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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV.EN 1 NG, MA Y 5, 1857 ITE R. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. of the pretext which alleges the weakness of the Third appearance of Ma'llle. ORTOLAN'. Exfcutire to control and direct the popular will, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, BELLETTI, POCCHINI. THIS EVENING (Tuesday) (the third time these seven and t 3 punish th e wrong -doers, as an adequate years), 13,11ioi's Opera of I PURITAN!. ground for invasion and ultimate annexation. The truth, however, has oozed out, through the public journals. " The permanent acquisition of the Isthmus is the object which American policy availing itself of the existing difficulty now proposes to accomplish." There may possibly be a compulsory purchase, according to the " Sir Giles Overreach" school. But if matters follow the usual routine, the weakest must go to the wall, and thankfully receive whatsoever the levia than opponent may please to offer. This, however, is a matter in which England may properly exercise a veto. It is in direct oppo sition to the arrangement between Sir HENRY LYTTON BIILWER and Mr. CLAYTON on which the Government of Washington has already relied in certain difficulties that heretofore occurred. The main objet of that conven tion was to provide for the perfect neutra lity of the Lthmus, so that the contemplated ship canal might be available to the trade of all nations, without advantage being given to any. The ex clusive possession of the entire Isthmus by the United States—and, save so far as right was con cerned, it signifies little whether by conquest or purchase—would give extraordinary and very objectionable power to one party, who would thereby obtain the entire control and management of the route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and thus the direction of the trade of the t hemiapheres. This would indeed be sonic _ thing far beyond the jurisdiction of the United States. It would be of the deepest interest, not merely to England, but to every nation of Europe —we may say, of the world. If New Granada he too weak t ) establish an efficient police, and t) supply Vie requisite protection for life and property, the suitable remedy can only be found in a general arrangement, in which all can concur, and ensure equal rights and privileges --not try the action of a single Power, whose propensitie,. for self-aggrandisement have already become too painfully notorious. Elvira, ➢iadlle. Ortola.ni (her 3d appearance in Enzland); Arturo, S g. Giuglini. After which, the Third Tableau of LA ESMERALDA. In which will be introduced an ent'rely New Divertissement. La. Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini (her last appearance but Mu* For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half•circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co!onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. I r j ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. I First Night of LUCIA DI LA\IMERMOOR. PICCOLOMINI, GI UGLINI, DELLETTI, VIULETEI, POCCHINI. On THURSDAY EVENING, May 7. LUCIA DI LAIIMER qOOR. Lucia, Piccolomini (her first appearance in that part). Edgardo, Sig. Ginglini. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mills. Pocchini. Po? particulars see bills. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. LOYAL THIS EVENING, INCES :iirbepeI; THEATRE. ed Shakespere's tr .gedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, EJ kYMARKET , Lessee—Mr. J. B. BuekstmP. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), and to-morrow Evening Wednesday, for two nights only, to commence at Seven with the Comedy of THE BEAUX' STRATAGENI Archer, Mr. Howe ; Ainiwell, Mr. F.erren; Sullen, Mr. Chippendale ; Boniface, Mr. Rogers ; and Scrub, Mr Buckstone; Mrs. Sul len, Miss Reynolds ; Doriuda, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which, the auccessfu Classical Love Stoty, un der the Apple-lation of A , ALA.NTA ; or, 'no Three Golden Apples : in which giss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with MY 'WIFE'S DAUGHTER. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole or the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d.l Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0r ess Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit.... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 CNo Lalf-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed LIKE AND UNLIKE. Ohara tern by Nfesirs.Wright, Paul Bedford, &c.; Madame Celeste, Mi 33 Windham, dze. Followed by a new Farce, called FEIRFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. _ . We cannot say that Mr. BUCHANAN really contemplates the suggested annexation. But the matter is one requiring extraordinary vigilance and caution on our part, and that we trust it will receive fro•n Lord PALMERSTON and the Earl of CLARENDON. Awl. meus Mc sermo. The questio► has nut been raised on this side of the Atlantic. It is American journalists who have promulgrtt-al the sAution of the int3resting problem, and it may safely be assumed that they are speak ing in accordance with at least a section, of public opinion. They have magnified the possible danger arising from a local squabble, in which there might have been faults on both sides, but where their protegees were by no means blame less. But whatever might be the decision of a fair and impartial tribunal respecting tie cause of the original quarrel, it is manifest that the sug gested remedy is by no means appropriate. It goes much too far. Bafore the Isthmus can be trans ferred to the United S'Ates, England, France, Europe must be parties to the suit. Ensure by all means adequate protection on the route but let it be against the excesses of Ame►i cans as wed as against the consequences of the natural indignation of the inhabitants. This w►l not be accomplished by an exclusive occupation, elthough it may by an arrangement between the leading Powers of the Old and New Worlds which will render th" passage perfectly free under any circumstances that may hereafter occur. This it is the duty of Lord CLA.RENDON to ensure, and we hope and believe that it will be faithfully and efficiently discharged by the Noble Lard and his coadjutors. To conclude with TUE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform ROYAL SURI. THEATRE, L'NgeoA, Messrs Shepherd and Cressvick. THIS EVENING will bo performed THE FLOWER GIRL. Mr Creswick, (Sze. After which, TIE: GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mr. Widdi combe, &c. To conclude with THE D.INCING SCOTCHNIAN. Mr. Flexmore, and Madlle. Auriol, ROYAL s O ee, L i j . M B, P lfr l d e wi T HEATR E. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, sze. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. Robson, G. Murray, &c. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. LiL. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Unprec dented success of the New Grand Military Spec tacle, in which Mr. W Cooke's highly trained Horses appear In novel and exciting situations. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the Enter tainments commence with the New MilitarySpeetacle, in three Acts, entitled THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; or, The Battle of Constantine. To be followed by Recherche S'CENVA IN THE ARENA, giving an EQUEiTRIAN FE CE ; introducing the great ar tistes of the establishment, including Miss Kate Cooke. Signor Corelli and Family, and a variety of other entertain ment. Commetco at seven o'clock. Dress Poxes, 4s. ; Upper Bnes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from I/. , no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Rix•otfice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Oirector, Ur. W. Cooke. jun. CANTERBURY HALL, WeßtminsTer-road. OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of elections from all the popula'.. Opera 3, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, It. