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

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shak-es.pere's tragedy of KING RICHARD THE SECOND. King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by MUSIC HAUT CHARMS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven, A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buck - stone, Compton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil liam, dec. • After which, A WICKED WIFE. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY, Paul Pry, Mr. Wright. PoUnwed by a new and original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. • THIS EVENING, the celebrated Play of MONEY. Eve lyn, Mr. Creswick. GRIMSHAW, BAGSIIAW, AND BRADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE WAITER AT CREMORNE. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e. The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F. Robson, G. Vining, (Sze. Commence at half-past Seven. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. THIS EVENING (the last week before Easter), Shaks pore's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with Mr. Wm. Cooke's equestrian illustrations. Hotspur, Mr. James Holloway ; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff, Mr. J. W. Anson. After which, the SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP in the ARENA. To conclude with FORTUNE'S FROLIC. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ; Pit, 2s. ;dallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. v „ ox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director Mr. AV. Cooke, jun. A New Grand Military Spectacle will be produced on EASTER MONDAY. CANTERBIJRY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madams Marietta; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. ,Grover, T. Fallout, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor Antonio M. de Solla, and E. L. Rime; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Coni; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre• cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 18 min. aft. 10—Evening 5 mia. aft 11 To-Molnlow—Morn. 43min. aft.ll—Evening 0 min.aft. 0 THE WEATHEK—SON OFFICE, APRIL 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon Tasterday 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day at noon. EAROMIETZ3I, 29'83—still rising in spite of the rain. WIND.—S.S.E. to S.E. Light, with muggy, rainy weather. It rained heavily last night, and now keeps on a sort of Scotch mist. THREE O'CLOCK.-Still raining, with the wind at S.E. ; rather fresh, with heavy rolling scud. c s-!_ , s i t v ) LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 18t7. The Diplomatists—though tardily —we are glad to see, are really at last beginning to parti cipate in some measure with the Warriors in the national rewards for distinguished services during the late war, meted out with careful discrimina tion by the hand of our most Gracious SOVE REIGN. Baron COWLEY has the promise of an Earldom —in consideration of his eminently judicious dis charge of the singularly responsible duties devolv ing upon Her Britannic MAJESTY'S representative at the Court of the Tuileries : duties considerally enhanced in importance by the intimate alliance latterly knitting more and more closely together the interests of France and England : an alliance strengthened by the personal friendship of the SOVEREIGNS and cemented by the blood of their heroic soldiers, shed like water while fighting side by side upon the same historic battle-fields. Mr. WYSE—now the Right Honourable Sir THOMAS WYSE—has been not merely "promised," but has been very recently "gazetted to," the rank of K.C.B.—in acknowledgment of the ex traordinary zeal, ability, and determination with which, during many years: of most complicated difficulty and of most anxious solicitude, he has, in the capacity of Her Britannic MAJESTY'S Am bassador at Athens, watched over the jeopardised interests of the Greek Constitutional Government. Bauble; though 'mere titles, and stars, and ribbons, unquestionably are in themselves, they are nevertheless at the same time, intrinsically im portant by reason of their significance. They are the tokens for example, the signal and conspicuous tokens, of approval on the part of the home Go vernment. A circumstance in the last-mentioned listance, in the instance, that is to say, of Sir THOMAS WYSE, of no inconsiderable value, seeing that his Excellency is thus publicly commended by his Sovereign for"the hold and energetic course long pursued by him, perseveringly and unremit tingly, in direct antagonism to the Muscovite in triguers constituting the customary entourage of King OTHO and Queen AMELIA ! A recompence, therefore, this nomination to the rank of K.C. 8., calcuLted obviously to strengthen the hands of an eminent and deserving diplomatist, at a period when it is peculiarly desirable that his hands should be strengthened, and his past services receive, as they happily have received, the direct approval of his own Government. Now that peace has been restored, however unsatisfactorily, to Europe, it is, at least, incum bent upon the Western Allies that they should adjust with a more delicate nicety and pre cision than heretofore, that exquisite Balance of Power which has been long recognised as the most substantial guarantee for the perpetuation of international tranquillity. For this the close of the Russian War by the Paris Conferences has afforded them at length a fitting and alluring op portunity. Nothing but a Great War—such as the one recently raging in the Crimea—could constitute an absolute impediment to any such undertaking. Minor differences so far from being an obstacle to the desired readjustment of the Balance of Power, actually afford European Dip lomacy "an excuse" for interference ! Differences, we mean, like that once dividing Denmaik and Germany in reference to Schleswig-Holstein—lik e that placing Prussia and Switzerland in opposition to each other in regard to the principality of Neu chatel—finally, be it said (in illustration of our present argument) like that which only the other day suddenly sprang into existence between Austria and Sardinia, leading to the immediate withdrawal from Vienna and Turin of their re spective Legations. Differences like these, we maintain, so far from impeding the labours of Diplomacy With a view to the more perfect readjustment of the Balance of Power in Europe, afford an excuse and suggest an oppor tunity. Precisely at such a transition time as the present in the political relations of the va rious States of Christendom, we regard the judi cious distribution of rewards to the more dis tinguished and the more meritorous Diplomatists as eminently well-timed and judicious. It is not only recompence for the past, but encouragement 1 and official also for the future. It is the formal endorsing, as it were, by the Supreme Govern- meet represented in the person of the