The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-15 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of a new Ballet, Acalisti. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLETTI. ['HIS EVENING (Saturday), May 16. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Piccolmini ; Edgardo, Sig. Giuclini. After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expaessly for her Majesty's Theatre by M. Massot, entitled AC ALISTA. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half.circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and msy be had on applica tion at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. THEA 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. 64 , 25., and Is. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at S. Opens Saturday, May 16. First Equestrian Artistes in the World :—Madatne Schap lain, Madame Neusome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella; Miss E. J.Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Neusome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E. Moffatt, lienrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mone. Becq, Irons. 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. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Dean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL, Er &YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF DMISSION. THIS EVENING (May 15) to commence at Seven s'elock, with A LIFE'S TRIAL. After which, the .uccessful Classical Love Sto , y. un der the Apple-fation of A VAL A.NTA ; or, The Three G3lden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... 2 0 Pit . 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 €No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lesqee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (fifth time), entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY ; or, Under the Thumb. Ben. Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, dm Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketbb, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, ,k.c. I? OYAL SURREY THEATRE, LP aena, Mes.rs. Shepherd and (lr,?swielc. THIS EVENING will be performed MATHILDE. After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny. Mr. Widdieomb, &e. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigln. THIS EVENING will be performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, kc. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs Robson, G. Murray, ecc. Commence at half-past Seven. TRAND TREAT RE.—MAnazer, Mc. T. Pavrie.—THlS EVENING will ha rwrformed MARRIED DAUGHTF.R; AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by OVER THE WAY. To conclude with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Commence at Seven. Stalls, :is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. Gallery, t;cl. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Two Nights of the present successful Entertainments. On Saturday the theatre will be closed for a Grand Re hearsal of Verdi's far-famed Oper of IL TROVATORE ; er Ihe Gipsy's Vengeance, which will be produced on Monday next, with Eqwestrian Illustrations, and supported by the FIRST OPERATIC ARTISTES OF TILE DAY. _ . _ To Night, May 15, tho Annual Complimentary Benefit of Mr. William Cooke, and his daughter, Miss Kate Cooke, un der the distinguished patronage of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. THIS EVENING, and following night, the performance will commence with the Growl Military Spectacle, entitled THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; or, The Battle of Constantine. To be followed by a matchless routine of SCENES IN THE ARENA, iu which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. To conclude with a Risible Farce. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., uo charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Box•ofice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &e., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel!, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, B. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri Senor Antonio M. do Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely: Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WA.TItil AT LONDON BRIDGK. T - -Morn. 28 min. aft. s—Evening 51 min. aft 5 .'n-Yonnow—`Born. 20 min. aft. 6 —Evening 47 miu. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MAY 15. THEM:LOWER, IN Tail SEADE. F 7 -highest since noon yesterday. 53 -.lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.12. WIND, E.S.E.; light, with very fine summer weather. t7r, e„ ,„;? • , / LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1557. Sir ERSKINE PERRY has boldly come forward as the champion, in the representative branch of the Legislature, of those whose intolerable griev ances have formed the grounds of numerous and, unfortunately, too well-founded complaints. He has entered on the path, some time since, indi cated to him by Lord BROUGHAM, and most sin cerely we wish him success in the noble under t tking. He will have to encounter opposition in every form. Sneers and ridicule will not be wanting. Indeed, "the rather extravagant de• mands of the large and manly body of strong minded women, whose advocate the honourable and learned gentleman had constituted himself," was alluded to in that vein of banter which too frequently passes for legitimate argument ; and that too by one who, as happily remarked by the honourable member for Pontefract, " was more indebted, than any member of the House, for the honourable position he now occupied, to the in fluence of the sex, whose interests the bill would protec►." Sir ERSKINE PERRY, however, is not the man to be deterred by such paltry missiles, and we are truly rejoiced to find that so worthy a Champion has been found to vindicate the wrongs, under which the fairer portion of huma nity has so long and so undeservedly been suf fering. Mr. HOPE also attempted to raise what may truly be termed "a feigned issue," so as to divest attention from the real point in dispute.. He said, " hitherto there had been free trade' in the pecun i ar y relations of husband and wife, and to resort to a system of protection' required rather delicate handling." Why, the point is altogether the other way ! It would be a strange sy s t em o f "free trade" where there was no reciprocity, and one party had it all his own way. It was P•e school-boy principle —possibly founded on the law What's yours is mi ne , of " Baron and Feine”—" what's mine is my own." Now, this is the flag rant grievance so justly impugned. Why should the woman be made the slave, in place of being the helpmate of man ? Why should she be &- barred from possessing property for her own use, unless it has been duly transferred to true tees by a pre-nuptial settlement ? Why should she not be permitted to en je the fruits of he own industry without being liable to seizure by an idle or pro fligate spouse, who would deprive herself and her children of the means of independent existence, to squander them in selfish, possibly vicious, pursuits ? None can defend the gross anomaly. None can vindicate the existing state of the English law, which differes materially from that of almost every other civilised country ! The remedy is plain and simple, but in place of meeting