The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-24 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING. PICCOLOMIN I, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI, r Opera—Ll TR AVIATA. Violetta, Madile. Piccolomini; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini, Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Madlie. Pocchini. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had'on applica tion at the Box-office. at the Theatre Co!onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Muffle. ORTOLANI will make her first appearance on TUESDAY NEXT, April 28. when will be revived (first time these seven years) Bellini's Opera of I PURITANI. Elvira. Madlle. Ortolani (her first appearance in England); Arturo, Sig, Giuglini. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LA TRAVIATA. PICCOLOMINI, GI fTGLINI, BENEVENT ANO, POCCHINI EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY EVENING, April 3). LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, Mdile. Piccolomini. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mane. Pocchini. For particulars see bills. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a galf each. S' JAMES'S THEATRE.- CRIMEAN RELICS. Box-office open from II to 5. Books at the Theatre. ROYAL THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 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, dre. After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of ATAL kNTA or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concludir.7, with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestr t Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Ilexes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ... 3 0 Upper Boss Pit . Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL. A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. TRAND TREAT R E.—Manager, Mr. T. .1 Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed 11,VTFI OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &c. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Bores, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs, Shepherd awl Creswick. THIS EVENING, the new drama of FLORENCE ; or, The Fatal Error. Characters by Messr3. Creswick, Norman, Charles, Miss Mortimer, dze. After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with cones, Miss Poole. Follbwrd by THE DITMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. 11 - 10YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will ! e 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, itc. Commence at half-cast Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP FIITH EATRE. 1:11.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. TIIIS EVENING (2d weekl, the hichlv snccessrul Grand Milikary Spectacle, called TILE FRENCH IN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of trained Horses, &c. After which, Miss Kate Cooke 'will appear in the EQIITES MAN ACTS in the CIRCLE. The performance of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with A RISIBLE FARCE. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. : Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Fox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBII RY HA LL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. —Th e follow inz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel!, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. corri Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs, Sam C')Well, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hioks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; lireetor, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. cisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. +tlGil WATI AT LONDON Ttirtnco TTY'S DAY—Morn. 13 min. aft. 1 - rwminst 51 MIA. aft. 1 Try MORBON'T—Morn. 11 min. aft. 2—Evening 33 mm.aft THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 24. THERMOMETER. IN THE SHADE . 51 —highest singe noon yesterday. 39 -lowest this morning and during the night. 46 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.03. Wnsm—Easterly ; fresh, with dull, cold weather. 4 % ,9 :-:fr (1711 ' r r - t s f 7 -Y7 r 4 1 s ) 4 1 . 5 ) t • , LONDON, FRIDAY. APRIL 24, 1857. It will probably have been remarked by several of our readers that we recorded, in our impression of Tuesday, a meeting which had taken place on the previous evening, at the Cowper-street School room, City-road. A meeting expressive of sym pathy with the Unsuccessful Parliamentary Can didates at Manchester, Rochdale, Oldham, and Huddersfield. And a meeting further indicative, it should be observed at once, of the views enter tained by the working men of London as to what Reforms ought to be demanded from the now Parliament. Altogether there were present about a thousand individuals. The room, which was of considerable dimensions, being crowded, as the saying is, to suffocation—meaning, to something approaching it. Resolutions (cut and dried) were proposed—speeches (also cut and dried) were de livered. Amendments (impromptu) were intro duced —and one of them (an amiable extension of the " sympathy " to Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY) carried " almost " nernine contradiceide ! And the upshot of all this--What, let us ask, was about the English of it? Why, that a meeting originated, c onvened, and organised by the thick-and-thin Supporters of the Defeated—con tained, after all, about equal numbers of the op ponents to, and the supporters of, the regularly pre pared, and, as we have said, " cut and dried" Filet Resolution. That Resolution constituted the very backbone of the whole proceeding, It expressed " sympathy" for the Unsuccessful Parliamentary Candidates—for Mr. COBDEN, for Mr. Fox, for Mr. BRIGHT, for Mr. MIALL, and for Mr. Cre soN, as ultimately also (hy an after thought) for Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY. And against this resolution (upon the spur of the moment)there started up abruptly a sort of a snake-in-the-grass Amendment. An Am en d_ - ment absolutely giving the ge-by altogether to the notion of anything like sympathy with the Crest fallen Candidates—and, in direct opposition to to that, pronouncing the exoulsion of Messrs. COBDEN, BRIGHT, GIBSON, (4.7 C., to bc—"a just retribution !" Sabmitting the resolution and the amendment successively to a Show of Hands, the Chairman (a Sympathiser remember) declared the majority to be in favour of Ole former, meaning in favour of the Resolution. The Reporter add - log, however—" the uumisers appeared to be pretty near v ,i— equal! " Six of one_ate half-a dozen of the other. 