The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-24 00:00:00

lIER D MA JEST ON Y'S TH EATRE. IL GIOVA.N.NI. EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), will be repeated, with the following unprecedented cast, Mozart's chef-d'ceuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI ;—Zerlina , Mdlle. Piccolomini ; D , DON Anna, Mdlle. Spe zia ; and Donna Elvira, Ortolan Belletti. D on Giovanni, Sig. Beneve ntano ; Leporello, Sig. ; Masetto, Sig. Corsi ; Il Commandatore, Sig. Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. Conductor —Sig. Bonetti. The Minuet in the Ball Scene will be danced de by Mdlles ßallet . Fasquali, Karliski, Morlaccbi, Matie, and Corps . From respect to the grand work of the immortal composer the following artistes of the establishment have consented to tend their assistance to increase the effect of the majestic finale of the first act, including the chorus, Viva la Liberta : Reichardt, C. Braham, Bottardi, Mercnriali, Kinni, De Soros, and Raillou ; Mesdamss Poma, Berti, moo, and Ramos. lifter which, will be revived the highly successful Ballet, 'toy M. Perrot, entitled L'ATJRORE. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially, reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE IL DON GIOVANNI. riecolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Alboni, Belletti, Beneventano, Corsi, Vialetti, and Giuglini. The following arrangements have been settled : To-morrow, Thursday, 25th inst., Extra Night, DON GIOVANNI. Saturday, 27th, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. MONDAY MORNING, 29th; to commence at one and end at five o'clock, DON GIOVANNI, Divertissement, and Last Act of L SONNAMBULA. Tuesday, 30th, IL TROVATORE. On each occasion a Ballet Divertissement, supported by the principal Artistes of the establishment. LA TRAVIATA will shortly be repeated. Prices for the morning performance as follows : Boxes —Pit and One Pair £4 40 I Pit £0 8 6 „ Grand Tier 55 0 Pit Stalls ll 0 „ Second Pair 3 3 0 I Gallery Stalls. 0 5 0 , Half Circle lll 6 1 Gallery 0 3 0 ' To be had at the Box-office at the Theatre. I - ES BOUFFES PARISIENS—St. JAMES'S THEATRE. Triumphant Success of the FRENCH PLAYS. Last Week but One of the Season. Notwithstanding the great success which has attended the performapees of Les Bouffes Parisiens, Mr. Mnennt. begs to announce that, owing to engagements entered into by M. Offenbach with Lyons and other large towns of Prance, and 'lcing 'compelled to re-open the Theatre des Bouffes, in the Champs Elysees, Paris, the present engagement in London must unavoidably terminate at the end of next week. THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Julie 24, the entertain; ments will commence at half-past 8 o'clock precisely, by the performance of (2nd time) LA POMME DE TURQUIE, M. Calllat. M. Tayan, and Mdlle. Corally Guffroy. After which will be produced (for the first time) Operetta, en un Acte, PEPITO. M. Pradeau, M. Charles Petit, and Madlle. Mareschal. And to conclude with the new Operette-Militaire, en un Acte, DRAGONETTE. M. Guyot, M. Tayau, M. Leonee, Madlle. C. Gnffroy. The Orchestra of the Theatre des Bouffes will accom pany these Representations, under the direction of the composer, M. Offenbach. Boxes stalls, and tickets may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. T HEA TRE-ROY AL, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, Is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. First Equestrian Artistes in the World : —Madame Schap lain, Madame Newsome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Manes. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Newsome, Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A. Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti. Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks p--vian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. Last Night but Four of King Richard the Second. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KIN( RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean, Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with new drama, in two periods, entitled THE HUSBAND OF AN HOUR. Mr. Buckstone, &c. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DI XNA! After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATAL NTA ; or, The Three Golden .Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 ES No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed IRELAND AS IT IS ; or, The Middleman. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After which, OUR GAL. Mrs. B. William. To conclude with BARNEY THE BARON. Mr. Barney Williams. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. John Douglass.—lmmense Success. THIS EVENING, Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in his entirely New Magical Drama, A NIGHT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, Magic, Mirth, and Mystery. Produced on a scale of grandeur far surpassing anything that has yet been attempted on the stage. The magnificent Paraphernalia of the most elaborate description Between the parts of the entertainment Mr. J. G. Fordo will give his Original Monologue, descriptive of LOVE AND LAW.—No advance in prices. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —Signor ALFRED BOSCO has achieved a egitimate triumph, and established his reputation as the Chief Professor of Legerdemain. His wonderful performance —his gorgeous apparatus—his unrivalled programme—have received the public verdict—lnimitable ! Stalls, 3s ; boxes, 28 ; pit, Is gallery, 6d. A Morning Performance on Satur days, at 2. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be revived Murphy's comedy of ALL IN THE WRONG. Mr. Robson. After which, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Robson, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP HITHEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Last Week of the Engagement of the Opera Company. THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, June 24, and Friday, 26th, Bellini's charming opera of LA. SONNAMBULA. TO-MORROW EVENING (THURSDAY, June 25th, and 27th, Wallace's admired opera of MARITANA, with L►gxestrian Illustrations. Miss Rebecca Isaacs, Mr. Augustus Braham, Miss M. Somers, Mr. Brookhonse Bowler, and Mr. Francis Kirby, and Miss Ellen Thirlwall. Mr. Borrani. Conductor and Composer—Herr Meyer Lutz. With a powerful Band and Chorus. Manager and Director of the Opera Company—Mr. Augustus Braham. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's incomparable SCENES in the ARENA. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Notice—Daring the Opera Season Half-price will take place at 9 o'clock. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTE RBI) . RY HALL, West mi ns t er-road OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. Ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses Glees, Dtiets, die., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J, Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S, Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M, deSolla, and •E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett a n d C ort i; Mess. ' Sam"- Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mgecil Hicks harmoniu m , J. C au lfi e ld, j un.; di rector, Z • Caulfield. C ommence a t S even o'clock •procisely. 40.,until twelve o'clock. ' 4llll WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT—Mor. 21 min. aft. 3—Even., 45 min. aft. 3 To .11doiniow—Morn. 8 rain. aft. 4—Even. 31 min. aft. 4 THE WEATIEF.A—Bmi ornoz, Jura 24. THiramounTwa, us THE SHADE. 78 —highest 10160 noon y es t erday. 