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. rorri, Senor Antonio M. de Sells, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil H;cks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, juu ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pro cisely. Suppers, drc., until twelve o'clock. Fie, Mr. WATKIY, M.P., you ought to have known better ! What ! seriously tell the electors and non-electors of Yarmouth that the Times ad vocated a popular extension of the Suffrage—that it even asked for a vote for every man who could write his name ! Look again at the Times of the 27th ult., and you will see, as plainly as the style oracular permits, that the name-writing was not a franchise, but a limitation of it. "Sad to think,' , so we understand the Trophonian utterances, "we are opening the doors, and, to a certain ex tent, relaxing those restrictions which are proved by printed lists and rate books ;" but can we not reimpose the res•rictions, and restore a bolt or two in a way which suits the temper of the day ? Can we not " require each man to write his own name and veto at the polling booth ?" Mr. COB DEN—when you get in again —Sir JOAN PALING TON, and my Lord of the British and Foreign School Society—what say you to this ? Ex it There is a new Central American difficulty ! writing into a condition of voting. You will se e m " Another RICHARD in the field !" Fortunately, to be patronising education ; but, only that we England is not at present involved in the contest, whisper in confidence, you are not to say so where although it might be diffinilt to say how long she the country will hear it. It may cut down the may retain that li,sppy exemption. It is for registration list five or ten per cent: perhaps, and the time being with the Government of New that is something. Granada with which that of the United States has We may assure the Times, for its comfort, that thought proper to suspend diplomatic relations— Mr. WATKIN'S mieteke was shared by very few. the first step, so far as " Uncle Sam " i s con- If here and there the greyhead of a commercial corned, to spoliation on a lirge scale, end ultimat e firm did rub his specta c le s when he first read the annexation. A plausible pretext is put forward, paragraph referred to, and did begin either to but when was such ever wanting in a controversy fear that his clerks might be pl teed on an elec /Mowing the approved precedent of Welt v. toral level with hires .If, or to hope thtt they Lamb ? The alleged ground on the part of " the might he so knowing that without that ungentle- Statesmen " is that a number of American aeti- manly thing the ball3t-hex, it would be but an zans were grossly ill-used, some lives being lost in a idition to his own voting power, he had but to the general melee on the line of the Panama Rail. look a second time, and he was soon undeceived. way, and that adequate protection was not af- He could soon turn back quietly enough to the forded to life or property by the constituted City Article and the price liar. The oracle was authorities. On the other hand it is alleged, and all right ye , . It did not mean t) follow Toat with much apparent reason, that the overbearing PAINE, and begin a crusade for the rights of man ; insolence of the Yankees received well-merited it would never allow the substantial merchant t ) punishment, and that the only verdict which be swamped by the riffraff, nor even by his own could be returned would be like that of the Irish clerk , .. The Times wou d never desert the grey jury--" Served them right;" that in fact they beads and cenvt x spectacles for the young green bad deserved all they got, and more into the bar- horny, who can only clamour for Tom DIINCOMBE gain. Thus stands the controversy, and it seems and Reform. So we understood the PALMERSTON a pretty quarrel as it stands. But unfortunately paper when we read it, and it is thought worth a the Gov ernment of Washington has all the power a whole leader to prove, that limitation, not exten in its ow n h ands. It fulfils the rather multi- sion of the franchise was intended by the requisi farious duties of Plaintiff, Judge, and Jury, aye, time of a signature. For our part we should and that of Executive, to give force and efficacy not olject, we suppose few Liberals would, to the to its own decisions. It has, therefore, the game requisition after a fixed date of a signature from in its own bands, and, according to its ordinary the vot e r. With the present oppoitenities no practice, has acted promptlyaud decisively. Naval man need remain disqualified on that ground. squadrons were despatched to take possession of But we wieli now t ) warn the whole tribe o " both sides of the Isthmus," and under such tr:rnmere that Reformers do not mean to be trifled circumstances it reTtires no extraordinary powers with. They quits understand the object with of vaticination to predict that the " debateable which feelers of all kinds are put out, and our land" will era l o ng share the same f ate, and fall response is, that Reformers, with a MAJOR/TY OF under the Government of " the United States." ONE RUNDRED in the Houee, will stand no non- The weakness of the defendant can, however, sense. The paltry offers of the Times, making no constitute no valid excuse for such summary pro- mention even of the greatest Reform at all, they ceedings. Even if the New Grenadian authorities scout as unworthy of notice, unless, indeed, it were really unable to enforce their own laws, the may be w ort h w hil e to observe, that even the same may be said of many American States, mcst servile of toe PALMERSTON press cannot al where Lynch Law prevails, and the people take together check the Parliamentary necessity of tie) matters into their own hands, and inlet sum- day. Some more liberal journals will be conten t mary punishment on those whom, in the plenitude —some of them if Paelreasroer gets Bero 3 probably, i f of power, they ar e pl ease d to cons id er as offeedere, Rornscuun int') the H ouse ; and, -even to the extrem e pena l ty of the l aw ! Wh en the Lords think that admitting a Jew thi s seesior we learn, by the same mail, that two executions, will stave off Reform till another, they will le . according to Lynch Law, h a d ta k en place i n l owa , Jews enough to turn round this time. ()filet? in which the majesty of the law of the land was Liberals demand from the Premier Reform Pro totally set at defiance, every participater being an raises this session, to be accepted payable at St. ictusl murderer, we may eell doubt the s a:idity Stephens next session. The QUEEN'S Speech VITATEIR AT LONDONI Tiix DV —Morn. 32 min. aft. 11—Evening 58 min. afi, 11 Fn-Mnnro- —Morn. 21 min. aft. 12 - e.vening 38 iniv sin 12 TtiE WEATTIER—Sex Orrunt, MAY 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. IC3 •.ighost einee noon yesterday. < 2 lowest this morning and daring tbs night. 52 -this day •t noon. BAROMETER, 30'23. wilqr, N. to N.N.E. and N.E. ; rather fresh, with sun shine, and heavy clouds ; incliuing to raiu, but warmer than for the last week or two. .1_1; 4 cc -, • . "),„.,' 1 _7.