The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-13 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last appearance of Madllc. Pocchini. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLEPTI. TO-MORROW EVENING, May 14, an Exua, Night. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Piceolmini ; Edgard.), Sig. Giuglini. After which, LA ESMERALDA. LA Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini (her last appearance.) For particulars, see bills. Aymited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been Specially reserved for the public, and miy be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, ls ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at S. Opens Saturday, May 16. First Equestrian artistes in the World : - Madame Schap lain, Madame Neusome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J.Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fabia, and and Marie, Misses Neusome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter, Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Ca r l o D e l ava nti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Straun, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks- POrian Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stokes. Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's trigedy of KIN( RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL, Et AYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF A DMISSION. THIS EVENING (May 13) to commence at Seven .'clock, with SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which, the .uccessfu Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A I'AL ANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. To conclude with BOX AND COX. In future the prices will be Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), Os. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit ... .............. 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery Upper Gallery 0 CNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TUTS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (the third time), entitled JOSEPH CHAVIGNY ; or, Under the Thumb, Ban, Webster, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, dre, Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr, Paul Bedford, TRAND T HEAT RE.—Manazer, Me. T. .71 Payne.—THlS EVENING will he performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by OVER THE WAY. To conclude with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, -2 N , Lessees, 'Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING will be performed MATHILDE. After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny. Mr. Widdieomb, dte. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING will he performed a new drama, called DADD HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME, Messrs Robson, G. Murray, Ste. - Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee And Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Three Nights of the present successful Entertainments. On Saturday the theatre will be closed for a Grand Re hearsal of Verdi's far-famed Oper .of IL TROVATORE or The Gipsy's Vengeance, which will be produced on Monday next, with Equestrian Illustrations, and supported by the Ems/ OPERATIC ARTISTES OF TILE PAT. On Friday, May 15, the Annual Complimentary Benefit of Mr. William Cooke, and his daughter, Miss Kate Cooke, un der the distinguished patronage of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayer and Lady May,ress. THIS EVENING, and following nights, the performance will commence with the Grand Military Spectacle, entitled THE FRENCH [N ALGIERS; or, The Battle Constantine. To bo followed by a matchless routine of SCENES IN THE ARENA, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. To conclude with a Ri-iblo Farce. Commie° at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Gil. Buc•ofce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. CV. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. jun. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The ug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance 01 Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Ducts, &c., via.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J Herr F, longhmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. joues. J. Barker, W. ?Jelling, P. Corti. Senor Antonio M. do Solla, and E. L. Rime': Masters Bennett and Corti; Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Maekney. Pianoforte, .7,[r. Cecil flicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, juu.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. id€4Fl wATEP AT Lc)Noozcz BRI ulg. Tils DAI --Morn. 13 min. aft. 4—Evening 28 M . :13. aft 4 .I.'4s-tfotnota—Morn. 48 min. aft. 4—Evening 7 mid. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SuN Onrunt, MAT 13. THZEMOMETIM, IN THE SHADE. 68 —highest sines; noon yesterday. 57 —lowest this morning and dnrios the night. 67 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.14. WIMP, S.W. this morning, now round to the old quarter —N. to N.N.E. and E. ; light, with fine weather. ~1 eN!:.' i'l t 1 . 1 11 , 10' C, - - - ''''!' i'' •;.li .4ys , ' t rfr 7' N ~!.,:.z'?',-4-_::L;---44:tp,•.g.f.,o-_,-,, 67. '4-1 i J , Y {T ::!: -. --;-77!:;"' i , ;---' ~..- -' 4,7 . - I LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1857 The desertion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL by the old Whig Quarterly is an event not to be passed by sub slientio, or with anything like indifference. It caps the climax of the once powerful Party- Leaders discomfiture. It sets the seal to the at testation of his downfall. It brims the bitter cup of his political sorrows full to overflowing. The Edinburgh " against" Lord JOHN RUSSELL ! This is indeed turning the tables with a vengeance ! And when we couple with the extraordinary fact of the onslaught thus directly made upon Lord JOHN by what has hitherto been his recognised and avowed organ among the quarterlies, the no less startling circumstance of the same quondam Whig review declaringitself earnestly and cordially Fa favour of the Noble Lord's chief rival and com petitor for the Premiership, Viscount PALMEP.STON 7—we may comprehend how dire must be the blow `thus levelled at the Pride of the House of Bedford " Under the influence of an unhappy delusion," says the Edinburgh Review, in the current number recently published, s ' under the influence of an unhappy delusion 'which has led him of late years to suppose that no Libe,•al Government can be formed without his ; and that the elements of any Govern rAent which he may think fit to destroy will imme diately unite around himself, Lord JOHN RUS SELL, in an evil /tour for his reputation., joined the assailants of the Ministry to which he belonged, and powerfully assisted in dissolving it." THIS, observe, from the Edinburgh ! Subsequently the ex-Whig Review adds that:Lord. JOHN—(who, a little later on occupied office under Lord PAL MERSTON', finding out how entirely he had been deceived in his expectations)—cc after hav ing overthrown one set of colleagues in January, was driven to secede from another Administration in June." The reviewer closing his remarks a little further on with So me spiteful allusions to Lord JOHN'S last " ill-starred )iducation measure," and a sneering reference t ) the noble Lord himself as "a statesman fallen on evil days." It can have assuaged but indiffer %atty the anguish produced in the wounded feel ings of the ex-Whig Premier by these personal slights to himself on the part of the ex-Whig Quarterly —it can have assuaged this anguish but indifferently, we say, to find the next