The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

~`" THEI SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MO the ELEOTORS of the CITY < f LONDON. GENTT. - EmEN, - -In fulfilment f.f the pledge given to the large and respectable body cf Electors who for merly, without solicitation, honoured me with their suffra , zes, and encouraged by the /general acceptance with which the proposal of my nomination has been received by my fellow citizens,4l. willingly respond to the call which has been made t o n m tto bcoome a Candidate to represent the City at the ensuing Election. I accept that invitation in the conviction that my political opinions are those of a large majority of the Electors, and be cause I feel the force of the desire so generally expressed, that the commercial interests of this great community should be represented in - Parliament by those whose life has been passed, and whose occupations are still centred, amongst your selves, in the pursuits of commerce. My political principles are well known in the City. I was proposed on the occasion of the General Election, in 1852, as "a staunch free-trader—in favour of the ballot and an ex tended franchise— -an advocate of public economy, of retrench ment, and customs reform—opposed to grants of public money for religions purposes— a friend to civil and religious liberty to its fullest extent, and in favour of the admission of the Jews to Parliament." convocation of the now Parliament. It would have been matter of absolute surprise to every one bad the proceedings of yesterctly in the House of Commons in this matter been conducted one jot less cordially amidst the acclamations of the popular representatives. It would have been difficult to exaggerate in any way the profound sense entertained by the House of the urbanity, dignity, sagacity, firmness, grace, and moderation with which, during a most important and pro tracted interval in the History of the Country, the Right Hon. Gentleman has fulfilled the delicate and responsible duties of the Speakership. It is a coincidence worthy of remark that Speaker SHAW LEFEVRE was originally elected to his high office by a majority of Eighteen—and that for Eighteen years he has presided, from the Chair of the House of Commons, over the delibe rations of the popular branch of the Legislature. Upon the retirement (on the 6th of May, 1839) of his distinguished predecessor, Mr. ABER CROMBIE the present Speaker was chosen, upon the 27th of May, as we have said, by a majority of Eighteen-18 in a House of 616 ; 317 voting for him, and 299 for the rival Conservative candidate, Mr. GOULBURN. Thrice since then Speaker LEFEVRE has been eagerly re-elected—upon the 19th of August, 1841, upon the 18th of November, 1847, and, lastly, upon the 4th of November, 1852—in each instance, as a matter of course, without the smallest show of opposition. He has consequently officiated as Speaker of the House of Commons in no less than Four distinct Parliaments—the Four First Parliaments or Queen VICTORIA. During the whole of which time, as Lord PALMERSTON very earnestly remarked yester day—addressing himself personally to the ob ject of his eulogiurns —" It is needless to remind those who have watched your proceed ings, how you hare combined promptitude of de cision, justness of judgment, firmness of purpose, with the most conciliatory manner ; and how that dignity—that natural dignity which belongs to yourself, which is the most striking when it is accompanied by simplicity of mind and the ab sence of alt artificial affectation—how that natural dignity which adorns yourself has been communi cated through your direction to the general pro ceedings of the Lower House of Parliament." The Right Hon. Gentleman the distinguished Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition, almost immediately afterwards recalling thus gracefully and impressively to the remembrance of Mr. Speaker LEFEVRE, some few among the more signal evidences of his title to the grateful and respectful recollection of the Legislature—where he observed : " Sir, the 18 years during which you have occu pied that chair have been a memorable period in the history of the Parliament of this country. Some of the greatest measures that have ever been proposed in this Council of the nation have been carried during that period, and some of the greatest men that have ever flourished within these walls have been under your guidance. And, sir, I make no doubt that in the page of history your Speak ership under these circumstances will figure as no unimportant one in the history of the Parliament of this country." The eloquent panegyrics of Mr. DISRAELI an-1 of Viscount PALMERSTON, being authoritatively enforced by the eulogiums of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and re echoed hardly less gracefully and rhetorically by the cordial encomiums of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. According to Parliamentary usage it devolved upon the Speaker himself to read from the Chair the resolution strongly commendatory of his own conduct—proposed by the Leader of the Govern ment; and seconded by the Leader of the Opposi tion. A striking contrast being afforded in this respect by the proceedings in the House of Com inons yesterday, when compared, for example, with those which took place in the House of Commons, in 1695, under wonderfully different circumstances. When the then Speaker, Sir JOHN TREVORS, formally read from the Chair the proposition for his own ignominious expulsion ! ft is not in any way to be marvelled at that in acknowledging the unanimous decision of the House, a decision entered upon the Journals at the suggestion of the Prime Minister as having been carried nemine eontradicente, the Speaker did so in a voice "broken with emotion," the House meantime remaining " respectfully uncovered " while he was speaking ! As it did, for example, when WARREN HASTINGS, in his old age, appeared at the bar to give evidence in some case then under the consideration of the Legithture ! As it does invariably, by a loyal custom, when receiv ing messages from the SOTEREIGN To these principles I still adhere. Rejoicing, as au earnest Free Trader, to have seen the last remnant of protection expunged from the statute book, I shall gladly assist in purging the tariff from many vexatious im posts and petty duties, which still impede the free current of commerce. Having voted in Parliament in favour of the Ballot in 1851, I am prepared again to accord to that measure my most hearty support, and at the same time to enlarge and extend the franchise. Asa zealous Reformer, my willing support will be given to all measures tending to the improvement of our institutions, especially as they regard the administration of the law and the expenditure of the public money. Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the causes which have led to the present state of our relations with China, I am of opinion that it is the duty of every good citizen to support the measures necessary for protecting the property and lives of our countrymen, and for establishing our future position on a permanently secure and peaceful basis. I am, Gentlemen. your faithful servant, ROBERT WIGRAM CRAWFORD. Old Broad-street, March 10. T HEATRE ROYAL, MIURA LANE.— Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening, Re-engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. GrPat Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, tho most magnificent ever produced on the English stage. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform tho popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cleveland, and Miss H. Oliver. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and Is. ; Second Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 35.; Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., I'. ls., 11. lls. 61, and 2/. 2s. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will h' performed A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM After which will be produced a new petite comedy, in two acts, celled OUR WIFE ; or, The Rose of Amiens. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Harley, Fisher ; Misses Murray sad C. Leclercq. T.TIEATRE TtOYA.L, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz wil lam. Followed by (20th time) a new drama, called A WICKED WIFE. After which, GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRAD. SHAW. To conclude with Moncrieff e comic drama of THE OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, will be performed the romantic drama of DON CXSAR DE BAZAN, with new Ecenery, costumes, &c. Don Cresar, Mr. Dillon. Followed by CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, Sze. After which, a new farce. entitled MY FRIEND FROM 7 , EATEERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B. White. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. btendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street, THEATRE' ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama. of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. Aftc , r which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paxl Bedford will appear. Followed by a new Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams, To-conclude with the new original comic drama, called BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney Williams. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Al) Les , xies, Mcmi . s. Shepherd and Creawick. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTL VS. Messrs. Creswick, Shepherd, dte. After which, an original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS YOUTH. To conclude with LES ARTISTES RIVAUX. Mr F. Glover, Mr. Tapping, &c. rpHEA.TRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS Under the Management of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed RICHELIEU. The characters by Messrs. Phelps, H. Marston, J, W. Ray, L. Ball, 'A. Rayner, Williams ; Miss E. Travois, Miss M. Eburre, and Miss Rawlings. To conclude with I'LL WRITE TO "THE TIMES." • T RAND T FIE NT RE. —3,1 aaer, Mc. T. Payne.—This Evening will be pev'ornaed THE LAMPLIGHTER. Affcr which, THE DEATH OF ETA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by THE BLUE JACKETS. To conclude with MAID OR WIFE. Commence at Sven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, ys. ; Pit, ls. ; _ _ Calieu, 6d. 11Q) OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. 71) This Eveninz, the now drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., ea'led A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. Commence at hal-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL Levee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. This Evening, with its manifold romantic equestrian effect', invented ejr Mr. Wm. Cooke, the operatic drama of ROB ROY, with the original music, the last week of its performance. Rob Roy, Mr. James Holloway. After which, the Equestrian EVOLUTIONS in 'the. ARENA. To conclude with the equestrian harlequinade called PAUL FRY ON HORSEBACK. CommeLco at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper "loxes, 3s. ; PrivAte Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ; Et, 28 ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 61. I-:ox office 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 popula.: Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, (tc., via..: Miss B Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss 13runell, Miss Sranmers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. fonghmanE, R. Grover, P. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Parker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. ue Solla, and E. L. Hirne ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and 'orri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, W. Cecil FUcks ; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; ireeto r , Mr. j. CauFeld. Commence at Seven o'clock pre ei,elY. Snppers, dce., until twelve o'clock. Thus memorably, amidst fervent and unani mous expressions of the regret, respect, gratitude, and affection of the House of Commons, does the Right Hon. CHARLES SHAW LEFEVER C10:80 his protracted and distinguished discharge of the onerous duties of the Speakership. Retiring to the enjoyment, let us hope for many years to come, of the honours he has so well won—a pen sion and a peerage—in the sixty third year of his age : having occupied during no less than twenty-seven years of that period a seat in the House of Commons as one of the chosen representatives of the people, first of all from 1830 as M.P. for Downton, and afterwards un interruptedly ever since 1831 as M. P. for North Hampshire. In conclusion, we cannot resist the satisfaction of reiterating in this place what we conceive must have been, perhaps, of all the most welcome tribute offered yesterday to the recipient of so many emphatic) and dc served eulogiutns—the graceful hope, gracefully expressed by Mr. DISRAELI ; that whenever the name of Speaker LE➢'EYRE shall be mentioned hereaftsrin the House of Commons, he wilt believe that it must be always quoted with regard and reverence reformers, to action ! -- immediate action. In a fortnight, perhaps, your present representatives will represent you, or rais-represent you, no longer. Tire advocates of vested wrongs, the opponents of all change, the Jaeneficiaires of every monopoly, will be early up and doing. They have all a sub etantial interest in anticipating and defeating you. The unrighteous profits of the past enable and incite them to battle for the unrighteous profits of the future. Mon, polists of all grades will band teg,ether. They have a common instinct. Their modes of sponging the public differ, but their advantage in doing it is identical. Hence we find batik monopolists, shipping dues monopolists, ecclesiastical monopolists, politieal monopolists, army and navy preferment monopolists —monopo lists of- all sorts----we always find them acknow ledging their brotherhood, and, by a well under stood f ree - masonry, uniformly ❑acting in concert. VW' 1 " every borough, and, it is needless t) add, Tbo Ri g ht H onoura bl e 0 11ARLE3 &TAW LE FEVRE, S pea k er of the House of Commons, yes - i n every county of the kingdom they have agents torday received from the assembled members of ready for their work. If Liberals s l ee p, T or yi sm that House the most earnest, unanimous, and ftnd Monopoly are awake, up, and doing . . deservedly enthusiastic (xpression of their "nine- Reformers —tile eolith - 10 Parliament will probe tionate respect," and of their very grateful admi- bly be a long - lived one. If you suffer Reform to ratior. This public exoression of the Thanks of be buried now, it will be long enough ere it rise i the Lower House of the Logiskture being conse- again. There will be an effort ma d e, and it ought I quent upon th e ann oun cement made from the to be made, to get a decisive, a working major;ty Chair, upon the previous evenin g , to the effect ou one side. Lord PA.LMERSTON veld, of course, that circumstances would render its occupancy by I he professedly at the head of the Liber a l party, another imperati ve lyrequisiteimmediately upo n th e -) and Lord PALME.RSION will be a Liberal if we ‘, 1 7 NTE a AT LONDON BICIDGB. T FUR L. _.Bern. '"'.4(%;thus'z—A 39 win. - 2-1/6vcning 51 mia. lA. 2 2.1 ' . 