The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-07 00:00:00

110 PRESS READERS.—WANTED, L an Ezperieneeci READER for a Daily Paper. ,tters to be addressed " A. 8.," 104, Strand. )OYAL waINCESS'S THEATRE. Ad On EASTER MONDAY, will be performed Shalt ospozc's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. K ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded. by A GAME OF ROMPS. riIEXTRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. On EASTER MONDAY, to commence at 7, LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Enekstone, Compton, Howe, Farmn, Rogers; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil dic. After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story, an •r the Apple-lation of APA LANTA ; or, The Three Golden pples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. 'ilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternau, her t•st appearance in London. C:rnclnding with G R NIRHAW, BAGS UAW, AND R ADS HAW. Mr. Backstone. New arrangement of prices :—Stalls, Bs ; Dress Circle, 55.; pper Boxes, 35.• Pit, 23. ; Lower Galle r y, l s ; Upper Gal ry, 6d. Second to all but Upper Gallery. 1 1HEATRE ROYAL, AD ELPHL Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. On EASTER MONDAY, will bo performed the new and riginal domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE rRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, 4 3z.c. Followed by TETE ELVES, iu which Madame Celeste will _lake her first appearance. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which ,fr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. CANTER - BURY HALL. Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lig company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, (Sze., via.: 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. Corgi, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corn i • Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dtc., until twelve o'clock. UIGEI. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 0 min. aft. I—Evening 19 mia. aft. 1 To-Moßnow—Morn. 35min. aft. I—Evening 51 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 7. THERMOMETER, IN TUX SHADE. C3—higliost sineo noon yesterday 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 57 —this day at noon. BABomETER, 29'07. WIND, S.W. Light, with mild, sunshiny weather. 9._ fk r , ''''s' :.. . . ' ~i,t.,, Fs- I 'I c\- : ).:. , - ;—,- . .t." - '-i , c',:,_ ,' ,4 . ...' .9‘ . 45 A ,- Y gi i , , c. , (-..__.--..,,,,,,,,, ..-_,.,....„,, . , if t r \ , , ~-.4..*- !.--..,+:' '75-, :4- . ..-,-,-,- '% c.- . ' L} ' z i ; .. r , -,2:...--f---:,-.- _ LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1857. Our Constitution is remarkable for such won- derful Elasticity, and for being balanced at the same time in such an exquisite state of Equili brium, that it is something aitonishing the Shocks it can endure with the most perfect impunity. A General Election, as marvellous even as the one which is just now drawing to a close, is nothing to it—affects it not is the smallest degree preju- dicially : rather, for that matter be it said, bene ficially, wholesomely, invigoratingly ! Rendering the Representitive System, ANT:zus-like, all the stronger, as a Guardian to the Coustitution, every time it touches the ground —or, in other words, every time there 13 an Appeal to the Country ! A circumstance not so very surprising, however, when it is borne in mind how much more serious than any General Elect'on upon record, have been the shocks endured, without detriment to it, by the British Constitution—shocks sustained without any perceptible strain to its elasticity, or any ap- preciable jar to its equilibrium. For example : Has not England survived, before now, the Pre miership of ono whom the Member for Bucks once wittily designated the " Arch Mediocrity ?' Has not the Executive in this country been presided over, ere this., by a personage whom SYDNEY SMITH defined thus wisely and humorously, saying of him, that " Everything about him seemel to betoken careless desolation,' insomuch that—wrote the Rabellaisian Canon of St. Paul's— " Evory one would suppose, from his manner, that he was playing at chuck-farthing with human happiness, that he would giggle away the Great Charter, and decide by the ',method of tee-totum. whether my Lords the Bishops should retain their seats in the HOU3O of Lords !" Yet Viscount MELBOURNE, acting thus, though he did, through out his public career, with the "eternal and wearisome affectation of a political roue,"—was a Prime Minister, nevertheless, who has left a reputation stamped upon the History of his Country as a Reformer ! He has not only left a reputation as a Reformer, but beyond that he has the glory of descending to Posterity, as the Politi tical Mentor of one of the most liberal-minded, one of the most constitutional, one of the most en lightened, one of the most patriotic, and one of the most beloved of English Sovereigns. If the country, then, has passed well through the Premiership of Viscount MEM:OUP-NE, it may reasonably hope to bear, wi.hout detriment to its interests, the Premiership of Viscount PALMERSTON. There is reared up about each of these notabilities the same " magnificent fabric of levity and gaiety." Each of them has in turn seemed to affect (as PETER PLYMLEY expressed it in regard to the former) " to play with kingdoms as other men play with nine pins." Cupid, in his youth, with the generality of wags—Viscount PALMERSTON, in his later years, has been designated by " Bez" the greatest of all wags —what ? why, in consideration of the aforesaid " levity and gaiety"—the First Lord of the Jokery Yet the country looks to Lord PALMERSTON at this moment, confident of finding in him—a Reform ing Prime Minister ! The Country so relies upon this, that it answers his appeal by returning a Mini Aerial House of Commons, comprising a vast majority of Reformers Reformers as well as Palmerstonians I It will not be deceived in its anticipations. The light-in-hand young Barnacle, the touch-and-go young Barnacle, with his hat rakishly cocked on one side as he sits loungingly upon the well-padded cushions of the Treasury Bench—is so far "up to a thing or two" that we may be quite sure of it he won't disappoint us 1 With such a House of Commons. He will prove himself to be what the country counts upon his being A REFORMER. He i 3 too clever t) let slip the golden opportunity. He knows perfectly well what it precisely, that is expected from him— and he will act accordingly—especially seeing that if he so act, the coveted tenure of office is his assuredly for the rest s of the term of his natural existence ! A Reforming House of Commons ours—we may be sure we shall find that we have a Re forming PALMERSTON ! And have we not a Reforming Parliament ? Look at the Ministerial gains as contrasted with the gains of the Opposition. Look at the former gains even among the county constituencies ! Look at the extraordinary number of " Old Mem bers," rejected here and there all over the country in favour of New Candidates I" Close upon o:te Hundred and Fifty whose names will no longer be glorified in Lod ! And out of that " Hun dred and Fifty," about .Eighty of these men re jected because of their vote in Mr. COBDEN'S not able Majority ! Nobly has the country responded to Lord PALMERSTON. It remains for Lord r E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APR,I LI 7, 1857. says, "of that ere manoeuvre ! Our au thority is the magistrate himself who was the re cipient of this marvellous application. " What's the matter ?" quoth he—And thereupon J. B. tells s tale at, full length, makes a clean breast of it, and has the murder out t-totally ! "J. B." being the yeoman aforesaid, and not by any means so wise or sagacious a personage as the redoubtable "J. B." of Dombey—" J oar, JOSEPH, Jon," in other words, Major BAUSTOCK. J. B. tells the story plain enough, wo repeat, in all conscience—as plain as a pike-staff ! A tale of idiotcy basing itself —asmany another tale of idiotcy has profanely done before it—upon Scripture ! Reference being made in the course of it to the Witch of Endor, and to the Demoniacs of the New Testament. Imps— J. B.'s narrative tells us—had to be exorcised the other day : imps tormenting his good wife, Gam mer, the Afflicted. And, lo and behold, the said Imps were duly exorcised only the other day in the Parish of Hockham ! As how ? Why, by the boiling of a sort of a Davil's Mixture, comprising, among other ingredients, " hairs out of the noddle of J. B.'s wife's neck," parings of her finger-nails and parings of her toe-nails, old horseshoe-nails, and other preposterous abominations ! The same "hell-broth" being put in a bottle upon the fire, when—saith J. B.