The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

IT ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. EXTRA NIG TIT, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, April 16. SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, LFTTT, BENEVENTANO, and POCCHINI. Opera—LA F AVO RITA. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and my be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price one guinea and one guinea and a half. Madlie. PICCOLOMINI has arrived. Due notice will be given of her first appearance. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for the EASTER HOLIDAYS. Immense Attraction for Positively Six Nights only.— Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the week. supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal members of the Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies. THIS EVENING, HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon. After which. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss WoolgarA The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5. Private boxes, 21. 2e., 11. lle. 6d., 1/. Is., and to hold two persons , 10e. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ; upper circle, ls. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, ls. • second gallery, 6d. Half price to all parts, except stalls and upper gallery, at 9 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tr3gody of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. Ring Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. TH EATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter. Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story, un dfr the Apple-lation of ATALANTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Tertian, her first appearance in London. Concluding with GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRADS II AW. Mr. Buckstone. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. e. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes. 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ........ ... ... 3 0 Upper 80xe5.... Pit . Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 €No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. r THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. Mr. Paul Bedford, Sze. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will make her first appearance After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. TRAND TRE AT E.—Manarier, M c. T. • Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, dtc. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, the new drama of THE IRON ARM. After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. To conclude with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATILE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &c. Commence at half- - past Seven. A STLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE. 411._ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First week), a New and Grand Mili tary Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of trained Horses, kx., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine. After which, a novel Series of EQUES*TRIAN ACTS in the CIICLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. Appearance of M. Croneste. the inimitable Clown, and. of Signor Curelli and Family. To conclude with TILE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH. Commet.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper /loxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. t;ox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. 'W. Cooke, jun. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THE WEA.THEF—"ityx Ornent, APRIL 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest sines noon yesterday. 41 —lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day st noon. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow hiz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of - .'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, he., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jon.:, , hmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Conj. Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. lime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and torn; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Woks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, dre., until twelve o'e:ock. MIS DAT—Morn. 42 rain. aft. 5 —Evening 3 mid. sft. 6 r(r.Moitnow—Morn. 29 min. aft. 6—Evening 57 rain.aft. BAROMETER, 29'85. Wnro.—Variable from S. and S.E. to East. Squally, with fitful weather—rringgy, rain and sunshine. THREE o'CLOCK.—Wind, S.W., with rain. . • , ' -4 k„,.. ) , C7i.) LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1857 What will Lord JOHN RUSSELL do ? He is not exactly hostile to Lord PALMERSTON, but ho is not easy as his independent supporter. If two could ride before on the same horse he would willingly join him on those terms ; but this being impossible, how can Lord JOHN contrive to oc cupy the first place in a Parliament elected to support the foreign policy of his political superior. He knows Lord PALMERSTON too well to imagine that he can be easily tripped up. The League, the Conservatives, and the Peelitcs tried it, and were rewarded with a penal dis solution, and decimation or extinction. It is perfectly certain that the ex-Premier might try in vain to eject the in-Premier. Lord PALMERSTON would bid as high as his antagonist for popular fayour, were that necessary, rather than be out done ; and, as to working the different sections of the House, one against the other—now beating Liberals by Tory aid, and now Tories by Liberal aid—the country has had enough of that. Repeti tion of it will disgust the nation, and render the ma jority of the House discontented with a leader who makes fools of them all by turns. We should think, therefore, Lord PalauzusTorr must lead the Liberal party, and must so manage it as to secure its loyalty. He sees that he has got a house of Reformers ; he sees that the question of Reform cannot be evaded, and he will meet it—but how 7 That is the question. With Lord JOHN RUS SELL, or in opposition to him ? With a minimum makeshift, or a bold hearty measure ? This Ses sion or the next ? The time must depend very much on the tem per of the House and of the country. His senti. ments he can hardly escape avowing this . year. Whether in any case he could be induced to act is uncertain. We should say, by all means let him be pressed to come out at once. Reformers never yet gained anything by sparing a Ministry. If Members of our new Parliament do not force the Government to declare itself, they will lose the confidence of the country, and w eak en their position as Reformers in the House also. If Lord PALMERSTON means t) stand through a manly Reform policy, his friends will beEt aid him by showing all the waverers that this must be hi s course, and that they mean it to be the winning side. If such be not his policy, we trust a liberal Parliament will not hesitate to give him notice to Reform or quit. Next as to Lord Jourr RUSSELL. Will the two Lords bid against one another or coalesce ? We do rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1857. not use the word now in its odious sense. The (canalised in 181.7 by the Celestial Emperor two Lords have co-operated iu carrying - ELI-KANO is turned into the lake of Koho-tchi, one Reform Bill, and there is nothing but recent and the waters of the lake forthwith overflew the