The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. .. In announcing the arrangements for another season, the Director of her Majesty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin cere gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1856. Dramatic Opera, which in every foreign State is fostered by Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support which is extended to other departments of art ; and it is to the patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round the establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of a noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individual efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown. In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled hint to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last year, the Director cannot sufficiently express his grateful appreciation of the delicacy with which it was bestowed. Support was freely and nobly accorded for the sole purpose of insuring the prosperity of the institution, and the counsel which added to its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the discretion or impair the authority of the direction: To tl Is the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the generous confidence w_th which the subscribers have renewed their subscriptions for the present year, without awaiting the publication of the annual programme, the Director derives the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the patrons of the theatre, and that he may rely on the continu ance of the cordial encouragement by which he has been hitherto upheld, and under which it is hoped still higher triumphs may be achieved than were immediately attainable on the restoration of the establishment. The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma jesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the audiences who thronged the house from the first night to the closing farewell demand the warmest thanks of the Director, which he will endeavour practically to express by renewed efforts in the service of the public. The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much he is indebted to Maddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely f)r these efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admira tion of the subscribers and the public, but for that high artistic feeling and honourable fidelity which secured the audience from disappointment, and enabled the Direction to produce the entertainments promised for each evening with out a single change of performance—a fact without precedent I a Operatic history, The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen tral position, and associations now more than a century old —give to it a natural pre-eminence of which no occasional circumstances can ever permanently deprive it. These ad vantages will be turned to account by a Company combining the prestige of acknowledged genius with the attraction of new candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those who last year won favour at the hands of strangers will re appear to claim the cordial recognition which an English audience never refuses to established favourites ; and the direction has been further strengthened by an accession of new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already acknowledged on the stages of Italy, and who only await the verdict of the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's Theatre to confirm their fame. Although, in an Establishment especially devoted to Italian Opera, the compositions of Italy will naturally predominate, the gems of other schools will not be neglected. Ballet will continue to be supported by the most famous of established Artistes and the most promising of those who are ambitious of the same distinction, It is hoped that the organisation of every department will prove completely worthy of that state of renewed prosperity to which her Majesty's Theatre has now attained. The following are the arrangements already completed : OPERA. Madame ALBONI, Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fenice, Venice; San Carlos, Lisbon, drc.—her first ap pearance). Male. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI (Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori cute, Madrid, &c.—her first appearance), Mdle. BAILLOU, Madame FRANC HI, Mdle. BERTI, Mdle. POMA, TRENETA RAMOS (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin —her first appearance), AND Mdle. PICCOLOMIN (Of La Scala, Milan, and Italian Opera, Paris, Sze.— his first appearance), Sig. BAILLOU, Sig. DE SOROS, Sig. GARIBOLDI, AND Sig, FILIPPO VIALETTI (Of , La Scala, Milan ; L 4 Fe nice. Venice ; L'Oriente, Madrid, &c. —his first ap pearance). Sig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI (Of La Scala, Milan ; Carlo Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos, &c.—his first appearance), Sig. JACOPI, Sig MERCURIALL Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—his first appearance), Sic. BELLETTI, Sig. BENEVENTANO, Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI, Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETT - Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETTL Suggeritore—Sig. FONTANA. BALLET. (Mille. CAROLINA POCCHINI (Of the Karnther Thor, Vi enna ; I,a Scala, Milan ; San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—her first appearance), Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mdle. BO'zOFIETTI, Mdle. KATRINE, Mdle. TERESA ROLLA (Of La Fenice, Venice—her first appearance). Mdle. LUIGIA I3RUNETTI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa— her first appearance), If. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig, RONZANI, M. CRARLES, M. PIERRE MASSOT (Of the Oriente, Madrid—his first appearance), Sir. FILIPO BARA TTI (His first appearance), Mdle. ELISA SALVIONE (Of La Scala. Milan—her first appearance), Mdle. GIUSEPPINA MORLACCHI (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin her first appearance), Mdl©. ISATI - OLLA KAR LISKI (Of the Academie Imperiale, Paris—her first appearance), CAROLINA PAS QUALI (Of the Imperial Theatres of Vienna and Milan her first appearance). And Madame ROSATI. Sig. CAgARE CHECCHETTI (His first appearance). Signori RAFFAELLR GAM BARnELI.A. LUIGI VA RINI, LUIGI TURBINO, and PIETRO BUZZIO (of the Teatro Regio, Turin, and Carlo Felice, Genoa— their first appearance). Maitres de Ballet— M. PAUL TAOLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT. Regissenr de la Danse—M. PETIT. Master of the School of Instruction—M. MASSOT. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI Will arrive early in April, .In(i,ij;daiiiOn to the characters which last season she_made her own, will appear in a varied ndattractivo repertoire. 'Madlle. SPEZIA Will have the honour to appear for the First Time at the Opening of the Season in Donizetti's Opera of LA FAVORITA. ' Immediately after Madlle. ORTOLANI Will make her first appearance asElvira, in Bellini's Operao, I PURITAN'. Elvira Madlle. ORTOLANI. Arturo Madame ALBONI Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap pearance this Season as Azncena, in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne, Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madlle. PIC. COLOMINI, LWill be effected In Mozart's Opera of IL DON GIOVANNI, Which will be produced with the perfection of ensemble and details necessary to realise the intentions of its great author. All the great Artistes of the Establishment will join in aiding the efforts of the Director to do honour to the noble work of the Shakspeare of music.