poisoned shaft of ridicule selected from the quiver of the Eviiinburgh, directed point-blank upon a contem- porary statesman no less eminent than Mr. GLAD- ST3NE. With hins the Edinburgh never had anything in c'immon, saving and excep 4 - ing always a mutual devotion to the great Free Trade principle , .. Nut so has it been, for now about half of a century, with it and the quondam leader of the Whig Reformers ! Wherefore, again, we say it must prove but an inadequate salve to his wounds to find it said, in reference to Mr. GLADSTONE, by the Edinburgh, shortly after these scornful personalities to him self—that he (Mr. GLADSTONE) " luxuriates in the metaphysics of finance," that "he is never more eloquent, or more impressive, than when dealing with figures ;" that " his additions are performed in a sort of oratorilal ecstacy, and his subtractions are made with the violence of a paroxysm." The reviewer adding that " this man, so brilliant as an orator, so ingenious as a financier, partly from the super-sensibility of his dialectics, partly from the irritability of his temper, and partly from an incurable infirmity of judgment, may be capable of persuading, astonishing, or even convincing, but is neither safe in counsel, nor straightforward in action." His last financial speech is spoken of soon afterwards as " this distressing exhibition"—it being previously de scribed as a speech " which, for intemperance of language, unfairness of statement and construc tion, and absolute and complete mystification of the subject, he (Mr. GLADSTONE) will find it difficult, and anyone else impossible to equal." Pretty talk talking this our American friends would call it ! This identical speech having been regarded by others who heard it, as one of the most remarkable orations, if .not the most admirable oration, ever delivered by Mr. GLADSTONE within the walls of Parlialnent. Con sequently as such one of the most extraordinary Parliamentary harangues within the remembrance of our own immediate generation ! But all this pulling down of the other great reputations in the Legislature, be it observed, is only preparatory to the completion of the main design of the reviewer—the piling up of adulation upon adula tion at the feet of the now political Paragon of the Edinburgh, my Lord PALMERSTON ! Adulation reeking with the incense of flattery, is the meat here offered to its new idol by the ex-Whig, ex- Russellite quarterly, henceforth conspicuous among the organs, through thick and through thin, of the Palmerstonian Government. So glibly, and with scarcely one audible creak, has shifted the great, blue and buff vane of the Whigs, at a single puff from the lips of that Political ..EoLus, her MAJESTY'S Chancellor of the Exchequer ! " An ye be virtuous, shall there be no more cakes and ale ?" Honourable gentlemen who are smitten with the ambition of appearing as legis• lators, and having their names attached to re strictive statutes, would do well to ponder on the above interrogatory, and to consider what answer they could return to the renowned Sir TOBY. Men will not be made virtuous by Act of Parlia ment. The mere idea of restriction in that which . in itself is lawful excites their ire, and induces them to go farther than might otherwise be the case. The old proverb hath it that "forbidden joys are sweet," and it is certain that difficulty of attainment stimulates the desire of possession. The Maine liquor law cnn never by any possibility be tolerated in England. But, were it so, we venture to affirm that it would prove as great a failure as in America ; and that, so far from there being a diminution of drunkenness, there would be a con siderable increase thereof, while a large propor tion of the population would be brought int) a state of habitual violation of the law, productive of very injurious consequences to the wellbeing of society. It is notorious that in nations where what are commonly designated as "intoxicating liquors," viz., wine, beer, and spirits, are cheap and abun dant, and where restrictive regulations are com paratively scarce, the greatest sobriety prevails. There wilt, of course, be exceptions to the general ru'e—men, whom no law could restrain. But the instances, as we have said, are rare, and marked with general abhorrence. We believe, ' if good wholesome beer, or wine, or even spirits, could be sold at quarter the present prices, and with every facility afforded for their being obtained, that, after the first novelty had worn away, there would be less consumption, and cer tainly far less inebriety than at present. The habits so greatly complained of are, however, fostered and stimulated that a handsome revenue may be obtained by the State—not far from 20,000,0001 from duties or excise on intoxicating fluids, or licenses for the sale thereof ; and no Chancellor of the Exchequer will be induced to abandon so large an amount, which provides for the interest of at least two-thirds of the National Debt, for the purpose of trying an experiment in a vexed question. The tax should, however, be only kept up for the purpose of revenue ; and as to other matters, we believe that the most auspicious results would follow " unrestricted competition." It is the virtual monopoly occasioned by the licensing sys tem that produces adulteration, with all its con comitant evils. At present, when the licenses are regulated according to the mere caprice of " the Great Unpaid," or to their arbitrary notions of what may be the wants of the district, the " thirsty souls" must be contented with what they can get. Should an additional license be granted, a treaty may easily be effected between the rival vendors, and the public interests will equally fall to the ground between the two props. But if every man of unimpeachable character could obtain a license on payment of a moderate duty—or, better still, without any payment at all—and on submitting to certain police regula tion, adulterations would virtually cease. " Good wine would need no bush," and the Boniface who supplied pure and wholesome articles at moderate profits would triumph over his competitors, although his goods were supplied in an humble parlour, devoid of the gaudy adornments and meretricious glare of the Gin Palace. As we have long since explained, this very adulteration is the natural result of the licensing system, which confers a virtual monopoly on a few leviathan brewing establishments. These houses being authorised to sell wine and spirits, as well as beer, can afford to undersell their more homely beer shops in that single department. The latter are therefore compelled to reduce the quality if they cannot increase the price of their beverages. And we fear that the example is too frequently followed even in what are known as Brewer's houses. If we look to the trouble and expense incurred in seeking for a license from the Magi strate, and the risk of obtaining it in the first in stance, and subsequently of retaining it, we may feel assured that the consumers must ultimately pay for all, either in " meal or malt," by en hanced prices, or impaired qualities. Mr. ETARDIr desires to place " beer shops" un der the same rules as to licenses as the more am- I bitious gin palaces. We should rather adopt the view of the Select Committee, and assimilate public houses to 'the beer shops. The p)ople can then decide on their own wants, and the demand will naturally and pro perly regulate the supply. It may possibly be desirable to require adequate securities for his future good behaviour—a far more efficient gua raLtee, by the way, than the magisterial vagaries now afford. That, however, is a moot po'itir on which we do not desire as yet to enunciate