disagreements on other matters to hinder their surrounding districts 1 A proceeding altogether cc-operation in this work again. For the sake of effectual of course in raising an impediment in Reform itself, we could wish to have a Reform the way of the invaders, but cruelly disastrous to auction, and the two leading Statesmen for the the unfortunate population. • bidders ; but we fear their sense of common aris- Beyond the wholesale calamities thus scattered tocratic interest. "If we try to outbid each broadcast among their own people, by order of the other, the Radicals must be the chief gainers," Imperial Councillors at Pekin—the Members of will be their whispered opinion. " Can't the Nuy-ko or State Cabinet—either tolerate or we make a bargain, and get Reform on directly organise a series of more restricted, but very easy terms." " You, Lord JOHN, have a equally inhuman, atrocities with a view to the majority who would vote a rather stiffish Reform destruction of their antagonists by foul means Bill." " You, Lord PALMERSTON, have a majority rather than chivalrously in open battle. Hence, who would vote a great many things because Lord the arsenic despicably introduced (by somebody) PALMERSTON proposed them." " The only thing a few weeks back at Hong Kong into the bread to settle, then, is how we can be Spartan Kings or supplied by a Chinese baker to the English resi- Roman Consuls—both be first together. Now, dents ! Hence, the deadly poison lately infused as you are the domestic politician by profession, through the agency of the prepared bark of some and I the foreign one, can't we arrange a kind of terrible tree (some tree hardly less fatal than the double Premiership, in which we shall enjoy about Fabled Upas) into the fresh water that British equal honours ?" ships have been in the habit of taking at In any case, what Lord JOHN RUSSELL will Whampoa from a small tributary stream find himself compelled to do will be very much the flowing into the Tchioukiang ! Hence th• standard from which our expectations must start. daggers secreted by the native sailors on board He will have to offer something obviously superior the Thistle—the instruments of murder with to his last abortion of February, 1854, and yet which they slit the throats of the English pas further no advance on his Bill of 1852 ; though sengers ! Hence, also, every tael, every mace, in some respects the later measure was more favour- every candarin in the blood-money offered by able to the country party than the earlier one. Per- YEH for the heads of Englishmen ! Atrocities, haps, after such stormy events ashave engrossed our all these, quite upon a par with the stabbing of the attention since 1854 the greater part of our readers wounded on the field of Balaklava, with the I may have forgotten the principal points of • the brutal massacre of the. Turkish seamen surprised bill which Lord JOHN RUSSELL withdrew amid and butchered in the bay of Sinope, or with the many tears on the 11th of April that year. It dastardly ambuscade prepared at Hango Udd for deprived the existing boroughs of sixty-two seats. the bearers of the flag of truce, under the shelter Twenty-nint were taken from nineteen boroughs, of which symbol, a symbol hitherto regarded as whose population did not amount to 5,000, or almost sacred among civilised nations, a boat's crew their electors to 300. Thirty-three were taken of British sailors were either captured or assassi from as many other boroughs which returned two nated ! Like Russians—like Chinese ! Both have members each, but whose electors were below proved themselves, and that moreover very recently, 500, and their population below 10,000 ; by de- equally beyond the shadow of a doubt to be bar priving them each of one member. These seats barians. It is the misfortune of England that were redistributed as follows : twice of late she has had to contend in arms — EIGHT boroughs, with a population above not with true men, but—with savages ! With 100,000, three Members each, instead the Chinese Savages she is still contending. Let of two 8 her deal with them as savages only are to be dealt Thirty-seven counties, or divisions of coun ties, with a population of 100,000 37 The West Riding of York and South Lan cashire, subdivided, each division three Members Three new boroughs Kensington and Chelsea 2 Salford, one additional The Inns of Court London University with Not with diplomacy—not with concilia tion. For such would prove by its results to be only folly and cruelty, and something little short of absolute madness; ending, as it could only end, in a more lavish expenditure of blood and trea sures. Dealing with the Chinese not thus, but with a stretched out Arm of Might, —with a strong, a vigorous, an overwhelm ing warlike demonstration. A bold policy like this, with such a people and at such a time, is always the most humane in the end ; it is always the most rational and the most prudent. It is the policy, moreover, best befitting the dig 'laity of the realm, the honour of the Crown, the glorious and historical reputation of the country. Beyond which—simply as a means to an end—it is, more strictly speaking, a Peaceful Policy than a Warlike Policy. Happily for England it is the policy resolved upon, we believe, at this time by Lord PAIXERSTON'S Government—a Government determined, at any rate, to signalise itself before the world by extinguishing the Chinese War by means of some resolute demonstration. It is, of course, evident enough that of the mem bers taken from the boroughs exclusively, more than two-thirds were handed over to the counties. They were made stronger in a division of country against town by NINETY ♦OTES ! The franchise was extended in counties to ten pound householders (clear yearly value of 101.) and iniboroughs to persons dwelling in houses rated to the amount of 61. to the relief of the poor, , if they had been occupiers for two full years and seven months. Other classes of votes were alio created, most of whom would be included in the above. Persons receiving a salary (not wages) of 1001. a year, or 101. annually for certain kinds of stock, SEC., or paying 40:s. yearly direct taxes, or being a graduate in a University, or a depositor three consecutive years in a savings bank to the amount of 501. The beat feature in the bill was the abolition of the Rate-paying clauses. How is it they have been tolerated so long, as means of annoyance or of unjust disfranchisement? The most novel and ridiculed portion of the bill was the clause which created minority members (111.111.P.'s) by allowing persons t) vote for only two members out of three, where the constituency returned three. Early in the last session of the defunct Parlia ment the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin proposed a resolution for an Address to the Crown, praying that " her MAJESTY would be graciously pleased to take into consideration, as an urgent measure of Adminis trative _Reform, the formation of a separate and responsible department for the affairs of public justice." This proposition was unanimouly car ried. The Attorney-General, who took exception merely to the words we have paced in italics, cordially assented to the spirit of the resolution ; and, on ascertaining the clearly-expressed opinion of the House, permitted the motion to be carried in its original form without a division, while the Premier declared that "the matter should receive the serious attention of the Government." The nation has, therefore, the