The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-04 00:00:00

T HER MAJESTY'S TEATILE. Third apparaTice of Madile. ORTOLANI. tENEVENTANO, BELLETTI, rocthuNr. TO-MORROW, TUESDAY (the third tip) these seven years). Bellini's Opera of I PURITANI. Elvira, Mane. Ort:olpi ‘(lier 3d appearance in England); • . _ rtnro, Sig; Ginglini. After which, the Third Tableau of LA. ESMERALDA. In which will be introduced an entirely New DivertisSement. La Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini (her last appearance but four). For particulars, see bills. A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and Div be had ou aPpiica tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Co!onnade, Haymarket. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. 4ER MAJESTY' S THEATRE. •ot First Night of LUCIA DL LAMMERMOOR. PICCOLOMINI, BELLETTI, VIOLET 11, POCOHINI. On THURSDAY EVENING, May 7. LUCIA D/ LAMMERMOOR. L - acia, Piccolomini (her first appearance in that part). Edgardo, Sig. Ginglini. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, 3/dile.' Pocclaini. Poi' particulars see bills. A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for tee public. and may be had ou ap plieation at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. rItINCESS'g TIIE-AZIIE. -11_t) TIIIS EVENING, will be performed, Shakespere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mr 3. C. Kean. Preceded by A GAME OP ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYNEARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION. THIS EVENING (Monday), to-morrow (Tuesday), and on 'Wednesday, for three nights only, to commence at Seven with the Comedy of THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM. Archer, Mr. Howe ; Aimwell, Mr. Farren; Sullen, Mr. Chippendale ; Eoniface, Mr. Rogers ; and Scrub, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Sul len, Miss Reynolds ; Dorinda, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. After which the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A I'ALINTA ; or, The Three Golden Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Concluding with MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER. 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. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes Pit .... ..... 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATIEtE 'ROYAL, A D)l4P.gi. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed LIKE AND UNLIKE. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, &c.; . Madame Celeste, Miss Windham, &c. Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will perform To conclude with a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRA• GEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, ika) Lessees Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed PIZAIIIIO. Mr. Creswick, &c. After which, THE GOOD FOR NOTHING. Mr. Widdi• combe, &c. To cocludo with THE DANCING SCOTCHMAN. Mr, Ylexmore, and Madlle. Auriol, &c. _n OYAL OLYMPIC Leflsee, Mr. .Ahrecl THIS EVENING, will. be performed. a new drama, calld DADDY HAII:DACRE. Mr. Robs On:Sze. To conclude with YOUNG AND ILANDSOME. Robson, G. Murray, 4c. ' Commence at half-?cast Seven HEATRE, Messrs. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP RITHEA.TRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke: . LIL Unprecedented success of the New Grand Military Spec tacle, in which Mr. W. Cooke's highly trained. Horses appear in novel and exciting situations. On MONDAY, May 4, and during. the week, the Enter tainments commence with the New Military Spectacle, in three Acts, entitled THE FRET CFI IN ALGIERS ; or, The Battle of Constantine. To be followed by Recherche SCENE A IN THE ARENA, giving an EQUESTRIAN FEU`, ; introducing the great ar. tistes of the establishment, including Miss Kate Cooke. Signor Corelll and Family, and a variety of other entertain• ments. Commerco at seven o'clock. Dress 'ilexes, 4s. ; Upper Aoxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no eliargo for booking ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6cl. £3ox•offico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. "TERBL r RY HALL, Westminster-road. — ‘k_} OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o 1 - , elections from all tho populv: 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. Jonp,tmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M. tie Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ; Messrs ; Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre. cisely. , Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. 16'2 IVATFAI AT LONDON BRIDilt TiqE3 13A7—Morn. 2 min. aft. 11—Evening 32 min. aft. 11 ;'...;.i•c;:traow—Morn. 32 min. aft. 11—Evening 58 Mist.aft 11 THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, MAY 3. TiEinr.moußTEß, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest ewe noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'18. w - tyr), W.N.E.—Easterly, moderate, with fair, cold weather, and cloudy, with occasional sunshine; some slight rain in the afternoon. 1. - - - MAY 4. 55—higneat since noon yesterday. 42--'.:.'west tint morning an 4 dp.y . 4 4ig the night. 51—t , as b.t, noon. - BA UGlit,7fL,E, 30.18. WIND, N.E.—Light, with sunshine, and cloudy, bui cool. r-23 , f,- , Or%"-&-` . • , , - • • - LONDON, A.IONDAV MAY 4, 187. The absurdity of a " penny-wise and pound foolish policy" has become so notorious, as to have passed into a proverb. The man who sacrifices important matters in order to effect a compara tively trifling saving is regarded with contempt, and would be laughed to scorn by any of his more experienced neighbours ; but, as 'a nation, we set aside the many painful lessons so frequently re ceived, and fall into the palpable error which in others we should be the first to condemn. It is a general mistake, which has been sanctioned by the a wisdom" (?) of Parliament, and that is quite sufficient to satisfy the sufferers, and to persuade them that the evil is beyond remedy; or at least' that it is not ascribable to any 'fault ou their part, and therefore they grumble, but submit ; or, according to the vulgar but expressive phrase, make up their minds " to grin and bear it." Our monetary code furnishes, perhaps, the most striking illustration of this ridiculous policy. The internal trade and commerce of the country are made to depend altogether on the possession of a certain quantity of metals—:not prOduced in this country, and which no degree of active in dustry can procure for us at' home. Mills are closed, artizans andoPeratives thrown out of em. ployment. Those who should be the creators and producersnf national wealth become unprofitable consumers, credit is annihilated, and perfectly sol vent houses are subjected. to serio us losses be cause bona fide securities cease to be convertible, orders for the ma nufacturers of theCeuntry cannot previously sent or a b o ut be executed—and t hose to be sent, are countermanded or kept back, and all this is occasioned by the scarcity of a proper measure and representative of