5g —lowest this morning and during th e e i g ht; 77 —this dal it noon. BAROMETER, 30.35. WIND, South Easterly ; light, Wi th fine suns hi ny weather. (t i 14 A, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1857. The People of Paris have emphatically pr.: - tested against the thraldom in which they aro held, and put forward an unequivocal demand for a full and fair representation. Notwithstanding the convulsive efforts that have been made to obtain the votes of the electors for the Government can didates, and to induce every person to e: cercise the franchise in some way or other—oho' wining from voting being regarded as a more serious manifestation of hostility than support ing the wrong side—less than ore-third of the ri )gistered electors have bestowed their most sweet 'voices on the proteges of the Ministers. Out of 350,000 registered elec'coYs only 110,525 appear to have voted in accordance with the Imperial requisition, while 96,199 have gone directly the other way. But no less than 143,276, or about three-sevenths of the whole number, have stood aloof from the entire pro ceeding, determined that their names should not be identified with the political farce. This was, indeed, a serious demonstration—one more pow erful, and far more significant, than open resist ance to the Imperial ukases. Intimidation and cajolery were alike ineffectual. More than 140,000 adult males, inhabitants of the French metropolis, practised the policy of abstention with complete success ; proving, beyond the possibility of doubt, that they had no confidence in anything that could be effected by the Chamber of Depu ties, under the existing circumstances of the country. Will the EMPEROR be warned, while there is yet time Will he attend to this handwriting on the wall, as distinct as that which warned BEL SHAZZAR of his impending doom ? It ought to teach him that a mere colourable representation will not suffice ; that the people require, not merely the shadow, but some of the substantial elements of freedom. Sullen discontent, ,as evinced by those who refrained from exercising the franchise, cannot be trifled with. A safety valve is required to permit the escape of elements dangerous to the national safety—and doubly so to the permanency of his dynasty. Many may acquiesce for peace sake, and the preservation of order, but there are too many still " nursing their wrath, to keep it warm," whose complaints, if not loud, are deep. Timely concessions may avert the peril. But no time should be lost. Any moment may produce an explosion. Tile action of a constitutional opposition would go far to pro vide the remedy, but the measures adopted with a reckless disregard to public opinion having prevented such an opposition from springing into existence, other means may be re sorted to, which may prove even less to the taste of the Government, and where the stake will be of far greater magnitude than that affected by divisions in the Chamber. It may not be merely the existence of a Ministry, but the fate of a dynasty, that may be jeopardised. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill has passed safely through the shoals and quicksands by which it was obstructed. No thanks, how ever, are due to its opponents ! They resorted to every means by which the measure could be neu tralised or defeated. They were, however, for tunately unsuccessful, and thereis every reason to anticipate that the bill will pass into a law during the present session. It certainly, does not go so far as we should desire. It is branded with gross and palpable injustice to the fair sex. But still it is a step in the right direction, and we have no doubt that it will eventually lead to the introduc tion of more equitable and impartial enactments. It is a perfect farce to speak of the indissolu bility of the nuptial contract. The argument is a century and a half too late. For that period the Legislature has been in the habit of passing bills fur that purpose, which, when the preliminary conditions have been complied with, have be come as much a matter of course, as the verdict of a jury, or the decision of a Court of Equity, when the proper evidence has been supplied. The only point at issue is, whether relief may not be administered as wisely and cautiously by eminent judges, as by the Legislature itself. The expenses will not be quite so enormous, and, therefore, the area of relief will be extended, but we do not in the slightest fear that a divorce " a vinculo ma . trimoniti" will, in any case, be granted by the New Court, which would not also be sa notioned by Par liament, if the claimant could afford to defray the heavy expenses incidental to the application. Great reliance is necessarily placed on judicial discretion. For the same offence a criminal may be subjected to the highest secondary punishment known to the law, or may escape with the infliction of a nominal penalty. He may be reduced to a con dition far worse than that of a slave—banished for ever from his native land, or kept for a protracted term in penal servitude, or dismissed on paymeat of a nominal fine, or a period ofimprisonment that has actually expired at the time of the sentence being pronounced. And yet this wide discretion is seldom, if ever, abused. Why, then, might not the dissolution of marriages be entrusted to a similar discretion ? and, above and beyond all, why should females be debarred of the possibility of obtaining relief, however gross the ill-usage to which they have been subjected, and palpable the impossibility of their ever again living in amity with their oppressor ? The principle adopted is that an injured woman may be coerced into a condonation—that she must either make up Ler mind to lead a life of cheer less solitude, or pardon the offender, who, oblivious of his solemn vows at the altar, and of every marital duty, has outraged the purest feelings of her heart. We are satisfied that the power might safely be conferred, and that where there was a possibility of forgiveness the prayer of a repentant husband would rarely be disregarded ! But, why should not the new tribunal be enabled to say, just as well as the Legislature, whether the cir cumstances were such as " to render future coha bitation impossible ?" That was the test adopted by Lord CAMPBELL, and there can be no adequate reason why it should not be enforced by the judges. More stringent proofs might be re quired where the claimant was an injured wife, but when these proofs were forthcoming and an overwhelming case established, why should the female be debarred from the remedy to which she is justly and equitably entitled ? • One amendment was carried at the suggestion of Lord CRANWORTII. The power of unlimited fine and imprisonment against both parties was taken away, and a power of fining the male of fender only retained. This is a decided improve ment, for the power of incarcerating parties with out the intervention of a jury should be charily conceded, and thero were satisfactory reasons to show that the probable imprisonment of the fc male might, in many instances, defeat the objects of the bill. It is for the women of England to obtain the rights to which they are so justly entitled, but which have hitherto been so contumeliously de nied. The present, although a decided improve ment on the existing law, is a partial and one sided measure. It may, however, be amended. "The sharp end of the wedge" has been intro duced, and if the gentle sex are only true to themselves and to their suffering sisters, if they only set their own shoulders to the wheel, they , may be assured of the eventual triumph of the good cause. PATTERSON'S glorious day-dream of a sea-water ship-canal at length i n a fair way of being re - lined. But not at fi rs t where it wasintended to bb realised by the Founder of the Bank of England. Not at Darien or Panama; but at Suez and Pelusium. The former, grander, inter-oceanic enterprise may follow afterwards in due course—will, must, inevi• tably follow afterwards sooner or later. But, pre