500 pitying the sorrows," in the present inclement season, of the Poor Frozen- I Court as a body be sincere in their professions, the trifling difficulties might easily be overcome, and private intelligence rendered comparatively valueless, or, at all events, the leading features given, so as to afford elements sufficient to enable every man to judge for himself. If "the evil be incurable, under the present system," as asserted by the Times, why should not a better one be resorted to, that would reduce it to a minimum, amount. This acknowledged grievance is, however, only a portion of what must be submitted to under our Monetary Code. With a sounder system of cur rency, which would at the same time secure a more equal supply of the circulating medium, and retard, if it could not altogether prevent, the ex traordinary fluctuations in the rate of discount to which we have been subjected of late years—the nation would not be dependent on such casualties as the early or late arrival of a specie bearing vessel. The reduction of bullion, valued at half a million sterling, could, as we have re peatedly stated, have no greater effect than the loss of half a sovereign to a man worth some seven or eight thousand pounds. It is indeed an anomaly, that " the wealthiest nation in the world," as the Times confesses England to be, should suffer so severely from petty casualties— that the industry of the country should be para lysed because a vessel has been delayed by contrary winds, or an accident to her machinery. In truth it is " currency," not "capital" that is wanting. We can easily bear the_loss of a hundred millions by war, when we are driven to our wits' end by the delay of less than a twentieth part of that amount. What the nation requires is a code that will render our domestic trade comparatively independent of extraneous influences. It is uni versally admitted that a deposit of Consols—with an adequate margin, or the fact of the notes being receivable in payment of taxes and duties, would render a deposit of gold unnecessry, so far as the internal trade of the country was concerned. Why, then, can we not obtain really national notes of small and convenient de nominations, that would possess a " purchasing power" in the transactions of every-day life ? Mr. JAMES WILSON long since declared that the issue of 20,000,0001. worth of 11. notes would im mediately add to the effective capital of the country, to our stock of commodities, or, which is the same thing, to our command over them, to the extent of 20,000,0001., just as much as if we dreg the same amount of bullion out of the centre of England." Why, then, do we abstain from using the mine of wealth deposited at our very thres holds ? Why do we tantalise the people by permit ting them to suffer destitution in the sight of plenty ? Simply that the moneyocracy may obtain larger returns for their accumulated capital, we are made slaves—compelled to work for unsparing taskmasters ! That they may revel in luxury, myriads of our fellow-subjects are debarred from obtaining an adequate supply of the common necessaries of life. A fitting measure and repre sentative of value, suited to the wants and exi gencies of the working population, is all that is wanting ; but from that we are debarred by the artful contrivances of an insignificant minority, and by the extraordinary apathy and indifference of " the many" on a question wherein their own welfare and happiness depend more than on any ether that could be named ! They permit them selves to be mystified, and when the all-important topic is mooted, ninety-nine out of every hundred remain indifferent, declaring that it is something altogether beyond their capacity, that they do not profess to understand the " currency question." It is this knowledge of " common things" that is so urgently required. A few energetic members, who would not allow them selves to be coughed down, and who were alike insensible to sneers or threats, would speedily accomplish the object. The Corn Laws were repealed through the indefatigable exertions of a few energetic men—and if equal devotion were again exhibited—the monetary code would at all events be greatly ameliorated. This would be even a more important change, for " cheap bread" is but of slight utility if the means of purchasing it at the reduced price be wanting. Let Monetary Reformers only be true to themselves, and their success is certain. Matters have occurred that prove beyond the pos sibility of doubt the imperative necessity of a change in our currency laws, and if the golden opportunity be now neglected or misapplied, that change must take place even within the rapidly approaching session. out Reformers ! 500 regarding their rejection by Manchester, Rochdale, Oldham, and Hudders field, as after all, nothing less than a just retri bution ! Recollecting that they themselves got up that meeting—we don't think the Sympathis ers have gained very much by their Movement. Nor can we wonder at it, for the working classes have, to all practical intents and purposes, during the last few years, been fairly bamboozled by the Manchester School of Politicians. Let any work ing man in his sober senses ask himself what it is precisely that those Manchester men (erroneously so called, now that Messrs. BRIGHT and GIBSON have been ignominiously shaken off by their long slumbering, but at last awakened constituents) what it is, we repeat, precisely, that those se-called Manchester Men have been about during the last ten years—ever since the Anti-Corn Law League Triumphed over Mo nopoly ! What ? Why for the most part they have been all this while running wide of the mark in regard to really practical and comprehensive improvements. They have been chasing all kinds of absurd crotchets, and whimsies, and will-of-the wisps of political hallucination. They have been careering on their hobbies against all sorts of Quixotic Windmills in Parliament and out of it. They have been going clean daft about some pre posterous notion of reviving of an Arcadian age nowadays—in the midst of the smoke and dust of mines and factories--in the midst of the roar of the steam-engine, and the flash of the electric telegraph. And of accomplishing this miracle of regeneration—how ? By meats of the mono maniacal Peace-at-any-Price Principles—by the disastrous Principles that only two years since led the nations of the North and of the West by such a horrible and sanguinary Dance of Death to those wholesale graveyards, the Crimean battlefields ! And it is men who have been wasting their own energies, and the public time, and the nation's blood, and their country's trea sures thus—that the working people of England are expected to lanient now, forsooth, now that they have at length fallen " by a just retribution" under the scorn of the patriotic constituencies of Manchester, Rochdale, Oldham, and Huddersfield ! By how much have these Defeated Delinquents brought the working men of England nearer to the attainment of any one single point out of the six points of the Charter ? Tiy how much, during the last ten years, have they even striven to bring them nearer to any one of those six com prehensive Improvements ? Why it has by this time become notorious that the Chiefs of these Discomfited Politicians are, practically speaking, men of One Reform and that Reform ten years old ! Men of One Reform, and of a Hundred Crotchets. Had they been really earnest and energetio Reformers, instead of being mere Political Dreamers of Dreams, and Mock- Humanity-mongers, they must during these ten years past (with their undoubted ability) they must, as by necessity, have accomplished " something " fuither in the way of practical and actual improvement. Ini.tead of which they have done no such thing. They' have attempted no such thing. They have been babbling about Arbitration while Russia has been mustering her barbaric legions to devastate Christendom through Constantinople. They have been maundering about " Peace, Peace," when there has been no Peace, but, on the contrary, War as bloody as any recorded in the pages of History. So that, after all—their One Reform accomplished in 1846, and they themselves at last rejected as worthless in 1857--tha interim may be marked as nit in regard to " any " comprehensive supplementary improve ment accomplished subsequently by themselves. Insomuch that there still remain every one of the Six Points of the Charter up to this very moment intact. The