10rti.10 TII aft. 3—Evening 21 miu.t.ft. 3 TdE WEATUER—Sbx 02TIOZ, MAR ca 11. T RI34IO3CZTRII, TiiEl SUL DZ. 43 ...&I:! T hest sine e toou pmiterd,,. 37 -lowest this morttig and the nih.t 42 -this d. , ty at - 200 T h. g BAROY-I" , 'lnn, w IN D, S.W. Light, Ntith colt (ball wtather. 171,4 • _~~~ 11 1 c= 7..d0 ~ ~ :~, q! .cw ~-._~, yi :~~ ..z~ 143:.: ;oN, WEDNESDAY MARCH H, In 7 send him back a thoroughly Liberal Parliament. ' Remember, it is not a question of Liberalism or Reform on which he goes to the country. His foreign policy has been factiously censured ; the country justly resents that censure. It is deter mined to reverse it, and reverse it it will. Now, thoroughly as we support Lord PALMERSTON on the main question of upholding the honour of England, and compelling the barbarians of the flowery empire to respect their treaties—confident as we feel that any of his opponents, if in office, must, as Englishmen, and would as pa triots, have done the same—deeply, therefore, as we deplore the factious spirit which perilled such grave interests for party objects —we yet feel that the very goodness of his chief ground of ap peal to the country may compromise our home policy in the great prominence given to foreign policy. Lord PALMERSTON must be supported, but Lord PALMERSTON is not a voluntary re former ; the greater need is there to tell him by the elections that the reformer of our relations with China must reform our domestic relations also. We want an end put to Mantchou-Tartar exclusiveness 15,000 miles off; but that is quite compatible to putting an end to monopolist and aristocratic exclusiveness in the very midst of us. Reformers—you must not be beguiled by gene ralities. Put no faith in the candidates who will only promise vaguely to support "a liberal po licy," " every well-considered measure of reform," " safe and steady progress," and who equivocate, and shuffle, and qualify, and refuse to come to the point when some of the practical questions, on which all honest Liberals are agreed, are brought before them. We do not like pledges - a hen a subject is new, or complex, but there are three or four liberal questions now in hand on which every man worth a Liberal's voting for, ought to have made up his mind ; we may mention—• The Ballot ; The For tension of the Suffrege, and in particular LOCKE KING'S motion ; The Bank Monopoly ; Church Rates; Abolition of Purchase in the Army, and Pro motion by Merit ; A graduated Income Tax. Hero is a list which might easily be increased, and no man deserving the name of a Liberal ought to wince when catechised on each of these subjects. Take the first—the Ballot. We go to this elec tion under the auspices of one of Lord JOHN'S pet little anti-corruption acts—an act from which. the clause was struck out requiring the returned member to make a declaration denying any guilty knowledge of money spent at his election ! The election of 1852, the W. 8., and other disclo sures raised such a feeling on the subject that something had to be done ; all was therefore done that should not prevent intimidation by the landlord, the mortgagee, the banker, and the wealthy customer ; all that should not give the voters real independence. Every Liberal knows this. No men know it better than Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Inrd PALMERSTON. They are both alike at heart, we must believe, electoral Conser vatives. Both equally detest the Ballot and elec toral independence, and neither will yield the point if they can hold office and refuse concession. As to LocKE Knia's proposal, Lord Joitrr, rea sonable as it is, never voted for it separately till out of offtce. Then take Church Rates. We could not bring ourselves to vote for any pretender to Liberalism, who, especially since the last cen sus, could shuffle on so plain a question. If there be a social iniquity, an annoyance t 3 a large sec tion of the community, it is that tribute to eccle siastical arrogance and meanness called Church Rates. This infamous tax will serve for a test on the light enjoyed by candidates respecting civil and religious liberty. Let Liberal committees be prompt. Let them apprise their candidates forthwith that the time for indecision is past ; that they require a sup porter of the PALMERSTON Chinese policy, but that they also require, and mean to have, a sup porter of their own home policy. Let candidates know that no equivocation or fencing will do ; that t generate suspicion by indirect or qualified answers will insure rejection—and it is wonder ful what an enlightener is political necessity. In every constituency the section of staunch Liberals are essential to the Liberal candidate. Tuey have waited long enough for their present objects. It is theirs now to tell their fellow-electors, and the applicant for Parliamentary honours at their hands, that their votes absolutely depend on the votes which the latter will engage to give in Par liament. If he does not understand these ques tions, or if he refuses to vote on them as a Liberal, then he is utterly unworthy of Liberal support. Once more we would remind all thorough going Reformers in each constituency that promptitude is half way to success. Put your candidate, if he need it, in right sailing trim at once. Discipline your electoral forces without delay. Wait not for half-heart ;,1 respectables, but organise imme diately the intelligent and energetic amongst you —determine that you will win, and then win you will. The Income-Tax Bill has passed through Com mittee. Two amendments were proposed—the first by Sir FITZROY KELLY, for the substitution of sd. in the pound for 7d. ; and the other by Mr. W. WILLIAms, for the exemption of incomes below 1501. per annum from the tax—the former whereof was negatived without a division, and the latter by a Inajority of 53 t) 7. These divisions, however, merely refer to the important questions raised to the new Parliament. As we have re• peatedly explained no payments will be made on account thereof before July, by which time the necessary changes may be effected in the ope ration of the existing law. It would un questionably have been better if the Act of 1855 had been repealed from and after the sth April, so that all traces of the "accident" might be removed from the National Statute-book. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, still clings to the extra 21. in the pound ; and we must be contented to accept what he is willing to give, for the time being, with the firm determination, however, of helping ourselves when the time has arrived for energetic action. Sir F. KELLY'S object was achieved by raising the question, and bringing the arguments on the point before the House, nct for its consideration, but for that of the various constituencies, who will be enabled to pronounce final and decisive judgment thereon. burden, and who were compelled to submit to se rious privations in consequence. It would almost seem as if the object had bee❑ to render the impost so unpopular that there could be no possibility of its extension or substitution. It was an under hand mode of arresting the progress of "Free Trade," or "Unrestricted Competition," if that designation be more agreeable to the legislative " Doi:lsom and FOGGS." Sir G. C. LEWIS has fallen, or rather deliberately walked, into the trap laid for his reception, with a tone and manner that might Lave been expected from Sir CHARLES WOOD. He put forward the stereotyped argument of that unfortunate financier, to the effect that "the tax would produce 350,000/., a sum which he was by no means prepared to surrender," &c., &c. But only a portion of that, probably