%) t - '” • _ LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 5, 1857 must contain an advertisement of PALMERSTON and Co.'s Reform Bill, and the Premier must issue a pretty full prospectus afterwards for the country to study after Honourable Gentlemen have fled to the moors or to the sea shore. Some of this advice may be honestly meant—but we knew the meaning of most of it, and it is neither more nor less than this—spare poor Lord PAL MERSTON, burdened as he is with his large ma jority. Now we have no kind of sympathy with this mawkish pity for PALMERSTON. One of the First Peers of the Realm, the Noble Leader of the Conservatives in the House of Lords, was pleased, in quoting our Candidates' Catechism, and the remarks connected with it, to mention us as among Lord PALMERSTON'S supporters ;—we are the supporters of no man, as such. We have supported Lord DERBY when we thought him in the right, and we have thoroughly exposed Lord PALMERSTON when we thought him in the wrong. And, however right we thought him on the Chi nese question, if he cannot come up to our stand ard on the great domestic question of this Parlia- ment, we shall show him no more mercy than Manchester, Huddersfield, and Salford showed the League. Already he has fallen behind expecta tion in the Chinese business. Witness his truck ling to routine and the Horse Guards in the nomi nation of a General, his loss of time in getting of guc-boats and reinforcements, and to clench all— the Transit again ! Pity Lord PALMERSTON I No, we cannot. Pity a Premier with THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY Members elected to vote f or him— pity him ! what for 1 Why, because these three hundred and eighty were elected to vote for Pal merston and Reform, and it is believed the Pre mier, and perhaps the Court, wants the PALMER STON without the Reform. Now we quite agree with those who demand that the QUEEN'S Speech announce a H,eforn We will not accept a Jew for a Reform Bill ; neither will we accept a Reform Bill next year for one this year. We do not want a Btltic sett sion. We have given our Government one hun dred guns more than the enemy, and. woe t.) the demander if he close the campaign with only a look at the Conservative Cronstadt. Lat him remember Sir CHARLES NAPIER. If he does not we shall ; for we feel no doubt that if he do nob avail himself of his superiority in the way the country expects be will be dismisse I from his command by another session. His successor would do little better than he, and the nation, after having elected a Reform Parliament, will see the enemy's fortress left intact at the end of the war. It shall he no fault of ours if this cajolery do succeed. We believe it is a deliberate design to boas the nation. If Reform can be shuffled •ut of now, it will be evaded next year, and for ever, Parliaments without end. From the days of NEBUCHADNEZZA.II till now the drift of puzzled magicians and conjurors has bean to gain time. Time and the chapter of accidents h the last de fence of anti-Reformers ; it should therefore be the one thing refused by Reformers. When time is demanded they may be sure that it need 4 but a vigorou assault, and the Malakoff is t ►ken. No statesman pleads want of time when he has anything better to plead. A few weeks ago the Premier's Moniteur told us that he had hardly wasted three weeks, instead of a year ; if sl, why have we not as much time to deal with Reform this session as we should be likely to have in any coming one ? We say deliberately that t) put off a large measure of Reform till another session is to put it off till the Greek K►lend=, or till Mr. GLADSTONE will arrange an honest income tax. One word more. We are not exacting in de tails. We can well leave all that really requires some time till next session. What we want is one or two simple and easy extensions of the suf frage and voting by ballot. It would be easy, for instance, in a few days to make the suffrage and paying to the poor-rates co-extensive, and at the same time to abolish the zate-paying clauses, leaving the overseers and the law to settle their own business. The franchise in counties ought to be the same, and that is the only alteration we should suggest to Mr. LOCKE KING—A clause, namely, that if the franchise were extended to any class in towns, the corresponding class should enjoy it in the counties. The cant about the im portance of different franchises for boroughs and counties is too transparently Eldonian to impose on a child. But the Ballot is the reform which is the first necessity. We maintain now, as we have maintained before, that if but one reform can be carried, it ought to be this. Before all other reforms, let a vote be a vote—a reality—the act of the person who gives it, not of another who uses him as a tool. Talk, indeed, of the mechanical character of the Billot I Why, what on earth is more mechanical than the vote of the tenant-farmer, the mortgagor, the dealer, the retail tradesman ? Open vctiug is a ►mechanical device for depriving the votes of de pendent persons of their free and intelligent cha racter. The Ballot is a mechanical device tar), if you will ; but it is one for making a vote an affair of judgment, free will, conscience. We care not who is the Minister to do it ; but we would support the veriest 01l Tory Premier who could be found in any of the old political strata if he would but give us the Ballot. Yesterday morning the ceremony of charching the Q seen was performed in the private chapel at Bucking. ham Pa see, by the Hon. the Very RdV. the Dean of Windsor. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of %Vales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, a id the Marchioness of E , y, were present. The Countess de Neilllly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday. Tile Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring some to town t:.-morrow, from their seat in Hampshire, for the season. Sir Bebjarnin Halt 14 London yesterday tor Man che-ter, to attend the opening of the Art Treasures Ex hibition. Lord Faversham arrived in town a few days since from Duncombe Park, Yorkshire. fitr ladyship remains at Duncombe Park. Lady ale is txpectid in town in a few days from acton, near Exeter, for the season. Lord Lilford has lelt the St. Goorge's Hotel. The 11.ght Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert come to town to-morrow, from Wilton House, far the season. The E trl and Countess of Lanesborough returned to town on Saturday, from Swithland Hall, Leicestershire, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Darnley return to town to. tnnrrow for the seagon. Viscount and Viscountess Boyne have arrived in Bel grave“quare, from their seat, Burwarten Hall, Shrop shire. Lord and Lady Poltirnore arrived at their house in Grosvenor-square, yesterday, from Paris. Tae Lady Augusta Fien. es gave birth to a daughter, yesterday morning, in. Pr rtroan-square. W e are g l a d ladyship and th e i n f ant are pro at.: e a t; e n i n n o g u f n a c v e , that u ; her y Her Royal, highness the Duchess of Kent dined with the QUe;il in the evening. OR Thursday it is expected that her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal Family and ladies and gentlemen in waiting, will take their departure for the Queen's marine residence at Osborne, Isle of Wight. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down ing -street. All the Ministers were present. The Qaeen wi.).l hold a Privy Council w-morrow (Wed• liesday) M Buni ‘ ,l4igham Falay. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (SECOND NOTICE.) Ye•terday, in our introduct ry no`ice of the Royal Academy Exhibition for the present season —a collection opened at last to Public View this morning—we took occasion to regret the absence of six eminent artists from the list of exhibitors in the current catalogue. At the same time we hastened to congratulate ourselves and the visitors generally upon the conspicuous success achieved this year by six other eminent artists, their contemporaries. The regretted defaulters being—Eastlake, Webster, Hunt, Lee, Ward, and Elmore. The successful ex hi bitors—Mulready, Herbert, Leslie, Dyce, Danby, and Landseer. In the latter category we rejoice to think that many other distinguished names may be enumerated. Several of these, indeed, would not have remained until now to be enumerated, but for the time and space occupied in the record of their competitors' aahieverneuts. Prominent among these in truth—though this, be it said, more by reason of his remarkable reputation than because of any immediately present achievements—there was one whose name we did mestiiin yesterday— perforce, however, but cursorily—Daniel Maelisel A name sounding pleasantly to us all—fort-most among our genre pain'ers, now th Mulready has almost laid aside the brushes and the palste—chief among the chiefs of his high Art in this country now for many years—renowned among the having celertrities of our English School, thrr ugh that magnificent series of poetical and li i-torical creations by which his baud has so nobly illustrated our Na tional Annals and our National Literature Yet Maclise in 1857 disappoints us ! Recogni-ing in him all this, he disappoints us, this year neverthe less. Possibly this may be sinipy because "we re cogn.se in him all this"—because he himself has rendered us, in his own regard, exacting and fasti dious. May be—but, however it is, it is ! We are disappointed ;we are dissatisfied. Yet No. 78 is an exCasrdinary work in many particulars—iu invention, in minute detail, in grouping, &s. It is a large canvas crowded with celebrated personages —Peter the Great, Czar of Mitscovy, working in the midst of them, in old Deptford dockyard, as a shipwright. The young Riissian, riughly clad, his cheek blooming with health, his limbs muscular and well - proportioned, his eyes la: ight and keen, pauses suddenly in his labour, leaves the saws ick ing (we can almost fancy it still vibrating) in the plank under his knee, and looks up curiously etiqiiiringly, observantly at his visitor. That Visitor—Willia m the Third, late of Oratige, brown wigged, hook-nosed, cold, cautious, and self-pos sesse I. In attendance up in the King are Lords Car marthen and Shrewshury, his Majesty's President of the Council and Foreign Secretary. In attend ance upon the Czar a motley gathering enough—a monkey, a dwarf, a negro-boy, a young Drury-lane actress, two or three other flaunting lasses, frilled and furbelowed—and, together with these, scattered about the dockyard as Peter's fellow workmen in *hipbuilding, some of his great nobles from the countries of till Don and the Volga, Menzikoff, Golownin, Galitzin, and Siberaki, planing, filing, hammering —a very babel of art zan-p ttricians. Ali the accessories are wonderfully painted—the princi pal actors in the ecene (for Macli., , e) most unsafs factorily! The chips and shavings littered about the ground, the metallic portions of the implements, the wooden models, all are marvellous for their vrai semblance. But with regard to the face!, the figures, the very clothing of the historical persons introduced, it is, alls ! be it said, diarne rically the reverse. The c mplexions are hec'ic and unnatu ral, the texture of the raiment unlike any known textile fabrie—velve , , silk, or woollen. The atti. to les are extravagant and theatrical. The expres sion, in the majority of ifistatices, improbable and exaggerated. Altegethcr this extraordinary pic ture, while asteni-hing us by its unmistakable evi dences of power, oppresses us, we repeat, with a sense of disappointment. Not so the architectural marvels reveale 1 to us by the canvas of David Roberts—conspieu nis among whose three contri - - butions to the Gallery is unquestionably, to our mind, No. 41, "Interior of the Duomo at Milan." Although there are many rare beauties discernible even at a glance in h's two other productions, No. 88, "The Pizza Novena at Rome," and No. 418, the "Interior of the Chureh of St. Gemmaire, at Lierre, in Brabant." The third of Sir Edwin Land seer's admirable pictutes in this year's collection still remains to be briefly particulerieed by us— as it deserves to be—most eulogistically. No. 93, "Rough and Ready," not equal, of course, to the two reinaf kable peintings from the samehand else where in this really noble Academy Exhibition—but still very admit ahle —as it might well be even then, seeing that each of those is in its way a veritable chef d'ceuvre. The Landseer under notice merely re presents a very plump and fussy little hen cackling as hens can cackle when they have laid an egg ! Looking down calmly upon Dame Partlet a ragged hack, apparently rather tremulous at the knees, in the straw-littered yard, sedately impassive and serenely unimpassioned ! Cope, in No. 503, has upon a verf considerable scale, and with no incon siderable genius, pourtrayed " Th e Pil gr i m Fatters— sphope i ar f ture of a Puritan Family f or N ew England." Yet, shall we con f ess i t ? we infinitely prefer his undoubtedly m i no r p ro d uc ti ons th i s e w season, No. 39 i, " Affronted," a charming picture of the pret lest, little, wayward minx imaginable, pouting over her untested dinner, with her tabooed doll tucked defiantly and perversely under the tablecloth ! An 1 No. 172, "Breakfast-time—Morn ing Gain. s," where mamma, sugar-tongs in hand, is playing off the old, old practical joke of the nursery, "Open your mouth and shut your eyes,'' playing it off delightfully upon a little shut-eyed, open-mouthed Toddle, to the watchful wonder of a pet dog, and the intense delight of thatyoung puss, little Two-Shoes, in the background. Egg —pre-occu pied no daunt by the responsibility of presiding over the complicated regulations of the approaching Fine Arts Eshibit'ou at Maeches•er—has ceutriliu* ed but one solitary picture to the present collection. A most interesting and an eminently meritorious paining j is howbeit, No. 331, " Esmond returns after the Battle of Wynender—gracefully illus trating an incident recorded in the Hist n-y of Henry Esmond, by W. M. Thackeray. There is an illustration in anotlur part of the Academy Exhibition of another fiction, by another Eminent Novelist. It is Frith's pretty portraiture (No. 125) of "Kate Nickleby at Madaese Mantalini's" —a picture which will affird many a reader of Biz the unexpected pie tsure of gazing once more upon the features of perhaps the most atuntl, certainly ono of the most loveable and womanly of all Mr. Dickens's heroines ! Fieth has another painting, however, and a better painting than this in the Ex hibition, No. 152, " A London Flower Girl"—a sketch in every way redol-nt, and be it added deli ciously redolent of the Wel "of thestreets streety," the laud of Ceckaigee Redgrave, besides three other meritori ins pro luctions—one of those much more thin simply meritorious, exquisitely beautiful indeed in its sylvan freslines=, No. 189. "The Cradle oftheßiver,'' with itsfloating shadowand itswoo.led perspective—has one little picture in the Academy, whichwe easitstenet to pronfiuticeainasterpiece. It is No. 62. The Well-knownFootitep"--.A picture that t':lls its own story at a glance, and tells it how touchinely and how el quently ! Yet a story as old as the hills. A soldier, his arm in a sling, coming home from the wars, openifig the latched gate of hi s l i ttl e garden, striding - along the pa . .. 