a decided opinion. Where there has been miscon duct, either on the part of landlord or customer, let there be adequate punishment, but do not suffer a dozen well-disposed men to be subjected to annoyance and inconvenience in order that a comparatively trivial obstacle may be thrown in the way of an habitual offender. Jowl GOODMAN should not always be made the victim of BILL SYKES. Punish intoxication severely if you will, but do not prevent a dozen men from obtaining moderate and wholesome refreshment in the vain hope that the habitual drunkard will abstain frown yielding to the degrading vice. Stringently pun ish adulteration, or the harbouring of notorious wrong-doers, but do not prevent the public from obtaining proper accommodation, or respectable men from engaging in the business because it is capable of being abused. It is well, if practicable, to eradicate the tares, but it would be ridiculous to cut down with them the entire crop of corn, and to involve the good and the bad in one com mon destruction. Lord PALMERSTON is the MOSES of the Liberals. He keeps them in the wilderness, but points them to the Land of Promise. Where is our Reform Bill, they ask, which we murmured for at the hustings ? I promise you one, next session, which will content you all, he replies. What about Church Rates, says Mr. TRELAWNEY, speak ing in the name of Ecclesiastical Liberalism ? I am not without hope, says the Premier, of giving you your portion on this side the Jordan of proro gation ; but I can give no definitive promise. Next session is the real Land of Promise. Mr. TRELAWNEY is one of the unbelieving race,—he gives the Premier a week or two's grace, and if he has not reached the promised land by that time, Mr. TRELAWNEY engages to assume the rank of Captain of the Liberal host, pro hac vice, and will essay to lead it to victory. This is as it should be. Lord PALMERSTON, and in this he is not worse than most Premiers, will move no faster than he is compelled. It may be, indeed, political charity to compel him. If we may be excused prolonging the figure, he has before him a fierce set of Amalekites, E'lomites, Moabites, and Ammonites, whom he must either intimidate or fight. Tories and Evangelicals, rickety W!aigs and Puseyites, will lay aside their quarrels to fight in common for the power to tax Dissenters. We do not believe that Lord PALMERSTON himself would object to abolishing Church R rtes to-mor row ; to abolishing them out and out, with no equi valent provided by the nation. But Lord PAL MERSTON is not a dictator. He would gladly do it if Mr. HATTER could assure him of a good round majority ; if he could point the grumbling Churchmen to an array against them amongst his ordinary supporters, which no Minister could with impunity defy. Though we therefore never ad vocate removing one ounce of pressure from a Minister, for his own sake, in the present case we incline to think the Premier would prefer what would best furnish his apology for decision. We have always openly enough told Church men, and Dissenters too, our view of the Church rate question. To the former we say, you ought to blush at this time of day to oppress, with such manifest and mean selfishness, the aboli tion of so unjust and irritating an impost ; to the latter we say, your case is so strong, and your battle-ground, both in the House and out of it, so advantageous, that it will be through your own inexcusable apathy if you do not gain a comphte victory. Churchmen, of Lord Jtuvr RUSSELL'S school, or that of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, may tell us that the principle of Establishments is in volved in the Church-rate question ; if it be, then, we reply, so much the worse for Establishments. Churchmen should be slow, indeed, to talk in this style, since, as this noxious tax is cart iinly doomed, numbers, on its abolition, will take them at their word, and, having abolished Church-rates, will cry—mow at the Church. Should this be the case, it will be the fault of those who staked the fate of the Establishment on the right of screwing a penny or a halfpenny in the intend out of men who, in addition, paid more than twenty times that amount to support their own worship. We see by the spirited meeting of what used to be called the Anti-State Mare!, Society, at S'. Martin's Hall, that this growing p arty is by no means discouraged by the loss of one or two of their leaders at the late election. It seems pretty clear that their ecclesiastical liberalism had nothing t do with their defeats. Had they not gut into their heads the anti-popular crotchet of the League on the Canton business, they would probably have been in the house still. The Society reckons its clear gains, we perceive, at not fewer than thirty-six votes. If this be the case, and probably the point will soon be tested on the SPOONER motion, their progress will have proved to be in deed unexpectedly great. And greater it will yet be if Churchmen are so mad as to clamour for a paltry equivalent for the abolition of Church Rates out of the national taxation, when all of us are de manding stern economy. Will it be endured that the Consolidated Fund should be saddled with 200,0001. or 300,0001. -per annum to spare the meanness of men who will not pay the casual expenses attendant on their worship of Go]) ? Because Dissenters will no longer be ground under the injustice, will they irritate Dissenters, and all the other tax-payers too, by demanding to have their pockets saved at the general cost ? It is barefaced avarice like this which injures the E,tablishment far more than all the efforts of Dis senters. It convicts it of having taught those who slumber under its shade such niggardly parsimony as disgusts all but the infatuated. We hope on this question Dissenters will be firm. Total repeal, or nothing, ought to be their motto. The nobler minded among Churchmen all respond heartily to this, and will not relish any compromise degrading to both aides, which can, besides, but prolong the contest for a generation to come. We see the pet nonsense of the hour is that Dissenters should help to keep the national buildings in repair, because they are national property. Should such a proposition ever be carried in the house, we would vote with Dissenters on an amendment, " that as the wor shippers amongst Dissenters were proved by the late census to exceed in number those of the Established Churches, Dissenters, on being rated to the repairs of parish churches, have half of those buildings, wherever there was a chapel of ease in any parish ; and where there was not, that Dissenters should have the chtirch one half the day, and Churchmen the other." Tenants who pay no rent may surely think themselves well off if they have but to repair their houses. We have authority to state that the Queen will no hold a drawing-room upon the 26th instant, upon which ,lay her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence,Ciarance Hon-e, St. James's, at half-past nine ,o'clock, yesterday morning, for Osborne. His Royal Highness the Pzince of Wales has gone cn s tour of the lake district. His Royal Highness, at tended by Mr. Gibbs, arrived at Bowness at five o'clock •a Monday evening. LAT A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels writes:—"Among the motives assigned for the journey of Prince Napoleon to Berlin is that of a projected maniage for himself. The name of the princess is Stephanie de Hohenzollern Sigmarin gen, born in 1837. What lends probability to this rumour is the fact that the princess is related by her mother to the family of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden. The father of the princess has ceded his rights