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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1857. EXTRA NIGHT, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, April 16. SPEZIA, GIUGLIN!, VI k L CHINI ETT!, BENEVENTANO, and POC. Opera—LA FAVORITA. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket. Pelee one guinea and one guinea and a half. Madile. PICCOLOMINI has arrived. Due notice will be given of her first appearance. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for the EASTER HOLIDAYS. Immense Attraction for Positively Six Nights only.— .ngagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the week, supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal members of the Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies. THIS EVENING, HAMLET ; Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon. After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss W001gar. 4 74 The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5. Private boxes, 21. 2e., il, lls. 6d., 1/. is., and to hold two persons, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ; upper circle, ls. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, is. ; second gallery, 6d. Half price to all parts, except stalls and upper gallery, at 9 o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn ter. Fitzwilliam, &c. After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story. un der the Apple-lation of ATALA.NTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear ; also Miss M. Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her first appearance in London. Concluding with GRINISHAW, BAGSIIAW, AND BRADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone. In future the prices will be:— Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d.l Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper ......... 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 () Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. r THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madatno Celeste will make her first appearance After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. 0 TRANI) T EAT R E.-112n azer, M c. T. • Pavns.—THlS EVENING will be performed RUTH OAKLEY. After which, WILLIAM TKLL (Burlesque.) Mesdames Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &c. To conclude with a Farce. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, Ed. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, the new drama of TEIE IRON ARM, After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. To conclude with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will 4,e performed a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, itc. Commence at half-past Seven. ASTLEY'S . ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lease() and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (First weekl, a New and Grand Mili tary Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of trained Horses, &c., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine. After which, a novel Series of EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear. Appearance of M. Croueste. the inimitable Clown, and of Signor Corelli and Family. To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper &nes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 1 no charge for booking ; Pit, 25.,; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery. 6d. trot-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. jun. CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- Ina company of Vocalists ate engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones. J. Marker, W. ?felling. P. Coni, Senor Antonio M. de Solis., and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; slirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre eisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 42 min, aft. 5 —Evening 3 mim aft. 6 Tn-Moitnow—Morn. 29 min. aft. 6—Evoning 57 min.aft. THE WEATHER—SUN OBTIOE, APRIL 16. THERMONETEII, IN THE SHADE. r3 —highest sines noon yesterday, 41 —lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. BARomrrint, 29'85. WM.—Variable from S. and S.E. to East. Squally, with fitful weather—muggy, rain and sunshine. TIIRBE O'CLOCK.—Wind, S.W., with rain. rt 4 5.174't .4 (rtiVe r 4 '94. 7 :( t ''-' 11 Y _.„---:A„.5.,„2„:„...,,: , ,Lis.) fl ~,,,,,,,!:.„,,, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1857 What will Lord JOHN RUSSELL do ? He is not exactly hostile to Lord PALMERSTON, but he is not easy as his independent supporter. If two could ride before on the same horse he would willingly join him on those terms ; but this being impossible, how can Lord JOHN contrive to oc cupy the first place in a Parliament elected to support the foreign policy of his political superior. He knows Lord PALMERSTON too well to imagine that he can be easily tripped up. The League, the Conservatives, and the Peelites tried it, and were rewarded with a penal dis solution, and decimation or extinction. It is perfectly certain that the ex-Premier might try in vain to eject the in -Premier. Lord PALMERSTON would bid as high as his antagonist for popular favour, were that necessary, rather than be out done ; and, as to working the different sections of the House, one against the other—now beating Liberals by Tory aid, and uow Tories by Liberal aid—the country has had enough of that. Repeti tion of it will disgust the nation, and render the ma jority of the House discontented with a leader who makes fools of them all by turns. We should think, therefore, Lord PALMERSTON must lead the Liberal party, and must so manage it as to secure its loyalty. He sees that he has got a house of Reformers ; he sees that the question of Reform cannot be evaded, and he will meet it—but how ? That is the question. With Lord JOAN RUS SELL, or in opposition to him ? With a minimum makeshift, or a bold hearty measure ? This Ses sion or the next ? Tho time must depend very much on the tem per of the House and of the country. His senti ments he can hardly escap e avowing this year. Whether in any case he could be induced to set is uncertain. We should say, by all means let him be pressed to come out at once. Reformers never yet gained anything by sparin g a Mi n i stry. If Members of our new Parliament do not force the Government to declare itself, they will lose the confidence of the country, and weaken their position as Reformers in the House also. If Lord PALMERSTON means t 3 stand through a manly Reform policy, his friends will be: aid him by showing all the waverers that this must be hi s course, and that they mean it to be the winning side. If such be not his policy, we trust a liberal Parliament will not hesitate to give him notice to Reform or quit. Next as to Lord ;JOHN RUSSELL. Will the two Lords bid against one another or coalesce ? We do rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1857, not use the word now in its odious sense. The two Lords have co-operated in carrying one Reform Bill, and there is nothing but recent disagreements on other matters to hinder their cu-operation in this work again. For the sake of Reform itself, we could wish to have a Reform auction, and the two leading Statesmen for the bidders ; but we fear their sense of common aris tocratic interest. "If we try to outbid each other, the Radicals must be the chief gainers," will be * their whispered opinion. " Can't we make a bargain, and get Reform on very easy terms." "You, Lord JOHN, have a majority who would vote a rather stiffish