value—the want of a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country " They punka these things better in France." By paying a triflin g premium for - gold, 6 fr. per which necessarily attracts it to the quarter where it is most valuable, they supply themselves witkall they require at our expense. There are frequent arrivals of the precious metals, but we is abstracted, and wo aro helpless because there is areforestalled in our own market. Cargo after cargo no one to pay the trifling sum necessary to ensure ease. The Bank of England is bound to sell at a fixed price' to all applicants. It has, therefore, no inducement to buy, is virtually prollibited from buying at any sum, however trifling, beyond the stipulated rate. The Bank of France, with far inferior resources, whose entire capital 3 , , 114 little beyond the " rest," or reserved fiend: of " The Old Lady," is enabled to relax tyq, gency of its rules, merely from being at liberfi to plirchase specie at a higher rate than can be given by its English rival, and hence they can maintain comparative ease in their country, and pay more than twice the dividend of the London establishment. An intelligent and respected correspondent, whose letter will be found in another part of our impression, has clearly explained the nature of this anomaly. On the 20th - ultimo we ourselves pointed out the trifling cost by which it was eflected, and the only adequate remedy for the flagrant grievance. By the payment of 6,000/. the French Bank can draw gold worth a million from, England, and. the withdrawal of that amount not only occasions great " tightness," as it is termed in the money malice% but, increases_the minimum rate of diseount from to 1 per tent. to the immediate customers, of. the Bank, and to at least double the rate, to those who aro not so fortunate as, to possess similar facilities for obtaining discounts. Sixty thousand pounds thus applied, would. produce another commercial crisis in England, exceeding in interest that of October, 1847, when the unwise, and we May add, iniquitous enactment, was suspended, and virtually' abrogated. Now, what is such a sum, ten times told, when compared to the annoyance and inconvenience sustained. by the industrial community ? It is notorious that - there are alsvays commercial bills worth from fifty to one hundred million of pounds sterling in circulation. We believe, that considering the extraordinary increase indirected by our enhanced export=, that the larger amount may be fairly taken as that discounted. The addition of only 1 per cent. therein, would, amount to One Million Sterling, and this, be it remembered, from four to six times in the year. Sixty thousand pounds, spent, by the Bank of France, would, quadruple that loss, and make it at least TWENTY-FOUR MILLIONS Sterling per annum. This being the amount sacrificed, by what may be designatod as "the penny wise and pound foolish" policy of Great Britain. The Bank of England, however, favours this system, inasmuch as it .enables it to charge 7 in place of 3 per cent. for its advances. The Direc tors seem to be oblivious of the advantages of the "nimble shilling" over the " sluggish pound," and to ignore altogether the devastation coda , sioned by the system. Trade and manufactures .may struggle on for a time but they cannot permanent)}' stand against such repeated blow,s. No men will remain, satisfied, at the continued transfer of her legitimate 17, .' C profits to greedy money-lenders. It must, sooner •or later, terminate in the destruction of ". the Goose that lays the golden eggs." A private . . , cor poration cannot safely be trusted with the control and management of the National Currency. The duty should be transferred t 3 a department of the Government, and then the Bank of England might find it convenient to compete with , that of France, and to arrest the golden tido now ebbing from cur shores. A. really National Bank, and National Notes of small and convenient denominations vfpuld, prevent all the mischief, and if the industrial community be wise they will strive to achieve that great deside ratum while there is yet time, and, before the Bank Charter Act has bpen renewed. without change or modification for a protracted period. Concurrently with the meeting of the aecular Parliament, the Spiritual Parliament has also made its commencement. Of the two Assemblies it has the better claim to the name of Parliament since it meets to tali (parler) and to do nothing else. Nor is the epithet Spiritual, or its nearly antiquated Saxon equivalent, Ghostly, inappro priate, for time was when convocations of the Clergy were formidable realities, and besides trans acting business, could instigate seculs,F powers to consign to present perdition all who ventured to dissent. " • The Convocationists of the province of Canter bury make the most of the two or three days which of late they have managed to secura for their conversation ; those of York are still_ dealt with after the old fashion, and dismissed as soon as i. they appear. If they wish to talk, they must do so at their hotels, or anywhere hiit in tho Convo cation Chamber. The Canterbury represent ttives and Spiritual Peers, by the pace of Lord DERBY, who dared not venture, in his peculiar position, in 1852, to offend so powerful a body, have ever since furnished a column or two of perfectly re sultless motions, discussions, and speeches to the daily papers. Some of the restless among them are fain to represent this as a great point gained. We cannot think so. In fact they injure rather than aid the cause they have at heart. The object , of the High Church Clerics, And of 'some others too, is to get a working and effective representation of their Church. They demand power to make laws for her, and to superinte;a7.l, their administration. They want to be a power in the Church, not a mere debating club. Now, as we think, their present attempts are just of the kind to keep them out of power. They show • us once or twice a year the kind of_ stuff they aro' made of, and bitbert t o it has appeared as if there was a tolerable share of the quarrelsome and quibbling in their composition, a special unaptne3s" for business, a great faculty of moving resolutions and. aniendmentS innumerable, but no faculty for moving on, or for amending where confessedly there is ample room for it. The plain fact is, and COnvoeitionists will find it out, that their annual three days' debate just serves to ko,,p awake the attention of their Parliamentary anta gonists to thar objects, but so as to irritate rather than conciliate. The attempt to steal power makes every Liberal iu the House of Commons only - so much the morn qetermined t) bolt 'the door against illern. Tlie sentiment amongt ho nest, businesslike laymen ist if the Church needs a Synod of 'some kina for self-government, let her come:op_ J enly" i 4) 'C r - Wa *'' r 4 A; andseek- it by . the means adopted for - all other objects : but let her not at tempt to worth hei/solf into power *underhandedly, through the ruins of au antiquaucd institution, and one whose very constitution is wholly behind the standard of the day. • The krutli is that the Convocationisl;s have gained nothing beyond CO privilege enjoyed by ull toglis\i'men, from tlio - peer tpthe peasant. Lord JoaIRLTSS El o L or Lord. DERBY, r. 1711;9§T and BROIitEiRE 0' BRIEN, have equally the right, of ' •th am use it too, getting supporters tr.