strongest reason to ex pect that this voluntary pledge will be fully and fairly redeemed, and that " a separate and respon sible department of public justice" will be consti tuted without any unnecessary delay. The inconsistent position of a large number of towns under the proposed Bill we illustrated by exact tables at the tine. Some twenty-six towns were to return but one member, all of which surpassed, in electors, many which re turned two members ; some of them exceeding not fewer than fifty-four of those deemed worthy of two totes in the council of the nation. Up wards of forty boroughs, of between 7;000 and 10,000 inhabitants, had no member, and twenty two, with a population of between 10,000 and 16,600, ware also unrepresented ; and that while forty-five seats were taken from towns and handed over to the counties ! Such were some of the leading features of Lord JOHN'S THIRD Reform Bill. It is needless to observe that it said nothing of shortened duration of Parliaments, of abolition of property qualification, and of vote by ballot. How far will Lord JOHN surpass himself to become once more the aristo cratic tribune of the people ? How far will there be rivalry or conspiracy between him and Lord PALMERSTON ? How far will he think it worth while, with his last chance before him, to finish political life as the never-to-be-forgotten Reformer of the House of Commons, or the pitied repre sentative of antiquated Whiggisna ? Questions these which a session or two will probably decide. We fear, however, that there may be a serious obstacle to the efficient execution of this unanimous resolution. Lord CRANWORTH is by no means disposed to relieve himself and his successors of the labours wide]; from other multifarious avoca tions, he is unable to perform. He wishes rather " to build on ancient foundations" than to erect a new edifice suitable to the emergency. The measure which he proposes merely applies to the mechanism of legislation. It is generally believed that he contemplates the appointment of "an Examiner of Public Bills, with a staff cf competent officers to superintend the construction of Acts of Parliament." Now this would go but a very short way in providing for the exigency. It would, doubtless, give some additional patron age to the Noble Lord, but that is all. Some of the glaring mistakes which Lord BROUGHAM and many of the Judges have repeatedly deplored might be avoided. But there would be no di recting and responsible head, who would be bound to introduce the measures so urgently required. It would apply to details rather than to princi ples. The anomalies so clearly explained by the Attorney-General, in his speech. on the motion, would still remain without any guarantee for their Yesterday we transferred to our columns from those of our Gallic contemporary, the Moniteur de la Flotte, some very startling particulars de monstrative of the energetic course adopted by the Chinese in the development of their warlike demonstrations. It appears from these latest advices from the present seat of war in the East, that the Chinese, in their defensive operations, are not one jot lend barbarous, less savage, or less dastardly than the Muscovites themselves ; and surely that is saying a vast deal of their savagery and. rascality as antagonists'! To speak of a perfect parity of this kind as discernible at a glance be tween the Russians and the Chinese is to dub the latter base and villainous ! It is to designate them—point blank—" Foemen unworthy of our steel !" It is to liken them at once to cut-throats and assassins—to men without a sense of probity, of honour, of magnanimity—in one word, to barbarians ! Positive proof in regard. to all this we have had, very recently, in abundance. For example—if the Russians, when their territories are invaded, by reason of their own want of faith, or because of some flagrant incursion of theirs into their neighbours' territory, resort to the savage and desperate course of setting a whole city, and that city, as in 1812, the capital of their empire, in flames—doing this deed of infamy by torches placed in the hands of Thieves and Prostitutes ! If such is notoriously the savage course pursued by the Russians in every such emergency—the plan adopted in a similar crisis by the Chinese is not one iota less dark or less execrable in its atrocity. The Chinese effect by the removal of the floodgates what the Russians. effect by the kindling of a conflagration. They save them selves by devastating a whole province, by laying the countryside under water, by ruin ing families, by destroying crops, by put ting a total stop, for the time being, to all indus try, both commercial and agricultural. The great Defensive Weapon of the Russian is the flambeau of an EROSTRATUS That of the Chinese is the no less criminal hand that gives the signal for an- Inundation ! Directly an army invades the Empire—one of the three branches of the Pei-ho early removal. So long as the political and judicial functions •f the Lord Chancellor are blended, it is impos • sible that he, or indeed any single man, can efficiently discharge all the duties. As a Cabinet Minister, and Speaker of the House of Lords, he has ample occupation. But he is also bound to act as a judge both in the Court of Chancery and in the appellate tribunal of the Upper House. In that capacity also he has quite enough to do. It is therefore almost needless to say that he cannot bestow the attention so urgently required on the defects of the law, or the modifi cations and changes so imperatively required to keep up with the spirit of the age. It is not against Lord CRANWORTH, but the system, that we direct these observations. We believe any other man that could be found would be incapable of sustaining the burden that now rests on his shoulders. For what is now demanded at his hands ? It is not only the effectual administration of justice in all its departments, but also the super intendence and effectual carrying out of the pro cess of the amendment of the law, and the giving prompt, effectual, and complete assistance to the business of current legislation. In the latter portion the United Kingdom is far behind every other nation. Our Legislation, like other matters, is in a great degree left to " private enterprise," and, save in questions that have been what is teohnicallytermed " taken up by the Government,' there is, generally speaking, a complete failure— a very decided " break down." An independent Member will have quite enough to do in obtain ing the legislative sanction to the principles which he advocates, without being obliged either to perform the mechanical part of the operation himself, or to pay largely for the professional assistance he must obtain in order to have it effi ciently performed. It is quite sufficient that he should be the " architect," without also being the " builder," and even the " bricklayer," to carry his designs into practical execution ! They do these things better in France. There they have a Minister of Justice, and here we want a similar officer, whose attention shall be exclu sively directed to the department. We care not by what designation he may be known, provided the necessary work be performed. Practically what is required is the separation of the political and judicial functions of the Lord Chancellor, and that we hope and believe will be finally demanded by the new Parliament in accordance with the resolution unanimously and unhesitatingly carried on the 12th of February, 1857. LATEST NEWS•' COPENHAGEN, APRIL 14. The Facdrelan,det announces that the Ding has successively called on M. Blulime, and afterwards on M. Tilliscb, to form a Ministry. It is said that the former has refused, but the answer of the latter is not known. It is not probable that the old Ministry will re main in office. Speaking of the late arrests in Paris, the Tinies correspondent (second edition) says : " A few more arrests were, it is said, made yes terday and the day before. 