t ten pence in place of twelve, in change for a shilling, would practically deprive the working men of 20-per cent., or one-fifth of their income, and ho pro ductive of great aquoyance and lom in all their trimsactions. We have, therefore, felt it essen tial that the copper coinage should remain un altered, and that the inconvenience which must necessarily be encountered during a period of transition, should be sustained by those who de mand the change, and for whose exclusive benefit it is to be inaugurated. The working classes can carry on their business very efficiently with the existing system—and it is for those who believe that they can economise time and labour by the required alterations to defray the expense thereof. Ono unanswerable objection to the "pound uniL" is, that it is far too - high. It will require four places of figures, while two, or at most three, would answer every purpose with the franc or florin. The fact that our smallest coin is a far• thing, materially affects the interests of small con sumers. The fair proportion of cost cannot be properly estimated therein, and the retailer inva riably takes advantage where fractional parts of a penny are concerned. " They manage these things better in France." The New Parliament has this day actually as sembled. Even the tardy Leitrim Election hav ing now been completed, the six-hundred.and fifty-four popular representatives recently chosen by the constituencies have at length been formally convened for their first aggregate assemblage on this 30th of April, 1857, in the legislative palace at Westminster. The decisive Answer given by the country to the frank and manly Appeal marie to its judgment by Viscount PALMERSTON is now visible in the. New House of Commons. It will soon be audible in the discussions. And soon after that, be clearly and distinctly legible in divi sion reiterated upon division. There has long been no doubt whatever about this : for the new House of Commons, assembled for the first time this day at Westminster, is obviously, notoriously undeniably, to all intents and purposes, Palmer stonian. That is to say, If --not otherwise but —lf to be A Palmerstonian means to be " A Reformer." That the words may really, in a broad sense, be regarded as synonymous is now very generally understood and recognized. The fact has been recently foreshadowed plainly enough, through 'the Times, and almost simultaneously through the Edinburgh,. Whether the meaning attached to the phrase of " A Re former" by the Premier be really and truly ider,- tical with that attached to it by the People, is a problem to the solution of which we have fortu_ nately by this time very nearly indeed approxi- There the cent. or one hundredth part of a franc answers every object that can be devised, and is alike useful to vendors and purchasers. Here, however, in many instances, the fractions of a penny are disregarded, and the consumer in variably bears the loss. With the pound unit many changes will be required. With the florin or franc but one is essential, and that is in the pound itself, which should be made equal to 25 francs, 250 pence, or 1,000 farthings, in place of 240 pence and 960 farthings, as in the present scale. By this means the people would not suffer. Pence or farthings would not change. The pound would be increased to 20s. 10d., but the calculations during the transition stage would easily be made b, adding 1-25th, or in decimal notation .04. Tolls and taxes would thus be satisfied without lossto the payers, the receivers would lose 4 per cent., but surely that would be far better than that they should gain 20 per cent. at the expense of those who are already too heavily burdened, and are compelled to strain every nerve to make both ends meet. If the present pound or florin be retained, the next coin of account will be equivalent to 2 2-5 pence, and the half of it to 1 His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Bernstorff, have left the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, for Steephill Castle, near Ventnor, in the Isle of Wight. His Excellency the Belgian Minister entertained a party of friends at the Brunswick • Hotel, Black wall, yesterday afternoon. Lord and Lady de Tabley and family have arrived in town from Tabley House, Cheshire, for the season. His lordship has taken a residence in Upper Brook -street. Lord and Lady Olivia Ossulston, and Lord George and Lady Adeliz t Manners, are among the recent arrivLk at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. Giant DAthyany arrived in Own on Tut.si,lay from Leamington. Mrs, and Miss Longueville Clarke have arrived hr the season at their residence in Eaton-square. 