The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-15 00:00:00

11 E R M AJESTY'S THEATRE. First Night of a new Ballet, A cal iSt 4. PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLETTI, THIS EVENING (Saturday), May 16. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Plccolmini ; Edgardo, Sig. Giugliui. After wkich - will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in Two Tableaux, composed expaessly for her Majesty's Theatre by M. Ilassot,-eittitled ACA LISTA. Far particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been I pecially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. T HEA TR E-R OYA G, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. GREAT EQUESTRIAN- A3IERTCAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Prices—Pit and Promenade, ls ; Boxes, 2s. 6LI , 25., and is. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at S. Opens Saturday, May 16. First Equestrian Artistes in the World •--Madame Schap lain, Madame Nensome, La Petite Wells, Signora Delavanti, and Miss Ella ; Miss E. J. Wells, Mdlles. Flora, Fable, and and Marie, Misses Neusome. Moffatt, Delavanti, Potter. Jen nings ; the Manchester Boy, Masters J. Wells, A Wells, E. Moffatt, Henrico and Carlo Delavanti, Sig. Felix Delavanti, Mons. Becq, Mons. Ferdinand, Mons. Eugene, Mr. Tom Swann, Mr. B. Fuller, Mr. W. Fuller, and the great Shaks peria.n Clown, Wallett, will appear each evening in a series of Performances, original and unapproachable. Director—Mr. Stekes, Acting Manager—Mr. E. Stirling. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. Kitt: Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, called AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE. THEATRE ROYAL. Er AYMA_RTKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. Nzw ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING (May 15) to commence at Seven o'clock, with A LIFE'S TRIAL. After which, the successfu l Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A I'AL XNTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Taman. To conclude with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. In future the prices will be : Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), Os. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d.l Second price. s. d Dress Boxes Upper Boxes ....... 3 0 Upper 80xe5... . Pit... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 f No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lesgee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original drama (fifth time), entitled JOSEPH CHA.VIGNY ; or, Under the Thumb. Ben, Webwer, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, &c. Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS, To conclude with the new and original domestic !ketch, entitled WELCOMT LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, OYAL SURREY THEATRE, / 4 .. Lnqqe , 4q, MesArg. Shepherd and CrtAswink. THIS EVENING will be performed MATT-TILDE. After which, THE THREE WONDERS OF PEKIN. To conclude with 102 ; or, The Veteran and his Progeny, Mr, Widdicomb, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leggee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TIITS EVENING will he performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs Robson, G. Murray, die. Commence at half-Tast Seven. {STRAND TREAT RE.—Man urer, M. T. a Pavne.—THlS EVENING will hp nprformed 4 .ItRIED DAUGHTF.R',' AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by OVER THE WAY. To conclude with THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Commenc3 at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Two Nights of the present successful Entertainments. On Saturday the theatre will be closed for a Grand Re hearsal o' Verdi's far-famed Oper of IL TROVATORE ; or The Gipsy's Vengeance, which will be produced on Monday next, with Egnestrian Illustrations, and supported by the FIRST OPERATIC ARTISTES OP THE DAY. To Nigh .. , May 15, the Annual Complimentary Beneat of Mr. William Cooke, and his daughter, Miss Kate Cooke, un der the distinguished patronage of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. THIS EVENING, and following night, the performance will commence with the Grand .Military Spectacle, entitled THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; or, The Battle of Constantine. To be followed by a matchless routine of SCENES IN THE ARENA, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. To conclude with a Risible Farce. CommeLee at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2a.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d, Box•office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westrninster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popnlar 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. lonThmani, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri Senor Antonio M. ile Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri; .!Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGg. T TTS ILtt —Morn. 28 min. r-ft. 5 —Evening 51 rata. aft 5 .i-MORROw—Morn. 20 min. aft. 6 —Evening 47 min. att. THE WEATHER—Sux OFFICE, MAY 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE, SHADE. B7 —highest sinae noon yeriterday. 53 -lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day at noon. BA3O3IITITR, 30.1?. WIND, E.S.E.; light, with very fine summer weather, S. 5:1/4 .:;.' ,7, ;- . ,;! .. " „.""n„ "."1-t ? r a ,S• LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1867. Sir ERSKINE PERRY has boldly come forward a: the champion, in the representative branch of the Legislature, of those whose intolerable griev ances have formed the grounds of numerous and, unfortunately, too well-founded complaints. He has entered on the path, some time since, indi cated to him by Lord BROUGHAM, and most sin cerely we wish him success in the noble under. taking. He will have to encounter opposition in eve:•y form. Sneers and ridicule will not be wanting. Indeed, " the rather extravagant de. manda of the large and manly body of strong minded women, whose advocate the honourable and learned gentleman had constituted himself," was alluded to in that vein of banter which too frequently passes for legitimate argument ; and that too by one who, as happily remarked by the bonourable member for Pontefract, " was more indebted, than any member of the House, for the honourable position he now occupied, to the in fluence of the sex, whose interests the bill would protect." Sir ERSKINE PERRY, however, is not the man to be deterred by such paltry missiles, 203 d we are truly rejoiced to find that so worthy P. Champion has been found to vindicate the wrongs, under which the fairer portion of huma nity has so long and so undeservedly been suf fering. Mr. HOPE also attempted to raise what may truly be termed "a feigned issue," so as to divert attention from the real point in dispute. He said, " hitherto there had been free trade' in the pecuniary relations of husband and wife, and to resort to a system of protection' required rather delicate handling." Why, the point is altogether the other way ! It would be a strange system of "free trade" where there was no reciprocity, and one party had it all his own way. It was V, e school-boy principle—possibly founded on the law of " Baron and Feme"—" What's yours is mine, What's mine is my own." Nov, this is the flag rant grievance so justly impugned. Why should the woman be made the slave, in place of being the helpmate of man ? Why should she be dc. barredfrom possessing property for her own use, uuless- it has