whole series has to be taken in hand de novo by the True Reformers ! Let men, like Lord JOHN RUSSELL, look well to it. He, at least—his public career proves it—has not been, by any means, merely a man of One Reform. Rather than that a man of Many Reforms, and i those Reforms, for the most part, great and com prehensive. Now is his opportunity—peculiarly his opportunity. Can he once more be relied upon? Candidly—he has disappoint-id us so often (in spite of all his many, and some of them, glori ous achievements) that we hardly dare to hope it. At any rate there is the oppor tunity—there is his opportunity. Let him —again, we say—look well to it. It may never present itself—it probably will never present itself—again t) his grasp so temptingly. We are well rid at last of many of the Weightier Clogs of Reform. We have got a " clear stage" once more. We have - "no favour" to hamper the Good Cause in the shape of any impeding Predilection. It matters nothing whether the Reformer of the New Era is to be my Lord JOHN, Or my Lord PALIIERSTON, or anybody else, patri cian or commoner. All that the country does want, and that it does incontestibly, is—A Re former ! HEALTH OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOU- CESTER. The following bulletin was issued this morning : "Gloucester House, April 24, 9 a.m. " Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has passed a quiet night, and has not been so much oppressed in her breathing. (Signed) " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M. D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." Many complaints have been put forward in the City respecting the dilatory character of the Bank Returns. Without entering into the vexed ques tion respecting any publication thereof, it must be admitted that if it is to take place it should bemade at the earliest possible period, so as to prevent "the initiated few" from obt tiniug extraordinary advantages over their less favoured competit It is more than hinted that the general nature of the Returns are permitted to leak out at the commencement of the week, and tiat those who have received authentic, albeit secret information, are thereby enabled to enter into engageweuls under the most favourable circumstances—thatH they are, in fact, playing " the game of specula tion" with marked cards, or loaded dice, by means whereof they must win largely in the long run. The Times declares that " the evil under the pre sent system is incurable, since the Governor, and leading Directors, and also the Court, as a body, have in vain made the most strenuous efforts t r trace it to its source." It therefore earnestly advocates the propriety of publishing the Returns up to the end of each week in the Gazette of the Tuesday, instead of that of the Fri day. This might in some degree alleviate, al though it could nut alt )get her prevent, the mis chief. It would limit the time for operations to the " enlightened few," to three in place of to six days ! But much may be effected within a few days, or even a few hours I And the unfair advantage will still be obtainable by unscrupulous operators. It is simply ridiculous to speak of the difficulty of making up the Returns before the Tuesday. The quarterly financial accounts are made up to the very evening on which they are published, and they give at least approximate de tails of the Scotch and Irish accGunta. Early preparation is all that could be required, and the Directors of the Bank of England have no possible excuse for refwiin g to take a little aiditional trouble in order to accomplish so great a desi deratum. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE POLL. LEITRIM-(FIRST DAT.) Montgomery Brady Tenison 1,110 616 407 A Cabinet C nincil was held yesterday afternoon a the official residence of the First lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Vis count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Pan inure, the Chancelkr of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Altierley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess (Dowager) of Hamilton has left Port man-square for East Hall, Suffolk, to pass three weeks or a month. The Duke and Daohes; of Northumberland intend to leave Sion House, Isleworth, on the 4th proximo, for Northumberland House. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton are expected in town early next week, from Wakefield Lodge, North. amptonibire, for the season. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday for his seat, Bowood, Wilts. The Earl of Derby, after attending the recent race meeting at Newmarket, rejoined the Countess and fa mily at Knowsley, Lancashire. The noble Earl and Countess and Lady Emma Stanley come to town for the season, about the 10th of next month. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villier s close their visit to Lord and Lady William Powlett, a Bath, to-day, and go into Devonshire to pay severa, visits. _ The Earl and Countess Craven are staying at Ash down Park, Berks, and will return to town the latter e❑d of next week. Why, we ask, might it not be made out and published on the very day, including matters re lating to the provincial branches to the previous d ay If the Governor, leading Directors, and The Countess (Dowager) of Glasg ow an d Mi ss Cathe sreinaseoSni.nclair have arrived at 18, Chesham-pl ace , f or the The Eall and Countess of Zetland arrived at their residence in Arlington street, last evening, from Aske Hall, Yorkshire. The Earl de Grey has arrived in town from Dover. Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner have arrived in town for the geagon. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are expected in town in a few days from Paris. rilE SUN, LONDON, F . RID Y 14_:V ENING, APRIL 24, 1857 LATEST NEWS. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Alhambra, steamer, with the Peninsular mails, is telegraphed passing Hurst at 9.20 a.m. She will be up here about half-past 11. THE DANISH MINISTRY. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 23. The Cabinet is being reconstituted slowly. The cause is the difficulty of bestowing the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and that of Holstein, left vacant by the retirement of M. Scheele. M. Andrae, Minister of Finance will carry off the Presidency of the Council over M. Hall, Mi- nister of Public Worshfp. Still, with the exception of M. Scheele, the retention of the former Cabinet is no longer doubtful, BERLIN, THURSDAY. The Upper House has rejected paragraph 1 of a bill imposing an additional duty on salt, by a majority of 95 to 21. The Government there upon abandoned the bill, the first paragraph con taining the entire measure. AUSTRALIA. ATHENS, Aran 20. eLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. Theclipn2~-ehcpAnglesea, Captain Thorn, be lowing to Messrs. Green, from Melbourne, Feb. 2, from London, was off Pl!,mout4 this morning, and has landed about 40 passengers here. She is laden with 600 tons of copper ore and 1,266 bales of wool, and brings on freight 52,600 oz. of gold, besides what may be in the hands of her pas sengers (170), among whom are some successful co lonists and Lieut.