1 5 of our present p: uny. IL is clearly perceptible that the penny receipt stamp and postage stamp will be increased by 20 per cant. rn SUN, i3ONI)ON ) THURSDAY 1 - 4 - ‘'v gt-, I. NU A IntlLi 80, I 5; OPENING OF THE The opening of the new Parliament, which has! been looked forward to with a) much intereit: during the latt six weeks, took place to-day. The: weather was exceedingly fine, and Palace-yard wa:7 l consequently ranch crowded. The neighhour hood of the new Houses of Parliament presented Beene of unusual bustle and excitement. Lord PALATE RSTON congratulated the Speaker; on the distinguished honour that day conferred onl him. He hoped he would equal the ability' of Mr. S. Lefevre in that chair. It wouldi, l be flattery to Any man to say he couldll . !exceed him. (Cheers.) He (the Speaker) wouldl l'o.. supported in the discharge of his duties by the Icordial co-operation of all the members of the housel (hear, hear)—without which no Speaker would' 1)o able to effectually carry them out. 1 Mr. WALPOLE also congratulated the election , (o . Mr. ami , on, and regret ed the absence of Mr. ] 4- T - :---acl; which arose from a mistake of the ' "t•lne of the meeting of the house. He (Mr. '.:Valpalc) assured the hon. gentleman that the':i ,111 , 2mbers on his side of the house would afford him tlll the assistance possible. (Cheers.) The house adjourned at five minutes to 3 o'clock. DEATH OF H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. GLOUCESTER HOUSE, APRIL 30. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester spired, without suffering, at a quarter after five 1 ?XlIIBITION OF DeSIGNS FOR THE NEW' OFFICES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF' FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IV AR. The following Notice was posted this day in thel .obbies of the two Houses of Parliament : " Peers and Members of Parliament will be admitted o view the Exhibition in Westminster Hall en Friday Ind Saturday, the Ist and 2d of May, between the hourt f twelve and one. "The Exhibition will be open to the public on Mon lays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, from ten till six ; and In Saturdays from twelve till six, until farther notice. " Office of Works, April 30, 1857." NOTIIER MURPHY !-THE 'FEATHER, l'f ,-- red ol hini snd ca,id t!'at he 0 1( uld on tiro i _ ~ , ,L. LL .•. ~, . rely 7.4._ WS c.,.i.p.1 eJ-operation and general support of tl!e ATFST Ic t, i.. - ie in giving effect to its rues and orders, , 4 :1-- 1 ' - ' 1 - 4 L ,a, , d in promoting the various duties which the 1i n.Qe had that day imposed on Hai (Cheers). T 4 he Mace having been taken from the fl_or of NEW' PARLIAMENT, tho Lowe and Ogee(' on the table. SWITZERLAND AND PRUSSIA. A. letter from Berne, thted 27th April, has the following : " I can guarantee to you the exactitude of the infor 'mation I now send you respecting the proposed arrange I nicint with Prussia, as I have it from a person who has !read the project. " The document is drawn up in the form of a treaty !between. Prussia and Switzerland, under the express 1 guarantee of Austria, England, France, and 'Russia, and 1 ' 'the object of which is to prefect a disturbance of the peace of Europe. . " The let Article of the project is very categorical, ' and is couched in these terms : " 'His Majesty the King of Prussia renounces for , himself and for his successors for ever, all claim to the Sovereignty which Art. 23 of the Treaty of Vienna of 11315 assured to him over the Principality of Neuchatel.' 1 " This stipulation is formal; and does not stipulate lany reserve or restriction. "The 2d Article qualifies the position of Neuchatel towards S sitzerland and towards foreign States. Neu chatel is recognised a sovereign and independent Sate ; it will continue to enjoy the same rights and guarantees as any other sovereign State of the S miss Confederation, ,as was stipulated in the declaration made at Vienna on the 20th of March, 1815. "This article, therefore, confirms the fall independ ence of the canton of Neuchatel, and its right of cs)nsti- [ration. "The 3d article is thus conceived :—The Confedera tion will pay to the King of Prussia the sum of 1,000 000f.' ."Nothing is said way this sum is paid ; and it is worthy of observation that the word indemnity is not mentioned, probably purposely, in the treaty. "The other articles may be summed up as follows : Ilhe Confederation will proclaim a general amnesty for al political and military offences, and offences of the press relating to the events of September 3, 1856. This amnesty will comprise all militiamen, as well na ives of the canton as foreigners, who left the country to elude joining the last Federal call to arms. No proze . eution can be commenced in the civil or criminal courts against persona for being implicated in the events of 'eptember. The Confederation itself will pr wide for the expenses caused by the recent events, and the State ~ of Neuchatel will only have to pay its proportional share of the money contingent. No special tax is to be im posed upon any c'ass of individuals for this purpose. The church property, which in 1848 was incorporated '1 ',with the fortune of the State, cannot be employed for any , , other object, and the revenues are to be applied for those particular objects. The funds of charitable institutions, J arising from private donations, such as those of Baron de Pury and the Pourtales Hospital, cannot be employed , for other purposes, and shall continue to be employed henceforth according to the intention of the donors. "Such is the faithful tenour of the project." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING A letter from Marseilles of the 27th says "The change in the plans of the Grand Duke Con stantine, who had at first intended to come to this city from Toulon by sea, was caused by the unfa vourable state of the weather, the mistral having been blowing rather violently for some days. As 'soon as it became known by telegraph that the Prince was coming by land suitable arrangements were made. About 4 o'clock, the authorities went Pout to meet him, and the moment he appeared the event was announced by a discharge of cannon. The Grand Duke, as soon as he had been received by the awhorities, left his travelling carriage, and entered that of General Rostolan, accompanied by that officer, the Marquis de Belmont, Chamberlain `o the Emperor, and the Prefect of the Bouches du 'Rhone. The carriage was preceded by several out !lidera in the livery of the Emperor of the French, and by a detachment of Lancers. Several other carriages followed, conveying the Russian officers in the suite of the Grand Duke, the May or of Marseilles, and other civil and military authorities. General Totleben was the object of general notice. The 58th regiment formed a line from the Place de Rome to the Place Castellaue. Immediately after the arrival of the Prince at the Prefecture he re ceived the civil and military authorities, and the different constituted bodies ; and, as soon as'the - 20 receptions *ere over, went to the Hotel d'Orient, where apartments had been prepared for him. The ' Marquis de Belmont, General Rostolan, the Pre tbe Bishop, and the Mayor of Marseilles, fiGeneral Carondelet, the Procureur-General, and Mthe Greek Archimandritc, dined with his.lmperial • Highness in the evening." A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels says :- 3" The following are some particulars of what has R been done relative to the government plan for levy ing a duty on transferable securitie4. The come . unttee on the budget has proposed an amend naent, which allows the stamp duty, fixed by the decree of 1850, to subsist, but establishes in addi tion a transfer-duty of 10c. for every 100 fr. of capi tal, which is to apply to all industrial shares not to r, bearer. The reason why these latter are excluded is the vast difficulty, or rather the impossibility of levying a tax on then. In their case, the duty in • question: is to be replaced by a regular subscription (abonnement). When this amendment was brought before the Council of State, that body, after a first examination, requested the committee to send three `of its members to support its views. This faculty, ' for the committees of the Legislative Body` to defend their amendments before the Council of State, is set down in the constitution, but it is rarely acted on. Several times the committees have even refused to comply with the request made to them by the Conn cil of State to send some of their members to explain the motives of their propositions. But on this oc casion the committee charged three of its members to support its project. For that purpose it selected M. Lequien, its president and MAI. Fauguier and Bus .e. son. These gentlemen were heard before the Coun cil of State ; and the latter body, in its turn, sent 1 three of its members to the committee to oppose the amendment and maintain the government area i. sure. The observations developed by the Council iX of State nei her modified nor shook the resolu t tines of the committee. Without sending any e. official cornmunicat:on, it let the Council of State t know in the most positive manner that it was una ' ntmously decided on rejecting the article of the `"budget of receipts referring to the new tax, unless rt: the amendment it proposed was accepted. Such is the state of the affair at the present moment. The .Igovernment, it is said, is not very anxious about this new tax." BOT/USE, April 29.—The following were the last qubtations 1 Casb. fr. c. Hli per Cents 3 per Cents 63 GO Bank Shares 4,350 Oredit Mobilier 1,260 Roman Do. Account 1,260, Austrian Belgian 4 , 4 l'iedmonte.se (5) 90 S u p o t e sh Threes Da Debt End of Month. 91fr. 68 65 i • / .RAILWAYS —FOR CABS. Ix. C. tr C. Orleans 1,455 Western i — Northern - Lyons 1,490 New Ditto 740 ~--- liaditerranean 2,050 Grand Central Geneva - liidi - Austrian Cum....... 700 will not, it is supposed, be conclu three months." PRUSSIA. The Prussia❑ Chamber is hurryingon the business before it, in order to get finished before the close of the session, which wi l take place in three weeks. The committees Of the Upper Hou,sehave c3ncluded in favour Of the adoption of tl_e bills relative to the railways in the ..eaAtern provinces which are to jo.nthe Russian lines, and for the interdiction of f ;reign bank-notes. The Chamber of Deputies has just adopted art 1 of the bill on pateutes, or licenses to trade, which is the essential part of the measure. This change in the law will open freh sources of revenue to the treasury, and is also a very necessay ainelieration on the former law on the subject. ROME. A letter from Rome of the 23d says :--•" The Empress-Dowager of Russia arrived here to-day, at half past three in the afternoon, apparently in excel lent health. She proceeded at once to the hotel of iheßussian legetion, and entered th e chapel to return thanks for her safe arrival. Oncoming or., she had all the members of