been duly transferred to trus tees- by a pre -nuptial settlement ? Why should she not be permitted to en so the fruits of he own industry, without being liable to seizure by an idle or pro fligate spouse, who would deprive herself and her children of the means of independent existence, to squander them in selfish, possibly vicious, pursuits ? None can defend the gross anomaly. None can vindicate the existing state of the Eao;sh law, which differes materially from that of almost every other civilised. cwntry ! The remedy is plain and simple, but in place of meeting the case on the broad grounds of national justice, its opponents are con- euted with uttering a variety of twaddle respecting "the breaking up of the sanctity of English homes," and that the alterations would " involve a material change in the social institu tions of the nation." The same argument applies with equal force to the "domestic institution" of the Southern States of America ; and, we need not say, cannot carry with it much weight to Englishmen or Englishwomen. , No alteration may be required in well ordered households. But laws are not made for the good, but for the bad. They are required to correct abuses, and to afford, so far as practicable, equa justice and equal protection to all, so far as their persons, properties, or earnings, are concerned. As was happily remarked by Mr. D. DUDLEY FIELD, a gentleman well known in this country, " whatever law is passed must be general, re lating to all wives, and all husbands, and securing to all wives the rights which only the happy need assert." It is absurd to say that elevating the position of the wife can be injurious to any well-disposed and meritorious husband. His strongest desire would be to ensure the independence of his cherished partner. But it is not because there may be an amiable despot under whose mild and benignant government the yoke would sit lightly on his serfs that despotic authority should be maintained, and that tyrants should be authorised to domineer over their unhappy victims. Where the law sanc tions the enjoyment of separate property it does not practically effect the happiness of the marriage state. Amongst the wealthy classes provision is generally made for the wife, in the shape of pin money, or by conveying property to trustees to be held for her own sole and separate use and interest, free from the debts, control, or interference of her husband, and her receipts to be alone valid discharges for payments on account thereof. This is a prudent precaution, which few wealthy parents will dispense with. Now, all that Sir ERSKINE PERRY requires is, that where there has been no pre-nuptial settlement, the property of married women may be protected for their own use in the same mode as if such a sett!ement had been duly executed, and it is impossible to say that such a demand is unreasonable, or op posed either to natural justice or public policy. But there is a more pressing grievance that applies to a much larger proportion of our coun trywomen. It is, that they should receive pro tection for their own earnings from improvident or ill-disposed husbands. That, after all, is the chief evil I When we find drunken and profligate husbands flocking to the pay-tables to receive the hardly-earned wages of their unfortunate wives, struggling to snatch the few pence that might provide a scanty meal for their children and keep a roof over their heads—when we find the stock-in-trade or furniture of a de serted wife sold by a wretch who has abandoned her to her fate, or seized to pay his debts, it is surely time to interfere. We truet, then, that Sir ERSKINE PERRY may completely succeed in removing the stain from the national Statute-book, and render ing the nuptial contract what it ought to be, one perfectly fair and equitable on both sides, and of which neither party can have reasonable grounds of complaint. A golden opportunity is now offered to us for the introduction of some better system of government into our vast oriental possessions. It would come with peculiar grace just now from the imperial source of ju,tice over all the gigantic and scattered terri tories constituting the aggregate of the British Empire. It would come, we say, with peculiar grace at the present moment—a boon not extorted but volunteered. Justice for the natives of India —amelioration in the general administration of the affairs of Hindostan : at the very time when war is being waged against the Chinese, and whoa insurrectionary outbreaks are being repressed in Borneo ! It were a magnificent spectacle to pre sent to the Asiatic imagination—a spectacle worthy of 'the Great Power whose truest glory it would serve most effectually to illustrate. It was only last evening in the House of Lords that the harshness of the present system of judi cial administration in the three Presidencies was most strikingly and most painfully demonstrated by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. It was illus trated by the Noble Lord in the case of one BHA WANNY LALLAH, a man of great wealth and position in Madras, who, at the instance of an English civilian, one THOMAS, was taken into custody ; marched through the public streets ; confined in ' prison for a whole fortnight ; threatened with deprivation of food for twenty hours ; cons trainei, under the influence of that threat, into signing, against his will, a paper, which he declared to the last to be an untrue record of his examination ; required to furnish security for 1,000 rupees, and then, because of some informality about a trum pery bail of 101., or thereabouts, kept in durance vile for seventeen days additional 1 And all upon the simple charge preferred against him by this THOMAS, that he, BHAwANNY LALLAH, had col lected a mob together upon the occasion of some religious ceremony upon some festival-day, sacred in the eyes of Mahommedans ! Out of these in- iquitous proceedings, according to the very suc cinct account given to the Peers yesterday by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, sprang—very naturally sprang—an action between the parties—Bile- WANITY LALLAR versus THOMAS. An action resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff a verdict mulcting the defendant to the tune of 1,000 rupees ! But that verdict, Lord CLANRICARDE observed, the Supreme Council over ruled 1 Another, and a very deplorable instance of the systematic exemption of the Civil Servants of the Company from the jurisdiction of the ordi nary Courts of Hindostan. Well might the Noble Lord ask, at the close of his harangue, whether that exemption were not really and truly mon strous? No wonder the President of the Council immediately afterwards, while acknowledging that " the statement of the Noble Marquis certainly did show that there was great incompetence, if not something worse," in the conduct of the par- titular Civilian referred to—no wonder Lord GRANVILLE thereupon added that the wh le of these lamentable transactions should be subjected, at the earliest possible moment, to the most search ing scrutiny by her MAJESTY'S Government. Nor can it be any matter of surprise that a great legal authority like the Lord Chief Justice of England should have eagerly availed himself of the occasi , n last evening of inveighing against the confused and disordered system of the Administration of Jus tice in India—in,i,ti ng upon the urgent nerd of some speedy and comprehensive improvembnts with a view to the instant and effectual ameliora tion of the social state of the native population. At the very time when these hard truths