-/e er, and discussing freely all that concerns their re spective objects. Convocation only dbes at a dis adr.nia;;e What the others can do with everv'fitci liy?. Convocation h as a ll the trammels of an inEtitution fettered by law, but none of the free dom and vigour - of, a voluntary, or a atilt living body.' It is obsolete, and does not know it. A hollow oak, with a few sprigs and leaves and th e - o utward layers and bark, to indicateits former st e r c e: s c t embieths, but it is useless now except for those e owls and ivy. Convocation, in short, is but a bad public meeting; it has no "'""' than dne . • 'it can do nothing' which more power; iliE - SUN, LONDON,. any body of Churchmen, meeting in Freemasons' 1 Tawn or in Exeter-hall, could not do ; yet it essays to be something more. The attempt spoils all. An open honest association, with the Arch bishop at its head, to which delegates both lay and clerical from every diocese were invited, and ' which held public meetings besides, would have ' far more attention paid to it, and possess more real influence. The present hole-and-corner gathering of a few bishops, archdeacons, doctors, :n - cl proctors, in the guise of an antiquated and practically defunct body, is both ludicrous and useless. It is indeed amusing b read the report of the proceedings. The 13isliops in state entering at, the north gate of- St. Paul's, the common clergy at the south gate. Eolus or antiquaries must tell us why. To the successors of St. PETER the " Litany was intoned in Latin," and the sermon preached in Latin ; since though St. PETER knew nothing beyond his.nati7e Syriac, or Greek, at Host his successors at Rome have always used that WY:e hope the discourse on modern Language. things, in the ancient tppgue—the new wine in the old bottles—will be printed-; for there do appear to have been, some good things in it. If Convo cation mild but debate in Latin, it might be worth while to keep up its meetings to preserve the Latin of our clerical scholars from getting rusty. One of the old Puritans was complained. of, indeed, for addressing his brethren sharply in English, but he told them that "if they had sinned in Latin he would h - ave admonished'them in Latin, but . as they had sinned„iu English . they must ever hear of it in English." Cannot the DITCHER. and b.T....xisoN case be conducted in Latin—it would save some scandal. To return to Convocation, how ever, aftor a Latin benediction from the Arch bishop, they go forthwith to the Chapter. House, the Archbishops and Bisho2s, and 'the Lower House, imita'te as closely as may be the proceed ings of. the Lords and Commons. The clergy are ordered to withdraw and choose a speaker (pro locutor), and present him duly to his Grace for confirmation, and so ended the first chapter of this last Coavoca.tion. The second. we are to have on Thursday, when the, clerical shadow of Mr. E. DENISON is to be .pree_enteci to his Grao in the person of the Dean of BRISTOL. As in St. Ste phen's there was no opposing candidate. We imagine all wise Churchmen will think that the sooner all this solemn, nonsense, is put an end to he better for religion and the Church. FREE TRADE IN MONEY. TO THE EDITOR, 01' THE SUN. Sin, —You have often called attention to our monetary. system, and, made remarks which must have appeared, to those who understand the subject, appropriate, as well as forcible. There are few persons who do not profess to un derstand, the subject of free trade ; it is, however, too evident that nothing is lest understood by those who are the victims of the present system than free trade in money. I will, at present, only ask , your , attention, to a few matters whieh probably may, induce a more populor style of reasoning than has hitherto heen adopted. One of my ignorant neighbours says, " What is the meaning of gold being six per mille dearer in Paris than iu London ?"? I reply that it means that they will give 1,0061. for every 1,0001. of gold, according to our London price, or six thousand pounds, more for a million pounds of our gold. He then asks why we don't raise the price of gold, if we want to keep it ? and how much it would add to the price per oz? I tell him it would only add to the price about si, making, what is now, 31. 17s. 101 cost 3/. 18s. 4d. ; but that course does not. appear. practicable. . He then says he thanks the French are making a very good bargain, and that our rich capitalists mast c be in league with them, and if we gene rally'have 50 to 1.00 millions of bills afloat, which cost two per cent. more for discounting them, all this loss must fall in some way upon trade, and only, benefit the classes who are rolling in plenty: Another neighbour stepped in and said that all the buildings in his own neighbourhood were either stopped, or going on very slowly, because no most- gages could be procured now, while money was so dear. This bas already had the effect of throwing vast numbers of workmen out of employment, and reducing the trade of all - the little shopkeepers, which is a state of things that ought not to exist, when, according to the published accounts of Joint Stock Banks, they are making their 18 or 20 per cent., after allowing their customers interest for Cleir money ; and, of course, private bankers,. who do not allow interest, must be increasing their pro perty enormously. May I ask you to consider whether there is Any folly o'i the part of the. French in paying an extra price of only 6,0001. on every million, to enable : - .hem to possess themselves of the means of dis counting to any .extent, taking care to charge such rates as will enable them to re-discount their bills on England in the English market, at any rate of discount which our monied authorities please to fix upon them?. _Let it be assumed, for a moment, that the opera tions are somew hat of thisnature, and can we expect any remedy to be devised by the parties who best icaderstand (the bullionists) the subject? There is nothing to be hoped for unless the public have the question repeatedly before them, and argued in all its bearings till a general conviction is produced that until there is a free trade in money, all our com mercial people, who are not great capitalists, will not derive real benefit from free trade in anything else. I am, sir, Your obedient servant, - A CONSTANT READER. May Ist, 1857. FUNERAL OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. The funeral of her Royal Highness the Duchess of GlouceSter is expected to take place on Friday next at Windsor. The interment will take pla - ce in the daytime, in that respect differing from the usual course of royal funerals at Windsor, which uni forml34 take place in the evening, with the excep tion of that of the Queen Dowager, the