to Prussia, and that circum stance explains the presence of Prince Napoleon in Berlin. EGYPT. A. letter from Alexandria of the 2d, in the &act phore of Marseilles, says :-- " A concession for establishing steam-tugs, ap plied for by the American Consul, from the Egyp tian Government, has led to important conse quences. The project in question was sent to the ministry fur examination, accompanied by a re commendation in its favour from the Viceroy, but was rejected by the ministers. The Viceroy, in consequence dissolved the cabinet and formed another, in which Zocolcar•Pasha is president of the council ; Abdalah-Pasha-Oukil, head of the finance ; and Hassam-Pacha, of the interior. The want of fore Sight in the late ministers has been shown by a scarcity of food which suddenly declared itself at Cairo, at a period when the navigation is almost completely interrupted by the shallowness of the Nile. Public clamour threatened to break out into open disorder, when the Viceroy interfered, and took measures to put an end to the scarcity. He purchased all the corn that was disposable at Alexan dria, sent it ty railway to Cairo, and sold it in the mar ket below cost price, wbile at the same time he despatch ed steamers to Upper Egypt for the corn necessary for Alexandria. The Egyptian Company for steam naviga tion on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean has been definitively constituted. The subscription at 'Cairo alone amounted to 1,700,000 talaris (8,500,000 fr.)." TURKEY. We have received Constantinople journals and letters to the 30th ult., brought by the Jourdain to Marseilles, and of the Ist, via Trieste. Since the failure of the plan for the English bank, and the rejection of a second project, another pro position has been brought forward by the capita lists and bankers of Constantinople, which appears to have some chance of success. The capital of this bank is to be five millions of medjidies (gold pieces of Turkey) (125 millions of francs), divided into 250,000 shares of 20 medjidies each. Each share is to be paid for, one fourth on subscribing, another fourth in six months, the third in 15 months, and the last at the end of 20 months. Shareholders of all nations will be admitted, and the bank will be constituted . as soon as the subscription list is full. One-half of the capital is to be advanced to the government for the immediate withdrawal of the small bank-notes. The copper and other old coins will be withdrawn by degrees, commencing twelve mouths after the opening of the establishment. The other half of the capital is to s,rve for the affairs of the bank, 'which will have the power of issuing notes or twice the amount of its metallic reserve. The gOvernment is to pay 6 per cent. for all advances made to it. Such is the ensemble of the plan, but doubts are felt as to whether the proposed capital of 123 millions will be sufficient for the exigencies of the present financial situation of Turkey ; and fears are entertained that it will only act as a palliative. Every exertion is being made by the Government to arrest the authors of the late murderous outrages which have taken place in the Turkish capital. A representation had been made on the subject by a collective note from the diplomatic holy. Armed patrols have been ordered to go through the streets within short intervals, and all suspicious persons were to be arrested and examined. The operations sup ported by MM. Perdrix and Pietro N—, wuo were the objects of the late murderous attacks, were attended with no unfavourable results. According to the last accounts from Wallachia, the state of Ithitigs there appears to be now more clearly defined. Since the closing of the clubs, a spirit of modeiation has prevailed, and discussion has be come more calm. The great unionist party has divided itself into two distinct sections —one, wish ing. for a constitutional government and a foreign prince, and the other, for an hereditary native ruler. Soma propose Prince Sturby and others Prince Bibesco. The non unionist party is also broken up into fractions, some demanding the ab solute status quo ; others merely the abolition of the line of customs which separates Moldavia and Wallachia. FRANCE. The illoiliteur promulgates the bill confirming the different decrees issued since 1.855, making modifications in the customs duties. The annual subvention to be paid to the parties obtaining the concession of the three Transatlantic lines has been fixed by the bill just presented to the L3gislative body at fourteen millions a year. The following telegraphic despatches have been received from Paris:— BERLIN, 11th, Evening.—Prince Napoleon was pre sent this morning al a grand military review at Pots dam, after which a dejeuner was given at the palace of S ans S Al ni, To-night the Prince will be present at a ball at the French einbas , y. Yesterday morning he at tended mass, and afterwards received the diplomatic corps, Iu the afternoon he proceeded to Charlotten burg, where a family dinner took place. The Queen will leave to-morrow, and Prince Napoleon the day after, fur Dresden." BERLIN, 12th.—The Chamber of Deputies adopted ye.day the bill imposing a tax on patentes (license to trade), with the amendment which re-establishes the tariffs rejected by the Upper House. BOLTRSE, May 12.--The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of 3ronth. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 69 10 69 40 Bank Shares 4,375 Credit Mobilier 1,288 75 Roman Do. Account 1, 29 7 50 Austrian Belgian 4i - Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) ...... 90 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASII. tr. c. Orleans 1,460 Western — Northern Lyons 1,462 b— New Ditto 3 — Mediterranean — Grand Central Geneva Midi - Austrian Corn. ...... 716 f IT c. AUSTRIA. The official - Wiener Zeitung of May 10 contains the following autograph letter from his Majesty the Emperor to th© Minister of Justice : " Dear Baron de Krauss;—ln order to consign to eternal oblivion the political aberrations of a sad time past, and more particularly the revolutionary move ments which in the year 1848 were directed against the existing order of things, I now, in the wayof grace, remit all further punishment to all my subjects, being civilians. who belong to those parts of my empire which do not appertain to my Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, that have been condemned for high treason, rebellion, or sedition, (paragraphs 58, 61, 68, and 75 of the State Laws,) and are still imprisoned in this country. " At the same time I ordain that no criminal process shall be instituted for the above-mentioned crimes com mitted before this present day, unless the accused shall have escaped the hands of justice by flight, and shall still be fugitives ; and I do further ordain that all the penal examinations now carried on for the above-men• tioned crimes shall be discontinued immediately. "This act of grace shall also extend to the individuals included in the afore-mentioned category who have been guilty of one or more of the hereinafter named crimes or offences:—lnsult to majesty, insult to members of the Imperial family, disturbance of the public peace (para graphs 63-66), exciting to sedition, as mentioned in paragraph 300 of the State Law, or aiding and abetting in the commission of one of the above-mentioned acts. (Paragraphs 212, 215, 217, 2W, and 307.) " Thus, all the aforementioned persons, whether im prisoned for punishment or for examination, shall imme diately be liberated. "In respect to those individuals who have been guilty of other punishable offences, in addition t) those which have been enumerated, you will proceed