Diplomatist, cf the acts, of the conduct, of the policy of that Representativo. Viewed in this light the on dit of au Earldom, the public gazAting of a K.C.8., becomes an event in its way important enough, we conceive, to be brought thus directly under popular consideration. "The country " has nobly responded to the " appeal." It is now certain that Lord PAL MERSTON will have in the new Paliament not merely a "good working majority," but such de cided support as will enable him to carry every judicious and well-regulated measure of reform ! But ho must not therefore repose on his laurels ! He must not think that he is placed in so envi able a position merely that he may enjoy the otium cum dignitate. He must respond to the spirit of the Age, as fully and completely as the nation has replied to his demand. The great majority are Palmerstonians, but they are also something more ! They are at least professing Liberals, and may reasonably demand that the voice of public opinion shall be duly respected, and that they themselves may be permitted to verify their hustings' pledges, and thus to prove themselves worthy of the confidence reposed in them by their constituents. The time-honoured proverb tells us that " a new broom sweeps clean." May not the same be asserted of a new Parlia ment ? The new Members will naturally be anxious to show of what stuff they are made. One or two sessions must elapse before they can subside into that comfortable indifference too frequently exhibited by those who have become acclimatised in the legislative atmosphere. The nevus home has laurels to acquire, and many energetic efforts will be made before each man finds his level in the arena on which he has so recently, entered. There are sundry important questions standing over which there will be no possible cxcuse for disregarding. There is no longer that " finely balanced state of parties " to which Lord JOHN RUSSELL so pointedly alluded when returning thanks from the hustings as one of the Metropolitan representatives. The Minister can carry adequate measures if he desire to do so, and any backsliding, or shortcoming, may occasion very serious re-action in the popular mind. The people can no longer be gammoned by vague declamation. Acta non rerbo, deeds not words, are required. And should there be any failure the fall will be great in proportion to the magni tude of the present triumph. A large and comprehensive measure of Parlia mentary Reform is imperatively demanded during the approaching session. Should Lord PALMER STON neglect his duty in that respect, he will find others ready and willing to take possession of the ground which he May leave unprotected. Lord JOHN RUSSELL will be only too happy to find so good an opportunity of regaining his forfeited position. And whichever Noble Lord may undertake the task may rest as sured that " the Ballot" is an indispensable condition. Without it no proposition will be accep table to the people. Mr. LowE's experience at Kidderminster may serve as a beacon light to his colleagues, to warn them from the shoals and quicksands on which they may otherwise be wrecked. The great, the all-important question of mone tary reform must also be fully discussed. The Bank Charter Act has long since virtually expired, and it is full time that all uncertainty should be removed on the subject. The nation has been kept entirely in the dark respecting the proceed ings before the late Secret Select Committee. But it will not be contented to have the impolitic and iniquitaus Act of 1844 renewed for a prolonged term without change or modification. Many of the recently-appointed committee no longer have seats in the Legislature. The body must be re constituted, and its proceedings carried on in the face of day. It is intolerable that the nominal rate of interest should be from 6 to 8 per cent. Our merchants cannot carry on their business under such disadvantageous cir cumstances, and our manufacturers can no longer hope to be the creators and_ producers of national wealth, while all their profits, or at least the lion's share thereof, are abstracted from the legitimate owners by greedy and extortionate money-lenders. During this very week, when the " Old Lady" advanced the minimum rate of discount from 6 to 6 per cent., the Bank of Belgium reduced its scale from 4 to 3 per cent. ! How can the English manufacturers compete with their rivals under such a state of affairs. It was the monetary facilities afforded in this country that advanced Great Britain to its proud position amongst the producers of the world. If these facilities be not merely with drawn, but if money be rendered twico as dear in England as in Belgium in consequence of artificial restrictions, we must make up our minds to wit ness the decadence of Great Britain as a manufac turing nation. The interesting problem requires nat only a complete, but also a speedy solution ; and we may anticipate very beneficial results from the " new blood" infused into the Legisla ture ! The Income Tax also must receive due conside ration. It has only been renewed at 7d. in the pound for a single year, and therefore the subject must come under legislative consideration during next Session, or at all events early in 1858. The People have already gained an unquestionable vic • t)ry on the point. The demurrer to " the pet tifogging quibble " was crowned with complete success. They have thus ascertained their own strength, and will not fail to avail themselves of the discovery. But they were just as intent en the modification as on the reduction of the im post. Its equitable apportionment was an almost universal demand, and it will be well for the ad ministration if they take the initiative on the point, and not permit so valuable an instru ment to fall into the hands of their avowed If they take the "Spirit of COCK ER " o pp o nents. aS their guide—if they act in accordance with the true fiscal meevaenrsy and d n should.the position betaxed e in proportion to p i 1 l i e d a c b h y i e t v h e e r p p o r s e i y e —they t o i c o c n up s i t e r s on in n t r h t e ha c n on a n n t y r docessor s . As we have already repeatedly proved industry should be as leniently dealt with as possible, while the owners of a ccumulated and realised property should be required to contribute fairly t o th e li quidation of liabilit i es i ncurre d f o r the protection and improvement of that propertyl alike for the past, the present, and for future timer. The first demands will be " fair" representation, free trade in money, and equal taxation ; and along with them, for judicious economy and wise retrenchment, and thorough purification of the Augean stables of the law. The new Parliament has ample work cut out, and it must not show itself slothful or apathetic in the performance of the arduous and important tasks for which it will be convened within a few weeks. SEVENTY-SEVEN out of the number of the " Majority" on Mr. COBDEN'S motion have, by