precedent in which case will be followed on the present occa sion. The funeral ceremony will be couduCted in a private manner. The last hOurs of the Duchess of Gloucester were free 'from pain. The inimediate cause of dissolution was an entire decay of vital power ; the proximate cause was, doubtless, 'the severe attack of spa,snis which prostiated the little remaining strength she had, and though dropsy. or Water on the chest su pervened, yet it was not that which proved fatal in its effects. Tht royal . duchess was unable to' make - the' least mark of recognition to any of the members of the royal family. The funeral of the 'duchess will most probably take place on Friday next, following the precedent of the late Duke of Caithridge, who Was interred eight days after his decease. Should it; however, be deternained' to embalm the body, in the same manner as was done with her sister, the Princess Augusta, the interment may• be de layed till the following IViouday. But, as in all these matters, the deceased duchess may either .have expr-sied a Wish or left instructions, im mediate directions cannot •be • given by the • authorities: Without an expreSSed - wish has been male by the royal duchess it) the contrary, the in terment will take phiee at Windsor, Prince Albert and the 'Duke Of Cambridge being chief mourners. The Dtichess of house is not • free hold", as has been' stated'; her interest in it was only the remai n d er o f a lea se fo r a n ot very long term. Her Royal Tai ,g b ness , besides a large sum of money, wag posse3sed of much valuable pro perty, and was especially rich in jewels, her dia monds being "as fine-as any possessed by the Royal family, the Queen alone excepted. Of laces, too, of that - quality the art of making which, if not ex tinct,- is certainly nbt now practi se d, the late ,duchess had a large store, and of very grea t value her collection is, perhaps, net to be surpassed in this colintry; The accumulation is easily accounted :for. On the death of Queen Charlotte a 1 her laces and jewe l s were publicly sold, and it was known that the choicest 'Speciniens were purchased by the princesses, her daught ers ; and the sate system mhaernbbeeeriOfPGuerosrgueect on the death of every f ema l e the Third's family 4 till the most beautiful specimens of each collection have centred in the possession of the last survivor—the Duchess of Gloucester. -Of the - nature of the will' her Royal Highness has left, nothing is formally known ; but it is supposed that • the bilk of the - jewels and the rarest of the laces will he inherited by the PrincesSes of Cambridges ,especially - by the Princess Mary, who was her godchild, and a great favourite of her venerable aunt, with mementoes to the other meMbers of the Royal Family.—Court Journal. • • MONDAY EV ENING, MAY. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (FRIVATE VIEW.) The bereavement of the r.)y:11 Family, by. the. lamented demise on Thursday morning of the last, of King George the Third's children, H.R.H. the Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, closes for a while inexorably against the general public the gates and doors of. the Royal Academy. The same melancholy event even precluding the Acade- micians on Saturday evening_ from. entertaining Her Majesty's Ministers at the annual banquet given by them now during ninety-eight consecutive sea sons to the Members of the G-avnnment and to some among the most eminent of their contem poraries. Otherwise than by reason of the same calamity—the doors of, the Academy would have been flung wide for the first day's public Exhibi tion. Fortunately for ourselves during the con , tinuance of this untoi ard. delay we can. fall back upon our recollections of the " Private View" on Friday morning Having consumed some two hours most agreably on Friday, morning in saun tering round thennble suite of rooms constituting the noble gallery of our Acadamicians, we can, even from that one day's view (ivadequat3 though one day's view necessarily is in itself for the pur pose of minute criticism), speak of this " Eighty : Ninth Exhibition of the Royal Academy of ArtS, authoritatively so far nevertheless ! We can speak from our instant impression, from our own vivid remembrance=though at the. same time, of course, from a merely " partial" and not by any means "satisfied" experience. The Private Veiw, how ever, while in one respect it was little better than to " whet the edge of appetite" for further inspection--at the same time is , quite enough in itself to enable a keen • observer to arrive at a tolerably accurate estitnata of the general merit of the whole Exhibition collectively. And,viewing it thus; we do not hesitate for one in- stant to declare, the impression upon our mind by our visit to the AculeNT on Friday, is beyond ail manner of doubt, that the " Exhibition for MDCOCLVII. is decidedly above the Average ! There are really some few noble works of art in the, present collection. And the general run of pictures now hanging on those " storied walls," we take to be excellent. Unfortunately, it is true, there are several very considerable Defaulters among the Associates, and even, be it said, among the Academicians them selves ! Vainly do we look this year for some of our chief favourites ! Briefly be it said there is no Thomas Webster, no Edward Ward, no Frederick Lee, no Allred Elmore. The pre- Raffaelites have nothing for once from Holman Hunt—" The Scapegoat" of last year, we sup pose, being enough and to spare for two seasons at least ! Even the President himself reposes for once upon his laurels—as he may, well do with perfect safety to his reputatiop, those same laurels of his not being by any means as yet, to all ap pearance in ".the sear and yellow leaf." But, while eminent names like that of Eastlake and like those already enumerated are a-wanting—the Gallery for' Fifty-seven is full of its consolation. Pre-eminent above them all—there is this season a Mulready, and such a Alulready ! A picture worthy in every respect of that illustrious and veteran • artist—perhaps of all men the chief among the living glories of the English School of Painting. This • picture is No. 138. " The Young Brother"—a work, as the catalogue in forms us, painted by this clistingui lied artist "For the Gallery of Pictures presented to the nation by the late Robert Vernon"--in pursuance of the will left by that munificent public bene factor. So that everybody can look at " The` Toung Brother" with a, double satisfac tion ! It is: their own—,a pr* actually in their own possession' The subject is full of nature, of simplicty, and..tenderness. A flaxen headed infant-boy in the arms of an older sister (herself not far _advanced in her. teens) being tickled. into baby-laughter upon the smooth shoul der of that elder sister (who stands witlyher back - be you) the hand of an elder brother. Which picture is rimtt in its playfulness ; and the group ing, the anatomy, the colouring—all appear to us perfectly exquisite. Nothing possibly could be better than the flesh tints, whethcir in regard to the