to a correspond ing (entspreclsend) diminution of punishment, agreeably to the instructions which you with these presents re c4ive from me. " You will take appropriate measures, so that this act of grace may immediately be made known to all those it may concern, and be properly oarried out. " FRANCIS JOSEPH. "Buda, May 3th, 1357." Accounts from Pesth of the Bth state that the fetes in honour of the visit of the Emperor and Empress of Austria continue to be most brilliant. Whole cargo:s of dowers wera every day brought by steamer from Vienna and other places to orna ment the town. Their Majesties had been present at the launch of two steamers for the navigation of the Danube, which received the names of the two young princesses, Sophia and Giselle. His Majesty has consented to accept the patronage of the Hun garian Academy of Sciences, and has issued a de cree for its organisation with a view to its forward ing the study of the Magyar language and litera ture. Their Majesties are in excellent health. Another letter from the same place of the Bth says : "Tee Emperor and the Empress devoted the 6th to receptions, the former receiving men, the latter ladies. in the evening there was a grand performance at the National Theatre, 9, new opera in throe acts being pro duced, of which the heroine was the famous Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, who, belonging to the house of Bavaria,- was an ancestress of the present Empress. The theatre was crowded in every part, the greater part of the men being in uniform, and the lacties in splendid toilettes. The Emperor and Empress were greeted on arriving with enthusiastic acclamations ; and as the opera contained several allusions to them, their Majesties were again cheered in the course of the performance. The Emperor and Empress remained to the end of the piece. The launch of the two steamers, some days announced, took place at the isle of Altofen, about six miles down the Danube. The ceremony took place with great pomp in presence of a vast crowd of persons of all classes—including not fewer than 3,000 workmen, employed in the building yards of the Danu bian Navigation Company. In the evening, there was a ball at the imperial palace. The Empress danced twice —once with the Archduke William, and the second time with Prince E-terhazy. A large crowd collected in front of the palace, and cheered repeatedly. To-day the Empiror and Ernpreee are visiting the public monu ment=." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. This morning the Philadelphia and Liverpool iron screw steam ship City of Washington, Com mander Jellard, arrived in the river from New York, which port she left on the 30th of April. and has brought 220 passengers. and 70,000 dollars in specio on freight. The Hinsa steamer, from Bremen, for New York, had put into Boston on the 29th ult., being short of coal. The Severn steamer, from Liverpool, ar rived at Quebec on the 29th, but the Canadian tele graph line closed before the name was known. A large quantity of ice has been passed on the Banks of Newfoundland. The Illinois steamer, from California, arrived at New York on the 29th, with the usual mails and ad vices. The mining intelligence reported favour able. The other news anticipated by the Arabia. Intelligence from Rivas, Walker's head-quarcers, speak of very great distress and privation amongst the Fillibusters, who are hemmed in on all sides by the Costa Rican., and their capitulation or destruc tion seemed inevitable. Orders have been issued refusing quarter to either Walker or Ilenningsen. Our Mexican advices report that gold has been discovered in the Island of Anacapa. _ . _ _ _ Savannah dates are to the 25th ult. Trade is reported active, and prices of sugar advanced. COMMERCIAL. Money at New York active and the supply abun dant. Stocks steady. Exchange little doing, but prices unaltered. _ The cotton market clo3ed firm, with an upward tendency. Flour - continued firm, especially the higher grades. Wheat was in brisk demand. Indian corn inactive, and prices unaltered. The provision market is rather brisk. Freights irregular, and engagements light. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL► SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. Arrived the Avon, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails. She brings 158 passengers, 6701. in specie ; diamonds, &c., 76,000/. ; and full cargo. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, April 4 ; Video, April 7 ; Rio, April 14 ; Bahia, April 18 ; Per nambuco, April 21 ; St. Vincent, April 30. At Video business was at a stand-still, owing to yellow fever carrying off 25 per day., The elections at Buenos Ayres have passed off quietly. Business is improving. Exchange, 71s. per doubloon. No pews of importance from the Brazils. Yellow fever was decreasing. Improvements in the harbour of Rio are still going on. Business in Exchange of importance, at ls. 3d. Coffee sales since last arri val amounted to 156,000 bags; prices nominal. At Bahia, Exchange quoted at 2s. 4d. per mil reis. Nothing effected. Tobacco market quiet. Rum without alteration. No arrivals of cotton, and none in hand At Pernambuco there is a failure in the sugar crop of about one-tenth on last year. In cotton prices have advanced considerably, and same excite ment prevailed in the market. Freight transactions The Cape de Verde islands were generally healthy, but wanting rain. Blight has again made its appearance at the Canaries. The cochineal crop will be nearly double former years. At Madeira rain has fallen abundantly, in time to save the wheat crop, which was suffering for the want of it. Blight still exists. THE AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The African Royal mail steamer Ethlope, Capt. '\V. H. Ramwell, arrived here this morning. Her dates are, from Camarooms, April 4 ; Fernando Po, April 6 ; Bonny, April 9 ; Lagos, April 12 ; Accra, April 13 ; Cape Coast, April 14 ; Monro via, April 19 ; Sierra Leone, April 21 ; Bathurst, April 28 ; Goree, April 29 ; Teneriffe, May 4 ; and Madeira, May 6. She brings 39 passengers, among whom are Lieutenant Bushe, RN., from Sierra Leon©; and Lieutenant Ramsford, from Bathurst ; 3,000 ounces of gold dust, 400 barrels of palm oil, ivory, pine apples, cochineal, wine, &c. At Fer&ando Po were the Scourge and the Spy ; the former was to proceed to the South Coast, and return, touching at all the stations to Sierra Leone, where her orders from home would be expected. A d fference has arisen between the Governor and the inhabitants, which at one time assumed a serious aspect; it was hoped, however, that through the mediation of Commodora Adams and her Bri tannic Majesty's Consul at Fernando Po, all would be amicably arranged. At Lagos were the Prometheus and V - ie Myrmi don ; at Sierra Leone the Hecla and the Philo, and the French man-of-war Euphrates. On the 25th of March, died at Sierra Leone, the Right Rev. Dr. Weeks, bishop of the diocese. The deceased prelate had been on a visit b the most distant parts of his diocese along the coast, return ing toiSi!-Tra Leone in the Candace on the 16th in a very dllapidated state of health, and continued gradually to sink up to the time of his death. Her Majesty's ship Dover was at Bathurst. A disturbance between two of the native tribes had taken place at Bathurst, and some of the British troops were sent in the Dover to the scene of action, tog ard our territory. At all other places along the coast matters were quiet, and nothing of consequence occurring. 