viously there appears to be at length every rea sonable prospect of a similar design being carried out Eastwards instead of Westwards--in the heart of the Old instead of in the centre of the New Hemisphere. Opinions have long been divided as to which of these two kindred projects might be regarded as the more feasible—whether it would be advisable to adventure first upon cutting through the Isthmus of Suez, or through the Isthmus of Panama. It was a tempting alterna tive. A ship canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific, or a ship canal be tween the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Expeditions of research have been sent out to re connoitre in each direction. But a miserable fatality appears (if one may venture to say so) to have hitherto, for the time being, barred the ad vance of our hopes across the narrow strip of land connecting the two great American Continents. Heretofore it has been but a name of ill-omen— The Darien Expedition Poor WILLIAM PAT TERSON and his Puritan compatriots were starved to despair and all but exterminated. Poor ELLTOT WARBURTON immediately after detailing the tragio incidents of that disastrous adventure in a historical romance of thrilling in terest—himself bound upon a kindred enterprise— was burnt to deatli upon the high seas, when the steamship Amazon was destroyed upon the Atlan tic by a conflagration. Every one remembers the unfortunate close of the engineering investi gation entered upon in that same direction, soon after the premature and dreadful demise of Mr. WARBURION. It has been otherwise with the scientific re searches instituted with reference to the Isthmus of Suez, with a view to the ultimate construction of a ship canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. There the one golden and desir able project has been kept in view no less assiduously, but under circumstances infi nitely more propitious. It captivated the ima gination of the last of the World's Great Conquerors. And NAPOLEON loved to linger over the design of opening a broad sea-water channel between Suez and Pelusium—just as he afterwards bung over the plan, and ultimately realised the project, of building a Colossal Granite Highway across the Alps, permanently connecting France and Italy by means of the magnificent Passage of the Simplon. Altogether surpassing in the lat ter instance the mere temporary device of Haim ' saL, and in the former instance entirely eclipsing the vain-glorious phantasy of an elder ago, the one which designed to carve Mount Athos into a Giant Statue of ALEXANDER A statue holding a City in the palm of one hand, and pouring a River from the mouth of an tfrn upon which the other was to rest reposingly ! The Passage of the Simplon was realised, as we all know, and still exists among the noblest of the many Imperial creations of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. But his intention of constructing a ship-canal between Suez and Pelusium was—as we all know equally well—wholly frustrated. His occupation of Egypt and Syria in 1798-1799 closed very soon after its commencement. The opportunity never re curred—for NAPOLEON. It presented itself later on to MAHOMET ALl—but MAIfOMET ALI died in extreme old age long afterwards, still retaining the sceptre of Egypt firmly in his grasp, and at his death the project of a Suez ship-canal still re mained provokingly unrealised ! It is so still. But the conviction has at length spread far and wide that it is really and truly, after all, realisable ! And so the Design is actually, upon this very. day, June 24, 1857, formally submitted to the consideration of the sound com mon sense, the judgment, and experience of the mercantile men of the city of London. The particular plan to be investigated is that of FERDINAND DE LESSEPS. The distance to be traversed by means of the proposed sea water channel is within 100 miles—ninety t ago miles, or thereabouts, from Suez to Pelusium. Midway between those two seaports lying Lake Timsah I The whole undertaking involving an expenditure (according to the calculations of M. DE LESSEPS) of B,ooo,oool.—and,a further annual expenditure, to "keep up" the Canal and the Ports, of 70,0001. additional. The resources of revenue suggested by the new projector of the old enterprise being traceable chiefly to a system of tolls—the average charge being that of ten francs per ton : which upon the supposition (not an unreasonable supposition) of a yearly transit of 3,000,000 tons, would result in a re venue of 1,200,0001. upon an outlay of 8,000,0001, Such is the project submitted this day to the scrutiny of the sagacious merchant princes of our metropolis. We have very little doubt that even supposing it net to be at once regarded by them most favourably—it will ultimately, sooner or later, be recognised by them and others as a good and secure investment. Lord PA.LMERSTON read the gentlemen of Con vocation a quiet lecture on Saturday. He spoke to them by expressive silence. If they but learn from him to debate less and to preach more and better, his instruction will not have been lost. The Archbishop; though wanting in firmness to' carry out his view; showed at first his disinclina tion to anything beyond a formal meeting, as at York, of the antiquated appendage to the real Parliament. By degrees, the busybodies of Convocation obtained so far the upper hand as almost to compel his Grace to prolong their sittings, and this year they concocted for him an address to the Throne in which they very broadly hint—indeed more than hint—that they should like her MAJESTY to give them something to do. After expressing becoming sympathy with the QUEEN under her recent bereavement, congratulat ing her on the bishoprics which without State aid, have under her reign been created in every quarter of the globe, "from Africa to New Zealand, from Vic toria to Rupert's Land," " Saes which gem the earth," as he of Oxford saith ; after deploring the difficulties in the way of keeping children of the labouring classes longer to the School and the Catechism ; after this affectionate and benevolent episcopal exordium, they inform her MAJESTY, that if she will " oonarnit to their special deliberation" any difficult or urgent business affecting the interest of Religion or the usefulness of rile Church, they, to be brief, will do the business convocational justice ; but they remind her t'at "hitherto the shortness of time given to our consultations has in a great measure frustrated the advantages which we humbly trust would result if fuller opportunity were afforded for ascertaining the opinions of the clergy by discussion in convocation." Like the Manchester ma .aufacturers, their power of pro duction has bet 3n limited by their being put on short time. Theyonly crave, therefore, like the men of cotton, a more ample supply of the raw ma terial, and to talk for "full time." This request seems very fair since, as they remind her MA JESTY, she, ii her writ of summons, assembles the reverend and right reverend gentlemen " to treat of certain difficult and urgent affairs concerning SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 18157 your MAJESTY, the - security and defence of the Church of England, and the peace and tranquil lity and public good of your kingdom and your subjects of the same." Surely when they do meet, her MAJESTY, through the Archbishop, might be expected to lay before them something corresponding to the terms of the summons. Now the Bishops, at least, should know better than all this. They, including the ever-restless spiritual lords of Oxford and Exeter themselves, once went through the farce of an ecclesiastical elec tion ; they can remember the leave given, to the electors to elect them, and the invi tation to all persons who had anything to object to them