The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRI Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley. The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the popular Comedy, A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Keeley, Vincent, Til. bury, Templeton, Carter, Walton ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cleveland, and Miss NI. Oliver. After which will be produced SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs. The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls, ; Second Circle of Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes, tas. Gd. ; Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d., ls., 11. Ils. Gd., and 2/. 2s. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING, will be performed Shak es pc re's tr igody of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Ricbard 11., Mr. C. K an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean, Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS. R OYAL LYCEUM TiIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. THIS EVENING, VIRGINIUS. Virginias, Mr. Charles Dillon ; Virginia, Mrs. C. Dillon. Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &o. After which, a new farce, entitled MY FRIEND FROM LEATHERHEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. E. White. The box-ofc• open daly, from 11 to 5, under the super- Rtendence of Mr. Chattorton, jun. Carriages conTeying parties t 3 the Private Boxes to set down at the State entrance in Burieigh-street. - _ THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, with the successful new Comedy, In three acts, entitled, DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs, E. Fitz- After which, A WICKED WIFE. GRINISHAW, BACSTIAW, AND BRADSIIAW. And LA FOLIE ET L'AMOR. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. ♦her which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, is which Mr. Wright and Pale Bedford will appear. Followed by a now Piece de Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney William BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney OYAL SURREY THEATRE, 1 U Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS ETENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND ITS Trarms. Mows. Creswick, Shepherd, kc. Attar which, on original farce, entitled, THE SERIOUS YOUTH. To conclude with the Spanish ballot. EL DESCtIDADO. Sancho, Mr Buck. TRAND T FIE A.T RE.—Manager, Mc. T. Payne.—This Evening will be performed DO MAK?: HANDS. lifer which, THE DEATH OF EVA, in which the Howard Family will appear. Followed by COUSIN CHEERY. Te eonclade with THE BLUE JACKETS. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Plt, le. ; Gallery, ad. 110 Y AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS BVENING, (a 'new rfarce, called THIEVES WHIETBS ! 1 Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, &e. The new drama, by Toni Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Followed by the new farce, by Bayl• Bernard, /fn., walled A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. And I BLIGHTAD BEING. Mr. F. Robson, 80. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. TMIE EVENING (first week) Shaksperes Play of KING HENRY THII ?CURTI Part First), with novel and effec tive equestrian illustrations invented by Mr. Wm. Cook.. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway. A 1.., a number of amusing Entert a i nmen t s , conc l u di ng with aSrilliant Display of Equestrian SKILL aid SCIENCE, by toot-rote artistes, in the SCENES in the CIRCLE Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper 'loxes, Ss. • Private Boxes, from 11., no c h arge f or h on ki ng ; ?it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Rox-oftico open from Eleven till Four. Stag. Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, km. CA.NTE RBIJ RY 'HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists am engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popula.: Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, tire., via. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghrnans, H. Grover, T. Fartut, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corii, Senor Antonio M. de Soils, and E. L. Hine ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Ricks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre eisely. Suppers, die,, until twelve o'clock. GH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOM. THIS DAY—Morn. 7 min. aft. 8 —Evening 27 mid. aft. 6 F •'fir PROw—Morn. 4 min. aft. 6—Evening 17 min.att Tql!, W 1 l'ITElt—SuN OFFICE, MkEon Ig. TFIRRMOICSTIIR, IN TIM SEIADE. M —highest singe noon yesterday. 44 -lowest this morning and during the 60 -this day at loon. lIAROWIITIEII, 2983. WIND, S.S.E.--Light, very fine summer weather. wot, 4t." 4,1/o L9N'DON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1857 We are much obliged to Lord DERBY, on be half of Reformers, for calling attention, on Mon. day night, in the Huse of Llrd-4, and in an eloquent speech, to our rein trks of the preceding Wednesday. Of curse our Candi/lutes' Catechism repeated by Lord DERBY will be hoard in many schools which wouli not have heard it from w. We know well enough what his oljsct wag. He did not ofcourse mean to teach it, but it is the good fortune of truth and justice Ciat their dictates cannot be even enunciated without increasing the circle of approvers. Llril DERBY meant t) show Liberals tint Lard PALMERSTON stood, according to a. journal which has warmly supported him in every boll measure abroad, and honest mea sure at home (but which has as unsparingly denounced all his backlidings both at home and abroad), that he stool at the b Atom of his class ; That he could not indeed even say his First Cate thism. Let it be so. Our doctrine is that if Members of Parliament all know their Catechism, as they ought ti do, they will soon teach it to any Prime Minister. It is members who make Minis ters, and the people who make members; and we want the people now to see to it that old candi dates are fit for confirmation in their old seats, and new ones more fit than those whose places they fill. We are net, like Archbishop WAATELEY, fond of quoting ourselves, but it is worti while perhaps to recall our precise remarks. Reformers—you must not b 3 beguiled by generali ties. Put no faith in the candidates who will only pri- Ini " v ague'', to support "a liberal policy," "every well considered measure of reform," " safe and steady pro• greas," and who equivocate, and shoffl-3, and qualify, and refuse to come to the point when some of the prac tical queation4, on which all honest Liberal are agreed, ore brought before them. We do not like pledges when a subject is new, or comple x , but there are three or four liberal questions now in hand on which every man worth a Liberal's voting for ought to have made up his mind ; we may mention— "' The Ballot ; of the S u ff rage, and in particular " Extem. ion Locke The King's motion " The Bank NionoPolY ; "Church Rates ; " Abolition of Purchn9e in the Army, and Promotion by Merit ; " A graduated locont-) Tax. Here in a list which might easily be inorea.ed, and no man deserving the name of a Lib eral ought t i nce when wit3cliived on each of these subjects." Now wo reassert, almost as a truism, thAt no Liberal ought to winec ivlvit put throwjh this ele mentary Catechism. Whether Lord PALMERSTON would kick at it or not we care very li tie. Lord DERBY himself witnesses that he will very easily yield to "external pressure"—;vhieb, being in terpreted, means pressure by th) electors or by those who represent them. He even threatens him in the Conservatively eloquent pero ration of his speech, that if he do yield up any of his Tocy predilections to popular pressure, , —then, woe be to him ! Down will come upon him the whole Tory phalanx, and by the fatal sixteen they will crush him and his. Lord DERBY, THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1857: we hope and believe, then, sees two things--one, that Lord PALMERSTON is to continue in office under the new Parliament ; the other, that there may be more members in that Parliament, who have said the candidate's catechism well, than Lord DERBY wishes. Hence the warning that if Lord PanfansTorr listen to them—by DISRA.ELI, GLADSTONE, RUSSELL, and COBDEN he shall be undone Now, let us remind electors again, and again,- too, if necessary, that Lord DERBY'S fear is the ground of our hope. We can well imagine how Lord PALMERSTON, on the Tiverton hustings, will once more make all England laugh at Mr. ROWN OLIFFE'S expense, should MC. ROWNCLIFFE take up our catechism and ask him the first question— What do you think of the Ballot ? We can think of half-a-doyen jocose answers which our genial Premier will give him, but none of them probably so laughter-causing as what he would actually say. Not the more should we think Lord PALMERSTON a man who would go out of office in a house of pro-ballot men. "If the mountain will not come to MAHOMET, MAHOMET will go to the mountain," might be PALMERSTON'S heraldic motto. It is not your humorous, genial fellows who fight you to the last, and sulk when they cannot beat you. It is characteristic of such men, that on anything, not in the religious sense a matter of conscience, and we suppose Lord DERBY'S casuistry will not place the Ballot in that category, they have real pleasure in gratifying the many. It is not ex actly, nor by a long way, want of principle ; it is the feeling that the majority have a right to be pleased, and they ought to be pleased. We would not say a word for political tergiversation, but we wish to be just ; and we believe that Lord PALMERSTON is exactly tha man to concede what he would rather refuse, out of sheer good feeling. He would not, like a certain Derbyite orator at Stamford, tell the refractory electors "he wished they had a dump ling stuck in their throats." Again, we say, that just as an Apostle once expressed his joy that " the Gospel was preached," although by those " who preached it of conten tion and strife," so we rejoice in the preaching by Lord DERBY in contention and strife with the Premier, of what we may call, we hope without profanity, a political gospel. A very defective one we own. We could easily perfect it. We have merely taken, however, such political truths as have assumed a practical form and been so cell discussed, that infidelity or scepticism in re gard to them ought to exclude any man from the grand assembly of politicians. Truths which, if a man believe them not, he is nothing, politically, to us. Our political creed is mercilessly Athana sian against all the misbelievers and disbelievers in demands which are little more than a Bill of Rights, and a Toleration, not a Religious Equality, Act. We demand as a simple right to give our vote, so that none can laugh or sneer at, or punish us for it. We demand for millions of taxpayers a voice in levying the taxer which they pay —we demand that the Bank Monopoly should follow all other monopolies. Even those who differ from us on the Currency Question can show no reason why Banking for the Government and the issue of paper should not be open to all on equal, i.e., on Free-trade terms.—We demand that half the people in any parish should not have the power, in the awful name of religion too, to extort money by fear or distress warrants for their own pur poses from those who worship at their own ex pense.--We demand that the power to purchase for money the command over troops, whose lives and success in battle ofttimes depend upon their officers, shall be abolished in the name of common sense and army efficiency.—We demand a gra duatsci Income tax. Ind who—hardly now even the sophist of 1853 himself—denies that it is essential to common justice There, then, is our list again. We will not now encumber it with additions. Indeed, the candi- date right on these points will not go far wrong in anything else. Send Lord PALMERSTON men determined to carry these points whether Peers or Premiers like or not, and Lord PA.LMERSTON is not the man to walk across the House to avoid carrying the whole. Lord PALMERSTON—and all Lords—will shelve all reforms if the House will let them ; but Lard PA.LMERSTON, more than many of the Lords will say, if the people will have them, have them they shall, and I will give them. Electors—be up and stirring I It is time for .t. Now, especially, is your opportunity. Now when we are all of us upon the very eve of wit nessing the " Penal Dissolution" of the " Mo ribund Parliament." Who, among alt the various candidates, will be the fittest represent hives ? Who the ablest ? Who the likrllest ? The decision will be one, remember, involving the possible duration of its result for a period of not less than seven years—the time of a long apprenticeship ! It becomes consequently a matter of supreme importance—so long as Parlia ments continuo to be septennial—it becomes a matter of absolutely supreme importance, politi cally speaking, to select wisely among the dif ferent candidates presenting themselves to the constituencies. To select, we repeat, that man of all others who shall give promise of being the ittest, the ablest, the likeliest of representatives. In talking thus, of course, we are alluding simply to one of the throe descriptions of con stituencies into which the possessors of the elec tive franchise may be most accurately and signifi cantly distributed. L There aro notoriously still scattered hero and there sparely over the political surface of the United Kingdom—certain Pocket Boroughs I In spite of the Reform Bill, in spite of the ostentatious taboo affixed in 1832 to the whole system of Rotten-Borough-mongerin g , in defiance (to bor row an expressive phrase from the vocabulary of our Gallic neighbours) in defiance of the legisla tive aneantissement of Gatton and Old Sarum, in defiance of the tardier but equally contumelious disfranchisement of Sudbury and St. Albans-- there are still, we repeat, thinly sprinkled up and down among the electoral districts of the Three Kingdoms—certain snug seats for Younger Sons, and (during their minority) for Warming Pans, and (in the absence of any younger sons at all) for complaisant and obsequious Nominees. Take, for example—but we won't be invidious ! 11. There are independent constituencies where the electors have really no further choice what ever to make during the natural prolongativo of the political life of their present representatives. Take, as a case in point, strikingly illustrative of o t u he rr r )e by eanieg—the position held in regard to each o Finsbury and THOMAS DUNCOMBE. There as by the influence of a sort of an inevitable affinity —they are bound together indissolubly. The constituency has its very member—the mem ber his constituency. An association begun twenty-three years ago, and continued since then uninterruptedly. DUNCOMBE having b een c h osen by 2, 514 v otes in 1834 as M.P. for Finsbury— by 4,497 in in himselfl 83 7 and dd hisby 1835 t eby 48 election9s of 6(then ) ,67B in 52 : colleaguebeing successiv e l y , i n ' 4l and '47, altogether unopposed. 