90 884 39- Her Majesty's ships Colossus and Exmouth ar• rived here this morning from the Mediterranean. THE NAPIERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,--In The Times of this morning I observe a letter from Sir William Napier, stating that Sir James Outram published in 1844 . a letter full of the most shameless calumnies and insinuations against Sir C. Napier, " telling the soldiers (78th High landers), that the General had moved them through pestilent marshes, and wilfully as well as ignorantly caused the frightful calamity that had befallen them. Mr. Buist, of the Bombay Times, reporting the accusation, actually denounced Sir Charles Na pier as ' the murderer of the soldiers.' " Sir James Outram, at the date referred to, was political agent at Mundlassis, in the Indore domi nions. My conviction is, that he never published any letter whatever on the subject. I am certain he never employed any words in any way resemb ling those assigned to him. It is with the accusation against myself alone that lam concerned. I utterly deny the truth of the charge brought against me, and challenge Sir Wil liam Napier to produce the pas4ao - e he professes to quote. The Highlanders left Kurrachee for Suk kur in August or September, 1844, at a period of the year when Sir Caries apier confesses that Scinde is pre-eminently sickly froth the subsidence of the inund.ation. Medical opinion, still to be found on record in the public archives, was strongly opposed to the movement at that season. Sick ness made its appearance before the troops reached Hyderabad, and became frightful on their arrival at Sukkur. I saw the regiment leave Bombay, under Colonel Twopenny, just before a visitor in my house, nearly 1,100 strong, and saw it return 18 months afterwards reduced to less than 400. 1 stated these facts on the authority of the official records then in Sir C. Napier's hands, and still in existence. When, en the 27th of January, 1851, Sir C. Napier, in addressing the 78th on his laud- ' ing at Bombay, accused me of the conduct now imputed to me, and asserted that sickness had first made its appearance in the regiment in the hospital at Sukkur iu November, 1844, I met him from the regimental books, which showed that it had broken out at Hyderabad in October, and chal lenged him to produce the words he had so un warrant ably put in my mouth. The answer was the ordinary one—a " broomstick" or a court of law. I was at the time on the spot, ready to meet him or his friends in any way they desired. Of course, I was never called upon. lam equally on the spot now, equally ready to meet all reponsibilities, equally convinced of full immunity from danger in any of ite forms. The present charges are quite as true as ar e a b ou t a hundred others in Sir William Napier's book against nee—they are not one whit more so. Two of them may ba given as a sample of the whole. lie asserts that, in 1844, I was "in Paris writing to the French press"—knowing that, from 184 G till 1845, I had never for an hour been out of India. He charges me with having stolen at Bom bay a copy of "The Conquest of Scinde'' in July, Ib4s—knowing that I had left Bombay it May, and did not'return to it till the following year. Ho adds, that his brother Henry endeavoured to pre vent my admission to the Royal Society in 1846 on the imputation of a felony he knew I could not have committed, as I was then refuting, under my own name through the Loudon press, Sir William's slanders—Sir Willi on quoting portions of my letter of that date in one of his publications. On looking over Sir William Napier 's volurne3, just published, I find that iu the portion relating to his Bombay career, about 800 pages in all, there are on an average from two to three misstatements a page, the majority of them capabl e o f re f u t a tion from fficial document?, a very large number of them bearing his brother's si g nature. Having in February, 1845, convicted Sir William Napier of threaiicore deliberate misstatements knowingly made, in about three times as many pages, my contradictions being established by quo tations from official documents, I had of late years given up all idea of noticing his romances, whi lauched at as they are in India, I find in England still command attention. I have the honour to subscribe myself, GEORGE BIIIST, LL. D., F.R.S., From. 1840 to the present date Editor of the Jombay Times. 7, Sussex-place, New liensinizton, May 11. TO THE BDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Mr. Willoughby, in his letter to Sir Wm. Napier, of the 28th ult., asserts that 'no letter from Lord Eilenborough of 70 pages, or of any other number of pages, was ever brought to him from the wreck of the Memnon, much less pocketed by him ; that there is, not a shadow of foundation for the imputation, and that he denies it in Coto. Nevertheless, Sir, I have within the last few days been furnished upon written authority (which I much regret I am not at liberty to publish, but which is at Mr. Willoughby's service should he requ.'re it) with the following facts :- 1. That among the papers and letters which were picked up from the wreck of the Memnon and brought to the Acting Deputy-Postmaster- General at Bombay, was a mass of manuscript sheets, which, from their contents and the handwriting, were sup posed by the Postmaster-General (Mr. John Gor don) and his deputy, to belong •to the despatches from Lord Ellenborough. '2. That these manuscript sheets were, in conse quence of this belief, and by the advice of Mr. Es combe, one of the secretaries to Government, en closed and forwarded by the Deputy-Postmaster- General himself to the Chief Secretary to Govern ment, who, at that time, was Mr. Willoughby. After this I presume that both Mr. Willoughby's confidence in his own recollections and that of the public in his assertions will be considerably weakened. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, W. NAPIER, Colonel. Army and Navy Club, May 11. _ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. The second season could not have commenced under more auspicious circumstances than on Monday night. The weather being highly favourable, the attractions of the music-hall and gardens were doubled, and an enor mous crowd assembled. The hail-storm which fell not long before the hour for commencing had a most bene ficial effect, since there was just time for the grounds, to dry, and the air, which had been sultry and oppres sive in the afternoon, assumed a pleasant and salubrious freshness. Everything seemed to smile upon the under taking, and the result was quite as brilliant as at the festival which conferred such eclat upon the opening of the Royal Surrey Gardens last season. At an early hour crowds were making their way from all points of the compass to the place which the univereaily popu lar M. Jullien has now adopted permanently as his summer home, and with unexampled rapidity every cor ner of the vast music -hall, whether private boxes, gal leries, or area, was filled. A spectacle more stirring and animated has rarely been witnessed, and the many hundreds who were unavoidably denied admittance lost a treat which it would have been well for them had they arrived early enough to make sure of. But, to those who think seriously and wish well to the community at large, the must gratifying circum stance of all was that the thousands upon thousands who thronged the ball and gardens had been enticed there by music—and not simply by music in the ab stract, lent music of the very loftiest description. The attraction of the evening was neither more nor less than Mendelssohn's oratorio of "Elijah." The incidents that make up the repertory of the Surrey Gardens proper were most of them in abeyance. There were no fireworks, ,and the grounds were not even illuminated. So that the music -hall, and what was