the case on the broad grounds of national justice, its opponents are con- ented. with uttering a variety of twaddle respecting " the breaking up of the sanctity of English homes," and that the alterations wonld " involve a material change in the social institu tions of the nation." The same argument applies with equal force to the "domestic institution" of the Southern States of America ; and, we need not say, cannot carry with it much weight to Englishmen or Englishwomen. No alteration may be required in well ordered households. But laws'are not made for the good, but for the bad. They are required to correct abuses, and to afford, so far as practicable, equal justice and equal protection to all, so far as their persons, properties, or earnings, are concerned. As was happily remarked by Mr. D. DUDLEY FIELD, a gentleman well known in this country, " whatever law is passed must be general, re lating to all wives, and all husbands, and securing to all wives the rights which only the happy need assert." It is absurd to say that elevating the position of the wife can be injurious to any well-disposed and meritorious husband. His strongest desire would be to ensure the independence of his cherished partner. But it is not because there may be an amiable despot under whose mild and benignant government the yoke would sit lightly on his s3rfs that despotic authority should be maintained, and that tyrants should be authorised to domineer over their unhappy victims. Where the law sanc tions the enjoyment of separate property it does not practically effect the happiness of the marriage state. Amongst the wealthy classes provision is generally made for the wife, in the shape of pin money, or by conveying property to trustees to be held for her own sole and separate use and interest, free from the debts, control, or interference of her husband, and her receipts to be alone valid discharges for payments on account thereof. This is a prudent precaution, which few wealthy parents will dispense with. Now, all that Sir ERSKINE PEnnY requires is, that where there has been no pre-nuptial settlement, the property of married women may be protected for their own use in the same mode as if such a settlement had been duly executed, and it is impossible to say that such a demand is unreasonable, or op posed either to natural justice or public policy. But there is a more pressing grievance that applies to a much larger proportion of our coun trywomen. It is, that they should receive pro tection for their own earnings from improvident or ill-disposed husbands. That, after all, is the chief evil ! When we find drunken and profligate husbands flocking to the pay-tables to receive the hardly-earned wages of their unfortunate wives, struggling to snatch the few pence that might provide a scanty meal for their children and keep a roof over their heads—when we find the stock-in-trade or furniture of a de serted wife sold by a wretch who has abandoned her to her fate, or seized to pay his debts, it is surely time to interfere. We trust, then, that Sir ERSKINE PERRY may completely succeed in removing the stain from the national Statute-book, and render ' ing the nuptial contract what it ought to be, one perfectly fair and equitable on both sides, and of which neither party can have reasonable grounds of complaint. A golden opportunity is now offered to us for the introduction of some better system of government into our vast oriental possessions. It would come with peculiargrace just now from the imperial source of justice over all the gigantic and scattered terri tories constituting the aggregate of the British Empire. It would come, we say, with peculiar grace at the present moment—a boon not extorted but volunteered. Justice for the natives of India —amelioration in the general administration of the affairs of Hindostan : at the very time when war is being waged against the Chinese, and when insurrectionary outbreaks are being repressed in Borneo ! It were a magnificent spectacle to pre sent to the Aeiatic imagination—a spectacle worthy of the Great Power whose truest,glory it would serve most effectually to illustrate. It was only last evening in the House of Lords that the harshness of the present system of judi cial administration in the three Presidencies was most strikingly and most painfully demonstrated by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. It was illus trated by the Noble Lord in the case of one BHA WANNY LALLIII, a man of great wealth and position in Madras, who, at the instance of an English civilian, one THOMAS, was taken into custody ; marched through the public streets ; confined in ' prison for a whole fortnight ; threatened with deprivation of food for twenty hours ; constrained, under the influence of that threat, into signing, against his will, a paper, which he declared to the last to be an untrue record of his examination ; required to furnish seourity for 1,000 rupees, and then, because of some informality about a trum pery bail of 101., or thereabouts, kept in durance vile for seventeen days additional ! And all upon the simple charge preferred against him by this THOMAS, that he, BHAWANNT LALLAH, had col lected a mob together upon the occasion of some religious ceremony upon some festival-day, sacred in the eyes of Mahommedans ! Out of these in iquitous'i proceedings, according to the very suc cinct account given to the Peers yesterday by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, sprang—very naturally sprang—an action between the parties—BuA WANNT LALLAH versus THOMAS. An action resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff a verdict mulcting the defendant to the tune of 1,000 rupees ! But that verdict, Lord CLANRICARDE observed, the Supreme Council over ruled ! Another, and a very deplorable irst ince of the systematic exemption of the Civil Sarvants of the Company from the jurisdiction of the ordi nary Courts of Hindostan. Well might the Noble Lord ask, at the close of his harangue, whether that exemption were not really and truly mon strous ? No wonder the President of the Council immediately afterwards, while acknowledging that " the statement of the Noble Marquis certainly did show that there was great incompetence, if not something worse," in the conduct of the par ticular Civilian referred to—no wonder Lord GRANVILLE thereupon added that the whole of these lamentable transactions should be subjected, at the earliest possible moment, to the most parch ing scrutiny by her MAJESTY'S Government, Nor can it be any matter of surprise that a great legal authority like the Lord Chief Justice of England should have eagerly availed himself of the occasi( n last evening of inveighing against the confused and disordered system of the Administration of Jus tice in India—inakting upon the urgent need of some speedy and comprehensive improvements with a view to the iust tut and effectual ameliora tion of the social scale of the native population. At tha Tau Vilna when then bardtrutbz aro LIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MA Y 15, 1857 being enunciated so very audibly in the Upper House of the British Legislature, there is a vacancy to be filled up in the Board of Directors in Leadenhall•street. Here is the opportunity 1 The vacancy requiring to be filled up, we all know, is the one consequent