their vote upon that occasion, lost their seats in Parliament ! Twenty resigned ---, knowing per fectly well that they had no choice of re-election, Fifty-se,ven, have been totally defeated, signally and ignominiously defeated, upon going to the Poll. In the majority cf in..t Incos the more suc ccssful candidate being an avowed Palmerstonian ! Altogether, as we have said, SEVENTY-SEVEN of the Yehites have been denied re-admission to the House of Commons—purely because of their being Yehites ! Seven-seven of the "fortuitous concur rence of atoms " have been bundled out of the Legislature by a fortuitous concurrence of circum stances ! A very notable act of retribution. This, moreover—when the list of the new M.P.'s still continues 100 short of the required aggregate. The catalogue of Members already re turned numbering exactly 558 in all—just (as we have remarked) one hundred short of the Parlia mentary total of 658—shows, nevertheless, already " seventy-seven" of the Chinese Majority dis carded ! There can hardly be any doubt as to what is really the opinion of the Country, just now, after THAT ! It is a notable fact, moreover, nowadays—how many of the aristocracy have been rejected, among the number of that obnoxious seventy-seven, by the constituencies. To say nothing of scions of it such as the Ron. Mr. DuNcomm, and the Hon. C. HANBURY, or of men with the smallest of all " handles" to their names, such as Sir S. BIGNOLD, and Sir J. Ducxwonm, and Sir J. FERGUSON, and Sir H. HALFORD, and Sir T. HERBERT, and Sir E. Llcoic, and Sir H. MADDOCK, he., there may be enumerated—the Earl of ANNESLEY, and Viscount BARRINGTON, and Lord H. BEN TINCK, and the Marquess of CHANDOS, and Viscount CHELSEA, and Lord W. GRAHAM, and Lord GUERNSEY, and Lord A. HEnvEY, and Lord G. MANNERS, and Lord NAA.S. Every one of whom —with the single exception of Lord CHELSEA (and it may be his turn next in Middlesex)—has been defeated : has not resigned—but has been defeated ! Significant all this—to say the least of it, rather significant ! The case of Mr. APSLEY PELLATT and the Royal British Bank is one worthy of the more attention, because it has less of the marvellous in it, and, we are sorry to say, is but of too com mon a kind. Perhaps scores of respectable gentle men who would scorn to participate, knowingly, in a fraudulent transaction, are, through mere remissness, or over confidence in their coadjutors, the most effective instruments of middle and upper class frauds. A gentleman, and man of business, his hands being already too full, is applied to by some friend to give " the New Company" the benefit cf his name. He replies that the project seems fair and promising, that it seems likely to be advantageous to the public, and to its mana gers and shareholders too, but that he could not possibly give to the business the requisite atten tion ; that, in fact, ho could be of little service. "Oh I" the reply is, "if we could have your practical attention to it, that would no doubt be of great service, but your very name would be a tower of strength—you are known to, and much trusted by, a large class, and:we want persons on the Direction whom men of different classes look up to." Probably in some such way Mr. MACGREGOR appealed to Mr. PELLATT—but whether he did or not, half the gentlemen in the City who have acquired any position in business or society know what it is to be appealed to in this way. Mr. PELLATT' S conduct at the board was at least just that of many who are inveigled in this manner into some public company. They attend Board meetings as often as suits their convenience; Mr. THIS-and Mr. TWIT-are personally known to them, and the other directors appear to be re spectable gentlemen ; nothing suggests a suspicion that all is not going en, honestly at least, and no doubt prosperously ; the documents handed to , them for signature have been prepared by those who understand the business thoroughly, while , the supplementary directors, who are indeed but, gilding to the show-Board, know little of it. They• do not like to waste the time in asking explana-. tions, perhaps think it might look like mistrust of those who had been in ofice before them ; they• sign, therefore, as a matter of course, asking nu. questions for conscience sake. There has been. an understanding, indeed, that they are wanted. for show, not for work ; their names accomplish. all they were wanted for, and they do not feel. responsible for anything beyond routine. If things be honestly and industriously managed by the working Directors and the Staff of the. Office, why all is well, and no more is heard of it. A good name has advertised a good concern, and the public and the concern share the advantage. The many instances in which things have thus worked well has probably encouraged worthy men t) believe that companies may be left, like seed, to grow up they know not how ; but when 'floral and pious talkers turn out to be impious and im moral swindlers, then the dummy director is sus pected. by the sufferers of being like his comrades . The stork among the cranes shares their fate ; and it is well for him if, as in Mr. PELLAr? S case, he is in a position to prove that he has nt )t joined in the knavery, though he suffered unv►i Lt tingly his name to recommend it—indeed to m:al e hundreds believe that they were dealing with ns en of honour, when they were shovelling their mon cry int) the tills of swindlers. Mr. PELLATT'S unpleasant position is, we :re peat, a most valuable lesson to honest Int!n. Lessons are wasted on rogues, but gentlemen w ho have a character which they wish to keep unl le mished, will learn from it the error of becozai .ng sleeping, or at least dozing, directors. We reale m bar a judge in a bankruptcy court once tellin g a most worthy man, to whom, unhappily, the re mark was pertinent to the letter—that he recd .m -mended all persons to avoid sleeping partnersbi ps, lest some morning they might wake up and find themselves in the Gazette. With equal propriety may we caution a respectable gentleman n ot to become a dozing director, lest some day he find his company shutting the office doors, and himself under Mr. LINKLATER'S scarifier 1n a Court of Bankruptcy. We entirely believe in Mr. PELLATT'S fl( % mz recordo answers. He obviously gave himself no trouble whataver about the personelle of the office, the cash book, the ledgers, the balances, or even the particulars of published statements to which his name was attached ! It may appear incredible, now that the extent of the resulting mischief is but too apparent, yet it' would seem that nothing aroused him to suspect danger, except the " unbanking-like " affair of the Welsh mine. He himself deposited with the bank and received nothing from it ; yet he ap pears to have suspected nothing, though officers and directors, at the 'time of his leaving, were ndebted to the bank some 30,0001..1 ItirA)Enrarr was not, however, wholly a dupe; he partly trusted those o w hom he knew, but ho partly shut his eyes Hence, also.though believing and contending at the B at a bank had no right to work mines, and t h lock up money in them, he yet t re signs in a letter which doe s not contain the cause o of his resignation, while it speaks p ho efully of the compa n y, an d se lls his shares at a discount. Was he afraid that if the letter had denounced the mining transactions, it might have leaked out that it did so, and have injured the clmpany ? 