1 have not noticed the various stories, some of them extravagant enough, which have been current about these arrests. It is hardly necessary to say that secret societies never wholly disappear in France. They may be more or less quiet—more or less dangerous—more or less withdrawn from the public eye, but they do nob cease to exist, and their influence is never wholly unfelt. When a certain time elapses, and when a movement is observable, the 'authorities think it useful to lay their hands on a few dozens. To do this it is necessary to entice them out of their hiding-places, as rats are coaxed out of their holes. In the meantime the traps are prepared, and as the con spirators become visible or tangible, they are caught when least aware of their danger. The ratcatchers in the present instance have been rather successful, though it is probable that at least one-third of the arrested are agents of the secret police. I believe these arrests to be nothing more than one of those sweepings which take place every now and then. The principal charge against the persons now in custody is for conspiring with a view to an attempt on the person of the Emperor. M. Treilhard is the magistrate who is charged with investigating the offences of which they are accused." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVF.NING. Their Majesties yesterday received M. de la Torre Ayllon, the Spanish minister at Lisbon, and Mme. de la Torre Aylion, who were presented by the Spanish ambassador. The Grand Duke Constantine is expected at Tou lon on the 20th or 21st. He will proceed at once to Marseilles on board of the Reine Horteuse, and review the fleets and examine the docks and ar senals. The next day he will proceed to Lyons, but will not stop there any time ; he will pass the night at Chalons-sur-Saone. He intends to inspect with much attention the well-known foundries of the Creasol (Saone -et-Loire). He will be here about the end of the month and will take up his quarters at Fontainebleau, where great preparations are making to receive him and his suite. General Todtleben has presented the Emperor of the French with a copy, magnificently bound, of his journal of the siege of Sebastopol, kept by himself day by day. This most interesting dairy is written in Russian, with a French translation in each page. The Minister of Marine had a brilliant reception last night, at which numerous Russian officers were present. The Committee of Defence, which is composed of military men of high rank, on the question of the projected lines of railroad in Russia being brought before it, have expressed the opinion that these lines of communication are of a decidedly strategic character, and that, by the facilities they afford, from 85,000 to 100,000 men could be transported from various points of the Empire to Kaffa in eight days. The concession for these lines was obtained by M. de Moray. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the taxes and indirect revenue for the first quarter of 1857, as compared with the corresponding period of 1856. The items which show the greatest improvement are Duty on potable liquors, 3,655,000 fr. ; import duty on different merchan dise, 3,384,000 fr. ; ditto on foreign sugar, 1,480,000 fr. ; duty on manufacture of beetroot sugar, 1,267,00 fr. ; sale of tobacco, 1,935,000 fr. ; registration dues, 727,000 fr. ; salt duty (consump tion), 458,000 fr. ; stamp duty, 403,000 fr. ; import duty on French colonial sugar, 329,000 fr. ; sale of gunpowder, 274,000 fr. ; Post-office, 103,000 fr. ; import duty on corn, 46,000 fr. ; navigation dues, 43,000 fr. ; transmission of money, 13,00Jfr. The only items of revenue which show a falling off are —Conveyance by malles-posts, 32,000 fr. ; sundry customs duties, 20,000 fr. ; and accidental receipts, 19,000 fr. On these returns the Moniteur remarks as follows : "It results from these figures :-1. That the produce of the first quarter of 1857 exceeds by 14,202,0001. that of the corresponding quarter of 1856. 2. That this aug mentation would have been 16,886,000 f. if the yearlBs6 h , i.d ❑ot been leap year. 3. That in this increase the Month of March stands for 7,49,000 f." The Univers affirms that the rumour of an at tempt at reconciliation between Piedmont and the Pope, mentioned by the Nord of Brussels, is devoid of foundation. BOURSE, April 15.—The following were the last quotations : End of Mouth. —fr. -G. 70 20 Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 7O Now Loan — Bank Shares 4,600 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,405 Austrian Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) 9o.f— Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr c Orleans 1,502A— Western Northern l,OlO Strasburg Lyons 1,585 New Ditto 8 — Mediterranean 2,150 Grand Central 0 — Lyons Geneva Midi amount of honour, and which will unite the esteem and London were quoted 531, with money over, and a confidence of Europe to the sympathy with. which you scat\;ity of paper ; Paris, 533, in demand ; Ham have already known how to inspire Lir. Al the !'i:iiAi-i- burg, 471- to 47i, in demand. hers of the commission of which I form pan; ~,iil, The Warner -Genova, from the Brazils., put into I ati3 persuaded, regard with att en tive impartiaiity all ' Lisbon on the Bth for coals. Sh e l e f t R io e i g ht that may pass either far from or near to the capital •; days after the Tamar. Her dates were—Rio de and will act in common accord, and in conformity with 1 Janeiro March 5 • Bahia, 10th ; Pernambuco, 14th their instructions, in all circumstances which may attract 1 i St. Vincent, 28th ; Madeira, April 5. I their attention, nod which may, appear contrary to the spirit which has dictated their mission. For my own 1 The mail steamer Medway arrived at Pernam part, gentlemen, you may ha certain that I will always , buco on the sth, and was expected at Rio in time add good intentions to the zsal and enlightened expo; ' to leave for Southampton on the 17th. 1 rience of my colleagues." Sugars in active demand at Pernambuco, and an advance on browns. Freights dull. Exchange 27id. Yellow fever had quite disappeared, and Pernambuco healthy. At Bahia sugars also in active demand. No cotton on hand. Freights to London, 40s. ; Liver pool, 30s. ; the Channel, 455. Exchange 280. Gibraltar Exchanges, on the 4th of April, were— London, 51td. t 0 .510. ; Paris, sf. 360. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Dads, says first Russian conquest of territory to the north of Lake Aral dates from 1846. The Emperor Nicholas, encouraged by the favourable reports of officers employed in Asia, appointed in 1848 and 1849 a scientific commission under Cap tain Bulakow, of the navy, to explore Lake Aral, and afterwards take a position on the northern shore. The commission was provided with the necessary force to overcome any resistance which might be offered. After going through incredible fatigues, the commission discovered three pre- - viously unknown islands in the lake, and the soil of which was fertile. They were taken possession' of in the name of the Emperor, and the Russian flag planted on them. In the course of the ensuing year several points on these islands were fortified, and a military force established there. These islands are now protected from any attack on the part of the princes of the country. • The fortress of Aralsk is armed with 42 pieces of artillery - , and has a garrison of 1,000 men well supplied with stores of every description by means of the steamers on the Caspian Sea." ELECTION OF SCOTTISH _REPRESERT-4- TIVE .PEERS. The election of 16 Peers to represent Scotland in the ensuing Parliament took place'on Tuesday within the Picture Gallery of Holyrood-house. Prineipalk-e °petrol the proceedings with prayer. Mr. John Russell read the Royal proclamation appointing the election, as also a certificate that the 'proclamation had been read at the Cross of Edin burgh. . The following 18 peers answered to their names : The Duke of Atholl, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Tweeddale the Marquis of Lothian, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Perth, the Earl of Lauderdale, the Earl of Wemyss and March, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl Of Leven and Melville, the Earl of Kintore, the Earl of Seafield, Viscount Strathallan, Lord Blantyre, Lord Colville of Cul ross, Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Lord Rollo, and Lord Polwarth. The oaths of allegiance, supre macy, and abjuration were administered to and. subscribed by these peers. Their votes were then called for by signed lists, which each peer first read and then hauded in to the clerks. All of the lists contained the names of the 16 peers who represented Scotland in the House of Lords in the last Parliament—namely, the Mar quis of Tweeddale, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Home, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Leven and Melville, the Earl of Sel kirk, the Earl of Orkney, the Earl of &afield, Viscount Strathallan, Lord Grey, Lord Sinclair, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Colville of Culross, and Lord Blantyre, and Lord Pulwarth. ' ia, r. Russell then declared the 16 Peers named duly returned to serve in the ensuing Parliament, and signed and sealed the return in the customary :orm. The assemblage then dispersed. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS , S.W., 9th April, 1857. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief having had under his serious consideration the question of Army Education, e4pecially as re lating to qualifications for staffs appointments, is pleased to promulgate, for general information, that from and alter the Ist of January, 1858, - Li • undermentioned acquirements will be considered indispensable before appointment to the situations annexed. Every officer, before appointment, will be re quired to undergo an examination on the subjects mentioned, in such manner as shall be hereafter announced. This regulation is not intended to affect officers now on the staff. QUALIFICATIONS OF IgT.AFF OFFICMS. To write a distinct and legible hand, and com pose English correctly. To have a good colloquial knowledge of one foreign language. To have a good eye for a country, and to be able to produce an intelligible sketch of it. To know the use of the sketching compass, or pocket sextant—in order to lay down and protract the leading features of the country to be described. To have a thorough knowledge of regimental duty,—and tactics, and field movements on an ex tended scale. Also a knowledge of field fortification, both' as regards construction and correct description on re connaissance. To have all the qualifications of a good adjutant —the same acquirements as are exacted from an aide-de camp—and a thorough knowledge of mat tart' law, and the Army and War-office regulations. The following further acquirements will be re quired to qualify for Deputy-Assistants Adjutant General, and Deputy-Assistants Quarter Master General, v i z.:— Practical sketching, both on horseback, called " flying sketching," as well as correct and finished plotting ; practical trigonometry and geometry, with knowledge of logarithms. To write, read, and speak at least one foreign language—to . judge of ground and its proper occupation by all arms ;—to have a perfect know ledge of castrametation, and the principles of per manent fortification ; And to be thoroughly acquainted with geography and military history,—especially as relates to the campaigns of ancient and modern commanders. To the whole of the foregoing will b e a dd e d for Assistants Adjutant and Assistants 44uarter-Master General, the elements of mechanics, hydrostatics, and geology ;—the construction of military bridges, dams, dre. ;—an aquaint .nce with the principles of strategy ;—and statistics of the army. All staff officers should be able to ride well. By command of his Royal Highness, the General Commanding-in-Chief,. G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. THE PRINCIPALITIES. Accounts from Bucharest of the 6th state that two days before a deputation of landed proprietors, advocates, and several young boyards of higher station paid visits to the commissioners of the Eu ropean powers. On the occasion the following ad dress was presented to Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer : " Excellency,—The Roumains welcome with delight in you the worthy representative of free England — the envoy of her most gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. They indulge in the firm hope that your presence among them will poweriuly contribute to deliver them from all restraint, and thereby secure to them an unshackled manifestation of the wishes of• the country, with entire independence in the elections. We have the greater right to expect an attentive surveillance on the part of the commissioners, in the application of the electoral law, that we have not . taken any part in drawing it up. We have too long lived without liberty for abuses not to be rife, particularly at a distance from the capital. We solicit the attention of your Excellency to this point. We take great pleasure in reminding you that at the congress of Paris the representative of her Britannic Majesty was the first to strongly insist on the necessity of taking into account the free wishes of the country ; and from what power can we expect this elec toral independence, which is so necessary for us, if not from that one which has had the happy privilege of enjoying for ages the benefits of free institutions ? Your Excellency, who has shown yourself every Mier, and at all times the warmest defender of liberty of conscience, as also one of the most onistant supporters of representative government, cannot fail to secure that liberty in our country. We pray you, therefore, to accept the sentiments of hope and of gratitude whim we offer you in the name of our countrymen ol all classes." The following reply was made by the English Commissioner : ",Gentlemen—l have listened attentively to the words which you have just addressed to me, and my first duty is to thank you fur all the obliging sentiments you have expressed towards my country, my Government, and myself. With regard to the question to which you particularly call my attention, namely, the elections which are shortly to take place, the Ottoman Government has declared its intentions in the most solemn and precise manner, and, arriving direct from Constantinople, I am able to assure you