child, the rural bonne, or the rustic stripling ! And as to the general colouring of the picture already alluded; to—what with the girl's brown dress and yellow boddice, and lilac apron, and red cloak, and the youth's blue "smock," and the I baby's white raiment and golden locks, and the azure sky overhead and verdant lawns in the background, all charmingly harmonised—the effect of the whole is literally delicious : and in so ex pressing ourselves, we utter the words most truth fully and most unaffectedly. It is a painting— small, though comparatively it is in its dimensions —that a nation may be well praud of. It is a work worthy of being an example of the powers of Mulready, and, as such, of being added to the treasures of the Vernon Collection. Again —besides Mulready—we find another, and a very notable Academician, this season, redidivus ! Her bert, to wit, who, in No. 230, presents to our view (opening thereby to our mind's eye a new, phase in his genius)—at once a sea-scape and a landscape. It is entitled, "On the Coast a France, - in the autumn of 1853 "—and spreads out before us a wondrous sweep of coast scenery. Leslie has but one picture this year, but it is one much mote prefentiouS, and much more worthy of Leslie than . his solitary contribution o±, last sea son. " Sir Roger de Coverley iu Church" is the sub ject of it (No. 213)—a painting in which the artist has caught the humour Of the "Spectator"—caught it unmistakeably, and, thepfore, of course, delight fully. Yet, so accomplished this that the gene ral effect produced upon the judgment of the be holder is anything but satisfying. The colours are crude and raw—the hero of the scene appears to be deaf and blind to the progress of the prin cipal incident, and while several of the country bumpkins, in their suppressed appreciation of the fun of the thing, are undoubtedly vary humorous, the majority 'of the rural congregation are so many rustic pokers in dimity and emockfrocks ! Dyce's single contribution to the collection, No. 107, '• Titian Preparing to Make his First Essay in Colouring," is at once beautiful. and marvel lous. It is one of the loveliest pleas we have yet seen put forward in behalf of what has always seemed to us absurdly called Pre ,' Ra,phaelism ! The dreamy face of the boy genius, hanegligent, natural, musing attitude, the flowers scattered about him, heldin his hand, lying on his knees, strewn upon the green sward, the ' statuette of the Madonna, the very blades of grass in the turf, the very twig, and bud, and leaflet in the adjoining trees and thicket —all is wonder ful, all is beautiful ! How different this small picture to the two large and absolutely hideous exhibitions of the same extraordinary school by the undoubted master of it now-a-daysthe young and gifted, but fitful and eccentric Millais Those two all but miraculous pain ted abominations, NO. 283, "ADreaui of fast : Sir Isambras at the Ford" [call it not a Dream, Mr. Millais, but a Nightmare !*]--- . -ind No. 408, " The Escape of a Heretic, 1559 [wherein the pretended monk is pouting. his lips into a ",face" that would have been either the, fortune or the despair of Munden the most face-making of comedians]. Danby has, in No. 245, a delicious and go'rgeous view, upc[n a ruddy morning ce old, of_" Thf; Court, Palace, and Garden of Alcinous," Landseer almost excels himself in two at least out Of his three remarkable contributions to the present collec tion. No. 77, " Scene in Braemar—Highland Deer, &c.," with the oddest little wild • [ rabbit, perking up on one forefoot, the, other 1 droopedakimbo—all inquisitiveness ! And better . still, No. 315, "Uncle Tom and his wife for sale"—a Landseer (even while remembering that it is really by Landseer) quite wonderful. Stan field, by no means equals this season his great work of last year—" The Abalidoned." But, then, it is true that was a masterpiece, and masterpieces are not productions of every day achievement. Maclise has an astonishing collection of Pencil Drawings under the- head of No. 1159, " The Story of the Conquest," and one large painting No. 78—illustrating a memo rable incident in the life of " Peter the Great," when he was visited by William of Orange in the ship builder's yard down at Doptford.. But . this, and divers other remarkable contributions to the Academy Exhibition we , must. speak of more at .ength in our Subsequent dissertations. LATEST 7'W" U.A v Lord Elgin, Envoy Extraordinary from the British Government to Cnina, embarked at Mar seilles on the Ist inst., on board the English Post officr? packet Caradoe, for Malta. Letters from Smyrna, of the 23d ult., state that a ship belonging to Tripoli, having 45 slaves on board, had been seized at, Tehesme on the de mand of the British Consul-General. The Municipal Council of Smyrna had ordered that . the slaves should be set at liberty. According to the news from Constantinople, of the 23d ult., Ismail Paella, commanding the army of Anatolia, is removed to the command of the army of Aiabistan. An Imperial order has been addressed. to the Greek. Bishops, directing them to carry out the reforms in the administration of worship decreed..... in 1856. The squadron of Admiral Lyons arrived before Malta on the 231 of April. Preparations were making, for the 28th, to give a brilliant ovation to the admiral, and 'to have a triumpbaL entry to the officers and the crew,. sEI3,NE, MAY 2. Col. Denzler, commanding the republican troops, and a member of the Grand Council Of Neuchatel, has published a letter addressed by him to the Cantonal Government, blaming the acceptance of the Treaty without consulting the Grand Council. The Colonel, expresses a hope that the People and Grand. Council of Neuchatel will declare thetpselves against the Treaty, to which he con siders the status quo preferable. BERLIN; SATURDAY. I 4 this day's sitting, the Chamber of Reprc senatives•rejected the law proposing a tax upon mines. the Upper Chamber, the first, section of the impost on manufactures has been thrown out. MADRID, MAY 2. In their sitting of Friday, the Cortes proceeded. to the formation of bureaux. AL Martinez de la Rosa has been named Pre sident of Congress. MM. Maquiera, Ferreira, Alonso, and the.. Count of Vista-Hermosa have been elected, Vice-presidents. ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The United States' Mail steamship Wash ligtOn, from New York to Bremen, arrived off Cuwes this afternoon, with the American mail. The advices are to the 18th ult. ' The Arabia, from Liverpool, had arrived out. We have news from Wa s shihgton to April 16. Tile Cabinet met at an early hour that morning to consider• the questions connected with New Gra nada, and orders were to be sent by the next Aspinwall steamer for the States naval forces in the West Indies and the Pacific'to concentrate on the Isthmiis of Panama. Should it be necessary, men would be landed on both sides, and the neutrality of 'the transit guaranteed to all the world. • The British and French Ministers had *l3:!en ad vised of this determination. Orders were to be sent to Mr. Bowlin to return at' once, if the new Administration at Bogotl'ha,d. not offered, to open favourable negotiations. The Administration was determined that the rights of American citizens should, be respected: - - Mr. Reed was at Washington consulting about his instructions. The suggestion that . he should go by way of , England met with much favour by the 'Cabinet. _ _ ' A good, deal of excitement had been occasioned— it baying been talked over in Cabinet Council—at the chargeS made by Messrs. Herrick and Donald son against certain gentlemen connected with the present administration; They wereto be thoroughly investigated. Robert Little, of Wyoming ' .Penn sylvania, had been appointed judge advocate to the Naval Court of'lnqutry. This is the third court. The -sllary - of taehj nage amounts to over -$7,000. per year. The United States vessels Independence, John Adams, and Decatur, now on the Pacific side of the Isthmus of panama, were to remain there for the present, and the home squadron was to proceed t 3 this side of the Isthmus in view of the difficulties in that quarter. No clue had yet been obtained to the murderers of Policeman liar lenbroOk. A man named John Scratchard had been exa mined before Justice Connolly upn . the charge of att.mpting to effect the release of Charles B. Hunt ington, the forger; from the State prison, by means of a forged pa.tclou. Scratchard, as alleged, had been endeavouring to Obtain Money from various parties to carry out this object. Huntington de nitA all knowledge of Scratchard and his designs, • The affair, which was involved in considerai le mystery, was to be further investigated. Meantime the accused remained in prison. The case of the alleged frauds upon the Northern Railroad of France had been resumed in the United States ComMisioner's Court. Ctrpeutier, one of the accused, .h a d.pleaded guilty to the charge. 'He was to be used as State's evidence by the prosecu tion. Atter the destruction of the settlement at Spirit Lake the Sioux Indians msdo an attack upon Springfield, in the southern part of Minnesota, but were repulsed with a' loss of about a dozen min. A. detachment of 100 good troops pursued the Indians, THE NEUCHATEL QUESTION. PARIS, MONDAY MORNING, The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition) says : The Berne newspapers have just, published what professes to be a statement of the articles of the treaty and protocol intended for the settlement of the Neuchatel question. This publication, which can only cle theyesult of a most unjustifiable indiscretion, is moreover at variance in many re spects with the true text of the documents to which it relates ; and it should be borne in mind that the text itself had not as yet been definitely decided upon. This abuse of confidence in the cai:e of a negotion not as yet concluded is the more to be regretted as it may possibly compro mise its success. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Moniteur describes the visit' of the Grand Duke Constantine to the Louvre on Saturday. "He went through all the rooms, and the Prince spent much time in admiring the chefs d'oeuvres of ttie great masters. The museum of the Sovereigns particularly fixed •the attention of 'his Imperial Hio-liness. Articles of curiosity which belonged to Charlemagne, St. Louis, Anne of Brittany, Fran cis 1., Henry 1., 11., 111., and IV., and especially to Napoleon 1., were made the objects of careful examination and evident_ emotion. " Thy' Prince closed his visit by an inspection of the Museum of Marine, which furnished his Im perial Highness with a complete view of the pre sent extent of nautical science." The Monitoir has a letter from London, minu tely describing the traniatlantic cable, its manu facture, and the proposed mode of iti - laying down, all which have - been:already giVen in Our columns. AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the European we have received files of papers from Melbourne to the 14th March, an , l'from Sydney to the 10th March. W 6 take the following from the Melbourne Age of the I:4th March ' " • " THE NEW MINISTRY. Week ending February 20 27 6 13 M arc h Escort up to February 13 Total escort for 1857 Total gold shipped during 1857:.. Oz. dwt, 48,032 0 35,213 15 57,805 5 28,7U9 0 169,750 0 320,775 15 -. 490,525 15 ... 626,874 11 NEW SOUTH WAIES. (From the Sydney Empire of tt.e 10.13 March.) Since the departure of the Simla, on the 11th February, the community of New South Wales has not been agitate t by any unusual event, nor has any remarkal , le development of natural wealth or industrial power occurred to stimulate to unwonted activity the steady course of our material progress. The colony has pursued " the even tenour of its and. even in the Legislature nothing has geed out from the ordinary routine - of linSinessiO disturb the repose of s, , ciety. Tire third of the Eut opean and Australian Royal • Mail Company's steAuu-siiips, the Europe tn, arrived in, our harbour on the 14th of February, th 6 third day of er the departure of the Simla. The outward passages of the three ships sent out to commence lila line from the Australian side stand in the con ,secutive or der of their dates as toll tws - . Oneida, Southampton to Sydney... 72 days. Simla ~ „ ...59 Europ , an „ ... 61 ~ This uniform success has established for the new conipany a high prestige in the colonies, which it is hoped will be increased by the runs between bus- India and India. The first contract mail via Suez, to leave Southampton oa the 24th of - February, with t.upple went ar y mail via Marseilles on the 2d of March, will be brought to mi by the rettriii voy :age of the Oneida, but cannot reach Sydney before the 21st or 221 of April. The Legislature is still in session, but will proba bly-be.prorogued during the next fortnight. On tue 10th February, Mr. Martin, in the As sembly, brought forward a motion containing a di rect censure on the Ministers for offering situations in the public service to Mr. Gilbert Elliott and Mr. John Rae, the present City COaimissioners; while the official conduct of those gentlemen was under investigation by a committee of the House. The motion was negatived by 21 votes to 17. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. ' " LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The royal mail steam-ship Niagar Captain Wickman, has just arrived, in the Mersey, with advices from New York to the 21st, Boston 22d, and Halifax . 