-Colonel Thomas James Valiant, 40th Reat. and Lieut. W. Hen r y P au l, o f th e 12 T h. The Anglesea. rounded Cape Horn in two days, crossed the line on the Ist of April (28 days), and in 18 days more made the Scilly Islands, on ap proaching which she was becalmed two days. Her mils were left at Penzance on Wednesday. The news is anticipated by the Simla. The barque Alexandria, which sailed from Algoa Bay with wool and p.ssengers Feb. 24, St. Helena March 12, and Ascension March 19, passed up Channel this morning, and landed a small mail here, The Government has determined to oppose the French proposition for the establishment of credit Viscount and Vi4conntess Palmerston have arrived in town from BroaUtnds. Her ladyship leave in a few days for St. Leonards-on-Sea institutions in Greece. FRANCE. Our usual Paris letter, dated Thursday evening, had not arrived when we went to press. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 21. There bas been a considerable decline in all kinds of industriel stock during the last two or three days, and it is said to have been caused by the endeavours made by some of the concessionaries of the Russian railroads to palm upon the leading Vienna houses a part of their shares. The Vienna men of business are ready enough to take a share in a speculation when they see a fair chance of profit, but most unwilling to do so if they fancy that nothing is to be gained. In short, the Aus rian bankers and mer chants would fain have nothing whatever to do with the Russian railroads, but the Fr e nch C re dit Mobi lier has given some of them many shares iu several very good speculations, and they are therefore unable to t efuse to take a few in a very bad one. The Ost- Deutsche Post to-day mourns over those unfortunate speculators who have so deliberately walked into the trap laid for them by the Russians. The paper in question maliciously observes, that in the prospectus which has been issued no meution is made of the probable profit arising from the feathers of those birds which fall to the earth as victims to the mephitic exhalations of the Putrid Sea, between Geuitschi and Arabat, on the road from. Now Russia to the Crimea. If any person who is in possession of his five senses will take the trouble to look at the plans of the projected Russian railroads, be will clearly see that they are for strategic rather than for commercial purposes, and consequently cannot possibly pay. The Austrian Government is trying hard to per suade the French to make some change in their postal arrangements, which are totally unworthy of such a highly civilised nation. A letter goes from Cronstadt, in Transylvania, to Cologne, in Prussia, for 9 kreuzers (3id. E ng li s h) , b ut the post age of a letter from Vienna to Paris costs 29 kreuzers (11i d. English). Letters are frequently addressed to me from various parts of France, but it rarely happens that the proper stamps are on them. If the stamps are one halfpenny less ems the pre scribed postage, the letters are here treated as if no stamp at all was on them. Since the cheap postage system has been introduced into Austria she revenue of the Post-office Department has increased rather than diminished. The General Committee of the Agricultural Exhibition officially announces that the murrain has not spread iu Moravia and Silesia. The complaint is sporadic, and has only affected cattle which have been driven into those provinces. However, to tranquillife the exhibitors, a promise has been given that their cattle shall be brought to Vienna on the Northern Railroad in new waggons constructed for the pur pose. There was a complete panic on 'Change to-day, Lord Broughton arrived in Berkeley-square yesterday from Erlestnke Park, Colonel the Hon. Strange and the Hon. Mrs. Jocelyn are still on the Continent, and are not expected to return before the end of the ensuing month. Lady De Ros returned to town a few days since from visiting Sir John and Lady Walsh at Werkeid Park, Berks. His lordship will return to town to-morrow from Portsmouth. Lord and Lady Walsingham will arrive in town to• morrow from Merton Hall, Norfolk, for the season. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood leave town to-day on a visit to Rear-Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford and Lady Elizabeth Clifford, at their villa at Ryde, Isle of Wight, and will stay tell after the launch to-morrow at Portsmouth. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—At the meeting on Moaday next, the 27th inst., the following papers will be read :-1. "On China and the Chinese," by Sir J. F. Davis, K C. 8., F.R G.S. 2. " Completion of the North Australian Expedition," by CornrnandEr A. C. Gregory, SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.—At a meeting of the Board of Directors-, held on Wednesday, Mr. Francis Le Breton, of London, was elected a director of this company, in the place of the late Mr. James Hartley. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Belgian Transatlantic Royal Mail Company's steamship Leopol 1 the Firer., Capt. Michel, sailed this afternoon for New York, with the Belgian mails, about 500 passengers (chiefly steerage), and a very full cargo of miscellaneous goods. MONEY ORDER OFFICES —On the Ist May money order offices will be opened at the following places : Snettisharn, in Norfolk; Woolpit, Suffolk; Me'bourn, Cambridgeshire; Stainland, Yorkshire; Canonbie, Dum friesshire ; Newbliss, Mooaghan ; and Borris-o Leigh, Tipperary. LETTERS FOR SOPHIA, IN TURKEY.—Letters addressed to Sophia (Sofia), in Turkey, forwarded through the Austrian Post-office; via Belgium and Prussia, may in future be sent, either paid or unpaid, at the option of the sender. The postage on letters for Sophia is is. id. when not exceeding half-ounce in weight ; 2s. 2d. when above half-ounce and not exceeding one ounce ; and so on, according to the scale for charging inland letters. The above rates comprise the entire postage, British and foreign, to the place of destination. Letters for Sophia are forwarded rid Belgium and Prussia, unless otherwise specially addressed. LIVERPOOL, April 22.—This morning the Montreal Ocean mad steamship Indian sailed hence for Quebec and Montreal, with 218 steerage and 107 cabin passen gers, and the Canadian mails. The Kangaroo, belong ing to the Liverpool and Philadelphia S'earnship CJlH pany, also sailed to-day for New York, having on board a large number of passengers, including 65 in the cabins. The Royal Mail steamship Ear ipa will sail on Saturday for Halifax and Boston, and letters and news papers will be received until 8 a.m., with late fees until 9 a.m., and at the landing -stage till 10 a.m. COURT or COMMON COUNCIL—At a court held yester day the officers of the corporation of London, have given it as their opinion that a conviction by a foreign court is not within the meaning of the statute, and that Alder man Sir William Maguey is not disqualified from holding the office of alderman by reason of the jndgment of the Appeal Court of Brussels of the 27th of February last. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER. —lt is understood that the Corporation of Salford will present an address to his Royal Highness at the Peel Park Library, on the day following the opening of toe Art Treasures Exhibition. On the same occasion, an address will be presented by a d e put a tion f rom t h e Institutional Association of Lancashire and Cheshire, of which his Royal Highness is the president. His Royal Highness is to be the guest of James Watts, Esq., Mayor '.l Manch titer, at Abney-hall, Cheshire. LIST OF DIETARIES FOR CONVICTS.—Returns of the dietaries sanctioned by the Government for convicts at. Gibraltar, Bermuda, and the different convict establish ments of every class in Et , gland and Wales, and the dietaries in the military prisons, and the county gaols of England and Wales, have been printed by order of Par liament, and occupy a paper of 140 pages. The infor mation is interesting, but the very nature of it precludes any detailed reference. DESPATCH OF MILITARY STORES TO CHINA.