3.1r,.ny a man has, from such motives, concealed the reason of his withdrawing from a company. We trust the painful position in which Mr. PELLATT has been plz,ced will have a salutary in fluence. It cannot be denied that the system of sham-directorship is utterly wrong; and it is well that the consequences of it should sometimes be sufficiently penal to make others cautious. Mr. PELLATT'S intentions and views were unquestionably those which he stated in court; he thought he was do ing the public, as well as the company service ; and he is doubtless deeply mortified to have aided, through sins of omission, in ruining many, and embarrassing more. It is not of course to be pected that each Directar on a board can be inti mately acquainted with all the details of the busi ness, but it is the bounden duty of each to know thoroughly the nature of the principal transac tions, the state of the balance-sheet, and the re gular course of the business. Directors ought indeed to divide between them the supervision of the respective departments of the business, and the entire Board ought to be cognisant of the re sults in each department, and the bearing of those results on each other, and on the general result. To the public generally the lesson will be to put no trust in mere names. The folly of wor shipping his Grace, or a list of M.P.'s, as the Guardian Deities of a Company, has almost died away; we have now to give up relying on names of men of undoubted business capacity and integ rity, if we cannot be sure that they take a working :interest in the management of the concern. Gen tlemen will learn not to become Directors where they direct nothing, and the public to inquire what part those whom they trust take in the business. HER MAJESTY'S THEATBE. Madlle. Maria Spezia and Signor Giuglini have arrived in London to prepare for their debAt on Tuesday, the 14th inst. The opera in which they will first present themselves to an English audience is "La Favorita," in which they won their latest laurels at La Scala, during the sojourn of the Aus trian Court at Milan. Madlle. Spezia, in a career of only two or three years, has already made herself famous in Russia, Spain, and Portugal, as well as in the principal theatres of Italy. Her first great triumph was in the character of Violetta, in the " Traviata," which Piccolomini has since made so familiar to ourselves. Spezia has also essayed, with unvarying success, some of the most tragical, as well as the lighter parts in the operas of Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Verdi. The new tenor, Giuglini, has hitherto confined his talents to his own country ; but his engagement for three years at her Majesty's Theatre, and the marks of favour which the Emperor of Austria has recently conferred upon him, promise soon to convert a national into an European reputation. Besides these artistes, we understand Beneventano And Pocchini, who are i open the ballet s3ason in "La Esmeralda," have, also reached London. Before the new Parliament will have assembled at Westminster music will have been installed in its old home—where politicians of every shade may meet on neutral ground, to enjoy the pleasures which have been prepared for the coming season with an unusually lavish hand. It will be seen that the opening performances are announced for repetition on Thursday, the 16th, the first extra night, so as to afford to the public an opportunity of witnessing the opera and ballet in which Spezia, Giug,lini; Vialotta, and Pocchini are to make their debut. THE SPEAKER. One result of the GenoLeal Elections is already certain ; the Parliament now in the process of formation will contain an unusually large propor tion of new members. This circumstance will necessarily augment the regret that bas been so universally felt and expressed at the resignation of the office of Speaker by Mr. Lefevre. It is at all times an arduous task to maintain order, and insure despatch and accuracy in the transaction of the bewildering multiplicity of business that comes before an English House of Commons. And the difficulty is immensely when a considerable number of the gentlemen who compose it have had no pre vious experience of the forms by which the pro ceedings of the House are regulated. The perfect mastery of the forms of the House possessed by the late Speaker—his dignified and impressive de meanour—his imperturbable suavity and courtesy —all would have been severely tested by the nu merous raw recruits who are about to assemble at Westminster ; and it will be no easy matter to find a competent successor. The qualifications required in a Speaker are such as are rarely found combined in an individual. It is almost unnecessary to remark that he must be endowedjwith Herculean powers of continuous ap plication. The labour which he has to perform in public is trifling compared with what devolves upon him in the intervals between the sittings of the House. The previous preparation and arrange ment of business absorbs him entirely from the moment he quits the chair until he again resumes it. Both in the chair and in what may be termed bis " chamber practice," the Speaker must be able to bring to bear upon every measure or question submitted to the Legislature an extensive and diversified acquaintance with the precedents of the House of Commons. And this knowledge he must be able to recall and apply, while the House is sitting, on the spur of the moment, amid the dis tractions of debate, with question pressing upon question, and eager speakers ever prone to diverge from the regular tract of business. Again, amid the contagious excitement and irritation of party and personal feuds, and impromptu squabbles, he must exercise a constant and stern control over his own temper. Nor is it enough that by natural sagacity and by a powerful will ha should have brought his temper under complete control. He requires to be gifted with that genial immoveable good humour which operates upon angry masses as if by a kind of moral contagion. In addition to these qualities, the man who is to direct and guide the deliberations of so numerous au assembly of high-spirited and ambitious men, animated by intense rivalry, with much to win and much to lose, must, by the whole tenour of his life, have impressed upon these discordant elements a profound conviction -of his perfect integrity and impartiality. The least shadow of suspicion of an inclination to chicane or indirect practices would neutralise all the confidence he might