—" we waits while it's boiling and burning, and what not ; and when it bursts we looks out of the window, and the evil-disposed person stands before us," meaning the bewitches. " Which her name," as the comic song has it, was—and then they give it with an initial and a dash, thus—"C—!" The upshot of it all being that Gaffer J. B. and his afflicted spouse, Mrs. J. 8., the Possessed, set their hearts upon having poor unfortunate C— coolly ducked in a horsepond ! They want to " swim " the suspected—according to the approved fashion of HOPKINS, the Witch finder, already mentioned. Hence their applica tion to the worthy magistrate of the neighbour hood. Now, all this is, of course, very laughable, but it is at the same time very dreadful too. It is very dreadful that we should hive to relate occurrences like these in England, in the year of our Lord 1857. The revelation comes upon us as a wholesome corrective to our national vanity. It comes as a salutary lesson suppressive, let us hope to some extent, of the overweening boast fulness of a high-talking and loud-talking generation. The reduced Income Tax came into operation yesterday. Henceforward parties receiving 1501. and upwards will only have to pay 7d. in the pound, in place of ls. 4d. as heretofore, and those exceeding 1001. and not amounting to 1501. sd. in place of llid. The contributors under schedule D will not however receive the full be nefit of the alteration for some time to come. They will still practically have to pay the higher rate for the greater portion of the ensuing year, inasmuch as the greater portion of the arrears to and for the sth instant will not and cannot be collected before Christmas or perhaps April next. This is one of the great objections to which the tax on earnings is liable. The man possessed of accumulated and realised property has the charge deducted from his rents or dividends. Every shilling that comes into his possession is his own, and may be applied to such purposes as he thinks proper, without any subsequent demand in respect thereof. But not so the hard-working professional man or struggling tcadesmau. He cannot bank all his earnings, or set it aside in his till, until the collector's claim has been liquidated. He is, to use the vulgar but expressive phrase, " living from hand to mouth," and must apply his daily receipts for his daily expenditure ; and if he is so fortunate as to be enabled to set aside a small portion, as a provision for a rainy day or Cor the support of his family when deprived of the care of father and provider, the collector steps in agi snatches it away, or he may be even in a worse plight, by being compelled to borrow sufficient to satisfy the inexorable claimant, who can, and may, diatrain on his goods on the very shortest notice. A few days since an experienced and benevo lent Commissioner of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, spoke of the absurdity of a man with a large family undertaking to set aside a portion of his earnings of Gs. per diem, to satisfy the claims of his creditors. He felt natu rally that such a pressure would compel the man to incur fresh debts, and destroy his prospects of independence. It would be well if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would listen to his benevolent advice, and perceive how the Incomegax, falling on a man receiving 104 guineas a year, must affect his welfare and happiness, and that of his family. Happily, the existing evil can only be continued until April next. It may even be rectified during the approaching session. It was merely a provi sional arrangement until the result of the appeal to the nation could be ascertained. We cannot doubt that the interesting question will receive that immediate attention which its vast import ance so eminently merits. Honourable Gentle men have had the advantage of very recent in tercourse with their respectiveconstituencies. They must know " where the shoe pinches, must have heard many earnest complaints of the oppression to which pasties were exposed from the unfair demand, the sense of injustice occasioning by no means the least portion of the.intolerable grievance. There will be many anxious to speak on such a point, to obtain popularity on a matter coming home to so many voters, and touch ing them severely on the most sensitive part the pocket. If Lord PALMERSTON wishes to strengthen his position he may do so, and, indeed, render it perfectly unassailable by gracefully yielding to the popular demand, and even anticipating the notices that will inevitably be placed on the motion book in respect thereto. He has now the strength to carry every reasonable measure and teste. L Lord JOHN RUSSELL can have no reasonable excuse for post poning that which equity and expediency alike de mand, and which, if judiciously managed, will render him the most popular Minister that ever grasped the reins of Government. We would also venture to remind him of the adage " Bis dat qui cito dat," and to assure him that any measure brought for ward during the present year will be very far more acceptable thanlif delayed until legislation becomes imperative, and he is compelled by the "pressure from without," which will not be wanting in such a case. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are entertaining a family circle at Goodwood. The Earl of Harewood is staying at Harewood House, Yorkshire, with his youthful family. The Countess Dowager is at present on a visit with her brother, Lord John Thynne, at his seat in Bedfordshire. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon will leave town, on Thursday, for the Grove, near Watford. On Monday next, the noble earl, and her ladyship go on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave, a►t Strewberry Hill. The Earl and Countess of Sheffield arrived at their seat, Sheffield Park, Sussex, a few days since, from the Continent. The Earl and Countess Stanhope have left town for their seat, Chevening Park, near Sevenoaks. The noble earl and her ladyship will return to town at the latter end of the present month. MUSIC. Ma. MELLON'S CONCERTS.