to come forward, with the refusal to hear those who did so, and the de claration that in default of coming forward they were contumacious. After the farce of election, Confirmation, and all the rest of it, the farce of a Convocation to treat "of difficult and urgent matters," and of its being left with no matters at all, not even the most insignificant, to treat .of, ought not to grate on Episcopal feelings. - Why cannot they be content, so long as their good round incomes, are, at least, no farce ? The PREMIER has, however, advised her MA .nrsTY to undeceive them. In her " most gra cious answer" she thanks them for the sympathy, concurs in their gratitude to GOD for national mercies, but promises them no " urgent busi ness." Not a word is there on, the subject I ' There is, however, a sly word on another sub ject ; her MAJESTY prays for the Divine blessing on their zealous endeavours to increase the effici ency of the Church, and to extend its " ministra tions." Let the Rev . . Ecclesiastics but attend diligently to their parish duties, let them preach in their pulpits, also in the market places, and in Exeter Hall if they like ; let them work in their respective spheres and not talk in the Jerusalem Chamber, and good will come of it. She and her faithful Commons can attend to all other matters. Ntiv Angel Songs. By James Orton, Esq. Music by R. P. Stewart, Mus. Doc. Cramer, Beale, and Co. The words of this song are wr itt en with graceful pathos, and, if we mistake not, we have seen some of . Mr. Orton's productions before which elicited our admiration. The melody fully expresses the sentiment of the theme. The second movement is particularly pleasing, and the accompaniment throughout gives evidence of the work of a finished mus ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS DE MONTPENSIER. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Evening.—The Spanish frigate, Isabel La Catholique, Brigadier Eugenio Salesdo, 48 hours from Gijon, arrived in the Sound this afternoon. Port-Admiral Reynolds, in his barge, having boarded the frigate, received the Duke and Duchess de Mont pensier and the four Princes, under a salute from the citadel, and proceeded to the Royal William Victualling yard, where they were met by Major-General Eden, commander in the West of England, and a guard of honour composed of Royal Marine Artillery. The Duke and Duchess, with their family and suite, went immediately to the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, where they will probably remain until Friday. The frigate is appointed to leave the Sound at four o'clock to-morrow for Southampton. Her Majesty the Queen has signified her gracious in tention of honouring with her presence a ball to be given by the Countess Bernstorff, at Prussia House, on Mon day, the 6th of July. The Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Royal will accompany her Majesty to the fete, which it is understood is given in honour of the ap proaching marriage of the illustrious Prince and Princess. Ibis Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia honoured the Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Bernstorft with his presenoe last evening, at Prus sia Rouse, Sir Rdwar4 "ncstwer Lytton antartainari at dinner ass, evening, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Ellenborough, Lord and Lady Manners, Lord and Lady Colchester/ the Dowager Lady Cowley, and Mr. Lytton. RAILWAY AND JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—The preamble of the East Kent, Strood, and St. Mary's Cray Bill was declared on Monday not proved, and the bill was consequently thrown out. —The preamble of a bill for a railway from the junction of the North Kent and Greenwich lines to Dartford, and to improve the Tonbridge Wells branch, was passed.—The Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Bill was passed. The Lancaster and Carlisle Bill, empowering the com pany to construct a rail from its own line near Kendal to Singleton, and to raise 300,0001. by shares, and bor row 100,0001., was passed. The preamble of the Great Southern and Western Was declared proved ; and the preamble of the Midland Great Western Company's Bill partly proved, so far as regards the line from Streams. town to Clara. HONG-KONG.—Some correspondence between Sir J. Bowriog and the Home Government has been pub lished. It refers to an application made by Sir John in Jan. last, for a grant of 10,0001. to provide for the ex pense entailed upon the colony by the measures of defence required by the crisis in China, and in March his Excel lency solicited a further grant of 10,0001. to meet the " extraordinary expenses of the colony. The Government acceded to the first grant of 10,0001. (for Hongkong), but declined to comply with the second application (for an other 10, 000/.) without some more satisfactory explanation of the precise objects to which it was proposed that this further aid should be applied. Sir John Bowring was at the same time (the 9th of May) ordered "to bear steadily in mind that any grant of money made to Hong Kong on grounds arising out of the present hostilities with China must be exclusively applied to that service, and on no account diverted to colonial objects of an or dinary character." Tun COMET.—Our letters from Malta mention that at a few minutes after 5 p.m. on Sunday, the 14th of June, a bright luminous band of • variegated hues was observed to shoot across the heavens in a direction from east to west, remaining visible merely for a few minutes. The wind at the time blew fresh from the W.N.W., and although the sky was serene, the sea was rather agitated ; the barometer, at the level of the sea, marked 20.37, and the thermometer stood at 70 of egs Unusually cool weather prevailed, especially to wards sunset and throughout the night. Many consider this to have been the predicted comet, for averting the consequences of a crash by a corn aion of our earth with which, prayers had been Catholic e p h u u b r l e ic h ly offered es oftheisla b n y th do e nth devout eni in g hts t o he Roman fthel2th and dl3 l t i h c of June. Many timid old women had not bad a wink of sleep for several nights preceding the 13th, being unwilling to be caught napping during the anticipated rash. tvihhe T icd a he n caep W apsee : MUnDER AT STAFFORD.—Yesterday M. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for Essex, held an inquest at the Cart and Horse public house, Stratford, on view of the body of Mary Crawley, aged 62, who was murdered by her husband, Michel Crawley, some particulars of r p ed re i s n en t t h e i d s j a o v u e r r n y al s y h e n s e t k e i r n d a ay a . ppe T ra h n e e b e. od T y n o e f top of the head was literally beaten in, while on different parts of her body, arms, and legs were fractures, and te e floor, walls, and ceiling of the room were bespat red with blood. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Michael Crawley, the husband of the deceased, who was then committed for trial. THR CASE OF CARD-SHARPING ON THE WINDSOR RAIL WAY.