not more than 200,000(., would arise under Schedule D. The remainder would come from accumulated and realised property, which, as we have repeatedly ex plained, has no legitimate claim to exemption. And certainly that amount is not sufficient to justify the rejection of a demand based alike en equity and expediency, the concession whereof would materially diminish the agitation against the continuance of the impost, and the extraordi nary excitement thereby occasioned. It will be for the new Parliament, as we have stated, to pronounce a decision on this interesting and im portant question. Mr. WILLIAMS has well and efficiently discharged his duty in ventilating the question, so that the electors may have the oppor tunity of delivering a well-considered verdict on the point thus raised. " Mr. Foaa"—we beg pardon—Mr. GLAD STONE subsequently brought forward his promised motion for the revision and reduction of the ex penditure. We should be rejoiced if at all times and under all 'circumstances he should continue to be actuated by the newly-awakened seal for economy and retrenchment. We fear, however, that it would survive the mere crossing of the Howie. A seat on the right hand of Mr. SPEAKER would operate as a decided anodyne, and subdue all the existing excitement. Mr. GLADSTONE, however, attained his present object by being enabled to make a severe onslaught on his Right Honourable friend (!) And perhaps no per son would have experienced greater 1622 noyance had his motion been accepted by the House. The FOGG, of Freeman's Court, Corn-hill, was accustomed to do the "virtuous indignation" part of the business, but readily consented to being "muzzled" by his senior part ner. The suggestion of DODSON, DISRAELI, that it would be exercising a wise discretion not to press the motion to a division, was at once adopted, and the motion withdrawn. Indeed it never was intended otherwise than as a demon stration to capture stray votes at the hustings, where every assistance will be peculiarly valuable. The new Parliament must decide on all these questions. We trust that the fiscal, financial, and monetary reformers, and also the Parliamentary and legal reformers, will take advantage of the golden opportunity, and that, while insisting on a thoroughly English policy, not only with regard to China, but all other nations, they may enforce the adoption of those internal changes and altera tions so urgently required, and which no Admi nistration, however popular in other respects, should be allowed to reject, or even materially to retard. When the voice of public opinion has been distinctly heard, Sir G. C. Lzwis will be unable to resist the legitimate and moderate demands of the long•siiffering and heavily-oppressed sufferers under the objectionable 5y5t0.....0-n- in opcnAtioe. The same may be said respecting the just and politic proposition of the Honourable Member for Lambeth. The objections against the inequitable and oppressive apportionment of the tax tell with double force, on the smaller class of incomes which were for the first tine since the termina tion of the old war brought within its operation in 1853. Persons in the position of Mr. GLAD• STONE'S favoured correspondent, Mr. PHELPS, of Birmingham, felt the pressure intensely, and dis covered by painful experience the futility of the, equivalsnt " advantages "(1) which they had i been led to expeet. The produce was compara tively trifling, white it fell with peculiar severity ; on large numbers of 1,,,N0ns ill able to sustain the MR. SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT. Last night, in the House of Commons, on the motion of Viscount PALMERSTON, which was seconded by Mr. DISRAELI, and in support of which Lord JOHN RUSSELL also addressed the house :-- Resolved, neminc contradicente, " That the thanks of this house be given to Mr. Speaker, for his eminent and distinguished services during the period years for which he ha:, filled the n ch e a a i r r ly of eig th ht is ee h n ous e ; that he be assured that this house fully appreciates - the zeal and abi lity with which he has discharged the duties of Speaker under circumstances requiring unprece dented labour And exertion, and that this house entertains the strongest sense of the firmness and dignity with which he has maintained its privileges, of his unremitting attention to its business, of the carewhich he has devoted to the improvement of its formq, and of the urbanity and kindness which have uniformly marked his conduct in the chair, and which have secured for him the 'esteem and gratitude of every member of this house." Then Mr. SPEAKER addressed the house as fo: lows : " During the long period in which, by God's blessing, I have been enabled to discharge the duties of this chair, I have had abundant experience of the Mildness, forbearance, and indulgence of the house, which they have shown to me under all cir cumstances, and on all occasions. But I h ave no t words at my command, no r can I su ffi c i ent l y con trol my feeltngs, so as to adequately express my gratitude for this crowning mar k o f t h e i r f avour and approbation. I can only assure the house that I shall cherish, to the last moment of my existence, the remembrance of the p rocee di ngs o f thi s d ay , and of the resolution to which this house has unani mously agreed—this great and inestimable reward for public service ; and in all sincerity, and from the very bottom of my heart, I thank them for the distinguished honour whica they have conferred upon me." Resolved, " That the thanks of this house k• given to Mr. Speaker for what he has said this day to the house, and that the same be printed in the votes of this day, and printed in the journal of this house." Resolved, nemine contradicente, "That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty that she will be most graciously pleased to confer some signal mark of her Royal favour upon the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of this house, for his great and eminent services performed to his country, during the long and important period in which he has, with such distinguished ability and integrity, presided in the chair of thi s h ouse ; an d t o a s sur e her M a j es t y that, what ever , expense her Majesty shall thi n k proper t o are of be incurred upon that account, this house make good th e same ." Ordered, " Th a t th e sa id address be present e d to her M a j es t y b y suc h mem bers of this h ouse as Council," her Mtjesty's Most Honourable Privy HEALTH OF H.R.H. TEE DUOLIESS OF KENT.—So great an improvement has taken place in the health of her Royal Highness that she was enabled to join the royal dinner circle at Windsor Castle yesterday. The Countess de Persigny has issued cards for an as sembly at Albert•gate House, on Tuesday next. The Countess of Derby has issued garde for an as sembly this evening. Ths Vi:icountess Palmerston has issued cards for an a3sembly on Wednesday n( xt. L )rd and Lady Walsingham aro still staying at Merton 1011, Norfolk. ROYAL ITALIAN OPEBA.—We have reason to believe that in consequence of an unforeeon "difficulty" with the renters of Drury -lane Theatre Mr. Gyo's company w'll again reappear at the Lyceum during the approach ing season. MALTA, March 5.--A court-martial was held on Lieut. Bull )ck, of her Majesty's ship Centurion, for using insulting language to Lieut. Phillips. He was condemned to be dismissed his ship, and placed at the bottom of the list of lieutenants. FUNERAL OF MR, SELGEANT WILKINS —Yesterday the mortal remains of the late Mr. Sergeant Wilkins were removed from his chambers, No. 8, King's Bench walk, Inner Temple, and interred in Norwood Cemetery. The funeral was strictly private--a hearse containing the body of the deceased, a mourning coach and four horses with the relict and immediate relatives of the deceased, and a single brougham, made up the procession. FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.