the legation presented to her. She afterwards received. Mgs. Borroineo A rese, master of ceremonies to the Pope, but requestei the visit of Cardinal Antonelli to be postponed to the next day, as she felt laigued. The Grand Duchess Olga and the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg were at the emba-sy to welcome her Majesty. On the ar rival of the Empress at Civita Veechia being an nounced at Rome, a battalion of French infantry was posted at the Russian embassy, in order to pay her Majesty due military honours. General de Goyon had applied for a fortnight's leave • of ab sence to proceed to Paris, to be present at the mar riage of his eldest daughter with Count Henri de Courcy, captain of the Cbassetirs of Vincennes, but he. gave up his intention on learning that the Pope intended leaving Rome, the general not wishing to he absent from the capital at the same time as his Holiness." Another letter from Rome of the same date says :—" The great illumination of the cupola and front of St. Peter's generally takes place on Easter Sunday ; but this year the threatening aspect of , the weather caused it to be posponed until the 18th. As usual, the immense facade was lighted up before sunset, so that the lamps at first emitted but a feeble light, which kept gradually increasing as the shades of night gathered around. The cross on the top of the cupola was alone left in darkness, as a symbol of the difficulty with which man arrives at Truth through obscurity. But sud• denly, when the clock sounded the un'ora di srotte, or first hour of, er sunset, the gazino b ncul titude was dazzled by an outburst of brilliant ' fire, and the cross was seen on high blazing in glory, as a symbol of the triumph of Chris tianity. On the- following day, the celebrated , giraudole was let off on Mount Pincio, where the illumination represented a splendid church, repre senting Christianity, while the obelisk of the Piazza del Popolo, representing Paganism, was surrounded with fiery serpents. The general effect was beauti ful.' The general diet of Gotha in its sitting of the 24th decided, on the proposition of several of its members, to request the government to bring in a bill for the complete union of the Duchies of Co bourg and Gotha. The .National Gazette of Berlin expressed an opinion that the special diet of Gotha will be favourable to this union, but that the diet of Cobourg will oppose the measure by every means in its power. The Madrid papers of the 25th aro devoid of in terest The Gazette publishes the royal decree, already mentioned by telegraph, appointing M. Manuel de la Pezuela, Marius de Viluma, to be President of the Senate, and the Dukes do Veragua and de Ahumada, the Marquis de Santa Cruz, and Don Joaquim Casane, fiscal of the Supreme Tribu nal of Justice, to be vice-presidents. By a second decree the orderly officers created on the 16th of December last, for - the service of the King Consort, Are henceforth to bear the title of aides-de-camp. is morning. FRANCIS HAWKINS, M.D. EDWARD H. HILLS. Prom a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.) " Whitehall, April 30. 'lThis morning, at a quarter after fire o'clock, her l oyal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to her' lost Gracious Majesty, departed this life at Gloucester rouse, to the great grief of her Majesty and of the Royal 'amily." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Cheltenham, April 29. feel desirous of public test on the accom , anying prediction.—Yours respectfully, G. T. F. SMITH. MR. G. T. F. SMITH'S WEATHER PREDIC TIONS FOR MAY, 1857. The temperature cold to the 7th. Near the 4th, 6tb, Lelloth, humidity ; occasional showers. From the 10th to the 22d, weather much warmer, temperature, 15 , h to 17th excepted. From the 18th to the 25tb, rainy weather mere or eras ; as electric action predominates, occasional clashing .bowers ; the sun's rrya will be more refulgent from 171 h .1 22d ; as we approximate the end of the month, high ;emperature, or hot weather and humidity. An average accuracy has prevailed in these predic ions bince the month of December last, giving only ,welve days error during that period. When it is borne o mind the various phenomena to be observed, it is 'resumed the attempt and attainment are of some utility o the public. Electricity and locality will over militate ainst perfect success in a climate like England. Cheltenham, April 24, 1857. Mr. W. H. Bolland arrived at the Foreign-office early .n Tuesday morning, with extraordinary despatches rom Lord Napier, her Majesty's Minister in America. Mr. Alexender, from Hong Kong, had an interview sith Mr. Secretary Labouchere, yesterday. Sir Chas. !ttrroy had also an interview with the right hon. gentle ian at the Colonial-office. Despatches were received yesterday at. the. Colonial-i . ffice from the Governor of Vancouver's Island. 1 A public banquet will he given to Major Reed, at the {iehbury Barn Tavern, on the 13th of next month. THE TIPPERARY BANS. —IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.- 1 )OBLIN, Wednesday.