upon the resignation of Col. OLIPHANT. Rightly filled up—it might readily be taken as the signal for a series of grand acd beneficent ameliorations. Here, again we say, is the very opportunity 1 Several candidates for this post of onerous, but enviable, respon sibility have, of course, been already men tioned. General CANNON bas been spoken of, for example, as an appropriate succes sor to Colonel OLIPHANT. While, elsewhere, in lieu of Gen. CANNON we have found Col. LASE, one of the heroes of Kars, suggested as a mau possessing very eminent qualifications for the position of an East India Director. Whoever the fortunate individual may be, chosen to fill up this conspicuous vacancy, we do earnestly hope that he may be selected with a due regard to the par ticular significance and value of what we have called advisedly this golden opportunity. Some one whose advent to the Board will be, in truth, the infusion of new blood into the Directory. Some one really acquainted with the most pressing requirements of the time in regard to Hindostan. Some one who sincerely appreciates the n2ed illustrated so painfully last evening in the House of Peers—the need of equal justice between the natives of India and the Civil Servants of the Com pany. A director, whose single voice may, without expecting too much from it, impart new vigour and wisdom to the councils of that powerful and autho ritative Board of Eighteen. It has been recently, and we believe accurately, intimated by an inge nious correspondent (A. 0.1.) of one of our morn ing contemporaries (The Chronicle) that these eighteen colleagues of the new Director may, as a body, be thus summarily analysed—Seven of these men having neither seen India at all, or being unconnected with either of its Presidencies ; two of them being connected with Madras ; three being Bombay men ; and six Bengalese ! Where upon, if any one of these Presidencies ought in reason to be looked to for a candidate, it ought surely, obviously, indisputably, to be the Madras Presidency. However this may be, the Nineteenth Director ought to be a man of sufficient sagacity to appreciate the value in regard to all these Pre sidencies alike, of improving the general adminis tration of the laws, and of furthering all the great Public Works now either in progress or in contem plation in Hindostan, under the auspices of the Imperial Government. The latter subject comprising within its magnificent scope—the spreading far and wide of the magic inluence of irrigation—the de velopment of the iron net work of Railways—the knitting together of all those enormous provinces with a yet more wondrous and more miraculous network, that woven across seas and rivers, and plains, and mountain ranges, by the delicate wires of the Electric Telegraph. Between her pride and her avarice we seem likely to meet with some provoking rebuffs even from Spain. Utterly helpless as that miserable country now finds itself in the hands of its gay imitatress of Lours NAPOLEON—with an army that little Switzerland could sweep from the earth, and a navy that Sardinia could send to the bottom in a few hours, Spain, yet confident in her very weakness, takes pleasure in bearding England. She knows we are ashamed to hit such feebleness, so she gives herself what airs she likes. Just now she enjoys the gratification of keeping five petty officers belonging to her MAJESTY'S ship Curlew, under lock and key of her thiefcatchers at Malaga. Murderers and felons are their compa nions ; but their only offence was that, walking home to their vessel, not intoxicated, but full of fun, they were playing each other the harmless jokes which are universally allowed to English sailors on shore in their own country—that kind of • fun, merely, which is deemed an essential in the character of a tar, and, wanting which, our police and our seaport-town inhabitants generally would hardly own him to be a veritable jack tar at all. A gemrarme, seeing the Englishmen not interfering with any Spaniard, but merely thus skylarking among them selves, must needs shew his importance. Two of the men had actually romped to an extent so awful in the eyes of the dignified Spanish police, that one drew the Guernsey frock of the other over the latter's head. Forthwith the gendarme knocks him down with the barrel of his musket ; a struggle ensues, other police and sol diers ceme to the aid of Spanish justice, and even tually all five, even the three who had not so much as appeared to quarrel with each ether, were seized and placed iu a filthy Spanish prison. From Saturday till Monday they were literally without food, but were relieved at last by the British Consul, who, of course, interfered as soon as he heard of it. His remonstrances, however, although joined to those of the superior officers of the ship, to those of the commanders of three ships of war, which to the terror of the Malagese chanced to look in, and to those of the British Ambassador himself, have all produced no effect. When the latest in telligence arrived, five English sailors had re mained locked up for nineteen days in a filthy Spanish gaol with robbers and murderers, for the crime of being a little merry ashore. The other delinquency is of a more hor rible kind. We refer to the Cuban Slave trade. The accounts just published, following upon too many of a similar kind, show that to this hour the infernal traffic is as vigorous as in the days of CHRISTINA. We refer to the capture of a slaver off Cuba by her MAJESTY'S brig Arab. The Cap tain of the Arab had been apprised of two suspici ous vessels being on their way to Cuba; one of them a schooner he soon caught sight of—pursued her, and though the, master of the vessel endeavoured to escape in a shallop he captured both him and the ship. When the schooner was boarded 373 young Africans, male and female, all of them naked, 1141 f-starved and covered with dirt and vermin were found on board ; 127 had died in the voyage of twenty-nine days ! Indeed it is the old sad tale of " The Horrors of the Middle Passage." The liberated negroes aro described as " walking tangible spectres, so emaciated and filthy that in many instances you could hardly recognise the human being." S ome of them, indeed, on being landed, were " quite unable t b walk, and fell bodily, as if para lysed, in attempting to do so. They had been fifty-three days is almost one position ; on food being given them it was difficult to prevent them from eating and drinking with fatal eager ness." " They rushed at their food and gulped their water far more voraciously than a pack of hounds after a long run." When made to under stand that they were free, their delight surpassed description. All emaciated as they were they ac tually tried to dance ; all of them yelled and clapped their hands ; and the women laughed joyously. Doubtless in most American plantations the same announcement would be followed by the same half-frantic delight ; but, while that incarnate demon the "slave power" reproaches England with white nlavery, let Americans say what part of our pc pulation would not laugh at the man who told them they were freemen, instead of laughing with mad joy that they bad burst their bonds. Alas ! this infernal trade is a diabolically gain ful one. These slaves bought for a trifle would sell for 1201. or 1401. each ! The captain of