1- way to hi s co t tage Hidden. from , a view of him, but hearin g hi s f or ystep-4h, "The Well-known Footstep"_(s ea t e d in the doorway) his wife and his children ! It is a lovely composi tion—charmingly rendered in every particular. Horsley surpas-es himself this season, in No. 338, " Hide and Seek—Found !" A production very sparkling . and humorous. A stripling has hidden himself behind the trunk of a tree where he is atrociously discovered to be by a beautiful barki n g wretch of a spaniel—the pet of the two young ledieq, who have been vainly seek ing their playmate in the dis ante, but who now (one sees the whole thing at a glance) perfectly well understand c h a t is the meaning of their four foo' eil Friend's noisy greeting . of A Something behind the tree-trunk ! The Discomfited Hide-er all the while comically grinding his teeth, and sup pressedly shaki ng hi s fist at his abominable Discov erer ! Not tee last of these successes, not even the only one of LTorsley's successes in the Academy Exhibition for 1857. Others may readily he ene merated, others we shall take occasion to enume rate at our earliest available opportunity. ADELPHI MBA rRE. A. farcical interlude in one act, and of (Alf an bout's duration, entitled, "Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials," %-,as successfully produced at this theatre last night. It is from the - .orench, and depends entirely upon the act ing of Mr. Wright and Mr. Paul Bedford, who enact two gents, who, having gone to a feast of the " Social Villagers," both get so they "don't know how," that though perfect strangers, they find themselves sleeping in the same apartment when the farce commences, and from circumstances that occur they imagine they have committed a " horrid murder." The consummation is effected by discovering to the contrary, and so all ends jollity, and Mr. Wright, making the usual appeal, the curtain went down to an uproarious announcement of approval of this last piece of Adelphi extravagance and o-rnicality. A grand original Adelphi drama, in which Mr. Webster will re-appear with the whole strength of the company, is announced for Wednesday next. &IDLERS WELLS THEATRE. Last evening Mr. Buckstone commenced a short en ga..ement at this theatre, now under the management of Mr. G. Webster. The piece selected was the capital comedy cf " Marritd Life," in which Mr. Buckstone sustained his original part of Mr. Henry Dove. The audience were delighted at the acting of the lessee of "the little theatre in the Tiaymarktt,” and at the fall of the curtain Mr. Buckstone bad to make his bow amidst the entbusia,tic applause of the audience. The engage ment of Mr. Buckstone promises to be the greatest " hit" of the management. A new version of "La Dame de St. Tropez," by Mr. Edmund Faulconer, was also produced, the author taking the principal part. Mr. Feu'coner ha-A much to learn before he can take his position among our leading actors. The house was well attended. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. BEN LIEL, OR THE SON OF NIGHT. This drama, adapted from the French by Mr. Wm. Travers, was produced at this theatre on Monday night with great success. Mr. Travers, well known as an artiste of considerable merit, has been before the public .n one or two occasions as a dramatic author, and with :air success. The plot is rather intricate, and turns op ,n the changing of two cMldren, by which one be comes an outcast, the other a duke. There are sorer startling and novel scenic effects in the piece, upon which Messrs. J. hnson and Nelson Lee have spared no ex pense. Mr. Charl-s Pitt impersonates the hero with considerable effect ; Messrs. Harmer and Beaumont. Hughsp, two villains of good birth, with great skill ; And Mr. W. Seed-, a pirate chief, with great force. Mrs. Campbell is rather too weighty and earnest in au already heavy character. Miss Clifton is chaste and earnest as the Lady Julia (mother of the hero). Mrs Liudon, as the her ins, was truthful and ladylike ; with no poir.truaking, she succeeded in making wonder ful way with the audience. The subordinate character , were unusually well filled in. The piece may be judi ciously curtailed, but is ex'raniely well dramatised in its incidents. Mr. Travers received a call after the second act, and responded to another at the conclusion of the piece. All the principa characters were recalled. The house was well filled, and the audience very attentive. A MADEMOISELLE CATHERINE ILA YES. SONNET. O toi ! des connaisseurs defendue, applaudio, Lorsque le mauvais goftt 1 l'esprit de travel's, Servant, A son iusu, la l'iusidieuse envie, Thi.tigrait cette voix qu'acclame l'univers I Muse des bords riants do la cite aerie ! Pretresse d'Apollon en taut de lieux divers, Toi ! qu'honore toujours la classique It ilie, Daigle agreer eucor l'hommage de mes vers. Saint f to Norma, ft Lammermoor si bale, Anituant, emouvant Mute la plus reboil°, Electrisant l'e3prit en de,thiraut le ccear ; Ton triomphe est complet : au lieu de to naisance Pour toi le vieux proverbs est futile et tuenteur ; Touty est ft tes pieds jusqu ft la meaisauce. P. Louis DUMOULIN. Limerick, 30th April, 1857. TIIE "URGENT" OF THE ADMIRALTY The following letters have been arldressed to tte Editor of the Times : Sir,—To my astonishment I see in the Times this morning, under the head of " Naval and Military Intel. ligence,' that thelast,voyage of her Majesty's new steam troopship Urgent to Barbadoes, with the 49th Regiment on board, is characteri,ed as " a good passage from Spit bead." She left that port on the 28th of February, sprang a dangerous leak in the middle of the Bay of Biscay, put into Corunna on the 3d March in a half-sinking state, and would certainly have foundered, but for calm weather, and Vie daring act of an assistant-engineer, who repeatedly, at the risk of his life, set free the valves of the engine pampa at a time when the water had risen to within a few inches of the fires, and when the deck pumps were found totally in-ufficient, though worked for hours. In case ot extremity her boats would not have held °nu-third of the number ot the men on board. She put into Madeiraon the 9Lb, took up her screw n the trades, put her screw down again when the trades fell light, broke some ot the engine gear almost immedi ately after, took 24 hours to repair, tried again, and snapped again. Finally went into Carlisle-bay under sail on the 27th of March. If this be " a good passage from Spithead." I should be glad ti. know what an indifferent one would be like. As the vessel was " hourly expected at Spithead," there vv.II, I presume, unless she again disappoint her frienJs, be an imm e diate opportunity fur some one on board to give a complete overhauling to the statement of Your obedient servant on the London, May 4. LOOK OUT. Sir,—Perhaps you may think the enclosed account of the last trip of the Urgent, with the 49th Rigi went on board, worthy of insertion. It is from one of the officers of the regiment. I remain, Ste., R. FANSIIAWE. Dagenham, Essex, May 3. " Barbadoes, April 6. "I shall give you an account of our chapter of acci dents from the time we left Portsmouth. For the first two days all went on very well, and we were looking for ward to a quick passa_:e ; on the third morning the Cop tain reported to the C.donel that there were 8 feet of water in the hold, and that the pumps would not work. We then set about clearing all the h at 4 and getting ready a raft, as the boats would only h 11300 men, and we had 800 on board. Fortunatelv, after much trouble, we got the pumps to work before the fires were put out by the water, which had risen to within a few inches of the st kehole. At this time we were se miles from Corunna, which was the nearest port. The ship's head was im mediately put round, and all the pumps being wanted we set heartily to work, as you may suppose. The