—IrtS• terday very great activity prevailed in the Ordnance Storekeeper's Department, Tower, an order having been received for the immediate despatch of a large quantity of munitions of war. In addition to the ordinary labourers, a strong fatigue party, furnished by the gar rison, were busily engaged in delivering stores, consist ing of arms, accoutrements, tent, &c , which were shipped on board of lighters, for couveyance to Wcol wich, where they will be transshipped to vessels about to sail for China. A large quantity of commissariat stores, blankets, and clothing, was forwarded by railway to Portsmouth, for the same destination. THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT WOLVERHAMPTON. —Five persons have been killed by the boiler explosion at Wolverhampton, noticed in Tire Sun of yesterday. Benjamin Mason, the proprietor of the fire-iron polishing machinery, to whom the boiler belonged, had always managed the engine, employing as his stoker a man named Jo eph Cornfield. They were both killed instan taneously, and were frightfully mutilated. Another workman was killed, and two children, upon whom a portion of the malt-house fll in the street. It is sup posed that the explosion was occasioned by the sudden admission of cold water into the boiler, parts of which bad become red hot. An inquest has been commenced and adjourned before Mr. W. H. Plaine B. REFORMATION OF FEMALE PP.ISONERS.—The 20th RUSSIA. BERLIN, APRIL 22.-1 n the articles which appear now in considerable abundance in the Russian' . press on p o li t i co - economical subjects, the vaz ous journalist profit by the un usual degree of liberty allowed them to ex press their sentiments on the various topics of the clay with a degree of candour which, consider ing that these e xp ress i ons can also be read in foreign countries, is, to say the least of it, very naif. In the Russian press "for home consumption" we have hitherto the best antidotes against all the se ductive statements put forth in the continental organs of " la haute finance" in favourof the grand railway network scheme of MM. Pereira and Co. We find also that, while the shares of the Rus sian Commercial and Navigation Company have been subscribed for rapidly and exclusively by Russian capital, and other smaller undertakings, such as that of the " Hydrostat," for rasing sunken vessels, meet with considerable favour, nevertheless the number of shares in the much-vaunted railway scheme permitted to be of fered for subscription in Russia is confined to 150,000, being only one-quarter of the first issue of 600,005 shares at 500 f. each, and representing little rnoe:e than 1-15th of the entire capital contemplated, viz., 1,100,000,000 francs. The cause of this re striction in the amount of sha res t o be offered for subscription in Russia appears, however, not to be solely the very questionable nature of the investment itself, nor even the twofold desirable ness of attracting foreign capital to the country, and not enhancing the value of the capital that is already available there, but may be traced in very considerable decree to the necessity the Govern ment is under of withholding a tempting opportu nity to the proprietors of dormant capital in Russia to withdraw their deposits from the Government banks, where they get only 4 per cent, for their money, and embark it in undertakings where the same Government guarantees 5 per cent. asa mini mum. If this explanation be correct, the enigma is at once solved why the Government should permit the prospects of this undertaking, one of such vital importance to the country, to be pourtrayed so darkly by the home press; and the liberal pur chases made by the Imperial family out of the limited number of shares allotted to Russia will be understood at once as the mere endeavour to put so many shares out of reach of their subjects. The most recent advises from St. Petersburg speak of the publication of the new tariff as still to be confidently expected this spring ; the delibera tions on this subject are being carded ou in the capital with great assiduity and energy. One of the suspicious points of the grand rail• road project, which professes to have for its object the development of the productive resources of the country, is the circumstance that, while lines are planned to Nishni-Novgorod on the east and Thee dosia on the south, two important points in mili tary matters, no line is proposed to connect Odessa with the general network. To remedy this great commercial omission a company, composed of Odessa merchants and great landed proprietors iu Podolia and Cherson, proposes to connect Odessa by a line of railroad with Kiew, where the line is to branch off westwards to Austria, crossing the fron tier near Brody, and northwards to Mohilev, where it would join the general network. These gentle men propose to raise the necessary capital without the aid of foreign funds, and they contemplate, after obtaining a guarantee from the Government of 4i per cent. dividend, to raise the capital by a loan made them by a local bank on the security of their lands and serfs ; the amount to be lent on these latter is spoken of as being 30 silver roubles per " soul," and five silver roubles per dessatine of land. annual meeting of the Devon a'id Exeter Refuge for Di;- charged Prisoners was held a ;ex days ago at Exeter; the High Sher i ff, Sir M. Lvel, in the chair The report state] some gra;ifying fact; relative to the reforoation of female pri,oners through the instrumentality of this in stitution. During the 20 years it has been in operation, 190 discharged prisoners "have founrl at lea , t a temp r rary refuge beneath its roof. Of these 173 have gone away, of whom 88 have either been placed in respectable services or have been restored to their friends." The meeting was addressed by the Hon. W. W. Addington, S,r J:tick worth, Sir J. Kennaway, Mr. R. S. Gard, and other gentlensen ; and it was stated that the Devon and Exeter Refuge was about to be unit :d to the new Female Reformatory which is now being built in Exeter, by which arrangement much advantage to the cause of criminal reformation in the county of Devon is expected to accrue. A deputation from the General Association for the Australian Colonies had an interview with Mr Secre tary Labouchere yesterday, at the Colonial-office, to pre sent a memorial, requesting him to bring a b'll into Parliament giving the Australian Colonies power to lona a Federal Assembly. The deputation comprised Messrs. W. C. Wentworth (late member of Council for the city of Sydney, chairman of the arsociation), James A. Youl (honorary secretary), Sir Watiana M'Arthur, Dr. Dobie, R.N., and Messrs. G. F. Le-lie (late members of Coun cil for New South Wales), Wrn. Nicholson (late M.L C. for Victoria), John Dunn (late M L C. for Tasmania), Edward Stephens arrd A. L. Elder (late M.L.C.'e for South Australia), 11. G. Ashhurst, Robert Brooks, D. Benjamin, S. Benjamn, J. G4christ, G. R. Griffiths, Dr. Learmontb, D. Lareach, F. A. Du Cruz, R Dry, (late Speaker of Council, Tasmania), and A. R. Cruik shank (member of House of Assembly, Victoria). MURDER OP A GAMEKEEPER.