the schooner said that he should lose some 6,0001. or 7,0001. by being taken, but as he had made already several successful voyages, he did not trouble himself much about it. From the interpreter it was ascertained that several vessels were then lying on the coast of Africa, and that on an aver age two vessels sailed weekly, each of them having from 300 to 700 slaves on board. According to this information, then, from one locality only, more than 1,000 negroes are weekly carried to the sugar plantations, and the negro graves of Cuba; except, indeed, the three or four hundred of that number who, during the voyage, ar• thrown to the sharks. New this is all going on to this very hour ; going on in the teeth of treaties ; going on to enrich the worthless minions of CHRISTINA once, and now those of her daughter. It is stated in Spain that General CONCHA, the present Captain-General of Cuba, is to be recalled that his slave-dealing has become too barefaced, he having received a regular per centage, as connivance money, for all that are landed. He will not, however, take much harm, since he is said to have cleared not less than a quarter of a million sterling already by this in famous smuggling. It does appear to us, however, that if Lord PALMERSTON wants a field in which he might go the utmost lengths with the applause of all Europe, it is in the case of Cuba. We were impdative with Brazil, and we have succeeded. But the Brazilian Government has always been far more honest and worthy of respect than that of Spain. It is high time to declare to the worthless rulers of Spain and their Cuban Viceroys that forbearance is now at an end ; that hence forth the slave trade shall be treated as piracy, let it be carried on under whatever flag it may ; and that all Cuba shall be held by us in that fashionable condition of the Spanish regime, " a state of siege," till the slave trade is no more, ELECTION EXPENSES. LATEST N E WS. INDIA AND CHINA. --+- TRIESTE, MAY 14. The steamer Bombay arrived here to-day at 2.15 p.m., in 116 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 9th in The India mails left Alexandria on that day, with advices from Bombay to the 17th of April ; Cal cutta, April 9 ; Ceylon, April 9 ; and Hong Kong, March 29. A mutinous spirit still prevails in the Bengal army, especially in the 34th Native Infantry. At Bombay the banks have again reduced their rate of discount 1 per cent. The import market remains unchanged. Freights were declining. Exchange 2s lid to 2s lid. At Calcutta there was little or no change in either the produce or export markets. Freights have advanced. The money market was getting easier. Exchange, 2s rid to 2s lids. In China nothing of importance had transpired since the departure of the previous mail. The steamer Zenobia had arrived with troops from Madras. Exchange at Hong Kong, 4s 1.1. d. Advices from Shanghai of the 20th of March state that a large business had been done in silk. The total amount of arrivals was 80,000 bales, of which 77,000 had been settled. Exchange, 6s lid to 7s. The latest accounts from Hong Kong, dated March 30, state that three English ships, with troops, had arrived there. Admiral Seymour had not undertaken any new operation. The Viceroy, Yeh, had imposed very heavy con tributions on the towns and villages under his jurisdiction. THE PERSIAN WAR. VIENNA, MAY 14. Advices from Constantinople state that after taking Moba,mmerah the English Commander learned that the treaty of peace had been con cluded, and ordered a 'suspension of hostilities. DRESDEN, THURSDAY. Prince Napoleon left Berlin and arrived in the Saxon capital at two o'clock. He was received by the Hereditary Prince. He was conducted to the Royal Palace, and thence goes to the Chateau of Pilnitz to the King. He will remain several days in Saxony. COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. The Danish Government has replied to the Prussian and Austrian Notes. It is disposed to make concessions on the question of the Duchies, but declines to submit the framing of their Consti tution to the General Diet of Germany. The Moniteur de la Flotte states that the Rus sians are founding a great maritime establishment in the River Amoor, which they call Port-Impe rial. Port Imperial is about 130 miles to the south of the Bay of Castries, in 48 degrees 58 minutes north latitude, and 140 degrees 17 minutes east longtitude. The remains of the frigate Pallas, which the Russians sunk to save her from falling into the liands of the English, are still to be seen in the north-west of the port. Two powerful batteries are being erected at this spot. The naval establishment of Port Imperial is to comprise factories, dry docks, large store houses, powerful means of defence, and all the requisites for sheltering a large fleet. The Faedrelandet states that letters to be relied on have been received from Stockholm, stating that the King, being worn out with the responsi bility of affairs, and, in addition, being weak in health, has determined, on the recommendation of his medical advisers, to withdraw from state busi ness, calling on the Hereditary Prince to take the direction of affairs provisionally. FRANCE. _ _ PARIS, THURSDAY, By an Imperial decree in the Moniteur, dated Fontainebleau, 12th, the session of the Legislative Body, which was to have closed on Saturday, is prolonged to the 28th inst. inclusive. The Minister of Marine has sent to Toulon for mal orders that the Audacieuse frigate, which is destined to convey Baron Gros to China, shall be -ready to put to sea at the end of the present week. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : " MARSEILLES, Mayl3.—The Kingofßavaria ar rived here at 2 p.m., on hoard a Neapolitan frigate, accompanied by Gen. Robe! ti, aide-de-camp to the King of Naples. His Majesty, who preserves the strictest incognitr, will leave Maraeilles to-morro w. The Neapolitan frigate exchanged salutes with.the forts." " VIENNA, May 13.—The Pesth Gazette an nounces that the Princess Giselle is ill, and that the tour of the Emperor is suspended for some days." BOURSE, May 14.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. fr. c 69 30 3 41 p p er er C C e e n n ts ts 9l 50 Bank Shares 4,425 Credit Mobilier 1,300 Roman Do. Account 1,300 -- Austrian Belgian 4 Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt, End of Month. —fr. —z. 69 55 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlB, —Having observed in your paper of last evening that you have accidentally omitted my name in the divi sional list on Lord R. Grosvenor's Bill, will you allow me to inform you that I voted in the minority. I have the honour to be, Yours obediently, WM. YANSITTART, 88, St. James's-street, Friday, May 15. THE COURT MOURNING.