advertised to take place in it, lured the people with• out the aid of adventitious temptations. M. Jullien had announced a grand performance of Mendel ssohn's immortal - work with an orchestra, vccal and instrumental, 1,000 strong, supported by principal singers of the first rank. M. Jullien, who is notorious for redeeming his promises, and has won the great pub lie reputation he enjoys as much by his honesty as by his singular energy and talent, as usual kept his word to the letter. Although only as late as Friday night he concluded a flying tour in Holland with a brilliant and successful concert at Rotterdam, he was at his post on Monday night, punctual and diligent as his wont, with an army of musicians under his control of such formid able proportions as none know better than himself how to marshal and conduct. The first sight of Jullien sets the minds of the audience at ease, and he was welcomed with a roar of applause. When he waved his baton to begin the plaudits were renewed ; and after Mr. Weiss bad pronounced,the terrible denunciation of the prophet, a magnificent performance of the overture, which so graphically describes the misery and sufferings of the drought-afflicted people, at once declared that M. Jet lien had summoned as fine a band together as London could afford. The first chorus—" Help, Lord"—into which the overture leads, proved beyond further ques tion that the multitude of singers was formed of not less efficient materials ; and from this point onward the ora torio proceeded with always augmenting success. It is unnecessary to describe, step by step, the per formance so well known. Suffice it that the general effect was imposing to the last degree, and the execution admirable both for attention to detail, and the combina tion of masses. The choruses of the Baalite priets, and the overpowering " Thanks be to God" (which was fol lowed by vociferous and long-continued plaudits), were the most striking features of the first part. In the se cond, as examples of splendid choral singing, may be mentioned " Be not afraid ;" " Woe to him, he shall pe rish" (which ends with terrible earnestness the scene where Jezebel excites the infuriated mob against Elijah) —" Behold the Lord God passed by ;" the sublime and simple sanetus—" Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord, the Lrsri of Sabaoth ;" and last, not least, one of the most difficult and rarely successful of the whole—" Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire," which concludes with the translation of the prophet to heaven, in a " fiery chariot drawn by fiery horses." Every one of these was worthy of unqualified commen dation, and did equal credit to M. Jullien and the vocal and instrumental forces under his direction. The solo singers—Miss Louisa Vinning, Madame Weiss, Mrs. Lockey (who appeared in consequence of the indisposition of Miss Dolby, and was a worthy sub stitute for that eminent sacred singer), Mr. Weiss (Elijah), and Mr. Sims Reeves—all sang their very best; and tended in no small measure to produce the satisfac tory issue we have recorded. It is unnecessary for us to particularise their various merits after this general commendation, more especially since at Exeter-hall the successes of the same artists in the same oratorio have se frequently been stated and commented on. Unani mous encores were awarded to the unaccompanied trio, "Lift thine eyes" (Miss Vinning, Maclaine Weiss, and Mrs. Lockey) ; to the tranquil air, "0, rest in the Lord" (Mrs. Lockey) ; and to the second song for the tenor, " Then shall the righteous shine forth" (Mr. Sims Reeves). It was also the general wish to hear Miss Vinning re peat the air, " Hoar ye, Israel," at the beginning of Part 11. ; but as that piece, instead of terminating upon a full close, passes by a striking transition of harmony into the chorus, "Be not afraid," M. Jullien properly and judiciously went on with the performance, and declined to frustrate the intention of i the composer by interrupt ing one of the finest points n the oratorio. Other con ductors (at our great provincial festivals, for instance) might imitate his example with advantage. The oratorio was listened to throughout by the im mense multitude with undeviating attention, and the applause was not less discriminating than it was fre quent and enthusiastic. At the conclusion M Jullien was again loudly cheered. Such an opening of so popu lar a place of amusement was nothing less than a triumph for the cause of good music, and for this reason we have more than ordinary gratification itereporting it. It was stated that nearly 1,000 persons obtained ad mission into the gardens without payment. We can scarcely credit this ; but if it be true, we can only say that there must be some very defective management in certain departments. The marriage of Mr. Archibald Peel, son of Gen. Peel, M.P., and Lady Alice Peel, with Miss Palmer, only daughter of Sir Roger Palmer, Bart. ; is fixed to take place on Monday, the 25th of May. BANK OF FRANCS.—The Paris advices state that the stock of bullion in the Bank of Franca baa not expe rienced any very material variation sioce the publication of the last return on the 9th of April. The total was about 9,400.0001., and two or three days back it was about 9,200,0001. LABOUR SAVING MACHINE.—At a recent practical trial of one of Moore's Patent American Floating Ball Washing Machines, from 133, High Holborn, now be (riming so common in mo.,t families, the following were the iesults of the whole laundry. The machine had never been before acted upea, and the operators were two servants who bad the bare instructions that accom panied the patent. The " wash" consisted of what is in domerettc phraseology termed large and email pieda, of which there were upwards of 300. The water being hot, the whole time oo did not reach four hours ; and this was all effected in the small room of a cottage, in which the heads of the family, until it was over, were not aware that so formidable and much dreaded a pro ceeding as a " wash" was in course of operation. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. ANEW SERIAL. BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. There appeared upon May day among the maga zines and other monthly periodicals, Part I. of a new serial, "The Life of S:r John Falstaff." The Illustrations by George Cru:kshank. The Letter press by Robert Brough. The whole publication emanating from the Great House of The Row — Messrs. Langinan, Brown, Grecn, Longmans, and Roberts. Shilling Parts—and, of these Parts, there are to be teu altogether. Each part embellished with a couple of elaborate etchings—graceful and humorous—from the needle of the mostpopular and gifted of all our comic Draughtsmen ! The initial instalment of the work is before us, and candidly to it said, so far as the " Illustrations" go, promises to be a work worthy of those two names provoca tive of pleasant laughter—Falstaff and Cruikshank! We cannot honestly say much for Mr. Brough's long-winded and laboriously funny attempt in the letterpress to accord to those Twin Jake-Masters the benefit of a sham•authentic Biography of the Fat Knight. This biography appears to us from first to last to be a mistake. It " strikes flat the broad rotundity " of that obese world of fun— Jack Falstaff ! Not so, is it with regard to the glorious etchings of Cruikshank. They are alto gether delightful: We are satisfied with them. And surely that is saying much, remembering who is the hero, and who the artist ! The two already in hand give to us the agreeable prospect of a score of etchings truly Shaksperian. First and foremost— there is the Frontispiece ! The veritable portrait of " Sir John Falstaff, Knight,—[Observe the wording of its title !]