have won by the highest intellect and the most engaging manners. In our sketch of an ideal Speaker we may not omit the considera tions of personal appearance and demeanour. It is no exaggeration to say that Washington never could have accomplished what he did for his coun try had not nature set the seal of command upon that broad massive chin and erect bearing. And so with the Speaker of an English House of Com mons. His presence ought to fill the eye—his ges tures, even his bearing in repose, should leave the impression of energy and resolution tempered only by urbanity and the repose of conscious power. His utterance should be lucid, weighty, and marked by a sustained dignity. In short, there is needed in a Speaker an irreproachable previous character ; extensive and accurate knowledge of business in general, and of the forms of the House in particular ; a commanding yet genial and love able disposition ; perfect impartiality, candour and fairness in all his dealings ; a quick, instinctive discernment of the characters of men ; a ready, distinct, and dignified mode of utterance ; a spirit that can preserve its equanimity and clearness of perception amid surrounding clamour and storms of angry passions ; a courage that quails not before any earthly power ; a persona l a pp earance w hi c h is the visible expression of all these high endow , ments. M. ALEXANDRE Dumas.—Tite M. Alexandre Dumas announces, in a letter to the Times, published this morning by our contemporary, that lee, and not his son, is the correspondent of the Presse in regard to the Eng lish elections. Quoth Alexandre the Great : "Je ne suis pas M. Dumas file, mais M. Dumas pare." Adding, "Je n' 4cris point hLa Presse h ligne, mais pour mon plaisir." Paintani, qui meruit—et cetera / The Prince of Wales, attended by Cel. the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Mr. Gibbs, went yesterday afternoon to East Greeuscich, and inspected the manufactory of the Sub- Marine Telegraph. The Princess Royal, attended by Lady Caroline Bar rington and the Earl of Caithness, honoured Price's Candle Factory, at Vauxhall, with a visit yesterday. I 91 141 S![ .N wiv 8. Telegraphic despatches from Constantinople of the 27th March announce that an energetic note relative to the delimitation of the Turkish and Persian frontiers has been presented to the Go veinment of the Shah, by the Sultan's envoy. BERLIN, APRIL 2. The two great German Powers have, by common accord, declared verbally to the Danish envoy that they will grant to Denmark a short delay for her to do justice to their complaints. At the expi ration of that delay, should nothing have been done, they will have recourso to the intervention of the Diet. MADRID, APRIL 2. The Gazette publishes a royal decree announcing that shares, to the amount of 10 millions of reals, in the Canal Isabella IL, will be put up to public auction on the sth May next. The health of the King continues to improve. It is announced, says the Pays,. that the English Government has sent off orders to the commander in-chief of the British troops in Persia to evacuate &shire and the Persian Gulf. The evacuation is to take place before the month of June—a period of the year when the great heat renders the climate there most unhealthy. SARDINIA AND AUSTRIA. NOTE FROM COUNT CATOUR, TO THE SARDI• NIAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT VIENNA. TURIN, MARCII 24. Monsieur le Marquis,—The day before yesterday Count Paar came to communicate to me a de spatch from Count Buol, who, after repeating the grievances that the Government of the Emperor had enumerated on several occasions against Sardinia, he concluded by enjoining him to demand his pass ports, and quit Turin with all the Imperial Lega tion. Although in this despatch Count Buol declared that this retirement would not be an obstacle to your remaining at Vienna as our Charge d'Affaires, the King has not deemed it advisable to continue the residence of a diplomatic agent near the Court of Austria in the absence of an Austrian diploma tist at Turin. You will in consequence have the goodness to communicate this decision to the Minister of Fo reign Affairs of Austria, and immediately take measures for returning to Piedmont with all the Legation. In making to Count Buol this communication you will give to him the assurance that Austrian subjects will continue to enjoy in the States of the King the protection of the laws and the rights which the treaties accord them ; and you will add that the Sardinian Government will do all that de pends upon it to insure that private interests shall suffer the least possible by the interruption of di plomatic relations between the two countries. We have taken note with pleasure of a similar declaration contained in the despatch addressed to Count Paar. In adding thereto the most reliable good faith we are induced to believe that no griev ance can ariso to aggravate the situation which results from measures the Imperial Government has just taken. Hardly had your recall been decided upon when I gave directions by telegraph to the Marquis Villa marina to entreat the Government of the French Emperor to have the kindness to take upon itself the protection of Sardinian subjects in Austria. Having received a reply altogether favourable, you will be pleased to acquaint Count Buol of this fact. If, as I do not doubt, Count Bourqueney has re ceived instructions in conformity from his Govern ment, you will deliver to him the archives of the legation, and make with him suitable arrangements for the expedition of current affairs. The high posi tion which this diplomatist occupies, thanks to the eminent qualities which distinguish him, as well as the personal knowledge rhave of his benevolent in tentions with regard to us, affords me the satisfac tion of thinking that the interests of our fellow citizens cannot be confided to better hands. Count Buol, in his despatch recalling Count Paar, requests him to render an account imme diately of any fresh explanations with which I should be in the course of supplying him. I regret not having been able to satisfy this expectation From the moment that the recall of the Imperial Legation was announced to me in an official and definitive manner, it became no longer possible for me to enter into any political discussion with Count Paar. I have been obliged, in consequence, to limit myself to manifesting to him the regrets that a measure which appeared to me by no means jus tifiable, caused me to experience—regrets rendered the more painful by the retirement from Turin of a diplomatist who, in the accomplishment of a mis sion frequently difficult, had given to me proofs of a character as honourable as it was conciliatory. I have too much confidence in the high impar tiality of Count Buol to doubt that he will hit Upon the true motives for the observations which I have thought it right to make in attributing to him the intention of aggravating:a difference which we have the consciousness of having done all that depended upon us to prevent. In taking leave of Count Buol you will read to him this despatch, and leave him a copy of it, if such should be his desire.