—Mi. Alfred Mellon is this week giving a series of orchestral concerts in Drury lane Theatre. The firlt took place last evening, and was truly admirable. The orchestra was the exeellent band formed by himself, and now well-known, both in London and the provinces, under the name of the Or chestral Union, reinforced by the principal artiste, of Jullien's band. And to this orchestra are added a number of our favourite singers and instrumental per. formers. The programme of last night contained some pieces, instrumentalas well as vocal, of the highest order. Miss Arabella Goddard played Mendelssohn's "Rondo Brillante," in B minor, with consummate excellence and immense effect. There was also a grand operatic selec- tion from the "Trovatore ;" the solos for the various instruments. The theatre was well filled, and we trust that these pleasant concerts will be successful. CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE. —The 28th Monday Even ing Concert (of the St. Martin's hall series) was honoured last night by the presence of the Lord and Lady Mayoress, accompanied by the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs of Lon don and Middlesex, who attended and paid great atten tion to the performances. The programme on this occa sion comprised a selection of sacred music, in which Misses Birch, Augusta Manning, and Clara Mackenzie, Madame Bassano, Messrs. Dawson, Seymour, and the London Vocal Union, took part. Between the parts Mr. Adolphus Francis read one of the most interesting and pathetic chapters from Mr. Dickens's " Old Curio sity Shop." The whole entertainment was received with enthusiasm by a crowded audience. MR. CASE'S CONCERT.—The annual combination of singers and players, far too numerous to mention, to which Mr. Case has for some time accustomed his friends, took place last night at Exeter-hall, when a programme of something under 50 pieces was gone through. The ball was not nearly so crowded as last year, which en- courages a hope that the common sense of the public is beginning to 4wake to the utter absurdity of these so called " monster concerts." The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for llarpton Court. The Right Hon. Robert and Mr 4. Lowe arrived in London yesterday morning from Kidderminster, and left in the afternoon for Caterham. The right hon. gentleman is recovering from the effects of the attack made upon him at Kidderminster. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Alhambra takes I out to-day about 12,0001. bar gold for Cadiz. The Camhula, from China, has arrived with 492,2001 b. of tea, and 1,318 bales of silk. Colonel Symmons, C. 8., British Commissioner for the settlement of the Turco-Russian frontiers in Asia, left Paris on Saturday for Marseilles, on his way to Constan tinople and Erzeroum. NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The branch line of this sompany from Leamside to Bishop's Auckland, about 15 miles in length, was opened by the chairman and direc tors on Thursday. THE VICTORIA CROSS —The United Service Gazette states it to be her Majesty's pre-ent intention to distri bute the Victoria Cross in person to those appointed to receive the decoration, of which due notice will be given by the authorities at the War Department and Ad miralty. The recant election in South Wilts is the most ex pensive and most keenly contested one that has been known fur year. Forty pair of horses were hired in Southampton to bring up the voters, and all the horses that could be spared around the country were hired. Some were even obtained from London. THE LATE FATAL AFFRAY AT BIRKENHEAD.—Thomas Smith, who was a few days ago tried on a charge of having murdered a policeman named Vaughan, at Bir kenheat but found guilty of only the minor offence of manslaughter, has been sentenced to 14 years' trans portation. A letter from Vienna of the 4th says :—" Most of the members of our diplomatic corps are making prepara tions for a sojourn in the country. The French ambas sador will reside at St. Veit, the Turkish and English Ambassadors at Heitzing, the Russian ambassador at Baden, the Belgian ambassador at Penzing, and the am bassador from Wuitemburg at Vosslau " The _lndependence Beige says that there have been more balls and concerts in Paris during lent this year than ever were known before. It has been remarked that during the reign of Louis Philippe the court issued no invitations after Mid-Lent day. But under the new empire, notwithstanding all the severe lectures of Father Ventura, the court continues to give splondid parties, and the grand monde naturally follows the example. _ _ AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—By a return published recently showing the amount of money at the disposal of the Emigration Commissioners for emigration to the Australian coloni,s in each of the last ten years, together with the amount expended, and the number of emigrants sent out, it appears that the sum total received was 3.301,1001.,0f which the amounts for the years 1854, 1855, and ) 1856 were severally 821,1001., 426,4001., and 214,5001. The total number of emigrants during the ten years was 211,236, the largest number being in 1854, when it amounted to 41,065, decreasing in 1855 and 1856 to 20,168, and 20,653. In the Court news of the Journal de St. Petersburg of the 28th ult., we read :—" On Thursday Madame the Countesq de Illorny, wife of the Ambassador Extraordi nary of France ; Madame de Gevers, wife of the Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands ; and Lady Wodehouse, wife of the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty, had the honour to be presented to her august Highness Madame Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna." THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTACT.—A. correspondent of the Times, writing from Suez, March 16, says : "Since my last note of the 9th inst. two of the Penin sular and Oriental packets have arrived and departed, up and down the Red Sea, without taking the least notice of our mails. It occurs to me that there is a defect in the powers of the Admiralty agent, who should be authorised to forward the mails by the first available ship. In our case this might have been done, but the Australian mail has been left to take its chance. Fears are entertained for the safety of the Oneida, as she took fire twice on her voyage out, with Sir Henry Barkly, the Governor. She left Melbourne three weeks before the Simla EMIGRATION TO CANADA..—THE THROUGH TICKET SYSTX3I,—On the 17th of March the Etiza May, the first emigrant ship from Antwerp in connection with the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, .under the book ing through system, sailed for Quebec. Amon, her passengers she carried 66 who availed themselves of the arrangements of the Grand Trunk Company, and took at Antwerp through tickets to their destination. Of these, 41 were booked to Green Bay, in Wisconsin, a distance of 1,091 miles from Quebec, for 51/. 12s. 63. ; and 25 to Chicago, in Illinois, 1,007 miles from Quebec, for 381. 17e. The system thus inaugurated will doubt less be availed of by many thousands during the present season, as through tickets to all stations on lines con nected with the Grand Trunk are proceralle at every British and continental port whence passenger vessels sail to Canada, and the system, besides the economy of time and money arising from ih, relieves the emigrant from liability to fraud and deception. The Paris correspondent of the Brussels Independance writes :—" I can state upon authority that the sudden departure of Mr. Hume, the spirit rapper, was in obe dience to an order from the Emperor. The Empress was so m uch affected that her august consort dreaded the continuance of the diabolical scenes. The la lies of honour were not less excited than their sovereign. They could speak of nothing but the redoubtable conjuror. The Emperor made a wise revolution in the household, and the poor devil, who, though playing the part of a personage with 40,0001. a year, was really penniless— has left for the country of the rappers. A few days ago the Emperor met the learned physician, M. Becquerel, and remarked, I want to consult you upon what I saw that trickster do ; and his Majesty then told how Mr. Hume had made a table turn round without touching it, and caused it to be struck by an unseen hand as many times as be liked. The Emperor received from the physician the very natural reply, 'Sire, I can say nothing upon facts which I have not witnessed.' " THE SPEAKERSEIIP.