are _ _ s UN, Lt)NDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 15, .1857 being enunciated so very audibly in the Upper House of the British Legislature, there is a vacancy to be filled up in the Board of Directors in Leadenhall•street. Here is the opportunity The vacancy requiring to be filled up, we all know, is the one consequent upon the resignation of Col. OLIPHANT. Rightly filled up—it might readily be taken as the signal for a series of grand ar.d beneficent ameliorations. Here, again we say, is the very opportunity I Several candidates for this post of onerous, but enviable, respon sibility have, of course, been already men tioned. General' CANNON has been spoken of, for example, as an appropriate succes sor to Colonel OLIPHANT. While, elsewhere, in lieu of Gen. CANNON we have found Col. LAKE, one of the heroes of Kars, suggested as a man possessing very eminent . qualifications for the position of an East India Director. Whoever the fortunate individual may be, chosen to fill up this conspicuous vacancy, we do earnestly hope that he may be selected with a due regard to the par ticular significance and value of what we have called advisedly this golden opportunity. Some one whose advent to the Board will be, in truth, the infusion of new blood into the Directory. Some one really acquainted with the most pressing requirements of the time in regard to Hindostan. Some one who sincerely appreciates the nsed illustrated so painfully last evening in the House of Peers—the need of equal justice between the natives of India and the Civil Servants of the Com pany. A director, whose single voice may, without expecting too much from it, impart new vigour and wisdom to the councils of that powerful and autho rit Ative Board of Eighteen. It has been recently, and we believe accurately, intimated by an inge nious correspondent (A. 0.1.) of one of our morn ing contemporaries (The Chronicle) that these eighteen colleagues of the new Director may, as a body, be thus summarily analysed—Seven of these men having neither seen India at all, or being unconnected with either of its Presidencies ; two of them being connected with Madras ; three being Bombay men ; and six Bengalese Where upon, if any one of these Presidencies ought in reason to be looked to for a candidate, it ought surely, obviously, indisputably, to be the Madras Presidency. However this may be, the Nineteenth Director ought to be a man of sufficient sagacity to appreciate the value in regard to all these Pre sidencies alike, of improving the general adminis tration of the laws, and of furthering all the great Public Works now either in progress or in contem plation in Hindostan, under the auspices of the Imperial Government. The latter subject comprising within its magnificeitt scope—the spreading far and wide of the magic influence of irrigation—the de velopment of the iron network of Railways—the knitting together of all those enormous provinces with a yet more wondrous and more miraculous network, that woven across seas and rivers, and plains, and mountain ranges, by the delicate wires of the Electric Telegraph. Between her pride and her avarice we seem likely to meet with some prOvoking rebuffs even from Spain. Utterly helpless as that miserable country now finds itself in the hands of its gay imitatress of Louis NAPOLEON—with an army that little Switzerland could sweep from the earth, and a navy that Sardinia could send to the bottom in a few hours, Spain, yet confident in her very weakness, takes pleasure in bearding England. She knows we are ashamed to hit such feebleness, so she gives herself what airs she likes. Just now she enjoys the gratifieation of keeping five petty officers belonging to her MAJESTY'S ship Curlew, under lock and key of her thiefcatchers et Malaga. Murderers and felons are their compa nions; but their only offence was that, walking home to their vessel, not intoxicated, but full of fun, they were playing each other the harmless jokes which are universally allowed to English sailors on shore in their own country—that kind of fun, merely, which is deemed an essential in the character of a tar, and, wanting which, our police and our seaport-town inhabitants generally would hardly own him to be a veritable jack tar at all. A gend'arme, seeing the Englishmen not interfering with any Spaniard, but merely thus skylarking among them selves, aunt needs shew his importance. Two of the men had actually romped to an extent so awful in the eyes of the dignified Spanish police, that one drew the Guernsey frock of the other over the latter's head. Forthwith the gendarme knocks him down with the barrel of his musket ; a struggle ensues, other police and sol diers come to the aid of Spanish justice, and even tually all five, even the three who bad not so much as appeared to quarrel with each other, were seized and placed in a filthy Spanish prison. From Saturday till Monday they were literally without food, but were relieved at last by the British Consul, who, of course, interfered as soon as he heard of it. His remonstrances, however, although joined to those of the superior officers of the ship, to those of the commanders of three ships of war, which to the terror of the Malagese chanced to look in, and to those of the British Ambassador himself, have all produced no effect. When the latest in telligence arrived, five English sailors had re mained locked up for nineteen days in a filthy Spanish gaol with robbers and murderers, for the crime of being a little merry ashore. The other delinquency is of a more hor rible kind. We refer to the Cuban Slave trade. The accounts just published, following upon too many of a similar kind, show that to this hour the infernal traffic is as vigorous as in the days of CHRISTINA. We refer to the capture of a slaver off Cuba by her MAJESTY'S brig Arab. The Cap tain of the Arab had been apprised of two suspici ous vessels being on their way to Cuba; one of them a schooner he soon caught sight of—pursued her, and though the master of the vessel endeavoured to escape in a shallop he captured both him and the ship. When the schooner was boarded 373 young Africans, male and female, all of them naked, half-starved and covered with dirt and vermin were found on board ; 127 had died in the voyage of twenty-nine days ! Indeed it is the old sad tale of " The Horrors of the Middle Palsage." The liberated negroes are described as " walking tangible spectres, so emaciated and filthy that in many instances you could hardly recognise the human being." Some of them, indeed, on being landed, were " quite unable 6 walk, and fell bodily, as if para lysed, in attempting to do so. They had been fifty-three days in almost one position ; on food being given them it was difficult to prevent them from eating and drinking with fatal eager ness." " They rushed at their food and gulped their water far more voraciously than a pack of hounds after a long run." When made to under stand that they were free, their delight surpassed , description. All emaciated as they were they ac tually tried to dance ; all of them yelled and clapped their hands ; and the women laughed joyously. Doubtless in most American plantations the same announcement would be followed by the saute half-frantic delight ; but, while that incarnate demon the " slave power" reproaches England with whito slavery, let Americans say what part of our po. pula.tiion would not laugh at the man who told them they were freemen, instead of laughing with mad joy that they had burst their bonds. Alas ! this infernal trade is a