sea was quite smooth, so we managed to get into port next morning. After i,wo days we again started, and redched 1a leira without accident. Alt•-r leaving Madeira all went very well for two or three days, whe❑ one night about 12 o'clock the engines broke down and we had to sail. After a few days they were set to work again, but after wor ing very uneasily for a few hours th-y stopped again. Toe screw had worked a large piece of iron from one of the plates at the ship's stern. After this we did not attempt to screw, se sailed in. after a month at sea, the whole of whi time we had 30 men working at the pumps, she took in so much water." Sir,— In your_ paper of ye , terday there is the f swing statement under tee head of "Military and Naval Intelligence : " Toil Adventure and Assii , tarce iron steam troop ships, fitting out at Portsmouth dockyard for the conveyance of troops and stores to China, will not be ready to embark them for a week or so. As the vessels are children of the same parentage as the Transit it is. possible her fate mey stimulete the powers that be' to make them worthy of the pennant." Your correspondent has been misinformed in saying that the Adveicue , and Assistance are of the same parentage as the Troosit. Trio Transit, Urgent, and Perseverance were built by Messrs. Mare and Ce, of Black wall, and sold to toe Admiralty. The Adventure (formerly called the Resolute) and the Assistance were built by we and sold to the Aelterrelty in Janu-bry 1855 Tne difficulty of getting suitaele officers and eneineere for vesseleof this class early n 11855 vas so great tha' the Acirniraity requested me to enter into an arrangement with them in Match of that year to manage these two vessels for them as transports. I engaged to do so, and had the appointment of captaics and otficere and the entire control of working the vessels from that time until they were paid off at Portsmouth in September, 1856. During the time they were under my manlgqment they were engaged as infan - ry and cavalry tran.p at-, in the Mediterranean and Btick So*, and the Adventure also made a voyage to qiehec. That they gave entire satisfaction to the naval and military authorities is shown by official documents in my posseAsion, and I believe no transports, either private or belonging to the Adiniralty, did their work better. There is therefore every reason for supposing that those two vessels will continue as serviceable as before if properly managed and no alterations made tenting to destroy the efficiency.—l atn, sir, your obedient am , vent, JOHN LAIRD. Birkenhead Ironworks, Birkenhead, May 2. MR. FLEXMORE'S BENEFIT.—The im,st celebrated of Enghch Pant , ,mimist-; takes his benefit at the Surrey Theatre to-morrow eveaing, Wednesday, the 6th inst., when he is to be supported by an extraordinary array of talent, embracing the names of Madlle. Auriol ; Barnes, the famed pantaloon ; Charles Sloman, Mack ney, and several like celebrities. Mr. Creswick, and Mra. R. Honner, will appear in the "Rent Day;" and a new comic ballet, by Flexmore, is to follow, succeeded by scenes from the recent highly successful Pantomime at Drury-lane, " See Saw Margery Daw." As a matter of course the house _will be fully and fashionably at tended. I I LATEST N TURIN, MONDAY. We have just recived a report of the speech:B and resolutions of the meeting Which was lately held at Glasgow, to promote the liberation of Italy from the oppression of foreign soldiers. An allusion which was to-day made to it produced the b.kt effect in the Chamber of Deputies. According to advices received from Berlin, yes terday, Pr ince Napoleon is expected there from he 6th to the 10th of this month, thus returning the visit of Prince Frederick William to Paris. The Queen of Prussia, has postponed her journey to Dresden. • MEXICO AND SPAIN.. MEXICO, MARCIE 30. The preliminary proceedings In the ta,s'e of the Spanish assassinations have termtnited. It is proved that the sons of General Alvarez were the instigators of - the orimo. If an execu s ion should t .ke places, of which there is real In to d 'ubt on account of tire weakness of the Governweut, the intelligence will be forwarded to H.vana, in order to prevent the arrival of the Spanish fleet. On the other hand, the British Charge d'Affaires his cominuuicated a note front his Government, which allows nine days to bring M. D ,, gallado be fore the Tribunals ; failing which, the Minister will retire, together with the menitera of his legation. FRANCE. Our letter from Paris, dated yeAerday evening, had not arrived when we went to press. JaillA. • VIENNA, MAY 2- ' &Fable information was yesterday received from Jassy that the agitation in favour of the Union is not to the taste of the Moldavian nation. A pri vate letter from Jassy, of the 25th of April, con-, t tins the following information. On his arrival at Jassy on the 20th of April the Austrian Commissary was received with great ceremony by the Moldavina Government, and two, days later the Unionists male a demonstra don in favour of the Reprer.entative of Sardinia. l On crossing the frontier at Fokschani the Austrian' Commissary was met by a guard of honour, which escorted him to Jassy. When at a distance of some six,or seven miles from the capital, the Governor of 'he district pi esen ted himself to M. von Lieman, and welcomed him in the name of the Kaimaikan, to Moldavia. On ent e ri ng th e c i ty h e was reeved by a deputation of Boyards, which accompanied him to a palace belonging to Prince Ghika, that had been placed at his dispos d. Within half-au-hour from the time of the arrival of the Austrian diplomatist, he had received the visit from the Kaimikan. As the Conservatives had ha I things entirely in their own way on the 20th, tne Radicals resolved to make a counter-demonstration on the 22d. A number of I men, carrying flags and wearing foreign c lours marched in front of the carriage in which sat the Sardinian Commissioner, and a vast crowd accom panied him to his lodgings. Having shouted " Vivat !" in honour of the Turin diplomatist until they were tiled, the mob paid a visit to the houses tnhabited by the Moldavian Ministers Katargi and Istratti, and roared Pereat .f" with such hearty goodwill that some of the Jassy fasbionables got nervous and fincied that the peace of the city was about to be disturbed. A flag-bearer—a foreigner was arrarted in the street, and another individual was sei.7.-r^d in their barracks by the gendarmes, " for offering to give 'hem money and union manifestoes." On the 24th April, w en the Pruss . an Commissary mada his entry, every thing was qu'et The Moldavian Government re ceived Safeet Effendi, the Turkish Commissary, with great pomp and ceremony. Yesterdry the Emperor signed the "Currency Convention." Baron Krauss, the ex-Minister of Finances, who is now a member of the Conmil of the Empire, strongly objected to the ratification of the convention, and it is whispered that he was supported by every one of his colleagues. RUSSIA. BERLIN, MAY 3. The most interesting subjects connected with Russia just now are the new tariff that is t be published wale of these; days, and ti)e new railways that are to be bu it at some future period. With reference to the first, there is very little chance of its being promulgated before the close of the present year's navigation. The next subject of interest is the great railway scheme. In St. Petersburg there is a talk of th, term for keeping open the subscription lists being prolonged, and permission being given for subscrip tions being received in Moscdw, Odessa, end other cities of the empire. Hitherto it was incumbent on every speculator to appear in St. Petersburg, either