—Tae Manchester Guardivs states that as Mr. Baines' name is now generally mentioned as a likely candidate for the Speakership, and as his chances of success are favourable, ,it has become a question among the electors of Leeds whether he should not be called upon to retire from the representation of that constituency. As the Speakership is not a Government office, it will not be necessary for Mr. Baines to offer himself for reelection. At the same time, it is consi dered in Leeds that it would be only proper for Mr. Baines to resign his trust, and accept the minor duties and responsibilities of some little borough. In the en suing session of Parliament many questions of great commercial importance will be brought before the house, and it is a matter of earnest necessity that Leeds, with its great local interests, should be efficiently represented in the council of the nation. A Speaker would be pre eluded, by his office, from giving that attention to the local interests of his constituents which would be re quired ; and, therefore, it is that a very general feeling is expressed in Leeds that Mr. Baines should retire. In that event it is not unlikely that Mr. N. E. Forster, of Burley, will again be placed in nomination. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.— = Last night Mr. George Linley produced, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, an admirable entertainment, the subject being "The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots," illustrated by songs, duet, and ballads written and composed by Mr. Linley himself. In his sketch of the unfortunate Queen, Mr. Linley adopts the popular and chivalric side, as may be ,supposed ; and does not spare the strongest language in describing those who, from her birth to her death, had been plotting against the love and life of the Queen. The aid of music is most appropriately introduced to illustrate the life of one who was passionately fond of it. I aher n earlyfr safety t life the Queen, the uee Priory n n,withfouf four other ahnraeMarys, andwas removed with this incident in her fortunes is connected the ballad of "Sweet Inchinahome," which is sweetly sung by Miss Clara Fraser. The "Tournament," "0 ! Beloved France," " Dance ! Dance !" " Bonnie Beatrice Gar dyn," 4 4 With none to love," "Lowly lies the Rose of Scotland," are some of the songs which tell the tale of scenes in Mary's chequered life. A duet, "The shades of eve are falling," which is associated with the Queen's flight from Lochleven, was sung by Miss Fraser and Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and encored. The entertainment will be repeated during the first part of the week, had will well repay a visit, LATEST NEWS PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 3.30 A.M. The itlonitmi publishes an Imperial chore°, which, after having given all the considerations, declares that the acts of the Bishop of Moulins to wards his clergy are abusive, and are and remain suppressed. PALMERSTON now to reciprocate as nobly the goodwill of the country towards hinndf, by mag nanimously realising their more generous anticit pationv. Lieutenant-Colonel KENNEDY, consulting en gineer of the Bombay, liaroda, and Central India Railway Company, has published a second edi• tien of his very valuable report respecting the condition and prospects of the important under taking iu which he is engaged. It will be deeply nteresting not merely to shareholders and intend•• ing shareholders, but also to every capitalist look ng out for investments, and desirous of obtaiu- fig at the same time a remunerative and perfectly secure return for his money. The project, indeed, contrasts strongly in many respects with the Rus sian scheme, to which we yesterday directed public attention. Every Englishman may safely contribute to the construction of the Indian line without fearing reproach from " the still small voice." He will at all events have the consola tion of knowing that he is acting the part of a true patriot, by aiding in the development of the natural resources of our Anglo-Indian Empire, from which results may be attained, the extent of which cannot now be appreciated or even fairly estimated, results that must greatly improve the condition and promote the welfare and pro sperity of our Hindu fellow-subjects, and very probably eventually greatly increase the supply of cotton, so as to render England in dependent of the Slave States of America, or, at all events, to produce valuable competition in that important article. It is by such expenditure alone that we can consolidate and strengthen our power in India, so as to render it secure against all the perils by which it may be assailed. There can be no question, then, as to which speculation should receive English support. If the money must be sent out of the country, it should surely be for Indian, rather than for Russian, railways. Looking, then, to the second part of the ques tion, the amount and security of the returns, the conclusion must be equally favourable to the Indian speculation. The high character and well established reputation of Lieut.-Colonel KENNEDY renders him an unimpeachable witness, in whose statements implicit confidence may be reposed. We all know him, and he knows that he is re sponsible not only for the accuracy. of his assertions, but also for his calculations. Even had he the will to deceive the English people he would naturally hesitate before he would encounter so great a risk, where an avenging NEMESIS would bring retributive justice on his head. But what do we know of the Muscovite Engineers ? How could they bo punished, if convicted of gross mendacity ? Their present business is " to make things pleasant," and thereby enable the AUTOCRAT to carry his darling project into practical execution. Sum mary and decisive vengeance would attend any failure in that respect. But, while the autho rities of Sill. Petersburg were satisfied, they might set the remonstrances and reproaches of indignant and defrauded shareholders at defi ance, satisfied that they had rendered good ser vice to their despotic master, by assisting to enable him "to spoil the Egyptians" by trans ferring an ample supply of the precious metal from the Banks of England and France to those of Russia. Again, in the guarantee for a certain dividend, we shall not insult the East India Company by, placing its securities at a lower rate than those of Russia. No war can disturb the one, although it may seriously affect the other I The guarantee given by the former with the assent of the Board of Control may be looked on, to all intents and purposes, as that of the English Government. We need not point out how greatly different it is as to the latter, or how it may be affected when ever the Government of St. Petersburg may deem it expedient to cast aside the mask, and to attempt to carry out the traditional policy of Cossackising Europe. The East India Company in ono case gives a guarantee of 5 per cent., which will be received by the shareholders—it the line can only pay its own working expenses—a matter that may be re garded as perfectly certain. The working ex penses in Russia must also be provided for out of the guarantee, and also a sinking fund of three quarters per cent., so that the Indian shareholders will receive their full 5 per cent., while those in the Russian companies will receive only 4 , even if the expenses are met in Russia, a ques tion by no means so clear when the nature and extent of the passport system, and the impe diments