—S:c. (Signed) M. le Marquis Cantono, Vienna. 0. CAVOUR. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. There has been another Conference to-day on the affairs of Neuchatel. It is not probable that there will be any further meeting before next week. The Moniteur publishes the report of the jury charged to award the prize of 20,000 f., given by the Emperor annually, for a period of five years from 1853, as an encouragement for the cultivation of cotton in Algeria. Six plantations competed for the prize, viz., that of the Compagnie Meridionale, represented yM. Rouchouse, 80 hectares ;M. Graillat, 46 hect. ; M. Peres, 26 hect.; M. Colonna de Tinarca, 18 hect. ; M. Beringuier, 38 hect. ; and M. Grima, 24 hect. Each of thee plantations is spoken of in terms of the highest praise. To the first as being the largest in extent and in the finest condition, the jury proposes that the prize of 20,000 f. shall be awarded. It also recommends that a gold medal shall be given to M. Graillat, not only for the perfection of his cultivation, but for the organisation of a manufactory at Mostaganem for cleaning cotton ; and an honourable mention to M. Peres." The report isfellowal by a request to the Emperor from Marshal Valliant, _Minister of War, praying his Majesty to sanction the awards proposed by the jury. BOURSE; April 3.—The following were the last quotations : _ Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents ~ 69 50 70 65 New Loan - Bank Shares 4,175 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,455 Austrian . . Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASS, fr. c. tr c Orleans 1,575 Western Northern 1,040 Strasburg Lyons 1,582; 50 Now Ditto Mediterranean 2,175 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi - Austrian Corn. ..... 767 50 TURKEY. The following is the memorandum lately ad dressed by the sublime Torte to the ambassadors of the allied powers relative to the refusal of certain subjects to pay the usual military subsidies : " It results from despatches which have reached the Minister of Finance and been presented to the Sublime Porte, that when the authorities lately commenced the collection of the military subsidy at Aleppo, certain individuals who have from father to son been Ottoman subjects refused to pay their share on the ground that they are subjects of your august Government ' • this refusal having been made known to th e consuls residing in that city, they declared that, so long as they were without orders from theix respective legations, they could neither consent to the exaction of the said subsidy nor withdraw their protection from the parties in question. It is superfluous to state that the accomplishment of the military service by all with out exception, as well as the non-exemption from the subsidy, is one of the regulations in force, and that the p re t e n s i o ns of th e se persons, Ottoman subjects from father to son, and possessors of landed property in the said city, are such as cannot be admitted by the Sublime Porte. The competent authorities have, therefore, been categorically en joined to collect from the said individuals the mili tary subsidy, as is generally collected, without ex ception, and in the event of their persisting in their preteursiono, to expel them from the country find sell their land and other possessions. All the lega tions have been informs d by a note of this measure ; and in making it known to you, Mons;eur le Ministre, I beg you to send to the Sublime Porte the letter which- you wi►l address on the subject to the Consul of your Government, in order that it may be at once forwarded to its destination." PRUSSIA. The Prussian Correspondence of Berlin of the Ist says :—" A telegraphic despatch from Copen hagen states that the treaty respecting the Sound dues was ratified yesterday by the representatives of Prussia and Denmark. A later despatch an nounces that tho first Prussian vessel had passed through the Sound that morning without stopping. This despatch was at once communicated by the President of the Council to the Chamber of De puties." _ A letter from Berlin of the 31st ultimo says : " The emigration of Prussian peasants to America has recommenced on a large scale. The majority of these emigrants proceed from the provinceS of Poson and Pomerania, whilst other provinces, where the population is denser, furnished but few emigrants. Many Prussians are also starting for Russia, to join the colonies of workmen which the Russian Government intends founding along the railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow." MONTENEGRO. A letter from Cattaro of the 23d ult., in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" Mirco, the biother of Prince Danilo, governs with much rigour in Ozer nagora. The upper and lower ranks of the clergy are very discontented at the Government having taken possession of the convents. A party has been formed which has addressed a complaint on the subject to Russia. The Archimandrite of Osrog is now at St. Petersburg for this purpose. Danilo and Mirco are proceeding most severely against the old Montenegrin party, which will not have a temporal prince; and will only consent to recognise a Vladika as chief. Every person against whom any suspicion arises is immediately persecuted." SARDINIA. The King of Sardinia left Pollenzo for Nice on the 31st ult. Count Paar left Turin with all the members of the Austrian legation on the 28th ult. The Pied n,ontese Gazette of the 31st ult. publishes a royal decree, promulgating the law for the ersc tion of a powder manufactory at Fossano, near Cuneo, instead of that now existing at Turin. The cost is estimated at 1,800,000 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 30th ultimo have reached us. The result of the elections, so far as they were known, was favourable to the Cabinet ; indeed, some of its friends thought them too favourable, inasmuch as from the absence of oppo sition divisions would be likely to break out in the Cunservative party. It was stated that M.' Olozaga, who, as has been already stated, is now chief of the Progressists, was of opinion that the members of that party who have been elected, being so few in number, ought not to take their seats. Some Carlists having been elected, curiosity was felt as to whether they would take their oaths to the Queen or not. It had been reported that the Vicalvarists intended to publish a manifesto, but the report was un founded, and Marshall O'Donnell, their chief, was about to leave for the country. A treaty for defi nitively settling the frontiers of Spain and Portugal was about to be concluded between the two coun tries. The Countess de Montijo had give a brilliant soirée and concert. The Queen had presented twelve fine horses to Prince Adalbert of