Reform Bill." " You, Lord PALMERSTON, have a majority who would vote a great many things because Lord PALMERSTON proposed them." "The only thing to settle, then, is how we can be Spartan Kings or Roman Consuls—both be first together. Now, as you are the domestic politician by profession, and I the foreign one, can't we arrange a kind of double Premiership, in which we shall enjoy about equal honours 1" (canalised in 1817 by the Celestial Emperor KIA-KANG) is turned into the lake of Soho-tchi, and the waters of the lake forthwith overflow the surrounding districts ! A proceeding altogether effectual of course in raising an impediment in the way of the invaders, but cruelly disastrous to the unfortunate population. Beyond the wholesale calamities thus scattered broadcast among their own people, by order of the Imperial Councilors at Pekin—the Members of the Nuy-ko or State Cabinet—either tolerate or directly organise a series of more restricted, but equally inhuman, atrocities with a view to the destruction of their antagonists by foul means rather than chivalrously in open battle. Hence, the arsenic despicably introduced (by somebody) a few weeks back at Hong Kong into the bread supplied by a Chinese baker to the English resi dents ! Hence, the deadly poison lately infused through the agency of the prepared bark of some terrible tree (some tree hardly less fatal than the Fabled Upas) into the fresh water that British ships have been in the habit of taking at Whampoa from a small tributary stream flowing into the Tchioukiang ! Hence the daggers secreted by the native sailors on board the Thistle—the instruments of murder with which they slit the throats of the English pas sengers 1 Hence, also, every tael, every mace, every candarin in the blood-money offered by YEH for the heads of Englishmen ! Atrocities, all these, quite upon a par with the stabbing of the wounded on the field of Balaklava, with the brutal massacre of the Turkish seamen surprised and butchered in the bay of Sinope, or with the dastardly ambuscade prepared at Hango trdd for the bearers of the flag of truce, 'under the shelter. of which symbol, a symbol hitherto regarded as almost sacred among civilised nations, a boat's crew of British sailors were either captured or assassi nated ! Like Russians—like Chinese ! Both have proved, themsel yes, and that moreover very recently, equally beyond the shadow of a doubt to be bar barians. It is the misfortune of England that twice of late she has had to contend in arms— not with true men, but—with savages ! With the Chinese Savages she is still contending. Let her deal with them as savages only are to be dealt with ! Not with diplomacy—not with concilia tion. For such would prove by its results to be only folly and cruelty, and something little short of absolute madness; ending, as it could only end, in a more lavish expenditure of blood and trea sures. Dealing with the Chinese not thus, but with a stretched out Arm of Might, —with a strong, a vigorous, an overwhelm ing warlike demonstration. A bold policy like this, with such a people and at such a time, is always the most humane in the end ; it is always the most rational and the most prudent. It is the policy, moreover, best befitting the dig nity of the realm, the honour of the Crown, the glorious and historical reputation of the country. Beyond which—simply as a means to an end—it is, more strictly speaking, a Peaceful Policy than a Warlike Policy. Happily for England it is the policy resolved upon, we believe, at this time by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government—a Government determined, at any rate, to signalise itself before the world by extinguishing the Chinese War by means of some resolute demonstration. In any case, what Lord JOHN RUSSELL Will find himself compelled to do will be very much the standard from which our expectations must start. He will have to offer something obviously superior to his last abortion of February, 1854, and yet further no advance on his Bill of 1852 ; though in some respects the later measure was more favour able to the country party than the earlier one. Per haps, after such stormy events as have engrossed our attention since 1854 the greater part of our readers may have forgotten the principal points of the bill which Lord JOHN RUSSELL withdrew amid many tears on the 11th of April that year. It deprived the existing boroughs of sixty-five. seats. Twenty-nine were taken from nineteen boroughs, whose population did not amount to 5,000, or their electors to 300. Thirty-three were taken from as many other boroughs which returned two members each, but whose electors were below 500, and their population below 10,000 ; by de priving them each of one member. These seats were redistributed as follows : EIGHT boroughs, with a population above 100,000, three Members each, iustead of two 8 Thirty-seven counties, or divisions of court tie, with a population of 100,000 37 The West Riding of York and South Lan cashire, subdivided, each division three Members Three new boroughs Kensington and Chelsea 2 Salford, one additional The Inns of Court London University It is, of course, evident enough that of the mem bers taken from the boroughs exclusively, more than two-thirds were handed over to the counties. They were made stronger in a division of country against town by NINETY VOTES ! The franchise was extended in counties to ten poucd householders (clear yearly value of 101.) and in i laoroughs to persons dwelling in houses rated to the amount of 61. to the relief of the poor, if they had been occupiers for two full years and seven months. Other classes of votes were also created, most of whom would be included in the above. Persons receiving a salary (not wages) of 1001. a year, or 101. annually for certain kinds of stock, &c., or paying 40s. yearly direct taxes, or being a graduate in a University, or a depositor three consecutive years in a savings bank to the amount of 501. The best feature in the bill was the abolition of the Rat3-paying clauses. How is it they have been tolerated so long, as means of annoyance or of unjust disfranchisement? The most novel and ridiculed portion of the bill was the clause which created minority members (M.M.P.'s) by allowing persons to vote for only two members out of three, where the constituency returned three. Early in the last session of the defunct Parlia ment the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Dublin proposed a resolution for an Address to the Crown, praying that " her MAJESTY would be graciously pleased to take into consideration, as an, urgent measure of Adminis trative Reform, the formation of a separate and responsible department for the affairs of public justice." This proposition was unanimously car ried. The Attorney-General, who took exception merely to the words we have placed in italics, cordially assented to the spirit of tb.e resolution ; and, on ascertaining the clearly-ez.pressed opinion of the House, permitted the motion to be carried in its original form without a division, while the Premier declared that " the matter should receive the serious attention of the Government." The nation has, therefore, the strongest reason to ex pect, that this voluntary pledge, will be fully and fairly redeemed, and that " separate and respon sible department of public justice" will be consti tuted without any unnecessary delay. We fear, however, that there may be a serious obstacle to the efficirnat execution of this un an i mous resolution. Lor .. , RANWORTH is by