—The Lord Chancellor has decided gainst the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, in Avour of Vincent Scully. No further liability. It is stated in aristocratic circles at Vienna, that ?dime Alfred de Windischgraetz, though 70 years oi l age, ie about to marry the Countess d'Auersperg. The nince's first wife, nee Princess de Schwarzenberg, was , slled by the insurgents in the insurrection at Prague in Tane, 1848. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.—At pecial meeting of the Town Council to-day (Wednrs-I lay), it was unanimously resolved to present an address! mom the Corporation to Lis Royal Highness Prince' Albert, on the pocasion of his visit to this city to opeel he Art Treaeares Exhibition. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—in consequence of the Leath of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester.' be performance announced for this evening is post-1 ,oned, by order of the Lord Chamberlain, until to-I sorrow (Friday) evening, when the same performanct announced for this evening will be given. ARCHDEACONET or CIIICHESTER.—At a meeting of the !lergy of the archdeaconry of Chichester, yesterdasd ttsrnoon, the Rev. Mr. Vincent, rector sf Stinfeld, wa , l xoposed for re-election as proctor to Convocation, and l he Rev. Mr. Vogan, of Walburton, was proposed in ppoeition. The result was—for Mr. Vincent, 45 ; for ! Ir. Vogan, 39. The first-named is " Evangelical," a,ndi be litter belongs to the High Church. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between he hours of two and three o'clock, a fire broke out on he premises of Mr. Thos. Pratt, a laundress, of No. 2, grin -place, Thames-bank. It commenced in the base lent, and rapidly extended sip the staircase, so that the nmates had the greatest difficulty in effecting a retreat. 'he fire was not subdued unt 1 the premises were nearly urnt out, and the adjoining house of Mr. Ascots damaged. THE hitiRDIR AT WoOMICH.—The coroner's inquest sn the body of Samuel Lang, the corporal of marines, eho was stabbed by a marine, was resumed yesterday, eid the jury returned a verdict of "wilful murder against leorge Bave." At the conclusion of the case the corn er remarked he had heard from good authority that lave, sortie yilAfa Allinet had deserted from a vessel on he AftiCak Coast, and had lived more than Six fear: senongst the natives of the interior of Africa. SERIOUS Aeothnt 'to hi. Azazia Smite—After sassing through most of the perils of the Crimean cam ,aign, M. Soyer has arrived in England; but happen eg to delay a lbw metnetits in Boulogne ; be addressed ,imself to a coiffeur du premier ordre, and " placed his lead in his hand." The artist taking the illustrious culi eery professor for a military man, proceeded at once to ice him the crop h la vinerale and the worthy Altxl , iot noticing the operatlen at the tithe, from the levee of -iende who surrounded him, now exhibits, to his great tomer, the last fashion h la Zenave. THE ENGLISH AM) IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM .ANY.—LIvERPooL, Wednesday.—The annual general fleeting of the shareholders in this company wee held. e-terday, in the Clettincion itoolts—J. C. nwart, Esq., q.p t , pieleiditig. The report was a most satisfactory . ne, the receipts having increased during the last half /ear of 1856 to 1,200 i. over those of the first half year, chile the working eepenses were less by 4001. This sas independent of a large additional expenditure in• :erred in the repair of lines injured by the severe storms .1 July, August, and December. The report gave ever y, atisfaction, and was unanimously adopted. FIRES IN LAMBETH.—Yesterday morning, shortlyl ater two o'clock, a fire happened in the premises of Mr. Pall, manufacturer of the patent telescopic blind-roller slid fixings No. 150, Blackfriar s • roa d, an d exten di ng .ackwards into Warssick-street. Mr. Tall's wife and shildren managed, although nearly suffocated, to gain Ihe street in safety ; but Mr. Tall, fancying that one of his children bad been left behind in an upper ream, re turned to ascertain whether such .was the fact or not,l Alt he was followed by such a dense mass of smoke andl lame that he found it impossible to get down again, and consequently he made for the second-floor front window and cried for help, the smoke at the same time rolling Across the road almost as far as the Magdalen Hospital, end the fire rushing out of the fanlight. The Royal So-, iety's escape, from th e Ch r i s t Church station, promptly! attended, and enabled Mr. Tall to escape. The flames; were not got under until the lower part of the premises' and contents were nearly destroyed. The origin of the THE PRINCIPALITIES. IttuncturscirTulateditt Bucharest that the French Government had given up the notion of a foreign ,Prince, and now desired the unibn with a native [Bayard as the Sovereign. At Bucharest such a `scheme is looked upon by many as Utopian. Our 4143rrespondent says : " There is only one family that is at the same time i Wallachian and Moldavian—namely, the Ghikas, who 'are the owners of large property in the two provinces, !and who have had princes of their family reigning in both ; nevertheless, in spite of that double advantage, it may be asked whether it would have sufficient autho rity to support the weight ,of so much responsibility. It is a question of much