—We have authority to state that, as the ttme fixed for the present court mourning will have expired previous to the approaching drawing rooms, no Ladies except those of her Majesty's House hold and the Wives of the Members of the Cabinet, and of the Great Officers of her Majesty's Household, are expected to appear in mourning, nor is mourning to be worn at the approaching Levee, except by the Members of the Cabinet and Officers of the Household. Her Majesty will not leave Osborne until the 4th of June. It is rumoured that a squadron will be assembled at Spithead to salute the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, wkose own squadron of several sail is also ex pected at Spithead from the Mediterranean. His Excellency the Russian Minister and the Countess Creptowich have arrived at Chesham House, from Paris. The Countess Spencer has issued invitations for an assembly at Spencer House, on the 27th instant. The Earl of Fowls will give a ball on Thursday, the 4th of June. The Earl and Countess of Dunraven have arrived in Belgrave-square. Married, yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Arthur Lionel Tollemache, eldest son of the late Hon. Arthur Caesar Tollemache, to Emily, eldest surviving daughter of the late Major-General Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., of the Bengal army. DRLTR OF LORD WILLIAM FITZROY.—The premature ann , uncement of this respected nobleman's death has proved only too prophetic. His lordship expired on Wednesday eveni,g, at East Sheen, surrounded by the members of his sorrowing family. ____ DEATH OF Mu. JAsiitu CHISSEAUD.—We regret to have to announce the demise of a gentleman well known to Eastern travellers, especially to those who have visited Syria. Jasper Chasseaud, Esq , of Beyrout, de parted this life on the 22d ultimo on his estate in that town. THE LATE JOHN DISNEY, ESQ.—We regret to bave observed in our obituary column the name of John Dis ney, Esq. ,of thellyde, Ingatestone, Essex, who expired la 4 week at his country seat, aged 77. Mr. Disney was well known as as antiquarian, a connoisseur, and collec tor of art curiosities. ASSASSINATION OF MR. BLANDFORD, AT NAPLES.—A letter from Naples, of the 7tb, says :—" Mr. Blandford, the gentleman who was assaulted in the Riviera di Cuiaja, is dead. He was, from the time of the injuries, too weak to make any statement as to the villains who murdered him." THE LATE Ms. COULTON.—The mortal remains of the late Mr. David Travena Coulton, the editor of the Press, were consigned to the family vault at Norwood Ceme tery yesterday. The funeral was strictly private, at the express desire of the deceased, and the mourners were confined to his o d and attached friends—Mr. Rob. Bell, Mr. S. Carter Hall, Mr. Gruneisen, Mr. Maddyn, Mr. Smith, Mr. Liddle, LORD ELGIN'S MISSION.—After having crossed the Isthmus, Lord Elgin, it is said, will find the Ava awaiting him at Suez. The ship will convey him to Singapore, where he is to remain till the arrival of the French commissioner. A further sum of nearly 20,0001. in gold was sold to the Bauk yesterday. THE MORBloNS.—Serious dissensions are reported to have broken out among the Mormons, both at San Ber nardino and Salt Lake. The Elletborough has arrived from Sydney with 30,000 sovereigns. Tne Irene is also reported from Adelaide, but she is not believed to have brought any gold. At Bow•street police court yesterday Mr. Jardine decided that a dog-cart was a private carriage, and the driver hld a right to pass the park gates near Buck ingham plaice. Me. HENRY LESLIE'S CONCERTS.—This series of concerts commences this evening at the Hanover-square Rooms ; and we advise all lovers of part-singing to avail themselves of the opportunities now afforded them of bearing some of the best performances of the kind which have yet been given in England. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—" La Traviata," which had been announced for last night, was not given, in conse quence of the sudden indisposition of Signor Graziani, who should have personated Germont. " Rigoletto" was substituted, and its performance by Madame Bosio, Madame Did!43, Signori Tagliafico, Polonini, and Ron cool, left nothing to wish for. The house was densely crowded. HER MAJESTY'S, THEATRE.—The Queen's box, at her Majesty's Theatre, was last evening ocenpied by the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Westminster, Earl Grosvenor, and Capt. Mar shall. Among the company present we observed the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Lady Augusta Paulet, the Marquis of Stafford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, the Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneur, the Countess Howe and the Ladies Curz el, the Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Sef ton, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Boseborough, Lord Ward, Viscount and Viscountess Enelyn, Viscount Ranslagh, Viscount Carson, Viscount Elueiey, Viscount Powerecourt, Lady de Taoley, Lord and Lady Scarsdale, Lord C. Bruce, Lady Georgians Codrington, Lord 11. G. Lennox, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir A. Woodford, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, &re PAVILION HOTEL, FOLKESTONE.—The following are among the recent arrivals at this hotel :—Lord and Lady Poltimore, Lord Ashburton, Lord Rollo, Count Strogonoff, Lord and Lady Holland, Sir G. Abercrombie, Sir Reger Palmer, Sir Stephen and Lady Brock, Sir G. and Lady Nugent, Lady Balfour, General Pollock and Mrs. Pollock, General Watkins, Col. Wood and Mrs. Wood, Col. French, Col. Fyers, Col. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, Col. Rickards and Mrs. Rickards, Major Bodham and Mrs. Bodham, Capt. Wynyard, &c. STAR CLUB OF LONDON.—Ttia fourth meeting of the members of this club for the present session was held at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, on Wednesday last, Mr. Oliveira presiding. There were present—Colonel Lloyd Watkins, M.P., Mr. Luce, M.P., Mr. Harrison, Mr. Kennard, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Bohn, Dr. Sibson, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Lee, M.P., Mr. Guedalla, Mr. Grant, Captain Kell, Mr. Bailey, the Rev. George Jepson, Mr. Deere, &c. Mr. Rowland Hill and Mr. Digby Boycott were elected members. NAVY CLUB.—The members of this club dined toge ther, last evening, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James'sertreet. Rear-Admiral G. Courtenay presided, and was supported by Mr. Wombwell, Lord F. G. Hal lyburton, Sir T. Lushiugton, Admiral Furneau, Captain H. Byng, Captain Roger s, Captain Qain, Captain Sey mour, Captain Mundy, Captain F. Craufurd, the Mar• quis Townshend, the Earl Talbot, Captain Alexander, Sir F. Cochraue, Captain M. Moorsorn, Capt. Hudson, Lord E. Russell, Captain Hankey, Hon. Capt. Murray, and Capt Hudson. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—The steward of the bark Coral Isle, of Scarborough, the property of Messrs. Hick and others, while on her passage from St. Domingo to Liverpool, killed a pea-hen which he had purchased in the West Indies, and on taking out the contents of its crop he found two valuable diamonde, which, since the vessel's arrival at Liverpool, he bee disposed of fur a nen iderable sum of money,..