—The adjourned inquest respecting the death of John Bebbington, head game keeper to Mr. Corbett, of Tilstone, near Chester, was held on Thursday, at the Tollernache Arms, Beeston, before Mr. Henry Churton, corner for that district. It ' will be recollected that Bebbington was found dead in a field near Beeston on Friday morning last, with a gua• shot wound in his loin. Suspicion pointed to a well known poacher named John Blagg, who was appre hended. Evidence was given, from which it appeared that tracts of a person beating for game were seen in the field, an that the tracks corresponded exactly with a pair of hoots found in Bla gg's house. The ma rk s Lai been made on the Thursday morning when the deceased was shot. It was also proved that on one occasion Blagg had said that he would shoot Bebbington thefirst time he got a chance. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against John Blagg, and be was corn !nutted for trial at the next assizes. On Wednesday the prisoner was committed on a similar charge by the magis trates at Four-lane-ends. SCHOOLS OF ART.—The amount granted to schools of art for the year 1655 56 was 25,5001., against 25,8651. and 20,9331. in the year- 1854-55 and 1853-54. In the first-mentioned year the sum of 4,500/. was given for aid to school., 2,0001. to the guarantee fund for salaries, 12,0001. for salaries and aid to masters, and 2,4001. for prizes and examinations, 2,000/. for travelling and inci dental expenses, 5001. for normal lace school in Ireland, and 2.1001. for salaries for inspection. CLICQUOT'S LAST.—At Berlin, a few evenings since, the King of Prussia attended the theatre to witness the production of a new tragedy. The piece proved wretch edly dull, and his Majesty after the second act deter mined to quit the house. On entering the saloon lead ing to his box he saw a lacquey sitting on a chair, with his chin resting on his breast, and in a profound slumber.. Turning to one of his attendants, the King remarked— " I'm sure that fell ow h as b ee n l istening at the door 1" THE FRENCIi IMPERIAL PRINCE. besides going al ( "t afternoons in state, escorted by Guiths, to the Buis de Boulogne, is now taken out at eight or nine every morn ing on the reserved terrace of the Tuileries gardens over looking the Seine. Sometimes he may be seen in his ',in put an goat carriage, the goats led by two little footnEm, a nurse walking on each side, and a tall lacquey behind. This morning, I happened to be passing through the gar dens when the imperial infant was returning to the palace from his promenade. On this occasion he was not in the car riage, but in the arms of one of his nurses, the other be ing in attendance, and the tall footman close at band. The passers-by on the quay, near the Pont "Loyal, rushed to the railing which separates the quay from the private garden to see the hope of the Napoleon dynasty. A t the moment the Emperor, without his hat, and smoki ng a cigar, was enjoying the fine morning, walking up and down the gravel walk in front of the little private stair. case leading into his apartments. SlT,en he saw the nursery cortege approaching, he advanced a few steps, graciously bowed to the nurses, and, with a pl ay f u l ex pression of his countenance, kissed his babe, to the great delight of a considerable assemblage who behold the scene at the distance of only a few y ar d s . Th e ; child looks remarkably plump and well.--Lettcr from Paris, RER 11T.ATESTYS THEATRE. The " Traviata" was performed last night for the first time t tis seeson. Of the merits and (ha' m te;ris of the " Trivia ta "we have already spoken. It was in the part of "Viohtta" in this opera that Mdlle. Piecolomini fir,t took the town by storm ; and her hold uron the feelings of her audience is as stton,g now as on the first night of hex appear ance. Of this her receplion through ,, ut • this very difficult performance, whether regarded as a musical or as a histrionic effort, was the most con vincing proof. Her renewed success is also the best evidence that detrac'ion, whether taking the false shape of can did cr iti c i sm or of appeals to a spurious morality, will not avail with tie public against the claims of true genius. That Piccolomini po , sesses the talisman which enchains all hearts and silences carping envy admits now of uo dioun sion. Even those who ari the most teady lo admit her defects as a singer are among the most enthu siastic admirers of her general talents. In truth, she is one o' those rare beings who appear at inter vals on the lyrical stage, defying clas,ification and baffling criticism. Toe n-w tenor, Giuglini, on this occasion under ti,ok Alfredo, and more than maintained the good ooinion which he suggested by his performance in the "Favorita." His success was unequival, and fully established the fact that Mr. Lumley pos sesses in him an artiste of the utintst credit and utility. The opera was reo ived with unbounded enthusiasm. Mdlle. Piccolomini was called be fore the curtain after the first and second acts, and no less than three times when the performance wag at an end. Bouquets were shot upon her in pro fusion, and the little artiste retired covered with glory. YA L ITAL lAN OPERA. Last night Mario made his first appearance this season. The opera selected for the rentre of this mLst popular of tenors was the " Tiovatore," in which he played the part of Manrico, and Grisi that of the heroine. The reception of Grisi and Mario, the latter especially, displayed the nearest approach to enthusiasm that can be expected from the Ly ceum audience. When the voice of the troubadour is heard singing the familiar " Desert° stills to" the applause could hardly be restrained till M,trio upcin the conclusion of the serenade made his ap peAr auce on the stage. The performance of last night was as excellent and effective as it was last year. The great scene, we need not observe, is that preceding the catastrophe, involving the air sung in the tower, backed by the misereres of the ecclesiastics in the cathedral. This impressive scene, aided as it was by the fine singing and no less fine acting of Grisi, came out magnificently and was encored ; and the curtain descended amid the loudest testim , nia's of admiration. the contra,lto part of Azucena, the gipsy, was filed by Mdlle. Nastier Didi6e—next to Albuni the most satisfactory singer of the music we have yet encountered, and next to Viardut Garcia the best actress. LORD JO HN RUSSELL. Lord Jo'ln Russell, in reply to an address pre sented tl him by the Mayor and Town Council of Southmolton, spoke as follows : Mr. Mayor and Gentleinen,—l feel deeply the honour you have dote me by the expression •f your confidence and regard in terms which, although much too flattering, are a valua),le proof of your friendly sentiments and poli tical sympathy. I will say no more regarding myself personally. I prefer to take this occasion to look back with satisfaction and gratitude to what is past, and to look forward with hope to what is to come. For the last 30 years, begin ning in 1828, we have been making great changes in our laws, altering the basis of our Parliamentary representa tion, adiniving millions of onr fellow-subjects to the bent fits cf religious equality, enlarging our commercial liberties, extending the privil-ges of personal freedom tc men of every race and every colour, in whatever clime they could be reached by the beneficent sceptre of the British monarchy. While we have been achieving these tasks Conserva tive predictions of the most gloomy nature have assailrd us in our onward path—the fall of the Crown and th , - ['louse of Lords—the destruction of the Establishe, Church—hopeless anarchy iu the West lodies—the en tire ruin of the agriculture of the United