in person or by attorney, for the purpose of subscribing. The bait lately held out to the public at large by the Russian Government, in permitieg these railway shares to be taken at par in deposit on the part of persons who have to give security t , the Government, will have no other effect than to produce a few illusory quotations of high prices in Russia itself. The bulk of speculators there even will 113 unaffected by this gracious offer, and, as re gards other couotr:es, there can hardly bs a dozen men who can in any way make use of the advan tage offered them. Some person has writ en to the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung from here, and stated that, now that all attempts at introducing the Rus=ian railway shares into the various Stock- Excha'tges of Europe have tetatly failed, the origi nators of the scheme intended to put up with the first lo , s, and to ferfeit their deposit of 20,000,000 f., but, theugh this has been written, and printed into the bargaie, third is no necessity to believe it. A few days b Lek four French engine: es passed through here on their way to Wilma, where they are to take in hand the railway works about to be prosecuted there in c , :ntin um ion of the Petersburgh-Warsaw line; and it is this line evidently, with its branches t . Prussia, which will be the first and main object of attention to the Government, as offering the greatest advantages to the commercial world, and possessing the best chances of paying. RELVFORPEMENAS FOR CHINA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. E trly this aft ?rnnon the Fur no us steam frigate left this p ut for China. la her proceed t'!e Su! prise and Mohawk despaicii hoat4, Cormorant, Algerine, Lee, liinterer, Clown KeArel, Drake,Janus, Finn, Watchful, Woodcock , Slaneyand Leven. gunboats, and liesper steam transports. They will pi ob3bly first rendezvous at Madeira. They 14. , fc with fine wind down channel. ConsideraVe interest is felt as to their c Lpability of performing so long a voyage. The C,puntet:s de Neuilly, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, visited her Royal Highness the Duche,s of Kent, yesterday, at. Clarence Hou.,e, St. James's. Hie Giace the Archbishop of Armagh, Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar and family, ht.ve arrived in Charles-street, from the Palace, Armagh. The Duchess of Athole has arrived at the St. George's Hotel, from Dunkeld House, N. B. The Marquis Camden and the Ladies Pr.itt arrived on Carlto❑ terrace a few days since from Wilderness Park, Kent, for the season. There 'a a report that Major-General Sir W. Williams, M.P., will have the governorship of Malta, which will shortly he vacated by Sir W. Reid. This would lease the seat for Calne open. • Mr Benedict's firs, musical festival at her Maj,sty's Theatre (morning), under the immediate patronage of her Majesty the Q wen, his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, htr R I IT the Thichess of Kan!, her Royal Illahne , a the Duchess of Cambridge, &a., takes Fdtce on the 10th of neat mouth. The first appearance of Mademois lla Victoire Balfe at the R .yal Italian Opera, Lyceum, is fix'd fur Thurs day, the 21st inst. The opera, we maier , tarid, is to be "La Sonnarnbula,” and Madetn&selli Balfa will make her first app arance on any .taste as the heroine. BEQUEST TO HER MAJESTY. —From Buern , s Ayres it is alLged that a brother of the ex-Dictwor Rosas has recently died, and bequeathed an estate to Queen Vic tor,a, in acknooledgment of the shelter affutdtd to the exiled members of his family. OBSERVATORY FOR SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.— A de-paich has teen received by the Board of Trade from the Governor of New South Wales, notifying that arraugeue nt- , are in progress for the establishment of an Observatory at Sydney, upon a rocky hill ovcrhokittg the harbour, and for the erection of a time-ball in cot - nection with the Observatory, In sutlia po-rtion and at such an altitude as to enable nearly every vessel in the barbiur to take thus from it. The pat turfs horn the port of London fur the Au stralian colonies during the past week have comprised eight vessels,--four t; Port Phillip, two to Sydney, one to Portland Bay, and one to Swan River, with an aggre gate capacity of 7,382 ton. Tile rates of freight show no great alteration. In the general badness of the port of London during the past we,k there has been little activity. The number of ships reported inward was 147, being 33 less than in the previous week. These included 21 Kith cargoes of corn, fl er, &c., four with cargoes of sugar, and one cargo of coffee. The total nulnk)er of vessels cleared outward was 154, including 24 in ballast, showing a decrease of 13. TILE IVEUO.FIATEL QUESTION. THE TREATY. We read in the Bund, of Berne : " The Federal Council has determined to make public the three following docummti The treaty of mediation, with the protoc annexed ; 2, the original demands of Prussia; 3, the original instructions of Dr. Kern. We now give a non official translation of the first of these documents "'Their Majesties the limperor of Austria, the Ern' peror of the French, th e Q ueen o f th e U n i te d Kir:gdoni of Great Britain and Ireland, and tie Emperor of Russia, being desirous t) remove every cause of trouble to the general peace, and with the intention, having that object in view, to p'ace the international p.,,itiou of the Principality of Neuchatel and Comte of VeJen gin on a footing in harmony with what is required for the tranquillity of Europe, and his 111,,j,,5ty the King of Prussia, Prince of Neuchatel, and CJuct of Vaiengir, after having expre:sed an intention to defer to the wishes of his allies with the view aforesaid, have reqlested the Htivetic Confederation to come to an avreement with their aforesaid Majesties as to the most fitting means to attain the desired object. "'ln consequencs their aforesaid 'Majesties and the Helvetic Confedera.ion,have named for their respective Plenipotentiaries, &c. " Art. 1. His Majesty the King of Prussia con' cents, for himself, his beirs, and successors, to re nouuce, for ever his ri g hts of soverei g nty in the principality of Neuchatel and the Corntr; of Va.engin, which are reong' nixed by article 23 of the treaty concluded at Vienna ea June 9, 1815. " Arr. 2. The State of Ncochatel, being now once more indepindent, will henceforth c.intinue to be ge member of the .Th-laetic Confe!eraticn on !he ,ame footing a 3 the other cantons, and conformal ly to Art. 75 of the said treaty. g Art. 3. The Helvetia Conferleratt.n takes upon itself all the expenses occasioned by the event+ of ger , tember, 1856 The canton of Neuchatel cannot be charged with them further or otherwise than any uthit canton, and in proportion to its pecuniary contingent. " Art. 4. The expenses falling to the charge of the canton at Ntucbatel will be apportioned among all the inhabitants according to the principles of attic - . rate ability, and so that neither by way of exceptional ts,x or bi aoy other means any class or category of families or persons may be charged with such expenses, either wholly or for the greater part. Art. 5. A complete amnesty is granted for all poli tical a,cl military crimes and offences connected with the recent events, and this amnesty extends to all Neucba telese, whether Swiss or foreigners, and espncia ly to the militia who may have withdrawn from their military duties and gone abroad. " ' No criminal or correctional action for damages ca lj ., be brought either by the Canton of Neuchatel or by a n y other corporation or person against those who ba ps taken part, either directly or indirectly, in the events of September. The amnesty extends also to p.litical of' fences of the press anterior to the events of S.