8 111. There are comparatively independent con- stituencies, where the previous choice of the pos sessors of the franchise obviously and glaringly re quires to be most seriously reconsidered, and that, moreover, at the very earliest available oppoiiunity. It Is to this last-mentioned category that we would most earnestly direct our foregoing recom mendations. The first are bound hand and foot, body and soul, heart and conscience. They are not to be reasoned with. They are not in any way to be influenced. The Ballot and the Ballot alone will be the signal for their political emancipa tion. As to the second, we have not the smallest desire in the world to interfere in any respect whatever with their really enviable and halcyon felicity. They have won for themselves an immu nity from intermeddling. They have earned a right to what we may call the Political Flitch 1 While other Members who are mere Rats or Recalcitrants are, in Parliamentary phrase, worthy only of being sent to Coventry—Members for those most fortunate constituencies, if we had the heart to send them anywhere else, we would infallibly bid to the old Essex town of Dunmow I The third section alone constitutes the source of our entire solicitude—that, we mean, of the dissatisfied con stituencies. Conspicuous, of course, among these are the constituencies that are partially satisfied and par tially dissatisfied—prominent, perhaps we should rather say pre-eminent, among which may be at once mentioned that of her MAJESTY'S Loyal City of London. There, as in the instance of SirJ. Dunu, the electors of the great Metropolitan constituency, are satisfied cordially and thoroughly 1 There, as in case of my Lord JOHN RUSSELL, they are painfully and notoriously dissatisfied Hence the source of the very profound disquietude felt throughout the whole constituency. Hopes on the one hand hav• ing been fully realised---predilections on the other having been grievously disappointed. Insomuch so that the return of Sir JAMES DUKE may be counted upon as all but absolutely certain I While that of Lord Joint is so singularlydubious that his friends are looking askance as to a saving clause—here to Tavistock, there to Edinburgh 1 Another class coming within the same comprehensive third cate gory, is that of constituencies where the present members feel themselves so entirely engulphed in a slough of unpopularity that they themselves withdraw, with the best grace possible under the circumstances, from a contest that could only by possibility result in their ignominious discomfiture. As in the very striking instance of Mr. COBDEN and the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yet another class in the self-same category of mal content or dissatisfied constituencies, still re maining —not already specified. Constituencies, we mean where the freak, the petulance, or the flagrant ingratitude of the electors upon the occa sion of the last Political Passage of Arms requires to be in some signal manner expiated. Ecce Sig nuns—the Liberal borough of Bradford, and the distinguished and veteran Reformer, the author of the " Corn Law Catechism I" Bradford, we doubt not, however, will do its utmost in 1857 to expiate what we have termed the freak, petu lance, or ingratitude of 1852, in regard to Gene ral PEREONNET THOMPSON. As conscientious, liberal-minded, acute, and laborious a Represen tative of the People as any a Radical Reforming constituency could se!ect. Here, as elsewhere, therefore, let us hope that the Electors —roused t 3 a sense of the vital importance of the situation —will at once bestir themselves. It is universally admitted that if the Income Tax were about to be imposed for the first time, the system at present in operation would not for a moment be tolerated. The so-called equal taxa tion of all incomes, without reference to the sources from whence they may be derived or the manner in which they may be obtained, is so un equal in operation, so unsound in principle, that, were it not an established fact, had it not repeat edly received the legislative sanction, it would seem a mere waste of time to adduce arguments against it. Even those who are the most strenuous opponents of any modification acknowledge the magnitude of the evil ; but in place of striving to provide an adequate remedy, they attempt, or pre tend to attempt, to direct all their exertions against the impost itself, while at the same time professing Free-trade principles, and an in tense desire to reduce materially indirect imposts. This is really an artfully-devised scheme to disgust the nation with a tax so inequitable and so oppres sive, so as to induce the people to tolerate the indi rect imposts, which at the same time fetter our commerce—place an unfair proportion of the na tional burdens on the industrial population, and take far more from the pockets of those by whom they are actually paid—the consumsrs--than finds its way into the National Exchequer. These par ties well know that a judiciously -assessed and fairly apportioned Property Tax is by far the best im post for the community at large, that it is alike equitable and expedient, pressing on those bast able to sustain the burden, and making every man contribute to the liquidation of the national lia bilities and the maintenance of the national estab lishments, secundunt status, et facultates, according to his means, the stake he posesses and the OM tion which he occupies in the country. But it is these very reasons which render it acceptable to the community at large that hor rify red-tapists. It is opposed to the very first principles of "State craft," which is to press the needy to the uttermost, and to permit the wealthy to escape with comparative impunity. Poor men under our present artificial system are mere political cyphers. They either are deprived altogether of the elective franchise, or if they possess it they are subjected to so many improper and corrupt influences either through the dicta tion or coercion of landlord, employer, or cus tomer, or through the application of a pecuniary bribe, that they are virtually unrepresented. Therefore the burdens are as far as practicable transferred to their shoulders. The constitu tional maxim that "taxation should be coin cident with representation" is wholly repudiated, and those who have few, if any, friends in Parlia , ment receive the hardest hits. The over-toiled operative or labourer, earning a scanty subsistence by unremitting toil, and having no provision put aside for a rainy day—whose family a brief illness of, or accident to, the father and provider will con sign to the tender mercies of the Union Work house, contributes far more largely to the National Exchequer than the purse-proud millionitaire, or the fortunate possessor of wide-spread domains ; and that although the money is required for the satisfaction of debts contracted for the preserva tion or improvement iu value of these properties, . . or for their present protection. In fact, as a of earning sufficient t) bring him within the existing area of taxation, could within a few hours produce a scheme which would be a vast improve ment on that now in operation. Ther® is one way, and one only, in which absolute and perfect equa lity could be obtained ; and that is by charging an equal rate on the capitalised value of every description of property, whether productive or unproductive, which might, if the owner desired it, be converted into cash. There may be some cases of hardship even under this system, which would at the same time be the most just and politic, the most equitable and ex pedient, that could be devised. But the objec tions would be comparatively few in number and weight, and it is impossible to raise the national revenue without annoyance and inconvenience to some parties. But even without resorting to an exclusive tax on property—without altogether liberating industry from the trammels by which it is fettered and restrained, a close approxima tion to au equitable apportionment may easily be devised. One of the best suggestions was that repeatedly put on the notice-book, but not brought forward by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Birmingham. It is true that it is only applied to classes, not to individuals, and that it pressed unduly on industry, but still it would be willingly accepted for the time being; and we have no doubt that its practical operation would prove the feasibility and expel iency of further progress in the same direction. Let the people, then, steadfastly insist on the modification of the In come Tax as earnestly and energetically as they recently did on its reduction. Let every candi date be compelled to give expression to his views on the point, and none be supported whose opi nions are not satisfactory, and the grievance will speedily be removed. Sir G. C. LEWIS, or some more competent successor, will discover how easily that may be accomplished which is now declared to be exceedingly difficult, if not alto gether impossible. LATEST NEWS. SINGAPORE, FEB. 5. The fetes at the commencement of the year have passed without any disorders. Notwithstanding this apparent security the white population does not feel confidence. The leading men in China endeavour to calm the effervescence of the populace, their interests being bound up with those of the Europeans. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The Moniteur continues its list of nominations in the Legion of Honour on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Prince Imperial. It now publishes 214 nominations to the rank of knight among officers of the army, and officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates in the gen darmery. The answer of the King of Prussia to the last communication of the French Government has been received. The terms are said to be pacific, awl, what is not often the cwe somewhat to the point. His Majesty was evidently in a benevolent humour when he wrote or dictated them. It would ba hazardous to say what the next communication will be. The conference will soon open again " for the despatch of business." The two Commissioners sent by the canton of Neuchatel to Paris to assist Dr. Kern have been received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The King of Naples, with the view of conciliating the Western Powers, has, it is said, promised some large contracts to English and French capitalists. The members of the Senate, Legislative Corps, Council of State, &c., were admitted to the Tuileries last night, to present their felicitations on the happy event of the Prince Imperial having corn pleted his first year yesterday. His little Highness is, as you are aware, inscribed on the muster roll of the Ist Regiment of Grenadiers of the Guard, and the men of that gallant corps have celebrated the auspicious event by thebanquets, accompanied with appropriate toasts. The public, who seemed to have forgotten all about the matter, were reminded of it by the flags hoisted on some public buildings. The Court tailor, also, who in matter of joyous demonstration is next to the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, himself the most enlightened man in Paris, had given notes of prepara tion. For three evenings previously a stream of gas-lights played round the shop-front for half-an-hour, and experimental flags fluttered over the doorway. The ]lfoniteur of yester day and to-day has several columns filled with promot'on in the army and the Legions of Honour, and, what is still better, a number of poor children are received into the Orphan Asylum, which is under. the patronage of the infant Prince ; and which owes its foundation to the funds subscribed last year to offer a testimonial on the occasion of his 'birth. Nothing is left undone to render the heir to the throne popular, and keep him present in the minds, if not in the hearts, of the people. It was supposed that the anniversary would be signalised by a pretty comprehensive. crea tion of new nobility. The intention has been often attributed to his Majesty; and it is still said that he has not abandoned it altogether. In his more thoughtful moments he has perhaps recoiled from such a parody of the first Empire, never less opportune. The ice, however, has been broken by the Dukedom of Malakhoff, and there are many among the aspirants to nobility whose victories on the well-known battle field in the rue Vivienne are considered by themselves as on a par with the Mar shal's attacks on the Crimean stronghold. Due du Grand Central, Marquis de la Bourse, and Comte de la Coulisse would surely sound as well as Duc de Bouillon, Comte du Tron-bonbon, and Baron de la Marmalade, and posterity would not make much difference between a genuine aristocracy and the pestiche. Few eyes detect, at a distance, the dif ference between paste and diamond. They who have set their hearts on patents of nobility, as well as on railroad concessions, may well be gratified in the one as they have been enriched in the other. The French addition squadron is expected to reach the Chinese waters by the end of April. Feruk Khan, the Persian Envoy, will leave Paris for London this week. Before his departure his Excellency will have an interview with the Em peror Napoleon. BOURSE, March 17.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. li per Cents End of Eionth. —fr. --- c. 71 15 70 93 3per Cents New Loan — Bank Shares 4,105 Roman ... Credit Mobilier 1,435 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... ... 99 - Spanish Threes Piedruontese (5) 9l 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CA8II• fr. . fr c Orleans 1,480 c Western Northern 985 Strasburg Lyons 1,520 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,010 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Cette to call attention to the state of Italy. I.Ld the policy followed, diminished the reputation of the country-- Count Solaro here interrupted the orator, and de clared he had not said so. " Count Cavour was happy to accept that declaration. As for the cost of the firtifications, it was certainly a heavy burden to the country ; but still the treasury was not so low as to prevent their undertaking a work so necessary for the defence of the country, and calculated to place in a stronger light that policy which had secured to Sardinia the sympathy of all Italy and the esteem of Europe. - (Loud cheers.) " M. Ponziglione, a member of the Right, contended that the fortifications of Alessandria had been com menced illegally, like those of Casale. If he voted for the bill, he would at least ask Ministers whether they were as free from other influence as they were free of the Austrians 1" The debate was adjourned, but the result is known by telegraph; which appeared in The Sun yesterday. A vote of 5,000,000 f. for the fortifica tions of Alessand.ria, was passed by a majority of 106 against 14. very talented writer and profound observer has recently remarked, " there is not any wicked thing. so foolish, or any foolish thing so wicked," as the prevailing fi4cAl system which Noble Lords and Right lion. and Hon. Gentlemen laud as the perfection of human wisdom, and for which they declare that no adequate substitute can be discovered. Now we distinctly and positively assert that any actuary qualified to discharge the duties of an insurance office, any merchant's clerk capable AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter says :--- ---r ‘jount R. d'Appony, our envoy in London, has left to return to his post. Before setting out he had a long conference with Count Buol and Sir H. Seymour ; his leave of ab sence was to have continued to the Ist April, but he has had to abridge it in consequence of his pre seine being necessary at London. M. Lichman, who is to replace Baron de Koller in the commi , :- sion for the reorganisation of the principalities, has also left for his post." SARDINIA. The sitting of the 14th of the Chamber of Depu ties of Turin was entirely taken up with the dis cussion on the fortification of Alessandria. The Ministers Lamarmora, Cavour, Ratazzi, Lanza, and Deforesta were present. The question before the house comprised a bill of indemnity for the expenses already incurred for that purpose without the sanc tion of the Parliament, and a fUrther grant for the continuation of the works : " Count Solaro della Margherita, the leader of the extreme Right, opened the discussion by observing that the fortification of Alessandria appeared to him a mere waste of the public money. Piedmont woul I never have an army numerous enough to garrison the fortresses and to meet the enemy in the field at the same time ; and instead