eifficulty ; and in resolving it regard should be bad to the feeing of the country. It is said that a certain Consul-General has become the fervent panegyrist of Stirbey, and has even thought of 'proposing him as a proper candidate for the double crown. The very suspicion of such a thing has produced a painful impression on a people that has suffered so much from the bad administration of Stirbey. Ido not 'hesitate to say that the return of Stirbey to power would 'give rise to serious !roubles." A postscript, dated the 19th, adds that the ,rumour circulated that the Porte, discontented, as ;well as the other Powers, with the conduct of IVogorides, had appointed, or was about to appoint, :Prince Alexander Gitika gaimakan of the Princi :palities. It was likewise said that the Powers had ; called upon the Porte to withdraw the Turkish itroops who occupy the bank of the Danube between Itustchuk and Sdistria. • afterwards in After a short p a use, no other candidate bein g - ! ire is unknown. The sufferer was insured in the County proposed, THE DANUBE• 5 " - Fire-office.—Another fire happened shortly he remise- belowit to Mrs. Sarah Fisb, No. 94, Mr. E. DENISON rose and expressed his cor dial thanks at the manner in which his name had',' :4 child were i their beds asleep, and it was with some • elite, says :—" The European commission fur the been introduced to the notice of the horse, and the 4 Corn P w 11 road, Lambett, At the time two women and i A letter from Galata, in the Prtosian Correspond way in which it had been received, and he ex- difficulty that they were enabled to escape. Consider->. navigation of the Danube has published provisional i 4 table damage was done to the building and its contents. rules which came into work on the 12th April. sufferer was uninsured. pressed bis fears that should he be elected he would T HE .) THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BRISTOL. ''es'ablishod. by Austria at the Sulina bar, are re passed upon him, but he had the satisfaction*: be found to fall short of the eulogium that hadbeen . The adjourned inquest on the body of John Cooney, the' :. dUced. by one-half. 2. Pilots frcrin Constantinople The principal rules are these :-1. The pilot dues of knowing that he would be supported by ---s w--e ;are excluded from the Selina bar, as being igno- Irish labourer, who, after violently attacking bi if :,`'t the 7 with a hatchet, destroyed himself ~y 1 lcu.ttting his throat, , : . rant of the ground. 3. All ve,sels cut. ring or vas held at Bristol yt . s !3 , , ;: - 3,... 1 , -, ters , innua en hutve, as well as receive the assistance of the latev.. ihe deeeweti were protho;ed, oClitLlng upon t,,e t nLi : t t..: , to - be p aid to the h abour master t I Sulin'i leavintr are to ei - npL,y 1e,(..a1 pilct;. 4. All th- aue The trovcr.and seconder then conducted the hon :,ve il•er and thel clerks of the house. (Hear.) • 'uess of his wife awl family.. TiJe jury pr , ceeded to th,, Tie pilots will be remunerated from the fund ' . the evidence of the poor woman,,.- •already s° ed - Dredging operations have been member to the chair where he thanked the' • 4 who bas received severe injuries She ktated that inSlals- raised. - • • V commenced at the bar, which is to be completely her opinionb b d d • her us an '' surgical ward to receive rai erauged. Verdict " Tem house for the distinguished honour they had con- porary insanity." " commenced fora breadth of 200 metro. This labour, HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Day.) The new Parliament was opened in the House of Lords by Royal Commission. The Royal Commis sioners present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the End' of Harrowby, and Earl Spencer. The peers present on the Ministerial benches 3 were Lord Panmure, the Marquis of Huntley,' Lord Belper, and Lord Godolphin. The only occupant of the Oppo&tion benches, with the exception of a few ladies, was the Earl ofl Beauchamp. The Lords Commissioners took their seats at the ! foot of the Throne shortly after two o'clock, when The LORD CHANCELLOR, advancing to the Wool-1 sack, directed Sir A. Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the members of the House of Commons to give their immediate attendance at the bar. The Usher of Black Rod accordingly retired anal in a few minutes afterwards returned to the House, l accompanied by Sir Denis Le Marchant, the Chief Clerk of the Hose of Commons, and a large body of the new Memoers. The Chef Clerk of the House of Lords then read the Royal Commission for the opening of Parlia ment ; after which The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the name of her Ma.' ebty and by virtue of the Commission which had just been read, directed the gentlemen of the House of Commons to retire to their own chamber and choose a Speaker. The Members of the House of Commons accordingly withdrew. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The assembling of a new Parliament is always P matter of much excitement and interest, not onl3 with the public, but the members themselves. A: usual there were a large gathering of the former in Palace-yard, who greeted many of the popular fa vourites as they arrived. Within the house the various members as they arrived took up their position on the seats on either side of the house, according to the political predilections, or congre gated in knots on the floor of the house congratulating their friends on their first appear ance or on the constancy of their " old loves" a the case might be. It is usual and natural to ex pect something peculiar in a new thing, and Par liament are no more exempt from it than other worldly affairs. The usual mode of proceedir4 is to keep the reporters gallery closed till after prayers, the reporters not being allowed the inestimable privilege of praying with the menil , er but on the assembly of a new Parliament thing are different—prayers are dispensed with, an( cotisequently the reporters are admitted a soon, if not before the general assemblage of the members. The hour appointee was 2 o'clock, but as early as half-past 1 o'cloci hon. members were seen wending their way alor4 the approaches to the house from their clubs arm residences, and by twenty minutes to tw( o'clock the house was nearly fall, and pre sented a most animated appearance, accom pared with a Babel of sounds from the buzz o congrAulation and conversation of the members. Mr. Hayter, the whipper-in, was early in at tendance, offering his congratulations to bott old and new members, and the affectionat, manner )n which' ho shook bench with then would have impressed a stranger with th belief that his own happiness consisted along in witnessing it and promoting it in others Amongst the earlyarrivals were the Solicitor-Gone ral, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. V. Smith, Si C. Wood, Mr. Brines, Mr. Secretary Labouchere Sir. G. Grey and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Thomas Hankey, G..neral Thornpzon, Mr Hadfield, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Locke King, Sir Johi Potter, Alderman Copeland, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Mangles, Mr. Wyld, Col. French, Sir Jas. Duke Mr. Hayter, Mr. A. Stafford, Lord Elcho, Ad miral Walcott, Sir James Graham whi straightway went to his old seat blow gangway—Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir J. Paxton Mr. Keating, Q.C., Mr. W. Jackson, Mr. It. Low( Mr. Spooner, Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Miles, Sir A Elton, Mr. Glalstone, Lord Stanley, Al.dermv Sir R. Carden, and others. As the members al wore their hats, it was with difficulty they cool( be recognised. About 10 minute 3 to 2 o'clock, Sir D. Lo Mar chant, the chief clerk, took his seat at the table the Mace being placed on the floor of the house, an. at ten minutes past two, Sir Augustus Clifford, th Usher of the Black Rod, with a message, was an nounced. An immediate cry oF "Place—place ' was raised, and the floor of the house was speedils cleared, when Sir Augustus, iu full uniform. entered tho house, and advanced to the table of th house, when he addressed the Chief Clerk as fo' lows :—" I am commanded by the Lords Com missioners by authority of the writs addressed t. them by her Majesty, to require the immediat. attendance in the House of Peers of their honour. able house, to hear the Royal Commission read.' Sir Augustus Clifford then withdrew, and The Chief Clerk, accompanied by Sir C Grey, Sir C. Wood, and a large number of th• members proceeded to the House of Lordq, whet , the Royal Commission was read. Lord PALMERSTON entered the house at 2; minutes past two o'clock, and was loudly cheered, and shortly after the house proceeded to the ELECTION OF SPEAKER Lord H. VANE, in proposing a suceossor tc Mr. Shaw Lefovre, highly eulogised the con duct of that gentleman in the chair, whici ho said it would be difficult for any ono tc equal, and impossible to exceed. (Cheers.) Hi thought, however, they had a member of that house (Mr. E. Denison) who possessed all the re quisite qualifications for the discharge of the clutie, of the office—(cheers)—and he had much pleasurt in proposing him to fill the office of Speaker of tilt House of Commons. (Cheers.) He entertainer a sure conviction that the house would ratify thai proposition, and that experience would show tht wisdom of the choice. (Cheers.) Mr. THORNLEY seconded the motion. Mr. E. Denison first entered parliament thirt3 years ago, and having watched his parliamentary career, he (Mr. Thornley) had much plea sure in seconding the motion from the belief that he possessed all the requisite qualifications for, a Speaker of that house. He referred to the inH crease of private and public business of late years and referred to the numerous improvements that had been lately made in the forms and proceed ings of the house, and expressed a hope that under the Speakership of Mr. E. Denison, should ho be elected, the duration of members' speeches would be shortened. (Cheers.) AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Ariel, steamer, the first of the Vanderbildt new line of steamers, arrived this morning from New York, which she left on the 16th of April, and brigs one day's later news. The Arabia was signajled at New York on the 16th, and expected up at 2 p.m. The sales of cotton on the 15th embraced about 2,000 bales. No less than three private telegraphic despatches were