—frog3 Meeeearle AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY , 10 p.m. The United Stat es ' ma il steamship Fulton, Capt. Wott.on, has arrived off Cowes, with advices from New York to the 2d inst., being two days later. She brings 160 passengers (of whom 40 are for Southampton), $lll,OOO in specie, and 1,983 bags of wheat. May 13, at 6 p.m., spoke the Bremen bark Chyledra, and a Hamburg brig displaying a white signal, with No. 125 in the centre. The Fulton proceeded onto Havre after disem barking mails and passengers for Southampton. The Royal Mail steamer Africa; from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the afternoon of the Ist inst. The majority of the Select Committee of the Senate of Pennsylvania on the 'resolutions in the Dred Scott case had made a lengthy and able report, accompanied by resolutions declaring that the opinion of the Supreme Court enounced prin ciples in palpable opposition to the judicial and legislative history of the Union, and in violation of the plain provisions of the constitution of the Uni►ed States ; that the opinion, except ou the question of jurisdiction, being delivered in a case over which the Court admitted it had no jurisdic tion, may be justly regarded as obiter dicta and in operative as law ; that the five Judges who concur red in the same opinion made a.wanton attack on the sovereignty of the Free. States and an impotent attempt to nullify the established laws of the coun try, and by extrajudicial action, caused unneces sary excitement in the public wind in regard to the subject of slavery, and had thereby forfeited the confidence and respect due to their exalted station. At Kansas a Pro-Slavery Convention to nomi nate a can.lidate for delegate to Congress is to be held on July 2. The Free State men 'resolutely refused to place their names upon the census lists, leaving to their opponents the work of preparing the State Conititution. The .New York Herald of the 2d says : " We understand that Charles Carpenter, the prirci pal defendant in the case of the alleged frauds on the Northern Railroad of France, and who, in the course of the application for his extradition, suddenly pleaded guilty, leaves N,w York this day in the steamer Ful ton, accompanied by Mr. Louis de Angelis, one of the United States Marshal's deputies. What disposi tion the French authorities will make of him after his submission remains to be seen." Mr. Reed, the newly-appointed Minister to China, lett Philadelphia on the let for Washington, for final instructions preparatory to his departure in the staani-frigate Minnesota for the Acene of his future labours. The New York stock market on the Ist was vary much unsettled. At the first board the tendency was downward for some of the leading speculative railroad stocks. A smaller amount of business than usual was transacted. Illinois Central Bonds de clined 4 per cent. ; Michigan Southern, ; Haar lem, •i ; Galeua and Chicago, ; Nicaragua Tran sit advanced per cent. ; Chicago and Rock Island, 1 ; Mil waukle and Mississippi, f. The market was not at all active. In the absence of the regular street buyers the market would be dull enough. At the second board prices generally were a little better. Erie advanced per cent., Chicago and Rock Issland ; there was no change in Michigan, Southern, Cleveland, and Toledo. There was a sale of Cleveland and Toledo at 661 1 per cent., sellers, 60 days, which was 2} per cent. under the cash price. There was an active move ment in Nicaragua Transit stock. The market looked as though it would soon settle down into a very inactive state, and that in the absence of ope rations for a rise prices would gradually fall off, and chronic dullness prevail. The sales of cotton at New York on the Ist em braced about 1,500 bales, chiefly before receipt of the Africa's news, without change in prices. As far as the effect of the news was developed it exer cised no influence on the market. Flour was less active, with moderate transactions at unchanged prices. Wheat was firm for good to prime qudlities, which were scarce. Sales of choice southern white were reported at $1 82c., and some small lots of common red Western at $1 40io. to $1 45c. Corn was firmer, with sales of Western mixed at 86c., and southern yellow at 79c. Pork was firner. Sugars were firm and active ; the sales embrAced about 1,000 to 1,100 hhds., 1,800 boxes, 16,000 bags of Manilla, 6,000 bags of Siam, and 800 hhds. of Molado. Coffee was quiet but firm. Freights coatinued dull, and engagements mode rate. PHILADELPHIA MAY 1. _ _ Stocks steady. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Read ing Railway, 40/ ; Morris Canal, 15k ; Long Island Railroad, 12i ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 49. CHARLESTON, MAY 1. Cotton firm. Sales to-day, 1,900 bales. Prices in favour of sellers. OSWEGO, MAY 1. The flour and grain receipts at this port since the opening of the navigation to May 1 are 30,300 barrels of flour, '197,200 bushels of wheat, 10,600 bushels of rye, and 5,000 bushels of barley. LOUISVILLE, MAY 1. The stock of pork is 15,000 barrels. At the same time last year it was 51,000. LES BOUPFES PAR ISIENS. PARIS, M itY 12. As the company of Les Bouffes are about to visit London, thanks to the enterprise of Mr. Mitchell, it may not he uninteresting to record the produc tion of another of those miniature musical compo sitions which are barn in the Passage Choiseul so frequently that a very large harmonious family already enliven Paris with their merry, light, and agreeable melodies. This threatre was originally intended to encourage unknown singers and 30111- poiers ; and so successful has the establishment proved, th it whilst bringing forward unrecognised talent, it has continued to attract a public which, loving music, are pleased to see light dramas plen tifully interspersed with songs, duets, and trios— generally, however, wedded to the burlesque. The new trifle in question is called " L'Opera aux Fenetres," the words by M. Leon Halevy, and the music by M. Gastinel. The story is suggested by a fantaisie of Kotzebue's. The stage discovers a young lady at a cottage window, Louise (Madame Delmont), who soon Ms us know that she is expecting " a party " by a pleasing song. Of course ucs amoureux is the expected one in quesion. He arrives a little aft r time, which, ho Never, is rather a musical necessity than any want of anx'ety on his part. The author, I suppose, wanted the lady to have thti first song. The lover makes his appearance, and, after a dm t, proposes that the young lady should run away with him, as the most easy way of getting over difficul ties likely to be raised by her guardian. But Miss Louise has been too well brought up to commit such a folly, ani she tells the somewnat too hasty lover as much in that chiave di soprano which French composers very often turn into a " key of screams," to suit the thin shrill voices of French ladies. Toe dialogue of the lovers is overheard by a lodger, who makes his appearance at another window. The lover interrogates the young man who has thus suddenly intruded, and, in p l ain English, says, " Who are you ? what are you 1" "Jo ne sais trop ce que je sais," replies the young man " t‘ ruais je devine ce quo je puis etre." Quoi done 1" "Ee protecteur de vos affections. It ends in the lodger discovering himself as X. Frantz, a compo,er of music, and, worse still, a poet. Trios follow as natural as flowers appear in summer. The guardian of the young lady, of course a man of certain age, eventually anpua i a at a third window—ergo a quartet. Then, after a cer tain amount of pleasing music has been heard, friend Franz gets the old guaidian out of the house, and the lovers have time to say all sorts of prt.tcy things to each other, which have been said before, and which we maycalculate will continue to be expressed with slight obligato variations tormany a day to t come. Eventually M. Frantz brings the old guardian back, haying contrived to duck him first in a pond. The old gentleman is in bad luck that evening, for the lover doling his absence, as well as making love to the lady, contrives to get hold of some papers which prove the guirdian guilty of misapplying the fort une of his fair charge. Threatened with exposure, the old man consents to the marriage, and the curtain falls to the satisfac tion of all, including the audience. This latter musical drama occupies about an hour, and, like most of the ct cations of *the Bouffes, is a very at tractive trifle. T HUN DERSTORM.