24th ult. She brought 110 passengers and nearly 600,000 dols. in sp,cie. The steam-ship America and the Khersonese, hence, had arrived at Halifax ; and the City of Washington, hence, and the Fulton, from Havre and Southampton, had arrived at New York. There. is little news of. importance. New York was visited on the 20th ult. by a severe hailstorm, accompanied by a a violent gale of wind, causing onisiderahle d to property. It did not appear that the difficulty between the United States and New Granada would be settled by negotiation. Several men-uf-war were to to at once despatched to that quarter. Havana advices to Ap►il .14 report the attempted assassination of the British Consul, Mr. W. Smith, owing - to - his - exposures - of slave traffic. Later news from Nicaragua confirm the defeat and retreat of Colonel Lockridge, but has no fur ther tidings of General Walker. At New York,. on the 21. st ult., money was i❑ good supply and rates Were easier. Stocks were higher and the mtrket . quite active. Exchange on London, 1001 to 2. Cotton was heavy, tint Cread atuffs very steady at full prices. Provisions in ac tive demand, but prices were unaltered. Freights to Liverpool were heavy and engagements light. "On Tuesday last •the Assembly rnet, after the adjourament consequent on the Ministerial defeat, to hear' the explanatory statement of • the new Pre mier: Mr. O'Shanassy, in a speech of considerabl,e length, 'entered into a detail of the various steps he had -taken . t•OWard,s the formation of a Cabinet. He had first applied, he said, to the leading men among the twenty-nine members who had voted in the majority against the previous Ministry. He had, offered the Commissionership of Trade and Customs successively to Messrs. Moore and M'Culloch, who are eminent members of themercantile community; but both gentlemen had been compelled to declim'e the offer, not being able to withdraw from their extensive private concerns. He had offered the two law appointment's to Mr. Michie and Dr. Evans (a new arrival) respectively ; but these gentlemen had also declined office for non-political reasons. Ul timitely, he had been able to secure the services of the following gentlemen H. S. Chaprnan, Dq., Attorney- General. "J. Y. F. F, Fester, Esq., Colonial Treasordr. "C. G. Duffy, Esq., Commissioner of . Public Works. " A. F. A..Greeves, Esq., Commisioner of Trade and Customs. " G. S. W. Horne, Esq, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey. • - "J. D. Wood, Esq., Solicitor-General. "These gentlemen with Mr. O'Shanassy himself as Chief-Secretary, form the new Administration. "Mr. Chapman was formerly Chief Justice of New Zealand, and more recently Colonial Secre tary of. Tasmania. Mr: Foster was 'formerly Colo- . . , . nial Secretary of this colony, and et one time, in but being without pretvisi , ns were compelled to deed, acting Governor. Mt. Duffy is o• w 1 re . urre kn .wn to our Eeg esh r. aders to rqu e ties r. le T'ega.l at Hag. rstewn, M l ., has bea . ' , tit •ly tion. Dr. Greeves was one of .he lalt rs n t e ' •de-tr ye I rut fee. . The p souers were all -ave I. old Legislatur ~ in vvhiCh he sat as me'nher f.ri he The steam- h p Ten lie-s-e; Cap aitt Pat ersiel, ci y. Alr. Horne is a legal gnt 'email of hLh c a- whico arrived at Now Y, rk on the 15th ril :, Item racter and respectability, i rother to the preseet Aspinwall aid Sel June, via K•_•y West, brought Chief- Justice of Tasmania. Mr. Wool is one of the,fol•twiitg in ellLerice :-= our ablest lawyers, and was offered the Solicitor- - " Cell:wet Lokridge advanced to Castillo on the Generalship a fortnight before, by Mr. Haines, and 28th of March, with 800 men, on bOlid th- steamers refused. It wilt thus be se •n teat with respect, to Scott and Rescue. He found the eueilly had for s dal position, as well as ability, the new Ministry t fit'd N- lson's-e 11. 250 yards iu rear of t tie castle, is a vast improvement upon the old. with string breastworks, ditches, several large guns, " since our last summai y the markets-have been and 500 men. Ile tete at d witemit inakieg an glutt-d by excessive arrivals from England, and attack, and destr .y. d all the for ifiteitions ie ow the priceshavebeen inordinately depressed. Several I Castillo, abandoning all h.ipe or opening the river. failures hNo take!) place ; but thy are mostly lie disbanded tile two regim nts of recruits and among small firm_s of limited means, and happiiy formed ano her from those who were willing to go not likely greatly to influence the markets. Yet to Walk , r via Panama. confidence has been shaken, and few but cash trans., "On the 21 in 4 the boiler of the Scott expleded actions are veuttired — Upon. As the hanks have near Seraptqui, killing and wounding ab ut 50 shown a disposition to ae:comm.odate firms of re- of the Officers and men the sick and wounded were spectability, no pet manent interruption, to the immediately sent to Punta ArenaS in the'Re . ..cue. course of legitimate trade is likely to arise, and a ",Colonel Lockridge was 'up tile river with' a crisis need not be appehended. i portion of his force and a large supply of pro- Tue electric telegraph is now in full operation visions." between M lb,urne an I the principal . towns on the' The Tennesse left in the harbour of San Juan, gold: fields. The Govern ineu is of South Austi alta April - 9, her Britannic Majesty's war steamers and New South Wales are making arrangements Orion, Cossack, Arch , r, p , sneer, and Intrepid. , , , for connecting lines, and that of 'rami-aria is. ex- "NEW 0 RLEA NS, APRIL 16. peeted to be completed'between Hobart Town and " Co•ten generally uncha tge 1. Sales to-day Launceston by the Ist of April next. Tue short 2,800 bales. Sugar closed buoyaut, at 10c. to lin , s connecting these towns with the extremities, 101 c. Flour declining tendency ; s des 'at $6. of the island. are temPorarilydelerted .;- and, in con- White corn, 73c. Provisions 'steady. Freights sequence of the indisposition of .the Tasmanian stagnant. Sterling exchange 91 per cent. public to incur the expenses of the cable across " PHILADELPHIA., APRIL 17. Bee;s's Straits (thongh. the ViAerian Gov'etntneut Stocks steady. Pertusylvartin, Fives, 53 • Read have engaged to share the expense), its c nstruce. ing Ra lway, st) ; ' Long Island" Railroad, 13 ; - Lion is indefinitely postponed, Morris Canal, 15k. " The'project of improving the navigation of the " CHARLESTON, APRIL 15. Yarra larra, and the formation of ooel:s in Bat- " Sales of cotton to day 2,000 bales, at advan man's Swamp is for'the present allowed to sleep. prices. The' market has nearly recovered what On 'the resumption of parliatneutar, business, on et lost in the beginning Of tile week. , the 15th of April next, we trust that a matter of " CHA RLESI ON, ABRIL 16. so much importance to the commercial well being ' "Our cotton market has recovered the decline, of V;i4oria may meet with the attention it deserves. and good middling closed t9-day at 144 c. ' Sales .., . .._ "GOLD. - -.