received from New Orleans, dated April 15, which gave the receipts of cotton in four days 'at 8,000 bales, and stated that the total deficiency of receipts at all the porp amounted to 38,000 bales; they quoted middling at 13/c. to 14c. Freight at 3s. Bd. to Is. 4d. sterling. Exchange at 8i to 9 ; sight bills on New York at 1i discount, and 60 d-rys' do. at 1 do. Owing to favourable accounts from Europe, together with light stocks of flour, and a good local and eastern demand, the market improved sc. per barrel ; and for Ohio and South ern, wanted for export, sc. to 10c. per barrel, with mote doing. Southern white wheat sold at $1 60c., and red ditto at $1 44c. ; corn, under the influence of the news and reduced stocks, improved from 2c. to 3c. per bushel, with a fair amount of sales. Pork was irregular and sales light at $22 50c. to $22 75c. for new mess, closing at about $22 63e. offered, and $22 75 0 . asked. Sugars advanced 18c. per lb., with sales of about 1,000 hhds., 2,000 boxes, an d 4,000 bags ; the latter for export. Coffee was firm ; sales of about 3,501 bags Rio. Rice was excited, and, with an increased export demand and reduced views regarding the yield of the late crop, prices advanced from ie. to ie. per lb. The sales embraced about 3,000 casks, including about 1,800 fur export. Freights were inactive, being checked by the light stock of breadstuffs and advance in prices, while rates wet e unchanged. The tea sales embraced chiefly g reens , and though some less spirit was manifested, and a good many lots with drawn, all sold brought full prices. The tendency of prices in the Stock-market was upward at the first board, with a more limited movement ; at the Board of Brokers a slight advance was realised. New York Central Railroad shares went up # per cent. ; Erie, j; Michigan (Southern), ; Cleve' land and Pittsburg, 4 ; Cleveland and Toledo, ; Illinois Central Bonds declined per cent. ; Galena and Chicago, 4. The largest amount of business was in New York Central Railroad Stock, and the operations were principally for cash. It closed very heavy. In Western Stocks the transactions were to a limited extent. La Crosse and Milwan kie Railroad closed at 79i buyer-, 60 days, and 7 9 per cent. cash. At the second board the market was comparatively quiet. The most important fea ture war; the sale of Erie Railroad Stock, dividend offered. It opened at 48, and closed at 47i Pe r cent. ex div. New York Central Railroad closed dull and weak at 88i per cent. Cleveland and Pitts; burg fall off per cent. Ohio Life and Trust sold to the extent of 50 shares, at 97/ per cent., but the pros ability was that 500 shares could not be 801C1 at 90 pe a r cent. The steamer Tennessee arrived at New York on ale 16th, bringing details of Lockridge's defeat. Sh y touched at San Juan on her return from Aspinwall; Lockridge, with the steamers Rescue and Scott, an 300 men, reached Castillo on the 28th of March , but finding the enemy strongly posted there, Wit h 500 men, and several large guns, he retreated with out striking a blow. On his retreat Colonel Loci" 1 ge destroyed all the fortifications berow having abandoned all hope of opening the riVer, ; also disbanded his two battalions. He subsequent 'formed a new one, and would endeavour to reach Walker rid Panama. The boiler of the steam er Slott exploded near Serapiqui duri ng the retrelot; killing and wounding fifty officers and men. The were sent to Punta Arenas in the steamer Resc u e. Lockridge still remained up the river with his x i) : maining force. He was well supplied with proll sions. PHILADELPHIA, Arun lo• Stocks steady. Pennsylvania Fives, 33i ; R ea a , ing Railroad, 48 ; Long Island Railroad, ' Morris Canal, 16 ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 4831- CHARLESTON, APRIL 14. Cotton sales to-day 900 bales, with an advancing tendency in prices. NEW ORLEANS, Arran 1 5 . The receipt here of the steamer Ericsson's new had no effect upon our cotton market. Sales tPt" day 1,800 bales, and receipts 2,000. Sugar q"°' and it is reported that the frost has injured the e r, l o 'l . very much. Flour very dull. White corn, 4 ' ia Bacon, shoulders 9ic. ; and sides, -111 c. Lar d barrels, 14c. sterling. `Exchange, 9 per cent., au on New York, per cent. 15. BOSTON, The ship Panther, Capt. Bishop, from Calell`Sti Jan. 13th, for Boston, went ashore yeaterclao four p.m. near the west head of Nahant, at thea,ser trance of Lynn Bay. She has seven feet of i w, in her hold ; she lays in a good position, al_c o lr es get off after lengthening ; the steamer R. -u Arita. eta, S will get to her pumps this morning with men steam Thepumps. dinner to the officers of the steam frigate Meetlaa' members of the City Government gay.:: la.st evening at Rica ra house, at which a terg : t : were made by and other officers and gentlemen present. bora 4 Major Rice, Captain Prend The Ariel brought 164 passengers, of Iv .e _ for , were for Southampton, and the remains,. r gams and BKOmcn. Prer a i ttclt Th e tend ec been i B Ptinif VT. 97i. The to this The , `3took, 231 i . Ceti; it • 11 Rsii 95 7 ; 24 i 2t In i r ep ort , u4v e s. noun arriv Ai cba nf sustai stock bilitil( titiri t oj : Re ar; 'took /lp a O troai 11114de t RIT