—The Arca bishop of Canterbury has appointed Wednesday, the 13th of May, fur the celebration of the 203 d anniver sary festival of the Sons of the Clergy. MARCH 11, 1857. Sr . E . VIENNA, MARCH 9. Accounts were received here yesterday from Jassy that Vogarides, Minister of Finance, had been appointed Kaimakan of Moldavia. The Russian steam fleet at Cronstadt had been increased since the peace by nine frigates, 12 cor vettes, and 100 gun-boats. A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, says : "In the first conference on the Neuchltel ques tion, the four plenipotentiaries recorded the renun ciation by the King of Prussia of his rights to the Principality of Neuchatel, as resulting from the initiative of his Majesty in the note of the Cabinet of Berlin ; and ti ey also recorded that it was on that fact they based their deliberation. In the se cond sitting, on Saturday, the result of this first sitting was communicated to Count de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister, who declared that ho must confine himself to receiving the communication ad referendum, without entering into explanations. This proceeding of the Piussian plenipotentiary surprised the other plenipotentiaries, as they had not expected such complete reserve. The next sit ting of the Conference will not take place until after the arrival of the reply of the Cabinet of Berlin." We have received (says the Debats) direct ac counts from St. Petersburg to the 2d. Prince Gortschakoff had read with great surprise the de spatch addressed by Count de Buol to Count Paar, to be communicated to Count de Cavour, and had also read the reply of the latter. He does not, he says, understand the step taken by Austria, and cannot approve of it. There is therefore reason to think that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg will unite its representations to those of France and England, to induce Austria not to follow up her remonstrances to the Sardinian Government. This confirms us in the conviction we had pre viously entertained, that Count de Buol will pause in the path on which he bad entered. A rumour had been in circulation at Vienna, that the cabinet of St. Petersburg had approved of the attitude as sumed by Austria towards the Piedmontese Govern ment. Some of the Austrian journals accredited the rumour, adding that Count de Buol bad given to Baron de Bourqueney, and to Sir Hamilton Seymour, the most formal assurances that Prince Gortschakoff was favourable to the policy of Aus tria. These assertions aro now formally contra dicted, and the reports circulated at Vienna had not the slightest foundation." FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. Feruk Khan, the Persian envoy, will, it is said, remain in Paris for some time longer. He will then proceed to England to exchange the ratifications of the treaty, which will take place in London about the middle of May. With respect to the terms of our treaty with Persia it was said that Persia recognised purely and simply the independence of Herat. What Persia agreed to do was to restore Herat to the reigning Prince on condition of his executing in future the conditions on which his ancestors obtained the sovereignty of it. There was no Neuchatel Conference to-day, and no day is fixed for the next meeting. It i§ much to be feared that the King of Prussia is again suffer ing under an attack of his old malady of vacillation. M. de Hatzfeld says he is waiting for instructions or for an answer to his despatch communicating the fact of the Plenipotentiaries having proposed the renunciation of the sovereignty in Neuchatel as the base of negotiations. It is said that Prince Daniel() will leave Paris for London as soon as he has been received by the Emperor Louis Napoleon. The report of the resignation of the Spanish Am bassador at Paris is unfounded. The Senate met yesterday; First President Trop long in the chair. A number of bills having been brought up from the Legislative body, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of several local bills, cloo'ared that nothing opposed their promul gation. The bill relative to the dotation of 100,000 fr. to the Duke de Malakhoff was referred to a special committee, as was that for the conversion into law of various decrees respecting custom duties. After some repoi.:;s on petitions had been heard, the . proceedings terminated. An interesting ceremony took place lately at Napoleon-Vend'e on the occasion of the 82d French infantiy being assembled in full mili tary costume, with colour flying and band play ing, for the distribution of the Victoria medal to the officers and men, who had not only been pre sent in the Crimean campaign, but taken part in all the great conflicts which marked that gigantic struggle. The regiment having been formed into a hollow square, the colonel pronounced the fol lowing address :—" Officers and soldiers,—Before presenting you with this English medal, which you will wear with so just a pride, I consider it my duty to impress on you its peculiar signification. It means this : 'I have been brave each day for a whole year ; whilst you slept, I watched ; whilst you amused yourselves, I suffered ; whilst you feasted, I fasted. I have shivered with cold, and suffered from heat ; my feet have been frozen in a 3 snow, and my brow has been scorched with the sun ; I have endured great sufferings un complainingly, to fulfil my duty, and to prove my love to my country.' Thi s ribbon, the7•e fore, which I present you in the name of the most gracious Sovereign of England, Queen Victoria, signifies courage, devotedness, sacrifice, duty glo riously fulfilled, and perils generously confronted. A ribbon which says all this deserves to be gloiious 7 ly preserved and proudly worn." This allocution, pronounced with great animation, was received with loud acclamations; and the distribution after wards took place to the evident gratification of the parties receiving the military distinction of the Queen of England. BOURSE, March 10.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. c. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 7O SO tnd of Mouth. —fr. —O. 71 15 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1;4101 Austrian Belgian Fives - Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) _ 92 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. C. f r c Orleans 1,455 Western 835 Northern 977 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,475 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,950 Grand Central :616 25 Lyons Geneva — Trieste — ...... Cate 835 Austrian Cum ...... 792 50 THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, March 9.