of provoking her powerful neighbour, it ought to be her policy to conciliate the latter, and to await the course of events. Piedmont had no other defence against Austria but ber own straightforward conduct and the protection of the other powers. Now Austria had no aggressive intentions, and if she had the other powers would prevent her ; the peaceful attitude of Piedmont would secure to her the a3sistance of France. and England. But those powers ❑ever did, nor never would countenance the hopes of Piedmont touching the triumph of the Italian idea—all they might say would be, `Wait till we find it expedient to go to war.' When Count Cavour returned from Paris he told the country that he had defended the Italian cause—he almost pre dicted the immediate regeneration of Italy. And then he (Count Solaro) foresaw that it would be attempted to keep up the illusion by demonstrations which were notorious. The step taken at Paris bad been made the pretext for the fortification of Alessandria, and for the subscription to the 100 guns, praised by the Pied montese Gazette and the ministerial organs. The deliverance of Italy, the honourable orator thought, re required something else than fortresses ; the idea of the fortifications was contrary to the old policy of Pielmont, and even to the Italian cause. It was not by such means as these that the house of Savoy bad increased its territory, but by the common consent of all the powers. The bon. gentleman concluded with saying that if the fortifications of Alessandria are to be considered as the cradle of Italian independence, it was a sign that Italy, that great mother, felt herself too weak to bring forth, or feared that her offspring might be suffocated in com ing into the world. Count Cavour, in reply, thought that some parts of Count Solaro's speech were so radical that they sounded as if they had been spoken by M. Brofferio. He bad uttered so severe a criticism on diplomacy that one could hardly believe it had come from a late Minister for Foreign Affair:. Leaving the strategical question to be developed by the Minister of War, he (Count Cavour) would content himself with stating. that the idea of fortifying Alessandria was very old. Charles Albert bad ordered a plan he be drawn up for the purpose (here Gen. Lamarmora drew the plan in question from his portfoli .). If it was not executed it was certainly not that king's fault. Before the French revolution Valenza,, Tortona, and Alessandria were fortified. Austria de troyed them—why ? Out of mere wantonness? Cer tainly not, for she was too conservative for that. Ever since he (Count Cavour) had been Minister, the War Department had constantly urged the necessity of forti fying Alessandria. Nay, before General Lamarmora left for the Crimea, ho had threatened to protest pub licly against leaving that town u n f ort ifi ed. The bon. orator added that although Austria might not intend to b e aggressive, still an aggression was a contingency to be taken into consideration. Sh ou ld Piedmont have to fight single-banded, Alessandria would serve to collect and drill new troops. Whi'e there was an army between Casale and Alessandria, no Austrian force would dare fto march upon the capital. If Piedmont had the assistance of allies Alessandria would still be useful ; but at any rate her first duty was to develope her strength ; then alone would foreign interference not be fraught with danger. How could Austria take um brage at Piedmont's fortifying Alessandria, when, be sides fortifying her own towns, she fortified Piacenza which did not belong to her ? and by doing so, she violated th e treaties, and provoked Sardinia. ouot Sol iro was wrong in connecting the fortification of Ales sandria with any hopes concerning the independence of Italy—that measure was only a continuation of the same system of policy that prompted Sardinia to speak in fa vour of Italy at the congress of Paris. That policy had not been quite fruitless. The language of foreign powers towards Piedmont had been greatly modified, owing, ho thought, to the efforts made by that country NAPLES. NAPLES, March 14.—A Muratist party is rapidly forming and consolidating. An invitation to the army is in circulation, calling on the troops no longer to countenance the B ,urbons. Naples is daily expected to be placed in a state of siege. Two Swiss generals, with the Neapolitan Nunziante, are to have the command. The King is said to have despatched private agents to Paris and Lon don, with a view of reconciliation. The Neapoli tans, finding themselves " neglected," as they call it, by England, are looking to France. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 14th says :—" In a verbal note presented on the 11th the Danish Go vernment declares that it is ready to make all the concessions demanded as regards the domains of Lauenburg. But Prussia will not be contented her self with that extent, and in concert with Austria persists in her intention of submitting the question to the Diet. The memorandum of the Danish Go vernment was known here yesterday ; and our Government was surprised to find that the intro duction to the copy destined for Prussia was not very becoming in tone, an al tlid.t, besides it pre tended that the union of the duchies and Den mark was never purely personal, but that, on the contrary, it has always been real. It ap pears from a semi-official article in a Kiel journal that, to prove the reality of the union, the Danish Government relies on the p a t en t of King Cbris tian VII. of the 9th Sept., 1806, relative to Hol stein ; on the treaty of the 4th June, 1815, relative to Lauenberg ; and on the patent of incorporation of the 22d Aug., 1721, relative to Schleswick." JAPAN. A Dutch journal, the Nord Brabander, in a letter from Batavia of the 9th January, states that a conflict has taken place between the Eng lish and the Japanese. Two linglish vessels of war are said to have forced the entrance of the port of Nagasaki, where they remained at anchor. Nothing is known of the causes which led to this conflict. One of them, a steamer, broke the chain across the entrance. Although the town is well fortified on the side of the sea, the Japanese autho rities did not dare to resort to force to repel the two English vessels. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 13th contain an ac count of the trial df General Prim by court martial. The General, it seems, refused to ap pear before the court, because he thought he had been treated with indignity in being brought up in custody from Toledo. General Reina, who acted as prosecutor, in " a speech to the court, represented that it was absolutely necessary that officers of the highest grades should set the example of submission and respect to the military laws and regulations; and he contended that General Prim, by the letter he had addressed to the newspapers reflecting on the government, bad violated those laws and regulations. He therefore demanded that his name should be struck out of the army list, And that he should be sentenced to a year's im prisonment. General Zavala, defender of Gene ral Prim, contended that the latter bad not vio lated the regulations, and that he ought to be ac quitted. The court, after deliberation, decided that the general should remain under arrest for six months, but not be deprived of his grade or honours. A noted Car]ist chief, named Noy de las Barre quetas, who had been under surveillance at Madrid, had clandestinely quitted the capital, and this gave rise to the belief that the Carlists were projecting a rising for the spring. The funeral of Quintona, the poet, had taken place, and had been attended. by General San Miguel and other political notabi lities. The Progressists of Salamanca had resolved on bringing forward H.R.H. Don Henry as can didate for one of the districts of the province of that name. The prince has been for . some time residing in that city by o r d er o f the Government. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Tho Royal Mail steamship England, Capt. Dun das, arrived at Dartmouth yesterday, the 17th inst., from India, via the C a p e o f G oo d H ope. Her dates are Calcutta, Dec. 15 ; Madras, Dec. 22 ; Point de Chile, Dec. 27 ; the Mauritius, Jau. 12 ; Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 31; St. Helena, Feb. 10 ; Ascension, Feb. 15. The England brings a large mail from the Mauri tius and the Cape, and about 30 passengers, chiefly from India. Hei cargo consists of about 150 tons of indigo and 700 tons of other Calcutta produce, besides 110 tons landed at Cape Town. She had very heavy weather after leaving the Mauritius, and strong westerly gale=, all the way from the Western Islands. The Royal Mail steamship Ire land arrived at the Cape on the 29th of Jan. The England was detained two days on that account. Her Majesty's steam transport Vulcan, drrived on the 28th of January, in 72 days from Ports mouth, with Baron Stutterheim and part of the German Legion on board ; the Abyssinian hired transport had also arrived with German troops. The England spoke the following vessels during her voyage :—January 19, i n l at. 30.30 S., long. 38 E., the Dutch bark Henriette, 48 . days from Java, bound for Amsterdam ; Jan. 25, off the Cape, her Majesty's ship Raleigh, from Simon's Bay, bound for Singapore ; Feb. 5, in lat. 23.30 S., long. 3.30 E , the American ship Martha, Feb. 8, in lat. 17.30 S., long. 3.15 W., the English bark Geelong ; February 10, in lat. 15.50 • S ) long. 6 W., the, Dutch schooner Mary Goddard, 50 days from Batavia, bound for Schiedam ; same day, the Eng lish barque Fingal, 34 days from the Mauritius, bound for London ; Feb. 13, in lat. 9.40 S., long. 12 W., the English barque Anna. Maly, 15 days from Table Bay, bound for London ; Feb. 16 in lat. 6.50 S., long. 16 W., the French b arque Eli se, I 41 days fro m Bourbon, ound for Bord eaux; F e b . 20, in lat. 2 N ., long. 20.30 W., the English bark Crimea ; Feb. 20, in 1at..2. 30N. , long. 20.43 the Eng lish ship John Spencer, 76days from Calcutta, bound for Trieste; March 3, in lat. 27.15 N., long. 40 W., the American ship Sml. Watts, 75 days from the Chinchas Islands, bound for Havre de Grace ; March 5, in lat. 32 40 N., long. 43 W., the Dutch ship Cor. nelis Houtman, 90 days from Batavia, bound for Amsterdam ; March 6, in lat. 33 45 N., long. 41 15 W., the Bremen bark Constitucion, 45 daysfrona Rio de Janeiro, bound for Bremen ; the sa me d ay, the English ship City of Calcutta, from Cal cutta, bound for London ; March 10, off the Island of Cotvo, the American ship Screamer, 16 days from Havre de Grace, bound for New Orleans ; March 16, off the Lizard, the English barque Pa trician, 40 days from Jamaica, bound for L on d on. The Roman E m p eror , from Calcutta, and the Alma, from Adelaide, had Passed St. Helena on the sth and 7th of February. MURDER OF Two CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER, AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERESS.—A murder and sui cide have this week taken place at the village of Sunny brow, near Bishop Auckland, Durham. The murderess is a woman named Jane Parkinson, the wife of a pit man working at Bowden Close Colliery, and the two victims are her children, the eldest a boy aged two years and nine months, and the youngest an infant aged about nine months. The mother was in her 28th year, had only been married about 18 months, and resided with her husband at Sunnybrow. On Tuesday morning the husband left home at 8 o'clock, and proceeded to his work at the pit, and about 10 the deceased woman dressed herself, and stated to the neighbours that she was going to Willington to fetch home her husband's shoes, which had been sent to be repaired. She also dressed both the children, and said as they had not much fresh air lately she would take them with her. At this time nothing remarkable was observed in her demeanour ex cept an unusanl degree of gaiety. She proceeded along a ,footpath through Sunnybrow•wood towards Wit liegton, and nothing more was seen of her until noon. Shortly after twelve, Peter Naylor, a stonemason, was going towards Willington to his dinner, when he saw a woman extended at full length in a small stream of water which takes its course throuu,h the wood above mentioned, and passes under the Bishop Auckland Rail way. She lay with her face in the water, and by her side was a little boy, whose head was also immersed, and the woman's arm was passed over him, and seemed to hold him down. Naylor ga"e an alarm, but before assistance arrived be raised up the body of the woman and then discovered an infant lying beneath her. All three were quite dead. Scores of people soon flocked to the spot, and th e b o di es were quickly identified as those of Jane Parkinson and her two children. On opening the woman's dress, he found in her bosom a small tobacco box, containing the money she had t a k en with her to pay for the shoes. The stream a t t h e place dep whe t r h, the a e nd the boy's cap w bodies w v a over only e inches i n r h i eyes. Th e position and appearance of the bodies would lead to the conjecture that the woman bad first immersed and drowned the eldest child, and had then thrown herself into the water upon the infant. 6 ROY AL VISIT TO THE .DELPHI THEATRE. This evening her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal family will visit the Adelphi Theatre. The ar rangement of the pieces for representation will be as follows :—" Ireland as It Is," "In and Out of Place," " Barney the Baron," and " A Night at Notting-hill, The Countess of Jersey has issued cards for an assem bly on Friday next. The Countess of Mansfield waited on her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday afternoon, at Gloucester House. The Earl of Lincoln left town on Saturday, to take his place on the grand jury for the Nottinghamshire as sizes, Nottingham. Sir George Wombwell is expected in town, on Friday, from Melton Mowbray. Sir Joseph and Lady Bailey have left town for their seat, Glanusk Park, Brecknockshire. Sir Henry Cotterrell left town, on Monday, for his seat, Gar:lone, Herefordshire. LEITH Hallam:ie.—The revenue of Leith Harbour in the year 1855-56 amounted +to 238,5011., of which 91,5241. accrued from dues on shipping. The amount due to Government at the present time is 228,3741. We are sorry to announce that Viscount Hinton, whilst on a visit to the Duke of Beaufort, met with a severe accident on Friday last, from his horse becoming unmanageable. Though his lordship was thrown vio lently on his head, he is now happily doing well. Lord Dynevor has purchased Hampden House, in Green-street, late the residence of the Earl of Kinnoull, whose family have removed to Portman , square. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom panied by the Princess Amelia of Hohenlohe Schilling furst, and attended by Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence house, St. James's, yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore. The Countess of Lucan and Lady Lavinia Bingham are still staying in the south of France, and will not re turn to town until after Easter. The noble earl is ex pected in town to-day from Ireland. Lord and Lady Henniker have arrived in town for the season. • His lordship has taken a mansion in Grafton street. Lord and Lady Churchill left town, yesterday, for Cornbury, Oxfordshire. The Hon. Charles and Lady Catherine Cavendish are expected in town to-day from Latimerre Bucks. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Tuesday, March 17.—Admissions en payment,l,6s3; do. by sea son tickets, 716; total visitors, 2,369. FRMALE REFORMATORY.