that the Sublime Porte desires with sincerity what it has declared without hesitation. I must also believe that the Government of this princi pality at the bead of which is placed a prince whose family is one of the illustrations of your annals, and who, from his reputation of frankness and straightfor ward conduct, was pointed cut to the confidence of the Sultan, will, in such a critical moment, execute the instructions it has received with scrupulous fidelity. Such is certainly its duty. On the other hand, it is to the Wallachian people, and especially . for you, gentle men, wbose position in the centre of society should main tain a proper equilibrium in it, to render, by the prudent ability of your conducts the task imposed on the autho rities easier. No oue doubts your inteligence ; that gift of Heaven is visible on all the faces which surround me ; but experience alone enables what is difficult to be die tinguished from what is impossible, theory from practi ce , . and so it is permitted to doubt in circumstances as novel as they are difficult, you will have all the prudence, all the moderation, and all the tact, which (believe on the point an Englishman, proud of the bpithet which you have accorded to his country) every nation which is de sirous of enjoying the advantages of a liberal Govern meut and a repre,entative syst In should pcssess. Em ploy, then, I beg of you, all your efforts to make 3e,ur selves remarkable by these virtues and these civic talents, which perhaps are what is the least expected from you, but which will confer on you the greater CITY OF LONDON THEATEE. The playgoers in the East of London have now pl a ced before them a treat in the shape of a new three act drama, entitled, " The Spanish Girl, or the Spy of Naples," which has been adapted and re-written fur the English stage by " Cirujano," who, from his assumed name, we presume, must be a surgeon, and, from what we can gather, a surgeon of some eminence. The plot is excellent, and being historical in its character, it in• structs as well as amuses. The language is chaste, and many of the speeches are written with so much taste and fluency that it would be difficult to find fault with them. It is not our intention to divulge the plot, as such foreknowledge frequently destroys half the plea sure which is otherwise exeerieneed on witnessing it. Of the acting of Mr. Chas. Pitt, who has been specially' engaged for the part of Don Rodrigo, the hero of the piece, we cannot speak too highly. He appears to have a full conception of the author's ideas, and makes the most of the situations in which he is placed, and without " o'er -stepping the bounds of modesty," gives full force and vigour to the speeches written for Law' The part of Diego, the spy, is the pivot on which the whole of the plot turns, and this is well and a bly sus" tained by Mr. W. Searle. Miss Clifton, as Angelina, did ample justice to the part assigned to her, and in bet recital to the Viceroy Don Vergara, of the trials and suf• ferings she had undergone, she evinces much judgment and pathos. The piece is here and there interspersed with some light comedy scenes between Mrs. Berlett and Mr. Sims, whi c h, with a d ue t, deservedl y 3 cored, afforded much laughter. Both author and man() ger deserve well of the public, and, from the crowded houses which the piece draws, we doubt not hut that it will have a long and successful run. THE EXPENSE OF THE POLICE AT ALDERSHOTT.--Th e sum of 7,0001. is requ.red to he voted by Parliament fo r the current year to meet the expense of the police e' ° Aklershot t Camp. THE SPANISH ELECTIONS.—CORIINNA, April 61 The elections have taken - place in Galicia, amidst t greatest tranquillity. The Conservative party 113 ! triwpbed ; these elections produce 41 more votes in it ° favoar. At a meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Corapaa yesterday, it was resclved to dispose of the conee,sion for laying down telegraphic wires through Hanover t ° the North of Europe to an independent company, to be formed under the Hanoverian law, on condition ° the caution money and preliminary expenses hei r '', repaid and certain condition s being entered into regal''' . iog a future participation in dividends. Mn COBDEN AND THE HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION., The foil Owing letter from Mr. Cobden to the chairrner of his committee in Huddersfield appears in the bees Mercury—" Midhurst, April 2, 1857.—" My dear Si r ' —I seize the first moment after my return home fulfil the agreeable duty of tendering to you, o° ,:i through you to my committee and a l arge body the electors, my warmest thanks for th e su pp o rt iri" which I was honoured during the late contested O W tion. The circumstances which preceded the dissole; tion of Parliament, and which imparted to it somewb,"„ of the character of a surprise, precluded the possibil."4 of your making an accurate estimate of the peobab' n issue of a contest for Huddersfield, and my first et h er , was unavoidably, to a great extent, a leap in t he dark. No one can, therefore, be fairly held responsi" for a miscalculation of the chances of s uccess, 13° ,,1 does the result of the election afford any criterion 'll the strength of parties for the future. I have e lj ei r to assure my friends that I have appreciated t l3 O - 0 kind and courageous efforts all the more highly si l3 o l, I have kno wn th a t they were, from the first, ensbar' ho in an adverse struggle. To the non-electors, . 0 afforded me all the support which the constitute c , allows them to give, I beg to offer my warmest be knowledgments. And with my best wishes for itt prosperity and happiness of all classes and part ie loSt your borough, I remain, my dear sir, faithfully 9 ° of RICHARD COBDEN,--W. Willaus, Esq., Chairulaa Committee." LAUNCH OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN. It is rumoured that on the occasion of the launch of the Royal Sovereign, 131, screw, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and other branches of the Royal family will be present. The launch is fixed for the 25th at Portsmouth. BIRTB OF A PRINCESS. (From the Court Circular.) The Princess Gauromma of Coorg (attended by Mrs. Drummond), the Belgian Minister and Ma dame Van de Weyer the United States' Minister and Mrs. Dallas, Misses and Mr. P. Dallas, the Hanoverian Minister, the Swedish Minister and Baroness Hoehschild , the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi, the Spanish Minister, Mr. and Madame Comyn ; the Haytien Charge d'Affaires, the Danish Charge d'Affaires and Countess Revent low Criminil, the Mexican Minister and Madame Almonte, the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires, the Brazilian Minister and Madame Moreira, and other members of the diplomatic corps, called during the day to learn the state of her Majesty's health. Many of the nobility and gentry called to pay their respects. Among them were the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Marquis of Chandos, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir J. and Lady Paking ton, Sir James and the Misses Graham, the Attor ney-General and Lady Bethell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kiunaird, Earl and Countess c f Rosebery, Lady A. Tufuell, Earl and Countess of Fingall, Lady Clark, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, Countess- Dowager of Listowel, Duchess of St. Alban's, Ge neral and Lady F. Higginson, Viscount