—The prisoner in the case of card•sharping, an ac count of which appeared in The Sun of Friday. was brought b e f ore the Windsor magistrates yesterday. It will be recollected that the victims were two foreign gen (lemon, whom the victimisers, three in number, joined in a first-class carriage on the Windsor railway. The fo reigners were induced to play at cards, and after leaving the train found that their pockets had been picked, one having lost bank notes to the amount of 501., the other to that of 301. One of " the three" was afterwards ap prehended at Hampton races. The magistrates sentenced the pris oner to t h ree months ' h ar d l a b our . Notice of appeal t o th e quarter sess i ons was g i ven , an d bail was accepted by r t i l 3 a ine ebench. The prisoner, upon being taken into custody re f use d hi s name , b u t a ft e rwards said it was Joseph Gilb er t, PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per is 25.25 p p r e e r m l i / tim st ' erl London On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 100, per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about and ing. the short exchange on l'l l :Mi per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark, and the short exchange on Londcn is 13.4 per 11. sterling, Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109'4 per cent. which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchang e is sli g htl y in f avour .of &gland ; and, after reeking allowance for charges of transport and diffevence of interest, the pre cent rate leaves a small profit 9 n the importation of gold fron3 the United States. LATEST N Ws. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The elections for the departments have been very favourable to the Government. Only three Opposition candidates are yet known to have been elected ; namely, Dr; Henon for Lyons, Curs for Bordeaux, and Porion for Amiens. Alontalembert has been defeated in the department of the Daubs. A private despatch from Lille, just received, an nounces a majority of 7,000 votes in favour of the Opposition candidate (Jules Braun) in that city. The following returns have been received : Lisieux.—M. Arnedee Rene, Government can didate, was returned by a majority of 13,000 votes, out of 17,000 voters. Marseilles.—Edmond Canaple, Government can didate. Aix.—M. Rigaud, Government candidate. Doubs.—The Duke of Corregliano against the Count do Montalembert. Gironde.—M. Arman against M. David. Somme.—All the Government candidates, except M. Delamarre. Tarn-et-Garonne.—M. Belmon tel. Rhone.—All the Government candidates, except M. Cabias. Hautes-Pyrenees.—M. Achille Jubinal, Gers.—Granier de Cassagnac. Loiret.—Duke de Tarente and Nogent Saint- Laurens. The Pays, Ministerial journal, says that the re sult of the elections surpasses all the hopes of the friends of tho Empire. Out of 200 elections known at present in Paris the united Opposition have not returned more than six or eight of their candidates, including those in Paris. Tho Pays adds, that even in Paris the elections have a particular signification. The real contest was in the third circumscription, where all the Op position force was concentrated, and there General Cavaignac only polled 10,345 votes, 4,123 less than in the year 1852. The Moniteur publishes the result of the Paris elections. The numbers are, except one or two in significant variations in the unit figures, identical with those received by telegraph, which appeared in The Sun yesterday. The Moniteur states, how ever, that in the third circumscription, where Gen. Cavaignac was at the head of the poll, having 10,345 votes against 10,108 for the Government candidate, M. Germain Thibaut ; as well as in the fourth cir cumscription, where M. Varin, the Government candidate, obtained 9,633 votes, his opponents Emile 011ivier and Garnier Pages getting, tue former 6,741 votes, and the latter 2,749 ; and also in the seventh circumscription, where the numbers were for Lauquetin, the Government candidate, 10,609 ; for Darimon (of La Presse), 6,826 ; andfor Bastide, the well-known writer on political economy 3,647—an absolute majority of the whole number of registered electors has not been obtained, and a second election for those circumscriptions will therefore take place. The whole number upon the register iu the third circumscription is 34,863; in the fourth circumscription it is 35,385 ; and in the seventh circumscription it is 36,249. The Imperial exequatur has been granted to the Chevalier Strambio, as Consul-General for Sar dinia at Lyons ; to M, Kerros, Consul for Portugal, at Brest ; and to M. Bremer, as Consul for the same power at Cette. The. Nord of Brussels says that there is seriously question of a new visit to be paid by the Emperor and Empress to the Queen of England, and that one of the objects of the recent visit of the Minister of State to England was to settle the details. The same journal says that an interview between the Emperor of Russia and the Emperor of the French is considered probable in official circles. The Moniteur contains a decree founded on a very eulogist icreport from Admiral Hamelin, Minis ter of Marine, promoting to the rank of Capitaine de Fregate Lieut. de Lavaissiere de Lavergne, who commanded the Duroc steam er a t th e ti me she was wrecked, and who was a few days ago honourably acquitted for the loss of that vessel. Other decrees nominate five of the officers and warrant officers of 'that vessel to be knights in the Legion of Honour, and confer the military medal on nine others of her crew. BOURSE, June 23.—The result of the elections in the department of the Seine not having been as satisfactory. as had been anticipated, a check was given to speculation for a rise ; but prices again it was announced that the Government had received information on the elections of the de partments, where only nine members of the oppo sition had been returned. Threes declined from 68fr. 55c. to 68f. 40e., and rallied to 68fr. GOc. ; Mobilier varied from 1,170 to 1,160 fr. ; Austrian, 650 to 647 fr. 50c. ; Lyons, 1,495 to 1,4901 r. ; Northern, 982 50 to 980 fr. ; Orleans, 1,480 to 1,475 fr. ; and Southern, 772 50 to ,770 fr. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm of the 16th says : " The King and the Royal family were to have left to-morrow for the chateau of Drottingholm fo pass the summer, but the official journal, the Posttidning, of this day announces that his Majesty having had a new attack of fever, the departure has been ad journed. The fact has caused a painful impres sion amongst the public, for it was supposed that the King had entirely recovered from his recent indiposition, and it will deprive the fetes which are to take place in honour of the mar riage of Prince Oscar of mach of their eclat. In the Diet, the debates on tbo railway bill pre sented by the Government have been brought to a close, and the bill has been greatly modified ; thus, for example, it has been decided that no general system of railways shall be adopted, and that the Northern and North Western lines shall be re jected ; the Southern line has been sanctioned, but the credits demanded for it have been largely re duced, and some of ffiein even altogether rejected ; no definitive decision on the Western line, or on the amount of the loan to be raised for the execu tion of the railways has yet been come to." "It is stated," says a letter from St. Peters burgh, "that immediately after the grand ma noeuvres of the guard near Krasnoje-Selo, detach ments from all the corps will be set to work, making earthworks for the railways. An imperial ukase suppresses the military colonies of Novogorod, Molilew, and Vitepsk, subjects the colonists to the regulations fixed for the occupants of State property, declares the lands, meadows, and woods of these colonies to belong to the State, and appropriates their revenues, first to the cost of administra tion, and next to the treasury. This decision is, in fact, a step towards the suppreEsion of all the military colonies." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24. The screw steamship City of Washington has arrived with advices from New York to the 11th inst. She has brought 112,564 dollars specie on freight. On the 14th inst., lat. 41 N., long. 56, the wizen masthead was struck by lightning, carrying away part of the mast. The United States' mail steamship Ericsson had arrived at New York. A despatch from New Orleans reports the open ing of the Tehuantepoc route, vessels having com menced arriving at Tentosa Bay. Advices from Vera - Cruz state that extensive operations were in progress there to oppose an in vasion by Spanish troops. • The New York money-market did not appear to be affected by the withdrawal of the specie per Arabia, the supply continuing liberal and fully adequate to the limited demand. There was more commercial paper offering than a week previously. Foreign exchange closed firm, but notvery active. The average rate for bankers' bills on London was 109. Stocks exhibited a better feeling, but prices continued weak and low. R a ilway bonds were again heavy. Cotton continued inactive. Flour was heavy, with bolderS rather pressing sales. The receipts were light. Wheat was unsettled. Corn was dull. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.—At the weekly meeting of the executive committee of this society, held yesterday, at 5, Guildhall-chamb er s ' Basinghall-street, Mr. Elt in the chair, it was arrange d that the first of the projected general meetings should be held on Monday evening next, at six o'clock, and that it should be proposed to such meeting to adjourn to two o'clock on Tuesday, the 30th, the day on which the ballot motion is to be made, and from thence to Wednesday, July 1, at twelve at noon. A deputation was appointed to wait on the Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, to invite him to ad dress the meeting. It was announced that the following gentlemen amongst others had ag reed to be present on the 29th inst. :—Mr. Pl.tt, M.P. (Oldham), Mr. Crook, M.P. (Bolton), F. Crossley, M.P. (Halifax), Sir Chas. Napier, M.P. (Southwark). J. Merry, M.P. (Falkirk), Capt. Pryse, M.P. (Cardigan), R. N. Philli ps , M.P. (Bury), W. Coningham, M.P. (Brighton), J. Kershaw, M.P. Sioekport), E. Watkin, M.P. (Yarmouth), W. Tite, M.P. (Batb), L. Dillwyn, M.P. (Swansea), J. Wyld, M.P. (Bodmin), C. Gilpin, M,P,, W. Sharman Crawford, Esq. 1.111•1111111.111 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS.—JUNE 23. . DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. On question, That the bill do pass ? [Third reading]—Con. tents, 46; Not-Contents, 25. CONTENTS. Cranworth (Lord ViscouNrs. Dartrey (Lord Cre. Chancellor) Falmouth morne) DUKE. Hutchin son (E . D o . D enthan Wellington. • , noughmore) De Ros Eln SLiaqulsEs. BISHOPS. Foley (Telle r ) Lansdowne Bangor Hunsdon (V. Falk , Towshend London land) Westmeath Ripon Panmuro BULB. St. Asaph Rivers Airlio Worcester Rosiie (L. Kinnaird) Burlington LORDS. , Saye and Sele Clarendon Belper Stanley of Atderley Cowper Byron Stuart do Decies Fortescue Brodri ck Sundridge (D.Argyl Granville Camoys (Teller) Talbot do Malahid e Harrington Campbell , Truro Harrowby Clandeboye(L. Duf- Wensleydale Shaftesbury' ferin & Claneboye) Wrottesley Spencer (L.Steward)Congleton Wycombe NOT CONTENTS. DUES. Winchilsea & Not. Rochester Leeds tingham Salisbury MARQUIS. Vrscourrs. Bath (Teller) Dungannon Loans. EARLS. Melville Kilmaine Amherst Bisuors. Petro Carnarvon Chichester Rayleigh Nelson (Teller)' Durham Redesdale Romney Exeter Stafford Strathmore Llandaff • Vans of Harrowden Wicklow Oxford Wynford , HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Jume 23. • FINSBURY PARK (No. 2) BILL. Order for second reading read motion made, and question proposed,—" That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question proposed, "That the word now' stand part of the question." Debate aris ing; motion made, and question put, "That the debate be now adjourned." The house divided—Ayes, 211'; Noes, 123. AYES-214. Adams, W. French, Col. , Paull, H. Akroyd, E. Gallwey, Sir W. Pease, H. Alcoa, T. Gard, R. Perry, Sir E. Anderson, Sir J. Garnett, W. Philips. J. H. Ayrton, A., Gilpin, Colonel Potter, Sir J. Bailey; C. Glover, E. Powell, COI. W. Baring, Sir F. Glyn, G. •Price, W. .: ' Barnard, T. Graham, Sir J. Pritchard, J. • Bernard, T. Greene, John Pugh, D. Bernard, W. Greville, Col. F. Rebow, John Barrow, W. Gray, Captain Repton, G. Bathurst, A. . Grosvenor, Earl Ricardo, J. Raster, W. Hadfield, G. Ricardo, 0. Beale; S ' Hamilton, Lord C. Ridley, G. Beamish, F. Hamilton, G. A. Robertson, P. Beaumont, W.'. Harris, J. Russell, Sir W. Beecroft, G. Hassard, M. Rust, James Black, Adam Headlam, T. Salisbury, E. Blackburn, Peter Henchy, D. Sclater, G. Blandford, Marquis of Henley, J. Seymer, H. Bouverie, Hon. E. I'. Herbert, Col. Shafto, R. Bouverie, Hon. Y. P. Hill, Hon. R. Shelley, Sir J. Bovill, W. Hindley, C. Sheridan, R. B. Bowyer, G. Holland, E. Sibthorp, Major Bridges, Sir B: Hernby, W. Smith, J. B. Brown, J. Horsfall, T. B. Smith, A. B. Brown, W. Howard, C. Smyth, Col. , Buchanan, W. - .diudson, G. Smollett, A. Buller, Sir J. Hume, W. Spooner, R. Buxton, C. Ingham, R. Stafford, A. Buxton, Sir E.N. Jermyn,Earl S teuart, A n d rew Caird, ames Jervoise, Sir J. Sullivan, Michael Carden, Sir R. W. Johnstone, J. Hope Taylor, Col. Cavendish, G. Johnstone, Sir J. .Taylor, S. Charlesworth, J. Jones, D. Tempest, Lord A. Cheetham, John Kelly, Sir F. Thesiger, Sir F. Child, Smith Kendall. N. Thompson, Gen. Cholmeley, Sir W. Kershaw, 3. Thornely, T. Christie, Samuel Kint, L. Thornhill, W Clifford, H. King, J. Tottenham, C. Clive, Hon. R. H. King, E. Townsend, J. Close M. Kingscote, Capt. A. Trefusis, G. Cole, H. A. Kirk, W. Trollope, SirJ. Colebroke, Sir T. Langston, J. H. Turner, J. A. Colville, C. R. Langton, W. . Vance, J. Coote, Sir fl. H. Laurie, J. Vane, Lord H. Corbally, M. E. Legh, G. C. Vansittart, W. Corry, H. T. L. Liddell,H. G. Vivian, J. C. Crook, J. Locke, J. Waddington, H. Dalglish, R. Lockhart, A. 8.! Walcott, Admiral Davison, E. Lopes, Sir. R. Warren, S. Deasy, R.' , Lovaine, Lord Weguelin, T. Denison, W. H. Macarthy, A. Welby, W. Diliwyn, L. Macaulay, K. Westhead, J. Dobbs, W. MacEvoy, E. Whitmore, H. Dod, J. W.' Mackinnon, W. A. Wickham, H. W. Dodson, J. Id acMahon, P. Wigram, Loftus T. Drummond, H. Mangles, C. E. Willcox, B. Dunlop, A. Merry, James Williams, T. East, Sir J. 31111er, S. B. Williams, W. Egerton, Sir P. Mills, T. Willyams, E. Estcourt, T. Mitchell, Thomas Willoughby, Sir H. Ewart, J. • ' Montgomery, Sir G. Willoughby, J. Farquhar, Sir W. Moody, C. Willson, A. Fenwick, H. Morris, D. Woodd, B. Ferguson, Sir R. Mowbray, J. R. Woods, H Fitz Gerald, W. R. S. Naas, Lord Windham. Gen. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Napier, J. Wynne, W. Forde, Colonel Newdegate, C. Forster, C. Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. • Foster, Sir G. Norris, J. Franklyn, G. North, F. Miles, W. Frazer, Sir W. Palmer, Robert Malins, R. NOES-123. Adeane, Henry Fergus, J. Mulgrave, Earl of Althorpe, Viscount Ferguson, Col. Neate, C. Atherton, W. Fitzgerald, J. Nicol, D. Bagwell, John Foley, J. O'Brien, J. Baillie, H. Freestun, Col. O'Donoghoe, The Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Gilpin, Charles Pakington, Sir J. Bass, T. Glyn, G. , Palmerston, Viset. Berkeley, H. F., Grace, 0. Patten, Col. W. Biggs, J. Greenwood. J. Pevensey, Viscount Blake, J . , Greer, S. Power, N. Boyd, J. , Gregory, W. Pryse, E. Brady, J. Gregson, B. Barnsden, Sir J. Brand, U. , Grenfell, Chas. Ramsay, Sir A. Bruce, Lord E. Grenfell, C. Raynham, Vlscouut Buller, J. W. Grey, Sir G. ' Russell, Lad J. Bury, Lord Grey, R. Russell, H. Butler, C. Griffith, C. Slaney, R. Byng, G. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Smith, M. Calcraft, J. H. Hall, Sir B. Smith, R. Campbell, R. Banbury, Robert Stafford, Marquis Castlerosse, Viscount Hankey, T. Stapleton, J. Clay, James Hanmer, Sir J. Steel, J. 