diabolically gain ful one. These slaves bought for a trifle would sell for 1201. or 1401. each ! The captain of the schooner said that he should lose some 6,0001. or 7,0001. by being taken, but as he had made already several successful voyages, he did not trouble himself much about it. From the interpreter it was assertained that several vessels were then lying on the coast of Africa, and that on an aver age two vessels sailed weekly, each of them having from 500 to 700 slaves on board. According to this information, then, from one locality only, more than 1,000 negroes are weekly carried to the sugar plantations, and the negro graves of Cuba; except, indeed, the three or four hundred of that number who, during the voyage, are thrown to the sharks. New this is all going on to this very hour ; going on in the teeth of treaties ; going on to enrich the worthless minions of CHRISTINA once, and now those of her daughter. It is stated in Spain that General CONCHA, the present Captain-General of Cuba, is to be recalled that his slave-dealing has become too barefaced, he having received a regular per tentage, as connivance money, for all that are landed. He will not, however, take much harm, since he is said to have cleared not less than a quarter of a million sterling already by this in famous smuggling. It does appear to us, however, that if Lord PALMERSTON wants a field in which he might go the utmost lengths with the applause of all Europe, it is in the case of Cuba. We were imperative with Brazil, and we have succeeded. But the Brazilian Government has always been far more honest and worthy of revect than that of Spain. It is high time to declare to the worthless rulers of Spain and their Cuban Viceroys that forbearance is now at an end ; that hence forth the slave trade shall be treated as piracy, let it be carried on under whatever filg it may ; and that all Cuba shall be held by us in that fashionable condition of the Spanish regime, " a state of siege," till the slave trade is no more. ELECTION EXPENSES. LATEST N E WS. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, MAY 14. The steamer Bombay arrived here to-day at 2.15 p.m., in 116 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 9th iust. The India mails left Alexandria on that day, with advices from Bombay to the lith of April ; Cal cutta, April 9 ; Ceylon, April 9 ; and Hong Kong, March 29. A mutinous spirit still prevails in the Bengal army, especially in the 34th Native Infantry. At Bombay the banks have again reduced their rate of discount 1 per cent. The import market remains unchanged. Freights were declining. Exchange 2s lid to 2s lid. At Calcutta, there was little or no change in either the produce or export markets. Freights have advanced. The money market was getting easier. Exchange, 2s lid to 2s lids. In China nothing of importance had transpired since the departure of the previous mail. The steamer Zenobia had arrived with troops from Madras. Exchange at Hong Kong, 4s lid. Advices from Shanghai of the 20th of March state that a large business had been done in silk. The total amount of arrivals was 80,000 bales, of which 77,000 had been settled. Exchange, Gs lid to 7s. The latest accounts from Hong Kong, dated March 30, state that three English ships, with troops, had arrived there. Admiral Seymour had not undertaken any new operation. The Viceroy, Yeh, had imposed very heavy con tributions on the towns and villages under his jurisdiction. THE PERSIAN WAR. VIENNA, MAY 14. Advices from Constantinople state that after taking Mohammerah the English Commander learned that the treaty of peace had been con cluded, and ordered a suspension of hostilities. DRESDEN, THURSDAY. Prince Napoleon left Berlin and arrived in the Saxon cap!tal at two o'clock. He was received by the Hereditary Prince. He was conducted to the Royal Palace, and thence goas to the Chateau of Pilnitz to the King. He will remain several days in Saxony. COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. The Danish Government has replied to the Prussian and Austrian Notes. It is disposed to make concessions on the question of the Duchies, but declines to submit the framing of their Consti tution to the General Diet of Germany. - The .Moniteur de la Flotte states that the Rus sians are founding a great maritime establishment in the River Amoor, which they call Port-Impe rial. Port Imperial is about 130 miles to the south of the Bay of Castries, in 48 degrees 58 minutes north latitude, and 140 degrees 17 minutes east longtitude. The remains of the frigate Pallas, which the Russians sunk to save her from falling into the hands of the English, are still to be seen in the north-west of the port. Two powerful batteries are being erected at this spot. The naval establishment of Port Imperial is to comprise factories, dry docks, large store houses, powerful means of defence, and all the requisites for sheltering a large fleet. The Faedrelandet states that letters to be relied on have been received from Stockholm, stating that the King, being worn out with the responsi bility of affairs, and, in addition, being weak in health, has determined, on the recomtnendation of his medical advisers, to withdraw from state busi ness, calling on the Hereditary Prince to take the direction of affairs provisionally. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. By an Imperial decree in the Sioniteur, cla;ed Fontainebleau, 12th, the session of the Legislative Body, which was to have closed on Saturday, is prolonged to the 28th inst. inclusive. The Minister of Marine has sent to Toulon for mal orders that the Audacieuse frigate, which is destined to convey Baton Gros to China, shall be ready to put to sea at the end of the present week. The following telegraphic de&patches have been received here : " MARSEILLES, Mayl3. —The King of Bavaria ar rived here at 2 p. m., on board a Neapolitan frigate, accompanied by Gen. Roberti, aide-de-camp to the King of Naples. His Majesty, who preserves the strictest incognito, will leave Marseilles to-morrow. The Neapolitan frigate exchanged salutes with the forts." " VIENNA, May 13.—The Pesth Gazette an nounces that the Princess Giselle is ill, and that the tour of the Emperor is suspended for some days." BotntsE, May 14.—The following were the last quotations : _ _ Cash. tr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 69 30 69 55 Bank Shares 4,425 Credit Mobilier 1,300 Roman __ _ Do. Account 1;300 Austrian Belgian 44 Pied m ontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. it c. Orleans 1,475 Western 785 Northern Lyons 1,485 - New Ditto 3 — Mediterranean 2,025 Grand Central Geneva ~. 7673— Sardinian Midi j ~ _._ ... ~ .~ TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. SlR,—Flaving observed in your paper of lad evening that you have accidentally omitted my name in the divi sional list on Lord R. Grosvenor's Bill, will you allow me to inform you that I voted in the minority. I have the honour to be, Yours obediently, WM. YANSITTART. 88, St. James's-street, Friday, May 15. THE COURT MOURNING.