- Signor GIUGLINI. This charming Tenor will have the honour of inaugurating -the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear ance u Fernando, in the Opera of_ LA FAVORITA. The distinguished Basso Profondo, Signor VIALETTI, Will also make his first appearance at the opening of th• Theatre. The admired Tenor, Signor BOTARDI, Will make his first appearane3 early in the seamen. Besides the principal execntants of last year, the Oechcstra has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others, Signor PEZZE, First Violoncello of La Scala, and Signor GIRALDONI, First Contrebasso of Bergamo, La Scala, &c. The Chorus will be numerous and effective, In addition to the union of operatic talent at the opening of the season, the inauguration of the Ballet portion will be made by the fascinating Artiste, Madlle. POCCIIINI. • The most successful Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Will be revived expressly for her debut. Early in the season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and Madlle, KATRINE will appear oMEidlle. MARIE TAGLIONI Will arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear in a New Ballot, composed expressly for her by M. Paul Taglioni. Madame ROSATI Will appear in a Ballet Divertissement from Anber and Scribe's New Ballet of MARCO SPADA, Row preparing for her at the Aca lemie Imperiale Paris. Principal Artist to the E•tahlishment Mr CHARLES MARSHALL. The'Costame Depa-tment ender the sole direction of Mme. COPERE. E x eclitelbY LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN. Principal Machinist— Mr. D. SLOMAN. Head of the Property Department Mr. BRADWELL. l terms will b subscriptfelionew consist of Thirty Ni g ht s , an d th e o as : Pit Boxes .... Grand Tier . One Pair 150 guineas. 20 150 „ 10() Twf. Pair ...... Pit Stalls ...... The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAy, April 14, when Rill be presented Donizetti's Opera of LA FAVORITA. Leonora, Baldassare . Fernando Si g nor GIUGLINI. To be followed (first time these 10 ye,ls) by the favourit e Ballet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame do Paris." La Esmeralda Madlle, POCCHINI. Claude Frolic). Y LI Pierre Gringoi re o 31. MASSOT. Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Opera Box-oface, Colonnade, Haymarket. TUEATRE . ROYAL, 'ADELPIII. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the now Piece do Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs. Bar ney Williams. Followed by THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Barney Williams. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paal Bedford will appea r . To which will be added OUR GAL. Mrs. B. Williams. BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &c. The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super. intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TaIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstono, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil liam, After which, A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. qOYAL SURREY THEATRE 4 , Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS VICTIqS. Messrs Creswick, Shepherd. drc, To conclude with TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS, TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mc. T. Payne.—This Evening will be performed TOM TIT, THE SLAVE BOY. After which, DO SjAKK HANDS. Followed by COUSIN CHERRY. To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e. The new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq., called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT, Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, L Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakspere'; Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with the highly successful equestrian illus trations invented and arranged by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hot spur, Mr. James Holloway; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. Anson. After which, a combination of Skill, Ease, and Elegance, and the Equestrian EXER( ISES in the CIRCLE To conclude with A MORCEAU CHOISI of an amusing nature. Commetco at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper 3oxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. box•offico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Slimmers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. 'aulfield, Herr F. longhmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and torri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATEa AT LONDON BRIDGE. DUB DAT—Morn. 23 min. aft. 3—Evening 42 mid. aft. 3 .'n-Moszow—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4—Evening 23 min.ait. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 28. THERMOMETER, IN TIM SHADE. 51—highest singe noon yesterday 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. BAi:ONITZB, 30'05. WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Moderate, with fine weather. ~.s___ 4-, t L.)j-t .. 4, 4 . ( - •--,4_,H. ~ ' '7'....::('':--- :._-_,%,'i ' -'",::"lftv^-v: ' _ : 7. ~,, "...., .....-s., . c_x_--,....-1) . Altrt ky 0 LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1857. The Celestial EMPEROR thinks rather differently in regard to Commissioner YEtr and his subordi nates—well, yes ! rather differently from Her MAJESTY'S Opposition. The Imperial Master of the Governor of Canton, it now appears, through our latest advices from the East, was actually pro nouncing, in a formal manner, his DISAPPROVAL of TER'S proceedings against the English Resi dents at the very time when the "fortuitous con currence" of a Majority of the House of Commons, was pronouncing those proceedings to be just and dignified—to be marked by moderation and by temperance I The intelligence thus opportunely brought to this country, while we are in the very midst of the General Election consequent upon that most unpatriotic and illogical decision of the last Par liament—justifies, in a most remarkable manner, and to the utmost possible degree, the course pursued throughout these transactions by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. It demonstrates in a signal way the accuracy of the judg ment arrived at from the very first and subsequently acted upon with uniform and un wavering consistency—in regard to this Canton Question —by the members of the present Admi nistration. It proves, beyond the shadow of any further doubt, that the conduct of Governor /*R H from beginning to end was altogether—entirely, flagrantly, notoriously—unjustifiable! That per sonage, we now learn—after all that has been said in his favour by the eccentric eulogists of Chinese barbarism both in the Lords and in the Commons —has been authoritatively condemned by his own Sovereign. We find that be has been distinctly reprimanded by the irresponsible head of his own Government. We understand—now that we have actually realised the result of the Majority of Six teen in the agitating consequence of the sudden Dissolution of the British Legislature —we under stand now, after all that we have seen and heard, in the midst of all that we are at this moment seeing and hearing, that YEa's proceedings are absolutely repudiated by the very ruler in whose name and in whose behalf they were adventured upon by this Canton Commissioner in his offs cial capacity as the Celestial EMPEROR'S Repre. sentative ! It may appear very extravagant, very illiberal, and very exaggerated to those phlegmatic English men who are the sympathisers with, or the apologists of, the lite extraordinary Parliamentary Opposition—when the Prime Minister speaks of YEH, as he spoke of him yesterday in his speech on the hustings at Tiverton : namely as " that inso lent "barbarian, who unites in his person all the obstinacy, cruelty, and perfidy ever collected in one single man." It may seem no loss extrava gant, no less illiberal, no less exiggerated to com ment upon him, as Mr. DUNCOHBEI commented upon, Lim about the same time from the hustings at Fi.nsbury: where he observed, in F3O many words, " Gsnmissioner YEII is the greatsst miscreant on the face of the earth—save and excElpt the King of NAPLES." All this— appitauded, remember! enthusiastically applauded, Yesterday, both at Finsbury and at Tiverton— mast appear to be singularly harsh and monstrously °)(9 4gerated in the estimation of the syrn- Patlaisers with, and apologists of, the lat 3 very curious combination of parties iu the Oppo sition. But—what are the fact; ? Why, the fag ts are simply these—that YETI does a very great deal more, in the