-.—LIVERPOOL, TRIIRSDAY.—A heavy► thunderstorm took place this afternoon. About three o'clock the atmosphere became quite overcast, and is about half an hour afterwards a loud thunder-clap was hoard, accompanied by lightning and heavy rain. The ttoim lasted over two hours, but we have not heard of any damage done to life or property. RAILWAYS-FOR CASE. fr. c. fr c, Orleans 1,475 Western - Northern - Lyons 1,485 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,025 Grand Central - Geneva - Sardinian - Midi THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN HUNGARY. A letter from Pesth of the 10th, in the Constitu tionnel, says :—" A striking manifestation on the part of the principal inhabitants of the cities of Buda and Pesth took place , esterday evening, in• tended as a reply to the announcement of the late' amnesty granted by the Emperor. At about eight o'clock upwards of four thousand citizens, com pletely beyond the reach of official influence, and perfectly independent from their social position, went in a body, with torches, to the Imperial Palace of Buda to offer their homage to their Majesties. The cortege, marching eight abreast, all dressed in black dress coats, and white cravats, was preceded by a body of 120 chorus singers, and gaccompanied at inter vals by military bancl4, A considerable crowd were assembled, and joined their acclamations to those of the procession. The greatest order pre vailed without any intervention on the part of the police. In a few minutes after the arrival of the head of the body on the open place in front of the palace, the Emperor and Empress made their ap pearance on the balcony. On seeing them, the chorus singers, accompanied by the three military bands, struck up tha imperial hymn, the torches were waved, and the air resounded with the Ellyen,' or Hungarian vivat. The leading characteristic of this demonstration was the loyal and sincere sentiment which inspired the idea. Persons well established, occupying a good social position, and possess ing a certain fortune, were alone admitted to take part. The cortege thus assembled consisted of 39 municipal councillors, 149 unpaid officials of communes, 19 physicians, and upwards of 3,000 persons belonging to different liberal professiJns, manufacturers, tradesman, &c. The fortune pos sessed by this body amounted together to more than 100 millions of francs. As a further proof of the great change which has taken place in public opinion, it may be mentioned that in the morning of the same day the Archduke Albeit, Governor- General of Hungary, received a deputat'on of the principal advocates of Pesth, who solicited the fa vour of being admitted to pay their respects to the Emperor. In order to comprehend the importance of this fact, it must be menlioned UlllO the lawyers of Pesth have hit!.erto been actuated by a systematic feeling of opposition, which in the Diet was carried to the gre.itest possible length. Their change of manner towards the sovereign is therefore very significant. The governmental idea of Francis Joseph is apparent in the text of the dOcree of amnesty. Faithful to the system of policy which he has adopted I.ince his accession to the throne, he will not deviate from the line of unity which he conside,is as necessary to the moral grandeur and tho material prosperity of empire." LITERATURE. The Parish. I•s powers and obligations at law, as regards the welfare of every neighbourhood; and in relation to Vie State ; its officers and com mittees ; and the responsibi ity of every pa rishioner. With illustrations of the practical working of this iustituti,on iu all secular affairs, and of some modern attemp's at ecclesiastical ' encroachment. By. Toulmin Smith. Second edition. Pp. 682. H. Sweet. • - Pre-eminently among the institutions of our country, and one of those affording the fullest scope for sound and useful local action stands that of the Parish. It is the one which ' has fallen least into disuse, and the opportunities and powers under which only need to be more widely known to . be again as a..tively and valuably exercised as they were formerly, and have been until a very late period. To extend thi knowledge of these oppor tunities and powers, the above w rk has b-en written. In it will he found something that coo; cerns every parishioner, as well those who are o ut et office as those who are taking their share in th e duties owing by all towards their neighbourhoo d. Mr. Toulmin Smith shows us that it is the duty, as well as to the benefit, of every man to take all interest in the welfare of his parish. But the oljects of the book will Le best shown the author's own words : " The parish, as a practical institution, is the sub' ject of this book. Its object is to shoe the practical use and value of the parish in all the social and secular re' Minns of men ; the pi aotical duties and rights of eeery, rarishioner ; and how best that use and those duties may be babitualiy realised." Mr. Toulmiu Smith begins at the beginning, 64 goes to the bottom of the whole ma tar. He trace° the history of the parish, showing that it was seq: lar in origin, and that tool( siasical arrangemeo u : were adapted to " the pre-existing secular division't oft e land.", He points out the importance 1:) .. local action in small communities, and the need f ° ' the adaptation—by some of the overgrown parishes of the metropolis, for example—of the ancient sir tem of self division into, wards and townsbl4' The powers of parishioners, in vestry assemble°, are stated and explained, and are also trat• d by a variety of quotations from origin!. records of the proceedings of different parishes England. These powers are much larger than 1 now commonly supposed ; and are shown to et 3l ,: e brace the ordering the removal of nuisances, t"., executing works of drainage and sanatory impr°ll; 'news, the making of any needed rates, thepuni, ment of officers, ;so that it is the fault of t' parishioners themselves if they be not well g °. verned, or have not wholesome dwellings. Tue history and duties of each of the p sl4 ' sll se officers are gone into, but more particularly til ° , s , of the churchwardens and surveyors of highsil: Le thew being now of the greatest importance. chapters on " Constables" and " Watch and will IT found very interesting and instructV o i especially at the present time, when the subj ec ' e t public prosecutors is before the public. The 0 0 1 sity fur keeping responsibility as the fundan3eld principle of a constabillary is very forcibly 'pni l3 . o sl ottt ; and the great utility of the coroner's tnq t it to a true system of watch and ward, and to public safety, is clearly shown. The original purposes of Church Endowro e and their later perversions, are treated on at ° 1:1 0 length, in connection with points of inatto u ' i gi , general interest and importance. A mass of 01. 