no m eans disposed to relieve himself and his successors of the labours which, from other multifarious avoca tions, he is unable to perform. He wishes rather "to 1- ,aild on ancient foundations" than to erect a Ile'er edifice suitable to the emergency. The measure which he proposes merely applies to the mechanism of legislation. It is generally believed that he contemplates the appointment of "an Examiner of Public Bills, with a staff of competent officers to superintend the construction of Acts of Parliament." Now this would go but a very short way in providing for the exigency. It would, doubtless, give some additional patron age to the Noble Lord, but that is all. Some of the glaring mistakes which Lord BROUGHAM Yesterday we transferred to our columns from and many of the Judges have repeatedly deplored those of our Gallic contemporary, the Moniteur might be avoided. But there would be no di. de la Flotte, some very startling particulars de- reeling and responsible head, who would be bound monstrative of the energetic course adopted by to introduce the measures so urgently required. the Chinese in the development of their warlike It would apply to details rather than to princi demonstrations. It appears from these latest pies. The anomalies so clearly explained by the ad vices from the present seat of war in the East, Attorney-General, in his speech on the motion, that the Chinese, in their defensive operations, are would still remain without any guarantee for their not one jot less barbarous, less savage, or less early removal. dastardly than the Muscovites themselves ; and So long as the political and judicial functions surely that is saying a vast deal of their savagery of the Lord Chancellor are blended, it is impos and rascality as antagonists ! To speak of a perfect sible that he, or indeed any single man, can parity of this kind as discernible at a glance be- efficiently discharge all the duties. As a Cabinet tween the Russians and the Chinese is to dub the Minister, and Speaker of the House of latter base and villainous ! It is to designate Lords, he has ample occupation. But he them—point blank—" Foemen unworthy of our is also bound to act as a judge both in the Court steel !" It is to liken them at once to cut-throats of Chancery and in the appellate tribunal of the and assassins—to men without a sense of probity, Upper House. In that capacity also he has quite of honour, of magnanimity—in one word, to enough to do. It is therefore almost needless to barbarians Positive proof in regard to all this say tha the cannot bestow the attention so urgently we have had, very recently, in abundance. For requited on the defects of the law, or the modifi example—if the Russians, when their territories cations and changes so imperatively required to are invaded, by reason of their own want of faith, keep up with the spirit of the age. It is not or because of some flagrant incursion of theirs into against Lord CRANWORTH, but the system, that theii' neighbours' territory, resort to the savage we direct these observations. We believe any and desperate course of setting a whole city, and other man that cou ld b e f oun d would be incapable that city, as in 1812, th e c apital of their empi re , o f sustasUlin the burden that now rests on his in flames—doing this deed of infamy by torches shoulders. placed in the hands of Thieves and Prostitutes 1 For -wise tis now demanded at his hands ? It If such is notoriously the savage course pursued is not v aly the effectual administration of justice in a l l i ts departments, but also the super by the Rus s i ans i n every such emergency—t h e plan adopted in a similar crisis by the Chinese is intendev ce and effectual carrying out of the pro not one iota less dark or lssa execrable in its cess of 4 ,; he amendment of the law, and the giving atrocity. The Chinese effect by the rem ova l of prompt , effectual, and complete assistance to the the floodgates what the Russians effect by the busing 3s of current legislation. In the latter kindling of a conflagration. They savo them- portiol i the United Kingdom is far behind every selves by devastating a whole province, by other nation. Our Legislation, like other matters, laying the countryside under water, by ruin- is in, .a great •legree left to " private enterprise," ing families, by destroying crops, bY put- and,, save , i 1 uestions that have been what is tine a total Stop, for the time being, to all Indus- tool ~ni t mu d "taken up by the Government," try, both com merc i al and agricultural. The great the re e pi:1(31.311Y speaking, a complete failure— Defensive Weap on o f the Russian is the flambeau av r decided " of an EROSTRATITS ! That of th e Chi nese is the IVr ember will have quite enough to do in obtain break down." An independent no less criminal hand th a t g i ves th e signal for an ts the legislative Inundation ! Directly a n army invades the without being obliged either ' //4 hhe advocates, sanction to the principles Empire—one of the three branch es o f t h e P e ; ' I to perform. the mechanical part of the operation The inconsistent position of a large number of totvns under the proposed Bill we illustrated by exact tables at the time. Some twenty-six towns were to return but one member, all of which surpassed, in electors, many which re turned two members ; some of them Exceeding not fewer than fifty-four of those deemed worthy of two votes in the council of the nation. Up wards of forty boroughs, of between 7,000 and 10,000 inhabitants, had no member, and twenty two, with a population of between 10,000 and 16,600, were also unrepresented ; and that while forty-five seats were taken from towns and handed over to the counties ! Such were some of the leading features of Lord JOHN'S THIRD Reform Bill. It is needless to observe that it said nothing of shortened duration of Parliaments, of abolition of property qualification, and of vote by ballot. How far will Lord JOHN surpass himself to become once more the aristo cratic tribune of the people ? How far will ther be rivalry or conspiracy between him and L o rd PALMERSTON ? Fiow far will he think ;:c worth while, with his last chance before hir.a, to finish political life 8, 4 the never-to-be-forgotten Reformer of the Howse of Commons, or the pitied repre sentative of antiquated Whiggism ? Questions these which a session or two will probably decide. himself, or to pay largely for the professional assisance he must obtain in order to have it effi oienty performed. It is quite sufficient that he should be the "architect," without also being the " buider," and even the " bricklayer," to carry his designs into practical exemtion Ttey do these things better in France. There they have a Minister of Justice, and here we want a sinilar officer, whose attention shall be exclu sively directed to the department. We care not by wiat designation he may be known, provided the 3ecessary work be performed. Practically what is required is the separation of the political and judicial functions of the Lord Chancellor, and that we hope and believe will be finally demanded by tie new Parliament in accordance with the resolition unanimously and unhesitatingly carried on tle 12th of February, 1857. LAUNCH OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN. It is rumoured that on the occasion of the launch of tle Royal Sovereign, 131, screw, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal. Highness the Princess Royal, and other branches of the Royal family will be present, The launch is fixed