—We have authority to state that, a 4 the time fixed for the present court mourning wilt have expired previous to the approaching drawing rooms, no Ladies except those of her Majesty's House hold and the Wives of the Members of the Cabinet, and of the Great Officers of her Majesty's Household, are expected to appear in mourning, nor is mourning to be worn at the approaching Levee, except by the Members of the Cabinet and Officers of the Household. Her Majesty will not leave Osborne until the 4th of June. It is rumoured that a squadron will be assembled at Spithead to salute the Grand Duke Constantine of Russ:a, wkose own squadron of several sail is also ex pected at Spithead from the Mediterranean. His Eicellency the Russian Minister and the Countess Creptowicb have arrived at Chesham Home, from Paris. The Countess Spencer has issued invitations for an assembly at Spencer House, on the 27th instant. The Earl of Bowls will give a ball on Thursday, the 4tb of June. The Earl and Countess of Dunraven have arrived in Belgrave-square. Married, yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Arthur Lionel Tollemache, eldest son of the late Hon. Arthur Caesar To.lernache, to Emily, eldest surviving daughter of the late Major-General Sir Jeremiah Bryant, C. 8., of the Bengal army. DEATH OF LORD WILLIAM FITAROY.—The premature announcement of this respected nobleman's death has proved only too prophetic. His lordship expired on Wednesday eveuieg, at East Sheen, surrounded by the members of his sorrowing family. DEATH OF MR. JASPER CHASSEA.IID.—We regret to have to announce the demise of a gentleman well known to Eastern travellers, especially to those who have visited Syria. Jasper Cbasseaud, Esq , of Beyrout, de parted this life en the 22d ultimo on nis estate in that town. THE LATE JOHN DISNEY, ESQ.—We regret to have observed in our obituary column the name of John Dis ney, Esq. ,of the Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex, who expired last week at his country seat, aged 77. Mr. Disney was well known as an antiquarian, a connoisseur, and collec tor of art curiosities. ASSASSINATION OF )fa. BLANDFORD, AT NAPLES.—A letter from Naples, of the 7th, says :—" Mr. Blandf the gentl.3man who was assaulted in the Riviera ui Cuiaja, is dead. He was, from the time of the injuries, too weak to make any statement as to the villains who murdered him." THE LATE MR. CODLTON.—The mortal remains of the late Mr. David Travena Coulton, the editor of the Press, were consigned to the family vault at Norwood Ceme tery yesterday. The funeral was strictly private, at the express desire of the deceased, and the mourners were confined to his old and attached friends—Mr. Rob. Bell, Mr. S. Carter Hall, Mr. Gruneison, Mr. Maddyn, Mr. Smith, Mr. Liddle, LORD ELGIN'S MISSION.—After having crossed the Isthmus, Lord Elgin, it is said, will find the Ava awaiting him at Suez. The ship will convey him to Si nga p or e, where he is to remain till the arrival of the French commissioner. A further sum of nearly 20,0001. in gold was sold to the Batik yesterday. 31101iltoNS.—S2rions dissensions are reported to have broken out among the Mormons, both at San Ber nardino and Salt Lake. The ElleLborough has arrived from Sydney with 30,000 sovireigns. The Irene is also reported from Adelaide, but she is not believed to have brought any gull. At Bow-street police court yesterday Mr. Jardine decided that a dog -cart was a private carriage, and the driver hi+d a right to pass the park, gates near Buck ingham palace. MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CONCERTS.—This series of concerts commences this evening at the Hanover-square Rooms ; and we advise all lovers of part-singing to avail themselves of the opportunities now afforded them of hearing some of the best performances of the kind which have yet been given in E.igland. Rorer, ITALIAN OPERA.—" La Traviata," which had been announced fur last night, was not given, in conse quence of the sudden indisposition of Signor Graziani, who should have personated Germont. " Rigoletto" was substituted, and its performance by Madame Bosio, Madame Didide, Signori Tagliafico, Polonini, and Ron coni, left nothing to wish for. The house was densely crowded. Has MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box; at her Majesty's Tneatre, was last evening occupied by the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Westminster, Earl Grosvenor, and Capt. Mar shall. Among the company present we observed the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Lady Augusta Pullet, the Marquis of Stafford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, the Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyn , iux, the Countess Howe and the Ladies Curzon, the Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Sef ton, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Mountcharlea, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Beasborough, Lord Ward, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, Viscount Ranelagb, Viscount Curzon, Viscoi Eltnley, Viscount Powerscourt, Lady de Tanley, Lord and Lady Scarsdal-, Lord C. Bruce, Lady Georgiana Codringcon, Lord H. G. Lennox, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir A. Woodford, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, &c. PAVILION HOTEL, FOLKESTONE.—The following are among the recent arrivals at this hotel :—Lord and Lady Poltimors, Lord Ashburton, Lord Rollo, Count Strogonoff, Lord and Lady Holland, Sir G. Abercrombie, Sir Roger Palmer, Sir Stephen and Lady Brack, Sir G. and Lady Nugent, Lady Balfour, General Pollock and Mrs. Pollock, General Watkins ' Col. Wood and M r s. Wood, Col. French, Col. Fyers, Col. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, Col. Ricisarda and Mrs. Rickard% Major Bodham and Mrs. Bodham, Capt. Wynyard, &c. STAR CLUB OF LONDON.—The fourth meeting of the members of this club for the present session was held at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, on Wednesday last, Mr. Oliveira presiding. There were present—Colonel Lloyd Watkins, M.P., Mr. Luce, M.P., Mr. Harrison, Mr. Kennard, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Bohn, Dr. Sibsou, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Lee, M.P., Mr. Guedalla, Mr. Grant, Captain Kell, Mr. Bailey, the Rev. George Jepson, Mr. Deere, est:. Mr. R )wland Hill and Mr. Digby Boycott were elected members. NAVY Cranis.—The members of this club dined toge ther, last evening, at the Thatched House Tavern, Sr.. James's-street. Rear-Admiral G. Courtenay presided, and was supported by Mr. Wombwell, Lord F. G. Hal lyburton, Sir T. Lushington, Admiral Furneau, Captain H. Byng, Captain Rogers, Captain Quin, Captain Sey mour, Captain Mundy, Captain F. Cranford, the Mar• quis Townshend, the Earl Talbot, Captain Alexander, Sir F. Cochrane, Captain M. Moorsom, Capt; Hudson, Lord E. Russell, Captain Hankey, Hon. Capt. Murray, and Capt Hud-on. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. — The steward of the bark Coral Isle, of Scarborough, the property of Messrs. Hick and others, while on her passage from St. Domingo to Liverpool, killed a pea-hen which he had purchased in the West Indies, and on taking out the contents of its crop he found two valuable diamonds, whiob, since the vessel's arrival at Liverpool, he has disposed of for a oouiiderable sum of money.