Chelsea, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. C. W. Dilke, Lord and Lady Moutsagle, Baron Marochetti, Sir George and Lady Couper, Sir G. Hayter, Sir C. and Lady Trevelyan, Sir H. and Lady Beutinck, Earl of Lucas, Earl of Harrowby, Lord Sandon, Earl and. Countess Dela warr; Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reave, Major-General and Lady C. Buck ley, Dr. R. Bright, Earl and Countess of Durham, Duke of Leeds, Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mrs. Pemberton Gibbs, Sir B. Brodie, Mr. E. Ellice, Lord Justice and Lady Turner, the Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, the Dowager Duchess of Hamil ton, the Duchess Dowager of Norfolk, the Duke of Sutherland, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Right Hon. E. P. and Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, Lord Panmure and. Hon. Miss Maule, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Foley, the Marchioness of Tankerville, Vice- Chancellor and Lady Stuart, Earl St. Germans, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Colonel Wood, Colonel and Mrs. Moncrieff, MTS. Lane Fox, Earl and Coun tess Dundonald, Sir R. and Lady Airey, Earl of Strafford, Colonel and Mrs. G. Upton ' Lord and and Lady Triinleston, Dowager Lady Raglan, Sir H. Seton, Duchess Dowager of Somerset, Earl Jermyn, Mr. Norman Macdonald, the Ladies L. and S. Phipps, Sir J. South, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Mr. and. Mrs. Cardwell, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Drummond, Lady Talbot de Malahide, Sir R. and Lady Gardiner, Vice-Chancellor and. Lady.'-age Wood; Viscount and Viscountess Falk land, Colonel link,. Baillie, Dowager Viscount Hardinge, Sir C. -and Lady Lyell, Lord Stafford, S.r H. and Lady Holland, Sir G. Wetherall, Sir J. Walsh, Rear-Adrai!al Walcott, The Chisholm, the Rev. Dr. Wesley, Lady Wheatley, Hon. Sophia Wheatley, the Marchioness of Ormonde, Sir D. and Lady IVlacdouqa'l, Lady C. Lascelles, Sir F. and Lady Moon, General Berkeley Drummond, Earl of Desart, Lord and Lady E. F. Howard, Bishop and Mrs. Maltby, Viscountess Chewton, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lord Wynford, Lady Alfred Paget, Lady G. Bathurst, together with numerous others. The following bulletin of the health of the Queen was issued this morning : " Buckingham Palace, April 16, 1857, Nine a.m. "'The Queen has slept well. " Her Majesty and the Infant Princess are going on quite favourably. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." The Duke de Nemours visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sent yesterday. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer will return to town to-day from visiting Mr. Thomas Baring, at Norman Court, Hants. The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda are ex pected in town shortly from the Continent. Lady Wbarncliffe is expected in town to-day. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers are at present staying on a visit with the Earl Bathurst, at his seat near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The Earl of Jersey will leave town to-morrow for Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. The Earl Fortescue is staying at his seat Castle Hill, Devonshire, and will not come to town until the latter e❑d of the present month. The Countess Frances Waldegrave will give a ball to-morrow evening, at her ladyship's villa, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. The Countess of Cork and her infant daughter are going on favourably. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yes. terday, for Broadlands, Hants. The Baroness De Clifford and family have arrived at her ladyship's residence, on Carlton-house Terrace. It ii probabl- that the difficulty between Persia and Turkey as regards the frontier question will be referred to Paris, and settled at the lintel of Foreign Affairs. Mr. B. Webster appeared at the Theatre Royal, Edin burgh, on Monday night, and received a very cordial welcome. lie played the part of Tartuffe. VIENNA, April 15. —The journey of the Emperor into Hnagary is announced by the preparations, whinh are being made on a grand scale. His Majesty's d e p ar t ur e is fixed for the 3d of May, and his return for the 20th of June. THE QUEEN OB SP.IIN.—It appears' that the Court physicians have " indicated the probability" that the Queen is in an interesting situation, and that this was the reason why the ceremonies in which she was to have taken the principal part on Holy Thursday and Good Friday were counter-ordered. Mr. Walker, Government Secretary, British Guiana, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yester c.ay. Mr. Lowry and the Rev. H. Venn had also inter ♦iews with .the right hon. gentleman, at the Colonial afice. THE CHINA MISSION.—We understand that the Earl of Elgin is to be accompanied in hi 4 diplomatic mission to China by his brother, the Hon. Frederick Bruce, by Mr. Oliphant, as his private secretary, by Mr. Fitzroy, and by a gentleman to be selected from the Foreign office.—Manchester Guardian. THE BISHOP OF GLOOESTER AND BRISTOL.—The health of this right rev. prelate, wbich for some time past has caused some anxiety, has been sufficiently restored to admit of his Lordship's removal from his residence at Clifton to his s ea t, R o db o rough-manor, near Stroud. His Lordship and f am ily took their departure on Tues day. . _ The Columbian steamer, belonging to the European and Australian Mail Packet Company, was spoken on the 16th of February, in latitude 33° 09' S., and longi 14° 30' E. (off th e C a p e o f Good Hope), 33 days out from Southampton. She had, therefore, made good progress up to that date. The Report of the North British Australasian Com pany, to be submitted at the meeting on the 21st inst., shows a profit of 14,192/., chiefly derived from the sheep station at Rosenthal. The Kawau mines in New Zea- land have been abandoned, and the expenditure closed after a total loss of 78,473/. The Bsn Accord mine in South Australia is to be made over to a new company. For the present a dividend is to be deferred to enable sufficient working capital to be retained. Proceedings are proposed for placing the company under limited lia bility. At the half -yearly meeting of the Agra and United Service Bank, held at Calcutta on the 14 th of February, the profits for th e s i x mon ths were stated at 49,3601., which, after payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, leaves 11,3601. to be carried to the reserve fund, making the total of that fund 149,2501. The premises recently purchased for the agency at Canton have been burnt by the Coinese, but the books and documents were saved, and the necessary steps have been taken to substantiate a claim for full indemnity. This bank is henceforth to be a London establishment, and the directors • are to be the Lord Mayor, C. G. Mansel, Lieutenant-Ca ,nel J. H. Macdonald, G. G. Macpherson, Major-Ganeral Sim, Colonel James Hol land, W. Newmarch, A. Rimington, J. C. Palmer, J. S. Stopford, and Lieutenant• Colonel Doveton. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin in the Elberfeld Gazette says :—" The conference of Neuchatel still remains suspended in consequence of the resistance of Switzerland to the Prussian claims. Count de Hatzfeld and Dr. Kern have both referre I matters to their governments, and the Sviriss envoy has de manded fresh instructions. It is. slid that the majority of the great powers have advised Switzer land to adopt a more conciliatory attitude towards Pr usda. " - The twenty-second anniversary of the birthday of the Duke de Brabant was celebrated on Monday at Brussels with great rejoicing. The Royal family arrived from Laeken in the morning, and a rec,p tion took place of all the members of the Royal households. The officers of the garrison all met at, grand banquets in honour of the day. The duke and the duchess attended in the evening at the Theatre of the Mounaie, where the " Huguenots" was given. They were received with great enthu siasm, the orchestra playing the " Brabanconne,” amidst loud acclamations. Their Royal High nesses remained to the close of the performance and were again cheered on their departure. At night the city was illuminated. THE SOUND DUES. The following is the text of the Imperial order 19.tely issued by the Russian Governmeut "NEW QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOB VESSELS COMING FROM THE SOUND, AND ENTERING RUSSIAN PORTS IN TrIE BALTIC :- "The Minister of the Interior informed the Mini-ter of Finance, under date of March 8, that his Majesty the Emperor, on the representation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with regard to the necessity, in cqnse quence of the abolition of the Sound Dues, of issuing fresh quarantine regulations for vessels coming through the Sound to our ports in the Baltic, has been graciously pleased, in accordance with the resolution of the Com mittee of Ministers, cn the 19th February, of this year, to command : " In future neither receipts for the payment of Sound Dues nor Danish quarantine certificates are to be required of vessels as inuispensable to their admission into our Baltic ports. " 4 2. It is to be made imumbont on all captains of vessels entering the said ports with cargo to provide themselves at the port where they take in their cargo with certificates attested by our consular agents as to 'the satisfactory sanitary state of the neighbourhood whence they come, or else procure for themselves quaran tine certificates in such French, English, Dutch, or Nor wegian ports as they may be obliged to put in to ; with the proviso always, that these documents be attested by our consular agents • and that " 3. These regulations are to remain in force only for the terns of this year, should the state of the public health during that period remain as satisfactory as it is at present.' SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 11th relate that the ceremonies of Passion Week bad been -celebrated with the usual pomp in all the churches, but that the Queen, as had been announced, took no part in them ; the King, however, on Good Friday went on foot to the church of Calatrava, wearing the decorations of the order of that name. On Holy Thursday and Good Friday no vehicles of any kind were allowed to appear, and on the latter day a magnificent procession of the clergy paraded the principal streets, a vast crowd assembling to wit ness it. The greatest activity prevails in the diffe rent Government offices in preparing bills for the approaching session. The Government has re quested the bishops to inform their clergy that there was a great want of priests in Porto Rico, and that it would give a , gratuitous passage to any who might be willing to go there. A royal decree enacts that captains-general of provinces should give , every facility to the deputies of the Cortes proceed ing to Madrid to attend the opening of the session on Ist May. A letter from Cuba states that au immense quantity of guano was supposed to exist in the southern part of the island, and that a com mission had been sent to examine it. Accounts have been received from the Sandwich and Society Islands, vi a San Francisco, whore the Embuscade French corvette arrived 't)n Feb. 22 from those Islands. She had on board as passenger Captain Rey, ex-governor ad interim of Taiti. The corvette Eurydice had arrived at Honolulu from Taiti on the 30th January. This vessel brought from Callao to Taiti Governor de Bouzet, who had been recalled to France to take his trial for the loss of the Aventure corvette. He was honourably acquitted and sent back to his post. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY EVENING, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Edward Christian, from Gibraltar for Southampton, arrived here this morning, hav ing in tow the dismacted ship Martin Luther, Cap tain Gordon, of and from Liverpool, with 498 pas sengers for Quebec. The Tagus left Gibraltar on the 6th of April, Cadiz on the 7th, Lisbon on the 9th, and Vigo on the 11th. Her cargo consists of 10 packages of specie value 4,1321., 117 boxes of eggs, 11 quarter-casks of wine, 609 chests of oranges, 3 half-boxes of tangerines, 143 boxes of dates, 61 bags of coffee, and 23 packages of sundries. Among the passengers are Lady Buchanan, from Gibraltar, Sir Morton Pato and Major Atcherly, from Lisbon. At Gibraltar the screw steamships Cressy, 80, Captain Richard L. Warren ; the Curlew, 9, Corn. W. Horton ; the paddle - whee l steam-shi p S p hinx, 6, Capt. A. Wilmot; and the screw steam-ship Ma jestic, 80, Capt. J. Hope, left for England on the 6th of April. At Lisbon the screw steam-ships Princess Royal, 91, Capt. G. Giffard ; Exmouth, 90, Capt. Harry Eyres ; Colossus, 80, Captain T. S. Thompson ; Brazilian corvette, a Dutch screw steam-ship of 8 guns, and the Belgian steam-ships Telonia and Me the screw stea.in-ship Atlantic, and t h e tropolis ; P en insular and Oriental C o mpany's steam - ship Alhambra, with the out ward mails, arrived at Vigo on the morning of t he 11th, ha v i ng Experienced very heavy gales. April 11 passed a yacht showing a Union Jack over No. 59, running towards Vigo. The Martin Luther, 1,241 tons register, left Liver passengol s and 1,200 tons pool on the 9 th with 498 general cargo for Quebec. On S and t hel2th, in lat. 50 N., long. 8 W., she experienced very heavy wea ther. from the north - west. At 8 p. m , when under it mast r a e n ef ed topsailswas caaardriercelelatifiyo.resaAil,sthae.mm.aionn db t p u_ g le ai Monday, when under close-reefed inaintopsail only, the fore and rnaintopmast were carried away close to the caps, taking with them the boat swa;n, John ' Westwood, of Dunfermline, Peter Branagan, and three other seamen, who were on the weather yard , arm endeavouring to secure the foresail, which had broken adrift. They were all unfortunately drowned. In order to clear the wreck the officers and crow cut away the mainmast, w hich dragged the mizerunast with it, and she thus became un manageable. On Tuesday morning she was fast drifting to leeward before a heavy sea and nein west wind, and was only 18 miles from Ushant, when she was providentially sighted by the TagirQ, which, after considerable danger to herself and damage to the lifeboat, succeeded about 130011 in rescuing her. The hull of the Martin Luther is in good condition, but in consequence of the heavy weather most of the berths were broken and knocked down, and the passengers have suffered severely. • SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. The Tagus steamer has just arrived from Ply mouth, bringin,g the Southampton portion of the Peninsular mails, all the rest having been landed at Plymouth. She had a full cargo. At Lisbon, on the 9111 April, were her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Princess Royal, and Colossus. The Plumper had left the previous day. Lisbon Exchanges—Bills at three months on unch. 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