Bavaria. A letter says :—" The Mexican agent in this city is employing, officially and nor officially, all his efforts to calm down the Spanish government, but the latter is determined to act energetically in the event of full reparation for its grievances not being made." AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The United. States mail steamer Hermann, Capt. Higgins, arrived off Cowes early this morning, and, having landed her mails and passengers for South ampton, proceeded on to Bremen. The Hermann left New York on the 21st ult., and has consequently been anticipated by a few hours by the Leopold, arrived last night. The Aspinwall correspondent of the .New York Daily Times sends that paper a full official list from the Adjutant-General of General Walker's army of all the men who at various times 'have joined his force. This statement, which. is highly interesting and important, gives the following summary : Whole number reported, 2,288 ; whole number there, .2,277 ; aggregate deaths; 685 ; killed in action, 131; resigned, 27 ; discharged, 206 ; de serted, 293: missing, 114 ; total remaining in the army, February 24, 733. This does not include all. The whole of Walker's force in Nicaragua at the present time is thus seen to be• not far from 1,000. • The steam ship Lima arrived at Panama on the 9th March, bringing dates from Valparaiso to the 15th, And Callao to the 26th February. The Peruvian war steamer Trombes arrived at Paita, on the 16th, from Huanchaco. Gen. Caravedo, and a revolutionary force of about 200 men, left next day for La Huasca, to recruit his men pre vious to marching on Piscora. The Peruvian war steamer Loa arrived at Paita on the 27th from • Lambayeque, for coal and provisions. General Vivanco has left Truxillo with all his forces, and taken up quarters at Lambayeque. General Caravedo took posiession of the city of Piscora after six hours' fighting. Loss of killed and wounded very considerable on bothsides. The Piscoranos fought bravely. The New York Stock Market opened and closed heavily on the 20th ult. At the first Board the Pennsylvania Coal Company declined 2- per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson, I ; New York Central Railroad, 4 ; Erie, 4 ; Reading, 4 ; Michi gan (Southern), 4 ; Illinois Central Railroad, 2 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 4. Cleveland and Pittsburg advanced k per cent. ; Milwaukie and Mississippi, 4 ; La Crosse and Milwaukie, 4. The most im portant movement was in Illinois Central Railroad stock. It opened at 1334 sellers, 60 days, and closed at 1324 per cent. buyers, three days, and sold down to 1311 sellers, 60 days. The sales were unusually large, and contracts on time were put out freely. iNew York Central Railroad sold to some extent to. day, and closed weak. Reading was ac tive, and stock was freely offered at the decline. At the second Board lower prices ruled all round. Reading Railroad fell off 4 per cent. ; Michigan (Southern), 4 ; Illinois Central Railroad, 4; Cleve land and Toledo, 4 ; New York Central, ; Erie, 4. The !market closed heavily, and prices were gradually settling down again. The Hermann had 60 passengers, of whom 12 were for Southampton, and 400 tons of cargo, and 400 tons for Bremen. PORTLAND, MARCH 20. The barque Tasmania, from Liverpool, via Nas sau, New Providence, with a cargo of salt, iron, &c., drifted ashore last night in the fog, near Cape Elizabeth Light. The crew were saved, but the vessel .will probably be a total loss. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 20. Cotton firmer. Sales to-day, 5,500 bales ; sales for the week, 41,000 ; receipts for same time, 33,500. Receipts at all southern ports, lees than last year's, 163,000. Freights.—Cotton to Liverpool, fths ; ditto'to Havre, ld. ; sterling exchange, 88ths. NEW YORK, IVll.2tmi 21, 11 A.K. Neither the steamer Circassian, duo at Halifax) nor the Africa, duo here, have yet been reported. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. By the arrival at Cowes of the Belgian Royal Mail steamer Leopold I. we have papers from New York to the 21st ult., two days later than those received at Liverpool by the Elll6ll. The Leopold I. brings four passengers for England. The screw steamer, from Liverpool, arrived at Boston on the 20th.. There is not much news by this arrival. _ _ _ Another dreadful railroad accident had occurred. It happened on the Pennsylvania Railroad at the Altona Station. • An emigrant train standing on the rail was run into by a heairy freight train, crushing the rear car into the one before it, and causing the instant death of six of the passengers, and muti lating 10 or 12 others. On the 20th ult., in the Supreme Court, Judge Roosevelt gave a decision in the case of William Patton and others against the Accessory Transit Company and Commander Vanderbilt. Special points were reserved, and the application for the ap pointment of a receiver for the company's ships was refused. The judge said the debt which the plain tiffs wished to secure amounted to only $21,000, while the property to be placed in a receiver's hands was worth $1,000,000. Moreover, Com mander Vanderbilt offered security in the sum of $t500,000, and his responsibility was not questioned by the parties. The Unit was at New York on the 20th. The steamer Tennesse arrived from Aspinwall with news from Nicaragua, New Granada, Vene zuela, and the South Pacific. The accounts were not so favourable as the Tennessee had been in the habit of bringing. Walker was at Rivas, but it is reported that there was much disaffection among his men. Sir R. Maclure had ,visited him and also several Anierican officers. Col. Lockridge had failed to take Castillo Fort in consequence of the cowardice of Col. Titus, formerly of Kansas, and was waiting further reinforcements. An important correspondence of General Mora had been inter cepted. The news is interesting in its details, but ' not of, particular importance. No decisive movement had been made by either side. All sorts of rumours were rife at Panama re- , lative to the position of affairs between the New Granadian Government and the United States. A report prevailed that our Minister, Mr. • Bowling, and. Mr. Morse, our special Commissioner sent out with reference to the Panama massacre, had de manded their passports, the Government of New Granada having rejected the overtures they were instructed to present. The local press - and many influential persons were industriously creating a violent prejudice against all Americans. The sloop of war Decatur had arrived at Panama. From Peru we learn that the Revolutionists under Yivanco were making but little progress. They had, however, captured the brig of war Guise in the harbour of Callao. On the 20th the sales of cotton embraced about 3,000 bales, including a portion in transit. The foreign news by the Alps had no effect upon prices. The latest advices from the Gulf ports, and especially New Orleans, were considered