—The found tion-stone of a new reformatory institution for girls was laid by the Mayor of Exeter, Mr. W. Buckingham, on Monday. A large number of influential ladies and kentlemen, from the city of Exeter and county of Devon, including Sir S. H. Northcote, Sir M. Lopes (High-Sheriff of the county) ; Mr. Commissioner Bere, and the Rev. Chan cellor Martin were present. The site for the institution is a very eligible one, and is situated in a large field, in St. Sid wells, Exeter. After the interesting ceremony the spec ators were addressed by Sir M. - Lopez, Mr. J. Milford, the Mayor of Exeter, the Rev. Chan cellor Martin, and Sir S. H. Northcote. The latter gentleman stated that, while there were many reforma tory institutions for boys'? various parts of the country, there were very few for girls, and great diffi cu lt y b a d been experienced in placing girls con v i c t e d o f o ff ences institutions. THE Devonshire in such THE LATE DOWAGER LADY TALBOT DE MALAHIDE. —The Right Hon. Anne Sarah, Dowage r L a d y T a l bot de Malahide, died on the 13th inst., after a long illness, in her 69th year, at her residence, Evercreech House, near Shepton Mallet, county Somerset. Her ladyship was the daughter and co-heiress of the late S. Robbard, Esq., of Evercreech, and was married in 1804 to James, 31 Lord Talbot de Malahide, of Evercreech House, and of Malahide Castle, county Dublin, who suc ceeded to the Irish peerage on the death of his elder brother, RiOard Wogan, second lord, in 1849, and died in the year following. Ry him her ladyship had eight sons and five daughters. Her eldest son is the present Lard Talbot de Malahide, who succeeds to the Ever creech property, and has recently been e l eva t e d to t h e peerage of the United Kingdom. EMIGRATION FUND.—A society of noblemen and gen tlemen have established a fund, called the " Wellington Emigration Fund," from the fact that the prostnt Duke of Wellington beads the subscription with a donation of 1,0001. Messrs. Labouchere, Sidney Herbert, and Thomas Baring, the Lord Mayor, Lord Stanley, &c., take an active share in the proceedings of the associa tion. The committee is formed with the view of endea vouring to relieve, by emigration, the distress existing among the labouring classes in the metropolis. The emigration will be principally directed to those colonies which contribute towards the fund, and subscribers may specify the particular colony to which their contribu tions are to be applied. Regulations will ba male by the committee on the one hand, and Lord Goderich, M.P., Rev. F. D. Maurice, Mr. Neale Porter, and others kindly acting on behalf of the working men, for the se lection of emigrants. Facilities will be afforded for the emigrants repaying in the colony the sum advanced, so soon as their improved circumstances may enable them to do so. It is proposed, when the temporary pressure caused by the glut in the labour market shall have sub sided, to apply the balance to promoting female emi. gration. „ CONVICTION TINDER THE PILOTAGE CLAUSES OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.—GRAVESEND, March 16. A case of considerable importance to steamboat com panies whose vessels run to the Continent came before the borough magistrates, sitting at the Town-hall. Capt. M. Little, the master of the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Countess of Lonsdale, trading be. tween London and Hamburg, was summoned for having continued in charge of his vessel in Gravesend Reach on the 15th of February, actor Edward Tracey, a duly qualified pilot, bad offered to take charge. It appeared that the steamer was proceeding down the river to Ham burg, when the complainant offered his services to the defendant to pilot her. The defendant refused to engage him, on the ground that he held a certificate from the Board of Trade, and which authorised him to navigate his vessel in pilotage waters. It was now submitted that, although the defendant possessed a Board of Trade certificate, it did not entitle him to pilot a vessel trading to Hamburg, but only those running between any place in the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands, and to navigate his vessel he ought to have had a pilotage cer tificate from the Trinity House. For the company it was submitted that the Countess of Lonsdale was what is known as a home trade passenger ship, and that the Board of Trade certificate was sufficient authority for the defendant to pilot her. The bench were of opinion that the ship was liable to pilotage, and imposed the penalty of double pilotage. Notice of appeal was then given, and it was understood that the case would be taken to the Court of Q teen's Bench. This decision will affect all the boats running to the Continent and the various ports. TIE WEATHER.--BRIDGEWATER March 15.—The ” bore-head "or tide flowed up this morning with tre mendous force ; the expected wave was about four feet high, which was remarkable, inasmuch as the tides are not flood at present. About 20 minutes after the first flow another "head " came rushing up the river Parrett, the height of the waves which formed it being about ten feet. This was followed by a third flood, without any sg head." The property on the river suffered severely, and, had the larger craft broken from their moorings, the iron bridge would in all probability have been car ried away. Some say such an occurrence has not been witnessed for the last 36 years. The barometer has in dicated the following atmospheric pressure : Wind. March 12th ... •.. 30'078 inches ... S.E. March 13th 29.670 inches ... S.E to S.W. March 14th 22.140 inches ... S.W., heavy storms of wind and rain. Marc b 15th ... 29.476 inches N.W., blow ing hud at intervals. FINE ARTS. - ~- THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. an y'An agreeable saunter may now be enjoyed fine afternoon round the Gallery of the old 8ri. 1 7 Institution. And although many of our accu., tomed favourites are unfortunately this year a-vanelf ing, there are still observable among the ii3t exhibitors a few great names, and several smaller.._ ones, large at least in promise—to make up for_ t 7 deficiency-. If we have nothing 'his year from B. berg, nothing from Leo, nothing from Creswiek',, we have, at any rate, the satisfaction of `perusing two or three of the charming landscapes and s ea scapes of Jutsum, as, for example, Nos. 3 and I ' l the picturesque "Devonshire Coast," and the plea' sant "Hayfield." We are refreshed in spirit by watching the "Rain Clearing off," in No. 82, Pa, H. Dawson—and tied an assuaging influence, IT: by any means unwelctame in a period of easterly winds, iu the h the medium " sir Autumn," caught throug` glimpse s of a "Tranquil Streanathit; Welch scene portrayed in No. 173 by ".-ra‘bar white. There is an omission, op t ing exhibition •0} unusual kind in the early native contemporary paintings in . t h e gallery eel n aoreover, of a r a n w‘ c the British Institution—the much-to- be - rf ; g r ii , c o te, omission of the name of Sant, to which, ""` i i thanks to his ready and most graceful pe: ic sta have now for several years past become, in a - ner, very delightfully habituated. There is e ° Bo siderable excellence to console us, however, ell for this, in the " Boy's Head," No. 315, by W. , be Frost—and in a very different way also, in," " Pliant Hour," by W. P. Frith, R. A., a pict7; 6 the one list mentioned, in which the artist ,4 00 interpreted the deep erotic charm latent in w hirl s few and simple words of Othello, " Upon this I spake"—spake, that is, to Desdemora, of Tstria, loving and tender infatuation. Another an?. ° n . ingly contrasted Shaksperian painting, fufl g` Jes s of a diametrically opposite, though of a 1:" 9 40r e, unmistakable description, will be lingered ba , tor we doubt not, by almost every individual vis \o , this season to the Gall e ry of the British Ira n ' , tion. We allude to the wonderfully elaborated , S t u oro rri a tesque, fantastic, an d em i ne ntly hura picture delineative of th e l as t scene in the e Wiveo of Windsor"—the latest of the rea l y r id markable paintings in oil l a t e l y g i ven t o the w ° b y of art (to its min g led s ur p r is e an d a d m i ra tion) v a t' o the fluent hand of rare and inexh aus tible Ge °r Pit Cruikshank. Such a Herne's Oak fairy scene ° s o is ! With th e F a t K n i g ht tumbled ( 1 °,...