'Codrington, General Hayter, W. Sturt, H. Cogan, W. H. F. Heard, J. Start, C. Jollier, R. P. Herbert, H. Villiers, C. Cowper, W. F. Hodgson, K. Waldron, L. Cowan, C. Howard, Lord E. Walter, J. Craufurd, E.lll. J. Keating, H. S. Warburton, G. Crawford, R. ' Knatchbull-Hugessen Watkin, E. Cress, R. Labouchere,lttalon.ll Watkins, Col. Davey, R. Langton, H. G. Western, S. Dering, Sir E. Lincoln, Earl of White, H. - De Vere, S. . Locke, John Williams, M. ' Dundas, G. Luce, T. Wilson, J. Dutton, R. M'Cann, J.: Wingfield, R. Ellice, E. , Mackie, J. Wood, Sir C. Ellice, E. Mangles, R. Woreley, Lord Elphinstone, Sir J. Manners, Lord J. Wrightson, W. Elton, Sir A. Martin, P. Wy v ill, . Euston, Earl Massey, W. TELLERS. Evans, Sir De Lacy Matheson, A. Duncombe, T. Evans, T. W. Mils, Arthur Caz, Willie in UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 2. THE NEW MUSEUM. In a convocation held this afternoon the sum of 4,000/. was voted towards the expenses of draining and other necessary works at the IN ew Museum. The statues of Galileo and Newton, by Mr. Munro, and of Bacon, by Mr. Woolner, graciously presented by her Majesty, and thdt of Hippocrates, by Mr. Munro, presented by Mr. Ruskin, will be temporarily fixed at the New Museum for the next two days. MIDDLE CLASS EXAMINATION. In a congregation held this afternoon for the ap pointments under the middle class examination statute, the following were elected : Professor Phillips, Mr. Aclaud, of All Soul's College ; Rev. F. Temple, Balliol College ; Rev. G. Rawlinson, and the Rev. the Provost of Oriel College. As there was an equal number of votes given for the Rev. C. Lake, of Balliol College, and the Rev. J. F. Maurice, of Exeter College, the congregation will have to proceed to election again for the sixth delegate. _ _ THE STANHOPE PRIZE. The judges for the Stanhope Prize, for the best essay on a subject of modern history, have signi fied to the Vice-Chancellor that they have awarded it to Mr. Herbert Cowell, of Wadham College. The subject is, " The Character and Place of Wick liffe as a Reformer." HONORARY DEGREES. The following is the official announcement of the honorary degrees to be conferred in the Sheldonian Theatre to-morrow : In a convocation'Major-General Sir W. Fenwick Williams of Kirs, Bart., R. A., K. C. 8., on whom the honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred last year, will be admitted. In the same convocation it will be proposed to confer the honorary degree of D.C. L. on His Excellency Baron Hochsghild, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Svieden. His Excellency George M. Dallas, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of North America. The Right Hon. the Earl of Powis. The Right Hon. Sir Geo. Cornewall Lewis, Bart., K. C. B. The Right Hon. Sir Jon Macneill, K.C.B. Sir Charles Nicholson, Provost of the University of Sidney, New South Wales. Thomas H. S. Sotheron Estcourt, Esq., M.P. Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P. F.R.S. Isambard K. Brunel, Esq., F.R.S. Gustave F. Waagen, Ph.D., Director of the Royal Museum of Pictures at Berlin. Dr. Livingston, F. R. G.S. Dr. William Farr, F.R.S. CRICKET.—UNITED ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN V. SIX' TEEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—This match was brought to a conclusion yesterday at Lords, when the "United" were declared the victors by two wickets, Score ran thus : Cambridge, first innings, 128 ; second 46. United, first. innings, 82; second innings, 95. THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR WEE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FIRE.—The anniversary meeting of this society was held on Monday in the Council-chamber, Guildhall, for the purpose of presenting the various awards to those who had distinguished themselves in rescuing human life during the past year. The society's silver medallion was awarded to Samuel Richardson, police-constable, 219 H ; to George Lewis, fire-escape conductor No. 30 ; to Richard Malpas, jun.; iron-safe-maker • to James M'Comb, fire-escape conductor No. 4; to G. Shayler, of 23; King-street, Regent•street ; to Bartley Holm wood, of Brighten. BRENO.EI ELECTIONS. (From the Daily Hews.) The official statement of .the result of the Paris Elections has not yet reached us. For the exact ac' curacy of the statement which appeared in the greater part of o ur y es t er d ay ' s i mpression we n" , course cannot vouch. It professes to be no more than a hastily formed estialate, rapidly made avd . hurriedly collected. The sources whence it has been obtained, however, are such as to w arran t ou r con fidence that it will be found to be a pretty close approximation to the truth. Let us, therefore, examine what is the nature of the first decided symptom of the recovery of the national mind of France from the state of suspended animation into which it was cast by the Coup d'Etat. . . The Circular of the Minister of the Interior esti' mates the number of Registered Electors within the ten Electoral Circumscriptions of Paris, as high as 350,000. A ccor di ng t o the Returns of our Cor respondent 206,724 of these have recorded thei r votes at the late Election, leaving 143,276 electors who have abstained from voting. Of the electors who have deposited their votes in the ballot-bare s 110,525 appear to have voted for Government al' didates, and 96,199 for the candidates of the OP; position. This is a very remarkable exposition the state of political feeling and opinion in th a Capital of France. There can be no doubt that the most strenuous exertions were made by the agent a of Government to induce the electors to come fer ward in support o f it s can did a t es. The appeal,, the Emperor's Address, at the close of the session , to the working classes in particular, was a not veil creditable provocation to class prejudices ; and th e circulars, accompanied by bulletins of the Govern' meat candidates, sen t on Monday morning t. ° every elector who h a d no t vo t e d on Monday, we an unequivocal threat of proscription. Again, th e greatest difficulties were thrown in the way of tb t iOpposition candidates. The intolerable treat:al; experienced by the friend s an d agents o f M . F. be Lasteyrie, describ e d by our correspondent, maybe taken as a fair sample of the excesses in which the lower class of G overnmen t ag e nts have o indulged. Yet this unscrupulous conduct n $ the part of the P ar i s i an au th or iti es he barely succeeded i n h oun di ng 110,525 voters re t the Governm en t —l ess th an one-third of the Regi s ," tered Electors of P ar i s —t o the ballot boxes. though an unequivocal declaration had gone fort that Government would hold all the electors 111 1 did not declare for it to b e aga i nst i t, 143 , 276 s toe sullenly aloof, and 96,199 recor d e d t h e i r votes against Government. In oth er wor d s , more the': two-thirds of the electors of Paris -239 475—W* demanded the reality of Parliamentary Govern; ment ; and of that number 96,199 have declare' their preference for Opposition candidates. This is a courageous, yet temperate and legal 0 ' pression of public opinion which the Emperor eiT; not afford to disregard. So far as the numbers No. g have voted for the different candidates enable t to conjecture, it would appear that a majoritl. the Opposition voters is composed of the Paul Republicans. Among th ose w h o h ave 'abstain:, from voting, the Monarchi s t s an d th e S oc i a list , publicans may be inferred to have prepondera te .; -Yet these two classes are p rec i se l y th ose w h o se Iv tility to the reigning dy nas ty m i g ht h ave b e en c o r , petted to be least irreconc il ea bl e . M an y of, of Monarchists are devot e d ra th er t o th e prineillio, Monarchy than t o any i n di v id ua l H ouse o r 0 narch ; many of the Socialists regard political for e t as of comparativ e ly secon d ary i mportance ; both of these practicable classes stand obstinso aloof from the existi ng G over nment, declaring '. they will not condescend t o t a k e p ar t i n slim:l l %m tions ; while the Political Republicans brave cot anger of Government by recording their votes the men whom it most deeply hates andlears. The Emperor is too clear-sighted a man ne" o perceive that a nation a l f ee li ng so d eep l y - roo teo, o fearlessly expressed, cannot be resisted. Unless 1 . 