—Leccla Mercury, THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA IN HUNGARY. A letter from Pesth of the 10th, in the Constitu tionnet, says :—" A striking manifestation on the part of the principal inhabitants of the cities of Buda and Pesth took place yesterday evening, in• tended as a reply to the announcement of the late amnesty granted by the Emperor. At about eight o'clock upwards of four thousand citizens, com pletely beyond the reach of official influence, and perfectly independent from their social position, went in a body, with torches, to the Imperial Palace of Buda to offer their homage to their Majesties. The cortege, marching eight abreast, all dressed in black dress coats, and white cravats, was preceded by a body of 120 chorus singers, and laccolnpanied at inter vals by military bands, A considerable crowd were assembled, and joined their acclamations to those of the proce , sion. Tho greatest order pre vailed without any intervention on the part of the police. In a few minutes after the arrival of the head of the body on the open place in front of the palace, the Emperor and Empress made their ap pearance on the balcony. On seeing them, the chorus singers, accompanied by the three military bands, struck up the imperial hymn, the torches were waved, and the air resounded with the Ellyen,' or Hungarian vivat. The leading characteristic of this demonstration was the loyal and sincere sentiment which inspired the idea. Persons well established, occupying a good social position, and possess ing a certain fortune, were alone admitted to take part. The cortege thus assembled consisted of 39 municipal councilors, 149 unpaid officials of communes, 19 physicians, and upwards of 3,000 persons belonging to different liberal professions, manufacturers, tradesmen, &c. The fortune p0.,- sess.ed by this body amounted together to more than 100 of francs. As a further proof of the great change which has taken place in public opinion, it may be weutioned that in the morning of the same day the Archduke Albeit, Governor- General of Hungary, received a deputation of the principal advocates of Pesth, who solicited the fa vour of being admitted to pay their respects to the Empciror. In order to comprehend the impottance of this fact, it must be mentioned the. 1 the lawyers of Pesth have hitherto been a,c'tia.ted by a systematic feeling of oppoiidon, which in the Diet was carried to the gre ,t , st pos , ible length. Their change of manner tow,itd.s the sovereign is the-efore very significant. The governmental idea of Francis Joseph is apparent in the text of the decree of amnesty. Faithful to the system of policy which he has adopted since his accession to the throne, he will not deviate fi °in the line of unity which . he con , iders as tieces , ary to the moral grandeur and the material prosperity of the empire." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 10 P. M. The United States' mail sielmship Fulton, Capt. Wot`on, has arrived off Cowes, with advices from New York to the 2d inst., being two days later. She brings 160 passengers (of whom .40 are fur Southampton), $lll,OOO in specie, and 1,983 bags of wheat. May 13, at 6 p.m., spoke the Bremen bark Chyledra, and a Hamburg brig displaying a white signal, with No. 125 in the centre. The Fulton proceeded on to Havre after disem barking mails and passengers for Southampton. The Royal Mail steamer Africa, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the afternoon of the Ist inst. The majority of the Select Committee of the Senate of Pennsylvania on the resolutions in the Dred Scott case had made a lengthy and able report, accompanied by resolutions declaring that the opinion of the Supreme Court euounced prin ciples in palpable opposition to the judicial and legislative history of the Union, and in violation of the plain provisions- of the constitution of the United States ; that the opinion, except on the , question of jurisdiction, being delivered in a case over which *the Court admitted it had no jurisdic tion, may be justly regarded as obiter dicta and in operative as law ; tint the five Judges who concur red in the same opinion made a wanton attack on the sovereignty of the Free Stat , -s and an impotent attempt to nullify the established laws of the coun try, and by extrajudicial action, caused unneces sary excitement in the public mind in regard to the subject of slavery, and had thereby forfeited the confidence and respect due to their exalted station. At Kansas a Pro-Slavery Convention to nomi nate a candidate for delegate to Congress is to be hell on July 2. The Free State men resolutely ,refused to place their names upon the census leaving to their opponents the work of preparing the State C, nvitution. The It ew York Herald of the 2d says : " We underhtand that Charles Carpenter, the princi pal defendant in the case of the alleged frauds on the Northern Railroad of France, and who, in the course of the application for bis extradition, S uddenly pleaded guilty, leaves New York this day in the steamer Ful ton, accompanied by Mr. Louis de Angelis, one of the United States Marshal's depnties. What disposi tion the French authorities will make of bim after nis submission remains t , , be seen." Mr. Reed, the newly-appointed Minister to China, lett Philadelphia on the Ist for Washington, for final instructions preparatory to bis departure in the steam-frigate Minnesota for the scene of his future labours. The New York stock market on the Ist was very much unsettled. At the first board the tendency was downward for some of the leading speculative railroad stocks. A smaller amount of business Oen usual was transacted. Illinois Central Bonds de- dined per cent. ; Michigan Southern, ; Haar lem, ; Galena and Chicago, ; Nicaragua Tran sit advanced per cent. ; Chicago and Rock Island, 1; Milwaukle and Mis=issippi, f. The market was not at all active. In the absence of the regular street buyers the market would. be dull enough. At the second board prices generally were a little better. Erie advanced A per cent., Chicago and Rock Island t ; there was no change in Michigan, Southern, Cleveland, and Toledo. There was a sale of Cleveland and Toledo at 66i per cent., sellers, 60 days, which was 2i per cent. under the cash price. Tura was an active move ment in Nicaragua Transit stock. The market looked as though it would soon settle down into a very inactive state, and that in the absence of ope rations for a rise prices would gradually fall off, and chronic dullness prevail. The sales of cotton at New York on the Ist em- braced about 1,500 bales, chiefly before receipt of the Africa's news, without change in prices. As far as the effect of the news was developed it exer cised no influence on the market. Flour was less active, with moderate transactions at unchanged prices. Wheat was firm for good to prime qualities, which were scarce. Sales of choice southern white were reported at $1 82c., and some small lots of common red Western at $1 40ic. to $1 45c. Corn was firmer, with sales of Western mixed at 86c., and southern yellow at 79c. Pork was firmer. Sugars were firm and active ; the sales embraced about 1,000 to 1,100 hhds., 1,800 boxes, 16,000 ba g s of Manilla, 6,000 bags of Siam, and 800 hhds. of Molado. Coffee was quiet but firm. Freights continued dull, and engagements mode rate. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 1. Stocks steady. Pennsylvania Fives, 85 ; Read ing Railway, 40 ; Morris Cana!, 15k ; Long Island Railroad, 12i ; Pennsylvania Railroad, 49. CHARLESTON, MAY 1. Cotton firm. Sales to-day, 1,900 bales. Prices in favour of sellers. OSWEGO, MAY 1. The flour and grain receipts at this port since the opening of the navigation to May 1 are 30,300 barrels of flour, 197,200 bushels of wheat, 10,600 bushels of rye, and 5,000 bushels of kirley. LOUISVILLE, MAY 1. The stock of pork is 15,000 barrels. At the same time last year it was 51,000. LES BOUFFES PABISIENS. PARIS, Max 12. As the company of Les Bouffes are about to visit London, thanks to the enterprise of Mr. Mitchell, it may not be uniuteresting to record the produc tion of another of those miniature musical compo sitions which are born in the Passage Choiseul so frequently that a very large harmonious family already enliven Paris with their merry, light, and agreeable melodies. This threatre was originally intended to encourage unknown singers and cora po.ers ; and so successful has the establishment proved, that whilst bringing forward unrecognised talent, it has continued to attract a public which, loving music, are pleased to see light dramas plen tifully interspersed with songs, duet 4, and trios— generally, however, wedded to the burlesque. The new trifle in question is called "L'Opera aux Fenetres," the words by M. ',don Halevy, and the music by M. Gastinel. The story is suggested by a fantaisie of Kotzebue's. The stage discovers a young lady at a cottage window, Louise (Madame Delmont), who soon lets us know that she is expecting " a party " by a pleasing song. Of course 21,91 amoureux is the expected one in question. He arrives a litt9e aft r time, which, however, is rather a mtn-izal necessity than any want of ankety on his part. The author, I suppose, wanted the lady to have the first song. The lover makes his appearance, and, after a dui t, proposes that the young lady should run away with him, as the most easy way of getting over difficul ties likely to be raised by her guardian. But Miss Louise has been too well brought up to commit such a folly, and she tells the somewhat too hasty lover as much ,in that chiave di soprano which French composers very often turn into a " key of screams," to suit the thin shrill voices of French ladies. The dialogue of the lovers is overheard by a lodger, who makes his appearance at another window. The lover interrogates the young wan who has thus suddenly intruded, and, in plain English, says, " Who are you ? what are you ?" "Je ne sais trop ce que je sais," replies the young man ".Imais je devine ce que je puis etre." " Qum done 1" "Le protecteur de vos affections. ' ,It ends in the lodger discovering himself as M. Frantz, a composer of music, and, wore still, a poet. Trios follow as natural as flowers appear in summer. The guardian of the young lady, of course a man of certain age, eventually appears at. a third window—ergo a quartet. Then, after a cer tain amount of pleasing music has been heard, friend Frantz gets the old guaadian out of the house, and the lovers have time to say all sorts cf pretty thhigs to each other, which have been said before, and which we maycalculate will continue to be expressed with slight obligato variations tor many a day to come. Eventually M. Frantz brings the old guardian back, having contrived to duck him first in a pond. The old gentleman is in bad luck 'hat evening, for the lover diving his absence, as well as making love to the lady, contrives to get hold of some papers which prove the guardian guilty of misapplying the fort une of his fair charge. Threatened with exposure, the old man consents to the marriage, and the curtain falls to the satisfac tion of all, including the audience. This latter musical drama occupies about an hour, and, like most of the creations of the Bouffes, is a very at ractive trifle. THUNDERSTORM. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—A heavy thunderstorm took place this afternoon. About three o'clock the atmosphere became quite overcast, and About half an hour afterwards a loud thunderclap was heard, accompanied by lightning and heavy rain. The storm lasted over two hours, but we have not heard of any damage done to life or property. LITERATURE. The Parish. La powers and obligations at law, as mg-Ards 'he welfare of every neighbourhood, and • in relation to the Stare; its offiyers and com mittees ; and the responsibi ity of - every • rishioner. With illustrations of the practical working of this institution in all secular affairs, and of Fomo modern attempis at ecclesiastical encroachment. By Toultnin Smith.' Second •edition. Pp. 682. 11. Sweet. Pre-eminently among V- e institutions of our country, and one of those affording the fullest scope for sound and useful local . action, sands that of the Parish. It is the on e w hi c h h as fallen l ea st into disuse, and the opportunities and powers under which only need to be more widely known to be again as a , tively and valu , ibly exercised as they were formerly, and have been until a very late period. To extend th knowledge of. these oppor tunities and powers, the above W , rk has b, en written. In it will he found .something that con cerns every parishioner, as well't hose who:aire out of office as those who are taking their share in the duties owing by all towards their neighbourhood. Mr. Touhnin Smith shows us that it is the duty, as well as to the ben-fit, tf every man to take an interest in the welfare of his perish. But the o‘tjects of the book will be best shown in the author's own words : " The parish, as a practical institution, is the sub- ject of this book. Its object is to shoi the practical use and value of the parish in all the social and secular re lations of men • the ntaotical duties a n d ri g ht s o f eve ry parishioner; and how best that use and those duties may he habitually realrsed." Mr. Toulmiu Smith begins at the beginning, and goes to the bottom of the whole mater. He traces the history of the parish, showing that it was secu lar in origin, and that ecciesias ical arrangements were adapted to "the pre-existing secular divisions of the land." He points out the importance of local action in small communities, and the need for the adaptation—by some of the overgrown parishes of the metropolis, for example—of the ancient sys tem of self division into wards and townships. The powers of pat ishioners, in vestry assembled, are stated and explained, and are also illus trattd by a variety of quotations from original records of the proceedings - of, different parishes in England. These powers are much larger than is now commonly supposed ; and are shown to em brace the ordering' the removal of nuisances, the - • executing works of drainage and sanatory improve men's, the making of any needed rates, the punish ment of officers, &c. ; so that it is the fault of the parishioners themselves if they be not well go verned, or have not wholesome dwellings. . . Toe history and duties of ea c h o f t h e par i s h officers are gone into, but more particularly those of the churchwardens and surveyors of highways, these being now of the greatest importance. The chapters ou " Constables" and "Watch and Ward" will he found very interesting and instructive, especially at the present, time, when the subject of public prosecutors is before the public. The neces sity f ,, r keeping responsibility as the fundamental. principle of a con-tt sbulary is very forcibly pointed out ; and the great utility of the coroner's inquest to a true system of watch and ward, and to . the public safety, is clearly shown. The original purposes of Church Endowments, and their later perversions, are treated on at some length, in connection with points of immediate general interest and importance. A mass of origi nal authorities aro also quoted to prove=what will astonish some of our readars no doubt—that the consecration of burial grounds is illegal by the las/ of England. The practical importance of this sub' ject is now being deeply felt in very many places, under the New Burial Acts. Very interesting, to lovers of the "good 01d,,. timts, will be the chapter on " Parish Records, where, among other quotations, more authoriti 3s are collected together on the subject of parish festi vals, and their social benefits, than we have been able to find elsewhere. The sale of a large edition of this work in twa ; years, shows the appreciation of its merits by till,:: , public ; and we sincerely hope, for the benefit .0 society, that the large additions made in this sec_ and edition will - make its usefulness still more felt, an', that it miy have a widely-spread circulation. We are informed that, in consequence of repreeell' tations which have been made to the Colonial-office; two companies of the Royal Canadian Rifles have bee°, ordered to proceed to the Red River settlement; to m ain': tam order among the 9,000 British sufjects who liv e under the arbitrary and anomalous rule of the iludsoaA Bay Company, and to restrain the access of those Cause" (liana oiho, in defiance of th e su pp ose d restr i ct i o ns f` the compaLy's chart( r, are determined to t ra d e with': the territ or y. Wi t h the example of Ne w f oun dland unanimousr . abouc w h i e s r h e e a s h o o f u t l h d e bceacnaardeifaunl people.before ILe i; before or s h t im be Morning Post. DISTUttBANCES AT MALAGA.