„ " squelch" among the furze and brushwo o4 o 4 , pinched, and p r i c k e d, an d fl eere d at, and flout es stunned with noise and d azz led with torod scared by gibes and covered with explosions 00 derisive laughter ! Yonder is Dame Quickly to her knees, pummelling the recreant Sir John te a her heart's content—yonder, fantastically ni a , 3 Sy as a Merry Devil, the roaring and roystering he Pistol—yonder Doctor Cains (like a goose e a , is) " absquatulating" w ith th e mock Anne -"P e a while the veritable ori g i na l i s b e i ng a d ro itly esrL l o . off at an opposite corner by cunning Master Fenw ailt , The whole scene as po r t ra y e d b y Georg.' shank is replete (as any one might guess, Oro from his easel) with sparkling fun, frolic, and 'nation. John Gilbert affords us, in his turn , * No. 76, a pictu re h ar dly l ess remarkable in its g to tering life and vivacity—his canvas p re senting tor view, most pi c tu resque ly lit up w ith .g l eam s of 3 tho light, "A Regiment of R o yali s t C av alry at 1 Battle of Edgehill." Frank Dillon, in No. (which we can't help " taking care of" in this, t h ' e by an especial word of notice) reveals to view . 2; 0 Colossal Pair, Thebes"—Sharay and Dainf . sc l nearest of the two being our old classic frier Memnon ! The picture, if it does not reraina. 00 of Hunt's " Sphinx," at any rate bears compa,r l _ s o a with poor young Seddon's "Sunset View of the lov ou t Pyramid." We ought not, in justice, to Pa s° t iers into Pall Mall, before casting a glance of admira _ lO at George Lance's "Beautiful in Death," a gorgeo°o limning of a dead marvel of a peacock ! W L i t lgo a momentary pause before Maw Engley's o'b c ,"cki pre-Raphaelite delineation of the "Talking ` - ' - oi r of Tennyson !" Above all, without a smile of Ir der and of pleasure, at T. P. Hall's (No. 4 58 ) d f o g and laughter-m o vi ng vers i on o f " M o liere rea bIo to his Housekeeper' —a painting really adnir° for its humour and vivacity. THE PEACE CONFERENCE- 4856 ' PAINTED BY E. DUBUFE. f if el A remarkable historical picture—almos t , e ar might venture to say without exaggeration, of lossal dimension—is now on view at 7 9 , ro l a hill, the well-known and popular gallery 01 wh o Messrs. Leggatt, Hayward, and Leggatt. It is ". 0 production of Monsieur E. Dubufe, Chevalier of Legion of Honour, and is the personal property ° the Emperor N a p o l eon lll.—h av i ng b een paint I ' expressly by ord er o f hi s I mper i a l M a j esty in CO7„‘ memoration of the late Notable "Paris Conte" reoces." The magnitude of this extraordiro r J work of art, will be more distinctly appreciable to those who have not already seen it, when we °l ; serve that it is actually no l ess t h an 17 f ee t by 1 4 feet 6 inches, and that it includes as many as .fi.fi ee , a , "life-size" Portr a it s f rom th e Lif e —P or t r aits fro m sittings given to the arti s t by eac h o f the fit Tie remarable personages here represented. al scene ,is the very room which was the lite c i e , arena of the Confe rences . Th e f urn it u re and se _ corations being portrayed in it with careful. Its, titude. Over the mantelpiece a Bust [of the •to peror—that is to say n o t th e E mper or, but t a ilt: "present Empe ror ." I n th e f oregroun d -3s most conspicuous person ages o f th e group Pour principal r e p resen t at i ves o f t h e F ou r Pri the P n , pal Powers engage d i n th e l ate E uropean Stragg' e whether by f orce o f arms or through the 'nett of diplomatic negotiations—England in this " b a being represented by Lord Clarendon —Turkey by Aali Pacha—Russia by Count Orloff—Franc e Ai r, by Count Walewski. Besides the Austrian Envoy the Prussian Envoy, and the Sardinian En sr , i li there are noticeable in the background such In e " t aa Lord Cowley and M. de Bourqueney—not ferg;be ting even among the notabilities taking part in r Congress that astute and very essential partioiP 3 a b i e in the l a b ours o f th e C onferences, the very Gil gentleman who offi c i a t e d a t th e t a bl e as t h e Feel? Secretary. Wh a t we pr i nc i pa ll y call to recolle,ee%'lo be after examini ng M. D u b ufe ' s Great Picture 01,,,,e -" Paris Conf erences " may b e thus briefly °l:WA rated—the puffy and almost bloated face of the lewski—the g i gan ti c b u lk o f the burly Orlon'tao pale and dy s p e pti c f ea t ures of Clarendon--31'ifn clear but wonde r f u ll y sour v i sage of the Prussic Premier Manteuffel. THE GREAT EXHIBITION-1.851. PAINTED BY H. C. SELOT,7S. u An astonishingly large engraving from the 1 ,7 1 , of Samuel Bellin, has just been issued from 'n i l Oxford-street, by Mr. Thomas Boys, the enain e ; and enterprising printseller. It is the result of an elaborated and ingenious transfer to metal of %- numerous figures delineated in the original 1: 13.1-11 :,; ing by H. C. Selous—the picture representing ;- one comprehensive view the memorable spectacer of 1851, in Hyde-park. The spectacle of most gracious M a j es t y the Queen opening who Crystal Palace of All -Nations upon t u6 a lovely May m orn i ng, not very soon, Wl conceive, t o b e l ost to the world's roe f? i ection. The crowd Of historical portraits I ° - - troduced by the painter, and here faithfully produced by the engraver —must of itself alone regarded as matter for very general astonishalenl Around the Q ueen upon the dias, the princ..,io‘ individual s o f th e C ourt. Close beside her Als,ll, jesty—H.R.H. th e P r i nce, accompanied by ~ two eldest of the Royal children. Upon the Sen s ' reign's left —th e sp l en didl y and variously attire members of the Corp Diplomatique. Upon 13 , e f f Majesty's right the leading Statesmen of lie Houses of the Legislature, mingled here and ther e with other personages otherwise remarkabl e ' About the most consp i cuous i ndividuals i n the foreground b e i ng tb o mun i f i cent and enterprisTf. Sir Samuel Morton Peto, in his deputy-lieutenan'.; uniform—the man who was t o th e G rea t E x hibition what Willi am D argan was a f terwar d s to the Grea t i Dublin Exhibitio n . Th e o b server w ill not f a il, ~ course, to recognise at once among the other portraits introduced the Duke of Welling; ton, and Lord John Rus se ll , and Richst'a Cobden, and Dr. Lyon Playf a i r, and a variety '3l' other notabilities grouped together most miscellane' ously. The most unsatisfactory portrait of all, to our mind, being (strange to tell) that of her rne s " * gracious Majesty the Sovereign. As the visible memento of a great historical event the huge err graving before us will b e recognised, at once and by all, as one singularly valuable and attractive. BOLTON ABBEY —IN THE OLDEN TI ME * • PAINTED BY SIR EDW IN L in regard to tre n r s e E i E ss n u'e ß ol . A mast erp i ece,which it is only necessary to notify here in the briefest terms imaginable, the simp others of le fact of its re appearance. are—this others Sir Ed w i n Landseer's extraordinary works of a rt i ncontestably one no less incontestably is, among all his works, the most ad m i ra bl e the me t truthful, and the most eminently beautiful. "Bol ton Abbey in the Olden Time" being to Lands"' in his department of art, what the "Descent froth the Cross" was to Sir Peter Paul, what the "La st Slipper" was to Leonardo what the " Transfigu re " tion" was to Raffaelle. In speaking thus we are not, we conceive, speaking in any way extrava" gautly. We are talking of Sir Edwin in his cha racter as an animal painter, as the animal painter. And viewing him as su c h, we accor d to his noble picture of "Bolton Abbey" the' first and foremos t place of all, as indisputably his masterpiece. En graved very charmingly by W. T. Davey, it is nog issued anew most enticingly from Mr. Boys' roPu lar 04 tablishment,