way of aggravation, than s i m ply insult the British flag in a most flagrant manner, by having it hauled down from the mast- head of the Arrow lorcha ! Though he does that too in the fiat instance, does it, moreover, most impotently and without the slightest pretence even IRE SUN, LOYDON, SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 28, 1857 of provocation I , Beyond this—YETl issues initam- matory priiblamationsio the Cantonese, - exciting them to all . kinds' of brutal outrages against the British residents I He sets a price upon the heads of Englishmen—tempting, with the aid of blood-money, the most infamous assassinations ! He so nurtures a feeling of hatred amongst the Chinese against our fellow-countrymen eighteen thousand miles away from their fatherland—that their houses and factories are burnt to the ground; that they are brutally murdered in cold blood by the knives of hireling cut-throats ; that they find themselves suddenly and simultaneously assailed by the drugs of poisoners, and the daggers of assassins, and the torches of incendiaries! Go • vernor YEar, after setting which hellish game afoot—is ultimately, we find, condemned, in an official manner, by his own Sovereign ! A justification, all this, we maintain, a com plete and perfect justification—of Sir JOHN BOW RING, of Consul PARKES, of Admiral SEYMOI7R, of Lord PALMERSTON, and of the Noble Viscount's colleagues in the Government A signal and decisive justification ! Why—here were Mr. COB DEN and his supporters formally commending Governor YETI for conduct which Governor YEWS own Sovereign conceives to be entitled to distinct and deliberate condemnation ! The Chi nese EMPEROR actually disapproving of the very proceedings of his own Envoy and Representative —the very proceedings which, by a strange per versity of judgment, are pronounced to be only right and rsasonable by the British Parliamentary Opposition Nothing, in truth, could be more startingly opportune for the interests of hor MAJESTY'S Ministers than this extraordinary budget of Oriental Intelligence. It " turns the tables," with a vengeance, on the Opposition. It exone rates Sir JOHN BOWRING at once and for ever (in the matter of this Chinese j difficulty) from the charge of precipitancy. It testifies in the name of the Celestial EMPEROR himself, the wholly unjustifiable nature of the policy of his own Official at Canton. It sets a seal to the popularity of the chivalrous and patriotic, the dignified, manly, sagacious, and consistent course pursued throughout the whole of these trans actions by Viscount PALMERSTON and his Go vernment. tails upon the husings;a---the Prime Minister must perforce be 'Perfectly outspoken upon the subject directly the Nev . Parliament shall have as sembled in solean conclave in the legislative Palace at Westminster. That is one consola tion. That is the compensative mitigation of that which s, after all, merely a tem porary disappointment. Ministers must, then, descend at last from generalities to particulars. Then, but obviousy not till then, the Country will learn what lord PALMERSTON really means by this comprehensive and reiterated phrase of Progressive ImproTement. LATEST NEWS. IMPORTANT FROM PERSIA AND CHINA. MAGLSTTRIAL CLERGYMEN. Progressive Improvement ! That is the sum total of the Home Policy of Ministers. They won't budge one inch beyond it. They refuse to particularise. They compel us to content our selves, as we beat can, with the mere generalised phrase—(nothing more)—" Progressive Improve ment." A Home Policy like this is, of course, the merest Outline. As much of a mere Outline, in its way, as any one of MORITZ RETZCH'S famous Schillerian or Shaksperian " Sketches." We are left to imagine the details—.to fill up the shading within, according to our own fancy. All that is done for us, is done solely in the way of artistic "suggestion." But then— as those wonderful sketches of the Great German Etcher have shown to the world—how much can be accomplished by a really master hand guided by a really master-genius—simply, solely, and exclusively through the merest Out line ! The subtle twists and turns of the pencil in those marvel-working fingers of the true Poet- Draughtsman—what a wonderful significance they have, to be sure ! To modify very slightly a me morable couplet of ALEXANDER Pors in the mere application, we may exclaim, without any exagge ration, of a Genius of this very peculiar descrip tion, the Genius, we may call it, of Suggestive ness— " The Artist's sense, how exquisitely sn., Feels at each toucb, and lima along the line I" Along the one subtle and delicate Outline. A Home Policy, pencilled after the manner of MORITZ RETZCII, is the only one sketched out for us by Viscount PALMERSTON. But it is sketched, as in the instance of its artistic prototype, by a master-genius guiding a masterhand We must admit that much in the midst of our ♦ery disappointment. The Ministerial Outline of a Home Policy is exceedingly suggestive. It is also, at the same time, wonderfully comprehen sive. It admits of any "filling up" that may be deemed requisite by the New Parlia ment. That—precisely—is its merit. That is what renders it, to our mind, in any way acceptable. And so far, in fact, we regard it as very accept :able 1 So far, we deem it to be the very policy of all others the most acceptable ? A policy that can be modified, and enlarged, and improved ad libitum, according to the good-will and pleasure of the New Parliament I A prospect all the more encouraging, seeing' that the House of Commons, now in course of selection, gives the most exhilarating promise of proving when complete—what we hoped all along it might prove—a really Energetic and Reforming Parliament. Observe, in tes timony of this, the positive "gains" already recorded on the side of the Ministerialists I A Gain of one at Boston, of another at Cardigan Borough, of another at Davenport, of one at Dudley, of one at Great Grimsby, of one at Leominster, of one at Retford, and of two at the twin borough of Penryn and Falmouth ! A gain of nine Liberals out of the first hand ful of returns, just to begin with ! A. House of Commons so elected, elected under such auspices, auspices so liberal in character and in tendency—cannot but "fill up" the Mini sterial Outline of a Home Policy most judi ciously. To the new Parliament will be entrusted th►e supreme responsibility of watching over the development of Reform under the ready hand of the Leader of the Government. Upon the Legislature, when at length reassembled at Westminster, will devolve the duty of giving a shape and substance to the as yet little else than vapouriform view of " Progressive Improvement" conjured up by the magic voice of Lord PALMERSTON. Yesterday upon the occasion of his unopposed re-election at Tiverton, the Prime Minister dis tinctly avowed his reluctance to make any formal promises in the way of explaining to the whole world what he really meant by progressive im provement. " Those who know" said the Noble Viscount, " what is the position of men in office, but more especially what is the position of the head of the Government, must see and feel that I should be acting a very unbecoming part if I were to personate the character of a young candidate appearing for the first time on the hust ings and endeavouring by clap-trap pledges to en list stray votes, and going headlong to anything which one or two persons might tell hint would increase the majority which ho is endeavour ing to maintain." Adding a little further on—after a vary grandiose yet inspiriting pane gyric upon the Constitution—" But, gentlemen, I am sure you will see it would be unbecoming in me to enter into detailed pledges, and to hold out promises with reference to subjects on which some of you feel an interest ; and there fore, however I may disappoint the expectations of some, it is my duty to do so, and that duty, like other duties, I feel it imperatively necessary to perform." A marvellously convenient duty, by the way, as it happens ! Though how "A Duty," in any way, altogether surpasses our comprehension under