1 ;i11 nal authorities are also quoted to prove__wba t tl astonish some of our readers no doubt—tha t 1 ,1 consecration of burial grounds is illegal by th e of England. The practical importance of this, °co ject is now being deeply felt in very many under the New Burial Acts. Very interesting, to lovers of the "goo d j: times," will be the chapter on " Parish Rec ° sl l where, among other quotations, more auth or : dr arocollected together on the subject of parish i te el vale, and their social benefits, than we hay° able to find elsewhere. The sale of a large edition of this work ill I years, shows the appreciation of its merits blo public ; and we sincerely hope, for the beli e society, •that the large additions made in this s e edition will make its usefulness still more felt, - that it may have a widely-spread circulation. We are informed that, in con,equence of rePr er i tationa which have been made to the Coloni al4s , two companies of the Royal Canadian Rifles hac e ,' ordered to proceed to the Red River settlement, to a's tafn order among the 9,000 British suajects ' under the arbitrary and anomalous rule of the Bay Company, and to restrain the access of the ee . a ii diens who, in defiance of the supposed restre the company's chart. r, are determined to trade odi the territory. With the example of N e wfoge l4 before him, Mr. Labouchere should be careful bees., ignores the unanimous wishes o f th e C ana dian por Morning Post. dlO DISTURBANCES AT MALAGA.—GIBRALTAR, A r Private letters from Malaga, received by the steamer Ville de Lii•bonne, report that martial I s e s ' proclaimed in that city on the evening of the 2 2 '. Rueeours of conspiracies had 'prevailed, and: e ° precautions observed amongst the troops for a fo , before. All the taverns were ordered to be ele4i the 25th, and the same measure was adopted lowing day. The proclamation of martial law weal with a band of music and a strong escort. Fourt e s sons bad been arrested, and part of the troops 1 0 :1; pied the Ua,tle. On the 26th everything was cr o o . only change observable in the city being an fi d e number of sentinels. Arrests have alio been sae menial law proclaimed in Jean. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.—A wand !blasting O s is to be executed in the werks of Holyhead lifer " ° ,i Thursday next, the 21st inst. The elevatioe quarry face to be operated on is 120 feet, the 1 -I° , l mountain itself being 780 feet above the sea leve i lo r quartz rock to be operated on is estimated at I s tons ; the total charges of gunpawder, divided ie will be 18,000 pounds ; the power of the galvaes' tt tery 48 cells. Messrs. Rigby, the contract r ef ? given every facility for informing the public of t b . i , display of explosive power, which creates m uch I, among engineers. Sir John Burgoyne, Colcie ° le, ham, and other o ffi cers from Chatham and W e f ,' besides several eminent engineers, British ari a are expected to be present. isOf A GIRL of FOURTEEN* KILLED BY A ; 0 FIFTEEN.—At Kirkham in the Fylde, about 1 3 ', 1 / 10 0 from Preston, on Tuesday last, about seven the evening, as some children were playing in P o i a quarrel arose among some of the gals, and aBttiboel thrown ley which a boy named John Howell, e years old, the son of a hawker, was in some eel yoked, He was at the moment cutting oui sii"di toy is called, with a clasp knife, and turning r e `it , denly he stabbed a gal near him, of the-name s ci s intim, in the neck. The pier girl, vvha to i4 danghter of a labourer in the village, walked d , her home, but bad not got far before she fain t ' t al" was then carried home, where she died shoos ejt; diately, without saying a word. The boy deca ol , P hid himself in the fields till Wednesday morai ee ' he gave himself up to the police. etil et C SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.—One of the 'la t h meetings which have been lately held in the 0 01 :e0 4 1 'e omnibus travellers of the outlying districts sit' di* the Britannia Tavern; Hackney, last evening Richardson, of Bisbopsgate street, in the e-„ a eLl speakers, who were principally resident in ria° l ecr s i its neighbourhood, complained of the inadeqtesaV modatioe provided by the Genera , Omnibus Lie.cssis who,have neglected the repeated applications wh tb ely been made to them to increase the number of Bo p ,r hicles, and to improve their conditit,n. The r ‘ ss is this meeting, which in numbers and enthool...'ecl.lip; passed any other that had been held on the eu b ioeeS resolution was unanimously passed pledging th e o i to support the company by taking shares eel s dreds of which were taken:in the rootn), and s ofq theite friends to follow their example. It was ir d 00) that the result of similar meetings already b e ,' fir ordering of upwards of 50 omnibuses, wbi °l ' course of construction. as s es e ; SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—From a E- r receipts and expenditure in the current half - Y e t i/ h alloo venue account it appears that the receipts ne b of pany's railw a y s f or f o ur we e ks ending the O P o 's i ' amounted, for passengers, parcels, mails, go ° ";fg 69,1171. 6s. 4d., less collection and deliver' ya e 2,1551. lls. 11d., leaving 66,9611. 1 4 'a l 57 5 61', receipts for rents and sundries amounted to," g3' nd 7d., a for the steampacket service to 3,4l6`'ischie.4 together 71,8651. Pa. 6d. The expenditur e / , s efl,iit ra,es, taxoe, tolls, Government duty, and CrliO i st steampacket service, amounted to 36,215 1 . 161 ';ias the net profit on working 35,6401. 14s. 6d , ou nt e b ia receipts for the eight precening weeks aT i. lo' 116,749/. 11s. 7d., which, added to tbea7l,Bso" pd ag Dr makes the total receipts for the 12 weeks etot 25th of April 188,6061. 2s. id. Flom this fe e t se tl ducted 76,5401. 12s. 2d. for the expenses °,`,, P r e t preceding weeks, and the above 36,210 1 . lu":atO r d' four past weeks, waking together an exP e i e l s, 112,7561. Bs. 2d., and leaving 75,8491. 13 '1dd', net profit on working the company'a r el n i steamboats for the 12 weeks ending the 2 5 ' 1 LIGHTING RAILWAY CARRIAGES WITH GA s i k e 7 „1 1 , experiment eas tried by Mr. Knapton. I st tia rrA Foundry, York, which thr e w ens to rev ° e e iS 'Yates(' of lighting railway carriages. Ser f: io t e e o ago Mr. Knapton teok out a le, telt f col t sivav" called " dry geeoneeer," and this c ald . has now fixed to the bottom of a fl e p a, Toe gasometer can be 'filled by means el ) 8 tube from any of the station. mains. Th e e a l s je 1 9:4: diced into the compartments of the car aril sSo ordinary - piping, and can be turned ( 7 010 01 4 0'i pleasate. The Great Northern Railoay a c ol' gr' ip g given directions to Mr. Knapton to fit uP dopta ti d . o , this manner, and should the plan be a e ctil e tot r e saving will be effected eted a brilliant ligh t _ is i t e 1 ,0 gasometer will con ain more gas than is re . sl s e ts journey tit m York to London. Three P.a.-.4A1 p nine feet of gas in the hour, and, taking i tia ° J a w ti six hours, a consumption of 54 feet will a lia_ t ?",, cost of little more than 2d., is. 6d. This is an immense saving to the t eeeortittee compared with it the expense of the ee , —Northern. Daily Express , 1 as against a oaepie