of more importance than those received by the steamer fr, m. Liverpool. • The highest grades of flour were in fait' demand, while common qualities were, neglected and dull. Wheat was irregular , with a tendency to lower prices. Sales of Southern white were made at $1 60c. ; and prime red ditto, at $1 55c. Corn was heavy, and prices easier. Sales embraced Western mixed, at 70c. to 71c. ; inferior Southern yellow, at 70c. ; yellow, old, at 70c. ; old ditto and white, at 74c. to 76c. Pork was more buoyant, and new mess clOsed. at 24c. Sugars were steady, with sales of 500 and 600 hogsheads and 500 boxes. Coffee was in fair demand, with sales of about 1,700 bags Rio, 1,200 bags St. Domingo, and 200 mats Java. • Freights to Liverpool for grain were better, and corn in bulk was engaged at 6d. NEW ORLEANS, MARcit 19 Cotton—Sales to-day, 3,500 bales, at an advanie of /c. the market closing firm. New Orleans, middling, 131 e. to 131 c. Sugar has advanced lc., and sells for 10/c. to Breadstuff3 quiet. Pork firm. Lard advanced ;c. Freights—Cotton to Liverpool, op., and to Havre, /c. CINCINNATI, MARCH 19. ' Provisions are very , dull, and prices nominal. Buyers have withdrawn from the market. Articles are offered at a decline without leading to sales. CHARLESTON, MARCH 18.: Cotton unchanged. Sales to-day 500 bales. CHINA. The latest news of the state of affairs in the centre of China in the evacuation of the important cities of Woochang• and Han Yang by the rebels, and their re-occupation by the imperialists, who claim a great victory. The insurgents appear to be concentrating theieforces near to Nankin. The Mandarins in Canton province suffered a severe defeat lately in an attempt to recapture Tsing Yuen, a city about 35 miles from Canton, taken by the rebels last November. There are rumours, apparently well founded, that Kwei Lin, the capital l of Kwang-Si, is in possession of the insurgents. Should this prove to be the ease, it will be a great blow to Yeh, our , obstinate opponent. The [Tong Kong Government Gazette notifies that the defence of the colony necessitates the call for a police tax - of 10 per cent. There appears to be no prospect of an early ter mination to hostilities, and it is to be feared that the difficulties will extend to the other ports. The most perfect confidence is placed in the abi lities of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, who, until reinforcements arrive, is in no enviable position. Tea and silk are both scarce and dear. The latter has been in good supply in the north until_ lately. The export is greatly in excess of last year ' • but of tea there has been a deficiency throughout- the 'sea son, the quantity shipped being many millions of pounds less than the export at the same time last year.—Smith, Elder, and Co.'s Homeward Mail. AUSTRALIA. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived from Marseilles : ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 28. The Simla arrived at Suez on the 26th,. bring ing 48 passengers and 85,000 oz. of gold. Her dates are—Sydney, Feb. 11.; Melbourne, Feb. 15 ; King's G eorge ' s S oun d , F e b . 22 -' -the Mauritius, March 1 ; an d C ey l on, M arc h 10. The Oneida left King George's Sound on the 3d Feb. with 70 passengers and 10,000 oz. of gold. Nothing has been heard of her since. The European arrived at Melbourne on the 10th Feb. Chief Justice Aq3eckett retires ; Attorney- General Stawell succeeds him. Ministers are as yet unable to fill up the vacant law offices. Mr. Childers, Commissioner of Trade, proceeds to England as Emigration Commissioner. Trade remains good, but is rather stagnant. Some alarm is felt at the increasing exports.: The amount of gold shipped this year is nearly 1,500,000/. Labour was scarce in consequence of the reduc tion of the day's work to eight hours. Thelstanaboul was to sail on the 2d of March; the European on the 12th of March. The balks are buying bills at 1 per cent. prim., and selling at 2. Flour was at 171. to 181. per ton. At Sydney wool was steady, with liberal supplies. Tallow was in demand, bat supplies were very small. The gold dust received by the escorts in January was 14,000 oz., against 5,500 oz. last year. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 28. The Bank of Egypt remits the Egyptian tribute to London, their tender being the lowest, and equi valent to exchange of about 1001 for.three months' bills. The above intelligence reached Malta on the 31st of March by the Jura, and was taken to Marseilles by the Cambria. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The following telegraphic message has been re ceived by Messrs. D. and C. M'lver from, the Cunard steam-ship Cambria, at Marseilles : - "We have arrived with the Simla's mails. Nothing has been heard of the Oneida since she left King George's Sound on the 4th of February. She brings upwards of 60 passengers. " We have advices from Mauritius to the, Ist of March, but no intelligence of the Oneida. The European and Australian steamer European ar rived at Melbourne in 58 days." • - TIIE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Various communications have been received re garding the non-arrival of the Australian mail, which left King George's Sound on the 3d Feb. with 70 passengers and 10,000 oz. of gold, by the European and Australian Company's steamer Oneida. At present no conjectures can be formed as to the cause of the delay. The Oneida sailed from Southampton on the 19th of October and ar rived at Melbourne on the 23d of December. She was detained coaling four days at St. Vincent, three at St. Helena, and five at the Cape of Good Hope, so that she made the voyage in 53 days sailing and steaming. The Simla sailed on the 12th of November and arrived at Melbourne on the 6th of January. She was detained at St. Vin cent five days, and consequently made the voyage in 50 days sailing and steaming. The Oneida took the direct route from the equator to the Cape, call ing at St. Helena, th us s t eam i ng the whole dis tance from St. 'Vincent against a s t rong, steady trade wind, and doubtl ess great l y lengthened her passage by so doing, whereas the Simla, by crossing the trade wind under sail and steam, soon gained the parallel Of strong fair winds, and avoided all the delay and expe nse of coaling at St. Helena and the Cape. These v oyages are among the fastest on record ; it must therefore be presumed that , the non-arrival of the Oneida at Suez with the home ward mails has not arisen from any deficiency_ in the steaming powers of that vessel, but from some cause yet to be explained, which the arrival of the first steamer will most probably clear up. Her speed on the outward passage was more' than 260 miles per day, while the contract time for the ser vice is under 240. The Simla has since arrived at s le; but has mita Nen ner heaxd of the Oneida, ex frc on SON PO at del firs wa3 500 12,1 Gt.; hut, of : THE SUN, LMIDON, SATURDAY 14,"1 ENINtF .A P IIA 4, 1 57,