Kingdom. Such have been a few of the ominous cries which hay , stunned the ears of the British people while engaged their difficult and toilsome march. But, gentlemen, the result has shown that the bond of affection between the inhabitants of the different part , of the United Kingdom have been streng hewed , loyally to the Throne has necxne a warmer and more constan! int , rnal peace has been preserved and secured. agriculture has improved, commerce and manufacture,. have prodigiously increased, and the prophets of evi, themselves can only wonder at the material prosperity of our country and the confirmed stability of our institu tions. May we not hope, then, gentlemen, that by following ; the same policy, by uniting progress with order and im provement with wisdom, we may attain still further and greater benefits ? The opinion of the good, says Milton, is knowledge in the rnakinL:'. By consulting the opinioi. of the good and the enlightened the House of Common , recently elected may find means to promote education, to extend political franchises, to enlarge the boundarie, of religious freedom by removing sorne remaining dis abilities, and to relieve the people of some of their vexa tious burdens. I shall have every reason to be grateful and con• tented if lam permitted by my votes in Parliament to contribute to such happy results. Castle-hill, April 20. THE PAY OF MILITARY OFFICERS. "An Ensign of the Line," this' morning, in a letter to a contemporary, says— " As in the space of a few weeks Parliament will have met and commenced its deliberations on, among other subjects, that of army reform, may I request you to ex tend your powerful assistance to the cause of the lower and ill-paid grades of the British officer ; and will you allow me a small space in your columns to state a few statistic, , , of the truth of which I am aware from m:• own experience ? In the first place, then, we find al, ensign's pay is 5s 3d. per diem, that of a lieutenant 61. 6.1. (atter seven years' service 7s. 6d.), and that of a captain Hs. 7d. Now, the case of the ensign living on his pay being the hardest, ash, is forced into the same expenses as his superiors, we will take that as an ex ample. His pay, then, amounts to 51. 3.1 per diem, or 951 3d. per annum, and the expenses he has to pay out 01 this are the following : Per Annum. £ e. (1. Messing, at 4s. per diem. 73 0 0 Wine and general charges, at it. per mensem Servant, at 10s. per mensem ...... .... 6 0 0 Washing, at Ds. per mensem 9 0 0 Plain clothes, including servant's livery 20 0 0 Uniform, arms, kc 2O 0 0 Mess subscription Band do. 3 3 0 Occasional expenses, at 1/, per mensem 12 0 0 Total 4157 5 0 Substract year's pay £9s 16 3 Debt at the end of the year £6l 8 9 As many people doubt the truth of these statis tics, I may as well explain them. The mess din ner costs 24. .4d. and breakfast ls., to which aid 6d. for two glas.es of be , r and 2d. for other little extras—and I feel sure no one who knows any thing about the expense of a mess will con.i ter this anything but a most moderate calcol,tien,—and we. have a total of 4s. per diem—the sum stated. 11. per month, again, is the only charge I make for wine, mess guests, ee ,spapers, and general charges of all sorts. i With reeard to the servant's wages, aithough not o liged by the Queen's regulations to give more than is. Gd. p er week, yet it has grown a custain to give 10.. p e , month, and a roan is by no means overpaid at that rata; and although 15s per month appears high for washing, yet, as it is done by soldiers' wives, frequently labouring under great difficultie=, and includes your servant's linen, c., Ido not think it is so in reality. A,regards plain clothes, I believe no one can think that any one can dress like a gentleman and find his servant in livery under 261. per annutu,—and happy is the man who can do it f r that ; and uniform, &c , certairly costs the Caine, particularly as we have to wear the expensive tunic at mess. The mess and band subcriptton are fix , d I,r us ; and finally, but one pounda mouth is but a triflingall ,wauce for pocket-money and ozcasional ixpenses. J 3 sides all these we are trzquently thrown into ixpenes of different kinds by being moved from I ) zice to pace, for which the extra allowance made us is inadequa'e ; and we also have to supply ourselves with furniture, &c., but as these are partially optiahal I do not include them in my calculation, although they must not be cast entirely in the background. The increase of hay that I would recommend is the folowiog Per diem. Per annum. Ensign ..................... ~ 10 d O . 182 X a. d. 10 0 Lieutenant l2 0 219. 3 0 After fire years' service l3 0 237 5 0 Captain And surely', when the changes of climate, hardships, &c., of a sollier's life are taken into consiJeration, this rate cannot be thought too high. I am thankful to say that I am net one of those who are reduced to z,uch a manifest absurdity as attempting " to live on my pay,'' but still, with other means at toy command, I find it requires strict economy to make tLe two ends meet at the close of the year. The argument that the service contains many rich men cannot be held valid, as surely in every profes,iou the labourer is worthy of his hire, and it, the army as touch so a, in any ottmr ; and men of talent mint not be ex cluded from it because they possess less of this worm's goods than their neighbours. The pu:chave system may he a crying evil, but surely this is a greater. Mr. Minn, it is said, is about to resign the offic3 of permanent secretary at the Admiralty, and return tithe bar, and in time to Pariiann et, where he had already earned the reputation of a useful member before be gave up Bath for the Admiralty. 13,INQUET TO THE II frarBERS OF HEj E YORD. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Yesterday the Liberal representatives of the city and county of Hereford, Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., Lieutenant-Colo:lel Clifford, and George ClivP, Di., were invited to a grand banquet in the Sitirt,hal'. The Right Hon. I,lle Chancellor of the Exchequer pre sided. In the course of the evening Colonel MIDDLET.:N BIDDIMPH, M.P., proposed the health of Lord Palmer ston, as the representative of "a progressive system 4.f political reform in Church awl State." The Right' Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that no person who rooked back to the events of the last 25 years, and who reflected on the present temper of the country, as shown in the last election, could be mistaken as to the spread of Liberalism. The late election was, for the most part, an independent sx pression of opinion; not a result brought ab iut by inti midation or coercion, but, for the most part, a genuine expression of unfettered opinion ; and, looking at this circumstance in its proper light, there was no one who would not come to the conclusion that the sceptre of power bad passed from the hands of the Conservaiave party, at least for some time to come. (Rear, hear.) Indeed, since the year when Lord Grey became Prime klinister, and the Reform Br t was r ropose,l, there had not been so few obstac:es or interruptions to the exist ence of a Liberal Parqarnent. At one time, it vas true, Sir Robert Peel, for a few months, made on attempt to take a lvantage of the feeling o f the country against free trade, and came oito power, but soon found hire elf obliged, by pressure -1 circumstances, by his own convictions, and by public opinion, to adopt the opinions, the principles, and mea -ores of his