- to-day 800 baits. Sales of the week 6,500 bales." " The depression in commercial matters, gene rally is exercising an unfavourable influence with respect to gold as well as other commodit ee . Yet the :yield of the various gold fie:ds is tolerably steady and the returns do nut present an uufavuur able appearance. "The total amount of, gold received by escort since our last summary (Feb. 14) amounts to--- AR .IVAD OF THE CIRCASSIAN. LIVERPOOL, StINDAY: The North Atlantic Steam Navigation Com pany's screw steamer Cir,!assian, Daptain Powell, arrived this morning in rite Mersey from Portland, She sailed f• oar that port on the 17th ult., Halifax on the morning of the 21st, and. St. John's, New foundland, out! e evening of Vie 24. h ; and has made the passage from Newfound and to Holyhead ' in 7 cl rys 21 hout s, andhasbrought 40 paSsengers, in cluding his Excellency the ex-Governor Darling, family, and suite. but no specie. Tire Circa;sian encountered ton h-easterly . .and easterly winds during the entire voymie. The submarine to egt aph between New York and Neifoundland is out of order, otherwise we should have had eight days' later news from the former port. The Khersonese, screw steamer, from hence, belonging to the same company, arrived at New foundland in nine days from Liverpool, notwith standing considerable• detention off the port by the fog. The Arabian steamer, was to leave Portland for Liverpool, April 25. The ships Favourite and D. R. De Woolf, from Liverpool ; Mac Lae, from Glasgow ; White Star; from London and Elizabeth, from Cardiff, had arrived from Halifax. • 1 No ice reported on the coast of Newfoundland. The seal fishery is spoken of as having been exceed ingly prosperous, The vessels rcturnmg are quite filled. The navigation to Toronto, Canada West, had. bet- n'TellY' 0p664. Commercial affairswi'h )ut any mat rit,ll. variation THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EVENING. The steamer Sultan, Captsin Cook, has arrived with the Peninsular mails, arid dates from Gibral tar' 'to the 25th 'of April • Cadiz, 26th ; Lisbon, 29 h ; Oporto and Vigo; 30th. She brings 39 passengers, eight packages of specie, value' 1,869., one package containing 285 d.oub , loons, 823 half-chests of oranges, 174 boxes of dates, 10 casks of wine, 225 bags of coffee, and 211 packa ges of general merchandise. The European and American company's steam ship Golden Fleece, for the Brazils ' arrived at Lis bon on the afternoon of the 28th, in3clays 20 hours from Southampton. The Sultan left her Majesty's ship Exmouth and the Colossus at Lisbon on the 29th, still under or ders for England. They had been detained by heavy contrary gales. Upon their departure the Princess Royal will be the only ship of war in the Tagus. On the 30th, going into Vigo, the Sultan passed and exchanged signals with the Peninsular and Oriental st r eamQr Tagus, all well. She exchanged signals on the 29th of April, 10 miles .south of 6 the Burlings, with the steamer Milan, and two miles' south of the Burlings" with the Din Pedro,; cn the Ist of May, 80 miles north of Cape Fini,terre, with the steam-ship Persian ; and on the 3:1, 10' miles ;south of Portland; with tire Ship . Rosaria and barque Grays. tisbon exchanges on. London had fallen from. 52!,-. to 52g- for thee months ; Paris 533 to 535 ; Amsterdam, 41/ ; Hamburg, 47i ; Genoa, 531 ; all in demand. There bad been a further rise in. stocks and bank shares, but it had partially, sub .sided; and the market closed quieter , before the packet. left. ' At the gittine , of . the-Lisbm. Chamber of Depu tiei on the 28th the first thret; ai•tioles of i the pro ject of law authorising the Government to carry out the railway contract made with' Ay.' peto were , vo ed by a large majority. Th , reiniAnder of the project was expe.i.ed io be voted on the 29th, and, there seemed every chance of the contract being carried out. DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 40U3E OF COMMONS—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 / o'clock. Ttie swearing in of the new members was continued to day until the adjournment of the house. LAW INTELLICATNCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyci.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. To -day was appointed for the further examination'of dirctors. At the hour appointed, Mr. Linklater ad dressed his Honour, and said that it had been his inten tion to examine Mr. Valliant, but under circumstances he should' not do so at present, as his (Mr. V 's) eyi deuce was comparatively unimportant,' as be had only been a director for a short time—his examination would be taken hereafter, so as to be placed on the records of the Court ; but he (Mr. Linklater) did not consider to' occupy the*tirrie of the Court. He would examine Mr. Kennedy, Mr. MiLeod, and . Mr: o,ven, when an op - poitunity offered. An impression had been entertained that these examinations had been without .ol,ject, or attended with benefit, but enough had been already closed to ensure a conviction of one or more parties, but the proSecution must rest with the Government. The examinations would be, therefore, oily saying the same thing over arid over again, without any greater enlight erment, but in the course of a week he would have the information on the record, so that on his iionour's re= port, the Government would be in a position to judge. The meeting was then adjourned. , - The King of Hanover went on the 25th ult: with a numerous suite •to Brunswick to take part in - thenele- - bration of the anniversary of the duke, who was born on the 25th April, 1806. "W..and Mrs. Leigh Murray are about to made a tour through the provinces. THE POISONINGS IN HONG KONG.—A letter from Munich, in the Augsburgh Gazette says :—" Professor . Liebig has analysed the bread sent from Hong Kong, and has found it to contain a quarter gramme of arsenic for every 50 grammes of bread, of more than sufficient to cause death. The arsenic was spread over the whole surface of the bread, which proved that the poison bad been mixed with the . dough." THE LATE. EXPLOSION AT LUNDHlLL.—Saturday Evening.—The operations continue to progress in the most satisfactory manner, though less rapidly than ooul.t . be desired, from the want of men. Large numbers have volunteered their assistance, but the viewers felt that in so dangerous a work it would be exceedingly imprudent to employ any but the most ti , perienced and careful miners, and thf-y have only as yet been able to obtain she services of about 80 Miners of this character. At noon to day another body'waa recovered, making the total number exhumed 22. It was found in the dip level, a little t i the north of the , shaft. It was in an exceed ingly &composed state, but was very satisfactorily iden tified, by a number of peculiarities in the dress, as that of a young man named George Townsend, who lived at West Milton. The miners are engaged in clearing away the large falls on the north side, and it is not expected that any large number of bodies will be recovered for several days. The bodies recovered yetterday afternoon- interred ; those of B njarnin and Vi ail Beevors at Gawber, near Darn , ley ; and those of Bar! nett Bailey and George, his son, at Parfield. ' Though . the whole' area over which the fire raged has n ot yet been explored, from the extended examinations " n' q 3 en• during the last few days, not the slightest c b,ubt 1. All tertained that the whole of the fir. ie exttoguibed... anxiety on that most important point is now happily were this An end. • t Z%l es hare 13 Usint l ePort towns The 1 the 4ernar kb' b o ard r :~ Tha S tooks '; a 947 ; 252 A b. l ' 1 , 4 t 4 ev . iC Li t bi l / 3 11 `ll I closed In Alf re ca. floi] ' li 'illt alle e _ tlt rel tat v tio4"B. G O l i J tt iv Sue Pot eve (I N) C'''al len