—Drawn by Willi am Sh a k sper e —etched by George Cruikshank." Sic Sedebat— plethorously—with a difficulty of getting again—a flagon at his elbow—his sturdy chair in, the chimney corner—the mantelsbelf ornamented w;th an an tique " carvelling," giving notice at a glance that the scene, sure enough, is a festive room in the roystering Boar's Head Tavern, in Eastcheap. The brilliant eye, the portly belly, the very dagger stick ing horiaiontally in the belt by reasonof the Knight's obesity —every detail is perteCtly humourous and perfectly characteristic. Then there is the second of these two wonderful -etchings in Part I. of Cruikshank's Falstaff." An etching entitled " Jack Falstaff, when Page to Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, breaking Skogan's Head at the Court-gate." Jack, a dapper, little, tight-built varlet as ever handled rapier ! Skogan good humoured to the last, with his skull cracked ! It is, indeed, in most particulars, replete with fun — fun that Falstaff of all men would have been just the very one to appreciat e , and that Cruiksh a nk of all men has just , the very knack of delineating. A capital comic serial it promises to be in truth alto gether—so far, at least, as relates to the illustra tions by George Cruikshank. Illustrations of the " Life" of —, a good portly man, i' faith and a corpulent; of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble carriage ; and as I think his age some fifty, or inclining to threescore, and now I remem ber me his name is Falstaff." That "devil" haunting Prince Hal, " in the likene ,, s of a fat old man—a ton of man—that trunk of humours, that bolting hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropaies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted manning-tree ox with the pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years, that villainous abominable wig leader of youtb, that old white-bearded Satan"--' Falsta f f! In regard to whose vices and defects, thus set forth to his teeth in derision-by the mad cap Prince of Wales—thus quoth he himself in extenuation : "If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked ! If to he old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned : if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved"—and so forth ! So, Welcome for the next nine months "sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, honest Jack Falstaff !" Here he comes, demurely waddling to us, month by month, under the auspices of George Cruikshank. As Prince Hal saith in the play—"' (Henry IV., Part i., act ii., scene Hera comes lean Jack, here comes barebones !" IiEALT.H OF LONDON DURING TIIE WEEK. (From, the Report of the Registrar-General.) _ _ - , - The number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday is 1,064, and or hibits a small increale on that of the previous week, which was 1,083. In the ten years 1847-56 the aye' rage number of deaths in' the weeks corresponding with last week - was 1,040. But, as the deaths ol last week occurred in au increased population, the average, with a view to comparison, must be raised proportionally to the increase, in which case it Will become 1,144. Hence it appears that the deaths now returned were less by 80 than the numberahat would have occurred under the average rate of mor tality. The number of births recorded last week is 1,846, and shows an excess of 782 on the deaths recorded in the same period. The returns now contain indications of the effect of the cold north-east wind that has blown uninter• ruptedly for some time. During 18 days from the 22d ult. to the Bth inst., both days included, the mean daily temperature of the air has been constantly below the average, and the extent of the depression has been generally 7 deg.' or 8 deg., and on four nights last week the thermometer fell to 32 deg., or below that point. The result of this continued cold' ness is seen in the deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs, which had previously decreased, but which rose last week from 177 to 208, the spa' cial disease under which this increase is found being bronchitis, which rose from 84 to 116. The deaths due to pneumonia (or inflammation of the lungo) remained nearly the same, having been in the tw o weeks 74 and 70. Last week bronchitis and pnet monia were fatal to the same number of young persons—viz., 52 ; but among p ersons ' o f ma t u re age the two iseases were fatal in very different proportions, for 64 persons aged 20 years and up- wards died of bronchitis, and 18 of pneumonia. Hoopingcough declined last week to 44,—a lowa number than has been obtained for a long, period. There w ere t wo d ea th s f rom smallpox. OL, 32 from measles 5 occurred i n th e su b-di str i c t 0' Bethnal-green, and Bin that o f Li me h ouse. Th e re appears to have been a violent outbreak of image in the workhouse situated in the latter sub-district.; as all the 8 deaths occurre d i n t h at i nst i tut i on, an d nearly all of them within a few days. Seven nonogenerians died in the week; the two oldest were women, aged 93 years, one of who'll died in Brompton, the other in the Pancras Work' house. Last week the births of 924 boys and 922 g irls —in all 1,846 children—were registered in London , In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 184256 the average number was 1,550. -At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.962 id. The mean daily reading was above 30in. on five days • and the high es t rea di ng in the week was 30.12 in. on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the week was 44.8 deg., which is 6.7 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter mined by Mr. Glaisher.) The lowest temperature occurred on Monday, and May 31.5 deg. ; the higheA on Saturday, and was 65.3 deg. The range of the week was 33.8 deg. The mean dew point tempera' ture was 38 . 2 dog., and the difference between 0 0 and the mean air temperature was 6.6 deg. Th e r wind blew almost invariably from the north-east* There was scarcely any rain. The first five dat a were very cold MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTEUZ IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 9. Zymotic Diseases 8 7 Diseases of Uncertain S ea t Tubercular Disease s Diseases of the Br a i n , N erves and Senses 11 606 Diseases of the H ear t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of 20 8 Respiration .. . . o Diseases o tithe Stomach, Liv er , an d o th er O rgans 53 Dige Diseases of th e Kid neys, & c. Childbirth, Di seases o f t h e U terus, &c. Diseases of the J o i n t s , B ones, and Muscles ...... ... . 1 Diseases of the Ski n , & c . Malform a ti ons 2 Premature Bi r th an d D e bili ty ...• 31 Atrophy 40 Old Age .. 'Sudden 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance........ . 61 Causes not specified .----', DEATHS FROM ALL CA USES neatO Population Deaths in corre- --,„ oe Enumerated. sponding week V o t, 1851. of 1856. 1 2 West Districts - ~- , 5 4 6 North Districts ...... 490,396 - .... 146 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 616,635 ...... 293 ....--- 2 Totals Males F =ales BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 1,154 1,06 4 542 522 Males Females.. Total _.1,84 6 Partin con not having beard of the Cove of Co r k lately, thinks the poor gentleman alat be ill, THE. SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN' NG, MAY 13, 1-457, 1)05 wo bui stew tea Pee , th o! uffa. riv - e - ai l d * Vet w as tliti, ocif Fo this 'ent been eo n uni At e x i 41. t lih iz 4 1311 ,,,,, k ; 0. 1 " N e : a LOng '°03 4 0 1 Ztni nitt I) itt b atch bitt