to travelling in Russia are taken into con sideration. The Indian scheme also holds out a strong hope of the shareholders receiving the ad ditional 5 per cent. from the profits of the line, while the most sanguine cannot indulge in such an anticipation respecting the Muscovite project. On this part of the subject we may remind our reader s that tie directors and managers will be English men in the one case, and either Russians or per sons amenable to Russian influence in the other. We ask, then, English capitalists and speculators to " icok on this picture and on that," and say which of the undertakings are most deserving of support, and which promises to be the best pay ing and most secure, not only for the present time, but also in future years ? Witchcraft in the middle of the Nineteenth Century ! The Black Art still flourishing—in an age of steam engines and el3ctric telegraphs ! Superstition triumphant to the last—at the very time when we haVe made the lightuing our mes- seuger, and when we are flying to and fro at our free will and pleasure on the wings of the wind, our cars harnessed to the Fiery Dragons of Fairy land ! It is a melancholy thought that here, in merry England, in the year of grace, 1857, we should witness such signal proofs of Folly and of Igno rance. A Folly as enormous as any illustrated by the vagaries of HOPKINS the Witchilnder. An Ignorance as crass, and, we had almost said bes tial, in its ignominious abasement, as any we might have expected to have had brought to light among a horde of idolatrous savages, cannibals, or anthro- Pophagi ! Talk of the Dark Ages ! Talk of these Enlightened Times ! Sneer at our forefathers— and pique ourselves upon our own advance ment ! Assuredly, in the record given else where, in our impression of this evening, we are forced to do a little penance o somewhat appr o p r i a t e l y, upon the very eve of the close of the pe n it ent i al season of Lent—t our heads with as h es, and clothe our limbs in sackcloth—for so much miserable vanity, arro gance, and self-suffici enc y. Thi f3o .4e of Enlightenment I R ea d the extra ordi.u.ary narrative headed, " Witchcraft in th e P re , Sen t Day "—to be found in another p ar t of our Jo Ur or ot h wr t e e nal, on this 7th of April, 1857—and then SA y, ' when you have read, how much reason the pt e sent generation has to be so systematically yell, - glorious ! It tells us, this astonishing narrative, How an English yeoman, farming about forty acres of land, in the Parish of Hockhani, thinking his wife "bewitched," applied for assistance to a local magistrate. It tells us this ; and relater; what was " the consequence," as Suer ViTzi,LEB, FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor, accompanied by General Fleury, visited on Saturday the works of the Louvre. On Saturday the Emperor received a letter %'y which Seid. Medjid announces to his Majesty'that he had been recognised as Sultan of Zanzibar after the death of his father, Said Said, Imutn of Muscat. On the same day Prince Galitzin, envoy extraor dinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Russia, and the Princess Galitzin were presented to their lajesties by the Russian ambassador. it is very generally believed that M. de Monty . will return soon to Paris. He is now only waiting for the treaty of commerce between France and England to be signed ' • and,' as we are told that all the articles are agreed on, it is supposed that the signatures will be affixed in the course of the next month. M. de Morny, it appears, has lost much of his influence at St. Petersburg. The unexpected elevation of the rate of discount by the Directors of the Bank of England has created an unfavourable impression on the trade of Paris, which was beginning to recover from the effects of the long dead season through which it had to pass. Boußsz, April 6.—The following were the last quotations' : Cash. rr. c. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 30 New Loan — End of Month. —fr. —c. Bank Shares 4,175 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,427 50 Austrian Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) 93 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr C Orleans 1,517 50 Western Northern 1,022 50 Strasburg Lyons 1,592 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,175 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi — Austrian Cum. SWEDEN. A private letter from Stockholm of the 30th mentions that the Swedish Diet, which at first had been going on rather slowly with its work, was at last beginning to discuss seriously the many reforms projected • and, though the Government met with many difficulties, yet that, on the whole, the session would be favourable in its results. The allowance to Prince Oscar, the King's second son has passed by a considerable majority, and his Royal Highness was to start soon for Nassau, where his marriage with the Princess Sophia, sister of the reigning Duke, will be celebrated in the beginning of June. It is in compliance with the wishes of the illustrious fiancee's family that the nuptials shall take place before the Princess leaves her native country. The abolition of the Sound Dues has caused very great satisfaction to all classes in Sweden, as the trade of the country is thus relieved from a yearly tax of no less than one million of rixdollars, or the interest of a capital of 20,000,000 of rixdollars. Tho proposed new tariff is a worthy addition to this treaty, and will place the customs of Sweden on the most liberal footing, making frze trade a reality in that country. The Prince Royal, who as Viceroy of Norway and now resides at Christiania, Will return in May to take command of a numerous camp for the sum mer exercises in the neighbourhood of Stockholm. The press of Sweden, and indeed the nation at large, was following with intense interest the result of the elections in England. Except a few narrow minded " Conservatives," who eJr.o the high sound ing phrases of the Nord, and of other Russian organs in Belgium and Germany against Lord Palmerston, the general feeling in Sweden was in his favour. DENMARK. A telegraphic despatch from Copenhagen, dated the 4th inst., says— " Yesterday the President of the Council of Mitii4ars opened, in the name of the King, the extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of Monarchy. The royal message, which was read, designates the approval to be given to the treaty on the Sound Dues as the principal object of the deliberations of the Supreme Council. " The Deputies of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg did not attend." SIAIVI, The Moniteur de la Flotte says :—" A letter from China informs us that the King of Siam, in order to enforce the execution of the treaties concluded between him and different European nations, has published the following edict, dated 25th Dec. : " We, sovereign of the country of Siam, of the states of Laos, Cambodje, Malacca, and Djonkseylou, being desirous that the treaties which we have concluded with the powerful nations of Europe, France, England, and Russia, shall be executed in all their clauses, make known these conventions to the governors of our provinces, the officers of our customs, and all our subjects. We will that the members of these different nations shall freely cir culate in our state, transact commerce, and exer cise their religion, while conforming to all our laws, and respecting the acts of our authority. Done at our palace at Bangkok, the seventh day of the twelfth moon. (Signed.) " Phra-Barcl-Somdetch-Phra-Para medi-Maha-Mongkut-Phra-Chom- Klau-Clauyu-Hua. (Countersigned.) "Ranaki-Mabisvvar, Minister of the Royal Edicts." To this document is annexed a long list of customs tariff with the import and export duties to be paid on each. France is in this respect, as in every other, placed on the footing of the most favoured nations. The King of Siam, as well as his brother, who shares with him the supreme power, is ani mated with the best intentions. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the Ist have arrived. A medical bulletin was posted up at the palace from M. Juaii Sanchez, chief physician to the Queen, stating that, though the King had been obliged to keep his bed from a catarrhal fever, no danger was to be apprehended. M. de Bourman, one of the Spanish commissioners for the settlement of the Portuguese boundary question, having ar ranged a number of points connected with the subject, had returned to Madrid to receive addi tional instructions, and was to go back immedi ately after to Gallicia. M. Poitevin, the well known French aeronaut, was at Bilboa, where his ascensions excited much attention, several of the principal inhabitants having gone up with him. News from the Havannah to the 2d states that the sugar sales had nearly ceased, but that prices were exceedingly firm. The announcement of the ap proaching connection of the colony with Europe by means of a submarine telegraph from Ireland caus ed great satisfaction. MALTA. (Prom a Correspondent of the Morning Post.) VALETTA, April I.—The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine, which arrived from Marseilles ye t torch)/ morning with the overland portion of the India mail, brought us London news of the 26th ult. The Pera, with the heavy portion of the mail, arrived on Saturday, the 28th, from Southampton. Both vessels left for Alexandria yesterday. The Euxine brought us two days' later intelligence than conveyed by the usual French postal steamer. H. M.'s frigate Magicienne, Captain Vansittart, left on Tuesday last for Valparaiso, having been ordered to the Pacific station. She was ordered to touch at Caglisri, in order to tel9graph to London the intelligetic3 received here on that day from Persia and China. H. M.'s corvette Sphinx left on Wednesday for England, conveying a piece of brass ordnance as a present from the Sultan to her Majesty. A grand review of the troops in garrison was held at the Florian Parade-ground'on Tuesday, by Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather. Capt. Inglefield, R.A., took a series of photographic views of them. On the following day the marines o f the ships of war in port went through a field-day's work on the same ground. They were accompanied by a force of blue jackets with eight brass field-pieces. The rapidity with which these hearts of oak fired and unlim bered the carriages was the admiration of thou sands of spectators. The training and movements of the marines were alio admirable. Colonel Gust ling, R.A., who is succeeded in command of the artillery by Col. St. George, C. 8., left for England in the steamer Indus last Saturday. I regret to mention the death of Capt. Henry King, of the 21st Fusiliers, by drowning. On Saturday last he went to bathe near the rocks outside Fort Ricasoli, and the sea running heavy, proved too much for his strength. Deceased was only 24 y ears of age, and his untimely end has cast a deep gloom over the regiment. On the evening of St. Patrick's-clay the officers of the 28th Regiment gave a grand ball at the, Au berge de Provence. It went off with great eclat. It is stated that the plan of Mr. Stephenson for the coustruction of a canal to connect the Marna Aluseett with the Great Harbour has Leon approved of at home. It will no doubt be of much advantage to the is!and. The building for the new:Haifa Exchange is now nearly complete. It is very commodious, and con tains many conveniences fir commercial purposes. May a bright SA of members oceiny themselves in preserving the fame of the founders of the old "Borsa." English masters of ships complain, and justly an, of the great expense and inconvenience theyare pnt to in being obliged to extend their sea-protests and averages in the Commercial Court in Italian, instead of in their native language before a notary-public, especiallyas there are three English notaries in the island. The practice in England, and all her colonies and possessions, excepting Malta, is to prepare these useful documents before a notary, such matters being of an extra judicial nature ; but it seems that in Malta odious monopolies are to be supported by Government, even to the detriment of a public body, as well as the injury of Bri!ish shipping and commerce. Instead of assisting the professions, and ameliorating their condition, the legal Government helps to oppress them. The boasted justice of England is laughed at when used in this way. I notice by the last papers received from England that the anniversary festival of the Highland Society was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern in commemoration of the battle of-Alex andria where the heroism of the Scotch troops was so memorably displayed. Some of your readers may not know that the ashes of Sir Ralph Aber• crombie, whose embalmed body, enclosed in a barrel, was brought direct to Malta after the glorious fight of Aboukir, rest in Fort St. Elmo. The monument placed there by the care of General Pigot overlooks the sea which washes the shore where he triumphed and died, and is surrounded by the proud bulwarks of his country's power. The following is the inscription upon it : To the memory of RALPH ABERCROMBIE, A SOOT, knight of the order of the bath ; distinguished as a man for probity, and . _ greatness of mind, and celebrated for his prowess and military skill in the american and dutch wars. whom. George 111., king of Great Britain, invested with the supreme command of the british land-army in the mediterraneao, to the universal satisfaction of the people. In this capacity be conducted the egyptian war, and by a single eff•irt took possession of and held the whole coast of Egypt, in spite of the strenuous opposition of the french armies. With the same success he repeatedly foiled and overcame their various attempts until, engaging in battle, at the sanguinary conflict of Alexandria, in the year 31.DCCC.I. on the xxi. of March, whilst fighting in the foremost ranks ; at the very moment of victory he received a mortal wound in the breast, of which he expired, to the general regret, . . on the xxviii of the same month, in the 'awll year of his age. As a general, he was renowned for skill in military tactics, for wariness in counsel, determination in execution, and for unshaken fidelity to his king and country. Lamented by the king and people of Great Britain. Admiral Lyons' fleet is daily expected from the Black Sea. Our ships of war in port are preparing to leave this island for a cruise. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, This evening the royal mail steam-ship America, Commander Lang, arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. She left Boston on the 25th ult., and Halifax on the 27th. She hes brought 45 passengers, but no specie. Passed the Ericsson on the 4th inst. The Africa arrived at Ne w York on the 24th February. The Hon. Robt. J. Walker had been offered the Governorship of Kansas, and declined it. It was stated that Augustus Schell was appointed Governor at New York. The new treaty, instead of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, bad been perfected by President Buchanan's Cabinet, which it is believed is entirely acceptable to England. A letter from Key West, dated March 15, re ports an Indian engagement near by Cypress Swamp. No particulars are given, except that the United States troops suffered considerable loss. Nearly the entire business portion of the town of Plymouth, lowa, was destroyed by fire on the 23d. The loss is estimated at $lOO,OOO. Havanna advices to the 18th March report that the new guano islands, lataly discovered on the south side of Cuba, on examination, are found of wonderful rich nes , , quality good, and quantly in exhaustible. The islands will be immediately opened to the commercial world. Buchanan's inaugural address had given satisfac tion to the resident Americans, but not to the Spa nish inhabitants. Sugars continue advancing. Exchange improv inff, with heavy arrivals of specie. I)ur Bermuda advices, to the 10th ult., say that the Governor had opened a colonial Parliament, and had complimented the members on the sani tary condition of the island. The bridge broken by the late railway accident in Canada has been repaired, and the trains are running as usual. VERA Cnyz, March 6.