the circumstances ! Silent in regard to de- scriptions opened in Prussia for the royalists of Z‘Teuchatel now in exile have been frequently talked of, hut do not appear to have been attended with any satisfactory result. We learn, in tact, that the wealthy royalists of Neuchatel have been lately obliged to advance a considerable sum to assist their countrymen who are less favoured by fortune." SARDINIA. The Chamber of Deputies at Turin was still engaged on ' the 24th in the discussion of the bill for the - partial abolition of the punishment of death. Ott Art. 2 being read, providing that infanticide should be punished with hard labour for life instead of with death, M. Genina moved that a distinction be made between unpremeditated and premeditated infanticide, such for instance a s th e murder of an infant f or ie purpOse of obtaining an inheritance. After some discussion, the worth " provided there . have been no premeditation" were added to the article. Art. 4, abolishing the punishment of hard labour in the case of blasphemy of God, the Tirgin, and the saints, and substituting imprisonment 'not exceeding three months instead, was the subject of a long dis cussion, some members being o f o pi n i on th a t it ought to be expunged together with Art. 162 of the Code, which inflicts hard labour for that trans gression ; others, on the contrary, maintaining that a three mouths' imprisonment was much too little. At length M. Deforesta proposed the fol lowing wording :—" There shall be no penal action in the cases contemplated by Art. 162 of the Code, except when the blasphemy has been publicly com mitted ; and in that case the punishment shall be imprisonment not exceeding threa months." The article was adopted under this form, and the Cham ber also voted Art. 5, diminishing all punishments by one degree in the case of extenuating circum stances. MARKET NEWS.—(This ray.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was scantily supplied with most kinds of produce, and the trade ruled steady at last week's cur rency. FRUIT. Pineapples, per lb. 6s Od to lOs Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb 12s Oil to 20s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5a Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 38 to 890 d - Nectarines, do. 2a Od to 88 Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs 01 Oranges, per 100.5 s Od to 12a Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Apricota,p. doz. 2sOd to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Filberts, per lb ls to Is 4d Cobs., p. 100168. 1408 to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to 18 Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od IGooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages,do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od VEGET Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to 3s 6d Cabbages, per doz. is to is 9d Savoy do., p. do. ls Od to 2s Gd Cauliflowers, do. ? s Od to 5s Od Brocoli, p. bun. is Od to is ad Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130 s New do., per do -Osto O' Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od, Turnips, per bunch-2 id to sd, Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od Garlic, per lb 6d to Os 8d Sorrel, per sieve Od to IX Spinach, p. d0...2s Od to 2s 6d Brussels sprouts, per half do 2s Od to 2s 6d Onions, p. bush 28 6d to 4a Od New do., per bunch 4d to 6d French beans, per 'ABLE h. Shallots, per lb 6d to 8d Florserallish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Parsley, per do. 6d to 8d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per/do. is to 2s 6d Small salad, p. pun. 2d' to 3d Mushrooms, p. pt1.1.933t01s 6d Artichokes, each 4d to 8d Lettuces, per score 9d to ls Od Endive, per score is 6d to 4s Radishes, per bunch 23 to 3d Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 660 d Walnuts per 100 ...Os 8d to is Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Rhubarb, p. bun. 8d to is 6d Asparagus, per 100 6s Od to 96 Sea kail, per pun, is 3d to 3s 100 Od to 3s Od Leeks, per do 2d to 4d NEWGATE ANI Turnip greens, per --- bush is :id to is 6d I LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od ; Geese, 58 Od to 6s 6d' each ; Ducks, 3s Od to 5s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10d to 18 2d ; Pigeons, 6 , 1 to 10d each ' • large Surrey Fowls, 6s to 12s ; barn-door do., 4s Od t o 7 s; Chick ens, 5s Od to as Od per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares, 2s 0.1 to 3s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s Od each ; Phasants, 3s to 4s Od ; Partridges, is 9d to 28 3d ; Woodcocks, 3s Od to Os Od ; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal, is 3d to is 6d; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s Od; Widgeons, is to is 6d.; Plovers, is 01 to ls 6d each ; Guinea Fowls, 6s to 6s 6d ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., 158 Od to 18s per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 8s to I.os ; French do., 6s 9d to 7s 6d per 120; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —lt is very desirable that the question should be considered whether clergymen should be placed in the Commission of the Peace. I reside in a parish consist ing of many thousand inhabitants ; we have only one clergyman to attend to the whole of the spiritual duties of the parish, and, tnfortunately, he is a county magis trate, delighting in quarter sessions and magisterial meetings, to arrange county expenditure, as well as sit ting twice in the week to try cases of affiliation, assaults with intent, &c., anti all sorts of other cases. He has a thorough contempt fir mere parochial duty, comquently the sick are unvisited, the education of the children totally neglected, and the parish the abode of ignorance, sottishness, and depravity. A. MAILS FOB SWEDEN. Information having been received that the steam-ship London, under contract with the Swedish Government for the conveyance of mails between London and Gotten burg, is about to recommence running, mails will be made up at this office for transmission by this vessel, on each occasion of her departure from London. Letters forwarded by this route will be liable to the same rate of postage as letters sent via Ostend, viz . :— ls. 2d. for a letter not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight ; 2s. 4d. fey a letter above half-an ounce but not exceeding an ounce ; and soon, according to the scale for charging inland letters. This postage may be paid in advance, or the letters may be sent unpaid, at the option of the senders. Upon newspapers a rate of one penny must be paid in advance, The London is appointed to sail from London every three weeks, the first departure being on the morning of Sunday, the 29th instant, and letters posted up to the usual hour on the Saturday previous will be in titne. All letters and newspapers addressed to Gottenburg and Uddewalia, which are in this office at the time of making up the mail, and are not addresssed to be sent otherwise, will be forwarded by the London ; but letters and newspapers for other parts of Sweden, intended to be forwarded by this vessel, must be specially addressed "per steamer, London." By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, 26th March, 1857. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, with the Princess Alice and the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, took a drive in an open car riage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitz roy and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros attended on horse back. His Royal Highness the Prince rode on horseback in the forenoon with the Priooe of Wales. The Duchess of Beet, the Thichess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Princess Amalie of B.oheniohe Sohillinfurst, visited her Majesty. The Princess Royal and the Princess Feodore of Ho• heoloh3 Langenburg, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington an the Earl of Caithness, visited the British Museum. Prince Arthur and the Princekses Helena and Louisa took a carriage drive. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg e honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence in the evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Earl of Caithness, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon. D. Ros. The Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily Cath cart have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Gor don as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her 3Ljesty. The Royal Commission for determining the site of a new National Gallery met on Thursday at 17, Great Queen-street, Westminster. Present—Lord Broughton (chairman), the Dean of St. Professor Faraday, Mr. Cockerel], and Mr. Richmond. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the North American provinces. Accounts from Dresden of the 24th state that the Princess Sidonia is suffering from scarlatina. The ceremony of the betrothal of Prince William of Hesse Philip e .eeel-Barchteld to the Yrinoess Mary of Hanau took place on the 19th at Cassel. The Count de Flandre accomplished his 20th year on the 24th. A family fete took place on the occasion at the palace. The regiment of the Guides, of which the Prince is colonel, was exempted from deter on the day, and all petty punishments for breaches of discipline were remitted. Intelligence from Hanover of the 25th states that a royal message had been addressed to the Chambers, ap proving of the amendments proposed by the latter in the budget. On the 24th the two Chambers adopted the government proposal to abrogate the law of 16th of April, 1848, which obliges the communes to pay for in juries to property caused by insurrections. The Berl and Countess of Clarendon will give a grand entertainment to his Excellency Ferukh Khan, the special envoy from the Court of the Shah of Persia, on Tues day next, in Grosvenor-crescent. Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, 8.C.8., who commanded the fleet in the last Baltic campaign, has been appointed a Lord of the Admiralty in succession to Admiral Richards, now a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. Admiral Dundas will take rank at the Board after Admiral Berkeley and before Admiral Eden. WINDSOR, FridV. — Yesterday being the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, born In 1819, and who consequently attained the age of 38, was celebrated here by the ringing of merry peals, from the Chapel Royal of St. George, and St. John's Church, and other demonstrations of loyalty and respect. Miss Nightingale, accompanied by Sir John Liddell, paid a visit on Wednesday to the hospitals at Chatham. She was attended through the Military Hospital by De puty Inspector-General J. R. Taylor, C. 8., and Dr. Tyco ; and through the Naval Hospital by Deputy In spector-General Dr. Drummond. The visit lasted several hours, and Miss Nightingal e expressed much gratifica tion with the various arrangements. LIE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. —The Peninsu lar and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, Captain E. Christian, left to-day, with the Peninsular mails, 30 passengers, specie for Lisbon value 6,211/ , and for Cadie value 44,5091., and a full cargo. Among the passengers are Mrs. Ross, for Cadiz ; Sir S. M. Peto and friend, for Lisbon ; ajor Green, Lieut. Massey, Messrs. Henry, Chevel, Delwin, and Reade, for Gibral tar, Sec. Her Majesty's screw steamer Himalaya ar rived in the river this afternoon from Plymouth, and will be taken into graving dock to-morrow (Saturday) morn ing, to have her bottom cleaned befOre proceeding to China with troops. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.--The United States steamers Niagara and Mississippi have been ordered to proceel to England to assist in laying the Atlantic tele: graph. The Niagara is a screw propeller, and is said to be the largest steam vessel of war in the world, while the Mississippi is the most powerful paddle-wheel steamer in the American navy. The English Govern ment, it was understood, intended to furnish two ships of similar character, the two propellers being designed to receive the cable, and the paddle-ships to attend them. As soon as the cable is received on board, the four ships will proceed together to the middle of the Atlantic, vrhare the cable in the two propellers will be united and submerged, the English vessel paying :out one-half till it reaches Ireland, and the American vessel the other half till it reaches Newfoundland. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—Yesterday Mr. Chas. Mathews made another affidavit, as requested by Mr. Commissioner Phillips, and the rule obtained by Mr. Allcroft wag discharged. The affidavit was sworn at Bristol on Wednesday. Mr. Mathews swore that his only means were derived from his .salary, and that he never had 801. a week from Mr. Smith ; and further, that he had not concluded an engagement for next season. He had devoted part of his income to pay debts, from which he had not been disehargel. THE BALTIC MEDAL.--A number of medals, awarded to the officers and privates of the Royal Marine Corps, who were in active service during the late Baltic cam paign, have been received at Woolwich, 190 of which were distributed on Tuesday by Lieutenant and Adjutant Fraser, and on Wtdnesday morning the remaining 100 were disposed of. This completes the total list of the recipient s in the Woolwich divisions entitled to, the Baltic medal. THE VIOTORIA CROSS.—The Medical Tipes and Gazette, commenting on the fact that no medical officer has received this decoration, says—" One surgeon went out of the advanced trench before the Redan, and carried in the body of the Colonel of the 3d Buffs, under a tre mendous fire. Another assisted wounded officers of the Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaklava, far in front of the advanced picquets of the French Chasseurs, and at the most imminent pereenal risk. A third saved the life of the Duke of Carnbedge at Inkerman, in a hand to hand canflict. A fourth assisted Captain Cost, at the Alma, when severely wounded in the very thickest of the fight. And these were no .soleted examples. back th e medical dicers from the perfoNrmotandneaereneg was oer ssp their duty ; and s ure l y , t I say t h e very l eas t, much valour shown in assisting a wounded man under a heavy fire as in joining in the conflict. One reason we have heard assigned for not giving the Cross to medical officers is remarkable, and we may add that it was given us by a gentleman it a high official position:—" It is not considered advisable to encourage medical officers to dis tingnish themselves for valour. They are quite ready enough as it is to volunteer for dangerous duty, and if we were to reward them as we do others, they would all be killed, and we should have no doctors left for the troops." This may be complimentary, but it is not en couraging. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA AGAINST THE WAR. GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN THE PER SIAN AND BOMBAY CAVALRY. The Admiral at Malta to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 24th March, 1857. (From Agent at Suez, 20th March, 1857.) The Bombay brings no news of the Hindoostan. The passengers reported that the night before they left Bombay a telegraphic message was received from Calcutta stating that the Em peror of China disapproves of the proceed ings of the Governor of Canton, and bad given him orders to conciliate the English. Also that a battle was fought on the Bth February, about 40 miles from Bushire, between the Bombay and Persian cavalry, which ended in the total rout of the latter, with the, loss of 800 killed. The loss on our side was 10 killed and 62 wounded. KOENISBERG, MARCH 27. The Hartung Gazette announces a diminution in the Russian Customs Tariff. Woollens and cottons are reduced by one-half ; ribbons of all kinds from 4 roubles to 2 roubles ; cloth from 1 rouble to 40 kopecks ; silk goods and printed silks remain at 4 roubles ; articles of linen are reduced from 60 to 35 per cent. ; linen cloth is increased by 25 per cent. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 27. A note from France has been delivered to our Government, proposing that the Holstein Lauen bourg dispute with the German Powers shall be referred to a European Congress. VIENNA, MARCH 27. The Piedmontese Envoy, the Marquis Canton° de Cevas, who is recalled by his Government, is making preparations for his departure. BERLIN, MARCH 27. Advices from Konigsberg state that Russia has reduced her Customs' tariff considerably. The duty on cotton and woollen goods is to be reduced one-half. The duty on silk is unchanged. The duty on linen is raised. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. A decree in the Moniteur promotes Baron Rodier, councillor at the Court of Accounts, to the rank of president at the same court, vice M. de Gascq, who retires on a pension ; Baron Rodier is succeeded by M. de Ohabrier, ex-director-general of the Archives, whose appointment we have already announced. By another decree M. Duflos, councillor 2d class of the Court of Accounts, is pro moted to the lst class, vice M. de Vienne, who re tires on a pension ; and M. Barr; chef du cabinet of the Minister of Finance, is nominated councillor of the 2d class, vice M. Dulles. The Moniteur says :—." Several foreign journals, led away by party feeling, or deceived by malevo lent correspondents, have represented the proceed ings instituted against the Bishop of Moulins, be fore the Council of State, as the effect of political rancour. It would be unworthy of the Govern ment of his Majesty to discuss such insinuations, which are so contrary to its sentiments of modera tion and good faith. The truth—as the whole of France knows—is that the prelate, against whiim the proceedings have been directed for abuse of power, has excited in his diocese by his imprudent conduct the deepest sympathy, and has thus compromised both the interests of re "igloo and thooo a,r pnblio order. The inhabitants of the department of the Allier have remonstrated against such conduct, and their representatives, the highest and the most honourable, have not hesi tated to unite with them. The Emperor has him self received two petitions, signed by more than 3,000 inhabitants of Moulins alone, and these do cuments attest the serious differences which exist between the bishop and his flock. The Govern ment, in presence of such serious complaints and such reprehensible acts, had to fulfil a duty of sur veillance and protection. It has therefore made use of the only means of protesting which is sanc tioned by the organic laws of France, at the same time that it has represented the state of things be fore the Holy See. It has acted without passion as well as without weakness." BOURSE, March 27.—The following were the last quotations : - Cub. fr. c. 4i per Cents 3yer Cents 7O 30 End of Month. -fr. -0, 70 55 New Loan Bank Shares 4175 Roman ... ..... , Credit Mobilier 1,457 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... ... Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 9O 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS—POE CASE. fr. c. fr e Orleans 1,512 50 Western Northern 1,022 !---- Strasburg Lyons 1,530 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,070 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi MOLDAVIA. A letter from Jassy of the 14th, in the Ost Deutsche Post, gives some details concerning Cr entry of the Moldavian troops into the new territory ceded by Russia, the bare fact of which bas been already mentioned by telegraph. " The detachments of Moldavian troops (says the letter) were put in movement yes terday, at 11 o'clock, with band playing and co lours flying, to take possession of their new guar tors. At three commenced the passage of the Pruth, and in less than an hour the whole of the troops had arrived on the opposite bank. This operation was effected in presence of the principal Russian functionaries, in grand uniform. The posts on the frontier, as well as the minor functionaries, bad all been withdrawn in course of the morning. At Rene the clergy came out in procession, and chanted a Te Deum in the market-place, as the troops marched into the town, is the presence of a vast concourse of people. The troops were well re ceived, and the population seemed pleased at the change of masters." AUSTRIA. The Vienna Gazette states that the Emperor, in an autogragph letter announcing to Count Frede rick de Thun his removal from his functions of ad tatus to the civil administration of the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, expresses his high satisfaction at the great services rendered to the crown by the count in the above capacity. It results from Vienna letters that Austria is now in favour of a new diplomatic examination of th e Holstein question, and is opposed to its being im mediately brought before the Frankfort Piet, as was at first intended. of in a rather p os iti ve Another Vienna letter, in the Bourse Ga ' z E e ra tte pe o ro f r B is erl a i g o a , in say ta s lk :— ed ` The coronation .of the manner, but the rumour is still premature, as the coronation cannot take place until all the pro vincial statutes shall have been published and ihe high hereditary office% of the different countries of the Crown duly constituted. It is true, however, that the ceremonial has been under consideration. There will be only one coronation, which will take place at Vienna, but all the countries of the Crown will be there represented by special delegates." The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna, 23d, says :—"The statement that the construction of the railway from Novara to Mil an h as b een sus pended from political motives, is completely un founded. It is said, on th e contrary, that, not withstanding the rupture of diplomatic relations, both it and the other inter na ti ona l wor k s w ill not experience any interruption." PRUSSIA. The Minister of Finance of Prussia has just pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies a return of the public functionaries and Government employes, with the amounts of their salaries. It appears from this document that there are 35,724 with a salary of 400 thalers (3fr. 75c. each) and under, receiving together a total sum of 7,642,000 thalers ; 2,300 at from 400 to 500, 1,055,900; 4,500 at from 500 to 600, 2,437,000 ; 2,200 at from 600 to 700, 1,437,000; 3,100 at from 700 to 800, 2,377,000 ; 798 at from 800 to 900, 672,000 ; 824 at from 900 to 1,000, 781,000; 1,996 at upwards of 1000, 2,576,000. A Zerli letter, in the .Debuts, nays sub- NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 33 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; pork, 4s Od to 53 Od per Blbs., by the car Case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4a 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per Blbs., by the carcase, BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; Brills, 2s to 30s each; Salmon is 9d to 2s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s ()Ito 6s each ; Soles , 6d to 3s 6d per pair ' • Trout, is to is 3d per ib ; Lobsters, is to 4s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; Whitings, 35 Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 203 ; Natives, 60s to —s per hsh. Mackerel, 60s to s per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3s 6d per doz. ; Skate, 6,1 to Od per lb; Shrimps, Is 6d to 2a &I per gallon Bloaters, 5a Od to as on per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 5s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od; Sprats, 6s Od to Os Od pet bushel ; Doreys, ls Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per ib ; Prawns ' 7s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to is. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Sid to 9d ; of household ditto, 'ld to 8d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 5616 to 641 b, sid t(7.5i,i; 641 b to 721 b, 5/d to 6d ; 721 b to 801 b, 6d to bid ; 801 - to 881 b, GA d to 7d ; 881 b to 9616, 7d to 7id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 74d to lid ;1041b to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, --d to —d ; horse hides, 103 Od to Os Oil ; Caif skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s 6d to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 10s Od to I.ls Gd ; Sent; 8s Od td Os Od; Half-breds, 8s Od to 9s ; Downs, Os 3d to 7s 6d ; Shearlings, is 4d to is 5d ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow 17a,i,ii170sio 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 03; And straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 10s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ los to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lls per load. A moderate supply and a fair demand. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply moderate and trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Marcn. 28.—Wind this day at noon, S.E light airs and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 27.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrived —Charity (s. tpt.), from Liverpool. Sailed—Agra, for Bermuda, via Portland and Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, March 27.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Heather bell, for Hobart Town ; Bethen Court, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, March 27. Wind variable.—Arrived.— Hindoo, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Tabora, for Malta. SWANSEA, March 27.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Grass mere, for Madras. SOUTHAMPTON, March 27.—Arrived—H.31.Str. Hima laya, from Portsmouth. PENZANCE, March 26.—Sailed--Helen Wales, for Quebec. NEWPORT, March 27. —Wind N.E.—Arrived.—Eras mus, from Rotterdam, for Singapore; Olme, Gloucester, for Quebec. Sailed—Raglan, for St. John's, Newfound land; Rebacca, Iquique; Free, Rio Janeiro; Cairo, Ha vana ; Panmure, Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, March 26.—Wind Blanch and Life Spalding, from New Orleans. CARDIFF, March 26. —Wind N. W.—Sailed.—Abood, for Palma. • SHIELDS, March 2G.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived.—Juliana and Helane, from Bremen. Put back—Durham (s.s.), with damage, having been in collision with the Iduna, which has also sustained damage. HULL, March 27.—Sailed—Jane Andson, for Monte Video. _ _ MILFORD, March 23.—The Rebecca Mary, of Bri s t o l, ,from Glou ces t er , f or Truro, laden with salt, was aban doned, leaky and with loss of sails, a heavy gale from the S.E., on the 21st inst., off Cape Cornwall ; crew saved by the Oscar, arrived here. The brig Levante, of Aberyst with, was fouled by the schooner Sisters, of this port, while at anchor, damaging the bulwarks on the port bow. AMSTERDAM, March 26.—According to a letter received from Harlingen, dated the 24th inst., the Dutch vessel Jacoba Christina, from London, for Harlingen, has been totally lost ; crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind E. ; very fine. Arrived—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Alarm, Mechanic's Own, Vesper, and Sabrina, Cardiff; Toutonia, steamer, Hamburg. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Grecian, screw steamer, from Cornnna. QUEENSTOWN, March 26. Wind N.E. Arrived—Rising Sun, from Cadiz ; Genio, Callao ; Ade laide, Alexandria ; Lilly, Taganrog ; Charlotte Knutt, Rio Janeiro; Isabella, Santo Antonio; Glenlauaer, Hon duras; Zone, Callao ; Blanche, and Lizzie Sp:dding, Now Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE: AND BRUNS TELEGRAPff.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.57 a.m. Wind calm; tide last hour's ebb; boo. Arrived, March 27—Wilhelm, from Rostock. Arrived, March 28 from Genoa. Sailed -Holiaud (e.), for 0 - stend; Ellwood Walter, Syd ney; Ywe, Mogador; Kineo, and King Philip, Melbourne. DEAL, Saturday, 9.34 a.m. Wind W.N. W. ; Passed—A.uchuchah, for Greenock; Coral Queen, Mon mouth ; Alarm, Genoa ;- Ocean Bride, Cardiff; Gleaner, Guernsey ; Scotia, Halifax ; Aburra, Liver po ol —all from London. Anchored—John Downie, from Shields, for Bordeaux. Sailed— Palestine, for Point de (lane; Star of the North, Bombay—which ship is reported to have taken the ground in coming through the Gull Stream yesterday. MINES.—We have had, as v..e fully anticipated we should have, a particularly duil week in the sh are mar ket, and prices have shown a drooping tendency, th ough on Thursday and Friday there were symptoms of im provement, and a demand fur a few mines. Perhaps when the elections are over a change may altogether come over the market, and we may have more business to report, and more mining news to chrmiele. Just now the mining districts are either barren of exciting incidents, or the agents are too lunch occupied in can vassing to report upon thein,—Mining journal, this day. CURIOUS CAM. -- A case unexampled in French jurisprudence, and which recalls to mind one recorded in Biblical history —two women claiming to be mothers of the same child—has just been submitted to the Civil Tribunal. 'A female named Flouron called on at) tribunal to declare her to be the mother of a boy named Alexis, born in 1843, and now in a board ing -school in the Rue des Martyrs ; and in support of her demand her advocate made a statement to this effect :—ln 1832 this female, who was t len fifteen years of age, and whose name was Perrino Gervais, came to Paris, and having made the Etc -. quaintance of 'a butcher named Dardelle, who was , considerably her elder, she entered hi s serv i c e es cashier. After a while he seduced her, and in 1834 she gave birth to a child ; but the child did not live.. Her connection with Dardelle having continued, she on the 17th January, 1843, gave birth to another child, who was registered as the son of Dardelle and of Perrine Gervais, and who was baptised as the son of M. and Mine. Dardelle., Irp to that time, and for a certain period after, • Dardelle bad not allowed his famly to know any thing of his connection with Perrine Gervais; but ' she having attended him with great affection in serious illness with which _he was afflicted, be an nounced his intention of marrying her, and made his family receive her as his wife. In 1848 Dar delle made the acquaintance of a female named. Palmyre Foulbceuf, and became smitten with her charms. This female, who possessed great powers of intrigue, and was well experienced in the ways of the world, wormed herself into the confidence of Dardelle, and succeeded, by calumni es a d ro itly dis seminated, in causing him to break off his connec tion with Perrine Gervais. The latter, however, solemnly called on him to fulfil his promise to. marry her, but he refused, and she, in consequence, a few months after married one Fl ouron , who had been in the service of Dardelle, and was a very honest man. After her rupture with Dardelle, which took place in 1848, that person refused to allow the boy Alexis to visit her or to g o out with her; but he permitted her from time to time to see him at his school. In 1853, Dardelle married Palmyre Foulbceuf, who since his rupture' with Perrine Gervais had lived with him as his mistress, and on the 29th Nov., 1856, he died, leaving a fortune of between 300,000 fr. and 500,000 fr. to his widow, with remainder to hits son Alexis. On hearing of this, Madame Flouron came forward as the mother of the boy ' • but 0 her great astonishment, Madame Dardelle affirmed that it was she, and not Madame Flouron, was the mother of the child. In proof of VII! she produced the register of her marriage, in whzch it was formally declared that " the boy All., registered, as the son of Perrine G erva i s , w as refill?, the son of Palmyre Foulbceuf, th a t it w a s by c oot that he was so registered, and that she and E l aFi delle his father, formally declared him to be thou child, and meant tomake him legitimate." Madan!! Flouron, knowing this declaration to be false, sisted on being recognised as the mother of t 136 boy, but her pretensions were opposed by the Dar delle family, by Mme, Dardelle, and by a person named de Sainte Croix, who had been appoint guardian to the lad. She was, therefor e , o bligea to bring an action to establish her right; and, in E 11 , 1 , :l ; port of it, she relied not only on the register of tr o boy's birth, but on the f ac t s th a t h e h a d writte a numerous letters to her calling he r hi s mo ther, al i that he possessed such a st rong lik eness t o her o 4o prove him to be her son ; her advocate, l: 0 ° s over, urged various technical r easons t o s how 0 40 her maternity could not be disputed. In ansvirer,l a all this, the following statem en t was m a de, 1842 ardelle was very intimate with M. and AT o Foulbceuf, and as he was fifty years of age, t 'i i . allowed him to go out frequently with their dat e e be ter Palmyre, then only fiftee n , thi n ki ng that would treat her as a father ; but being a Teri 0 centiouvaian, he seduced her. BecOthing encie 9 o she was ashamed to return home, and she vi',„aso due time secretly delivered of a ma l e c hild. '2- i ,.