for the 25th at Portsmouth. BIBTII OF A PRINCESS. (Front the Court Circular.) The Princess Gauromma of Coorg (attended by Mrs. Drummond), the Belgian Minister and Ma dame Van de Weyer, the United States' Minister and Mrs. Dallas, Misses and Mr. P. Dallas, the Hanevetian Minister, the Swedish Minister and Baroness Hoehschild, the Greek Minister and Madame Tricoupi, the Spanish Minister, Mr. and Madame Comyn ; the Hayden Charge d'Affaires, the Danish Charge d'Affaires and Countess Revent low Criminil, the• Mexican Minister and Madame Ahnonte, the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires, the Brazilian Minister and Madame Moreira, and other members of the diplomatic 'corps, called during the day to learn the state of her Majesty's health. Many of the nobility and gentry called to pay their respects. Among them were the Duke and Duchess 9f Norfolk, the Marquis of Chandos, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir J. and Lady Paking ton, Sir James and the Misses Graham, the Attor ney-General and Lady Bathell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kiunaird, Earl and Countess f Rosebery, Lady A. Tufne)l, Earl and Countess of Fingall, Lady Clark, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, Countess- Dowager of Listowel, Duchess of St. Alban's, Ge neral and Lady F. Fligginson, Viscount Chelsea, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. C. W. Dilke, Lord and Lady Monteagle, Baron Marochetti, Sir George and Lady Couper, Sir G. Hayter, Sir C. and Lady Trevelyan, Sir H. and Lady Beutinck, Earl of Lucas, Earl of Harrowby, Lord Sandon, Earl and Countess Dela warr, Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. El. Reeve, Major-General and Lady C. Buck ley, Dr. R. Bright, Earl and Countess of Durham, Duke of Leeds, Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, S;r Fitzroy Kelly, Mrs. Pemberton Gibbs, Sir B. Brodie, Mr. E. Ellice, Lord Justice and Lady Turner, the Archbishop of York and the Hon. Mrs. Musgrave, the Dowager Duchess of Hamil ton, the Duchess Dowager of Norfolk, the Duke of Sutherland, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Right Hon. E. P. and Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, Lord Panmure and Hon. Miss Maule, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Foley, the Marchioness of Tankerville, Vice- Chancellor and Lady Stuart, Earl St. Germans, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Colonel Wood, Colonel and Mrs. Moncrieff, Mrs. Lane Fox, Earl and Coun tess Dundonald, Sir R. and Lady Airey, Earl of Strafford, Colonel and Mrs. G. Upton, Lord and and Lady Trindeston, Dowager Lady Raglan, Sir H. Seton, Duchess Dowager of Somerset, Earl Jermyn, Mr. Norman Macdonald, the Ladies L. and S. Phipps, Sir J. South, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Mr: and Mrs. Cardwell, L;eut.-Colonel and Mrs. Drummond, Lady Talbot de Malahide, Sir R. and Lady Gardiner, Vice-Chancellor and Lady Page Wood; Viscount and Viscountess Falk land, Colonel Hugh Baillie, Dowager - Viscount Harding 4, Sir C. and Lady Lyell, Lord Stafford, Sir H, and Lady Holland, Sir G. Wetherall, Sir J. Walsh, Rear-Admiral Walcott, The Chisholm, the Rev. Dr. Wesley, Lady Wheatley, Hon. Sophia Wheatley, the Marchioness of Ormonde, Sir D. 'and Lady Macdougall, Lady C. Lascelles, Sir F. and Lady Moon, General Berkeley Drummond, Earl of Desarr, Lord and Lady E. F. Howard, Bishop and Mrs. Malt by, Viscountess Chewton, the Earl and' Countess of Jersey, Lord Wyuford, Lady Alfred Paget, Lady G. Bathurst, together with numerous others. The following bulletin of the health of the Queen was issued this morning : " Buckingham Palace, April 16, 1857, Nine a.m. " The Queen has slept well. " Her Majesty and the Infant Princess are going on quite favourably. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." The Duke de Nemours visited her Royal .Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer will return to town to-day from visiting Mr. Thomas Baring, at Norman Court, Hants. The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda are ex pected ir, town shortly from the Continent. Lady Wharncliffe is expected in town to-day. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers are at present staying on a visit with the Earl Bathurst, at his seat near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The Earl of Jersey will leave town to-morrow for Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. The Earl Fortescue is staying at his seat Castle Hill, Devonshire, and will not come to town until the latter end of the present month. The Countess Frances Waldegrave will give a ball tc-morrow evening, at her ladyship's villa, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. The Countess of Cork and her infant daughter are going on favourably. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yes. terday, for Broadlands, Rants. The Baronesa De Clifford and family have arrived at her ladyship's residence, on Carlton-house Terrace. It i 9 probabl• that the difficulty between Phrsia and Turkey as regards the frontier question will be reterred to Paris, and settled at the lintel of Foreign Affairs. Mr. B. Webster appeared at the Theatre Royal, Edin burgh, on Monday night, and received a very cordial welcome. He played the part of Tartuffe. . - VIENNA, April 15. —The journey of the Emperor into Hu tgary is announced by the preparations, which are being made on a grand scale. His Majesty's departure is fixed for the 3d of May, and his return for the 20th of June. ME QUEEN OF SPAIN.—It appears that the Court physicians have ‘ indicated the probability" that the Queen is in an interesting situation, and that this was the reason why the ceremonies in which she was to have taken the principal part on Holy Thursday and Good Friday were counter-ordered. . Mr. Walker, Government Secretary, British Guiana, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yester iay. Mr. Lowry and the Rev. H. Venn had also inter views with the right hon. gentleman, at the Colonial. office. THE CHINA MISSION.—We understand that the Earl of Elgin is to be accompanied In hi 4 diplomatic mission to China by his brother, the Hon. Frederick Bruce, by Mr. Oliphant, as his private secretary, by Mr. Fitzroy, and by a gentleman to be selected from the Foreign office. —.Wane/tester Guardian. THE BISHOP OF GLOOESTER AND BRISTOL.—The health of this right rev. prelate, which for some time past has caused some anxiety, has been sufficiently restored to admit of his Lordship's removal from his residence at Clifton to his seat, Rodborough-manor, near Stroud. His Lordship and family took their departure on Tues day.. The Columbian steamer, belonging to the European and Australian Mail Packet Company, was spoken on the 16th of Feb ruary, i n l a tit u d e 33° 09' S., an d longi 14° 30' E. (off the Cape of Good Hope), 33 days out from Southampton. She had, therefore, made good progress up to that date. The Report of the North British Australlsian Com pany, to be submitted at the meeting on the 21st inst., shows a profit of 14,1921., chiefly derived from the sheep station at Rosenthal. The Kawau mines in New Zea land have been abandoned, and the expenditure closed aftsr a total loss of 78,4731. The Ban Accord mine in South Australia is to be made over to a new company. For the present a dividend is to be deferred to enable sufficient working capital to be retained. Proceedings are proposed for placing the company under limited ha- At the half -yearly meeting of the Agra and United