—The latest accounts receiv ed here from St. Petersburg are to the 2d inst. The change of weather from cold to a state of al most spring warmth has caused considerable illness among all classes at St. Petersburg, and the Em press and other members of the Imperial family have not escaped. The cholera has also been pre valent, and taken a portion of its victims away rather suddenly. • Reports had been received from the frontiers of Persia and from Tiflis up to a late date, which men tion that operations on an extensive scale were on the eve of being prepared against the whole of the hostile. tribes on the Caucasus. Some fbw skir mishes had already occurred, and some Circassians had been made prisoners. The Russians have taken possession of the principal points of defiles and passes along the Persian frontier, prior to crossing over on an vpedition against the Turco mans, which Wits to be carried out almost immediately. immediately after their meeting. Some of the journals st,te that Marshal Serrano had resigned the post of ambassador at Paris ; but a ministerial organ says that he has merely requested leave of absence to go to Madrid on private business. Some intention existed at Barcelona of bringing forward Marshal Espartero as a candidate for one of the districts of the city, but it was not believed that it would be acted on, as the Progressist committee, and a large portion of the party, had declared the Marshal's political career closed. It was stated that a number of French officers had accepted ser vice in the Spanish army destined to act against Mexico ; but according to the Iberia only some engineer officers have been engaged. The Spanish papers unanimously urge the government to act vigorously against Mexico. It is stated that the Austrian Government has intimated its willingnvss to withdraw all opposition to the union of the Principalities on condition that the Powe!s shall-guarantee the possession of the Rouman population who acknowledge her sway, and who amount to over 4,000,000. The Sardinian Minister of Finance his presented a draft of a bill to the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, for the construction of a telegraphic line from Sassari to Porto Torra. The addition of a telegraphic wire for the service of the Government to all the existing lines, or those at present being constructed, that is—From Turin to Coni, and from Savigliano to Salucci ; from Turin to Novara, by Chiavasso ; from BiellA to Santhia ; from Chia vasso to Borea ; from Alessandria to Acqui ; from Alessandra to Tortona, Voghera, and Stradella ; from Novi to Tortoni. The design of Messrs. Watson, of Edinburgh, has been adopted for the Wellington memorial in Liverpool. Government have determined to improve the barracks at Berwick. The cost will be 2,0001. A Prussian paper, the Zeit, announces the death of Dr. Vogel, the African traveller. Prussia, it is said, will oppose the admission of Aus tria into the German Zollverein. Miss A. Goddard's soirees terminated last evening. The whole of the concerts of this distinguished artiste have been - attended with great success. A number of Roman antiquities have been discovered in the Orchard-field, Malton, during the excavations for the Malton and Thirsk Railway. Feruk Kahn, according to a Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, is endeavouring to negotiate a treaty of peace betwee Persia and Belgium. The Neleus has arrived from Foo-chow-Foo with 1,047,8001 b. of tea. The Arctic, from Canton, is also reported, but her cargo is understood t 3 consist of drags. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 13th inst. for the conveyance of 1,500 tons of victualling stores from the River Thames to Hong Kong. Messrs. Fergusson's sugar refinery, at Greenock, has been totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 40,000/. William Hood, Eq., ono of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Sussex, died suddenly on Wednesiay last. Mr. R. Guinness, of Dublin, died suddenly, two days ago, at the terminus of the Great Southern and Wes tern Railway. It is announced that a regular steam communication has just been organised between London and Mogadore. The first steamer is to leave the St. Katharine's Docks on the 16th inst., carrying a mail. Yesterday evening the 19th anniversary of the Jour neymen Tailors' Benevolent Institution was celebrated at the London Tavern. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The subscriptions amounted to about 7001. The ccuncil of administration of the General Bank of Switz , eland have declared a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 4f. per share (with 125 f., or 51. paid). A call of 75f., or 31. per share, has been made, payable on the 2d of A pril. THE REVENUE ESTIMATES.—These estimates, as laid before the House, amount altogether to 4,699,0661. It is, however, proposed to take a vote "on account" of only 1,510,0001., leaving a balance of 3,189,0661. to be voted by the Parliament about to be convened. The Mermaid, from Australia, brought 41,392 ounces of gold and 50,000 sovereigns, making a total of 217,5001. The whole of this will be purchased at once for trans mission to the Continent. The Blackwell is due, with 320,000/. The Derwent, also, is stated to have cleared on the 16th of December, with 65,0001. The famous chestnut-tree of the Tuileries gardens, called the " Vingt Mars," has this year advanced its usual period of bursting into leaf, as its first appearance of green has already become visible. This is the first time since 1811, the year of the comet, such a precocity of vegetation has been witnessed. THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL.—The receipts for the Duchy of Cornwall in the year 1856 appear to have amounted to 66,8461., and the disbursements to 61,7021., leaving a balance of 5,1441. The payments made for the use of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (and Duke of Cornwall) amounted to 43,3401. EA.st ArTGLIAN RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern. The report, which was adopted, stated that after providing for the interest on the bonded debt, and on the A. and B shares, leaves sufficient to pay 4/. 15s. per cent. per annum on the C stock. THE HERRING FISHERY BOARD. ---The Treasury is not to prepose any change in the vote for the support of the Scottish Fishery Board this year, the curers having made their arrangements for next season on the faith that the Board will keep its system of branding for this year at least. HOUSEBREAKING AT NEWPORT.-.-On Tuesday morning the house of Mr. Capella, jeweller, Commercial-street, Newport, Monmouthshire, was broken into, and goods stolen to the value of between 5001. and 6001. Having broken into the house from the back yard, the thieves picked the lock of the door between the lobby and shop with skeleton keys. WRECK OF THE LUTINE, IN 1799.—A letter from Ter schelling states that two boats had arrived with some pieces of %reek, &c., supposed to be from the wreck of the Lutine, which foundered off the Vile on the 9th of October, 1799. The copper nails drawn out have the broad arrow. The wreck had been picked up on the spot where that vessel sunk, in six fathoms water. j SUSPECTED POISONING NEAR SOUTHAMPTON.—On Friday night Mrs. Read, a lady residing at Bitterne, was seized after supper with violent sickness, and a sur geon who was called in found, from certain symptoms, that she had swallowed some strong poison. Suspicion fell on a servant who had been in the family for many years, and who is to be examined at Southampton on Wednesday. THE DOUBLE MURDER AT WALWORTH.—ILLNESS OP MRS. BACON.—At Lambeth Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Harris, the medical officer belonging to Horse monger-lane Gaol, waited on Mr. E:liott, and communi cated to him the fact of Mrs. Bacon's illness, and her ina bility to be present on the following (this) day, as was intended, to undergo, with her husband, her final exami nation on the charge of wilful murder. From the state ment of Mr. Harris, it appeared that for two days pre ceding Mrs. Bacon bad been confined to her bed, and symptoms of fever presented themselves. It was arranged that the examination should be adjourned for another week. THE OUTWARD AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, March 10.