—GIREALTAX, A pril Private letters from Malaga, received by the French steamer Ville de Li-bonne, report that martial law wil a proclaimed in that city on the evening of the 25th Rtheours of conspiracies had prevailed, and unustO t precautions observed amongst the t roo p s f or a f or tnight before. All the taverns were ordered to be closed 013. the 25th, and the same measure wa s a d o pt e d on the f.° l lowing day. The proclamation of marti a l l aw was mo* with a band of music and a strong escort. Fourteen P°r sons had been arrested, and part of the troops had occ u ; pied the ea,tle. On the 26th everythi ng was qu i e t ; th A . only vbange observable in the city b e i ng an un uso number of sentinels. Arrests hava also been made an d martial law proclaimed in Jean. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.—A. grand lblading operatio l l is to be executed ire the works of Holyhead Harbours", Thursday next, the 21st inst. Th e e l evat i on o f tbi quarry face to be operated on is 120 feet, the Holy bf k , mountain itself being 780 fe e t a b ove t h e sea level. T hu quartz rock to be oper a t e d on i s est i mated at 12 0 , 0 v" tons ; the total charges of gunpowder, divided into foe' will be 18,000 pounds; th e p ower o f t h e galvan i c 1)0' tery 48 cells. Messrs. Rigby, the contractors, WI given every facility for informing the public of this gros s display of explosive power, which creates much inters a d , among engineers. Sir John Burgoyne, Colonel Sas, ham, and other o ffi cers from Chatham a nd W o olvrism besides several eminent engineers, British and foreie are expected to be present. ot A GIRL ofFOURTEEN KILLED BY A BOY FIFTEEN.—At Kirkham in the Fylde, about nine yak; from Preston, on Tuesday last, about seven o'clock I t the evening, as some children wore playing in the etre% a quarrel arose among some of the g.rls, and a stone si4 thrown ty which a boy named John Howell, about years old, the son of a hawker, was in some way yoked. He was at the moment cutting ouii" cat," 0 t i3 a , toy is called, with a clasp knife, and turning round s u r , denly he stabbed a gill near him, of the name o f Tide, iogton, in the neck. The poor girl, who was a d ' i daughter of a labourer in the village, walk e d toicaj ha her home, but bad not got far before she fainted. P',„ was then carried home, where she died almost irool diately, without saying a word. The boy decamped s p a hid himself in the fields till Wednesday mor n i ng , wbe he gave himself np to the police. SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.—One o f t h e nurner ntlO meetings which have been lately held in the suburbs bit omnibus travellers of the outlying districts was held!, the Britannia Tavern, Hackney, l as t even i ng - Richardson, of Bishopsgate s t ree t, i n the chair. . 1- 4 speakers, who were principally resident in Hackney its neighbourhood, complained of the inadequate ace° f, modatioe provided by the General Om n ib us Con 3 o"; t i who have neglected the repeated applications which lo a , been made to them to increase the number of their l a g hicles, and to improve their condition. The result si this meeting, which in numbers and euthusiastr O f ; passed any other that had been held on the subject. resolution was unanimously passed pledging the uses° ad to support the company by taking shares (several hu ae .. dreds of which were taken in the room), and to iad' l ,4 their friends to follow their example. It was acriousf b - 0 that the re.•ult of similar meetings already held was 'i ll ordering of upwards of 50 omnibuses, which Wer e course of construction. of SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—From a statemen receipts and txpeuditure in the current half-year on venue account it appears that the receipts on this V a il pany's railways for four weeks ending the 25th of -' ll- rto amounted, for rettesengere, parcels, mails, goods, tte"de, 69,117/. 4d., less collection and delivery of V ° oo &c., 2,1551. lls. 11d., leaving 66.9611. 14s. 5d- 6e, receipts for rents an d s un d r i es amoun t e d t o 1,47 8 1 ' d. ; 7d., a n d f or th e s t eampec k et serv i ce to 3, 1 16 / . gs together 71,865/ I.N. 61. The expenditure, inclouof rater, taxes, tolls, Government duty, and expes' e i o g steampacket service, amounted to 36,2151. 16e., is a„ ' o tal the net profit on working 35,6401. 14e. 61 The t o to receipts for the eight preceding weeks amounts 6 0,, 116,7491. 11s. 73., which, added tetbe 71,8561. 1 0'' the makes the to,al receipts for the 12 weeks enth p s' 25th of Aprii,lBB,6o6l. 2s. ld. Ftom this must leopbt ducted 76,5401. 12s. 21 for the expenses of the B :be preceding weeks, and the above 36,2101. 16s. fo r 0 four past weeks, m a king t oge th er an ex penditu r a e tb e 112,7561. Bs. 2d., and leaving 75,849/, 13s. lid- s''' ap cl net profit on working the company's ra ilwaYs o. steamboats for the 12 weeks endi ng th e 25. h of AAPpordi LIGHTING RAILWAY CARRI AGES WITH GAS.--'`, 0 00 experiment aas tried by Mr. Kuapton, of the 03 0. Foundry, York, which threw ens to revs utiont'e e gg system of lighti ng ra il way eat-141(2 , e5. Some si%l,4ios ago Mr. Kuapton t ) o k ou t are t lnt f cr an i n ve rt be called a "dry gsaome;er," and this co, trivarter7as, has now fixed to the bottom of a railway s 3 „ exi bis Toe gasometer can be filled by means of gb j ots' tube from any of the station mains. The gas 'l v al° duced into tie compartments of the carriaage, J a g iv , ordinary piping, and can be turned on a n hots bots pleasate. The Great Northern Railway CareFaZ g e given directions to Mr. Knapton to fit up a c 3 I, a g as! this manner, and should the plan be adopte d The saving will be effected at d a brilliant light se.c;!_"for the ,:asomeier will con ain more gas than is requisit_ei I bur . j mrne.y t‘i m York to London. Three liOrt. nine feet of gas in the hour, and, taking the Jci"..te Ist s o t oit and cost s ix h o o f n little a c m on o s r u e tu t p h t a i onn2rd'f., 54 4 s f a e g et a i w ns i t il a ta p kril:f ev, compared e d T withha is i t an th immense expense s4 o of saving g e t g o a stohme ect°t:Pi:trlfliat 31 0 fea °lie NI Mark( Ver3 are uov 1°134* t o bet. - err ( S tocks ; 22i 31 . ~e e /ltsB -ota i C ents. 1, 4Jef erre l'a ßßive the Wei A utli tr i Pite q ted d :9: tirya barn a na] ani atassachi Alississir ,__Bonds Pennsyly Zelansylv 4 : !nn . esse Irgltua th x , tl, 3 ver , (- !,c Nv 3 bitt -0 12s 0 ° r , ' i tlO •250 bit to o b , D itto P o er t , ll ,t, a bitt P tl i i 9 b itto Di tto N, .~ Otto 411 *Uitt, b„bitt o I) l3 itt o t e , t , ~M~ less 4 pe A Altl