—San Luis Potosi re mained quiet. An anti-Comonfort rebellion has broken out at Jtigula. The rebels entered the town, shot the mayor and several inhabitant=, marched on to Tusepan, the Indians commit:lug great ravages. At New York on the evening of the 24th ashes were lower. Cotton firm—sales 3,000 bales. Flour and grain very unsettled, at lower prices. Tobacco, iron, lead; sugar, and molasses, pork, beef, lard, bacon, and butter firm. Oils steady. Rice quiet. Tallow heavy. Freights to Liverpool firm. At New Orleans on the 21st of March middling cotton, 131 c. Receipts for the week, 34,000 bales against 52,000 bales last year. Sales of wheat, 41,000. Freights, c. On the 23d cotton advanced c., and was very active. Sales 20,000 bales. Sugar advanced ic. Breadstuffs quiet. Pork firm. Freights unchanged. Sterling exchange 84 per cent. At Mobile on the 21st the receipts for the week were 3,500 bales against 17,000 last year. Mid dling, 134 c. to Vic. Freights, lc. At Charleston, on the 23d. of Marcb, the market was firm. Middling, 131 c. Freights, ie. LATEST, VIA HALIFAX. NEW YORK, EVENING, March 26. The money-market to-day continues easy. Ster ling exchange, 1081. Cotton fi7m, unchanged. Breadstuffs quiet, steady. The steamer Hammonia arrived here yesterday ; all well. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 25, Our latest advices from Europe are by the Africa. Sales yesterday (24th), 10,000 bales ; sales three days, 34,000 ; receipts, four days, 12,000. Market buoyant. Strict middling, 131 c. ; middling, 131 c. The total receipts show 270,000 decrease. Exchange on London, better. Freights dull. HALIFAX, MARCH 26. The four members of the ne•w Government have been returned by large majorities. The members are the Hon. J. W. Johnson, Attorney-General, the Hon. Charles Tupper, Provincial Secretary, the Hon. John J. Marshall, and the Hon. Martin J. Wilkins. FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, MARCH 26. Governor Sutton prorogued the Legislature to day preparatory to a dissolution. New election expected immediately. The Baltic and Philadelphia, hence, and the Mercury, from Havre, have arrived at New York. THE NEW BISHOP OF NORWICH. It is about a fortnight since we expressed a hopg that the Hon. and 'Rev. T. Pelham, Rector of Marylebone, might ba the party chosen by Lord Palmerston to succeed Dr. Hinds in the See of Norwich. We have now the great gratification of stating that our hopes have been realised, and our anticipations fulfilled. The _Record of last night makes the gratifying announcement that the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman has been appointed to the vacant Bishopric. The Rev. Gentleman having served some minor offices in the Church, was presented by the Earl of Abergavenny, in 1837, to the rectory of Burgh Apton, in the diocese o v er which he is now about to preside ; and this benefice he held until 1852, when he resigned it on accepting the incumbency of Christ Church, Hampstead. On the death of the Rev. Dr. Spry, in 1854, Mr. Pelham was pre sented by the Crown to the valuable metropolitan rectory of St. Marylebone, which he has held up to the present time. The new Prelate, like all the bishops who have been appointed by the present Government, is a strong adherent of the Evangeli cal party in the Church of England, and is one of the most popular preachers in the Establishment. 411cherti$er. THE CONTEZT2D ELECTIONS. FINAL STATE OF THE POLLS. MID DLESE X. Yesterday morning the poliing for the three candidates for the representation of Mithilessx coairAenc,ed with much spirit at the following place's Bethnal green, Brentfor:l, Edgware, Enti(V, Ilarnmersinitb, a - Imp:stead, Kin_!f's•cross, London (City of), Mile-end. Uxbridge, aed Vhs:;ininWe:. From the first the Liberal candidates took - a decided lead, and soon so completely distanced Lord Chelsea that his lordship's committee forbore to publish the state of the poll. Banbury Grosvenor Chelsea . 5,426 . 5 32! 2,916 WEST SURREY. Martin Whatman Smith ... 3,893 ... 3,893 ... 3,164 EA ST NORFOLK. The election for this division took place yesterday morning in the Shire-hall, Norwich. The High Sheriff (Mr. A. Fountaine) presided. Mr. W. E. L. BIILWER nominated Majnr-General C. A. Wyndham ; Lieutenant Colonel CUSTANOZ seconded the nomination. Mr. H. R. UPCHER nominated Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart. ; Mr. J. T. MOTT seconded the nomination. No other candidates being proposed, The HIGH SHERIFF declared Major-General Wynd ham and Sir E. N. Buxton duly elected, amid loud cheers. Major-General WYNDHAM, in returning thanks, said, —I am, as you all know, a supporter of Lord Palmer. ston ; and I believe that in supporting him I support the man whom you also would support. I am, as you know, for progressive improveme n t. l am f ree to a d m it that I should be delighted to see all the fruit gathered which has been produced by the old Reform Bi I; at the same time I shall not offer any opposition, but, on the contrary, shall give my support to any moderate measure brought forward for its improvement. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, in addition to this there are a vast number of other reforms. There is administrative reform, legal re form, ecclesiastical reform, and, lastly, military reform. To all the projects for these reforms I intend to pay at tention, and support those which appear to be useful. I am, however, a soldier, and not a lawyer or a clergyman. Now, then, gentlemen, I come to the subject of military reform. You must understand that in calling myself a military reformer, I have no intention to set to work to badger the Horse Guards upon every point. I am not going to undertake that duty ; I don't believe it. is neces sary, and if it is necessary I don't intend to do it. What I mean by a military reformer is something vastly larger than that. I wish to see the militia permanently estab lished and well treated ; I wish to sec the militia put in connection with the army ; I wish to see the system of recruiting vastly improved ; I wish to see a certain por tion of civil offices given to soldiers, provided they show that by their merit they are fit to hold them. - (Cheers.) I wish to see education vastly in . _ creased ; and I wish to see a'l this done without putting you to any unreasonable and unnecessary expense. (Cheers.) Many gentlemen whom I see around me have. lived in towns, and they know that a man living in a to - vo can very often give a very splendid entertainment by employing waiters and people by the day, without keeping up an enormous establishment, while a noble man who lives in a distant part of the country is obliged to keep up an immense establishment, although he pro bably does not want it three times during the year. What I wish to see in the army is that it should be so organised that it could be increased to almost any amount at a short