adversaries ; and in a very short time, by the adoption of that course, brou ht about an irreparable °reach in his own party. (Applause.) Peel's Admilii ,tration, by his own public spirit and admirable conduct in reversing his former Protectionist policy and adopting Free-trade policy, proved by indubitable testimony the a-cendancy of those opinions in the county. • (Hear, :tear.) Afterwards, in 1852, Lord Derby made an at ,empt to form another Conservative Administration, and we know how short its duration was, and what was is tate. All these circumstances conspired to throw the -cep tre into the hands of the Liberal piArty. It re mained, however, to be seen whether they were able to grasp it with such firmness and in a manner that would entitle them to the confidence of the country. Me right hon. gentleman went on to show that the course Lord Palmerston and his colleagues had taken after the late vote of the House of Commons, by advis ing her Majesty to appeal to the country, was a proper one, as was evidenced by the manner in which that ap peal had been received by the country. But although the appeal to the country had been productive, as far as could be ascertained from the returns made, of a majo• pity in support of Lord Palmerston, it must not be for gotten that Lord Palmerston's Administration was com posed of only one portion of the Liberal party ; and that, if they should fail to command the support and confidence of the country, there would undoubtedly be other portions of the Liberal party who would be pre pared to offer their services ai candidates for public :onfidence. (Hear, hear.) Lord Palrmrston's Admi iistration, then, would hold office solely. and simp'y won their deserving and receiving public support. (Hear, hear.) The present Administration had teen .barged with reckles3, violent, turbulent, and aggres ,ive policy—with seeking querrele upon insufficient ,;rounds with foreign nations, and with destroying do- etc interests, with which such embroilinents interfere. [f that eiarge could be supported Lord Palmerston .could ❑ot calcu , ate upon the sympathies of the country ; ;,ut he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had no hesita ;on in saying, for reasons he bad already advanced, that ,e charge was wholly groundless and unsupported by 'acts. How could such be the case—and what had really teen the main object of Lord Palmerston's policy I Had t not been the conclusion of a war with Russia that bad )een in existence two years ? Peace, not war, he averred, as the main object of Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, out peace unaccompanied with national dishonour. (Rear.) It bad been said that the Government was one of reckless expenditure. In the midst of an enormous mar it was found necessary to resort to taxation by loans sipon the public credit. These extra means were con .; ded in a generous. liberal, and encouraging spirit by he people, because they considered them necessary and .ouducive to public interest. Now that war was over, iud the Government was reducing the national expendi ure as rapidly as it could, but still this must be lone by gradual steps. Yet because that expend . ore was not in a few months brought down to he level at which it stood at the termination of a long Jeace—immediately preceding the war—the Govern- lent was accused of being wasteful and lavisb. One ,hiog the nation might rest assured of, that all possible retrenchment, consistent with the safety of our own sore!, and the security of our colonial possessions, vould be made ; and founding their actions upin the principle of progressive reform, they would seek to in• roduce all practical ameliorations in our domestic insti utions, without disturbing the foundations of our na ional prosperity. (Rear, hear.) He meant to say, that eschewing organic changes, the Government of Lord Palmerston would endeavour to meet the necessi ties of exiAing circumstances, without disturbing the fundamental principles of order and society. (Applause.) It was by these means alone, he confessed, that the Administration of Lord Palmerston could retain posses' ion. The Conservative party would, doubtless, attempt ,o regain the power which bad passed from their hands, t)ut whether Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli wool! sae' .eed in recovering the sceptre which dropped from the hands of the !ate Sir Robert Peel remained to be proved. ;Applause.) In the meant:me the Conservative party tilled a somewhat useful function in a constitutional 4overnment like ours, where there was such a diversity of opinion, and where so many different projects were set ,float ; but the position they now occupied might be lescribed as that of "a drag "—(hear)—for while the Liberal party initiated public measures, the Opposition , by their vote and discussion, though they could not sway the country, prolonged the consideration of them. Tau knew it was a , tanding reproach against Ministers that they adhered with undue tenacity to office, not withstanding the expression of pubic opinion. How tar, in the case of the present Government, this charge was well founded, no one, he thought, who looked at c,he circumstances of the case, would say that Alinisters could be justly accused of undue adherence to office. (Applause.) The company shortly afterwards separated. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. A large majority of turfifes being still detained in tba north, the ro , ,rn was not numetou , iy attPnded. Two THOUSAND —3 to 1 and afterwards 100 to 30 " 8 offered on the field-7 to 2 would have been taken about Vedette. At the coturr-neetnent of business 4 to 1 to 2001. was laid aairo,t, Kent, who, in the City, during the morning, had the "call" of Lord ZAlatot's horse. the close 100 to 30 was the bvgheet offer against him. to 1 was tak e n an d offered abut Loyola ; 7 to 1, 13 to 2, and finally 8 to 1 to 501. were 141 against Anton ; 300 to 200 a,:d 350 to 200 were laid on Vedette again st Loyola. DEunv.-8 to 1 was offered against Blink Bonny, b ll t there were no backer; ; 11 to 1 was l a id against Bonny,, misher, and 500 to 400 was betted on him against Antoo• CLOSING PRICES, TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 3 agst Vedette (ake 7to 2) 10 to 3 agst Kent (4 to 1 taken freely) sto 1 agst Loyola (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Anto❑ (taker) 8 to 1 agst Sydney ( ~ f&red) 25 to 1 apt Lind of the Hills 25 to 1 agst Dru►nour (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Turbit (taken) 500 to 15 aget c by Surplice—Beeswax (taken) DEBBY. Bto 1 agst Mink Bunny (offered) 14 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken) 20 to 1 ag.t Arsenal (akeu) 33 to 1 agst Commotion (offered) CHESTER COP, Offers to take 6 to 1 about Leamington. The Suo, , cription•room will be opened on SattirdaYfor the settlement of the current week's accounts. MALTON RACES —Thunsass. Two- year-ull Stakes. Sloth eayer Dark ie - - Dire:, ran. Hunt Cup. Her) Mitchit f Eight ran. Malto❑ Ilaudicap. Liverpool .. MarJ :t Courtenav Seven ran. Norteliff, Plate. Peto ...... Magnolia.. E:ght ran. Birdsall Elaudicap. Attorney-General ............................................ Lard o' the Dale .......................................... 6 , x ran. Particulars in our next. traits trait s Alab t Ata ry i 1118,,,, Atissi! 1 - M, tio col 18 r be Ao t Ban Ove i Upp, thoi 110tE Ac ti ler( A.r ne 'tee lawe Bot 4 liaa 11 7 11F Penn, Tenn! Pirgi. tio n t N ew lino bot Illi„ illitie B 0 Illi, Mich N ew New qt / ta t 1.4-4