Service Bank, held at Calcutta on the 14th of February, the profits for the six months were stated at 49,3601., which, after payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, leaves 11,8601. to be carried to the raberve fund, Leaking the total of that fund 149,2501. The premises zecently purchased for the agency at Canton have been burnt by the Chinese, but the books and documents vere saved, and the necessary steps have been taken to substantiate a claim for full indemnity. This bank is henceforth to be a London establishment, and the directors are to be the Lord Mayor, C. G. Mansel, Lieutenant-Ca mel J. H. Macdonald, G. G. Macpherson, Mljor-General Sim, Colonel James Hol land, W. Newmucb, A. Rimington, J. C. Palmer, J. S. Stopford, and Lieutenant-Colonel Doveton. amount of honour, and which will unite the esteem and confidence of Europe to the sympathy with which you have already known how to inspire her. All the mem bers of the commission of which I form part will, I am persuaded, regard with attentive impartiality all that may pass either far from or near to the capital ; and will act in common accord, and in conformity with their instructions, in all circumstances which may attract their attention, and which "may appear contrary to the spirit which has dictated their mission. For my own part, gentlemen, you may he certain that I. will always add good intentions to the zeal and enlightened expe rience of my colleagues," RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Debats, says :—" The first Russian conquest of territory to the north of Lake Aral dates from 1846. The 1 Emperor Nicholas, encouraged by the favourable reports of officers employed iu Asia, appointed in 1848 and 1849 a scientific commission under Cap tain Bulakow, of the navy, to explore Lake Aral, and afterwards take a position on the northern „shore. The commission was provided with the . necessary force to overcome any resistance which might be offered. After going through incredible fatigues, the commission discovered three. pre viously unknown islands iu the lake, and the soil of which was fertile. They were taken possession of in the name of the Emperor, and the • Russian flag planted on them. In the course of the ensuing year several points on th-se islands were fortified, and a military force established there. These islands are now protected from any attack on the part of the princes of she country. The fortress of Aralsk is armed With 42 pieces of artillery, and has a garrison of 1,000 men well supplied with stores of every description. by means of the steamers on the Caspian Sea." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin in the Elberfeld 'Gazette says :—" Tho'confereiice of N euch.t el still rem , ins suspended in consequence of the resistance of Switzerland to 'the Prussian claims. Count de Hatzfeld and Dr. Kern have both referred mitters to their crovernmeots, and the Swiss envoy hai de mandede'fresh instructions. It is s tid that the majority of the great powers have advised Switzer land to adopt a more conciliatory attitude towards Prussia." The twenty-second anniversary of the birthday of the Duke de Brabant was celebrated on Monday at Brussels with great rejoicing. The Royal family arrived from Luken in the morning, and a rec p tion took place of all the members of the Royal households. The officers of the garrison all met at grand banquets in honour of the day. The duke and the duchess attended in the evening at the Theatre of the Monnaie, where the " Huguenots" was given. They were received with gre A enthu siasm, the orchestra playing the " Brabanconne," amidst loud acclamations. Their Royal High nesses remained to the close of the performance and were again cheered on their departure. At night the city was illuminated. THE SOUND DUES. The following is the text of the Imperial order .ately issued by the Russian. Government : "NEW QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOR VESSELS COMING FROM THE SOUND, AND ENTERING RUSSIAN PORTS IN THE BALTIC :- "The Minister of the Interior informed the Minister of Finance, under date of March 8, that his Majesty the Emperor, on the, representation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with regard to the necessity, in c,,nse quence of the abolition of the Sound Dues, of issuing fresh quarantine regulations for vessels Coming through the Sound to our ports in the Baltic, has been graciously pleased, in accordance with the resolution of the Com mittee of Ministers, cn the 19th February, of this year, to command : " 1. In future neither receipts for the payment of Sound Dues nor Danish quarantine certificates are to be required of vessels as indispensable to their admission into our Baltic ports. " 2. It is to be made incumbent on all captains of vessels entering the said ports with cargo to provide themselves at the port where they take in their cargo with certificates attested by our consular agents as to the • satisfactory sanitary state of the neighbourhood whence they come, or else procure for themselves quaran tine certificates in such French, English, Dutch, or Nor wegian ports as they may be obliged to put in to ; with the proviso always, •that these documents be attested by our consular agents ; and that " 3. These regulations are to remain in force only for the term of this year, should the state of the public health during that period remain as satisfactory as it is at present.'" LATEST NEWS. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 14. The Faedrelandct announces that the King has successively called on M. Bluhme, and afterwards on M. Tillisch, to form a Ministry. It is said that the former has refused, but the answer of the latter is not known. It is not probable that the old Ministry will re main in office. Speaking of the late arrests in Paris, the Times correspondent (second edition) says : " A few more arrests were, it is said, made yes terday and the day before. 1 have not noticed the various stories, some of them extravagant enough, which have been current about these arrests. It is hardly necessary to say that secret societies never wholly disappear in France. They may be more or less quiet—more or less dangerous —more or less withdrawn from the public eye, but they do not cease to exist, and their influence is never wholly unfelt. When a certain time elapses, and when a movement is observable, the authorities think it useful to lay their hands on a few dozens. To do this it is necessary to entice them out of their hiding-places, as rats are coaxed out of theirholes. In the meantime the traps are prepared, and as the con spirators become visible or tangible, they are caught when least aware of their danger. The ratcatchet in th'e present instance have been rather successful, though it is probable that at least one-third of the arrested are agents of the secret police. I believe these arrests to be nothing more than one of those sweepings which take place every now and then. The principal charge against the persons now in custody is for conspiring with a view to an attempt on the person of the Emperor. M. Treilhard is the magistrate who is charged with investigating the offences of which they are accused." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Their Majesties y6terday received M. de la Torre Ayllon, the Spanish minister at Lisbon, and Mme. de la Torre Ayllon, who were presented by the Spanish ambassador. The Grand Duke Constantine is expected at Tou lon on the 20th or 21st. He will proceed at once to Marseilles on board of the Refine Horteuse, and review the fleets and examine the decks and ar senals. The next day he will proceed to Lyons, but will not stop there any time ; he will pass the night at Chalons-sur-Saone. He intends to inspect with much attention the well-known foundries of the Creasol (Saone-et-Loira). He will be here about the end of the month and will take up his quarters at Fontainebleau, where great preparations are making to receive him and his suite. General Todtleben has presented the Emperor of the French with a copy, magnificently bound, of his journal of the siege of Sebastopol, kept by hitnself day by day. This most interesting dairy is written in Russian, with a French translation in each page. The Minister of Marine had a brilliant reception last night, at which numerous Russian officers were present. - The Committee of Defence, which is composed of military men of high rank, on the question of the projected lines of railroad in Russia being brought before it, have expressed the opinion th a t these lines of communication are of a decidedly strategic character, and that, by the facilities they afford, from 85,000 to 100,000 men could be transported from various points of the Empire to Kaffa in eight days. The concession for these lines was obtained by M. de Monty. The Moniteur publishes the official return of the taxes and indirect revenue for the first quarter of 1857, as compared with the corresponding period of 1856. The items which show the greatest improvement are Duty on potable liquors, 3,655,000 fr. ; import duty on different merchan dise, 3,384,0001 r. ; ditto on foreign sugar, 1,480,000 fr. ; duty on manufacture of beetroot sugar, 1,267,000 fr. ; sale of tobacco, 1,935,000 fr. ; registration dues, 727,000 fr. ; salt duty (consump tion), 458,000fr.'; stamp duty, 403,000 fr. ; import duty on French colonial sugar, 329,000 fr. ; sale of gunpowder, 274,000 fr. ; Post-office, 103,000 fr. ; import duty on corn, 46,000 fr. ; navigation dues, 43,000 fr. ; transmission of money, 13,000 fr. The only items of revenue which show a falling off are —Conveyance by malles-posts, 32,000 fr. ; sundry customs duties, 20,000 fr. ; and accidental receipts, 19,000 fr. On these returns the Monitcur remarks as follows : "It results from these figures :-1. That the produce of the first quarter of 1857 exceeds by 14,202,000 f. that of the corresponding quarter of 1856. 2. That this aug mentation would have beau 16.886,000 f. if the year 1856 had not been leap year. 3. That in this increase the month of March stands for 7,470,000 f." The Univers affirms that the rumour of an at tempt at reconciliation between Piedmont anti the Pope, me❑tioned by the Nord of Brussels, is devoid of foundation. BOURSE, April 15.—The following were the las' quotations : Cash. ft. C. 14 per Cents 3 per Cents 7O New Loan — End of Month. —fr. —e. 70 20 Bank Shares 4,600 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,405 Austrian Belgian 4i Pied montese (5) 9ol— Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. fr e Orleans 1,5021— Western liorthern l,OlO Strasburg Lyons 1,585 New Ditto i — Mediterranean 2,150 Grand Central Lyons Geneva - Midi THE PRINCIPALITIES. Accounts from Bucharest of the 6th state that two days before a deputation of landed proprietors, advocates, and several young boyards of higher station paid visits to the commissioners of the Eu ropean powers. On the occasion the following ad dress was presented to Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer : " Excellency,—The Roumains welcome with delight in you the worthy representative of free England— the envoy of her most gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. They indulge in the firm hope that your presence among them will powerfully contribute to deliver them from all restraist, and thereby secure to them an unshackled manifestation of the wishes of the country, with entire independence in the elections. We have the greater right to expect an attentive surveillance on the part of the commissioners, in the application Gf the electoral law, that we have not taken any part in drawing it up. We have too long lived without liberty for abuses not to be rife, particularly at a distance from the capital. We solicit the attention of your Excellency to this point. We take great pleasure in reminding you that at the congress of Paris the representative of her Britannic Majesty was the first to strongly insist on the necessity of taking into account the free wishes of the country • and from what power can we expect this elec toral independence, which is so necessary for us, if not from that one which has had the happy privilege of enjoying for ages the benefits of free institutions ? Your Excellency, who has shown yourself everywhere and at all times the warmest defender of liberty of conscience, as also one of the most constant supporters of representative government, cannot fail to secure that liberty in our country. We pray you, therefore, to accept the sentiments of hope and of gratitude which we offer you in the name of our countrymen of all classes." The following reply was made by the English Commissioner : ",.Gentleinen—,l have listened attentively to the words which you have just addressed to me, and my first duty is to thank you for all the obliging sentiments you have expressed towards my country, my Government, and myself. With regard to the question to which you particularly call my attention, namely, the elections which are shortly to take place, the Ottoman Government has declared its intentions in the most solecin and preci-e manner, and, arriving direct from Constantinople, I am able to assure you that the Sublime Porte desires with sincerity what it has declared without hesitation. I must also believe that the Government of this princi pality at the head of which is placed a prince whose family is one of the illustrations of your annals, and who, from his reputation of frankness and straightfor ward conduct, was pointed eut to the confidence of the Sultan, will, in such a critical moment, execute the instructions it has received with scrupulous fidelity. Such is certainly its duty. On the other hand, it is fer the Wallachian people, and especially for you, gentle men, whose position in the centre of society should main tain a proper equilibrium in it, to ren der, b y the p ruden t ability of your conduct, the task im p osed on the autho rities easier. No one doubts your intellgence ; that gift the of Heaven is visible on all th e faces which surround me ; but experience alone enables wha t is difficult to b e di ,- the t p h o e i m tinguished from what is impossib le, theor y from practice, and so it is permitted to dou bt it, in circumsta nces as novel as they are difficul t, y ou will have ail the p r udence, all andat o ion lishm an a: l proud the tact, which epithet which you have accorded to his country) ever y n ation which is , which (beli eve on nt oder Englishman, an de sirous of enjoying the advantages of a liberal Govern meet and a representative syst:m should possess. E 111.