` l „ f circumstance took place in Jan., 1843; an d the was the child Alexis; but to preserve her reP, l)3 7, tier). he was registered as the son o f P err ino t . e c a vais. She,. however, and n o t P err i ne , 'watch with the utmost tend erness over him, ace when he was placed in a boardi ng sc hool 4 c , alone visited him, ' and tr ea t e d hi m as ' an aft tionate mother would do. Perrine Gervais bac got into an intrigue with one of his men (Floon whom she afterwards married), Dardelle concer, 4 bitter hatred of her, and expelled her from 1: 8 house. He then, after, a while, married Pablo Foulboauf, and thereby repaired the wrong he , done by seducing her ; they at the same time , . r was natural, recognised the boy Alexis as Ova child, and declared him legitimate. In suP„P°;, of this statement, it was argued th a t if 1 ,, e 0 rine Gervais had r ea lly b een th e mo th er o f child, site would, on being expelled by ' 4 : c i father from his ho use , h ave certainly claircd him ; and that after h er ex p u l s i on s h e wo o" not, as she had done, have for years gist herself no trouble ab ou t hi m , un til she heP', that he was entitled to a large property. It IT, asserted likewise that the boy resembled MOW', Dardelle, and not the other woman ;" that'll! _ o °; s sidered the former as his moth er , an d h a d aii" treated her as such • and that Dardelle himself written letters to Madame Dardelle before hisul' or . riage to her, in which he spoke of Alexis as child." On various technical grounds; 'twice:, I it was contended that Madame Flouron's Pret;f sions were inadmissible. The public •proseo! A o said that in his opi n i on th e t r ib una l oug ht to °leg a searching investigation into all the cireumsta g A of the_birth of the child to be Made. Juclgra' was in consequence postponed; CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.—The following distiocti°s have been gained at Cambridge by pupils of this.s°,, b f o . during the present te rm : —M r . J . R . Seeley, first in, cellor's medallist, and bracketed senior classic; M r ,ty Skelton, sixth wrangler ; Mr. J. H. B r id ge , tsc, e '" ; second wrangler ; Mr. S. J. Lid ge tt , thi rty - th i r d ler. Five pupils of the City of London School I ' l 'o taken their degrees at C a mb r id ge d ur i ng t h e pre term, of whom four have been thus distinguished- APOTHECARIES' HALL. —The following gent'''' o f passed their examination in the science and practicert, medicine, and received certificates to practise, on 1 1,,h ti le , day, March 26 :—John Tatham, Barton-on.Lons ue t , Yorkshire ; William Brooks Poel, Canterbury, fit s' Herbert Sedgwick Barnes, Chelsea ; David Sb . , ° „ r d, Skinner, Headcorn, Kent - George Fielding Blaou,'" na ' Meld, Wiltshire ; John ' Narbert Casanova, Loou' re ," Jarman Patrick, Kent ; Humphrey Purnell Blacko 3° o Salisbury ; William Edward Caird, Exeter; Sam; l ir Prall, Rochester; William D re s ser , C oven t ry; 111 ,'" ,; „," Thomas Carr, Newcastle -on - Tyne ; Ch ar les J l '`'). Devonshire, Hampton, Middl ese x ; J o h n Bridg e Newick, Sussex ; and Robert Leever, Army. THE POST-OFFICE EMPLOYES AND THE FRANonIS- f l The following circular notice, signed by Mr. Rosil°4", Hill, has been personal) , served upon each person e 5 l ployed in the service of the Post-office, an d a rece t , taken of the same :—" To all p os t mas t ers , sub-P e ,: r . masters, postmasters' clerks, letter-carriers, le t [ d , receivers, and other s emp l oye d i n the receitt, collecting, or managing the revenues of the Post-001, Interference in election of members of Parliament. , 1 ;1 a general e l ec ti on i s a b out to take place, I am diree",t, by the Po s t mas t er -G enera l t o rem i n d you that no 11,°h-et master, clerk, letter-carrier, lett er - rece i ver , or a ny °"7 0 % person employed i n the rec e i v i ng , co ll ec ti ng , or rosog,,c, the revenues of th e Post-offi ce can e i t h er vo t e o r r° m • fere in any manner whatsoever at th e e l ec ti on for foeid bees of Parliament, under the severest penalties, 3 8 down in the acts of 9th Anne, cap. 10, sec. 44; and Gen, 111., cap. 41, sec. 1, extracts from which are is fi f flexed ; and I am desired by his gra c e to s t a t e that officer of the Post-office guilty of this offence vvi h n b. instantly dismissed the servic in addition to being e d jected to the penalties inflicted by law."—Civil Se ri Gazette. I'o THE EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVlCE.—lntelligenve re, been received at Bombay of the murder of Mr.H. yeS the newly-appointed deputy-postmaster at Ahr n edn,f, gur, supposed to have been committed by robbers. n, dead body of the unfortunate man was 'found near a 1 „, lags about eight miles from Ah m e ci cl e n p u a g r g t : nt T o h f e r S a te r :i tariate at Bombay is, it is said, about to underg o „ e v e r! very important changes. The Works is to be amalgamated with the Military de l n, l t o h n e e Omerit, the and ree o p na l a e c n e d d ati under on o f t the a control jorp h o n f yr e e comm ie sioner of Rangoon, the Government of India have sa e tioned an increase to the establishment of the Protestso Church at Rango vin f airtw • ed Chief Commissary Storekeeper fect CIVIL SEnviongd%t. Ch o f ahs t i h nba e e.e C n u T s a t h o pep m o l e Y--A vacancy has been caOl e te 4 :LI L O: Mt : r . D F e . p G a tilos Read in the Department of the Accountant General, F r a d Branc h, Simierfiet-house, by the death of Mr. Thoto' i Culliford Barrow, clerk of the first class. A vaci , e% i n the Storekeeper General's Department has be en retired on 0 1 : the promotion of Mr. John Eahtb °l l — a e atsCri le a PS n ae d njr t Warehouse second-class clerk, who has been appointed Stcrg Receiver at Woolwich-yard, vice Mr. P. Aforgt superannuation. Lieutenant J. Arkwrig has been appointed agent in charge of mails -, co ntract steamers. General Post-office.—A vacs/ bas been cause d i n th e Ci rcu l at i on D epartmen t, neo 4 Letter Branch, by the retirement, on pension, of I r , Frede r i c k Tilly ar d, D e p u t y -C ontro ll er . C ustoms --l% Henry Miller 3,3 been promoted from second to P r o , class clerk in the Examiner's office, London ; Mr. Ang e t i tus C. Hail has been promoted from third to sec° e „ class clerk in the Examiner's office, London ; Mr. G e t s ' Dudley has been promoted from fourth third-class ° 1e 1 . % in the Examiner's office, London ; Mr. George, go Nedham has been promoted from fifth to fourth o'!"' clerk in the Examiner's office, London. East Indie e Mr. C. K. Dove has been appointed to officiate as 1 7; r , master-General' of Bengal during the absence of o Bennett ; Mr. T. Garrett has been appointed to of 50 :0 as Deputy Postmaster-General in Ca'cutta in the rc7 o 4 of Mr. Dove ; Mr. A. R. Young has been appoi n o, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, and Mr. F" th e Lushington has been appointe.l Junior Secretary to Board of Revenue,—C4 &nice gazette. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.-- DURING PASSION WEEK. GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT Every Evening, Friday Excepted. Band of 50 Performers, including all the First-Solo Players of the day. Conductor—Mr. ALFRED MELLON.