-pt.mber. " Art 6. The Helvetic Confedera•lon will pay to t he King of Prussia the sum of 1,000,000 f. if I A rt . 7. The revenues of the ecclesiastical propertf which became blended with the State domains in 1848 are not to be diverted from their original destination. " Art. 8. The capital and income of religion.. foutt" a " tions, of private establishments of general utility, en also the bequest made to the bourgeoisie of Neuchatel by Baron de Pury, will be conscientiously respected. Thei will be disposed of according to the intentions of the founders, and must never be diverted from their origi n/ destination. " Paraphed by, &c.' "At the same time as the treaty the Five Powe r° signed the following protocol, " Concerning the title of Prince of Neuchatel an a Valengin, n hick his Majesty the King of Prussia for self, his heirs, and successors reserves the right to bear, Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, Great Britain, a° Russia can only refer to their declaration inserted in Pia tocol Nip. 5 of the present Conference, which says-- . 11 Plenipotentiaries of Austria. France, Great Britain, 1 °, 4 Russia are of opinion that the wrong of Art. 1 sho o. be adopted purely and simply.' This article earl The Kings of Prussia keep in perpetuity the title ° Prince of Neuchatel and Valengin,' "'lf, however, the King of Prussia should desire Ili the folowing declaration on the part of the Pruseir Plenipotentiary might be insert e d in the final prottie ° , l . : -- 4 His Majesty the King of Prussia, in renouncing sovereign rghts in the Principality of Neuchatel au r Valengin, dues BO with the intention of retaining 1° himself, his heirs and successors the title of Princ e ° ' l Neuchatel and Valengin.' • th "‘ The Swiss Plenipotentiary, on his part, 1 1 4 make the following declaration, which would also be liv e corporated in the protocol Should his Majesty lb( King of Prussia wish to continue to bear the title ° Prince of Neuchatel and Valengin," it must be und er ' stood that he can in no case found upon that title an i l right whatsoever, either in Switzerland or in the Ca nt°i of Neuchatel.' - " Nots..—The expreetsion used throughout this act ment is Prince de Neuchatel et ee Valengin,' and n° Prince de Neuchatel et o..mte de V. , 1 ngin.' The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the folic:11e in; : , "Some journals of Berne have just published , th : draught of the treaty and o f th e p ro t oco l d es tined .ti ' - assure the settlement of the Neuchatel affair: S u ; publication, which can only be the result of an unjust,., liable indiscretion , does not, m o reover, agree on inap ) points with the real text of the documents in question, a text which bad not yet been finally ie.:reed upon. T, abu.e of the secret of a negotiation still pending t more to be regretted, as it might compromise its 5000°5* MARKET NEW WS.- ( D ) HAY MARKETS. , d o, S3LITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 41 43 ; clover j. .31 iOs to 61 N; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per low' A fair demand. love r CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 ; C do., 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per low; Both hay and straw moved off steadily, at very full Pri ce WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 4s ; Clovdf do., 31 lOs to 51 Os ; and st ra w, 1/ 4 s to 11 Ss per 10 Trade steady. COLONIAL. 'N . A.—Thera has been an improved demand for 0 31 1 artiste, and a large business has been done at lull rates; prices, however, are uniltered. Common Cengou real"- +s. 2,1 d per lb. SUGAR.—A brisk inquiry has been experienced for 3 0 Foreign and Colonial descriptions, and fully previous ro t :a were supported, and some superior qualici-,s have realise. an advance of 6d. per cwt. on last week's rates. The fined market rules firm, and prices tend upwards. fo r COFFEE. —A moderate demand has been experienced ba Pla tation and Native Ceylon, aid the quantity t o brought forward during the weeki being small, prices sly e -ctcd to show a sliggt improvement. - on RlCH.—There has been au increased inquiry for all act iptions, aril prices generally rule at a small ° rose current last week. 110 0 Rum — An active demand for good qualities bag - experienced, and fully former rates are current. TALLOW.--The market has been firm, but the do liolo haw, not been large. P.Y.C. on the spot, is quoted sis6l to 565. Last three months, 545: Home raw' , realised 56s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPINCI.—(This Day.) LONDON, May s.—Wind this day at noon, E.,lsT.' ; strong hrieze and clouiy. PLYMOUTH, May 4.--Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Her 31 ., fP je,sty's steamer Furious, for China, with a number of gi l "' boats. UARDIFF, May P.—S a il e d—Ch r i s t o ph e r Houston, co „ 1 Rio Giande; Mary Ann, St. Vincent; Villa Eng en ' t Malta; Queen of the South, Corfu. rle° PORTSMOUTH, May t.—Wind Crocker, from London for Melboue. DARTMOUTH, May 4. Wind rn E.--Atrived—Eng w'd from London fur Calcutta. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning• Wind N.E. • Arrived- Elizabeth Ann, from Calcutta ; Bing William tho Third, Rotterdam ; Joe Blomensten, and Provistencw Aren fah!. Sv.iled—Marquette, for New York. Off—Cly were, and Ocean Wave. The BAalbec, screw sto4mer, for Havre, has put back' QUEENSTOWN, ALLY 3 : Wind E. AI i v ed— Perseverance, from Barbadoce; Vel°l 4ll' Trieste ; Asia, Thrall WATERFORD, May 3' Rand N.E. Sailed —Lawrence Forrastal, for St. John's, N.B. (BY SUBMABINIt'AND BUT! S:I YELEGRApti.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.27 ti•m* Win 1 N.E. ; tide four hours' flood ; fresh, and fi ne. Arrived, May 4—Dordrecht Walvin, from Middle" nois; Petreonella, Huluistaot. Arrived, May s—Anglesea, from M e lbourne; CatheriO' Fohr ; Vriedaud, Worccm ; Vrow Maria, Harlinge°l o o. Sailed—Zeminda, for Sydney ; Harvest Home, Ma ( ' weapthEeArLtinTauesday, 9.13 A- 113. . a . Pissed—U n i on , s. e ., from westward, for north; Sc bo Wind N.E., moderate; verbond, from B..tavia, for Amsterdam. froo Passed Dover, 'lay 4—S c h ooner 29th S e pt e mber, Sunderland, for Genoa. Passed, last night—H.M.S. Majestic, from Portsnioutb' for Sheerness. Sailed—Amazon and Pilot Fish, for London ; the for Lae in tow. Dr. Radcliffe has been elected physician, anc 113 ,2 .„, Ru,sell Reynolds a is l e t au t p h ys i cian, t o t h e " mi sta. Ho.pital. 1 THE ALLEGED POISONING AND EXHUMSTION ;lir/ CHELSEA.—Yesterd:ty Mr. Breet concluded the in ° ' r9 into the death of Mrs. Henton, who, it will be ‘ ,": - t membertd, was txbuined a few weeks ago at the recl e `: o ,}f her relatives, who suspected that she bad b e ; p , isoned. The jury r,turned a verdict " that th e ceased di e d f rom naturAl disease, and not poison,a bad been sus!), ettd. The prospec s of the silk crop continue to bo wate u : o throughout Europe. Great apprehensions have be ti - p, occasioned by the recent severity of the se,ason, b ut ,0 to the latest dates the accounts are not such as to e 3 r i es discouragement. According to advices fr.m M. A , 0 Dufour, of Lyons, of the 2J inst. a rise equal to bet"'erf 4 and 5 per cent. occurred in the silk market d eo ! the last few days of April owing to the cold aL, threatening weather, but the news s ubsuquent l Y cowed from the south of France, Italy ; Naple ß . B P a r i e e the Levant, and Greece had not been in anY deg, be unfavourable. It was certain, how ever, tbatWitf°:oo cold should continue to check vegetation, eve n frost, the crop would be seriously injured. `~ I I i