—The Royal Mail steamship Etna, Captain Miller, which left Southampton on the 24th ult., with the outward Australian and Ceylon mails, arrived at Malta in seven days 14 hours, and proceeded to Alex andria early on the morning of the sth inst. The Royal Ma steamship Cambria, with the Marseilles mail, ar rived at Malta in 61 hours, and transferred to the Etna her despatches and passengers. The Royal Mail steam ship Jura will leave Southampton on the 12th inst , with the heavy portion of . the mails for Australia, via Egypt and Ceylon. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY.—The screw steamer James Hartley, Captain Hook, arrived here this morning from Hartlepool, to load fur Bombay, whither she is to sail at the latter end of the minth. A steam-tog from London, named the Friend of all Nations, also arrived here to-day, en route to St. Alban's-head, to assist in the efforts to float the Tyne to be made to-morrow. The screw steamers Jason and Golden Fleece, belonging to the European and American Steamship Company, were taken in the graving dock to-day, and the Queen of the South was undocked. The equipment of the company's fleet is progressing rapidly. The new emigrant ship Suffolk, recently launched at Northam, is receiving her masts under the shears in the tidal dock. REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA —Tl;eSingapore Free Press of Thursday, January 22, states that her Majesty's brig of war Camilla, Commander Colville, passed Aijer on the 7th current, and intended to proceed to China by the Molucca Sea. The screw•steamer Sir James Brooke, belonging to the Borneo Company (Limited), also left Singapore at noon on the 21st for Hong Kong, having on board three companies of Sepoys and a detachment of European Ar,illerymen for service in China. d€spatchud on the requisition of the Governor of Hong Kong. The troops consisted of two companies of the 29th Madras Native Infantry and the European Artill , .rymen, from Penang, and the Rifle company of the 38th Madras Native Infantry, from Singapore. The officers acc?m- partying this force were—Major Cazalet, Captain Cazalet, Lieutenants Foote and Passingham, of the 29th ; Cap- Lin Buck and Lieutenant Cox, of the 38th ; Captain Mann and Lieutenant Forster, of the Madras Artillery; Dr. Lloyd, Assistant-Surgeon ; Apothecary Edwards, and Sub-Conductor Ball.. The Sir James Brooke has been chartered for this service for 12,000 dole. Th hen. company's steamer Auckland brought about 150 tons of shot, shell, and ammunition from Penang the previous week, which were to be sent on to China as soon as pcssible. The following reply was received yesterday to the address presented to Palmerston by the members of Lloyd's : " 91, Piccadilly, March 9. "My dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge with the sincerest acknowledgments the requisition whic h I have received through your hands from the member s of Lloyd's, express ing- a wish that I should bo put in nomination as a can di_ date for the representation of the city of Lond on. " Such a proof of the good opinion of so influential a body of my fellow -countrymen must be most highly grati fy in.' to me, and I trust t hat the gentlemen who i sign e d th at requisition b will believe tha t if I still make my option for continuing to represent those friends at Tiverton with whom I have been . for so many years a n d f or several Par liaments connected .!lot that lam not duly 'sensible of the high honour which is conferred upon thos e who may be chosen by the citizens of London to represent them in the House of Commons. " I am, my dear sir, yours very faithfully, " PALMERSTON. " Itiohax4 Thornton, Esq." ITALY. The Milan Gazette, of the 7th, states that the Emperor and Empress of Austria arrived at Mantua on the 4th, and were received with lo u d app l ause by the public on entering their box at the theatre. On the 6th their Majesties arrived at Verona, where they were received at the station of Porta Nueva by Field Marshal Radetzky, Count Bissingen, andsall the principal civil and military authorities. The station was elegantly decorated for the occasior. Their Majesties then rested some time in Field Mar shal Radotzky's palace, and afterwards started for Treviso by the same train which brought there. Beth at the walion and en their passage along the streets of Verona they were loudly gree'ed by the population. The same journal announces that the Emperor has granted a general amnesty to all the soldiers and officers of inferior rank who, in 1848-49, decried the Imperial army, provided they have committed no other crime. Moreover, those, who, having returned before the proclamation of this amnesty, have been condemned by the , military tribunals t o a l onger per i o d o f s ervice in toe army, are to have the surplus time thus imposed re mitted. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the Gth have arrived. The Royal Council had decided that the boundary treaty with France shall be submitted to the Cortes CPEX Oil CLOSED PORTS IN CIII;V_.0 --- A cc Hertfordshire Incumbent," in writing to the Times, says :- 1 " Sir,--A paragraph appeared in your P 31 .1 115 .0 correspondent's lett er on F r id a y l a st, en t authority of a private letter from St Petersburg' to the effect that a column of troops had been despatched by the Governor of Russian Siberia i n the direction of Ki hkta, on V.e Chinese frontier, in consequen ce w ith an agreement w ith the Gau t of Pekin. The Illoniteur de la Flotte, two three days before, gave also a summary of in : structions, purporting to be issued by the E el ror of China, closing the five ports on the s 4 . °- board, but making a spec i a l exception in a . your of the overland tr a ffi c a l one . the Sib' T ; rian frontier. Perhaps the connection betwee these two notices may not he clear to your readers without a little explanation. " Kiahkta is a Russian s-ttlement of more tba n° century old, a little to the south of Lake Ball°"' and constitutes, with the Chinese frontier town Maimachen (which is in imuied-ate juxtapositi on), t' e emporium through which the whole of the eve r i land tea f or R uss i a passes . It i s b y thi s c hant' that the article originally reached Western Euroll and if all intercourse with the Chintse seaboa:7l were stopped—as is contemplated in the ImPe ll i instructions above referred to—by this channel 00,10 would all consumers, not only in E uro pe, but I America also, he able to obtain i-. The whale te l l; drinking world would have to co n t en t it3elf obtain'ng from St. Petersburg what supplie s , ; : could, after every ounce bad been brought 3 tance of nearly 8,000 miles by land transport si l t river navigation. The cost of transit is such tli c before the late war scarcely anything was dra% throughout the whole kin g dom o f Poland hue smuggled Canton tea, which was eve r y year Pene, Rod trating further and further into the interior of R od sia, as may be well imagined, when it is sta that the average wholesale price of the common was 270 copecks (Bs. 10d.) and of the best ° 410 b 0 t pecks (13s. Bd.) at Moscow in the year 1854. `Vi. O , it would reach to were the demand suddenly l creased to any great extent defi(s all c onjecttal One thing is plain,—that it wou ld d e prive l3° o ( merely the common people, but ,the great bin' /1 the middle class, of all participation , whatever' , " cups which cheer but not inebriate." " The duties on this overland tea form 11 0 1 6 ; portant item in Russian finance. A most sen .