• ploy, then, I beg of you, all your efforts to make yi,ur selves remarkable by these virtues and these civic talents, which perhaps are what is the least expected from you, but which will confer on you the greatoht SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 11th relate that the ceremonies of Passion Week bad been celebrated with the usual pomp in all the churches, but that the Queen, as had been announced, took no part in them ; the King, however, on Good Friday went on foot to the church of Calatrava, wearing the decorations of the order of that name. On Holy Thursday and Good Friday no vehicles of any kiud were allowed to appear, and on the latter day a magnificent procession of the clergy paraded the principal streets, a vast crowd assembling to wit ness it. The greatest activity prevails in the diffe rent Government offices in preparing bills for the approaching session. The Government has re quested the bishops to inform their clergy that there was a great want of priests in Porto Rico, and that it would give a gratuitous passage to any who might be willing to go there. A royal decree enacts that captains-general of provinces should give every facility to the deputies of the Cortes proceed ing to Madrid to attend the opening of the session on Ist May. A letter from Cuba states that an immense quantity of guano was supposed to exist in the southern part of the island, and that a com mission had been sent to examine it. Accounts have been received from the Sandwich and Society Islands, via San Francisco, where the Embuscade French corvette arrived on Feb. 22 from those Islands. She had on board as passenger Captain Rey, ex-governor ad interim, of Taiii. 'The corvette Eurydice had arrived at Honolulu from Taiti on the 30th January. This vessel brought from Callao to Taiti Governor de Bouzet, who had been recalled to France to take his trial for the loss of the Aventure corvette. Ide was honourably acquitted and sent back to his post. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Edward Christian, f rom Gibraltar for Southampton, arri ve d here this morning, hav ing in tow the dismasted ship Martin Luther, Cap tain Gordon, of and from Liverpool, with 498 pas sengers for Quebec. The Tagus left Gibraltar on the 6th of April, Cadiz on the 70, Lisbon on the 9th, and Vigo on the 11th. Her cargo consists of 10 packages of specie value 4,1.32/., 117 boxes of eggs, 11 quarter - casks o f wine, 609 A cheats of oranges, 3 half-boxes of tangerines, 143 boxes of dates, 61 bags of coffee, and 23 packages of sundries. Among the passengers ate Lady Buchanan, from Gibraltar, Sir Morton Peto and Major Atcherly, from Lisbon. At Gibraltar the screw steamships Cressy, 80, Captain Richard L. Warren ; the Curlew, 9, O. W. Horton ' • the paddle - whe el steam-ship SViinx, 6, Capt. A. Wilmot; and the s w cre steam-ship Ma jestic, 80, Capt. J. Hope, left for England on the 6th of April. At Lisbon the screw steam-ships Princess Royal, 91, Capt. G. Giffard ; Exmouth, 90, Capt. Harry Eyres ; Colossus, 80, Captain T. S. Thomp son ' . a Brazilian corvette, a Dutch screw steam -ship () f 8 guns, and.the Belgian steam-ships Telonia and Me tropolis ; the scr ew steam-shi p Atla ntic, and Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Alhambra, with t he out ward mail s , arrived at at Vigo on the morning of the 11th, having experienced very heavy gales. April 11 passed a yacht a showing Union Jack over No. 5 9 , running towards Vigo. The Martin Luther, 1 , 2 41t0ns relfster, left Liver pool on the 9th with 498 passengers and 1,200 tons gen eral cargo for Quebec. On Sunday, the 12th, in lat. 50 N.,long. 8 W., she experienced . very heavy wea ther r om the north-west. At Bp. m., when under double-reefed topsails and with a them reefed -L T -gallant mast was carr i e d l foresail, the main- Monday, when under away. A 5 a.m. on close-reefedt maintopsail only, the fore and niaintopm to the caps, takin g with carried away close s em the boatswain, John Westwood, of Dunfermline wh Peter Branagan, and , three other seam en, endeavouring o were on the weateer yard armto secure the foresail, which had broken adrift. They were all unfortunately drowned. In order to clear the wreck the officers and crew cut away the mainmast, which dragged the inizenmast with it, and she thus became un manageable. On Tuesday morning she was fast drifting to leeward before a heavy sea and noitii west wind, and was only 18 miles from Usbant, when she was providentially sighted by the Tagil-, Which, after considerable danger to herself and damage to the lifeboat, succeeded about noon in rescuing her. The hull of the Martin Luther is in good condition, but in consequence of the heavy weather most of the berths were broken and knocked down, ,and the passengers have suffered severely. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 10 A. m. The Tagus steamer has just arrived from Ply mouth, bringing the-, Southampton portion of the Peninsular mails, all the rest having been landed at Plymouth. She had a full cargo. At Lisbon, on the 9th April, were Ler Majesty's ships Exmouth, Princess Royal, and Colossus. The Plumper had left the previous day. Lisbon Exehange—Bills at three mouths on Londou were quoted 531, with money over, and a scarcity of paper ; Pans, 533, in. demand ; Ham burg, 4 7 ti 47i, in-demand. Ttae stamer Genova, from the Brazils, put into Lisbon on the Bth for coals. She left Rio eight days after the Tamar. Her dates were—Rio de Janeiro, March 5 ' • Bahia, 10th ; Pernambuco, 14th; St Vincent, 28th; Madeira, April 5. The mail steamer Medway arrived at Pernam buco on the sth, :and was expected at Rio in time to leave for Southampton on the 17th. Sugars iii active d , mand at Pernambuco, avd an advance on browns. Freights dull. Exchange 271 d. Yellpw fever had quite disappeared, and Pernambuco heal hy. At Bahia sugars also in active demand. 'No cotton on hand: Freights so London, 40s. ; Liver pool, 305..; the Charnel, 455. Exchange 281 d. Gibraltar Exchaoges, on the 4th of April, were-- London, 511 d . to 510. ; Paris, sf. 360. ELECTION OP SCOTTISH REPRESENTA TIVE PEERS. Tho election of 16 Peers to represent Scotland in the ensuing Patliament took place on Tuesday within the Picitrie Guiltily of Holyrood-house. Principal e openel the proi:eedings with prayer. Mr. John Russ.il read the Royal prodlamation appointing the 'election, as also a certificate that the proclamation had been read at the Cross of burgh. The following 18 peers answered to their names : The Duke of Atholl, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Tweeddale, the Marquis or Lothian, the Earl of Morton, the Rirl of Perth, the Earl of Lauderdale, the Earl of Wemyss and March, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Leven and Melville, the Earl of Kintore, the Earl of &afield, Viscount Stratballan,, Lord Blantyre, Lord Colville of Cul ross; Lord Belhaven and Stenion, Lord Rollo, and Lord Polwarth. The oaths of allegiance, supre macy, and abjuration were administered to and subscribed by these peers. Their votes were then called for by signed lists, which each'peer first read and then handed in to the clerks. All of the lists contained the names of the 16 peers who repreienied Scotland in the House of Lords in the last Parliament—namely, the Mar quis of Tweeddale, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Home, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Leven and MelviLe, the Earl of Sel kirk, the Earl of Orkney, the Earl of Seafield, Viscount Strath.allan, Lorl Grey, Lord Sinclair, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Colville of Culross, and Lord Blantyre, and Lord Polwarth. r. Russell then declared the 16 Peers named duly returned to serve in the ensuing Parliament, and signed and sealed the return in the customary form, . The assemblage then.dispersed. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, S. W.,, 9th April, 1857. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief having had under his serious considerations the question of Araiy Education, especially as re lating to qualifications for staff' appointments, is pleas.-3d to promulgate, for general information, that from and after the Ist of Januar3, 1858, t undermentioned acquirements. will be ,considered indispensable before appointment to the situations annexed. Every officer, before appointment, will be re quired to undergo an examination on the subjects mentioned, in such manner as shall be hereafter announced. This regulation is not intended to affect officers now on the staff. QUALIFICATIONS OF STAFF OFFICERS. To write a distinct and legible hand, and com pose English correctly. To have a good colloquial knowledge of one foreign language. Tohave-a good eye for a country, and to be able to produce an intelligible sketch of it. To know the use of the sketching compass, or pocket sextant—in order to lay down and protract the leading features of the country to be described. To have a thorough knowledge of regimental duty,—and tactics, and field movements on an ex tended scale. _ Also a knowledge of field fortification, both as regards construction and correct description on re connaissance. To have all the qualifications of a good adjutant —the same acquirements as are exacted from an aide-de camp--and a thorough knowledge of mili tary law, and the Army and War-office regulations. The following further acquirements will he re quired to qualify for Deputy-Ass:stants Adjutant General, and Deputy-Assistants Quarter Master General, _ _ _ _ Practical sketching, both on horseback, called " flying sketching," as well as correct and finished [,lotting; practical trigonometry and geometry, with knowledge of logarithms. To write, read, and speak at least one foreign language—to judge of ground and its proper occupation by all arms;—to-have a perfect know ledge of castrametation, and the principles of per manent fortification ; , And to be thoroughly acquainted with geography and military —especially as re l a t es to the campaigns and modern commanders. a To the whole of the foregoing will be added for Assistants Adjutant and Assistants Quarter-Master General, the elements of mechanics, hydrostatics, an d geology ;—the construction of military bridges', dams, &e. ;—an aquaint nee w i t h th e principles a strategy ;—and statistics of the army. All staff officers should be able to ride well. By c , )mmand of his Royal Highness, the General Commanding-in-Chi e f , G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. The playgoers in the East of London have now placed . before them a treat in the shape of a new three act drama, entitled, "The Spanish Girl, or the Spy of Naples," which has been adapted and re-written for the English stage by " Cirojano,” who, from his assumed name, we presume, must be a surgeon, and, from whet we can gather, a surgeon of some eminence. The plot is excellent, and being historical in its character, it in• structs as welt as amuses. The language is chaste, and many of the speeches are written with so much taste and fluency that it would be difficult to find fault with them. It is not our intention to divulge the plot► as such foreknowledge frequently destroys half the pies/ sure which is otherwise experienced ou witnessing it. Of the acting of Mr. Chas. Pitt, who has been specially engaged for the part of Don Rodrigo, the hero of tb. piece, we cannot speak too highly. Ile appears to have a full conception of the author's ideas, and makes the most of the situations in which he is placed, and without " o'er stepping the bounds of modesty," give ° full force and vigour to the speeches written for hif• The part of Diego, the spy, is the pivot on which the whole of the plot turns, and this is well and ably !Flu- . tained by Mr. W. Searle. Miss Clifton, as Angelina , aid ample justice to the part assigned to her, and in her recital to the Viceroy Don Vergara, of the trials and ea' ferings she had undergone, she evinces much judgmee° and pathos. The piece is here and there interspersed with some light comedy scenes between Mrs. Barnett and Mr. Sims, which, with a duet, deservedly eo• cored, afforded much ltughter. Both author and inano ger deserve well of the public, and, from the crowded houses which the piece draws, we doubt not but that i° will have a long and successful run. THE EXPENSE OF THE POLICE AT ALDERSHOTT,—T be sum of 7,0001. is requ.red to he voted by Parliament for, the currcut year to meet the expense of the police a Aldershot t Camp. THE SPANISH ELECTIONS.—OOIIIINNA, April 6. The elections have taken place in Galicia, amidst the greatest tranquillity. The Conservative party be ° trimphed ; these elections produce 41 more votes in it ° favour. At a meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Cumpanl yesterday, it was received to dispose of the concessioo for laying down telegraphic wires through Hanover t° the North of Europe to an independent company, tli be formed u n d er th e H anover i an l aw , on con dition . 0f the caution mon e y an d p re li m i nar y ex p e n se s bell repaid and certain conditions being entered into regard" ing a future participa , ion in dividends. MR. COBDEN AND VIE HUDDERSFIELD ELECTIO/C" .. The folio Aing letter from Mr. Cobden to the chairma n of his committee in Huddersfield appears i n th e Lee ° Mercury—" Midhurst, April 2, 1857.—" My dear Sir' —I seize the first moment after my return home t ° fulfil the agreeable duty of tenderi ng t o you , and through you to my committee and a l arge b o dy ° the electors, my warmest thanks f or th e suppor t with which I was honoured during the late contested e!i'e bon. The circumstances which preceded the dissolt l ; somewhat of Parliament, and whi c h i mparte d to i t some w of the character of a surprise, precluded the possibibt,l6 of your making an accurate estimate of the probta",, issue of a contest for H u dd ers fi e ld , an d my fi rs t bi t % was unavoidably, t o a great extent , a leap tie dark. No one ca n , th ere f ore, b e f a i r l y h e ld res p o nsi" r for a miscalculation of the chances of success, does the result of the election affird any criterion c c ,, the strength o f p art i es f or th e futu re . I h av e 013i) 1 - to assure my f r i en d s t h a t I have ap p r ec iated tll° o kind and courageous efforts all the more highly ' I have know n that they were, from the first, embarl' oci in an adverse struggle. To the non-electors, afforded me all the support which the constitut e , allows them to give, I beg to offer my' warmest o,ut, knowledguients. And with my best wishes for "C o prosperity and happiness of all cl a s s es an d parties re, your borough, I remain, my dear sir, faithfully Y° ll RICHABD COBDEN,— W. Willans, Esq., Chairman Committee.", the as Which and e j per sb sha re , Coven The ehang ( advers onfi..l( lig ant adopt lag to• 11 1 the lounc( arixieti ent fro even tl idea of Wonder deliber interesi minute auPposi Of gel proved little ►ill b e If it dc no d en th ough du ce r, Abut it the ] Th e tiler fil Court. 11° W ar is still a favours th e l ast total, a such 0/ ever, Ili have bi count tl have b 4 March !Tune di almost - and Inc A ve Foreigr Turk is! terial e: ICOi. Deferre Turkisl Belgiar Cents. The I Stocks ean, ?ortugi Per Ce Spanist ditto C The to this coune c Prices Easter Easter Great ss. ; 15s. Paris Canad Dutcl about I u in pri. Alfret rathe] Bank Bank 3 C,e'r 3 Per New Loug , Diti India Vonso Etc Ti with uneb whicl Marl react occur BEI! ?RIC Brut SP' ni Dit L 5 Pu riarki telgi lii , Anitc