5 1 resuscitated dynasty is to be a mere ephenl e jo shadow, he mu s t ma k e u p hi s m i n d t o , devise sfure means of engrafting a really elective Legisii" oo l on his Imperial system. It may, or it ronY, o . be too late for this. It is clear th a t more th a n " to thirds of Electors of the metropolis are hostile tn,o irresponsible despotism ; and it i s equa lly clear,: ou p :the distrust of his sincerity engendered by the ti d o d' Etat has placed him i n a s t a t e o f mora l iscd from all the elements out of which a constitufl e tio o Government party and a constituti ona l Opensl o r might have been formed. But if th e E m peror e .A • not make the Corps Legislatif really a free eorP: v i sion of public opinion, he will be left without: oo s safety-valve to carry off popul ar di scon t en t, Wit u p any index to show when danger is at hand• and can at no moment feel secure from the enu li 3 i explosion, which may shatter to fragments the f! edifice of the Imperial Constitution. True, ro vo3 of the industrious peace-loving citizens of F 0 li g are disposed to acquiesce in his despotism, so 1 ° it a 9 it can ensure tranquillity ; but so so o n a 5 shall appear that it inadequate to this purpose, soon will their qualified adh es i on b e withdrawn. 'JP, Empire is not the only organisation to which til e ' look for the discharge of the functions of Gover:, ment. That assembly, which on the day of the o°.; d'Etat, adjourned under p ro t es t, i s s till in e% 1 ,,,, e once, and may even, after a l ong i n t erva l, reenli its authority, as was the case in the seventeen . d o century with the " Rump" of the Long Parliani" of England. (From the Morning Advertiser.) , The result of the elections i n P ar i s w ill, ev er where on the Continent, revive the drooping el /ii t le of the friends of freedom. Three Republicansua proved friends of enlightened liberty, have ' 0 triumphantly returned for that city. Ca,vaige o f Carnet, and Goudchaux are the representativ ee ir three of the most i m p or t an t o f th e ten circunoerals tions, or electoral di s t r i c t s , i nto w hi c h the Fre'ille capital is divined. And even in several of o , other districts the Bonapartist candidates only 0 4 5, ceeded by narrow majorities. I n th ree 0 0 1 these majorities not being absolute, that is , t - g to greater than the conjoint votes of the other o r opposing candidates, there must be new c o o, tions. These will take place on Sunday l i ag al when, it is to be hop e d, th e public .spirit , patriotism of Paris, being quickened into )0 greater vitality and effort by the trief e P o r achieved on Monday, will defeat the nomineeew automatons put forward by the Napoleonist verntuent. tl O Most heartily do we congratulate France 011 public spirit thus display e d by th e peop l e of rt,;(l, discouraging amidst circumstances of the mos t di scourag i n g if any - one could have doubted before, the fltie t i , France for the freedom whi c h representative it is ti ir tutions give, no one can have doubts en the ° ell ject now. The triumphant return of threes L il o men as Cavaignac, Carn o t, and Goudchaux, ni have produced profound consternation in ' o Tuileries. Such a result of the appeal o f the ballot-urn must have made the stout heart , the Imperial despot tremble, and caused an iio a t earthly paleneness to whiten his dark an d s inist 4 countenance. In the events o f M on d ay h e vie have seen the hand-writi ng on th e wall whioll„.. " cords the impendin g d oom of a dynasty fou nd in perjury and bl oo d—i n t h e violation of soleeto oaths taken to defend if necessary, even with r life, the Republic which gave him a political e o istence—and in the remorseless butchery of litl e i l/ n o beings, to an ex t en t w hi c h extor t e d t ears Irv i l Humanity in all pa r ts of th e wor ld, and filled ear! part of Paris with lamentation and woe. ;fl y From this hour we may confidently look for re portant events in France. , The tid e o f alism having reached its height will ebb ag.„ 3 it with a rapidity far surpassi ng th a t w ith w hich flowed. The grand Bonapartist inflation nleY, be expected every day to burst. A cr i s i s cantlev iv ill remote. It is at the door. In what f or m it .00 I come, or what consequences may ensue , are Po' te , on which we have no disposition to spseel fr a to o Suffice it to say, that though a fe ar ful conjuric' 0 may impend, and though Fran ce ma y h ave to 1 3 it through scenes of suffering- and of sorrow whird is distressing to contemplate, before she has V,' b 0 of her IMperial oppressors, and regaincd her rig in and liberties—yet brighter and better days ar e , o g store for her. And let us cherish the bope--le"00 rather say we are profoundly impressed with A i conviction—that the degradation and miser,' it of is e s o p n o c t e i s m nl or w e i :: has suffered from the reign 0 : have the effect of making her set a higher valu e constitutional liberty when iu her possession, and lead a dh fim e r rto h g a u n ar a d a h g e au r i free : with a watchful eye and future attempts that may be made upon it. I RISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE.—Viscount o6 1 morree wilt stand for the next veoancy in the i t of Representative Peerage, after the election of the O' „ ictIGLAR SUREISED.—At an early hour yeeterafil a young luau 'named George Wilton was ' c o w itted into We s t m i nster Hospital, in charge of the; 'ot lice, with seve re i n j uries, the . result of an ado:Tint 132 Bandon. °rn.A .Binug burglary at the house of Mr. John Jubb, the prolo l d e t er , of the N ew S tar and Crown, Broadway, Westruitoiee Between t wo an d three o ' c l oc k M r. Jubb heard a."-00 in his bar, and being convinced that robbers were I° ,o, house, he hastily descended, follow e d by a y o ung of ot in his ser v i ce , w h en h e di scovere d Wil ton in the g' - j of rifling the till. Not knowing whether he was artne tor e t not, and self-preservation being the fi rs t l aw of va ott Mr. Jubb (who is a well known cricketer) seized a ire .which was behind the bar, and gave the burglar Aar mendous blow across the face, which rendered hie , ' lce, less, and he was secured until the arrival of the PS tbe when he was conveyed to the station-house; a° bog' charge being preferred he was then removed to th e to pita), and Mr. Nayler, the house-surgeon, atterid e oce him. His nose is completely smashed, and hie s i l a frightfully disfigured. Wilton is well known to police as an expert burglar. - M J In t was a reney. were Mark( were d North The pendir. the qu prices stands ditto, States' id. Bence tive collectic vigour deud pt sent set effect of Full rai brokers :mother morrow shown • lour" u alterati( The ( brings a The same di some cla (piling I investin price an period ( Consuls the opir Now 3p 92 93. India B( In Fo Turkish' per Cen per Cent Equador Cents. 9 The fa Stocks:- 22i 3; I' Cents., Russian .--; Spa] 25i 6 2 1. ; , An ex Railway slight im Exeter, : South-E, and are dined 5. York 10: lines we] Min in reported Joint- Ottoman London, The Id prices. BRITIS 3 per Cur New 3 pe India Bon Ditto, t Donsois fa Ditto fi EAonettli £lOOl £5OO PLUMS Eqnador Rug nut 13 Spanish 31 Ditto A Turkish Ditto A Dutch Ex Do. 4 p Cons There to-day. had not I charter, tap:. C vessels enabled et the nc went. sot At th to-day, ing ref appeare was 26, claire a ( The r Mao Commc at Gull Messrs, expired were el An ii of Suez likely t of the I Cilu] eveniN place ii teachii the pot ebjecti majori' in the' The 3d Su&i most e ant tra bath, 1 coverii 2116tes. The Mary'i bill co for a r Green bridge Dieley and CI a rail raise '4 l ' l ^