° o . diminution in them was occasioned by the ir e with China which threw upon the northern ,P° l oo In 1842 no less than 467,679 poods of 0 11 ,_ 11 4 merchandise, the far greater part of it 1 7 .1 : 0 1 tea, left Kiahkta ; in 1854 little more w, O half as much. If a perfectly free intercou,lbe with the interior of China were allowed Kiahkta trade would be proportionally dirt nished ; and it is quite conceivable that would even be supersed e d altogether, exOtOtee regards the so-called " bricktea"--a compost of leaves and sheep's blood, in which the Mongol 5. late exclusively delights. I draw this i n f e rence fidently from the positive statement of the 11 115 ! ..n o statist, M. Tengoborski, th a t th e Ki a bkta te ay- f ell 20 copecks the pound in tran s p or t, b e f o re it s t o reaches the emporium ; whereas the same , ar ,,; for from the same depot may be tak en t o Shang,Lw - fof only eight copecks, and all the w a y t o London eo 10. It is plain, therefore, that the question of O tto or closed ports in China is the question betwee ll o il annihilation of the Russian revenue from tea, ti the compelling of the consumer s o f th e conlin,4l throughout the world to enrich th e R uss ian Trer t , 3o , by purchasing a tithe of their requ i reme nts br, fold the pric3 they need pay for an ample suPf ta ct cc Without any wish to discuss the degree o' or discretion exhibited in recent transacti° l ' e o must say that I think the attempt to open 17009 to the interior of China is a w or th y o bject of a l e Government having at heart th e com fort o f 14 mass of the people. And th ere i s one west ht which the importance of the ques ti on l a tely br, ° ,,"; 1 0 before the Legislature may b e v i ewe d w hich not yet seen adverted to. • 0 1 ' " The only country whi c h h as an i n t e rest ni t 0 0 in the Chinese seaboard is lik ew i se the °, 1 ' 37 0f which enjoys, and has lon g en j o y e d, the priw e 'ar being represented at Pekin. Ever since thei s t; 1727 the Russian Government has maintain s h ich establishment in that capital, the membered w el ly are changed regularly everylo years. It origin de' professed to be for the spiritual behoof of the beo scendants of some Siberian settlers who had t he carried off about half-a-century before fr°n l s till upper valley of the Amoor, but the mission,J, continues, although the necessity has ceased ; P - re . while authentic information relative to th0., 0 , sources and the administration of the Celestial °, f pire is derived through this channel by the Foreill' office at St. Petersburg, no doubt, whateveref nions are current at Pekin o f th e P owers o fd ,-; tern Europe owe their shape a n d co l our to the 8°- agency. "If the paragraph to which I h av e alluded at wal o beginning of this letter be founded in fact, it s ee o t certain, regard being had to the dates, that it the be through the machinery of thi s m ission tha b ig ti e movement of troops was arranged. The atta n h of the Bogue Forts took plac e on ly o n the 2ot °oil Oct. last, and the intelligence wou ld hardlq, e kiti Pekin before the middle of N ovem b er . Frain d/ to Kiahkta is at least 1,000 m il es o ver a L t d desert ; to Irkutsk (whi c h, I sup p ose , is the 0 7 0 .0, the Russian Governor alluded to) some 200 From Kiahkta again to St. Petersburg is no t e 5,000 miles. That an y commun i ca ti on s hould w oo taken place between the latter city and Peki n ,: ift the commencement of the t rou bl es a t Can therefore, clearly impo ss ibl e . Th e necessiw-'lO l ference seems to be that such a contingencY 7;0 1 arisen was at least f oreseen , an d instructionßribe beforehand as to wh a t s t eps s h ou l d b e ta k e n' event of its occurrence. • ' n il "Had the late war continued we should 06 _, rtgl i , g 4, not have been surprised to find mines sPnee under our feet in every Asiatic Court, and ! ° ,,:toto with a Muscovite Brasidas in many an •ri°";',l o 3 o Chalcicide. That some of the mines should elc Siol i too late is, in my judgment, quite as reas° o ll tea theory to account for what has occurred at ",,ft° and at Teheran as the attributing a ruffian PO' 1 „ - 6 0* any English statesmen, or cruelty, licentious" and levity to their agent." AIR. MAYHEW AND THE TICKEr'' LEAVE MEN. WILKINSON T. MAYHEW. t In this case, which came on for hearing yesteru: 1 0 0 the Whitechapel County Court, the plaintiff A ppetit joi person, and Mr. Henry Davies, the attorney, a ttegil ke o for the defendant, Mr. Henry Mayhew, wh o has to so prominent a part in connection with ticket-of men. billbrought 3 t l o . r 2 e a c . o vaeor. forhe sthn boardof Si 6cl T ., h b i a s l a a c n t e i rof w a as lodizing of a returned convict. DO The plaintiff hand e d i n two l etters written -. 3, 1 to Mayhew, in one of w hi c h t h at gentleman pro m°, be answerable for the support of the ticket-of-len/ 6 3 0r to "a reasonabl e amount ;" an d t h e pla i nt iff acinn. ye ri upon being que s ti one d b y M r. D av i es, h av i n g re all two 51. notes from Mr. Mayhew. •to Mr. Davies st a t e d th a t his client had no objen -tl° 0 0 0 pay any amount that was fairly due, but he had Olio to believe this was a gross attempt at imposition, n a wished to put a few . questions to the plaintiff. ate Mr. Mayhew's attorney then subjected the plain t s t he a severe cross-examination, and elicited from bin i following particulars : That he had kept a registered lodging-house , W. O men and women belougine to the "misfortunate c 1117.001 resorted, and that the ticket-of-leave man, for To support be charged Mr. Mayhew, had not lodged a bid house " all the time. . Davies stated " he was instructed that the MI 00 never lived at the plaintiff's house at all, and th a " s iot the reason why he (Mr. Davies) appeared there to lob the demand. If he was correctly informed even til l , that had already been paid by Mr. Mayhew Woo, shared by the plaintiff and the ticket-of-leave men; be e• during the whols period which it is alleged be bnd bits lodging at the plaintiff's house, had really been enu a ing with a woman in another part of the town. Mr. Davies (to plaintiff).—Are you married ?--;•" What was your wife's maiden name ?—MurphY• „ • Do you know a person of the name of Ned Sale 3n4 ticket-of-leave man ?—Not by that name. Mr. Davies (handing in a let - ter, signed ``'-'," „gee / ." II • name.' mon," and containing a threat to "garotte" and„- wihimself)—Dolyou swear tyou thatkn rbe th c i . s % oath, and I warn you that • s , tee. • your words are being down with a view to further , proceedin u h t a i n ou d s w , r y it o i u ng are o L' s w ;gs r a whining tone)-_I can neither read g nor writ°,loB Mayhew know s th a t ; and I leave it in the b an ds OL - judge. 11 Isis say you a r e Honour—D o you mean to e en tice ignorant of writing? Piaintiff—Yes Imy lord, am. , r the Mr. Davi es sa id t h at h o was d to un— be prepare whole o f th e real facts of the case misrepresented by , h t plaintiff', rind he would be happy, if his Honour thenblos it necessary for the ends of justice, to place Mr• e vi' in the witness-box, in order to refute the plaintiff jet his Honour proceeded to examine Mr. lVfeYh avi s e in ters to the plaintiff, and said, taking the matter e v i p silf a legal point of view, he could not see that the P,R' had made out any claim against the defendant. bed el/ Mr. Davies begged to state that Mr. Mayb . o f offered the ticket-of-leave scan in question a situati°l" 18i. per week, but the man had said he could ears by dishonest practices, and would not accept it. The summons was accordingly dismissed. A public meeting of the merchants, bankers/ :00, traders, of the City of London, for the purpose e f oo s sidering the decision come to by the House of Comlu,,i, relative to the affairs at Canton, is to be h eld nest Y 4, day, in the Guildhall. The Lord Mayor w ill take 6. chair at two o'clock.