notice, without your being called upon to keep up, at an immense expense, an enormous force which you possibly may not want for years. If I can realise this I am sure I shall be conferring a vast benefit upon you. Some defences you certainly must have, but a few years ago—l speak not of the present moment—you certainly had none. When you look, gentlemen, at the enormous advantages which you have received from the power of steam ; when you remember how it has benefited you in your shipping, your manufactories, and your mines— when you look at the enormous wealth that it has given you, and think that it has injured you but in one respect, viz., in absolutely obliterating the British Channel as a means of defence—l am surprised that any body should say that something ought not to be done to render our interior defences better now that our exte rior ono is removed. I think I have said now all that I have got to say to you. Mr. T. F. BUXTON thanked the electors on the part of his brother,_ who is now at Nice. Mr. C. BUXTON, M.P. for Newport, added a few words on behalf of Sir Edward, and stated his belief tbat his brother would support a settlement of the Church rate question, an extension of the suffrage, and other well-considered reforms. SLIGO BOROUGH. DUBLIN, MONDAY . The Sligo Independent says :—" As to the declaring of Mr. Somers as member by a majority of six votes, it is the crowning of the entire farce," and gives thefol. lowing as the correct number for each candidate : Mr. Wynne ... ... 157 Mr. Somers ... 147 Majority for Wynne LANARKSHIRE. Mr. Cochrane is returned, but the number polled is not yet ascertained. NOMINATIONS.-YESTERDAY. GALWAY COUNTY.—Burke, Bellew, and Gregory. Poll demanded. KILKENNY COUNTY.—EIIis, Shee, Greene, and Mostyn Poll demanded. . SLIGO COUNTY. —Booth, Swift, Cooper, and BAIL Poll demanded. WEXFORD COUNTY.—Ratchell,WMahon, and George. Poll demanded. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ELECTION. DISORDERLY CONDUCT OF TRINITY COl.. LEGE STUDENTS. On Saturday afternoon a large body of the students of Trinity College issued in procession from the college gates, intending to march in triumph round the statue of King William the Third, in College-green, immedi• ately after the declaration of the election of Meagre. Napier End Hamilton. A crowd of working people, including the quay porters, had assembled to oppose such procession, which was known to have been sr' ranged beforehand. The police authorities, under Col. Browne's direction, bad put up placards, forbidding persons to collect in the streets in that neighbourhood, and a force of about two hundred constables was judi' ciously posted in detachments in various places about College-grsen, whilst the city troop of horse patrol rode up and down to keep the streets clear. At four o'clock (says the Freeman's Journal) the side of College-green eP tending from Westmorland-street to Grafton-street pre' sented a scene of great excitement. The college studenta numbering some five or six hundred, were assembled within the barrier of the college railings, wearing their caps and gowns. Their demeanour and conduct were noisy and riotous, and characterised by the usual war cries of the Orange No Popery class. There were ribald taunts, followed by shouting and rounds of Kentish fire. At this time the crowd outside the rails began to increase momentarily, and as the numbers became larger the tern' per of the people seemed to assume a more excited chin meter. It, soon required the most strenuous exertions of the police, combined with the coolest firmness, to preveof the access of the people to the railings and the partial collision of hostile parties. At this period a sudden sortie wag made by a body of the students, who surrounded 0 , man carrying one of the police pla ca rds, which placar d they succeedect in capturing, and retreated with it amidst deafening yells, and exposed it above the railings. The belligerents within the barrier also managed to snatch of the hats of two of the constables who were occupied near the rails in keeping off the dense crowd. The student" broke those hats in pieces and exhibited them upon the tops of the railings. Four other constables' hats were snatched off in a similar way, but were preserved and re; turned to the constables by the college porters, who acted throughout the affair is the most praiseworthy manner' At about half-past 4 o'clock a dense body of the studentat about 300 in number, marched forth from within the college railings, and proceeded about twenty ya r ds is the direction of the statue, being more or less protected by the presence of the police. They were met lef Chief Superintendent Monahan, who addressed there, and entreated them, for their own safety's sake/ and for the sa= e of the peace of the city, not to p e rsist in their purpose, but to return quietly to the college' Mr. Monahan added that there were 500 police present; whose orders were to upheld the peace of the city, and this they were determined to do at any risk. At thi! period the excitement of the enormous crowd collected around the vicinity became more and more formidable in its aspect, and had it not been for the presence and well ordered exertions of the police, the consequence to the students would in al! probability have been most disastrous. They, however, still persisted in the inten' Lion of marching in procession, when the police forming in ranks insinuated themselves amongst the students/ and effectually broke up the order of the procession. ia the rear of the procession some of the students got into collision with a few police constables, who were protect' ing the placard bearers, and a. scuffle ensued. Eight constables who had been posted at the corner of the Bank of Ireland and six others rushed to the assistanCe of their comrades, and these fourteen men, a ith slight exertion, succeeded in driving the rioters back to their defences within the college railings. In fact, the demonstration comprised a deal of noise and nothing more. This was instanced by the fact of Inspector Do' novan having marked out one exceedingly riotous maw ber of the student too ly, and having single-handed at: rested him from the midst of his companions, and seal' him off to the station-house in custody. In retaliation f.ir this capture the students succeeded in pulling one n i f the constables (Murphy, 54 B) w ithi n th e ra ili ng an" shutting the gate on him. Th ey k noc k e d o ff his ,' which they Breathed, and drew his baton from ll' pocket before setting him free. Inspectors Lewrft Donovan, Fitzpatrick, and Keegan had their hat e broken in pitcee. Inspector Keegan received an injul 7 in the eye from an orange thrown at him, Orangee' rotten eggs, and even stones were showered from witbitt i the ra:lings at the people and police. The shutters the shops in Grafton street which were up were pin g ' tered with tbe , te missiles. A carving knife was thro o at a policeman in one instance. The students did O A eet mpt to come outside the railings, but continue" hooting and hallooing until they tired of the exercie e i They finally retired within the college precincts, ae,. l the neighbourhood became quiet before six o'clock. i rm police remained on duty to a late hour in the night. Le Marl mate: to expo! an ac taainl Thl week, The 1 Davin on th occur not tolera able 001180 Ye Ael ThE Steam 801 11 e blam e a ma ha s ispecul rally have I comet lati ve additi capita would to tal Pendi mean! assist( to-da ] that t 7 per upon arrivii nncer cOritrz veniei The expec a terlii liant, of Li] Th( 12,00 It into andel Thl spiv The a owing the cress Cons 921- aecot mon( Tbi 7e 2i p i 28. 1' : M aigcc Fc Tug the 25, ] Cent Stoc can, 546 per Spa , ditt thi de .A 4